>> we worked hard to cut the bill. and i am grateful to everybody here. >> well, mr. chairman, orin, thank you for your leadership on finance and tackling title one. incredibly important for our country when we think about the growth opportunities that now stands before us? i was proud to be able to shepherd title 2, 5 pages, of your provision, sir. >> a great job to do. it is a message that is even longer with the tax reform. we have been trying to open the

1002 area for responsible oil and gas production for close to 40 years now. and we have come to a, a good place tonight. we recognize that we have a little bit of process yet to go to get it over the finish line. but this is good for alaska, and more importantly it is good for the country and combined with what we have done in the tax reform. there is truly a win for america. >> we'll take a couple of questions and then we'll send you off to file your story and go to sleep. >> you have had a lot of the criticism and the bill and substitute amendment was not out until 8:30 and things where i wanten in the margin. is that what you envisioned passing. >> this was done through the regular order and the democrats had plenty of notice and

chairman hatch can attach to multiple hearings and everybody had plenty of opportunity to see the measure. you complain about process when you are losing and that's what you heard on the floor tonight. yeah. >> can you talk to us about the evolution from last september and the revenue from the bill. >> i am totally confident this is it's revenue neutral bill and producer. and over and over we said again, that $1.5 trillion deficit only to be billed and requiresitous grow 4- 10ths one percent. and goodness gracious that is very much achievable. and i am totally convinced it say revenue producer that will

get america moving again. good night, everyone. see you soon. >> you expect the conference? >> mike smith, >> there you have the famous new's conference after the big senate tax vote passed. it is the reaction coming in. one thing about senator palm ryan. i commend my senate colleagues for the first time since 1986. the house and senate passed a major overhaul of the tax code and we will work with a conference committee to get a bill to president trump's desk. you said that before the statement came out. this was a vote on party lines and no democrat voted for this bill and why don't they like the bill? >> there was a thought that

maybe moderate democrats might. like joe manchin and heidi i camp. and they are moderate democrats from purple to red states and all of they face competitive elections next year. it may be good politics to vote for the tax bill. and these are states where president trump is it generally pretty popular. and i talked to a democrat who falls in the moderate camp and faces a tough election. you think you can vote for this. >> mitch mcconnell made it so bad it is impossible for us to get to yes. and some of them wanted to. and think about the politics if you believe whatment democrats are saying. that senator said the reason mcconnell made it so bad is that democrats couldn't and mcconnell said we have democrats that

should have voted for the bill and voted for tax cut and turn it around against them in the 2018 election. that is it an interesting observation. democrats were not going to abide it. >> there was a call made to senator mccowsky and the drilling in alaska. can you explain? >> she appeared in the press conference a moment ago. it is an interesting tale of drill nothing the arctic national wild life refuge. it is an issue that dated back to the 1970s and when they created the budget for tax reform they allowed a special provision for drilling. in 2005, there was a epic fight for the an war national wild life refuge. and the senator that was kill

would in a plane crash. he went ballistic over the fact they could not get it done. they wanted to court her vote and she appeared at the press conference and revenue from the drilling in alaska and gets the environmental side revved up. they don't think they should drill and it is pristeen and preserved for the wild life and caribou that could help balance the books if you are dealing with revenue, and cut people's tax and bring revenue in to make it and that is one potential revenue stream. >> it goes in the win comume and because there are no democrats in this, is it really a victory, yes? >> a victory is a victory is a victory. you don't get style points. you will hear people talk about the 1986 tax bill and the last time they did a major referundum

on the tax and they did it in 1986, so you know, this is a victory for the president. it certainly is a very different process and it felt different than health care. i remember standing in march here when they thought they were going to repeal and replace obamacare and they did get it done by a narrow margin in may of this year, and then they got it through the house of representative, the tax bill, there was almost no drama and there was more drama with this. they were short with the vote and they needed to clean and scrub it and things went deeper in the night and they got it done. everybody i talked to on capitol hill. this is the conference committee, that is a monster to try to get the house and senate

on the same page. house speaker paul ryan wants it done and they face daunting challenges next year. >> one of the stories that went on the ap- wires is why democrats fought the provision and what was that about. >> there was an issue where there was a special call for hillsdale college in michigan. something that the education secretary is affiliated with and they made it an issue and it was an amendment. any time up get big deals, there is a provision carved out for someone special. it is an easy target if it is tied in with betsy devosz. and that is why the democrats

