basically dead in the water. with all the deregulation that's likely to take place and all the productivity enhancing methods or techniques that the president proposed, i can see productivity going up to .5% or maybe 1%. that still leaves that population factor that is out of the equation. so it's not a question of whether we prefer one ethnic group over another one, but if we get rid of seven million workers, we're not going to get that growth, that or force growth we need to get, that 3.5 or 4% growth. actually i'm looking for only 2.2% and 2.5% next year. we have two options. we either can replace those undocumented workers with another group of immigrants or we can use morrow bots and, therefore, no workers whatsoever. it's unlikely we'll be able to do that in a very quick period of time and get those kind of growth rates if we get rid of 7 million workers. >> steve, i want to bring you in here. you laughed when yhe said we ca

bring in robots. isn't the truth -- the president will meet with manufacturing ceos and the promises to bring those jobs back, 80% is the baseline estimate of jobs lost to innovation. the suggestion is you don't get those jobs back. is this something people need to get their hands around and not be deceived by any false promise? >> there's no question automation and technological improvement have changed factories, the way they operate. no question about it. you have fewer workers doing more work. that's what productivity is. i've been to a lot of areas in michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin, and those factories i do think can come back. they're going to be operated in a different way. robotics is coming, artificial intelligence. i heard your fascinating discussion a few minutes ago with that woman rose. one of the things -- when she said trump lies, she says, he's going to bring those coal jobs back. we are going to bring the coal jobs back. just last week donald trump

passed a regulation getting rid of a lot of the environmental rules that really killed the coal industry. i talked to coal executives that say you get rid of those some of those regulations we're going to start up again and hire tens of thousands of more coal miners. some of these policy changes can bring that back. by the way, 2.2% growth, no. i estimate if we get the tax cut down and role back of obamacare, we can do that. we have 94 million americans over the age of 16 that are outside of the workforce. all you have to do is get one-half of those -- one-tenth of those into the workforce and you've got the workers that you need. >> out of the -- actually it's a little over 95 million peerjs almo almost half of those individuals over the age of 65. they're retired and wealthy and no desire to work. another group of people in the disabled camp. >> that's true. >> another group of people in college. you have another group of people

that are actually staying at home taking care of a sick relative or taking care of their children. >> let mr. chan finish. >> steve, finish your point. >> the gentleman is exactly right, that there are a lot of people over the age of 65. the big decline in the labor force has been younger people who could and should be working. i'm for immigration. i agree, immigrants are good for the economy when they're working, but they have to come in legally. >> understood. this is why they say, hey, give me a one-handed economist. they why you need so many opinions. >> we don't disagree about much. >> steve, anthony, this was great. people need to hear this conversation. there's always a truth within the numbers. thank you, gentlemen. alisyn. >> all right, chris, let's start our next hour. good morning everyone.

welcome to your "new day." up first, the trump administration feeling the heat for rescinding federal protections for transgender students at public schools. the white house says that states and school districts should decide how to handle this transgender issue. >> all right. we have these republican lawmakers taking it on the chin. angry constituents continuing to vent at town hall meetings across the country. what does this mean for the democrats? they were creating their own heat where i am in lanes last night, trying to figure out who is the new chair for their party. you can decide. just day 35 of the trump presidency. we've got it all covered for you. let's begin with cnn's joe johns live at the white house. good morning, joe. >> reporter: good morning, chris. no question overnight we've seen an important rollback on the trump -- the obama administration guidelines relating to transgender students and bathrooms.

however, the guidance from the trump administration is very limited. we know they don't like the legal analysis that the obama administration used, widely seen in conservative circles as an overreach. there's not much more to the guidance from the trump administration except they say states and localities ought to decide this issue. the federal departments of justice and education issuing a letter to public schools saying they no longer need to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity rather than the gender they were assigned at birth. the white house arguing this week this isn't an issue for the federal government to decide. >> the president, as i said yesterday, is a firm believer in states rights. >> reporter: the move? strike contrast to candidate trump's position last april. >> there have been very few complaints the way it is. people go, they use the bathroom

