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Fabian, politics reporter for "new york times," noah biermann and nbc national reporter jane tim. jordan, i'll start with you. we heard how the plan is supposed to help middle class americans, supposed to help corporations as well. who actually benefits -- who actually will this bill help? >> if you're a corporation or a business or wealthy, tax rates from 35 to 20%, that relief is permanent. a big change in estate tax as well. individual side coming down. pretty much all americans working are going to see tax relief. that tax relief is temporary. those tax cuts will go away after a certain pe...

That might give us clarity in your reporting? >> no. i think at the end of the day what has to happen is the results of the investigations, both in the intelligence community as well as on the congressional committees, they have to be made public. and the sources that i'm speaking with in congress, both republican aides as well as democrats, there is now an added pressure for former fbi director james comey to have to testify publicly. it's unclear whether or not republicans are going to allow that to happen. but at the end of the day, i think that as this president moves forward, particularly...

Thank you. joining me now, jane tim and kevin cirilli. first the new associated press report about the dh schlts finding that suggests citizenship is not able indicator of a potential terror threat, what does that mean for the seven country ban? >> we know the ban will have to be reworked because the courts won't uphold this. we're likely to see a much more specific ban, something that is easier to hold up in a court of law. but i think this shows us that the government's own intelligence does not stand by the ban as the white house does. and i think that when you say the government, the depar...

That feel that going out to sing for this particular candidate expresses conflicted message that might undermine the beautiful messagehat choir has worked so hard to cultivate with so many people. it's not just america's choir. it's the world's choir. for me this is a moral issue, i'm concerned about our freedoms being in danger as time goes by. >> joining me now, jonathan allen, columnist for roll call, and jane tim. great to have you here this morning. >> good morning. >> jonathan, let's start with you. what is conventional wisdom on the u.s. tossing out russian diplomats? is there any clear...

Country, with our democracy, not our political opponents. >> jane, donald trump's tweet praising putin, is this calculated strategy do you think? what do you think his goal is? >> for the president-elect, he made it clear he wants to have a friendlier relationship with russia. if they are into our electrical system as "the washington post" is reporting, if they are working on fishing identities of parts of our government that control things that are related to our electricity system, our emergency response depends on that. that's going to be really important. i think that's going to look diffe...