and those 36 points are the reason that heidi heitkamp accepted the dinner invitation. senator heitkamp won her election to the senate in north dakota in 2012 by exactly one point. donald trump won her state by 36 points. politically, heidi heitkamp can't afford to turn down a dinner invitation from this white house. not when she represents a state filled with trump voters. it is hard being a democrat in north dakota, especially in the age of trump. and it is hard being a democrat in west virginia and indiana. it is hard for a democrat to win a statewide election in those states. the three democratic senators from those states were invited to dinner at the white house tonight. heidi heitkamp along with joe donnell, indiana, joe manchin of west virginia, they are the only three democratic senators who did not sign senate democratic leader chuck schumer's letter to republican leader mitch mcconnell and to president donald trump outlining the democrats' principles for tax reform, which was the suggest on the table tonight at the white house. three republicans joined the tab

rob: a blood red state like north dakota and moderate democrat in heidi heitkamp.it is tough for a democrat to win unless they are somewhat moderate and have some conservative values. does this mean we will talk about more of this on the horizon? could we see other democrats on stage with the president looking for common ground? listen to a soundbite on that? >> everyone saying what is she doing up here? but good woman and i think we will have your support, hope we will have your support and thank you for coming up. rob: there you have it. she got up there and that is a bold move for a democrat to get on stage with the president and show some support. heather: to see what the response will be. so kellyanne conway, counselor to the president call for tax reform in north dakota. what is missing? >> missing the fact you have democratic senators like heidi heitkamp willing to stand with the president, join him to her home state of north dakota, 73% support tax reform. donald trump running on tax reform and tax relief by 36 points, where joe mansion in west virginia up

heidi heitkamp has a lot of conservative voters who like your style and that includes getting on air force one with president trump and standing next to him when he talks about economic reform. that doesn't mean that she goes for a 25% tax rate. if he leads with corporate tax reform, we talked about this, that will be very smart and he'll get a lot more moderate dems on board with it. the chuck schumer's of the world and nancy pelosi are dealing with much different landscape. >> sandra: let's talk about that for a second because they're going to be meeting at the white house with the president for dinner tonight. how does not go over with lisa boothe? >> lisa: there is a reason why those three senate democrats met with the president because president trump won their states by 42% in west virginia, by 19 points of misery and 36 points in north dakota which was heidi heitkamp's estate so that's why those senate democrats want to be with the president, want to talk to him and guitar be a pax reform. he ran as someone who was a dealmaker, that's what he said he was going to be. he's look

the president will be in one of that presidents states, his art event to north carolina with heidi heitkamp. >> martha: work across the island meet with the senators and see if he can get a bipartisan deal since it didn't work with health care? >> it should have worked with health care if the democrats have come over. i think the question of why wasn't health care reform bipartisan is not a question for republicans, it's a question for democrats. why couldn't a single one of them come over and say the people of my state deserve better than to have so many people still uninsured through obamacare. on tax reform, what we know that so many of them have business owners and small businesses and individual tax payers and property in their states. >> martha: end of the president still wants. before i let you go, very quickly, the issue of private emails in the white house, why was this white house not told absolutely not, and no to private emails because of the huge issues it was with her a hillary clinton? >> if they have all been briefed on the rules, if you use your official accounts and if you

he is taking with him senator heidi heitkamp.ll tilt for democrat support on tax cuts is are you with him on this. >> totally with him, stuart. what is the corporate rate, do you know? stuart: 15%. >> what is repatriation be? how many brackets on personal side, and what are the rates going to be? i'm all for tax reform. let's see a bill. i'm ready for actual legislation. we're for tax reform. i'm for lowering taxes. avoiding this revenue neutral concept which is fancy way of saying tax burden stays the same. you shift around who pays what. in that scenario you know what always happens. corporations do fine but middle-class families typically get the shaft. forget revenue neutral. design a tax code that lowers tax burren and one conducive to growth. put specifics here. what are rates going to be? we don't know any of that. then we can move forward to pass something. stuart: are you absolutely gung-ho to get something done? >> of course. stuart: come what may a tax cut bill, no matter what you'll do it? >> there bet be. of course w

