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KPIX CBS This Morning May 1, 2017

One of the special things that youll be seeing this morning. How beautiful. We begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. There is a tornado crossing the road. See the dark clouds twisting and looked like a scene from twister. Deadly storms sweep through the heartland. The initial hit was the loudest thing ive ever heard. It is heart breaking and upsetting to say the least. Recovery efforts are under way following a string of severe weekend storms. The Severe Weather threat does push farther to the east as we go through monday afternoon and evening. Said in an interview with reuters that you thought it would be easier why . Its a tough job. But ive had a lot of tough jobs. Ive had things that were tougher. Although ill let you know that better at the end of eight years. So sorry, president bush. I never thought i would pray for the day you were president again. Theres been promise after promise thats been unfulfilled or broken. They dont have the presidency, they dont have the house. They dont have the senate. Schumer is going around making a fool out of himself. In san diego gunman opening fire at a Swimming Pool apartment complex. Drop the gun. A huge explosion following a deadly crash in ohio. Oh, my goodness. All that. Who serves the people who dont know they like science. Do you trick them . Yes. So your surprise guest surprised me. The protcle son has returned. All that matters. President trumps absence at the end of the white house Correspondents Dinner turned out to be the main course. Only in america can a first generation Indian American muslim kid get on the stage and make fun of the president. On cbs this morning. The sign of unique u. S. Patriotism from canada. Country singer Brett Kissels microphone stopped working before the starspangled banner and he egged on the crowd. And the home of the brave this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were in the historic east room of the white house. It has served as the backdrop for many of the most important president ial moments over the last two centuries. It really is incredible to be here this morning. Oh, boy. Its an honor to be here. It really is an honor. We should tell you that the long hallway leading into the room which you see behind us is called the cross hall. Of course it has become a very familiar sight for announcements, celebrations and swearing ins. President trumps walked down the cross hall to introduce his Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. President obama used the hallway on the night he announced the death of Osama Bin Laden. Other president s have made that same dramatic walk to the east room and this morning, it is our backdrop. Weve seen many historic moments. It was cool just walking down the hall knowing the people that have walked there. As charlie mentioned the white house has 132 rooms. Were in the east room which is one of the biggest. It fills this entire side of the first floor. The cross hall cuts through the heart of the white house connecting the east room to the state dining room. This morning, we will bring you intimate look at parts of the mansion where every president has lived since 1800. Were happy to have John Dickerson here with us throughout the morning. He talked to President Trump about his first 100 days in office and the Biggest Challenges that lie ahead. And minutes ago, the president briefly stuck his head here in the east room to say hello. His plans are in the spotlight after congress agreed to a 1 trillion bipartisan budget agreement last night. It will fund the government through september. He said hello and said the rest is take away the micro phones. The domestic spending deal amid new threats from north korea, overnight the communist country warned it will carry out a nuclear test at any time and at any location. Margaret brennan is outside the white house on the north lawn. Mar ga gret, good morning. North korea said today it will continue its Nuclear Weapons program in defiance of the Trump Administrations warnings. This as kim jongun carried out a Ballistic Missile test just hours after the Trump Administration drew a hardline. We cannot let whats been going on for a long period of years continue. Reporter President Trump rarely minces words when speaking of enemies, but instead he expressed empathy for kim jongun whose Nuclear Arsenal is his top Foreign Policy challenge. What do you make of the north Korean Leader . I really have no comment on him. People are saying is he sane . I have no idea. I can tell you this and a lot of people dont like when i say it, but he was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over from his father, when his father died. So obviously hes a pretty smart cookie. Reporter on friday the Trump Administration formerly offered kim jongun a chance to negotiate the end to the stand off. A Nuclear Powered u. S. Navy carrier sits within striking distance of north korea. President trumps strategy appears to center on a mix of public flattery and pressure on china to control kim jongun. I would not be happy if he does a nuclear test. I will not be happy. And i can tell you also, i dont believe that the president of china who is a very respected man will be happy. Not happy mean military action . Well see. Reporter the president explained he decided to put aside u. S. Trade disputes with china to encourage them to influence the supreme leader. I think that, frankly, north korea may be more important than trade. Trade is very important. But massive warfare with millions, potentially millions of people being killed, that as we would say, trumps trade. Reporter this weekend