very, very talented representatives. i think i can say, orrin that we're very close. >> we'll get it done. >> i want to thank senator orrin hatch. he's been incredible, and kevin brady, incredible. you guys have been really, really amazing. though i shouldn't say that until we sign. we've been there too many times. let's get the vote first, right? i want to thank my whole team, gary, steve and everybody, the whole team has been really something special. diane, thank you very much for everything. we're very close to getting it done, close to voting. our economy has you know has surged from where it is when i took it over. we were having an economy that was going in the wrong direction. they can say all they want about the last adminitration or even administrations. this country was going in the wrong direction from the economic standpoint. you saw where it was, one of the

early times where about 1%, 1.2%, and they were going down. 401(k)s right now, i met last week in new york city with a very, very fine group of policemen. they were all so happy about their 401(k)s, they feel like they're geniuses. in one case, he said i'm up 39%, i see the guys carries the booms, are you up too? yes. look at them. he's got the one that's the highest and the closest. he's a good boomer, but he's got a big smile in his face. thank you. that's very nice. usually with the press, he won't admit it, but he does. he's beyond the press. people are up 30%, 40%, 50%, depending on what's in there. they are very, very happy. so we think we're going to grow that a lot more. we think the economy has a long way to grow, and it needs the tax cut. it needs it desperately. all that money will be spend on

expanding businesses. we have so many different things in this bill that will create jobs. for me this is a bill, very simple. it's a massive tax cut for the middle class, and it's about jobs. the jobs are really defined by the companies, the companies are going to be expanding and creating jobs. you know, in education, we're talking choice. well, in jobs we're going to be talking choice, too. right now people go for one job, and they don't have many options. they're going to have plenty of options, five, six, seven jobs. they're going to pick the one they want. wages are starting to go up, the first time in many years. wages are actually starting to go up. so we have a lot of great things happening, but what really is something that i think will really be the capper is going to be the massive tax cuts that we're planning that hopefully within a very short period of time we'll have signed into law. it will be bigger than anything

ever done in this country, bigger that is the reagan cuts, innocent cuts, and there are some other things in that bill that are very, very big, somewhat unrelated, but ultimately i think it's all related. so thank you, everybody at the table, and i want a very fast lunch, so you can go immediately back and finish it up. i feel very guilty having you here. i want you to go back immediately and finish it up. thank you very much. it will be very special. thank you all. we're going to see where it ends up but it's at 35 right now. if it got down to 21, i would certainly by -- i would be thrilled. we'll see. we haven't set that final figure yet, but certainly 21 is a very great difference. [ chatter ]

>> i think it's very important for the country to get a vote next week, not because we lost a seat. a lot of republicans feel differently, they're happy with the way it turned out, but i would have -- as -- the leader of the party, i would have liked to have had the seat. i want to endorse the people running, but i will tell you to me it's very, very -- just very important to get this vote. not because of that, but because of the -- i don't know what the vote will be, i don't know exactly what the final -- we have a margin now of two, plus our great vice president. so i really -- i think we're going to get the vote, but i will say we have to get more senators and more congressmen that are republicans elected in 18, and then you'll see a lot more of what we're doing right now. >> reporter: how could that loss affect your agenda? >> i don't think it's going to affect it. we're doing a lot. this is the biggest thing we have worked on.

this also has to do with other subjects. as you know, i won't mention subjects, but there are some in here that are very vital -- i'm talking about beyond pure tax and tax cuts, but i'm very excited by it. this is one of the biggest pieces of legislation ever signed by this country, and i can tell you that everybody around this table, we are very, very excited about it. and thank you all very much. appreciate it. i'll talk to you later. thank you very much. so there you have it. the president of the united states speaking about the tax cuts. also speaking about the major setback he and the republicans suffered in alabama. doug jones, the democrat, the winner, roy moore the loser. the president said he wanted to hold on to that seat. the seat will now go to the democrats. the senate majority goes for 151-49 one doug jones is sworn

in. this is a big setback for the president, even as he 'trying in the final days of 2017 to get this tax bill through. >> yeah, look, this was a huge loss for him last night. no doubt about it. he just said now moments ago, i would have liked to have had the seat. i think that's an unity statement. he endorsed roy moore, and roy moore lost. he understands that going forward in 2018, his majority will be reduced. so this tax bill is very meaningful to him in a lot of ways, wolf. first of all, he needs a win. he wants a big win. he understands it would be easier for him, one vote easier to do it now, and the problem he may have and the questionivity is, will people be less willing to do this if they have real questions about it. if they believe that hess 'weakened or that it will be

