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Theyve collected the intelligence from christopher steele and they know what information hes provided to the journalists and so on. so im not sure theyre telling fbi something the fbi already doesnt know. theres part of this that is a legal thing and the other part is political and these two senators are working in a political sphere. obviously the president is under attack and they believe this entire enterprise has been a political enterprise. thats what theyre operating under. >> the biggest ...

Aware of all of this. they know what information he has provided to the journalists and so on. so im not sure theyre telling fbi something the fbi already doesnt know. theres part of this that is a legal thing and the other part is political and these two senators are working in a political sphere. obviously the president is under attack and they believe this entire enterprise has been a political enterprise. thats what theyre operating under. >> the biggest point to make where i say covering on...

You know, vote for a real solution. >> joining me is john harwood, editor at large with cnbc. betsy, its amazing to me how poorly this thing is polling. its supposed to be a big tax cut. usually people like that. this is the new quinnipiac polling. yes, 25%, no, 52 and not sure, 23. yet they are forging ahead anyway. what is an mating the folks there in the house and senate? >> i can tell you what is anmating them. the number one concern, not just the republican leadership in the house but the r...

>> i can tell you what is anmating them. the number one concern, not just the republican leadership in the house but the republican lobbyists on k street is that they are going to lose the house in 2018. thats an assumption that most of these people are operating under. they assume this is their last chance not just to do tax reform but any sort of major legislative overhaul. if they dont get tax reform done, its not going to happen next year in an election year. then they have to go fwook their...

Ground? >> in some ways they are both true. the federal government respond and done so with a level of aid and support that would be sufficient for virtually any storm in any part of the united states. in puerto rico, the storm is so unusual that covers the entire territory after another storm passed through and the fiscal constraints are operating under, these create new challenges. i was listening to the press conference about the change in the business model and this has been happening for a ...

Process. this is a bill that was written in secret, its going to have a lot of effects whether positive or negative and theres one week of public debate. how is that justifiable given the stakes here? >> you know, theres been so much thought written and talked about about this disastrous obamacare for the past eight years that its kind of uniquely positioned to be acted on pretty quickly and simply. >> right. >> i cant imagine there could be any new news about what to do here. >> why would you k...

This is a bill that was written in secret, its going to have a lot of effects whether positive or negative and theres one week of public debate. how is that justifiable given the stakes here? >> you know, theres been so much thought written and talked about about this disastrous obamacare for the past eight years that its kind of uniquely positioned to be acted on pretty quickly and simply. >> right. >> i cant imagine there could be any new news about what to do here. >> why would you keep the l...

And now his justice department is overseeing investigation into the media network that helped make him the president. so this is going to be a test for jeff sessions about truly how independent this justice department is. >> but since all of these proceedings are secret, grand jury and all this stuff, if the investigation goes nowhere, theyre under no obligation to tell us why and how it ended. >> sure. that is a crucial part of our justice system and we should trust the prosecutors in that offi...

>> sure. that is a crucial part of our justice system and we should trust the prosecutors in that office, the u.s. attorneys office, for the southern district, is known forts independ. i think we see more leaks and there is alear indication that prosecutors ar feeling pressured, then we may know that some political shenanigans are going on. >> leaks in investigations like this are an indicator that the people involved in the investigation do not trust the structure theyre operating under. >> of ...

Country together. you are the president of everyone. you remind people that i understand you didnt support me. i understand that maybe you didnt like what i had to say. heres our moment to come together. heres where i want to take you and i want to take you on the journey together. he cant say that enough. those sort of tangible benefits are the kinds of things that can start to bring people together. >> were told it may be 20 minutes. who knows? that is some guidance. we are told it is about ma...