Next conversation was the chief of staff with four president s. They talk about 9 11, the 2008 financial crisis, benghazi attack, angle and the covid19 pandemic. From georgetown university, this is an hour and 15 minutes. I wanted to thank everyone for tuning in tonight, both here in the zoom chat, members of the georgetown community, but also the broader public who is following us on social media or other channels. This is a really timely conversation, i think, as we look at the world and the state of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have com
pence has been subpoenaed. this is been a major move by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. pence was key to trump s plans to stay in power. this is what the former president said on january 6th. i hope mike is going to do the right thing, i hope so. i hope so. because, if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. all vice president pence has to do is send it back to this dates to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people. okay, i want to bring in cnn chief law enforcement intelligence analyst john miller. also legal analyst jennifer rodgers, and andrew mccabe, the former fbi deputy director. great have all of you tonight. jennifer want to start with you, we had nick akerman on last hour, former watergate prosecutor who said that without pans there is no indictment. that the special prosecutor does not bring in indictment without pence s testimony. do you agree with that? i do not kn
Our nations tax system and relief the tax burden on american taxpayers with the focus on middle class families. Todays markup is the combination of the years long work. Almost every member of our former almost every member has participated in this process. Our former chairman senator max bacchus was engaged in this effort as was his counterpart on the republican side. Ranking member senator widen has done a lot of work on this effort others who have served on this committee, and moej t most of those who are now on the committee have done a great deal of work to advance tax reform, i want to thank all of my colleagues for their work. I have more to say about members contributions in the coming days, id like to take a few moments to talk about some of the highlights in the bill that will be before us today and this week. This legislation will provide much needed tax relief to American Workers and families. It reduces rates across the board, particularly for those in the middle class, who
David in washington, today is the day for health care. When the house representatives are slated for a vote to repeal and replace obamacare. For all the details we go to Kevin Cirilli. Kevin, they are going to have a vote today. Do they have the votes . They think they do but who knows . Paul ryan has said he is not going to bring a vote unless he has the votes. Thatndications suggest after yesterdays introduction of an amendment by representative upton which would be in a billion dollar increase to preexisting condition clauses over a fiveyear period , that will be enough to win over moderates. Concerns show that whatever bill they get, it hasnt been scored and it could radically change once it gets to the senate. David last time we played through this, we had a lot of problems politically because as many as 24 million americans would lose their Health Care Coverage. How many will this time . There is no way to know entirely just how much but the concerns amongst the people im talking
To address our concerns and the priorities of democrats on this side of the dais. I remain confident we can find a way to have a positive and strongly bipartisan markup of mr. Lighthizer. And ill wrap up by saying my sense is this place cant have enough comity. Thats comity with a t. And i thank you for your efforts to work with us. I look forward to our hearing, of course. I thank you for your efforts. Its been a pleasure to work with you in the past. I look forward to working with you in the future. I think we make a good team. Well continue with our hearing on taxrelated matters. Every year, a committee holds a meeting on the tax Filing Season. It provides us with an opportunity to discuss and examine the operations of the Internal Revenue service the Agency Charged with implementing our tax code and collecting taxes from workers and employers. With each passing year, taxpayers face new challenges as they file their tax returns. Including, but not limited to protecting their private