>> reporter: we can guarantee what lincoln would say. >> no men are created equal. >> reporter: but not all robots. >> look at those hands. are they small hands. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. thank you for joining us tonight. i'm jim sciutto in for erin burnett. the president says he is not going to see a dime from the tax bill he is about to sign. that may be true, but only if he keeps his eyes closed. john berman here in for anderson. the bill hit a minor lucy pulls the football technical snag but it's still on track for the senate to pass tonight and the house to pass a second time by tomorrow. based on what the president said in the past, he might be surprised with what is in it. >> this is going to cost me a fortune, this thing, believe me. believe me. this is not good for me. me, it's not -- i have some very wealthy friends. not so happy with me. >> many of the provisions in this man mouth piece of

legislation are debatable, such as how much, if at all, it will grow the economy. estimates range from nearly nothing to the president's 4, 5, even 6% he said the other day. you can debate who in the working middle class is healthy and who isn't. it's a mixed bag. a large majority of taxpayers, some are at 80%, some will see a cut. some things are simply facts. congress's own nonpartisan number crunchers say the bill will add tremendously to the deficit between 1 to $1.5 trillion. the highest income earners will see the biggest gains. corporate tax gains will drop a lot, a whole lot, and those cuts will continue even after the personal ones expire. those are all facts. now what you will hear next is not a fact. in almost no conceivable world is this statement true. >> this is going to cost me a fortune, this thing. believe me. believe me. this is not good for me. >> so in a moment a very quick

non-eye glazing rundown of why this is certainly almost not true. how sarah sanders dealt with it today. >> how does he figure this is going to cost him a lot of money? >> look, we expect that it likely will certainly on the personal side could cost the president a lot of money. >> unless cost suddenly means save, it's hard to see how that's true. yes, the bill sharply cuts deductibility of state and local taxes which could be considerable for a new york billionaire, but the top personal rate falls 2.6 percentage points for every dollar the president and mrs. trump earn above $600,000 and for a billionaire, that adds up. also, there are other provisions of this bill almost tailor made for wealthy real estate tycoons with small family owned companies. >> pass through deductions, top rate tax reduction, state tax exemption is doubled, he's going to make money on that. >> look, again, this is a tax plan that we hope benefits all-americans primarily and

priority number one is middle class americans. >> which may be a fine talking point, but it doesn't answer the question so our jim acosta gave it a try. >> the president did say that this tax cut bill would cost him a fortune. that was false, right? >> no because on the personal side this actually could impact the president in a large way. >> have you looked how it would balance out corporate versus personal. >> i'm not sure if he has done a side by side but i know there are a number of provisions that would negatively impact the president personally and so we contend that those comments are still very consistent. >> no, but what has been consistent is the president's claim that he's the big loser. here he is in september. >> i'm doing the right thing and it's not good for me, believe me. >> believe him or not because there is a big change to the estate tax which helps wealthy filers, a reduction of the alternative minimum tax which helps wealthy filers. corporate tax rates dropped 14

percentage point and a special provision gives big tax breaks for pass through corporations which is how donald trump the real estate developer structured his businesses. the trump organization isn't really one big company, it's hundreds of smaller pass throughs which now would pay far lower taxes than before. to the extent that the president is enriched by his businesses which you will recall he has not divested himself from, he certainly stands to do quite well, something by the third question today sarah sanders all but conceded even as he tried again to change the subject. >> look, i said that in some ways, particularly on the personal side, the president will likely take a big hit, but on the business side he could benefit. but the biggest focus for this white house has been to make sure all-americans are better off today after this tax packet passes than they were beforehand. >> again, because of the way he has structured his businesses there isn't always a division between business and personal. of course, there is one way to know for sure.

one way to know how much this would benefit the president or as the president claims would not. he could release his tax returns. cnn's phil mattingly has the latest on how tonight's vote is expected to play out. they now have tomorrow morning's vote will play out. phil, the problems that cause the house to have to revote, what's the latest on that? >> reporter: well, they certainly are going to postpone things a little bit. look, the house republicans and senate republicans went into today assuming this would be done today, tonight when the senate republicans vote. still on track to do that. some problems cropped up, most notably the senate budge get rules. republicans going through the budget rule process in order to be able to do this with a simple majority, pass this with republicans, pass this in a partisan manner. the problem is there are rules that apply to that. those rules have caught two specific provisions and get this, the title of the bill as being problematic. these aren't major substantive

