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today was to give, was to gi give -- open path to this assault, an assault. it's, you know, rip-off, shakedown, a losing of the middle class. >> up late with you tonight. 10:00 pm eastern. at this hour a new mission, tax cuts. the middle class can feel. because of what they did in washington and in the house today they will need just a majority. that means if republicans can stick together they actually won't need democrats to get tax reform done. you heard me right a couple seconds ago. 20 gop law makers in the house said no today. two more nos and it would not have passed. will they jump in line behind the president and others in their party. my first guest is elisabeth. the question is will they fall in line and just how close did they really get? >> it's extremely close because as you mentioned these 20 republicans, most of them come

from very blue states, new york, new jersey, they're very opposed to the house gop blueprint for tax reform, which eliminates the state and local deduction. so you have these high tax states, a lot of their constituents take this deduction. if they get rid of it they're signaling to the speaker we're voting no now because we want to negotiate on this deduction. that's going to be one of the key things here that kevin brady and paul ryan are going to have to get together with these members to get them across the finish line. i think you have to give speaker ryan credit. give a lot of conservatives in the house credit for voting on this proposal that gives republicans the opportunity to pass tax reform. a lot of conservatives had to hold their nose because this budget blueprint did not include the $200 billion in spending cuts that they fought so hard to include. they have adopted the senate version so they can negotiate now and move forward with the tax reform by the end of the year.

>> i mentioned just how close did they really get? i ask this because we see both parties do this sometimes elizabeth's. how convenient is it, they could only lose 22 and 20 said no? sometimes you'll see law makers waiting to cast their no vote late in the process so they can make sure that they're not the reason that the resolution didn't pass. it's more of a vocal cry of i say in a, but only if it's within the realm many, where we can win on this principle. >> exactly. you had some moderate republicans waiting next to the whip right before the vote was coming down. they still voted no. but they kind of made sure that, well they won't be the deciding vote. so i think that that is why this is sole important that it's such a signal for them. they will weren't willing to kill the tax reform in its tracks this year by voting. >> they just wanted to beat it. >> right. >> which is sick. >> they want to say that hey this is our priority. if you don't fix this for us

we'll continue to be a no and get the rest of our moderates to vote against it the next time. >> you know what's interesting? a lot of times with these situations you'll see american voters will watch these things and say well those points aren't really acceptable to me. they don't really affect my life. when you talk about, in big communities, california, new york, new jersey, where you've got these big cities where people are really banking on being able to write off state and local taxes, salt as we call them and then the 401k issue came back after the president said yesterday as he was boarding air force one, marine one as he was headed to dallas. he said some things you just don't touch. you might have out there he meant the 401 is k and cutting do you know how much money you can put in your retirement that is not taxed. but is that really what he meant? he said it's on the table for negotiation? >> i think it's a non-starter for trump. he said multiple times that is something very popular with the

middle class and had that's something they do not want to be blamed for by democrats, by harming the middle class. i think that and the corporate rate not going about 20% are two things that the white house are so adamant about keeping. >> these are deal breakers? >> right. but the deal breakers here, the negotiating ones is the salt deduction, state and local it deduction. because you have mulvaney the budget director saying we think we should get rid of it because it's fairness. but at the end of the day, you're gonna need a lot of these republican moderates on board. if they're going to negotiate, they can cap it for high income individuals, and give a little room on that, that is probably what will end up happening. we'll have to give room there. >> elizabeth harrington with the washington free beacon. we just got a law maker to join us who voted no today. thank you very much. why would you vote no on the

budget resolution? some of the prones we were just hearing from elisabeth there and possibly jeopardize the road to tax reform? a movement being led by the president. i know one person to ka. congressman why did you vote no? >> well as you were just discussing it's important for us to resolve this issue with regards to state and local tax reduction. there have been a lot of meetings going on. myself included, meetings with white house officials, house leadership, compare man brady. we're working hard on getting this resolved. we really needed to get this resolved before today's budget resolution vote. we're not there yet. and we -- i think you could have a nearly unanimous vote on tax reform once we could get this issue resolved. you have a lot of people coming on board with a final bill. we want to pass tax reform in 2017.

