obviously the capitol police secure the capitol building but we'll have secret service a gents and others. they wear yellow tags. you may be able to see some of that in the frame here. again, you know, we don't want to make too much of this. obviously the president was not in immediate danger of harm. everyone comes through magnetometers. we're all scened to get in here to the capitol. at the same time, a very unusual incident. quite frankly, a major breach of decorum. which is, you know, maybe not anymore in our politic these days but hiss totorically has b an important part of life in this building, craig. >> we were able to make out part of what he screamed. we heard this president has conspired with agents of the russian government. we should be talking about treason. kacie, going back to this luncheon, do we know if bob corker is going to be in that room? >> we do, craig. we watched him come off the elevators over here head back into the lunch -- a little while before the president arrived here. this is something that everybody here at the capitol is paying close attention to, someti

that's going on on capitol hill. meanwhile, president trump and republican senator bob corker are escalating their stunning war of words today over taxes, north korea and diplomacy. even as the president heads to capitol hill this hour for his first visit to the weekly senate republican lunch since taking office. the presidents had choice words for senate leader mitch mcconnell in the past, but today's round with bob corker made the rounds on television, including the "today" show. >> this has been building for some time as i've watched the way the white house has operated. my concerns have continued to rise, and look, i'm one senator who is expressing what i believe to be some -- what i know to be sincere concerns. >> president trump responded with a social media assault on his fellow republican loaded with snulinsults and name calli including a tweet for bob corker. >> during the campaign at the beginning of the administration, you supported the president. do you regret that now? >> what do you think? he has not ri

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they made promises to capitol hill.he president watches something on capitol hill and starts tweeting about it. that's one of the big things, they want him to say, talk broadly about tax reform. don't get into the details. let us do that part but they have no confidence that the president will listen to them when they say that. >> no, not at all. >> i got an e-mail before -- about an hour ago from someone at the white house. what's on the agenda with this meeting? aggressive push for tax reform. not even a period at the end of the sentence. it is about as vague as possible because nobody knows. >> high drama on capitol hill. a rare luncheon at a time of great tension both on the form of tax reform and a feud with senator bob corker. we'll take a very quick break. wolf blitzer will continue to cover this live on capitol hill in just a moment. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer. 1:00 p.m. here in washington. wherever you're watching, thanks very much for joining us. >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> following breaking news, pres

i work in the capitol, but as the senator was saying, i do not work at the capitol. and our intent also is not to create a lightning rod by focusing on any particular case or any particular payout or identifying any particular perpetrator. we are talking about a culture that systematically devalues women and blames women for experiencing discrimination or quid pro quo sexual harassment or assault in the workplace. and so there are also informal changes that we are looking for. first and foremost, it's this kind of change. it's having this conversation. it's signing onto a letter where we all support each other. it's telling women that, i believe you. i believe your story. i will have your back. i will stand up for you. i will have a cup of coffee with you in a public place. when everyone else is whispering about you behind your back and trying to make you feel bad about standing up and standing out, i will be there to support you. >> but may i play devil's advocate here because some might say if you don't name the accusers, aren't you also then part of the problem be

again, a pretty unusual incident for here on capitol hill. this lunch is now -- it's five after 2:00. this is right now hitting about standard length typically an hour long lunch. some days it goes longer. if it is 2:30 before we hear or see the president walk by you know they had a long and involved conversation that is kind of beyond the typical length for one of these policy lunches. >> thank you. i know you will be standing by for us. in the meantime, philip, the president's actions could be out of his no apology play book after trump's tweet about gold star widow you said, quote, trump's actions since then have followed a careful formula that he long ago devised for winning a skirmish and that has been described by senior white house advisers, make it a fight, use controversy to elevate the message and never apologize. >> it is entirely predictable when we saw bob corker on the tv broadca broadcasts. you knew it was a bit of time before he reacts. it's a huge distraction for the president and for this white house. remember, they are not

i got capitol hill. that's the best. i really love covering capitol hill. reason is because from time to time, i get to cover real people, someone like deborah fuller, who testified before senator claire mccaskill a few weeks ago. it was a forum on opioids. she came to talk and tell the story about her daughter, sara, who ended up in a hospital, where she eventually died because a drug representative joined with a doctor convinced an on-line pharmacy to get her a new very powerful fentanyl drug. she didn't need that drug. she had back pain. she had neck pain. but she didn't have the pain of cancer that was drug was designed for. she didn't know it was fentanyl. her mother didn't. her dad didn't. several months later, she was dead. when her mother testified, she told senator mccaskill that it was massive fraud by the pharmaceutical company that caused her daughters death. and her daughter's death certificate should have read "death due to corporate greed." you know, tomorrow the president is going to give an opioid speech. the company is, what will happen af

