they are voting against infrastructure and repairing obamacare. gregg: that's it for tonight. i'm gregg jarrett. good night from new york. kennedy: who is going to dominate in 2018? president trump or democrats. chris bedford is here with answers. the president is going after andrew mccabe. how could that affect the mueller investigation? could not following your dreams make you more successful? it's time to see the light. 2017 finally ended on a good note for republicans who stumbled and bum bold out of the congressional clown car. the only question now is who gets 2018. the alabama senate race gave

democrats new hope they could electrify the black base and apathetic voters. but that special set of circumstances may not replicate unless democrats have the great fortune of running against an accused child molester in every race. they may be able to count on history. 1934 and 2002 were the only two mid-terms where the party in power picked up seats. if there is anything we learned in the trump era, this is unlike any other time in history. so past rules, trends and protocol don't apply. the president's approval rating is low, but the economy is high. voters want to keep the streak

going. it doesn't seem like voters are feeling contracted the way the resistance movement would like them to. if the economy continues to improve and lower unemployment and greater participation in that booth is what will drive voters. they will sitcom for thably on their fatter wallets and keep the yahoos in office who accidentally improved their economy. they may be disappointed his dismal marks don't correlate with the only enthusiasm that matters right now. and that is economics. welcome to the show, i'm kennedy. the race to the 2018 mid-terms essentially begins this coming

monday. will republicans be able to capitalize on their ends ofyear momentum? joining me now, chris bedford and the author of the art of the donald. go order six copies immediately. kennedy: so, chris, let me ask you, is there anything in this plirtd cal climate that gives republicans hope they will be victorious in the mid-terms which is historically given the ruling party a drubbing? >> they could hope they will survive, but i wouldn't hope they wouldn't' lose a lot of their colleagues. especially with the gop not delivering on almost anything they said until the last month of the year when they got tax

reform through. reveal obamacare, but a motivated left and donald trump. i'm more bullish than a lot of the people i was talkingb to yesterday. this is so many of them, the democrats who have to turn over more than 40 seats. that's a hard graph. democrats will have a difficult time trying to get the senate back from the president. kennedy: there are a lot of bubbles in play. if the economy keeps improving, is that the republicans' best insurance policy. >> you think they would be rewarded by the american people. the economy is improving. tax reform, tax cuts for 80% of the u.s. population.

we are not at peacetime, but the wars are going well. and the country is being respect and the campaign promises are being pulled filled. you would think they would be happy. but donald trump and the gop can be divisive. the democrats aren't talking about the economy, they are not talking about working class families. they are talking about fringe crazy issues, whether it's blm or what have you. it's not the kind much thing that will bring together their base and unite them. kennedy: it's hard to identify just one base it seems like there are a number of bases within each party. where do you see the democratic party going? do you still see them lurching leftward? you look at alabama.

it should have beenal democratic lableds slide. they were literally running against an accused child molester. they were proud of themselves for beating an accused child molester. i don't see any signs the democrats will be able to work with the president responsible infrastructure or anything because their base doesn't want it. there are so few of moderate democrats left in the party on the national level, that's where they are heading. kennedy: i was talking to a democratic strategist a few of months ago. she said the big trend for herself would be pro-life progressives and funding these cam pains that have geographically specific that don't follow a national narrative. is that best chance democrats have? >> that would be smart.

if you took the abortion issue off the table. the politics of restraining government. the republicans versus the democrats. democrats will do a lot were in the places like alabama. here is an interesting thing we have to watch in alabama. is it the new democratic senator going to veer right? otherwise he will get his butt kicked. it was not a big victory in that state. we'll see if he goes right or if anyone like him standing up and is more pro-life. senator * there are several democratic senators who are? precarious positions in the their states that toned vote more red. some of these senators will have to make some come pro mices and maybe step away from their party if they do want certain

reelection. >> joe manchin puzzled me. i expected him to step further away from his party an indicated i might after donald trump -- ad trump was elected. they hold people in line and keep their party, a clown car running at every single door. overmanchin should consider tacking further to the right to get the coal miners and families back behind him. kennedy: city remember when the president stood with that once democratic governor and he swung right. chris bedford, thank you for your insight. all the parties leaders are in

their mid 50s to late 70s. kp democrats need new blood to say relevant. but the same democratic leaders say the gop has no new ideas and they are governing with a sense of desperation. among them, house minority leadered nancy pelosi. she says they are acting like people who know their tour ways short-lived. let's go to my post-christmas party panel. jessica tar thereof joined by former cia officer. buck sexton is here. and he's the host of the tom shillue show on fox news radio. it's tom shillue. let's see if we can. >> everyone else here has a show named after them except me. kennedy: the year is young.

