escaped from a nearby farm. >> my failure to comply cow. this cow is choosing not to stop for me. i think i can take him. >> choosing not to stop. rob: the cows are really running for it these days. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> 501, emergency, emergency. emergency. we are on the ground. >> investigators confirm the train was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. the derailment left three people dead. president trump unveiled his trump doctrine on national security. >> with this strategy we are calling for a great reawakening of america. >> patriotism, pride, america first. these are things for 8 years we frankly did not hear. >> g.o.p. poised to pass president trump's tax bill today. >> this is a good tax reform package for all americans. [bell] >> all time highs all around

wall street. the dow posting its 70th record close of the year. ♪ ♪ ♪ merry christmas ♪ merry christmas ♪ happy holiday. ainsley: merry christmas. if you're waking up and thinking it's tuesday, i have still got a few more days in the week, you are probably waking up with a little skip in the step because christmas is right around the corner, this tuesday is still very special. steve: absolutely. thank you for joining us live on new york city on this one the happiest weeks of the year. ainsley: it really is we don't grow up, do we? we are all kids. we look forward to christmas. prescribe brian we do in new york city. nsync must have 25 people. it's four people. it's five people? steve: they are all incinch.

ainsley: when i listen to a song i think i like it. they got paid a lot. >> steve: they did, indeed. thank you very much for joining us. it's 6:00 in new york city. it's 3:00 in the morning in dupont, washington. we start this hour with a fox news alert. ♪ speeding to their deaths overnight investigators reveal amtrak train was going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit before it ran off the rails in washington state. ainsley: was going 80 in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. at least three people were killed. 10 will seriously injured. brian: claudia cowan is live on the scene as she has been with the latest. hey, claudia. >> yeah. good morning, guys. investigators with the national transportation safety board arrived here on sight overnight and spend the night combing through yesterday's fatal train derailment to try to figure out why 12 passengers cars and a locomotive jumped the tracks. some of those cars spilling down on the busy freeway

below. you can see they are still there while it will take months to determine an official cause, this train was going too fast. using data recorder information, federal investigators confirm the train was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone. so, 50 over the speed limit when it careened into the curve and crashed. now we are getting to hear those chilling first moments after the derailment when the conductor called in to report it. >> amtrak 501. emergency, emergency. emergency. we are on the ground. >> okay. >> we are on the bridge the derailment killed 385 people on the train. 27 treated at nearby hospitals. 10 in serious condition. we are also hearing amazing

survival stories. for instance, a baby on the train escaped unhurt and many of the praising the by standers who rushed in to help. one had training as eagle scout. another neurosurgeon. dozens of volunteers from a nearby military base responded and helped save lives. president trump is expressing his condolences and saying the accident, quote, shows more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved quickly. though the associated press is reporting this derailment happened on a newly finished track, not a railway plagued with maintenance problems. still one local mayor had recently predicted there would be fatalities with high speed trains running so close to traffic and pedestrians. back here live, heavy cranes are being used to lift cars and semi-trucks out of the way so they can get this busy stretch of interstate 5 back open. detours are causing long delays and highway officials are hoping that they can get this stretch of southbound

interstate five back open later today. ainsley, steve, and brian, back to you. brian: so, yeah. going to be very anxious to see if what went into that and if this was actually operator error. steve: speed. apparently the early reports were that it left the station on the first day of rail service up there half an hour late. and the whole idea of spending over $100 million was to get there about 10 or 15 minutes early. looking bad and then it looks like speed. ainsley: this was inaugural ride and they didn't have that technology up and running that can slow it down when it goes around a corner automatically. it's up to the operator. brian: meanwhile, 5 minutes after the hour. they are not -- the lights aren't on in capitol hill. it will be shortly. a lot of anxious and sweaty palms because it's actually going to happen. first time in 30 years. steve: look, the lights are on. wait a minute. brian: i guess they are on. ainsley: they're making the

coffee. brian: i think it's like the refrigerator aisle in the supermarket when you walk through lights go on and when you walk out they go off. steve: sensor in the rotunda. brian: start in the house and finish off in the senate. fate panoply. no democratic support. ainsley: senator flake says he is not sure if he is going to be on board. he could be the one holdout. they can afford to lose one. steve: i don't think the republicans ever thought they would wind up with any of the democrats on board. guys like joe manchin come on television and talk about if they do this or do that ultimately they never ever do it. the big question is were they going to shame bob corker into becoming a no. brian: becoming a yes? steve: as a no. into being a no. they came up with the bob corker kick back. unbeknownst to him apparentfully. so language was a provision

that would benefit real estate investors like him. he apparently didn't know about it orrin hatch, the republican from utah said look, that was not put in there to get his vote. it was a month old. besides, it was part of the house bill. and corker is going to be a yes. the other two considerations, john mccain still in arizona, thad cochran apparently is back from louisiana. he missed a vote last week. he is in d.c. he will vote if they need him. >> john mccain said i will come back if i need it as well. mike pence has decided to postpone that trip to israel. he was supposed to go to egypt's for the holiday this week. he has decided not to do. this is he going to postpone it until january in case is he needed for the tie breaker. brian: i would like for senator flake to be a yes. the more he looked at it ivanka trump disurves deservest of credit. i'm beghtd on the american people. i'm betting if you give the

american people more of their money the economy will grow. that was the main thing. i got elected to control the deficit. i feel bad about in 10 years adding a trillion dollars to it i also believe we can grow it close to 3% or 4%. if we do that deaf sift won't be an issue. they are betting on the american people and betting on a responsible corporate america saying i got the break of a lifetime i'm going continue to vest in this country and not make the president who backs us look terrible because the next man or woman to come in is not going to do this. steve: susan collins says bottom line most main households will see tax goes down that's why she is a yes. take a look at the poll cnbc in all places first time in 11 years half the country says the economy is good or excellent. 41% expect the economy to improve next year. 47% of approve of the handling of the president of the united states when it comes to the economy. that is up 4 points from just september.

ainsley: economic optimism up and so is the president's approval rating it went up 4% since the month of september. i wonder if they coincide. brian: accomplishment, you can't take this tw two ways. i look at what the market is doing. because they are in to this thing of making money. they had another record high as soon as this looks like it's going to be a lay up today. dave bureaucrat economics professor and knows his stuff inside and out, remember, he beat eric cantor to get that position in virginia. he says average american single woman with a kid gets $1,000 back. if you make $70,000 as a family two kids and married you get 2,000 back. you go through it in every category, he says america is better off. ainsley: right now, if you are married you get $12,000 deduction. this is going to double that you will get 24,000 deduction. brian: if you are happily married you get even more. steve: tax cut tuesday. start voting in the house and then the senate. you will see it live here on fox. something you saw yesterday

ronald reagan building five blocks from the white house. the president of the united states unveiling what is known now as the trump doctrine it sure sounds a lot different than the obama doctrine not too far long ago. we will play a little of that first, here is the president yesterday on the new strategy where america comes first in the world. >> america is coming back and america is coming back strong. with every decision and every action, we are now putting america first. we are rebuilding our nation, our confidence, and our standing in the world. with this strategy, we are calling for a great reawakening of america. a resurgence of confidence and a rebirth of patriotism, prosperity and pride. with the strategy i'm announcing today, we are declaring that america is in the game and america is going to win. steve: he also said that the world is becoming a much more dangerous place and it's becoming dangerous quickly. brian: done with preemptive wars, he said. i'm not going to look to

change governments to make democracies and we are going to look at people as strategic competitors not necessarily enemies or friends. meanwhile, if i want to say to yourself this sounds differential than i'm used to hearing for the last 8 years. let's flashback to president obama's approach. tell me what you like better. >> there have been times where america has shown arrogance and been dismissive. even derisk. >> my job to the muslim world is to communicate that the americans are not your enemy. we sometimes make mistakes. >> we have at times been disengaged and at times we sought to dictate our terms. brian: i feel depressed already. ainsley: totally different. steve: president obama was talking about how the tide of war is receding and yesterday the president of the united states made it very clear we live in a very dangerous place and he is going to do everything he can to protect us. ainsley: the america first and that tour of president obama was the apology tour. he called it that.

