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About whether or not to include the border adjustment tax this has become quite controversial for republicans with some family opposed to it. no earlier this week president trump meeting at the white house with the ceos of the retail industry leaders like the ceo of walmart and target and walgreens. how that plays out in whether or not it administers the chance of a broad tax reform remains to be seen. those folks opposed and supported it. they are confident that president trump will be able to pass tax reform. >> we heard him talking about how one of the close advisers was a huge tax componen...

Of thing. >> megyn: in their defense, "the washington post" did the leg work on arne duncan. >> let's go back to the sequester. this sequester, bob woodward said was supposed be to be about cutting spending and the president added the tax component and the idea of the press getting tough. john boehner, what are you prepared to give up to get a deal with the president. it's not the president. what are you willing to compromise-- . sequester, it's a 70-30 split already. >> megyn: i don't winter to get back into that. i want to ask you this, we talked in the last hour how the president's approval...

But i actually still think we can get it done, and with that i want to wish every american at merry christmas and, you know, because we didn't get this done, i will see you next week. all right. thank you, guys. >> president obama saying let's get the middle class tax component done because there's agreement on that. he also said that he's compromised. he said that he has met the republicans halfway on taxes. he said he's met the republicans halfway on spending. mike viqueira is still with us from capitol hill. mike, any surprises in what you just heard from president obama? >> reporter: i jus...

Wealthy. it has been 22 years now since a single republican member of congress has voted for a tax increase of any kind, an income tax increase. if you're going to have any kind of a long-term deal, a long-term dif set deal, which is what everybody -- not everybody, but a lot of people on both sides who say this is what they want. if you're going to, it will include a tax component on the wealthy. >> if obama campaigns on that and wins and if democrats hold the senate and make gains in the house, that could ratchet up pressure on republicans to make some kind of deal. otherwise, you have the o...

Problem. we can borrow from international markets right now at the cheapest rates we've been able to borrow. that's not a budget deficit problem. >> the tax component of going off the cliff is the one that's the most difficult to solve. the spending cuts wouldn't be that hard to solve if they got together on that. but ana mar re, the news polls show that 50% now say they trust president obama on handling taxes. 43% say they trust mitt romney on handling taxes. the president seems to be winning this tax argument. >> i wonder if someone has to do with someone's missing tax returns. there's some ...