wonder. it's a plaque signed by the president and vice president and other u.s. officials. president obama tweeted a response, "that is out of this world." here's shepard smith. see you soon. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 on capitol hill. we're watching not one but two stories with enormous implications. they're about to vote on a bill that could make or break the obamacare repeal. we'll break it down. in the house, a vote on whether to grant a waiver to general james maddis. lawmakers haven't made a move like this since the days of harry s. truman. in moments we'll see if they'll do it again.

let's get to it. republicans will try to take the next step in replacing obamacare. the house is set to vote on a budget resolution that lets the republicans side step the line. republicans don't have anywhere near 60 seats or super majority in the senate. under normal circumstances, that's what you need. the president doesn't have to sign it and can't veto it. the senate approved the same measure yesterday. analysts say they expect the house to do the same thing today. the vote could be close. some conservative republicans have already said they will vote no. they say the measure does not do enough to reign in spending and debt. gop leaders haven't explained how they'll replace obamacare.

the truth is they haven't come to a consensus. president trump is rooting on republicans. this morning he tweeted " "un-fordab"un affordable care act will soon be history." and let's get straight to team fox coverage now. mike emanuel on the healthcare vote. he's live on the hill. mike, if this fails, it's back to the drawing board for republicans, right? >> shep, no question. a disaster for republicans who have promised for years to appeal obamacare. the latest i'm hering from the house, they believe they'll have the votes. sounds like we're getting close to the vote. paul ryan is calling it a critical step towards delivering relief. >> this law is collapsing while we speak. we have to step in before things

get worse. this is nothing short of a rescue mission by taking this step today, we're doing what is right. >> ryan says he's in sync was president-elect trump that would like replace and replace to happen simultaneously. sounds like it could be multiple bills by the president, shep? >> shepard: are the democrats in line with this? >> yes, they say it could be costly and devastating to the economic. nancy pelosi thinks republicans are choosing chaos over affordable care. >> they're feeding their idealogical obsession. >> pelosi called on her fellow democrats to not allow

republicans to make america sick again. she's calling on democrats to vote no. >> shepard: let's turn to chris wallace. chris, what is the word on this? >> well, i think you all know if they bring the vote up, i can't imagine that republicans would bring it up unless they were assured passage. they can only afford to lose about 24 republicans and still pass this by a very narrow majority. you'd say why is there a problem? it's the difference between repeal and replace. repeal is united states. that's a process that they can begin. this won't repeal it. it will begin the process to repeal it. a lot of republicans want to know what the replacement package is. they don't want to tear it down and end up with something more expensive. it's that disconnect between repeal and replace on they're on two very different tracks that have causing heartburn.

>> shepard: and the fiscal conservatives want to draw down the debt and there's no plan to do it with this. is there a possibility now, chris, that the eight million people that would lose their healthcare would be left out in the cold in between this period of repeal and replace? >> well, we don't know. that's obviously one of the concerns. you have a variety of people saying different things. it's interesting. 60 times that republicans, particularly in the house, have voted to repeal -- >> shepard: that's when they knew they couldn't do it. >> i was going to say, in 2010 now you have the situation of repealing and replacing. there's a lot of opinions about how to do that. we heard donald trump this week saying i want the two to happen simultaneously, same hour, same week but they're on different tracks and it's easier to repeal it than to replace it. to replace it, you have to have new programs, new ways of

funding it. some of it can't be passed by the legislative sort of black hole where you're able to pass things with 51 votes. a simple majority as opposed to 61 votes. there's a lot of people that are concerned about the idea if there's a delay between repeal and replace, some people will be left without any health coverage that had it under obamacare, they won't have it until the replacement. >> shepard: and the president-elect is left in a pickle saying he's all for the most expensive parts of this. the 26-year-old pre-existing conditions and that sort of thing. that sounds great. but maybe, it costs a lot of money. somebody has to pay for it. >> that's right. so republicans and democrats, everybody looks things like that. nobody without pre-existing conditions can be cut off. young people can stay on their parent's health coverage.

but you have to pay for it. the way obama care pays for it is making sure through the mandate that healthy people sign up as well as sick people. you know, a variety of taxes. increases on taxes, especially on more well-to-do people. if you take the financing away, which is one of the things that helps pay for these provisions that republicans like, they have to find a different way to pay for them. that's a real puzzle here, one of the things that as i said despite the fact as you point out, they repealed obamacare and voted dozens of times when they knew it wasn't going to get through, now they're going to take control of it and tear it down and be responsible for replacing it. >> shepard: we'll watch the vote. this is just the beginning. there's a lot of reporting to be done. speaking of that, chris what is your take on the trump strategy to delegitimize the power?