made it a issue. if you tie it with the issue of betsy devosz that's why it is it an issue. if we understand the changes, we'll probably get things that get people energized. >> the biggest thing can they get it to the president's desk by christmas? >> that will be ieracy. less than a week and by 158 hours here. next friday night, they have to fund the government by 11:59 p.m. and there are real problems with funding that bill. usually republicans have needed democrats to keep the government funded and we had an issue where the speaker of the house and the majority leader went down to the white house and the democrats decided not to go. and they need to get done. >> and one of the things that came down, the democrats were

complaining about it. and can that come back to bite them in the rear end later down the road? >> yeah, it absolutely could. people say that was in the bill and we didn't know it. it is it a problem. briefly i should mention one other story that teals with capitol hill. the democratic freshman from nevada was accused by sexual harassment by a former campaign manager and nancy people peel asked him to resign. we had that with john conyers who is a senior house member who served in the house of representative and here you have a freshman democrat, one. youngest and most junior members of the house of representative and to resign by house minority

speaker nancy pelosi. >> that is coming in to us and historic day for the senate and the house passing the tax reform package and now they have to reconcile it on the floor. thank you very much. >> any time. >> and i am lauren green in new york. stay tuned for fox news channel for the latest on the senate tax bill and everything in news. you are watching america's news headquarters, i am lauren green. ♪ ♪ohhhhhh, ou! guess what i just got? uh! ♪i used to be spellbound hello again. ♪i used to be spellbound hi. ♪i used to be spellbound that's a big phone. ♪in your arms. [screams] ah, my phone. ♪you built the flame ♪that warms my heart, ♪but lying and cheating ♪has torn us apart ♪and i'm moving on.

>> laura: welcome back to the ingraham angle. most of the media went into a feedy friendsy mode today when former advisor mike flynn pled guilty to one count of lying to the fbi over his contact with russia's u.s. ambassador during the transition. but we already knew about that single lie. it's what cost flynn his job after just a few days in the position back in february. so, what's the white house reaction tonight? joining us now with the latest is fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. james, what's going on? >> laura, good evening. clearly white house officials tonight are bracing for general flynn now actively cooperating with the special counsel to

say all matter of things. and with that in mind, the lawyer for the president has already begun painting flynn as unreliable witness noting he only served 24 days as white house national security advisor and describing him as, quote, an obama administration official. the false statements involved said presidential attorney ty cobb in a statement mirror the false statements to white house officials which resulted in flynn's resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea or the charge implicates anyone other than mr. flynn and cobb added the conclusion of this phase of the special council's work demonstrates that the special counsel is moving with all deliberate speed and clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion. flynn now admits he falsely told fbi agents in january that in his phone calls with the russian ambassador the month before during the transition period he never asked sergei kids lederasked se. subsequent call kislyak had

indeed refrained from inflation as insisted. he never asked the russian ambassador on a separate occasion to vote against a pending u.n. security council resolution that was targeting israeli settlements. flynn falsely told the agent he never received from kislyak any indication of russia's response to that q finally the special counsel got flynn to admit that he made, quote, materially false statements and omissions on federal disclosure forms about his work as a lobbyist on behalf of turkish interests. and those admissions paradoxically could work against the special prosecutors if they seek to place flynn on the witness stand against more senior figures like the president. because as ty cobb's statement shows any defense counsel will seek to impugn flynn's credibility on the grounds that he has already admitted lying in the past to federal agents on federal forms. so how should jurors feel comfortable believing him when he is on the witness stand? laura? >> laura: james, thanks so much. and today's flynn news has the media, of course, going absolutely bonkers.

and they are excited about the possibility that this could be curtain for president trump. >> there aren't many more dots after mike film, right? your dots go to kushner and then the president. there really have no other dots here. >> they're is a case that reaches directly in tout heart of the trump administration. into the oval office. >> people now who have believed that the president sort of loose way with information and facts was his best defense now think that the president is in danger and exposed. >> i do agree, this is a big moment where if you are on the fence you start to think, jeez, is this whole thing going down? is it watergate? >> laura: so the contrary. everything is watergate. nothing is watergate when everything is watergate. here is how famed federal prosecutor andy mccarthy put it, his own perspective in national review. he said for awrlt fewer roar, we have furor we have a so

