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help. hope you're having a great saturday at home. welcome to america's news headquarters in washington. jillian: congressional republicans unveil a sweeping overhaul of the nation's tax code that will affect the wallet of every american and they expect to vote on it this week. caroline shively joins us with the details. >> reporter: it came together late yesterday afternoon, blended them together. now it looks like they got the numbers, republicans unveil the details last night. the final version keeps seven tax bracket, 10, 12, 22, 32, 35, 37%. the corporate tax rate is cut from 35% to 21%.

the bill repeals obamacare's individual mandate while retaining a deduction for medical expenses. five of the seven tax brackets are reduced from today's rates but also expected at $1.6 trillion to the deficit, republicans are calling the strong middle-class tax relief also pointing to the child tax credit. democrats say the richest americans are the winners and not ethical democrat said yes. >> i am excited about this moment. it has been 31 years in the making. >> the tax reform bill helps the wealthiest most powerful corporations and individuals and hurts the middle-class. >> reporter: the house to vote early next week with the senate as they are two later. senate would normally go first but they hope for extra time for two ailing senators to get well and back to work. senator cochran and john mccain are dealing with medical issues. mccain's harsh side effect of

cancer treatment. >> all our thoughts and prayers go to john mccain, a tough time but i'm told he will be here next weekend voting. >> the president said he was the tax bill on his desk by congress -- christmas. jillian: thanks. leland: for reaction let's bring in mark wayne. the front of the show, a lot to talk about, thanks, you are almost to the finish line. >> this is quite a gift. leland: the american people don't share the excitement. do you think the republican tax play will increase your taxes, reduce your taxes, will not have much impact either way. 44% of americans say increase, 16, only 16% say reduce, 30% not

much. 16% of americans convinced after this long sales pitch, you have more work to do on that? >> we do. we have to educate the american people, we have the fake news outlets which you guys are is one of them out there day after day blasting this tax bill but if you take a look at it in oklahoma on average, $2200 back, cutting $1.5 trillion in taxes, where is that money going to go? it won't is washington dc but the wallets of those earning of money to begin with. >> low state taxes help with money coming back into your state but the most favorable view of this tax plan is going to add hundreds of billions if not trillions of dollars to the

deficit. what happened to republicans as fiscal hawks saying take care of entitlements while we take care of taxes, why only do one? >> this is like a business investment. understand when you go out and get a business loan you are doing that because there is a return in the investment and we are returning money to the individuals, in our own backyard, we will spend it in our own economy, not washington dc but growing the size of the economy, people scoring this bill, cbo, spending money, not going to be -- >> the wharton school that went out and looked at the tax plan where donald trump went to college that it will add $1 trillion, the treasury department's white paper that was long on rhetoric a short an

economic analysis says it won't pay for itself. >> just be a 1% jump in the economy and that means job creators like myself are going to create jobs because we are cutting our taxes. leland: you feel all these people, even the treasury department's white papers ronco you don't this will add a dime to the national debt? >> i think it does at first but we will see a return within ten years of adding more money coming back to it. a lot of people have theories in washington dc and these colleges but few have actually practical experience. i know firsthand what it will do when you give me more money to build and invest that i will do just that, i will invest and grow and hire more people because that is what job creators do and that is what is going to happen. at the same time when people are getting more money back they are going to build investment in their future, spending those dollars too. anytime they spent a dollar it

creates to sustain jobs and goes farther and that. >> the last paul i want to get your thoughts on. the education on the tax bill has been missed. who will benefit the most from the tax plan? low income 4%, middle-class 21%, wealthy 65% on a nominal basis perhaps that is true depending on who the people are but on a percentage basis, the middle class and lower class, the change that marco rubio demanded yesterday. where is the republican disconnect in of educating the american people in this? >> people taking polls, the same pollsters said hillary clinton was going to win the white house and that didn't happen. we have people that will be invested in these dollars and i get what everybody is saying.

more money on their paycheck is a good thing. >> the polling was right about hillary clinton, national average she would win by 2%, she won the popular vote by about that. is in their problem for republicans when americans say the wealthy benefit the most and you guys saying it is the middle class, you don't see that as an issue? >> i do. we have to do better at messaging but at the same time when we take people like oklahoma, they will receive $2200 more each year in their paycheck that is real money. when my average district, my average household income is $42,000 and they are going to receive $2200 back before they start getting the child deductions that is real money. for people that are hurting. leland: there are some thoughts that if it is gets past the treasury department is able to change things, it will be early next year people will see more

