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An oath of loyalty to the president of the united states, a partisan oath of loyalty, he canned him. and he said look, if this isn't obstruction of justice it never is. and rudy comes out and denies the whole thing ever happened. i saw jake tapper, he's a great reporter. he actually took half a beat there. what? it never happened? they never talked about it? >> well, the special counsel as you point out was appointed after comey was fired. that's what triggered this whole thing. and what kim mentioned in terms of gaslighting is right -- >> explain gaslighting. >> it's when you're telling someb...

They had to come back and say no, no, no. >> and one thing i remind people, most trump reporting is accurate the second it is reported. but after that, you don't know. because things do change. he talks to one group of people and he may tell somebody else something else. >> and we've run into this many times where two things are true. because he tells somebody something and -- or many people the same thing and then we do our reporting and we talk to the people he talks to, we talk to people at the white house and yes, he said this. but he also said the opposite to someone else, maybe in the sa...

The fact that it didn't happen is the story. the story is not that he ordered it to happen. the story is that he -- he made a judgment not to fire him. >> renato go ahead. >> i have to say. i have to say -- i've got to say i'm surprised that lawyer is saying what was just said a moment ago. picknell, the fact that somebody something didn't succeed is completely irrelevant under criminal law. first of all. >> that has nothing to do with anything. yes that's -- it that's certainly true. but that doesn't turn that fact into the fact -- into a fact leading to obstruction of justice. >> well, actua...

Marinate for a while. the president only had one formal press conference in 2017. mr. president as you are watching, i would like the opportunity to put some more questions to you in the new year. >> harris: not to put too fine a point on it, did you get a pen? >> i didn't, i wasn't in the room. >> harris: i'm from the south, we always bring somebody something. >> i did get a pan for christma christmas. >> harris: we've had so much press availability with this president, i don't know that it's necessarily fair to say that reporters didn't get a bite at the apple today. it wasn't that formal th...

There ain't no hedgefund managers carrying anything. the fund makes money, usually in the millions, a big chunk going to the investor. but like the old ship captains, 20% goes back to the fund manager. that 20% is carried interest. the fund manager pays 23.8% tax on the money, a 20% capital gains tax and 3.8% investment tax. that's how it should be according to those who view fund managers as entrepreneurs. the idea is that entrepreneurs should reap rewards from selling somebody something they built. others argue for closing the loophole, saying 20% is without a doubt income. in that case, the...