sources told fox news democratic senator heidi heitkamp, despite attending a rally with the president, is not yet supporting a specific tax plan. but in a statement, the north dakota senator said she was encouraged by last night's meeting adding, quote: i hope these bipartisan discussions continue. sources tell fox news president trump is planning to travel to 13 states over the next seven weeks to try and sell his tax reform plan to the american public. steve, ainsley, brian? steve: all right. ellison barber live in our nation's capital. thank you very much. so the president is planning to sell the tax plan in 13 states in seven weeks. the reason that is so substantial is because he was given the opportunity to do that with the affordable care act and doing something about obamacare. but he was specifically told by mitch mcconnell, mr. president, i've got this handled. don't do it. well now the president with the benefit of hindsight realize that's really can't count on the republicans in the senate to could it. so now he is going to have to pull out his best monty hall impersonation

joe donnelly, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp. republicans john thune, orrin hatch, pat toomey. >> the president has demonstrated in his business world and as president that he can make deals. that's certainly what he's looking to do. i think it starts with things like tonight. >> white house sources say president trump will launch a blitz to gain momentum. >> of the president is our best salesman and he's our best spokesman and yes, it's good to have him on the road making the case of the american people as to why we need tax reform now. >> it's not just democrats being targeted. after a big strategy session at the white house on friday, the u.s. chamber of commerce aimed ads. >> tax reform is about putting more money in your pocket. stiglitz about fairness and the american dream. >> call your congresspeople. >> the chamber will add republicans in ohio to the ad campaign. lesson learned from the failed battle over obamacare. >> one of the things we can learn from the last battle was in many cases we did not get all of our allies

did the same thing with heidi heitkamp earlier. joe donnelly, one of three democrats initially did not sign a letter to the president three weeks or so, which they laid out what they want to see in the tax reform framework. he is seen as a possibility since he didn't sign on to that. indiana, a state president trump won in 2016. a state produced the vice president. so there is some strong republican ties there. they're using this as their launching point to try to get potentially joe donnelly on their side. neil: thank you very, very much, my friend, blake burman in washington. that will be the battle royale for the remaining, weeks, months of this year. it will be an uphill battle as orrin hatch was telling maria bartiromo earlier today. a number of politicians have been telling us over the last few days, just it sort out differences and they are ample between republican factions that could take months. that has folks wondering forget tax cuts this year. forget about retroactive tax cuts applying to next year. way too soon to tell

the president headed off to north dakota, heidi heitkamp appeared with him. is that a sign that there will be some bipartisan effort for tax reform? >> it's fascinating that heidi heitkamp was there and north dakota with trump. talk about optics that the republicans don't necessarily want to see. some have been telling us and been grumbling, why show up with heidi heitkamp when you could be working to pick up a seat? in regards to whether this means democrats are going to jump on tax reform bandwagon, i think time will tell. it's hard to say. the key points of tax reform, there aren't many details, are not really in line with what democrats want. >> heather: this is a sign that tax reform is even less likely. thank you very much for joining us, we appreciate it. >> leland: a little more on that coming up, how is the deal with democrats going over with republicans on capitol hill? senator thune, number three in the g.o.p. leadership weighs in on that and what it means for tax reform. that deal is not the only controversy for president trump this week. how is t

heidi heitkamp says this trip with president trump is not an endorsement of his tax plan but she does say she is ready to work with the white house and ready to listen. some critics of the decision to extend the debt hint to december 15th aren't happy wit. the others say the reason why because president trump is trying to clear the agenda for tax reform and set the table for both republicans and democrats to come together to come up with bipartisan reforms. this refinery in particular produces over 74,000 barrels of oil a day and they have been ramping up, they went from the fifth largest refinery to the fourth largest. expansion is definitely something they're pursuing. senator heitkamp says one of her criticisms of trump's tax policy she didn't think corporate tax cuts will benefit this community. we talked to a lot of people here that own small businesses, that would actually do the opposite and would help them grow their businesses. david. david: all right. thank you very much, hillary. melissa: president trump striking a deal with democratic leaders against republican objections

a surprise guest on air force one with the president was the state's only democratic senator heidi heitkamp manila chan is been following the story and joins us for more tonight that was an interesting mix oh it sure was but the president though not probably not too surprising chose to speak at an invite only event at the north dakota oil refinery north dakota as you know is an oil rich state which has been very business friendly proof in the state's budget surpluses in the billions as you said and he called his new plan the american model. now today the president spoke about simplifying the u.s. tax code and cutting across to cutting taxes rather across the board for both people and local businesses he also called me as state tax the death tax and said it was a tremendous burden that crushes the american dream under our plan ninety five percent of americans will be able to fill their tax and file their tax returns on a single page without having to keep receipts fill out schedules or track angelus paperwork we're giving hardworking americans their time back and we're giving. them their mon