let's talk about this a little bit. we have a fight not only for control of congress but for the souls of these two parties. who do you have think comes out on top in the 2018 mid-term. >> i think democrats will pick up some seats. but i don't think it's that big of a deal. next year, it's big bill. but the thing is. he doesn't visibility friends as as -- as it is with republicans it's a very little majority as it is. i said something smart the other day on tv. losing seats for a president is not necessarily that bad faith a thing. look at bill clinton, krat with america. remember that? wave election. he was re-elected in a

landslide. kennedy: but that was before the trouble, shall we say. and president trump was in fact impeached. so if democrats gain control of the house of representatives, will there be a fast track to impeachment? that what the eager progressive members of the party want. >> everything you look at in regards to legislative agenda is running side by side with the impeachment agenda. they will try to .run on the promise to ends the trump presidency. when you see the legislative achievement of tax reform play out with a booming economy next year, if that happens. kennedy: some day i want to play some of the stuff back that we said earlier in the year. no one has any idea. kennedy: so much can happen

between now and november. and the one big thing the democrats have on their side was the history of that first mid-term for any president. even though this president has broke and lot of rules and mores, does that history still hold? >> i think it does. but if we took the case from a year before, the 2016 election, i was smiling a lot more. so we don't know. i think history is usually a pretty good march bin ever of things to come. right now on the generic ballot democrats are up 16 points. she is on the all-star panel with bret baier all the time.

tom: tino who you are talking about. she is good. jessica: now, you do. kennedy: so much can happen in the individual races. democrats will likely continue to harp on president trump's ties to russia. but according to the president's attorney, the investigation almost over. sekulow told the "wall street journal" i know we are looking forward to an expeditious wrapping up of this matter. is that wishful thinking or is it about to be put to bed. is that some sleight of hand? >> i think it's wishful thinking. they don't believe tonight. so if they are going to continue

to bush their luck, it won't go well for them. kennedy: it has toned up somewhere and it has to be something meaningful. am i wrong about that? it has to be full exoneration -- tom: i see shuf post, mother jones cheering another process crime from this investigation. normal americans are looking at this saying i hope they can bring charges against jared kushner about lying to the fbi in an investigation that was set up and found nothing so far. thing that can happen is the process crimes. but people think how does that affect me? why do i care? kennedy: didn't this happen with a lot of people on the hillary

clinton trap? they were caught in the same perjury trap but weren't indicted. jessica: we'll see what happens with carter page. every win * knew that coming in if they did tell donald trump that, he just ignored it. you could just doingle -- you could just google paul manafort. there are so shady people there. i don't believe there will be a verdict one way or another in 2018. it will keep going. kennedy: where are we going? i don't like him, impeach. jessica: what i'm going to say is a majority of americans do think there were improper

actions taken by members of the campaign team or donald trump himself. while they may be losing faith in the fbi, which is what donald trump is trying to do here -- >> you have entire fbi agencies who have staked their credibility here. kennedy: if collusion were such a big deal, then why is it that the hezbollah story, a bigger story in regards to the president shutting down a d.e.a. investigation of hezbollah selling cocaine in this country? >> senior obama officials have come out with a fury against that reporter. they say higher are my sources. i'm not lying. jessica: i agree should be on he show talking about this.

the report is astounding. tom require's like they left it out. jessica: the argument is -- kennedy: a different kind of collusion. jessica: people spend plenty of time talking about things that president obama and loretta lynch did wrong. and why project cassandra was wound down. but we know the obama administration wanted the iran deal. cern at any cost, didn't matter. >> he wanted the iran deal very badly. kennedy: the party panel returns a little bit later. leader of a country that the u.s. relies on to fight terrorism has made it legal for its citizens to use violence to silence political opposition. it will blow your mind.

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kennedy: turkey has been one of america's most of important allies in the middle east in

fighting terror. but erdogan legalized violence against enemies. they beat up protesters not in turkey, but in washington, d.c. there was a similar scene in new york. they were beaten and attacked by the crowd. the new rule in turkey protects anybody who helps prevent a possible government overthrow. here to answer those questions, former cia operative and president of diligence llc. welcome back to the show. merry christmas to you and yours. let it begin with me. >> the whole thing in a big bag of gifts. let's talk about this.

