but the senate finance chairman, orin hatch and kevin brady, they will have to listen to all their members to round up the votes so you can pass both the house and senate. seen it happen is something rare these days. they'll been opportunity for the gop to show how they can govern or if they can't get it together it will have serious political consequences. thank you for the update. >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span three, saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern yale university historian joann freeman and "alexander hamilton". >> when washington became president he made -- and in the post he structured a national financial system and push to strengthen and empower the national government. watching a fierce political battle against those who wanted a far less powerful government. >> sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern unreal america. the training film on welcome affection about inappropriate behavior in the workplace. >> i make a lot of decisions, i do evaluation reports, sign passes and leaves and if you want to get a loan will be beneficial to to be a little nicer to me. >> and on eight on a

mack, i want to talk about orin hatch for a second. "the salt lake tribune's" editorial board i assume you've seen this, named senator hatch it's utan of the year. they wrote he's freezing the senate seat for 2018, it's a "theft from the utah electorate." they go on to write it would be good if utah hatch finally caught the great white whale of tax reform, if he doesn't, call it a career and the voters should end it for him. senator hatch tweeted editorial said he was grateful for this great christmas honor, not clear at this point if the senator from utah actually read the article but that was his tweet nonetheless. what do you make of this, matt? >> well first of all, let me say that i've had the privilege to know and work with chairman senator orin hatch. i like and respect him greatly. it will be his decision and ultimately up to the voters of utah. he has not been resolute and clear that he's going to run again. there's been a lot of speculation about governor romney running for that seat. so we just have to see how it plays out,

really, he's pushing long-time utah senator, orin hatch to run.omney from running for the spot. romney called trump a phony and fraud. orin hatch has been supportive of the president. utah has a tense relationship with trump. it's conservative but not conservative the way other red states are. the lds church through their newspaper asked trump to step down as a candidate after the "access hollywood" tape. we'll see what kind of reception he gets today. we examine his tweets and special orders on "today in the bay." you can contact me on twitter. >> thanks so much for that. >>> did you see it? >> ooh! >> the moon was gigantic last night. take a look at that. ooh, beautiful there. supermoon seen across the country. it's when the full moon coincides to the closest orbit to earth. pictures can be seen from around the world. >> so beautiful. >> they are all real. >> they are real. >> the moon's greatest was around 12:45 this morning. if you want to see more, head over to facebook. >> i see it looking like that, but my pictures don't look like that. >>

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

last month a staffer for utah senator orin hatch says they expect they'll shrink the national monument by about half while cutting the bears ears national monument by more than 80%. the plans have united opposition groupings from environmentalists to native american tribes who considered the land sacred. stoking fears it could open cold rich areas like the plateau in grand staircase to mining. >> america's public lands they belong to everyone. by lifting those protections, those lands and all of their treasures within them, the natural wonders and sacred sites, they will now be open to private game. >> reporter: but the monument designations limits activities like offroading restrictions some oppose. >> i'm just so happy with trump's decision. >> reporter: meanwhile, in southern utah, hundreds rallied in support of the reductions. >> it's about control. and overreach of the federal government. we want that access to remain open and people be able to enjoy the scenery and the area like they do right now. >> reporter: with battle lines drawn, the administration is sure to face challenges

. >> president trump tweeted his thanks to the majority leader and finance chairman orin hatch, and he reiterated his goal to sign a final bill before christmas. let's bring in sean sullivan, congressional reporter for "the washington post," and melanie zanona, a staff writer. sean, walk us through what it took for mitch mcconnell to score this victory and what still needs to be hashed out when they go to conference. >> well, you know, earlier this week, mitch mcconnell compared this process to solving a rubik's cube. it's looked a lot like that when you look at some of the last-minute negotiations that happened this week. every time he made a move to try to please one senator, it seemed to risk potentially alienating another north is the, but at the end of the day, what he did was looked at a handful of senators who were skeptical about this bill and was able to get enough of them. ron johnson and jeff flake were looking for specific assurances on business taxes. susan collins from maine was looking for certain guarantees on health care on state and local taxes. and in the end, he was

