over to senator mccaskill senator mccaskill: thank you very much, mr. chairman. directors wray and rasmussen, director duke, i welcome you for the first time. i want to let you know i appreciate the efforts that you and fema are making to assist the victims of hurricanes in texas, in florida and puerto rico. i will have to say, though, we are very concerned about what we're seeing in puerto rico. i know there have been logistical challenges because of the devastation in puerto rico, but i'm looking forward to the briefing that we're going to receive today from fema about what is actually occurring on the ground. those americans are very deserving of whatever it takes for us to address the crisis, the humanitarian crisis that is impacting 3.5 million american citizens in puerto rico as we speak today. the hearing today is about threats to the homeland. heartbreakingly just last month, we suffered a terrorist attack here at home. the violence perpetrated by white supremacists and neo-nazis at the charlottesville rally was tragic, vial and evil. it stunned many of u

mccaskill:, i understand you would like to make a stamina. i just. i have one question you may not have the answer. sen. cassidy: my would like to losehow much misery will -- senator, i would like to know how much we will lose. i did not see any analysis of how you would offset that. if your staff could provide what the provider tax would be in the negative, i know that the shifting of money helps the states that did not expand medicaid but i would like to know what would be left after the provider taxes. senator mccaskill, if you would sit in it that i would appreciate it. submitted to the entire emitting. senator wyden, you can make your statement. senator wyden: here's where we are with respect to the spell. senator collins came out against this bill a little bit ago. this fight reporting is over. my message to the american people is that it is going to be critical to keep fighting this deeply-flawed bill. especially until saturday, which is when the next procedural window closes. two other concerns. when i asked senator cassidy weathers specifica

chairman and ranking member mccaskill. i do have several questions regarding terror threats to our nation that i'd like to address with our witnesses b ees but i' like to address the resources in puerto rico. i'm concerned to hear from my friend that relief efforts have failed to make his way to puerto rico. he and i served atogether and i know him to be a very steady hand. i want to read an excerpt of it and would ask unanimous consent for the full e-mail to be entered into the record. >> without objectobjects. >> thank you. >> he said "the situation is critical, hospitals are on the verge of collapse and many have had to transfer all their patients to over overstrained facilities because they have run out of gas or diesel for their generators. patients are dieing in their homes because they cannot fill their prescription, do not have ice to keep their insulin cool or cannot reach a dialysis center with electricity. there are entire communities that the government has been unable to unreareach because of widespread landsl

. >> how tough would this be for senators from missouri and obviously senator mccaskill another's? are you confident that this bill would not get any democratic votes and secondly. >> there are people in every state. you can be deprived of insurance if you have a pre-existing condition in every state. there are dramatic cuts to medicaid in every state. it hurts every state and whether you are democrat or republican if you are representing your people you don't want this bill. >> senator graham laid out a campaign ad against a lot of your democratic colleague saying hey you put national interest ahead of people in the state. >> i don't even get what they say. we are talking about the people. their press conference was simply about washington federal socialism states rights. they didn't talk about people. do you know why? this hurts people and they know it. let me tell you we are doing this because we care about people that if the 2018 election is a reference on trumpcare they are going to get clobbered and they know it. >> the president has indicated there'll be a bill soon. you thi

senator mccaskill. >> it's good to hear that brief.'ll look forward to the detailed brief and i know my colleagues are enter interested in the specifics on the ground in puerto rico. we have sheave known 100% match below the hurricane hit and from the financial status of the island that it would be no-no position to make the match. its unornate we had to wait this long to make the identification of the 100% match. want to talk about what i maybed in my opening statement.ha i don't think most americans realize the number of incidents by white supremacists, militant, antigovernment organizations are almost triple the number of attacks of those who identify with a jihaddist movement internationally in the country. can you -- director wray, talk about how many -- do you have dedicated agents full-time todo investigating international terrorism versus the type of terrorism that has been responsible for almost as many deaths as the international terrorism, that is the white supremacist, antigovernment militant right in this country. >> senat

