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. >> well, joe crowley talking about the wall but talking about the sanctuary, latest proposed travel bans have been blocked before >> lewis thanks for joining us >> thank you for having me >> is this this judge's ruling a victory for so-called sanctuary cities >> we think it is. there are significant thing important. the main wasn't one being local jurisdictions shot able to create the type of communities they want in their areas. so if the -- if washington, dc believes that community trust policies are good for our area, because it creates trust and corroboration between law enforcement and immigrants that then that is good for washington. sanctuary cities are here to stay and president trump can't get rid of them by blocking federal funding. just out of whim. >> let's talk about there are people who cities and say, it's a wrong concept. it's wrong. there are people who aren't following the immigration laws and that sanctuary cities should not be allowed. pthat seems to be a prevailing opinion. where are they wrong in saying follow the rules? >> well, those are certainly talking poi

host: house democratic chair joe crowley. i think it is worth noting that even the republicans control all the levers of power, democrats still have leverage, and just this past week used it with the spending bill. guest: it is one of those things where the press leverage because --ublicans let them democrats leverage because republicans let them. republicans can't get their party together. if they could come together and get a majority and get to 16 as the number is right now -- get to 216, they could just push democrats aside. when you get to places where portions of the republican conference are saying, we need this, we need that, we are going to hold out if we don't get it, playing off the lessons they learned when there was a democratic president and the ease those was hold out for thos wasng -- the eas hold out for everything. that gives them leverage. host: carla is a democrat from iowa. caller: good morning. how are you today? things are great in west des moines. what do you make of the first 100 days of president tru

house democratic chair joe crowley. it's worth noting that even though republicans control the power in washington, democrats have leverage. guest: it's one of those things where, especially in the house, they have leverage because republicans let them. republicans can't get their party together. republicans could come together to 216 a majority, get to get bills passed. they could just push democrats aside. but when you get to places where portions of the republican conference are saying, wait a second, we need this and we will hold out if we don't get it, playing up the lessons they learned when there was a democratic president and the egos was, hold out for everything and be philosophically pure. that gives democrats an opening to say if you want to keep the government open, if you want to get things past, you need our cooperation. that gives him leverage. host: a democrat from west des moines, iowa. good morning, carla. caller: how are you today? host: how are things in west des moines? caller: things are great in w

and then there's joe crowley of a few of the democratic members who were tweeting about this issue amid the tax marches over the weekend, president trump tweeting out his response in a series of tweets yesterday morning. we're talking about it with you on the "washington journal" for about the next 10 to 15 minutes. want to hear your thoughts about it. does president trump's tax history matter to you? patrick is in columbus, indiana, line for republicans. patrick, good morning. caller: hi there. good morning. host: go ahead, patrick. caller: hi. ok. my point will be suss i think and very to the point. donald trump is playing the democrats as fools. one day, he will release the taxes and then they will all fold up and fly away. thank you for your time and i appreciate your -- host: patrick, you don't think there's anything in there that people will find? he just wants people to be interested in them? caller: there's probably things in his tax return that are -- well, business oriented and if he does cheat on his taxes, the i.r.s. will fine him and they will go after him. but this is all

including kevin brady, steny hoyer, senator bob portman, senator david perdue, david schweikert, joe crowley and wilbur ross. given that we're headed to d.c., we will head to d.c. right now, president trump is set to roll out that tax proposal which i'm sure we will be talking a lot about today and tomorrow. eamon javers joins us with details this morning. >> john harwood has gotten details of what the it the will be rolling out later this afternoon at the white house. in terms of a senior administration official laying out some of these details, here's what we know as of right now. the white house is contemplating a 15% top tax rate for corporations and for pass-throughs. a top individual rate would be somewhere between 33% and 39.6%. they have a revenue place holder in there, pay attention to that. that could be important later on. it could turn into a border tax according to john harwood's reporting. it's not there yet. the question is where the revenue will come from. they have an expanded personal exemption or a child care tax credit or possibly both in there. those would be important f

thank you very much, tom rissman joe crowley. jonathan? jonathan: david, thank you very much.0 days, david. for me, the biggest surprise over the last 100 days is how could be.s google is up over 15. if i told you that this year the best-performing currency would be the mexican peso, would you have believed me? and the relationship with china looks pretty fine. so the expectations right down here, if you look through the market, it really has not been that bad. it does strike me, being down here for two or three days, it must seem strange, the markets, with what is going on inside the beltway. it is very opaque. in the meantime, the president is issuing a series of presidential appointments to fema and to treasury and things like that. david westin, great work down in d.c. jonathan ferro in new york city. thank you very much. 26 minutes into the session, let's get you up to speed. the dow on the downside, the s&p 500 flat. from new york and d.c., you are watching bloomberg. ♪ mark: welcome to bloomberg markets. vonnie: we will take you from new york to london this hour and cov

senator david perdue, house freedom caucus member, david schweikert and democratic caucus chairman, joe crowley and commerce secretary wilbur ross, who we will also be seeing this morning. >>> we want to get over to washington. the trump administration still has a lot of positions to fill. just 23 positions confirmed by senate, 473 appointments awaiting a nomnominee. let's find out where the white house is lacking staff. kayla tausche joins us this morning from the capitol. good morning. >> to deal with those political battles you have been talking about, funding the wall, government spending, healthcare, tax reform, you need people. as of last night that number went up to 23 with the senate confirming sonny perdue as secretary of agriculture. in total 1242 positions require senate confirmation. the trump administration is behind progress of other administrations. the president prioritized cabinet secretaries, but only one agency, homeland security, has a deputy secretary. many offices like the comptroller of the currency have leaders serving past expired terms. reince priebus said this weekend

committee and the freedom caucus who has a seat on the joint economic committee, and congressman joe crowley who also sits on the weighs and means group. congressmen, thank you for joining us. let me start with you on the tax plan. >> okay. >> you heard the tax plan yesterday. the proposal, the guidelines. i don't know what we want to call it. would back it? >> look, in many ways it's very helpful, in many ways it's partially aspirational. for most of us on the republican side we want a tax plan that will be permanent. for it to be permanent t has to hit certain scorie ing numbers. look, we only really receive top lines. but just on the back of an envelope, it won't hit the scoring numbers that we need to make it permanent. the powerful thing is that it starts to drive the conversation. all of a sudden yesterday every member i'm running into, all they want to talk about is tax reform. it's begun. >> you're thinking more of an anchoring technique, in terms of the beginning of a negotiation than actual numbers. >> that seems to be something this white house does. here's our aspirational goals,