>> love bob massey. >> it should be a good time. "happening now" starts right now. >> you got it. >> jon: and it's a big wednesday for us as well. president trump touching down in china after taking aim at north korea. the president using the first major speech of his asia trip to issue this warning to kim jong-un, do not try us. hello and welcome to "happening now." i'm jon scott. >> melissa: he was serious about that. >> jon: he sounded stern. >> melissa: that was quite a speech and quite a comment. i'm melissa francis. the president is in beijing. democrats putting much-needed points on the board handily winning two governors raises, murphy beating guadagno and in virginia northam beat ed

gillespie by a wide margin. some called it a referendum on president trump and his rhetoric. >> we need to close the wounds that divide and bring unity for virginia. whether you voted for me or not, we are all virginians and i hope -- i hope to earn your confidence and support as we move forward. >> tonight we declare the days of division are over. we will move forward together. this is exactly who we are, new jersey. we have each other's backs. to believe in each of us is to believe in all of us. >> jon: let's bring in jake sherman, senior writer for politico and co-author of the playbook. the turnout in virginia was surprisingly high. is that what provided democrats the key here? >> getting more votes is always a good thing if you want to win.

but listen, i find the analysis of these races to be interesting. you can't make grand pronouncements about the national political mood based on a couple of races in a couple states. i will concede that. in 2009 when republicans won in new jersey and virginia, it was widely accepted that that was a commentary, a reaction to president obama after his first few months of governing. i think we can make a similar statement about these two races in virginia and new jersey and more concerning for republicans and republicans i've spoken to over the last couple hours in places like virginia, the wealthy suburbs around richmond along the republican strongholds went democratic in the state house and county level. this should be concerning to republicans if republicans don't want to be concerned. that's their own issue.

most analysts i've spoken to say this could be problematic. >> jon: is this a repudiation of president trump? >> i don't know if it's a repudiation. you can't ignore some fundamental realities. the president's approval rating across the board are not great but listen, it's a long way until 2018. we're a year away from the mid-term elections and we'll see the impact of the president and if the republicans can get tax reform through, if they can repeal the healthcare law and do an infrastructure bill they believe those are good things for their prospects in 2018. >> jon: we have some polling information out from virginia about what people were thinking as they went to the polls here. i want to put these numbers up on the screen for you. when people were asked how they're feeling about how president trump is working, president trump gets 9% excited.

27% say optimistic. 28% say concerned, the biggest number 34% is scared. if you are feeling that way about your president nationwide, well, these are virginia numbers, but doesn't bode well for his political coattails i suppose. >> it probably doesn't. listen, mid-term elections are automatically harder for the president's party as we saw in 2010 when republicans swept through and got the majority in the house. but i think those numbers would be troubling to the white house. i haven't spoken to them. they're in china. those do mirror the 30% approval ratings president trump has nationwide. listen, with all caveats, the polling was not incredibly accurate last time around. we have to view polling skepically at times. but if i were the white house and many republicans are concerned and they want to speak to local congressional

races and focus on the members of congress not the president. >> jon: the democrats have had a firing squad lately. the republicans have had to do soul searching as well. president trump carries the gop banner he is his own republican and i suppose there will be a lot of jeff flake type on capitol hill who will be wondering do you endorse this president even more and go with his agenda or do you battle him some? >> addressing those two thoughts. number one democrats are still talking about 2016, which is not something they want to be talking about in almost 2018. number two, republicans have long been comforted because their internal polling shows they view president trump as his own entity and republicans as their own entity. the trump brand is not the republican brand. that's what the internal party polling has shown so far.

we'll see if there is bleed. this election result would seem to indicate there is bleed. i want to make another couple points. the manchester, new hampshire mayoral race went to a democrat. maine voted to expand medicare with 59% of the vote. those are two har bingeers that would not appear to be good signs for republicans. >> jon: it was one year ago today we voted for -- things -- things have changed a lot in aier since president trump was voted into office. jake sherman. good to have you on. another democratic victory to tell you about in virginia last night making history. danica rome set to become a first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislator after winning one of

this year's most -- >> i'm a reporter and of my -- i never ran away from them i championed them. because of that, yeah, this county is more inclusive than it was before this election. >> rome unseated bob marshall in last night's election. he once described himself as the chief homophobe and sponsored a bill earlier this year that would have restricted which bathrooms rome and other transgender people could use. >> melissa: right now china is rolling out the red carpet for president trump. the honor guard greeting the president and the first lady at the airport in beijing. the visit is expected to focus on trade as well as tensions with north korea. the president addressed the nuclear stand-off in a speech before south korea's national assembly calling for a unified front against the regime.

