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Last couple days made clear they were confident about where things were. that grew with two yes votes that came out on monday night. that leaves only one vote that's left unaccounted for. senator jeff flake has not made a decision et. however, at this point, based on the numbers even with john mccain flying back to arizona, republicans barring some major change or vote switch have the votes they need to move this plan forward. the president said he want ed i on his desk by christmas. by all accounts, they are on that track. >> the tax cut varies in size. some americans could pay more. cnn mone...

559 senate confirmable positions, including national security posts like the head of the transportation security administration or the assistant attorney general for national security at the justice department, or a director of the national security counterterrorism center. then there's the great pressure of the russia investigation and fired fbi director james comey. joining me now is senior advisor to president barack obama and former state department spokesperson. there's a bunch of different levels to this. there's staffing vacancies and staffing being ignored. i want to start with you, al...

President donald trump hasn't even nominated 79% of the 559 senate confirmable positions, including national security posts like the head of the transportation security administration or the assistant attorney general for national security at the justice department, or a director of the national security counterterrorism center. then there's the great pressure of the russia investigation and fired fbi director james comey. joining me now is senior advisor to president barack obama and former state department spokesperson. there's a bunch of different levels to this. there's staffing vacancies ...

Positions that require -- senior positions that require senate confirmation. they've only sent up nominations for 102. senate can't confirm people unless they get nominated. have you a tax plan that's announced but doesn't exist. have you a health care bill that's not going to happen. have you an infrastructure plan that's being rolled out this week but his senior economic adviser said they don't have a plan yet. nothing's getting done because of all this other stuff. i would also just say lastly, you know, and i think in 40 years of hanging around washington, i have never seen a president att...

So nervous. you see in the run-up to thursday's testimony with former fbi director comey, he's very nervous. this is -- the behavior pattern he's demonstrating right now is not normal. i kind of just want to dispense with political correctness and say what everyone is thinking, this behavior is crazy. he needs to get a grip. he's president of the united states, commander-in-chief and acting unhinged from the oval office. that is damaging to our national security. it's damaging to the interest of our country. he's got to get a grip. >> i agree with that, of course. i think there's also a second...