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roburt robert: president trump's former national security advise ore pleads guilty to lying to the f.b.i. and the republicans move closer to overhaul the tax code. i'm robert costa. a legal storm and the politics of taxing, tonight on "washington week." michael flinl becomes the first trump administration official to plead guilty to lying to the fick. the retired army general, who also worked on the trump campaign -- >> the next president of the united states -- robert: has promptsed his full cooperation with the fuller investigation. plus -- >> what's in it is tax relief. robert: senate republicans hoping far legislative win fall in line and get close to passing a long-promised tax overhaul but who would benefit and who would pay more? >> there is going to cost me a fortune this thing. believe me. this is nod -- not good for me. robert: democrats disagree. they say corporations win and the middle class loses. >> our economy is already stacked against working men and women. robert: plus, as the clock ticks down to a government shutdown, can crisis be averted? we discuss it all with micha

trump's transition lawyers say robert trump's transition lawyers say robert mueller's team-- acted unlawfully. but the president says he has no plans to fire mueller. coming up -- a final salute to a fallen hero. hundreds gathered to remember a firefighter killed during the california wildfires. a look at the final farewell. plus, the carolina panthers for sale amid sexual harassment claims against the owner. the singer, and the basketball star who are interested in y hey, guys. where are the cookies for the... bake sale? bake... bake sale? need to bake in a hurry? use new country crock buttery sticks with sunflower oil. there's no softening required. so baking is delicious and easy. ooh, cookies! ah, ah, ah! (laughter) today: partly cloudy, milder highs: 50-56 winds: southwest 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy lows: 38-42 winds: light tuesday: partly sunny & mild highs: 56-62 winds: sw 5-10 a secret u-f-o program from the now revealed. why the military is spending millions of dollars to look into sightings, and what officials have found so far -

robert: president trump gives his full support to embattled senate candidate roy moore. i'm robert costa. politics and choices amid sexual misconduct. tonight on "washington week." >> in the coming weeks, i will be resigning as member of the united states senate. robert: minnesota senator al franken was one of three lawmakers who resigned this week amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations. he was investigated starting in november after a radio anchor alleged he groped and forcibly kissed her. normal kratz -- democrats called for his resignation. >> we should be held to a higher standard. robert: and democratic congressman john conyers announced he would retire after facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment and pressure from party leaders. across the aisle, arizona congressman trent franks announced he is leaving immediately. plus, the countdown to tuesday's special election in alabama. will voters look past the accusations against roy moore? we discuss it with philip rucker of the "washington post," yamiche alcindor of "the new york times." peter peter of "the

robert costa. how the tax bill could affect your paycheck. plus, tensions over the russia probe, tonight on "washington week." president trump: we are making america great again. you haven't heard that, have you? robert: jubilation at the white house as president trump cheers the passage of the republican party's biggest priority -- overhauling the american tax system. >> this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. robert: the vote, along party lines, marks the president's first major legislative victory of the year. the massive package doesn't just cut taxes. it eliminates the insurance mandate under obamacare, lifts a ban on drilling in alaska, and adds more than a trillion dollars to the deficit over a decade. democrats say the bill fails the middle class. >> the g.o.p. tax scam is about bleeding the middle class dry to pad the pockets of corporate america and the wealthiest 1%. robert: plus, is the president on a collision course with robert mueller's russia probe, as more republicans accuse the special counsel of corruption. a top democrat issues a warning to the white house. >> an

president trump: fired! roberte to white supremacist marchers in charlottesville. president trump: i think there's blame on both sides. robert: the national reckoning over sexual assault and harassment allegations led to resignations on capitol hill and a year into his presidency, the russia probe continues to hover over the administration. we discuss it all with amy walter of the cook political report, shawna thomas of vice news, carol leonnig, and philip rucker of "the washington post,"

. >>> tension rises between president trump's team and special counsel robert mueller's team. mr. trump says he's not going to fire mueller as the two sides clash over e-mails. >>> and the wildfire battle rages on in southern california as thousands of firefighters go up against the so-called thomas fire around the clock. >> once that wind went up, we immediately went around with our hand crew and our dozers. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> this morning power has been restored to the atlanta airport, but trouble is not over. an electrical fire brought the busiest airport to a standstill most of yesterday. most of the flights were grounded and thousands of passengers were stranded. more than 300 flights have already been canceled today. roxana saberi is at the airport with the latest. good morning, roxana. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. georgia power officials say outages like the one that crippled atlanta's airport are very rare. the airport just announced a few hours ago that