if claire mccaskill or john -- >> go after them.ant to support tax reform and they might. >> exactly. >> this is a new definition of bipartisanship. in order to get a democratic vote you go to their state and just kick the crap out of them which is what he did. that is not how i think he's going to get democrats. >> it was an interesting way he went after her, though. he said if she doesn't support this, it was, look, it is -- it's not a positive ka joel, i'll grant you that, but i actually thought it was restrained and he was basically saying, well, why doesn't she support it. >> i think it's restrained for trump, but i say most presidents actually try woo them with saying the arguments. i get his strategy is to attack republicans and democrats. i guess what i'm saying also is that you're absolutely right. you know, my greatest fear was that he would start with popular bills to bring those folks in that a lot of obama trump voters voted for him because -- >> elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and chuck schumer. three days after the e

mccaskill: and my -- ams -- ms. castor: am i disappointed? -- mr. cassidy: am i disappointed? absolutely. just today there was an e-health -- ehealth.com report that an average family of three will be paying $29,000 per year for their policy, which means officially according to the a.c.a., they cannot afford. that isn't just a few families. it is the average family of three making $82,000 a year. when folks said we didn't define affordability, the a.c.a. has a definition of affordability and no one can afford. it i'm also disappointed for state legislators where we heard yesterday that pennsylvania has a gap in their state legislature. news reports that michigan will. louisiana does. i can go down the list. we were going to give them relief. we will not be able to. and that's too bad for state legislatures. lastly, it's for those working families and nonexpansion states like texas, utah, maine, virginia, missouri, georgia, florida, south carolina, utah, i could go down the list, who right now don't have access to the dollars that would give them coverage. we are going to give

and they bashed senator claire mccaskill. year's elections, is the first to join the president. much as he did with senator mccaskill, the president is expected to use the event to pressure senator heitkamp into supporting his tax agenda. >>> let's turn to business where some of the top businesses in the country are raeshgtsing to president trump's decision to top the applications for the daca program. cnbc joins us live from london. good to have you with us this morning. how are american companies reacting to the president's daca decision? >> well, ayman, just to give you context on this, business founder of facebook mark zuckerberg said of the top fortune 500 countries in the u.s., they've got daca workers working in 25 states. no splice that tim cook is urging them. jouthed boy jamie dimon from jpmorg jpmorgan. they're saying the u.s. labor force needs to stay younger. this is moving in the wrong direction, this decision, even though some economists say it will not be a negative short-term impact on the economy. north kore

. >> in the earlier press conference, the tough vote for senator of missouri, senator mccaskill and others, are you saying this will not get any democratic votes? >> i am. it hurts people in every state. you won't, you can be deprived of pre-existing insurance if you have a pre-existing condition in every state. there are dramatic cuts to medicaid in every state. it hurts every state. whether you are democrat or republican, if you are representing your people, you do not want this bill. >> senator graham basically laid out a campaign ad against a lot of your democratic colleagues saying, hey, you put natural interest ahead of people in your state. >> i don't even get what they say. we are putting the -- we are talking about the people. their conference with simply about state, national, washington, federal, socialism, states' rights. they didn't have about people -- you know why? because this hurts people, and they know it. let me tell you -- we are this because we care about people. if the 2018 election as a -- is a referendum on trumpcare, they are going to get clobbered, and they know i

he pulled his punches on claire mccaskill saying he hopes he can work with her on tax reform.ancy pelosi? >> i was alarmed by that. i could not believe it happened. if you watch what has happened over the past few weeks, he has been playing political footsie with democrats. he went to missouri and gave the speech about tax reform. he pulled his punches on claire mccaskill saying he hopes he can work with her on tax reform. she put out a positive statement about it. he goes to north dakota and gives a speech about tax reform and brings the democrat senator up on the stage with him and says nice things about her. she is up for reelection. senator joe manchin has had nice things to say about tax reform. maybe there is a message or maybe he is careening from one impulsive decision to the next. it is hard to tell. if he wants a legacy issue, if he wants a legacy vote, these tax cuts are his best chance. by playing these games with democrats, trying to bring some of them in, maybe he is opening himself up for a deal in a few months. charlie: could that be possible, margaret? >> i th