>> there's been a lot of reporting to donald trump. i think he's legitimate. fighting back on it just as obama considered bias reporting. there's been cases where he's just as upset with the coverage. not just with the bias but negative towards him and maybe rightly so as long as it's truthful, it's legitimate. one of the things you've been concerned about and legitimately so, all the issue on what cnn did. almost everybody can agree that busby printing this3-5 page

printing hearsay, rumor and unreresponsible. but cnn reporting this is what happened. the intelligence community briefed the president-elect on this oppo research that is tied to the kremlin. it's a fact and there's nothing wrong with reporting that. >> i windser how dangerous it is if the commandner chief-to-be is making it part of his strategy to delegitimize those holding -- >> i don't think it's fair. i've interviewed him -- >> shepard: he doesn't do it every time, but he does it. >> okay. that's an important point. a lot of tough questions asked at that news conference that he took and answered as the way everybody president-elect or president does. he got into that fight with cnn.

you can argue with what trump did and jim acosta did going over and over and over. i've never seen a reporter do that in a news conference with a president. >> shepard: one is a reporter. one is the president of the free world. >> and they both fight back. bill clinton went after me once. >> shepard: that's a good clip. that's googleable. >> yeah. we're big boys. if we're going to throw hardballs at political leaders, we have to be ready for the return fire. >> shepard: we're ready. we googled the white llamas and the black llamas. i don't know if you remember that chase. it's friday around here. >> and mississippi and east port. >> it's playoff weekend. it's all football this weekend. come on, chris. you are the lead-in to football

on fox this weekend. it's exciting. >> that's true. >> shepard: how do you feel about that? how do you feel about dak prescott versus aaron rodgers this weekend? >> i have a clear favorite in that. some things i'll touch and some things i won't. i'm not going to comment on that game. i do have somebody i'm rooting for. i think -- >> shepard: because you have to bet on it. >> i'm a washington redskins fans. i don't like the other teams in the nfc east. one of those teams is in the nfc east. >> shepard: you're such a diplomat. when are you -- >> i just won an award for the best mannered on television. >> shepard: i realize that. and they don't know you. >> are we going to talk about my show? >> shepard: i have a script to read. this weekend on "fox news sunday", chris talks to mike pence and c.i.a. director john

brenn brennan. that's this sunday on your local fox station. and we'll have five or six hours for the inauguration. the weather is supposed to be decent, which is nice. >> i interviewed the ed of the presidential inaugural committee. he says the early forecast is 45 degrees and sunny, which would be delightful for a january day in washington. >> shepard: i think it was the second obama inauguration. it was like 5:00 a.m. -- maybe it was the first one. >> i'm sure the folks that have real jobs will cry for us having to go out and talk in the cold. >> shepard: i don't know if people know but much of washington shuts down that day. you can't get around well. >> you like it when washington shuts down. do you have any news today or are we going to chat for the

afternoon? >> shepard: i was thinking about it. we have to get to commercials. aside from that we can do whatever we want. that's been my experience. >> it's your show. >> shepard: all right. i'm done with you. have a great week. an exciting friday. we'll see you this sunday right before football. >> you bet. it will be a big show. pence and brennan. >> shepard: that's right. you can google it. he is the best mannered man on television, i know because it's in the google. i think i got a news alert on that. congratulations. best to the soup lady. i don't know what has happened. he's gone. he had someone else to talk to. we're waiting for that house vote that will determine whether if general mattis can serve as defense secretary. you heard chris wallace say if the other votes comes up, they can pass it.

