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Of information act process as well as the litigation process. not only do we have internal people tell us this was going on, but they were afraid if they came forward the faa would penalize them. now we have actual documentary evidence that substantiates our worst fears. >> tucker: so the union helped people cheat on the test. again, just to put this in coo become air trafficrol aviation, millions use it everym year. and yet no one was ever charged for that, why? >> it wasnt aon, it was an emplo...

Death penalty was designed for this. there is talk of a plea deal. life instead of the death penalty. is that premature? >> not at all. nikolas cruz is dead to rights. he dit. the only question for the prosecutors do we strike a deal that will save this kids life but spare the parents having to go through the long, drawn-out litigation process which they certainly will. or do we take the death penalty and we go full force because as you said and as they said if there ever was a case for the deat...

>> we heard from a number of gop senators that theyre not in a hurry to take up this bill. have you gotten a sense of a timeline when we might expect the senate to even start looking at this thing? >> reporter: were joking about crystal balls and the like. its impossible to tell. its going to take a couple of months into the summer, and then theres the regular process of congress passing spending bills, things of that nature. but what republicans are most eager to do is pass tax reform. thats ex...

Flexibility, that the people that are closest to the people getting care are the ones that help make that decision. [ inaudible question ] >> im not going to litigate the details from here, but thats part of the litigation process and ongoing discussions, but i know its a priority for the president as well to protect people with preexisting conditions. >> we heard a lot of the rhetic about repealing the affordable care act being about job creation, and you said those job numbers in the beginning...

>> they spiked the ball at the 50 yard line. >> have you seen or heard any signs of regret or concern behind the scenes from them, about what was just passed? >> you know, what i watched over the last few weeks is an abomination. what mark sanford said severely understated it. they held no hearings. they didnt -- we didnt have a real opportunity to debate this bill. we had 79 hearings over the course of ten months when we debated the affordable care act. we had the chance to read the bill and de...

>> thats something we would have to look at and im not ready to comment right now. >> the health care form legislation the the senate will soon take up, will the administration play a part in what that bill looks like, or will you essentially be hands off and let the senate do its work? >> i think weve made it clear well be hands off in this process. its a priority to fix a broken system. obama created a disaster. this is not something the president does hands off. hesully enged on the house sid...

Expansion. the so-called age tax where older americans 50 to 64 are going to be charged much higher premiums than they have been under obamacare. so a number of provisions that people are objecting to, and perhaps the most significant of all, the number of people who could lose their insurance as a result of what passed in the house, should it ever become law. how ma people will lose their insurance? the last iteration was estimated to be 24 million. we saw protests at town halls. this time ther...

>> thats not my call, because they wanted to tie this to reconciliation, and that had to move at some point if youre going to move forward with the budget. so at some point you had to move it. i think in terms of perfect process, you would have had more time, though. >> did you go to that white house rally after the vote? >> i did not. >> why? >> i think its like george bush going up on top of the aircraft carrier saying "mission accomplishe e accomplished." you have to be careful about these th...

Youve got folks, both detractors and proponents at home calling and e-mailing you. this stuff bubbles up. in some way its a degree of political cheap shot. no member of congress can read every bill thats out there. its a hot button issue. the bill is less than 200 pages in the original text and rit l literally and dozens of additional amendments. but thats what you have staff for. so you have to conflux of you folks in the media, advocacy groups, all boiling in on you. and this bill, whether you...

>> on that question, is there a general danger that the white house, through its rhetoric, is animating too many people to jump to conclusions against immigrants and in the process, diminishing the entire immigrant community, what theyre law abiding or not? >> not at all. the president has been incredibly outspoken against crime in any form, fashion. certainly from his joint address to his speech last week on holocaust remembrance day. look, this is a law and order president. hes focused on rest...