turkey, saudi arabia, two of my least favorite countries in the middle east. i thinkered gains an authoritarian and he will undermine the united states any chance he gets, and the new decree is incredibly dangerous. >> i think you are on the right track there. every nation acts in its own best interests. turkey under erdogan who has been in power going on 14 years now, he is essentially an islamist thug, almost a dictator, dressed up in a nice suit. we have had a difficult relationship with him since he became prime minister in the early 2000s. the obama admin was enamored with him thinking he was ushering an era of democracy and

human rights. that didn't happen. now president trump came in and initially had some positive things to say about erdogan. so we always had this by door inability to read what he is. this latest decree he even ganged in. 250 people died in a coup attempt by elements of the military. he used that as he used other troubles in the country to crack down on any opposition. he targeted the opposition under the theory he's protecting the country from a coup attempt. kennedy: if your neighbor, if you live in turkey and your neighbor is saying mean things about the president, you can punch your neighbor in the face and beat him up and you have full immunity. he's granted immunity, the way

the decree is written. it's saying anybody involved in actions during the coup attempt of last year to try to fight back against the coup plotters. you have no trouble. but any attempts to overthrow the government or indication of terrorism, you will have immunity. so the opportunity for this to unleash civilians against each other in some civil war in the interest of basically furthering erdogan's power grab are enormous. kennedy: they are not an ally or friend. don't forget the armenian genocide. so you pay for a first class ticket. you board the plane, and congresswoman sheila jackson is in your seat. what do you do?

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kennedy: retailers are seeing green this christmas season thanks to holiday sales rising at the best pace since 2011.

retail sales hit $509 billion and the spending isn't over yet. consumers are expected to spend an additional $69ability as returns are made -- $69 billion as returns are made and gift cards are cashed in. welcome back to the show, scotty. so let's talk about this. explain how increased consumer confidence translates to higher holiday sales. >> wow, i don't know if we have enough time for that. but i will say this. it's been a good year for the economy. i believe the democrats did seek retail therapy. christmas for the first time in many years. you can figure that out. sleep year was on a monday, so

the democrats and maybe some conservatives were out getting retail therapy and pushing those dollars even further. kennedy: people had a full weekend off to shop shop shop and took it easy monday. >> exactly. the economy was good. we had massive amounts of job growth and gdp. it's something economists and i like to talk about at the christmas table. i think it's in general a good economy with a lot of optimism on the table and that's why people are take out their cash and credit cards. kennedy: there is a difference between optimism and reality. but you say the thanks cuts are already benefiting people. >> we have seen companies declare bonuses and extra money for their workers. there is a talk about the money we are send jeff seas.

the reality is there is a lot of money coming back to the united states vi acts corporations overseas that have money overseas parked there because of tax treatment. that money will go back into stock buy back and capital expenditures. if you have a job and you are make money and investing in your 401k, those things excite and you go out and spend money. kennedy: what's the best thing you bought yourself this holiday season? >> peace of mind. the reality is this. i got some peace of mind by going out and having some ice cream and some time to myself while everybody filled up my house, ate all the food and messed up the floors. kennedy: scott martin, i hope this economic boom continues. it's great news especially for

some of the smaller stores that don't always see the benefit in a down economy. so rising tide hopefully lifting all boats it's been a bad year for commercial airlines and congressional approval. this next story could be the worst p.r. icing on the cake. a woman used her mile to the buy a first class ticket from houston to washington, d.c. but when she showed up for her flight she said the system -- that she canceled her own flight. when she board the flight. she claims she saw congresswoman sheila jackson-lee sitting in the seat she paid for. sheila jackson she weighed in on

facebook posting quote, i asked for nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary and received nothing exceptional or out of the ordinary. but in the spirit of the season and the sincerity of my heart if it's perceived i have anything to do with this, i'm kind enough to simply say sorry. congressman lee, so brave of you. she also alluded to racism as the cause of the complaints. did this flyer get bounced for the congresswoman? sheila jackson-lee is a pain. and she waltzed up to the counter and demand that seat and someone went in and they fixed the glitch. >> she called woman erasist. what is she apologizing for if the woman is a racist. i love how she insulted

everybody in the picture. she said i asked for nothing exceptional and i received nothing exceptional. apparently a first class seat is not exceptional for united airlines. kennedy: first they had killed a bunny, now they are shoving dedicated travelers off their plane. they are crumbling. >> i would say this is something new. now they will pull the yeah we don't have you in the system. they overbook. and people believe it's not just what's on the screen, they are begging for riots at airport gates if people believe nell just. it's an awesome office space reference. i caught that. kennedy: house at fault here? jessica: i think she'll a

jackson leave is at fault. united is at fault fn remember when they dragged that woman off the flight? i think that kicked off we hate airlines on every show. kennedy: and they killed the bunny. jessica: i want to add to the complaining it's not stont screen thing. and you book your the seat through your credit card, you know how you only have access to seeping the seat arrangements. and they say you have to call am do, book this. i think they are using that as a new kind of trickery, they you have this seat, but if you called this person would you have seen that. kennedy: you peace book through the airline app.

jessica: that's why you have these credit cards so you can get points and strap sausage pat breakfast. kennedy: they are making mince meet of all of us. i want to thank you for making this boxing day sweet were than a pound of peanut butter fudge. in the economy of is booming but. college graduates are having a tough time finding jobs. we have some pli millennial tips we have some pli millennial tips to get growing up,