harder after january, will they want to try to put it off. who knows? chuck schumer said let's not rush into it. >> he wants the new democratic senator to be sworn in. >> exactly. >> you know the hill quite well. are these republicans who are maybe on the fence are they less likely to feel the pressure in the white house now that his up -- >> no, i think they field more pressure, but on the flip side, they have a lot more leverage, susan collins is probably one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful person in the city right now. even more so obviously next year when the margin shrinks to a one-seat majority, and that doug jones will be sworn in. she will determine in many a vote whether or not the republican congress and the republican president gets a victory or not.

so she does have a lot of leverage. i do think that one of the things that the president said about the need for a bigger majority come 2018, there are many a republican banging their head against the wall, listening to him say that, because that was what they were hoping to do in alabama last flight. that's what they were hoping to do when these allegations against roy moore came out by trying to get him to step aside. that's why the senate majority leader begged the president, please help us get roy moore out of the race. not only did he not help in the last week or so, he went all in big time to help roy moore. that produced a democrat from alabama, which as we said many times last flight was the first time we've seen that in a quarter century. so if the president wants to keep the republican majority, grow the republican majority, he's going to have to have a very tough conversation with people like his good friend steve bannon, who are all about

right now purity, and all about running republicans in primaries against those who have proven that they can win their states. >> going to have to have a conversation with himself us. >> exactly. >> a lot of republicans were cautioning him to go all in. he tweeted for him, did robo-calls for him, and roy moore lost. so is the president's influence -- i guess the clout that he has, has been it been reduced, because he's failed in and out in alabama? >> glo aria says something very poignant weakened. yes, you want something very poignant. [ laughter ] the president was weakened last night. hi should not have lost last night. he told you before i didn't think roy moore would have been the one to win a primary. so he's trying to double back

again the presidents against whatever this was. you have people like me like the jack kemp, you have compassionate it's also broughtening that umbrella and including people. everybody stand by. i want to go -- we're going to speak with a key rep senator, but jim acosta is at the white house. i understand you have details on this conference committee tax bills that's apparently been worked up by the house and senate conferrees? >> reporter: from what we

understand from our folks on capitol hill this is pretty close you heard just a few moments away when the just what you were saying -- he was, as april was just saying on twitter, saying, well, he warned everybody that roy moore would not be able to win and that's why he backed luther strange. we were out there on the south lawn, when president trump was asked about roy moore and they accusations down in alabama, and the president said that he believed roy moore denials. so the president is trying to have it both ways here. i talked to a very key republican source, who is close to this white house last night,

who said this was an earthquake what happened down in alabama. this was devastating for the president, and that he has essentially egg on his face, because he listened to steve bannon. the president and steve bannon have been speaking frequently the past few days about this race, and i'm told by a source close to the white house that bannon was encouraging the president to stay with roy moore, and the diplomat that at his peril. now he's going to the midterm season severely weakened with just about everybody knowing he lost last night just like roy moore. >> on the taxes, the president j.c. said if the final corporate race was 21%, it was going down from 35%, he's final with it, though originally he wanted it to go down to 15%. but he said he would be thrilled if it's 21%. well get more details. stand by, i want to go to capitol hill. republican senator mike rounds is joining us.

thanks no joining us. >> yes, sir. appreciate is the opportunity to visit. >> what's your reaction to the result last night that we all saw in alabama? >> well, i think a lot of us were afraid we would lose it, but we also knew regardless of the outcome it would be challenging for us. none of us were relishing having mr. moore up here. most of us suggested he withdraw from the race. we knew we would have a problem either way. naturally without having a republican coming from alabama, it means our margin is in -- and we're going to have to deal with it with luther still here, he's been a great member of the senate. and hopefully we can get the tax package through as a christmas gift to the american people. >> luther strange replaced jeff