>> president trump: the world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens with nuclear devastation. all responsible nations must join forces to isolate the brutal regime of north korea, to deny it and any form of it, you cannot support, you cannot supply, you cannot accept. >> melissa: kevin corke is reporting live from beijing right now. it was quite a speech. >> boy, it certainly was. i have to tell you, a lot of people watching that speech very carefully and you had to come away feeling like the president came across in a very strong, confident and direct way. it is against a back drop here in china against rising tensions with north korea to say nothing of a percolating possible trade war between the u.s. and china as the president

makes his way to beijing. he wants to deliver on a promise but also get a bit of help from the government here in china. we'll get to the help in a moment. first as we share pictures of the president's arrival yesterday at the airport we'll talk about delivering on the promise. he has long said he wants to do all he can to level the playing field on trade between the world's two largest economies. that means getting china to open up more markets, lower trade barriers and decrease the massive nearly $250 billion trade gap currently in china's favor. that's at the top of the agendas well as north korea. that takes us to the helping hand part as the first families enjoyed the tour of the forbidden city and historic private gathering the president in his conversations moving forward will implore president xi to give the u.s. a hand in north korea by applying economic pressure and living up to u.n. sanctions pyongyang.

he have addressed the national assembly in south korea and in effect kim jong-un. >> president trump: the regime has interpreted america's past restraint as weakness. this would be a fatal miscalculation. this is a very different administration than the united states has had in the past. >> plain and simple talk there from the president of the united states. by the way, also while in south korea mr. trump attempted to go to the dmz. however, bad weather and a little fog forced the white house to scrub a surprising trip. tonight at 8:00 eastern time the president will take part in the welcomeing ceremony. 9:00 local time. a full day of meetings. i'll be here for you and keep

you informed. >> melissa: quite a trip. thank you, kevin. >> jon: the vice president is busy as well. in a little more than an hour vice president mike pence will depart for texas to attend a prayer service for the victims of the church massacre there. while we're learning the man who gunned down 26 people during church services once escaped from a mental health facility. we're on that story and brian is live from sutherland springs with more. >> jon, this morning it's about the red flags and warning signs and the missed opportunities raising further questions as to why the air force did not report this guy's criminal record which includes sexual assault allegations as well as an involuntary commitment to a mental health institute. of course, this could have prevented him from purchasing legal weapons in those stores and perhaps maybe have prevented this massacre.

the sheriff is looking into whether they mishandled a 2013 sexual assault examination where the gunman was a rape suspect. they investigated the case after three months but stopped after it was believed the gunman moved to colorado. three women have come forward claiming the gunman sexually abused them in the past. according to an el paso police report the gunman escaped from a mental health facility in new mexico while under confinement for a court-martial where he was later convicted of assaulting his wife and stepson. the gunman was considered a danger to himself and others when police caught him after the escape from that facility at a local bus terminal. we also now know the gunman was caught trying to bring guns onto the air force base and made death threats against his military superiors. the new revelations are raising further questions and new video from one of the good samaritans

that chased the gunman in his vehicle. it shows the vehicle crashed off the roadway, the gunman shooting himself in that vehicle after being wounded twice. this afternoon vice president mike pence will be visiting here. we expect him to go to the brooke army medical center to visit seven of the wounded victims who are there and get a debriefing from local law enforcement as well as go to a vigil at a local high school set for later tonight. the vice president spoke to our shannon bream last night on fox news at night and this is what he said about the power of prayer during this difficult time. >> i'm a believer. and i believe in prayer. and i know that at this moment of such heartbreak and loss in that community that what most americans are most able to do is to pray for those families. >> all the victims' names are

expected to be released today. >> jon: as you say the warning signs that were missed. what a terrible part of this story. brian, thank you. >> melissa: a political setback for the gop last night as house republicans work to pass a tax bill next week. what the big loss in virginia could mean for the president's agenda and next year's mid-terms. we'll talk to former white house press secretary ari fleischer. he is up next.