robert costa. the victory by democrat doug jones upends both parties on the hill. and ahead of the midterms. tonight, on "washington week." president trump: we want to give you, the american people, a giant tax cut for christmas. robert: president trump says republicans are on the verge of passing a sweeping tax cut bill, one he says will boost the middle class. critics say the tax overhaul would provide generous cuts for corporations and the wealthy and would add more than $1 trillion to the national debt. >> robbing the future, ripping off the middle class, and why? to reward their friends, corporate america. robert: the massive package would double standard deductions but cap other popular tax breaks, including deductions for mortgage interest and state and local taxes. it would also eliminate the individual mandate under the affordable care act. >> this tax cut will mean less of a paycheck going to washington and more to the hardworking person who earned it. robert: but democrats are calling to delay the vote until alabama senator-elect, doug jones, is seated. >> it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill w

had a dream i could buy my way to freedom ♪ ♪ i had a dream i could buy my way to freedom ♪ robert: president trump'm robert costa. from the russia probe to immigration, the president and party leaders prepare for next year, tonight on "washington week." president trump: we are transferring power from washington, d.c., and giving it back to you, the people. from this day forward, it's going to be only america first. robert: in the months since donald trump was sworn in, he has signed into law sweeping tax cuts, appointed a new justice to the supreme court, rolled back regulations and up-ended global order. as commander-in-chief, he's overseen gains against isis in iraq and syria but with each passing

. >>> tensions are growing between president trump's legal team and special counsel robert mueller. a trump transition attorney says mueller improperly obtained e-mails between transition officials. abc news reporter kenneth moten has the details from washington. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller versus president trump's legal team. >> are you going to fire -- >> no, i'm not. no. what else? [ inaudible ] what are you, surprised? >> reporter: the president critical of new developments concerning e-mails from his transition team, e-mails requested and obtained by the special counsel investigating russia meddling in the 2016 election. >> they're spending millions and millions of dollars. there is absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: no word on what mueller's team was specifically looking for. a trump transition attorney is crying foul sending a letter to congressional leaders alleging the e-mails were improperly provided to the special counsel. >> that argument borders on frivolous because it's from their server. government documents. it's very clear when you begin the proces

the question being asked, will president trump fire robert mueller? his answer coming up a short time ago. here's david wright at the white house. >> reporter: tonight, president trump expressed concern about a new letter, about materials being illegaling op obtained from the president's inner circle. materials protected by attorney/client privilege. >> it's not looking good. not looking good. it's quite sad to see that. my people are very upset about it. >> reporter: this seven-page letter comes from an attorney for the trump transition team. a new line of attack against robert mueller's investigation. >> they're spending millions and millions of dollars. there's absolutely no collusion. i didn't make a phone call to russia. i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. >> reporter: even before this, the president dismissed the investigation as a witch hunt, and a democratic hoax. ev even ripping the fbi. >> the fix is in against donald trump from the beginning, and they were pro-hillary. >> reporter: the new letter raises concerns about caree

and president trump says he thinks special counsel robert mueller will be fair in his investigation of russia's election meddling and ties to trump associates, and he tells "the new york times" he thinks the investigation is a witch hunt that makes the u.s. look very bad. during the course of the interview the president insists no less than 16 times there has been no collusion, and declares ominously he has a absolute right to do what he wants with the u.s. justice department. >>> the president is making new demands on democrats, saying if they want an immigration deal that would protect hundreds of thousands of young d.r.e.a.m.ers, they will need to deal with big concessions. first and foremost, a desperately needed border wall. i will speak with our correspondence and specialists standing by with full coverage. we begin with growing signs that north korea may be moving towards a new missile launch. i want to go to cnn correspondent, barbara starr. tell us what you are learning. >> the latest we have is several u.s. officials are telling me there are signs north korea could be prepari

response has been for us. >> reporter: the accusation is essentially that the trump sent transition team believes that robertller's investigation illegally obtained emails from that transition period which is the period between when trump was actually elected and when he became president. it's important to note that at that time, these emails were housed on government servers. the transitions both trump's transitions and hillary clinton's transition that never really fully became a transition, are government run. they are housed on government servers. those emails. and in this letter to capitol hill, the trump transition team accused mueller's investigation of going through the general services administration which is a pretty benign government agency which provides hardware and different infrastructure to agencies here in washington so that they can run. in a statement, the general services administration told buzzfeed that, you know, the trump transition team knew that they would be subject to law enforcement if they used their products and we have a statement. a statement that doesn't come out very often

to not interfere unless we have an independent prosecutor who has been appointed by the trump ministration and robert mueller the independent prosecutor needs to finish as job and if there's any effort to fire robert mueller we're going to have a constitutional crisis in this country one of term solution is that the president's legal team wants a second special counsel one to investigate quote obvious conflicts of interest in the department of justice in the f.b.i. and general attorney general sessions contemplated that idea how likely do you think that might happen a second prosecutor. very i'm likely a criminal defense lawyers do this all the time they like to claim that they investigators the prosecutors the police are corrupt. that's the usual monster of a criminal defense lawyer and nobody listens to what nobody would be listening to it here except for the fact that this particular lawyer this defense lawyer represents the president of the united states who would have the ability perhaps to try to start a vest a getting is political opponents try to start investigating robert mueller if presiden

