earlier, i spoke with cbs news political analyst jamelle bouie about who benefits most from the plan. >> the biggest winners of the tax bill just plainly are large corporations, wealthy individuals, owners of large and wealthy estates. the vast majority of the tax bills benefits goes towards those groups. it is true that middle class earners and working class earners, low-income earners get some benefits, but they are relatively modest in comparison to what the highest income earners and large corps will -- corporations will gain under the tax bill. >> quijano: and jamelle, we know it's important, but just how important is it for president trump's agenda to get this legislation passed? >> well politically it is important for him to have some semblance of a win, a victory or whatever you want to call it on his docket. if the tax bill passes, it likely will, and he signs it, it will sort of be the only piece of major legislation that he will achieve in 2017, and that meaningful. it's worth saying though that this bill is brutally unpopular >> quijano: jamelle bouie, thanks so much for b

we're also joined by "slate" magazine chief political correspondent jamelle bouie and ben dove niche.we get to policy, ben, i want to ask you question about senator mccain who is your father in law. how is he doing? >> well, john, i'm happy to say that he's doing well. the truth is that as anyone knows whose family has battled cancer or any, oftentimes there are side effects that you have. senator has been through round of chemo he was hospitalized this week at walter reed. our thanks to the doctors at nih and walter reed who have been treating him, he's doing well, in good spirits, he's looking forward to heading back home to arizona for the holidays, our thanks to everyone who has been sending thoughts and prayers to the sector this week. we greatly appreciate it. he remains one of the toughest men on the face of the earth as you know. >> dickerson: that we know. send them again, our prayers to him and family. thank you. all right, so now to this week let's start with the tax bill, jeffrey is going to pass, get funded by the president unless something really crazy happens. >> which