brian: russia says they don't want to make of the speech they will wait and see. china says we have learned to watch what the president does. don't worry about what he says that was according to their nationally run newspaper. what are you looking at, jillian? jillian: i'm looking at -- steve: about a half an hour. brian: all right. we will see you in a second. ainsley: it's 12 minutes after the top of the hour. steve: they are in the country illegally and they came here to get abortions. they think they should be allowed but a judge just ruled on that. you will find out about it coming up. brian: does america first mean everyone else last? our next guest helped put the president's new national security policy together. she is here to fire back at some critics. ♪ big time ♪ big time ♪

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general. fox news foreign policy analysannual kyron skinner joins us right now to talk about this. you want to push back kyron about what? >> the idea that, first, that the america first strategy has been abandoned in the national security strategy. that it's inconsistent with the way the president campaigned and inconsistent with what he did in 2017. i think that's important to push back against because when you read the national security strategy, it is highly consistent with what the president campaigned on and in that way, his intellectual stamp is absolutely there. what i mean by this, perhaps he said it not so eloquently during the campaign. he said look at the past 70 years, post world war ii. the international system that the united states helped to form, create, and

organize. of it worked for a long time. we wer were organizing the international system helping people out of poverty. we were losing our own way, and it became particularly apparent in the 21st century. and we have got to change the game somewhat so that our interests are protected. we have got to look inward. and that's really reflected in the national security strategy. brian: right. but we also had a common enemy there and it was the cold war. you are with us or against us attitude. either you are going for the communist dominated our satellite or proxy for russia then the soviet union or you are not. nancy pelosi came back and said this, rather than make america more safe president trump today made his intention to double down on reckless and rash policies. instead of smart leadership the u.s. is offering the world further incoherence and confusion.

obviously she is not impressed. >> no. too bad she went in that direction. the emphasis on our economic security being our national security as reflected in this document i don't see how she could argue with that making our economy robust, makes it easier for us to be credible abroad. and to project military power. that's not a partisan issue. i think she didn't really read the document. brian: right. she maybe had that written ahead of time. you also talk about climate change is no longer a national security threat. preemptive war is not going to be happening. and when we looked at russia and you look at china, you talk about some people going to compete with, strategic -- we're going to be competing with strategically. how do you want russia and china to interpret this document? >> to read it the way that i think most americans are reading it in a nonpolitical, nonideological way. it is a nonideological document. it is a theoretical

document. one that says that all of our policies will emanate from america's interests. and those interests include political and territorial sovereignty and protection of our homeland. growing our economy. projecting and protecting our values. everything we do should come from those principles. and i want our adversaries and strategic partners, the chinese, russians and others to understand that america's ideas that we won't shy away from them, we won't back away from them, that we will use them as a force for good in the world. brian: while not abandoning our alliances like nato, right? >> absolutely. the document says we want cooperation, international cooperation based on reciprocity. so it actually the president's embracing our alliance. it's not abandoning them.

brian: kiron skinner thanks so much. >> thank you. brian: treating overdoses as murders help america's addiction problem. what do you think? that's next. this robot just hit the streets. what could possibly go wrong? it turns out a lot. you won'

steve: it is 6:24 in new york city. we begin with a fox news alert. the trump administration confirming north korea was the mastermind behind the largest ransom ware cyber attack in u.s. and world history. "wall street journal" reports the radical communist country pulled off the worldwide wanna cry hack as it was earlier this year. included hospitals and banks in 150 countries and cost caused

more than $4 billion worth of damage. north korea behind it the trump administration wants the u.s. supreme court toll block a teenager to get an abortion. the request coming hours after the federal judge allow that information and another 17-year-old illegal in a federal shelter to undergo that procedure. ainsley: prosecutors now treating opioid overdoses as homicides toughening the punishments for the drug dealers and other responsible for that person's death. our next guest made prosecuting drug related death a priority while he was a federal prosecutor. former u.s. attorney for eastern kentucky carrie b. harvey joins us now. thank you for joining us, kerry. >> good morning. good to be with you. ainsley: what does this mean for america? why was it important for you. >> it was certainly important in the eastern district of kentucky because

our region was simply devastated by the opioid crisis. so, we felt that we had to use every tool available to fight back against this crisis and certainly prosecution is not alone going to solve this problem but a robust law enforcement response is a necessary part of any solution. and so when people sell these poisons on the street, and it kills people, there should be severe punishment. we think there is a deterrent effect in that. i also believe that selling heroin and selling fentanyl on the streets is not a victimless crime. it's not a nonviolent crime. and the families of overdose victims deserve a measure of justice. and i think these prosecutions deliver that. ainsley: absolutely. you are going after tougher prison sentences for the people who gave these kids or these individuals their drugs. they die as a result. and to prevent other kids or other people, i say kids because i know some teenagers that are dealing with this.

but this effects people of all ages all across the country. it's becoming just an epidemic as you say. this is enforcing tougher prison sentences for people who give them drugs. is it working in your state? >> i believe it's working. we had at least antidotal evidence that when we would initiate and successfully prosecute overdose cases, the people in the community that deals drugs pay attention to that. we would, for example, overhear jail calls of drug dealers who were in jail. those calls are recorded. and when we would prosecute these case, it would create quite a buzz. again, tough prosecution alone will not solve the problem. but a strong law enforcement response is a necessary element along with treatment and prevention. i think it's part of the solution and the more consistently we approach these cases with using the overdose laws on the books,

the greater the deterrent effect we'll achieve. ainsley: how are most people getting their opioids? >> you know it, comes in a variety of ways there are many people who become addicted to opioid actually through legitimate medical prescriptions. and once they're addicted then they turn to the streets. i think the statistics, the data shows us that about 80% of heroin users first engaged in the nonmedical use of prescription pills. so we know that prescription opioids are the pathway to heroin and fentanyl use. ainsley: because it's cheaper? >> then we see it's just a fact that there are ruthless people who organize themselves in to drug distribution networks who are willing to traffic in this misery and we have to address those people with

very strong enforcement effort in addition to addressing the addicts with compassion and the healthcare that they need. ainsley: yeah. kerry vkerry b. harvey thank you for trying to help these people addicted to opioids. we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. ainsley: amtrak train was going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit before derailing in washington state. there's the result. how did that right there happen? an investigator with the ntsb joins us live from the scene coming up next. and she called the tax bill armageddon. so why was nancy pelosi a no show at a protest against it? ♪ it ain't no lie ♪ i want to see you out that door ♪ baby, bye, bye, bye ♪ last week. just 1 pill each morning, 24 hours and zero heartburn. it's been the number 1 doctor recommended brand for 10... ...straight years, and it's still recommended today.

