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world. this is a special edition of "the situation room" and the vote for speaker. >> good evening to you, wolf. good evening to all. im erin burnett. were following kevin mccarthys failure to lock down the votes he needed to win that speakers gavel, wolf. >> that fight plunging the republican party right now into a truly historic struggle on the floor. as of tonight, despite losing three votes, mccarthy remains defiant, refusing to give up, despite a band of some 20 right wing lawmake...

problematic because of where we get the components for them. they have a chance to vote to make that situation better. so lets give them a chance to put their money where their mouth is or put their vote where their mouth is and in the meantime that will reduce the deficit. it is earned praise from economists, people who arent always supportive of the administrative policy coming together to say yes, this is good legislation and border line no-brainer territory and in washington that m...

Hes going to let other people rally for him. so when those conversations are ultimately had with kevin mccarthy, hes not suspicious of the origin. >> hes been working quietly behind the scenes to assume the speakership if need be. in the meantime hes been a loyal supporter of mccarthy. youve seen the nominating speech, which was a nominating speech for scalise and not mccarthy. >> i always felt for a long time the republican leadership spent way too much time trying to acted date many members wh...

Proposal. three hours for a domestic flight and six for an international flight. as well as a number of other measures like if they change what airport youre going through or from a nonstop to a connection or if they change the plane so that you have to have a different passenger experience. now that rule is open for public comment right now. we dont like to dictate these things without taking input and so for a 90-day period you could go to our website and weigh in. that is one example of that ...

Him being at mar-a-lago and bouncing some ideas. we know he goes there and polls members on political decisions. hes got all this unstructured time. do you think itll affect the strategy? >> in my experience with him he does not listen to anybody. if anything he did something which is counter intuitive. if you tell him "a" his first reaction will be to do "z" to prove to you that he can get it done by doing "z." he doesnt like taking input. >> should people use reverse psychology with him? >> yo...

Theyre going to be. we just wanted to get out and give you a broad brush overview of where we are. the president very much believes in taking input, as the secretary said. we have a lot of discussions going on with different groups. >> you said deductions, does that mean state and local being deducted? >> yes. >> what about health care? >> mr. cohn or mr. mnuchin, is this your first attempt with this to start pulling back on obamacare? and also, what do you say to your fellow republicans who say...

Broadbrush overview where we are. the president very much believes in taking input, as the secretary said, over the next month, we have a lot of different discussions with different groups. >> reporter: does it also means state and local income cant taxes, that deduction being illuminated? how about healthcare? >> yes. >> reporter: mr. secretary, thank you, aunt mr. cohn, when you talk about repealing the 3.8% obamacare tax for a small business investment income, is this your first attempt, offi...

Wanted to get out and give you a broadbrush overview of where we are. the president very much believes, as the second said, in taking input. over the next few months we have a lot of discussions going with different groups. >> does that mean taxes will be eliminated? >> yes. >> how about health care? >> mr. secretary, thank you. mr. cohen, either one of you. when you talk about the 8% tax that hits small businesses and investment income, is this your official first attempt, i guess, with this to...

Middle east policy is not formulated and not clear or concise. he is taking input. he took input from prime minister netanyahu, but hasnt articulated the middle east policy the trump administration will pursue. >> it is complicated. taking a stand at some point probably necessary. oren liebermann for us. thanks. president trump seems to have settled on a strategy for avoiding tough questions at the press briefings. he is refusing to call on reporters from the traditional media outlets. on wedn...