sessions, but he will be out once doug jones is sworn in. a lot of your fellow republicans are criticizing steve bannon, the president's former strategic adviser. bannon was very much out in front in alabama. by a lot of accounts, he was pushing the president to go out there, and fully endorse roy moore and establishing -- attacking establishment republicans in the process. do you believe, senator, that steve bannon should still have the president's ear and be a major player among republicans? >> well, i'm not sure how much of a major player he was to begin with. he does have a faction. we don't want to lose the different organizations that make up our majority in the different states, about you once again, i think what this said down in alabama, and everybody else should learn from it is that candidate recruitment is critical and candidate selection in the primary is absolutely critical, because you've got to elect someone in a primary that can win in a general election. all the different factions have

to be taking a look at whether or not the candidates they're backing can actually get elected in a general and be a part of a republican teams up here, to get 80% of what most of us agree on completed. >> you know, steve bannon has publicly set morning the republicans up for reelection next year in the senate, the only one he supports is ted cruz of texas. he wants all the others to go, very much in contrast to your leader mitch mcconnell who says exactly what you just said. you have to have candidates who can win a general election, on this specific issue, senator, you're with mitch mcconnell, right? >> i am. i think our leader has been very clear that, look, we're together on 80% of all the votes we do as republicans. we're going to have our difference points of view. even that can be healthy. we make bills better by having independent thought. we've been folks from all across the game bit, and leader

mcconnell understands that. it's a tough job to play that he he has in front of us. it doesn't make him real popu r popular, with the people who want toss a purer approach to everything. a lot of stuff we do, it's a matter of compromise, but the compromises we're making with republicans in control is still better for the folks who believe like we do in conservative causes, is better than if we don't have the majority here. we get to set the agenda. we get to try to make things better, we get look look at regulatory and tax reform. this would not be happening if the dems were in leadership roles in the house and senate. we'll see what happens. senator rounds, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, appreciate the opportunity. mike rounds fro south dakota. gloria, the assumption is the tax bill, the compromise that's worked out between the house and the senate conferrees will pass,

but knotts a done deal yet. >> no, it's not a done deal. we just got an e-mail from manu raju on the hill saying that senator corker told him that, i have all the same concerns that i have had. he didn't say whether he would vote against it, but he didn't say he was for it, either. >> susan collins has expressed hesitationses about the new bill as well. >> you're right about senator corker. the first time around they kind of went ahead without him. they could afford to lose that one vote, and not anymore. susan collins is always a key player. i was told by one of her aides last night, as long as the promises that the president made to her before she voted for the original senate bill remain in there, particularly dealing with health care and kind of offsetting the fact that the

bill -- at least the original bill repealed the individual man at a time of obama care, and there were a few other things she demanded and got, as long as those are in there, i witnessed mike pence huddling with susan collins yesterday outside the republican lunch for a little while. it's hard to imagine they finalized this without knowing that susan collins had read it and was okay with it. if they didn't, then they are really in big trouble. >> covering capitol hill, you have access, you can see what's going on. >> that's totally right. >> april, earlier in the week dina powell, the deputy national security, and now we're getting word omarosa is leaving. why is she leaving all of a sudden after her one year in the white house? >> it's not a year yet. it's not a year yet.

there's a lot of information that's continuing to come out. she's leaving because general kelly was tired of it. he was tired of all the drama, from the fact that omarosa is a mood changer for the president. she can get in his ear, and he can be happy, and then all of a sudden she points something out and his whole mood would change. he would lash out. also there were concerns about her wedding, how she brought the guests into the white house when she wasn't supposed to these are this minks that general kelly -- she doesn't get along with the head of the hbcu initiative she works with. and then being omarosa, you know, not knowing what she's doing, and he's had enough. i understand last night, and according to tmz now, tmz talked

to a source very close to omarosa, who said there was indeed tension, so omarosa is acknowledging tension. >> attention? >> detention? >> no, we're not talking gitmo. i've hearing from several courses, general kelly confronted her, she was vulgar, cursing, and they worked out a negotiation to leave january 20th, but for some strange reason that didn't sit well with her. also within that situation her assistant was fired. then after that, that calmed down, but she -- and she also said, what i'm told, she asked general kelly, does the president know, and general kelly said the president signed off. she said i wanted to call the president, and the general said it's not going to the principal's office. it's done. once that piece stopped. a little later on, she tried to go see the president.