the trump nominee needs a waiver because he served in the military. chris wallace, this sunday on "fox news sunday." check your local listings. [ crowd noise ] whoa. [ gears stopping ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. try this. but just one aleve has the strength to stop pain for 12 hours. tylenol and advil can quit after 6. so live your whole day, not part... with 12 hour aleve. so beautiful. what shall we call you? tom! name it tom! studies show that toms have the highest average earning potential over their professional lifetime. see? uh, it's a girl. congratulations! two of my girls are toms. i work for ally, finances are my thing. you know, i'm gonna go give birth real quick and then we'll talk, ok?

nice baby. let's go. here comes tom #5! nothing, stops us from doing right by our customers. ally. do it right. whoo! look out. tech: don't let a cracked windshtrust safelite.plans. with safelite's exclusive "on my way text"... you'll know exactly when we'll be there. giving you more time for what matters most. (team sing) safelite repair, safelite replace. they keep telling me "drink more water." "exercise more." i know that. "try laxatives..." i know. believe me. it's like i've. tried. everything! my chronic constipation keeps coming back. i know that. tell me something i don't know.

(vo) linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation, or chronic constipation. it can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. do not give linzess to children under 6 and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. it may harm them. don't take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. other side effects include gas, stomach-area pain and swelling. talk to your doctor about managing your symptoms proactively with linzess. . >> shepard: the house of representatives set to vote on the waiver to let general james mattis be the secretary of state. the white house said that

president obama will sign the bill if it reaches his desk. current law requires a person to be out of the military to be seven years before becoming the pentagon chief. general mattis retired in 2013. congress has granted one civilian waiver in 1950. this vote comes after mattis testified in a senate committee saying that he believes russian president vladimir putin is trying to break nato. he said that he has modest expectations about putin cooperating with the united states. jennifer griffin is live. who is leading the charge against mattis in the house and senate? >> it's interesting, shep. this house vote is turning into more of a nail-biter. they thought it would be easier to get the waiver through the house because republicans control a larger portion of the house. what happened on the eve of the testimony is that the trump transition team cancelled mattis' appearance before the house armed services committee where he will be asked about

civilian control of the military. by eliminating that discussion, the house got revenge and it was a narrow vote out of the armed services committee. he only received 34 votes to 28 votes. now the debate is being led by adam smith, a democrat from washington who is on the house armed services committee. he's really -- he says he will vote against mattis because he's upset that the trump transition team did not provide him to speak to congress about civilian control of the military. here's what he and duncan humner said moments ago on the house floor. >> i don't want to set that precedent. so as passionate as the previous speaker was, please understand and i've expressed this to general mattis, this is not a vote against general mattis. i said if we have our opportunity to do our job, if we don't roll over for the presidential transition team,

we'll be more than happy to support general mattis in a bipartisan way. >> the trump administration did not have him come speak to the house, which is not required by light. we feel slighted. i would feel -- i do feel the same way that the ranking member feels in terms of what the administration, how they're treating the house of representatives in this body. it's times like this that we need to rise above the future trump administration. >> shepard, sources say that they believe that general mattis will receive the waiver but it's closer than it needs to be because of the anger of the democrats and the republicans because the transition team would not allow mattis to brief and take questions from the house armed services committee about this whole issue of civilian control of the military. >> shepard: in the bigger picture, this should be let's about slights and more about

temperature fundamental reason that the framers and traditionally the belief in the united states is that civilians control the military. it's an important cornerstone, isn't it? >> absolutely. before his -- general mattis' confirmation hearing, you heard sam nunn, the republican from georgia, speak about this very issue. he said this team is not asking for a blanket change to the issue of civilian control of the military. they say even if general mattis does not remain the full defense secretary for the rest of the trump administration, they won't come back and ask that another military person fill that position. they say this is a one-time exception for an exceptional leader. that's why they're asking for this one-time waiver, the first time since harry truman.

>> shepard: thanks. is it time for james comey to go? he's facing an investigation for the hillary clinton investigation. now the editorial board is calling for comey to get out. got an estimate in 24 hours. my insurance company definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance why pause a spontaneous moment? cialis for daily use treats ed and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away

for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have a sudden decrease or loss of hearing or vision, or an allergic reaction, stop taking cialis and get medical help right away. ask your doctor about cialis.