there are six senators who are going to be at dinner for the white house probably at this hour heidi heitkamp joe mansion mr donnelly from indiana i find this interesting are they really going to do. or they go in for political survival because they can't win in their states of indiana north dakota they have dropped help you guys there ted cruz but we'll stay away from ted cruz for the moment because there's too much anthony wiener stuff going on there but i do think what trump is trying to do is divide the dems or republicans so that he can actually try to get something done and i don't think it's actually a bad idea he's trying to get something done so he's dividing his own party if i were in his party i would be very upset but quite frankly democrats see an opening and they're probably going to try to take an already who's helping who here well i think that that's hard to say trump is definitely trying to get something done i think ultimately trump wants to help himself and we've seen with the c.r. deal that was cut last week he's not a loyalist to either party when it comes to his agenda

heidi heitkamp today. >> how significant is that? >> i think it's significant. get onboard and are they willing to give the president a win on this? because that's what it would be. and that from a political standpoint is very complicated. you throw in the d.r.e.a.m.ers and daca and everything else, and most democrats don't want to give him an inch, even if they actually think something should happen. >> except if you're heidi heitkamp, north dakota is trump country. people on both sides of the aisle want their taxes lowered. >> they do. that's why it's possible there could be a handful of democrats out there that actually jump on board. not jump on board to 15%, by the way. maybe they jump on board at 20% to 25%, but even then, it would be a win for the president. >> really quick because you talk to ceos every day, how much do they believe we're going to get to tax reform. >> they don't. >> they don't? >> they don't. >> in a nutshell. >> right now the betting line is not that there's going to be tax reform, at least in this calendar year. >> andrew, thank you v

i think the fact he's with heidi heitkamp today is a huge deal. -- neil: why is it a huge deal? are you assuming she's a yes vote. sometimes that doesn't pan out that way. >> that's true. she's not a hard no which is where democrats were on health care. neil: that's a good point. >> some flexibility, they're doing it through reconciliation which is the budget procedure where they only need 51 votes, one democrat helps. health care only lost by one vote. >> you are right about that. how old the markets react to something that's watered down, you said something profound yesterday charlie, as you often do, it's about the corporate tax cuts. you know, don't go any higher than 20. ideally 15. you do that, you are well on your way to a markets liking it, even without the other stuff. >> here's what i would say, if they raise taxes on the rich, which essentially gary cohn said and the rich meaning the top 5% paid 50% of the taxes, that's not a stimulative activity for the economy. neil: the idea being they'll benefit from the lower corporate taxes and in

president trump heads to north dakota today with an unlikely guest intel, the democratic senator heidi heitkamphis? heitkamp is one of the modernist democrats the president needs to accomplish his legislative agenda. they would love to have people like her and others to get on board with them to help spur some of the things they want to get done, whether health care or tax reform. i just got off the phone with the conservative messaging strategist and they tell me grassroot groups will be at the white house thursday and friday to try to meet contacts reform. all of that said, the debt limit, harvey funding and moving intoma florida suggests the month of september is not going to be with anyone previously anticipated. julie: before the president takes off for north dakota, he will be meeting with congressional republicans and democrats. kevin: who would have thought? [laughter] julie: really. this is the first time he has done this, right? q say he is trying to win moderate democrats to his side. he is meeting with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and they have not extended all the branches thus f

out to accomplish and he will work with whoever will let him get there joe donnelly and also heidi heitkamp we're going to tell the president let me tell you what the farmers one we want right all this and we want business breaks and we want disaster relief but if you can do that and i'm sure they're going to say that farmers love the last guy who gave them that's right that is exactly right and they don't forget it going you know they don't get it with this is steve bannon saying that he's going to go after republicans who are loyal to the president they're not going to help you unless they're put on notice to be held accountable if they do not support the president states right now there's no accountability they have totally they do not support the president's program it's an open seat in the capitol hill everybody in the city knows it and so is there for now that you're out of the white house you go into war with absolutely glory what kind of impact is he going to have i'm hoping a minimal impact i think steve bannon has such a polarizing personality and it's ironic that we seem to be he

