this is directed at grover. all, anybody who plans their business around big tax in hopes to make monthat he way is not a very good businessman. today of all, they rule corporations and people now and two comments directed at mr. norquist. thank you. guest: sure. you whether companies care about marginal tax rates and we ad earlier discussion about marginal tax rates and how they matter, if you talk to the think are very bright, run apand he will and pfizer and cisco, 2.5 trillion dollars overseas back to the united states because of marginal tax rate. marginal e tax rate, tax rate. those people you think are idiots have done an awful lot in the country and i think are people. they recognize tax rate, tax rate corporate linked with international that is tax structure destructive. so, the woman who thinks money on the military always wasteful, i think to keep strong enough peep frel throwing a punch at us is necessary and useful of money k. money be wasted on any department of government? absolutely. i've been ta

grover -- mr. norquist gets a lot of attention simplistically about cutting taxes and what has never seemingly owned up to in concrete terms to the american people what he wants to stop paying for. usually there is a discussion about alternatives but he doesn't say what programs he would cut. secondarily, mr. posen did mention how complicated and as an average citizen i find the border tax extremely complicated to understand. i hear about the strong dollar and so on. quite frankly i don't get it. it does seem like protectionism. i'm just wondering whether or not the protectionism or the border tax is the government's strengthening internal industry at the expense of exports which would hurt our area in southern california which relies heavily on import-export to the long beach port which i might add which was built up with the goes of business and government working in conjunction with each other? if i could get comments. host: we'll start with mr. posen. adam: it's a great set of questions. it's m

this is directed at grover. first of all, anybody plans their business around the tax cuts is not a very good business. thathave ruled corporations are people now. whether companies care about tax rates, if you talk to the people who you don't think are very bright that run -- that you -- theye bright and one have $2.5 trillion overseas they are not bringing back because of marginal tax rates. those people that you think are idiots have done a lot for the country and are pretty likes to people. corporate taxd rates we have the united states. particularly when it links with an international worldwide tax structure. it is destructive. i think a military strong enough to keep us throwing a punch at them is a useful expenditure of money. can many be wasted in any form of government, how i am speaking and foror mccain necessary dispense -- i think you misunderstand the commitments when he read for presidents. runningnot going to be a series of endless wars and running of the other countries. it was the big distinctio

we got let grover. we only got grove. >> grover? >> yes. >> steve mnuchin was saying ultimately the rich will pay the same amount because deduction also go down dramatically. do you believe that's true? >> i don't think he means dollar for dollar in terms of static modeling. in dynamic modeling if we cut taxes, both the corporate rate and the individual rate and make it easier to save and invest, the government will both get more money from the entire economy, but also from higher-income people because there will be more investing and more jobs and more opportunities. when reagan's tax cut passed, the total budget funded by the top 5%, 1%, 10%, all went up with lower tax rates. not from some offset on credits or something, but lower tax rates and more growth. the president said it repeatedly. his goal is growth, jobs and a stronger economy. that gets you more revenue. if you grow at 4% for a decade, as reagan did, rather than 2% as obama did, you actually net $5 trillion in higher revenue from growth. that's what we want to be targe

that is happening. >> let me bring that question to grover. you're seeing now a lot of demonstrations at town meetings. on a variety of issues. immigration, demonstrations in the streets. a lot of the energy at the town meetings is around obamacare. do you believe it's reaching a point where it actually might affect the decisions of republican members of congress? >> no, not only did we just have an election. a lot of folks in the press and the left look at the president and say, oh, the president won, everything has changed. they missed the last four elections. the republicans have swept the state legislatures, the governorships. the senate, the house. only recently the presidency. this is not new. this has been going on for four elections. where we have two-thirds of all the state legislative bodies in the country are republicans. 25 states are a republican governor and both houses republican. four states are all democrats. the democrats have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. half the country lives in a red state. what mad