>> what's going on here is the members of congress want to carry president trump in attacking robert mueller. it's not going to work. mueller is a republican. he was appointed by a republican deputy attorney general, rob ro rosen stein. he was appointed by president trump. an adversary in connection with the 2016 election. that's what's being investigated. members of congress continue to make this type of fuss are making themselves look vulnerable to this type of inquiry. there are serious questions about russian al garks. a second special counsel ougt to look into that. mueller doesn't have time to deal with the hundreds of congressional campaigns going on. these are very defensive about robert mueller. none of the claims have basis. those e-mails were already in the possession of the united states government, transition teams. our tax dollars are used to fund the transition team. obviously, robert mueller didn't get hold of those. i have never seen such arguments with executive privilege or the rest of it. i want to emphasize, the members of congress are going to be in serious troub

surprise that just a day after announcing her exit from the trump administration, she is already taking her next steps. here's abc's deborah robertsmously said to you many times, you're fired. is that what happened this time? did he say you're fired? >> no, no. you know, i -- the president found out about my resignation by watching the news. >> reporter: when it comes to omarosa, the reality show star turned white house staffer, it seems there's always two sides. she insists she resigned her position from the trump administration. but white house officials tell abc news that she was pushed out by chief of staff john kelley. you're saying you resigned, weren't fired this. >> i resigned after a conversation i had with general kelley, one on one, in the situation room. >> in the situation room? >> well, you know, yes. that's the most secure, private place to have a conversation like this. >> was it a tense conversation? >> absolutely. because i raised issues that i had concerns. i had some grave concerns. >> what kind of concerns? >> i talked to him about some concerns that i had about issues, about one very urgent issue and pressing

. ♪ roburt robert: president trump's former national security advise ore pleads guilty to lying to the.i. and the republicans move closer to overhaul the tax code. i'm robert costa. a legal storm and the politics of taxing, tonight on "washington week." michael flinl becomes the first trump administration official to plead guilty to lying to the fick. the retired army general, who also worked on the trump campaign -- >> the next president of the united states -- robert: has promptsed his full cooperation with the fuller investigation. plus -- >> what's in it is tax relief. robert: senate republicans

robert costa. the victory by democrat doug jones upends both parties on the hill. and ahead of the midterms. tonight, on "washington week." president trumpwe want to give you, the american people, a giant tax cut for christmas. robert: president trump says republicans are on the verge of passing a sweeping tax cut bill, one he says will boost the middle class. critics say the tax overhaul would provide generous cuts for corporations and the wealthy and would add more than $1 trillion to the national debt. >> robbing the future, ripping off the middle class, and why? to reward their friends, corporate america. robert: the massive package ul

. >> tensions are going between trump's legal team and special counsel robert mueller. a trump official said mueller illegal obtained e-mails between the trump and the transition team. >> reporter: president trump talks about the e-mails with the transition team. the e-mails requested and obtained by the special counsel investigating russian meddling in the 2016 election. >> they are spending millions of doors there is absolutely no collusion. >> reporter: a trump transition attorney is crying foul alleging that the e-mail were improperly provided to the special counsel. >> it's very clear when you begin the process there's no expectation of privacy this is a federal criminal probe. i don't think that's a serious argument. >> reporter: but our legal analyst said trump team citing attorney/client privilege. the team saying we have secured the permission or process. mueller's team and trump's lawyer expected to meet face-to-face. mueller has not indicated that the investigation is almost over especially after the guilty plea of michael flynn. kenneth moten channel 6 "actio

a lawyer for the trump campaign says robert mueller's investigators improperly obtained thousands ofign e-mails, but the president said mueller's job is not in jeopardy. errol barnett has our report. >> reporter: upon returning from camp david president trump was asked directly if he intends to fire special counsel robert mueller. >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: he insisted nothing will be found on his transition team's e-mails now in robert mueller's possession. >> i doubt he'll find anything. but his lawyers claim the e-mails were obtained unlawfully. he obtained them from mr. trump's transition team. on saturday his lawyer sent this 7-page letter to o two congressional oversight committees describing that action as unlawful, adding that the special counsel's office has extensively used the materials in question. the special counsel spokesperson said, quote, when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or it was due to a criminal process. while it was said firing him would be mistake he is concerned

