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Going to cut off spigot of campaign contributions. >> they did say that. >> heres example. had you exchange on twitter. slightly technical but worth talking about. exchange on twitter how a single mother making certain amount of money would fare under the bill. you tweeted one thing and john cornen, high up in leadership tweeted response. zero income tax, doubling of standard deduction and 2,000 child tax credit. my understanding, thats factually untrue. theyre either lying or dont understand th...

This foreign policy team at a time when there was -- it seems -- some people on that team were communicating with russians or seeking the help of russians. yes, for sessions because, you know, it could be said that he was in charge of this team, he was a senior person on this team. that, perhaps, is where the issue is. you know, maybe it is, you know, that he just doesnt recall it. recall having these conversations. that seems to be the issue right now. whether or not he actually had conversatio...

John cornen, of texas says he owns a lot of guns and finds is quote odd that bump stocks can be used illegally. >> a lot of gun shop owners told me also. >> calling for hearings. he is not alone. several others are also. most admitting they had no idea bump stocks were legal to begin with. >> we fanwant to bring in a for executive of the atf. he joins us now on skype. thanks for joining us this morning. i guess the first yes people are wondering if automatic rifles are legal why are bump stocks ...

Ted cruz. he had a mini-press conference. he is touring the facility. he says there are hundreds of shelters across the state of texas. he said he has been overwell d manied by the outpouring of money, donations, with anything that they have, including boats to rescue people. as you know, senator ted cruz voted against the sandy relief bill for hurricane sandy and so did texas senator john cornen. he mentioned they are working on a bill to support harvey victims. here is why he said he didnt vot...

Victory right now, couldnt he? >> interesting there. i got john cornen, the man in charge of trying to count those votes in the senate. on "meet the press" on sunday. can they even get the bill on the floor? the real game here is whether they even get to start debating this new bill. it looks like momentum is against that. >> chuck todd, thank you so much. good to see you well be watching at 5:00 and again on sunday. coming up, the russia connection, more on that. key figure, an exsoviet count...

Public. how many people stand to potentially lose insurance coverage. president trump has been hitting the phones. he has folk spoken with senators cruz and paul to try to win them, get this bill across the finish line. but senate whip john cornen acknowledged that itll be close. there is a lot to watch out for this week. back to you. >> thanks so much for that. meantime, the president is trying to shift the focus of the ongoing investigation of russian interference in last years election. >> mr...

Republicans now that might actually -- >> to jeffs point that this is a way of pushing the senate to enact changes. >> here is the thing, john cornen has talked about how their bill is probably about 80% the same as the house bill. he has condemned the senate proposal before we have seen it by talking up how bad the house bill is that the senate republicans are not likely to deviate -- >> we should point out, i think that -- >> if they dont get this fixed, as you look at a third of the counties ...

Fobbing news alert. another lawmaker out of the running for fbi director. texas senator john cornen informing the administration he does not wish to be considered. a source familiar with his thinking says he felt obligated to consider the offer because his close friend attorney general jeff sessions asked him to. genuine desire to restore stability to the fbi and the department of justice. claims of new horrors playing out right now in syria. the u.s. said the assad regime is secretly burning pi...

And thats our pledge. so, for those who arent familiar with the department of interior -- >> melissa: okay. we want to take a quick break right here to take you over to where orrin hatch and john cornen are talking about judge gorsuch. lets listen in. >> -- will not accept the fact that president trump won. he did. when you win the white house you have the ability to appoint people to the supreme court. the list was give ton the public. nobody was surprised by the list. i cant thank president mo...

Corey booker will testify against him. what do you think about that? >> again, martha, im so focused on tillerson tomorrow and what were doing on healthcare i havent really seen what it is that cory is planning to do. its a very contentious time up here right now and people are having difficulty adjusting to the outcome of the election and the fact if you remember that they did away with the nuclear option. they put in place the nuclear option which now is coming back to bite them. look, this is...