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Say thank you to philip and john. even though you are sticking around. meantime, the gop tax plan inching closer to the finish line as the president declares it a gift for the middle class. how could it impact you? next. you can catch all the day's news here on msnbc. we continue live at 3:00. "meet the press" is at 6:00. we'll be right back. ♪ this holiday, the real gift isn't what's inside the box. it's what's inside the person who opens it.

To happen, what are the consequences. richard painter earlier this hour said he would hope to see a president pence, you know, in the white house by the first of january. it would be that cataclysmic. >> trump is unpredictable, but the denials are significant. the reason democrats are saying there's a rumor trump could fire mueller is they want to get the white house and congressional republicans on the record saying that wouldn't happen or they thought it was a bad idea. that worked. you heard the senate majority whip, john cornyn say, he thinks trump won't fire mueller. doing so would be a m...

They are clearly hitting on something we only know about because disciplinary action was taken. mueller, in essence admitted that people working under him had done things for which, you know, they deserve to be removed from his investigation. so, how that proves that mueller is in on a conspiracy to get trump is a very confusing and twisted thing. you have to bring up the fact that, you know, it is very simple matter that someone is trying to, people are laying out the potential predicate for a firing of mueller and the defense that will come from within the trump camp as to why that is a legi...

I think there's a full screen my director will pull up, that you can't say anymore -- transgender, vulnerable, evidence-based, things like that. what is that about? >> it's actualley a good question what that's about. that certainly is the case that when administrations come in, they want to put their stamp on the various agencies they control. i think that the reaction we've seen to this, which has been a very strong reaction, is in part an after effect of the way president trump has dealt with facts ads a candidate and as president. we've seen multiple times the administration has sought out...

Combined, and if you don't have health insurance or you don't think you need it, you are going to save some money. the bill eliminates the individual mandate that is part of the affordable care act. bringing in philip bump with the "washington post," john podhoretz with "commentary" magazine. first the time frame on the voting with you, philip. what's latest on that? i understood it was tuesday, and then what, maybe tuesday or wednesday with regard to the house/senate first? is that the way it's scheduled and do you expect any last-minute resistance? >> yeah, that's my understanding. there are...