and senator mccaskill of missouri has done just that. we need to, number one, make these immediate changes that i just discussed that are led by republican senator alexander of tennessee, democrat senator patty murray of washington. we've got a budge of ideas. the exact kind of things senator mccain has asked us to do. and then you add to that the other work that needs to be done and that is creating a less expensive option for people to buy into like yourself. one way to do it would be senator mccaskill's idea. snore idea would be senator shots. we have been working together on an option that you can buy into for medicaid that's a very efficiently run program. that's a bill that's going to come out in the next month or so. and then senator murphy of kt is also working on one with medicare. these are options. i'm tired of hearing about this false choice. the bill that's on the floor right now or one other bill. and senator sanders and i have the same goals here and that is to bring more affordable care to the people of this country, but

mccaskill: up an individual sen. mccaskill brought up an individual situation. those hospitals are eating the cost. under this proposal, a state could use those findings to say, i am going to pay directly for the cost of that care for someone who did not get injured. so the flexibility within this block grant is really what the voters have been looking for for a very long time. the other thing to remember about the medicaid expansion and why some states do not take it was because they were required to go all the way to 138% of poverty and stead of a state could say we will expand medicaid to 100% of poverty and because that is the poverty level and medicaid is for people in poverty. some states, if they would have to go all the way to 138, would have taken people who were in the private sector paying for insurance on their own, taking them out of coverage and putting them into medicaid. so the medicaid issue is far -- we justcated than did not want to expand. states if they would've had that ability at the more states would have expanded to 100%. >> thank you mr

a bipartisan bill that he can take out from missouri and put pressure on claire mccaskill.bipartisan bill where he can go out to west virginia and put pressure on joe manchin. where he can go to indiana and put pressure on donnelly. they have to have the product beforesa/áñ the president can g and send the product and it can't be the same product that mitchell mcconnell and paul ryan are trying to sell if they want tax reform that, as steve said, will be around 20 years from now. >> two was to do a quote/unquote bipartisan bill. one is a compromise with major changes in what the republican other d orthodox. i think do a bill targeted largely at the middle class but not in the cards if you do that to get the support of the freedom caucus and a lot of conservatives. they are going with gorbachev bush did as a quote/unquote, bipartisanship tax bill and pick off more democrats in the senate to get to 60. i could see them getting to 55 today. 60 is still hard but you give special tax deals to a enough senators to get enough democrats you is say this is a bipartisan bill. even th

and considerable financial allocations requested for the border wall construction senator claire mccaskill of missouri highlighted the threats posed by domestic and international terrorist organizations i don't think many americans understand the level of threat that we have in this country from white supremacists anti-government and other violent extremists we've had sixty two incidents since nine eleven and one hundred six fatalities by the white supremacist and i government and other violent extremists compare that to twenty three acts of violence by islamic violent extremists. the fatalities are almost equal according to the senator this comes at the same time counterterrorism programs nationwide are facing nasa budget cuts for twenty eight. the war of words continues to escalate between the u.s. and north korea president donald trump has now said the u.s. is fully prepared to explore military options against pyongyang if washington feels it's needed at the same time a state department spokesperson has described the u.s. presidents as being in effect that communicator on the korean cri

. >> senator mccaskill. >> thank you, mr. chairman. although passthrough businesses represent 95% of the businesses, the income is not so evenly distributed among the business owners. more than half of all passthrough income in the united states goes to the top 1% of all taxpayers. so the data would suggest that a simple rate cut for passthroughs is a huge tax cut to the 1%. there's no question about that. it seems this would be an opportunity for more loopholes. you know, mr. marron, your testimony warned us that the changes to the passthrough rates could create incentives for gaming the tax system. could you speak to that? i appreciate the fact that senator warner mentioned that we are the only developed nation that has no kind of consumption tax. we're it. we're the only one. if we're going to follow them down the path of a lower rate not just for corporate but also for pass through, we are asking for a real hit on prosperity in this country in terms of debt. and i would like you to speak to that. and i particularly would like you t

another conservative pro-trump state with a democrat senator claire mccaskill.irginia. big-time trump country, with democrat senator joe manchin. that is three democrats from three conservative states who would surely be prime candidates to jump ship and go for the president's middle class tax cut. wouldn't that change the senate's vote. don't forget the senator menendez, the new jersey democrat whose corruption trial begins today. he could miss key votes. that would help republicans. add it up the president's push to attract democrats make as tax cut deal in my opinion more likely. surely when it comes to cutting taxes the president can rely on unified republican yes vote. he has a good shot getting two or three democrat yes votes as well. the odds in my opinion are shifting in the president's favor. the second hour of "varney & company" is about to bin. ♪ stuart: we're 32 minutes into the trading session this wednesday and we're up 73 points, 21 eight. check the big tech stocks we follow all the time. amazon will open a fulfillment center in staten island, new

