and budget and former member of the house of representatives, mick mulvaney. mick, welcome back. >> good morning. >> john kelly was brought in to be chief of staff to cut down on what looked to be public drama. from the outside, it looks like the drama is back. is it? >> no. and from the inside there was never that much drama in the first place. what i can tell you has changed is the flow of information to the president, the flow of information from different people, from different sources. it is a much more orderly and aligned west wing than it was previously, and i think the president is extraordinarily well served by that, and more importantly, likes it. i was surprised to hear you say in your intro folks were talking about john kelly leaving. that's the very, very first i ever heard that. >> i only asked because it got sparked in a story on this. let me ask you this. was the president getting bad information before? that was an issue when you said the flow of information. was it bad info? >> it wasn't bad information, it just wasn't ready for the president.

we begin here in washington with the white house budget director mick mulvaney. lcome back to "fox news sunday." >> director mulvaney: thank you for having me. >> dana: you are my first guest on my first ever "fox news sunday." >> director mulvaney: i'm trying to screw up too bad. >> dana: me too. you must feel better than you did a week ago about tax form. >> director mulvaney: very much so. we are hearing out of the house may go ahead and either take the senate amendments or move very quickly to accept them and we may save as many as ten or 12 legislative days. it's a big deal. sounds like not much when you hear the end of october, but in the congressional calendar that's a long time and it really does buy us some more time then more opportunity to get this done before the end of the year. >> dana: especially because treasury secretary mnuchin promised the president would have a bill by december comedy think it's realistic? >> director mulvaney: i absolutely do. if the house really does take the senate budget when they come back on i think it's tuesday this week

. >> i've got to talk about mick mulvaney because we hear from mick mulvaney year after year. you remember, a republican who had such issues with the growing deficit and now he's changing his tune. >> very much so. >> listen to this. >> with you need to have new deficits because of that. we need to have the growth, chris. if we simply look at this as being deficit neutral, you're never going to get the type of tax reform and tax reductions that you need to get to sustain 3% economic growth. >> mick mulvaney, who co-founded the house freedom caucus. >> you have to turn a blind eye to math, to basic math to get to that answer. >> turning a blind eye to math. welcome to america. that's amazing, andrew. >>> we're going to take a break. coming up, draining the swamp in washington. why the administration is having such a hard time keeping that one campaign promise. >>> and puerto rico after the storm. the president complains that relief could throw the u.s. budget out of whack. hinting at another storm brewing over the island's massive debt. we're going to have that next. it's easy

and mick mulvaney just said that the president is going to press the senate on that.what do you thinkhe will say? >> democrats have made it hard by the cannot stop them. ultimately we will get all of these nominees. they have slowed the process down which has been pretty exasperating. but they will not be able to win on any of his confirmations. will confirm them all. administration positions and the judiciary. >> do you worry that your personal unpopularity with republicans on the country is weighing down your possibility to make sure that you can keep the senate next year? >> i am not going to be on the ballot any of these dates. i do not think the candidates who are running need to take a position on me. the people in the states are interested in what the candidates can do for them. and for the country. try to cook up an issue like this is irrelevant. it is ongoing to create a division and make it more difficult for us to win in november. but i don't expect any candidate in america to sign up on how they may vote for the majority leader of the senate a year and and a half from now.

with white house budget director mick mulvaney. then, centers work on a bipartisan deal to its obamacare. >> i think these people will see it doesn't bail out insurance companies. it avoids payoffs. >> 19 states sue to keep up the subsidies that donald trump or peers will talk exclusively with the california attorney general leading the charge. then the president stands side-by-side with mitch mcconnell in a show of unity after steve bannon disc players him -- declares him enemy number one. we have that coming up live on "fox news sunday". >> he calls people every day to express his condolences the best he could. >> and waiting and on the death of the response regarding for us soldiers. how this has become political this week. plus, -- >> the first press secretary. you're the first working mother. >> sarah sanders unbalancing life at home and at the white house. all right now on "fox news sunday". hello again from fox news in washington. president trump's overhaul for the tax cuts cleared a major hurdle this week. the house is pois

