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Themselves in office. >> shannon: republican congressman from florida, matt gaetz, joins us now. are you buying what he is selling? >> absolutely not. you would think for mr. rosenstein's testimony that these are people just saying, "i like hillary clinton or a dislike donald trump" read the entire reason that we have a special counsel process is to escape from conflicts of interest. here, we seem to have dove head first a orgy of conflicts of interest. you've trigger key relationships, mr. strzok and his mistress who continue to save these terrible things, not only by the president, but about...

The party is in our hands, as well as that of the economy. >> reporter: one headache alleviated for republicans today, senator rand paul who was previously on the fence now announcing he will support the bill despite reservations, saying the bill is not perfect but i fought for and received major changes for the better and i plan to vote for this bill as it stands right now. with the fate of the tax bill very much still up in the air tonight, members up here on capitol hill are facing a very, very lengthy laundry list of action items that they need and want completed before the end of the year...

Met privately about donald trump jr. last month. he could face a public hearing before the end of october. what facts are you most interested in coming to light? >> obviously, we need to know exactly the motivation, because there's -- there's a lot of information that's out there, but i'm sure they'll want to question very carefully the motivation behind the meeting, exactly what was said in the meeting, and what action items occurred afterwards. because these are the kinds of things that they simply want to don firm. they may have the information. the but you always want to hear it directly f...

To back and it certainly isn't going over well among democrats up here on capitol hill. many of the action items demanded by the white house really are deal breakers for many democrats including funding and constructing a border wall, cracking down on sanctuary cities, greater restrictions on illegal immigration and cracking down on unaccompanied minors entering into the u.s. among other items. this list essentially is a nonstarter for many democrats and a point we can say look how far we've come in a short amount of time. only a month ago where nancy pelosi and chuck schumer were over at the ...

The affected areas. also talking about a longer-term aid bill on capitol hill already. congress coming back next week from its long august recess, a whole slew of rapid action items on the agenda likely to include raising the debt ceiling, a stop-gap spending bill to keep the government funded. even perhaps the president's wall on the southern border. but the vice president speaking just yesterday indicating in his view the gulf coast has to take priority because of the urgency. >> we expect congress to move quickly on the initial legislation, and we'll be working very diligently in the openin...