plea just as we did in papadopoulos case despite extensive collusion evidence. joining us saul wisenburg deputy independent counsel in the white water investigation of bill clinton. is the truth somewhere between this is worse than watergate and this is small potatoes? where are we on this? >> well, it's very important to realize that general flynn did exactly what papadopoulos did. he pleaded guilty to conduct that was legal. he lied about conduct that was legal. >> laura: explain that. >> all of flynn's conversations with the ambassador to russia were perfectly legal during the transition period and even before. it's not a crime to communicate with an ambassador of a foreign country about foreign policy when you are the foreign policy advisor to the incoming president. so, i don't know why he lied. it's inconceivable to me. if he had told the truth,

there would be no crime. other fan the fara stuff. >> laura: foreign agent. >> this is a nothing-burger. after all this time this is what he gets out of flynn? it tells me that there is note much there. it certainly can't involve the president. because the president has the authority to do all the things that he did. and as far as kushner goes, if there is anything with kushner, it involves transitions involving real estate deals 10, 15 years ago. >> laura: saul, you've felt it all day long building, building, building, jared kushner directed, you know, calls to russia. first of all, even if that were true, if they were sitting around a table somewhere jared kushner and a bunch of people said we should probably reach out to russia to find out what's going on with all the security council members on israeli sanctions thing. none of us want israel to have more sanctions put on them. big deal. so what if he did. there is nothing wrong with that. you can do that all day long

when you are a transition team official. >> well, there is nothing wrong with, quote, communicating with the russians. in fact, in most instances, there is nothing wrong with a private citizen communicating with the russians. now, if you believe what is in the factual basis or statement of the offense of the flynn papers, they did violate the letter, conceivably there was a violation of the language of the logan act. you're hearing a lot about the logan act. as you know, the logan act has never been successfully used against anyone. and the last time anyone was even indicted under it was 1852. so, if mueller is thinking of indicting anybody under the logan act, to me and i have been a defender of mueller, i think he is an honorable guy. but if he is even thinking

of prosecuting anybody for violating the logan act, i will instantly denounce him because it will show such bad faith that it's unbelievable to me. >> i would agree with that except here's the problem for mr. mueller. you can't violate the logan act when you are in the transition team. >> laura: you are an authorized agent. >> you are a government employee. you get a green check. when you are on a transition team you are a special government employee. theyanan communicate with anybody they want. i agree with sol the logan act never enforced if logan were to use it in this place if i everywhere the president i would fire him. >> brian: if there was some big scheme here they wouldn't allow him to plead to one count of lying to the fbi which is a great point. if there was evidence of a scheme of collusion, they wouldn't have had to do the plea this way and they would have gotten a lot more. his view is that it is so far at the very least so far they don't really have

anything on conclusion, conspiracy to influence the election front. they got flynn for whatever reason, he decides to lie about conversations he could have done anyway. that's the weird thing. i have got to make you guys laugh on a friday. get ready. >> i know some has a great sense of humor. joy behar heard about the news of the flynn plea reading an abc report toted alleged the van de "the view." let's watch. >> breaking news. >> oh my god. breaking news. abc news brian ross is reporting michael flynn promised full cooperation to the mueller team and is prepared to testify that as a candidate donald trump directed him to make contact with the russians. yes! [cheers and applause] yes! >> laura: like she just won a publisher's clearing house. abc had to come out

immediately and say this was not during the campaign. this was actually during the transition. but, this is the level of, there it is, clarify read the whole thing. whoops? >> sorry. it wouldn't even matter if it was in the campaign. sorry to interrupt. it wouldn't matter if it was in the campaign. there was nothing wrong, quote, with talking to the russians, all right. it depends on what you say. but the earlier point you made, laura is very important that annie mccarty made. flynn is only protected from future prosecution based on items that are in the statement of offense. that's the key document. there is nothing in the statement of offense about collusion during the campaign. nothing. so, unless there is a completely separately sealed, completely stand alone plea agreement for flynn that is sealed, which would be almost unheard of. i think joe will agree with

me. it means that flynn has no knowledge. flynn who was a key figure in the campaign has no knowledge of any collusion with russia during the pain any illegal collusion. >> laura: you heard nothing burger. the well respected bob mueller is coming up with very little in my opinion. the pipe her bowl lick response by the media, these people are completely unhinged. the facts are irrelevant. analysis irrelevant. just jump right to the gallows for trump. that's where they are going. gentlemen, thank you. and sol, i knew i could make you laugh. i get it out of you. thanks, guys. and we by the way ♪ >> laura: wait, sorry, this is a special alert. tommy is telling me. we actually stick around for this. we have some live footage of special counsel robert mueller leaving a d.c. christmas party tonight. there it is. oh, okay. he has lost some weight. oh, yeah, he actually-oh, okay.

