don't dictate to us from washington, d.c., what you're telling us to do. we know how to do it better than you. nevada knows how to take care of nevada citizens better than washington, d.c. and it's true across the country. so what we have heard from the governors is virtually ewe name anymorety on that kind of flexibility that doesn't exist to the degree now that the bill would provide, would allow for. that's what the governors are calling out for. >> i remember i covered quite intimately the debate over obamacare in the house. i think talked to you several times in the process. one of the things you were very critical of were the special provisions put in the bill to win key senators. the cornhusker kickback. the la purchase, as you called both of them. they were provisions to win democratic senators on the fence. now we see special pro visions in the bill for alaska, florida, la plap again, seem to be directly aimed at winning over key republican senators. do you have a problem can this? i know you're not in the senate. you're not putting this stuff in.

thank you very much forjoining us from washington.t was happening at the white house, we will have to wait for a cat might —— news watch. some very wet and windy weather. here was a scene in the coming from devon earlier on in the day, you can see the choppy seas and the close producing some heavy rain. we have seen that rain pushing into the east. every second weather watcher picture comes from suffolk, clear skies. a very pleasant afternoon, feeling warm. as we head to degress of the weekend, we see fairly an u nsettled of the weekend, we see fairly an unsettled weather, blustery showers, things will feel fresh for the time of year. things will feel fresh for the time of yea r. low things will feel fresh for the time of year. low pressure is still very much in charge of our weather through this evening and overnight. that low—pressure drifting further northwards and eastwards. this band of heavy rain we have seen in the west will push its way northwards and eastwards across here. the rain will not be quite as heavy. temperatures hol

thanks very much tracie potts joining us from washington president trump says his next big priority is to overhaul the u.s. tax code by slashing corporate rates to 15% and giving middle class taxpayers a break. speaking to the "wall street journal," he added any hike in taxes would be levied upon the wealthiest >>> making america great again one iphone at a time according toapple is planning to open new factories in the white house he said he spoke to tim cook who said they made a promise to build three big plachnts in the u.s. the company came under fire during his campaign to making most of its products in china. >>> spanish prime minister has testified that he had no knowledge of the campaign accounting practices of his popular party while he was on the electoral campaign director from '94 to 2000 rajoy's testimony comes amid a long running investigation he is his country's first sitting prime minister to appear as a witness in a court case >>> coming up on the show, is the facebook slowdown finally here we'll preview the numbers. i am totally blind. and i live with non-24, a circad

abc's emily rau joins us with more from washington. emily, apparently they didn't want to discuss this but that's not really working for them. >> reporter: right, exactly, diane and nick. plenty of senate republicans are getting an earful from voters who are demanding that they oppose the repealing and replacing the affordable care act. at the office of arizona republican jeff flake, protesters chanting "where's jeff flake. several of them arrested, two charged with making threats and in austin, arrests outside the office of senator john cornyn considered a key vote and a group of protesters made it to the door of senator tom cotton's office. some taking cotton to tank for the bill's projected cuts to the veterans administration pointing out the senator himself is a vet and protesters in senator cory gardner's office in denver did get to speak to him by phone. >> there are many people who agree with you. on the points you made. there are many who don't agree with you on the points you made but i appreciate your willingness to come to t

jena joins us from washington now. >> reporter: we have continued seeing these missile tests from theorth korean regime but this one is especially concerning because if claims are true, it could reach u.s. soil. >> as americans are celebrating the 4th of july new images out north korea shows kim jong un showing his successful missile launch saying it could reach the u.s. >> the first time if analysis is correct it could hit the united states not the main land but alaska and that is alarming. >> after a representative from china says that his country wants to deescalate the rising tensions. >> tensions are high and sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences wo

john harwood is following the story for us from washington. how did mitch mcconnell win this vote? >>. >> quite impressive sue, he had faced resistance from staunch conservatives and also from the more moderate republicans, he managed to pull enough of them along, he only lost two votes by letting them feel as if the process was going to be fluid once it came to the floor. they weren't introducing any specific bill by doing this, he managed to do what he said about a week ago, he wasn't going to be able to do. >> what did he win, john? >> what he won was the opening of debate. that's distinct from moving any piece of legislation. they could try to pass the house bill, try to pass a revised version of the senate bill they had earlier been considering or they could fall back to the skinny repeal, which just eliminates the individual mandate and some other regulations. that would get them into a conference with the senate, who knows where that would go. >> i said it was a dramatic moment, and indeed it was. when john mccain walked on to the floor. he got a standing ovation from both si

