charles grassley: the rise of this activity and the rise of unaccompanied children is very closely connectedh the government not doing its job. lisa: senator charles grassley chairs the judiciary committee that oversees the billion-dollar unaccompanied minor program. he convened a hearing last june on the topic. is taxpayer money being well-spent on this resettlement program? sen. grassley: it's not being handled well because we find too large of a number of these kids ending up in that environment of gang activity. lisa: as operation matador continues to roll up ms-13 gang members, liz alvarado continues to stand watch at brentwood high school most afternoons. liz alvarado: i'm outside at 2:30. and i watch them walk all the way home, from where i sit. i want them to be safe. i want them to go home to their parents. sharyl: "ms" comes from mara salvatrucha -- a combination of gang, el salvador, and "street wise." u.s. taxpayers have already spent billions to care for all the unaccompanied minors surging the u.s. in recent years. so 38,000 minors have come in through the southwest border. com

followining the vote, iowa republican senator charles grassley praised the move, telling the "des moines register" -- "i think not having the estate tax recognizes the people that are investing, as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it's on booze or women or movies." congressman ellison? alwaysknow, the elites want to shame the poor and everyone else. the fact is, this economy is basesed on 70% of the people driving consumer demand. if people do not purchase goods and services, this economy will grind to recession. and that is why if you're going to do a tax cut, it ought to low income,med at middle income people. that might spur demand. the way they have done it is give more people who already have everything. the economic impacts of getting rid of the estate tax will not be greater investment or greater consumer demand. it will simply be more money for political influence, mergers, and more bonuses. in fact, let me just tell you. literallys will worsen the economy. they will make the economy more sclerotic, if you will, because it is really putt

hearing concerns and frustration from the senate side from dianne feinstein who doesn't think that charles grassley, who is the chairman of the senate judiciary committee is really going at this hard enough. they've backing off. while we saw a lot of functioning investigations happening on the senate side, we're now starting to see that deteriorate a little bit, specifically the judiciary committee. >> you're also seeing criticism in some of the investigators even within bob mueller's team are political. that is starting to come out. we will see that, by the way, when fbi director christopher wray testifies in a few minutes. that will be front and center at this hearing. susan, on the whistleblower issue that mike flynn was allegedly texting someone that russia sanctions will be dropped immediately is this a political issue that look here is evidence that the trump administration was going to be soft on russia? political or a legal issue that puts mike flynn back in some kind of jeopardy? >> potentially there is a legal issue. so the good news for mike flynn it does seem like robert mueller was alr

but charles grassley telling cnn that he wants mccabe out of the fbi. >>> and the trump administration is warning that the entire world is at risk of devastating cyber attacks by north korea. the united states is formally blaming kim jong-un's regime for a huge cyber attack this year that crippled hundreds of thousands of computers in homes, businesses, hospitals, and schools around the globe. we're covering all of that, much more this hour with our guests, including senator chris coons. he's a democrat on the foreign relations and judiciary committees. and our correspondents and specialists are also standing by. first, let's go to our congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, with more on the state of play for the tax bill. phil, as we wait for the senate to vote, tell us about this unexpected second vote that is now needed in the house. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, senators on the floor right now, taking part in the debate that was supposed to lead to the final vote to clear the tax bill for the president's signature. no longer. senate republicans have run into budget rule problems, t

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