senator murkowski: mr. president, i don't know if you recognize this, is a very historic day and this is the beginning of winter solstice. it may not feel it right now, but it is the shortest day, the darkest day. for us in alaska, we had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill and with passage finally almost 40 years later to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. and we thank you for that. we thank you for that.

other speakers were nancy pelosi, john lewis of georgia and lisa murkowski of alaska. this is about 35 minutes. >>> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, members of the senate who are here, members of the house of representatives, and all of you who've come here tonight to join with us as we celebrate the awarding, the freedom award to lin-manuel miranda. i'm ron sarasin, president and ceo of the u.s. capital historical society and a former member of congress from connecticut. this evening we pay tribute to ly lin-manuel miranda, an extraordinarily talented composer, ly cyricist and actor. last year we honored david mu mccull low. this year we honor -- hip hop score, catchy lyrics and contemporary corography, americans are learning all about alexander hamilton and aaron beurre and how their conviction shaped our young country. thank you, lin-manuel for making history come alive through the performing arts. now, this evening we're honored to have the democratic leader with us, and former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. madam speaker, i invite you to the podium to say

senator murkowski: mr.dent, i don't know if you recognize this, this is a very historic day and this is the beginning of winter solstice. it may not feel it right now, but it is the shortest day, the darkest day. for us in alaska, we had pretty dark days recently. but with passage of this tax bill and with passage finally almost 40 years later to open up the 1002 area, this is a bright day for alaska. this is a bright day for america. [applause] we thank you for that. we thank you for that. think about it, 31 years we have been working on tax reform. 38 years now to open up anwar. this has been a multigenerational fight. and i look to some of our friends from alaska who have come 5000 miles to be here for the vote last night and today. [applause] senator murkowski: to those who live there, to those who raise their families there and to those who are looking to live for generations, know that our promise to you today is a bright future, one where we care for our environment and we care for our people. and we

senator murkowski, lisa murkowski looking directly at the president, atlanticful f tht she got. reminds you, marco rubirubio, murkowski, collins, all came around in this bill in part because they got something. this is the swamp that americans don't like. it's the washington that americans don't like. they didn't come around because they thought it was the best bill. all against it at one point and then came around. >> reporter: exactly right. notable what we saw here today, for the republicans, end of the year, mocked for the ineptitude of this administration. a month ago in the road guase g celebrating prematurely the obamacare repeal and replacement. senate hadn't voted and that didn't go anywhere. in the waning days of the year the president celebrates think for as much as anything being repeal, as he says, of obamacare. specifically of the individual mandate that the congressional budget officers says means that 13 million more americans will go without insurance in the next decade from now. spoke to individuals today whommered by that. seeing premiums skyrocket because wit

republican senator, lisa murkowski. these were protesters today at the offices of maine senator susan collins. the only senator who got a different reception from these crowds of protesters on the tax bill today was senator bob corker, who is -- you can hear them here, bob corker is short, forgive me, so you can't see him walking through the middle of this crowd, but he happened to wander down this hallway while these people were at another senator's office and he voted against the tax bill, so senator corker in the middle of all of these protesters were greeted with cries of, thank you, thank you, senator. the pressure on this tax bill is intense. it's not getting a lot of beltway media coverage for some reason. but the protests against this tax bill are intense on capitol hill. they're also intense at the home offices of members of congress and senators. the reconciled version that the republicans announced today of

lisa murkowski got the c.b.o. to demonstrate a billion dollars could be earned if two leases were sold over the next wean years to drill in anwar. >> o'brien: revenue there. because there is revenue, they can put it in the bill and that's how they do it. environmentalists and democrats say this is an absolutely wrong way, that if you tried to stand up drilling in anwar as its own legislation it wouldn't survive and hate the way it's going down. sheldon white house, the democrat from rhode island. >> we're stickcally here pore the ministerial for the tax bill proposition of drilling in the alaska wildlife revenue which has nothing to do with the tax or budget but are round up a republican senate vote. this whole process confirms once again our budget process is completely broken. >> o'brien: given the success of owl exploration elsewhere, particularly fracking, is this oil that's needed? it's very expensive to get it up there. >> that's right, if you take the median estimate of what's in the ground, about 10 billio

