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the same time we've got to get sustained growth and lower the corporate tax rate. that's what americans are looking for. they don't want to us worry about the 21 or two, and they want us to come together and that's important in next couple of months. elizabeth: with that, i want to put a graphic up for some of our viewers at home and breaks down the differences that we're seeing in the house and senate proposals. that being said, a lot of it has deductions being cut in different areas that are different for folks, and i'm curious as to when you look at a graph like this and you see the differences, where is there going to be compromise in the conference? because i don't want to go through the fact that there are seven or four brackets, or mortgages between one and 500. i'm curious to where americans are going to see a compromise? what is the final number looking like on some of the columns? >> here is what i'm hoping we're looking at. i'm a businessman for decades and a c.p.a. when it comes to deductions 70% of americans do not itemize
♪ ♪ leland: hope you're having a great saturday afternoon. i'm leland vettert. liz: i'm elizabeth pran, thanks for joining us. leland: this time speaking to vladimir putin about russian election meddling in 2016 and in those two other big agenda items that he's on the trips for. live to amy cel ok in vietnam where it's the middle of the night. the president waking up for a few hours, the president had the two main issues on this trip. we heard the focus of trade and getting north korea to get rid of their nuclear weapons and. any progress on either? >> trade deals particularly in china but there's still a long
20 million veterans who are alive in our country today and thanks to them, their service and their sacrifices that we have the freedoms we have so, of course, with the rest of the country today we say thank you. leland. >> garrett tenney thank you outside of memorial. elizabeth has more, liz. liz: that's right, the challenges they face coming home can be varied and daunting. the va came under fire per response for veterans needs back in 2014 and while the administration reports improvements of claims, of course, the bureaucracy and staffing hurdles are still surfacing, so joining me now to address these issues is the ceo of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america paul, thank you so much for joining us, paul, we really appreciate it. >> my pleasure, great to be with you, ma'am, and happy veterans day. >> yes, and i do want to talk about some of the challenge that is the va faces and maybe some of those barriers that can be
crisis in syria. amy kellogg has more. we had rumors of a formal meeting, but that didn't take place, correct? >> that's correct, elizabeth. it didn't happen and president putin, somewhat tongue in cheek said that the person who messed this up would be punished. he apparently, elizabeth, merely wanted it to happen of course, it would have made him look very good, but relations are at a low point and ultimately why this tete-a-tete didn't come off. president trump reportedly told reporters that he and president putin have a very good feeling between them and a good relationship, even though, quote, we don't know each other very well. trump said that at their few brief encounters at this summit and this vietnam he did ask putin about election meddling which the russian leader denied. he said that he thinks that putin is insulted by this and it's not good for united states
today. when you double the standard deduction, 95% of americans don't itemize so i was bringing this up in the committee that these deductions, sometimes never even make it to the tax return. so i'm hoping that we're looking at that. i know we both, senate and house, agreed to double standard deduction and that's what's got to be important and i hope we're not bickering on the actual deductions, in many cases we're only talking 5% of americans will have those deductions. elizabeth: i know you're not saying that deductionses aren't important. are you saying that the brackets are more important, that the corporate tax rate is more important? what's going to give? >> welcol, i think the most important thing is lowering taxes for middle americans. and lowering the corporate tax rate. we're not competitive. we have the highest statutory tax rate in the world ab one of the effective highest tax rates in the world, that's why businesses are going overseas. elizabeth: when you talked about tax relief for the middle class
hannity's radio show yesterday roy moore did not rule out the possibility that he may have dated girls in late teens while 30's but he said he couldn't remember such encounters but he planned out denied any involvement with a girl under the age of consent and he says allegations reported in the washington post of initiating sexual contact with a 14-year-old are flat out untrue and politically motivated, listen. >> there will be facts to show in this situation that this was a democrat and maybe even the establishment republican effort to undermine this campaign because they don't want to hear the truth in washington and they don't want to hear the truth about god and about the constitution. >> moore says he has no intention to drop out of the race, he told hannity, if you step aside for any allegation, then you might as well not run because when you run, you're going to get allegations. elizabeth.
that's where i think there's people who are worried. because we even heard from senator mitch mcconnell it may not see the relief we're seeing, and some may see a tax increase. >> when you go across the spectrum, the majority of middle americans are going to see a tax cut and the opportunity to have more money in their paychecks. there's always going to be one or two issues or individuals that may be outside of the scope of the average, but in the average, i think all deductions and all of the areas, the 15%, the 10%, all of those areas are going to have tax cuts and that's important, making sure that overall, middle americans get that tax break. elizabeth: is it going to be catastrophic if we don't see some type of tax reform, especially for republicans going into 2018? >> i do think that americans are looking for tax reform and a tax break. i think we need this for corporations to be able to grow here in america so i think in the end, republicans, but also
democrats have to be looking at this. this could be catastrophic for both parties, if we can't work together to get something done, that's been my frustration for six and a half years in washington. too much partisanship, we need to work together for the american people and we need this, we need to be able to give them more money so they can actually save some money for college, for things they need. and at the same time, we have to reduce this corporate tax rate because we have to be able to compete in a global marketplace. elizabeth: right, you may have some democratic congressmen who say their voices aren't being heard for obvious reasons, sir, but that being said, we appreciate you joining us and we'll be keeping an eye on what happens this weekend and obviously, if anything happens before thanksgiving. thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me, liz. elizabeth: and of course, keep it here on fox news for more on a conversation over tax reform. democratic congressman dan ki
jonathan, steve bannon was right about one thing for sure, there's going to be a lot more stories about this coming up the next four weeks. you'll be there to cover them. thank you, sir. >> my pleasure. leland: liz. elizabeth: coming up, as the country prepares to mark one week tomorrow since the horrific church shootings in texas, friends and family members remembering many of the victims who have strong ties to the military this veterans day. casey stegall is in sutherland springs with a preview. >> elizabeth, out of the 26 people who lost their lives one week ago, nearly half of them had ties to the u.s. air force. we will take you to a very special veterans day celebration that took on a whole new meeting with america's news headquarters continues next. our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence.
a joint statement today on syria, basically it put out some points of accord there, one of which being that they will continue lines of communication in syria so that their military don't have any incidents and also, a reaffirmation of the belief on both sides that the syrian conflict ultimately does need to be resolved in a diplomatic way. elizabeth, back to you. elizabeth: all right, amy with the latest from hanoi. leland has more. leland: let's bring in eric chang from the heritage foundation and spent a lot of time researching asia. every word a u.s. president says is parsed so closely and watched by foreign leaders. he's on this trip and we heard what he said on air force one on reporters about believing vladimir putin, really in the face of this overwhelming evidence from the u.s. intelligent committee and community. what does that translate to to