>> i sometimes here politicians use politician speak. when you say resolve, you want this off the table? or is there a special number that you can get to in maybe a percentage that people can now write off? a cap for people to write off their state and local taxes on their federal income tax reform -- or form rather? or do you want it gone all the time, all the way? >> well i mean i would like to see the state and local tax deduction stay. that would be my position. but right now there's a good faith negotiation going on. there are talks between everyone. because we all want to get to yes. we want to have a big beautiful tax cut for all 50 states. we want -- i want my middle income taxpayers to -- i have hard working blue collar constituen constituents who want tax relief just like migrate colleagues from other states. i would like to see state and local tax reductions stay

entirely. but i also understand we need to figure this out. there are people that want to eliminate it and so we're trying to find common ground. we want to see all of our constituents be able it save more of their paycheck, to be able to save more for retirement, reducing the corporate income tax rate allows us to create more jobs and bring back, we're all upset when we see jobs in companies overseas, we want to bring them back home. we don't want american jobs and businesses to leave. so we see the economy in 2018 for gdp to go up, people back to work making more, these are shared goals that could get us to a nearly unanimous vote. we're close but we need to figure out a one really important issue for districts like mine. >> really the blunt question based on what kellyanne conway told me when she was on the program outnumbered overtime. she said states like yours have

to become physically responsible so that the rest of the country can be on par. it's not fair for people to be able to write off so much on their federal income tax. why not write off state and local taxes and make it more fair across the country. what say you? >> i agree completely. one of the reasons why our state and local tax deductions so the high is because our state and local governments are charging so much in taxes. we have some of the highest property taxes in the entire country. we have the -- we have one of the worst business climates here in new york because up in albany the corporate individual -- >> how do you change that? why not let the president get what he wants in a tax proposal? i'm just asking. why not let that happen and then force -- i mean that forces the elect or rat to say we're going to put different people in office and lower the taxes state-wide. who is going to put forth the ideas if you don't first move?

it's just a question. >> before this, i served as a new york state senator. i led the fight to repeal the payroll tax for 80% of employers. i can give you a number of examples of what we were able to get through because republicans were in charge of the new york state senate and we were able it to get victories. we got rid of 124 taxes and fees with a democratic state assembly and democratic governor. now with bill did i blast yes at new york city, less physically responsible than his presented did hes source -- you have to elect people to office at all levels of government who want to put money back, allow you to save more of your paycheck. while it's important for me to be fighting -- i made a commitment to my constituents as well last november. and my district by over 1 four and-a-half points voted for president trump. they elected us to go to

washington to deliver a tax cut for them, too. so once we figure this out, then from the federal government, the whole country is going to have a great tax cut and it's also important to stop electing this far left liberals who are just raising all of your taxes and fees. and really the reason why we have such a high deduction in the first place. >> i get all of that t you of the won't need democrats to get on board, you will get tax reform. you say it's hard ball. how much will you play hardball on this issue of being able to write off your state and local taxes on your federal form? >> well i don't think that either side really is going to have to play hardball with each other. we had so many meetings just this week. we had one after the vote. meeting with whip scalise and chairman brady and deputy whip and a bunch of the new yorkers and we had a great meeting. sole the text of the bill is supposed to be out next week.

>> november 1st. >> but before then. >> november 1st, coming up next week, which is great. there's going to be a markup. and then the bill is going to come to the floor quick. hopefully we can pass it out of the house before thank giving, get it to the president's desk before christmas. because we're all on the same page. >> on the same page. >> you know this is a, for our country, such a great thing for our economy and for our constituents. so i don't think we're going to have to play hardball with each other. it's just about figuring out what the agreement is, what the right sweet spot is. >> did you vote as a block today? did you know that you weren't going to overturn the budget resolution? that you would come just short? were you aware of that as you were voting no? >> i had no idea what the whip count was for today's votes. >> really? >> yeah. and as soon as the vote started i put my voting card in the machine and voted no. >> what if it hadn't facet

passed? all we have to do, this issue, they have a bill that's gonna be filed on november 1st. so they're pretty close to knowing what they want to file. in order for us to be able to vote yes, it was just important for us to figure out more of what that reasonable agreement was. we weren't there yet. but listen, if if went down, and we went into that meeting and we figured this out, then we could have went right back to the floor and voted yes. this is just a very important, very specific issue. for some of us, that needs to get settled. we're not there yet. but we have to get there. to get this done in 2017. >> congressman, while you've been talking we had house divided down there, you can see it. it sounds like you're trying to get to the unit that president trump talked about a day ago. come back please on the program and tell us how it's going as you get close to the next vote. >> we're going to get it done. >> i hear you saying it. thanks a lot for being here.