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crashing on to a highway below. brian: it happened yesterday. the ntsb says the train was going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. newly finished track from seattle to portland. steve: 72 people were taken to the hospital. miraculously a newborn on board survived unharmed. an army soldier on the highway jumping in to help save lives. >> i couldn't afford to be scared. i couldn't afford to be shocked. i had to do what i'm called to do. and focus and channel that into helping these people around me get to safety as best as possible. ainsley: heavy cranes are now being used to lift the crushed vehicles off the interstate. steve: joining us now is a board member of the national transportation safety board reporting live this morning from dupont, washington. good morning to you, bella. ainsley: good morning. >> hello. steve: i know it's early in the investigation. the crew and the conductor

survived, i understand. at what point does the ntsb speak to them about what happened. >> we want to make sure everybody is safe and sound. we want to thank the first responders getting to the scene. if you were here, i just viewed the scene, it's a scene of mass destruction. it's very impressive the work that they did in order to get people out and to save them. as far as the crew, today and tomorrow will be a attempting to interview them and we hope that we'll be able to get more information about exactly what happened. ainsley: bell, as far as the people injured or killed, were any of them on the road below or were they all in the train? >> we be aware of the fact that all of the deaths were on the -- we're actually inside the train. but, we'll leave the exact numbers to the local

authorities since unfortunately there were many victims and as you said they were dispersed to many different hospitals. brian: anyone in an automobile knows sometimes you have to go over the speed limit or you choose to go over the speed limit. for those of us that don't drive trains for a living, how often do you go 50 miles over the speed limit? how rare is that? >> well, that's a good question. so trains are a little bit different because there's a whole carriage you have to worry about and worry about the each of the section of the speed territory. that's what we are here to find out. we are lucky there were event data recorders inside both locomotives and we were able to secure the data from at least one of the locomotives so far. and that's how we know that the train was going at 80 miles per hour in a track which was a 30 mile-per-hour zone. steve: right, bella, any

concern about the fact, this was the maiden voyage the first on rails that were retrofitted. any concern about that? >> well, i think that there has been a lot of talk about ptc or positive train control. we will be looking at all aspects of signals from -- that are related to this accident. and ptc will certainly be one of them. i think that as many of us know, ptc can prevent. types of train accidents. and we'll be investigating very carefully to see whether it could have been prevented, the destruction that happened just behind us here. brian: thanks, bella. ainsley: thank you, bellla. hopefully we will get answers soon. meanwhile we will hand it over to jillian who has headlines for us. ainsley: get you caught up with headlines. an iraqi refugee who wanted to blow up two houston malls will spend 16 years behind

bars. authorities say omar farage see e.d. confessed to wanting to plant multiple bombs and detonate them with cell phones in 2014. he wanted to leave the u.s. and join isis with another refugee in california. the 25-year-old was granted legal permanent residence in the u.s. in 2011. nancy pelosi is so worked up about the new tax bill that she actually bailed on a protest against it. the house minority leader no showing at an event that she planned to speak at on monday on capitol hill. even msnbc pointing out a lot of things didn't go according to plan. >> this particular protest was supposed to start at 3:00. supposed to feature nancy pelosi and supposed to have hundreds of people. none of those things are going to end up being true. jillian: just last week if you will recall, pelosi referred to the bill as armageddon. the real life crime fighting cop looking for work. canine cameras and ar laundry room system was fired over charges it discriminated against the homeless in san francisco. it had been used by a

nonprofit to deter crime. people in the city responded by smearing barbecue sauce on sensors, knocking it over and putting a tarp over it. president trump walt disney world or at least version. >> above all to be american is to be an optimist to. believe we can always do better and that the message of our great nation are still ahead of us. jillian: doesn't look too bad. 45th president making his debut at the hall of attractions. the president recorded of the speech himself. of the hall officially reopens today after a nearly year long. brian: i watched the whole thing. they got his gestures down. they nailed it that is my favorite exhibit at disney. jillian: is it really? brian: i love going. and even in the vestibule which they call it the vestibule along with the vic controlla. little round area have great

pictures in history and trophy cases. it's good to see the president in there. there was some type of delay. it took a full year. steve: complete transformation of the building apparently according to jillian's reportage. brian: i wonder if there is going to be any incidents with the divided nation. people show up there and have a problem. ainsley: i don't remember that exhibit at disney. brian: were you on the ferris wheel? ainsley: space mountain when i which i know is epcot and mountain of terror. it's a small world. brian: it's by that. ainsley: it's been decades. steve: that was universal. ainsley: disney i like the castle. janice went recently with her kids. do you remember the presidents? janice: yes. ainsley: we believe you that it's there. steve: we hear her right there. janice, we have extreme weather to talk to you about. hundreds of people showing up at lambeau field in wisconsin to try to remove the heavy snow before the

big game vikings against the packers. janice: flash flooding could put. brian: only thing left for me to do is toss to janice. janice: yes, all of the above are true. take a look at the temperatures. here in new york it's 46. weirdly warm across the east coast. we do have changes in the forecast that are going to happen over the next week or. so last 24 hours, you can see a lot of moisture working its way from the gulf of mexico across the northeast. the northwest getting feet of snow and that's going to move into the northern plains and the midwest. that's the future radar and we're going to see inches and inches of rainfall. unfortunately across the southeast. and maybe some snow across the northeast on christmas day. so there's your gfs model forecast precipitation. a lot of heavy know rockies and western great lakes. warm temperatures will bring a lot of rain northeast and mississippi valley. temperatures are going to get cold really over the next couple of days as we head over the weekend,

saturday, sunday, monday as we head into christmas. that's where we will see potential itly the snow. travel delays east coast not only thursday but friday and saturday. if you are traveling just be aware saturday could be the worst day along the east coast. and we could have a white christmas here in new york city on christmas day. steve: fantastic. that's what we want to hear. janice: we need to get people there. that's the most modern thing. steve: thank you very much, janice perfect report. brian: 19 manipulates before the top of the hour. if he can't play he might as well own the team. the move collin kaepernick wants to make inside the nfl. steve: president trump says he won't fire robert mueller but should he? and what does the law say? all rise judge andrew napolitano is here in studio f and he is here on "fox & friends" ♪ maybe somewhere down the road where somebody place ♪ the end of the line ♪ purple haze.

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brian: quick headlines right now. i will start a protest-free monday night football. can you imagine. atlanta falcons staying alive in the run off hunt. freeman soaking up the spotlight. 126 yards on the ground and a touchdown. the falcons happening on to a win over the disappointed tampa bay buccaneers. former cheerleader is taking over the carolina panthers. tina becker, who worked her way up to chief operating officer will take the reigns until a buyer is found. bauer stopped down sexual. they are bizarre. >> he wants in. p. diddy wants to buy it he is worth $700 million according to my son. because he makes liquor.

steve: meanwhile president trump says he will not fire robert mueller but is he pretty upset about allegations the special counsel improperly or illegally obtained thousands of emails from the transition team. ainsley: legally, did mueller do anything wrong? here to break it down for us is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. he got the president's emails from the time he was elected all the way until the time of the inauguration. >> i don't know if donald trump's emails were in there. steve: transition. ainsley: transition team. >> i had some substantial involvement with the transition team. i never knew him to email. but bob mueller and his team did obtain the emails of the transition team. so we are talking about the three month period from election day until inauguration day. how did he get them? well, he can't issue a subpoena. only a grand jury can. and the grand jury will only issue a subpoena if somebody gives them a reason. so some fbi agent testified under oath before the grand jury as to what they thought was in the emails, why they needed them. the grand jury issues the

subpoena. now the problem arises. so when the subpoena is served on the gsa, government services administration, which is part of the executive branch, which had the records of the transactions. steve: custodian. >> president trump is now president when this was happening. the gsa should have said to the transition team, still edges cysts, we have a subpoena from the special prosecutor grand jury. we are going to comply with it in 10 days. if you want to challenge it, here is a copy. go to court and challenge it. they didn't do that when no challenge came, they complied with it so mueller's people had tens of thousands of emails. you may say so what? i will tell you the significance. mueller's team interviewed. the fbi agents interviewed most people in the west wing who also worked for the transition team. those people at the time of the interviews undoubtedly did not know that the fbi. steve: they had the emails. the fbi agents interviewing them already read their emails.