President Trump invited philippines president Rodrigo Duterte to the white house. Administration Officials Say he will raise human rights concerns. Duterte has signed off on the extra judicial killings of thousands of his own people and even personally bragged about shooting some himself. Norah . That has created some controversy. Margaret, thank you. In the face the nation interview the president said repeatedly that obamacare is dead. But republicans in congress havent agreed on a replacement. The president told thousands of supporters in harrisburg, pennsylvania, that he will keep that promise and many others. Major garret is outside the west wing of the white house. Major, good morning. Good morning. Whatever President Trump says and it varies from time to time, the 100day marker mattered to him. Last week he had his White House Team pushing Obamacare Repeal and tax reform and this morning the president s reelection campaign, there is one of those, as a new tv ad touting 100 days of accomplishments. Who doesnt cover preexisting conditions obamacare. Its dead. Reporter with his own Health Care Bill on legislative life support President Trump pronounced president obamas signature law deceased. But said one of that laws key benefits would be included in his own health care overhaul. Preexisting conditions are in the bill. And i mandated it. I said has to be. Reporter the latest version of the bill to repeal obamacare does not guarantee coverage for preexisting conditions. It specifically allows states to opt out of that mandate. Mr. Trump suggested another redrafting may be coming. This is evolved over a period of three or four weeks. Now, we really have a good bill. I think they could have voted on friday. I said just relax. Dont worry about this phony 100day thing. Reporter the president spent his 100th day in office at a rally in pennsylvania and as is customed teed off on the media. They are gathered together for the white house Correspondents Dinner without the president. Reporter president s traditionally attend the annual function and tolerate a bit of roasting. But mr. Trump declined. I think hes in pennsylvania ba because he cant take a joke. There is no place id rather be than right here in pennsylvania to celebrate. Reporter supporters in the packed arena were not concerned about the president s few accomplishments in his first 100 days. He stands up for what he believes and follows through. Its only 100 days. Rome wasnt built in a day. Reporter the president also said another irs audit on his latest tax returns will force those to be kept under lock and key. Some Congressional Democrats have said they will block all attempts to achieve tax reform until those tax returns are publicly released. Thanks, major. We now have more of John Dickersons conversation with President Trump. The face the nation anchor asked the president what he has learned in his first 100 days on the job. Give me another thing you learned that you will adapt and change because all president s have to. I think things generally tend to go slower than you would like them to go . Why . Just a system. Its just a very, very bureaucratic system. I think the rules in congress and in particular the rules in the senate, are unbelievably archaic. And slow moving. And in many cases unfair. In many cases youre forced to make deals that are not the deal you would make. You would make a much different kind of a deal and forced into situations that you hate to be forced into. John dickerson joins us now at the table. John, good morning. Good morning. An interesting interview yesterday. I was fascinated to hear him say he has had tougher jobs than being president of the United States. Did he elaborate on what that is . He was doing a course correction because earlier in the week in interviews he said he didnt realize how tough the job would be and he thought it would be easier. So i think he was balancing out his remarks on that. He is frustrated by the pace of things in the senate. Hes not the first president to be frustrated by the pace of things in the senate. The founders made it that way. They made it to be frustrated. Those deals hes talking about are the compromise that the system forces you into. But you know, Woodrow Wilson said a president can be as big a man as he wants to be but then he actually got into the job and what did he do . He complained about those darn senators who kept thwarting him in what he wanted to do. This is a president ial the biggest takeaway for you . The biggest takeaway is that the president is is wants to move faster and is bristling against he was anxious to show the accomplishments but wants to move faster. Thank you. I know youll return throughout this broadcast here at the white house. Republicans and democrats in congress announced overnight that they reached an agreement on a massive spending bill. Some of the President Trumps key policies are not included. The 1 trillion bill would fund the government through september. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. Both parties are calling this a good agreement with democrats in particular, crowing about the fact that they managed to block some of President Trumps key demands. For instance, the deal includes 1. 5 billion for more border security, but the bill specifically states that the money cannot be used to build a new border wall. The bill keeps funding for planned parenthood in place through september and democrats say that it keeps 99 of funding for the epa. An agency that trump, mr. Trump, had vowed to cut. On defense, there is a bump in military spending of 14. 