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Being certain constraints and that the tax reform portion of itoulde a 2018 item. >> i think we feel confident were going to get a lot done, continue to get a lot done this year. tax reforms high on the presidents priority list, i think its high on the american peoples priority list. especially as april grows closer and closer and people look down at their federal tax form and realize how much they are paying and we see companies pledging to come back, recognizing that these companies bought int...

Aisle. his willingness to look into both chambers. not just business but labor union and other industries where we can find common ground. if senator sanders and others want to work with the white house on areas of ways that we can improve the financial industry, were going to do that. >> still committed to restoring glass/steagall? >> yes. erin? >> on infrastructure, can you give us a sense of timing where it is on the priority list and if these new reports say the infrastructure is in really b...

And he talked about certain constraints and the tax reform portion of it could be a 2018 item. >> we feel very confident well get a lot done. continue to get a lot done this year. tax reform is high on the presidents priority list. its high on the american peoples priority list. especially as april grows closer n closer n people look down at their federal tax form and realize how much they are paying and we see companies pledging to come back recognizing that these companies bought into the pres...

Other industries, where we can find common ground. if senator sanders and others want to work with the white house on areas of ways that we can improve the financial industry, were going to do that. >> still committed to restoring glass/steagall? >> yes. erin? >> on infrastructure, can you give a sense of timing, where it is on the priority list, and if these new reports that say the infrastructure is in really bad shape, does that give new urgency? >> i think the president mentioned in the join...

Didnt bring it up in his speech to congress, doesnt that tell you where it is on his priority list? >> im hopeful that well be able to change that as a priority. but youve got the secretary of defense mattis, youve got mike mullen who both have testified or stated that its our deficit and debt which is our nations greatest national security risk. so its incumbent upon people like myself, and the director of office of management and budget to impress upon the white house this is an issue we can n...

Generally kept his mouth shut about public affairs. he has refused even though he has had many opportunities to comment on the developments, political developments, and he chose with the publication of his new book to take these questions on nbc and to answer them. >> were you given advanced notice? youre the president of the white house correspondents association that the president decided he would not attend the annual dinner at the end of april. >> we were not given advanced notice, no. that ...

Purview of the executive. it is the president of the united states that takes the oath to defend the united states against foreign threats, not the courts. the courts get to review some of this stuff, but that decision that was made out of that washington state court to strike down the immigration -- the illegal immigration order, i think, was plain wrong. we have a separation of powers, and i think the courts seeped into the executive branchs responsibility for domestic and national security. m...

What they felt was meddling, using executive power to force cultural changes in a way they werent prepared for, they werent on board with. during the republican primary i talked to a lot of republican voters in the south who told me, look, its fine with me if other states want to make changes. we dont want to be forced to do it here if were not allowed to vote on it and we dont have our say in the normal legislative process. >> david drucker, why day 32? thats awfully high on the priority list f...

Second turn so what youre seeing is a trend. theyre saying look this undocumented problem is a serious problem and we have to start being honest with the american people. we say were going to solve it. we have to start solving it. >> just to be clear it sounds like president obama though, youre right, he did deport many people. he prioritized violent criminals and dangerous criminals. thats not what president trump sounds like he is going to do. >> i think youre right. i think how you define whe...

They didnt have the bandwidth to go after everyone. but white house press secretary sean spicer today made clear that everyone whos undocumented could now be at risk. >> everybody who is here illegally is subject to removal at any time. that is consistent with every country, not just ours. if youre in this country in an illegal manner, obviously theres a provision that could ensure that you be removed. but the priority the president has laid forward and the priertd that i.c.e. is putting forward...