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kennedy: recent job numbers painted a picture of a thriving economy. what can millennials do to secure an actual job? a new documentary tries to solve that question. answer starts with realizing the universe does not care about you and you don't always have to follow your passion. >> what about the big p, what about passion? >> the dominant mode people think about is career satisfaction. the key to being happy in your work is to find work that matches it's a matching problem. it presumes people have preexisting passions is not true. >> you don't have passion. you have discover it by going

out and colliding with the world. and it's often not where you thought it would be. kennedy: how do you get millennials out of their parents' basements and into the workforce. >> i thought when i showed this, they would hate it, to these high school students. they would finds it to be an attack on their ego. but i have got to tell you, they loved that line about the universe not caring. i think a lot of them are suspicious about being told they are a special snowflake. they know there is something wrong with it. kennedy: we want life to be challenging. we want to be able to survive something and go through something and emerge solid on the other side. and just kind of pointing that out, that's an important part of our existence.

but this idea, i have always said, do what you love, but finding what you love pant bar for getting out of your rut at 22 becomes extremely high. it's lieks like is this what rils a job going to be everything i need for my spirit? kennedy: is that unique this generation? if i'm not doing what i think i'm meant to do, my life is

over? >> i think the baby roomers did it. they are responsible for a lot of the pathological features of the american culture and it's basically pend slum swinging too far. >> yes, maybe. i think it can be valuable. kennedy: i took 10 years off. >> you can extract so much more value from it if you appreciate it's an extremely unique environment. kennedy: instead of having college forge you, then you go back to college to get the skills you need. and not necessarily trade. there is something valuable about learning systems and having follow-through. but college is not the end-all. >> there is a pathological pressure to get into the school that accrues the most of stat to

us you and your family. college is not a tool, it's not an end in and of itself. thinking of it as an end unto it self will lead you to a huge awakening. once they hit the job market and they are miserable, their best instinct is to go back into the academy. kennedy: that's why people go into the military. that's why they become academics. it's this free wrapped food that you consume without cooking. >> if you are good at doing homework assignments, you wanted to get back to that. kennedy: documentary is great. your ideas are spot-on. plenty of people fell in love in

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kennedy: the following five stories are some of our favorite internet moments from 2017.

box up that ugly tie and grab your gift receipt because this is the "topical storm." see if you remember any of these. topic number one, we begin with a cautionary tale about cell phone use, and for once it does not involve anthony weiner. the calendar says winter but it still feels like fall. oh, this woman was talking to friend. she got distracted. and down the hatch. that's the ultimate dropped call. i should point out she was uninjured. because if she were, we would never have made fun of her on air. off air definitely. she was able to break her fall with hire press on nails. let's head to auburn,

massachusetts where the holiday season turned one hotel into a real zoo. woang up at 4:00 in the morning by the sounds of a goat in the hallway. normally in auburn, massachusetts, the goat sounds are coming from inside the hotel room. several guests called police. but the amped up animal was done. by the time they got there, they say the animal caused $2,000 in damages. he didn't have the money so he started a goat-gofundme campaign. an nypd cop shot a basketball that was so impressive the kids

asked him to witch. he was stationed in the bronx. but let's just say he does his best work from downtown. look at that amazing shot. he's being referred to as the michael jordan of the nypd. with all the dunkin donuts cops supposedly eat, i would say he's more like charles barkley. topic 4. new york sports fans have more options when it comes to spending their money. their mascot thanked the fans for their patronage and told them they were number one. he decided to give some unruly patrons the foam finger.

the shocked mets fans couldn't believe the mets actually caught something. they informed fans the man playing mr. mets had been fired. topic number five. nobody partied harder this summer than zola the gorilla danced to a big splash at the dallas zoo. it's so sexy. i know. but this sort of awesome. zola is a 14-year-old. she lives by the motto dance like nobody trapped you in a zoo. visitors were stunned by her fancy footwork. one woman got way too distracted by it.

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kennedy: 2018 is only 6 days away. have you made a new years resolution? i plan on eating fewer endangered animals. i also hit the streets to ask people what they planned to do next year. take a look. what your new year resolution? >> lose weight. what else. kennedy: don't lose weight. there won't be anything left of you. >> she doesn't think so. kennedy: baby, you look good. i would work out less. you have got to get a little less sksy. everyone is too distracted. >> that may or may not be politically correct, but

honestly, i don't care. >> make the world better. >> it's not easy, believe me. kennedy: is your new year's resolution to look down that your phone less? >> i don't know. >> what's your new year's resolution. >> the key to happiness. >> give me a break. >> to give love to my parent and work hard. kennedy: i'll be hosting the all-american new year with jesse watters on fox news channel. the countdown starts at 8:00 p.m. east coast time. it will be the most of fun you have ever had in our entire life. you can follow me on twitter and

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