[applause] senator gary peters of michigan [applause] senator joe manchin of west virginia. [applause] and of course, our great friend and later, chairman pat roberts of kansas. [cheers and applause] with us today we also have two presidential appointed commissioners. susan banes harris and our first hugh dog -- and alfred leg. [applause] when a commission has been in business as long as this one, we have some who are no longer's irving for sadly no longer -- no longer serving or sadly no longer with us. order and kathy stevens are here. [applause] thank you for joining us. this is a special moment today for many of us. we are honored to be joined by the eisenhower family. wolfgang, david, adriana, and nicolas. [applause] we also have some impressive brass with us today. general px kelley, former commandant of the marine corps and cochair of the advisory committee. [applause] representing the uss eisenhower, captain craig stickeola. stephenadier general giland, representing the united states military academy at west point. [applause] building a memorial takes a lot of resour

host: senator gary peters, thank you for your time. you.t: thank host: now we go to john mcardle. senate heard from the and more than 50 callers this morning talking about the tax facing a l that is vote either late tonight or early tomorrow in the senate. here is latest nationwide poll from reuters, it goes out senate tax the reform bill. opposition has grown among tax cans to the republican plan before congress, with 49% of people who are aware of the opposed it,ing they up from 41% in october, according to that polling yesterday, in addition to the 49% who said they oppose 29% said they , supported it and 22% said they didn't know. poll of 1257 adults around the country, when asked most ands to benefit the from the plan, half of all american adults selected wealthy corporations, 14% said all americans, 6% picked middle 2% chose lower income americans. of course, the only poll that today is that roll call vote that is expected tonight or early tomorrow morning in the senate. al,: ohio, republican line, good morning. caller: hey, yes, thanks for the call. what i don't understand

i'm joined now by senator gary peters of michigan, the only democratic freshman elected during the last midterm election, 2014, when 12 republican freshman were elected and who hails from a state that, as we all know, donald trump won last year to the surprise of many. and senator, from your unique perch in michigan, from the perspective of someone who managed to win a victory in 2014 against the odds with an electorate unfavorable democrats, what's your lesson from last night? >> well, i think the most encouraging lesson that i see from last night was just the incredible turnout of people, you know, in virginia, a record turnout of folks who showed up. and basically, you know, i'm seeing in michigan an energy that i haven't seen in years. democrats who want to make sure their voice is heard. they want to get involved in politics. they're finding ways that they can interject themselves into this debate. and i think they're very motivated to vote. but we didn't really have a test of that until last night. and virginia, i think, showed that when democrats come out to vote, we win. and if

michigan senator gary peters visited michigan servicemembers serving in iraq and afghanistan. on twitter he thanked the servicemembers their families. and maine senator susan collins checked out revitalization efforts in the downtown area of waterville maine along with colby college president david greene. when congressional lawmakers return from the thanksgiving break it will be more work on tax reform picked up next on c-span2 a recap of last weeks meeting of the senate finance committee review of the republican tax reform bill. democratic members offered up several amendments to the sevenfold and republican proposal to repeal the individual health care insurance mandate. >> okay. the committee will come to order. the mark as modified is not open for amendment. i will begin recognizing colleagues who have amendments to offer. i believe we reached an agreement on the initial slate of amendments, however, before

gary cohns says ceos love it. peter king the republican congressman says the middle class are getting screwed. those are two tough book end to figure out where to go. trish: robert, steve, hadley, thanks for your perspective. >>> president trump in the philippines nearing the edge of the asia trip. he will quote have a major announcement on trade to make on wednesday. blake burman is here with the latest preview. >>> later on, nfl commissioner roger goodell is asking for $50 million a year and lifetime private jet all in contract negotiations with the league. he is worth it? really, does he deserve that, given all the controversy and fallout over the anthem protests and declining ratings? stay with me. see you here. >> the united states remains committed to asean central role as regional forum for total cooperation. this diplomatic partnership transfers the prosperity of american people and the people of all indough pacific nations. trish: president trump hoping to strengthen security and economic partnerships across th

peter king. always a pleasure to see you thanks for joining us. >> thank you maria. >> maria: you've heard the plan this morning you heard garyen at the top of the program. are you going to vote yes for this bill? >> right now, i'm definitely voting no and when i find infuriating is people in the administration and house and senate leadership say that because we lost virginia and long island and in new jersey the answer to that is to pass a tax reform bill which is going to raise their taxes. they are the areas that are hurt the most. my suburban district voted for barack obama twice, voted for donald trump by nine points. it was a 14-point turnaround and they are going to lose most of their property tax deduction, all of the state income tax deduction, the family of four will lose $18,000, the individual exemption, medical bills you'll lose that especially if they have someone with a long term illness. all of that this is going to have a devastating impact on areas like mine and long island and it's unfair and when people say it's a high tax state one of the reasons we're high taxed is because so much of our revenue that goe

