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♪ ♪ paul: some long-awaited details of the republican tax overhaul expected to be released next week, and for gop leaders it could be a make or break moment as the party scrambles to notch at least one major victory before the end of the year. we're back with dan, kim, mary anastasia and james. james freeman has been lobbying hard for a tax cut. >> yes. paul: and this week the house -- the senate budget committee members seemed, they agreed on a deal to to create space for $1.5 trillion in a net tax cut over ten years. are you happy? >> i'd love it to be bigger, but this is a great step fo...

Way that would be a big step forward, a departure from past policy to some extent. there's only talk of that. we don't know what might happen along those lines. the point is the government reaction has been very strong and very swift. most people here, however, i think sort of take much of this in stride, as much as that may sound odd. that's the way it is here. this is a part of the world that's still technically at war. it has been that way for the last 50 years or so. people are concerned. there is something different here, perhaps. this was a massive explosion. but it was not a surprise. t...

Can they do hard things? >> you know what they are? pictures like this. >> reporter: yeah. yesterday the president signed an executive order on infrastructure and painted it as a big step forward. it's not. i was talking to a former republican member of congress the other day who said he had recently had dinner with elaine chao the transportation secretary who was standing beheintz president bush yesterday and her husband mitch mcconnell and said they are nowhere on infrastructure or tax reform. >> not only are they not anywhere the president is not involved at all. but those photo ops of busi...

>> and that's interesting to me. it is beneath the rhetoric. it is something substantive. they'll today? pro forma recess to prevent the president from a recess appointment which is somewhat remarkable with a republican senate and a republican president. >> it is a sign of the republican congress. and i think it is true in the house too, now we're talking mostly about the senate. the public congress saying, this is not a china shop. you're not our boss. we'll stand up to you when you do something wrong. that's a big step forward. >> i find department of defense and the chief of staff have done...

Have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® jared kushner and paul manafort and donald trump jr. could all car pool up to capitol hill next week as the russia investigation prepares to take another big step forward. kushner is expected to talk with the staff of the senate intel committee on monday in a closed door session. president trump's son-in-law was spotted this afternoon meeting with senator graham. and on wednesday the senate judiciary committee had invited paul manafort and donald trump jr. to testify before them. joining me now is nbc news ...