issues that will change the core components or tenants of the bill. what they will do is force the house to vote again tomorrow morning. so while the senate will vote tonight while speaker paul ryan had the big gavel moment earlier today in the house, he'll apparently have to do that again. >> we'll get live pictures on the senate floor. that's ohio democrat jared brown giving a speech. where does the bill stand? >> they're in the middle of a debate. this was supposed to lead to the final vote to clear this for the president's desk. as it currently stands, republicans are in good shape. the hang up on the senate budget rules, that's not considered problematic. they are very clearly on track to pass this. the big question is a matter of when. in terms of when the senate ends, maybe 11, 11:30. they're trying to head through debate as fast as they can. there is one more step to come. >> the president wants this on his desk by christmas. they'll almost certainly get it way before then, right, bill?

>> yeah, it's a foregone conclusion barring some unseen issue that jeopardizes the bill itself. the president is going to have a signing ceremony tomorrow. it won't necessarily be the final bill signing ceremony. they have to wait for the process to send it up to the white house. the white house planning to do that tomorrow afternoon. lawmakers expected to go over there. this will be done and it will be done tomorrow, something that i think a lot of us chuckled at the idea a few moments ago. republicans moving through the first tax overhaul in more than 30 years in a couple of months. not only are they getting it done, they're getting it done on the very aggressive time line that the president talked about. >> they're getting it away both before christmas. here jim acosta questioning sarah sanders. he joins us from the white house. jim, what's the latest from the white house on all of this, both the process and the substance of the bill. >> reporter: well, you heard phil mattingly say they have to have this revote so they can't break out the trump wine at the

trump hotel just yet here in washington, john, but they are going to have the revote tomorrow. they are planning for a ceremony at the white house. it won't be a bill signing ceremony but the white house is very happy about this. you can see it on the faces of officials here, they have more of a spring in their step than they normally would when, say, the russia investigation is in the headlines. they have a problem to solve with the glaring headlines about the president saying he is not going to have to pay huge tax bill in all of this. obviously he is going to benefit from this tax bill that is going to be passed and signed by the president. the other thing, john, is that they're going to have to deal with this issue heading into the mid terms in terms of how the middle class is going to respond to this. middle class voters depending on which state they live in may actually get hit with a bit of a tax increase if their state and local income tax deductions are curtailed or if their homeowner

mortgage deductions are curtailed. they may have to pay more in taxes in all of this. >> is the white house worried at all about the consequences? >> not at all. you see them pointing to the stock market and insisting that this tax cut plan is going to result in the stock market going further up in the new year. of course, keep in mind during the campaign the president then candidate trump was talking about a stock market bubble in that it would eventually burst at some point. apparently he's not worried about that heading into the mid terms. i did talk to a gop source in the last several minutes, john, who offered some framing in all of this and said, listen, if democrats are going to oppose these tax cuts, they're essentially going to be arguing heading into the mid terms for a tax increase. if they want to repeal these tax cuts, they're essentially arguing for a tax increase. that's not going to be a winning issue according to the republican source. of course, a lot of this is going to shake out in the new year when people start to see what exactly is going to happen to their tax bill because it may not be as simple as the

republicans, the president, white house officials as they were describing it earlier today. >> jim acosta at the white house, thanks so much. joining us now are senior political commentators, rick santorum and jennifer granholm. and david gergen. let me start with you, david. this is a legislative victory for the president, a big tax bill, a repeal of the obamacare mandate among other things. do you think this pays off for the white house politically? >> well, i think the president absolutely is legitimate in proclaiming a major legislative victory. this is on his timetable and basically a tax bill that he has wanted. it also send a message that with a majority they can govern and

this is what he promised on be the campaign trail. i think the surprise is as he achieves this great victory is how unpopular it is with the country. i can't remember a major achievement like this that is met with disapproval. cnn polls, 33% approve the tax bill, 55% oppose it. >> it isn't exactly what he promised first of all. he did promise on the campaign trail that he would be a big loser in this. in fact, he's not. >> no. >> he promised he would do away with cuts of uncarried interest. he did away with that. senator santorum, to david gergen's point, the polling is not good. 55% of the american public does not like the bill. why is that? >> well, i'll tell you several reasons. number one, i think the republicans did a woeful job of dedescri describing what this bill does. you've heard me say this many,

