JOHN BERMAN, CNN ANCHOR: And Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan, Julie, they seem to be willing to separate the two. Chris Stewart, I had -- congressman from Utah on before who really says he doesn't like the president's tweets at all but he really is willing to compartmentalize.</s>JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, WHITE HOUSE REPORTER, THE NEW YORK TIMES: Well, listen, I mean, there's nothing more important for Republicans right now than to get this tax cut through, to get it signed into law, to have something to show for their first year of having a Republican president, Republicans in control of the -- the Senate, Republicans in control of the House. They have really nothing legislatively to show for that yet. They really need to get this through. And so I think that they're in a mode right now of trying to hold everything else at bay, trying to ignore all the other noise from the president, from the White House, from Democrats, and just get this thing across the finish line.</s>BERMAN: Right.</s>DAVIS: But there's no question that when you talk to Republicans privately on Capitol Hill, they are alarmed by this behavior and they are worried that it actually is going to undermine that goal of getting this thing through and then of getting a year-end budget deal and then it's going to hurt them. So I don't necessarily think it's the case that you can just write this off as the president's venting and nobody really cares. This could actually affect his agenda and that's the big worry of Republicans. You don't hear them saying that publicly, but certainly it's a worry for them privately and they're right to worry about it.</s>BERMAN: Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Paul Begala, Jason Miller, great to have you with us. Thank you so much.</s>PAUL BEGALA, CNN POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: Thanks, John.</s>BERMAN: All right. A day after he was fired, Matt Lauer is apologizing to those he hurt. The new statement from the former "Today" show anchor as the list of accusers is growing.
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