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Expect that to be a topic of conversation as well as a range of other issues from the budget to taxes. but all eyes are going to be on his meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. this comes after the two had tensions of cold war. some have put it as strongly as that. because the president has publicly and privately accused leader mcconnell for failing to repeal and replace obamacare. we feel like he was not able to get the ball over the finish line. so what is on the menu today? i'm told the budget, tax reform and, of course, health care, just last week, the president announcing t...

The start that he wanted to repeal obamacare. he said that is what we campaigned on, the republicans are, and that is what we need to do. you could certainly argue that the graham-cassidy bill did not repeal obamacare. it's capped hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes and just gave it to the states. a lot of the structure of obamacare is still there. so i'm not sure that it was joe's ego or even primarily ego. in the case of rand paul. a lot of people would say that it was conviction. same with susan collins, she was very concerned about medicaid and how it would affect people in her stage....

As possible, i would say this tax reform conversation is about hashtag keep yo' money. >> bret: will go through some details. this is the beginning of the process. a lot of details will be worked out on capitol hill during the process. they have to pass the budget first. as it stands tonight, an individual. three brackets. 12, 25, 35%. there could be a fourth depending on what capitol hill does. doubles the standard deduction took 12,000 for single person, 24,000 for a married couple. replaces the personal exemption for independence. expanded nonrefundable portion of the child tax credit, some...

Hashtag keep yo' money. >> bret: will go through some details. this is the beginning of the process. a lot of details will be worked out on capitol hill during the process. they have to pass the budget first. as it stands tonight, an individual. three brackets. 12, 25, 35%. there could be a fourth depending on what capitol hill does. doubles the standard deduction took 12,000 for single person, 24,000 for a married couple. replaces the personal exemption for independence. expanded nonrefundable portion of the child tax credit, something higher. they don't have a number yet. eliminates most ite...

>> are you on track. >> we are. all systems go. >> shepard: by the end of the year it was clear a money dispute would have a major impact on the museum. >> i think there is no chance of it being open on time. work has basically stopped. >> shepard: the agency overseeing the rebuilding the port authority claims the memorial owes millions of dollars in construction costs. both sides report they are hopeful they can reach a deal. >> i don't think it will get to the court. i'm sure we are going to work out something with the port authority. >> shepard: when the museum does open, it will require mo...