good morning chairman murkowski and ranking member cantwell and members of the committee. my name is terry turpin and i'm director of the office of energy products at the federal energy regulatory commission. the office responsible for taking a lead role in carrying out the commissions duties and cited for such projects including nonfatal hydropower projects, natural gas pipelines and storage facilities and liquefied terminals. thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss their infrastructure permitting and the commissions processes are for conducting a vitamin reviews required under the policy act. as as a member of the commission staff, that views expressed in my testament of my own and not necessarily those of the commission or any individual commissioner. under the federal power act the commission regular over 1600 nonfatal hydropower projects at over 2500 dams. together these represent 56 gw of hydropower capacity, more than half of all the hydropower in the united states. in the last five years the commission is authorized 71 new projects with

that frees money to buy off lisa murkowski, collins, and rubio. let's say it gets through by the end of the year. compare it to the reagan effort that went through him often, the two went through. is it fair comparing them? is fair in one sense. from the individual point of view, when reagan took office, the top tax rate was 70%, a punishing level. he brought it down tremendously. expects cut -- of this tax cut is aimed at the disconnect in corporate taxes between the u.s. and the rest of the world. the 1980's,l, in europe and the rest of the world made fun of ronald reagan. they demeaned and disdained him as a 90's actor, and when he cut taxes, they laughed. over the course of the last 20 years, europe caught on to theiromics and slashed corporate tax rate to well below that of the u.s.. republicans want to cut the tax the to catch up to reaganomics established by europe in the 2000's. mark: do you think some of that money will be repatriated -- you think it will come home or not? >> i think some will come home. it is interesting, mark. if you lo

this year alone, senator murkowski has introduced a bill, held a hearing, and then marked up legislation on this issue. now the bill that is a product of the finance and energy committee's efforts is on the floor. we've not bypassed committees. we've not filled the tree. we've not cut off debate by filing cloture, which was a common practice in recent years. i think this is an open and transparent process, as i've seen in many years and i appreciate the leader, i appreciate chairman hatch, and i appreciate chairman murkowski for their work to make that happen. i also want to thank my budget committee staff for their work on this bill. in particular, i want to thank my staff director betsy mcdonnell who has done a remarkable job shepherding the budget resolution and reconciliation bill. -- through the committee and on the floor. she's been new to that position. she's had a umin of positions -- a number of positions in the senate that have traininged her well to be able to do that. she did a marvelous job. i also i want to thank her team, matt gurow, thomas fuller, elizabeth keys, joe brin

i commend the conferees especially chairman hatch chairman murkowski chairman enzi for their work to help finalize the conference report. i look forward to voting for its passage, and i would urge all of our colleagues to join me in voting to give the american families the relief they need and richly deserve. now on another matter before the end of this week congress must agree on a continuing resolution to sustain the critical operations of the federal government. in this process it's vital that we ensure our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect americans and face the challenges of a dangerous world. during the obama administration the readiness of our all-volunteer armed forces was hurt by irresponsible cuts to the department of defense which have damaged combat readiness. the military suffered a disproportionate burden under the budget control act. the arbitrary demand that increases the defense funding must be matched by increases in nondefense spending should not stand in the way of delivering resources needed to restore near term and long-term readin

i want to comment the work of chairman hatch, chairman enzi, chairman murkowski to bring it within reach and urge all of my colleagues to join me in approving the conference report and complete this victory for a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from indiana. mr. young: mr. president, i rise today in support of the tax cut and jobs act. we know the world has changed a whole lot in the last 30 years. the way we travel, how we communicate, the way we work, our hey styles, the clothes we -- our hair styles, the

i want to comment the work of chairman hatch, chairman enzi, chairman murkowski to bring it within reach and urge all of my colleagues to join me in approving the conference report and complete this victory for the american people.

