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

again, president trump right now meeting with senate republicans on capitol hill. can he perhaps ease lawmakers worries that he might up-end plans for tax reform altogether? we're following all of the action on the hill. dad's and found this. cd's, baseball cards... your old magic set? and this wrestling ticket... which you still owe me for. seriously? $25 i didn't even want to go. ahhh, your diary. "mom says it is totally natural..." $25 is nothing. abracadabra, bro. the bank of america mobile banking app. the fast, secure and simple way to send money. today, a focus on innovation in the southern tier is helping build the new new york. starting with advanced manufacturing that brings big ideas to life. and cutting-edge transportation development to connect those ideas to the world. along with urban redevelopment projects worthy of the world's top talent. all across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state visit esd.ny.gov. >>> all right, welcome back here. we continue to follow all the developments on the hill

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

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

. >> 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

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

catherine herridge is live on capitol hill. >> reporter: the republican lawmakers made the announcementfacility on the house side of the capitol. they told us they're looking at this uranium deal in 2010.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

, 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

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

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

>> i think the biggest change is people on capitol hill and their surrounding power brokers are really engaged in social media. he wasn't prolific about it and now when we talk to some of our advertising partners, our sou e sources on the hill and washington, they'll tell you you have to engage with cap trrl hill members and social. especially since the president has taken to twitter on an almost daily basis. >> does the president tweet? people can tell right away whether it's the official or the flak. >> ib thing they can tell. with psychological studies about younger kids is they crave authenticity and this is why youtube stars, they're not celebrities youy ies you've hea ever. they're young up andcomers who speak directly to the camera. i'd say that's a huge difference in communications style is you can tell when a member is putting a lichk and saying i voted for x, y, and, z verses if they come back with a quip and do something really sharp. >> so as our ceo would say blow my mind. what's something coming up? don't give it away but what's something we should be watching about what

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

>> 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

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

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

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

i spent 17 years on capitol hill. people don't vote on the basis of their relationships to one another but the policies. if it was all relationshipable john mccain would have voted to repeal obamacare. they vote on policy. >> melissa: the president's enemies and those on the left are making a lot of there is all this infighting and people can't stand by president trump, you know, the way he is behaving. a lot of writers looking at it through a different lens. you look at politico. trump purges enemies and reshapes gop. virtually every republican now a trump republican. i mean, is he gaining a majority and creating a consensus by getting rid of the people who don't like him? >> too soon to say. this is what happens when presidents take over parties. they do start to reshape the party more in their own image. in the republican primary for president of the 16 candidates, 80% of the votes from the first caucus for last primary went to trump and cruz. they did the best. it is a changing party. the ramifications are unknown

to capitol hill where president trump is pitching his tax cut plan. this looked like russian flags and someone was tossing it to the president as he was walking with mitch mcconnell and as president trump tries to stave republican senators, he's coming out swinging against one senator in particular, bob corker. the two should be having lunch together right now with other fellow republican senators but if you've missed this back and forth, let me fill you in. president trump tweeted, "bob corker, who helped president o give us the bad iran deal is now fighting tax cuts." he goes on to say, "corker dropped out on the race in tennessee when i refused to endorse him and now only negative on what i'm doing." this is exactly the kind of misinformation that senator corker has been slamming the president for all morning, which sparked the president's ire on twitter. after the tweet, senator corker issued an especially sharp counterattack to our senior congressional correspondent manu raju. here you go. >> you couldn't get his endorsement. is that accurate? >>

>> guest: as that debate happens, should that be something on capitol hill. do you want to hear that from them? we lost henry. >> guest: you will be hearing from democrats on this topic. i think over the weekend, here's a topic i know almost nothing about, but over the weekend the president is preparing to release some jfk documents about the jfk assassination, and so, they are saying they are doing this in the interest of transparency so of course the democrats come up with oh, transparency. we like that too. we would like to see the president's tax return. you can expect this to come up over and over again. to henry's point, the reason the conservatives are willing to go along with this budget bill that they otherwise would probably oppose is because tax reform is important to them. they believe the tax cut that could be the biggest since 1986 and possibly the biggest in history is worth glossing over some of the ugly corners to get to the meaty part in the middle. >> before we leave, that question, is that an issue that still comes up in the white house br

google, facebook and twitter heading to capitol hill today to talk about russia's role in the election. >>> and apple reportedly considering dropping one of its biggest chip suppliers full details coming up it's tuesday, october 31, 2017 happy halloween. "worldwide exchange" begins now. ♪ >> good morning. welcome to "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. i'm sara eisen >> i'm wilfred frost you wore the right color today for halloween. >> it's coming off more orange but it looks red we could have dressed up like everybody else >> not quite the thing to do at 5:00 a.m >> let's get to the markets. after tremendous month we're capping off for u.s. stocks especially the dow we'll go over some of the month to date figures. we will end on a strong note dow futures up 21 points in the early session. s&p futures up 1 nasdaq futures up 11 after we saw a pull back in yesterday's session. but it has been a tech fueled rally on the back of some stellar earnings the dow up 4% for the month. s&p up 2 tech sector having its best month in years as for the ten-year treasury note yield yields have lifted througho