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>> jon: a fox news alert. lawmakers weighing in on two key races last night. voters in virginia and new jersey choosing democratic governors in ralph northam and phil murphy. president trump tweeting about northam's opponent saying ed gillespie worked hard but didn't embrace me and what i stand for. republicans one four out of

four house seats. we'll continue to win bigger than before. let's talk about it with ari fleischer, former press secretary to president george w. bush and a fox news contributor. so ari, your republican party took a good thumping last night. how worried are you? >> well, i'm worried. it has been a very good eight years for republicans across the governor level and congressional and senate levels. great eight years and bad last night. you have to be guarded about how to interpret last night in two states where you had races, several local races throughout the country and what it can mean nationally. no question democrats came out in huge numbers yesterday in the races that did count and if they have that kind of enthusiasm going into 2018 it will be very tough sailing for republicans. >> jon: michael steele, the former chairman of the gop said republicans have to get more accomplished. have to put more on the table so that they can point to their

accomplishments and not get bogged down in people's thoughts about the president's twitter account. do you agree? >> exactly. listen, if you're a congressional republican and worried about what happened last night for your reelection. pass laws, do your jobs. if they don't do anything they'll be defined by donald trump's tweet and personality and his tenure and not their own. if you want to control your own future as a member of congress, then do your job, pass tax reform, get that done, try to come back to repeal obamacare. i would love to still see comprehensive immigration reform done. those are the things that people expect congress to do. if they do that congress's approval numbers go up. individual congressman's approval numbers go up. that's called governing and what they need to do. >> jon: what do you think about president trump suggesting ed gillespie did not endorse him enough for follow the trump

plan? >> i think both parties are going to go through a very unsettled period for the next at least one election, probably two. i think some republicans will run full core donald trump style races. others will try to thread the needle and a third group that will reject donald trump and try to run as people, republicans, who are not for donald trump. on the democrat side you will see a similar fissure. the left wing against the more moderate wing of the democratic party. both parties are under tremendous strain. >> jon: the have race did not turn out to be as close as the polls suggested it would be over the weekend, the real clear politics average was about two points. it was almost 10 between the republican and the democratic candidate. what does that say to you? >> well, this should be a massive blinking red light for

republicans. every time i hear a republican say but the polls got donald trump numbers wrong last time so probably he is doing stronger than you think. maybe he is doing a lot weaker than the polls showed this time as we saw in the republican race. republicans need to wake up from last night's results and take a look and say if we have a very unpopular president at the top which republicans do, what can be done about it. and that means do their jobs, pass laws. so the president the lesson for him he needs to increase his popularity. he shouldn't just dismiss the polls saying the polls were wrong before. it's a real warning sign. if a president is popular his party will be more popular and have much more leverage to pass laws and get congress to do what he wants. those are the things republicans need to focus on after last night. >> jon: republicans are rolling out the big tax reform bill on capitol hill. we'll see where it goes if here and whether there are any lessons from the elections in it. ari fleischer, good to have you

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>> jon: it's the end of an era as united airlines bids farewell to the boeing 747. the jetliner going on one last flight from san francisco to honolulu. crews draped the aircraft with a -- it was seen as a ground breaker in 1970 in commercial aviation. the first had a spiral staircase up to first class and it earned the nickname the queen of the skies. >> it opened up flying and the world to so many people because

of its size and capacity. i think that's what so many people remember about it. it was people's first experience of going to a faraway place with their family. >> it leaves delta still flying the 747 but they will phase it out also next year. >> melissa: a sad morning for major league baseball. roy halladay has died in a plane crash at the age of just 40. the two-time cy young award winner was killed when his single engine plane crashed in the gulf of mexico off the florida coast. these are live pictures of the scene. the sheriff's office says halladay was a personal friend of the department. >> roy i can tell you was one in a million. it is a true loss for us. i have no doubt he is looking down with god up in heaven