. >> heidi heitkamp -- the wall will happen. we are working on a deal but a lot has to do with heavy security at the border, we went surveillance. >> democrats going a step further saying the president not only agreed to get heidi heitkamp -- daca through congress but citizenship, many trump supporters will see as amnesty. >> interpreted by some that we had a deal, that wasn't the package, that wasn't the case, we had an agreement to move forward. the basis for how we protect the dreamers so i trust the president in that regard. >> reporter: the white house has disputed this, congressional republican leaders say any kind of a deal will include enhanced border security. >> we need border security and enforcement as part of any agreement. that is something democrats are beginning to understand. >> reporter: as far as the president meeting was democrats for discussions, not for negotiations. >> we appreciate it, 13 after the hour, the birthplace of the free speech movement put on lockdown and snowflakes show up to silence a conserv

last week in north dakota he divided democratic senator heidi heitkamp on stage to welcome her in her home state. tonight, he will host her along with colleagues on both sides of the party, donnelly, hatch, manchin, through them and to me for a dinner at the white house to discuss working together to achieve tax reform that allows americans to keep more of their hard-earned dollars. i headed to dinner the secretary is on the hill this afternoon to continue the conversations with key members of this important policy pledge. the vice president attended a weekly policy lunch today. the president is reaching across the aisle to cut deals to help the american people. the president says in order to succeed and grow we must work as one team, one people and one american family. speaking of family, i want to say congratulations to eric and laura on the birth of their son. we all look forward to meeting him soon and with that, i take questions. >> the one thing you learn from obamacare is you can't even rely on your own parties votes but then at the same time haven't been able to get much bipar

it was joe donnelly from indiana, heidi heitkamp and last week selling tax reform.ates that president trump one and 2016. the administration is looking for partners. they've not given up on producing some bipartisan tax reform legislation although it won't be easy. marc surer, legislative assistant to coordinate between the hill in the white house. here's what he had to say. >> defeat that we have received from many democrats is an interest and they recognized the corporate rates are too high. they've also expressed the desire in some cases to marry tax reform of infrastructure. i think that the conversation and don't have much to add to that. >> is the administration pushes forward, some democrats are pushing back. senator schumer says it's a waste of time to try and repeal the death tax. back to you. lauren: after the dinner last night, democratic senator joe manchin to discuss how we can work together in a bipartisan manner and tax reform. we had a productive conversation about areas of agreement as those areas we have to find compromise. today, donald trump will

he traveled there with a democratic senator, senator heidi heitkamp who is up for reelection in 2018, consider vulnerable in a state donald trump won overwhelmingly. she was on this trip. we are back with the panel. olivier what about this tax reform push? >> we don't really have a plan yet, you can make the argument for the principle of tax reform and tax cuts. you can make it before the blueprint comes out. it's interesting to me that if you look back at the summer, he went after dean heller, jeff flake, john mccain, mitch mcconnell. he went after paul ryan. he lightly went after claire mccaskill when he traveled to missouri. this was a light touch against democrats and i'm hearing republicans say they would prefer it if he was targeting democrats. >> concern at the white house about messaging on the tax plan. it's true we don't have specifics but they are working on having a unified message. they understand it needs to have some bipartisan appeal. there is a bipartisan interest. pretty soon we will get smart particulars but this is a little different than the way we've seen rollout

of the senate finance committee, the three democrats, senators joe donnelly, joe manchin and heidi heitkamp all moderates up for reflection next year in states easily won by then candidate trump. the president's top economic advisor gary conen, treasury secretary steve mnuchin traveled to capitol hill yesterday to meet with majority leader mitch mcconnell and members of the senate budget committee. later today president trump is expected to meet with moderates from the house and among other things discuss tax reform. most of the tax reform negotiations have been with a small handful of republicans. one of them member of the senate finance committee orrin hatch told reporters he wants everyone to. expects to share the plan with more lawmakers after they hold hearings. but that is not soon enough for some. >> i think we need some specifics. there is probably six questions that need to be answered. what's the corporate rate going to be? what's the path route for small businesses going to be. for the hard working american taxpayer what's their rate going to be. what's repatriatation rate going

last week in north dakota he invited democratic senator heidi heitkamp up on stage to welcome her during his tax reform event in her home state. tonight he will host her along with colleagues of hers from both parties, senators donnelly, dinner at to me for the white house to discuss working together to achieve real tax reform that allows americans to keep more of their hard-earned dollars. it will bee meeting, a continued conversation with key members on this important policy push. the vice president also attended -- meeting and will on issues ranging from national security to hurricane relief, to keeping our government working, acrosssident is working the aisle to cut deals. he believes in order to succeed and grow we must work as one team, when people, and one american family. family, of congratulations to eric and laura trump on the birth of their son. we look forward to meeting him soon. we look forward to taking your questions. >> on tax reform, legislative thector mark sure said that one thing we can learn from obamacare is that you cannot even rely on your room party to bring acr