that they feel is appropriate. there has been so little appropriate. >> if caitlyn jenner were to walk into trump tower and want to use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses? >> that's correct. >> reporter: sources tell cnn the president's education secretary opposed the new guidance but was pressured to get on board by the president and attorney general jeff sessions. a source says education secretary betsy devos reminded the president they both promised to protect all students. devoss issuing a strongly worded statement saying this is not merely a federal mandate, but a moral obligation no individual school district or state can abdicate, reassuring her department will investigate claims of discrimination, bullying and harassment against those who are most vulnerable in our schools. the new guidance rejects the inclusion of gender identity and the interpretation of title nine, the federal law that bans

sex discrimination in schools. hundreds gathering outside the white house to protest. one of the performers at the president's inauguration who has a transgender sister tweeting mr. trump, you gave me the honor to sing at your inauguration, please give me and my sis the honor to meet with you to talk transgender rights. so this is a very controversial issue. it is a very divisive issue, and it's not over yet. in all likelihood the courts are going to get to decide this. there is a case pending before the supreme court. chris and alisyn? >> the grim case is coming. meantime, we've been talking about voter anger. it's not going away, seeing it at more town halls for republican lawmakers and more places across the country. this question is what does it mean for the democratic party? the white house claims a percentage of this outrage is manufactured, not organic, these are protesters that are paid and

trying to organize. there's no evidence to back up those claims. in fact, there's evidence of the opposite. cnn's ryan young live in charles city, iowa, where another town hall takes place tonight. there are always organizers. but the idea that that's what really is going on may be extending the truth. >> reporter: good morning, chris. a lot of passion out there. we're literally on main street in the city. we know this morning people are expected to pack this town hall. we've seen a lot of emotions across the country. >> 2020 you're gone! >> reporter: republican lawmakers across the country coming home to this. facing off with scores of enraged constituents. >> do your job! do your job! >> reporter: the anger palpable in arkansas. >> you work for us! >> reporter: senator tom cotton looking out over a sea of

protesters in a packed down hall. >> aca, aca! >> reporter: some emotional about the prospect of losing insurance coverage over obamacare. >> what kind of insurance do you have? >> reporter: others expressing their frustration over the new administration including this 7-year-old boy. >> donald trump makes mexicans not important to people who are in arkansas who like mexicans like me, my grandma and all my people. and he's deleting all the parts in pbs kids just to make a wall. he shouldn't do that. >> reporter: in new jersey, a record crowd. >> how you will mobilize the other republicans to push back against this man when he makes delusional statements. >> reporter: congressman leonard lance shouted down for not

standing up to the president's so-called alternative facts. >> i believe that when the president misstates, as, for example -- >> reporter: in northern california, tempers erupting after congressman tom mcclintock side stepped this question. >> will you support a bipartisan investigation of the trump administration's dealings with vladimir putin and russia? >> i'm not sure that an investigation, which would take up an awful lot of bandwidth in the congress -- >> reporter: liberal groups across the country holding empty chair town halls for lawmakers who are reluctant to face voters. the president and white house downplaying the wave of opposition. >> i think some people are clearly upset, but there is a bit of professional protester manufactured base in there. >> i'm mary story from

fayetteville, and i am not a paid protester. >> reporter: you ladd one woman grab the mike to say she had never cared about politics ever this much in her life. a lot of people looking forward to hearing their voices heard. >> it sure sounds like it. we are hearing them loudly and clearly, ryan. thank you very much. let's bring in now republican congressman scott taylor of virginia. he is a former navy s.e.a.l. and a veteran of the iraq war. he, himself, has had some rowdy town halls this week. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> doing well. i understand you had a rowdy town hall on monday night and tuesday night this week. so let's play for the viewers a little clip from some of those. >> our current president

questions objective reality. >> you want me to finish or not. >> please allow the congressman to answer the question. >> i'll come see you guys at your breakfast. no problem. >> do you believe the president should release his tax returns -- [ cheers and applause ] -- and separate himself from his business dealings that are a conflict of interest? >> i think it's an excellent question, a legitimate concern -- gary, you want to come up here? >> so congressman, we never did get to hear your answer. did you give an answer about whether or not you thought the president should release his tax returns? >> i did -- i don't know how many answers -- i answered probably 150 questions in the past few days over there. i'm glad you played that. that was rowdy and the first one, of course, the local virginia beach party, democrat party which is fine. happy to answer their questions. they were there, certainly

