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opening for democrats to say why do you remember some things. what was happening that triggers your memory on these items that wasn t. what do we need to do to get there? i just think it gives them an in. and all he simply has to say is he doesn t remember. unless he can tell the whole context of it, i don t know if it gets us moving forward. it just seems like they are not going to give up the dog bone on this. i did think it was interesting, too, how many different roads that these lawmakers are allowed to go down. look at sheila jackson lee. she was just all over the place. sandra: you can see a little activity on capitol hill. attorney general jeff sessions has sat back down after a very brief break. so we ll go back to him when this hearing begins. it could be at any moment. the committee will reconvene. sandra: let s listen. it s reconvening now. the gentleman from florida mr. deutsche for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. attorney general sessions thanks for ....
beyond those who have been so outspoken to push back on that. will we see other senators come out today and take a flake or corker-like position on that? we ll find out. but right now i doubt it. a standing ovation. i want to bring my panel in. robert costa, national political reporter for the washington post and bret stephens, an op-ed columnist for the new york times and megan murphy, the editor of bloomberg business week. brett, i want to start with you. one trump critic said the ice is beginning to crack. what we re seeing with bob corker, with jeff flake, you re going to see more republicans follow suit. do you think that s the case? follow suit in denouncing the president? yes. or in renouncing their political ambitions. fair point. this is the key thing. there s a law in economics, gresham s law, bad money drives out good. in a sense what we have is bad republican politicians driving out good ones who are just removing themselves literally from circulati ....
a gun attack. the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack. alleged abduction of this vietnamese business. has soured relations between berlin. plus some usually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the united states and forcing some to put their new year s plans. i met her thanks for joining us the iranian government is warning people not to take part in what it calls illegal rallies the move comes as anti-government protesters take to the streets for the third day in a row. in a gunfight when an attacker attempted to break through security outside a church in cairo suburb the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility in the past year it has killed dozens of christians in church bombings and shootings. i had least eight coptic christians were killed in friday s gonna tax. i a joint funeral was held i was later attended by hundreds of people i queuing to enter the church mourners expressed grief and anger at yet another ....
now be bold. throw a little obamacare into the mix, why not? we expect to see some action this afternoon in the senate finance committee as members work on their tax package, supporters are noting there is nonpartisan analysis saying the middle class would benefit from their tax package. to mitch mcconnell s point, every group gets tax relief here. the differences that the burden of taxation shifts so that those at the top and are going to pay a little bit more of the burden and those in the middle class are going to pay less of the burden. bob corker of tennessee, jeff flake of arizona have expressed concerns about the nation s debt. g.o.p. leaders will need to assure them that this tax package won t blow a hole in the deficit. some key republicans a tax reform would bring in more revenue by bringing jobs and investment back to the u.s. meanwhile, democrats are taking aim. i ve never seen a more blatant attempt at a corporate welfare bill than this bill. they are lite ....
like to be on the white house staff. got to watch twitter to see what people are going to do. you were in, you were around when the colin kaepernick protests were going on when he was playing for the 49ers. what did you think then about that? i fully supported his right to speak out. i thought he made some mistakes, some big mistakes early. he wore the socks. remember the socks that were pigs in policemen ewan forps. he didn t have a clear message at first. but i supported his right to protest and i think what he did was really admirable. he went out and sought the advice of a man named nate boyer, a former player with a seahawks. a military veteran, who gave kaepernick the advice to kneel. he said in stead of sitting on the bench, kneel. it s also a sign of respect. if you think about you bow in front of somebody. and so this was the advice kaepernick sought out. he sort of refined his message, saying i thought things had made more sense in terms of clarifying what he was p ....