weekdays on fbn weekdays. >> . kristin: president trump spends the holiday weekend with his family in mar-a-lago and has a twitter fight with time. kelly: and congressman al franken amid harassment allegations. kristin: we'll hear from congressmen on both sides of the aisle. and welcome to america's news headquarters, from washington. i'm kristin fisher. kelly: thank you for joining us today, i'm kelly wright from

washington. we hope you're celebrating your holiday weekend. a lot of news right now. president trump takes on time magazine on twitter, this, as he prepares a to-do list for congress when they return to washington. phil keating is live in florida, following the president on this holiday weekend. phil, good to see you. >> good to see or hear you. the first family has been enjoying this long living weekend at mar-a-lago on palm beach for now, the fourth day and for the fourth straight day, president trump has departed from the winter white house property presumably to play gulf at one of his gulf clubs. today it's back to trump international in west palm beach. no word whom the president is golfing with. it will be hard to top yesterday's foursome. the presidential motel cade drove up to the golf club where the president golfed to tiger woods, dustin johnson, and pga

pro. the daily motorcade generates looky-loo's as it goes by. the last viewing of the president and first lady melania was thanksgiving morning when they delivered a nice lunch to the coast guard quarters at riviera beach. no tweets so far from the president on this quote, working vacation, is out of the ordinary. trump's last tweet last night, quote, time magazine called to say that i was probably going to be named man, person of the year. like last year, but i would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. i said probably is no good, and took a pass. thanks anyway. now, back in d.c., this upcoming tuesday, trump's meeting with the big four congressional leadership. that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, house speaker paul ryan, chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy

pelosi. that will likely talk about tax cuts and the senate has big tax cut bill that leaders hope can pass, perhaps, or at least come to a vote sometime this week. but the primary purpose of the meeting between the president and the big four is to avoid a government shut down next month, at least a short-term budget extension is due by december 8th. from west palm beach, where it's 73 degrees, blue skies and just perfect, back to you. [laughter] >> oh, you just had to toss that in there, didn't you? i'm not jealous of you by any means. thanks, phil. kristin: it's not bad here in d.c. kelly: not bad. kristin: in addition to tax reform, the house of representatives is expect today vote next week on a bipartisan revolution that would require anti-harassment and anti-discrimination for all lawmakers and their staff. it was aid mid high profile figures and media and

entertainment in politics. mary anne bring us up to the speed for the allegations. >> hi, kristin, the resolution if passed is meant to be a wakeup call, after al franken with many women coming forward with unwanted groping and kissing. senator franken issued an apology, i've learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters i crossed the line for some women and i know that any number is too many. now, the house resolution is aimed at driving that point home. ranking member robert brady on house administration will vote on the resolution next week and he says, quote, we cannot tolerate any discrimination or harassment in the work place and we cannot have a system that protects offenders. and lawmakers not alone in this storm of sexual harassment accusations, last week, prominent news anchor and host

charlie rose was fired and had many honors rescinded and many terminated contracts with rose. the roy moore campaign in alabama plagued with sex abuse allegations and moore maintaining his innocence will hold a rally on monday. the first since november 16th where reporter were told not to ask questions about the allegations. kristin. kristin: marianne thanks so much. it's a huge distraction for people on capitol hill at a time when everybody on capitol hill need to focus on other issues, like tax reform. we'll have more on the sexual harassment allegations on capitol hill with the congressional reporter alana shore, kelly. kelly: while we await that, the senate will return from the thanksgiving break next week with tax reform. still on their to-do list. thises a president trump plans to meet with congressional leaders to look at their agenda for the rest of the year.

molly henneberg is standing by with more on that upcoming meeting. >> that meeting will be on tuesday as the president is expected to try to push through to the end of the year. he's expected to meet with mitch mcconnell and charles schumer and paul ryan and nancy pelosi. and will meet with a larger group of senate republicans for lunch on tuesday. some itemsen 0 the to do miss, avoid a partial government shutdown bypassing a spending bill that funds the government. as the current one expires on december 8th. there are other appropriations bills waiting for congressional approval. watch for this next week when congress comes back to town, much discussion of tax reform and tax cuts. the house has passed its bill and now it's the senate's turn. also, immigration, funding for president trump's promised border wall, as well as how to do with so-called dreamers. illegal immigrants brought to

the u.s. as children. president trump is looking for a legislative victory, as well as delivering on promises he made during the campaign, such as the wall. democrats have their own legislative priorities, including reauthorizing the government program, chip, it's called, that pays for health care for 9 million children from low income families. the timing is key, end of the year and mid term elections next november. some campaigns are underway. the president, republicans, and democrats, all want some legislative victories to take home to voters. kelly. >> molly henneberg reporting for us. thank you, molly. kristin: for more insight let's bring in congressman buddy carter. thank you for being with us on this holiday weekend. >> thank you. kristin: so, congressman, the house has done its job. what is your prediction? how likely do you believe it is that the senate is going to be able to get this done before christmas break and perhaps even pass it as early as

thursday? >> well, i'm very confident. i sense a matter of urgency as well as determination on behalf of the house and the senate, that this is something that we want to get done. this is a promise that we made to voters and we want to fulfill that promise and keep that promise. kristin: it's something you want to get done, but there are so many sticking points. in the senate alone you have senators corker, flake and mccain, worried about deficit spending. senator ron johnson who doesn't like the way that the bill treats small businesses. and then, even if the senate does pass this bill, you've got to reconcile it with the house bill and there are some serious discrepancies, so, if the senate is able to pass this, how confident are you that the senate ap the house are going to be able to reconcile their two versions of the bill? >> well, i'm very confident that we can reconcile through a conference committee. we can work out our differences, we're more united than we are divided on this issue. i think there are many things that we're on the same page on

