you are professor -- we have jonathan portes and david blake with us.e suggesting going to wto rules to you see that as a realistic outcome? david: we need these at the moment. we have endless transition deals. we have new trade deals. we should get certainty quite easily. we mentioned canada. if we switch in the document, the thousand page document, we switch canada for the united have 95% of a reasonable trade deal with the european union. australia today trade deal with china -- did a trade deal with china, japan, and korea in less than a year. mark: this kit -- doesn't cover financial services. david: it doesn't. we have to do modifications for support for the european union capital markets. this is the kind of thing we should be working out. what are the merchant -- one of the marginal changes we need to make on existing relationships, we don't have any of the uncertainty -- it's damaging. there are ways in which that can be done. at the moment, our side and their side aren't bringing us closer together. >> jonathan, you said it's not about our sid

david blake and to the white house in 2011 and lasted until 2016 as a special assistant to senior presidential speechwriters. described as a comic music to the president, david contributed to resident obama's speeches and was a lead writer on for white house correspondents messages. he is currently the head writer for funny or die dc. adam davidson is a staff writer at the new yorker. he also cofounded and cohosted and pr planet money after serving the international plummet. he has been a frequent contributor to this american life. his work has appeared in the atlantic, harpers, gq, rolling stone and other publications. then bring us tonight, mister david litt's new book "thanks obama". more than any other president, barack obama's eight years in the white house were defined by young people. in 2011, david litt became one of the youngest speechwriters in history until leaving the white house in 2016, he wrote on topics of healthcare, climate change to criminal justice reform and took the lead as president obama's go to comedy writer. now in this refreshingly honest memoir, mister litt brings u

blake, thank you for that. david: here now react more is charlie hurt, washington times opinion editor and fox news contributor. charlie, one of the great things, melissa commented on this. this is a moment where we are divided. where the first response by a lot of politicians to anything bad that happens, whether natural or man made is to attack somebody rather than bring together. the president saying we endure and overcome together as americans. he's trying to bring this together, this message to this crisis, to las vegas, do you think he's succeeding? >> i do think he's succeeding, and i think you have pinpointed exactly the reason he is very good at this kind of thing, the same reason he drives everybody around here crazy in the first place. that is his response isn't a political response. whatever you think of the guy, he's not some political hack who decides to turn this into some debate about gun laws. that's not his first instinct. first instinct is to go through the and try to be unifying and be human about

blake. reporter: david, national rifle association and trump administration this day leaving open possibility of taking up the issue of bump stocks. that seemingly the ability to take a semiautomatic gun, turn it into an automatic gun which is what the shooter sunday night in las vegas did with the rapid fire succession of bullets. the nra put out a statement today saying, i quote in part, the nra believes that devices to allow semiautomatic rifles to function like fully automatic rifles should be subject to additional regulations. additional regulations is the key, that stopped short of the nra open to a ban. at the press briefing press secretary sarah sanders was asked several questions about this and she did not say the administration has a defined position on this issue at this point but to say they are clearly open to a conversation. >> we know that both members of the both parties in multiple organizations are planning to take a look at bump stocks and related devices. we certainly welcome that. would like to be part of that conversation. we would want to see a clear understanding of th

david: i'm for that. melissa: blake, thank you. here now is brad blakeman, former senior staffer under president george w. bush. i will not ask about the last story. because i do not want to talk about that any longer. let me ask you instead, i thought the janet yellen piece was really interesting because he was really critical of janet yellen. he heaps praise on people one day and derides him the next. i'm not reading as much into this as some other people are. what do you think? >> i think the president is agent of change. that is what brought him to the white house. i happen to believe a change is probably in the offing with regard to the fed. the question who will it be? we already know he probably narrowed it down to two. he has given janet yellen respect of interview, getting to know her. the only thing that speaks in her favor, the fact the market is doing so well. melissa: yeah. the. >> economy is humming along under her stewardship but that doesn't mean it won't do better perhaps if there is a change. especially if we get

blake, thank you. reporter: thanks. 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 kell