i'll talk to mick mulvaney. >>> and harvey weinstein. why was the producer's alleged harassment of women kept quiet when so many people seemed to know about it? joining me for inside analysis is hugh hewitt, white house correspondent kristen welker, eugene robinson of the "washington post," and carol lee, national political reporter for nbc news. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history celebrating its 70th year. this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. in some many ways there is a wash, rinse, repeat feeling to this entire week. a sense that we've been here before. one of those stories, in one corner, there is a by now familiar white house chaos story brewing. is president trump angry at secretary x and is secretary y on his way out and how long will the chief of staff last? we'll get to that intrigue later in the broadcast. but another big story in another big corner of this big "newsweek" is political debating about deb

stuart: jordana salus budget director mick mulvaney.to rico's dad? >> it doesn't mean the federal government is going to be done out puerto rico's long-term debt situation, billing of bondholders. what you saw there was the president focusing on the reality that in order to get the long-term fiscal operation back in order, puerto rico has to find a way to restructure a debt that is happening through the process already. happening before the storm and happening after the storm. i don't think you saw any indication of a federal involvement in the bond situation. stuart: which means that wall street, and the people who hold these bonds, they're going to lose their shirt. >> that doesn't change. that's part of the process. it may be, may not be. the island has been only $7200 in debt if you listen to some folks depending how you want to value the long-term pension obligations. we've known for a long time puerto rico had a long-term program which is by the house and senate has the legislation two years ago now and i was already going through

white house budget director mick mulvaney director mick mulvaney fls house ways and means chairman kevin brady. it's been nearly wicked and the man shot and killed 50 people in las vegas. are authorities any closer? david clark will join me live. the iran nuclear deal could happen this upcoming week. i will talk with house armed service committee chairman mac thornberry as we look ahead right now on "sunday morning futures." republicans are now one step closer to one of their major priorities. the house passing a corporate $1 trillion budget plan on thursday along party lines paving the way for tax reform. the vote comes as the budget committee considers a companion plant that differs. the office of management budget or, mick mulvaney. good to see you. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning, maria. maria: can you give us a status check you have it are in the house and now we're waiting on the budget committee. what are you expect them? >> actually the senate actually the senate budget committee passed there is this week. excuse me. now we'll go to the senate floor the week a

dickerson: joining us now the white house director of the office of management and budget, mick mulvaney. let's start with the budget, passed out of the senate setting the stage for tax cuts. but that budget does not achieve balance, that's something you wanted as a congressman, so why doesn't achieve balance why isn't that a big problem? >> i think we've made a decision with within administration that plan a or part of plan a which was to try to cut our way to balance just wasn't going to get very far in washington, d.c. we had offered 54 billion worth of discretionary cuts in our budget back in march. only about four or five billion survived so far on the hill. we're not going to be able to cut our way to balance. so the next part of the plan, next part that have sort of the calculus, deficits are revenues less expenditures, focus on the revenues. how do we get government revenues up. the way that we balance the budget back in the 1990s was fiscal restraint, slower growth in government plus huge economic growth that drove wealth for families, but also drove seats seeds to the governmen

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and, mick mulvaney is here. right there. mick is in charge of a thing called budget. now, i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you have thrown our budget all out of lack because we spent a lot of money and rico. that is fine. we saved a lot of lives. every death is a horror. but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died and you look at what happened here with really a storm that was totally overbearing, nobody has ever seen anything like this, what is your death count at the moment, 17? 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. 16 versus literally thousands of people, you can be very proud. everybody around this table and everybody watching can be very proud of what has taken place in puerto rico. i also want to thank the navy. the listener from the navy? could we have? what a job. i saw them flying in. i said boy, this looks like very big stuff. the job you have done getting things h

we'll discuss that with the director of the office of management and budget, mick mulvaney. before we get to tax reform reform. i want to ask about the top price travel controversy. you sent out this memo on friday to all executive agency had sane they all need prior approval from the white house chief of staff to plan a government or private plane. you added that every penny we spend comes from the tax player. just because something is legal doesn't make it right. why did you feel the need to write that? >> i thought it was the clearest way to articulate what the president believes. one of the reasons behind why the president was so upset about what happened. i got that memo from the lawyers and was fairly sanitary and i just wanted to make it explicitly clear that this is the policy. just because it's legal doesn't mean it's right. my guess is with the things in different agencies will find out that it's entirely legal and the question is whether or not it's right. that's a lens the president wants to look at this through. >> as i discussed with the panel tom prices alone.