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♪ [ music playing ] ♪ . >> harris: pressure from republican committee members. the fbi has now agreed to hand over documents related to the dossier related to president trump and russia. early yesser this week came out about the clinton campaign and dnc funding, the research efforts leading up to the document. house speaker paul ryan told reporters the fbi intends to comply with that request next week. >> it is our job under article one of the constitution to conduct full and thorough oversight over the executive branch. the fbi got in touch with us yesterday afternoon and they had -- they have informed us that they will comply with our document requests. and that they will provide the documents congress has been

asking for by next week. we expect the fbi to honor that commitment. . >> harris: so, what are they hoping to find in these documents? former utah congressman and fox news contribute are jason chafe vittos. what are you hoping to un-earth? >> for months, it's good to have the speaker engage. all the committees, that doesn't seem to be enough, even when they change this administration. what they need to get their hands on are the banking records. if you can follow the financial trail that will tell a lot. the other thing that's got to happen is they've got to get the media to do its job. that may be asking something impossible. we have places like time magazine who put donald trump jr. on the cover saying red handed only to find out now that they used the wrong picture. that picture should have been

hillary clinton and team clinton. that was the precursor. this document was the precursor for everything to do with mr. mueller, with all these other investigations. and suddenly it's radio the silence from the national media and its silence from the democrats. >> harris: you've called this process very, very slow. why has that been? >> yeah. i'm telling ya there is a deep state there, people ingrained at the department of justice that don't like congress looking under the hood. the oversight committee was founded in 1814. when you issue a subpoena or make a document request or do all these things they're very reluctant. i'm very skeptical. even though the speaker said he would get it, that they will get these documents by next week in their totality. you can go from fast and furious to the irs to the hillary clinton email investigation. we never got all the documents. so if the fbi is gonna go out there and limp, do it publicly and tell the american people

they've got 100% of the documents. >> harris: i hear the passion in your voice. i know you have been fighting. since you've left congress i'm sure you're still watching saying you're still in this fight. let me tell you what is kind of in this fight with you, oddly enough? obama era leon pin neda says it's obvious something needs to be done. the intelligence committee is going to have to look at this. lee on pinetta. >> yeah, he was testify pentagon, the cia, congress. when congress issues a subpoena, in the world i come from, that's not an optional activity. but you know what? the only one that can enforce a subpoena on the department of justice is the department of justice. they never gave us handcuffs overrule in congress. but there are some people that have to be held accountable. get the documents, and give it the exposure that it needs. that's the sunlight. the disinfect tant and we'll get

closer and closer to the truth. >> harris: movement on that story. we'll be watching it as it happens. no doubt you have heard the president's doj has now settled lawsuits over the tea party targeting by the irs. the attorney general today is forcing the irs to apologize for this behavior. >> i'm glad there's an apology. but there's some people that should have gone to jail. they were taking away constitutional rights from law abiding citizens who wanted to participate. now they're finally coming around to apologize, after the fact, instead of actually the prosecuting people. i would love donald trump and what he's doing on lots of facets. the biggest disappointment i've had with president trump is he allowed john koskin as the irs commissioner. earned have been fired on day one. i tried to impeach the guy because i think he made it worse than ever. he's now finally left, but those poor people that went through this. they should have never had to do

that. >> harris: before i let you go, we saw a couple of these flying by on twitter. jay sekulow who is an attorney for the president says the ira admits the tea party were targeted during the obama administration. read and retweet. i want to the give you the last word. >> prosecute some, put them in jail, put handcuffs on them. let the deep state know there's a consequence when you break the law and take away somebody's constitutional rights. it's so wrong, we're sorry. that's not good enough. >> harris: we had a couple other tweets and you'll probably see them fly up on the screen. tom at any time ton from judicial watch as well. thank you for your time, sir. this is a heated issue. finally coming to a close or at least some closure any way. moving on. the drug crisis in america is getting president shall attention now. president trump has declared it