in their paychecks. >> january 1st this goes into effect. it will take time to turn it around but it goes into effect january 1st. leland: maybe we'll get some late christmas and thank you cards from your constituents. we hope so for you. always good to have you and merry christmas to you and yours. >> merry christmas, thank you for having me on. leland: fair and balanced have always our show tomorrow at 1:00 eastern we will have a democratic member of the house budget committee on, jillian turner's interview, already prepping getting ready. chris wallace sits down with treasury secretary steve mnuchin, a lot to talk about including that the treasury department's analysis of the tax bill, on the big fox network and scoured hurts and his panel talk about the alabama special election. the dc premiere of the new movie

the coast, you know don't want to miss that, 11:00 eastern tomorrow. >> donald trump is headed to campaign following speech at the fbi academy, he has their back 100%. this came after he criticized the federal law enforcement agency to the address. garrett tenney is live with more on this. >> donald trump tweeted, it was in tatters and that was before a new set of revelations suggesting political bias may have played a role in the decisions senior fbi officials made in the investigation. as donald trump departed the white house for graduation ceremony, he took another shot at law enforcement agencies. >> it is a shame what happened

with the fbi but we are going to rebuild the fbi, it will be bigger and better than ever. >> an hour later the president received a hero's welcome at the national academy for graduation ceremonies, 200 law enforcement officers including a special training program by the bureau. in that speech the president took a different tone, police officers and the rank-and-file agents of the fbi. >> i have so many friends, friends and the fbi, these are great great people. a -- real heroes to all of us. >> combating violent crime jeff sessions defended the fbi when asked about the assessment of the bureau's reputation. >> i don't share the view the fbi is not functioning at a high level. all over the country, he spoke to them today, first time a

president has spoken to the fbi, graduating police academy class. >> the fbi and the permit of justice will be there this next week, former deputy attorney general bruce or and deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe set to testify on capitol hill. jillian: for more i want to bring in jeff mason of reuters, thanks for being with us, appreciate it. i want your reaction to something the president said on the south lawn on his way to the academy. >> a shame what happened with the fbi but we are going to rebuild the fbi bigger and better than ever but it is sad when you look at those documents how they have done that is really disgraceful and you have a lot of very angry people that

are seeing it was a very sad to watch, i will tell you that. jillian: on his way to address the fbi, doubling down on his war with the intelligence community. >> this is a trend the president and the candidate and into office has done, very critical of the intelligence agencies including the fbi, the cia, the latest criticism is related to the fact news stories came out saying there were fbi agents part of any mail probe who exchanged these text messages. jillian: i can't think of a president in history that managed to succeed in the position without the support and trust of the intelligence community writ large. quite simply put i think the

president relies on them for the best information so he can make best policy decisions. do you think the gambit is worthwhile, that he will be able to do things that no president has done before, go it alone without the intelligence community? >> i don't think he can go it alone without the intelligence community. there are so many aspects to being chief executive of the country which is what donald trump is and gives his briefings on a daily basis, regular basis about the security situation in the united states and around the world, that comes from intelligence agencies, criticizing or trying to not rely on them would be pretty tough in that job. >> a hard switch to the russia investigation. we went to keep the thread separate, james comey, a series of cryptic tweets over the last couple days talked about things like citizen safety lies in the hands of the prosecutor and if you wish to know a man give him power, these are things he said

on twitter. are those jabs at the president or just idle pontificating? >> hard to believe it is idle pontificating. impossible to say if it is a deliberate jab but i james comey is watching what is going on in the agency. he is an integral part of that, the role he played until donald trump fired him is being looked at. when he weighs in and says things like that on twitter, it is not unreasonable to believe that is a commentary on it. >> is it helpful or unhelpful to the cause? >> whose cause? >> helpful or unhelpful to the investigation and proceeding? something he should be doing? >> as i said he is an important figure in this entire thing. everything donald trump is

tweeting, things that could be looked at or investigated if needed. what comey says is important as well. he is a critical figure. >> even though he is no longer leading the fbi or part of the investigation he remains a central focal point. >> because of the role he had until now. jillian: thanks for being with us on this saturday. leland: a democratic congressional candidate is dropping out of her race after allegations surfaced that she once many years ago sexually harassed a male subordinate in the private sector. doug mack l ray joining us on this story. >> this is a twist because in this case the accuser is a man and the alleged perpetrator a

woman. she is a candidate in kansas's third congressional district race, former employee where randy was an executive filed a complaint over ten years ago alleging he was fired after rebuffing ramsey's sexual overtures, they could find no wrongdoing and close the case but ramsey has withdrawn her candidacy. she said he made me in the allegations claiming i fired him because he refused to have sex with me. that is a lie. ramsey fired a shot at the democratic party, claim the high ground in the roiling national conversation about harassment, the democratic party has implanted a 0-tolerance standard. is a first-time candidate am disappointed and disillusioned by the political process. she joined the growing chorus of accused, blake will not seek reelection after allegations of sexual misconduct. in a statement he acknowledged he ran an office that was too permissive but said the charges

