host: good morning on this friday, november 10 and welcome to the washington journal. we feature a newspaper or other publication in our area, today we are talking with people at the washington examiner. that's where our cameras are. we will talk to an editor and reporter. before we get to all of that, we will get to headlines and get your thoughts on the news of the day. taxes, health care, campaign news is all of the table. if you are a democrat dial in at

(202) 748-8000. it republicans (202) 784-8001. independents can call (202) 748-8002. you can post your thoughts on facebook. start dialing in. before we get to the phone calls, we have front pages of the newspaper. this is the washington times. the latest tax bill is friendlier to conservatives. we covered the markup for the past or days in washington before the ways and means committee. you can find it on our website. there is also the wall street journal, house gop split on taxes. they prevail -- revealed their provisions yesterday. it would lower the corporate rate to 20%" standard deduction.

we will share the details coming up. the new york times, senators tax bill delayed. senate republicans would delay the corporate cut for one year while republicans in the house would like to do it right away. there are the headlines on the president's trip to asia. and thison to vietnam is the headline in the washington times. will run across vladimir putin while visiting the economic. he will likely meet with the russian leader. also from the washington post, asian leaders wow trump with

pomp. new trade deals remain elusive. also, there is this in the washington post. vladimir putin is saying the u.s. is meddling in russia's election. on the eve of a possible meeting trump, vladimir putin suggested the united pushed -- is pushing for this qualification -- disqualification of russian athletes.

these are some of the headlines around the country and national newspapers. we want to know your thoughts on any public policy debate. you are up first. good morning to you. caller: yes, i had a comment with royo the headline moore in alabama. and i am alabama survivor of sexual used in how these so-called christians have come to this guy's defense. they haven't read the full story. this is been corroborated i people around him at the time. it's amazing how christians always forget they have christian values when it's somebody that is in their party. they should go back to the bible

and act what they preach to other people. guy,ey keep defending this christians shouldn't have anything to say about the actions of other people. host: the washington post broke a story yesterday on the front page. 1979 and he was 32. we will read more of the headlines on that coming up area jenny is in ohio. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i'm having trouble trying to explain this. why therenderstand are so many different government agencies. i am on disability. i get medicare and medicaid that i don't understand. why are there so many different

agencies for that? host: nevada. caller: hello. ave got a question about congressman from california. he said jeff sessions lied to congress and that's a felony. didn't hillary clinton lied to congress? didn't the national director of intelligence lied to congress about surveying american people? why doesn't he call for them to be charged with a felony? double standard. i don't get it. why does he just say jeff sessions lied to congress did. hillary clinton was proved to lie to congress. you can find that if you

go to c-span's video library. we have all archived there, all the hearings and events we have covered through the years. you can search on the front page and find what you were looking for. this is the wall street journal this morning. this is related to the virginia election. losing theirns are seven-year political advantage on health care.

if you have some thoughts on health care, colin as well. we are in open phones. caller: good morning. morning ises this this tax bill. if we know these people are in activities,riminal they will sequester our accounts and we can explain where our money came from. these people are given taxpayer money to move our jobs overseas. now they want to bring it back and pay half the taxes. once it gets here, they want to invest in automated factories with stolen money and they want the tax they are to give them a off --ght off -- right

write off. billed to stop this tax and put tags on every dollar that comes in here so the money doesn't get to watered. this is the biggest shell game and theft in america. are: you say corporations responsible? is that what you are saying? people,it's all of the all of the individuals that are frontloaded all of this money into these offshore accounts. you wouldn't have your money in an offshore account if you weren't trying to be a shyster. don't let any of it yet past. don't let these people do this. is some politics on the tax reform bill. where are the votes?

this is from the wall street journal. fore could be a burden republicans from high tax states. they will vote next week on a tax bill which would cut the sales deduction. many of their constituents currently use it. that could be a tough vote for these 23 republican members of the house. joe is in new jersey, a republican. caller: i have to apologize if my speech is slurred. i just recovered from a stroke. over the years, i have seen many things in this country. from time to time, i am not tied

to any party. you andm here to tell i'm sure you understand this, this country is strong. it has survived the idiots and .t will even survive i have a lot of hope in the future. caller: in regards to the tax scam, it is a total disgrace here in i am in my 80's and i have never seen anything so corrupt as we have today. the president says just trust me. they are in there for themselves and they do not care anything

about the american working class people. all they care for are the rich people and themselves. the mob is now running our youthful america. -- beautiful america. thank you for taking my call. host: paul? you are on open phones. caller: i'm calling in response to the situation with judge moo re. i find it disturbing and i need to say something. day in and day out if it's on orial media or the internet c-span or fox news or msnbc, a dialogue needs to take place about this term is janet he or christian. -- christianity or christian. word tople attach this

judge moore or somebody else, we need to make a distinction. there is true christianity and there is false christianity. the previous caller that was on, all of these issues about insensitivity, this is not true. there needs to be a serious dialogue. it's wonderful that c-span has allowed a public format to voice these things. i just want to point out there is a major difference between those of us that understand what the bible really has to say, those of us that live by it and raise our families as opposed to those who are playing christian political politics. it's sickening.

host: would you say roy moore is playing christian politics? caller: it seems like time after time, you ask these things from god. it says for ask for wisdom and understanding. convenient, when somebody is a baptist or baptist and am a i'm going to die a baptist. this is the problem. are putting a serious hindrance on those of us that are christians in this country, no different than dr. james dobson. he has been fighting years against homosexuality. you cannot legislate morality. it's got to be something that god puts on the heart of a

person, that they know that this is right. he has made a lot of trouble as was on the, when he antiabortion movement and these pro-life people, you cannot legislate morality. host: let me get your reaction to this story in the washington examiner. that's the publication we will be featuring. auditorama state defends roy moore and invokes mary and joseph. caller: it's disgusting and its offensive. if this man is guilty of these things and he's invoking the word christian and he is tired

of this slandering, it's like the old saying. offense on aing on street corner and a guy walks up to him and he's crying. the man says to satan, what are you crying about? me foran says they blame everything. host: the state auditor when asked predicted alabama voters would be angrier at the washington post trying to get something negative on roy moore.

you can find the story on the washington examiner's website. on this story, the washington post's the newspaper that broke the story. a teenage of touching girl in 1979. it's a lengthy piece. you can find it on their website. story theday has the gop pulls away from roy moore. that is also a headline on the website. house has said he should drop out if allegations are true. that is a local alabama paper. then you have breitbart. steve bannon was the former white house chief strategist.