inciting the shouting. last night, we had zero problems. >> i do want to get to that. what's your answer to whether or not the president should release his tax returns? >> i think he should. it's not a reasonable request. he doesn't have to. he should, sure. it's up to the american people to hold him accountable for that if they think that's the issue. whether you want to see it or not, he's still the president and will still be the president even if he showed it. >> i do want to get to what happened last night. last night was different. somehow you tamed the beast. before that, let's talk about what happened monday and tuesday night. why are people so angry? what was your sense from your constituents? what are they most angry about? >> well, the anger has progressively subsided with each town hall. what i will tell you, there are come concerns, of course, legitimate concerns, a lot of talk about paid protesters, organized folks and organic folks. i will tell you, i don't know of any paid protesters at my town

hall. there were certainly folks who were there to rabble rouse, who came there and started chanting as soon as they arrived. they were there. that being said, there are certainly folks concerned with the administration, concerned with the policies, concerned with my votes as well, too. some of them had not been at town halls before, which is great actually. i think it's awesome that they're engaged and they're there. they should have a seat at the table and i certainly welcome that. there was concern, of course, if you're on the left, you're concerned about the policies. this is the same thing i saw eight years ago. >> i wanted to ask you about that. you don't think there's any one an mating issue. eight years ago it did seem people were quite animated by the affordable care act. is it everything people are feeling stoppingly about? >> there's definitely strong feelings in my town halls for sure. to be fair and to be factual,

most of the folks in my town hall are on the other side of me politically. that's fine. usually that's the type of folks who show up to town halls, when they have a grievance. there's issues, of course, with the president. issues with russia meddling into the election, or ties. the aca is one. eight years ago it was a lot of resistance from normal folks coming out very upset with obamacare itself. there are several issues that people are concerned about at my town halls. >> when people say they're concerned about possible russian ties between the trump administration and moscow, what's your response? what do you tell them? >> in this country we have processes. you've already heard the fbi is coming out saying they're investigating, they investigated general flynn, not charging him with anything. they acknowledged their investigation is broader. there was a classified briefing that they went into the intelligence committee in the senate who came out of that

meeting in a bipartisan meeting and said there's something to look into. that's their prerogative and their duty. i support that. that's what i support at this time. you have folks who don't like the president who are asking for everything, and i don't think that's -- that's not the right thing to do. we have processes and we shoulder go through them in this country. >> i want to get to a couple otheri issues, but first, last night, constituents came loaded for bear. what did you do to lull them into submission? everybody described that as much calmer. >> folks there had the same legitimate concerns. appreciative they were there in the first place. we didn't have the same agitators. it only takes a couple people to generate a lot of emotion in a room, no doubt about it. calm is contagious and the opposite is contagious, especially in small spaces. i stayed calm, we were

respectful, i asked for them to be respectful as well. that was on the eastern shore of virginia. i'm from that area. i know folks are very polite there. i told them, i said, look, i know your mammas didn't raises you to shout people down, so if you're doing that, you're probably not from the eastern shore. >> you shamed them into submission. i want to ask you about the news this morning about the trump administration rolling back the protections for transgender teenagers at school. are you worried this will make trans teenagers more vulnerable at school? >> i'm a republican who co-sponsored legislation in the statehouse, about to submit legislation in washington that deals with protections for the lgbt community. it's something that is absolutely close to my heart in terms of making sure they're protected from discrimination and harassment. this is certainly a divisive iss issue. you were talking about it in the

previous segment as well, too. localities and schools, there are different populations and setups. should they have a say in it? yes, i believe they should have a say in it. >> i want to understand, since this is an important issue to you, why do you think that the white house took this issue to roll back those protections? >> i'm not so sure they tried to roll back the protection of discrimination and harassment. i'll let them answer those questions. just like i believe in real estate having protections for discrimination, we can thread a needle between religious protections, we can thread a needle here. it's going through the process and the courts now. i think we can thread a needle to make sure folks are protected from discrimination and harassment, but at the same time allowing the localities to have a say in it.