. >> joining us now, politico's capitol hill bureau chief john press any hand here to talk about capitol hill particularly in light of the las vegas shooting. what's the snap reaction on capitol hill? >> of course law makers in both parties are offering condolences for the victims. they are talking about how evil this whole incident, this massacre was. there has been talk especially among the democrats of some new gun control legislation. there is very little chance that happens. i think actually there is no chance that's going to happen. but there has been talk about it. there is going to be a press conference today. gaby giffords, a former congresswoman from arizona who was shot in 2011, they will she willing on the capitol today talking about this. democrats are going to be pushing for new legislation, they are going to have other pressive ends today. i think you will see democrats introducing new bills, particularly something to do with either background checks or pardonly something on bump stocks or slide fires. these are devices that help semiautomatic weapons mimic automatic weapo

that's the kind of day we are looking forward to on capitol hill. if i can say so myself, it sounds like my kind of day. >> harris: we are going to pull away from the white house now and i want to focus in on the picture we have inside the capital, the president, as we understood he was going to first meet at mitch mcconnell's office, and then they were going to go to the luncheon. the luncheon has not begun yet and if we take that live shot which is kind of in and out the president has just walked in to an area and the luncheon has not yet started, we will let you know as it is happening. we see the reporters outside of where they just entered. kevin is absolutely right. what will the conversation be like with senator bob corker there? we know we they have to get this done, they are looking for the house to talk budget. joining us now from the hill, the republican chair of the house budget committee, congresswoman diane black. thank you for being here, this is a huge situation we are in. >> i think we are in pretty good shape, i don't have all the

capitol river front. up next, noma union station. there's a former warehouse district with food, offices, and entertainment options. then there's capitol hill east. that's where capitol hill meets the anacostia river. finally, there is shaw, howard university. the neighborhood already home to a world class university, plenty of food, music, and culture there in the heart of d.c.'s african american university and lots of nightlife. you can tell the city what you would think using the hashtag obviously d.c. >>> the hashta two words are echoing out against sexual assault. women are sharing their personal stories. actress alyssa milano started the movement yesterday by asking women to post me too, showing how big of a problem this is. >> that's right. all of this coming on the heels of a report that shows a major college in d.c. is facing the highest number of reported cases that they've had in years. >> the numbers are from 2016. george washington university released its annual security report last month. it

how do you get those interviews in the halls of capitol hill?dy and ask them a question which is the beauty of covering congress. you cannot do that of course in the white house. you just can't go up to president trump and ask him a question, but in the halls of the capitol, it's fair game. members are walking out of their meetings, walking in between, going to their offices, to committee hearings, on their way to vote. when they're in the halls, you can approach them and ask them direct questions about the key issues of the day. brian, they don't always have to answer your questions. oftentimes they don't. oftentimes they duck into senators-only elevators. but you have the opportunity to at least put the question to them and have them respond to the major issues, and as a result, get them to make some key news because of course all big issues come to capitol hill. >> i feel like what's different nowadays is all the live broadcasts of these interviews. viewers feel like they're there in real time because they are. >> absolutely. that's exactly w

senators on capitol hill. the policy lunch is happening as republicans in congress are turning their attention to overhauling the nation's tax code. the houses affected hold a final vote this thursday, the day after tomorrow approving the senate's budget resolution. that's a huge hurdle was to get over that tax reform. president trump had asked them to get it done quickly so that they could move forward on that tax legislation. house ways and means committee chairman kevin brady says they are on schedule to get that done for it speaker paul ryan says he is optimistic. >> adopting this budget is another sign of real momentum for tax reform. of getting the train on the tracks and getting this moving so we can deliver real tax relief and a healthier, stronger economy for the american people. i want to thank president trump for his leadership. i want to thank them for expression to our members just how urgent this is for the country and how needed this is for workers. as he said, we are on the verge of doing somet