because his heart was a heart of gold. he was an unbelievable human being. >> melissa: phil keating joins us live from miami. >> the national transportation safety board is on the scene leading this investigation trying to ultimately determine what possibly caused halladay's plane to crash. one clue could be one of his own tweets of recent times where he said he loved flying this plane low, fast and right over the water because it made him feel like a fighter jet pilot. that plane when it is not seen under the water is one of these, an icon a5, out of icon's promotion video. the two seater plane flies like a race car and they delivered halladay's plane just last month. this is him with it. he had a passion for flying it posting multiple pictures and

videos of him in it. as a pitcher he became the 20th person in major league history to pitch a perfect game retiring all 27 of the opposing batters and he was an eight-time all-star. he played for the toronto blue jays and then the philadelphia phillies. everybody who played with him has nothing but the utmost of compliments. >> he was soft spoken and had an incredible work ethic. i think those are the characteristics that a, made him a leader. >> a lot of us grew up watching roy halladay play. i was fortunate enough to sit in the dugout and share a locker with him for some of the best years i've had. >> in the past hour the phillies organization tweeted out this photo outside of the stadium in philly of the memorial that is now growing in

halladay's honor. his plane crashed just after noon yesterday in shallow gulf of mexico waters not far from where halladay retired northwest of tampa. the sheriff says there was no mayday call. the ace pitcher was flying alone. roy hallday leaves behind a wife and two children and it is said he is very likely to be a future baseball hall of famer. >> melissa: what a sad story. all right. thank you. >> jon: after winning the cy young in two different leagues you can bet he will be in the hall of fame. house republicans on capitol hill finishing last-minute tweaks to their tax bill hoping for a vote on the house floor next week. a live report from washington on that and what last night's election results could mean for the rest of president trump's agenda. ♪ psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ♪

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latest. mike. >> good morning. the message from house republican leaders is the stakes are high and they must deliver on taxes. house speaker paul ryan spoke earlier about the impact of last night's elections on tax reform. >> if anything, this puts more pressure on making through we follow through. that's what i take out of it. i feel bad gillespie lost but i think it simply means we have to deliver. >> this is day three of the house ways and means committee's work on the republican tax reform plan. this session is expected to go until late night tonight. brady wants the tax reform package approved by ways and means tomorrow. one line of democrats today is blasting a proposal to eliminate the medical expense deduction and scrapping the estate tax that they say benefits the richest americans. they said they better get tax reform done or they won't return as the majority party in

the house. crowley suggests it could have an effect on the elections. maybe there will be a willingness to negotiate on tax reform. >> the last 18 hours senate democrats told the administration and the president that tax reform can be bipartisan if you focus on the middle class. and that's what voters demanded last night. >> democrats hoping they have leverage after last night. republican leaders are hoping their members will feel more pressure than ever to get this done. >> jon: mike, thank you. >> melissa: exit polls indicating what may have helped governors win last night. a fox news exit poll shows healthcare was the second most

important issue to virginia voters right after the economy and nbc news exit poll said 37% cited healthcare as a big priority for them. gentlemen, thank you to both of you for joining us today. david, i can't help noticing number one on the list was the economy and the thing that will make a difference in the economy is tax reform. they must really feel the pressure today. what do you think? >> any republican who sits in a district with more than two traffic lights has to figure out how they get to yes on tax cuts because in three months 95% of voters won't remember who the governors of new jersey and virginia are but they are going to know where their member of congress was on whether taxes got cut or not. >> melissa: simon. i imagine democrats smell blood in the water. the tax deal is on the table. what is one thing that you think you could change about

this bill that would make it more palatable to democrats? >> i don't think that's the issue. >> melissa: we aren't going to do talking points. what's one thing. >> it is not talking points. i understand what they are proposing and i don't think the democrats will support a bill that dramatically cuts taxes for very wealthy people. drives up the deficit. may i finish? may i finish? >> melissa: you are doing talking points. >> it is insulting you say that to me as if i don't understand what i'm saying. >> melissa: you aren't answering the question. >> i am answering the question. democrats are not going to support tax reform that dramatically cuts taxes on people that don't need tax cuts and prevents middle class people from sharing in the benefits of these tax cuts while driving up the deficit. we will never support that framework. so if they want to move as senator said to a bipartisan approach we're very open to staying focused on the middle class and not driving up the