he is back running things at that publication. republicans declare judge guilty. steve bannon is fighting for judge roy moore to be able to move on to the runoff. here he steve bannon yesterday in new hampshire, talking about these revelations. >> it's interesting. post that dropped that time on donald trump is the same jeff bezos washington post that dropped the dime's afternoon on judge roy moore.

is that a coincidence? that's what i mean when i say opposition party. it's part of the apparatus. if you saw the way they came after him, they did not debate policy or politics. this is personal destruction. they never really had a debate on immigration or national security. it was attack and destroy donald trump. host: the huffington post headline, a fund raises off reports that he molested a 14-year-old girl. he sent an email after this story was reported, saying he was being attacked and asking for money. these are local headlines in

alabama. this is from the alabama website. he cannot be replaced on the december out. alabama law says he cannot be replaced. it is a little more than a month from the election.

politico also with the story, republicans might be stuck with roy moore. they were against him in the beginning. also as we said, senate republicans are asking for the candidate to step aside if there is a shred of truth. we talked with a republican from georgia. he talked with us for newsmakers. >> the washington post reported

roy moore committed sexual acts against minors as young as 14. do you believe he should step down from his candidacy? >> it's early and we don't know all the facts. these allegations are very serious. if they are true, he should step down. areome of your colleagues encouraging senator strange to write-inride in -- campaign. >> that is something they are talking about. we did see that in alaska. it's not impossible. newsmaker, ifk's you go to our website you can i did there.

it will air on sunday. questionedwho senator purdue has a headline on their website about our interview with him. -- gopted the oakley colleagues. on roll callst website. reporter writing a piece for the atlanta journal-constitution. the senate has leadership issues. this sunday. let's get back to your calls. we will go to west virginia. good morning to you. what's on my mind is a

change in the capital gains tax, wouldi don't believe raise money. loopholes ofese which i am a beneficiary. have a medicald history. person buyswhen one a stock from another and this has been my spirits -- you are not able to engage much in stocks except through their 401(k). not money more often than

dealer to the person who is selling the stock. with his prophet, he has taken most of that money and invested it back into shares of other stocks he thinks now are going to be going up further. extent, when an ipo when i first -- stock first comes in, that goes to create jobs and i think you understand the difference between an ipo and a regular stock purchase. purchase, itstock might as well before someone who taxicaps horses and pays

according to his income. a poor person who was fortunate enough to make some money may find is an eight lower bracket and it's not going to be more costly to him. with thed be covered larger initial standard deduction it. by the way, the house ways and means committee finished marking up their version of the bill. that was approved yesterday along partyline. we covered that debate. you can go to our website www.c-span.org. the vote will take place on the house floor next week. in the senate, they will begin marking up their version of tax reform, including a corporate

tax rate. sarah is in maryland. good morning. caller: i was just calling in regards to the opioid crisis that is very concerning to me. we have close to 60,000 deaths in the united states. what is so disturbing about it is these prescription drugs that are basically heroine are being handed out like candy by the pharmaceutical industry and by our medical festivals. -- professionals. lies andhave that many deception going on that creates such havoc, you have to question how our government is doing it. this cannot continue. letting these drug

companies continue with it, there should be a stop. these drugs were developed to address cancer patients. teresae're going on to in tennessee. good morning to you. you are next. theer: i want to talk about roy moore issue here in -- issue. bob menendez is on trial for having sex with young women. the hypocrisy between the two is mind blowing. i have not heard one of those republicans call for menendez to step down. fromis a political hit job the republicans. $10 million to get luther strange and they are still talking about getting him

in office. to call for him to step down , it'st one shred of proof a hit job. they want that seat. to backfire on them. host: what about these four women who say it happened to them? caller: they said that about herman cain. accused trump, where are they? then if you look, look at bill clinton. look at what he did. around clinton hung

harvey weinstein. tellny weiner, you can it's a hit job or in it's going to backfire because the will of the people want to elect roy moore. these accusations from the republicans will backfire. people are going to vote for him because of this. headline for you before we wrap up open phones. the virginia republican has served 13 terms. he said tuesday's vote did not prompt his decision. he is chairman of the judiciary committee. he will not seek reelection.

for the remainder of the program, we will be featuring guests from the washington examiner. first up we will be talking with theeditorial director about journalistic mission and the challenges facing print and online news organizations. later, it's the political therter discussing democrat's strategy heading into the campaign. we will be right back.

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>> washington journal continues. our cameras are over at the washington examiner, and online and print organization here in washington dc. we will be talking about their mission as well as news of the day. you can call in with your questions about journalism and the topics they are reporting. joining us first is the editorial director. we will talk about the role of journalism today. let's begin with what is the washington examiner? organizationa news first and foremost and its mission is to deliver great news reporting to a nationwide audience. intentiongned and its

is to provide coherent and sharp analysis and conservative commentary reflecting our values and the way we look at the world. host: in what way do you look at the world? forthrightlye a conservative view of the world. this is based on freedom. ofbelieve on freedom of expression, freedom of religion. believe in american strength and american global leadership. america is the defender of freedom in the world. states is the united a shining city on the hill for the rest of the world.

we believe in those traditional values. right centere a bias. would you agree with that? had you square your conservative vision with reporting facts? the first half of my career came when i was at the daily telegraph in london. it was very well-known of being read by socialist mps in parliament. there is no incompatibility between reporting the news. people want to know what actually happened. you can provide commentary that reflects your view of the world. one of the things that is fascinating is your readership

will just be conservative if you have conservative views. our readership at the washington into thirds.ivided we are much more balanced than the readership of our rivals at the washington post. history of other publications and we know from data like that it straight news reporting which appeals ross the spectrum is attractive to people from the left and the right. thatan write commentary reflects the values you have. we are growing because it has achieved that balance. host: the fact check website said the washington examiner

often utilizes loaded words to influence an audience by using an appeal to emotion or stereotype for conservative causes. they give a rating of high on factual orting. guest: i think that's true. we report the facts. tellingnterested in news across the united states and politics. we think that is an important role and we believe in diversity in the media. we don't think there is any merit and twisting the news. what we want to build up his trust with our audience. wewant them to trust what give is straight reporting.