last month a staffer for utah senator orin hatch said they expect the administration will shrink the national monument by about half. while cutting the bear's ears national monument by more than 80%. the plans of united opposition groups from environmentalists to native american tribes who consider the land sacred, stoking fears the move could open coal rich areas to compare plateau in staircase to mining. >> america's public lands belong to everyone. by lifting those protections, those lands and all of their treasures within them, the natural wonders and sacred sites, they will now be open to private gain. >> reporter: but the monument designation limits mining, timber cutting and activities like off roading restrictions some oppose. >> i'm just so happy with trump's decision. >> reporter: meanwhile in southern utah, hundreds rallied in support of the reductions. >> it's about control. and overreach of the federal government. we want that access to remain open and people be able to enjoy the scenery and the area like they do right now. >> reporter: with battle lines drawn, the admin

senator orin hatch firing back at the newspaper that wanted to retire, the utah spokesman assaultingaccusing them of pursuing unquenchable thirst for clicks, after the paper declared him the utah of the year with this alleged power and slamming his role in the gop tax reform bill. hatch sarcastically tweeting grateful for this great christmas honor from the salt lake tribune. merry christmas to the nba ratings reaching all-time high on christmas day as the nfl continues to take. monday's 5 nba games rated 20% higher over last year including the houston game which drew and a 4.1 rate in making it believe highest primetime christmas gain since 2003. the nfl's football game drew in a 6.7 rating with the philadelphia eagles and oakland raiders which is down 9% from the average monday night football matchup. they don't like jillian's team, she will get so mad. center didn't bring exactly what was on your wish list, you are not alone. >> that is the most precious thing i have ever seen in my life. >> look like a deranged easter bunny. >> people open $90 billion worth of unwanted gifts, tho

[applause] >> lou: well, orin hatch saying without any hesitation that this may be the greatest presidency in history. president trump turning his attention to a deal to keep the government funded. the white house is confident they will get a month long continuing resolution to keep government running until the 90th of january. our first guest here tonight to discuss the president's historic achievement and the tax measure. joining us is kelly ann conway, counsellor to the president. great to have you here and congratulations. it is an extraordinary achievement for the president and administration. >> and the country. the president looks at it as a big win for the country and hard working men and women of the nation. job creator and seekers and job holders and they deserve a break if they will be keeping more money. and he established himself as a paycheck president. there was an amazing ceremony and the president and house and senate and republicans in congress and the democrats didn't vote for the tax cut. but people are starting to see the relief in february in their paychecks and april

the trump camp is worried romney is going to replace senator orin hatch as utah senator.atch has been there since after the "access hollywood" tapes. romney called him a fraud and danger to the united states. we look at what the president is doing each day. contact us on twitter with your thoughts. you can reach me directly. >> everybody want to hear a happy story this morning? listen to this. a man risked his life to save a woman in a house fire. he is called a hero this morning. >> he was driving to work yesterday hen he saw this garage engulfed in flames. he pulled over. neighbors said an elderly woman was not answering her door. he knocked down the door and the elderly woman responded from upstairs. >> you could hear ruckus coming from the background. it was definitely warm and heating up fast. >> wow. he says the woman was trying to fight the fire and her hair was singed. after helping her to safety, firefighters said his heroic efforts saved her life. >> just the smoke inhilation alone can take a person down. true hero there. >> her spirit. 93 years old and going to

keeping that promise -- >> reporter: that comment the president made earlier today when talking to orin hatch he was giving out accolades to the senators and the representatives for their work on the tax bill, but then said wait, we don't have the bill passed we've got therein before gotten close before and it hasn't happened. the president very much on his mind today weariness that the bill might not come together republicans do have the votes up in the united states senate. there's a bunch of notes counting going on. there are one or two wavering senators it does seem they do have the votes not wanting to jinx things here at the white house, back to you. >> perhaps urgency after doug jones victory in alabama last night. thank you. >>> we have a market flash on the banks here leslie picker has more leslie >> hey kelly, i wanted to draw your attention to some announcements in the wake of fed's decision to raise interest rates bay quarter of a percent they have each increased their prime lending rates to 4.5% from 4.25%, it is effective immediately while citi is effective tomorrow back over to

