[Romans:] All right. Finally, the news Wall Street has been waiting for. The president's top officials meeting with moderate Republicans to talk tax reform. According to sources familiar with the matter, national economic director Gary Cohn and the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin plan to meet with moderate GOP members Wednesday. That's ahead of the first major hearing on tax reform. The group will be crucial in passing any tax package and that is what investors want to hear. Tax reform is the Holy Grail. It is the gift that Wall Street wants. Companies stand to make lots of money on corporate tax cuts so Wall Street wants details, and soon. Experts want details on how the government will pay for it. So far, the White House insists these tax cuts will pay for themselves through growth. However, the tax policy center estimates the proposal, so far that we see here, could reduce revenue by $4 trillion in the first decade. Speaking of taxes, we probably won't be seeing the president's tax returns anytime soon but White House officials say his personal financial disclosure will be filed in a short period of time, so we'll bring that to you when we get it.
[Briggs:] All right. The U.S. says the Syrian regime has built a huge crematorium near a notorious military prison as part of an effort to cover up what the U.S. officials call mass atrocities happening there. The State Department revealing newly-declassified intelligence photos showing the crematorium, saying the Assad government may be killing as many as 50 detainees a day at the prison. Amnesty International says the regime has killed thousands at the prison as part of its crackdown on dissent. The U.S. says the burden is now on Russia to rein in the Assad regime.
[Romans:] A lot on the table when Turkey's controversial leader meets with President Trump at the White House today. President Recep Erdogan is critical to nearly everything the U.S. hopes to accomplish in the Middle East, but the meeting comes a week after Erdogan was angered by the U.S. decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria. CNN's Muhammad Lila has a preview for us this morning good morning.
[Muhammad Lila, Cnn International Correspondent:] Well, good morning, Christine, and you know, quite frankly, this is a much more important meeting for Turkey's president than it is for President Trump. Look, a few days ago the United States the Trump administration made a strategic and a tactical decision to start providing heavy weapons to Kurdish fighters on the ground in order to help dislodge ISIS in Syria. Now, for the United States, that's a strategic policy. They're the group that they're putting their efforts behind, but for Turkey, that's really an insult and people in Ankara are outraged because they consider that Kurdish group on the ground to consist of terrorist groups as well. Some of those Kurdish groups have launched terror attacks across the border into Turkey, so Turkey is furious that the United States would make that decision. It's certainly something that's going to come up today in this meeting between President Erdogan and President Trump, as well as Turkey demanding the extradition of a religious cleric by the name of Fethullah Gulen that they believe is behind the failed military coup that took place last year. Fethullah Gulen, of course, is living in the United States and Turkey wants him extradited back to Turkish soil. So, two very contentious points that will surely come up today in this meeting between President Trump and President Erdogan Christine.
[Romans:] Absolutely and we know you'll monitor it for us. Thank you so much, Muhammad Lila, this morning. All right, 50 minutes past the hour. Job cuts coming to Ford. We're going to tell you how many and why, next.