we know the trump tower meeting and the white house response are now under scrutiny by special counsel robert mueller. neither trump jr. nor the president is a lawyer, but trump junior said lawyers were president by the conversation, so it's covered by attorney/client privilege. it appears so long as republican lawmakers allow the privilege claim the president's son won't have to provide anymore details about the conversations to congress. alisyn. >> thank you. >>> more news now, embattled senator al franken making an announcement on the floor, and there are calls for him to resign amid the allegations of misconduct. do we know what he is going to say? >> reporter: it's widely expected that he will announce a resignation, but we want to be careful about that because his spokesman via twitter is pushing back a minnesota radio report that he would step down. that spokesman saying that he was discussing these things with his family, but it's widely expected that is what he will do, and this comes amid an extraordinary day yesterday that happened, a sixth female came forward saying he inappropria

cnn learns president trump's lawyers will be sitting down with special counsel robert mueller as soon as next week. where is mueller's investigation headed now? >>> blaming the bureau. president trump renews his attacks on the fbi while on his way to speak to a graduating class of law enforcement trainees. the president tells reporters it's a shame what happened under previous leaders and insists people are very, very angry about what happened. why is he attacking the bureau at the same time his own people are under investigation? >>> and kim's missing man. a top north korean general believed to be second only to the leader kim jong-un hasn't been seen for months. did he offend his notoriously fickle leader? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following multiple breaking stories. this hour, congressional republicans are set to release the final version of their tax cut plan. among the last-minute compromises, an increase to the child tax credit, fulfilling a demand by senator marco rubio. rubio and another key republican, tennesse

robert mueller next week. what is coming next? against president trumphen he was running, those two will head to capitol hill next week. the presidents just called it the fbi's actions on the rush of pro the disgraceful. let's go straight to ed henry, he is our chief national correspondent. what can you tell us? >> you are talking about the president's lawyer's meeting with the special counsel robert mueller next week. we have confirmed that from a source close to the investigation. what they are telling us tonight is that it's likely to be jay sekulow as well as john dowd, the two personal attorneys for the president, this will not include ty cobb. he's not going to comment at all, all these conversations with the special counsel are private, they are tired of all of the leaks. we will not discuss our periodic communications with the special counsel. as you see right there. what is interesting is since the president's legal team is not talking about it, this is likely leaking from the side of the president's critics. why would they want to leak this out

robert costa. how the tax bill could affect your paycheck. plus, tensions over the russia probe, tonight on "washington week." president trumpeard that, have you? robert: jubilation at the white house as president trump cheers the passage of the republican party's biggest priority -- overhauling the american tax system. >> this has been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. robert: the vote, along party lines, marks the president's first major legislative victory of the year. the massive package doesn't just cut taxes. it eliminates the insurance mandate under obamacare, lifts a

they are arguing that robert mueller can't take a look at e-mails from the trump transition team. nt makes absolutely no sense. and what he is investigating is collaboration with the russians. this is critically important to our national security. robert mueller stays in place or donald trump is going to have to go. it's that simple. >> two things, then, on the issue of mueller being removed. that would be a really big problem. there are lots of rumors floating around. and then the e-mails. richard says it's not illegal and that it's not private property as the transition team alleges. you do see a problem in which it may have been obtained. >> i am critical of how the special counsel handled getting the e-mails. i think the gsa, government owns the e-mails. i don't think there is an expectation of privacy. >> the transition team says there was an understanding. >> that doesn't give the transition team a legal argument that those e-mails should not have been produced. what it does do is creates a perception that the special counsel's office is going to ride rough shot just to get w

trump's favor. the question for special counsel robert mueller its wheth the trump campaign or the candidate himself worked with or colluded with russia in that effort. >> there is absolutely no collusion. >> trump's lawyers predict the investigation will wrap up soon. many legal observers say mueller appears to be only in round one. former campaign chairman, paul manafort, have been indicted and their trials are months away. two other former staffers security adviser michael flynn have pled guilty, flynn admits he lied to the fbi yesterday, flynn's brother tweeted that the president should pardon flynn. earlier this month, the president didn't rule it out. what happens. >> immediately afterward his attorney insisted there is no consideration of pardoning flynn. >> the white house emphasizes that no one has been charged with or pled guilty to working with russia to influence the election. the question is whether mueller is trying to squeeze them for information indicating that they or others did. recently the president supporters have ratcheted their attacks on mueller. some have gone after the staf