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 rollouts. there seems to be more care about the messaging. even if we talk about the debt crisis, one way out of the problem is a robust economy and we do need tax reform to get the economy going. there's more interest making sure this is done right. >> bret: . senator lindsey graham. >> you've got the speaker of the house, majority leader in the senate, bunch of republicans like me who will be fair to these kids. there's a deal to be made. president trump is a dealmaker. i think we should have a strong, secure border security plan, ma

senator mccaskill. >> the committee you currently sit on is working on a bipartisan solution. are you giving up on regular order and a bipartisan. >> because cost-sharing reductions are not included, those payments cannot be included in the reconciliation bill. what were doing does not compete with what is going through help. >> one of the criticisms of this effort has been processed. if you're successful here, this bill would pass within the next 17 days. is that a process you think is appropriate for something so big. >> i let my colleagues. they all said they couldn't collaborate with us. it's a little disingenuous that if we had all these hearings it would've made a difference when behind closed doors, good ideas and yet there's people being heard. of course i would like to but you have to play with the cards are dealt to you. >> first off, a big chunk of this bill is the medicaid block grant. that's been out there for a long time. it's been voted on, is nothing new there. the second is a fairly simple concept. is not very complicated. it takes all the spending and gets ri

he pulled his punches on claire mccaskill saying he hopes he can work with her on tax reform.he put out a positive statement about it. he goes to north dakota and gives a speech about tax reform and brings the democrat senator up on the stage with him and says nice things about her. she is up for reelection. senator joe manchin has had nice things to say about tax reform. maybe there is a message or maybe he is careening from one impulsive decision to the next. it is hard to tell. if he wants a legacy issue, these tax cuts are his best chance. by playing these games with democrats, trying to bring some of them in, maybe his opening himself up for a deal in a few months. charlie: could that be possible, margaret? >> i think what the president was doing was trading a tactical gain now for a strategic question mark later. talking to republicans today trying to make lemonade out of what the president left for them yesterday, they say number one, the ability to pass this quickly is good to get today's vote done. the debt ceiling vote could be dragged into next year. it makes things

senators, senator baldwin should be in support of this because it benefits wisconsin. , missourir mccaskill would highly benefit from this. sen. johnson: i think senator cassidy and it senator graham are saying let's make it equal and there should be pressure on democratic senators to do right by their states, starting with sen. baldwin: or it -- sen. baldwin. >> the committee you sit on is working on a bipartisan solution to stabilize the market. are you giving up a regular order and the bipartisan idea for the market? >> the reduction payments are not included here, the parliamentarian rule, the reduction payments cannot be included in a reconciliation bill. what we are doing is not compete with that that is going to health, it complements that. yes? >> one of the criticisms of this effort has been processed. if you are successful here with this bill and it passes within the next 17 days, is that a process you guys think is appropriate for something so big? >> i will let my colleagues comment. you play with the hand that is built you. sen. cassidy: would we have liked it to be the first o

was going to missouri, he went out there and he attacked the missouri senator down there, claire mccaskill and it's funny in a state like north dakota which he won by 36 points. >> and, yes, and i think that's why we're seeing this tactic. i mean, heidi hide camp is a democrat, one of a very few who next year is up for re-election in a state that trump won. and he seize this as a way to exert some pressure and to try to leverage this moving forward into this deal. once there is a tax plan and there is legislation to consider. the fight over this will be very different than the one that we saw, say, for repeal and replace obamacare, which you saw a solid democratic opposition to that. there are going to be some democrats who want some form of tax reform, probably not the 15% corporate tax that the president is seeking, the cut down from 35%. but some sort of movement going forward. and this is one way that he seize that he can put some pressure on democrats. >> phil, we have just 12 days in this month where both houses of congress are in session together. what is the likelihood that we're g