that is happening. >> let me bring that question to grover. you're seeing now a lot of demonstrations at town meetings. the streets. a lot of the energy at the town meetings is around obamacare. do you believe it's reaching a point where it actually might affect the decisions of republican members of congress? >> no, not only did we just have an election. a lot of folks in the press tapped left look at the president and say, oh, the president won, everything has changed. they missed the last four elections. the republicans have swept the state legislatures, the governorships. the senate, the house. only recently the presidency. this is not new. this has been going on for four elections. two-thirds of all the state legislative bodies are republicans. 25 states are a republican governor and both houses republican. four states are all democrats. the democrats have the governorship and both houses of the legislature. half the country lives in a red state. what made the tea party important was these were demonstrations and people coming out inside

joining me with a look what to expect americans for tax reform president, grover norquist. is it going to happen? >> yes, yes, and i think the president understated which is an interesting new tactic, we have the house and the senate have been working on tax reform for several years, even during the obama years, there were several moments when somebody thought maybe obama was open to something reasonable. turned out to be true. but all that work was done. >> that's true, right? there was certainly a lot of consensus when it came to corporate taxes. we've got the highest rate in the world why. not knock that thing down in order to stir up economic activity in the u.s.? >> when trump ran, his big addition to the tax reform pot was to say, you know, everyone has been talking about taking the corporate rate from 35 to 25, the european average is a little under 25, and we have about a corporate average income tax. he said 25 doesn't do, it take it to 15. other people look around, and house republicans said we were at 25, now 20. the house republicans started looking at trump's p

you would have to go back to the grover cleveland administration to find the last time they were confirmed by the senate of an opposite party. joe biden said in 1992 they would not have built it. we know that seat would not have been filled in a presidential election year no matter who was the president or the senate, with regard to the new nominee, the president has picked an incredibly well qualified individual. the search was handled extremely well. he picked a outstanding nominee, a and i'm very confident that he will be handled. i would say that's up to our democratic friend. they can cast 60 votes to stop a phil buster and move to an up or down majority vote. any one senator can make us get 60 votes. if we have to get 60 votes, i'm confident that we will. >> just a point of clarification. president reagan introduced a nominee in 1987 and then he was confirmed in 1988, it's not as if no salespeople court jtsz was ever -- >> the vacancy did not occur in a presidential election year. that's what i said. >> okay, i just want to make sure people understand that, i want to under line the p

dagen: right. >> grover, mike block here. what about carried interest tax for private equity type funds? is that part -- in the cards as well for this administration, is that something that should be, if not? >> both are being discussed. trump said he wanted to carried interest. second tax on a dollar and ordinary income carried interest the move there does that. it moves ordinary income instead of capital gains. that makes me uncomfortable. it's not in terms of the long-term trend. it's not that much money, it is a signal that some politicians told us hedge fund guys this wasn't about them, my preference is and my hope is that they will not be raising taxes and turning capital gains into ordinary income and therefore raise the price. on the mortgage interest, that's -- there may be caps on that. right now -- if that's your interest, i get in and start talking to congress and senator, but average citizens will not see any change. maria: all right, tony. >> grover, good to see you, two-part question. you have the individual ra

grover norquist, americans for tax reform, atr.org, get you started in those spots. alfred in california, open phones, go ahead. caller: good morning. how are you? thank you for taking my call. i have two comments. one, a question regarding maxine waters when she came on msnbc calling donald trump and his cabinet scum bags, she's a congresswoman, who kind of language is that in regard to young people? i mean, she's a congresswoman calling them scum bags and another thing, the democrats continue to say that donald trump is racist and white supremacist, i did research and democrats are the ones that are for the ku klux klan, why doesn't that come out? why isn't there investigation in regard to ethics and what waters said, calling them scum bags? that is unacceptable. host: alfred, you think the discourse in american politics is at the worst you have seen it? caller: yes, i have. i have never seen this in my life and i was appalled, it turned my stomach in regard to her using that word. why did that word and that incident strike you so much? a lot of people talk about i

