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Curveball hurts with a lot of democrats, what does it do, brings the deficit number down. they are trying to get it through with a simple 50 vote, and this helps with that. it would raise average premiums by 10% which could wipe out any tax savings. 13 million fewer insured over ten years. i keep saying it's a gamble, it's a gamble, it's a proposition. what is the proposition? >> it's math and votes. if you make the math work that's important, to do it on a party line vote and do you have the votes? there's a lot of republican conservatives that do not like the mandate, and they can reduce the...

The senate does. that leads to, i think, the biggest sticking point, corporate tax cut and when it goes into effect. the president has been very clear he wants it to happen right away. conservatives in the house want it to happen right away. republicans in the senate have to find or pay for some other way to make up the difference in the money if they want to start it in 2018 instead of 2019, the current plan and when they get it figured out have to make sure the lawmakers from high taxed states are onboard with the state and local tax deductions. >> what would allow you to support this piece ...

Detail. you heard scott hodge. what do you make of it overall? >> well, i think scott's exactly right, that we're looking at a major pro-growth cut on the business side and nothing on the individual side that's going to make it meaningfully better. the house narrowly avoided sunsetting the corporate rate cut in years nine and ten which is a huge relief because companies make investment decisions longer than ten years. now, to make the math work for the budget, they had to make other things temporary like the new parent credit, but that does nothing for growth and could be extended if congress ...

Their leaders decided and what the bill is called, and we will know what is in the tax bill. what i do know for sure it's going to be hard to make the math work and a hard quick sell to get this done, something republicans want to do. and later today we will learn who the new fed chief will be. the president will unveil that pick ending months of speculation. the man on your screen, widely expected to get the nod. janet yellen would be the first fed chief since the carter administration to only serve one term. we'll be back. let's begin. yes or no? do you want the same tools and seamless exper...

Trying to reduce medicare and medicaid to the tune of $1.5 trillion. >> where is that money going, to tax cuts? >> absolutely. so they can make some of the management work. -- math work. it decimates medicare and medicaid when you read it with the budget and thirdly it doesn't do anything for the middle class. think of the estate tax. you mentioned that before. how many states in pennsylvania are benefitting from this? 150. not 150,000, 1-5-0. >> in fact you know the state of pennsylvania which i said when u was in ireland last year, don't worry, it's the blue wall. no way it's going to vote f...