deficit. that's what the democrats want to do. >> melissa: hang on. so after that speech if we want to drill down on the actual details and try to make some progress, the nut of what he just said is the overall argument so if you are trying to actually get something done, the first thing you might strip away maybe it's that death tax. taking that off the table and saying we'll leave the death tax alone. maybe that would get more democrats, not simon who isn't willing to come to the table at all, but real democrats to the table. >> here is what gets democrats to the table. republicans getting to 51 votes. then all of a sudden six or seven democrats will be for tax reform. democrats are not going to help pass tax cuts unless republicans get it across the line and it is already going to vote for it. democrats think if they stop tax cuts they can put republicans in a bad spot going into the elections. they won't do one thing to pass tax cuts. if we get tax cuts for the

american people it will be because the republican majority delivers it. >> melissa: do you want to prove him right? are you not going to one thing to pass tax cuts? i asked you for one thing. do you want to give me one? >> i've come on this show with you many times and you do the same thing over and over again. >> melissa: i want you to answer the question i asked. >> i'm not answering the question. >> melissa: i know you're not. that's the problem. >> the point is that democrats aren't going to agree to a tax cut plan that overwhelmingly benefits wealthy people, drives up the deficit. >> melissa: you already said that. >> that's what being proposed. >> melissa: repeating yourself isn't helping the argument. to come to the table and try to offer something productive. give me three things you want to see. maybe it's the estate tax, maybe it's salt. tell me what you don't like about this. can you be specific? >> i just told you, right, that we are reject the frame that is being proposed here. we do not agree -- >> melissa: you don't want to

work at all. there is nothing in there. >> we don't agree with the frame of the deal. what the senator said is the democratic position. if the republicans want to come to the table and work with us on tax cuts that actually really benefit middle class people and don't drive up the deficit we're game to do it. we've done it before. our party has done it before. we're happy to do it again. >> melissa: doubling the standard deduction. all the things in there you don't like any of that that would help working people? >> you understand based on the analysis. over time a majority of middle class people will be paying more in taxes rather than less. >> melissa: i don't accept that math because it's static analysis and i don't accept static analysis. i only agree with dynamic analysis. when you cut the economy will grow. i know you don't believe that. let's let david finish. >> democrats could start by being for things they've been for in the past.

they've put a framework not a lot different than what the current republican bill in the senate is talking about. so democrats could be for things they've been for in the past and they could then get on the board for tax cuts. but right now this is to honor roy halladay, republicans have the ball in their hand. we have to start throwing strikes. if we start throwing strikes one, the economy will continue to improve for americans, and two, we'll be rewarded on election day in 2018. >> melissa: all right, gentlemen. simon, you and i will have to get a drink sometime. we can't show up and fight like this all the time. >> i'm not coming back on the show ever again so thank you. >> melissa: all right. thank you. >> jon: we're just learning a federal judge has issued a gag order in the case involving former trump campaign chairman paul mon fort and his business associates charged in the ongoing russia probe by special

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potential witnesses, defense attorneys or just about anybody else involved in this case. she has signed a gag order which goes into effect immediately and you can imagine if that gets violated, she is not going to be happy. we won't be hearing much from anyone involved in this case, at least if they abide by that judge's gag order. we'll continue to keep you covered on that story. >> melissa: right now president trump is in china meeting with president xi and urging beijing to step up and rein in north korea on its ballistic missile programs as trump sent a strong warning to kim jong-un last night during his address to the korean national assembly. >> president trump: i hope i speak not only for our country, but for all civilized nations when i say to the north, do not underestimate us and do not try us.