remember, it's a crime to lie to the fbi. it is not a crime for the fbi to trick you into lying. just ask mike flynn. steve: perjury trap. brian: he didn't know he was being interviewed. he just thought he was having a conversation. >> this is not just mueller's procedure. this is the way the feds prosecute. i have been a critic of it for many years. i'm in the minority. the courts have upheld it. the fbi is allowed to do this. ainsley: what are they looking for, judge? >> well, they are looking for something on donald trump. looking to see if somebody in the campaign entered into some agreement with russia, hey, you help us win, and we'll get rid of the sanctions. let's face it, that's what they're looking for. whether they have found it or not, we don't know. one of the ways they look is to squeeze people on the bottom to tell stories about people up top. brian: jewels so you know. they feel as though they were told by a gsa official who now died if we need any of this information on the computer equipment we gave you for the transition, we will tell you that guy is dead. so, let's just move on real

quick. >> the gsa had a legal obligation to tell transition. brian: i would think so. it seems logical. real quick. the president is under the impression that he is going to get exonerated soon. "the washington post" has a story it's going to be another year. who is right? >> i think "the washington post" is right. i have been critical of the president's lawyers for, forgive me, for lulling him into a false sense of security. in august they said it would be over by thanksgiving. here it is by christmas it's heating up. i think it's going to go on for another year. if the president fires mueller in my view it would be a terrible mistake politically, somebody else will pick up the reigns. the investigation is not going to go away until they indict or exonerate. steve: all right. judge. thanks for breaking down. >> merry christmas. another year, brian, more gray hair. all the best. steve: the house intel committee also investigating russia. and they have a leak problem. how could there have been reports about what donald trump jr. was saying while he was still testifying

behind closed doors? how did that happen? ainsley: republicans set to pass the first tax reform in decades today? it's something that grover norquist knows a whole lot about. and he can sum up. why is it a good thing for america? he will sum it up in one word next. steve: really? it's going to be a short segment. brian: it's going to be really short ♪ ride with me ♪ ride with me ♪ see where this thing goes ♪

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>> give you, the american people, a giant tax cut for christmas. steve: and it could happen today, making today tax cut tuesday. as congress is set to vote

first the house and then the senate on the plan. it could pass by this time tomorrow. and our next guest says it's a great thing for the american people. joining us now is the founder and presidents of americans for tax reform, the ultimate tax authority. grover norquist. grover, good morning to you. >> hey, steve. good to be with you. steve: how excited are you? not since 1986 has america really seen sweeping tax reform. >> yeah. this is a huge step forward. when they take the business taxes from 35% highest in the world, least competitive in the world, socialist china is at 25, we are at 35 and we wonder why we have problems? we do that to ourselves. finally we will take it down to 21 which makes us competitive with europe and other countries. that changes a lot in terms of how the next 20, 30 years look in terms of job creation. not just big companies. half of americans work for pass throughs, which are companies that organize

inside -- the individual income tax. 28 million american companies will finally have lower taxes, small companies, 28 million. but half of americans work there. and the democrats are attacking that. good luck running an election when you are attacking 28 million companies and half the population. steve: no kidding. the silver lining, you say the number one best reason for this is jobs. you just touched on that a moment ago. >> yep, jobs, jobs, jobs. it's going to create jobs. it's going to drive up wages. also, your 401(k), your ira, your lifetime savings. that will jump dramatically because the tax cuts make it easier for businesses to invest and more profitable to succeed. steve: you know, the democrats have been somewhat successful in convincing the mainstream media that this is just a gigantic give away to the rich. >> well, first of all, that's what the democrats say whenever you cut taxes. but, in point of fact, one of the things that's happening here is 6.6 million americans are today hit with that

obamacare tax. if you don't buy obamacare they tax you. 700 bucks for a person. $2,400 for a family of four. that ends when this bill is signed. 6.6 million americans, 80% make less than 50,000. that goes away. steve: it could be on the president's desk by tomorrow if it goes through the house and the senate. real quick, the one major difference between now and 1986, when tipp o'neal worked with ronald reagan is not a single democrat wants to get on board with this. >> one of the things that the establishment press has failed to talk about is the democratic party has veered dramatically to the left there used to be democrats. the '86 bill took the individual rate down to 28%. we're up at over 40% now. and the democrats who all cheerfully voted for 28% are now whining because we are bringing the top rate down to 37%. that's how far left they

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investigation. [bell] >> yesterday the dow notched its 70th record close of the year. the most in a calendar year ever. ♪ ♪ ainsley: christmas week. the dow closed 70th record this year alone. your 401(k)s are looking good this christmas. brian: what's more important is wall street who lives on dollar and cents and profits and margins said i looked at this plan and it's good. i think it's going to harassment i don't know anybody who doesn't think that the tax reform is going to happen today. steve: well, the big question was would there be enough republicans and it looks like there will be. we will give you details on tax cut tuesday in a minute. right now, 701 in new york city. we have a fox news alert. brian: all right. a scene of mass destruction. that grim description from the ntsb this morning as we

learned that the amtrak train that derailed in washington state was going at least 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. steve: there have been a number of different numbers of the fatalities. we do know, according to the washington state police at least three people were killed. 10 are seriously hurt in area hospitals. ainsley: claudia cowan joins us live from the scene with the latest. what does it look like this morning, claudia? >> well, no official cause yet. it's way too soon for that but no question as you mentioned. stevespeed clearly a factor. this train on first ever run from seattle down to portland was going 50 miles over the allotted speed limit as it headed into a curve and hurdled off this overpass and as you can see, the train wreck damage is still there investigators with the national transportation safety board have recovered the train's event data recorder. that's the equivalent of an airplane's black box. and say the train was going 80 miles per hour in a 30

mile-per-hour zone. whether speed alone cause the derailment or contributed to it remains to be seen. but passengers say they could sense the impending danger just prior to the crash. >> the train just tipped and screeched. and then slammed. >> the second we started leaning over i'm like this doesn't feel right. when it didn't feel right that's when it immediately the train like buckled. >> when i stepped out, i didn't really realize i was standing on another train car. >> we really want to thank all first responders for getting to the scene. i mean, if you were here, i just viewed the scene and it's a scene of mass destruction. >> many passengers and bystanders also put their own safety aside to help others. there were 85 people on the train. three of them died. their identities are not been released. 72 were treated at local hospitals. 10 are listed in serious condition. now, the train tracks, which

had been used by freight trains for years had recently undergone upgrade to high grade passengers service washington and portland. although the software not used for stopping speeding training on tracks. with trains traveling so close to traffic and pedestrians. amtrak said at this time we will not speculate about the cause and we encourage others not to speculate as well. and back here live you can see huge cranes are now lifting away the wreckage. tough going in steady downpour this morning. interstate 5 is a mainly artery in the pacific northwest along the entire west coast. and highway officials are hoping to get this stretch of freeway back open to traffic just as soon as possible. hopefully later today. back to you in new york. steve: claudia, thank you so much. half the highway is open. the other half is closed.