david: it is like a soap opera, blake. thank you very much. cheryl?p opera. bring in congressman andy biggs, republican congressman from arizona, house judiciary committee and of course freedom caucus member. sir, good to have you. >> great to be with you here, cheryl. cheryl: i'm sure you have your own thoughts about this back and forth between the republicans in the party, let's start out with the immigration plan. obviously arizona, this is very near and dear to your heart physically and emotionally, near and dear about immigration. what do you make of the president's plan on immigration? he doubled down on a lost key issues? >> he really did. if we continue this nor another generation without tightening up the border, taking away incentives and enforcing the law we'll be kicking the can down the road. is i'm really appreciative. this is what he campaigned on. the issue now, will we be successful? and how far carnegie get in this agenda. i'm supportive of the agenda he outlined. cheryl: you are supportive of fact he will hire 10,000 more i.c.e. off

>> melissa: i want to know if blake burman took his new toddler. >> david: i don't know what you dress >> president trump: strength will also require growth, right now, our economy isn't growing at all. we had only around a 1% growth last quarter. gdp a disaster. the country isn't growing, the stock market now is starting to go down, we're sitting on a big beautiful bubble. obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3% growth. for every 1% of gdp growth, we fail to generate in any given year, we also fail to create

david: president trump vowing changes to his tax plans next couple weeks. blake burman at white house where he got a chance to ask questions. blake. reporter: this president loves negotiation. appears at this moment tax reform fits into that mold. the president saying earlier today, that the tax reform arguments, discussions going on right now indeed might need some tweaking. >> they want to see major reductions in their taxes and want to see tax reform and that's what we're doing. and we'll be adjusting a little bit over the next few weeks to make it even stronger. reporter: adjusting to make it stronger. when i asked press secretary sarah sanders she told me that the priorities remain the same and framework that president and republicans are still working under still remain the same. at the white house as well the earlier the president insisted ongoing feud with his republican colleague, senator from tennessee bob corker, will not have any impact the president claims on the progress of tax reform. when asked about it, i quote, president said, i don't think so,

david: they're glad to see all the relief. blake, thank you very much. melissa. melissa: here now, senator rob portman, republican senator from ohio, government affairs homeland security committee member, thanks for joining us. start with puerto rico. what matters about that story is the idea that 95% of the island still does not have electricity. only 45% of the island has running water right now. bringing the president down, no matter what he is saying while he is there, brings attention to the area and how dire the circumstance is for those americans. do you agree with that or no? >> absolutely. i'm glad he went. he was advised by some not to go because he could make it more difficult for first-responders and maintenance crews. it is important the president go, important to bring focus and attention to it. hopefully more contributions and donations to help the people of puerto rico, virgin islands. unbelievable devastation down there. we have to also thank our military which, first-responders have been great. melissa: yeah. >> volunteers are great. our militar

david: president trump using an executive order to fill gaps left by congress's failure to change the failing obama law. blake burman live at the white house. what can you will tell us about defails in the order? reporter: white house, david, you hit it there. they say the president still wants to repeal and replace obamacare. you know where everything stands legislatively with that. the president is left to go towards the executive order route. he will do more on this today the executive order instructs several different federal agencies to consider expanding three different things. let me tick through them. consider expanding association health plans that would allow for small businesses an possibly individuals to come together to form group plans. secondly consider expanding short-term plans. third, consider expanding health reimbursement arrangements that would allow employees to be reimbursed by certain out-of-pocket costs. you heard me say consider, consider. this is all subject to the regulatory process that means while the president signed this executive order today, this is not days or even weeks awa