melanie alnwick live on capitol hill with the very latest. good morning, mel. >> reporter: good morning, guys. republicans here on capitol hill know that they have to pass tax reform. if they don't it will be seen as political failure especially after the multiple failures to make any to the healthcare law but as you mentioned, passing this budget is sort of the way that they set up tax reform and president trump tweeting this morning early this morning actually, sort of unusual for him, much earlier -- usually he tweets around six:00 in the morning. this was 1:00 a.m. saying great news on the 2018 budget. mcconnell first step toward delivering massive tax cuts for the american people. the vote itself was very close, 51 to 49 but senate republicans were able to push through their budget blueprint. now, tax reform hitches a ride to this because the budget budgt pass any tax legislation with a simple majority and that means that republicans don't need to work to get democrat votes. >> there's no question that this is absolutely a great opportun

that's difficult folks on capitol hill.for so long -- >> but that is how we see the world. >> absolutely have see the world. snapchat is tapping into the inner way a lot of other social mediums never did. twitter didn't even allow you to attach pictures without it going against your character count. snapchat has pioneered this visual medium anyway members should be looking into and taking advantage of. >> you studied political communication at george washington university. how has political communication changed even since you were editor, even since you graduate from gw you has changed? >> the biggest change is people on capitol hill and then their surroundings powerbrokers are really engage in social media. in fact, before president trump, president obama use social media turkey was called the first social media president but he was a prolific. he wasn't on every single day. now we would talk to some of our advertising partners, some of our forces on the hill and in washington -- sources -- they will tell you you have to

what are the differents on ends of capitol hill. >> i always worked on capitol hill and i thought gave me an advantage trying to cover the white house. i think your challenge as a white house reporter, are' you're working in a competitive space and some of your sources working out of the west wing. to a certain extent a lot of the job is trying to figure out get the latest statement they're putting out, trying to figure out what's true and not true, and in the age of trump things have changed a little in that regard, but one of the benefits i thought bringing to white house coverage. there's a lot of truth, and one of the things i learned early on, a, you can track down information by people on capitol hill even though you were sitting in the west wing and they provided a different perspective that was really volumab valuable. they're working day-to-day working on the beat and the white house-- especially now that i'm working in television, the white house is a physically enclosed small space and that presents a unique set of challenges. i love covering capitol hill because it's one of

i got capitol hill. that's the best. i really love covering capitol hill.ne reason is because from time to time, i get to cover real people, someone like deborah fuller, who testified before senator claire mccaskill a few weeks ago. it was a forum on opioids. she came to talk and tell the story about her daughter, sara, who ended up in a hospital, where she eventually died because a drug representative joined with a doctor, convinced an on-line pharmacy to get her a new very powerful fentanyl drug. she didn't need that drug. she had back pain. she had neck pain. but she didn't have the pain of cancer that the drug was designed for. she didn't know it was fentanyl. her mother didn't. her dad didn't. several months later, she was dead. when her mother testified, she told senator mccaskill that it was massive fraud by the pharmaceutical company that caused her daughters death. and her daughter's death certificate should have read, "death due to corporate greed." you know, tomorrow the president is going to give an opioid speech. the question is, what will happ

capitol hill, i love covering capitol hill because it is one of the most open and accessible environments still. >> you can actually walk up and touch the zoo. >> you can stand outside the house floor while they vote and bug people very easily. house speaker paul ryan gave a lovely speech last night at our annual awards dinner and had jokingly photo shopped a few of us who cover him behind trees and following him around. he was joking about it but that's kind of an opportunity we get to have everyday, that i quite frankly really appreciate. >> you have some viral, very tough questioning of senators out there. how do you know when to keep hammering them and what is your sort of thought bubbles like really hammering somebody? >> one of the things different about -- i came from a different background. mike and i used to work together at "politico" and i worked for the associated press. television is a different medium, when you're speaking to somebody on camera, you have to think about how you're coming across in addition to listening to what they're saying and respond to that in the moment.

