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Cnn debate on tax reform. jay tapper and dana bash will moderate. that's at 9:00 p.m. eastern. if you are going to do the drinking game to that debate tonight the word i would pick is rigged, because you will hear bernie sanders use trump's word against him, and say this tax bill is rigged to help the upper class and not the middle class. confusion, we still don't know who gets the parking space. which of these two is the boss? it's going to be a legal battle and take time and the man that set off the battle joins us next. the wrapping paper the holidays. that counts. it's a phone for mom....

In the russian investigations exclusively with diane feinstein. tax overhaul. house republicans unveil their tax plan and president trump gives his stamp of approval. but democrats are crying foul. >> it's really making suckers of the american people. democratic leader nancy pelosi joins me for an exclusive interview live. next. hello i'm jake tapper. this morning president trump is in tokyo wrapping up the first full day abroad on a nearly two-day trip on the asia-pacific. clearly on the president's mind is north korea. the president sent a clear message to the rogue nation. >> together...

New york times" thinks there are limits and lines the special council cannot cross. that is not the definition of transparency. >> i think what he's saying is it's transparent in the sense you know what trump is thinking all the time. you never had a president tweet his inner monologue as soon as he had it. you know what he is thinking. they are doing a lot to go around traditional transparency rules in the white house. they have rolled back a lot of what former administrations have done on this. >> do you think, alex, yesterday was a turning point when the president sat down with "the new yor...

President said he wanted to do is not -- shouldn't be a surprise. >> interesting note, brian. our jay tapper sat alone with four sitting senators and concerned about the language the president used to attack his justice department in his interview with "the new york times." one said to jake, leaving the door open to the possibility of firing bob mueller is, quote, chilling and congress could figure out how to hire someone on their own. the issue is the independent statute tharks protects them, lapsed in the '90s. what would the powers be of congress? >> ultimately, this shows how awkward it is...

Trump's eldest son. fake news and witch hunts. that's what they've been calling it. is this going to continue to fly? >> no. to go back to your network, there's that moment, it's been replayed a lot we embedded it in my column. a month after the meeting -- a month lair didn't junior is on cnn talking to jay tapper saying this is so phony and disgusting the mere effort there could be any information from the russian government and the trump campaign could be involved in it. had he forgotten that e-mail chain and that meeting that was disappointing because there was no dirt. he was taking such o...