she tried to go into the residence. >> my goodness. >> and mind you, general kelly has cut off her walk-in access to the oval office. security alerted general kelly, he came back down, told secret service to take her out. she was escorted off the property. >> because she tried to get into the white house residence? >> yes. >> is she allows backs on white house property? >> if secret service escorts you off the property, i can't see her filling out her remainder to january 20th, but it was very ugly. hide drama last evening from what i'm hearing, and it's still coming in. >> like there wasn't anything else going on last night. >> and i thought the drama was alabama, but also drama in the west wing. >> the sad piece about this, and we all work in washington. we've worked for years. we have all covered the white house together. that is not a place for things like that. we have never seen anything like that. there is decorum and an

understanding that the highest levels of power is about working for the people. many people within the white house, who include reince priebus at the beginning of the administration, the administration is still in the beginning stages, she wondered what she was doing for her $180,000 a year salary. no one knew. she was a free agent, so general kelly had had enough. he finally had gotten the president to sign off. last night, it did not end well. >> she was a contestant on "the apprenti apprentice" they have a history. they go way back. >> and she was fired again. >> twice. >> this time he doesn't say it, but this time general kelly said, "you're fired." stand by, everybody. we're going to speak live with corey booker on the alabama upset and his calls for the president to resign. plus breaking news up to capitol hill. the deputy attorney general testifying on the integrity of special counsel robert mueller's

russia investigation, after we see anti-trump tweets from one of his fbi agents. you're going to hear that, see more, stay with us.

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he and i collectively -- and we recognize we have employeesing with political opinions. >> i would dismiss the mueller team ought to be -- donkeys on their jerseys, or hillary t-shirts certainly not with make american great again. joins is is congressman system wal-day-old well. congressman, thank so much for joining you.

i would still understand their concerns, but i can only attribute that you are concerns to an effort to really undermine the investigation, and also senate to the white house, that the president would be given a free pass on obstruction of j t just. loe me real a couple of those. an exchange between peter strzok, and lisa page -- god trump is loathsome human.

would he be a worse president than cruz? she replies trump, yes, i think so, he says, i'm not sure, oeismt my god he's an ideo. she replies he's awful. does this lend credence to republican claims of bias in the russia investigation? does -- >> he was removed for that per sieve bias. you do that on a work phone. they're suggesting, congressman, that the whole hillary clinton investigation wasn't fair because of the pro-hillary clinton bias. they want a special counsel now to investigate the -- is that a good idea? >> well, it is investigating the hillary clinton investigation, there's an inspector general report that would be produced soon, and hopefully will answer that. but, you know, i'm focused on doing all we can to make sure bob mueller is not fired.

>> what about the republicans' claims and you heard it during the committee by a lot of the rep members of congress who argue that everything that fbi agent who has been demoted. moved to another part of the phish and human resources, everything that agent touched is now tainted because of this pro-hillary clinton, pro-democratic views. >> i don't buy that, wolf. we've had two guilty pleas already, you know, by a general, you know, who was the national security adviser, and mr. papadoupolis who had a pretty good education. i can't imagine they were corespected to plead guilty. they pleaded guilty because they had lied about their contacts with russia, which demonstrates there's a lot of evidence that there were contacts with russia, tra the trump team did have an eagerness and willingness to work with russia, and we owe it to bob mueller to have the liberty to report back on whether that violated the law.

>> you do make a point that the independent inspector general is looking into all of this. -- in part as long there is no need, congressman, thank you for joining us. of course, my pleasure, wolf. we have a lot of breaking news on this day. the president downplayed that he lost the republican in alabama. what this means for the agenda going forward. i'll speak with corey booker on the alabama upset and his calls for the president to resign over sexual harassment and assault allegations.

let's talk more about the upset in the alabama race. joins us is corey booker. thanks so much for joining us. >> seven a pleasure to be on, wolfe. thank you. >> the president tweeted out his response, saying he knew all along that moore would lose. he also said the deck was stacked. what's your reaction? >> i try not to reaction to the president, but try to focus on what is important. this was a great day for the united states of america. this was not about how some people wanted to cast it, republicans versus democrats. this was right versus wrong. this is a state of alabama rejecting tribalism and rejecting hatred, bigotry and anti-semitism, all the things you saw spewing forth from one candidate and embracing this idea that there are times that

our nation is much more important than our party. so republican voters deeffecting, and then this massive surge of democrats, particularly in the african-american community, people standing up and saying my voigt is going to be heard. i'm going to exercise my power, fahd for by generations in the past, to make sure this country's ideals and values, at least a light coming from alabama. >> you went down there. president trump didn't go to alabama to campaign for roy moore. he did go to nearby pensacola, just across the border. when you wee campaigning for doug jones, what effect do you think, for example, your high-profile appearance may have had, especially on critically important turnout. i went down trying to engage and excite voters, many churches, college campus, hbcus, but i think alabama gave me the gift. my roots and my family go back into alabama. this is a state that had a sense of conviction, and an energy.