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lifetimes, it is time to listen plate our communities from this skourj of drug addiction. never been this way. we can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. we can do it. [ applause ] . >> harris: chief national correspondent ed henry is outside the white house on a gorgeous night. 17 six people a day or dying from drug overdose. the timing of this presidential decision is critical. >> yes, it is. now the president stopped short of calling it a national emergency. making that official declaration. a public health emergency, basically tries to break some of the bureaucratic minutia, tries it get the federal government more focused on all of this. if he had declared a national emergency it would have shaken loose more money. if he's getting any criticism it's that there should be more money thrown at the problem.

i've talked to senators in both parties who privately say they think they need another 6 billion or so to deal with what clearly is an epidemic. i think the president's point was let's get a better idea of the scope of the problem. get the federal government more focused. maybe they can put the money in the budget at the end of the year. the notable part was the president did something today he doesn't do very often. he got personal and talked about his older brother fred who had died in part because of a battle with alcoholism. and the president talked about struggles with addiction and it really has stuck with him throughout his life. anybody that knows the president knows in private he never touches alcohol. it's something that stuck with him because of that addiction problem that his older brother had. i think when he spoke that personally about it, it's something that may have broken through today. this is something that is raf advantaging the country right now. >> harris: and we know that even former presidential candidates

have been at least bending the president's ear and giving him information on this. i'm thinking of governor chris christie of new jersey and others who are having to fight this battle. you have leadership in new hampshire and up and down the eastern seaboard, on the east coast. he's gotten information from other polly tigsz as well. you're right. the declaration now is put in a whole new category. >> chris christie is coming out with an official federal report. kellyanne conway inside the white house has been active with it as well. they're trying to back thank you with actual data. the point is with the president getting personal this is something not just about numbers here in washington. this is impacting families across the country. i think the president tried to get that across. >> harris: we talked about something that we knew had to happen before midnight. the president was facing a decision on what to do with the jfk documents that had not been replaced.

here it was the deadline, president trump said i'll release them. we now know they are in some cases heavily redacted. not all the documents are public. what do we know about what got released? >> the president we're told is pretty angry about the fact that a lot of intelligence agencies are still holding back documents. more than 50 years after the jfk assassination, which is only going to fuel maybe more conspiracy theories. the whole point of the law was to get these documents out a quart secentury after the law. what we know is about 28 hun records have been released at the president's direction. many more documents are being reviewed. the president said okay fine. i'll give you 180 days and you can decide what's redacted, what's not and basically that puts pus into next april that we'll find out more. there's one document that was released tonight by the federal

government that shows in september 1963 the cia intercepted a phone call which lee harvey oswald talking in mexico city with a kgb agent in broken russian suggesting there were russian involvement. here we are many years later talking about russia, russia, russia and people will be digging into documents like that. >> harris: 180 days to look at the documents that were not released. and then i mean they're already redacting them. what are we waiting for? >> i talked to a former intelligence official tonight who told me, look, the intelligence agency can't continue to claim sources and methods. if we release this document from 1961 or 62, we got that information from somebody, it might compromise a national security operation. no that person is probably dead. the people who gave that information have probably long since gone. the excuses or running out.

that's what the president is frustrated with. sebastian gorka said he thinks it's another example of the deep state clamping down on documents and not being transparent. that feeds more conspiracy theories. >> harris: jason chafe fits used that word a the minute ago with regard to the dossier we now know the dnc paid for in part. i love that gold pocket square. >> ted cruz is probably hoping tonight that his father will probably be cleared. >> harris: can on, thank you ed. >> remember, he came up in that? >> harris: no, i do. it's good to see you. >> harris: the wall just got very real. they've been building a 30 foot tall prototypes of the wall. we get to see them up lease. we got video we'll look at together. steve cortez is with the trump advisory counsel. together we'll talk about what was unveiled along the u.s.

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[ music playing ] ♪ . >> harris: we got to kick the tires or nick the wall. it was a big selling points of then cronkite newsed date donald j trump now eight prototypes of the wall have been unveiled. joining us now is steve cortez a member of the trump campaign advisory counsel and a fox news

contributor. great to see you tonight steve. we got to see an actual sampling of what the wall could look like. they may be using some of each of these prototypes. some are more porous on the bottom. in the areas where there might be water, you can let the water go through on the bottom, or more solid in places where you could put it. your thoughts tonight? >> you know harris i will tell you this. i called president trump, president promise keeper. he is keeping his promises. a bedrock promise of his was that he would control the border. one of the most amazing things he has done already, not even a year into his presidency is that the border is largely already secured, even without the big beautiful border wall, which we are going to get. just through the better enforcement and through clear i'd rhetoric, illegal crossings have plunged. your southern border which has been insecure for decades is now

