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White house meltdown on full display. ben carson says he wants to cancel 31,000 dining room furniture order. it was a particularly chaotic week. >> it was and having worked in and out of a white house for eight years, if you have one of these things happening over the course of a couple month it creates chaos. internally and externally, because its hard to focus on the job that youre supposed to do. not just for the president but for the senior staff, and now theyre all speculating, will the nat...

Hope hicks resigning from the white house. white house meltdown on full display. ben carson says he wants to cancel 31,000 dining room furniture order. it was a particularly chaotic week. >> it was and having worked in and out of a white house for eight years, if you have one of these things happening over the course of a couple month it creates chaos. its hard to focus on the job that youre supposed to do, not just for the president but for the senior staff and now theyre all speculating, will ...

What his message is, and if he does like he did last year, let it breathe, let the applause go, these will be heart wrenching moments that will add emotion to the policy component. >> to play off alices metaphor, if youre judged by your last game, but in your last several games you punch the ump, went after the pitcher and did a bunch of stuff, youre probably not just going to be judged by what this one game is. you have a whole history of behavior that would be considered unusual. >> well, i ha...

Kicking in. a lot of companies are funneling money in. apple with the big announcement. stock market is cooking. if the government shuts down, it kind of squelch is a little bit of the politics thats already in republican not friendly. >> depends on how long the shutdown would be. to the broader point, the fact that republicans are starting to get some momentum. the economy, as you said, cooking. the president made a good speech in pennsylvania today making the case for why the economy is doing ...

Steve? >> hans nichols at the pentagon. hans, thaur fnk you for that. meanwhile, trump taking to his favorite message on twitter. the president tweeting out in temperatures. trump tweeting out in the east it could be the coldest new years eve on record. perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old global warming that our country wasnt going to pay to protect. bundle up. tim, on this global warming/climate change tweet from the president, i was talking to somebody about his tweeting habits ...

Because it is too controversial. you might see some compromise around the rate structure. you might not see a reduction for example at the higher end of the income scale. but all of this is going to get worked out once both sides pass whatever they will pass. i still remain optimistic because there is the policy component and good reasons for wanting a tax cut but the politics cannot be avoided here. that is clearly a big factor driving this as well. >> a huge issue that is driving this. and jar...

Drugs and drinking. and i adhered to that. i lived that kind of a lifestyle. and it worked until it quick working. i say that to a lot of addicts that, you know, it does quit until it quits working. and it will quit working eventually. >> and youve been a voice for a lot of people. obviously people look up to you. they love your music. music brings people together. youre trying to start a broader conversation. i notice with the reissue of the book, you also have this map on your website, sort of...

He was able to con and swindle and dwins other baconvince othe institutions to give him money and even when he went bankrupt, he still walked away with oodles of money while other people had to take the haircut including people who worked for him, contractors and workers who he screwed outright. so the fact that they come in and they feel entitled, these are entitled people feel more sbiblgtsed, and there is a policy component to this. while they are doing this, they are putting out a tax cut pr...

Consensus. >> bret: sure. they have some time. they have had a few campaigns on this very issue. here is senator cory booker from the house. >> if you are going to repeal this law, which is going to punch many americans into health crisis. this is akin to shoving someone off a cliff. as they are falling down, saying, dont worry, we will figure this out. >> our leaders had said, nobody is going to get the rug pulled out from underneath him. you first have to go and got to the law, though. then, y...

Consensus. >> bret: sure. they have some time. they have had a few campaigns on this very issue. here is senator cory booker from the house. >> if you are going to repeal this law, which is going to punch many americans into health crisis. this is akin to shoving someone off a cliff. as they are falling down, saying, dont worry, we will figure this out. >> our leaders had said, nobody is going to get the rug pulled out from underneath him. you first have to go and got to the law, though. then, y...