>> you fought in iraq, as we said. the fighting continues, as you know, in iraq. u.s. soldiers are there fighting alongside iraqi soldiers. so given that, what do you think of iraq being one of those seven countries that's been identified as the trump administration for the travel ban? >> i think it's an excellent question. let me also say -- irpt represea district that has more veterans and military than anywhere in the nation. there are people who have seen some of the worst places in the world to include what's happening in iraq. i can tell you there's no one more than the soldier, the woman or man shoulder who has seen this, would love to scoop up a family and bring them over because they understand what's going on. at the same time, they've also seen the other side. they've seen the horrendous horrors and what people are capable of doing over there.

i think it's actually important to make sure you're protected, especially in a country you are fighting in, because there are potential folks who might want retaliation. it's important to properly vet folks. at the same time it's important for us to be compassionate. i will tell you having been over there and knowing many people you have, they have seen those things on both sides, the cost and humanitarian problems, but also the horrors there. i don't think it's unreasonable to make sure we have proper protections and vetting and heightened security in terms of who comes over from that country. >> congressman scott taylor, thank you for your service. thanks for the time on "new day." >> always a pleasure, thank you. >> chris. we have disturbing video out of anaheim, california, a dispute between an off duty lapd officer and a teager. what you're going to see here is that the officer winds up snatching up this teenager by his shirt. another boy just charged in at the officer. he goes down on the ground. the officer takes out a

concealed gun. a shot goes off. the teenagers are going to run off from the scene. no one was hurt. there's the gunshot. this is what i just described to you. you see the person with the cell phone or other camera, they run off. hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the protester face charges. some vandalized the officer's house and car. anaheim police say they arrested at least two dozen people. the police officer is on administrative leave. that is not in any way a nod of guilt. that's what a lot of police forces, certainly the lapd does to investigate the incident. >> well, chris, that's terrifying. look, i'm not a police officer, but it is hard to understand why a gun would have needed to be drawn in that scenario, and it could have gone much, much worse. >> well, let me tell you why. we don't know the background of the altercation. off duty could be a very important part of the analysis.

was there a relationship? are there neighbors? is there history, beef? putting that to the side, you're in an altercation and someone of size comes running out of nowhere and takes you onto the ground, it is very easy, police officer or not, for your mind to go to a very bad place very quickly. so we're going to have to hear the facts as they develop. but i get how somebody can feel threatened in a situation like that, that kid hit him and took him down. people will see both sides. that's why there has to be an investigation. >> we'll follow that story and chris we'll be back with you momentarily. there are eight democrats vying to lead the democratic party. chris moderated the debate last night in at any time. he's going to talk to the mayor of south bend, indiana. how did he think he did last night? i masterpassed it. masterpass, the secure way to pay from your bank

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mr. mayor, you're a millennial. what do you have to say about this? >> one thing to do to better

engage millennials would be to put a 35-year-old in as chair of the dnc. >> that's mayor pete, the mayor of south bend, indiana. 35 years old. he's a mayor, a veteran and making the case last night that that's why he's the perfect fit. he was one of them here. the question is what will happen at the vote on saturday. let's bring in the mayor of south bend, indiana, pete b unchtsttieg. my favorite name. maltese is the derivation. >> they call you mayor pete. how do you feel you comported yourself last night and do you believe you made the case that you were the right fit for the party and why? >> yes, i do, in my biased

opinion. what really matters is what the 447 members of the dnc think who will make the decision. it was a great opportunity for me to lay out the case that the dnc needs to change, that the answers are not going to come from washington, they're going to come from communities like mine and all the states and territories around the country. we've got to become a party that recognizes it's not all top-down. we have to tap into the energy that's happening in the grassroots right now around the country and got to get back to a 50-state strategy. that's why one of the endorsements i'm most proud of is howard dean, the architect of the 50-state strategy. how democrats can run and win in every part of the country. >> howard dean recently said our most reliable voters in the dnc are those under 35. he sees you as a potential face for your generation you may well