brian: final passage of the tax reform bill that the president put forward. the house will do -- have a debate and likely pass it this afternoon. then the senate will debate it lightly. and the tax bill will pass late this afternoon. then i imagine they will scurry over to the white house for dramatic signing ceremony. steve: big question is, you know, the house has always been a done deal, what would happen in the senate? what would susan collins and mike lee, they had been a little squishy, now we know that both of them will be yeses. mike lee is a yes. bob consideringebob corker is ge yes. the only undecided is jeff flake. the president is not undecided he is already tweeting about it this morning. ainsley: stocks and economy have a long way to go after the tax bill is fully understood and appreciated in scope and size. immediatens penceing will have a big impact on biggest tax cuts enjoy and create many beautiful jobs. brian: the main thing it's up to corporate america to

do that. they are getting the biggest break 35 to 21. reagan went from 50 to 28. that was dramatic. 70 votes. this will be decrease. everybody else gets a decrease in their seven brackets and more money to write off. and they can feel it as early as february. ainsley: if you are married you get 24,000 you can write that of o. it used to be 1,000. it doubles. if you have a small business, there is a new 20% business income tax deduction for the pass through business owner. that's like someone who has a shop on etsy or anyone who has an llc. steve: indeed. anyway, when you look at that and couple that with the fact that ever since he was made president of the united states in the election last year, and he has cut as many regulations as he could and in fact we heard him say last week we had said that for every new regulation we would cut two. but so far for every new regulation they have cut 22. combine that with taxes and the economy, it looks like it's about to take off. i know you look at the stock

market and we hit the 70th tie of the year again yesterday. but, cnbc came out with a poll yesterday that shows for the first time in 11 years. more than a decade, more than half the country says the economy right now is excellent or good. ainsley: the president's approval rating is up 4%. since september's polls. brian: couple things that are in this bill rich lowry writes about it today. his magazine came out famously against trump. even traditional republican, conservative republican presidents probably could have accomplished so much. look what's happening inside this bill. the individual mandate is repealed anwr drilling. we debated this for 25 years. ted stephens lived and died during this entire debate over in alaska. now the drilling will start. steve: the point of his column is it looks like the first year of the trump presidency is a big success. we're going to talk to former speaker of the house newt gingrich who is going to be with us in the next half hour. also about 90 minutes from right now, sarah huckabee

sanders live from the white house 8:30 eastern time. brian: andrew mccabe seems to have a lot of conflict of schedule fbi. led him to postpone ago few appearances. andy will be up there to answer some questions. like, for example, what were those text messages referring to between peter strzok and linda page where they said talked about a strategy that andy put forward possibly an insurance plan? the "wall street journal" has a theory. i would say the "wall street journal's" source about the theory of what they were discussing, it still makes no sense. ainsley: dirty dossier lead to surveillance? he will be asked about ohr, the guy who worked for doj bruce ohr and his wife working for fusion gps and he was meeting with christopher steele who was writing the dirty dossier. meanwhile he is meeting with the president. steve: since you mentioned the "wall street journal" we should explain what that was. what it is expected mr. mccabe is going to say that insurance policy was actually to continue with

the russia investigation. apparently lisa page, the woman who was having the affair with peter strzok, the agent, she felt that hillary clinton was going to win and they would have plenty of time to investigate. but he felt there was a possibility that donald trump could win, so they had to be very aggressive with it. and gather the evidence quickly. so that was the insurance policy according to the reporting by the "wall street journal." and, you know, it does seem plausible that apparently is what mr. mccabe is going to say. brian: it doesn't -- but it doesn't make it any better. if that's your explanation, that's not going to make it any better. why do you have to rapidly increase your investigation on a guy that you clearly don't like unless you were lying on all your -- ainsley: i'm so sick of them interviewing them behind closed doors. we have the right to know as taxpayers. they should interview everyone who they think has information on russia collusion, let that be out in the public. every time -- has anything happened to anyone who has gone in front of one of these committees, anyone

been arrested? any new information? steve: like the perjury thing? ainsley: no, nothing. when they do make it public and ask them a question they say i plead the fifth or i do know the answer but i can't tell you. okay. why are we wasting our taxpayer dollars. brian: i have a compromise. close the doors but do it after we get in. so you let us in with the cameras. close the doors. how about that? ainsley: allow everyone in america in. brian: and then close the doors. brian: that's called a wall, the border wall. steve: he wants to build that wall on capitol hill. here is something we hadn't heard apparently the senate intel committee is probing, they are probing collusion, right? apparently they have started two new investigations they are looking into the fact that it looks like hillary clinton and her campaign dossier. the other bombshell is now apparently they are probing whether or not jill stein, the green party candidate colluded with the russians. remember, she was at that

same dinner in 2015 that mike flynn where he was famously at the same table with mr. putin, so the there are two investigations looking into russian collusion. hillary and the dossier and jill stein whether she was colluding with the. ainsley: sounds like russia threw a bunch of spaghetti against the wall and whoever wins hopefully we can help. brian: to find out if it's ready you throw it against the wall if it stick do you eat it. [buzzer] ainsley: your mother would be appalled she knows without throwing it at the wall. brian: it's al dente. steve: because it leaves a dent in the wall. i know your mother is watching right now. marie, if that is true, call me on the bat phone. brian: absolutely. we always have to paint our kitchen every year. a lot of speaghts. jilspaghetti.donald trump got m? steve: let's collect the

dots she is the one who called for the recount. now they are investigating her for collusion. aha. ainsley: are you following all of this? are you confused yet? brian: unrelated to jill stein is jillian mele. you are not related. jillian: i am not. let's get you caught up on fox news alert. the trump administration confirming north korea was the master mind behind the largest ransom ware cyber attack in history. the "wall street journal" reports the erratic communist country pulled off the worldwide wanna cry hack earlier this year. the attack impacted 230,000 computers including hospitals and banks in 150 countries an caused more than $150 worth of damages. u.n. ambassador block decision to recognize jerusalem as capital of israel. nikki haley vetoing a measure backed by the other 14 security counsel measures which would have made any changes to the city's status void. >> what we witnessed here today in the security

council is an insult. it won't be forgotten. jillian: this is the first veto cast by the news nearly 6 years. palestine will now seek a similar resolution in the general assembly where there are no vetoes. that's a look at your headlines. brian: all right, jill. ainsley: jillian. brian: she caught me last time. forget thomas jefferson move over andrew jackson. barack obama is in. three names making headlines this morning. no more jefferson jackson dinner. steve: it's tax cut tuesday. the republican tax cut plan, the worst thing since the fugitive slave act. it that is one comparison one columnist is making. kevin jackson doesn't like it. he's going to talk about that next on "fox & friends" ♪ don't tread on me ♪ you do all this research