>> melissa: i want to know if blake burman took his new toddler. >> david: i don't know what you dress as is. risk & rewards starts right now. have a great weekend. >> president trump: strength will also require growth, right now, our economy isn't growing at all. we had only around a 1% growth last quarter. gdp a disaster. the country isn't growing, the stock market now is starting to go down, we're sitting on a big beautiful bubble. obama is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3% growth. for every 1% of gdp growth, we fail to generate in any given year, we also fail to create over 1 million jobs. what a waste and what a sad sad thing. the single weakest, weakest of any economic expansion in more than 70 years. we'll get it straight now but we'll certainly blame them okay? we're going to blame them. >> liz: well three hurricanes did not stop the u.s. economy, gdp growth strong in the face of storms that temporarily shutdown major population centers in texas and florida and more news coming in on the clinton scandal s now swirling. we are digging into the

david, melissa, back to you. melissa: boy, that raises a lot of questions, blake, thank you so much. here to help through some of them, devin nunez, house intelligence committee chairman. let's start with the idea why did it take "the washington post" for to us figure this out? there were folks along the way said as we continue down the trail and looking at dossier and russian interference we'll find connections to the clinton camp. why did it take "the washington post" for that to come out? >> i think it is clear fusion gps or the democrats leaked it to the "washington post" because they knew this would come out eventually. we have subpoenas waiting. they're continuing to enforced. they invoked their fifth amendment rights the week before. my guess is they leaked it. there is still a lot more to come. i'm sure, these are favorable reporters that they leak this to. these are the go-to people for the obama administration, for the clinton campaign people. this is probably the most favorable line that they will get from any reporters. melissa: yeah. >> but we'll see. we'll see what happ

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blake, what is the president saying about the bill so far? >> reporter: yeah. so, david, this bill expected to be released here tomorrow. the negotiations continue, believe it or not, here in the last, final hours. one of the things that is still up for debate here which we've been following is the corporate tax rate, whether or not it will be implemented at 20% immediately or take a handful of years down the line to get to that point and eventually be phased in. earlier today here at the white house when he was meeting with trade association ceos, the president suggested that he does not want to see it phased in. >> we're not looking for that, no. we're not looking for that. hopefully not. something, some people have mentioned that. hopefully not. >> reporter: now, the white house has been working with congressional leaders for months, for month, for months now on this tax bill. but when i asked sarah sanders at the white house press briefing a little while ago whether or not the white house, the president specifically would wholeheartedly embrace it tomorrow, she sugge

published today, david and melissa, mnuchin said if tax reform does not happen, the stock market gains we reported for months, he warned those could reverse? melissa: aren't all tax cuts good? oh, blake, thank you. reporter: you got it. >> american express reporting third quarter results. go back to nicole with the numbers. >> beat on top and bottom line and boosting view for earnings per share going forward. but those three things together you see the stock is higher up of a hours, up about 1/3 of 1%. off the earlier highs but certainly beating the street, and 1.50, is now a gain of 25% for earnings per share. good news there and good for the dow tomorrow. melissa: conservatives clashing of the senate is desperately pushing to pass a budget to accomplish goal of overhauling the tax code but one senator in particular might end up sabotaging the entire plan. >> budget vote to me is a symbol and a guidepost as to what we are as a party and what we stand for and the people, like mccain and graham, who parade as conservatives, that are not really conservative, they need to be called out because they are bankrupting our country. melissa: all right. senator lindsey graham firing back at se

david: so the indictment news of paul manafort we're going to be coming back to our panel rocking the nation so how is the white house responding to the bombshell surrounding president trump's former campaign manager? blake burman has the reaction for us. blake? >> blake: a federal judge set bond for paul manafort at $10 million, $5 million for his byssaceous yacht rick gates. this 31-page indictment spells out 12 different counts and when you sort of break it all down it essentially accuses paul manafort of fax fraud, money laundering to the tune of $18 million, lying to the department of justice, and not registering as a foreign lobbyist. paul manafort has plead not guilty to all charges. now this indictment does not mention president trump at all as it largely takes aim at tall man's business dealings before he got on to the trump campaign. to that end the president sent out a couple tweets this morning in which he said the following, "sorry, but this is years ago before paul manafort was part of the trump campaign b why aren't crooked hillary and the democrat s the focus? " the president goes on to write also there is no collusion. here at the white house, it is very clear what they are trying to do