many times. the president is not on message. even with this discussion of whether he's going to benefit or n not, the fact that he and the white house cannot drive a message consistently to the american public and what this bill does to working men and women across this country because he's distracted about other things that are going on within the white house and other messages he's trying to send makes it very, very difficult to deliver that message. here's the good news. the vast majority of americans are going to get a tax reduction starting in january. i'm not worried and i think most republicans are not worried about what polls say today. those polls are going to change once people see that their take home pay is going to be up starting in january. >> what about that, governor granholm. the average is $900 more that they'll see. one tax bracket up. an average of $1500 to $1800 back. when they see that money in their pockets, will the bill get

more popular? >> well, of course that ends up being spread out, right but here's the deal is that it's not just about the fact that some people are going to get a tax cut, it is really a question about fairness. so i heard somebody describe it this way. if you have ten people in a room and you've got ten sandwiches and you give eight of the ten sandwiches to two people and two of the sandwiches to the rest of the eight, they're not going to feel that great because they got a bite of their sandwich rather than having their own. it's about fairness. if they see 80% of the benefit of this goes to the top 1%, how is that fair? how does that remedy the problem that everybody has been talking about now for years since the occupy wall street movement about income inequality in america. this will make us the most unequal country of all of the advanced countries.

it is this historic transfer of dollars. why is that healthy for the economy? >> i see the republican thought bubble. the wealthy get bigger tax cuts so they may more. senator santorum? >> a lot of the benefit was designed this way goes to businesses and the reason it goes to businesses is because we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world and it's made us uncompetitive. it's one of the reasons that companies are moving off shore and moving their income off shore and moving their intellectual property off shore all of which is to the det imt of workers here in this country. even barack obama said we needed to reform the business tax rates. benefits even under barack obama were going to corporations. the top 1% makes 20% of the income and pays 40% of the taxes in america. so i would say to jennifer,

what's fair? should they pay 50%? should they pay 60%? if we cut taxes -- >> what is the relief. if you are a millionaire or billionaire, you can't even spend all of that money. i mean, come on, put it in the hands of people who can spend it to stimulate the economy. i am saying that we should have a fairer and more progressive tax system -- you are right -- wait. wait. wait. you already said this. wait a second. no i am saying we need to have a progressive system. >> it is. >> what you're going to see is that this $1.5 trillion tax cut that goes to the wealthy is going to be paid for by reforming entitlements which means that my mother's medicare, my mother's social security is going to be used to pay for a tax cut for bill gates. that's not fair. >> hang on one second. >> wait. wait. wait. wait. wait. you talk about both the corporate and the individual. let me respond on the corporate

for one moment. on the corporate tax, yes, our rate is very high, but our effective payment, meaning that when companies take advantage of all of the loopholes in the corporate tax structure, they pay about 23%. so let's reform the tax code, yes. but let's not just do a tax cut, let's take away all of the loopholes that are being paid so that you're not reducing the tax dollars to the treasury which pays for basic services for people that make us who we are as a nation, which is we should be caring for one another. >> that gets to the word that is not spoken yet and barely spoken at all in this discussion, david gergen. the federal deficit which could go up to $1.5 trillion over the years. i'm old enough to remember when this was a major defining unifying issue for the republican party and now it seems to be out the window, david. >> that's absolutely right.

last night they were saying it's going to be a lot more than $1.5 trillion added to the deficit. let me point out why i i think it's going to be harder to have the bill win approval. it relates to deficits. if the republicans are going to turn around and say we have such large deficits in the country now, now we really need to reform the entitlement programs. in other words, we want to cut medicare and social security and we're going to do that because we have these large deficits, that is not going to make this tax bill very popular. when people see in this tax bill there is this removal of the mandate on health care and as many as 13 million americans would be woithout health care. whether the economy can sustain this, that's the big gamble.

if president trump and his team are right and he does get 3% growth, that's going to help him enormously politically. if this is a sugar high as his democratic opponents believe, that also is going to make this tax bill something other than a major, major political success for the president. >> senator? >> i would say this. first off, that i don't think you're going to see donald trump reform social security or medicare. he said very, very clearly he doesn't want to touch either of those programs. >> he also said he wouldn't give himself a tax cut. he said he was going to deal with the carried interest here. he says things. >> look, obviously the president doesn't get everything he wants in every bill. he didn't get exactly what he wanted in this bill. as you know, this was written primarily in the house and senate. certainly the president had some oversight. this is a congressional process, not a white house process. they got what they could get the votes to pass, not what donald trump wanted and that's the way it works all the time. look, on the other issue that this is somehow, you know, going to be a huge increase in the

deficit, this is just a fundamental difference between whether you believe we are -- that lower taxes, putting more money out there for businesses and individuals to be able to grow this economy is going to result in actually more revenue and less expenditures coming out of washington, d.c. i've talked to a lot of republicans, both the house and the senate, that this will produce the growth that is necessary. if they're wrong, then they're going to be held politically ktdable for it, but i don't think anybody is going in here thinking we're going to do this, it's going to hurt revenues, cause more spending in washington. i think just the opposite. it's a fundamental history in belief. >> and so do economists say that. >> they say both. >> governor, senator, david gergen, we'll call you czar. you're looking at live pictures from the floor.