he is on his way here with north dakota senator heidi heitkamp. she is democratic senator from here. she said she is willing to listen to what the president has to say. president trump isn't just counting on conservatives to get tax reform through. he is also strategically targeting vulnerable democrats like heitkamp, that are up for re-election in november. she is one of those at-risk incumbents. she is here on her way here with the president. this is his second stop on tax reform tour and the white house says president trump will call out democrats in his manned remarks today, sending a clear message to them, do your job or find a new one. now the white house counsel kellyanne conway told fox news earlier that the president has done his part from the oval office and now it is time for congress, republicans and democrats, to step up and deliver on tax reform. heitkamp's office says this trip isn't an endorsement of trump's plan but the senator is ready to listen. she told fox news that corporate tax reform would not benefit north dakota because i

last week in north dakota, he invited democratic senator heidi heitkamp up on stage to welcome her during his tax reform event in her home state. tonight he will host senator heitkamp along with colleagues of hers he from both parties senators donnelly, hatch, manchin, thune and toomey for a dinner to discuss working together to achieve real tax reform that allows americans to keep more of their hard earned dollars. ahead of the dinner, secretary mnuchin and director cohn are on the hill to continue their conversations with key members in this important policy push. the vice president also attended senate republicans weekly policy lunch today and is meeting with house leaders on the upcoming lemgs late difference agenda. 00 issues ranging from national security to hurricane relief to keeping our government functioning, the president is reaching across the aisle and to cut deals that help the american people. the president truly believes that in order to succeed and grow, we must work as one team, one people, and one american family. finally, speaking of family, i wanted to say a big congr

the three democrats invited were heidi heitkamp, joe manchin and joe donnelly, all up for the presidentsident easily won. the president stressed the need for tax cuts. they say they still need to see something in writing. >>> and president trump is making it clear that the latest sanctions on north korea aren't tough enough. the sanctions in response to kim jong un's hydrogen bomb test target some of the north's revenue streams, but they don't include a crippling ban on all oil imports and falling short of what the administration is hoping for. >> we think it's just another very small step, not a big deal, i don't know if it has any impact, but certainly, it was nice to get a 15-0 vote, but those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen. >> the resolution stopped north korea from importing natural gas. and bans its textile exports. even though it was watered down, it still left pressure on and russia. >>> back here at home, hillary clinton is on a full tour to promote her new book about last year's campaign. she got a warm greeting here in new york city befo

trump is expected to have special guest on board with him, north dakota's democratic senator, heidi heitkampissue. looks forward to hear the president's plan. this morning the president tweeted of his trip, we'll go to north dakota to discuss tax reform and tax cuts. we're the highest taxed nation in the world. that will change. yesterday at the white house the president laid out the broadvision what he would like to see done. >> this is more than tax reform, this is tax cutting to put it in a very simple term. we're going to cut taxes. we'll reduce taxes for people, for individuals. for middle income families. we'll reduce taxes for companies and those companies will produce jobs. reporter: seen core administration officials said not to expect any specifics in today's sheep. according to an early excerpt he plans to send a clear message to other democratic lawmakers. quote, if democrats continue obstruction, don't want to bring back your jobs, raise your pay, help america win, voters should deliver a clear message. do your job to deliver for america, or find a new job. september is expected

correct and we've spoken about this before in the wake of all of this but i'd add the "ices of heidi heitkamp talking to donald trump talking about his tax plan and other conservative democrats running for re-election when trump won by double-digits 32 points also inspires confidence and the ability foromorrow reform to g done as lee pointed outo i it doesn't ppen i think it's a proem t on all cylinders betting on america is a good thing to be doing right now. >> dagen: lee i want to give you final word on this but when people see other people standing shoulder to shoulder and stranger helping stranger, that can't help but make people optimistic and hopeful. >> it makes people so hopeful and that's what i've been hearing as i've been talking to the american people over the last week and two weeks and since houston, people are really encouraged by seeing american spirit come alive but seeing everybody come together and even i've been hearing that people are appreciating the president was inviting pelosi and schumer to have dinner and people are having conversations and making compromises. i th