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>> laura: all right. ready for some humor? black lives matter. that's the humor. no, sorry. black lives matter thinks it can bring down white capitalism by creating a black christmas. and their idea is for black consumers to boycott any white-owned stores? so, tell me, how is that not racist? and don't people like hillary clinton and former president obama ultimately share some blame for helping legitimize such a radical organization? just listen. >> black lives matter simply refers to the notion that there is a specific

vulnerability for african-americans that needs to be addressed. >> when people say black lives matter that doesn't mean blue lives don't matter. >> we do have to stand up and say loudly and clearly black lives matter. >> laura: joining us now for radicalization is attorney anthony tall. all right, anthony, you've got to educate me on this one. i do not understand this at all. how do yo do you determine, fora factual matter. if a business is owned by indian guy in a partnership with a white woman and then maybe has a black, like co-owner as well maybe three people own a business together, does that business get boycotted because there is an element other than a black element in the ownership structure? how do you determine that. >> i don't know if that's how you focus on the problem. i think you pretty much just focus on what they are saying is that there are black businesses in the black community that need to be supported and need to be encouraged. you know, this is a day of

oprah. this is the day of blackish. black economic power means something. so what black lives matter is saying let's just invest in black businesses for this christmas. let's make sure we spend our dollar the way that a lot of other groups have spent their dollar for years. i don't know if the focus is so much on whether or not there is a diversity for excluding whites. let's make sure our economic dollar is spent in our community and build entrepreneurship which is a republican idea. i'm surprised you don't like that, laura. >> laura: i actually think if people want -- catholics go to catholic businesses. you know, i don't have any problem with that my problem is when it seems to be based in a very kind of a negative thing. christmas is about christ and the birth of christ and of course retail is important. but i think businesses need consumers.

they need customers. so why penalize a business that just happens to be owned in whole or part by a white person, maybe that white person or indian person or asian person, maybe hold himself or herself by the boot straps. came from nothing. started a business in a minority community. don't we want to encourage white and asian and all sorts of people to come into black communities to bring more dollars and investment? that way black people can come work there and maybe become a manager and ultimately take the shop over? isn't that something good? >> well, yeah. that's good. but i think because black people in this country have had such an economic struggle, you remember, this is nothing new, going all the way back to black wall street tulsa. rose wood where blacks would try to start their own businesses which could expand and could express the diversity that you are talking about and a lot of those communities were destroyed. so, with that being the case, we're still here in

2017 where now we realize out black dollar has economic power. >> laura: what's a glak dollar? i see green dollars. what's a black dollar. >> i definitely understanding green dollars. i guess what i'm saying? >> laura: what i'm trying to say a dollar spent at any store, retail outlet that dollar goes to spend in the encourages more jobs that's great. it just seems anti-get particular call to me to helping a community where people are coming in from all races and background, whether it's st. louis or detroit, isn't it about welcoming people of all colors and background into different under privileged and under served. not like you are black and you aration go to separate stores in separate places.

that's just wild after everything we have been to. >> i don't think that's the point. i know, young that's the point though. i think the pointed what they are saying and let me go back to the black dollar theng thing. black people who have money which is obviously green that their dollars go into black business there is nothing wrong with that nothing wrong with saying if you live in a certain community, let's support the businesses in the black community. >> laura: that's different. but you are making it about race. and i think this is the stuff. >> i'm not making it about race. >> laura: black lives matter has made it about race. >> i haven't made anything about race. >> laura: when you say black people should shop only at black-owned stores, that is a racial statement at a time where our country is supposed to be uniting and coming together, especially at the holiday seasonal. if it was going to be really focused on black businesses, why just focus during christmas? make it all year long forever. only go to black-owned stores. only going to black owned businesses. do it all year long. >> i think it should be that

way. >> laura: oh we have made progress. >> i think you are missing the point. >> laura: no white own stores ever? >> no, no. that's not what i'm saying. who i'm saying there should be a diversity of dollars spent. but because of those people who are at low economic level to build their dollar, value up in other communities, they need to learn how to invest in their own business. i know you agree with that laura. >> laura: everyone needs to learn how to have a work ethic, save, save for rainy day. and be open to people of different background and i just think the racial line is wild. i think it's like the opposite meaning of christmas. at least to me. but, you know. that's my view. >> i think that's how you see it. >> laura: i appreciate it thanks so much. and while flynn's plea deal dominated the headlines, the fbi may have to investigate a new suspect in the clinton email case. we're going to tell you why. up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ it's red lobster's new ultimate surf & turf event. get ready

