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Own the shutdown. he is being painted publicly as someone who doesnt care about the human impact of the shutdown as well. and that will live with him for a long time. >> then there is the ball game, score keeping of all of this victory, pelosi last night when donald trump agreed to hold off on the state of the union until after the union was up and running again. he commented on that today. well run this and talk about it on the other side. >> well, it is really her choice. i would have double i...

Question is because -- >> i want the answer, and you should want the answer, too. no congressman asked him, either. >> you know why? >> they didnt. >> because the republicans were not interested in the answer, thats why. >> well neither were the democrats. >> no, no, no. >> apparently, neither were the democrats. >> i didnt nap like an idiot, yesterday, but wont make that same mistake today, its not about me, and they were trying to make them look like partisans and they were not drilling down o...

>> so i think tax reform done right can move us toward a balanced budget. i think its incredibly important that the senate with senator corker and senator toomey have reached agreement that this more accurately reflects economic growth from a tax reform and really gives more honest score keeping in the budget -- >> neil: the budget for about $1.5 trillion in tax cuts. are you comfortable with that over ten years? >> what that does is allow us to get meaningful growth and allows us to move toward...

The wrong direction right now for the white house. we saw overnight the pendulum start to swing away from where they wanted it to be. why the rush? will that change? >> i think today is critically important for that and the messaging that pence is delivering on the hill and in his dinner tonight. a clearer sense tonight of what will happen next with this bill. >> what is the prediction, caitlin? >> im not sure. im struggling to see a path here. there might still be one. people put faith in mitch...

Think legislation should be and the senate doing the same as well. you have senate republicans who are not in nearly as much political peril as you are house republicans which is why we saw this rush to really get a political vote on the board yesterday. which we saw. what we did see from two very important people which just goes to talk to you about how long this could drag out, two people involved, mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader said that the senate consideration will be schedul...

>> branding him in the way he wants to be framed despite some of the outrageous things. >> quickly, before we go to break, whats his obsession with "time" magazine? do you think it was the publication of 80s and 60s, when he was younger? >> 40s, too. >> theyre making a comeback. >> now, they are. >> score keeping. he has boasted hes had more covers than anybody else in history. he is way behind a lot of other people including richard nixon, but its the way he keeps score. >> by the way, im not t...

If you take a look at the number of people who have insurance today. weve cut the uninsured rate in half. we have affordable coverage for the overwhelming number of americans. they have quality insurance covering what they need including mental health and addiction and attorney benefit. thats important coverage. so i think weve accomplished that aspect of it. the cost has come in less than the cbo scored. thats not unusual. theyre conservative in their score keeping. i dont know how you proceed ...

>> there are 1,461 days in a four-year presidential term. this is just day 34 for president trump. on the one hand, it is premature, even silly to make a major judgment. yet, score keeping is constant. its a reflection of the internet age and the disruptive character of the trump political phenomen phenomenon. is he off to a lousy start? look, only four in ten americans approve of the jo be he is doing. 53% disapprove according to the latest gallop numbers. thats pretty bad, right? but maybe he ...

>> thats fine. >> i think five days out i will repeat this again, and i have to because there are a lot of slow people that are extremists out there and people in the press who are extremists who actually think we are saying this is going to happen. we are rooting. all were saying this could happen, would it happen today? no. he wont win all of the tossups today. what happens five days from now? its what i said two weeks from now. they change in two weeks. a week is a lifetime in politics. ive s...

Said to me its like you know, look, if i go against the clintons, they will probably remember that if she ends up as president. not to say they fully keep score, but people keep score in politics. theres a lot of score keeping in politics sometimes when the rubber meets the road. so this is, yes, a message to sanders, a message to biden, but i actually think its more of a message to the democratic establishment that has not yet climbed aboard the clinton campaign which is hey, guess what, look a...