C. I. A. And move him to the state department to become the secretary. Then the president would nominate arkansas senator tom cotton to be the next c. I. A. Director. The president thinks pompeo is doing a terrific job at the c. I. A. , knows the world well and has a tremendous respect for senator tom cotton who has been faithful to the president on most occasions, a couple of occasions where they parted ways. For the most part senator cotton has been supporting the president. Potential second scenario being talked about. I say being talked about. Im told it is far less likely than the first one, would be to move nikki haley from her post as the u. N. Ambassador over to the state department and elevate dena powell who is a real power player at the National Security counsel to the United Nations and make her the u. N. Ambassador and im told one of the things that is being talked about is that ivanka trump could potentially be appointed a special envoy for women at the United Nations, so
prosperity as the measure gains momentum in the u.s. senate. president trump: tax cuts have already passed the house of representatives. [cheering and applause] big ones, big ones. the eyes of the world now turn to the united states senate. a successful vote in the senate this week will bring us one giant step closer to delivering an incredible victory for the american people, massive tax cuts and reform. jon: richard rueben, reporter for the wall street journal. why did the president take that message to missouri of all places? he had choice words for claire mccaskill the state s democratic senator but he wasn t going to get her on board and even the vote to get the vote going was 52-48, a republican/democrat party line vote. look, what he is trying to do is put pressure on her for
the corporate rate instead of 22. senator collins is uncommitted on the bill wants to raise the corporate rate a little bit. she has some priorities on childcare tax credits and other things she is looking at. there are a number of different options out there. taking that corporate rate to 21 or 22 is one of the ways that republicans are thinking about potentially paying for that. jon: richard rueben watching it for us from the wall street journal. thanks for your expertise. julie: president trump is set to be considering relocating the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. we re live on the ground with reaction. plus matt lauer breaking his silence one day after he was fired. what he is saying about shocking allegations of sexual misconduct during his years at the today show. matt lauer has been terminated from nbc news.