mick mulvaney is a here right there. of a thingcharge called budget. i hate to tell you puerto rico but you have thrown our budget out of whack. we spent a lot of money on puerto rico and that is fine, we saved a lot of lives. every death is a corner. -- harbor. -- horror. but if you look at a real tragedy like katrina, and you look what happened here was really a storm that was just totally overpowering. nobody has ever seen anything like this. what is your discount -- death count? 16 people certified. verses in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of your people. 16 verses literally thousands watching can be proud of what has taken place in torture become. i want to pay a special thanks to the navy. who do we have? what a job. you have ships, i saw them flying in. boy, this looks like big stuff. the job you have done, there are no docs. there were just devastated. no docs, no nothing. i want to thank the navy. would you like to say something? [applause] [indiscernible] president trump: i don't have to mention the marines because we have genera

with white house budget director mick mulvaney.its obamacare. >> i think these people will see it doesn't bail out insurance companies. it avoids payoffs. >> 19 states sue to keep up the subsidies that donald trump or peers will talk exclusively with the california

. >> the white house is saying mick mulvaney says the president doesn't support that on its own. he's going to want some of his priorities in return. >> what are his priorities? >> building a wall. repealing obamacare. >> oh, please. he wants to negotiate the health care bill by repealing the affordable care act and building a wall? no. i think, in other words some of the things he did the other day, like saying, you can buy insurance across state lines. that's already in the affordable care act. so, i'm just saying, what are -- what are his priorities? except the priority for many of them is, there should be no government role. they never really -- the republicans never really supported medicare when it came into being. they now say it should wither on the vine. this is being about a public rule associated with the good health of the american people. and what they're doing with their tax plan and with their health bill will hurt medicaid. >> in the absence of action by congress, isn't the president getting what he wants by repealing obamacare step by step by step? >> what he's d

hill, thanks so much. >>> joining us here in "the situation room" is president's budget director mick mulvaney. director mulvaney, thanks for joining us. >> wolf, thank you very much for having me. >> the criticism you're getting, not just from democrats but even republicans who are telling you, you just heard this comes as a surprise, that this step to remove these subsidies is going to wind up hurting a whole bunch of people who wound up voting for the president of the united states. their premiums are going to skyrocket as a result of this. >> i had a chance to watch the presentation, and it was interesting they used the same language, subsidies to people, subsidies to folks. that's not what these are, wolf. if you follow the money here, which is what we do at the office of management and budget. these are checks from the treasury to some of the largest health insurance companies in the country. that's what this was. this was not a subsidy to you or me or anyone else. >> all these subsidies are designed to subsidize premiums for individuals. and. >> and those companies are already required

joining me now to discuss this and much more is the office of the director of management and budget, mick mulvaney. always good to see you. i know you want to talk about tax reform, but i want to start with the humanitarian disaster up folding in the american territory of puerto rico. the president has been attack san juan mayor, yulin cruz, saying, such poor leadership by the mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico. they want everything to be done for them, when it should be a community effort. 10,000 federal workers now on island doing a fantastic job. what exactly does president trump mean when he says, "they want everything to be done for them." who's "they" and what's the "everything they want done for them"? >> i think what the president is trying to get at is, folks think this is going to be easy. they saw what happened in texas and florida and they thought, oh, this is easy to do. and it's not. this was an island that was absolutely devastated, not by one hurricane, but by two. i think it's 1,100 miles from the nearest mainland american port. this was always going to be harder. and we

we begin washington with the white house budget director, mick mulvaney. welcome back to "fox news sunday". you are my first guest. >> i will try not to screw up too badly.>> me too! you must feel better today than you did a week ago about the changes to tax reform. >> yes he felt good the statement not only to the senate them past the hearing that the house might go ahead and either take the senate amendment or move quickly to accept the senate amendment and we might save as many as 10 or 12 legislative days which is a big deal. it is not match but on the congressional calendar it is a long time. >> especially because as treasury secretary promised that the president would have a go by the summer. do you think that is realistic? >> if the house really does take the senate budget when they come back on tuesday of this week, it absolutely moves the ball a lot further, a lot quicker. >> another thing secretary steve nugent said the only thing nonnegotiable is the corporate tax rate. what you all in your proposal would be 20 percent coming down from 35 percen