allowbreak stories which -- which means we should be read i people from across the spectrum. we stand out from a lot of the media by giving i think a fair hearing to conservative policies and opinions. this is a news organization where conservatives can, and get their news, they also get commentary and analysis which takes their view of the world seriously. i think that makes us stand out in washington and the national media picture. host: what is the history of the publication and who owns it? guest: it is owned by philip and shoots, a colorado businessman. he is in the entertainment business, the oil and gas

business, the cruise business. he has a wide range of interest. that is were the ownership is. host: what is the history of it as well? guest: was launched a little more than 10 years ago as a local newspaper. in print, delivered to people's doorsteps each morning. about four years ago, the decision was made that we would focus entirely on politics. initially, as a local newspaper we covered sports, local politics, local business. we sharpened the focus to politics, principally hetero politics and decided instead of being a newspaper, we would be a website and a weekly magazine. i think that reflects the way

news is moving. people want their news fast. have hads as you know a tough time over the last 10 years. at the same time, people want to be able to take a deep dive into a subject. they want to read at length. and everyr website tuesday we come out with a magazine. issues dives into policy . magazine ishe popular outside washington. there is a digital edition. host: is the publication profitable? guest: we don't reveal the aspects of our

organization. it is certainly at a comfortable level. host: lets here where viewers have to say. let's go to keith in chicago. welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning. i am a journalism student. i have a masters in journalism. i would like to know from your audience, i am fed up with the conservative war on media. it's dangerous. it's been happening since the nixon administration. the thing i see with partisan conservative, no believe in the concept of objectivity. i would like to get his thoughts on objectivity. they don't believe in it. host: what you say?

respect the caller and it's a fine question. reporting entirely in the news straight. what we think is a news story will reflect our view of the world. there are certain things we are interested in like labor law which another news organization might not be interested in. it's our mission to deliver the news straight to our readers. our readers are divided very evenly between democrats, republicans, an independents. we have a set of values and those put us on the conservative side of the spectrum. news and wee comment on what's going on in the news and reflect those values. host: our guest is the editorial

director or the washington examiner, and online and print publication. we are live from their newsroom this morning. we are taking your calls and less chins. -- questions. we will talk with some of the room orders over there at the publication as well. we want to encourage our viewers to call in with questions and comments about journalism and what you are reporting on. let's get to the phone lines. democrats (202) 748-8000. republicans (202) 784-8001. independents (202) 748-8002. what is at the top of your website this morning? probably the same stories that was featured widely by a number of publications, the

allegations about judge roy moore, the republican senate candidate. he has an inappropriate relation with girls who are much younger than he was when he was in his 30's, on one occasion with a 14-year-old girl. we're reporting on that. onhad an extraordinary scoop this subject. we were talking to one of the judge's supporters in alabama. he actually compared the relationship between the 14-year-old girl and judge more as like that between mary and joseph, the mother of jesus. that got very wide coverage. it's a rather extraordinary comparison and it raised

eyebrows. host: we read a little bit of that story. it got quite a bit of a reaction. what did you see on social media and reaction? up social media here it -- media. there were a lot of people who thought this was an outrageous comparison. as some of your guests on the program have said, we saw that there were those who believe this is a hit job on the judge. i'm not point to step in. i think the only people who know the truth are the judge and the 14-year-old who is now in her 50's. the allegation is a serious one. the republicans have said if it is true he should step down. the only one who said he should

down whether or not it's true is senator mccain. host: john is in florida. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say i understand want to report the truth about roy moore. are you going to report the truth when it is a hit job or if it's not? there were so many allegations against president trump when he ran and they were all false. i believe this is a hit job. you want to speak the truth about the news. andhave cnn and fox overseas stations that are not speaking the truth. it's going to get worse before it gets better. out for thes are money. i have been through it.

i reported a lot of things in the past. i just wanted to let you know that i hope you report on roy moore when it's hit job and not just on allegations of a 14-year-old. the democrats on the left don't in office.on host: got your point. -- the callerler has hit upon an important point here is the media are now making up the biggest story. they are the biggest stories themselves of the past year. the focus from the president on downward on the trust of the oria is worth giving squandered. he talks a great deal about fate

news. there are people in the media who say it is their job to oppose the president. the caller has hit on one of the most of orton subjects right now, how much can people trust the media? why is one of the reasons we at the examiner are determined to report the facts. when we are doing news reporting, we are absolutely straight. we will report when we think something's fault. we have immediate writer and a media commentator. problems inng the certain reports. we are making sure we are telling people about those things. only 36moore story is hours old. there is a lot more of this that is going to come out.

we will be following it and we will report the things we find that are true and untrue. host: anthony is on -- in las vegas. caller: good morning. democrat, iy as a actually follow the washington examiner. in my past history, i would never have followed you. primary, i was looking for the truth in media. i started following liberal and conservative sites. off, i can to cut me give you an example of how independent media can be hotter than the -- better than the typical sources.

i am the member of a group called crowd source the truth. we do our own investigations. the washington post wrote the story about debbie wasserman aid.tz's i.t. in the piece, they said there is no evidence of espionage. our group found that is not true. individuals that were renting residences from him. we found on-site servers that were looked dated in a garage that had a bunch of cooling fans and there were routers in the basement. he was paying for this. thisashington post left out of the article.

include that. they did not include the second person they interviewed. this was an african-american democrat marine who found smashed computers in his garage. host: i am going to leave it there. the point is about citizen journalism. what role can it play in the industry? guest: first of all, i am grateful that the caller is in pursuit of fact checking. citizen journalism should be encouraged. i would encourage him to continue his reap warding. -- reporting. one of the problems and benefits of online journalism, if anybody

can publish anything really quickly, the cost of entry is low. you get people who go into it independently who are well motivated and they think they've got something to contribute. the congress is investigating s that were bot deliberately feeding false information into the new cycle. 20 or 30o be thought years ago that the communications revolution would make it difficult or tyrants to stay in power. what we are seeing is online journalism has become a tool for nasty people to express their views and influence elections.

there are pros and cons to citizen journalists. into reporting. that is one of the reasons why organizations like the examiner are determined to build trust with the readership. given that anyone can write what they want on the web and opinions are at a discount, the thing that is really at a premium is a new source you can trust. if you read it, you know it's going to be right or if there is a mistake, that organization will correct it. what is happened with online journalism, it has increased bad journalism and increased the merit of good news organizations. modelealize the business

depends on being relied upon. host: what is your process for fact checking a reporter's piece? how many stages does it go through? guest: the principle fact check is supposed to be the reporter. you hire people you can trust to do a good job in check the facts. the story goes through a number of different stages. the reporters have supervising editors. six editor has five or reporters and they talk about the story in advance and the editor will monitor the way it is done and talk to the reporter about how it is coming along and what they found out. the story will be written and come through to the editor.