robert: president trump gives his full support to embattled senate candidate roy moore. m robert costa. politics and choices amid sexual misconduct. tonight on "washington week." >> in the coming weeks, i will be resigning as member of the united states senate. robert: minnesota senator al franken was one of three lawmakers who resigned this week amid a wave of sexual misconduct allegations. he was investigated starting in november after a radio anchor alleged he groped and forcibly kissed her. normal kratz -- democrats called for his resignation. >> we should be held to a higher

senate intelligence committee, mark warner warning president trump a significant consequences if he takes any action to remove special counsel robertump and his lawyer have publicly said the president won't fire mueller but he still worried it could be on the way. the federal judgeships are in a mistrial in the case accused of leading an armed standoff against the government. the judge claiming prosecutors for withholding key evidence for defense lawyers. accused of the mussina gunman to intimidate to pay grazing fees. bundy will face senate trial early next year. that is what is happening. lauren: how to prepare for the upcoming tax code changes? president of advisory group, also the host of the financial quarterback radio program. josh, good morning. how can we get ready for tax reform? >> number one, take advantage of the property tax cap, which is 10,000. property taxes over 10,000, pre-pay your property taxes. also look to see how you can bunch or deduction. maybe take the property tax rate off this year and to pay significant amount in state and local income tax, take that next year. about 90% of the new tax plan will save mo

fresh twisted the trump russia saga u.s. investigator robert muller subpoenas dodge a bank to release data on accounts held by president trump over russia's influence on his election as president. also the sweat shops of beijing cleared out overnight migrant workers and their employers are now fighting to survive. with bricks. negotiations are in deadlock dairy farmers in northern ireland ask one question that is on many people's minds. can somebody somewhere stand up and tell me and tell all of the members of this society what better situation is going to prove there in the post breaks the scenario that currently prevails all this and more now in need of your business i'm going to office in berlin welcome germany's largest lender dodge a bank has been dragged into an investigation into russian meddling in the us presidential elections last year a number of media outlets reported special counsel robert muller who is leading the investigation has asked georgia to release data on accounts held by u.s. president donald trump and his family informa

the trump transition team is crying foul over the way special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation obtained its emails. errol barnett has more on this from the white house. >> reporter: president trump continues to deny any wrongdoing during last year's election, with his lawyers now claiming special counsel robert mueller is breaking the law. >> there is absolutely no collusion, i didn't make a phone is -- no conclusion whatever. >> reporter: president trump continues to deny any wrongdoing during last year's election, with his lawyers now claiming special counsel robert mueller is breaking the law. mueller's team gained access to e-mails from mister trump's transition team, provided not by the team itself, but by the general services administration. on saturday, the president's transition team lawyer sent this seven-page letter to two congressional oversight committees, describing that action as "unlawful," adding that "the special counsel's office has extensively used the materials in question." the special counsel's spokesperson said, "when we have obtained e-mails in the cours

trump. special counsel robert mueller dismissed strzok for allegedly sending anti-trump texts. page is also no longer on the team and lawyers are pushing attorney general jeff sessions to appoint a new second special counsel to investigate. trump has denied any collusion with russia during the campaign. in alabama this fall joking -- >> any russians in the audience? are there any russians in the audience, please? i don't see too many russians. >> reporter: the white house response -- >> i know he has great concern about some of the conduct that's taken place and something that we certainly would like to see looked at. >> reporter: now, the white house has also said it has no problem with robert mueller who is a republican, democrats say the president is questioning the fbi's integrity because mueller is amping up the pressure. kendis, diane. >> an investigator to investigate the investigators. see how that pans out. >> sounds like washington. >>> coming up a dangerous new promise from kim jong-un. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson's surprising new approach with dealing with

this morning special counsel robert mueller under fire from the trump transition team. an attorney for the transition confirmed he sent a letter to congress complaining about quote unauthorized private and privileged transition e-mails. in the letter, which has been published, the trump transition team is accusing muller of unlawfully obtaining tens of thousands of pages of transition e-mails claiming it raises potential violations of attorney client privilege and the fourth amendment that protects against unlawful search and seizure. muller's team normally reluctant to comment released a statement overnight saying they have done nothing wrong. when we have obtained e-mails in the course of the on going criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. all of this playing out as the president cheer leads about tax cuts. >> we are back. we're really going to start to rock. >> president trump boasting about the economy on his watch and insisting the gop tax cut plan will stump more growth. he dismissed critics who