when immigrants don't come to this country, it hurts our job creation, our job grover, silicon valley is very worried a lot of their jobs are going to have to go to vancouver are where canada has a much forward looking immigration policy. >> dickerson: let me ask you this, senator. why not just have a pause? we do know in europe that isis has tried to get into the refugee program. they have had issues there. isn't it okay for a president to come in and say, hey, let's take a look at this vetting. we will have a little bit of a pause here. there is nothing wrong with that, is there? >> well first it is not a pause for syria, and second, it cuts, against the grain of what america is all about, which is it embodies a religious test, that is how rudy giuliani set it up and that is how president trump talk about it, and it doesn't focus on the areas that need to make us safe. three judges on the panel said they showed no evidence our safety is at risk from -- rather they have shown no evidence that this executive order would make us safer. >> dickerson: rudy giuliani i think he said he was

then grover norquist and adam grover discuss the gop reform plan. later, a discussion on the president's budget. >> tuesday morning at the american legion annual washington conference live coverage begins at in :00 a.m. eastern on cspan2. attorney general jeff sessions addresses the attorney general's national meeting. we will bring you his live speech at 9:00 a.m. on c-span three and it will be streaming live on c-span oracle or you can listen on the freeseas and radio app. >> watch c-span as president donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. president trump: does congress is going to be the busiest congress we are fat in decades. [applause] thend your reactions to presidential speech along with members of congress. live tuesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span ordered. listen live on the free c-span radio app. announcer: democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck schumer called for a national investigation to investigate potential contact between russia and the trump campaign. they spoke at the national press

>> are you ready, grover? >> ready and waiting! >> are you ready, mr. jimmy? >> jimmy: no. forgot my letter. >> where did he go? >> jimmy? >> how did he do that? >> hi, kids! it's time for the letter of the day. >> oh, all right. what is it? >> the anticipation is killing me. >> what is it, what is it? >> jimmy: i know you've all heard of letters like "a," "b" and of course "c." but our alert of the day is yuke. >> what did you say? >> jimmy: it's yuke! >> excuse me, jimothy, but i do not believe yuke is a letter. >> jimmy: yes, it is a letter, i made it up. look, it's right here. yuke! >> elmo, me think he crazy. >> jimmy: me not crazy, you guys are crazy. you've been singing about the same 26 letters for 47 years. do you know how many times "t" has been the letter of the day? 648 times. >> that's about right. >> jimmy: so i made up a new one. it's yuke. >> okay, okay, mr. jimmy, are there any words that start with the letter yuke? >> jimmy: words that start -- yeah. >> yeah? >> jimmy: there's yukon. and ukulele. >> but that's not -- >> jimmy: that's all of them but -- oh,

and i think you've mentioned some high profile figures like grover norquist. there's other individuals that had high senior positis within the government that frank gaffney has called into question. he's called into their question their loyalty to this country. american muslims are just like any other american and they're extremely loyal to the values we hold true in this country which are that people have to right to practice their faith and he has really cast suspicion on an entire community simply because of their faith. he has really twisted the way that american muslims should be viewed in this country. >> do you see a continuity between the way he talks about islam and muslims and he's even said there are hundreds of millions of people who support jihad and the language coming out of the white house. even that quote today about a beachhead from the president? >> yeah. i mean, i think this is exactly the -- this is just another example of exactly what he's trying to do which is to try to say to the average american person that you should be suspicious of

>> are you ready, grover? >> ready and waiting! >> are you ready, mr. jimmy? >> jimmy: no. forgot my letter. >> where did he go? >> jimmy? >> how did he do that? >> hi, kids! it's time for the letter of the day. >> oh, all right. what is it? >> the anticipation is killing me. >> what is it, what is it? >> jimmy: i know you've all heard of letters like and of course "c." but our alert of the day is yuke. >> what did you say? >> jimmy: it's yuke! >> excuse me, jimothy, but i do not believe yuke is a letter. >> jimmy: yes, it is a letter, i made it up. look, it's right here. yuke! >> elmo, me think he crazy. >> jimmy: me not crazy, you guys are crazy. you've been singing about the same 26 letters for 47 years. do you know how many times "t" has been the letter of the day? 648 times. >> that's about right. >> jimmy: so i made up a new one. it's yuke. >> okay, okay, mr. jimmy, are there any words that start with the letter yuke? >> jimmy: words that start -- yeah. >> yeah? >> jimmy: there's yukon. and ukulele. >> but that's not -- >> jimmy: that's all of them but -- oh, and cook