were untrue. democratic congressman in nevada facing a second accuser who claims he made unwanted advances. he has apologized but claims not to remember it and stop sort of resignation. >> i spoke on the subject. he wants to go through the ethics process. that is his right to do. >> three other members of congress announce their resignations after accusations of sexual impropriety. with accusations against donald trump the hill reports lisa bloom conspired to arrange payments to trump accusers to tell their stories with one accuser was offered $750,000 to pay off her mortgage, she declined. leland: so many in washington say this is just the beginning, thank you. jillian: coming up, confronting

kim jung un's regime, rex tillerson faces the un ambassador to the un. plus there she blows. a texas -- a very busy road in fort worth. fire crews, could have used that to fight wildfires tearing southern california. live on the ground in los angeles. >> new mandatory evacuations in the third-largest wildfire in california history. live report coming up next.

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jillian: dramatic scenes in texas after water main pipe ruptured in fort worth, it happened yesterday near a busy highway shooting thousands of gallons of water high into the air. it was shut off before major damage was done but it is not clear what caused the break. leland: firefighters in california on the losing end of a massive wildfire, still unstoppable thompson fire racing towards homes and businesses as evacuations continued.

entire crews continue to work. will car live in california, day 11 of the fight. >> we have new mandatory evacuations in santa barbara as this fire continues to grow burning through the hillside behind me in the past 24 hours on its way to becoming the third-largest wildfire in california history, and 50,000 acres, an area larger than the city of new york and boston combined and the fire is flamed by the santa ana winds. it has been relatively calm for the past week, letting fire crews up containment numbers to 40% after the fires destroyed 1000 homes and buildings. the biggest concerns are the northwest tip of the fire in santa barbara county prepared by smothering the hills with retardants and spiders in case the winds take off again and residents continue to see flame

spreading on the hillside and it all comes in the wake of firefighter corey iversen's death. iversen was on the front lines behind me when something went tragically wrong. is a is under investigation. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and a young daughter. >> thoughts and prayers with them and everyone fighting the thomas fire. thank you, back to you. >> hundreds of volunteers at arlington cemetery laying rees on the graves in each and every one of the tombstones, thanks to an organization called reefs across america. they have been turning out every holiday season for a celebration of the lives of men and women who paid the ultimate price for the freedom of our nation. other volunteers are helping to

place reefs at 1300 other cemeteries. we had an opportunity to talk to the spokeswoman about the importance of their mission. >> it is placed on every grave for fallen veterans, a symbol of their service, sacrifice, our mission is to remember, honor and teach and we want everyone to remember our service members and what they left behind. >> volunteers place 1.2 million at the gravesite of veterans. an amazing organization. the idea was amazing, execution has been flawless. >> something that was striking to me, they teach volunteers when they placed the reef next to the tomb, they say the name, read the name aloud of who was

buried there, a touchstone of what each person mend to the values that we enjoy. it is an incredible organization that does a lot of work. we check in with them throughout the day at arlington. tension between the united states and north korea continue to rise with the un security council telling the rogue nation, and an american mother this christmas season fighting to release her son from venezuela and captivity. they don't plan to comply with her requests or the us government. >> i don't want to not see my son alive again. what has happened with auto, josh sounds like he is on his deathbed. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now.

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>> box news alert is donald trump is on his way to camp david to spend the weekend, working weekends to get through the last push on tax reform whipping the final vote before republicans take a victory lap, when the president leaves on marine one it is never a live picture by the news media but the pool of reporters gathered on the south lawn just a couple minutes ago, as we talk to our congressmen there, how this helps the middle-class. >> mostly benefit the middle-class and jobs. companies are coming in, pouring into the country, it will be fantastic for the middle income people and jobs, lots of other things, if you look at the whole

thing everybody will benefit. for jobs in the middle-class. >> to against and that. >> this will bring money and. as an example, we think $4 trillion will come back into the country, stuck their for years, soon 31/2, it is $4 trillion. this has been stuck for years that will come pouring back into the country. that will be one. because of what we have done with regulation and other things our economy is doing fantastically well but has another big step to go and can't take that step. >> wire individual cuts temporary? >> we have a tremendous period for tax reform, one of the great

christmas gifts to middle income people, democrats soundbites, standard soundbites before they know what the bill is about, they talk about the wealthy, this is one of the great gift to middle income people of this country they have ever gotten. >> why are the tax cuts temporary? why are the middle-class cuts temporary? >> what will happen is that the end, whatever the administration is years from now will make it and maybe make it more generous if we can get the economy like it should be. the economy hit 3%, no one thought it would be close. i think we could go to 4%, 5% or 6%. each percentage point, $2.5 trillion, we are going to start to rock. we need this as our final push and you can see some numbers that are great but most

importantly you will see great job numbers, jobs are going to come pouring into this country. we are going -- >> senator mccain's health. leland: he is heading to the presidential retreat at camp david, he also talked to john mccain's wife to check on him. he is at walter reed in the hospital. what will be a key vote in the tax plan, the president called to check in on senator mccain. you heard donald trump stress a couple things we heard about yesterday, jobs and the unemployment rate, the number of new jobs created continues to come and had of exploitation. when he says numbers you have to think he is talking about the stock market, record highs for the dow, nasdaq, s&p, the tao had a huge run-up yesterday as it became clear the tech support package was going to happen.