and in those things that we do have some differences on, we're going to be able get those worked out. we're very determined here. i don't think i've ever in my three years as a member of congress see our majority party more determined to do something than i've seen with this. kristin: how about the individual mandate? that sticking point in the senate bill, one of the key distinctions from the house bill. if it goes through in the senate, would you support including the obama-- repealing the obamacare individual mandate, if it comes to the house? >> absolutely. and the individual mandate, in my opinion, is one of the worst taxes out there. to force people to have to do something like this, to buy something that they can't afford, or to buy something that they don't want. i would absolutely support and i believe that the majority of the house will support at least a majority of the majority party in the house will support

eliminating the individual mandate as well. kristin: so on tuesday, a big day. president trump is going to be headed to capitol hill and he's also going to be hosting the big four over at the white house for this oval office meeting and the last time that happened, we know what happened, president trump struck a deal with chuck and nancy. are you at all concerned that president trump could kind of go rogue and do something similar this time around? >> no, i don't think that's going to be the case. listen, the president has exerted tremendous leadership throughout this process. he's been out front. the executive branch has done their part. now, it's a matter of us getting together, the two chambers getting together. working on our differences and putting the bill on the president's desk so he can sign it and i'm very confident he will. kristin: so, in addition to tax reform, you've also got the short term spending bill that expires two weeks from yesterday.

how confident are you that we are going to be able to avoid a government shutdown this time around? >> no question about it. the last thing we want is to have a government shutdown. we knew going into it when we passed this previous cr, that december the 8th we were going to have to do something else and we're prepared to do something else, and to extend it, i'm not sure how long it will be extended, i'm not sure what it's going to look like, but i can assure you we're going to get that done and avoid a government shutdown. remember in the house we've done our job and passed all 12 appropriations bills. it's substantial and i'm proud of that and proud of the abbings of the house. kristin: congressman carter, thanks a lot. a lot to do, know the a lot of time. thanks for being with us. >> thank you. kristin: kelly. kelly: well, for the democratic response on tax reform, let's bring in california congressman john garamendi. hope you're enjoying your saturday. >> i am and listening intently to that previous conversation. kelly: i'm sure you did. >> just to do something, so

what are you doing? it's not a question of doing something, but what is the product that you're actually producing and you look at that and say, oh, my, does this make any sense? where did the deficit hawks go? we're talking $1.5 trillion increase in the deficit. where did the deficit hawks go? they migrate to florida? my guess they're going to come back and what i like to call the texas two-step and that's after they take this whopping tax reduction, mostly for corporations and the super wealthy. they're going to go after programs. they've said how they're going to do that. they're going after medicaid of which 60% of medicaid doctors go to seniors in nursing homes and that's where the medicaid cuts will come, out of the seniors who are in nursing homes, and another half a trillion dollars out of medicare. that's the texas two-step that we're talking about here, that they don't want to talk about that, all they want to talk about is getting something done.

and getting done is not good public policy. kelly: i understand that. they want a legislative win as you've mentioned and you've gone so far as to call this a $1.5 trillion tax scam that will go to america's richest 1%. why are you so harsh on the criticism of this plan. >> and many attributes to the middle class halfway through, four or five years out. the house bill is actually a huge benefit to the super, super wealthy, the top 1/10 of 1% who own a great majority of the american wealth because the house bill eliminates the estate tax. for president trump alone, he claims he has a $10 billion net worth. if that's the case, the elimination of the state tax means a $4 billion tax reduction to the trump children when the president dies.

that's not good public policy. it's a concentration of the wealth among the super, super wealthy, and the poor are left out of the equation because the inevitable tax cut that this tax bill will inevitably lead to program cuts because there is an extraordinary deficit that is created by this tax cut that's underway both in the house and the senate. kelly: so congressman, under the senate plan, it appears that there are many wrinkles, as kristin pointed out with the plan, that will have to be ironed out in conference. individuals rate structure, tax relief for small business, as a pass-through which allows small business owners to pay their business tax on individual returns and then there's state and local taxes known as salt. and the senate would get rid of it completely, however, the house retains $10,000 in house deductions and the repeal of

the individual mandate of obamacare. and from the outside looking in, congress, i know what you've said, what's your message to the republican-led senate? how do you find common ground to work towards what you would call a better plan? >> well, you used the word common ground here. absolutely no interaction with the democrats. and by the way, no hearing, there has been a markup in the house committee and in the senate, but no hearings, not any ever. in the reagan tax cuts in the mid '80s, there was almost three years all around the country, hearings, 30 hearings in the house ways and means committee. this bill, no hearings. we're dealing with very, very complex economic issues here and you have to understand the import, the implication of each one of these issues, none, zero. kelly: and quickly, i've got to let you go, congressman, thank you for joining us. but quickly, your prediction? >> my prediction is that they will do something that is very

bad for the economy and certainly bad for middle america. kelly: we will leave there. california congressman john garamendi. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> we are learning new details about the deadliest terror attack in modern egyptian history. officials now say 25 to 30 gunman opened fire through doorways and windows of a mosque, on the sinai peninsula friday, killing more than 300 worshippers, including 30 children, more than 100 others were wounded. the killers wore military style uniforms and arrived in jeeps. no one has officially claimed responsibility, but officials do say an isis state flag was spotted among the gunman. we'll have more in a live report later in this program. >> coming up, consumer financial protection director resigns, and now, two different people are planning to show up on monday thinking that they are the acting director.

we'll tell you why after the break. plus, the navy identifies the three sailors lost in a military plane crash in the philippine sea earlier this week. we've got the details and defiant in alabama. republican senate candidate roy moore plans a rally on monday, continuing to deny the sexual misconduct allegations. as the president points out. >> roy moore denies it. that's all i can say. he denies it. and by the way, he totally denies it. lower back pain has met its match.