once the editor has finished editing the piece, he or she will put it through to the web producers. that will be where it is copyedited and prepared for the web. from there, it is published to the web. there are three different stages, and each stage, the staff handling the story will be checking the facts and the accuracy and just checking to make sure there is clean copy. host: the owner of the organization is the 37th richest american. he owns the weekly standard. does he have a say in the editorial content? i speak to him occasionally. editorials the

independence of the in -- organization. before i joined this organization, we spoke. i went to colorado and we talked about our views on what journalism was and politics. obviously, he decided i was the person he wanted for the job. almosteye to eye on every issue. he has an troll over the publication. basiseek to week asus, -- , he expects us to do a good job. we have more than doubled in size in the last couple of years. more and more people are trusting us. host: how do you measure success? guest: in part by the number of

people who read us. we average about 8 million unique viewers each month. that has doubled in the last couple of years. we expect to grow more than that. we also measure it by the a matter of anecdotal feedback. we see ourselves cited more and more by other media. we are linked to more and more by them. we also measure we have extremely good access, both with the trump administration and on capitol hill. and with both democrats and republicans on capitol hill. when you become an important publication, as we have become, the politicians need to pay

attention to you and need to give you a degree of access. they cannot ignore you. and we have a very good relationship with capitol hill and with the administration. so we measure success to a great extent that way, too. guest: hugo gurdon, editorial director with the "washington examiner," thank you for kicking off today's conversation. coming up, we will continue on "ith the "washington examiner's political reporter, laura barron-lopez, talking about campaign 2018. later, the commentary editor, tim carney, will discuss the state of the republican party in the trump era. we will be right back. "> sunday night on "afterwords -- >> if this is my 15 minutes,

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print publication here in washington, d.c., talking with the reporters. -- laura, laura barlow barron-lopez, political reporter with the "washington examiner." she covered the democrats. wrotebegin with what you earlier this week -- the next few months will be pivotal for the party as the dnc struggles to maintain its relevance. what do you mean? there is a lot of internal strife among democrats, specifically at the dnc. while this week was a big success story for democrats and they are really excited about 2018, the argument they had before tuesday still stands after tuesday. they have an upcoming meeting and december where there are a lot of people, specifically the burning wing of the party, that want to see reforms, want to see

the dnc make changes -- specifically the bernie wing of the party. they want to see changes given everything that happened in 2016. host: what are you hearing about this december meeting? what is likely, if anything, to change? meeting of the unity reform commission, a commission that was created at the 2016 convention to address these concerns about the primary process. so the committee members are meeting to formally finish all of their proposals. like i said, reducing superdelegates, opening up the caucuses, you know, trying to make it a more transparent process. dnc members really want to see the dnc's budget. that is something that people, even as high as those on the executive board, are not allowed

to see. live in we have learned about what happened in 2016, that is something they really want the dnc to move forward on. host: how are dnc officials reacting and the leadership over there to donna brazile's new book? she took over for debbie wasserman schultz. there is, of course, a new dnc leader, tom perez. but what is the reaction to her book? dnc chair,perez, the has dismissed the allegations that brazile outlined, saying some a well, it was not illegal, the agreement that the clinton campaign had with the dnc sure looked unethical. perez has said, look, that is in the rearview mirror and we want to move forward. and is under new leadership. it is not going to help us if we

as we tryigating 2016 to take back majorities in the house and senate. there are other members of the dnc -- it opened up old wounds for them. they were really agitated when the book came out. some of them said, oh, it validated what i thought all along. others also said that they were glad that brazile put this out there now. like, let's handle this right now, let's talk about it, and then let's move forward but with reforms. host: washingtonexaminer.com has the headline this morning -- donna brazile san francisco democrats need to scoot over. -- laurao barron-lopez, what is the reaction from democrat leaders in congress to donna brazile, and what impact could

she have on leadership? i am not sure she can have much impact on leadership. pelosi has a good grip on her conference. that being said, there is some within the conference, linda sanchez most recently, about fifth in line in the democratic house, and she did also say recently that she thought that pelosi should move over and let younger and new leadership come in. there are not many people the conference can envision that can replace pelosi. in response to brazil, pelosi and schumer have pretty much dismissed those allegations, and they said that is not something they want to focus on. their primary priority is whether or not they are going to take back the majority. linda sanchez, those

comments she made that laura is referring to, was on our newsmakers program. to look at up, go to the website, c-span.org. this sunday, our guest donna brazile will be here to take questions and comments on her book and the claims she made in it. that is 8:00 a.m. eastern time this sunday here on the c-span.org." next barron-lopez, what is for the democrats in congress on tax reform? what is their strategy on this legislation politically to frame it ahead of the 2018 election? host: they are trying to re-create what they did during so affordable care act, during multiple times republicans tried to appeal it, democrats were successful. there was a lot of anger across the country won that debate was at the forefront, and democrats are hoping they can re-create

that energy that they had in that debate but with tax reform. it is going to be a little bit harder. tax reform is tricky and complex. it is not as interesting to a variety of voters as health care was. but democrats are hoping to frame it as, look, this is a tax scam, they are cutting taxes for the rich, not the middle-class. they're hoping that by framing it that way, they can make you know, actually defeat these bills in congress, which is going to be hard. it is a pretty strong likelihood that it actually made the able to pass the house. host: we want to hear from viewers, what the you think democrats and their stances and 2018 and the strategies? we will get to those in just a minute. laura barron-lopez, let's talk about health care. what do democrats see out of the virginia and maine election

health when it comes to care, so what does that mean about their strategy before november 2018? host: well, they are definitely going to be playing of the failed votes in the house and the senate by republicans to repeal the affordable care act. because they saw that in virginia, well, gillespie ran on cutting taxes for you and another person ran on the message that i am a doctor and it will take a doctor to heal everything and i will protect your health care. because of that, democrats see a lot of potential for them 2018, playing of everything that has happened this last year on health care, saying that we are not the party that is going to be repealing this, we just want to fix it moving forward. is in memphis, tennessee, on our line for democrats. , i had health care

