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Something that hasnt happened in 30 years, able to happen under this presidents leadership. it is a different form that were used to. were more used to this button down, you know, politician that sort of goes through every issue, through a political lens and starts looking at -- this guy is a business man, he looks at it differently. he looks for the end result, that matters more than process. d.c. is in a town that obsesses in process. hes getting the results. look at the economic numbers, the ...

The last segment. well play it by ear. my job, i am focused on protecting pennsylvania jobs and supporting our steel industry. >> dana: i did want to ask you, your district is a very interesting one. when it comes to unions and union support, on monday the supreme court heard an oral argument in a case that would basically say that unions are no longer allowed to coerce union members into giving them money that they then spend on political activities that is largely liberal. if this were to actu...

Let the right and left try to work together on something because youve got avoid this shut down come monday. theres a vote on at 1:00 a.m. youve got to look and see if you cant work together. nobody really wins in a government shut down. and one of the things that i, that i thought was interesting was on the fact that we could see a twist and some union support. and the way i look at it is, you know, there are going to be -- trump happened flip some the blue states where the working man and woma...

Right now some say getting tax reform done does not look like a slamdunk many republican lawmakers are hoping for. they try to aim to get this all done by christmas. ellison barber in washington with the tax plan. reporter: hi, eric appeared to some people looks like a bit of an uphill battle. maybe not as bad as health care, but an optimistic outlook from house ways and means chairman kevin brady. he says not only do they have a good tax reform plan in the house, but she says they will pass the...

Of union support. really attacking president trump on election night. >> i discount the mummy tell you why. looked along with great disdain. chris christie, a noose around this poor womans neck that she could not get rid of. she made a pretty strong run given that tremendous pressure. people just detested chris d. and asked why she lost by as large a margin as she did. eric: what do republicans have to do? >> you have to get a tax bill passed. that doesnt hard-working middle-class families. who ...

What are voters thinking and how are they going to respond to all of this news? arthel: ill play sound from roy moore out campaigning yesterday. >> they are completely false, no truth. about something that happened nearly 40 years ago. but more than false and untrue, they are very hurtful to me personally. arthel: thats roy moore denying the allegations. they will, the alabama campaign committee cut ties with moore. >> the campaign raised over $100,000 since "the washington post" story published...

December. there are no other races on the ballot. 367 as strategists in the state know, republicans dont have other races that will cause them to turn out. important to note, too, nor van van hollen voted, they need a perfect storm to have any chance of winning that state. but they think one is brewing at this point. arthel: how might the results of this race effect gop support from millennials and independent? >> thats an interesting question. it will be interesting to see how the party respond...

Remember in the campaign, the big unions? overwhelmingly with hillary clinton. the president has small union support. law enforcement, people involved in border protection security. the big labor movement heavily behind the democratic candidate. no surprise. these number as surprise. look at the vote union households, president obama, 18-point advantage over mitt romney in 2012. only nine points for hillary clinton in 2016. those numbers explain pennsylvania, wisconsin and michigan. more blue co...

Are you guys willing to commit more than the $200 billion to from that government to meet democrats whenever bill comes forward to try to get that across the finish line? >> i think the american worker in our infrastructure are the presidents priority. it allows our economy to thrive and grow. the president has talked about the impact about broken bridges and bad roads and how they have an impact on the economy and people delivering goods to market. hes going to create that public, private partn...

Be this, from that desk and in that room where american presidents have exhorted the american people on to greatness and talked us through, lifted our spirits through hostage crises, through crises of confidence, through an energy crisis, marching troops off to war and announcing conflicts completed, the wording of this president was notable. its not going to be pretty. its getting much worse. this year should be much worse. when it explodes, which it will soon. all of the negative terminology a...