and i think you've mentioned some high profile figures like grover norquist. there's other individuals that had high senior position s witn the government that frank gaffney has called into question. he's called into their question their loyalty to this country. american muslims are just like any other american and they're extremely loyal to the values we hold true in this country which are that people have to right to practice their faith and he has really cast suspicion on an entire community simply because of their faith. he has really twisted the way that american muslims should be viewed in this country. >> do you see a continuity between the way he talks about islam and muslims and he's even said there are hundreds of millions of people who support jihad and the language coming out of the white house. even that quote today about a beachhead from the president? >> yeah. i mean, i think this is exactly the -- this is just another example of exactly what he's trying to do which is to try to say to the average american person that you should be suspicious of

grover in virginia, good morning. caller: my concern is the young lady just said that the appointment obama brought up to the supreme court was political but the guy that trump brought up is not political. i don't understand the difference between the two. because the republicans ran for eight years and did not one thing. i would like to hear her opinion about that. guest: my comment was in the to say that the becket fund would not pay -- take a position on the decisions of the senate to delay the vote on judge garland. judge garland was nominated i did go on some news networks and spoke about his nomination and i did say that we were would, like the other justices on the court, apply the law fairly to protect religious liberty. we did say in public that we hoped he would be a justice that would agree with the unanimous decisions that we have one of the supreme court -- that we won in the supreme court. someone one that let practice their religion by wearing a religious beard. on the comment on the political decisions

. >> reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton florida, congressman matt gaetz was grilled before he even got inside. >> i want to know what the president has not been bought and paid for by the russian olgary. >> we should know that about everybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was also a prime topic in new jersey, home to republican congressman leonard lance. >> i'd like ton what you plan to do when he makes delusional statements. >> i believe the president has not spoken the truth, i will indicate my point of view. . >> reporter: the question for republicans this week: how strongly to defend the president... >> tax returns! >> reporter: ...when they're already dealing with democratic anger or plans to repeal obamacare. >> come on out! >> reporter: protesters gathered outside congressman dave reichert's washington state office today. >> you work for us! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and laid into arkansas senator tom cotton last night. >> my husband with dementia, alzheimer's, plus multiple other things. and you want to stand there with him at home, expect

. >> reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton florida, congressman matt gaetz was inside. >> i want to know what the president has not been bought and paid for by the russian olgary. >> we should know that about everybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was also a prime topic in new jersey, home to republican congressman leonard lance. >> i'd like ton what you plan to do when he makes delusional statements. >> i believe the president has not spoken the truth, i will indicate my point of view. . >> reporter: the question for republicans this week: how strongly to defend the president... >> tax returns! >> reporter: ...when they're already dealing with democratic anger or plans to repeal obamacare. >> come on out! >> reporter: protesters gathered outside congressman dave reichert's washington state office today. >> you work for us! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and laid into night. >> my husband with dementia, alzheimer's, plus multiple other things. and you want to stand there with him at home, expect us to be calm, cool, and collected. well, what kind of insur

that is crucial as we talk with grover norquist. that border tax, whatever you want to call it, would go a long way to come up with on the tax cuts. let's say that is taken out of equation, is there any danger that you're hearing that the tax cult thing was dialed back? >> yesterday was the first time i heard president trump specifically say it would take a back seat, tax cuts would take a back seat to obamacare reform. there are certain procedural issues that might make that necessary. but it was kind of discouraging. frankly i think one reason the market hasn't been so slam bang today, is because we did hear that comment from the president saying that we're going to have to wait to get obamacare changes first around then we'll go to tax reform. they still, kevin brady said yesterday, told me, he wants to make it retroactive. so even if tax reform is not enacted until the end of 2017, it would be backdated to january 1st, 2017. neil: that is what hopes though. i don't know. -- plays a role in this. when you hear mitch mcconnell tal

f reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton florida, congressman matt gaetz was grilled before he even got inside. >> i want to know that my president has not bought and paid for by the russian oligarchy. >> we should know that about oderybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was puso a prime topic in new jersey, home to republican congressman leonard lance. >> i'd like to know what you plan to do when he makes eslusional statements. >> where i believe the president has not spoken the truth, i will indicate my point of view. n reporter: the question for republicans this week: how strongly to defend the president... >> tax returns! tax returns! >> reporter: ...when they're already dealing with democratic anger over plans to repeal obamacare. >> come on out! >> reporter: protesters stthered outside congressman dave reichert's washington state office today. >> you work for us! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and laid into arkansas senator tom cotton last night. >> my husband with dementia, alzheimer's, plus multiple other things. and you want to stand there with him at

elmo and grover. brian: always in a good mood. how does that happen? >> they put a smile on everybody's face whether you are a child or grandparent. steve: that little guy right there has a smile. one of the things about your show and i took my kids to it when they were that age is there is interactive part where after they are done on the stage they go out in the audience and shake hands with kids like that one right there. >> extremely interactive. ainsley: you can buy the package called the sunny seats. >> sunny seats. meet and greet elmo and grover. >> free shoat meet and greet with elmo and friends. a lot of fun. get to play hopscotch with elmo before the show. steve: kids react like that. >> that's exactly what they do brian brian how do you explain the way every generation seems to know one thing. they love sesame street. >> exactly. something great about our show includes some of the classic sesame street theme songs as well as new parodies like hot and cold and moves like jagger. steve: going to be at madison square garden through the 26th of

grover, add imposing and norquist will be here to discuss proposals for a border adjustment tax and how it' fits into the broader plan for tax reform coming up in just a few minutes on "washington journal." ♪ >> in case you missed it, here are some clips of c-span programming last week. house minority leader nancy pelosi at the san francisco health care forum talking about the afford will care act. >> we are for the affordable care act. we want to see them something wit that's not diminished and with the goals of the affordable care act. those goals were to expand coverage to as many people as possible in our country, to improve benefits for everyone, and to lower the costs. >> counselor to president trump kellyanne conway at cpac. >> there's an individual feminism if you will to make your own choices. i look at my self as a product of my choices and not a victim of my circumstances. what conservativism is all about. >> homeland security john kelly spoke about deportations. >> all deportations will be according to our legal justice system, which is extensive and includes multiple appe

another thing that happened is the rise of grover norquist never to raise income tax goes after george h. w. bush raised income taxes. to this day, not a single housee republican or senator voted for a tax increase. think about how much the changed politics. up until that point and 83, 84 when it came time to raise taxes we would raise them and that's what happened. they pushed through jfk's tax cuts. my point is before 1992 they were not against the tax increase. that changed politics. clinton walks into these areas that no president ever faced. my telling of the story discusses how on the one hand, it happened because of the government shutdown. do you remember that he met her in a shutdown so if there had been no partisan effort to two of them would have never met so let's start with that. then, there was a group of people and it probably wasn't fast bu that there was a right-g conspiracy trying to catch bill clinton in a perjury trial around the issue of some woman that he had slept with so there were all of these lawyers detailed in the book that i have it in a short version so th

and grover norquist and leonard the leadershipnd institute. president trump told the group that his decision on the supreme court was one of the most important decisions. he praised the judge for his lifelong devotion to the law. they thanked the president for making an inspired choice and making it the number one issue in the campaign. they committed to supporting judge gorsuch and expressed their desire for the senate to move swiftly. the president invited them into the oval office. the president had lunch with secretary of state tillerson. his tenacity and deep understanding of the geo politics are going to make him an outstanding diplomat and the president is looking forward to the full vote from the senate. the president will participate naa legislative affairs strategy meeting with his team who are working closely with congress. between the vice president and staff, we had many productive conversations on a variety of issues from trade to the president's nomination for his cabinet and now the supreme court. now starting this week, our le