miss fleger. >> chairman murkowski. ranking member cantwell, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. the federal permitting improvement steering council, known as the permitting council, was created by title 41 of the f.a.s.t. act. known as fast 41. it brings accountability and transparency to what has been an uncertain and unpredictable process. it upholds existing environmental laws and statutory responsibilities of the 16 permitting council agencies. additionally fast 41 is a voluntary program in which project sponsors apply to become covered projects. as acting executive director of the permitting council, my office and the council are bringing about a new way of doing business to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal permitting process for complex infrastructure projects in our nation. the permitting council is ccompd of top leadership to streamlining occurs at all levels of the organizations. in addition the council is working with the administration to

lisa murkowski. john cornyn. the great chairman, orrin hatch. great job, orin.is a special person. tim scott is so incredible. he is going to say a few words. where is tim? he is younger than i am. [laughter] president trump: i have it mostly member rised. but tim scott has been great. john thune. where's john. john. john.job, rob portman, a student of the tax world. toomey,o thank -- i pat we rode together in pennsylvania. but pat was pat. pat, great job. he knows his business. susan collins, we want to thank. susan is around someplace. thank you susan. all friends. i mean i look at these people, it's like we are warriors together. kristi noem in the house and die an black, our great speaker, paul ryan. and he is a great speaker. [cheers and applause] president trump: great job. kevin mccarthy. kevin. what a job. we had fun. steve scalise, he is braver than all of us. where is he? [cheers and applause] president trump: oh, boy, i don't know, he had a rougher year than most of us, but hell of a way to lose weight, steve. not a good way. great job. kevin brady. [

senator murkowski said it well.s administration has come in and recognized this incredible, incredible resource that we have in our nation. develops our energy is good for jobs. it's good for energy security. it's good for manufacturing. it's good for the environment. we have the highest standards in the world. it's very, very good for our foreign policy and national security. mr. president, sir, you released your national security strategy just a couple days ago. in there you talk about the economy, which is what this tax bill is about, but you also talk about energy dominance. i want to thank you. i want to thank you on behalf of alaskans and the american people. it's the right policy and we're finally, finally doing it. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. . i want to thank all of these guys standing behind me, these ladies, the people that help me do this. this is 37 years i tried to get this passed. proves one thing. perseverance overcomes intelligence any day of the year. [laughter] i want to thank

and the chair of the energy committee, lisa murkowski. this is an important moment for alaska and for american energy security. to the committee staffs, finance led by j. kozlo, energy and natural resources led by bryan hughes, and budget led by betsy mcdonnell. and of course the senate dean of the tax downs, mark braider. thank you, mark. there are a number of other members critical to the process. senators thune, portman, toomey, and scott took on the work in finance committee as we worked to unite our conference on a bill that everyone could support. i'll never forget the time and energy they put into this effort and i can't thank them enough. my staff calls them the core four on tax reform. i'd also like to extend my gratitude to the senate parliamentarians who work long hours and weekends with republicans and democrats alike to apply the rules of the senate in a fair and unbiased manner. the floor staff, door keepers, those working for the sar jentsz at arms -- sergeant at arms, secretary of the senate, architect of the capitol, thos

lisa murkowski, a republican, to come out and call for al franken to resign, does lisa murkowski not remember that her, our president of the united states, donald trump, who she stands behind, has more accusers than al franken and have accused him of worse. how does lisa murkowski stand up and say i think al franken need to step down and stand silent when it comes to our president, our republican president? >> not just her but mitch mcconnell too. franken needs to resign. just bookmark that one and watch mcconnell's attitudes not just towards donald trump but towards roy moore. like he wasn't going to seat roy moore. he was going to lead -- >> mitch mcconnell's wife elaine chao says on the sexual harassment front, we need to move on. >> but hypocrisy is working for them. >> good point. >> the other thing that's working for them is they approach their own situation, when it happens in their own house, to deny, degrade and dig in. that's the other thing that's working for them. they deny this happened. we saw this with roy moore. we saw it with roy trump. to dig in, to say i'm not goin