i think they will unanimously vote against it and applause to kevin brady and orin hatch the leaders of the two bodies. it's a compromise and i'm sure they are certain parts that people would want to change in there are certain things that i would want to change but the reality is more than a trillion dollars will be saved and put back into the american people's pockets. molly: caroline shively has the latest from washington. they were making changes right down to the wire. what's in the final till? >> 's some major cuts in some minor cuts. they had to get a few issues to get some republican senators who are still holding out. keep seven tax brackets reducing to fight to the corporate tax rate is/from 35% to 21%. the bill also retails obamacare's individual mandates while retaining a deduction for medical expenses. the standard deduction would be nearly double and so with the child tax credit. filers who itemize to lose deductions and others are. that was going to hurt for people who use those deductions in high tax states. here's both sides take on it. >> i think the most important

we are going right now we have senator orin hatch and we are listening in. >> this will help millionslions of youngpeople in our society. our society as a whole. i'm very grateful to all the people who made this possible who worked so hard to make sure that we passed bill. it's a great achievement i'm grateful for everybody here. >> well, mr. chairman orin, thank you for your leadership on finance and in tackling title one. incredibly important for our country when we think about the growth opportunities that now stand before us. i was proud to be able to shepherd title ii, five pages of your provisions, sir. >> great job, you did. >> but a measure that has been an issue now for even longer than the last rewrit of tax reform. we've

paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, orin hatch, kevin brady signing the deal.hey wanted me too do this with an american accent. they are not happy with the atlanta shutdown. delta said it cost them $50 million in the big blackout this week. they want the airport and/or the power company to reimburse them. delta stock is up 1% let's get back to tax reform. it's a well hedged servicing company. that is an oil driller. they say they will invest more now that the tax bill has passed. turning us is the ceo dan everhart. welcome to the program. are you hiring more people are opening more drilling rigs? what you doing? >> there's two components. one is ordering more capital equipment which is what the expensing provision of the tax reform bill allows us to do and the second leg is hiring more people which we are working on right now. >> so you doing this specifically because we got the tax deal in place. if this was not in place you wouldn't be doing this? >> a little bit of both sides of that coin. business always wants to grow and we want to grow in service our cust

senator orin hatch saying so much for joining us.ister chairman, we heard from a judge in venezuela that josh holt is going to be forced to stand trial to face activations of stockpiling weapons. it would seem the federal government would have a heavy hand in helping to manage the situation, and without leaving you to deal with this, where is the white house on this and the state department? or are they helping you? >> other representatives tried to get in there and haven't been able to but the government of venezuela caused us a rough time and i don't see reasons for it. he has been there a year and a half, with trumped up charges, absolutely false. it is pathetic. >> lori holt visited us earlier in the week and she said besides you, mister chairman, nobody ever tells me what is in motion, she visited the white house where she was not invited to meet with the president and nobody there gave her any information, and didn't seem to know what happened to her son. a high profile case, most recently of otto warmbier, why are they not com

. >> orin hatch, what would be the reason for someone of that stature to prostrate himself in that way he's had a long career in the senate. >> he was part of chip legislation. >> exactly. and he felt a need, i think, to kiss up to this president in an overthe top way. i don't know the answer to that other than perhaps somewhere inside himself he's uncomfortable with the nuts and bolts of this very poor piece of legislation they just pushed through. >> i want to let you watch donald trump. this is him on the white house lawn watching these folks praise him. just watch his body language. it's just a picture. look at his body language. that's not it. >> are you thinking of the ones in the cabinet? >> where he's got his armed crossed. mike pence is praising him. pence is on a two or three-minute extravaganza of love. >> worship. >> pence wants to be president. i think everyone in the oval always knows that if you don't praise el douche, you you coucoe your job. >> is it that he's trying to affect a mous-- >> no matter how much you kiss up to him, he's going knob a bad mood. >> something o

