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"morning jo . let me get back to one question. why do you think the walton need a tax break? >> you're basing on t-- >> if we want to have a talk about why we're repealing tha i'll be more than happy to do that. >> tell me. >> because ordinary people are paying more. >> no. ordinary people do not have $128 billion. that's not an ord appear person. >> the average increase across this nation -- >> you're not answering -- answer the question. the wealthiest family in america gets a tax break. tell the american people why you think that's good when you cut medicaid and you cut programs for kids....

>> ordinary people are paying more. >> ordinary people do not have a wealth of $128 billion. >> the average increase across this nation. >> you're not answering the question. the question is -- answer the question. the wentiest family in america gets a $52 billion tax break as a result of the appeal of the estate tax. tell why that's good when you cut medicaid and you cut programs for kids. >> we don't cut medicaid. we or talking about repealing obamacare. the cbo number you agreed could be wrong -- >> i didn't agree to that at all. >> the back and forth didn't end until the senator's time exp...

Ask your doctor about lyrica. what happens when you put the senate's only ultra -- >> bottom line, let me get back to one question. why kouth the walt only family needs a $52 million tax break? >> my guess is you're basing that on the only tax assertion we have. >> the repeal. >> right. we want to talk about why we're appealing that, i would be more than happy to do that. >> tell me. >> because ordinary people are paying more. >> no. ordinary people do not have a wealth of $128 billion. >> the average increase across this nation -- >> you're not answering the question. answer the question. t...

I would be comfortable if what we had made sense. for instance, infrastructure to me is pre-partisan. >> neil: so is the president, by the way. >> let's do it. >> neil: we spent $128 billion a year -- >> and a japanese group came to l.a. and took the mayor's side said if you have frack -- infrastructure problem now. if you do it now, it will be cheaper than later. the mayor didn't know what to say. >> neil: we do spends on infrastructure now. >> it may be that we piss a lot of it away. maybe people should be held accountable. one of the thing i hear is this thing about regulations. regulations...

But it comes at a cost. by some accounts as much as $128 billion. the trump team isn't weighing in on any specific recommendations, but there has been some bipartisan support on capitol hill. and still ahead, remembering carrie fisher. more than just princess leia, we'll talk about the impact she left on the generation of women in movies and the ones who write them, too. and we'll have highlights from the kennedy center honors. we go to break, stephen colbert gets some help from guitarist steve vai. back after this.