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hello, im victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. >> and im bianna golodryga. a tragic discovery in the search for the four americans abducted in mexico. two of them were found dead and two are pack on u.s. soil. they were all found in a medical clinic in a boerder town. one of the two survives is injured. the group was traveling from south carolina so one of them could undergo a medical procedure. >> authorities say a group of unidentified men shot at the victims vehicles and took ...

Off-ramp to chinese tensions any time soon. this is part of chinas biggest annual political gathering. its the first one held since china aban onned its covid policy. they had to stay at a quarantine hotel, get on on-site pcr test. restrictions were surprising considering they have completely opened up from covid. the question is were these covid controls or just to restrict press access. what is clear is that the communist leadership only wants the world to see one from china and that is one of...

On this saturday at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. here we are at the half hour. this is what were watching. new reaction after president trump signs his first major piece of legislation into law. that sweeping tax cut plan that also included a repeal of obamacares individual mandate. now, the president predicted that without the mandate, obamacare will be, quote, over. joining us now, max baccus, former senator from montana. he also shepherded obamacare through the senate in 2009. s...

Dick durbin in november, theyre all saying we have to stop this before the election, meaning allowing the funding of 501(c)(4) groups. why is that important? because those groups would be responsible for running campaign ads and campaigning against people like barack obama, max baccus, and other democrats. so this was an effort by the government to use the power of the irs to target people with a political point of view. it is an extraordinarily dangerous thing for any party in power to do to an...

Dick durbin in november, theyre all saying we have to stop this before the election, meaning allowing the funding of 501(c)(4) groups. why is that important? because those groups would be responsible for running campaign ads and campaigning against people like barack obama, max baccus, and other democrats. so this was an effort by the government to use the power of the irs to target people with a political point of view. it is an extraordinarily dangerous thing for any party in power to do to an...

Ambassador to hungary is a soap opera prouser who raised 800,000 for the obama campaign and she appeared to know very little about the country and even former senator max baccus. >> i am no real expert on china, but it is my strong belief that chinese people are just as proud as we americans are proud. >> theitate department spokesman defended the presidents picks. >> we have ambassador from political backgrounds and financial backgrounds and run companies large and small. but our process has co...

Policy? >> we need -- we need to have some initiative. i dont see it happening. you know what? max baccus is moving on to become the next ambassador to china, and senator mary landrieu, a strong proponent of energy production in this country, a strong opportunity for us to move forward. >> theres a lot the president can do with executive action. >> like the pipeline. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> you talked about jobs, in the final press conference. the year, the president said well continue to focus...

On and gave you three minutes to rant. now, let me ask you a question. in the spirit of bipartisanship lets have a diea lag. im a registered conservative. you want to make a $10,000 bet? >> i dont bet. i dont bet. >> sean: im a registered conservative. i didnt write republican vikt rye do you have a question for me? >> yes. i do. max baccus said the president requested the sequester. my question is simple. barack obama, because you said what he said isnt true. here is my question. congressman? c...

Gasoline tax was raised was 20 years ago with no republican support. it was a 4.3 cent increase that i personally negotiated with montana senator max baccus, briefly the lone holdout on increasing the gas tax and is now the chairman of the committee. the 4.3 cent increase was signed into law by president clinton raising the total federal gasoline tax to 18.4 cents where it has remained for 20 years. so how much are they raising the gas tax in republican world? more than the democrats would ever ...

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