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we are watching the united states senate right now. ohio senator rob portman arguing for passage of the big tax bill. the senate will vote shortly. we are watching this tonight. we will keep you abreast as news develops. breaking news tonight, donald trump jr. stoking a conspiracy vibe in remarks to a student group in west palm beach, florida. listen to what he said. >> imagine what would happen if we rolled back the clock to 2008 and a conservative director of the fbi and higher up people in the fbi leading all of these investigations wrote an e-mail about an insurance policy, the dossier, in the unlikely event that barack obama was elected president. what do you think would happen? do you think the media would cover that? yeah. do you think it would be brushed under the rug like oh, it's

nothing, it doesn't mean anything? there would be revolution in the streets. so i'm glad that this is coming out now because it is good because real people have to see this. you know, my father talked about a rigged system throughout the campaign. people are, oh, what are you talking about? but it is. you're seeing it. there is and there are people at the highest levels of government that don't want to let america be america. >> meanwhile, congresswoman jackie spear, a house intelligence committee member, told a local tv station that she worried for the future of the russia investigations on capitol hill and within the fbi. this is what she told kqed last friday. >> i believe that the president wants all of this shut down. he wants to shut down these investigations and he wants to fire special kounl mueller. the rumor on the hill when i left yesterday was that the president was going to make a significant speech at the end of

next week and on december 22nd when we are out of d.c. he was going to fire robert mueller. >> now i spoke with congresswoman speier just before air time and here's that conversation. >> representative speier, this rumor that president trump is going to fire robert mueller by this friday, is that what you're hearing? >> i've certainly heard it last friday. it's been tamped down a little bit. president trump has been asked the question and he said no. it's not as if the president doesn't change his mind from time to time. so it's a grave concern to me and i think to many of my colleagues that this is the kind of action that could be undertaken by the president and we want to put him on notice that it is something that we will not tolerate. >> what was this based on though? were there any facts to back this up? because i've heard from a lot of critics over the last few days that suggest it's reckless for a member of congress to spread

rumors about such a sensitive subject if it's not based on something solid. >> well, i made the point when i was talking to a local rumor. rumors have a way of becoming facts in washington, d.c. so if this has any kind of prophylactic attempt, i feel it was worth making it known to the public. >> it's one of these things though over the last five days since this came out, it's been democrats saying that the president was going to fire robert mueller, not the president, not his team, not the white house and republicans saying, no, no, he's not going to. we don't want him to. but it was something that was largely fueled by your talk of this rumor. >> that's correct. again, all you have to do is look at what has happened in the last two weeks. the way the republicans in the

house in particular have through the judiciary committee started to cast aspersions on the mueller investigation looking at these e-mails and texts that were released, talking about the e-mails have now been argued and obtained illegally by the mueller investigation of the transition team. this is a concerted effort to undermind the mueller investigation. make no mistake about it. >> the kmonts that seemed to be stoking some conspiracy theory. he suggested there are some people the highest level of american power that don't want america to be america. do you think comments like this are trying to undermine the investigation? >> i can't speak to what donald jr. said in his speech tonight

and what he's really referring to. what i can speak to is the american people trust that we make sure the rule of law stands the test of time. that we are going to speak out and make sure that the constitution is respected and upheld and anyone who tries to mess with our system of government and with our constitution is going to hear loud and clear from the american people. >> you sit on the house intelligence committee. what can you tell us about deputy fbi director mccabe's testimony before your committee meeting? what came out of that? >> i can't obviously speak about the classified interview that took place, i can just tell you that i believe that the fbi acting director was very forthcoming, willing to answer virtually all of our questions with the exception of a couple and i think that his testimony is very helpful to the investigation.

>> adam schiff is saying he's worried republicans will try to shut down the house intelligence investigation by the end of the month. is that something you see? >> we're very concerned about that. these interviews have stepped up in their pace, two or three on the same day. i have been in the intelligence committee offices all day long today and it is a pace that you can't keep and also i think do a good job. congresswoman, thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you. up next, the president on twitter today calling "the washington post" fake news. what's it about this time? reports say the president considered pulling neil gorsu gorsuch's nomination. we will hear from the reporter who broke that story when we return.