>> quijano: errol barnett, thanks, and cbs news chief washington correspondent john dickerson joins us from face the nation moderator john dickerson joins us from washington, we see a drip of information on this fssia collusion story. how much of a turning point were elese emails released by donald trump, jr.? rt i think it was a turning point for two important reasons. first, the facts. the president's son was engaged in doing something that top officials including the vice president said no one in the campaign had done. and he even asked the question of when anyone did was offensive. so that is the first problem with the facts of the case. ha's further complicated by the fact that this is the president's flesh and blood, who operates outside of the white house. de how does the white house defend somebody who they're not really, it's not their job to defend him. but where everything that happens with respect to the president's son, does have a real impact on the president and his agenda. >> quijano: well, i want to ask you about health care as well, john. senate majority leader mitch tconn

jena joins us from washington now. >> reporter: we have continued seeing these missile tests from the north korean regime but this one is especially concerning because if claims are true, it could reach u.s. soil. >> as americans are celebrating the 4th of july new images out north korea shows kim jong un showing his successful missile launch saying it could reach the u.s. >> the first time if analysis is correct it could hit the united states not the main land but alaska and that is alarming. >> after a representative from china says that his country wants to deescalate the rising tensions. >> tensions are high and sooner or later it will get out of control and the consequences would be disastrous. >> they released a join statement saying them to announce a join moratorium as they hold off on large scale military exercises, the president trump took to twitter saying does this guy have anything bet toward do with his life say that china could quote, end this nonsense once and for all. that tweet starkly different from two weeks ago saying that china's effort have not worked out. for m

some more goodies but we heard from rand paul today that he's not going to sign on so they can only afford to lose one more. >> quijano: john dickerson in washington for us, thanks very much. iran said today it has l another american on spying charges. the state department is calling for his immediate release. deborah patta has the story from our london bureau. >> reporter: although information is not exactly being forth coming from iran, this is what we do know about the foreign national found guilty of spying. iranian state media has named him as 37 year old chinese-american xi xiyow wang, a principleson university academic who was conducting historical research in iran. but officials accuse him of gathering information under the direct guidance of the u.s. and for this he has been sentenced to ten years in an iranian jail. releasing scant information about prisoners is nothing new in iran. "washington post" journalist jason rezaian was one of the most high profile u.s. citizens found guilty of espionage. after his release he described how he was for his jailers. >> for much of the 18 months i was in prison my iranian intergators told me that "the wash

joining us from washington dc. new details emerging on amazon's bid for whole foods.is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm vonnie quinn. time for our bloomberg business flash, a look at the latest business stories in the news. bluecrest capital investing transient million dollars in 111 capital. he is the former head of -- and bluecrest is a sylvester in the fund, focusing on stocks and derivatives. plans to sell half of a billion-dollar package to pimco in fortress investment group's. he spoke today, saying the deal will close in the next couple weeks and they will divest the rest of the portfolio, saying failure is not an option. he says after the bailout, there are no more systemic issues for the italian banks. reportet to the deals where we zoom in on an analysis from the biggest stories behind the deals. we are talking about whole foods and amazon and the idea that whole foods might have wanted $45 a share, not $42 as offered by amazon. alex: when these big deals are announced they come with a proxy statement, which gives details about how the

. >>> and cbs news chief washington correspondent and "face the nation" mod railtor john dickerson joins us now from washington. so john, we continue to see a slow drip drip of information on this russia collusion story. how much of a turning point were these e-mails released by donald trump jr.? >> i think it was a turning point for two important reasons. first the facts. the president's son was engaged in doing something that top officials including the vice president said no one in the campaign had done, and he even asked the question of whether anyone did was offensive. that's the first problem with the facts of the case. it's further complicated by the fact this is the president's flesh and blood, who operates outside of the white house. so how does the white house defend somebody who they're not really -- it's not their job to defend them but where everything that happens with respect to the president's son does have a real impact on the president and his agenda. >> well, i want to ask you about health care as well, john. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced saturday that the senat