>> all check marks in the president's column, if you talk to critics of the tax bill, on both sides, democrats and republicans will tell you they actually managed to sidestep the core mandate including spending. we have to see in the final bill what he manages -- >> there is a lot of reading to do this we can. >> two more working days until monday. the family of an american man detained in a venezuelan prison for 16 months says he has become seriously ill ages refused medical treatment. in 2015, josh holton on a missionary trip from his home state of utah to venezuela when he was arrested on trumped up weapons charges. yesterday venezuelan officials denied claims about josh's health saying, quote, it is false that mister holt's life is in danger due to lack of or

insufficient medical attention. i had the opportunity to speak earlier this week with utah senator orrin hatch about the latest develop and in the case. senator orin hatch saying so much for joining us. mister chairman, we heard from a judge in venezuela that josh holt is going to be forced to stand trial to face activations of stockpiling weapons. it would seem the federal government would have a heavy hand in helping to manage the situation, and without leaving you to deal with this, where is the white house on this and the state department? or are they helping you? >> other representatives tried to get in there and haven't been able to but the government of venezuela caused us a rough time and i don't see reasons for it. he has been there a year and a

half, with trumped up charges, absolutely false. it is pathetic. >> lori holt visited us earlier in the week and she said besides you, mister chairman, nobody ever tells me what is in motion, she visited the white house where she was not invited to meet with the president and nobody there gave her any information, and didn't seem to know what happened to her son. a high profile case, most recently of otto warmbier, why are they not communicating with families? >> i don't blame the white house, it is the department of state, they know about this and had tough people, tough ambassadors over there. >> josh's mother told fox on wednesday not only are these

charges against her son false but the venezuelan government, government officials framed him, brought in stockpiled weapons to appear this was happening. are you on board with that? is the venezuelan government complicit in framingham? >> of course they are. the return from the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, knowing what to do with a gun if given to them. the fact is they frame commended for their purposes but there comes -- this is going on and on with no good reason for it. >> the tax bill, senator chuck schumer said the republicans should delay the vote on this bill until the newly elected democrat doug jones is able to assume his seat citing what they did for scott brown in 2010. any chance that happens? >> it won't make a difference.

will vote against what ought to be done in this tax bill. we need to move ahead and quit playing around with these things and act like they are doing some good when they are hurting this country. jillian: a signature issue for you has been the children's health insurance program. is that going to be adequately funded in the version of this bill that shakes out? you know it ran out of funding a couple months ago and looks like there's not a lot else where you can scrape up the funds for this. where are you on it? >> i hear democrats claiming credit for chip even though i am the one that put it through. the fact is they all want is, everybody wants it. they are not helping get it done. we have to get this bill

completely done as part of the process. i think we can. i always had democrat cooperation on chip. for them to act like they're the only ones interested that is bunk. >> have you decided whether you are going to seek another term a run for reelection? >> i intend to run again but we will wait until after the year. my wife elaine would like to go home and she will do, she is a wonderful wife but have to make that decision sometime after the first of the year. >> we will hear direct from lori holt as she fights to bring her son home, she will talk to leland. leland: fallout from friday's

rush-hour snowstorm across the northeast, some communities took longer than they -- old man winter makes itself known across america and the white house slamming iran, we break down nikki haley's show and this week's trip by the vice president, general jack keane. >> this is terrifying, absolutely terrifying and this is why it has to stop. we have said multiple times this was not just about the nuclear program but everything else they are doing. you need to buy a car

and you'd think with all these options it would be easy. but only true car shows you what others paid for the car you want and you can connect with certified dealers who offer prices based on this same information. none of those other sites do that. this is true car. >> mike pence heading to the middle east to reassure arab allies getting what would be a hero's welcome.