>> melissa: the director of foreign policy research for the brookings institution joins us now. so we hear that the big ask is going to be to stop the flow of oil from china. i don't know if a lot of people know there is an 18-mile pipeline. almost all of the crude oil that north korea gets flows through that pipeline from china. >> nice to be with you. also as you know u.n. security council sanctions trying to restrict the flow to 2/3 of what it had been. that was the compromised reached in september after north korea's biggest nuclear test. the united states went into that u.n. deliberation wanting a complete cut-off of oil as well as other things like textiles and remittances from north korean laborers abroad. some we got the terms. in oil we got a 1/3 reduction would be the expectation. i don't know if president trump is hoping he can do better than

the u.n. security council resolution would have demanded or trying to get china to comply with that resolution and not allow people to use elicit trucking activities and other things that might not be detected through the pipeline to get oil in when it is not supposed to exceed a certain amount. as you know over the years we've tried to get china to do more of this. it's always been hard. >> melissa: do you think they'll do more now? >> i think president trump does have a potential strategy here. it's hard to know where donald trump's tweets and just his temperament leave off and his actual strategizing begins but the beauty of this situation is that no one can tell. in other words, what i'm trying to say, people are scared of what president trump might do next and it may give him a little more leverage over the chinese and the north koreans than president bush or obama or clinton was able to muster. but i think we also have to be realistic. the chinese have spent a quarter century sort of adjusting pressure on north korea, never as much as we want.

never enough to really force a deal. so i think we'll have to combine the attempt at pressure with a somewhat more realistic negotiating strategies. those two things together might work. >> melissa: no one has solved the problem yet. they have been trying but he is there now to put the pressure on. we're out of time. sorry about that. thank you. >> thank you. >> jon: the markets have been hitting new records since president trump was elected. we're live on wall street with what's happened over the last year. the dow jones down just about a couple of points right now. >> president trump: i guess close to 60 records on the stock market since november 8th. that very big day. the stock market is at an all-time high. unemployment is at its lowest level in almost 17 years. too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there."

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>> melissa: a big win for democrats in virginia. a rift within the party could be emerging as pro-sanctuary city demonstrators shout northam off the stage. how the issues play out as mid-term campaigns ramp up. >> more coming up on the firm, hillary clinton's campaign and the dirt dug up on president trump. is this coordination with the russians by democrats? >> one lucky guy, "outnumbered" top of the hour. see you then. >> jon: it's been one year to the day since donald trump won the presidential election in the biggest upset in decades. wall street has been enjoying a trump bump ever since with up

by double digits. president trump is touting the economic achievements every chance he get. we're live outside the new york stock exchange where things are a little down today. lauren. >> it's unbelievable. it's been one year since the historic election. donald trump is reminding us what he has done since he has been in office. in asia he is firing off this tweet. stock market at an all-time high. there is great confidence in the moves my administration is making. we're working on tax reform for the middle class, for companies and jobs. well, it's that promise of tax reform plus the deregulation and the other moves that we've seen that really is making your 401k. i don't know if you checked it lately it's up into the double digits. the dow is up 28% since the election. 28%. that's the best election day one year since election day performance for any president in 72 years.

nasdaq up 30%. we had a remarkable year as far as your investments are concerned. we are starting to feel better about things, too. consumer confidence is doing well. unemployment rate. it's at a 17-year low of 4.1%. as consumers start to have more money, spend more money, ditto for businesses, we're getting that pepp in our step again. we can say merry christmas. it could be a merry christmas in the end with the economy on fire one year since the election. >> jon: apple in particular booming this morning. >> $900 billion well on their way to being the first trillion dollar company. unbelievable. the tech story is more global in many sense of the word. if you look at the banks and financials and materials that's all the trump trade. tax reform, infrastructure spending. >> jon: lauren, thank you. >> melissa: coming up in the next hour china rolling out the red carpet for president trump.

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>> incredible video from denver showing flames from a dump truck. authorities say the truck was a compressed natural gas truck hauling recyclables when it exploded on the interstate interrupting the morning commute. no word on what caused the fire. nobody was injured. sew those flames. >> using cng to power the truck. sometimes you can have problems. >> exploded. a bit of a foyery hour here as well. >> yes, it was. we will be back with another one tomorrow.

thank you for joining us. >> "out numbered" starts right now. >> we begin with a fox news alert. new fall out from a big democratic victory. democrat beat ed gillespie in the race for governor. both giving their in they were station for the results and how voters feel as the election as proefp. this is "outnumbered." lisa both, the anchor of the intelligence report, trish reagan, and hashtag one lucky guy steve hayes. we say he's outnumbered. >> i feel outnumbered of. >> in what sense. >> i have a scratchy voice i was at the packers game monday night. i yelled a lot. the packers