joining us from washington and friend of liu xiaobo and a fellow dissident.f you have been in touch with him all his family in recent days and what we re his family in recent days and what were their last days like? we have had some contact with family members a few days ago but we have lost that contact in the past three days. now we are tying very hard to resume that contact —— trying but chinese authorities have tightened control, not allowing family members to contact the outside world. the focus 110w contact the outside world. the focus now is turning to his wife who also has been subject to restrictions. are you worried about her fate? we are very worried about her fate. we all know that she has never been formally charged of any crime. but, asa formally charged of any crime. but, as a matter of fact, she has been under house arrest ever since liu xiaobo was announced to have been awarded the nobel peace prize in the thousand and ten. she has suffered at the hands of the regime. with this tragic death, we worry so much about her. now our focus and effor

. >> abc's janai norman is following the developments for us from washington. good morning, janai. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. some democrats are saying those e-mails are clear signs of collusion and even some republicans are expressing concerns over trump junior's willingness. >> donald trump jr.'s e-mails. for some the fire where there's already smoke. >> this is moving into perjury, false statements, and potentially treason. >> donald trump jr. was openly salivating about the prospect about getting damaging information from the russians. it is certainly evidence of collusion. >> reporter: the e-mails released by trump jr. show on june 3rd acquaintance rock goldstone told him the crown prosecutor of russia offered to provide the trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate hillary and her deals with russia and would be very useful to your father. this is obviously very high level and sensitive information, but it's part of russia and its government's support for mr. trump. minutes later he responded thank

. >> and gloria riviera joins us from washington tonight, and gloria, the meeting comes as the fbi investigates russia's meddling in an american election, but the white house is not planning to make that a focus of the discussion, correct? >> reporter: that is correct, tom. a senior administration official tells us the white house expects this meeting to be brief. that it is doubtful russia's meddling in the u.s. election will be a prominent focal point, that it would be viewed as a waste of time, and according to this official, a loser of a topic. >> thank you. >>> overseas now, the war against isis. after recent success against mosul, iraq, an advancement in raqqah, syria. the capital. arab and kurdish fighters have broken through the historic wall around raqqah's old city. isis militants had taken up fighting positions along that wall. the u.s. is providing close air support. >>> back home, there is growing retis answer the to trump's growing election integrity. most people say they are unwilling to turn over personal voter information, including names, birth dates, voting history and the la

joining us from washington dc is chinese democracy activist dryangjian li.ipated in the tiananmen square protests. he is a good friend of liu xiaobo. thank you forjoining us. you have beenin thank you forjoining us. you have been in touch with liu xiabao's friends and family. western dock to say he can travel, the chinese say he cannot. what will happen here?|j think he cannot. what will happen here?” think the visit by two doctors, one from america and the other from germany, liu xiabao expressed his wish quite clearly that he and his wife wa nted wish quite clearly that he and his wife wanted to leave china to come either to the us or germany for medical treatment. the doctors issued a joint statement saying it issued a joint statement saying it is possible for liu xiabao to have a medical evacuation, but it needs to be done as soon as possible. the reaction of the chinese dog is say that his condition is not allowing him to travel. it is because of, they are not decision—makers... him to travel. it is because of, they are not decision-makers. .. why are c

joining us from washington is bloomberg's federal reserve reporter. guess the obvious question is, did we hear anything different at all substantially from what we heard yesterday? >> the one interesting addition we heard today related to inflation. yesterday and in all of her --ent remarks, janet yellen something transitory, something that will fade out. today she allowed that she might be wrong about that, that there may be something else going on here. she doesn't think there is but she mentioned there may be something else going on. i think that's a little bit relevant. vonnie: we did see the market move, particularly the long end of the curve. and she did mention about the anticipation for long rates rising. >> exactly. she talked about that a little bit worried she obviously did sort of stick to this common line that the fed has been bringing out over and over again , when it comes to policy going forward. she didn't fundamentally change anything she said yesterday. it's worth noting that she so much didn't change anything yesterday that she didn

