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2018? >> you hit the nail on the head. we are really happy regulation is being pulled back. we're happy to see growth, tax reform, my guy, health care is really killing us. it's a huge expense for me and my clients for my readers. it's a big deal for all businesses and individuals. health care reform i believe is going to be a big issue in 2018, i think a lot of small businesses are going to look to see something being done on one congress to try to help them with the rising health care cause. one of the biggest line items on her income statement and it is a growing problem. to answer your que...

Absolutely fascinating. the voters there on the ground in alabama ultimately, this is what it's going to come down to. and to see them struggling and try to make sense of all of this is really fascinating. but to melanie's point, look, i mean, this should doug jones win this seat, i mean, this is a very slim majority, and the president's agenda, particularly the tax reform, hangs in the balance. that said, it kind of sticks that we're talking about, like that type of policy argument when these charges are so intensely serious. and, and i think that it the conversation at the end of the day ult...

Senate bill. that is not in the house bill. i hope that will be dropped. >> jon: the white house is making a full-court press for tax reform put you heard there maine senator susan kol cins said she wants to drop the provision of the mandate. we have our panel here. leslie, you think dropping that obamacare mandate repeal is a good thing? >> yes, i do. i think what we saw happen in the house could for republicans perhaps happen in the senate. jon, this is the problem both democrats and republicans have had historically. on the left i see it happen more on the right. you go toward the finish li...

The campaign. >> asked to do opposition research? >> they were i guess. but i see millions of dollars spent on this. those are line items that capture all that it did. >> millions spent and firm is doing opposition research, somebody has to be saying where is this research? >> and i don't know who was doing this when fusion gps came in and said republican had been funding this work until now and we think you might be interested. not sure who was part of it -- somebody in the dnc. >> clearly. and i would shake their hand. perfectly fine this happened. someone taking ownership of trying our best...

I see people going around saying that there were millions of dollars spent on this. those are line items from these fec reports that capture all of the -- >> right. but if millions of dollars are being spent and this firm is doing opposition research someone has got to be saying where is it. >> right. and i don't know who was part of those conversations in april when the firm, the research firm fusion gp a came to mark elias apparently and said hey, a republican had been funding this workup until now, we think you might be interested in it. i'm not sure who had the conversation that gave the g...