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And ive alluded to all of them. one it helps the rich more than anybody else, two, it increases the debt and three it kicks people off of obamacare. lets talk about who are the winners and the losers. 25% of the benefit from this tax cut would go to the top 1%. another 25% would go to the next 4%. so, 50% of the benefit for individuals from this tax cut would go to the top 5% of the country. >> lets stop right there. the first point is, obviously, the way that the tax -- our tax system is set up...

Okay. what harvey weinstein did is never okay. >> what donald trump has done -- what bill clinton did wasnt okay. bill clinton is a rapist. >> would you include the president in there, as well? >> i think that he certainly uses language like he is on a loading dock. absolutely. nonstop all the time. >> he bragged about sexual assault. >> specific accusations, he doesnt just talk like he is on a loading dock. >> we had a rapist in the white house for two terms and a woman who ran interference for...

Would be for somebody like moore against the establishment, and he is compromised because of the allegations against moore and against himself. look how the republican party is tearing itself up right now over roy moore on the precipice of losing a tax bill vote in the senate even as the house is, once again, moving forward. the health care around all of this, this is a sensitive moment for a party already looking out there in the grassroots after what happened in virginia and seeing a really ug...

We need to do what we can to make sure that peoples lives are not really harmed in this process. >> well, lets talk about -- lets talk about whose lives are impacted by the tax bill, writ large. this is supposed to be a middle class tax bill. >> and it is. >> one big selling point has been that the cuts to corporate taxes will benefit workers, because the companies will reinvest that extra cash. at a "wall street journal" event yesterday, a group of ceos were asked exactly what this means for th...

Forward. there is an energy out there now that really is similar to 2005 and 2006. because people are hungry for change. >> so, lets talk about -- and im sorry, im moving as you along here, but we really dont have much time. and i want to get to one race specifically. you know when we talk about for the zip codes specifically, thats allowing candidates to run as democrats and endorsing them although they may not support traditional democratic orthodoxy. and i want to go specifically to the issue...

This is 38 years later. just because the alleged incident happened decades ago doesnt mean its true or not true. nobody excepting on this knows the truth but the people involved. with all of that in mind, its important for the media, politicians, i say this all the time, dont rush to judgment. as we have seen time and time again, they often get it so wrong. on this program, this is not ideologic ideological, should never be, our interest is the truth. we believe judge moore has a right to tell h...

Which is not a word i usually apply to him, but to try to get china to help out to north korea, and i hope thats the message throughout the trip. i think that he is very mixed in terms of the way he feels. he always does bring up the trade issues. he did that in south korea also. i think that that is, in his head, the major issue he wants to deal with is to, quote, fix the trade. in the meantime he has to deliver other messages. >> lets talk about. what do you think the upshot will be of the 12-...

Delegates, theres 17 seats that hillary clinton won. looking at those and seeing how democrats do in those seats is interesting because weve been talking about those seats in congressional races as the ones where we have an opportunity, and theres 22. >> 23. >> 23, so that would be a real road map for democrats. thats a lot of suburban districts similar to so these house delegate districts where we could say we could win. >> theres going to be a lot of democrats watching this tonight. does this ...

Scrutinized they say no, we deny that. and the lawyer for michael flynn has not done that. so i think this is, you know -- were starting to learn a little bit more. but theres a lot we dont know, particularly whether theres cooperation. >> that is the question right now. did this story get leaked? is flynn already inside, cooperating, or was this done to pressure him? lets talk about wilbur ross. i had asked a couple of weeks ago, richard engle was on. i asked him about ross connection with the ...

Chris: schumer says that you take away 70% of the state and local deduction and he points out that one third of taxpayers claim that. he says youre taking away almost three quarters of the value. >> heres a were doing. you see this postcard. this is literally the tax form that nine out of ten taxpayers will use. right now about 70% dont itemize. by doubling the standard deduction we make it so people dont have to itemize their deduction. so instead of having the first half thousand dollars that ...