through the v.a. or whatever, but i wanted to say the can make a comeback by regrouping the strategies on how they talk to people and stuff like that, sending a stronger message on what they want to do and give strong, solid ideas on what they should .ant to do they should put a formula together for an exact result on the economy or whatever like that. an economy stands. as for as health care goes, i got v.a., but i have a little

trouble trusting the v.a. because of what they put in my body. they put a biological internal device and my body. i wonder if i have health care if someone is pretending to talk to me -- host: i will leave it there. let's talk about the direction for the democratic national committee. this is the "washington examiner" piece that you wrote. dnc'satic infighting over direction is nearing a flashpoint. what do you mean by that, nearing a flashpoint, and when does that come? host: that was earlier when i'm -- guest: that was earlier when i mentioned the meeting in december. a lot of bernie folks are saying

if they do not see these reforms implemented, what is the point of the dnc? the dnc has been struggling with fundraising, so they see this as an opportunity to show donors of voters, look, we're taking all of the concerns that were voiced during the 2016 primary seriously, and we will institute these reforms and hopefully more people will start getting involved and donating to the dnc again. so they are not seeing these things implemented though if they do not see perez endorse these reforms they will put forward in december. as early as january, possibly february, they will start moving through the rules committee, and the entire dnc is expected to vote on it around march. that these it -- if these are not adopted and significant changes are not made, allowing

more transparency, then you are going to see a public outcry by these bernie folks. some people might say, ok, we're going to go it alone. host: you have the divisions over the structure of the party. what about divisions over the politics? you have a headline from november 2 on the "washington examiner," house judiciary democrats are exploring options for teaching trump up after the -- for impeaching trump after the 2018 elections." all ofpelosi, hoyer, democratic leadership has a said, look, let's not talk about impeachment right now. thee it does well up democratic base, they are afraid it will also rile up trump's ba se. to putership is trying control -- like telling members,

let's not talk about this right now, that at the same time, there were a number of individual house members putting up articles of impeachment or resolutions, some saying they want a vote on the house floor. but now we're seeing the house judiciary committee, specifically the democrats on the judiciary committee, and other republicans, but the democrats are saying, hey, we should maybe be prepared if either the house flips in 2018 or a bigger bombshell drops from robert mueller's investigation into the rush holt -- the russian meddling. so they're privately meeting and weighing the options when it comes to what they could possibly do if they gain the majority. host: a call from mississippi, a republican. caller: good morning. you're guest said that they wanted to dismiss what happened in the dnc in the 2016 election,

that that was in the past, and move forward. me, what have done to --sia did in 2016 [inaudible] host: laura barron-lopez? guest: it was difficult to hear. you: he was repeating what were saying earlier, that some democrats just want to move on from what happened within the party in the 2016 election. he said but they do not want to move on from 2016 when the constantly bring up russia and the role that russia played. so what do you make of what he sees? -hmm.: mm robert wheeler is investigating currently, and

that is an independent special counsel. so he is going this investigation alone. it is not a partisan investigation. he is looking into russian meddling in 2016, which we know happened. whether or not there was any collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials is something that mueller is still investigating. we have seen an indictment's recently that were -- we have seen indictments dropped recently, but the ones having to do with manafort were about money laundering and were not specifically directly tied to the campaign. the reason democrats keep bringing it up is because there are ongoing investigations, even ones being led by republicans in the senate and the house. the senate intelligence committee investigation led by republican richard burr is not done yet. same with the one led by the senate judiciary committee, led by senator grassley, a republican, as well.

those investigations are still ongoing. that is why democrats are going to use it politically. host: stephanie is next in california, a democrat. caller: good morning. i think basically that the democrats are going to win by default in these elections because everyone, including republicans, most of them, are scared of what is happening in the white house and who has control of the white house, the russians -- is putin running the white house? everyone is scared of that and what donald trump could possibly do. that is why the democrats are going to vote -- not necessarily because of infighting or anything like that. the majority of people are scared. like, can the adults

please stand up and make sure that this place don't fall apart? everyone is scared. host: let's get reaction. guest: well, so that fear she is talking about when it comes to who is in the white house when it comes to president or just a backlash against trump, that is very real. we saw a number of candidates, specifically in the virginia house of delegates on the democratic side, step up, people who had not run for august before, and a felt the need to run for office because of trump. that is helping democrats out, helping them heading into 2018. there are a lot of candidates that are coming up out of nowhere that had never desired to run for public office before, and that is in reaction to trump. so we are going to see more of that. one downside to that, having so many candidates for democrats, is that it leads to really contentious primaries. who ends up coming out of those primaries could end up coming up

a little bit tattered and have their warchest depleted, and they may not be as prepared for general elections facing a republican. said, thatt caller is definitely something making democrats excited about their possibility to win back the majority. ist: richmond, virginia, jim watching, independent. caller: good morning. glad to speak to you. i have so any items but will try to limit it. first off, i do not think the democrats have to do anything other than be quiet because the republicans are self-destructive. they are taking away my health insurance. condition.e-existing i probably will not be able to get it and probably cannot afford it with what the state of virginia has done anyway. all they have to do is sit back

and wait and they will self-destruct. now they are going to take away all my tax breaks, all my interest on my house, all the things i cannot even count on my taxes. you know, i was a reagan supporter and believed in trickle-down economy. well, i am still waiting, and it has not trickled down yet. let's get the first trickle-down to me first, and then i will believe the second one. ant: are you truly independent? how have you voted since you once voted for reagan? forer: i actually voted george allen, our governor. that did not work out too well either, but i do not want to go there. host: did you vote for president trump? caller: no, i did not, and i never would. -- laurara burr alone

barron-lopez, what do you make of his, and that democrats need to keep quiet? definitely a strategy they're slightly using. when it comes to, you know, these big bills, democrats are saying we are not going to help you unless you are willing to talk to us. they did not on the health care and will not on the tax overhaul. there is a very real possibility that we could end the year with no substantial republican win and, in fact, with some democratic wins. there are still efforts to repeal the affordable care act, but we are entering december or nearing december which is when the year-end spending bill is supposed to be passed. and democrats have some pretty big things on their list that they want. it really is unlikely that house speaker paul ryan is going to be able to pass a year-end spending bill without democratic votes.