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>> unfortunately sad news to bring you today. the navy identified three service members lost after a crash wednesday in the philippines sea. their names, lieutenant steven combs from florida. airman matthew chialastri, and bryan grosso from florida. lieutenants combs was one of the pilots of the plane and they had all received national ribbons of honor and all others on the plane were rescued. >> president trump says omb

director will be the acting director of the consumer protection bureau, after director richard cordray resigned. but cordray tried to name his own successor. and the story is fascinating to me. you're going to have two duelling directors, essentially showing up for work on monday. >> i can't wait to see if monday they arm wrestle. one of the two people claiming the title of acting director. one called it a sick, sad joke. and he named english as the director. the dodd-frank act claims that's the proper procedure. cordray has gotten settlements from companies for wrongdoing and made him a hero, and a target for the banking industry who says he's overstepped his

mandate. english, his hand picked successor would follow his lead. and, look who the president appointed, mick mulvaney. he called it a joke and an example how bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody. today in a conference call, the white house said that mulvaney would take a common sense approach until the president can name a permanent director in the upcoming weeks. and the federal vacancies act allows this, opposite of dodd-frank. we'll see how it plays out. if you have a credit card, a student loan, mortgage or any debt to almost anyone, then you will be affected. kristin: so this affects a ton of people. i just want to know, you know there's a fight for the parking spot on monday morning. >> for sure.

kristin: caroline, thanks so much. kelly: still to come, bargain hunters rush to the stores in search of the deals, oh, the deals. we'll take a look how much people are planning to spend this holiday season. plus, democratic senator al franken issues a new apology after two more women accuse him of inappropriate touching. what members of the trump administration have to say about the allegations against the senator. . >> the media were concerned about all of these allegations and that's what it's truly about. al franken would be on the ash heap of bygone comedians.

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>> welcome back. democratic congressman john conyers has served the state of michigan for more than 50 years now, but after allegations of sexual misconduct and using taxpayer funds to settle a

claim, his hometown newspaper, the detroit free press had an editorial with the simple headline, john conyers must resign. allowing lawmakers to settle complaints with secretly and with you picking up the tab. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has more. >> there are suggestions that sexual harassment allegations of congressmen now public, john conyers has been accused of inappropriate touching and sexual advances. an attorney for conyers says he has no plans to resign. the conyers matter raises questions how staffers file complaints. the staffer has 180 days after an alleged incident to give written notice to the office of compliance. then there's a counseling process that typically lasts another 30 days, basically being advised of their rights. then, it's on to mediation for

roughly another 30 days. that's when the staffers' office gets notified. if mediation doesn't work, the accuser may ask for an administrative hearing or file a case in federal civil court. they remain confidential in amount all cases. a sexual harassment attorney who has handled cases for congressional staffers-- >> it's untenable. when i've represented those who have been harassed by mms. they can't stay there. there's no way to move your desk to the other office so you don't have to work with this individual and they have to leave. >> the congressional office of compliance says $17 million taxpayer dollars have been use today settle 264 claims over 20 years, not all for sexual harassment. there is a push now to make the process a lot more transparent, to identify offenders, and have the settlement money come out of their own pockets. the congressional black caucus of which conyers is a member,

has scheduled a two hour sexual harassment training for its members. >> for more on these growing number of sexual harassment cases in congress, i want to bring in politicalco's alana shore, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you. kristin: actually i guess it's in this afternoon. it's a holiday weekend, hard to keep track of time here. i want to start out talking about senator al franken. he's expected to speak out publicly for the first time since the aleses came out. he put out brief statements and now we'll hear other statements, likely tomorrow. what should he say? >> reckon with the fact that his approval rating is plummeting in his home state and growing calls for him to step aside despite the allegations against him, stow far have been less severe than the allegations against congressman conyers. i think that senator franken will gain the more candid he is

about his situation. kristin: in this politico poll that came out, i believe, a few days ago, it says that 50% of voters think that franken should resign. how do you think he's handling this stress ahead of tomorrow's staten? >> and senator franken, as senator warren, talks to hometown media and can be great when election rolls around. the people who vote for you know you. the national media is not used to dealing with him and vice versa. that can make scandals like this incredibly difficult to weather. kristin: now we have congressman conyers, he has denied reports, all of these allegations against him. denied reports that taxpayer funding went to the settlement, but you have the growing pressure from congress, or within congress to unmask other accusers or others on capitol hill. even president trump said he thought the names should be

revealed. how nervous are folks on capitol hill that their name should come up? >> very nervous and i have to say the nervousness extends to both parties, but congressman conyers will be a plus for democrats, thisser' positioning themselves hard as the party that can go to women, women are aghast at these allegations. it's a challenge for them given how resolute congressman conyers is about not leaving. kristin: you see this has an opportunity for members of congress to reach out to women to make a difference here. one republican lawmakers proposed a bill that would require public disclosure of all sexual harassment settlements. how likely is that to pass? >> a bill is a marker, but depend how speaker paul ryan sees this issue. there's another bill that

wouldn't go quite as far in unmasking the settlements, but with make broader reforms for the process that complete the system that your correspondent outlined earlier and i think that may have more of a shot. kristin: do you think that president trump should weigh in a little bit more on this? you know, he finally addressed where he stood about the republican senate candidate in alabama, roy moore, saying that, you know, he is not admitting, or not fessing up to these allegations, but he's said that he believes that congress should disclose those settlements. do you think that we should hear more from president trump? >> i mean, certainly hearing more from president trump might help move republican votes, but remember, democrats are sol evaluating to remind female voters that president trump has more than a dozen people accusing president trump of sexual misconduct. it's a huge double-edged sword. kristin: thank you for coming in, appreciate it. >> coming up, a record number of

americans are expected to shop online this year in hopes of snagging an early christmas deal, while other bargain hunters are headed to the store. how retailers are trying to merge two storms forms of shopping this holiday season. >> i'm a traditional people, i like thanksgiving to be thanksgiving and the christmas season to be the christmas season. so today is kind of the first day that opens things up and now i can go for it.

