Asia. Will the president get more help from china in reining in north korea . We will take a closer look this morning. Hows minority whip steve cusco lease joining us with his take on the tax reform bill and also i will ask him about breaking news overnight. Dozens of highranking officials arrested in saudi arabia in an anticorruption crackdown by the countrys future kang. Included saudi prince. We are looking ahead right now on sunday morning futures. In the next two weeks we are expecting get the senates version of the tax plan. Republicans are putting on a fullcourt press this week after the house g. O. P. Put out the details for their tax reform plan. The measure described by some as the most sweeping changes to our tax system in decades. Vice president mike pence was in york pennsylvania yesterday to help sell the plan to small business. After his speech he sat down with the foreign exclusive interview. The Vice President said the measure is a great starting point but they are goi
Watch live coverage of the Senate Health care debate on cspan two, cspan and our free cspan radio app. Former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson appeared before our House Intelligence Committee hearing on russian interference in the u. S. 2016 election. He said the russian government and the direction of Vladimir Putin conduct did Cyber Attacks to influence the president ial election. Also discussed his rationale for designating u. S. Election systems as Critical Infrastructure in early january 2017. This hearing is to an half hours. Two and a half hours. Good morning. I have asked Rick Crawford to open with a prayer. Please bow with the. Heavenly father, we are thankful for every blessing. Thank you for the blessing of this nation. Father i just ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Pray for humility and temperance and always do we say be pleasing to you. In jesus name, amen. In consultation with adam, i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to
Watch live coverage of the Senate Health care debate on cspan two, cspan and our free cspan radio app. Former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson appeared before our House Intelligence Committee hearing on russian interference in the u. S. 2016 election. He said the russian government and the direction of Vladimir Putin conduct did Cyber Attacks to influence the president ial election. Also discussed his rationale for designating u. S. Election systems as Critical Infrastructure in early january 2017. This hearing is to an half hours. Two and a half hours. Good morning. I have asked Rick Crawford to open with a prayer. Please bow with the. Heavenly father, we are thankful for every blessing. Thank you for the blessing of this nation. Father i just ask that her people would strive to be worthy of that blessing. Pray for humility and temperance and always do we say be pleasing to you. In jesus name, amen. In consultation with adam, i make a motion to give each member seven minutes to
Myself and three other senators are releasing a statement saying that we cannot support the current bill. Are open for negotiation, but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. We are afraid when we read that though it looks like a reiteration of obamacare. As we estimate, the cost of the cities to fire insurance, we believe that they may exceed or equal subsidies and obamacare. As we look at the expense of the bill, we believe in the first year or two intimate cost more may out year or two, it cost more than obamacare. We think the idea that we are going to allow obamacare to continue, but subsidize it, is not a very republican notion. I am open to voting for it, but i think with a group of people, there is little chance of getting it on the ground. The four of us have said that we cannot support the bill in its current iteration. Be senatorsill cruz, lee, johnson, and myself. That is enough to take down the bill . Paul the intention is not to take down the bill, it is to make it
Myself and three other senators are releasing a statement saying that we cannot support the current bill. Are open for negotiation, but we want the bill to look more like a repeal. We are afraid when we read that though it looks like a reiteration of obamacare. As we estimate, the cost of the cities to fire insurance, we believe that they may exceed or equal subsidies and obamacare. As we look at the expense of the bill, we believe in the first year or two intimate cost more may out year or two, it cost more than obamacare. We think the idea that we are going to allow obamacare to continue, but subsidize it, is not a very republican notion. I am open to voting for it, but i think with a group of people, there is little chance of getting it on the ground. The four of us have said that we cannot support the bill in its current iteration. Be senatorsill cruz, lee, johnson, and myself. That is enough to take down the bill . Paul the intention is not to take down the bill, it is to make it