largely secure and it's going to be completely secure once we get the wall built. i say this as ale son of immigrants, often the president is cast gated by the liberal media that wants to create a narrative that he's anti-mexican. that's not the case. good fences often make good neighbors. controlling our southern border is good for us and it's actually good policy for mexico. >> harris: it's interesting from your perspective as the son of an i am my the grant and you're talking about that connection. where is this topic? you call it clear i'd rhetoric. some south of the border have been critical. even those here at home in america have been critical. who are you trying to keep out in the i hear you saying this is about illegal immigration, not about people coming in legally. >> right. harris for asking that he request. i am so sick of the left trying to conflate the two. legal immigration is wonderful. it is what america is about. all of us f. we're not native

americans, all of us are immigrants. we are the prong then any of immigrants, so we love immigration and what it does for this country. i'm the son of an i am mitt grant. donald trump is the son of an i am mitt grant is married to an i am my the grant. we love legal immigration and questioning not conflate that with illegal immigration. illegal i am may regulation brings national security worries, treat economic hardship particularly to american workers, many of them his panic workers and people of color who have to compete in the labor market against an unnatural flow of illegal immigrants who are almost always willing to work for low wages because of their status. i refuse to conflate the two. we can still love immigration. we want a big beautiful border wall that has doors in it, harris. the doors are for orderly immigration into this country.

we're not anti-i am my the grant by any sense. >> harris: you heard the president kind of allude to this topic, was talking about the drug case it's today. your thoughts? >> you know, yeah. i think that is part of it, by the way. a porous border is not just a problem for national security not just a problem for the economic well-being of america but it's also clearly a problem from a dug perspective. we have to get control of our border, and part of that clearly of getting control of our border is because of the shipment of drugs into this country that do tremendous harm to americans. >> harris: so the deadline was today for the eight prototypes for the wall. that happened, it got rolled out in the san diego, california. they've got 30 to 60 days before the federal government will make a decision about which of those walls and how many of the parts of the different prototypes they'll use and go forward. we'll cover the news as it happens on that. steve cortez joining us tonight. thank you. >> thank you harris. >> harris: the back and forth between democrats and republicans not to mention party

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legislative defeats and outspoken senators like flake and corker coming out against the president. many have asked whether the gop led house can get things done. let's ask about brian mcguyer a former chief of staff to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we saw the president and mitch mcconnell go into a closed door meeting before that luncheon when they sat down and talked about how do we go forth beyond the budget and get tax reform and health compare done? what is senator mcconnell's style in it seems like they're finding their way forward. what are their challenges and how is he getting through it? i worked for leader mcconnell for three presidents, all eight years of president obama and the first six months of president trump and in each case there were different challenges.

leader mcconnell's style is to sort of think about the challenges he has at the given moment and try to ask himself how can i accomplish the most, given the circumstances i have? and in this case this president is unique, unique challenges here but 52 members in his conference. a very small majority. how does he accomplish his goals given these circumstances? him walking in with the president was a good symbol of how focused he is on the goal of tax reform. today he decided he's not go go to put up with democratic obstruction and force through four circuit court judges next week. that combined with the vote on tax reform, are signs that progress is being made and people like mcconnell are doing everything they can to make sure that the president gets as much of his agenda done as he can before christmas. >> harris: the president has made it very clear, he just wants to get it done. you can talk about the pushing,

you can call it leadership, you can call it whatever you want, but the efficacy of getting things done is what this president is really focused on. what about the democrats? i mean the administration is having a hard time getting anyone confirmed. they have hiring they need to do. what is the point of coming against the current administration? i mean that only hurts the american public in the long-run, right? >> yeah, i think not enough attention is being paid to the obstruction on the democratic side right now. >> harris: well the president is saying it. >> yeah, and people point it out. but i think you know it deserves even more attention. because on president obama's first day in office republicans confirmed search of his nominees on his first day in office. here we are ten months into the trump presidency and democrats are still requiring 30 hours of debate on an apple am to japan or the vatican. it's clear ly abusive. this is something that i think everybody is tired of.