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♪ ♪ steve: the house of representatives set to start voting on the republican tax plan later today and opponents are already ramping up their attacks. take a look at this op-ed on philly.com. columnist will bunch writing, quote: there is a reason the tax bill is so unpopular, it's a terrible idea. arguably, if approved, the

worst law to be enacted on capitol hill since the fugitive slave act of 1850. here with reaction is radio talk show host, fox news contributor and executive director of the black sphere kevin jackson. good morning to you. >> thanks, steve. steve: let's start out what was the fugitive slave act of 1850? what was that. >> a lot of people don't know there was a time where blacks escaped from the plantation, the fugitive slave act says you must return the, quote, property back to the property owner. that's what he is referring to. steve: so he is comparing that to the tax plan. >> right. because what democrats do with everything that they demagogue is they always have to hearken back to the days of protecting the colored fellow. the irony is that the democrats are the people who ask for the fugitives, they put the fugitive slave act in the constitution. all right. so they are the ones that asked for it every time they want to demonize something, they hearken back to slavery. what they should have been looking at is things like obamacare, the regulations

that crushed businesses and had the highest black unemployment in decades. they could have looked at the consumer protection financial bureau and community reinvestment. blacks lost more houses during the time of obama than any time in history. put more people on welfare. he goes back to that the other thing that i think people in america are sick of is the idea that donald trump is rocking it. i mean, you guys just did the last segment with grover, talking about everything that's happened. the stock market that's through the roof. steve: right. >> consumer sfdz extremely high. and everything donald trump is touching for the most part has turned to gold. and these guys want to fight. steve: it's driving them crazy. you reverenced our conversation with grover norquist. he says that the big driver of this is going to be job. that's going to help everybody. >> well, look. so we have already gotten unemployment. i don't know how far back but it goes back decades low. we have the lowest unemployment for hispanics, i believe in history. i didn't see the latest unemployment numbers for

blacks, but it is absolutely going down to record levels. and so what else do you want to complain about? it's like my grandmother would say you can give a democrat reach arm they will want bread. it's never going to be enough. when are we going to satisfy them in the answer is never. we won donald trump's tax record you mentioned this in the last segment in the last year he is probably the best president in history. how do we not let him go forward with his plan? steve: not a single democrat is going to vote for it later today. >> that's going to be at their peril. steve: no kidding. kevin is going to be on outnumbered today. if you are not doing anything at the noon hour check him out 12:00 p.m. eastern time. >> thanks. steve: what do you think about that email us friends@foxnews.com. giving hezbollah a pass to get president obama's iran deal done. really? there is more to it we will tell you about that meet the

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♪ ainsley: i love that music. doesn't it make you want to dance? it's christmas time, too. we are so excited. it's time for news by the numbers. first, 70%, that's how much coal exports surged in the first three quarters of this year. president trump made the industry a priority on the campaign trail you might remember. the international energy agency partially crediting his deregulation for that increase. also, $4 billion. that is how much britain's brand new aircraft carrier costs. but now, the h.m.s. queen elizabeth has a leak taking

in 50 gallons every hour. the ship needs a repair just two weeks after joining the royal navy fleet. and finally, 3. that is how many astronauts arrived at the international space station overnight. the team including american scott tingle greeting the astronauts already on board. two of them are also from the united states. brian, down to you. brian: right. those men were very close to you, ainsley. meanwhile a bombshell new report accusing the obama administration undermining the dea to take down hezbollah's drug briz enterprise letting off the hook to ultimately secure the infamous iran deal. now a republican congressman just the first in demanding the house look into this, that is congressman pit pitten pittenger. rebeccah heinrichs and state department spokesperson for the obama administration marie harf. what did you know at your level in the state department. >> well, brian, i was part

of the negotiating team that got the iran nuke lehr deal done. until politico wrote this piece i had never even heard of this program. you know the politico story, this narrative in it is just false. and there's no evidence in this story to back up their allegations. they quote a couple of low level ideological sources who clearly don't like the iran deal, but everything i know just doesn't back up this narrative. in 2016, for example, the obama administration d.e.a. did take action against hezbollah's drug and laundering operation. so, this story is a hit job, honestly with no truth behind it, brian. brian: it would be one of the first hit jobs ever that the politico put out on the obama administration it would make history. >> we are making history this morning. brian: make history here. in its determination to secure an iranian deal with iran, the obama administration derailed an ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting drug enforcement of the iranian backed hezbollah group even as it funneled cocaine into the united states.

this is a very sophisticated detailed story. rebecca, your reaction? if this is to be believed and it's so complicated in which they do it and the d.e.a. is so deep into it it's hard to imagine, unless you are a fiction writer coming up with this, unless it's based on fact. what's your reaction? >> this is a well-sourced bombshell report from politico. these are not anonymous sources that they based it on. one of the individuals who name is david ashur a dodd department of defense analyst that headed this program. so these are not anonymous sources like a lot of these hit pieces against the trump administration are it's well-sourced and well documented and fits in with the overall pattern how the obama administration behaved leading up to the iran deem. the president want thed iran deal at any cost. not only delay the program even according to barack obama, the iran deal only delayed the nuclear weapons program. it didn't end it. so we have a latent program in place. but he made all of these concessions leading up to it

we are only beginning to understand everything. but, this is a bombshell, well-sourced, well-documented report. brian: some of that money, which was documented in this story and project cassandra went back to the iranians after all they would finance hezbollah which tangentially killed our people with their ieds. marie, on top of that john brennan is also caught up in this because he knew all about this. he should be asked to come forward and answer this once and for all, don't you think? >> brian, this is all pure speculation from people who were not involved in the iran nuclear deal. they were not in a position to know why certain policies were being pursued and why they resident were. i kno know there are people who don't like the nuclear deal. that is not breaking news. the two sources stated in this story are clearly ideological. there is no evidence presented in this story that the dea did not go after hezbollah's drug smuggling. in fact they did in the obama administration as late as 016 when we were

negotiating. so, i know it's an interesting story, but honestly, it is just not accurate. brian: rebecca, they also go out of way to bring up and raise the profile of hezbollah. those old hezbollah people, the founders they were terrorists. these people seem to be nicer. >> no. these were terrorists. and you mention john brennan. this was a man who talked about bringing hezbollah into the fold and trying to, you know, legitimize hezbollah. so, it makes perfect sense with what the administration was trying to do. and oh, by the way. one of these, according to the report, one of these senior hezbollah leaders reported directly to vladimir putin. this was a drug dealer. this was a weapons dealer that brought drugs into syria. and so when you talk about, you know, the media is right now in a frenzy trying to find collusion between the trump administration and the russians when here you had as a matter of policy the obama administration doing that, just that very thing. steve. brian: maria and rebecca we agree on one thing. time to bring herb front and center.

either defend yourself or find yourself accused. this is a detailed article from a source that doesn't usually go after anything president obama related. >> absolutely. brian: maria so great to have you because you were at the state department. thanks, rebecca for your expertise. >> thanks for having me. brian: tax cuts for christmas, that's a good thing, right? all depends on who you ask. >> it will hurt people who make less money it will hurt poor people, working people, poor people. >> we see this tax bill is unpopular. brian: newt gingrich is about to separate fact from fiction. and a career of service he served in the navy. graduate offed from the fbi academy. and was chief of police in new hampshire. now eddie edwards is running for congress. we're are going to talk to him coming up straight ahead ♪ it's a ride in a chevrolet ♪ it's a man on the moon ♪ it's it's fireflies in june ♪ it's kids selling lemonade ♪

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>> the general shape of this legislation has been clear from its first iterations that it will hurt people who make less money. it will hurt poor people, working people middle class people. >> we see this tax bill is unpopular and overwhelming majority of the american people believe clearly the benefits do go to the wealthy. vote on sweeping rewrite of the rust tax law. >> those seem to be what do you make how the mainstream media are depicting this big tax cut? >> . you have to start out with that understanding. they hate trump. they are just stunned that

he is pulling this off. they disagree with people like paul ryan who, for his entire career has talked about creating jobs, reducing taxes on working americans. they want to have high taxes and big food stamps and lights of welfare. we want to have low taxes, lots of jobs and lots of take home pay. these are anesthetic call world views. the result is here is what is happening. all of the elite media is lying about the tax cuts. so the day after day after day they lie about it. and then did you go to the average american and say what do you think? they say gosh, based on what i have heard i guess i'm against it then the media says oh my gosh, this is unpopular tax cut. wait until february or march and the president has already indicated they will change the tax tables as of february 1. wait until people get doubling of their deduction wait until the child tax credit comes in dramatically higher.