>> it's that time of year, thousands of black friday shoppers converged on the mall to get a head start on christmas shopping in an effort to keep people coming through the doors and more than 60 of the mall's

stores offer ordering online and the mall plans to give out about 10,000 free gifts before monday. 10,000. there's a lot of incentives there, kelly. kelly: a lot and we'll talk about that. today is small business saturday and it's all about the mom and pop stores that line the streets and towns of america, some might be in the mall of america, too, america's largest mall and they're looking to draw in an estimated 71 million shoppers just today. so here to talk about this and more. the rest of the holiday shopping season, is matthew shea. president and ceo of the national retail federation. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. thank you, happy thanksgiving. all right, good to be with you on small business saturday. kelly: i understand 164 million people this weekend alone could be donating to the call for small businesses throughout america. >> yeah, this is a really big

weekend for us, if you you think about the holiday season throughout the course of the year, retailers are getting ready for this, and people are looking forward to it and this is in our view, sort of the midway point and a long way to go yet, but an important jumping off point to see how we're going to do throughout the rest of the season and the numbers have been really good so far, great on earlier on this week and great on thanksgiving day, was terrific yesterday, black friday. stow, i think we're going to continue that moment couple. >> now, president trump has talked about the cycle of the economy, how it's been on the up tick since he stepped into office and of course, we've got a job unemployment at a low rate and we've got the thing called tax reform hanging over our heads that he'll be discussing next week. will tax reform have any bearing on the holiday shopping season? >> kelly, i think it will and our members are telling us it will have an impact because i think it changes the psyche of consumers, it creates a level of confidence and a sense of momentum about the progress we're making in the economy and forecasting we'll see sales increases 3.6 to 4% over last

year. and the unemployment rate is at a nearly 20-year low and the stock market all-time high and consumer confidence remains very, very high and regulatory environment has go the ten much better since the president got into office and we're building on momentum as we get to the rest of the season. as you remove that cloud of kout and uncertainty, if you will, if everyone's head when it comes to putting their hands in their pocket, to pull out cash, to pay for something, either in the store or online, let's shift this now, what's happening with this digital divide as well as the retail stores? >> well, that's one of the reasons that we've changed the way we look at this weekend. so, instead of reporting sales on sunday, tomorrow, talking about what happens just on thanksgiving and black friday, we're going to wait until tuesday, and look at the entire weekend so we can include christmas cyber monday when you go out and shop. kelly: and before you came out, you were able to step in when kristin and i were talking off

camera about our own shopping norms. none of us like to go, especially black friday. kristin: no. kelly: i am. >> i'm not going to accuse you of being too old, but the millennials like to go out. kristin: really. >> what we're seeing on these days is the microcosm of the industry and fact that cyber and bricks and mortar ar digital coming together for new ways to engage anl people can engage where and when they want to and sometimes they want to be out doing things socially and sometimes stay home in their jammies in front of the fireplace and order online and you can do both and retailers are doing good. kelly: i have to confess my wife loves to go shopping and she's been shopping online this year as opposed to what she formnorm does going to the retail outlets on us. i can tell it's going good

because there were traffic jams, that spokes volumes in terms of what retailers are hoping to draw in and that's money to build their base and revenue. >> it's important to remember that the retail industry is the largest private sector employer in the country and we generate jobs and opportunities for 42 million americans and the vast majority of those 3.6 million small businesses that are out there. those retailers have a single location, 95% at one location and 98% only employ 50 or fewer people. so today is it really important day and we've been partnering with american express all seven years of small business saturday. we hope that everybody shopped yesterday and today and hope tomorrow and on cyber monday. kelly: i've got to bring you in, kristin. you've got shopping to do for obvious reasons. kristin: well, yes, i'm a few weeks away from giving birth to my first child and the only thing i've bought over the holiday so far has been diapers, so, i have a lot more shopping to do, i've been busy working, but more of a cyber monday kind of gal. i can't handle the crowds.

>> best wishes, exciting and a great opportunity and you'll see when you go out. you can bye your diapers jen line and baby formula, whatever you need, how you want it, when you want it. kelly: it's all in your head, isn't it? >> i think as a consumer, too, we don't talk about it, but we experience it every single day so when your shopping habits have changed over time and kristin, yours have, too. and they're developing over time and we experience it differently. >> and i find it fascinating you say that millennials are the ones that are wanting to go to the mall. i was thinking they were shopping on amazon. >> they love it. kristin: doing it from home. the social aspects. >> 18 to 24-year-olds have been out and express a high level of commitment to the extremes. kelly: with that, are they spending mom and dad's money? >> they're millennials, of course they're spending mom and dad's. >> 3.6 to 4% growth we're seeing

building on the great environment thanks to the president and administration and capitol hill and it's very good and it will give us a merry christmas and happy holiday. kelly: matt, thank you. >> congratulations. kristin: thank you. well, still to come, president trump working at mar-a-lago over the thanksgiving holiday. we'll take a look what he's been up to and what's waiting for him when he returns to washington. and it's been almost two months since the las vegas massacre and survivors of the mass shootings say they're searching for answers. what questions still linger. whoooo. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over... ...200 sites to find you the... ...hotel you want at the lowest price. grazi, gino! find a price that fits.