it is really difficult to get the republican conference on the line. ofpelosi has this list things we would like when it comes to a path to citizenship an dreamers, and there is entire list of things that democrats could walk away with. wyoming,erton, republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. how is everybody at c-span? host: doing well. your question or comment? caller: i do believe that democrats are going to lose everything they lost before because they do not know how to and their mouths shut, trump is trying his best and all they do is stop everything he wants to do. and i believe they will lose again, and they will lose a lot of seats in the house and the senate. if the president strikes deals with democrats,

like he did recently with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer? are you in favor of him taking that strategy? caller: no, i am not. i think the republicans need to get off their damn butts and do something they need to do, not depend on the democrats because they are not going to help them. host: so if the president takes that route, you blame his party for not getting behind him? caller: that is right. they are not behind him. they just cause trouble, just like the democrats have. people, atrican least in this part of the country, are tired of it. host: laura barron-lopez? guest: i mean, it is interesting. it is true what she said, there are a lot of republicans that are not going to fall and line behind trump. whoissue with that is, ok, is left for trump to work with?

these things need to go through congress. they cannot just be executive orders that he is doling out left and right. republicans will not go long with that either. so if he does not work with -- if republicans do not get in line, the democrats are the only option. but we had seen that before. one minute, trump will make a deal with democrats -- daca is an example. a month or two but later, he says never mind, i'm with the republicans and we will not give a pathway to citizenship. so it is difficult for both parties in congress to know where they stand with the president, given that he and his advisers around him tend to change their mind. is the one trump changing his mind. but it is difficult for both parties to figure out where they stand with the white house. host: dave is in irvine, california, on our line for democrats. caller: the worst thing the

democrats did during the last election was they wanted to get rid of all the guns and outsource all the jobs. so they have to work on keeping their mouth shut about getting rid of all of their guns, because everybody needs their guns. llam telling you, knives ki more people than guns. you had that tragedy in las vegas, but you had a bigger one when clinton was president when they went into waco to a preacher's house, and they take kids from the property and killed all those kids, but you do not hear about that on the news very much. so they need to get off that kick. and on social security, the democrats need to work on people that have social security -- they have taken up millions of dollars from social security, and they need to put that money back. host: we will leave it there. on gun control, there is some discussion that republicans may

agree with democrats on some issues that have been related to the recent attacks that we have seen. guest: yes, that is right. and i would just say that democrats are not saying that they want to take peoples guns away. democrats would like to be able to research gun violence, and democrats would also like, and republicans, as well, to hold bering -- hearings on a bump stock ban, something that came up after the las vegas shooting. so there is expected to be a hearing on that on the senate side. they would like to get some conversations going about what we can do to make these mass shootings less frequent. what are we missing? about it,be talking not just saying that there is no policy, you know, solution for this. host: laura barron-lopez covers the democrats for the "washington examiner,"

previously at "the huffington post." you can follow her reporting on washingtonexaminer.com or on twitter. thank you so much for your time this morning. we are going to take a break. when we come back, back to the "washington examiner's newsroom, and we will talk to tim carney. discussesan phrygia key legislative debates ahead in congress. we will be right back. >> on saturday, watch the wisconsin book festival starting at noon eastern, featuring best selling historian doug stanton and eight: surprise winning journalists discussing the 1968 tet offensive. a "washington post" staff writer on the fallout of the closing of a gm plant in janesville, wisconsin.

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the "washington examiner those quote talking to their editors and reporters about news of the day. joining us is tim carney, a commentary editor for the "washington examiner." what is a commentary editor? what does that mean? guest: as examiner, like most publications, we have a news site and an opinion side, or the commentary site. i am editor of the commentary page, so i am in charge of coming up with and writing the editorials. a lot of our commentary writers theirn-house, i am editor, editing their pieces and sometimes assigning pieces. so i am the boss of the opinion side, you could say. host: what is your take on the judge roy moore story, and what is the latest? guest: we had a piece yesterday were one of our opinion guys --

one of the things we try to do is do reporting, so one of our opinion writers call up sources from the alabama race and got one of the state officials going on the record, sort of moore isg what roy accused of doing, by pointing to the bible and his understanding of mary the in teenager and joseph being an adult. to me, what that highlighted was in the republican party, there is a fears, increasingly fierce, partisanship, a willingness to dig in heels and make excuses for the sort of things that i remember under bill clinton were entirely unacceptable to social conservatives. meanwhile on capitol hill, you have john mccain coming out and saying that moore has got to step aside. all sorts of conservatives and establishment republicans did not want roy moore.

they wanted luther strange or someone is to be the nominee for the alabama senate. they are trying to finagle hitting a right--- getting a write-in candidate or campaign. we have an allegation and a fierce then i'll -- fierce denial, and it is way past the statute of limitations. so we will not have a trial or criminal investigation. it is very unstable, and we do not know which direction it will go. my opinion is that the republicans have an obligation to try to get roy moore, maybe depose him, and get him to swear on the bible and ask them really to questions about what exactly happened. is that for proof? thanut it would be better just saying and till it gets proven, we will stick with him. mentionedtbart.com the establishment was behind the current sitting senator.

they were behind roy moore. there headline, quoting mr. ben talked aboutannon, who was behind this roy moore hit piece. not believe it because it is coming from "the washington post." guest: this is a real big problem of the media, partly the fault of main street medium, and partly the fault of politicians that are being opportunistic. we have seen, especially in the trump era, left of center mainstream media being very uncareful and being willing to report things that turn out to be completely false if it is negative about donald trump. here, wehe first hour

said donald trump was trying to have martin luther king removed from the oval office or they talked about an olympic medalists being detained at the airport and they said it was because of trump, and trump was not even in office. one of my commentary writers has been chronicling this. the media has done a lot. the mainstream bigger papers, who lean left, in my opinion, they have done a lot to undermine the credibility. hasnfortunate side effect been arming people to say, well, you cannot trust anything in the media. wheni try to do is to say mainstream media makes a mistake, attacking republicans or attacking trump, say here is what they did and here is what they did not do that would have been good journalism, and here is how it is wrong. when i look at "the washington post" story about roy moore, icy 30 sources, with -- i see 30 sources, which is astounding.