. >> and i'm proud to introduce the chairman of the energy committee in the senate, senator murkowski. >> i had to come from behind my congressman for all alaska, don young, who has been with us on the anwar fight for 37 years now. so while i was able to be the architect of title ii in the senate and proud to do so, i think it is only appropriate that i recognize the dean of your house, congressman don young, who has done an extraordinary job for us. [ applause ]. >> but as tax reform has been long awaited, so has opening the 1002 area to limited exploration and production, an area of extraordinary resource that can be accessed with a minimal footprint, something that alaskans have been fighting for for 38 years. you don't give up on something when the cause is right, when you know you have so much to contribute. so to colleagues who have stood with us as the alaska delegation, with those who have stood with alaska, with those who have stood for american energy production, today is indeed a bright, bright day. we thank you for your continued alaska will make you proud. thank you. [ ap

that lisa murkowski and donald trump and everyone are all of the same ilk. and today was a day that they put into place what is the trump agenda, the conservative agenda, and the republican agenda. >> yeah, chris, this is the most unified you've seen the republican party since donald trump took office and i think it's a fair observation that you had lisa murkowski, tim scott, donald trump, mike pence, people who haven't always agreed in the same place. and i also think that this tax plan, part of the reason why is what we saw out of this tax plan is very similar to what we would have seen with a president jeb bush or president marco rubio. it's the same set of policies with respect to both the corporate and individual side of the tax code. >> and this, i think, is an important point for the politics of it. which is, there's so much, you know, emphasis on bob corker, said this about president trump and jeff flake said this, but ultimately, this kind of big corporate tax cut, a tax cut that wealthy folks are going to do quite well on, some tax relief in the mi

bit wobbly their support has been questionable so that's people like john mccain of arizona lisa murkowski of alaska susan collins of maine bob and of wisconsin now all of these people before this thing goes down to defeat it was the same dynamic we saw with the debate over obamacare so you know watch to see where this ends up going but my sense is that even the shaky republicans are likely to come back to this because there is some substantial middle class tax relief here most americans the vast majority over seventy percent take the standard deduction you're going to see a doubling of the standard deduction through this tax bill and so i do think that many many republicans are going to see this as an opportunity to vote for middle class tax cuts which is not to say the bill is perfect i think there's a lot of things about it that do need to get fixed in the conference committee but ultimately i think a lot of people are going to have a very difficult time voting against tax relief rather than is is senator mccain again the stumbling block to. it's not just him it's eight. was appropriate

if i am senators murkowski, collins, flake, any of these people, i would not be depending too much ones they received because i don't think they'll be able to follow through. >> it is not going to be in this bill, at least not right now. thank you, chris. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> coming up, we are diving back into the russian investigation. the president insists there was no collusion with russia. could michael flynn's guilty plea make more problems for the president and done junior's meeting, that's when, this wednesday. it's open enrollment. time to open the laptop... ...and compare medicare health plans. why? because plans change, so can your health needs. so, be open-minded. look at everything-like prescription drug plans... and medicare advantage plans from private insurers. use the tools at medicare.gov. or call 1-800-medicare. open to something better? start today. ♪ discover card. i justis this for real?match, yep. we match all the cash back new cardmembers earn at the end of their first year, automatically. whoo! i got my money! hard to contain yourself, isn't

senator murkowski. senator murkowski: thank you. this effort before us, tax reform will be good for our economy, good for jobs and growth, good for american families and businesses and i am proud to be able to support this effort to reform our tax policies. i am also proud to be the lead author of our energy title which contains the single most important step that i believe we can take to strengthen our long-term energy security, and create new wealth, create new wealth. we fought long to authorize a program for responsible energy development in alaska's non-wilderness area which congress set aside for evaluation of its oil and gas potential. within our title two, we have strengthened this with an committee by adopting a bipartisan amendment from senator cassidy, strange, and kirk that will increase revenue sharing for that golf coast priorities like coastal restoration and hurricane protection. we raised in our title more than $1 billion over the next 10 years and once production begins, it will raise over $100 billion for the fede