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harwood is here, also jake sherman of politico and jeremy peters of "the new york times" who's also an msnbc contributor. imagine, on, that gary's not so upset about it. after all, he came from goldman sachs. what did you make of that answer and how it differed from what he originally had said? >> well, the administration, katie, throughout this process, has been contorting itself to say that this is a cut for the middle class. there are some cuts for the middle class. and some tax increases. but those are small compared to the benefits for the people at the top. that is undeniable. you look at state tax, the pass-through, business rate. the end of the alternative minimum tax. they're even raising the threshold at which the top rate of 39.6% that currently applies would apply. so there's simply no getting around the fact that it's a tax cut for the wealthy. they're now acknowledging that but say, well, we can't really help it because the wealthy pay most of the income taxes and therefore if you cut income taxes you're going to cut their taxes and we can't cut middle class taxes anymore because they don't pay that much. obviously

and you've got gary cohn saying this is for the people, the hard working middle class. peterof his state will get screwed by this to use his words. chuck schumer saying it's a dagger to the heart of new york, a dagger to the heart of new jersey. so that middle class, that is really where the problem lies. who is in that middle class and will everyone's taxes go down? the senate has to look at that closely this morning. >> i'm guessing 99% would say they're in the middle class. that's clearly not true. that's an elastic term. when barack obama was running for office back in 2008 he said he wasn't going to raise taxes on anybody making less than $250,000. if you give a lot of money to charity, if you have a high state and local taxes, high property taxes, the way these things shake out you could end up paying more, maybe a little, maybe a lot. several thousand. it depends on the family. as i said if you look at the whole thing on net the tax policy center says 7% of americans will pay more. it's much smaller percentage than pay more than under the 1986 reagan tax plan. not ever

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he's leaving gary cohen and treasury secretary mnuchin behind with the instructions get the tax bill done, which is a pretty tall order for both of them. thanks to ashley parker and jeremy peters us. that does it today. remember, follow online at facebook and twitte twitter @andreamitchellreports. chris jansing is next. >>> good afternoon. we're at nbc headquarters in new york. the long awaited tax reform plan. moments ago. the president calling it a big beautiful christmas present. after suffering repeated defeats on health care, can the president lead his party to a much needed victory on tax reform? >>> probe intensifies. two indicted former trump officials due back in federal court just an hour from now as the investigation into russian meddling escalates on capitol hill. all of it as the president's usda nominee withdraws from consideration. >>> and more and more accusers surface with stories of sexual harassment against powerful men, forcing apologies treatment and the severing of business ties. but we start with the flurry of activities today as trump and republicans try to put their stam on taxes and the american economy and maybe, just maybe, save their electoral pros

gary cohn are in the meetings, so whatever is produced is produced essentially with their input. i can tell you that these are all big sticking points, particularly the salt deduction, state and local taxes. peter king, the congressman from long island is apoplectic from what i understand. what wants double taxation? that's in essence what it would be. we thought it would be tax cuts not removal of tax breaks. hold on, let's bring in while we're waiting on sarah sanders, house ways and means committee member and new york democrat joe crowley, he's with us right now. sorry if we interrupt, sir, i know democrats have been largely shut out of the meetings, but surely you hear scuttlebutt what might be in there, what are you hearing this hour. >> we're hearing something we might see something tomorrow. we might. congressman neil has asked for delay in the markup because we don't know what's in the bill. liz: meaning it would be shoved in democrats' faces just as obamacare was to republicans, so there is no change in behavior. >> i think if you look at that though, we had numerous hearings. multiple, many, many, many, many hearings on obamacare. liz: are you saying that democrats are getting entirel

with the president's chief economic advisor gary cohen this morning plus we'll hear from senate appropriations committee remember roy blunt and congressman peters in reignin