heidi heitkamp, joe manchin, and others attended. >> if we have the right plan that grows the economy and helps midterm, everybody should be interested in that. >> reporter: all three attended. making them the most likely to work with the president on his agenda. weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," west virginia senator joe manchin, one of the three democrats who talked taxes with the president last night. >>> the supreme court let stand the trump administration's ban on most refugees. the justices agreed to block a lower court ruling that would have allowed up to 24,000 refugees into the country before the end of october. the lower court ruling would have allowed the refugees to enter the u.s. if a resettlement agency sponsored them. >>> the woman who helped end the ban on same-sex marriage in this country has died. edi edict windsor was 88 years old. she brought a case to the supreme court that struck down the law for same-sex marriage. >>> the justice department won't prosecute the baltimore police officers involved in the arrest of freddie gra

he also brought heidi heitkamp on stage with him. you a sense where he is trying to show he is the deal maker claims to be? i think he wants to show he is making some effort to get high partisan support on the tax bill. congressional republican officials know it is unlikely because democrats have drawn a red line against tax cuts for the highest income earners, and that's not an area republicans want to cave on. scarlet: have there ever been meaningful tax overhauls passed on a purely partisan basis without the opposing party? >> not that i am aware of. 1986 was done with democrats controlling the house and ronald reagan was president. republicans,by both chambers of congress, and president bush in the white house. tax cutse temporary come not quite like 1986. it just squeaked by. it lost some republicans. it was certainly unique. republicans have warned democrats not to do that with health care and it turned out to for democrats to pass obamacare on a partisan vote. a good reminder there. our bloomberg national political reporter jo

he's bringing north dakota senator heidi heitkamp with him. the administration says she's the first democrat to join trump's tax reform push. mr. trump promised tax reform during the election, and he's targeting states like north dakota to sell his plan since he won that state in 2016. >>> new at noon, we've just learned that has been sentenced to two life terms in prince george's county. the federal protective service officer pleaded guilty to murdering his wife gladys last year as she waited to pick up her daughters outside high point high school and to the wounding of a good samaritan who tried to help her. he was already serving four life terms for killing two in montgomery county during what turned into a two-day killing spree. >>> not without her grand babies. hear the length a texas grandmother is going to in order to get her six grandchildren out of the hurricane's way. >>> and it's back to school for prince george's county students. coming up we take a tour >>> welcome back to the news at noon. right now students across prince george'

the fate of whether or not the president is able to get this done, senator donnelly, senator heidi heitkamp these are the folks that really could be in there. it would lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 20%, it would reduce the number of brackets tax brackets from seven to three tax brackets. it would also, perhaps, raise some taxes on the lower and middle class but it would have a net reduction for them in terms of tax deduction that's they would be able to qualify for. so a lot of moving parts on this. senator elizabeth warren out against this leading the charge on the left to criticize this but again as you mentioned, some democrats really like this and i'll be blunt here i spoke with a couple of of moderate centrist democratic aids this week after the framework had been released and privately they're saying that they like what they see. >> interesting. we'll see how that pans out. >> very interesting. >> gaby, how much involvement are we going to see from the president on this when the recall efforts are to repeal obamacare? >> i think the president has already indicated that he's

the democratic senators joe manchin of west virginia, heidi heitkamp of north dakota and joe donnellyof indiana were there. they started talks as productive while these for the middle class. sarah huckabee sanders explained the dinner earlier. >> the president is reaching across the aisle to cut deals that helped the american people. the president truly believes he often says in order to succeed and grow, we must work as one team, one people and one american family. maria: join us to talk about associate editor andy stoddard is with us. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, maria. happy buddha birthday. maria: thanks so much. we've been talking about this since the president took place in terms of the inauguration. is this a positive sign but needs to be done? do you believe we will see some tax cuts by year-end? >> well, it is the republicans have decided it has to be that christmas. they talked about sort of early into next year is the latest because they want to inject some kind of jolt into the economy before the midterm elections. there's a new urgency to get it done by decembe

