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Or four we can pull over for this. you can identify three or four right now, who can be pulled over for certain things. mark owe ru marco rubio possibly. well see that 60 vote threshold used by the democrats to stop whatever they can. >> at the same time, ill throw this out to the panel there are also i can think of two or three democrats who -- joe manchin, who seem open to being pulled in the other direction. how do democrats hold their line and hold themselves together? >> this is the way we ...

Singing a very heavy tune about all -- >> so that is your theory of the case. >> ill tell you, i would investigate that a little bit more. but i would feel comfortable going to a jury with that case and proving it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> that is a very strong case. and look, youve heard lawyers on -- all over the place saying maybe it is obstruction and i think you laid out a very good case for why it is. it is a predicate for robert mueller to investigate obstruction and put everyone in t...

>> my voice isnt up to par. let me call on the real spokesperson for the family. peggy. >> its been the greatest honor of my husbands life to have served his fellow americans during two of the most difficult years in our history. >> i think the real test comes now. will these people who have taken apart the old system can somehow translate politics into power and make a government work. thats their real test. we are on the threshold possibly of the greatest change since the new deal in 1932. wha...

Eight years with a sunset. why isnt it permanent? >> i think part of it is two-fold. one is the arcane procedures we had to keep a 50 vote threshold the the other big one, and i reached out to a number of democrat senators and house members, they made it very clear early on they were not going to provide one single vote. >> its not their fault it has this sunset provision. they didnt come up with this provision. >> it is the byrd rule. it is their fault. eight democrats could have gone and made ...

He sat down with erin burnett earlier this week. and this is what he had to say. >> i cant speak on behalf of the government. im not in the u.s. government anymore. my personal belief is there is compelling evidence that we may not be alone. >> okay. so, the threshold for when one invokes the worldcom pelling, in reference to different people. to a scientist, compelling evidence would be an alien walks into a bar with you. you have the craft. the alien is there on something other than fuzzy vide...

Passed 400 bills in the senate doesnt do anything. juan says this is only a singular legislative accomplishment. if you are doing three things in one bill all at once, then it is several accomplishments. plus you add the circuit court judges. the senate really delivered. >> jason: and you have neil gorsuch on the supreme court. the president got done and not even in 12 months faster than anybody else is doing it. republicans and two shots and reconciliation. they only needed to get to the 50 vot...

This adds anywhere between 1.5 and 2.2 trillion to the national debt. are you comfortable with that? >> well, im not comfortable with adding to the national debt ever. i think the numbers are lower. its about $440 billion over a decade. eventually it pays for itself. under every estimate, it varies which one you read, it speeds up growth. theres parts of this i like. a lot of it. i like doubling the standard deduction. i think that helps people at the bottom end. i like the expanded child tax cr...

Were following the breaking news, a surprise delay in the expected passage of the republican tax bill. were standing by for a senate vote tonight, but the house of representatives will have to revote on the measure tomorrow, after some technical provisions were discovered to violate rules. lets dig deeper with our correspondents and specialists. and matt, very quickly, is this going to make much of a difference? the revote tomorrow morning? the president will still get the legislation he wants. ...

This? improving relations with iran preparatory to the deal. peter brooks is a senior fellow for national security affairs, the heritage foundation of washington and he joins us tonight, thanks for coming on. >> good to be with you. >> tucker: this piece is very long, dozens of people are interviewed and it and it sounds like they nailed it. the obama administration prevented the dea from basically doing anything about hezbollah smuggling guns and drugs because they wanted to get the deal. >> it...

Buybacks, but not saying they are going to hire more people. >> its either going to spend more money for the government or private sector. my money is on the private sector and its ability to be more wise and more discerning in terms of how to create opportunity. companies have to compete on a global basis. what you are going to see with the change in the international system, for example, is a lowering of the threshold so more money can come back, and most folks say theres between 3 and $4 tril...