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Weeks he claims victory. i think the reason he decided to try this face saving measure was because i believe in the united states senate had we had a vote to overturn this veto, we would have -- excuse me, over turn the tariffs. we would have gotten a veto-proof majority in the united states senate. when the president's folks went down to capitol hill last week, they got an earful from senate republicans about the president's mexico tariffs. i can tell you, having talked to a lot of republican senators this was one thing they were willing to go to the mat on. i think the president decided to b...

Does it validate the questions into possible impropriety? >> i think rod rosenstein is trying to deflate the issue a little bit, trying to kill the president with kindness, you're going to do this and this may be inappropriate, but i'm not going to confront you about this now. i have bigger fish to fry. i think what he's doing is he's trying to build capital with a significant part of the country that believes this investigation is a witch-hunt, et cetera. and he's recognizing this is not the issue i want to go to the mat on. so i'm going to roll this into an already existing investigation. i'...

When the american people start to see more in their paychecks in february they will start to realize that the president's vision here, that this middle-class miracle that was passed today by the congress was an idea whose time has come. i really believe it will sell itself. >> laura: carried interest benefits had sponge. they get to have their profits taxed at a much lower rate than most americans. that survives in this legislation. that doesn't seem like you're kind of taking this new approach to the big hedge fund force in the united states. i understand the president wanted it out of the le...

This. if did you that would be shocking. eric: president makes that point. he said it is not that great amount of money when dealing with -- he said, he is kind of shocked at how massive in the government is in terms of comparing it to business. >> you know it is just amazing, this deal they are talking about is really small ball. nothing in this deal will change the shape of the way our fiscal picture is going, we're not talking about intea inentitlemet reform, for democrat to pick that up border wall as an issue they would go to the mat on. this is not a great issue of consequence of affairs...

You can still challenge voter i.d. but it wouldn't automatically get you bailed back into oversight in the way it would if you passed a racially discriminatory law. that's the issues republicans want to go to the mat on. >> zachary roth, always good to see you. thank you and have a good weekend. we'll be right back. purina dog chow light & healthy is a deliciously tender and crunchy kibble blend. with 20% fewer calories than purina dog chow. isn't it time you discovered the lighter side of dog chow. purina dog chow light & healthy. ♪ [ male announcer ] old el paso frozen entrées. now in fre...