hill, off capitol hill. those on capitol hill can't really say it out loud because you have to remember that a lot of their base, a lot of the conservative base is still very much behind president trump. this is particularly true in the house where gerrymandering has created these very red districts. so 35%, 40% national support for trump translates into more like 60%, 65%, 75% in their district. so they can't criticize him outloud, but certainly behind the scenes they're frustrated with the president. they don't understand his style. they think he's a little too impulsive, a little too bellicose, a little too aggressive. you know, he's going after his own secretary of state, who's trying to cut these diplomatic deals with china, with north korea, and then trump goes to twitter and says, you know, we're not going to do that, good try, rex tillerson, but the little rocket man isn't going to respond to diplomacy. so you're just having all of these mixed signals coming out of the administration. when the presid

he joins me now from capitol hill. there you have it.he democrats have said these are five things that we're going to try to hit them on. he said the president is not telling the truth when it comes to his tax reform plan. are you prepared to deal with the message fallout from all of this. >> seemed to me listening to those democrats that they're making it up as they go along. we had a very productive meeting with the president. he's talking about things american families are concerned about which is keeping more of their hard earned money. to me that's what tax reduction and tax relief and tax cuts are all about. that's the president's focus. it's where we are united. we've taken the first step by passing a budget. now next week we'll be releasing a tax plan the democrats haven't seen it. they are just making up what they think is going to be in it. i will tell you this is a plan focused on a couple of things. one is lowering rates. simplifying the whole tax code. making it fairer. letting people keep more of their hard earned money. th

this is an early supporter of donald trump and a key ally on capitol hill that the president is going to need for the next year and a half. guest: that's right. it's a pretty extraordinary development. you know, it started with trump picking this fight with corker on twitter yesterday morning. and really attacking corker. and it just -- it unleashed a lot of comments that i suspect the senator had been holding on to for some time, waiting for the right moment to go public with. noip case our audience missed what the president tweeted yesterday morning, let me share with all of you, and there are three of them from the president -- host: phil rucker, your response. guest: yeah, you know, that's quite a charge from a president, and it's worth noting that senator corker's chief of staff has gone on the record to state that the president was mischaracterizing those conversations, that actually the president had offered his support to senator corker should he run for re-election, that he wanted him to run for re-election, and that as recently as last monday of last week, the president call

hold on one second, we need to go right to capitol hill. jeff flake, the arizona senator speaking about his decision not to run again. >> that we would be better served. we would better serve the country by better fulfillingbgations under the institution by adhering to article 1, old normal. separation of powers. this genius innovation is a true visionary and for which madison argued in federalist 51 held the requesting branches of government would balance and counteract with each other if necessary. ambition counteracts ambition, he wrote. but what happens if ambition fails to counteract ambition, what happens if stability fails to assert itself in the face of chaos and instability. if decency fails to call out indecency? were the shoe on the other foot, we republicans, would we republicans meekly accept such behavior on display from dominant democrats? of course, we wouldn't, and we would be wrong if we did. when we remain silent and fail to act, when we know that silence and inaction is the wrong thing to do, because of political conside

i got capitol hill. that is the best. i really love covering capitol hill. reason is because from time to time i get to cover real people, someone like deborah before who testified senator claire mccaskill a few weeks ago. it was a forum on opioids. tell theto talk and to story about her daughter sarah who ended up in a hospital where she eventually died because a drug representative joined with a doctor, convinced on online pharmacy to get her a new very powerful drug. she did not need that drug. she had back pain. she had neck pain, but she did not have the pain of cancer that the drug was designed for. it was.not know what her mother didn't. her dad didn't. several months later, she was dead. , sheher mother testified told senator mccaskill that it was massive fraud by the pharmaceutical company that caused her daughter's death, and that her daughter's death the read,icate should have death due to corporate greed. tomorrow the president is going .o give an opioid speech the question is what will happen after the speech? will congress do anything? how will

what about in capitol hill?re we going to see legislation to get rid of his bump stocks, or are we just going to see a tweak to federal regulations? >> well, it remains to be seen and it's probably too early to say. but based on how the debate is starting to turn, it's looking like it's going in the direction of a regulatory change, at least that that would be the preference of republicans, who, of course, would be in position to bring up legislation. i mean, as you know, the n.r.a. and congressional republicans have been totally allergic in recent years to any type of gun controls. so the fact that they even are willing to take a step on anything is significant, yet these devices are very little used, confined to kind of a narrow group of enthusiasts. so anything that's done on them is not going to be terribly significant. >> president trump is the wild card, eli, in all of this. >> he has been so far. i mean, he's been much more decisive and emphatic and quick to react in other situations than he was about thi