the trip follows nikki haley's courtroom like prosecution of iran for providing weapons to yemeni rebels as the administration against iran, senior strategic analyst jack keane with us, good to see you. reporting from the wall street journal in the wake of that presentation by nikki haley, the administration trying to move to stop the iranian purchase of boeing jets and airbus jets. are we going to begin going down the economic sanctions road? >> we have to. iran's malign behavior dominating the middle east is the primary issue. the nuclear issue to preserve the regime was a secondary issue, and could never get the malign behavior on the table,

and putting aggressive behavior front and center and pushing back on it as essential if we are going to maintain stability in the region. >> speaking of stability in the region sitting with the ambassador from an important american muslim ally and was livid not about the jerusalem announcement by donald trump because declared jerusalem the capital but this is so much harder to align the arab world against iran. we cannot be seen taking direction after that announcement. >> pretty involved in what takes place in the middle east. the sunni arabs closer than what it is today.

not a lot of pushback from sunni arabs over this announcement of jerusalem being the capital of israel. why has that relationship gotten so close? the contours of the middle east have changed. iran is such a threat in the region. >> the nuance he pointed out made it much easier for people like the iranians to try to drive a wedge between the united states and sunni arab allies, and turkey is rising to power, a lot more firepower. >> i don't buy it. the real issue is that uranian's own lebanon. they have taken control of syria and established a land bridge from iran to iraq into syria to lebanon. they have more political influence over the iraqi government in iraq in the united states has and toppled the government in yemen for which missiles are being fired against saudi arabia.

they are on the move. i am convinced this administration has to step up and do more than they are suggesting if we're going to stop this aggressive behavior. >> the vice president is meeting with prime minister netanyahu who is meeting in egypt, someone who has gotten close to this administration and pretty close to vladimir putin. how important is it for mike pence to reassure our sissy and bring him in as a full on american ally? >> egypt matters in the middle east and moving closer to russia arms deals in the sinai desert with the -- building the nuclear power plants. because of their behavior with citizens, we have got to fix this relationship. if we don't talk before christmas, merry christmas.

jillian: coming up, heavy snow snagged traffic across the northeast for commuters to contend with a messy drive home. >> crazy, a mess out there. it is a mess.

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>> lake effect snow making for a messy commute home across the northeast, near white out conditions around erie, pennsylvania, accidents and delays across highways. let's go to meteorologist adam collapse in the severe weather center, keeping a close eye on snowy conditions. what can you tell us? >> the good news is lightning up a little bit but the great lakes, lake effect snow continuing to see it from pennsylvania to upstate new york. this will linger throughout the rest of today and rounds of snow, it has been frigid in the midwest and the northeast continuing to be so as you look at current wind chills, 27 in detroit, 28 in new york, farther north sunspots in the teens. on the other side of the country this has been a problem for weeks and weeks and continues, elevated fire danger stretching from san diego and la to the san

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>> two of "america's news headquarters" a lot of news coming up. here is what is making news right now. congress gets closer to passing the most comprehensive tax reform we've seen in decades. we will break that all down for you what it means for your next paycheck and we've also get reaction from people outside the washington beltway. there are people far away from here plus a surge at the border. and how the white house says they are going to deal with it. the house of health of senator john mccain. this coming after president trump reshot directly to him in his family.

congressional republicans currently stand on the verge of delivering a one and half trillion dollar tax cut to the american economy. they were secured yesterday after a series of last-minute closed doors deals. when can we expect a vote now. very quickly is when we are can expect this to go. the house will likely go on tuesday. that is to a pair of republicans were flipped in the senate. they would not vote for anything that would add a penny to the deficit. he wanted more for the child tax credit. to give republicans an extra day to recover. both of them had been in the

hospital. here are the two sides. when you file your taxes on april 15 and as a last time you will file under this monstrous broken tax code. i'm glad we have them. but they don't need a tax break. its average middle-class people and people struggling to get to the class who need of those breaks. the final bill they released last week. no more changes. that is the bill they will vote on. the final version keeps the senate tax brackets.

the corporate tax rate is from 35% to 21%. they also repeal obama care's individual mandate. they'll be nearly doubled. so with the child tax credit. they would lose some deductions and that will be in high tax states. it is not popular with most americans. the extra money in the pocket is going to earn them popularity. as we go down the road this will be more and more popular we know how wall street is reacting to all of this record highs. the president tweeting about that. so how is main street reacting and ferried under today's economy. today we turn to our good friend rj harris. the heart of harrisburg pennsylvania found 580w hp and online as well. good to see you sir. it's great to see you.

great to be here. the great number. that's what people in harrisburg are talking about as well? >> absolutely. they are much happier this year. i know it sounds corny for me to say this but i noticed in my neighborhoods and neighborhoods around me christmas lights actually went on about a week before thanksgiving i think there is a positive attitude in america and we are looking forward to the tax breaks. they have to materialize the middle class and i'm part of the middle class and had to get argue that we will get very happy. not only are people going to die but when i can to get our do. we are strapped in and ready to go.