use the contemporaneous of theration from peers woman. she is on the record with her name, the one making the accusations you'd and there are public records to corroborate the story. that does not mean it is true. that reporters say the story was not handed to them i the democrats. in my mind, this is steve bannon taking a true phenomenon with the media being more unfair to republicans in the last six months or the last year than they normally have been and exploiting that fact to undermine a story when they do not have any real counterarguments. it was incredibly well reported in this case. host: let's look at the alabama newspapers. moore hit with sexual allegations. the campaign calls it fake news. that is a headline. another one, gop leaders a phone

for moore. tim carney, if he stays on the ballot, what does this mean for republicans retaining that seat in the senate? guest: a point of law, my understanding in alabama election law is that he will stay on the ballot. there is no way to replace him. what could happen is a write-in campaign, and the most likely candidate would be luther strange, the sitting candidate who lost to roy moore and the primary. but if he is the only republican candidate running, he does not mean that he is done. remember, donald trump was elected after audio came out of him bragging about sexual assault. bill clinton became the democratic party's rockstar after he came out that he had an affair with a woman half his age in the oval office and lied to cover it up. there is a republican congressman, two, who offered

abortions to their mistresses, and one of them has gotten reelected. so it is not beyond the realm of possibilities that roy moore could win statewide. it will hurt. are a lot ofhere people, especially a new yorker like me living in washington, d.c., seems to love all alabama white republicans together. some will say, well, i just cannot have a democrat controlling the senate and some will agree with steve bannon that this is just a big lie by the mainstream media. there will be conservatives and conservative christians who will not be able to vote for roy moore. the they vote for democratic opponent? will they stay home? if there is not a good republican alternative, it will hurt more and turn what would normally be a very safe seat, an alabama statewide senate seat,

into a very competitive seat. republicans only have 52 seats. they go down to 51 and they have a couple other folder will seats, so it is very possible that roy moore and the story about his past could be the thing that gives democrats control of the senate. host: tim carney to take your questions and hear your commentary. frank in west virginia, independent. caller: what is going on down there? host: a lot. caller: hey, i'm telling you. i'm confused. the thing i do not understand is fake news. press. freedom of the if someone says it out of their mouth and it is rewritten by the news media and it is word for word verbatim, is that fake news? and if a person lies and then it is printed, is that fake news?

they say, well, no, they did not get it right. i am a little confused. host: go ahead, tim carney. guest: i think that is a great question. in the press, we have standards. they are not always obvious to the public, what those standards are. they change. it might be given for an opinion page than it is for a news page, and it might vary depending on the severity of the church. i have seen people say, oh, this congressman is having an affair with this staffer or this lobbyist. i would not report, oh, i was told by this person that this staffer was having an affair with this lobbyist, even though my quoting that person would be accurate. is similar to how you would not spread gossip like that, but i think there is a higher standard for the media that if

it is something that would reputation, we's have an ethical responsibility, in some cases a legal responsibility, to go out and get some sort of confirmation what is going on. so sometimes you get an anonymous accusation of sexual harassment or sexual assault in these recent cases. stories,lot of these you will notice the journalist did not run it until they had multiple and musicians and until they had gone to the accused and asks them and got there response -- journalists did not run it until they had multiple accusations. and found followed up out that there was this custody hearing. they got court records from decades ago, and they found out where roy moore's office was at that time, and it was in the same place. didthey asked other people,

you ever hear anything of this? it was in a small town. that is the sort of corroboration you want on something that is such a heavy charge as what has come up against roy moore, which is sexual assault against a minor. you cannot just run it because somebody said it. in some cases, you can. oh, well john mccain is going to introduce a bill, you can say that, but if it is a heavy charge, there is a responsibility on the journalist to try to find some corroboration and to give the accused person a chance to respond. in indiana, line for republicans. caller: i would like to remind and gentlemen here that not only was a bill clinton guilty of having an affair with monica lewinsky, he has been accused of rape and sexual assault by many women. congressman barney frank ran a brothel in his home. guest: not exactly.

it was a brothel and his home, but i do not think he ran it. caller: well, his boyfriend ran it. are you trying to tell me the man he slept with did not know? give me a break. host: what is your point? caller: my point is how funny the media on the left is. they jump on everything ever said on anyone on the right. barack obama lied to the american people for a year about cutting premiums by $2500, going to do this, going to do that. the left in this country is exam -- insane. host: it is a center conservative application. what do you make of each side, and democrats do it, too, saying that they do not get a fair shake, that they get scrutinized more than republicans or republicans more than democrats and the media? guest: i come from a

conservative perspective, so perhaps it is through biased lenses that i see it, but it is undeniable to me that half of what that caller said is true, that republicans and conservatives are subject to, in general, to former scrutiny than democrats and liver kra -- liberals are, whether it is about sexual morality or about honesty. years,lumnist for eight i have had time to jog about what barack obama is saying about lobbyists and here is what he is doing about lobbyists. most of the media was not interested in that and was not reporting it, and i had a lot of running room on my own. attacking roy moore or was attacking donald trump a year ago and sort of coming up with excuses for bill clinton 20 years ago. my response to those make that

charges we were right in the 1990's when we said it is destructive to have a president who behaves this way. we were right when we said that about anthony weiner. so we should be right now with regard to donald trump and being caught on tape bragging about sexual assault. and we should be right saying roy moore, to the degree that we know this was true, that this was despicable and should disqualify him for office. does the media have a double standard? yes. at the examiner on the commentary page, we try to point that out and correct that and not have a double standard ourselves. holdied to -- we try to them to the same standards that we hold a bill clinton and an anthony weiner and a barney frank. with barney frank, i agree, it was shameful that it was completely ignored.

carney, what about republicans, a platform for the party that stands on family values? republicans have run on family values and morality. guest: so then this is the it is worse that for republicans to have these sexual exploits than it is for democrats. i think that is the soft bigotry of logs petitions. i do not -- i think that is the soft bigotry of low expectations. democratshink the think having an affair with a 23-year-old is fine while you are president. i do not think your boyfriend can run a brothel out of your house or you can fix parking tickets if you are a member of congress. i do not think that is something democrats find is ok. so the attempt to say there is a double standard, what is implied is something i would find very

offensive if i were a democrat, which is that democrats are ok with kind of stuff, 16th min -- sexting minors, which is what anthony weiner was arrested for. ishink the hypocrisy charge really an opportunistic charge by liberals who do not understand how bad the application is for their side if it is notaying, well, hypocritical for bill clinton to abuse power and have a sexual affair in the oval office with somebody half his age. host: jerry is a democrat in georgia. caller: thank you. sinclair ask about the news, it is my understanding it is being cut up like the republican party and president trump to be a state-run media and taxpayer dollars would

