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Not going to go that far away from donald trump because there are some big stakes here. this is just a small piece of a bigger part of that puzzle on immigration for that base. symbolized by the wall. and so i think, you know, some will swallow hard. some have pushed back a little bit. but, nicolle. weve been in that room and on the ground. these folks are going to be solid as they were throughout the campaign and the first eight months of this presidency with trump until they see for themselves...

The wall, its republicans who will become obstructionists. your thoughts? >> hes clearly in sell mode, right? he had this quiet period after the dinner where he didnt tweet, didnt respond. and clearly has heard from the right that theyre upset about this. i think the thing that was fascinating was he said democrats will not obstruct the wall and that is not something you saw in the statement from schumer and pelosi. >> nancy pelosi is speaking live. lets hear what she has to say about all this. ...

High marks for the way weve handled them thus far and we continue to handle them well, but they were very big and very powerful and it was very unfortunate. but because of that more than ever we now need great tax reform and great tax cuts. so we are here is as a group bipartisan to try and see what we can come up with. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> what would you tell them? why have leader pelosi and schumer over tonight? >> well, im a conservative and i will tell you im not skeptica...

There is some hesitation or at least a pause, we dont know what this guys going to do in the weeks ahead. >> and to the broader point, this is the presidents about at the eighth-month mark. the big question in washington, who he is? who he is philosophically? a lot of people in the country are probably great. the presidents talking to everybody. hes talking to democrats. thats great. here in washington when youre about to start tax reform with the lessons of not being able to do obamacare in the...

With pelosi and schumer, one of the things that they want is not one penny of their campaign to the wealthiest americans. that is a marker that they have drawn in the sand. at this point is the president open to not having tax cuts as deep as one thought for the wealthiest americans. >> again, the presidents focus has never been on the wealthiest americans. its been on tax cuts for the middle class and tax reform as a whole. had thats been his priority. >> thank you. two questions, if i may. one...

Majority in the house and senate hasnt changed. its still the majority of democrats and the minority of republicans. and so i think it is still important for to us remember that however we get there, whether its in a deal done by trump, bell lessee, and schumer, or whether its through the arm-twisting of mcconnell and ryan, ultimately democrats are going to be a big factor in any deal that gets done to keep the government up and operating, to protect dreamers, to raise the debt ceiling. so wheth...

Times." ken, we saw these statements coming out of the dinner tonight where joe manchin very, very specific about debt. heidi heitkamp, as ken conrad pointed out a little unclear what she said it. nothing really from senator donnelly, just a general it was a very nice dinner. what do you make of this dinner tonight? >> there is no doubt that its significant, lawrence. it doesnt take a whole lot of democratic support in the senate in particular to form a new coalition that could potentially pass ...

Is reaching out to democrats. but that leaves us at a loss. we dont know what target were aiming at. we hope were aiming at the presidents original tax plan that had 15% corporate rate and take care of s corps, repatriation. we hope on the upper income side -- i dont know the details. maybe hes in a little talks and negotiations with democrats. the breaking news is again, after the face plant on obamacare, the republicans dont have 51 votes in the senate. it will be very hard to pick up a few de...

Underminesed his negotiating position with republicans because they six simply dont know what to expect from him. if he wants to pass a tax bill, hes going to have to have republicans. he may not need democrats. but he undermined their trust in him in going into the negotiations. theyre not sure what to expect from their own president at this point. >> just the personalities, like the imagery of last week with the president and schumer seen in this photograph with chuck schumer sharing a laugh i...

Least until february to have to raise the debt ceiling again or deal with the debt ceiling. theres plenty of time to research that issue, lay out options for the president. >> lastly, the president will have dinner with schumer and pelosi, youre going to be there. youll discuss tax reform, daca, other issues. does the president for longer let mcconnell and ryan run the show, hes kind of leading a different way with democrats trying to form new coalitions? >> i look at it this way. i think what t...