do well on saturday. you're not favored to win. if it is not you, whom should it be? >> we've got a lot of great democrats out there and it's extremely important we come together as a party, whoever is chosen on saturday. one of the things that moment vaeted me to get into this, this can't be a factional struggle and we cannot walk out of that decision in atlanta with half of the party feeling they've been rejected or sent packing. the actual opposition is in power and not just in the white house. even if we had won the white house, the democratic party would be in a lot of trouble right now. we've got to be united. we've got to come together and that's going to be the priority for the party coming out of saturday. >> you've got to show you learned your lessons -- it was not missed on me last night that there was no talk about debby wasserman schultz and why she

stepped down and what was actually demonstrable about what happened in your party during the primary. people are finding ways not to say the word rigged, except mr. ronan, another man up there last night. if you want to bring your party together, you have to let those who feel they were wronged know how things will be right for them going forward. how do you do that? >> you can't pretend everything is going along fine. the status quo didn't work, it didn't work internally holding the party together and it didn't work externally. i know we don't like saying it or admitting it as democrats. we got beat. he won. yes, russia, yes, comey, yes popular vote, but it should never have even been that close. it's clear we need a different approach. it's clear that, if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got. we've got to acknowledge the mistakes of the past without being doomed to repeat them, without reliving 2016. i didn't love as a democrat living through the 2016 primary

once. i don't think it's a good idea for us to relive it now. we've got to take those lessons, move forward and make changes in the way the party is run in our governance, in our priorities, in our approach. that's why i think a fresh start, somebody who is not a product of any faction, not a product of the washington establishment is the right kind of person to lead our party going forward. >> one of the big reasons you got this much attention right now is because, as the out party, who heads the party is more important than usual. even though it's largely a management position, it's also about message, and the democrats are going to have to figure out the reason to believe for the people out there you want as your voters. one of the parts of that will be being on the spot and coming up with the message of how you want different controversies to be perceived. we have one bubbling up right now in anaheim, california. let me play this video. we don't know why, don't know if

this pre-existing beef or history, and another teenager comes out of nowhere and takes him down. hits him and takes him down. he pulls out his weapon. even though he's back up and he fires it. we don't know if it was an accident or what. everybody scatters. that's how the justice system works. politics always comes into play and the democrats have had the predisposition, the suggestion is, to say police officers, wrongful use of force, out of the goks. do you think that's right and how should this situation be handled? >> in this particular situation, obviously like most of these use of force scenarios. let me say this, this is a great example of how we can show leadership as a party by showing support when there's a false choice laid at our feet. i've got to tell you. i lived this as a mayor of a

diverse city where we face a lot of issues and have to build trust between our police officers and communities, including communities of color that they are sworn to serve and protect. this idea that you've got to choose -- you can't be pro police and pro minority, for example, that just can't be right because both of those things are true. it's true that police officers put their lives on the line in order to protect us. it's also true everybody ought to be able to expect fair treatment, just treatment at the hands of law enforcement even, according to our constitution, even if you're accused or suspected of doing something wrong. that is obviously one of the most difficult issues that our society and our country deals with. we can't politicize it so much that it's assumed that when we stand up for fairness, when we stand up for justice and say it is not okay for young people of color, for example, to be fearing the men and women who should be keeping them safe? that's not an anti police position. it's a pro justice position. we've got to support our men and women in uniform and the people

in the neighborhoods that they protect. >> mayor pete buttigieg, thank you for being on "new day," good luck on saturday and thank you for your service. the mayor is also a veteran. be well. >> thank you. >> the u trump administration reversing president obama's protections for transgender students. the trump white house believes this issue should be up to the states. up next, a mother whose transgender son committed sioux side is he suicide is hear to share her thoughts.