support this and they would only put up propaganda, of course. if he would give us any background on that and the danger of that on our democracy. thank you. host: tim carney? guest: thanks. i am not an expert on the story. it is not true that it would get sort of taxpayer dollars. to some extent, broadcast news in the u.s. has some partnership needgovernment because you the broadcast frequencies and all that, but there is no special support. when people talk about state-run media, that is an opinion writer characterizing it as media that will be overly friendly to donald trump. whether this is true with sinclair is not something i can address because i am not a next word on what they can do or what they will do. i think the main job of journalists in the united states -- there are sports journalists, culture journalists -- but the

reason we are written into the first amendment, freedom of the press, in addition to freedom of speech and freedom of religion, as we hold accountable the people in power. anybody in the media seeing the job is protecting people in power, that is something that is troubling to me. during the obama years, i think the "washington post" and the "new york times" turned away. after obama left, they said democracy dies and darkness, the "washington post" did. now said the truth matters more than ever appeared in the clear implication was the truth did not matter when obama was the one spreading the untruths. scrutiny towards trouble is good. but i wish they were a little more sober and would check their facts a little more and accusations against trump. but i think the idea of media

that is overly firmly to the people in power is something that is concerning, whether it is a fair charge against sinclair or not, i don't know. at the "washington examiner" this morning talking to their editors and reporters. tim carney, commentary editor, is with us now. we will say goodbye to him around 9:00 a.m., because the house will be gaveling in quickly for a pro forma session. they will come in for about five minutes and then gavel back out, and then we will pick up with our conversation with the "washington examiner" and continue with your phone calls. continueith us as we to talk to the reporters from the "washington examiner" this morning. n bloomington, indiana, democrat. caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. newsnk -- i watch a lot of

because i am disabled, and i know -- i am pretty sure that president trump is the one that is putting out the fake news. when hehe starts it puts it on twitter. and then it just continues. host: let's take that point. tim carney? president of the united states and his willingness to sort of put out information that is not, that he has not vetted. will saysomething and it in a speech or will put it out on twitter. i do want to pick on the word fake news. years ago, people did not really use that word. president obama started talking about it shortly after elections. he meant something specific, which was people actually making up stories. there was a story that pope

francis had endorsed president trump, and nothing like this had happened. it was not a misunderstanding. it was a made up story. so that is what was meant by fake news. when president trump adopted the term and called cnn fake news and a lot of people have used it to point out when somebody makes a really bad error, which again, the press has done with increasing frequency since the election. so fake news as something that is erroneous or misreported is not a very useful term. does president trump have a unchecked repeating facts? yesterday. if you come to our website, you could find hundreds of stories of stuff going out that is false. just yesterday, we had a white house reporter point out something that trumped it in china that he did not do, and he

criticized him during the editorial. donald trump did not push a communist leader. this is a bad thing. it is a rare chance to actually ask questions of the leader of societyously closed that is very opposed to transparency. but the cnn reporter said, well, he is the first president since george h.w. bush to not do that with china. that was just false. he said it in a tweet. turns out the first time barack obama went to china, the same thing happened. retweets.ets 1400 eight hours later, he comes back and says, oh, i was wrong, obama did it on his first trip. that gets about 12 retweets.

we often have a first draft and check it, but sometimes a first draft gets out there very unchecked, especially since the election of donald trump. to say that donald trump is the purveyor of fake news is to ignore the great role of media, left and right, played in pushing up facts, especially on twitter and especially since the election of donald trump. host: a quick question from bill in connecticut, democrat. caller: hi, thank you for c-span. i have got a lot to say but not enough time. one thing to start with, mark twain said if you don't read the news, you are uninformed. if you read the news, you are misinformed. and this has a lot to do why our country is so messed up. the news media is there to confuse people. in iraq, they will use --

that i will end it at point, that the news media is there to confuse people. tim carney, how do you react to that? guest: i have been harsh on a lot of the mainstream media here, but now i will say what aty get right -- if you look the news pages of the major newspapers, of the networks, of the "washington examiner," you will see a lot of very careful people trying to get the story right and typically doing a lot of work in their full-time job to get the story right. in the election campaign, you can point to excellent journalism being done. did"new york times" excellent journalism on hillary clinton. they got the reporting up and made sure voters understood how adverse and antagonistic hillary

clinton was with transparency. "washington post" did a lot of good reporting to show what sort of man donald trump was, that he did not have a political record but here is more about his record. he said he gives charitable gifts but he did not. here is an audiotape of what he said when he did not think anybody was listening. that was excellent journalism. voters knew the most essential things about the candidates. a free press is very important. even the newspapers that i criticize, they do lots of good reporting. i think the media has a lot of core problems. but i say we give our criticism in terms of expectation. it is such a crucial institution and does so much good that it makes it such a shame when our colleagues go ahead and misreport something or are sloppy, precisely because of those doubts among the public in this crucial institution.

that doubt is exploited, as you see in steve bannon's comments, in such a way to try to make it so that people are untethered to facts except when the politicians tell them. host: you can read more from tim carney on washingtonexaminer.com. follow him on twitter, as well. thank you for spending some time with us this morning, as well. the house is going to be gaveling in here any minute for a quick pro forma session. then they will gavel back out. we will bring you to the house floor when they do that. watch as they start the morning session. it will be about five minutes, maybe less. then we will pick right back up here on the "washington journal come coke continuing -- we will pick right back up here on the "washington journal," continuing

to discuss. will be joining us to talk about tax cuts and other legislative items. the "washington examiner" has online reporting and also does a weekly publication. this is from november 7 -- paul ryan has been a front runner on fiscal policy for years, now it is his moment to reform the tax code. we will talk about that coming up here after the quick legislative session by the house. speaking of tax cuts. the front pages of the newspapers this morning had this to say about what republicans are doing. house republicans marking up their bill yesterday. they planned to vote on it next week. the senate unveiled their version yesterday. the "new york times" says the plan reflects differing

political pressures. mortgage interest deduction is kept in the senate version. the "wall street journal" this morning -- house senate gop is split on taxes. both lower the corporate rate to 20%, but republicans want to delay it a year. eliminate personal exemptions and the alternative minimum tax, but they differ significantly in other ways. one of them is a state and local deductions. the house bill preserved property tax up to $10,000. medical expense deduction is eliminated in the house bill. republicans want to preserve it. they also want to preserve the student loan interest induction, while the house republicans eliminate it. we will dig into that a little bit coming up here on the "washington journal."