capitol hill and i love covering capitol hill because it is one of the most opening and accepting environments. >> you could watch often touch the zoo -- >> right, you can stand outside the house for while they vote and very easily the house speaker gave a lovely speech last night at it annual awards dinner and jokingly photoshop to a few of us who cover him behind the trees and following him around and he was joking about it but that was an opportunity we get to have everyday and i quite rightly, appreciate. >> you have a tough questioning of senators out there and how do you know when to keep hammering and what is your thought bubble as you are hammering somebody? >> one of the things that is different about and i came from a background and i work for the associated press and television is a different medium and when you're speaking to someone on camera you speak up about how you are coming across and trying to listen to what they are saying and respond to that in the moment. my personal rule is i always try to be polite. that is my unfeeling and everyone approaches this differently and some

capitol today. demonstrators are calling on congress to help millions of u.s. citizens suffering after back-to-back hurricanes. it has been three weeks since hurricane maria barrelled through puerto rico. 80% of the island without power. from the air, it looks like the storm hit yesterday. tarps are roofs were covered. president trump is asking congress tonight for $5 billion for puerto rico's recovery. the island's governor said the help is needed right now. >> [indiscernible] and we [indiscernible]. >> the south part of the island, grocery stores are running low on food and water. contaminated water is the main concern because it could lead to a health crisis. there's standing water about everywhere. when the water has been restored, people a >>> with so many in puerto rico in dyer need, there's people in washington who want them to know they're not alone. they rallied to demand puerto rico get the same help that texas and florida did. stephanie ramirez spoke to some of them. >>reporter: usually we see these rallies outside of the white house to get the presi

evidence will go to capitol hill within days. speak of the fbi got in touch with us yesterday afternoon, any have informed us they will comply with our document request and that they will provide the documents congress has been asking for by next week. >> justice department lifted the gag order, allowing the informant to share records and evidence with congress about the 2010 uranium one deal. it gave a russian business control over a large swath of the u.s. uranium market. republican chuck grassley leads the powerful senate judiciary committee. >> so much more than what we ever would have had information to before. let's start there and see what it does. stick with the allegations include bribery, and a concerted effort by moscow to curry favor with secretary of state hillary clinton through a large speaking feet were husband and donations to the family foundation. on fox, the republican chairman of the house oversight committee question whether federal investigation was hidden by the obama white house and kept from a senior gov

i want to go up to capitol hill right now.senate whip, dick durbin, right now, who will be part of this today. let's just dip in. >> -- spoke to the senate judiciary committee. he actually did not -- he said he didn't have any contacts with russian officials. and it turns out that he actually did, with sergey kislyak. how much do you think that the committee, the democrats are going focus on

but these are powerful forces on capitol hill.ayer on top of that the fact that dealing with these issues on social networks, they're very complex. they're very steeped in jargon. they're not easy to do. >> okay. i get it. steeped in jargon. how many times are we going to hear samberg and zuckerberg use the word community. and then four star generals saying the biggest thing moving forward is cyber warfare. >> but it certainly comes down to the hill. it's not that there's a lack of ideas right now on capitol hill. it's not like there aren't folks like senator warner pushing for the kind of regulation you're talking about. every time we get to this inflection point, it all the matly doesn't cross the finish line whether it's folks antiregulatory in the republican party or elsewhere or lobbyintsy doesn't get to the finish line, whether it's that or lobbying on the part of tech companies. what you're seeing is a small group of members pushing this regulation. we only have one republican, senator john mccain, who is a powerful retch c

your beat is capitol hill. why not confront this stuff head on?k part of the theme yesterday at the press conference they were talking about unrelated skwrao juju tke nominees. let's remember, this is the big week for tax reform. house republicans are expected to unveil their bill tomorrow. obviously that's going to make a big difference here if members of congress have to talk about the mueller investigation. many tried to say yesterday we will stay on message and not get distracted, but whether or not they can keep focussing on tax reform is going to be up to them and up to reporters asking questions about the mueller investigation in the upcoming days. >> and the president gives them new reasons to ask questions, like him calling papadopoulos a liar, and steve bannon, we know, caitlyn, is telling the president he should be much more aggressive in fighting the special counsel's investigation right now. do you think that's good advice and do you think the president will take it? >> it's not good advice, and we saw yesterday sarah sanders downplay