did not say is if there would be any new commitment from the trump companies to buy more american-made goods. >> jon karl leading us off for washington coverage. >>> the other major headline from washington meanwhile, that health scare for senator john mccain. what doctors have discovered and forcing senate republicans to hold off on the health care bill because they need his vote. abc's mary bruce on the hill tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the republican quest to overhaul obamacare is held up because of a health scare. senator john mccain is recovering at home in arizona after doctors opened his skull to remove a blood clot. >> we hope john mccain gets better very soon because we miss him. he is a crusty voice in washington. plus we need his vote. >> reporter: but before leaving washington, mccain himself was on the fence about the health care bill. >> right now we have no consensus. >> reporter: the votes now on hold until mccain returns. [ chanting ] the delay gives the opponents of the bill more time to lobby against it. does this delay make it easier or harder to get this done? >> i don't know. i just don't know. >> reporter: al

he joins us from washington. good to see you as always, john. let's start with health care. where do things stand now? what's next? >> well, republican senators are getting ready to have votes tonight with their democratic colleagues and try to figure out if they can pass something to get to a conference committee with the house. none of the comprehensive approaches have succeeded so far. republican leaders are now trying to pass what they're calling a skinny repeal, which is a narrow bill repealing just the individual mandate and some other items as a means of getting to a conference but, of course, the house has the possibility of simply passing that. late in the day we've heard from john mccain, lindsey graham and ron johnson who said they will not vote for skinny repeal unless they have a guarantee that the house will go to a conference committee and just not pass it. so it's a confused situation. without those three votes it couldn't pass but we don't know how that's going to go and voting will go late into the night. >> on to tax reform the republicans dropped the bord

he joins us from washington. >> the press secretary says the president was working on this the past two weeks but comes after strained relations at the white house played out in public. >> the move announced on twitter by president trump. naming current homeland security secretary general kelly as the replacement for reince priebus. the president said about kelly he is a great american, a great leader. >> john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star. done an incredible job thus far respected by everybody. >> of priebus the president tweeted we accomplished a lot together. and i am proud of him. priebus continued to support the president in an interview with cnn. >> i think it's smart for him to pick general kelly. and i think that things are going to be run very well. >> priebus, the former chairman of the rnc and long-term insider clashed with the inner circle and having put him in charge of health care, the motion to commit is not agreed. >> last night's defeat may have been the time straw. another source saying priebus resigned privately thursday after newly hire

forgetful, but he is eager to get back to washington and back to work, david. >> mary bruce with us from washington as well. thank you. >>> we turn now to the devastating moment. a family of noin was swept away in a flash flood in arizona. there was a warning, but in there remote spot, they did not hear it. abc's kevin moton. >> reporter: tonight, in the air and on the ground, an urgent search for a missing father. all looking for hector. his wife, maria, their three children and five other members of their extended family did not survive. the youngest, just 2 years old. >> i can't begin to tell you how i feel for this family. i mean, the age of these kids were 2 years old, 5 years old, 3 years old. it's heartbreaking. >> holy mackerel. >> reporter: a bystander capturing the rush of water as the family celebrated maria's birthday. >> these people almost got someone in a tree. >> trying to rescue this guy and his 1 month-year-old baby. the mom is in the water. >> reporter: the water roaring. rescuers on the scene, saving four others. that wall of water swept away everything in its path carrying tree

he joins us from washington. welcome, good to talk to you.s evidence of actual collusion here. nothing came of this meeting. but there does seem to be at the very least intense, willingness, an attempt to collude with a hostile foreign power. a lot of ammunition, you would have thought, for the various investigations into russian influence. how much do you think it all matters? well, actually you are right in your assessment that there was no there there. however, you do have high—level members of the trump campaign who were actually willing to collude with a foreign power. now, i think this is an issue for the special counsel, bob mueller, to sort out but it is very damaging and i think the cloud that is hanging over this presidential administration only gets that much darker. but more importantly, i think it is going to make it that much more difficult for this president to corral his base, to corral his gop led congress, to actually move on much of the legislation that he wants to see get done. so even if it doesn't matter necessarily to h

also just back from hamburg, the treasury secretary steven mnuchin, he joins us now from washington. mr. secretary, thank you for joining us this morning. lots of tweets from the president this morning. he also said that the sanctions were not discussed in his meeting with president putin. it is time to, quote, move forward constructively with russia. does that mean that new sanctions for russian interference are off the table? >> well, george, first of all, let me just say i think the trip overall was just an outstanding success. we had over ten bilats, three pull-asides and we met with ten leaders and other leaders at the three seas conference, and as it relates to the meeting with putin, let me be clear, what started out as a 30-minute meeting lasted over two hours and i think what we should be focused on was that the president handled it brilliantly, look at what was discussed and what was accomplished. he fully addressed the election situation. he focused on the cease-fire in syria, which is a major accomplishment. he talked about ukraine, and he talked about north korea. so this