that's the thing and that capitol hill has taken the lead on it. the question now, will they release any of these ads and make them public and shed more light on this and give people a sense of this misinformation going on by the russians. >> joel, michael, anne gearan, we have to leave it there. thank you, all. >>> we are learning more this afternoon aven afternoon about the gunman that killed 58 in las vegas and the millions he made in gambling. could his victims now have any legal rights to his fortune? >>> also, my consideration with some of those directly impacted by the shooting. >> i start running to the back to get away from everybody, the crowd, you know. and i start calling my mom. and she just said, meet me at the mgm. i said, i'll be there,s mom, i promise you. >> and then some growing outrage that many in hollywood knew about the sexual harassment allegations against harvey weinstein and chose to remain silent. was it a cover-up? ♪ if you're not content to remain where you are, why should your teeth be? invisalign clear aligners can sh

president trump was on capitol hill tuesday for a lunch with senators.nd he brushed off those verbal assaults in a series of tweets. the sharpest aimed at corker, who he called incompetent and a lightweight. flake and corker are considered traditional conservatives, not moderates. that i have a relatively strong pro-trump voting record and considered, for the most part, part of the g.o.p. establishment. all of this republican chaos, what does it reveal about the party and president trump? >> well, it reveals what we've known from the beginning, which this is a hostile takeover. it's not a republican president. it's a president who has taken over the republican party and trying to fit it into his mold. and in some ways, jeff flake made it easier for him this week by leaving the fight. by saying he's not going to run for re-election. he cleared the way for a more trumpian candidate who might in fact take that seat in arizona. so the real question, at the end of the week, is yes, there's this tumult, this great divide, a schism, but is it actually working i

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

think they did learn some important lessons in terms of, you have to have some coordination with capitol hillo also give some guidance and give clear bench marcs a benchmarks and fenceposts what you expect to happen. because if you see the entire debate to the hill and come in at the middle or the end and say, this is mean, or i can't accept this, you're in situation that's untenable for members of congress and for your white house. what i'm not sure about and i think we'll have to see how the next few weeks play out, is whether they have actually internalized that in terms of the white house itself. how are they going to move this tax legislation, which is incredibly complicated and also very controversial, through the house and senate, given that they have basically laid out no real predicate, for what they will and won't accept. this has now become a complete free for fall among every constituency that cares about tax policy in this town. and it is not clear that they're getting messages from the white house about what is negotiableable versus non-negotiable. and until they have that sense

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

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

have this breaking news, and showed you the throwing of the russian flags as the president hit capitol hill today. there was a gentleman, i hesitate to call him gentleman, he managed to find his way into the capitol as the president was arriving to meet with republicans. he threw those russian flags and yelled trump is treason. breaking news is u.s. capitol police have arrested him and identified him. he is ryan clayton. they have charged him with unlawful conduct in this heckling flag throwing incident at the capitol where nobody was hurt in any way, shape, or form, but he was not supposed to be in there, i wanted to get the news in there. >> how do you get that close to the president of the united states? just insane. liz:un, it's the people's house, i guess. >> yeah, but there's security in the people's house of the united states. why didn't the president go to the parade in france? the president of the united states needs to be protected at all times. this is reprehensible that people got this close. liz: senator dorgan, thank you. we're waiting right now for the press briefing, so i'm

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

kacie hunt is on capitol hill. here we go again. the president who arguably should be focused on winning votes is fighting with a member of congress, his own party, somebody he arguably would need to get tax reform through. what can you tell us about what's going on here? somebody he does need, chris, and they know and they have known for quite some time that bob corker might be difficult to win over on this tax reform package and that's partly because as the president has been insisting in these private calls, the president wants a tax cut, not necessarily tax reform. and for bob corker who is a longtime fiscal conservative, that has been a difficult thing to swallow. basically in this tax bill, the broad outlines of it, republicans are essentially assuming that cutting these taxes is going to cause the economy to grow by at least a 3% a year rate. that's higher than what we've seen recently and it requires -- that assumption is required if, in fact, you are willing to believe that the bill will not add to the federal debt. and bob

mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. going to vote. >> shep, good afternoon. it's clear that mcconnell is trying to keep an eye on fixing the tax code, trying to get the huge priority done. >> tax reform is what we are about. if there's anything that unifies republicans, it's tax reform. we've been looking for the opportunity to do this literally for years. we now have a president that will sign it. >> the president and the majority leader walked together earlier in a sign of unity. the men have had their differences but gop leaders will need to stick together to get this done. there's some conservative push-back since details of the tax plan have not yet been released. >> i find it condescending to be asked to vote for a budget that nobody believes in when we don't even get to see the tax bill that it's supposed to be the great savior of the american economy. >> after the luncheon with the president, we heard from the senate democratic leader. he's taking aim at this tax proposal. >> as everyone knows, president trump put down his phone for an hour to come to