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for parents of transgender children, the news can be devastating. joining us is katherine pros cot, her transgender son keilar committed suicide last year and she became an advocate for the issue and assisted the obama administration with the directive that was just rescinded. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you're so sorry about your loss. your story is heartbreaking. what did you think last night when you heard about this move from the trump white house? >> i was absolutely devastated. obviously i already lost my child. i feel for the kids and the

parents as well. it's already difficult and this is going to make things more difficult. >> looking at pictures of your beautiful child. what was life like for kyler? what was life at school like? >> kyler was a wonderful student, wonderful kid, a musician. he had always loved going to scho school. he did come into difficulties at school as a transgender student. i was always there to advocate go for him. >> can you share with us -- so parents understand what it was that he and you were confronting, what sorts of things were happening at school? >> i tried actually not to point fingers at exactly who did what anywhere, but i can assure you

it's difficult, and that all he wanted and all any transgender kid at school wants is to be able to just fit in, just be one of the kids at school, be treated just like everybody else, and that includes just being able to go in and use the bathroom just like anybody else. he had a boy's name, dressed as a boy, looked like a boy. as far as all the peers knew he was a boy. to ask a boy to go into the girl's bathroom, for example, would be ridiculous and would be very harmful. that's the kind of things these transgender teens are being asked to do. it doesn't make sense. >> as a result of your heartbreak and your loss of kyler, you wanted to protect any other parents from having to live through something like that. you became an advocate and began working with the obama administration to try to come up with these protections.

so how do you believe the federal government or any white house can protect transgendered kids? >> i think the protections that the obama administration put in place were very helpful. they sent the message to the schools and to all the transgender kids and the parents out there that they were supported, that their rights were supported, that school would be a safe supportive environment where they can go for an education. that's what this country is all about, being able to go and be educated like everybody else without facing discrimination. so i just tried to advocate along with glisten, they did a wonderful job of advocating to the obama registration, about how to best support these kids. all this is about is to make sure kids know they're safe from discrimination and they'll be supported. >> the trump administration claims this is about states

rights, that this should be an issue that each state decides on its own. what's the flaw in that thinking to your mind? >> the flaw in that thinking is that states -- it's not a states right to discriminate. this is a matter of discrimination. we don't leave any kind of discrimination up to the states, so why would we suddenly with this particular issue say that's up to the states to decide? i don't understand. i really don't understand the logic and i'm quite sure that, if any of the politicians making these decisions themselves had a transgender child or even just sat down and spoke with a transgender teen and really understood what they're going through, they absolutely would never consider this a states right to discriminate. >> in fact, that's what lots of families are calling for this morning, that the president and/or the vice president and/or betsy devos do just that, sit down with a transgender student

so they can truly walk a little more in their shoors. >> katherine prescott thank you for sharing your personal story and your photographs with us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> why did the white house get into this transgender bathroom debate? especially now. it's part of "the bottom line" next. no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, you won't have to worry about replacing your car because you'll get the full value back including depreciation. and if you have more than one liberty mutual policy, you qualify for a multi-policy discount, saving you money on your car and home coverage. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance.

the trump white house courting controversy, thrusting the american party into a transgender bathroom debate. why now? there is a supreme court case coming up. should they have waited. let's get to cnn political analyst david drucker. what's the plus-minus on this one? >> the minus is everybody wonders why president trump seemed to say one thing on the campaign trail but is now acting in a policy manner different ones he's in the white house. but the plus is a lot of republicans and especially the republicans who feel the strongest about him on a positive manner were very angry at the last administration doing

what they felt was meddling, using executive power to force cultural changes in a way they weren't prepared for, they weren't on board with. during the republican primary i talked to a lot of republican voters in the south who told me, look, it's fine with me if other states want to make changes. we don't want to be forced to do it here if we're not allowed to vote on it and we don't have our say in the normal legislative process. >> david drucker, why day 32? that's awfully high on the priority list for a move like this? >> because it was a high priority for republicans and especially trump's base to begin to unwind a lot of the executive orders that the obama administration pushed through. a lot of republicans felt like he did things because he couldn't get it through the republican congress. these are the things that wraningaled them and the president is delivering to his base. >> david drucker, another one that came up. congressman susan collins, gop, maine, she said something in a public radio interview that has

a lot of eyebrows up. >> will you subpoena the president's tax records to see if there are any russian connections? >> i don't know whether we will need to do that. if it's necessary to get to the answers, then i suspect that we would. my hope is that we'll have a lot of voluntary cooperation. >> what do you make of that? obviously the prospect of voluntary cooperation when it comes to transparency has been in short supply with donald trump, to be true about it. what do you make with what the senator said she'd be comfortable with? >> we're not going to see any voluntary cooperation. i also don't think that the republican leadership in the senate, whether it's mitch mcconnell, the leader, or richard burr, the intelligence chairman is going to be on board with any subpoenaing of the president's tax records.