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>> the oakland raiders plan to build a new billion with a "b", stadium, it's know the in jeopardy, but could cost more thanks to president trump and congress. >> are these the first that will build the magnificent stadium. >> the oakland raiders plan to build a stadium is not in jeopardy, it could cost more thanks to president trump and congress. >> under current law, citizens around the country are essentially subsidizing the movement of private sports franchises from one location to another and there's no economic

or, and i would say political or fairness reason to justify that. >> in the last 15 years, sports team financed 36 stadium with tax exempt bonds, costing federal taxpayers almost $4 billion. the house tax reform bill eliminates that break. forci forcing cities like las vegas to pay more. >> why should citizens of oklahoma will subsidizing, or nebraska, you name it. >> why should someone in new york subsidize yellowstone park. >> and they lobby to dismiss the argument that the subsidy primarily benefits them. >> these buildings and facilities are used for a lot more than the house, you know, eight football games a year, or 41 basketball games a year, there's concerts, there's conventions, car shows. >> the senate version is written and strips all professional sports of their tax exempt status. >> and lawmakers targeted college sports by slapping a tax

on most university coaches. and another eliminates a tax break that they use for season tickets. >> i think it's going to end up having unintended consequences that are going to hurt universities and students. >> it looks at the scrutiny of big time college sports, cheating is common and players with education is optional. as for the nfl. they're not getting too much love right now on capitol hill. >> thank you, it's been seven weeks since the deadly mass shooting in las vegas, officials are no closer to finding a motive in the attack and for many is yours viefr, they're no closer to finding closure to this for the survivors. jonathan hunt has more on their search for an answer. >> jen gibson survived the horror of the massacre, the friend with mom she went to the concert with, carrie barnett,

did not. like many, jen is struggling to move on not knowing why it happened and asking why, for instance, investigators renewed hundreds of house of security camera video from the mandalay bay hotel, but have not released any of it to the public. >> i want to put my trust in, like the fbi and whoever else is conducting this investigation, but it's really hard when we don't have any pieces to the puzzle. we have this man's face and we have pictures of the aftermath in his room, but that doesn't do anything for us. that doesn't give us answers. >> keep going! >> stephen paddock slaughtered 58 people that night and since then, police interviewed hundreds of witnesses, including his girlfriend. they took apart his computers and sent his brain for detailed forensic examination and no red

flags. we simply may never know how the man became a monster. >> unless during that examination of his brain we find 666 on his brain and it turns out he was satan himself, that might suffice as to the why. >> as las vegas the city carries on, as las vegas always does, the fbi refuses to comment and police officials will only say, quote, when we have more information to provide, we will let everybody know. all of which leaves jen gibson and the other survivors who now support each other like family, deeply frustrated. >> once everything is resolved or they can give us more answers, i think a lot of us will start to heal more. >> and of course, in the absence of factual answers, conspiracy theories tend to fill the void. in las vegas, jonathan hunt, fox new news. kristin: much more ahead in the next hour of america's news headquarters, attorneys for

former national security advisor michael flynn are no longer in contact with the trump administration. what this could mean for the russia probe going forward. from at that, reform, lawmakers will have to hit the ground running when congress returns. what to expect before the end of the year.

>> welcome to a new our in america have news headquarters in washington. >> there's a lot going on in washington. former national security adviser michael flynn no longer talking with the president's legal team.

did he make a deal with the council looking into russian meddling? kelly: the search for the killer in the worst terror attack in modern history. kirstin: political fallout over sexual misconduct allegations in alabama and on capitol hill. the political panel weizen. ♪ kirstin: donald trunk taking jeff the time magazine claiming he turned down a second chance to be person of the year. at the same time the president preparing to meet congressional leaders on tax reform and other issues. phil keating with more. >> reporter: donald trump is done with today's golf game, his fourth since coming down here for the long thanks giving weekend, the motorcade ready to go at trump international golf club in west palm beach.

from where it goes, we assume he will go back to mara lago, his winter white house, temperature 73, sunny and perfect. no word from the white house on who the president was golfing with today but couldn't beat yesterday, the presidential motorcade drove to jupiter, the trump national golf club where trump golfed with tiger woods for the current number one dustin johnson and pga pro bread paxton. the white house is not letting the media shoot any of these golf outings, the motorcade generate a few stairs, cameras have not shot much. the only public view of the president and first lady melania got here thanksgiving morning, delivered to the coast guard, riviera beach, no tweets so far today, on this, quote, working vacation, trump's last weekend, quote, time magazine called to

say i was probably going to be named man, person of the year. like last year but i would have to agree to an interview and major photo shoot. probably is no good and took a pass, thanks anyway. the upcoming tuesday in washington trump's meeting with congressional leadership at the white house, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, senate minority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader nancy pelosi. the meeting at the white house on tuesday is primarily about avoiding a federal government shutdown. the house and senate have until december 8th to come up with short-term budget extension. not going to compromise so far this year, could be some hard negotiations. kirstin: a lot to accomplish. i know that location, watch out

for the -- the birds overhead, they have been known to drop presents. true story, happened to me, thanks. kelly: several sexual misconduct allegations on capitol hill, a partisan group of lawmakers pushing a resolution that would mandate anti-sexual harassment training for all members and staff. marianne rafferty has more from la. good to see you. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: the resolution passed would be a wake-up call for lawmakers especially in light of recent sexual harassment claims against our franken with multiple women claiming harassment including groping and unwanted kissing. senator franken issuing an apology saying, quote, i have learned from recent stories that in some of those encounters i crossed a line and i know any

number is too many. kelly: we lost audio. we will work on that and try to get back to marianne as soon as possible. this is about sexual misconduct accusations on capitol hill and discussing how lawmakers are calling for a necessary first step toward sexual harassment, more training, anti-sexual-harassment above and discrimination training so we are following those development and if we get marianne back we will bring her back. kirstin: the senate will vote on their gop tax plan when congress returns from the thanksgiving holiday. this will set the pace for the end of the year including votes on big topics like immigration.