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>> laura: the left is probably hoping the hubbub over the mike flynn guilty plea will drown out over this story. a group of congressman is demanding that the fbi investigate alleged special treatment of hillary clinton during its investigation into her private email server. congressman matt gaetz of florida sent a letter to fbi director christopher wray asking the bureau to explain its decision to investigate clinton with a, quote, small team what does that mean. congressman joining us now.

congressman gate, you have been all over. this people are saying oh you don't understand when they say "special investigation" in small team that's just routine kind of lingo. so you are making a big deal over nothing. >> well, laura, we now have smoking gun evidence that hillary clinton got special treatment and it's important to provide context. we've got loretta lynch on the tarmac with bill clinton. we've got loretta lynch telling james comey to call this a matter and not an investigation. then we have got james comey sucking this up to headquarters and keeping the investigators in the washington, d.c. office away from the clinton investigation. and then he drafts the exoneration statement before even conducting the interview. in six days the fbi director christopher wray will be before the house judiciary committee and we need answers because hillary clinton didn't deserve special treatment. she should have been treated like every american and now we know shes would not. >> laura: do you think that when they say special treatment and the way they designated it, it was just,

from what you can see from the things you just laid out it was soft pedaling it or shortcutting it or we know the conclusion? let's just put some window dressing on it so it looks like it's official but let let's wrap this baby up as soon as possible. is that what you are getting at? >> that's what the evidence suggests. when you look at the recent documents released about the tar pack meeting between loretta lynch and bill clinton, the fbi was more worried about spin control and public relations and punishing the person that released this information than they were about the improper conduct of the attorney general of the united states. and so time and again, we see from the obama era that they were determining the outcomes before actually conducting the investigation. that's not what the american people deserve. that's why we will fight for a real investigation. >> laura: congressman, weren't they also desperate to find out who leaked the clinton meeting on the tarmac with loretta lynch? >> absolutely. recently discovered emails show that the fbi was very

concerned about who let the american people know that loretta lynch was meeting with bill clinton but they weren't at all concerned about the fact that the meeting had occurred and had jeopardized this very critical investigation. so, we're really seeing a circumstance where the fbi, the loretta lynch department of justice was engaged in a coverup of their activities all at the same time they were determining the outcome of the hillary clinton investigation before actually doing it. >> laura: all right. congressman gates, thanks for that update. sara carter good to see you from circa news. you have been all over this story. there is some concern what gates is saying is not quite right. they dedicated a special investigation can be used interchangeably in some cases with major investigation. special inquire i have a major inquiry. >> correct. >> laura: can that be what's going on here? >> we don't really know until christopher wray talks. we don't know whether that

was designated special meaning major investigation but what we do know is this, there were 110 confidential, secret emails that were passed through 52 email chains. 8 of those emails were considered top secret. and if you just look at what inspector general mccullough said in his interview recently with catherine herridge, she said well, if anybody else would have done this, if you would have done, this where would you be? he said leavenworth. so, a lot of fbi agents who were working at the time beating, you know, on the ground, collecting information, not the pop dog, not director comey, not mccabe, they said that they felt that the rug had been pulled out from under them. that she was treated differently. that, i can tell from you extensive interviews i have done. >> laura: from your sources. david, we have been talking about this for a long time. are you at all convinced by what you heard from the congressman that designating this as a special

investigation, the tarmac, you heard all the elements you laid out, that that's significant in your mind at all. >> have you got to kind of feel bad for congressman gaetz. he is trying to get attention for fbi investigation and thenned over a year ago on the same day that a major thing happened in the special counsel investigation which is the former national security advisor pleaded guilty to crime. that investigation is going forward. now finding evidence of crime, finding indisputable evidence national security advisor engaged in crimes. congressman gaetz talking about something almost irrelevant now. going over the same information that's been gone over many times. he mass the right to make inquiries and not germane to what's happening now. very important to address this special issue of. if congressman gates talked to anyone in the fbi, he would have told them. >> it's a term of point. >> use to describe an investigation high level