i thought the national media was missing it once i got there on the ground. the credit for this victory goes to the alabamaens themselves, and i'm just proud of my country today and proud that alabama, the state that is too often mall lined, too often disrespected, that alabamians really showed who they were. >> they voted, it looked like the system went really, really smoothly, in fact. senator chuck schumer, the democrat ecleader, the minority leader in the senate, is calling on republicans to table any final vote on the tax bill until the new democratic senator from alabama, doug jones, is seated. realistically, do you think republicans will heed that call? >> i was told this morning that's what harry reid did during the health care efforts, when they were having the special election in massachusetts. i think that's the right thing to do.

the people of alabama have spoken, and we should be holding on something that's rye writing or tax code, it would have a massive impact not just right now on americans, but this is a tax bill because of the massive debt it's going to explode, not my words, but nonpartisan agencies like the cbo, massive deficits for future generations. alabama has spoken, their representative should be in the saddle before we continue down this pathway, in my opinion to something that could be so destructive to alabama's middle class, folks struggling to make it in this tough economy. >> i want to ask about the tweet aimed at kiersten gillibrand. you saw that tweet. she used to come begging, and he put in parentheses, and would do anything for them. for those campaign contributions. i don't foe if you spoke to

senator gill braibrand, but wheu saw that what went through your mind? >> again, vile and despicable, but how many tweets are so unbecoming of the presidency should we be enduring before we conclude this is who he is. i have no words on kiersten gillibrand. she's one of the strongest most honorable people. she's a titan down here fighting for the very people that donald trump demeans and degrades. she's been sticking up for people whether it's coming out of 9/11, those families, whether it's gays and lesbians in the military, women facing sexual assau assault. nothing donald trump can say about her is going to diminish her. in fact, as i know from my position of faith, that god has a way of making your enemies your footstools. i think that she's going to rise up beyond this. >> does the president need to

apologize to her? >> listen, if we want to start with apologies, let's go back to the beginning of his campaign, demeaning mexicans, muslims, john mccain. i can't even keep track of the people he should have already apologized to that he never did. this is a person that has no shame. he's showing it that he has no capacity to understand where he's made mistakes. we all make mistakes, but this is a president who seems to do this, i think -- i can't tell the media what to do, but we give so much attention to his bad behavior, we lose sight of the substantive things that are going on, that we all should be focused on, in fact if it was a tactic, it would be brilliant while he's trying to give corporations who are at record high profits, a trillion dollar

giveaway and tax scam. let's focus on the things that matter. he is teaching me about equi-pose, to not let his daily vile, regular demeaning despicable j.u just mean-spirited rhetoric distract any prothe work i have to do every single day, that we all should be engaged in, like trying to protect health care as we know it from the tax bill that will undermine american health care, to protect middle-class folks from just lies that he's told, like hey, i'll go ahead rid of carried interest. no, you're preserving it in order to hurt middle-class taxpayers. i want to focus on the at the issues. key kirsten is a person who stands and speaking up heroically. he's blowing hot air on somebody that will thrive, no matter what he throws at her, because she's doing righteous work.

you're one of five democratic senators calling for president trump to resign over the sexual harassment allegations. with senator al franken there were more than 30 calling for him to resign. why are there only five of you saying the same thing to the president. some folks are asking that specific question. i can't speak to what others are doing, but to me it's a question of obvious integrity. al franking resigned for a fact pattern of behavior, that shows that he was doing things that were wrong, and he himself has apologized for. i look at the fact pattern, the behavior of the president, i listen to his own words bragging about that behavior. this is a man that should do the right thing and resign himself. we are at a point in our nation where there's a comeuppance, a