. >> a little get for lisa murkowski. >> it's a gift to lisa murkowski but gift to taxpayers.t's offset for cuts in here. what we are talking about is a bigly cut for the corporate tax rate and then. >> martha: 21% it looks like. >> yeah. that's a huge cut. by the way, that's something that when barack obama was proposing it, democrats were behind. now, obviously he wasn't going to pay for it by drilling amongst the caribou, but, cutting corporate tax cut. raise taxes. close that loophole. see less of that and more of straight cut and couple drop downs here and then finance it with a little fairy dust. >> martha: i want to ask you a question about last night and play you sound bite from richard shelby. >> what were the voters yesterday and also -- >> -- i think basically the voters, the majority of the voters from the state chose principle over politics. >> what about steve bannon? was there a message to steve bannon? >> i will leave that up to you all. he surely didn't win. >> a little bit of alabamaian understatement there. look, this civil war that the republican -- that ba

the fact is they were negotiating. >> susan collins and lisa murkowski not only voted yes, they wereming blood he brought her about the health care issue. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi not screaming bloodied screamir about daca. there have been some assurances. i think there is some path moving forward. >> susan collins went after what she knew she could get in this round. she did get a lot and those are the amendments she put forward. i remember everyone was criticizing her because she "got duped." >> i don't agree with her on some issues, obviously. she is a little liberal for my taste but she is not a dumb woman. the idea that someone who set up to the party in a way that upset me on the obamacare repeal and replace ever, she was able to withstand enormous pressure. that she would surrender for no reason because she was suddenly duped, it doesn't wash. >> harris: everybody who was on that wild card comp list, six or seven republican senators on that wild card list, it made news every time somebody said i am changing or i have moved or i have advanced my feelings and i'm going to

that was senator lisa murkowski of alaska, who talked about, for the first time in 38 years, they are able to open up drilling inn and more. tell me about that and your reaction to hearing her say that because that is part of this bill. >> it is the arctic national wildlife or a refuge, in the extreme north northeast portion of alaska they have tried to get in alaska for years. this is a pet project of ted stevens from alaska and they had a big vote in the senate. he would always come in wearing an incredible hulk tie, kind of, he was going to buckle down and get mad if things didn't get done. so lisa murkowski had kind of taken off the mantle for senator stevens and tonight she came into the senate wearing an incredible hulk scarf, kind of a "no" massage to senator stevens. senator stevens never got drilling approved and they got it tonight, kelly. >> i want to add a couple other statements that have been made. i want to hear from senator john thune and senator john cornyn. john cornyn of texas saying this has been a referendum over there we believe the american dream is still alive.

thank you for bringing up anwr because that really -- it's really sad, but i see he that senator murkowski is on the conference so i guess they are making a serious commitment to that. that no more belongs on a tax bill. it's really tragic. but it is who they are. it is who they are. ok. no more -- anything else on our meeting today with the president or would you rather -- well, we'll see how it goes. if is -- i assume since he invited us he'll have an offer to make. e made it clear that this is what we support. this is what we support. this is what he supports. it isn't as if there's anything that we're going in there saying this is an agenda item like anwr. that is specific and separate from what we're dealing with that we're asking you to come our way. we're coming your way. we're there together. and on this, we should go there together. you can't have legitimate, long-lasting tax reform until you go this way. what creates growth, generates good-paying jobs and reduces the eficit. when people say where's your tax plan we're saying we want to do it working together, but we have a better

senator murkowski.. >> i had to come from behind my congressman from alaska don young who has been with us on the anwar fight for 37 years now. so while i was able to be the architect of title ii in the senate and proud to do so, i think it is only appropriate that i recognize the dean of your house, congressman don young who has done an extraordinary job for us. but as tax -- >> all right. senator murkowski. we're going through something similar to what we went through yesterday at 3:00 in the afternoon when everybody kj congratulates themselves and each other. i want to talk on the other side of a break about the opioid crisis. we'll show you the report telling you how devastating this has become. you're watching "velshi & ruhle" on msnbc. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. i'm mark and i qui

