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jason johnson is here. i haven't seen you in ages. politics and journalism. professor at morgan state university. he is also a contributor to the. john della volpe is here, director of polling at the harvard kennedy school institute of politics. kurt anderson joins us. he wrote the new york times bestseller, evil geniuses the unmaking of america a recent history. john allen joins us, senior national politics reporter for nbc news. he's the author of the new book, fight inside the wildest battle for the white house. it is out on april 1st. all right, mr. allen, to you first, the former joint chiefs of staff, cq brown. this man spent four decades in the military. he's a fighter pilot with thousands of hours of flight time. he's an instructor this man has flying in combat. i think something like 300 hours. what should we make of his firing and the shakeups at the pentagon? one can't say he wasn't qualified for the job. >> no, he was certainly qualified for the job, stephanie. and also in a job that's largely supposed to be apolitical. what we can make of his fir

jason smith. speaker johnson, they know that keeping house republicans together is tough.hat over recent years. right. all of the drama in the house republican conference, the whole speaker battles. so they want to try to get just one bill because they figure if we have to go through the exercise of corralling everyone and getting them together, let's do it once instead of trying to do it twice. >> well, here's the reality. i mean, the senate is kind of breathing down mike johnson's neck, right? and the budget committee said, and this is lindsey graham, the chair, his caucus will proceed as early as next week with their own approach to a reconciliation bill. could pressure from the senate help or hurt? >> well, i can tell you, having served in the house republican conference, having served in a congress where there was a reconciliation bill in 2017 and 18, the senate typically wins these battles. senate republicans typically have gotten the best of their house counterparts because there's fewer of them. it's easier for them to get organized. also, in this case, their major

the house on that side you see speakers johnson and jason smith.them are senate majority leader john thune and lindsey graham, the chairman of the budget committee, both of them, they could not get it together. the senate went ahead and moved its budget solution, which is something that trump has not rained in on -- reigned in on. they are not making a decision. one problem for republicans as they cannot even figure out which direction they want to go to get to this ultimate goal. geoff: you have such a way of simplifying all of the confusing stuff. we are grateful for your insights and your reporting. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with newshour west. here are the latest headlines. deadly storms are sweeping across the united states from one coast to the other. in california, floodwaters inundated roads -- killing at least 2 people in sonoma county, where heavy rains triggered landslides and destroyed homes. in tennessee, a possible tornado ripped through the eastern part of the state late last night. officials confirmed 2 lives were claimed in tha

so putting them together as jason smith and, chairman, and as speaker johnson want to do, i think that'swe're going to get it done. the american people deserve it the get it done. we're going to find a way, charles payne, not to fumble the ball on the 1-yard line, put it in the end zone, because that's what the taxpayers want and what they voted for. charles: so far, so good. congressman bean, great job. >> go get 'em, happy valentine's day. charles: you too. let's bring in the great larry kudlow -- >> what did he just say? did he come out for the tax cuts or against the tax cuts? charles: he's saying heir going to get it done, that even someone like him who's a strict fiscal conservative is going to find a way to get it done. >> the only way to get it done or the best way to get it done is to take the advice of congressman from idaho, michael crapo -- charles: right. >> -- and construct your own baseline which is permitted by the reconciliation law. the budget committees create their own baseline. and the baseline they should create, as crapo has been trying to tell people -- and he's d

him, jason kelce and lane johnson.are the guys that give up the christmas albums every year, george. he could push us around the planet because he's so big, but he could also sing us to sleep. [ laughter ] >> george: multitalented renaissance man. okay, michael. thanks very much. want to bring in ginger now. it is winter. >> ginger: sure is. we are getting some winter. more than 3 inches that new york city got, that was our biggest of the season. seems kind of measly. we're still 7.5 inches below average. it's just that compared to the last several year, where we had virtually no snow, it feels big. now, washington, d.c., they're right at average, just over 8 inches already this season. we're gonna see this first storm hit them. tuesday morning starts up in kentucky through west virginia. then virginia. so if you're fredericksburg or somewhere like charlottesville, you'll get the heaviest snow. washington, d.c., southern delaware and new jersey all could be in that 3-6 inch range. that will push them much above their a

you see speaker johnson and the ways and means chair, jason smith. opposing them are the new senate majority leader, john thune, and lindsey graham, now chairman of the budget committee. both of them actually, when the house could not get it together, the senate went ahead and moved forward its budget resolution, which is something president trump has not yet rained in on. he's trying to let them figure it out and they are not. one problem for republicans as they cannot figure out which direction they want to go to get to this goal. geoff: you have such a way of simplifying all this stuff. grateful for your insights and your reporting. thank. ♪ amna: deadly storms are sweeping across the united states from one coast to the other. in california, floodwaters inundated roads, killing at least two people in sonoma county, where heavy rains triggered landslides and destroyed homes. farther east, a possible tornado ripped through eastern tennessee late last night. officials confirmed two lives were claimed in that storm as well. >> roads will be blocked. p

tell you in the room right now here at the white house is the house speaker johnson as well as weighs and means chairman jason smith and other lawmakers and maybe a side conversation related to that. larry. liz: edward, i sure hope none of that comes true. folks, republicans must stick to the laffer curve and that's the subject of the riff. congressional budget office, cbo reestimated the 10-year forecast and long behold they're raising their tax revenue baseline by, wait for t 1.9 trillion. same one telling us it's reduced the tax rate and reduced deficit and going for them and it's the cbo now suggesting they were wrong? all along by admitting the laffer curve really worked and lower tax rates produce higher higher revenues and that's their new forecast seems to be saying and in fact since president trump's huge reduction in the corporate tax and 35% to 21. that's over the past seven years and corporate tax revenues essentially doubled and doubled and indeed throwing the lower personal income taxes and other progrowth measures and entire tax revenue base gone up by about, wait for it, 50%. didn't go down, i

speaker mike johnson and house ways and means chair jason smith is pushing for the tax cuts and jobspackage that only provides temporary relief from tax hikes. joining us now, republican senator steve daines. he took the lead on the letter as a member of the finance committee. and you've. got some good company here. senator. you got majority leader thune and crapo. barrasso, blackburn. all have signed. i remember the first time this went through. you remember. that for budgetary reasons, it was only going to last for so long. it was kind of that, you know, the way to sort of fit in. >> to, you know, budget worries. >> and. >> deficit worries. >> made it. what's the word i'm. >> looking for? it was. >> going to sunset. should it not have been done that way. >> look at all. >> the. >> time we spent. >> talking about what to do. >> once these things expire. now. maybe that was a mistake in the first place. hence why you want to make them permanent now. >> well, i hope. >> we can learn from our mistakes. the single most important thing congress can do. to keep this. economy growing is. >