the bill also includes a provision from senator mccaskill that will provide more transparency and require more deliberate planning in the use of service contracts in order to control this rapidly growing part of the pentagon budget. in the area of pentagon management, i am pleased that the bill includes provisions to improve financial stewardship and help the pentagon finally get a clean, ordered opinion on its financial books. the pentagon has been trying to obtain a clean audit opinion for 27 years and the continual failure to do so calls into question its ability to steward the large funding increases proposed in this bill transparently and efficiently. this bill accomplishes much also on behalf of our service members and the department of defense. it authorizes a 2.1% pay raise for all service members. and reauthorizes the number of expiring bonus and special pay authorities to encourage enlistment, re-enlistment and continued service by active duty and reserve component military personnel. scheduled to expire next year. provides $25 million in supplemental impact aid and $10 million

if you're a democratic incumbent like claire mccaskill or heidi heitkamp or even joe donnelly, who we'll see with the president today at this tax announcement, i think they really need to be thinking twice if they're going to be voting against the president or going against some of these common sense agenda reforms. >> mary katherine, cam just swooped in to save us from ourselves, here, mary katherine. if you are a republican incumbent senator right now and you hear steve bannon tell the establishment, your reckoning is coming, what do you think about that? >> look, i think they have to be a healthy amount worried. this is alabama, so it is a very red state. it's very likely to send an unlikely candidate to washington. but this is a victory for outsiderism, even as trump takes a hit. the impulse for a trumpy candidate was greater than trump himself. and i think many of the people at that rally and many people who voted for roy moore were perfectly happy with that. they thought, oh, great, he'll come visit us, we'll go to the rally, and then we'll vote for roy moore, who is this giant bal

he was in missouri with claire mccaskill. he is leaning into 10 democrats in deeply red states.big way. seven out of 10 voters in those states, whether west virginia, north dakota, missouri, where the democrats are sitting they want to see tax reform this is tied into the negotiation what he wants done. trish: what it could potentially be tying into, i don't know how good this is for standard republicans but we're seeing a real change potentially in the way these parties are. he could completely reconfigure this party. i think in some ways, in this election cycle he started to. you had a lot of blue-collar democrats say i'm voting for donald trump because he cares more about my economic future. robin biro if he gets tax reform through, generates hundreds of thousands of more jobs every month as he thus far done, does that start to be real game-changer in terms of typical, more historic party lines? >> you better believe it, trish. there was a poll just out today he is losing support predominantly for people who voted for obama in 2008 and 2012 and then voted for him, for donald

joe donnelly, claire -- claire mccaskill. some day, you, too, will run for the united states senator. >> and nothing wrong with finding ways to cover every american with health care and reducing their costs simplifying the system. this is one way to do it. i believe. and then they can stwhat they believe. we have to be careful, democratses have to be careful this doesn't bn become a litmus test or sort of a, are you progressive enough test? it's not. this is a debate over how to kov are mother people with health care. all democrats stand for that. >> chris, you've been on a few times. i remember one time a coffee can test. in that the one thing you said is, obamacare got rid of the coffee cans. meaning people had an ability to get health care. not small towns everybody chipping in to help a neighbor with health care. medicare for all, the immediate response in middle america, yes, and then what? >> i don't know if necessarily it's going to be a yes for everyone, but it is, you know -- you have a situation right now where if y

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president appeared in missouri, another state he won and the home of another democrat, senator claire mccaskill whose seat could also flip next year. and he didn't go after her too badly. he sounded like he was trying to win her vote for tax reform. either he talks them into or she just won herself a primary challenge esh just for agreeing to appear with the president. then again, this is north dakota. at least that's something that might make mitch mcconnell smile a little bit today, because he's not smiling after his white house meeting this morning. we'll be back with more "mtp daily" in 60 second. you don't let anything lkeep you sidelined. come on! that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and minerals... for the strength and energy, to get back to doing what you love. ensure, always be you. >>> we had a great meeting with chuck schumer, nancy pelosi and the whole republican leadership group, and i'll tell you what, we walked out of there, mitch and paul and everybody, kevin, and we walked out and everybody was happy. not too happy because you can never be too h