when protesters today were leaving lisa murkowski's office, their chant at one point changed to this. no jones, no vote ] >> what they're saying there is no jones, no vote. in other words, stop rushing to get this done. why are you pushing ahead with this? doug jones is going to be here soon enough to take a seat in the senate. let's see how he wants to vote on this. it was a nearly miraculous hard-work miracle last night for democrats in alabama, but the republican worry of the implications of what happened last night is something republicans are feeling coast-to-coast, and definitely in washington, d.c. plp b lower back pain has met its match aleve direct therapy. the only remote controlled tens device that's drug free, wire free for deep penetrating lower back pain relief. get aleve direct therapy with $10 back and extra bucks rewards at cvs pharmacy. a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home... ...with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. neulasta helps reduce infection risk by boo

critics were why at susan collins and lisa murkowski, the republican senators who floated for obamacare for obamacare and voted against killing at susan collins and lisa murkowski, the republican it when republicans controlled the senate a few months ago. they voted without raising objections or substantial objections. matt: why is it you think, this is the incredible -- incredibly left wing of the republican party especially collins. always in that is position. why do you think, what drove her? jim: this is whatever you say, whatever you have. ,his kind of legislation taxcutting is why people are republicans. how significant is this for the trump administration? i have read a few opinion pieces about how little had been done in terms of material legislation being passed and they had to get this done. and trumphe headlines was all about i need a win, i need a legislative when my we need a win going to the elections and it remains to be seen, the democrats in the past few years have shown themselves to be incredibly incompetent politically. remains to be seen whether they can turn this l

when protesters today were leaving lisa murkowski's office, their chant at one point changed to this.nes, no vote ] [ no jones, no vote ] are [ no jones, no vote ] >> what they're saying there is no jones, no vote. in other words, stop rushing to get this done. why are you pushing ahead with this? doug jones is going to be here soon enough to take a seat in the senate. let's see how he wants to vote on this. it was a nearly miraculous hard-work miracle last night for democrats in alabama, but the republican worry of the implications of what happened last night is something republicans are feeling coast to coast, and definitely in washington, d.c. patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. your privacy makes you myt number 1 place to go number 2. i love you, but sometimes you stink. febreze air effects doesn't just mask, it cleans away odors. because the things you love the most can s

we have murkowski, collins, flake and mccain still in there. it's not like they have a real kind of working, reliable majority as it is. one less boat, that could be curtains for much of the trump agenda if this doesn't turn out well for the republicans. and there will be hell to pay. >> bret: if jones gets reelected one would think he wouldn't be the traditional democrat in a number of voting stances he takes. if he wants to get reelected in alabama one would think you would be more like a mansion or hide to camp. they haven't moved yet but there will have to be issues where they kind of change their colors if they are going to appeal to those states. >> laura: if you think about that, republican voters have been elated that they finally have the white house, the senate and house of representatives. now they have an alabama senate seat that they could potentially lose, which puts a lot of that agenda in jeopardy, and that's what president trump was talking about when he supported roy moore. he never said i really like this guy, i think it's fa

that was the one of the things they gave to lisa murkowski that she could get on board.>>> the investigation into russian meddling in the 2016 election. today president trump is a former national security adviser michael flynn guilty to one felony count of lying to the fbi about conversations he had with russian diplomats. part of a plea deal the retired general agreed to cooperate with robert mueller. court papers show senior members of the trump transition team reportedly including the president son-in-law jared kushner knew about michael flynn's contacts with the russians.>>> trump to that sweater to express his support for secretary of state rex tillerson. the president and tillerson had meetings at the white house. afterward he tweeted speculation over tillerson leaving his job is fake news. tillerson also dismissed the reports as laughable. officials have said tillerson would be leaving his position in the near future. to be replaced by current cia director mike pompeo.>>> stanford university says thousands of campus employees might've had personal information compromised. they say fil

two of the senators who helped kill the obamacare repeal bill, john mccain and lisa murkowski have said they are a yes on the gop's tax reform bill. good news for republicans who had little wiggle room as many democrats maintain the tax reform plan will hurt middle class americans. >> we have had have constructive conversation. >> failure is not an option. we need a tax cut. >> unfair and disastrous. >> reporter: now, this is just one hurdle. if the senate does pass its version they still have to reconcile it with the house version and those two bills are still very far apart. so they start debating once again in the morning. so perhaps a vote tomorrow. but it could be put off until next week. back to you. >> thank you. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee responded to the senate's tax plan. he tweeted: >>> on wall street today the markets soared on hopes that a tax bill was moving closer to being passed. the dow closed above 24,000 points for the first time after gaining 331 points today. the nasdaq was up 49. s&p 500 up 21. this is the fifth time this year that the dow has hit 1,000-point m