it follows a meeting with democratic senators last night, including heidi heitkamp and joe manchin, heoomberg and said this about the meeting. senator manchin: he will not give breaks to the wealthy. you will revitalize the tax credits. and the code as we know it. it will be fair with more people participating in competitive. it will help the middle class, probably more than any other. the working people getting up every day and trying to do the right thing. vonnie: in related news, kevin brady, a member of the big six and chairman of the house ways committee says the framework will be released the week of september 25. kevin cirilli is our chief washington correspondent and joins us from capitol hill. what is going on? paul ryan is saying that the congress and white house are starting on the same page. we are seeing democrats apparently quite happy. what do we not know? >> later this afternoon, a group of bipartisan house makers will go to the white house to meet with president trump. it looks like the bipartisan blood is continuing. throughout this administration. crossing the bloomb

directly to democrats during his speech in north dakota yesterday, particularly democrat senator heidi heitkampryone's saying, what's she doing up here? [laughter] but i'll tell you what, good woman. and i think we'll have your support, i hope we'll have your support, and thank you very much, senator. thank you for coming up. stuart: well, bret -- [laughter] that was an all-out outreach to democrats, and it's not over. it's going to continue. what do you saysome. >> >> it definitely will. and, you know, she flew on air force one to go to north dakota. he will continue to reach out and, clearly, it's a soft touch to try to get those votes. but those votes, if the pitch is made correctly, can be pro-tax reform and democrats up for re-election in red states that donald trump won overwhelmingly. and the question is, you know, when democrats are negotiating, you know, when it comes to december, how much leverage do they have now that they didn't have yesterday. what did the president get out of the deal orrin being liked -- other than being liked right now by democrats. stuart: the outline of the ta

last night, trio of red state democratic senators, heidi heitkamp of north carolina and joe donnalleynd joe manchin were there. the democrats each released hopeful statements after the dinner describing it as good and productive in terms of the discussion. the white house also faces a challenge of pleasing conservative lawmakers who hope to release a framework next week. one white house official says president trump will be take taking on the road in what is defined tax reform plan head to go a dozen states the next few weeks. later today the president will meet with group come house democrats. the quote problem solvers caucus and seeking attention on tax reform and a way forward on daca. >> mark halpern, two of the stop stories today align perfectly of the president of the united states meeting with democrats at a dinner and republicans trying to to become a bipartisan solution to tax reform. then the republican story talks about how the republican party is still split on what form tax reform will take. we will repeat again the obvious. the republican party has been in the minority f

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even if you get joe manchin and heidi heitkamp msn and, you know, you still need to turn up the filibusteress you can do this under a process called budget reconciliation, which neuters filibusters and you can't do that until you pass a budget. kevin brady, chairman of the ways and means committee made that very point to his meeting with house republicans today. you have to pass a budget because you can't sidestep the lusters in the senate for tax reform unless he do a budget. they hope to do that by mid-october. >> you are so technical, chad. you are missing the big picture. this is a new presidency, bipartisan outreach moving to the center. a new political alignment. that is the news. >> that was the argument some people made yesterday that maybe they jilted too far to the right. but this is intended from the so-called regime, reince priebus, former white house chief of staff. so naturally coming is going to work with republicans but he wasn't getting very far on health care reform. that's another point that kevin brady, the ways and means chairman said look, we have to have the house an

manchion, heidi heitkamp up for re-election in states that president trump won in 2016.he tax reform out of president trump make appearances on the road last couple of weeks, expect that to continue going forward. i'm told he will be traveling on the road to sell tax reform once a week going forward, with also the likelihood of d.c.-based events phased in as well. that's two. number three, when he hits the road expect him to push the message of unrigging the economy. there was a meeting at the white house last week between the administration and top stakeholders on tax reform and were told, i am told that unrigging the economy is part of the message can you hear going forward. and one person who pulled that issue told me this a big winner not only with independents but lean republicans and lean democrats. number four, stuart, finally here, expect concrete details. i know you've been asking, where are the details with tax reform? you can expect concrete deals with tax reform in coming weeks. they were told within two weeks, and just this morning, stuart, the head of legis

dagen: would do three or joe donnelly of indiana, heidi heitkamp of north dakota and she was at a rally recently in joe manchin west virginia. he's keeping his friend in this close shall we say. >> plenty of them in washington. dagen: i think that despite erin is shaking her head and smiling. former major league install star darryl strawberry is here. health and human services tom price among the fabulous guest coming up right here right now but go to florida beginning its recovery mostly in the dark. about two thirds of the states population waking up with power according to the state emergency response team. rain thinned storm surge and jacksonville before the start across state lines and continue to wreak havoc across georgia and south carolina. the storm killing three people in georgia, one in south carolina before being downgraded to a tropical depression overnight. ur not expected to push i them,s flooded out homes and certainly no power in much of the state still this morning as we passed by. you can see out the window. i don't know if i roll it down i will see something. a lot o