mick mulvaney says it will not be a bailout that they are working on a 29 million dollar package.udes a for harvey, irma, and even a for western wildfires. it doesn't seem like it would be -- julia: donald trump is speaking outside in las vegas. let us listen to what he has to say. pres. trump: a job that is indescribable. they found room for many people. how many people came in? today is just an incredible tribute to professionalism and what they have done is incredible. they never want to see it again, that i can tell you. some were very, very badly wounded and they were badly wounded because they refused to leave. they wanted to help others because they saw people going down all over. it is an incredible thing to see. tremendous bravery. the people themselves, incredible. people leaving ambulances to has to be all because they thought they were hurt even more so. the professionalism of the doctors in the medical staffs at this hospital and at other hospitals. you are saying the coordination you had with other hospitals -- john, say a few words. >> we couldn't be more proud of t

we will discuss it with white house budget director mick mulvaney.t's next. >> chris: coming up, president trump's hhs secretary tom price resigns under fire for taking costly taxpayer-funded private flights. >> i was disappointed because i didn't like it. >> chris: we will ask the white house budget director about new guidelines for government ♪ ♪ >> chris: president trump unveiled the overhauling the tax code this week calling it a once in a generation opportunity. but there are already serious questions about who benefits from the plan and how much it will add to the deficit. we want to discuss that now with the director of the office of management and budget, nick mick mulvaney. before we get to tax reform, i want to ask you about the tom price travel controversy because you sent out this memo on friday to all executive agency heads saying that they now need prior approval from the white house chief of staff to flight on the government or private plane and you added this. every penny we spend comes from the taxpayer. just because something is leg

in member budget remember budget director mick mulvaney, the president, and members of the house -- we want to see the economic growth rate get to that gdp rather than the anemic 1.6%, 1.9% we have been hovering at for the last eight to 10 years. we have to get america's flywheel back in motion and i think it in the corporate tax rate as low as we can is the formula to do that. host: what do you say to republican colleagues who times"ng to "los angeles are resisting 20% because they want to preserve reductions and loopholes targeted for elimination under the white house plan to reduce the rate? guest: i say they had better go back and listen to ronald reagan and what he said in 1986. i don't know to remember that speech, but he said in all of this effort -- and i am paraphrasing -- in all that we have done here, lawmakers, policymakers, we forgot about one of the most critical factors in the formula, and that is the american people. colleagues, go talk to the american people who are depending on the jobs that are going to be created. remember who pays these corporate taxes. we often th

[applause] president trump: and mick mulvaney is here -- right there -- and mick is in charge of a thing called "budget." now, i hate to tell you, puerto rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on puerto rico, and that's fine. we've saved a lot of lives. if you look at the -- every death is a horror. but if you look at a real catastrophe like katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering -- nobody has ever seen anything like this. what is your death count, as of this moment -- 17? >> sixteen certified. president trump: sixteen people certified. sixteen people versus in the thousands. you can be very proud of all of your people, all of our people working together. sixteen versus literally thousands of people. you can be very proud. everybody around this table and everybody watching can really be very proud of what's taken place in puerto rico. i also want to pay a very special thanks to the navy. w

mick mulvaney said it should not be taken seriously.rto rico had been plagued by budget deficits and borrowed $74 billion from wall street. they say puerto rico will run out of cash. catalonia, save nothing will stop their drive for independence. the regional president puigdemont expects a session within days, following sunday's referendum. king felipe financed -- the announced to the vote -- denounced the vote. , ithe king made the speech had been a catastrophe toward catalonia and ignores the catalans who do not think like them. ignores to liberally the catalans who have been victims of police violence. >> we will have an exclusive interview at four clock p.m. hong kong time here on bloomberg tv and radio. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ trump's fedesident chair shortlist is out. the winner should be flexible but does not need a phd in economics necessarily. this includes janet yellen, kevin warsh, gary cohn. fromng us for discussion saraso

arthel: dana perino filling in for chris wallace, director of omb mick mulvaney weighed in. >> on the, which the president says look, i would be okay with making that payment if i get something for people in exchange. if i get something that actually helps people to give us more ability to sell across state lines. give us more ability to expand health savings accounts. give us tools that help people and we'll talk about looking. arthel: as you know, one of the problems with the affordable care act as you point out, premiums will sky rocket and insurers will pull out of the market place. this is going to happen if congress doesn't restore the csr payment, car sharing reduction payment ended last week did you feel the president is positioning congress to be held solely accountable for the outcome, especially if the new health care bill is not passed in is that a fair burden? >> it is fair because congress promised we would repeal it and we are not repealing it. the reality is the insurance companies are fleeing the market place. i'm now talking with constituents all week and they want u

