About the tax bill. Our brand new cnn poll shows more than half are against it. Excuse me, maybe one reason they arent convinced this bill isnt in their best interest and not in the interest of the president , because President Trump and his administration have sold it with a lie. That lie being that hell take a big financial hit himself. This is going to cost me a fortune, this thing, believe me. This is not good for me. Its a lie that Sarah Huckabee sanders doubled down on today. The president did say that this tax cut bill would cost him a fortune. That was false, right . No, because on the personal side, this actually could impact the president in a large way. By all accounts, that is just not true. This bill exempts almost everybody from the real estate tax, a great thing for wealthy families like the trumps who can pass on millions more of their wealth tax free. It lowers the taxes on passthrough businesses. The president S Real Estate businesses will benefit directly from this.
Then we can actually do this. See three, that would be a good thing. Jason but funding will be a whole different question. Harris in other words, nothing has changed since you left. Jason no. Sandra lets begin. Republicans agreeing on a plan to overhaul the tax code. They shared it in a conference committee. The deal currently called for cutting the Corporate Tax rate at 221 from 35 . Beginning early next year. Cutting the top individual rated 2 30 7 for the highest earner down from 39. 6 . Repealing the obamacare individual mandates, and limiting combined deductions for state and local income, and property taxes to 10,000. President trump eager for lawmakers to vote on the final bill for him to sign. We want to give you, the American People, a giant a tax cut. For christmas. And when i say giant, i mean a giant. As we speak it, congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation. That will deliver more jobs, higher wages, and massive tax relief for american families, and for american
[applause] were coming to your city going to play our guitar and sing you country song ainsley good morning, guys. Pete good morning, ainsley. Ainsley its great to have you guys on the curvey couch. Pete steve and brian are out but we have tv todd piro. Todd remember the first time you bought me a coffee had had all sugar. We landed from iowa i got two hours of sleep but im ready to go. We had an awesome time. Wait until you see the stories we did in iowa. Ainsley when will we see them . Todd one tomorrow with the field of dreams and one that makes the plates that go in armor. Amazing guys and amazing story. They were recognized by trump one of the made in america top 50. Meet them in a few weeks. Ainsley the president was in ohio yesterday yesterday speaking to a grouch union builders. Here is a clip if you missed it. I love the smell of a construction site, right . There is something about it my administration is fighting every day to protect and defend and grow american jobs. We are
He wasnted suppose to meet with kim jongun but he did. I just think that every indication we have is you should resign. Im concerned you have no idea whats going on within your agency. Stunni inning comments abou relationship with personal attorney Michael Cohen. Michael is in business. Hes really a businessman. Fairly big business. I dont know his business. He also practices law. I would say probably the big thing is his wbusiness. How much of your legal work was handled wi Michael Cohen in. A tiny fraction. He would represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal. He did absolutely nothing wrong. There were no Campaign Funds. Why is he pleading the fifth . Because hes got other things. Joining me now is nbc White House Correspondent kristen welker, Ashley Parker. White house reporter for the washington post. These comments would become an issue where he is prepared to say he wants to take the fifth amendment. Whats the legal implication of what
Most people will flip if the government lets them out of trouble, even if it means lying or making up stories. Sorry, i dont see michael doing to despite the horrible witch hunt and the dishonest media. All that from the president. Hes at his florida resort. We are joined right now by boris sanchez. Thats a pretty big vote of confidence from the president on Michael Cohen. Reporter it is, fred, and sort of surprising following some recent news. Ill get to that in a second. We have breaking news. The president just tweeting a few moments ago, weighing in to the news that the democrats on friday filed a lawsuit that names the Trump Campaign, russia, wikileaks founder, accusing them of conspireing to interfere in the 2016 election. One portion of that lawsuit specifically says gnat russians that the russians found a willing partner in President Trump. The president writes so funny the democrats have sued the republicans for winning. Now the rs counter and force them to turnover servers an