let's head over to capitol hill. manu raju joining me now. it was pretty amazing moment there that you had with bob corker. there are been a lot of shocking moments in this relationship between bob corker and donald trump since this started but this seems to reach a new level with your interview? >> yeah. no question about it. and what's also remarkable, kate, is that corker and trump had a pretty close relationship for some time. corker's probably one of trump's closest allies on capitol hill. they played golf together, they were on the phone a lot, corker was considered secretary of state, at one point was also considered as his vice presidential running mate. he had an interview with him during the campaign season. this has deteriorated starting with corker's criticism in august of the president's handling of the deadly violence following that white supremacist rally in charlottesville and the president firing back against bob corker. they seemed to smooth things over for some time, but escalating after corker said that the country could l

joining me from capitol hill, republican senator john kennedy of louisiana.you, with thanks for coming in. >> you bet. thank you. >> what did you think of jeff flake's speech on the senate floor yesterday? >> i haven't listened to it completely yet. i know jeff. i've gotten to know him in nine months. i have a lot of respect for him. very bright guy. i think this was a personal decision. a decision not to run for re-election usually are. i'm not saying politics don't have something to do with it. but i respect jeff's decision and i respect jeff. i'll miss him. >> today, according to jeff flake, it is not a choice. it is a responsibility, what he did, for all lawmakers, republican, democrat, but especially your party, to speak out. listen to what he told cbs. >> i think that we have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out, when there's behavior that is just beyond the pale and then some of what we've seen, i think, fits in that category. >> when the president doesn't tell the truth, do you feel responsible to speak up? >> look, this is america. and

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

in other news on capitol hill tennessee senator bob corker who is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee is sounding the alarm about president trump corker tells the new york times in an interview that the president is leading us to world war three corker also said the white house is an adult daycare center they've gone back and forth trump returned fire on twitter claiming that corker didn't have the guts to run for reelection in tennessee and wanted to be the secretary of state in the trumpet ministration what corker is saying might have a lot more impact if he was running for reelection you could make might make that judgment. he has nothing to lose but maybe an old score to settle whatever that might be for more on this let's go to our panel tonight mitch caesar former florida democratic chair is with us and also sean steele former california g.o.p. chair with us gentlemen good to have you with us i don't i don't know what the upside of this is we've got so many hot spots around the world this rainy a nuclear deal the issue with north korea the back and forth ther

catherine herridge is live on capitol hill. >> reporter: the republican lawmakers made the announcement outside of the secure facility on the house side of the capitol. they told us they're looking at this uranium deal in 2010. this is a deal that gave a russian business access to 20% of the uranium supply in this country. they want to know whether the obama administration hid what they knew about the case from congress. and the reason we're hearing about a 2010 case now, this deal, is because an informant has come forward. >> it's all because of new information that's come to light, what we didn't know, and we still don't know, was there an open fbi investigation or not back in 2010? that's what we're aiming to find out. >> reporter: lawmakers who were at the news conference this morning, none have spoken with the fbi informant, but the allegation is they've got information, maybe even videos that go to the idea that the russians were trying to buy their way into this deal through hillary clinton, who was secretary of state at the time and the clinton foundation. this informant is unde

a congressman is voicing her own on capitol hill. we'll talk about those stories. >>> also ahead new clues what went wrong in niger, a witness what he told cnn what he saw unfold and how the americans got separated a mid the fire fight. all of this happening on this friday afternoon as we wait for the white house press briefing to get under way. we'll take it live for always. stay with me. i'm brooke baldwin and you are watching cnn. are you on medicare? do you have the coverage you need? open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time to get on a path that could be right for you... with plans including aarp medicarecomplete insured through unitedhealthcare. call today or go online to enroll. these medicare advantage plans can combine your hospital and doctor coverage... with prescription drug coverage, and extra benefits... all in one complete plan... for a low monthly premium, or in some areas no plan premium at all. other benefits can include: $0 co-pays for an annual physical and most immunizations, routine vision and hearin

>> we're looking into a major security breach on capitol hill. from sterling, virginia, accused of throwing russian flags at president trump. he was posing as a journalist. it's not clear how he got the credentials to access that sensitive part of the capital. >> thi has come forward to describe harassment and sexual assault by harvey weinstein and more hollywood a-listers now are expressing their outrage. weinstein denies any allegations of nonconsensual sex and is reportedly continuing counseling and therapy. >>> and a d.c. man who was seen running naked from a woman's home in maryland is now charged with attempted rape. that man was supposed to be under court supervision after allegedly assaulting another woman in d.c. last month, leaving many to wonder why he was allowed back on the streets in the first place. >> news 4's chris gordon did some digging today and found out what happened. he's at the jail in upper marlboro to explain. what have you found, chris? >> reporter: well, pat, a lot of people are asking how could this have happened, and