>> shepard: the president-elect donald trump responding after a government watch dog announced an investigation into the how the fbi and justice department handled the hillary clinton e-mail case. trump tweeted, "what are

hillaries people complaining about with respect to the fbi? based on the information they had, she should have not have been allowed to run. guilty as hell." this is the president-elect. they were very nice to her, he said. she lost because she campaigned in the wrong states." this comes as the editorial board, not exactly a democrat bastian or a left wing bastian, calling for james comey to resign. in an opinion piece published last night, if the fbi director has demonstrated is that he has lost the trust of nearly everyone in washington along with every american that says they have to maintain their partiality as a federal agency. he announced new e-mails were being discovered.

tuesday he said investigators didn't find anything. many democrats say this back and forth so close to the election hurt clinton's chances. comey says he welcomes the investigati investigation. dan henning is here. the reason for this was -- >> for the editorial? >> shepard: for the editorial. >> as we said, we think director comey has lost the trust both of the republican party and the democrat party. i would go so far to say the american people. this is not so much about james comey himself. though he's responsible. it's about the institution of the fbi and its credibility. when you have both political parties withdrawing their support for the fbi as an institution as well as the american people wondering what the heck is going on with jim comey and the hillary clinton e-mail server investigation, there's a point at which the director has to think about maybe pulling back and letting someone else come in. >> shepard: as you and the others observed this on the

editorial board, is it your sense from what you witnessed that this is just a series of ridiculous moves or is there something more nefarious here? >> it suggests poor judgment mr. comey's part. normally he exonerated hillary clinton. he said there was nothing in the e-mail server investigation to justify a prosecution. well, the fbi doesn't make that determination. the prosecutors inside the justice department should make that determination. that i think is the sort of thing that inspector general michael horowitz will look into, whether jim comey, jumped over established procedures in a way that damaged the investigation of hillary clinton. >> shepard: so we're clear, this has nothing to do with the actions that the fbi took in the lead up to the information. it's about the way they handled the information. >> and the way they handled just before the election. saying they had a lop top and

might look at it and more evidence in that. did throw the election into turmoil and saying a few days later, no was there was really nothing there. you normally don't expect the federal bureau of investigation to be handling in a situation like that. there's much more circumspect. why did jim comey feel he had to get so far out front? that's what the i.g. will try to determine. as far as his tenure has gone, we're past the point where he can continue as fbi director. >> shepard: i heard some nonpartisans say if he gets it, he will step down. is that your sense? >> that's my sense. if he gets it. jim comey has a mind of his own obviously. he did the initial announcement about the e-mail server investigation without talking to loretta lynch, the attorney general. whether comey gets it or not is

the question. if he doesn't get it, you get to the point that president trump will decide whether to fire him. he does have the authority to do that. >> dan, thank you. >> thank you. >> shepard: this big vote just started on the floor. >> an important vote. >> shepard: it is important. this is the one for the beginning of the repeal of obama care, replaces later. this is the repeal part. this is the beginning of that over on the senate side. the house did it yesterday. backwards. the house did it yet, this is the senate today. they need to flip about 24 republicans would need to say no to this. the thing is, a number of them -- we don't know exactly the number but more fiscally conservative republicans believe there needs to be a way to pay for this and needs to be outlined in the first place. it was chris' observation, and he's usually right, if the vote goes to the floor, they means they realize they have the vote. we'll know soon enough and keep

you updated and be right back.