>> the proof will be in people's pocketbooks. with the republican congressman on and the last hour. it certainly looks like they do. people are gonna see changes in their paycheck. will it be that simple for people to like the tax plan then. i believe so. they are going to be happy. i do get really is it. i've said all the time that we who support the president we expect results. we are kind of the show me state now. we want to see what comes out of this bill that really affects us. if to get in line behind my home state of missouri for that title. i want to bring up this pulled though. we talked about how they have done a good job convincing of the doom and gloom reduce only

16% the republicans have been willing to talk to anyone and frankly nobody about the issue of how much this is can help the middle class yet people don't seem to be buying it. why not. the mainstream media supports the democrats in pelosi. and she was saying the same thing. the rich get richer. i don't believe that but i do have an effective job of beating in that drum. this country would've been run in the ground years ago have we lived up to most of the things the democrats have said for decades. they do an effective job and they pound the message except for you guys. he actually made the same point.

we just can't break through the mainstream media pounding away on this. come back to that point about christmas light coming on earlier. never before have we seen this kind of excitement. not only because of infrastructure but call no longer a full -- four letter word. that perhaps those in dc just don't see. the things i really cannot turn around. and how it can affect the middle class we are going to cut the rate that the business is pain and hopefully create a lot of jobs but more importantly jobs to pay a pretty good wage.

i think that's the most important thing in america right now. and to that point in terms of jobs translating to consumer confidence. it is now at a 17 year high inspired christmas lights coming on in harrisburg. good to see you as always. president trump is currently on his way to camp david for the weekend but before his departure he spoke out to journalists about taxes in the economy. with more on and what the president had to say. we have a lot about tax reform we want to get to. the president did not respond to that in the comments he made yesterday about the fbi. they will also say. he supports them. as the state of the fbi is in shambles.

take a listen to what he said yesterday. when you look at what they did with respect to the hillary clinton investigation it was rigged and there has never been anything like it in this country that we have ever found before. it's very sad. a little over an hour later. at the national academy. praising law enforcement as he addressed a crowd of officers who had just completed a special training program for the bureau. i'm here not only to congratulate you but to honor you for your courage and your devotion. as me as your president america's police well have a true friend and loyal champion in the white house more loyal i tell you.

two of the top officials will be on the hot seat up on capitol hill as they are expected to face some tough questions on how their personal politics played into the investigation of hillary clinton. garrett, they also are going to get a big win on tax reform. this week. this week exactly. his he's kind of a big giant christmas present for the administration they are continuing to look for the first major legislative victory since he took office. he's feeling very the biggest benefit will be to jot the economy is doing fantastically well but it has another biggest up to go and i can't

take that step unless we do the tax bill. the economy can grow even more from 4% in the current rate to as high as 6% and that would mean as much is another five to $6 trillion been put into the economy. thank you for that report live from the white house. something we might hear from the president on in the next couple of days. they are showing a dramatic rise in illegal immigration across the southern border with mexico. more than 39,000 people were arrested or denied entry. more than double the monthly numbers in march and april. the homeland security department maintains that things overall are still an improvement over the worst years under president obama. >> a wave of sexual harassment

allegations have reached the campaign trail now. i democratic congressional candidate has ended her campaign after allegations surfaced that she sexually harassed one her for former employees. are there more revelations to come? >> in all likelihood there are. rumors are swirling that once the tax bill is done there could be a new wave of accusations but there also appears to be the accused. he said he was shocked by the anonymous accusations and intends to fight back. he has never groped or coerced any colic in his 30 years of work. the canada and kansas ally.

i'm disappointed and disillusioned by the political process. this week also saw the texas republican will announce that he will not be seeking reelection. the democratic congressman of a nevada is facing a sexual -- a second accuser. he is thus far refusing to resign. i had spoken on the subject. he wants to go through the ethics process that is right to do. in recent days and three other members of congress have announced their resignations. the department of interior found literally thousands race in age-related.

it's also coming under fire for stirring up accusations. what can you tell us about that. that is what the hell is reporting. they have contained congressional agreements. conspired with the tabloid media to arrange payments for the one potential accuser was offered $750,000 the hill reports that she declines that offer. under the version of that contract they would not have gotten a cut of the payments. they have acknowledged that this arraignment did exceed -- indeed exists. life here in washington. a little bit on the update. senator john mccain. just outside of washington the white house said president trump that cindy mccain has

checked on his position. the senator is dealing with effects of the chemotherapy to treat glioblastoma and aggressive form of brain cancer. he is said to be in good spirits think i've never -- ever seen him not in good spirits. the senate avoiding his arrival to vote on the tax reform bill. will it help or hurt gop efforts. to hold on to the majority in the house and senate. we will speak to the mother of an american missionary who is currently in prison in venezuela. in efforts she is taking to free him. hundreds of firefighters are battling firefighters.

