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Issues having to do with tax reform and north korea sanctions, et cetera, and wehle get to that in a second. but i want to get your reaction to this. president trump seems to be calling for a boycott to the nfl. and also calling for players who take a knee to be fired or suspended. what's your reaction to what we're seeing at wembley stadium in london right now? >> good morning and great to be here with you. the nfl has all different types of rules. you can haven't stickers on your helmet, you have to have your uniforms tucked in. what the president is saying, and i think the owners should mee...

To decide what they want to do and disrespect the united states flag. >> well, to play devil's advocate here, first of all, these players don't think they're disrespecting the united states flag, they think they are engaging in peaceful protest, of what they say of racial oppression and inequities. and as you know, roger goodell, the head ofl n the nfl and a wh host of team owners, including robert kraft, who is a friend of president trump, have issued statements supporting their players' right to do this. and criticizing the president's comments, including robert kraft, specifically, criticiz...

Aspects of obamacare. but if they want to come to the table and fix it, we're about fixing obamacare. it's broken and it's requiring people to do a lot of things that they just shouldn't be forced to do. >> the president is expected to roll out a tax plan on wednesday and actually reporting that the plan would cut the tax rate for the wealthest american from 45 -- when you were selected as treasury secretary, you made a very specific problem, it was very quickly dubbed the mnuchin rule. >> any reductions we have in income taxes will be justify set by less deductions so there will be no absolut...

The president would always listen to. we're about fixing obamacare. it's broken and it requires people to do lots of things that they just shouldn't be forced to do. >> let's turn to the president's tax agenda. the president expected to roll out a tax plan on wednesday. axios is reporting that the plan would cut the tax rate paid by the wealthy neramericans from almost 40 act to 35% as well as making dramatic reductions on taxes to big businesses and small businesses. when you were elected as treasury secretary, you made a very specific promise and it was quickly dubbed the mnuchin rule. >> an...

Massive tax cuts and massive tax reform and simplifying the system is what we are going to do. chris: senator the government just announce that had in the first quarter of this year the economy gdp grew by 7 tenths of 1%, the slowest rate in over 3 years. doesn't this economy need some more growth? >> yeah, it needs growth but does not need to give the wealthiest people in america a huge tax break. mnuchin said himself a few months ago, the mnuchin rule, that the very wealthy would be taxed neutral, the loopholes they close on them and things they take away would be the same they gave. this ta...