z28cnz zwtz y28cny ywty

>> shepard: the vote is in. not all of it but enough of it. they agreed to the resolution. you can see the top line there. it's a yays, nays, presents and nonvoting. now it's gone. listen. >> the unfinished business is that -- >> shepard: let's go back to the board. actually, that comes to -- at any rate, only nine republicans as of the last look had voted against it. mike emanuel, this does not repeal or replace anything. this overcomes a potential filibuster. >> you're right, shep. what this does, it says to the relevant committees in congress, now right to repeal legislation. the senate will pass it with just a simple majority. you mentioned earlier, they don't have 60 republican votes to pass an obama care repeal. i talked to some conservative members earlier today that expressed repeal and leaving it

wide open for an extended period of time. they said they felt like they made their point that speaker ryan was saying that he wanted to do it concurrently with repeal, this replacement plan. so they felt like they would vote for this and then they would debate the actual replacement down the road. >> shepard: the screen we just had up there, they went from the last vote to the next vote, this is the other important vote of the day. the waiver on general mattis. as you noticed, a couple of no votes from republicans. we heard duncan hunter saying he was upset -- general mattis is the former general who retired in 2013 who they want to be defense secretary, want to bring him up for nomination. he had to get a waiver. because you have to be out of the military for seven years because in theory in america, civilians run the military. this is a one-time waiver, this is going as expected, right?

>> that's right. we heard a lot of senators that met face to face with mattis and they were impressed by him. the issue is getting the waiver. what they told the house is, if you want to stand up president trump's national security team on day one next week, you have to give him this waiver. then the senate can vote on him for confirmation next week. we've gotten a lot of signals from democrats and republicans they intend to support his confirmation to be the next secretary of defense. the issue is whether he's been a civilian long enough and whether or not you want to give that waiver. so some democrats in the house said they would love to have him come before the house armed services committee hearing to talk about his vision in terms of civilian leadership of the pentagon. a lot of republicans are making the case there's not the time. it's a dangerous world out there and they would like to stand up the new president's national security team off the bat.

>> shepard: they're doing that. the vote is in. they needed 218 total votes. they're up to 244. 24 democrats voting with the republicans. one republican thus far voting with the democrats in the nays. so that's the mattis vote. i want to wrap up this healthcare thing. had this healthcare vote not gone through, they had to get -- they had to make it so they didn't need a filibuster-proof majority. the republicans didn't have 60. they weren't going to get it. so had this failed today, this wipe-out of the filibuster possibility, the republicans were in deep, deep trouble with obamacare's repeal and potential replace. that hurdle is passed. now the question is, the more difficult question, can they come up with a replacement package to which enough republicans can agree to push it through? they can't have a lot of d

discentedi dissinters. they don't think it's right. they have to come up with a replacement that everybody agrees. that's going to be a tall order. republicans have been talking about this for like five years. they figured out we want this gone largely because it's an achievement of the obama administration and if it works, who wants to give them help. after all, they blocked everything along the way. any time there's big legislation, you have to make changes and tweak. republicans blocked the tweaks. they never gave them an option and voted to repeal it 60 times. but they never came up with a replacement package because they never thought they would be in a position to need one. now they need one. now they have to deliver on it. otherwise, some of you know yourselves, if you're mad about obama care, which they have spent a lot of time making you, you want this thing changed. so they need to change it.

you sent them up there to make this change. you want obamacare repealed and replaced, get it done. everybody is about that until you're one of the people left with no insurance if they continue vote to repeal and replace it. about 16 million people, about eight million i'm told to the trump voters, if you're out of insurance, you can't go to the doctor, you feel differently about it. josh letterman is with us. he's the a.p. correspondent at the white house. joins us frequently, this is on the obama care matter. josh, the easy part just got done. >> the easy party is done. the hard part starts now which is figuring out how to replace it. what we've seen the last week or so, the growing realization by republicans of just how politically tenuous it is to be taking healthcare away from people or to be leaving the markets with uncertainty about what will happen until they settled on a replacement. obamacare took more than a year to draft. took all kinds of political

wrangling. barely got through. because this stuff is really hard. it's particularly hard to find ways to pay for the popular parts that republicans want to preserve, such as keeping your children on your insurance until you're 26. coverage of the pre-existing conditions. unless you do some of the other things that republicans don't want to preserve like mandating that everybody in the country has insurance. so republicans after initially wanting to have a few years where they would wait before they replace this have moved to the idea of in congress and trump himself that they really have to come up with a replacement sooner than later. >> shepard: easy to say that. another thing do do it. these more fiscal conservatives have really stood their ground quite firmly. it's like look, we have to do away with the entitlements. their position is that the debt will kill us and bring us down the nation. they are run on this platform, been elected on this platform and not backing down for now. they have to get a lot to do it. >> what democrats keep saying,