doubled. wait until we see job creation. wait until that average small business suddenly has a big tax cut. more money at home. able to hire more people. and wait until people who don't currently have a job suddenly find out as the president said the other day, it's not just about getting one job. what if had you a choice of three or four jobs because the economy is doing so well? ainsley: yeah. >> reagan campbell, john f. kennedy gamble. the left is going to lose this gamble. the democrats who vote no this week will pay a price this fall for having decided to take more money out of the american people. ainsley: why isn't there at least one or two democrats? if you look at the numbers, the narrative that they are spreading that the middle class is going to be hurt. but if you look at all the numbers. we have had experts on for weeks talking about this, and if you look at the numbers, that's not true. >> look, look, the democrats have become the must cocks party.

they are terrified of individuals. they do everything the left tells them to do. senator from north dakota or senator from west virginia or indiana or missouri to vote no on this tax bill is almost suicidal. once it sinks in that the republicans run an aggressive campaign this year based on reality. says look, do you like lower taxes and more take home pay? do you like more jobs? do you like companies investing in the u.s. instead of overseas? all these things are starting to happen a big-time way. steve moore a great economist has a great article out he is predicting probably get to 4% real growth next year. well, that would be so much higher. that would be two years of growth on more than two years of growth under obama. in one year. i think this is all a gamble. brian: 2018 could end up with immigration. i believe that's next. and then do infrastructure which is going to be hard for democrats to sit out of. they have always said that's what they wanted. i want to bring it to if i

can the latest chapter in this investigation. you know, last week was all about these revelations about the higher ups on this investigation. and what they might have -- what their political agendas are i want to bring you to the one text message that needs answers and maybe andrew mccabe can bring it to us today. he is the deputy director of the fbi. this from peter strzok to linda page to lisa page. i want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in andy's office. meaning andrew mccabe assumes that. that there is no way he gets elected. but i'm afraid we can't take that risk. it's like an insurance policy and in the unlikely event you die before you are 40. today in the "wall street journal," they ask people that know, and they think that he was referring to the investigation we're now experiencing. i actually don't think that makes him look any better. what's your take on these texts? >> well, let me ask you, first of all, correct me if i am wrong, isn't andrew mccabe the same person whose wife as a democratic candidate. steve: yes.

>> got $900,000 running for the state senate? so you have somebody there whose wife is getting 900 grand from the democratic party, holding a meeting in which -- i would like to know what's the plan? what is it that they briefed him on? he should be required under oath, remember, we are playing this game here where hillary clinton never goes under oath but all the trump people go under oath. mccabe should be put under oath and should be asked what was the plan? second, why didn't you recuse yourself in the idea that mccabe in any way could be neutral is crazy. third, why is this guy still in the fbi? don't tell me just shifted to a different place. they clearly have a bad apple who was consciously trying to undermine the next president of the united states. using the criminal powers of the federal government. i mean, that is really dangerous stuff that leads you a big step away from the rule of law and towards the kind of behavior you see in third world countries. steve: i do believe andrew

mccapable did recuse himself one week before the election but i could be wrong. yesterday the president of the united states went down the street from the white house to the ronald reagan building where he unveiled essentially what's being referred to as the trump doctrine. it's the national security strategy. usually presidents don't do it in their first year they just hand it in so the people have a record of it he was proud of essentially putting to paper what he had said out on the campaign trail. but the world is a dangerous place and he is going to do his best to keep us safe. what did you make of it? >> look, nibble who cares seriously about american safety should read the actual paper, the national security strategy paper, which the president referred to in his speech as well as reading the speech. here is an effort in a very serious way and it's good that he did it at the reagan building because ronald reagan would have absolutely been proud of him trump is saying to all of us unless the american economy is strong, unless we are

capable of affording the right kind of defense. envelopes we are wise about how we use our resources, we are not going to be able to protect ourselves and we live in a dangerous world with a have a right of real threats. if you read the actual paper and i have. i can tell you this is a profound national security strategy it is the biggest change i think since reagan in 1981 set out to defeat the soviet empire it is in the tradition of trusm's nsc 68 and reagan strategy. and is the end of this globalization idea that somehow the world is going to love us. we will live in peace forever. we don't have to worry about protecting americans. this is the end of the international elite's dream that they could reduce american sovereignty to being run by diplomats and lawyers. brian: no apology. thanks, newt gingrich. ainsley: sower china, sower russia. thanks, mr. speaker. >> thanks. steve: 18 minutes before the top of the hour and jillian

joins us. good morning. jillian: good morning to you and good morning to you at home as well. let's get you caught up on this story. the reported ms-13 13 gang member arrested trying to get back into the u.s. the border patrol busting 45-year-old from el salvador attempting to cross the border in arizona. he has been convicted and served time for multiple felony charges in california. president trump has vowe vow irradicate the violent gang in the u.s. colorado democrats are renaming the annual fundraising event after the obamas. the jefferson jackson dinner will now be referred to as the obama dinner to honor both former president and first ladies, quote, historic contributions. like obamacare, economic growth and children's health programs. for years democratic parties across the u.s. have held jefferson-jackson dinners after our two founding fathers. several are now changing the name. a little boy taking justifiable into his own hands after watching how the grinch stole christmas. 5-year-old tylon calling 911

to warn them of the grinch's evil plan. >> this is the bauer police department. >> arrest the grinch so the grinch won't steal christmas, okay? jillian: how cute. when the grinch came to town officers in mississippi called him to help get the monster behind bars. he wants to be a cop when he grows up. isn't that adorable? ainsley: so adorable. steve: listen; ainsley: he doesn't want christmas stolen. steve: janice, it's a pretty nice day. janice: it is a nice day what your name. >> emily harris. >> where are from you. >> montgomery alabama. janice: give me the forecast in new york. >> partly cloudy and warm. janice: excellent. right over here, happy birthday to. >> roger. >> happy birthday dad. >> where is he? >> michigan. janice: we are about to go to break. yea, thanks for coming. yea. merry christmas.

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♪ ainsley: well in a little more than an hour, the stock market is going to reopen after another record milestone yes 401(k). the dow posting its 70th record high of this year alone of 2017. rising 5,000 points this year for the first time ever. steve: so how much high will it go before the end of the year? to break it down host of varney and company on the fox business network stuart varney. the nasdaq is north of 7,000 which is territory it's never seen before. >> you want me to forecast the stock market i'm not going to do it. i will give you history instead britain brian tell us what it means. >> october the 17th of this

year that's when we crossed 23,000. november the 30th we crossed 24,000. today is december the 19th. >> we are only 200 points away from 25,000. and this morning president trump tweets this: stocks and the economy have a long way to go after the tax cut bill totally understood, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. the president is saying that the market and the economy have a long way to go. he thinks we're going to hit 25 k and go on from there. brian: what do you think the market would have done if the votes weren't there today as they evidently are, and why do you think the market is going up? does that mean they looked at this plan and they like the 400 plan. >> yes. if the votes had not been there and we don't get the tax cut plan it would have gone down. how much, i haven't a clue. it would have gone down some. now that we are going to get this tax cut plan, a lot of people on wall street, including three big investment banks are saying there's another leg up next year. bank of america says you are going to get another 12%

gain next year. steve: really. >> because of this tax cut, yes. that improves the profitability of corporations. and that goes to the bottom line of stocks. ainsley: do you think after this year more and more people are getting on board with the president. we saw melania's approval ratings going up. cnbc did a poll. economic optimism is up and president trump's rating is up 4 points since september. >> if you look standing on issues higher than his standing overall. overall approval rate is still below 40%. approval on the economy is well above 40%. steve: if you remember before the election people were forecast going donald trump is elected the stock market is going to go to zero. >> who could forget paul krugman on the night of the election forecasting a what whopping great big crash. how wrong can you be? brian: has he ever said anything nice about any republican either. ainsley: has he ever apologized for that or written an article about it. >> to my knowledge, no. brian: stuart, follow up on