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another day, another fake news claim from the president about reporting he doesn't like. this time it's a story first in "the washington post." the president considered withdrawing the nomination of neil gorsuch to the supreme court after he privately criticized president trump's attacks on the judiciary. "the washington post" reporter who broke the story, josh

dossey, tells me about it. josh, the president was not too fond of your reporting. he wrote a story in the washington post that i was close to reskinneding the nomination of justice gorsuch is fake news. i never even waivered. am very proud of him and the job he is doing as a justice of the u.s. supreme court. the unnamed sources don't exist, exclamation point. how do you respond? >> we stand by our reporting whole heartedly. we worked on this for quite some time. we gave the white house plenty of time. we fact checked the anecdotes. as you saw in the story and we were pretty rigorous in piecing together these scenes so we stand by our reporting 100%. the president obviously has a right to his opinion and we have a right to public what our facts lead us to believe. >> let's talk about the reporting itself. the president has boasted about

his pick for the supreme court but you reported behind the scenes it was on the verge of going awry? what happened for him to waiver in this? >> in the meetings with senators as part of the confirmation process neil gorsuch criticized the president or at least the comments on the judiciary. his goal was to show some independence. listen, president trump nominated me but i am my own man. including the president's sharp comments about jury lists and jury. he was taken aback to see it on television and he vented to aides on several different occasions that he did not think gorsuch was grateful for the appointme appointment. he did not believe that after appointing him he had gone straight to others. it was a moment of deep frustration for donald trump. >> it's been well reported how

much the president values loyalty or requires loyalty you might say. >> right. >> from what you've learned, how close was he to actually polling the nomination. >> that's the tough part, john? he certainly said to others that he was considering it. he made it very clear that he was very unhappy with the situation, but the president as he and others have reported, often vents. he will get very spun up around a situation or not do anything that he is angry and then he calms down. we don't have any reporting to indicate he called the senate or went through any of the formal no, ma'am magss and rescinded it. >> i might take this back. what do you think? >> supreme court nominees.

my subject has -- some of neil gorsuch's toughest defenders wanted to see that. judiciary is one of the three co-equal branches of government. you expect some independence. presidents tend to pick folks with the same judicial philosophies as they do. that said, the president really disdains public criticism of himself. it's been pretty documented heavily that one way to really tick the president off is to criticize him publicly. he doesn't like to hear criticism and that's what gorsuch did. it was early in the administration. his advisors did not tell him to expect that and all of a sudden he was turning on the tv, looking at newspapers.

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a day after the amtrak derailment that killed three people and hurt more than 100, we learned that the train was speeding around the curve, 80 miles an hour in a 30-mile-an-hour zone. we learned where the conductor was when the train derailed creating a horrific scene with the train dangling off the overpass. we're joined now. >> reporter: john, we're learning many new details. that lead conductor, he wasn't in the cabin. he wasn't at the controls. that's according to a news conference that the ntsb held. one other part of the investigation that the ntsb is focusing on is trying to retrieve every piece of evidence. what you're looking at there is what is left of a passenger car.

that just gives you an idea of the horrific force of a train derailment. the ntsb says that they are no closer yet to understanding exactly why but getting more details about the moments before the crash. the ntsb says at the moment amtrak 501 derailed the train's lead conductor was in the passenger's section, not in the cab. instead, the engineer and a conductor in training were in the cab. the engineer still allowed to operate the train. >> under amtrak policy, he couldn't operate the train unless he was qualified and familiar with this territory. so the answer would be, yes, within the previous two weeks he had been qualified to operate on the territory. >> reporter: but the ntsb said a crew did not hit the emergency brake before the derailment. it was automatically activated. more information. but still no answer why on its

very first run on a new passenger route the train sped at 80 miles per hour, much faster than the posted 30 mile per hour speed limit for the curved section of track. investigators already recovered both of the train's black boxes. they also know this, life saving technology was not activated on this brand enough rail line. ptc forces speeding trains to automatically slow down. the local automotive was in the process of getting a system of ptc installed. >> reporter: positive train control won't be the only thing. >> i'm an advocate of safety. if you can't afford to do it the best way through our community, i'd rather not have it there. >> reporter: lakewood mayor and the city council fought to stop