>> mick mulvaney made it clear.ar as i understand, having talked to a number of people -- let's say close to the for reagan situation, cannot wave a magic wand and make the debt go away. at least not directly. in a manner of speaking, he can wave a magic wand and make the debt go away because of what mick mulvaney said. we want puerto rico to find a way to deal with this problem. normally, when there's a natural disaster, or some kind of calamity, fema steps in and takes care of the bill. because states and municipalities aren't financially well equipped to take care of those kinds of extraordinary expenses. that's why fema exists. the mere suggestion that puerto rico may have to pay for some of this itself indicates what trump was getting at. here's the mechanics of it all. if congress does not appropriate enough money to pay for puerto rico's reconstruction and puerto rico is left holding some of that bag, if you will, they got to find the money somewhere. at the same time as maintaining essential services like po

the vice president, john kelly, mick mulvaney, the big names are there.including steven mnuchin. the president likes to meet with democrats, he likes the bipartisan feel and they're are hoping to get a couple of democratic supporters in order to offset what could be conservatives who are against them on tax reform. thingsre a couple of being discussed, border adjustment tax, guilt, the state and local deduction issue, which has been somewhat controversial. there is potential a pay for on 401k's that asset managers are quietly pressuring the administration and people like chairman brady of the house tax writing committee against. this would be -- how this is being put together is very much evolving. it is very fluid. on the issue of the budget, republican lawmakers in the senate are very much pushing to get the budget voted on by this week. it is the latest political hurdle they have to clear, if they want to get the tax reform by the end of the year and that is why some republicans, including mick mulvaney, are saying that if they do not pass a budget by

president and corker kicked off on sunday morning after "meet the press" with budget director mick mulvaneytake a listen. >> senator bob corker made a comment in the middle of this weekend, in the middle of this controversy, where he said tillerson, secretary of state mattis and kelly "help separate our country from chaos." do you agree with that? what do you make of that? >> i enjoy working with senator corker. i think it's going to be fun to work with him, especially since he's announced he's not running for re-election, because i think it sort of unleashes him to do and say whatever he wants to say, but i don't think we're that close to chaos anyway. >> so, a few minutes after this, president trump began tweeting about corker, who recently announced he would not seek a third term in 2018, "senator bob corker begged me to endorse him for re-election in tennessee. i said no and he dropped out, said he could not win without my endorsement. he also wanted to be secretary of state. i said, no, thanks. he is also largely responsible for the horrendous iran deal. hence, i would fully expect cor

mick mulvaney came out yesterday and said no bailout for puerto rico.s possible that creditors could through the court process end up with money from the federal government. ultimately puerto rico is a territory so it is a ward of the federal government. i would imagine it would be deeply unpopular and a huge pr battle for them as well. thank you for breaking this all down for us, rebecca spalding. still ahead, the house has the votes. congressman diane blank will be with us after the break to outline her plans of where congress goes from this point on. this is bloomberg. ♪ welcome back. this is bloomberg markets: balance of power. i'm shery ahn. marty: i'm marty shanker. shery: we are seeing u.s. stocks gaining ground for an eighth consecutive session. the s&p 500 up half a percent. that's for an eighth consecutive session while the dow jones is up .4%. up .6%.aq also we had some positive data. jobless claims and factory orders beating expectations. let's get the latest on catalonia as separatist leaders pulled back from an immediate declaration of ind

that's what mick mulvaney said. a lot of what the imf is saying, i don't want to speak for them, but it's doing you said you are going to do, not something different. vonnie: that was former white house economic adviser jason furman in the imf director of physical affairs speaking earlier on bloomberg. christineng director lagarde talks the global economy , central banking and much more live from washington. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg markets." one hour until the end of the trading session in europe. the third consecutive day, markets a little changed after falling from two days. barely budging on a three-day bases resources. j.p. morgan asset management both argued that a strong economic backdrop a long-awaited recovery will continue support european stocks is the ecb begins to withdraw its stimulus. let's continue, this is the spread between the spanish and german ten-year yield narrowing for a third day. a little change. as of now, 1.1 77. a week last sunday a position of 19 basis points. the prime

lauren: mick mulvaney, the office of management and budget document the comment saying that washington will not bail out puerto rico and he added that officials will have to find a way to restructure basically 74, $75 billion in debt. trade commission that there is no legal precedent for the president himself for the white house to wipe out the dead. that's actually impossible. the white house walking back on this statement. investors are watching facebook. they are turning to newspaper ads to get back in the nations could grace is. lauren: at tracee carrasco joining us that and the other headlines making news this morning. good to see you come the tracee. good morning. train for facebook took out full-page ads in "the new york times" and "washington post" in an effort to defend itself against the backlash is receiving for his role in russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the ad said we take the trust of the facebook community seriously. we will fight any attempts to lift on facebook. the immediate action facebook is taking acknowledged nearly 500 accounts that likely