8 billion, about half of the 30 billion that the white house had been asking for. Other notable features of the spending package, it permanently extends Health Care Coverage for coal miners and provides 68 million to help reimburse local Police Forces for their role in protecting President Trump when he travels to his homes in new york and florida. This is the first big bipartisan piece of legislation moving forward since President Trump took office and were expecting, charlie, that the house and senate will vote on it early this week. Nancy, thanks. President trumps tax reform plan was unveiled by treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and National Council director gary cohn. He is a registered democrat and a former president and chief operating officer of goldman sachs. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. Do you have the votes for health care . Do we have the votes for health care . I think we do. This is going to be a great week. Were going to get health care down to the floor of the house. Were were convince wed have the votes an keep moving on with our agenda. We rolled out our tax plan last week. So were going to continue to drive President Trumps agenda forward. You rolled it out with one page. When will we see the details and the remaining of it so well have some sense between cuts and where the revenue might be increased . Charlie, as you said we did roll it out with one page and we rolled it out with one page for a specific reason. We want to get enormous amount of input before we draft the final bill. When we deliver the final bill, we are going to have a bill that is bought into by the house and the senate. You have been talking about how difficult it is to get things through congress. We understand how difficult it is to get things through congress and how its designed to be difficult. We understand that. Were going to make this tax bill work and wait to make the tax bill work is to work with congress before we draft the bill. Thats exactly what were going to do. Right now there seems to be a lot of conversation about how its very helpful to the wealthy but what about the middle class . This is a middleclass tax bill. How so . Middle and lower class tax bill. Thats how its designed. I am confused why people dont understand what were doing here. If you look at what weve done, weve doubled the personal exemption in this bill. Weve taken the personal exemption for a family of two, to 24,000. The Median Income in the United States today is somewhere between 56,000 56,000. You take the 24,000 away from the 56,000, youve got taxable income of 32,000. 10 rate, thats 3,000 a tax. If you have one or two or three children and we give you 1,000 tax credit you could end up with a very marginal single digit tax rate to no taxes whatsoever. That to me is a middle income tax cut you will owe no taxes potentially. But youre eliminating the estate tax . We are. But were eliminating deductions. Were eliminating the deductions added to the tax legislation over years to favor the wealthy. The wealthy have deductions. Middle income people and lower income people dont have deductions. Wealthy people have deductions. So were going to make wealthier people pay taxes on a much broader swath of their income. And will it be revenue neutral or are you comfortable adding to the deficit in the short term in order to increase growth . As i said, were working with the house, were working with the senate, we had a great meeting with the leadership last week. We are going to go through the tax plan in its entirety. We dont know what its going to score yet because were going to work on very specific details. Were going to eliminate as many of the deductions as we can. We think were going to get them all out. If we get them all out im positive this is going to score quite favorably. Do you believe you can make it up by simply eliminating deductions, the difference between the tax cuts and what you teeds to make up for them, you can make it up with deductions . We can broaden the base significantly. Were going to tax a lot more revenue and income, but were going to tax it at a lower rate. Instead of taxing at a high rate, but subtracting a lot to get to the taxable income, we will tax a much bigger numbers at a smaller rate. Yes, we believe we can make that work. Whats it like for you, gary cohn, whats a nice registered democrat boy doing working in a Republican Administration . Who worked for goldman sachs. Im working here to drive the president s agenda, to make america better for all americans. I know that. But whats it like for you personally . Are you enjoying the job we hear reports about roaring factions in the white house, them versus us . Tell us what its like for you . Look, i came from a very Team Oriented environment. The white house is no different. Were a Team Oriented environment. The president has put together a Phenomenal Team of advisors. The president likes lots of different opinions. Which is the exact way i have worked my entire life. I used to working in an organization where people are allowed to and encouraged to express their opinions and express their views. Disagreement is good . Disagreement is good. This white house is no different. The president wants to hear everyones opinion and he wants to hear both the pros and cons of every decision and he encourages that. Im very comfortable in that situation. First of all were pleased to be in the white house. Yes. And theres much to talk about. Thank you for coming. Thank you for coming. Pleased to have you in the white house. Thank you. We appreciate you getting up so early. We will talk this is not early. Getting up this early for a long time. Well talk to more white house insiders coming up including chief of staff Rei

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