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He was the wrath of god. you ran the best clip of the four hours of his testimony. he condemned the whole process, including senators by name. and then when he was asked what senators thought of professor hill's allegations and performance, he said i don't know. i didn't watch it. you could hear a pin drop. you didn't watch it? no. it's garbage. why would i waste my time watching it. i blew everybody away. it changed some of the winds in his direction. i'm not suggesting that judge kavanaugh not watch the morning session -- >> neil: because they went to great leaps here that he would come seco...

Championed the open process the tax bill went through. sure, they went through an open process. only if you define open by one party negotiating behind closed doors having one markup with only one expert witness while voting down every single amendment proposed by democrats. if any one believes that this was an open process h then, then i have a bridge back in my hometown to sell you. then he tells us this was passed to get jobs and put more money in the pockets of men and women. well if you believe trickle down economic, you are right. but no economists believe this

The tax bill caps the state and local tax deduction at $10,000. so if you prepay this year's property taxes, you can deduct them under the old rules for 2017. but, remember, real estate taxes are at the local level. and each jurisdiction is different. even just calling around this morning to different tax offices you are going to get different rules for different municipalities. so check with your local office to see if you can pay right now and check with your accountant. also, defer any income you can to next year for lower tax rates. i'm talking about bonuses, maybe some commissions. also t...

To work through. like i said, individual senators are trying to do their best to make this the best possible bill in the long run and now we are ore working with our house colleagues to accomplish that. it's been in my view at least a long, transparent, open process where everybody has had a an opportunity to be heard, offer amendments, debate the amendments and vote on them and now it's time to close it out. >> sandra: the president himself has reached out to congressional leaders checking on the status of this several times a week. when you hear from the president what are his thoughts and b...

Reelection in 2018. do you think he's somebody who might actually be willing to vote for tax reform? >> i don't know. you'd have to talk to senator casey. look, i hope that we have bipartisan support. i don't know why our democratic colleagues would vote against a measure that lowers the tax burden on hard working families and makes our economy grow faster and more competitive. i think they should be with us. so far they have not shown any real interest in working with us. but the process is just beginning. we will go through the ordinary committee process, an open process. democrats will have...