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Republicans may tinker with tax rates and call that tax reform. but comprehensive tax reform, i dont see that happening this year with all the republicans have to do this year, i dont see tax reform happening. >> liz? >> i agree, if anything happens, it will be tax cuts. with all the special interests that will descend on washington, no, i do not see that happening this year. >> what we do have, though, is the president at the u.n. which well talk about later. thats a whole other topic. liz, rob...

And now he should understand that it sort of comes with the territory and he should grow a little bit thicker skin and not try to get people fired for their jobs because theyre critical of him. >> very well said, liz. >> robert, you saw the report here from peter alexander, this president does not apologize. he is saying this is untrue, asking for an apology. it has been well-documented by many organizations that this president does lie and does many times speak untruths. so is it that double st...

Really overtly offensive and even a little bit more threatening in their tone. and look, i think the lesson we can all take from this is, everyone should be careful on their social media accounts. and sports and politics really dont mix. >> robert, whats the takeaway for this for example? go up 50,000 feet for me now, in the way this administration, when you see the press secretary addressing this, and the president, he said fake news, were talking about a sports network here. >> thats the diffe...

With what robert said. it does appear that, you know, she was in violation of espns standard of conduct for employees. but put that aside for a second. what i find more troubling about this is the presidents reaction. i worked for barack obama. and that man was subjected to the most ugly, hateful attacks you can imagine. i remember for years there was in one personality at a news network, at a media network who called the president a racist, launched a racially-tinged crusade against him to unde...

I think his base still thinks that a wall is very much on the table. literally and figuratively. i know that most members of congress think this is a nonstarter. there are so many nuances here. number one, the eminent domain issue. number two, building the wall on private property which could be unconstitutional. the third point is, whos going to pay for this? the president has said declaretively mexico is going to pay for it. ive yet to see, we cant force a foreign country to pay for anything t...

Job. >> certainly thats something that i think is a fireable offense by espn. >> reporter: sanders was asked whether the network should fire hill. >> thats not a decision im going to make. thats something for espn to decide. >> reporter: the national association of black journalists says it supports hills first amendment rights. the sportscaster tweeted, "my comments express my personal beliefs." espns president says, "our handling of this is a private matter." peter alexander, nbc news, the whi...

Hats, its a viral video right now, his base saying "i dont like this." i was talking to mike beccera at the top of the show here, the alt-right gathering in washington, d.c. saying i would be protesting against the president if i were there. >> ill believe it when i see it reflected in public opinion polling. from everything weve seen so far, his base seems more interested in backing trump than really backing any sort of principles. >> so are we going to see here, robert, on wednesday, and i men...

Very confusing what espn was trying to do. it seemed like they were trying to really have it both ways. they should have been a little more declarative in terms of what their employees should or should not do. the flip side is, everyone is entitled to their personal opinion. everyone is entitled to their first amendment rights, clearly. in light of charlottesville, how i think shes feeling. so i understand. also you have a platform, you need to be very careful about that platform when you are on...

Bull? a pit bull is delicious. >> oh yeah. it appeared nothing was off limits for president obama at last nights white house correspondents dinner. even mans best friend that leads us to sundays big three. todays topics, d.c. love fest. uncool versus cool. and politics of terror. were going to bring in the big three panel, democratic strategist and msnbc contributor crystal ball, deputy political editor and robert tra were everyone everyone. >> getting with you on this not that im talking with y...