percentage, we have a country where millions of american women are telling the truth about harassment, about assault, a vicious level of misogyny. the opposite of injustice is silence, inaction. we all should be giving a collective "enough" for this culture. people should be held accountable. if this was a different type of evil. if people were coming forward and said this person said the "n" word, 24 people came forward to say that, we wouldn't come forward. we if it was anti-semitism, we wouldn't tolerate that, but we have a level of tolerance for a violence against women, harassment that's just unacceptable, and unbecoming of a country that speaks to ideals of justice, fairness and qu5e89, so this is the president of the united states remaining in that office at a time that we all now know that had is behavior is

absolutely unacceptable. what does it say to young men and young women that the highest office in the land, the person we are holding up -- i don't care if it's republican short democrats, we're holding that person up to ourselves and the world, his behavior is unbecoming of the office he holds. he should do the right thing. he would make such an impact to advance our country if he said, you know what? what i did is wrong. what i've said is wrong, i've contributed to the climate. i've done very bad things, and i'm going to resign. that would be the right thing to do and it would said this country forward. as opposed to not just denying, but trying to destroy those women who have had the courage to come forward. that's contributing to the silence, the atmosphere that allows this to thrive. i'm going to stand up and say this is wrong and he should resign. senator corey booker, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. it's going to be back on. and still ahead, 2 1/2 years

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to get in for a rare look at one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. >> reporter: yemen is unraveling. in the north air strikes pound iran-backed rebel strongholds. among their recent targets, the presidential palace militia. how it's unclear who is actually in control. some are loyal to their sponsors in saudi arabia and the gulf. others to extremist groups. all vying for control of ayden's pork and precious oil resources. life here is dangerous and chaotic, but surprisingly it's not the bombs and the bullets that are killing the most people. it's the humanitarian crisis that is growing by the day as

yes, ma' yemen edges closer to becoming a state. al qaeda graffiti still is on the walls. inside the situation is hardly better. the hospital is in desperate need of everything from ventilators to basic antibiotics. dr. richi started working here 24 years ago. >> this is the worst institution now. >> reporter: because of the war? >> because of the war, yes. we are trying. our doctors are trying. but this is what is in our hands. >> reporter: 3-year-old heather has been sick with a serious lung infection for weeks. when did you come to the hospital? his mother, amal only brought him to the hospital three days ago. she says the journey from her village was too far and too

expensive. life is hard since the war. disease has spread she tells me. he's my only child. here to try to help is a rare visitor from the outside world. on this day, he's visiting the neonatal ward. there is no soap. just bottled water. >> so in addition to being preme, these babies are jaundice. so they are going to get phototherapy. >> reporter: the newborns have to share an incubator, increasing their risk of infection. doctors and nurses are also in short supply,leaving mothers to step in and lend a hand. >> at this point in time, even if we got more beds here to fill the numbers of patients, we don't have the staff.

>> reporter: when you look at doctors like dr. hala that could be overseas, are you impressed? >> i'm not just impressed. i'm ainspired by them. this is a passion for them. the doctors in these hospitals, those are the real heros her heroes armed with determination and resilience. what goes through your mind when you see a child die because you don't have the right equipment to care for that child? >> i can't speak, i'm a mother, i am a mom, i have three kids. but this is what's in our hands. this is our facilities. we are daily speaking but no one here's us. >> reporter: a cry for help but for her it is too late. he dies the day after our visit. another death that could have

been prevented in yemen forgotten war. >> and clarissa is joining us now live from london. what a heartbreaking story. is there any help, clarissa, for aide? >> well, wolf, a number of countries have pledged aide including the u.s., but simply put there is not enough it. the scale of the need is enormous. more than three quarters of the population are dependent on aide. that aide is not getting where it needs to go because there is so many different factions on the ground. because the situation is so chaotic and against this back drop you have the huge out break of diseases like cholera, the worst out break in history, more than 1 million cases, yemen authorities struggling to get their arms around it, just as they seem to get the numbers down, now looking at an out

break of diptheria, in this environment we are seeing a resurgence. very little hope until we see diplomatic scene. at it's core, wolf, this is not a stifel war, this is a proximatey war. until this gets resolved, very little hope for the people of yemen, wolf. >> that doesn't look like it's going to be resolved any time soon at all. c c clarissa ward, thanks for bringing that to us and around the world. up next senate here in washington have apparently reached a deal in principal on final tax deal. the details coming up. plus the president is trying to downplay candidates losing the alabama senate race even though white house insiders are dscribing it as devastating.

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