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Multiple sources say susan rice requested to unmask the names of trump transition officials. the unmasked names, people associated with donald trump, were sent to the nsc, james clapper, john bannon including former deputy nasa security adviser ben rhodes. these names were part of incidental electronic surveillance of candidate donald trump for up to a year before he took office. one of the names collected, they are supposed to be masked meaning they are redacted from reports unless its an issue...

So this is a tricky road. i agree with priebus that i think the business tax cut is cleaner, easier to deal with. everybody sees the obvious benefits to the economy of that when you talk about the individual rates, which im very much in favor of reducing to make the tax system simpler. but you know this, trish. think about the mountain of special interest groups that dont want a simpler code. they want the deductions and the loop holes. so you have to take on the most powerful special interests ...

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Nakamura. thanks for joining me. >> good to be here. >> david so house speaker john boehner says theres no progress to report. the white house says republicans are to blame for dragging their feet. it seems at least publicly were getting nowhere. is there anything bigger churning behind the scenes? >> alex, i wish i had good news for you. theres not much going on. certainly at the staff level theres still talks going on. the president did have an onization with john boehner. both sides publicly ...

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Tax cuts, but what represented a big tax increase and closing of a number of loop holes that this president has taken to mean that the gipper was for raising taxes. but he closed loop holes because reagan thought it was a sin to use that to avoid paying taxes. do you think that closing loop holes and getting rid of credits and allowance. >> not if it is revenue neutral. that is the key. when i heard about that. we were in japan for an economic summit with the president and someone called and sai...

That i talk to and as long as you bring down the marginal rates at the same time as you do away with the loop holes and deductions, you are doing the right thing. >> i am sorry, because as you know. i am trying to coddle together a deal to save america. because that is my job. do you think that if you had a situation like that where we are going to get democrats and all of the breaks and allowances don and well reconvene to pats point and look for a way to simplify the tax code and get it leaner...

Time. >> who said -- you are a pragmatic guy. >> i used to be a supply sergeant. you are a giver and not a taker. >> and pat buchanan one of the finest speakers of the conservative mope e move a hell of a writer, too. >> my senator from my state joins us. to pats point of getting rid of the loop holes and credits and breaks that prevent some from paying taxes or paying less what do you make of that and how open are republicans for making them if they are a deal blocker. >> republicans have been ...