saw that last week when the president was in missouri when he took direct aim at senator claire mccaskilldent tweeted, we'll be going to north dakota today to discuss tax reform and tax cuts. we are the highest taxed nation in the world. that will change. he says it will change. but based on my conversation with officials here at the white house and on capitol hill, they still don't have a tax reform plan written. they're still hashing out the details. lawmakers as well as top officials here. and there are a number of sticking points that remain, steph. >> that's what's stunning, targeting red state democrats. those democrats, those republicans, they want details on what the plan is. a free ride on air force one ain't going to get it done. i need my panel to weigh in on this. heidi przybyla, msnbc political analyst, jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com, professor at morgan state and caitlin huey burns a political contributor to real clear politics. heidi, i've got to start with you. what does the president want? we're going to start with d.r.e.a.m.ers. explain it to me. >> it's p

to give a tax speech just last week and it was about himself and eventually an attack on claire mccaskill. i did not walk away from that speech knowing what his tax plan was going to be. and i think that the republicans on the hill had to have been really disappointed in that. he's just not -- he's not able to and he's not willing to learn how. >> but let's separate the legislative trump agenda and what tara is saying. the guy has control over the executive branch of government. and he's doing things or trying to do things, some of which i like and the rest of you may not, in terms of reforms at the food and drug administration. he's got people who are working on regulatory reform in a lot of different places -- >> you were right the first time. i saw you catch yourself. >> but, so, that is happening apace and some of the only legislation that's opinion passed by the congressional review act for the second and 14th times in history. that's different and a real thing that's happening. it's gotten way undercovered because we pay attention to flash grenades. >> and to me the most significant

heidi hydecamp, claire mccaskill. there are a lot of people that say give me legislation i can vote with the president on so i can go to my voters next 84 and say i was with the president when he has good ideas. >> it's good for red state democrats, don't understand the pressure they will be under to not give donald trump -- there i don't disagree with you, if his poll numbers go up, he will get more of what he wants. people talk about tip o'neill and ronald reagan got along. one of the reasons is ronald reagan's numbers were high. it was one of the great smart polls. if you see the gorsuch coalition, they will work particularly on tax reform. >> i agree. >> still ahead on ""morning joe,"" china and russia joined the u.n. security council if slapping north korea with a new round of sanctions after its latest nuclear test. we will talk to richard haase. also, congressman jim jordan joins us after freedoms are looking for a new speaker. j.r. peters with his reporting on the gop could be on the verge of shattering and sp

i'd like to thank my colleagues, senator gardner, senator lee, senator cotton, senator mccaskill and senator bennet for joining in this resolution and helping to ensure its passage here today. i ask unanimous consent that the armed services committee be discharged from further consideration and that the senate now proceed to s. res. 243. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 243 expressing the sense of the senate that joseph leon george should be honored for heroism at pearl harbor, hawaii, on december 7, 1941. the presiding officer: without objection, the committee is discharged. the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. flake: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. flake: thank you, mr. president. i yield back. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from flor

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as we see that, get j donnelly or manchin, claire mccaskill, those start to look well we had democratsote for it in the house. it makes it a easier lift on senate side. neil: very quickly top rate seems to be at 35%. there was talk back and forth, maybe a negotiating wedge of a fourth rate of one that would ensnare the very rich so they don't get away, whatever. what are your thoughts on that? >> really right now if we only focus on that part of it we're making a mistake. that is more of a political decision than a policy decision when it all comes down to it. there is real discussion, do you believe that 39.6 in place for those making a million dollars or more? i think in the end what we're trying to do is come up with a model where everybody can go to on site place, put in their particular income and see how this tax affects them. we're working on that in my personal office. so, as we start to see that, it is all about how it affects those people back on main street. this is going to lower their taxes. it's a great day. it is something not only moderates and conservatives come togeth

you did hear the president however this week in missouri, pointing to claire mccaskill, up for electionm. neil: if she doesn't support this, don't vote for her. >> exactly. he is applying the political pressure. democrats have not been included in the conversations. their impression it is going with republican votes only. neil: we'll watch it closely. we're monitoring the president making more comments about the relief package could be coming, sooner than you think. could be voted on by end of the weekend. president expected to visit harvey-ravaged area of texas and louisiana with the first lady. the government effort to make texas and louisiana whole is on and with more money and support. we will have more after this. poor mouth breather. allergies? stuffy nose? can't sleep? take that. a breathe right nasal strip instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than allergy medicine alone. shut your mouth and say goodnight, mouthbreathers. breathe right. neil: all right. houston still need help. louisiana, still need some help. the president just announcing a short time ago help is on the way.