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grover, you're the genius. and there's a lot of debate in the republican circle how should it be let out? maybe there are four or five obamacare replacement plans, but you need to settle on one. maybe there are four or five potential tax plans, but they need to settle on one. how do they go about this? >> well, i think you're looking at 80 to 90% of agreement on both of those. first of all, i think people agree on all 20 of those, trillion dollars in taxes over a decade all go away. the governors, the republican governors are all behind block granting or sending out a per capita, medicaid so that states can take care of medicaid rather than having federal government run it. dramatic expansions of health savings accounts, making sure we have high risk pools for people who already have problems already. that pretty much solves the problem. there's a lot of agreement there. then you get to the tax cut. everybody agrees the corporate is coming from 35 down to 20. that will kick start the economy. everybody agrees i

but they were presidents like grover cleveland, and people like that, who did that kind of thing. but now, the mass media and social media transports every tweet, every insult by not only the president by by those attacking the president, right into everybody's computer and machine. so, i think, this is going to poison -- poison -- reasonable discourse going forward. there is no coming back from it. a pretty black. but i think that is is what's happening. >> i'm not sure that is what is happening. the reagan years are pretty bad. the problem is, he was so amiable. clifford was the democratic wise man who coined the inimitable phrase that reagan was in amiable duns. you couldn't hate reagan. you could think he was wild, you can think he was a fascist, whatever. but it was hard to hate him. after a lot of invective against him, you had to the bush senior years, they were fairly quiet. the clinton years were pretty rough. the guy was impeached, after all. it went a long way. so, i think we have had some pretty rushed for -- >> bill: but the media didn't serve up the attacks on clinto

after that, we will have grover another to talk about it border adjustment tax and how it into a broader republican plan for tax reform. that is all coming up this morning on the "washington journal." ♪ >> watched c-span's donald trump delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. >> this congress will be the busiest congress we have had in decades. >> following the speech, the democratic response, and your reaction to the president's speech. live tuesday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org . listen live on the freeseas in radio app -- on the free c-span radio app. democratic congressman ro khanna represents silicon valley. he will describe the issues that matter most to the tech companies, their frustration with washington, and his goal to create more jobs through the companies in his district, including apple, google, tesla, and others. he is interviewed by david mccabe. >> we have to figure out what the credentialing will look like for the jobs available. not everything requires a four-year degree. i am not as concerned as the folks getting a four-year degree

have one less option for groceries, the grover park whole foods is closed. this sign indicates the store violated d.c. health code. we're waiting to hear from the health department on what issues caused the store to close. a spokesperson says we're taking steps to address the issue and assure our store environment meets the high quality standards our customers expect from whole foods market. >>> the capitals play at the verizon center again tomorrow night. >> and when they do, they'll be going for their 12th straight win. >> score! >> the caps are on a roll right now. and on top of that they scored five or more goals in ten straight home games, that is historic. they are only the second team ever to do that in the nhl. games at verizon center recently the wizards won 17 games in a row and they'll be playing the pacers at home tonight and caps will be playing the ducks tomorrow. >> that's right. good luck to them. lots of teams to be proud of in the area. good time to be a d.c. sports fan. >> yes. >> cup i had is coming to the nation's capital. >> and this ki

to life, paula white, wayne lapierre of the national rifle association, penny nance, juanita doogan, grover norquist, leonard leo, margorie of the susan b. anthony list and martin blackwell. president trump told the group that his decision on the supreme court is among the most decisions he will ever make as president. he praised judge gorsuch for his academic achievements and his lifelong devotion to the law. for many of them, this was the number one issue in the campaign. they are committed to supporting judge gorsuch throughout the process and expressed their desire to give him a fair hearing and vote. the meeting closed with the president inviting the group to the oval office. the president then had lunch with secretary of state tierson. his understanding of the geopolitics will make him an outstanding pick for the united states and is looking forward to the full vote of his nomination. later on this evening, the president will participate in a legislative affairs strategy with his team working closely with congress to enact the enact the president's agenda. so far between the vice pres

