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During the 2018 mid-terms. the president yesterday apparently urged house lawmakers to quickly pass the gop budget plan which helps pave the way for american -- for republicans to push through tax reform without any support from democrats. the senate passed the measure last week. president trump says he wants a tax bill on his desk by thanksgiving. the thing is, we really dont know all the details about this tax bill. for instance, if you were to say, i make this amount, what bracket will i fall...

Fare today as president in this environment? >> in this environment, again, it comes down to the fact that we are electing partisans to the congress. the centrists have been purged from the electoral process. as a result, we have people that are incapable of working together. so even if you have a president that would like to do that, a president that would reach across, you have to get it passed in the house and the senate before it gets to the white house. thats the only way youll have a produ...

Than is available to be reported. there is a lot of speculation, not a lot of knowledge as to what mueller is doing. we will have a little more news on that subjects coming up over the course of this hour. but we will start tonight in 2006. in modern american electoral history, 2006 is a real swing of the pendulum moment. republican president george w. bush first elected in 2000, his party did unexpectedly well in the 2002 mid-terms, usual lay presidents party loses a bunch of seats in the mid-t...

In 06, dra itself exceeded even those very high expectations. if 2006, democrats did great. they took complete control of congress. nancy pelosi became the first speaker of the house in u.s. history, even though the george w. bush administration has another two years left to run, in political terms, they really ended up limping to finish line t. president and vice president were so profoundly popular vice president chain disappears from the george w. bush administration t. president, himself, ne...

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They dont like each other. >> thad cochran is not coming back to washington this week. that could mean one less vote. the margin of error is even smaller. thats a challenge. if mccain goes, they would be down to 50. you have to bring in pence to break the tie. there is no margin of error for the republicans. if they dont get this budget done, that imperils tax reform. that they cant do a tax reform or cut, that will be a disaster next year for the fund-raising at a minimum potentially in the mid...

Muf much, or the gop establishment. got to stay faithful to the base. >> and isnt that fundamentally problematic? to acknowledge the fact the base is narrow. not even half the electorate and that the president should continue to cater to that base rather than say, hey, i can -- there could be a much bigger base if i change my political positions? >> reporter: ill spill a secret about steve bannon. his model in terms of thinking about this is barack obama. the barack obama model of being re-elect...

Wont compromise on this issue. before we can talk about the dreamers, we have to secure the border and talk about immigration reform and get that resolved and then talk about a kind way to deal with our dreamers. >> wait a second, lawrence. youre saying that texas democrats dont want to support secure or borders? >> iont know if texas democrats -- might be different. >> i think all democrats. all americans want to secure the border. who doesnt want to secure the border? the only way you can come...

Country, and people dont feel good about the direction of the country. now, thats partly because of the issue with wages, that wages are just not going up and keeping pace. but the other issue is theres so much chaos and instability and turmoil in washington and the government. the republicans have control of both houses of congress as well as the white house and have not been able to pass any significant legislative achievement here. i think a lot of people feel anxious about that. when we trav...

It was also at the end of the obama term that things were improving. its partly with the issues of wages, that wages are not going up and keeps pace. but the other issue is theres so much chaos and instability and turmoil in washington and the government. the republicans have control of both houses of congress as well as the white house and have not been able to pass any significant legislative achievement here. i think a lot of people feel anxious about that. when we travel out in the country a...