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>> that was an excellent interview by phil. one of the really smart questions that he asked was can you guarantee this will not end up becoming just a cuts bill? this will be a critical issue. one person in washington who doesn't mind, one republican who doesn't mind if it ends up becoming a cuts, cuts, cuts bill. he wanted to name this bill a cut cut cut bill and they didn't go with that name unfortunately. we would have had a lot of fun with that. he does not have ideological beliefs. did not come to washington with this being an ideological crusade. the importance that a lot of house republ...

In the form of a tremendous tax cut. it will be the biggest cut in the history of our country. >> and we're back with the politics lead. president trump today pushing his tax cut and without one major legislative victory under their belts, president trump and republicans might need this gift to come through. house republicans on the fast track to make this happen unveiled their plan today, leaders say they want legislation passed by thanksgiving. that's three weeks from today. if that tax bill does not become law, some republicans are openly fretting that might lose the house to democrats. how...

The house floor after that. the senate will be moving it concurrently on that week and as you noted, they want this done, at least from each chamber, by thanksgiving, signed into law by christmas. that's speed that you just simply can't imagine for major legislation like this, but why are they moving it this quickly? one senior gop aid put it like this, the longer we leave this out there, it's just going to get whacked, we'll get whacked. they understand. this is complicated. this is rief with potential problems, that's why they're going to try to move as fast as possible, jake. >> phil mating...

Their shift. and the tennessee senator didn't stop there. corker got on the phone with "the new york times" and unleashed on the president, saying he is treating his office like a reality show and that his reckless threats could set the nation on a path to world war iii. oh, and corker's office also tells us that the president has facts mixeded up. they say that the president was the one who called corker asking him to reconsider his retirement, assuring the senator that he'd endorse him. let's get more perspective from capitol hill right now. phil matingly joins us. you've been working your s...

You if you needed him to. she was a hard-working supermom. four children, including a six week old baby. just a few of these 58 innocent lives senselessly slaughtered that day. and now some people are looking for answers what could have prevented this gunman from taking so many lives. if anything. republican office holders typically resist measures to further regulate any gun ownership, but apparently hearing the rapid fire from mandalay bay and seeing how this was carried out has many republicans today ready to look at one possible measure. today republican congressman carlos said he would ...