molly is here in washington with the latest, so much to do, so little time. >> reporter: the senate may vote on its tax reform legislation as early as thursday. the difference is with the house bill committing to the conference committee to work out how much tax relief to provide families and businesses. one gop congressman is optimistic and says republicans are determined to do something. >> i sense a matter of urgency and determination on behalf of the house and senate that this is something we want to get done, promise me we made to voters and we want to fulfill and keep that promise. >> one house democrat is in so sure, the house plan for example cuts taxes too much and will lead to reductions in funding for government programs and will add to the deficit. >> not a question of doing something but what is the product you are producing, you

look at that and does this make any sense? where did the deficit hawks go? we are talking about a $1.5 trillion increase in the deficit. where did the deficit hawks go? all migrate to florida? >> reporter: the top priorities on congress's to do list, avoid a partial government shutdown, a spending bill that funds the government after the current one expires on december 8th. there are other appropriations bills waiting for congressional approval. tax reform and tax cuts, immigration, funding for donald trump's promised border wall and how to deal with so-called dreamers, illegal immigrants brought to the us. donald trump will meet with republican and democratic leaders on tuesday to press for his legislative agenda before the end of the year. he also will meet tuesday with a larger group of senate republicans have the chamber on tax reform this week. kirstin: congress has 12 working days before the end of the year,

a lot to do. thanks so much. laura: kelly: 300 people have been killed in an attack on a sinai peninsula mosque. that attack considered the deadliest in egypt's modern history. andy kellogg has more on that story. >> reporter: very significantly, this is the first time there was an attack on muslim worshipers in egypt, typically in the sinai the islamic extremist groups go after law-enforcement officials and christians. this was inside the sufi mosque, they are a more mystic branch of islam, they recite poetry, the revere saints and are considered heretics. the attack happened in northern sinai, the part of egypt the goes from the suez canal east,

it has been sinking deeper into poverty and extremism in recent years. among the 305 killed yesterday were 30 children. funerals are being held for those, they bury their dead within 30 hours, the mosque was packed for friday prayers, terrorists in the same vehicles and armed to the teeth set off a bomb in the mosque and shot at people as they fled. having burned cars around the mosque to impede entry of emergency vehicles and exodus of the wounded and fleeing. egypt was quick to retaliate with airstrikes on vehicle said to have been used by the attackers. no group has claimed responsibility but egyptian security says isis flags were found inside the vehicles used by the attackers. there is an option branch in sinai, some say the heavy-handed approach to terrorists in recent years has only aggravated the problem but the president has said there is no way he is

letting up the fight. >> translator: military and police will return security and stability with absolute power in the coming short period of time. this is our retaliation. we will respond with equal strength to encounter terrorist extremists. >> reporter: the second most deadly attack was not that long ago. it was 2015 when a plane full of russian tourists exploded in flight. all 224 people died then. back to this attack three days of mourning have been declared in egypt. kelly: that attack, would it appear at this point, we may see an uptick in insurgents who carry out attack on muslims within that country. >> reporter: bit by bit there

has been a campaign against sufi muslims, they are considered sort of al qaeda and isis brand muslims to be heretics, so we have seen them in other countries, groups like isis go after shiites for example, and they are falling into their line of fire, their target list, vowing to crack down hard. i don't think we can predict in the sights of these extremist groups. kirstin: always good to hear you and see you. talking about the unfortunate deadliest attack in egypt's modern history. kirstin: and operation to push isis militants out of some of their last desert strongholds in iraq in its third day,

paramilitary troops known as the popular local stations led the assault but iraqi police and army troops are taking part in the fight. dispersed isis from its last urban stronghold in the country last friday. kelly: college and in the dead of night between a trainer the passenger car. plus, today, you may not know it but it is small business saturday, thousands of americans help mom and pop stores have a mary and profitable holiday season. our political panel is here, politicians on both sides of the aisle, harassment allegations, senator our franken. ♪

crew kirstin: a south dakota man histories injuries after his car collided with a train on friday night. the train push the car more than a quarter mile before the train was finally able to stop, the driver's injuries are not life-threatening but the crash under investigation, amazing he

wasn't killed. kelly: following sexual misconduct accusations a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pushing a resolution that would mandate anti-sexual harassment training for all members and their staff. marianne rafferty has more on this. what is the latest on this? >> reporter: the resolution is meant to be a wake-up call in light of recent sexual harassment claims against senator how franken with multiple women coming form with claims of harassment including groping in and wanted kissing, he issued an apology yesterday saying i have learned from recent stories that in some of those encountered by crossed a line for some women and i know any number is too many. the house resolution is driving that point home, robert grady of

the committee on house administration, we cannot tolerate any discrimination in the workplace and cannot have a system that attacked defenders. kelly: what about allegations against other prominent figures in the media and elsewhere? >> reporter: lawmakers are not alone, last week prominent news anchor and host of cbs charlie rose was fired and had many journalism awards suspended and cbs and bloomberg contracted, played with sexual abuse allegation this, but maintaining his innocence, will hold a rally on monday, november 16th, reporters were told not to ask

