the senate says kushner withheld e-mails about a, quote, russian back door over tour. and house republicans pass the trump tax plan. i don t benefit. new analysis finds that the plan saves trump s family over $1 billion. i pay as little as possible. i fight like hell to pay as little as possible. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the same president who has weighed in on everything from meryl streep s acting to social media policies of espn tonight has no opinion whatsoever on the voracity of the allegations that his party s nominee for u.s. senate in alabama pursued and sexually assaulted between age girls when he was an adult. reporte reporters today his press secretary studiously avoided taking a position on whether the
white house refusing to take a stand on roy moore is the same white house that claims that every single one of those women, every single one of the president s accusers, is lying. obviously, sexual harassment
in wisconsin, 22-vote margin, and she got 31,000 votes. those are states that decided the election. that s why investigators are looking at jill stein. it s no surprise the reaction to the russian meddling is polarizing but it doesn t matter whether the investigation goes right or left. these leads need to be run down. so if the committee s doing it, maybe that s a good thing. that s our show. hardball starts now. bad santa. let s play hardball. good evening. i m chris matthews in washington where it was a day of high drama at the capitol. at this hour, we re awaiting a senate vote on the republican tax bill that could come at any time. the house voted this afternoon, passing the bill despite every democrat opposing it, along with 12 republicans.
late today there was a wrinkle. house republicans said they will slightly alter the bill and revote tomorrow to ensure it fits with senate rules that allow it to pass with a simple majority. the senate parliamentarian had rejected
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