if there's a way to do this, if you think you have an idea that will cover people and so much better for the country than obama care, why isn't you have been able to express it, communicate it and put it on the table? that's something that democrats are looking for republicans to do but not with a lot of optimism. trump has been looking that that is something that he will leave to the health and human services secretary, tom price, something that is a physician, had some own ideas about how to do this. but there's a rush as soon as that idea is presented for everybody to do the number crunching. how many people will this cover? how much will it cost? what are the other ramifications for the insurance industry that comes out of this before anybody is willing to get on board with it. >> shepard: they have been pretending to try to -- they knew they couldn't replace it in the previous administration and in the previous house. they knew they couldn't do it. they kept doing it anyway as a

dog and pony show and never came up with a replacement. republicans will figure this out at some point and they're not going to be happy. no doubt. thanks, josh. let's get on to james mattis. the house of representatives just voted to grant the waiver to allowed the retired general to serve as secretary of the defense. it's still the law. the current chiefs have to be out of military for ten years. the white house press secretary josh earnest said the president will sign this. it will get to his desk. we know he will sign it. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon for us. does he sail through now or is there more to it? >> no, i think now you can pretty much assure that he will be confirmed. the waiver was the main hurdle

that they had to get across. the democrats made their point by having this debate before the vote occurred about why it was that the trump transition team did not allow mattis to talk to them about and about their questions about civilian control of the military. now an overwhelming number of democrats voted in favor of mattis, to grant this waiver. you can't put too fine of a point for unusual to have a retired general who has not been retired seven years take control of what has been a civilian position. this has not happened in 67 years. since general george marshall was asked by harry truman at the start of the korean war to take the helm of the pentagon. this is a one-off. it's not a change. even mattis said that he would preserve civilian control by

placing people in positions. he's not going to stack the pent gone with other generals. this is an exception. the president is likely to sign this in the coming days. congress goes out of -- on recess until january 20th until inauguration day this afternoon. so it was very important that they crossed this hurdle so that they can confirm the defense secretary as that president-elect trump as soon as he takes over will be able to get his national security team in place. a very important hurdle that has passed. >> shepard: it is. there's been no impediments to his agenda thus far. the consensus on the hill seems to be that all of the nominees that have spoken will go through without much trouble. now these two procedural matters breaking in his favor as well. jennifer griffin, thanks. intelligence officials briefing the house on the russian

interference with the electioel. we'll dive into this coming up. the lexus rx, rx hybrid and rx f sport.

this is the rx...elevated. get up to $5,000 customer cash on select 2016 models. see your lexus dealer. i want my blood sugarck. to stay in control. i want to trim my a1c. when my schedule changes... i want something that delivers. (woman) ♪ tresiba ready... (avo) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. don't use tresiba® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. don't share needles or insulin pens. don't reuse needles. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which may cause dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. check your blood sugar. low blood sugar can be serious and may be life-threatening. injection site reactions may occur. tell your doctor about all medicines you take and all your medical conditions. taking tzds with insulins, like tresiba®, may cause serious side effects like heart failure. your insulin dose shouldn't be changed without asking your doctor. get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing, fast heartbeat, extreme drowsiness, swelling of your face, tongue, or throat, dizziness, or confusion.

ask you're doctor if you're tresiba® ready. covered by most health insurance and medicare plans. (woman) ♪ tresiba ready

>> shepard: top intelligence officials giving lawmakers in the house a classified briefing on russia's attempt's to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. reports surfaced earlier this week that russia collected compromising information about

president-elect trump. in a twitter tirade, trump slammed the reports. he wrote "it now turns out the phony allegations against me were put together by my political opponent." "totally made up facts. fake news." russia says nothing exists probably. even though there's noing proof and never will be." my report will have a few report on hacking in 90 days. unwinding that could take the rest of the hour. nobody has said that these things aren't true. they've said they're investigating them. they have not been dismissed. all of this is part of an investigation. this comes after a phone call between donald trump and the national intelligence director james clapper wherein that he said he doesn't think it was released to the media.

pete doocy, the trump advisor called the russian ambassador next month. >> yes, shep, timing is everything with this story. michael flynn spoke to the russian ambassador before the sanctions were levied to say merry christmas and work out logistics for mr. trump and mr. putin after the transition. the putin team is disputing the forecast act what may happen to the punishment after mr. trump gets sworn in. >> shepard: and he met with the head of lockheed-martin today. >> yeah. lockheed-martin is bringing down the cost of the notoriously expensive f-35 project.