here is cnn chris cuomo, confronting budget director mick mulvaney. >> that is not what you do in situation like this. you report the reality. it is not being done to you, mick, to the president, to embarass you, just able to reinforce the need, whatever is being done, it is not enough, mick, if you don't know that now you will never know it but i have to believe you understand the reality. >> good news you're clearly doing a better job going forward we appreciate that. >> don't call it fake. everybody gets it will take time. there is always lag you had infrastructure there. liz: is cnn doing its job, as journalists reporting on what exactly is going on in puerto rico? secondly how the u.s. is helping with aid for puerto rico? >> of course not. the host there likes to get attention as some of the white house correspondents from that network. here is the reality. the reality that there are policies, failed policies, across this country, a lot of times in liberal cities across america, certainly in puerto rico, that need to be answered for. so if you co

mick mulvaney i'm not. i want your take first on this new bombshell report.hillary clinton and the dnc through an attorney hired fusion gps to find research against president trump. this does not look good for hillary in the dnc. this is all coming from there can't. would you make make of these new allegations? >> there's no way "crooked hillary" could have been behind this. no way i would've expected that. hillary clinton is very dishonest. we've seen that over time. when someone asked you a question or you want to send the lighting and there are dishonest as i know how to be. i'm not surprised. i think that has fallen on its face that appeared early on the media was in front of so involved before there is any substance. they'll help the president's narrative all along and not letting the fake news media take control of things because there's no substance to it. >> let's recap here. it is extraordinary. obama's fbi used opposition research that has largely been discredited but was nevertheless funded by hillary clinton's campaign and the democratic national

linda mcmahon, mick mulvaney, general kelly from president trump's team were all present. thinking the army coast guard and navy and national guard. ari fleischer is on the couch with a spirit you have been watching the president and his words with us, and this is just moments after he got on the ground in puerto rico. is he striking the right tone, saying the right things? >> ari: very much like his first visit in houston when he had an organizational meeting with the first responders and the mayors who were organized for the response. his tone, the things he focuses on organizational leaders tones. i think later today, it's going to be very important for the president to get out with the people of puerto rico and talk about the suffering and talk about their lives, listening to their stories, that human element. it is very important and the duty of the president to thank the first responders. it puts more energy, gives them a boost, tells them what you're doing is meaningful and important in that pat on the back by the commander-in-chief does play an important role in th

. >> reporter: budget director, mick mulvaney, said tax cuts will spur growth to make up for the increased spending. the president will make a short trip from the white house to capitol hill tomorrow to push senators to support the tax plan. so far, the president has been able to -- has not been able to get them behind his priorities but said they are hungry for a win. >> we will have a look at these taxes and the fact that healthcare is so difficult makes taxes easier. >> reporter: president donald trump's daughter and presidential advisor, ivanka trump, will push for reform outside a town hall in philadelphia this afternoon. mola lenghi, cbs 2 news. >>> the widow of the soldier killed in niger is speaking out about the mystery surrounding her husband's death and the highly scrutinized phone call she received from president donald trump. megan oliver has the latest. >> reporter: myeshia johnson said she was hurt and t after speaking with president donald trump last week. her husband was one of four soldiers killed in an ambush earlier this month in niger. mrs. johnson said the president c

budget director mick mulvaney telling fox news sunday this morning that he's optimistic congress can this done. >> we felt good last week, but not only did the senate then pass the bill, we're hearing that the house may go ahead and either take the senate amendments or move very quickly to accept the senate amendments, and we may save as many as 10 or 12 legislative days which is a big deal. eric: and garrett tenney is live from washington with the very latest. the president was referring to president ronald reagan's 1986 tax plan that was so successful. what are they saying on the hill about when they can see this plan actually passed? >> reporter: well, eric, we keep hearing this tax reform deal will be a negotiation. so this initial proposal that will likely be unveiled in the next week or so will likely see a lot of changes before they vote on a final bill. one item that mick mulvaney said is not up for negotiation is that the middle class will pay less in taxes. as for businesses, he said house law makers are pretty set on their current plan to bring that down to 20% from the cu