and as i said, this is something that leader mcconnell said today republicans are no longer going to put up with and they're going to force through four circuit court judges next week. >> harris: corker and flake the guys that decided today jump ship. do you think this is contagious or is this part of draining the swamp ? >> i feel like corker and flake feel it's their duty to speak out about the president and his style. most other republicans view it as their duty to follow through on the legislative promises they made to the public when they were elected. that's certainly leader mcconnell's approach. he's going to focus on what they can accomplish legislatively. they've had their challenges. obamacare was a high profile challenge that didn't work out the way republicans wanted, at least not yet. there's been great unity this week on tax reform. you saw that in the vote today in the house and the senate last week. i think that there's every

indication that republicans are uniting behind this plan and could potentially get this done fairly quickly. >> harris: as the president was boarding marin one for dallas he said the republicans have the unity, the democrats don't. >> he's right. >> harris: brian mcguyer if you for your time. coming up steve bannon, former white house advisor sets his sights on the gop establishment. who needs to worry about steve bannon if they are running for office? we'll talk. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night. hold on dad... liberty did what? yeah, liberty mutual 24-hour roadside assistance helped him to fix his flat so he could get home safely. my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. don't worry - i know what a lug wrench is, dad. is this a lug wrench?

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>> harris: former white house chief strategist steve bannon has a plan to overhaul the republican party, and he is counting on voters. one of his targets. >> this is our war. you didn't started. >> harris: flake announced he would not seek reelection. should the rest of the senators on bannon's list be worried? good to see you both. >> good evening. >> harris: thank you for staying up late. i want to come to you first. should you be worried if you are on bannon's list? >> there should be can some considerations. i am live from chicago and steve bannon could be used to drain the cesspool of corrupt chicago politicians like rahm emanuel.

i find it disheartening steve bannon is fighting against people like mitch mcconnell who may not have liked president trump personally but this is someone who has committed himself to president trump's agenda and getting it passed. when obama was trying to confirm a supreme court justice, what did mitch mcconnell do? he held out. president trump can have his major accomplishment of this particular cycle, confirming neil gorsuch. when you think about that, you think about the fact that we are getting -- we got a budget passed and we're working towards tax reform. you think about the fact that mitch mcconnell is definitely prioritizing confirmations for president trump. i don't think this is something we should be focusing on, especially when we've got 25 democrats up for reelection right now. intent of those status are restated with those democrats, president trump won. we should be focused on defeating the democrats. >> if the theme i had on.

former chief of staff for senator mitch mcconnell was echoing what you are saying. focusing on the democrats. i would have to think your team is relaxed because you are not being focused on but the president certainly has an eye out. he calls them obstructionists. >> i think democrats can never get complacent. i said the democratic party needs to find a way to get its voice back. we can't be the anti-trump party. we need to find and reconnect with the strong economic message that has been embraced by president trump and to an extent steve bannon when you hear some discussions, for example the tax bill negotiations about adding a fifth tax bracket for very, very wealthy americans. that's something democrats may support, significant middle-class tax cuts, trade issues, something the democrats support. to the point gianna was making,

if there are these primaries with may be more extreme candidates, and this goes to the democrats too. the progressive wing of the democratic party decides they are going to primary everyone in the world. we are going to end up with extremes on both sides. when you get to the general election in a statewide race like the united states senate, it becomes less likely you're going to be successful in winning the general election. if you don't win, you can't change the policy agenda. to execute change, you need to win the general election. >> harris: i think you're going to be friends. she has fought for both sides. >> capri is one of the most honest democrats i know. she should be on every show, sincerely. to echo that point, certainly we don't want to put the most extreme people out there. we want people who can coalesce around the message that's going to be beneficial to the american people. jobs, tax reform, repeal and replace of obamacare.

>> harris: i have to let you go and scooped out. thank you so much. i will see you on "outnumbered at noon." pleasure to be with you late night. have a good one. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." for months, almost a year, actually, the refrain has sounded. "russia hacked the election. russia colluded with donald trump." it was unprecedented behavior, treasonous. we have been told we need a massive, semipermanentit investigation to expose all of these crimes. we might even need to nullify the presidential election. okay, let's say that russia did hack the election. what would that look like? a few thousand dollars spent on lame, ineffective facebook ads? probably not. instead it might look like what was actually going on for years, at the podesta group, the democratic lobbying firm created