orin hatch republican from uth, this wasn't that was air-dropped into the bill. they use that term, air drop, didn't appear in the house version or senate version. this is a version of what was in the house bill according to senator hatch and bob corker was not part of the negotiation to be clear. we haven't gotten any indication that this could switch his vote but, again, senator when i spoke with him friday, nothing is final until you take the final vote. neil: back to this train derailment outside of tacoma, washington. connell mcshane, what are you hearing? >> live shot from local television, dupont, washington, look at it hanging off the overpass on to the freeway below. a couple of things here, this happened, this derailment just to the south of seattle about 45 miles south of seattle. little over an hour ago. you see the local time posted there at 9:05 just before 8:00 o'clock, morning rush in the pacific northwest with the train with 70 people on board derailed. now, there are to quote the local authorities injuries and casualties associated with this der

orin hatch, senate finance committee leader who is rumored to be interested in stepping down.tt romney has emerged as someone who would be interested and of course, was very instrumental in turning around the utah winter olympic games. he would be considered extremely popular, very heavily favored to win is extremely republican state. the president when you the president of winning utah handily in the last presidential election. we will keep you posted on all of that. meanwhile, a lot of focus on the tax-cut plan coming together in capitol hill to iron out some of these differences. using a lot of the headlines that this is just a gimme and a penny for the rich, even though the rich under a lot of conditions could see their taxes go web. it depends on how you look at the data. a couple of different ways to look at it. gerri willis has been spending far too much time doing just that. what have you noticed? >> thank you come and kneel. who you listen to, it's either robbing the middle class to pay for tax cuts or it is the most equitable piece of tax legislation in history that

orin, say a few words, please. senator hatch: mr.sident, i have to say you are link up to everything i thought you would. you are one of a leader and all benefiting from it. this bill couldn't have passed without you or the delegation from alaska and the house and the senate, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell and the other leaders as well. we are making headway. this is just the beginning. if you think about it, this president hasn't even been in office for a year and look at all the things he has been able to get done. i hope we get behind him every way we can and get this country turned around in ways that will benefit the whole world and our people and bring us to a realization of how really great america is and the rest of the world depends on us. i love this country. i came from very humble roots. and i have to say that this is one of the great privileges of my life to stand here on the white house lawn with the president of the united states who i love and appreciate so much and with these wonderful colleagues and cabinet members w

hatch. [applause] president trump: great job, orin. he is a special person. tim scott is so incredible.is going to say a few words. where is tim? he is younger than i am. [laughter] president trump: i have it mostly memorized. but tim scott has been great. john thune. where's john. john. great job, john. rob portman, a student of the tax world. i want to thank -- i pat toomey, 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 diane 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. we love you, steve. great job. kevin brady. [cheers and applause]

hatch, for the introductionç. that was truly a nice introduction. i appreciate it. you are a true fighter, orin, i have to say. him very well. i got to know a lot of people very well. you meet fighters and meet people who you thought were fighters but they're not so good at fighting. he is a fighter. we hope you continue to serve your state and your country in the senate for a very long time to come. [applause] i want to especially thank you for the tremendous work in ushering massive tax cuts and reform through the senate. just happened and we have a final step to go. i predict we'll be very successful. talking about massive, massive tax cuts. [cheers and applause] tax cuts and reform, but i always mention tax cuts first, because that is what people like to hear. we're one huge step closer to delivering to the american people historic tax relief as giant present for christmas. roesch i said we're bringing christmas back, bigger than ever before? we're bringing christmas back. we say it now with pride. let me say to all those here today and across the country, merry christmas to everybody. [cheers and applause

hatch. he was here years ago when this was done and got a chance to do it one more time. orinup. >> we worked hard to cut the bill. and i am grateful to everybody here. >> well, mr. chairman, orin, thank you for your leadership on finance and tackling title one. incredibly important for our country when we think about the growth opportunities that now stands before us? i was proud to be able to shepherd title 2, 5 pages, of your provision, sir. >> a great job to do. it is a message that is even longer with the tax reform. we have been trying to open the