to capitol hill where president trump is pitching his tax cut plan.his looked like russian flags and someone was tossing it to the president as he was

and then we have this issue on capitol hill. e need to know how compromised our computer system, our i.t. system on the hill has been. had a guy named emran working on capitol hill. starting working with democrats' computer systems 12 years or so ago. before -- he was not even an merican citizen at the time. apparently, if there has ever been a background check on him, it certainly was not adequate. and could his family he horts, you've got -- cohorts, you've got bankruptcy, ou've got mass indebtedness. there was money received by one of the team, $100,000 or so, from a known consort with hezbollah. and then we find out yesterday or i did, i'd not heard of this emran ewan, that for parts of the year would not even be here in washington. he would be in pakistan rvices up to dozens of our democratic colleagues' computer systems from pakistan. making the maximum that somebody working on capitol hill could, by working for different members of congress. and then you add the partial salaries together until you get around $160,000. and

there's a lot of resistance on capitol hill in the house and senate. legislation probably wouldn't come together until sometime next week and probably be attached to some sort of larger spending bill. live on capitol hill i'm melanie alnwick "fox5" local any. >> 4:32 the time and "fox5" is following the latest on president trump tax reform. senate vote todd move forward on republican budget plan a big step for party's goal to cut taxes and simplify the irs code. president trump tax plan corporate rate from 35 reduce tax brackets and double standard deduction. he says his tax plan is once in generation opportunity to revitalize economy and businesses and the american drem. let's give our country the best christmas present at all. massive tax relief. get our tax cuts through the house, through the senate, and to my desk for signature. >> critics warn the president tax plan will mroon the federal budget deficit. the bill will need almost every gop vote to pass. >> president trump travel ban was set to go into effect today limit tion travel from eight xwnt

>> on capitol hill, the senate returns to work on some of present trumps judicial nominees including two to the circuit court. allison and joe who are both on a short list of possible supreme court pics, if confirmed, allison would fill the seat vacated by neil corset. you can watch the senate live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the house returns tomorrow and will extend funding for the children's health insurance program known as chp. also repeal of the healthcare law independent medicare advisory board and several bills funding prevention of wildfires. the gop tax one bill is likely to be announced wednesday in the ways and means committee markup of the measure is expected to start next monday. you can watch the house to live on c-span. >> live hearing start this week in russia and the u.s. elections. tomorrow executives from google, facebook and twitter will testify on russia's use of social media. that will be before a senate judiciary subcommittee meeting. live at 230 eastern on c-span2. hearings continue wednesday is a social media executive text to fight for two committees. the first i

the charity game was started in 1998 after a gunman stormed the u-s capitol building two officers. victim of thi shooting - representative steve scalise was in attendance last night. he says this year has added meaning. at halftime, he got a chance to honor the two officers who saved his life. as for the action on the field, capitol police officers did end up beating members of congress 7-to-zero. and can't forget the game was all for charity. we have a list of the three charities involved if you want to help them out -- head to wjla.com. there is more coming up on good morning washington. ryan hughes.. what are you working on for 5 o-clock. off! a grand slam- sealing the deal.. to force a decisive game five agains the cubs. you can feel the excitement this mornign. we're live as the team returns home to nats park! good morning washington im autria godfrey. and i'm adrianna hopkins. a huge day for nats fans... as the road to the ch

the rm capitol hill this morning.ay they, of course, are really interested to hear what he had to say. also to talk to him about how this unprecedented breach may have occurred. follow me on twitter at susan hogantv for all of the information throughout the day. >>> stay with us. news 4 continues now at 5:00 a.m. >> you know -- >> right now on "news4 today," vigils across las vegas. the city in mourning after a deadly massacre. we're there live to bring you the stories of victims, survivors and the heroes who helped save the day. >>> plus, who was the gunman? new details about the man behind the deadliest shooting in american history. after an overnight search of his >> good morning everyone. i'm eun yang. >>> i'm angie goff. >> aaron is joining us live from las vegas. i know you had a long day yesterday. give us the feeling of what's happening in las vegas, especially in the hours you've spent there. >> reporter: at 2:00 in the morning here in las vegas right now. we're set up outside the mandalay bejo tell, sort of

