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Behind closed doors. the big question, as you noted the growing pains as the peaker noted. the house and the leadership wants to accomplish, starting with tax reforms. is this a harbinger of whats to come or can they grow and make it pass. >> phil, thanks very much. phil mattingly up on the hill. lets get reaction from the top democratic in the united states senate, the minority leader chuck schumer. senator, thank you so much for joining us. >> hi. how are you doing? they were turning the mon...

Neo-mccarthyism era where we start bringing in americans because they were mentioned in a press story. and i am highly concerned about that. >> the events of this week are not encouraging. i think anyone watching them has very legitimate and profound concerns about whether this congress, indeed, can do a credible investigation. i think that, you know, one of the profound takeaways of the last couple days is, we really do need an independent commission here. >> among the announcements by chairman...

Good morning. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: on this topic youre talking about sourcing, of course, and some of the specifics of devin nunezs conversation. a couple of details in terms of, first, the bombshell he released and then the backtrack. when he first spoke on capitol hill the chairman of the house intelligence committee said, this is his quote. they were at least monitor or disseminated out as he described it and to trumps team and himself included. what we learned yesterday is...

Past four years. they also stress constantly that it only takes one incident, one person that they might not be across, they may be unsophisticated attacks, they can be horrific as clearly we are seeing the nature of what is unfolding here. in terms of the technology in the plotting and planning thats involved, they are fairly low in sophistication. all you need is a car and a knife, anybody can go into their own kitchen and pick up a lethal knife. its very difficult at times to guard against an...

To be negotiated. >> john sounds like you realize he has to deal with this. knows the bill has problems. why twisting arms to get people to support it some. >> president trump is going to have to negotiate this to the top. art of the deal on steroids. right now its bill thats not obamacare light, its 50%. cutting out 50% of the people covered now that need the coverage. doesnt make sense. not bringing down costs, makes no sense. bailing out insurance companies and wall street, how does that make...

Strikes me as having a good b.s. monitor. you know what that means. what does your monitor tell you about this wiretapping story, senator? do you think its real? >> is it as striking to you in the briefing room as it is to television viewers that an alternative universe is being proposed alternative definitions are being trodded out in realtime? >> kimberly: lets pick a pal. your pal can be rachel maddow. >> >> greg: first i want to say brian williams puts the apth in graph. i only rhyme things ...

Youre bailing out the insurance companies. youre bailing out wall street. how does that make any sense? people at top end of the income spectrum get a break and seniors get hammered. this thing is a complete disaster that needs to get renegotiated. it has the potential to sink the trump presidency and that movement if they cant negotiate this thing right. >> had to look at monitor to make sure it wasnt bill press talking. >> i think john is listening to my show. because he quoted me exactly. for...

Strikes me as having, as my friends would say, a good b.s. monitor. you know what that means. what does your monitor tell you about this wiretapping story, senator? do you think its real? >> is it as striking to you in the briefing room as it is to television viewers that an alternative universe is being proposed, alternative definitions are being trotted out in realtime? >> kimberly: lets pick a pal.l. your pal can be rachel maddow. >> greg: first i want to say brian williams puts the -as in gr...

They are slowly starting to come in. we havent even gotten to the worst part of the snow. what was interesting, i was listening to toms shot and i cant see where he is because i dont have a monitor but i can hear from the echo how nasty it is there. same thing with logan. were going to get a lot more snow than they are at laguardia up here in boston. you can certainly see interior sections. im about 45 miles as the crow flies west of boston right now. and you can see, we are in blizzard conditio...

I do know they do a little bit my question for jessica would be the son on this question i want to know, do you think this was a conservative hoax, even a conservative media hoax, do you think the left wouldve called for them to step down or called for them to resign? do you think that the left would have asked a conservative host to stand down or to be fired? a conservative host who said. >> dust on my question, do you think that the left would have asked a conservative host to be fired if they...