questions about his allegations. kelly: as we look more into this let's bring in our political panel, joined me now to weigh on this issue, this is a very important topic and one of these situations we are seeing congress is reacting with trying to develop training on sexual harassment and disintegration, sexual, racial, tell me if you will what your take on this is? how do we move forward and redeem all mankind? >> it is amazing congress is putting in place measures to train members and staff members of sexual harassment, for decades, republican and democratic majorities have not addressed this, managed people

taking sexual harassment how to behave in the workplace. teaching members of congress and staff, you know better than to do what how franken has done, former presidents have done, what this is is abuse of power where people in power positions whether it is in media or politics believe they are above the law, there are no consequences for their behavior. a good thing we are doing this, this resolution, i would think bipartisan agreement of sexual harassment is amazing congress is doing this and congress, among the more successful people in our society not to vote for people with whom they work. kelly: this in turn, congress and local state legislatures should look into any legislation that should address this in broader fashion.

once we are seeing started with the media and moved into politics. people who do this don't coming to our society, take out of that society and i think we need to look at this in a broadway. it is easy to pick out individuals and say this is a bad guy but most women we talk to have some way experience it in some way. kelly: politics is downstream of culture. what you are witnessing in congress, the stuff with harvey weinstein at the media, with whom i speak at all times, says to me, when you fill in you fill out. our culture has objectified women and to some degree men, we have a culture, whether it is netflix or hollywood, the hook up portrait of casual sex at any given time, do what you want with no consequences, that

fantasyland has inculcated our culture with the belief you can behave sexually however you like and there are no consequences. it has come downstream into politics and it is great congress will pass a resolution but there is no amount of legislation you can put into place that will restrain people from behaving badly if they don't have an internal moral compass. i married a woman in three weeks who has told me if you do something like this i can guarantee you will never do it again. my faith and family taught me not to behave this way and i would pay for it at home if i did. we need to help people understand this is unacceptable behavior but legislation cannot fix problems that are culturally progressive. >> talking about our culture, our culture is reflecting our society, all three are men,

because of the appeal of money and sex have fallen into the abyss, they don't know how to get up so how do they get back up, to restore honor between men and women? >> this is coming out because the fact of the matter is a person sexually harassed or assaulted by a wealthy member of congress, hollywood and it will be addressed, but in the grocery store, or walking down the street dealing with it or the wherewithal to address it in a way they don't do that, part of it is discussions like this, and legislation to ensure companies and organizations have rules, and legislation corporations and

companies must have rules or a way. kelly: we have to leave the conversation, and what they are wrong to do. you can't legislate it a way, not that we don't take measures, look at what is going on here. a cultural problem more than a political problem and we have to handle it carefully. we don't want to empower these women to be able to speak without fear of repercussion or being speaking openly about what happened. we have to make sure we don't over correct and look for ways to attack each other left and right, not trying to politicize this, both are guilty, republicans and democrats to diminish behaved badly and instead of making a partisan we only address the other party when one of the guys get caught, we need to openly condemn people in our own range. >> you made a case for

whistleblowers -- >> we having this conversation now 2 women that haven't offended, the corrections being made, what do you say to men who are trying to correct it, what they have done, i committed a sin here, in the court of public opinion, not so easily forgiven. >> when people are accused there are different tracks, i did it, i apologize, start with redemptions, the best track to people is to accept when they have done something wrong.

>> once it is through, these folks are clear about what they did, don't try to say is okay under the circumstances, humility is a great time, passive contrition, it is a lonely road. members of congress and all of us go into the holiday season. kelly: fascinating conversation. congratulations for your coming marriage, hope you have a wonderful happy marriage. seems like your wife is a great lady. >> i am marrying up. kirstin: still ahead, the tax plan heads to the senate. the most scrutiny and -- your local small businesses want you to cash in on these deals, more details saturday.

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kirstin: between black friday and cybermonday local shop getting a chance to shine. across america, local businesses heading into the christmas season, live in queens outside one of those small businesses with a look at how things are turning out. >> reporter: for this bookstore and a lot of small businesses we have seen in my neighborhood, there are 30 million small businesses in this country, 99% of the jobs are in small businesses, when you are talking about small business saturday it was created in 2010 by american express and small business administration who want to promote holiday shopping at these small businesses so they created this day after black friday and cybermonday, this bookstore behind me opened in

2013 and has been participating ever since, every saturday this bookshop sees its most sales but the owners says they see two or three times as many sales on small business saturday, and launching off the holiday shopping season. american express, promoting small business saturday, shop and spend money and do a little good by encouraging shoppers to spend a little bit in their neighborhoods. listen to what she said about the importance of the day. >> looking for whoever you need a present for. there is always the right book we can help you find. to depend on people needing a book every day is not enough, and reading with a local author or story time or rating

workshops we host, and busy event calendar and great to see crowds come out. >> the national federation of independent business, and has grown every year 77 million customers, in 2013 to 112, to small businesses. the amount of money spent on local businesses increased from $14 billion in 2015 to $15.4 billion at small business all around the country today. great event, a chance to do some good, keeping local businesses open, go out and spend a little cash, you don't have to spend all your money on fibermonday. >> thanks. kelly: a big week for the republican tax reform plan is the senate is set to vote on their tax bill this week, donald trump and gop leaders have

praised the plan but it has met stiff opposition particularly from democrats and even some republicans. joining us with more on this is steve bell, staff director. thanks for joining us today. this is an important topic for donald trump and the republicans because they want to do something legislatively and get it passed. let me go over this. it says the president says cutting taxes will lead to higher wages and more jobs. is he right about that? >> to a certain extent yes. the best estimates by tween 3 tents, and 4/10 of a% were added to gdp, that is a controversial number because some people say it would be 1% which is huge and from say it will have no impact but best analysis is it will have a slight impact especially among small and medium-sized

businesses to do most of their work in america. kelly: that is important. according to the president and those who support him on his plan the republicans, they are stating if you can do that you are generating jobs but it is our understanding that wall street is not raising its hand saying give us the corporate tax cut and we will start hiring people. how does the president get corporate america to follow in lockstep with that plan should the tax plan b approved? >> if you are a small businessman you need fewer regulations, the president has taken some serious steps and smaller taxes, little or taxes and we should remember something. big international companies headquartered in america almost never pay 35%.