. >> john mccain and lisa murkowski voted against it. 331 points to close the mark for the first time. the s&p 500 gained 21 did announce their support for the tax package yesterday. as the bill gained momentum, the stockmarket hit record highs. the dow jones industrial gained 331 points to close the mark for the first time. the s&p 500 gained 21 points, and the nasdaq rose 49 points. >>> well, ahead on "cbs this morning," chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation" john dickerson gives his take on the republican tax plan. >>> the other big story in washington, will secretary of state rex tillerson be out of a job soon? neither president trump or the white house is offering a definitive answer. the president is set to meet with tillerson today. hena doba is here in new york with more. good morning, hena. >> good morning, anne-marie. president trump's press secretary isn't denying reports that the secretary of state will be replaced. relations between mr. trump and the former ceo of exxonmobil have been strained almost from the start. president trump and secretary of

a sweetener for alaska senator lisa murkowski. remember, there were supposed to be no sweeteners. no hook-ups to the right, to the left, to the middle. this was about simplification and improvement. >> so let's talk about the health care part of this because this will affect a whole lot of people who wouldn't otherwise think this tax bill is really about them. this senate version of the healbill, this is important, it repeals the individual mandate which the cbo has said will lead to 13 million fewer insured and 10% premium increases in the individual market. again, we're going in the wrong direction with something we were trying to fix. if you didn't like obamacare, and there were lots of reasons not to like it, there were fixes to be had. here we're repealing the mandate. it's a bad thing to do. >> remember, cuts for individuals are only temporary, so when they expire, you may have to pay more for your health care. we also have to remember that these tax cuts, they're getting paid for somehow. they would trigger an immediate $25 billion cuts to medicare. so you're doing this to

however acknowledges just three hundred and twenty six deaths murkowski have has the details. the associated press says counties are going to be really out of date if you consider the people who have died as a consequence of the battle has been so just this morning we got a clue that three move children were killed there when the exploded bed detonated under the wreckage of a house that they were playing on and such exclusions are an everyday occurrence whether bams left behind by isis or unexploded bombs dropped by u.s. led coalition and iraqi jets nevertheless this count is ten times higher than the official estimates we got from the iraqi government the u.s. led coalition or even the united nations to associated press says that if there was ninety eleven thousand civilian casualties through a three thousand by the u.s. led coalition. the rocky air force previously the u.s. led coalition said that it was responsible for moving three hundred twenty or so deaths it clearly didn't have the resume assistance and the best you can just look at every reputed incident this you see t

. >> lisa murkowski. >> between dan and don and lisa, you have done a very great job.a friend of mine called up about anwar. he said you didn't get anwar? i said tell me about anwar. we have been trying to get that passed the whole country, the world, they tried in ronald reagan, they tried with the bushes, they tried with everybody. they net done narw in this bill. we have mandates. sea lisaso lisa, thank you very much. we got anwr passed. >> orrin hatch, great job! orrin is a special person. [ applause ] >> tim scott has been incredible. he is going to say a few words. [ applause ] >> where's tim? where's tim? [ applause ] >> i have it mostly memorized but -- [ laughter ] >> but tim scott has been great. john -- >> over here. >> john. great job, john. rob portman, a real student of the tax world. rob, thank you very much. [ applause ] >> i want to thank dish said hello to john cornyn. pat toomey, he has been -- we rode together in pennsylvania. but pat, where's pat? pat? [ applause ] >> great job. he knows his business. susan collins, we want to thank. susan is aroun