no word this morning on what sparked the fire red cross has set up shelter at penn grover middle school. >> appeals court is denying request from the trump administration to re-invent travel ban. came just hours after department of justice court filing. that said, immigrants have posted no constitutional rights to enter the us. on friday, federal judge in seattle blocked the immigration order, administration is appealing that decision saying that trump -- to the public. >> i find the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order. >> and friday's ruling let visa holders from seven countries abort us board fliedz flights, they finds themselves, though, in limbo, if the appeal is sung zest full. still, a lot more to come there. >> meantime, vice president mike pence says gorsuch will join the supreme court one way or another, made that speech in philadelphia. protesters in the sit bring targeting president trump. "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff tells us much of the protesting centered around around the president's travel ban. >> president donald trump specifically

and of course grover cleveland has two numbers. in ten areas of leadership as part of a c-span survey that was published today. it's a terrific survey. so who's first, who's worst, who's up and who's down? hone honest abe took the stop spot held ranking in every one of the surveys conducted every eight years by c-span. other top getter, washington, both roosevelts, ike, eisenhower, lbj round out the top ten, despite his rough marks in the international relations category, oh, what some of us might call vietnam, that one i have to admit is a head scratcher, top ten with vietnam in there? anyway, president obama debuts on the list at number 12. now to who's up and who's down historians are saying i like ike. he has jumped from ninth to fifth since the survey began. i think america's only independent president after washington i think people starting to view him that way. but the hits keep coming from andrew jackson after being bumped from the front of the $20 bill he's dropped five spots to number 18. and the bottom five presidents t

. >> steve grover in michigan. >> i would like to talk to you about tax policy. president trump on the campaign trail talked a lot about tax policy and tax reform. that hasn't happened yet as we know. the border adjustability task, states like michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin have a great concern about this tax and seems to be a disconnect between the ceos and capitol hill and the president, could this have a chilling effect on manufacturing at a time when places like ohio and michigan an upper midwest are trying to jump-start the economy, an clarify if you would the president's position? >> thank you. i think the president has been very clear from the beginning there's no tax if companies manufacture in the united states. we're one of the countries that doesn't tax the imports that come into our country, almost every other country operates theirs under that system. we have a system by which companies abroad can send their products, tax our products going into their country institute an import tax, it gives a disincentive to stay in the united states and hire in

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at the national federation of an appended businesses, top of the united states chamber of commerce, grover, americans for tax reform, leonard leo, federalist elite my federalist society, susan b anthony list, and maura blackwell of leadership institute. president trump told the group that his decision on the supreme court court is among the most important decisions you will ever make as president. he praised judge gorsuch for his academic and professional achievements and lifelong devotion to the law. the attendees think the president for making such an inspired choice and for delivering what was, for many of them, their number one issue in the campaign. they committed vocally to supporting judge gorsuch throughout the confirmation process and express their desire for the senate to move swiftly to give him a fair hearing and vote. the meeting closed with the president inviting the group and the oval office and several candidates and attendees really enjoyed that honor. rex tillerson's tenacity, expansive and broad understanding of geopolitics will become an outstanding team diplomat to the

then, americans for tax reform president grover norquist and peterson institute for international economics president at imposing discussed proposals for a border adjustment tax and how it fits into broader plans for tax reform. ♪ host: good morning. 2 2017.nday, february both chambers are scheduled to gavel in at noon today. the "washington journal" after hollywood's biggest night which once again got political. we are asking our viewers today to weigh in on how much hollywood can and should weigh in on politics. epr

