bob cusack has more on that. what do you think, bob? >> so much for tax cuts. we're going to see a bill on wednesday, but this is just going to dominate the week. i think it's going to be difficult for republicans to push that kind of bill if we're waiting for other indictments, maybe other indictments come. there's no doubt about it. last week some republicans were talking about, okay, it's time to wrap up these investigations and the timing of this is not coincidental with mueller then bringing one and then the first batch we see, okay, with manafort. there's no collusion. and then there's a campaign adviser and no smoking gun here. but without a doubt, you look at these indictments and they have more stuff coming. >> neil: i was talking to a guest on fox business about this, which if you don't get you should demand. but one of the issues, in a way this is going to help republicans being together in unison on this. they sure as heck are less likely to get democratic votes. as if that was a distinct possibility regardless. what do you make of that? >> i think

. >> back now with bob cusack, margaret hoover. and david swirdlick. >> margaret, your reaction to rex tillerson not denying reports that he called the president a moron during a private meeting. >> it looks -- it's not a good look when your spokesperson comes out and out right denies it but the principal himself doesn't doesn't deny it. it makes you wonder the speculation is always what if there's tape of it, or e-mail. maybe that's why he didn't want to put it out there. but the more substantive point here is that the secretary of state today scrambled a press conference in order to say that a rumor about how he -- what he said about the president isn't true. what you see is this sort of unraveling, this public unraveling between the president and the secretary of state, an effort by the secretary of state and the state department to mitigate that damage. and we've seen this before in the trump administration with senior officials. we saw it with the first nec director. we've seen it with bannon, reince priebus, the chief of staf

. >> back now with bob cusack, margaret hoover. >> margaret, your reaction to rex tillerson not denying reports that he kaultd the president a more on during a private meeting. >> it looks -- it's not a good look when your spokesperson comes out and out right denies it but the plan himself doesn't deny it. it makes you wonder the speculation is always what if there's tape of it, or e-mail. maybe that's why he didn't want to put it out there. but the more substantive point here is that the secretary of state today scrambled a press conference in order to say that a rumor about how he -- what he said about the president isn't true. what you see is this sort of unraveling, this public unraveling between the president and the secretary of state, an effort from the secretary of state and the state department to mitigate that damage. and we've seen this before in the trump administration with senior officials. we saw it with the first nec director. we've seen it with bannon, reince priebus, the chief of staff. you wonder if tillerson is just a man not long for this world in the trump administ

cillizza is here, political analyst april ryan as well, senior political analyst david gergen, bob cusack, all. let's have this conversation that's been so difficult for lawmakers to have, at least it appears to be. bob, 12 of the guns modified with this device called a bump stock, essentially turning them into automatic weapons and tonight the president, top republicans, even the nra appear to be embracing the idea of banning these devices. but do you think that's a way for them to avoid the meaningful debate on guns that they have successfully done in recent history? >> well, i think it's the nra seeing the writing on the wall that this is going to happen and i think it's remarkable. even though, don, this is very narrow, they're not going to get background checks any time soon but the fact that the nra sees that this could have prevented some deaths and some injuries is remarkable. whether it's attached to a fiscal deal in december, i think this is going to happen and this is a gun control measure that is significant. now, a lot of members hadn't heard what a bump stock is but i think

david: here is bob cusack, "the hill" editor-in-chief. there is a word we just heard from the general, repeated by blake, which is sacred. i honestly thought we had reached a point where word in the true understanding of it was beyond dimensions of the beltway. this is for me, this is one of the most hopeful moments, what i heard general kelly, restoring a sense of sacred to a place, i thought had completely lost sight of it. it hasn't. let's play a little more what the general said before i ask you to respond. to ahead, play the tape. >> when i listened to this woman, what she was saying, what she was doing on tv, the only thing i could do, to collect my thoughts was go walk among the finest men and women on this earth in arlington national cemetery. a young man, young woman, going out and giving his or her life for our country. let's try to somehow keep that, keep that sacred. but, it erode ad great deal yesterday by the selfish behavior of a member of congress. david: bob, i really want to keep that, what we just heard from general kel

bob cusack is the editor in chief of the hill. thank you all for joining the panel with jim and i here. david, what does this say about the speed of this investigation to you? >> well, i'm not sure it's speeding up, but it you're is moving towards the highest targets. they've clearly waited toward the end of the investigation to go for the chief of staff of the white house. you know, you gradually build it up to the top and that suggests we're not far away from asking questions of the president himself. >> margaret, how does the white house see this? we know former and current officials are going to speak with robert mueller. >> well, there's certainly been a sense of neft ability about this. they've known not for weeks, for months that all of this is coming. and the question is where is it all leading. what can reince priebus tell robert mueller that robert mueller didn't already know. and is the nature of those conversations with current and former white house aides going to be the most important element of mueller's team's disc

steve pearce and chris collins, judge andrew napolitano, howie kurtz, host of "media buzz," and bob cusack from "the hill." melissa: what a good lineup. david: first, a little breaking news from manhattan, that breaking situation. lower manhattan where there are now reports that a pickup truck ran into a crowd causing many serious injuries. right now -- [audio difficulty] is in custody. this is a developing story. we are going to be monitoring it for you throughout the hour and break in with breaking news. melissa. mel back to markets -- melissa: back to markets. the blue chip index is up almost 1,000 points. nicole petallides is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, that is quite a winning record. >> reporter: it really is. i was just looking at where we closed, we closed at 22,405 on the last trading day of september. we've had a great month of october. in fact, you did see the dow, the nasdaq and the s&p all gaining, the dow up about 4.3%. i know we're settling those numbers led by sectors such as technology and ulta merles, utilities. it's been a great month thus far. th

bob cusack is editor in chief of "the hill."g. >>> they kicked the iran deal back to congress. so what's the reaction on capitol hill to this. >> republicans are basically saying they support the president, but the question is what will the republican congress do? will they move forward with sanks which will definitely kill the deal? will they come up with a new deal that could be approved? i think they're going to hold hearings and they're not going to get a lot done over the next 60 days because they'll have a budget deal and tax reform. they don't want to handle this issue. it's too hot right now. >> and diplomacy between the white house and capitol hill is not at an all-time high. if you look at the fit for share between the senate foreign relations share bob corker. the president has, in bob corker's words castrated secretary of state rex tillerson. what is your assessment of the relationship there? >> relationships are very important to washington, and bob corker is a key member of the budget committee, he's the chairman o