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Is this going to really make the customers happy enough to run on? >> i dont see that, brian. and i spent a good chunk of last week talking to republican lawmakers. a lot of whom said to me, we are having a really hard time selling this back at home. our voters dont believe this will benefit them. they believe it benefits corporations and the wealthy, but not their bottom line. so, unless the big turns out to be something dramatically different than the analyses have told us it will, republicans...

And i spent a good chunk of last week talking to republican lawmakers. a lot of whom said to me, we are having a really hard time selling this back at home. our voters dont believe this will benefit them. they believe it benefits corporations and the wealthy, but not their bottom line. so, unless the big turns out to be something dramatically different than the analyses have told us it will, republicans will have a difficult time running in 2018 and 2020 saying that they gave a big tax cut to wo...

The question is are lawmakers going to go home and run on this? is there going to be pride and authorship? is this going to really make the customers happy enough to run on? >> i dont see that, brian. and i spent a good chunk of last week talking to republican lawmakers. a lot of whom said to me, we are having a really hard time selling this back at home. our voters dont believe this will benefit them. they believe it benefits corporations and the wealthy, but not their bottom line. so, unless t...

Work out the differences. some on the other side they could skip that step if they want to. >> id give it 50/50 theres no conference. i think theres a chance because i dont think either side wants to take -- wants to bring this back to the floor. the house just may take the senate bill and send it to the president. >> the president talked a short time ago about this being a giant christmas gift for the american people. so theres pressure to finish up. >> shepard: thanks, mike. as republicans sta...

>> and margaret, we could have picked from a long list of prominent house and senate republicans who have said this in years past. and now have voted for these two versions of tax reform. how do they reconcile this with their voters when they go back to their districts for their break? >> well, right now, most people dont actually understand whats in the legislation. but it does, the estimates say it will raise the deficit by more than $1 trillion and it will not pay for itself. republicans cont...

Cnns suzanne malveaux on the hill with the latest. john mccain has been an undecided, big question mark, what is he saying? >> its a big wild card and now kate, you cannot overstate the significance of this. they is a yes oat vovote now. just put out a statement saying the legislation is far from perfect but overall boosts the economy and gives relief to the middle class. he goes through his process the way hes thinking about all of this. he was one of the people who was a holdout, certainly not...

>> ibm, international business machines, has entered the small computer market for the first time. >> the idea has become so big that the giant of computer companies, ibm, is busy marketing its new small computer. >> it will, they say, give credibility to home computers. theyll no longer be just another new gadget. >> ibm has set an objective to build the office of the future. >> before ibm came in, companies would not think about buying personal computers, but suddenly, when ibms selling one it...

Korea. >> still no official response from pyongyang, but a short time ago, state media called for donald trump to be punished for hideous crime. paul, good to see you. secretary of state rex tillerson called reporters, putting north korea back on the it will of terrorism. listen to this. >> it is very symbolic on the one hand, because it just points out again what a rogue regime this is, and how brutal this regime is, and how little they care for the value of human life. >> okay, so whats the po...

It seemed like something youd see in a movie, but would never happen in real life. >> florence: and yet, here he is, finally, coming to new york. i think you have to be excited. my hope is that its going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i think -- i think theres a chance it will. >> ken: you know, stars was like the velvet underground. it wasnt really around long enough. it was only there, i dont know how long, but it wasnt ma -- very many ars. and then, he kind of disappeared witho...

Restaurant in new york city. it just seemed incredible to me. it seemed like something youd see in a movie, but would never happen in real life. >> florence: and yet, here he is, finally, coming to new york. i think you have to be excited. my hope is that its going to be a homerun. do i think that will happen? i think -- i think theres a chance it will. >> ken: you know, stars was like the velvet underground. it wasnt really around long enough. it was only there, i dont know how long, but it was...