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california firefighters now battling the third wild -- largest wildfire. northwest of los angeles. strong winds are expected to return throughout the weekend making the situation even worse than it already is. will carr is life we have seen the winds picked up. this fire already raced through the hillside. over the past 24 hours. is massive. has burned almost 260,000 acres compare that to the size of new york city. this is the third largest wildfire in california's history. and driven by the santa ana winds. fire crews now had 40% containment after the fires burned more than a thousand homes in buildings and the biggest concern right now is

the northwest tip of the fire. they have smothered the hills with retarded there. try to do everything they can do in case of the conditions get out of control today. as residents continue to see flames spread. we had been sleeping out on our decks not sleeping, just keeping our eyes open watching we thought it was over. we got word that we could come back. i just lit up this morning. as the battle on the frontline continues we have learned that firefighter corey iversen who died at just a couple of days ago in the hillside behind me succumbed to both the burns and smoke inhalation he leaves behind a pregnant wife and a young daughter. turning to politics now. congratulations. expected to vote on the bill this tuesday.

will they be able to get the plan passed. and a scott bolden. the former chair of the democratic party. the republicans should let this and delay this vote until newly elected democrat. citing what democrats did for newly elected scott brown. i have the opportunity to days ago to talk to senator orrin hatch and ask him about this. he said it's not going to happen. the democrats don't have any real control over that. for brown maybe eight years ago or so the reality is the republicans bargain away on this. they need one given the promises that donald trump has

made it something i can happen. the real issue is while they have a rush this through the house and senate and whether it needs more debate for some public debate before they do that. i think that's what he was really getting at. it's still not can happen. they will not wait for doug jones actually. this was a tough week we have the votes. so even if we waited until january. not only for the political imperative because it's good legislation. they are excited about this bill. with the child tax credit to help low income families how painful it was that for the president. because of marco rubio. every working-class american

is getting an extra $300 in the tax rebates. it was a real snag. that they raise this up in the last minute. the entire bill. it is not some nice so nice name for it. they are passionate about helping working-class americans. it's never been harder to achieve middle class in america. he wants the tax code to be more favorable to working-class americans. nobody should have been a surprise that he felt very strongly about it. it was not good enough. they change it to get his vote.

just pass it with a simple majority. it was a struggle. it was also a struggle and they chose to give the corporations and wealthy and this point they all unite around the principle of lowering taxes. they are not they make the research poll from august. it tells us that while 40% republican supported lowering taxes for corporations they supported raising them. this bill certainly takes aside on the issue does it not? >> for the corporations as well as high-end individuals. they are permanent tax cuts if you well. we talk about the working class is not only temporary they give him a take it away. it's not really clear whether they are going to hit home and

they are temporary. simply because they don't want to blow that. didn't want to have 60% of the senate had to vote for that. that's a problem. before or on christmas day. thank you so much for joining us. we will check back with you this time next week. and we will all know where the chips had fallen. they will show you how it is marking the anniversary. we will talk to the mother of joshua holt the american missionary.

>> venezuelan officials are now accusing the united states of trying to manipulate public opinion and politicize the trial of american man that was detained in 2016 on what many say was trumped up done charges. joshua holt was a mormon mission who was in venezuela when he was arrested. this is from the foreign ministry. we regret that they intend to turn a case into a political issue with unspeakable intentions. lori holte has been fighting to get her son back since his arrest. we push it you appreciate you being with us this time year. it would be hard for anyone. things have gotten

particularly worse. they had been court ordered to take him to the hospital immediately and they have not complied with this. as a matter fact when the judge saw him he needs to go to hospital immediately.

>> really don't know what to do. i can't imagine being in your shoes as a mother. do not know what to do either. is there things to do in your helpless even if you do them. i do feel helpless. after i heard that we had been quiet for quite a while. the courts have josh been charged with many weapons. they've had to drop because they did not had adequate charges and they did not have anything to be able to charge him with.

is this really about weapons charges. are they wanting something to hold over and bargain with the united states with. it is not to release him on sanitary grounds. they have nothing on him. like 18 months for them to try him on one weapon charge which is interfering with all of the other weapons charges which they could not they are talking about how this is nothing more than a trumped up charge. this is what the state department has to say. the united states remains extremely concerned for the

health and welfare which continues to deteriorate under the custody of s pin. which is that intelligence agency. do you think the state department is doing enough in the united states doing enough to really pressure the venezuelans on this or do you feel forgotten for luck lack of a better word. with the exception of senator hatch. i feel like the state department and president trump definitely could do more than what they're doing. he was able to get the basketball players out of china but actually they did something wrong. josh has done nothing wrong. he is innocent he fell in love as is only fallback. he went there had no idea that it was dangerous as it in a nutshell. he said nothing.

that is another part of the story we will get to the next time. we chat. you don't think of venezuela and it's a regime in the same way you do the north koreans or the iranians or what the libyans used to be like. or other countries. but those who know the situation while and i with the state department will tell you they are no less evil of people in the way that they act. lori we appreciate you being with us. our thoughts and prayers are with you and your son. all the time. we first talked to a while ago. our thoughts and prayers are with you in your sent especially for this christmas that he will come home soon. all the best. >> vegas strong coming strong coming up one woman's emotional homecoming from the hospital weeks after october's mass shooting there. just in time for the holidays. but the removal of obama era regulations will mean for you when you login in 2018.