john harwood is following the story for us from washington tonight. john, good to see you. so, what's the status of the senate health care bill? >> reporter: it's not quite dead, but it is in very difficult condition right now, sue. the republicans found themselves before the break, they initially hoped to pass it by the fourth of july. they found themselves at least ten votes short. you've got critics both on the left and the right. there are ways that they can tweak the bill that mitch mcconnell laid out the week before the fourth of july, but going in either direction risks losing senators at the other end of the ideological spectrum. >> so what are those changes that republicans or the leadership, at least, are considering? >> for moderates, they're talking about more money. that money would go to kick fewer people off of medicaid. also, to increase funding for treatment of opioid addiction, which is a huge problem many of those republican senators. for the right, they're talking about cutting regulations further. the problem there is that if you cut some of the regulat

we arejoined by a nuclear policy expert, joining us from washington.s is very worrying for the international community. if we just focus in on this... the test itself, are you convinced that this missile can carry a large nuclear warhead? well, that really does remain to be seen. that's what the north is claiming. we haven't received official confirmation from authorities, that thatis confirmation from authorities, that that is the case, but we can expect them to in due time to get to a point where they can eventually miniaturising a nuclear warhead and mounted on a long—range list it missile, capable of reaching the american homeland. we heard donald trump, he was in poland, with the polish president. he said he will ta ke polish president. he said he will take strong action. what can we do? again, we are dealing with president trump, so he is the only one who has that answer. but the concern right now coming from a statement like that really concerns a lot of north korea watchers and experts and policy makers overseas because of how president trump h

more on this, kevin cirilli joins us from washington. latest from the pentagon, a spokesperson says this north korean missile was a version we have not seen. the estimated range was in excess of 5.5 thousand kilometers, almost 3.5 thousand miles. it puts chills in the atmosphere. who will take the baton and run with it? what kind of alliance can we expect from the g-20? >> this is the first major international test for this president as he embarks -- has towardsarsaw -- heads warsaw. this missile clearly designed to send a signal to washington, the u.s., and south korea have any missile test of their own in response. ,e heard from vladimir putin saying he disagrees with the strategy and the u.s. embarking on this regardless. the u.s. is trying to put pressure on trade. president trump said before he boarded air force one to go to the international meetings that , betweenthe trade china and north korea group 40% in the first quarter, so much with china working for us but we had to give it a try. the top economic ties to north korea is chin

joining us from washington. we know?w, what do kevin: this is an estimate of the straight repeal, the delayed straight repeal bill that at this point senate republicans voting on next week. everything is very in flux after meeting with the white house. some talk of reviving the bill that mcconnell was orking on before that would have resulted in an additional 22 million uninsured. this was a version of bill that both chambers and vetoed by president obama in would appeal the individual mandate, a bunch of the obama care taxes. regulations in place. if it is passed and then they manage to produce a replacement bill within two years when the thing actually in, then you would see additional 32 million people uninsured. double d supremums within a decade and you would ave potentially 3/4 of the country without any options in the individual markets according o this estimate from the c.b. o. emily: so, kevin, there are a lot of moving parts here. are the next steps? kevin: right now we're expecting a number of the on sort of o

bloomberg's international economics and policy correspondent michael mckee joins us from the treasury department in washington. so tell us what happened, how did the day end like this? michael: we don't know exactly how the day ended. we believe the talks are over by the treasury department isn't saying anything for right now. as you mentioned, the news conferences were cancelled shortly after the meetings began. we don't know to take that as a sign of progress or a lack of progress because there were the tense comments at the opening ceremony, but no indication that the talks would fail and we do believe they lasted until the middle of the afternoon. the u.s. would like to see the trade deficit with china come down. they're focused on much of the old economy. they would like to see steel dealt in open capacity and the china would like to see u.s. tech companies sell them more stuff that the u.s. government prevents that. so they are trying to negotiate that as part of a deal. tech a big part of these talks, but we don't know where they went with them yet? emily: mike, i imagine the relationship with china is