heidi heitkamp and claire mccaskill. come in with a corporate tax rate of 10 or 15% and slashing the top rate of tax and the plan doesn't help low and middle income americans what people from his team are saying this plan does, no, i don't think it gets done. democrats have been successful a posing him and getting things like the dreamers and debt ceiling. chuck and nancy. >> shannon: that could be another debate. we're out of time. thanks so much both of you. >> bill: in a moment what would healthcare reform mean for you and perhaps the company you run? the doctor is in the house to break it all down next. dynamic performance, track tuned handling, and aggressive styling. the bold lexus is. lease the 2017 is turbo for $299 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >> the president and i believe the graham-cassidy bill is the right idea. the president is absolutely determined to keep his promise to repeal and replace obamacare and so we're urging every american to reach out to members of the senate

in the other press conference senators from missouri, senator mccaskill and others, are you confident this bill will not get any democratic votes? >> it hurts people in every state. insurance deprived of if you have a pre-existing condition. dramatic cuts to medicaid in every state. democrat or ae a republican, if you are representing your people, you don't want to this bill. putenator graham basically out a campaign ad against her democratic colleagues, saying you put national interest ahead of people in your state. what they say. we are talking about the people. their press conference was state, national, washington, federal, socialism, states rights -- they didn't talk about people. this hurts people and they know it. 2018 election is a referendum on trumpcare, they are going to get clobbered. indicatedsident has -- some of you voted against the iran deal. >> i thought the agreement was a bad agreement, but i also said let's see, once it passed, what seat whether it's working or not. violates the deal, that's bad. if they don't, we can go after them on the other bad things. unlike

missouri talked about tax reform, home state of another vulnerable democrat up next year, claire mccaskill. now he is going to north dakota. you have to be careful about this. we did this in 2005 on social security reform. we went to north dakota, kent conrad, member of senate finance committee, in a state went heavily for bush in 2004. i remember flying out with to north dakota. he actually had a spreadsheet showing looming props social security had would go belly-up that didn't cause him after we made the speech, after the president made the speech to come across the cause of social security reform. you have to lower expectations this is necessary and good. i hope the president keeps it up, i hope he puts emphasis less on states he goes and more on the back drops that dramatize how tax reform will create jobs and strengthen the economy and broaden prosperity. the backdrop is almost as important, in some instances more important than what state you're in. neil: wondering about the news factor after all of this. harvey last week. now irma this week. florida governor rick scott is addressin

stuart: heidi heitkamp in north dakota, claire mccaskill, missouri, mr.ts in the senate, they want -- >> up for re-election. stuart: up for re-election next year. it is logical for them to go with mr. trump, because they're from trump-supporting states. there is logic there, and that is majority in the senate that will get the tax cut done. >> how do they battle, stuart, the logical argument of getting something done versus their party saying be a part of the resistance? and what we hear from the democrats right now, especially in the senate, is resist, resist, resist. don't do anything to make the president look good, even if it is best for america, you got to resist because we have to set up ourselves for the midterms. we need this message specifically to take back the house. so i would love for them to do it. i want to see tax reform done. but i just don't think it is going to happen. stuart: okay. we'll agree to disagree, brother, okay? when are you coming to new york? >> next week! next week i'm in studio with you. stuart: we'll do the bro hug, okay?

ranking member claire mccaskill, the committee has spent years investigating back page. we took a deep dive. we found, unfortunately, that the website is far more complicit in these crimes than anyone previously thought. we were able to show it was knowingly involved in illegal sex trafficking and covered up evidence of the crimes to increase its profits. thank you, every member of the panel, for voting to hold them in contempt when they refused to testify, refused to provide information. we took it to the supreme court. thanks to the senate, for the first time in 21 years holding a proift actor in contempt of congress and we were successful in getting a million documents that showed they were knowingly involved in sex trafficking. despite that, efforts to hold back page accountable have failed repeatedly. why? because courts around the country have ruled that back page has brought immunity law. it's a law that's not kept up with the times. when congress enacted the law i do not believe it. the goal was protect website operators acting in good faith, who lack knowledge t