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middle income people and for jobs. it will also benefit lots of other things. i mean, we re looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybody s going to benefit. but i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. all right, cnn s boris sanchez joining us from the white house. the president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. but, you know, he s not quite doing a victory lap just yet. that s right, fred. he s still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major tax reform bill in more than 30 years. they re confident, in part, because we ve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no column switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew ....
and tonight, meryl streep defending herself against any notion she could have done more when it came to harvey weinstein. what she s now saying. good evening as we come on the air here in the west. and we begin with the breaking headline involving your money youshgs taxes. president trump one step closer to his first major legislative victory since being elected. but tonight, a last-minute holdup. the house voting today to approve the republican tax cuts by a strict party line vote, but late today, word coming in they will have to vote all over again. so, why the temporary halt? and look at the new poll numbers coming in tonight. when americans were asked, who will benefit most from this tax bill, four separate polls showing more than 60% of americans say it will be the wealthy who benefit most. so, tonight here, will the president still sign this into law before christmas? and who wins, who loses? and will there be any voting tonight? abc s mary bruce, leading us off
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wall. mexico will pay for the wall. i think they ll end up being happy to do so. the wall just got 10 feet higher. we love it. we are going to build the wall. it will be a real wall. a real wall. who is going to pay for the wall? mexico. who? mexico. the back and forth between boss and top kick on the president s immigration position has not help congressional republicans get any closer to a deal that would solve the daca problem and keep the government opened. if no deal is reached there will be a shutdown of the government tomorrow at midnight. casey hunt on capitol hill gives us the update. i did talk about baby food because this chief of staff talks about the president as this cartoon character that has to be made into a person by language about haiti and africa. so what you have now is a democratic party that s bg been given a rational for this potential shutdown, the brew ha over the last week has energized their base and made it easier for democrats to say ....
5:00 a.m. here on the u.s. east coast. it is the memo in a everyothat talking about. and does it discredit the russia investigation? congressional supporters of the u.s. president are being accused of trying to do just that. they allege that the fbi improperly targeted for surveillance a former trump campaign adviser. the contents of the controversial memo are highly disputed. critics say it only on shows part of the picture. and misrepresents the testimony of former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe. here is more now from jim sciutto in washington. i think it is terrible. reporter: the president and republicans leveling a new broad side at the fbi. with a four page memo alleging the bureau abused its surveillance authority in seeking a warrant to monitor carter page during the 2016 election. it s been a tough fight. reporter: the disputed memo authorized by the staff of devin nunes claims mccabe says the page warrant would not have been sought without a dossier on t ....
and that is going to wrap up this hour of msnbc live. katie tur is going to take over. it s 11:00 a.m. out west, it s 2:00 p.m. in washington where it is day two of french president emanuel macron are meeting at the white house. we ll see if that special relationship between macron and the president can change the president s mind on a host of issues, primarily the iran nuclear deal. even as the president hosted his french counterpart, mr. trump was pressed on issues here at home. and at this afternoon s joint press conference, it was his embattled pick to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. i haven t heard of the particular allegations, but i will tell you, he s one of the finest people that i have met. admiral jackson, dr. jackson, he s a wonderful man. i said to him, what are you needed for? and as far as experience is concerned, the veterans administration which is approximately 13 million people, is so big, you koucould run the biggest hospital system in the wo ....