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Situation, republicans need to pass tax reform. they believe its extremely important for them to go into the 2018 elections with some kind of legislative win. with bob corker throwing that in flux with this, theyre looking at what hes doing and theyre saying, its not just that youre not running for re-election so youre sort of standing out and saying what you want, youre throwing the rest of us who want to run for re-election under the bus. >> you know, i think youre right about bob corker chang...

>> reporter: thats right. the reason initially for doing the interviews this morning was to try to raein him in on tax reform. he initially planned to discuss, but some of his sharp edged set the pressure a little. he is not going to hold back particularly since hes retiring this year and next year he really has no -- nothing to lose by voicing his concern. what is particularly incensing corker, john, is the president continually saying that he refused to endorse him and that hes not running for...

Also said that he would not -- wouldnt say if he trusted the president with the nuclear codes in addition to saying hes not a role model to children. a rather remarkable moment, one that few republican senators can say publicly but one he can because hes retiring, john. >> you have an interesting few hours ahead up there as the president makes his way to capitol hill. keep wandering the halls. lets come back in the room. we make light of this because theres great theater and great drama in the p...

And, you know, i can only hope that eric cantor is right when he says hes going to keep on fighting for conservative values and i welcome him to that fight even though he and i will both be out of office. >> you dont think that this opened up the schism in the party that many tried to avoid with a lot of mainstream republicans winning and kind of preventing tea parties or the like from beating them? you dont think theres something bigger going on here? >> oh, i think there aent candi different p...

Here. the stock markets here. and right now, everywhere. what does this mean and where does this go? amber is the former u.s. army helicopter pilot and weve also got john, the former shell oil president. amber, this looks like its out of control and we dont have a clear strategy how to deal with it. >> yeah. our continual reliance independence on middle eastern oil has enormous threats to our national security. i mean, every single conflict, just as were seeing with the new isi overtaking some o...

Know, really upping the environmental regulations and rules that might have been an environmental wish list come gq% true, but a lot of folks say its going to lead to sharply higher utility bills and 40% of our electricity comes via coal. what do you think the implications are for our national security? >> well, i think that the administration is sort of hiding behind those environmental issues that you just described. the keystone pipeline, if its built, it will significantly reduce our footpri...

The u.s. has to get involved because we want our oil. so oil independence for our nation is critical to our national security. >> and yet, john, we have that keystone pipeline just sitting there. >> well, neil, i was at a meeting yesterday in new york at goldman sachs where the foreign minister of canada put it right to the united states government, the federal government, that this is an embarrassment, this is a decision that should have been made years ago, this is one more pipeline on top of ...

Kruds should check my voting record before making comments. i was one of president reagans strongest supporters and my record is that of a traditional republican conservative. ellahay, what hes saying is i was a strong conservative on policy but i could still work with people. that shouldnt be a dirty word. hes telling senator cruz to, you know, keep his name out of senator cruzs mouth. >> yeah, i mean, i think this is really illustrating the divide between a lot of republicans who say that they...

Shannon travis, part of the best political team on television live from the political desk in washington. tell us whats crossing now. >> you know that republicans have been threatening to try and repeal the health care law. seems like theyre trying to make good on that threat right now. we are getting this from senator john corn nins facebook page. he says on his facebook page that a vote on health care repeal could come as early as this week in the senate. we hadnt heard anything about scheduli...

If you look down on parts of 44, people have been coming right on through doing the speed limit. they have done great work on the roadways. they treated them with sand, with some chemicals, some salt too but as the snow begins to pick up and the precipitation in many spots also starts piling up, well see some issues. heres one of the big trucks that we have. john, i dont know if you can see coming down the off-ramp. one of the many, many crews working around the clock really just out and about k...