what we are left with is a graveyard of broken promises. >> congress member hakeem jeffries, thank youwe have heightened tensions overseas after new aggression from north korea. a ballistic missile launch yesterday and appeared to fail minutes later making it the ninth missile launch since president trump took office. the fourth successive failure. we have steve joining us. steve, is this really a failure or something that could be u.s. cyber sabotage? >> it could be either or both. we have seen a lot of tests in the past with north korea with no meddling by the united states and those tes failed. nonetheless, they helped north korea learn something. there may be something going on. when the briefing of 100 senators at the white house happened the other day, i talked to a number of senators. they said they had classified briefing in which they were told that american capacity right now to penetrate north korea's weapons systems with malware and other controls is high. a degree of confidence in our ability to do that. this is the second missile test we have seen go bad and it is raising

hakeem jeffries of new york is joining us from capitol hill. thanks force joining us. >> you're on the budget committee. that's your reaction to what you've heard so far about the president's tax proposals, his recommendations to cut taxes? >> well, this tax proposal as far as we can understand from the details presented so far, is really just a gift to corporate america and will not have anything meaningful to help improve the conditions of working families, middle class folks and those aspiring to be part of the middle class here in america. that's problematic. >> you've suggested there should be no tax reform at all until the president releases his income tax returns. doesn't look like he's going to do that anytime soon. so far what does that mean? let's say he does come in with some major tax reform,tach cuts for the middle class or lower income taxpayers for that matter. you wouldn't support that if he didn't release his tax returns? >> i think a reasonable first step, wolf, is for the president to do what every other president since gerri

i was just talking to hakeem jeffries. you guys were watching it.hould be using their political capital on? yes, people want to see donald trump's taxes, yes, it is relevant. but is there a chance anybody is going to see donald trump's taxes? >> i think it's a drum they have to keep beating, they have to keep their troops energized. at the end of the day the electorate didn't care that much about the taxes. >> trump supporters. >> but a lot of people know that the tax code is unfair and they kind of, you know, he didn't pay taxes. >> what about draining the swamp, another one of those promises, the slogan that doesn't amount to much? >> it's a signal to the democratic base that they are not getting off this fight. it is keeping them engaged and it's trying to increase the cost of compromise. trump, if he hadn't, you know, gotten his supreme court nominee in when the senate didn't even give garland a hearing, if trump hadn't offended so many people with comments about immigrants and border wall and all this stuff, democrats might have been in a posit

response,ocratic garnishment hakeem jeffries urges president trump to release his tax returns.mericansp: my fellow , we are only 11 weeks in, but already my administration has achieved historic progress for the american people. 93% of our domestic

response,ocratic garnishment hakeem jeffries urges president trump to release his tax returns. americansp: my fellow , we are only 11 weeks in, but already my administration has achieved historic progress for the american people. 93% of our domestic manufactures have expressed optimism about the future, a record. the confidence we are seeing in our nation is about jobs and opportunity. it is also about safety and security. security begins at the border. as a candidate i pledged to take swift and decisive action to secure the border, and that is exactly what i have done. a full-fledged border crisis. it was a disaster. yet with quick and bold steps, we have so far exceeded even the most bullish predictions for the progress we could make in so sure a. of time. a 64%onth we saw reduction in a illegal immigration on our southern border. time, we are conducting enforcement actions across the country to remove dangerous criminal aliens from our society. they will be gone. and just the last few days and nations ice officers have arrested criminal aliens in south texas, 84 criminal ali

. >> i'm congressman hakeem jeffries, and it is my honor to revisit the hard-working people of brooklyn and queens in one of the most diverse district in the nation. almost a third of the people i serve were born outside of the united states during people from all over the world come to brooklyn and queens to pursue the american dream. , mying up in brooklyn grandmother often told my younger brother and me that if you get a good education, work hard on your job and play by the rules, it you can make a life for yourself in this great country. i have never forgotten those words. abraham lincoln once said we deserve a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. everyone, including the president of the united states, should play by the rules. that is the american way. unfortunately donald trump sees things differently. as we approach tax day, it is important to remember that every --sident since gerald ford democrats and republicans -- have released their tax return to the american people. before the election, donald trump repeatedly promised to release his tax returns, jus