with us remote from washington, matt schlapp from the american conservative union. thank you for joining us here. let me pick whereupon the rest of the gang left off. when we ore talking about this. when we look at the political fallout, jonathan, how do you see this playing out for the white house? how do you see this playing out for the president moving forward? as peter points out the line is he didn't know about this meeting. he wasn't there. he wasn't involved. walk me through the next steps. >> well, that's right. the white house has said that the president wasn't there. he was in new york that day. and he had only become the presumption nominee a few weeks prior. it seems like the white house has a good stretch of days the word russia falls on them again. they were feeling good last week. there were questions raised about the meeting with vladimir putin, but they felt the president was authoritative, came back on a high note and yet this is happening again. they're in damage control. you are seeing donald trump jr. deny it of course on twitter. you are seeing

mike riley wrote this great story and is joining us from washington now. with us, david kirkpatrick. mike, talk us through it. we have trump and putin talking. it looks like russian hackers are looking to potentially disrupt the infrastructure of the u.s. what is happening? >> the confluence of the meeting and the news breaking about the attacks on power plants shows there is a lot going on behind the scenes even as the leaders are meeting. in terms of the russians, how you determine these are russian hackers, there were private security at the power plant and also the f.b.i. and n.s.a. multiple sources said all fingers seem to be pointed at russia. the context of this and why the u.s. government is so worried is in the last two years, russian hackers took down the ukrainian power grid two different times. they get more sophisticated as if they are using the ukraine as a testbed for this. when hackers that seem to be connected to russia start hitting a dozen power plants in the u.s., it makes them very nervous. caroline: fascinating really. i want to get da

. >> that's abc's emily rau for us live from washington. emily, thanks. >>> and the president is also talking trade when it comes to north korea threatening to punish countries like china that do business there. at an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council, u.s. ambassador nikki haley also warned that the u.s. is prepared to use military force if necessary. this all comes after north korea's successful launch of its first intercontinental ballistic missile. >> in truth, it is not only the united states and our allies that are threatened, north korea's destabilizing escalation is a threat to all nations in the region and beyond. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. >> ambassador haley also said the u.s. will propose new security council resolutions against north korea. those could include restricting oil for their military programs and cutting off major sources of hard currency. >>> and the trump administration is urging russia to cooperate with the u.s. to defeat isis and restore stability

joining us from washington is politico's daniel lipman, co-author of the political playbook.eard a lot of differing opinions there on the future of this bill. reince priebus said this weekend he expects congress to give them a bill by the august recess or shortly after. give us the prognosis here. what do you think is going to happen with the health care bill moving forward? who do you think is on the right side of this thing? >> i don't think reince is correct on this issue. they've had months to do this. they've only lost support during the july 4th recess. there are now ten republican senators who are on record as not supporting this current bill. that's only gone up. they can really only afford to lose two or three. there doesn't seem to be a pathway forward because if they make the bill more moderate, then they lose conservatives, like cruz and rand paul. if they make it more conservative, then they just continue to lose the moderates who are worried about the severe medicaid cuts in those rural states. >> one of the things that we've been hearing more and more of is the

singh, withichael us from washington. ne conclusion that the house will vote today to stop the present from the coat -- president from vetoing anything since? willel: i think this clearly pass. russia has gotten the most attention. the president has said he will sign the bill, but i don't think he has much choice. this past 98-2 in the senate. passedth korea portion in the house already. this is moving through regardless. vonnie: what will be the response from those countries, russia, iran, north korea? will there be a response? the sanctions are already in place. michael: in a sense there is no new sanctions that will come up as soon as this is passed. it is essentially providing tools. all three of these countries are sentient heavily by the united -- sanctioned heavily by the united states. the real reaction to watch is the european union's response. they have expressed a lot of concerns about the russian sanctions in particular that target joint energy projects in which european union countries are involved. vonnie: is

. >> lauren mayk reporting live us from washington, d.c., we'll see you next hour. >>> for three hours today, president trump's son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner answered questions from lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. he had a similar interview yesterday on the b panel. one major difference between the two,'s meeting was under oath. the panels investigating the sbeer feerns in the presidential campaign and possible involvement of trump associates. continuing in depth coverage of today's developments in washington from the health care vote to jared kushner's tem is coming up on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> turning to breaking news now from the lehigh valley. allentown mayor has been indi indicted. his attorney cob firmed that much with the mayor's attorney within the last hour. the indictment is sealed. so even his attorney doesn't have detailed about what's in the federal paperwork. he expects it will be released tomorrow morning. the mayor has referenced an ongoing federal investigation for years. the fbi raided allentown city hall in july of 2015.

