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>> i have good news for you. it's an asean initiative. one word that has not been mentioned is a book called the asean miracle. they played a very valuable geopolitical role by providing the only platform in the region where the great powers can talk to each other when they have difficulties like when china and japan to talk to them over there. i am actually very happy that president trump had to extend his day by one day to attend. it's not just about putin. it's about a region to the southeast where they have a huge reservoir and good will towards america. america has been investing in the r...

Permanent tax code. >> neil: but you have to give on something. either scale back some tax breaks that are popular today like for state local taxes. would you be open to that? >> the blueprint -- the house blue print puts a lot of those sacred cows on that table. >> neil: such as? >> state and local, for example. >> neil: such as charitable deductions? >> no, not -- >> neil: what about mortgage interest? >> too sacred. some but not others. you have to dial them up but not dial them back. as a threshold, we oughts not be walking away from pushing for a permanent tax code. we have -- american fi...

I think is -- should be deeply troubling to anyone who cherishes civil liberties in this country. >> better believe it should be deeply troubling. >> as we have been talking about meet with the wounded warrior project, soldiers ride. it's such a grate thing. not just for our country and the heroes themselves but also the president gets really into it. then later on he will leave for mar-a-lago after which he will have a chance to meet with the president of china. president xi jane king. we are told the first ladies will have time together. everyone wanting to know how strongly will the preside...

The small gains we have had the last few years. this is unfortunately where we are going to be. north of $300,000. martha: some of the study show when the unemployment runs out, people get jobs. they find work. >> it's true. study after study said that. what you have a lot that's gone on in america the last several years is fairness humanitarian type of argument masked as an economic argument. you can see you the rate thing to do, but on the other side of the coin is letting someone's skills erode for 3 or 4 years, you are helping them? ultimately you are not helping them. it sound mean spirit...

Democrats are going to be preparing legislation and it's going to be introduced right away, january 2nd, to make a middle class tax cut retroactive to january 1st. >> yes. exactly. and i think one of the striking things that we're not hearing right now are a stand your ground republicans in the house or in the senate. we're hearing a lot of voices, a lot of cracks in the wall of republican members saying, look, i think we better just go along with this rate thing. let's just get this rate thing done. i don't hear other republicans rushing to the microphone saying absolutely not, under no circu...