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Medals, honestly. for conservatives, thats probably enough. look, neil gorsuch is going to be on that court for decades to come very likely and thats a huge deal. the best days of donald trumps campaign as it related to unifying the republican base was when he talked about or released a list of supreme court justices so hes done nias right, legislatively hes really nowhere. tax reform sort of stopped or certainly the talk of it has quieted. >> i got to -- >> i dont think youre going to see anyth...

Its a continuing negotiation, end quote. marjorie, it appears the sides are committed whether its now, a week or six months from now to getting this done. >> whether they get it done or not the optics of the loss was any side of the republican party whether more conservative or moderate. i think everyone felt they had to go back to the table and go through the song and dance of having to negotiate something and realizing health care is complicated. the devils in the details and what the party me...

Wants to tear the house down. thats not what gary cone, hes not that kind of guy. now, cynic could say, gary cone, a wall street guy. well, isnt this about draining the swamp? wasnt it about not having goldman people and thats whos sitting next to president trump. market perspective, market feels good. >> they like stability, right, they like to know whats coming. and the tax splplan is coming. do we know when? >> we dont. while president trump has met with ceos and he said this isnt just a phot...

This with the philippines, not a huge economy, but not an insignificant one and of course one that used to be many, many decades ago an american colony. so i think the challenge is really going to be not letting xi jinping take advantage of this moment. >> and on taxes, here he is at the white house today, he met with business leaders, christian, and hes promising tax reform. tax reform now that they have majorities in both houses is definitely on the table although its hard to do it and satisfy...

To get by on $45,000, $55,000, $75,000, the chance of you having that extra dollar is beyond supporting your family and paying mortgage and car payment and trying to help your kids get a good education, thats not going to work very well. and i dont think the speaker, notwithstanding talking about that, has a plan. he has not offered a plan or put it on the table to replace the o fordable care act. so the answer is i dont think that his mentioning a couple of aspects and, of course, the affordabl...

And not leaving. >> well, thats what he promised. well see if he can deliver. so far he has delivered with that carrier plant in indiana. well get the details coming in. congressman marsha blackburn of tennessee. thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be with you. lets talk a little bit more about this. our chief political correspondent dana bash. our politics executive editor mark preston is with us. cnn politics reporter eugene scott is with us as well. dana, the devils in the details. ...

That he was going to hand over the management of the trump organization to his children. but that doesnt change his ownership or the fact that his name is emblazoned on all of these hotels and resorts. i think that, really, the devils in the details. it was very interesting to see the normally stayed office of governmental ethics sort of overtaken by a strange tweet storm yesterday, suggesting that he needed to divest himself of all of his holdings, which i think were very unlikely to see. >> so...

>> the devils in the details. it depends on what he says and how he says it. i dont even know there needs to be a speech. its not a bad idea. but i do think that, you know, what is it barack obama said "dont tell me words dont matter." words matter, presidential rhetoric matters. going back to bill buckley, one of the most important missions of the conservative cause was policing the right. bill buckley wrorode out the ay randers. he saw how dangerous it was to associate racism and other fringe ...

Into the -- >> if youre the leader of the democrats instead of nancy pelosi, where do you draw a contrast from what were seeing with donald trump right now? >> well, the devils in the details. id start with bannon and flynn and some of the appointments hes made. id say im not going to welcome them into my office. im not going to normalize this type of white supremacist behavior. ive been in congress 14 years now, ive been long enough to know the devil is in the details. we want to sit down and h...

>> when you look at donald trumps address there, including his remarks on trade, do you see anything there you support? >> well, i do think we need to take a look at tpp and reevaluate it. i dont think we need to shut ourselves off from the world. we clearly have to be a player in the world, but i do think we need a new trade model. i understand that the trade models have been good in the aggregate, but its wiping out towns in our country, and we need to take a new look at it, and im okay with t...