that's what's amazing about it. >> the capitol hill part, right, they have this infrastructure on capitol hill to create this, not distraction, this is a cover-up, they are covering up the trump/russia investigation by concocting these new investigations to look seven years back. this is, you know, it's baffling, but it's also deeply disturbing and kind of authoritarian, they want to unleash the power of the federal government to prosecute a private citizen. i mean, we've said this 100 times since trump was elected, this is now out the united states functions in any sense of normalcy. >> it also, i watched -- i watched one of the programs on fox last night, and it was amazing to watch the beginning because it was, it was like -- it was sort of this truman show kind of thing where it had all the -- it was like here the congressman coming very sternly talking about this deal. here's the tear of the sheet, and you zoomed out, hillary clinton's president or what's going on, this deal just happened, but it's an incredibly effective alternate reality. >> the republican party is committed to pro

the capitol wheel beautiful out there. >> lit up with a big 4 for you this morning. from "news4 today." it's in blue in the center there. kind of big -- >> like the eye tests. >> still rubbing your eyes this morning. the dvr -- look at this later. c >>> molette green is out there for us at national harbor. she's going to talk about halloween celebrations happening there. a lot of fun to be had before halloween gets here. >> 6:01. it's going to be a great morning. aaron gilchrist is back. i was afraid you weren't coming back. i'm happy to see you. >> i would never leave. >> can i have that in writing? >> he went to europe. i saw on his instagram post. >> why did you come back? >> now i'm like what are you doing? there's plenty of jobs there. >> we're all wearing purple today. this is to stand in solidarity with lgbtq and to stand against bullying. >> you'll see that all day long on nbc and all the networks of nbcuniversal. the company taking the position which we think is great and we're glad to support. >> absolutely right. if you haven't picked out your clothes toda

first, this extraordinary day on capitol hill. kirsten powers, christine quinn, matt lewis. it's been said many times, but have you seen a day like this? >> not at all. this is extremely unusual. one of the things i'm struck by with jeff flake in particular is this is somebody who's very conservative and he's not somebody who's necessarily caused problems in terms of a legislative agenda or anything like that. he's somebody who really never got on the trump train. he never supported him and it was out of that lack of support he's watched his numbers go down and they they went more down when he wrote a book that was critical of trump and the general trumpism. he said in an interview with jake tapper today that it's not enough to be conservative, that you have to be angry that the voters want you to be angry was the it's not about ideas or policies. it's the fact that he's not angry enough and he's not engaging in the kind of behavior as donald trump is or supporting the kind of bhooifr donald trump is engaging in. >> what does this mean for the republican party? >> politics a

let's go to capitol hill with kasie hunt. what senator grassley did is what we are seeing from a lot of senators. you were in the room. at one point you stood up and said, is anybody going to answer any questions about this? and the answer was, no. >> reporter: yeah, right. that's exactly what happened, haley. there were a half dozen republicans in this press conference, including mitch mcconnell. i use the word press conference loosely because a press conference involves reporters asking questions about whatever topic you may want to ask a question about. in this particular case, they all insisted they would only take chemical weapons about the topic of the day. they were talking about the catholic faith during her hearing and they refused to answer any questions. you're right, at the conclusion of the press conference, mitch mcconnell slipped out, mike lee, you saw chuck grassley slip out in the middle of the questioning that became rather awkward. at the end, i said to the half dozen or so left standing, would any of them

hunt on capitol hill. it seems what we've seen over the last 12 hours have been increasing questions from lawmakers from both parties about what went on during this raid and when we're going to get more information about it. >> reporter: hallly, that's right. and i think really at this point there are more questions than answers from a lot of lawmakers up here on capitol hill. and you are seeing this kind of bubbling under the surface and ready to come out into the open. and i think right now, you know, the question is going to be, okay, how does the white house respond to this pressure? are they going to send people up from the pentagon to brief on this? but as you and your white house colleagues have come to find out the last 12 hours, it's been very difficult to get information out of the white house about the back-story on this raid. i think we have a little bit of sound that we can show you from senator risch ard blumenthal who was speaking earlier this morning about his frustrations around this. take