she joins us from washington. what have they been working on?e they been working on this one page plan or are they going with the rhine-brady plan we have had for a while? >> they been talking about both of them, and there has been no progress for several weeks, not able to come to an agreement. later this afternoon we expect to see a joint statement that will come from the senate, white house, and house that will talk about the progress forward. we may not have many details, but one thing we are expecting to see, votes from republican congressman who were briefed on the plan, the controversial border adjustment tax, the tax on imports that exempts exports. they will move away from that plan. that is the big news. the question is what comes next. i'm not sure that this plan will really dig into that. they are still getting around those details, figuring out how they will pay for tax reform, what elements they can agree on. david: the question of what is next is a big one. you had the big six working together, approaching congressional recess her

eliot abrams joins us from washington, he was the national security advisor for george w.portedly a top contender for the deputy secretary of state position in the obama administration. let's do this sequentially, and what did you think of donald trump's speech in poland. i was struck by the way in which he spoke of the west really as a kind of civilization more than an idea. >> yes, that was very striking to everybody who heard the speech, it was as if the west was a civilization or even almost a kind of tribal organization which is at war with other people and that was left slightly unclear who the other people were, it sounds like he was talking about islamic radicalism. of course american presidents for years and years have been coming to warsaw, obama did it, george w. bush did it. but they usually use different language, at length about nato, it was about our democracy, it was about poland's journey from dictatorship to democracy, it saw the west as a kind of positive political group community. this sounded a little bit different. it sounded a little bit tribal. no m

offer some more goodies, but we heard from rand paul today that he's not going to sign on, so they can only afford to lose one more. >> john dickerson in washington for usery much. >>> iran said today it has locked up another american on spying charges. the state department is calling for his immediate release. debora patta has the story from our london bureau. >> reporter: although information has not exactly been forthcoming from iran, this is what we do know about the foreign national found guilty of spying. iranian state media has named him as 37-year-old chinese-american xiyue wang. academic who was conducting historical research in iran. but officials accuse him of gathering information under the direct guidance of the u.s. and for this he has been sentenced to ten years in an iranian jail. releasing scant information about prisoners is nothing new in iran. "washington post" journalist jason rezaian was one of the most high-profile u.s. citizens found guilty of espionage. after his release he described how he was deliberately lied to by his jailers. >> for much of the 18 months i was in prison by iranian interrogators told me that the "washington

and laura bickerjoins us now from washington. he did it by social media, is that true?witter within the last hour or so. yes, this is a white house that not only feels like a revolving door over the last week, it is one that his personal changes have been announced on twitter. why has reince priebus gone? he was a republican establishment figure and he came very late to the donald trump campaign, just right at the very end, and there were reports during that time that he asked crumpy to tone down some of his rhetoric. now, that's just not donald trump's style at all —— donald trump. look at who he appointed the new director of communications, antony scaramucci, this flamboyant figure from wall street who has come in in the last week and certainly used colourful language over the last 2a hours to describe reince priebus. he even indirectly accused him of leaking information about the trump administration to the press. now we have reince priebus, whojust a few hours after that report came out, reportedly resigned, donald trump announced that now. when it comes to why rein

joining us from washington dc, terry, how did things change this morning when we had this boat.u think we will address this again? >> you never say never with health care. i wrote this morning that the aca reform was apparently dead and sure enough i was justified in using that term because mark meadows of the freedom coalition announcee would try to that he would recess of data. i think it is pretty much gone. i think the congressional leaders and gary cohn and steve mnuchin have all signaled as of yesterday that they will move forward tax reform. andave their efforts incremental positive even though we remain a 50% because what you have there is a commitment to move forward and frankly a commitment to bring public support around it. those are good things. to move commitment forward. i'm looking at that statement from the white house and members of congress. they are hoping to do this and they welcome friends on the other side of the aisle to participate. how essential will that be? we saw the approach to health care centered on republicans pushing that, the need for bipartisan

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