senator murkowski. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it was suggested earlier that with regards to title 2 and specifically the development within the 1002 area of an war that this provision was unpopular, it was unnecessary, we don't need it because we are continuing to see exports of oil. mr. chairman, rather than asking a direct question to mr. barthold, i would like to ask for permission to include for the record here testimony that we had received from mr. matthew rexford who's the tribal administrator to the native village of koktovic. it is the village located within the 1002 area. you can't have a wilderness if you have a school, a clinic, a road, an airstrip. these are the people who live within the 1002 area. mr. rexford, was very articulate in his testimony before his committee about the support from the people of koktovic. i would like that included as part of the record. >> without objection. >> i would like to add the testimony of mr. glenn. support the development up there so i would like to include that. >> without objec

senate republicans have said the same thing, lisa murkowski tweeted that her christmas wish, greatest christmas wish to see this done, daca and dreamer issue resolved this calendar year. it is within the power of the republicans to get this done and to put together a package that we can pass. we want to stand by them, work with them and get that done. >> dickerson: nothing focuses like a deadline, though, using the deadline of the funding as leverage, both of this and also the children's health insurance, nine million children that still yet to be dealt with, you at one point said i'm not prepared to go home for holidays until we get our work done. that suggests a little bit of use of this funding as a deadline, but are you really going to go that far? >> well, i feel very strongly. there are many important issues, daca to me personally, dream act a very personal, means an awful lot. when we're talking about funding our government, providing the resources and the programs that middle income families use across america, dealing with the opioid crisis, making certain that we take care o

lisa murkowski so john cornen, the great chairman, orin hatch great job, orin. wow. a special person tim scott, who has beenso incredible he's going to say a few words. [ applause ] >> he's young enough you pick that up i have it mostly memorized but tim scott has been great john thune where's john john john great job, john. rob portman, a real student of the tax world. rob, thank you very much [ applause ] i want to thank, i said hello to john corner, pat tumy, he has been -- we rode together in pennsylvania, but pat, where's pat? pat. great job. [ applause ] he knows his business. susan collins, we want to thank. susan's around some place. susan. thank you, susan all friends, i mean, i look at these people, it's like we're warriors together. kristy, the house, we have kristy noman, diane black. our great speaker, paul ryan, he is a great speaker [ applause ] great job. kevin mccarthy kevin. we had fun, do we have a good time steve scalise, he's braver than all of us. he's braver. where is he? oh boy, i don't know he had -- he had a rougher year than most of us, but

as the bill neared its final phase, we were grateful to be able to work with senator murkowski on the second title of the bill. as we moved to conference committee, senator murkowski's counterparts in the house also played an instrumental role in helping finalize this legislation. and of course there are those who work hard to make sure things go smoothly here on the floor. i want to thank the majority floor staff for their assistance, particularly laura dove, robert duncan, and megan mercer. like i said, mr. president, this has been a long process and throughout this entire venture, i have had the benefits of working with a skilled and committed staff. my staff have sacrificed time, energy, sleep, and in some cases likely their physical and mental health to the passage of this bill. it has been an incredible effort, and i need to thank all of them. i want to single out my chief tax counsel mike. we could not have done -- mark. we could not have done any of this without mark. and also thank jay who has been the tip of the sphere managing the outgoing issues with apparent ease. i also

doesn't understand the bill donald trump's language is john mccain john mccain is on board lisa murkowski is on board it looks more and more although there are a few issues to be ironed out it looks more and more like either late tonight or more probably tomorrow the senate will pass this bill well g.o.p. senators corker and langford want to include a so-called trigger and the bill that would increase taxes if growth follow sort of expectations but why are some of their fellow republicans like dean heller of nevada against that well because it causes a lot of uncertainty and let's say we enter a recession and certainly in a recession it's not going to you're not going to have the growth that you would need to make this revenue neutral so what are you going to do raise taxes on everybody during a recession that would be a disaster so i'm hoping they could get enough votes without you know corker and langford and they could we could afford the republicans could afford to lose two votes but i think they're going to put some kind of mechanism in there but i just think it's a terrible idea and