suitland to south capitol slow.nayler road. 295 southbound maryland to red bridge and 50 back up 202, 2 295. as you look at vir is vir drive times just to get from 9 in gainsville to 234 prince william it's a 21 minute drip. half hour dale city to bel beltway. 395 nice and clear and as you make your way out tonight don't forget wizards taking on 76ers at 7. >> thank you erin. >> thank you. >> let's do >> why not? let's put a smile on our face. it's time for♪ >> i think of austin powers every time i hear this. >> let's get to. it meme number one. >> ahh. >> yes. >> look at the dog. >> somebody get charlie it's a puppy. >> adorable. >> cute start to memes today. >> it continues. >> all dugy. >> when best has back no matter what. >> yes. >> yes. >> number three you may recognize certain somebody in the next one. >> ut, oh. >> tuck. >> when are you not ready todd summer to end so you go to beach anyway. >> and that really is loving it up there. >> for tucker not when summer ends it's a chance to go to beach. >> nice bea

pretty rare according to our capitol hill producer for the speaker to vote.peaker paul ryan felt strongly about this one. it was a squeaker, 216-212. there were 20 republicans who voted against it. they could only afford republicans could only afford to lose 22 members of their party. they squeaked by. it lays the ground work, the runway as they are describing it for the house to now take up tax reform legislation which is near and dear to the heart of the president and most of the republicans on capitol hill. that effort is going to start. the bill will be unveiled november 1st according to kevin brady of the ways and means committee and the mark-up will begin november 6th. big doings on capitol hill today. we'll be back with more in just a moment. paying less for my medicare? i'm open to that. lower premiums? extra benefits? it's open enrollment. time to open the laptop... ...and compare medicare health plans. why? because plans change, so can your health needs. so, be open-minded. look at everything-like prescription drug plans... and medicare advantage pl

alumni as well as capitol police officers will take the field. the game inspired by two capitol police officers killed in the line of duty in 1998 >> also expect asked steve scalise. of brody logan is there right now in northeast with a preview. hey, brody >> it's a pretty nice night, a little bit of mist coming down at gallaudet university for the congressional football classic. as you mentioned, it is going to be capitol police taking on the congress men and women and former nfl stars. why are the nfl stars playing with the members of congress? well, because they needed the scales tipped in their favor. i believe the capitol police have a bit of a slight edge in t a lot of youth getting nfl stars, ken harvey, hershall walker. you mentioned the shooting at the congressional softball game practices. earlier, i talked to ken har&-p of these teams, they've been having those same practices for this game on the football field 7:00 a.m. each day and i asked him if the tenure of those practices has changed after that shooting. >> we're not goin

but i know this year i there were some big issues with media access at the capitol. like all that rope expansion stuff over in the senate. i know you have thinking it was going to be an adult daycare center or something like that, but sometimes these things just go a little too far, like we believe in having open access but sometimes you've just got to watch the limits. like last week, i'm in my office, i'm talking with my staff and there's chad outside washing my window. i think we even have a photo of it. [ laughter ]. >> dude, you know, give me a break. then i go down pennsylvania avenue. i go get a haircut and apparently phil mattingly moonlights as a barber. i know things are a little rough at cnn, but geez. this is the one that gets me. how the heck did nora and charlie and gale get into my damn yoga class. even hunting. casey it is just really not that safe. so we all need to be proud in the capitol that we set the standard for media access. i just want to tell you on an actual serious note. we are proud that we do set the tone and the tempo for media access i

. >>> and while one side of capitol hill battles the white house, the other side turns its attention to hillary clinton. >>> and new this hour, the prank that ended in murder. >> five teens are accused of throwing rocks off an overpass, killing a construction worker on his way home. what police say the boys did after the to a entertainment superstar. can you guess who this is? she is huge. it's coming up in "the skinny," this is wednesday, october 25th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> kind of like a pinata. >> it does kind of look like a pinata. >> it is not a pinata? >> it is a huge celebrity. and i said she, but it could be he, you never know, based on how good a job they did with that. >> okay. >> we'll tell you that in "the skinny," but first to the infighting in the republican party. president trump receiving searing criticism from two republican senators. >> senator jeff flake shocked his colleagues by announcing that he will not run for reelection. he expressed disappointment, saying the president is dangerous to the democracy. but others aren't jumping ship ju