it. $180 million spurred washington state to run through towns like lake wood. anderson warrant tned two weeks disaster could be coming. >> i'm not putting in the safety. >> maybe you didn't predict this exact thing, but to have seen it coming. >> there's a certain degree of guilt associated with it. maybe we gave up too soon. >> you feel guilty? >> not intellectually but emotionally. we don't like to lose and maybe if we had won, things would be different. >> i understand the train was outfitted with cameras, both inside and out. have investigators seen that video? >> they haven't been able to look at it fully. the ntsb highly interested

inside that cap. the engineer and the conductor trainee. what were they do in moments before the derailment? why didn't they hit the emergency. a lot of questions that the ntsb has. they're hoping cameras might shed some light on that. >> thanks so much. coming up, the recent arrests of sarah palin's oldest son for allegedly beating up his father. the latest sad twist for that family. we'll take a look next. right now when you get an unlimited family plan, netflix is included. wow t-mobile covers your netflix subscription, so you can catch the hottest new movies and shows all year long on us. amazing and it's your last chance to buy any of these hot new samsung galaxy phones and get a 2nd one free. that's one samsung for you and one to gift. just in time to finish off your list. t-mobile...holiday twogether.

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new trouble for the palin family. sarah palin's oldest son track was arrested on assault for allegedly beating up his father. this is the latest chapter in a book that's been dramatic and tragic. randi kaye reports. >> reporter: they bill themselves as the all american

family. sarah and todd skpainl their five children, track, bristol, willow, parker, and trig. >> did you know that she was actually active? >> no, and that is why it was shocking. >> reporter: at his the family's fairytale started to unravel, bristol tried to move past it. >> i want to go out there and promote abstinence. >> reporter: a long, drawnout custody battle ended up with levi spilling dirt on the family. >> if she's going to say things about me, i'm going to leak things on her. >> reporter: the palin kids found themselves caught up in public fights. 16-year-old willow palin went after a fellow student on facebook after he said he was hardly impressed with the

family's new reality show. she hurled homophobic insults. >> reporter: in 2014 the whole palin family made headlines after a bloody brawl at a party. police in anchorage, alaska, had to break up the fight. bristol tried to explain the insanity of the all. >> the lady just [ bleep ] pushed me. >> bristol also said the owner of the house where the party was taking place went after her. >> i walked back up. did you push my center? and some guy gets in my face, pushes me down on the grass, drags me cross the grass. you [ bleep ], you [ bleep ], you [ bleep ]. i get back up and he pushes me back down again and pulls me by my [ bleep ] feet they took my

$300 sunglasses. >> no charges were filed. just when you thought it was over, more drama. in 2015 bristol palin who reportedly made hundreds of thousands of dollars as a spokeswoman for a group that promotes abstinence announced she was pregnant again. >> the cool thing about putting your faith in god is he certainly is a god of second chances. i screw up taught me. >> last year after bristol gave birth to her second child, the baby girl's father, bristol's exfiancé sued for custody. a judge later awarded joint custody to the couple. also in 2016, trouble for the oldest son, track. he was arrested for striking his girlfriend with his fist. he took a plea deal and many of the charges were dropped. >> reporter: randy, didn't sarah palin explain why her son acted that way towards his girlfriend?

>> absolutely. after track palin was arrested for hitting his girlfriend, his mom came to his defense. she said he was suffering from ptsd in iraq. she said her son and the veterans come back a bit different. that's her word, and they come back hardened. track spent a year in iraq after enlisting after september 11. the hits just keep coming in this latest attack on his father. there hasn't been any public explanation from sarah palin or any of the palins. all we know is what todd palin told police. >> randi kaye, thank you so much. coming up, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee is warning republicans are trying to shut down the committee's russia investigation. i'll speak to adam schiff about that coming up. "what pulled muscle?"

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breaking news tops the hour. we are waiting for the senate after a minor legislative snag to vote and pass the biggest tax bill in a generation. they're beating it right now on the senate floor. this is consequential for most taxpayers, more so for

businesses and wealthy taxpayers. consequential for the deficit too and maybe a big boost for the economy. the president and his party are counting on this to be a big political boost which remains to be seen for a number of reasons. one, new polling shows president's approval rating at 35%, a new low for the survey. tlookt the president has the lowest approval at any point in office going back to 1963. as for the tax plan he'll sign tomorrow, it too is strikingly unpopular, just one in three americans support it right now, which no doubt makes for interesting uncertainties to head for a white house that's about to celebrate its first big legislative victory. more from jeff zeleny who joins us from the white house. what is the latest from there tonight? still confident on how this will play out? >> the white house is very confident how this is playing