senator collins is independent and there are a lot of people who want to get to the bottom of russian meddling in the united states. i think they'll keep poking around until they get answers that satisfy them. >> what does that mean? if there are some lawmakers not open to the president's tax returns being subpoenaed and susan collins says we'll do that if that's what it takes, then where does that leave us? >> it leaves us in a standoff. i don't believe richard burr, the chairman of that committee, or senator mitch mcconnell is going to blow open every priority they have, tax reform, health care reform, defense spending, and so on down the line, over an argument with the president on the russia issue in this way. subpoenaing his tax returns, he's steadfastly refused to talk about. they're not going to go there if he doesn't want to. >> all right, david drucker, thank you very much for "the bottom line." great to talk to you. >> thanks, guys. on a lighter note, in the

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don't know -- that's your reality. >> i was trying to think of when he was very, very young, 4, 5 and 6 years old, when mel and i would be kidding around in the living room, he would sit on the steps and listen and laugh. we didn't understand how this kid knew what he was thinking about. as a matter of fact, when he was 12 years old, 13, 15, threw in a joke we still use. >> i was staying up very late last night, rewatching scenes from "when harry met sally" which i've seen 118 times really. >> really? >> the scene where she's faking the orgasm and "i'll have what she's having", your wife. do you think that would be seen as tame now? >> probably, if you look at cable television and all the shows that are on. people are doing more than faking orgasms, they're having actual whatever they do. >> taking this off, doing this

and that. >> they use the f word freely. bill maher can't speak two sentences without using it, makes it okay, makes it okay. >> now, if you're a political satirist, your act is written for you. there's a lunatic in the white house. >> do you think anything should be off limits for when they're poking fun at the president? >> no. >> no. >> no. why? because nothing is off limits for him. the guy, he makes fun of handicapped people, talks about what he's going to do to women. nothing is off limits for him, so why should anything be off limits for the comedian? nothing should be off limits for comedians anyway nobody has ever attacked a president the way this guy is being attacked because no president deserved it. they say we don't like obamacare, but couldn't attack hill for being a person.

he's not a person. he's a pig. >> are you staying up late on saturday night. >> melissa mccarthy. >> as sean spicer. what i loved, aside from the fact she was brilliantly funny and the makeup was incredible, she looked like sean spicer, i loved the fact that trump was upset that sean was being played by a woman. trying to get rosie o'donnell to play steve bannon. i'd love to see a woman play trump, meryl streep or whatever. >> in the history of our country, we've never had the citizenry go after the president in this vein because he deserves it. there were anti bush, anti nixon, but not like this. >> never seen anything like it. >> so they were unabashed. >> they did not hold back. we got through comedy and they were like, let's talk about the president. i thought the meryl streep idea was kind of hysterical. i said, you've got some pull

with your friend meryl, so you could make the phone call. carl reiner took me in his home. the man has 12 emmys. i was like, what is it like receiving them. he said, well, let me show you. he was wonderful. 95 next month. >> that's incredible. thanks so much for sharing us. >> thank you, reiners. >> everybody can tune in for "the history of comedy," 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. cnn newsroom with poppy harlow will pick up after this very short break. kind never had to. we've used real ingredients, whole nuts, and natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try. except when it comes to retirement. at fidelity, you get a retirement score in just 60 seconds. and we'll help you make decisions for your plan... to keep you on track. it's your retirement. know where you stand.

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good morning everyone. i'm poppy harlow. john berman has the day off. so glad you're with us. this morning some republican lawmakers may be longing for the sharp elbows and bare knuckles of washington. for many, their week back at home has ln less than welcoming. >> 2020 you're gone! >> you're looking at images from town halls in louisiana and arkansas, two ruby red states that voted overwhelmingly for the president. 35 days after his inauguration, republican lawmakers rereturning home to find