>> we're close to a deal that will bring the cost down significantly from the previous lot of aircraft to the next lot of aircraft. moreover, it will bring a lot of jobs to the united states. we're going to increase our jobs in fort worth by 1,800 jobs. when you think about the comply chain across 45 states, it's thousands and thousands of jobs. >> the president-elect also met with the union leader richard trumpka. not a backer during the election but said they had an honest and productive discussion. >> shepard: and then there's steve harvey. >> yeah, you never know who you're going to see here. the trump team and the obama team asked him to come by today for this reason. >> we're going to team up and see if we can bring about some positive change in the inner cities, which i felt was my only

agenda, and he agreed. he wants to do something. he realizes that he needs allies in that department. he seemed really sincere about it. >> chicago being one. >> chicago is one. another one they want to start with as a target is detroit. >> sounds like the talk got serious. harvey said at one point they got mr. trump's nominee, drdr. ben carson on the phone. >> shepard: i hope that goes better than the miss universe pageant went. time will tell. peter doocy at the tower. thanks, peter. have a great weekend. the feds may 700,000 protesters could show up. we'll see how the security forces are getting ready for that next.

what are you doing? getting your quarter back. fountains don't earn interest, david. you know i work at ally. i was being romantic. you know what i find romantic? a robust annual percentage yield that's what i find romantic. this is literally throwing your money away. i think it's over there. that way? yeah, a little further up. what year was that quarter? what year is that one? '98 that's the one. you got it! nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. ally. do it right. let's get out of that water. all finished.umm...ht. you wouldn't want your painter to quit part way. i think you missed a spot. so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day? aleve, live whole not part. painter: you want this color over the whole house?

>> shepard: just a week to in g infog -- inauguration day now. the feds say some 28,000 security officials will be working the inaugural event.

they say that they could see as many as 700,000 protesters in d.c. next friday. security officials say they're ready to handle anything that might come along. catherine herridge has more. >> this is called a national security event. the highest security designation. secret service is the leading asy. fox news this week getting exclusive access to their training in maryland, which included a mock-up of the first couple's walk from capitol hill to the white house along pennsylvania avenue. and if there was an armed assault during that period. there's a separate exercise here for protests and crowd control. agents drill and they drill again so no scenario takes them by surprise. >> we went through a series of approximately also 40 scenarios. you're exactly right. how are we going to respond if the president or first lady were to sprain an ankle while they're walking. or if there's an assault of some sort or mortar attack. every scenario has a different response and we don't want to be

seeing these events for the first time on january 20th. >> there's going to be road closures and restrictions. a lot of details, shep, are kept under seal for security reasons. >> shepard: katherine -- catherine herridge, thank you. have a good weekend. "on my wa. you'll know exactly when we'll be there. giving you more time for what matters most. (team sing) safelite repair, safelite replace.

>> on this day in 1942, a german pilot became the first person to use an ejection seat. pilots could previously jump out with a parachute. the speed of the fighter jet made bailing out nor dangerous. german engineers first developed the ejection seat. allied forces said german pilots were flying through the sky. but an ejection seat saved the first of many lives 75 years ago

today. should news break out, we'll break in. breaks news changes everything on fox news channel. "your world" with neil cavuto come up. the nasdaq with lifetime highs today. >> neil: all right. thank you, shepard. you're watching "your world." the scene of the capitol. the house has gone ahead and followed up with what the senate did to begin the repealing process of obama care. this is a long way from a done deal. remember, this is just the beginning part of the process. but much like how this thing came into being, it was all a one-party vote like democrats are the only ones that voted for this and made this possible. republicans were the only ones that voting for undoing this. let's go go to capitol hill with the