senator heidi heitkamp is expected to fly with him on air force one for the event in her home state.is speech comes after many with the top republican lawmakers, working with tax reform known as the big six. >> will keep this momentum going. the economy to truly take off as it should. it is vital that we do see crushing type burdens on our companies and workers. we want to make it as simple as possible. we must provide tax relief for middle-class workers and families. we must restore a competitive edge, which we've lost. we are doing fine, but we lost a competitive edge. maria: albright commerce secretary under president george w. bush carlos gutierrez. thank you for joining us. do you think we will see tax reform this fall? all talking about the short window of opportunity to get something done. what do we do about exit patients? >> i would give it up best 50/50. secretary mnuchin said we will have at this fall. if we have it by the end of the year, this is a great job. the complexity of this stuff is hard to imagine him to get this done before september 29 or 30, which is when we n

heidi heitkamp, one of the most vulnerable democrats in the entire country onstage, he said he he saidhe was a good person. their campaign was sitting there saying you just threw us a lifeline. this is the golden ticket. they are going to you this in campaign ads. >> jesse: she's going to vote on the tax package and lose to a republican and then in the next election. >> lisa: i don't blame him for wanting to reach across the aisle. there's room for that with tax reform. it's the reason people elected him. they wanted something different. that being said, this was not a deal. this is a giveaway and even given the circumstances, he could have got more from them and he didn't. >> greg: want, i want to add this other piece. donald trump tweeted... did you see that? this should make you happy, right? him and nancy. nancy said you've got to tell everybody that nothing's going to happen. >> juan: she got him to go on the record. you know what strikes me in all this? i'm listening to you guys and i think boy, the republicans -- you've got a republican majority in the house and senate and presi

- genuine discretion -- discussion. , joel know each other manchin was one of the cosponsors, heidi heitkampg member of our regulatory reform the committee. place,ate is a collegial we do engage in the problem-solving process with information, if we try and find areas of agreement, i think we can find common ground and solutions. david: has the process been participatory enough to your liking? big 6,familiar with the 2 senators, to members of congress, and to members of administration. voice have a big enough to participate in the process to the extent that you want to? >> i have been working on my own tax reform proposal, a number of opportunities to presented to congress. people are pretty well aware of my ideas. i am encouraged by the fact that the white house is working with the house and senate, i'm encouraged that president trump is engaging with democrats try to reach an agreement. we all want to grow the economy, we want to improve the opportunities and wages and benefits, that a good place to start. david:david: you look at the issues on your plate, the president is talking about im

. >> think about it this way, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp and joe donnelly were all there last night. they all could now go home and say, i'm not a partisan democra democrat, i'm not a republican, but i'm willing to work with the president when our interests align and when it's good for the people of west virginia or indiana or north dakota. that's a pretty stunning thing that democrats can now say. president trump has handed three democrats talking points in their 2018 campaigns. that's the important thing and we shouldn't underestimate that. if i had to guess, these three democrats are not going to be for the republican tax package. at the end of the day, they could go home and say listen, i'll meet with the president, his door is open to me, i have met with him, i have talked to him. for me when i need to get things done for my state, it sends a very powerful message to democrats. >> jon: you had an interesting item in the playbook this morning that say democrats may be too giddy about the prospects and the 2018 elections and 2020, that despite the president's unpopularity ratings,

three senators among the potentially persuadable democrats and those solidly pro-trump states, heidi heitkampnorth dakota, john tester of montana, and joe manchin of west virginia. any one of them can cast a decisive vote for tax reform, especially if mitch mcconnell switched to the 51-vote threshold that the president demands. for more on the battle over tax reform, we're joined by tony sayegh, assistant secretary for public affairs at the state department. >> good to be with you and your viewers, thanks for having me. lou: let's turn to tax reform, and i hear from this president, 15%, 15% for a corporate rate, and then i hear from the treasury secretary a different, some mitigation of that, then i hear from another cabinet officer or adviser to the president or paul ryan that, you know, something like 20% is better. what in the world is going on? >> well, look, lou, we have been pushing the 15% number, it's the most pro-growth, the most competitive in the world, that's where america should be at number one. we know as the president said in the speech in north dakota, when you level the play