person. >> laura: i got it. it was odd the way comey decided to come out, right, with first the amendmen national anthem of thfirst with theannoup the investigation. i agree with you maybe the special designation is not such a big deal. >> right. >> laura: it's the other facts that make the thing just odd. you are right, it did wrap up a we're ago. didn't mean that things happened during that investigation that wasn't wacky. there were no notes taken during hillary clinton's questioning. that's just weird. comey wasn't even there during her questioning. if it's a really major investigation of a major american figure. don't you believe he would have been there present. why wasn't he present? never had a good answer to that flynn did plead guilty to one count of lying to the fbi. >> more importantly is he now cooperating with the special counsel. >> that is probably going to lead to president trump or katyusha anywhere and

others? >> we shall see where it leads. we talked about this in the previous segment. let's talk about possible entrapment. speaking of this flynn thing. they knew -- they were surveying ambassador kislyak, the russian ambassador. they were surveying him so they knew who he was talking to and what he said sara. why did decide to go to fbi and interview matt flynn about matter they already had transcripts of. isn't that interesting? you already had the transcript and knew what they talked about. >> that is fascinating. you would have to look at this whether this was criminal or counter intelligence. because if they had a fisa on kislyak, right? they would be watching kislyak. this is my question. how did they know to unmask all these specific numbers? this is what a lookout of people don't understand. when you are looking at these type of investigations, this is

what -- youfield have to know that number specifically. you would have to have a reason to unmask it. i'm tending to agree with you on this. >> you already know what he said. >> did you have any conversations? yeah, we already have the at this particular time of the conversation was it the russian dossier that helped unmask certain individuals leading up to this? we don't know this yet. it's definitely thought a happy day for the trump administration. i'm not trying to underplay it but not trying to jump to these huge i object inflammatory conclusions either because i don't think that's smart. thank you both. always great to have you on. and straight ahead, will congress drop a tax cut in our christmas stocking or will they be grinches? we will take you live to capitol hill where it's all happening happening ♪ happening ♪ it can detect a threat using ai, and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. it keeps your insights from prying eyes,

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♪ >> laura: you may be getting a christmas gift from uncle sam this year. wouldn't that be nice? the senate is poised to pass a tax reform bill. that's what they are calling it it's a do or die agenda item for the trump administration and for more on where we are now, chad pergram, fox news senior capitol hill producer joins us from capitol hill. chad? >> good evening they are a couple of hours away, laura from actually voting on this bill. what we are looking at right now in senate language is

called the voter roma. this is a series of votes that sometimes takes hours. just role call vote after "roll call" vote after "roll call" vote as they get closer to a final vote on this probably 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning on capitol hill. we are expecting this to pass. we believe they have 51 yeas on the republican side of the aisle. bob corker the republican senator from tennessee appears to be the only no. and vice president pence is going to come to the capitol here in the next couple of hours. his vote is not expected to break a tie. you know, the vice president in his capacity as president of the senate can only vote if there is a tie. i'm told that he just wants to come to preside over the senate when they presumably pass this sometime after midnight, laura. >> laura: okay, chad. thanks so much for that update. and, when we come back, i attended the white house christmas party today for the press. and we'll share or two and answer sean hannity's christmas card challenge when we return. ♪ ♪

>> i'm watching a shot of all those senators mulling around the floor. they are playing pokemon. you have the house, senate, presidency all in their hands. isn't it nice to have a cleaner and more transparent really aggressive tax cuts. even to understand the symbol for almost. it's amazing. it should be that way. it's better than nothing and they need to chuckle but when. i wanted to show you a few shots

from the white house christmas party today. they are i am. with the "fox & friends" crew. and my former boss ronald reagan. i got a little emotional. and there is raymond and a lamb chop. several lamb chops. i only got one there. that was pretty fun. we had a blast. sean hannity challenged me to pick my christmas card photo this year. check them out this week. he offered that cover.

check mine out. you can help me vote on facebook and twitter. twitter and facebook.. >> president trump inches closer to an historic achievement. breaking news this hour on tax reform in the senate. and the implications on what's in the deal for you. we will fact-check that. and he saw the immediate reaction last night. >> the shocking verdict is the worst outcome for the steinle family. >> following the not guilty verdict who shot and killed kate steinle. >> and special counsel robert muelle