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we've had 45 presidents, although one of them was a duplicate, grover, cleveland, two nonconsecutive terms, 45. and guess what. this is great, we got a poll. there is a poll that was taken, came out a couple days ago of all of the president's since the start of the 20th century. you've got like 20 presidents here, and who is most popular? who's least popular? a favorable rating for every single president since the start of the 20th century. how about this? there are still a few people alive in this country who are alive now who were actually born during theodore roosevelt's presidency. that's where this started. it went forward and we can reveal, who's the most popular president, who's the least? here's the top ten, the single most popular president since the start of the 20th century, it is john f. kennedy. there's the kennedy mystique, there's cam lot, historians who say his numbers shouldn't be so high, but the kennedy name and the kennedy brand so popular. look at 84%. who's number two? it's fdr. the longest serving president ever. he was elected four times, the depression, world

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when immigrants don't come to this country, it hurts our job creation, our job grover, silicon valley is very worried a lot of their jobs are going to have to go to vancouver are where canada has a much forward looking immigration policy. >> dickerson: let me ask you this, senator. why not just have a pause? we do know in europe that isis has tried to get into the refugee program. they have had issues there. come in and say, hey, let's take a look at this vetting. we will have a little bit of a pause here. there is nothing wrong with that, is there? >> well first it is not a pause for syria, and second, it cuts, against the grain of what america is all about, which is it embodies a religious test, that is how rudy giuliani set it up and that is how president trump talk about it, and it doesn't focus on the areas that need to make us safe. three judges on the panel said they showed no evidence our safety is at risk from -- rather they have shown no evidence that this executive order would make us safer. >> dickerson: rudy giuliani i think he said he was moving away from a religious tes

. >> reporter: at grover t's barbecue in milton, florida, congressman matt gaetz was grilled before he even got inside. >> i want to know what the president has not been bought and paid for by the russian oligary. >> we should know that about everybody, not just the president. >> reporter: mr. trump was also a prime topic in new jersey, home to republican congressman leonard lance. >> i'd like to know what you plan to do when he makes delusional statements. >> when i believe the president has not spoken the truth, i will indicate my point of view. >> reporter: the question for republicans this week: how strongly to defend the president... >> tax returns! >> reporter: ...when they're already dealing with democratic anger over plans to repeal obamacare. >> come on out! >> reporter: protesters gathered outside congressman dave reichert's washington state office today. >> you work for us! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: and laid into arkansas senator tom cotton last night. >> my husband with dementia, alzheimer's, plus multiple, multiple other things. and you want to stand there, with

. >> the head of the nra sitting next to donald trump and grover norquist sitting across. kevin is our senior washington correspondent's death correspondent joining us, he talked about a dignified process, what are you hearing from lawmakers about how this process and proceed -- may proceed? >> he said mitch mcconnell, the top republican in the upper chamber, has to support should ,e invoke the nuclear option therefore just leading to a simple majority vote needed for gorsuch in the senate to get confirmed. there are some more centric moderate democrats mike a democrat from delaware -- like a senator from delaware and joe manchin from west virginia who are signaling that potentially president trump and republicans in the senate may not need to go nuclear so to speak because they would like to preserve the long-standing tradition in the upper chamber. i put this question to joe manchin earlier and let us listen to what he had to say. do whendid republicans they would not talk to mary garland -- merrick garland? they would not even talk to him and that was disgraceful. >> cl

the nifty that i'm expressing is that there is a bipartisan coalition of americans that range from grover norquist to newt gingrich, koch brothers, heritage foundation, the american enterprise institute. these are all folks on the right who believe we need to reform our criminal justice law, joining with people like me who are democrats and independents, christian evangelicals who know what the bible says about people in prison. all these coalitions from libertarians to christian evangelicals, even some vegetarians, we all are coming to a national consensus on criminal justice reform. and this body, you have got patrick leahy, dick durbin partnering with the chairman of the judiciary committee, chuck grassley. mike lee. the senator from texas, cornyn, who all came together to put together a bill that was talked about by these law enforcement officers, a bill that would help us to bring justice to our criminal justice system, a bill that would help us reduce the level of incarceration but empower people to be more successful. and what's astonishing about this is this wasn't a bill showing