and at a time many people in this country are stieg the stability and integrity of the judiciary as the biggest and best check we've gots while lots of other political norms seem to be falling by the wayside, you should just know that apart from and aside from the content of the allegations against judge kozinski his decision to resign is resonating like an earthquake within that branch of our government right now. that's an important story. in washington today and tonight there are two big competing news stories right now, one of which seems to be steaming straight ahead, the other one seems to be getting a little weird. the one that's steaming straight ahead is the republicans' tax bill. since trump has been president the republicans have passed no legislation of any significance. but if they are able to pass this tax bill it will be a huge deal. it will be the largest overhaul of the tax system in 30 years. if they do pass it it's remarkable how big it is that they will pass it without holding any substantive hearings on this legislation, without any substantive expert testimony on t