almost never. apple is in the single digits. that is what they pay every year in corporate tax but you have a small business in omaha, nebraska and it is inside the united states, you are paying 35%. kelly: in those small businesses, most average 50 employees or less. >> what people don't understand is this does not bring business like it thought, big business never pays 35%. if you have an accountant at apple you are will fire the account but in akin, ohio, you are likely paying the entire 35%. kelly: this is the opening house speaker paul ryan was talking about, giving businesses the break that will result in higher wages and employment for the american people. >> if you look at the numbers, one thing we have a problem with

is creation of more small businesses. it has gone down year after year. one reason is taxes. another is regulation. if you take a close look at this, this, you could turn around the small business creation. kelly: some detractors of this bill, former governor of maryland, o'malley, $1.5 trillion added to the debt, this bill doesn't even pay for it. those are the democrats and some republicans who have some misgivings about this bill, the house version, dead set against the senate version because of various things that it has. >> one will increase the deficit. america will have $300 trillion

over gdp, this is 1.5 trillion, this is not quantified, talking about arithmetic, probably will have in the short run what people don't realize is we need to get more revenue because we are lagging behind in defense spending and we heard that from the joint chiefs of staff. it -- kelly: it sounds to me remember when we were kids and we used to get caster oil, good medicine for us but we didn't like it? >> we got better but we didn't like mama. kelly: i liked that she was giving me -- this is the tax plan the republicans are trying to get through but not like mary poppins say a teaspoon of sugar makes the medicine go down. there is no sugar on this. >> there are things in the senate bill which are objectionable. tax-cut for individual ends,

that will never happen, we start in 2019 on the tax cuts, there are lots of objections but in the larger sense we need growth in this economy. i am a deficit hawk, we need this. kelly: thanks for joining us, the way it was with mary poppins. kelly: thank you so much. >> hundreds of worshipers killed or injured as an egyptian mosque, donald trump, preventing an attack like this from happening on american soil. ♪

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sinai peninsula? >> offering support, do you believe he needs to do more, offer more support? >> the military package next to the israelis, it is interesting, withholding the aids we generally give, and human rights violations, this goes crossways, the best thing we can do for human rights with islamist radicals, we won't be able to have a human rights problem so this administration needs to square the circle, rex tillerson said we won't put human rights first, we will crackdown on islamic, it doesn't make sense. of the trump administration is serious about this i recommend they go back to the state department and look at what they are saying and baxley the government so he can do what needs to be done to protect

minorities, coptic christians which account for 10% of the population, 90% of the christians, protect the muslim groups that are minorities, so the trump administration needs to look at this. kirstin: a lot of them were carrying isis flags. we have heard about isis being on its heels. the worst in the country of history, what does this say to you about isis's capabilities even though it has been hit bad in recent weeks and months? >> as the united states and our allies crackdown in iraq and syria, what we are looking at is because of this uptick, they moved and are trying to take territory there. that is wider than us interests to cooperate and make sure this is in the next battle lane. kirstin: switching to saudi arabia and iran a huge hotspot

after the saudi's charge iran with an act of war and this will be close to the saudi capital. how hot is this getting? >> during the obama administration one of the centerpieces was to legitimize iran. before it was isolated, the iran deal, iranians were flush with cash, and it supports the rebels in yemen, the group responsible for shooting the missile to the saudi's. and the united states intercepted the missile, and the obama foreign policy, the trump administration, corner iran again to isolate them, to dry up

these funds in a terrorized region. >> the saudi prince calling iran's supreme leader the new hitler of the middle east. that is a pretty bold accusation, do you hear anything from the white house about that? >> the iranians, the treasury department supports terrorism, they are anti-israel, paint death to israel on their missiles, would be compared to another anti-jewish regime. >> the saudi crown prince of iran needs to be confronted, thanks for being with us. kelly: obamacare premiums on the rise, why they're going up and what lawmakers are proposing. and these cocktails, the nice spot for a jedi.

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♪ kirstin: star wars fans may find the force is not the only thing that is strong, a trio of new pop-up bars, the dark side bar is open to stores in la, new york and in dc and will stay open in january. >> indianapolis kicking off the holiday season with lots of cheer at their annual circle of lights celebration. 100,000 people have turned out for the lighting of monument circle friday night and in philadelphia, a new interactive toy train display is in one of america's largest and oldest public markets. kirstin: i am stuck on the star wars trained. at 9 months pregnant anything sounds fun. kelly: it is a jedi mind trick.

kirstin: and toy trains. kelly: we have to take a look at it. a joy to work with you as always. america's news headquarters continues. kirstin: thanks for joining us. ♪ >> a legal battle is brewing in washington as donald trump count the office of management and budget director to be head of a second federal agency. welcome to a brand-new hour in america's news headquarters. >> a busy weekend on this holiday weekend. mick mulvaney is gearing up for double duty as acting director of the consumer financial protection bureau after richard cordray