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that's part of the ec chairman to drop the obama era regulations. the internet service providers from treating any once differently for many others. the technology and policy reporter for the help.

he joins me now with more. thank you for being with us. before we get into the politics of this. can you just lay out for me what net neutrality means in layman's terms. in the most basic sense it's the idea that all content on the internet should be treated equally. verizon at&t whoever is providing the internet should not be able to slow down or really control your experience. and a reasonable pace without having any sort of bias. you should not had any say in this. they should be able to block or censor any of this websites. they are sane that the reversal takes us back in time to pre- president obama era in terms of user interface. what does that mean exactly. on both sides with the fcc

chairman they aren't as regulated they say that this will take it back to a time when they can have bias and sway over the internet. and not beneficial to consumers. comcast for example has large stakes in companies like box and buzzer feed. maybe they want to prioritize that content. potentially it hits on internet connections in speed.

there are a few different ways it's possible now under the scenario. and they could charge them more because it us at tremendous amount of money. it's very costly for them. they will establish a deal that they would have to pay a bit extra and it could be passed on to consumers in a way that most consumers don't realize. now these companies if they want to to access it you have to pay a little bit more every month and that could affect some consumers pretty negatively. some americans feel like it wasn't really on the radar screen. and it came out of nowhere. would you say that this is something that it was an issue on president trump's radar. we have heard him talk about

that a lot. could we have seen this coming. i don't think he did. he seemed to not say anything publicly that i'm aware of. he did not discern very much. they seem to be talking with him about this. it doesn't seem clear that it was a very big conversation point for them. it is something that has been in the works for a long time. they announced this plan in april. there was uptick i think a lot of the public did not know this because of all the other news that has been happening over the last year. as far back as april they said

that he planned to roll back the regulations. in the spring yes. it was a little bit late. do you think it will get dragged into the 2018. it is a pretty big deal. it's more of a question of why it will still be here it will

also affect how it is politically. they will try to do that in 2018 thank you for having me. romanians are paid their paying their final respects to their former king and violence continues. and some new moves by the american administration. they have the palestinians upset.

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and do your thing. hundreds of north koreans are paying their respects. they are lane flowers at the grand monument. as today marks the sixth anniversary of the leader's death leaders death at 69 years of age. back then thousands of north koreans were forced out into the cold.

the ruling authority has been in power since his father's passing. and since then they had killed a number of folks to only get worse. kitty loan there were protests again today. that's right. the happy protest as you say since that announcement in israel and elsewhere around the world today on the west bank trouble flared. they threw stones chanted and slogans and set fire to tires.

the security forces responded with tear gas they also now of course the state has issued its highly contested palestinians east of the city of their capital. of any future state. it could solve the peace process. they raised tensions in all incidents. since the latest wave of protests again. they were also funerals held in gaza today. these protests have been worldwide there was also a pro- palestinian demonstration today in the german city of frankford. 1,000 people took part saying they do not accept the decision by the u.s. to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. for now there is no sign of

these protests diminishing in the palestinians have announced a large demonstration for next week. we will see how that translates this week. thank you. a state funeral was held today for the late king michael. the european royals including britain's prince charles turned out for the state funeral honoring the late king. thousands of romanians also turned out into the streets to pay their respects. by communist in 1947. he died earlier this month in switzerland at the ripe old age of 96. there is nothing like being home for the holidays we will tell you about the 19-year-old survivor of the las vegas shooting. the name is pretty important.

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this is one of the last four christmas cities in the country. noel no while missouri. not surprisingly while decorated. you can send your letters to the postmaster. one of the survivors of the mass shooting in las vegas is home for the holidays it has been and a specialized rehab ever since. it's exciting to see her walking reaction.

i try not to cry. it's the best christmas gift that we've ever had. we will see you tomorrow at 1:00 eastern. president trump on the verge of his first major legislative victory despite some last-minute drama. republicans in congress gaining enough support for their tax reform bill perhaps meeting the president's deadline for getting it on his desk by christmas. hello everyone. welcome to "america's news headquarters". the president touting that plan before heading to camp dated saying it's timing cannot be better. we have a tremendous spirit for the tax reform. this is good to be one of the great christmas gifts to midd