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Republican, recently came out with a tax proposal legislation with utah senator mike lee in which they proposed some targeted tax cuts to be able to help the poor and the middle class, but also some tax cuts that really end up helping the wealthy, including the elimination of the estate tax. so thats one proposal. weve heard jeb bush talk about the right to rise. he wants to be able to lift all americans, those on the low income, the middle income up. we dont have any specifics yet. but, of cour...

Fineman and perry, the senior reporter. im fascinated. usualfully politics were told dont mention the presidents name. >> hes violated another one of your rules. dont punch down. >> hes president. >> she is a senator. not, a freshman senator. so i think it is personal and i think the president is irritated that he will have to use a lot of political capital and he doesnt have that much to squeeze this through. the beginning of determining how much he will have to pay will be tomorrow when they h...

If you notice huckabees the only republican to talk about the tpp, the trade agreement. hes very opposed to that. hes opposed to cutting social security and medicare versus chris christie and his detailed plan to raise the retirement age. i think huckabee is going to run a populist campaign and in some ways be left of the republican field and taking visions the majority of americans agree with but most elite republicans dont, particularly on social security and medicare. >> kasie, huckabee is cu...

Little bit in your intro, his challenge here is going to be standing out. think about how he was in 2008 when he came in here. he was the underdog he was the down home preacher playing the base who wasnt expected to win and who won over these voters with his charm. now he comes in very differently. even the headline here in the paper shows that. it says "activist huckabee will need a new focus" and it talks about how he does have much stiffer competition. when you open the paper, ben carson also...

Seemed to be adjusting something in his waistband so they watched him. he kept walking and kept adjusting. they pull up behind him and as officer moore from inside the car asked him what are you doing with your waistband, whats happening there? according to police he took out the gun, he fired three shots, one directly went into the head of officer moore. now, witnesses after that police say, saw dimitrius blackwell is his name running with the gun. we do know now according to police that that g...

Primary and her people say it will make her a stronger candidate if she makes it to the general. that said, behind the scenes of course, theres some dissent there. people would refer to avoid a challenge if possible. but bernie sanders is about as good of a primary challenge as you could hope for. this is a guy whos never run a negative political ad in his life. he has resisted at all turns going after hillary clinton. he wants to stay focused on the issues. so i think that if anyone is going to...

Donors from across the country. some of the people told me they believe this will be the beginning of the countdown to jeb bush announcing a presidential run. still, probably wouldnt happen until the end of may or beginning of june. uma. >> very interesting, an crowded field indeed. good to see you, thank you very much. and now a little further west to las vegas. where at this hour the annual meeting of the republican jewish coalition is getting under way. white house hopeful senator cruz and ...

Difficult. it would be a clear flip-flop if hillary clinton said this is a deal that shouldnt go through. >> let me be tough here? shouldnt leaders lead? i know thats optimistic and idealistic. but shouldnt leaders come out and say you know what? im hearing a lot of blasting on this deal. stop attacking it as if its evil. this is a mixed bag there is always going to be pluses and minuses. you know, this perry. youre on this. some jobs will be created. the high-tech careers will do better. the hi...

Throwing his support behind jeb bush. lets dig into those headlines this morning with nbcs senior political reporter perry bacon. perry, thanks for joining us. >> good to see you, tamron. >> jeb bush and this aggressive fundraising campaign today, but still waiting for the official announcement. >> hes probably going to announce may or june but what we do know is he is raising a lot of money. i think all the other campaigns are acknowledging if theres a contest in money, jeb bush is going to win...

>> bolton scott walker. hmm. >> how about a former new york governor? >> oh, otherh, yes pataki. >> long island congressman. >> peter king. >> former texas governor michael steele. >> perry. >> yes. theres still more. look at this. >> ill do another one. >> yes. >> bobby jindal. >> yes, bobby jindal. we got one, two, three more. >> i know that ben carson couldnt make it. >> a man who wont run under any circumstances but says he will. >> huckabee. >> nice. him, too. but theres another one wont ru...