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♪ ♪ ainsley: talk about a career of service. our next guest first served 8 years in the u.s. navy and graduated from the fbi national academy. he went on to serve as the chief of police in south hampton, new hampshire and served as chief of new

hampshire state division of liquor enforcement, helping to fight substance abuse. now he wants to continue serving this time in congress. joining us now is g.o.p. congressional candidate in south hampton, new hampshire eddie edwards. eddie, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. a pleasure to be here. ainsley: what made you want to run for congress? >> a lot of it has to do with my continual belief of service to country. this is a wonderful place to live. a wonderful place that gives opportunities to some of us, america is mother to us all and she has been great mother. ainsley: sheen. speaking of mothers, tell me why you went into law enforcement. >> a lot had to do with my childhood. abuse. usdrug use and abuse. i felt that the police department at that time protected my mom. they gave her safety and provided a place of comfort for me as well, i always wanted to be in law enforcement from that moment,. ainsley: i can't imagine growing up in a house like that where your mother, you felt you were -- your mom

and you were in danger and so police would come and rescue you guys? >> yeah,. >> i had three other siblings as well. and that home in that environment it was challenging. but we're very blessed. we had a grandmother who stepped up and provided directions. she told me, made it very clear to me if you want to be something in life you can't blame your father and blame this community. you are solely responsible for those efforts. ainsley: is that your grandmother. >> that's her. will. ainsley: what was her name. >> annie sims. ainsley: family is so important especially this time of year. >> it is. ainsley: tell me what you think america needs to hear. it's christmas time. we have had so much infighting. political infighting. many people aren't liking the president's agenda and we're hearing all these stories about the fbi. you went to the academy. the fbi, and russia collusion and all. what message do we need to hear? >> hear a message of unity. this country, as i said before, has great values. it's always had great values. it serves as a symbol of

justice, freedom and liberty for the entire world. and so we simply need to come together. we need a message where we are gallon van nuyse van gal v r having a. my mother taught my self-reliance, determination. commitment. if you want something work hard for it. it isn't easy but must work hard for it taught me how to love, patience, that's what you brought forward. growing up i didn't know if i was conservative or liberal or anything i just knew american values. i grew american values became more synonymous with what i found in the conservative, republican party. ainsley: eddie edwards, he could be the next congressman from new hampshire. >> please check me out at edwards for n.h. ainsley: primarcoming up, the latest person wrapped up in

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its 70th record close in a year, the most. ♪ ♪ ainsley: that's a good one. steve: that's paul mccartney. brian: singing by himself? steve: pretty much. ainsley: that's a good one. when did he sing this song? steve: wasn't yesterday a good song? brian: john lennon? steve: thank you very much for joining us. it is the tuesday before christmas. we certainly are in the holiday spirit here in new york city. so many people out shopping and getting ready for the big day. brian: you know what's not getting a lot of attention? elf on the shelf. it's moving like crazy. steve: is that still popular? brian: it's huge. and the was on television last night. ainsley: i bought that dvd, and i bought christmas vacation to take it with me to south carolina so that we

could watch it. brian: by the way, you know what's on sale? fred clause. ainsley: is that a good one? that's a beside one, though. i can't watch that with all the kids. steve: anyway, thank you very much for joining us. we start with some bad news this morning. fox news alert from out in the west. we're getting a new look at the devastation after that speeding high speed amtrak train jumped the track on that curve and crashed on the interstate below at least three people are dead, according to the washington state highway patrol. dozens more in area hospitals. charles: so the ntsb is saying that the train was traveling 50 miles over the speed limit. the annual-finished tracks were just built. this is the inaugural ride traveling from seattle to portland. 72 people were taken to the hospital. miraculously a newborn child on board did survive unharmed, thank goodness. >> we really want to thank all the first responders for

getting to the scene. i mean, if you were here, i just viewed the scene, and it's a scene of mass destruction. brian: heavy cranes now being used to lift the crushed vehicles out of the interstate. stay right here for a live report. this hour from that location. we'll have it in about 40 minutes. meanwhile, a lot of action on capitol hill today, and it's going to begin in the how is this afternoon. >> this could be the day. so republicans have been trying to pass all of these different bills and measures throughout the year. this could be the day when it could happen. they're calling it tax reform tuesday or tax day tuesday because the house and the senate could pass the tax plan today. >> there you go indeed. so the question was would there be any defections with the republicans on capitol hill? and as it turns out, susan collins is going to vote "yes." ainsley: she's a check? steve: yes. she says bottom line, most

americans will see taxes go down. mike lee and marco rubio didn't look like they were onboard. mike lee is now a "yes" as well. ainsley: he's a check. steve: bob corker after he was accused of benefiting from a real estate investor clause in the bill, orrin hatch came through yesterday and said, look, that provision was a month old. he didn't know anything about it and, in fact, it was a suggestion from the house of representatives. finally, there is one undecided, and that is jeff flake. says he has not at this point made up his mind. ainsley: go ahead. brian: perhaps he wants some guarantees that immigration will be next. on the house side, some of the republicans in bigger states like peter king and darrell seem to be voting "no." they're looking to save their seat, and they don't like the fact that state and local taxes will be deductible. >> well, there more states that will benefit from it than won't.

that's why 50 votes on the republican side. i expect the republican senators from new york are going to vote "no" and the republicans from new jersey are going to vote "no." taxes are still probably going to go up because of salt. you have john mccain. he says he's not going to come to washington unless he has to. and then the vice president, he was planning on going to egypt and going to israel. he's delayed that trip until january just in case he needs to be in washington for that tiebreaker. steve: you know, on capitol hill what they're talking about for the people who live in high tax states, what they're suggesting is that this could actually impact your real estate value. because you live in a high tax state, this. charles: people don't want to move there? steve: maybe up to 10%. your real estate values could take a hit up to 10%. the other thing going forward, some of these high tax states in the next year or two if they want people to continue to live there, they're going to have to do something they never do. they're going to have to lower the state taxes or people are going to leave. ainsley: exactly. steve: just imagine how many people on wall street want to pay new york's taxes?

how many people out in silicon valley want to pay california's taxes? charles: the overall tax plan is great for the majority of americans. yes, it's going to hurt all of us and hurt you at home if you live in a high tax state. but it is up to the local lawmakers to lower the taxes. brian: or you could just decide not to pay your taxes and hope for the best. ainsley: you could decide to move. steve: have you done that in the past? brian: keep it between you and i. just between us. newt gingrich was on earlier. he's for this. remember, he was around for the '86 tax reform. listen. >> they lie. you have to start out with that understanding. they hate trump. they're just stunned that he's pulling this off. they disagree with people like paul ryan who for his entire career has talked about creating jobs, reducing taxes on working americans. they want to have high taxes and big food stamps and lots of welfare. we want to have low taxes,

lots of jobs. and the left is going to lose this gamble and the democrats who vote "no" this week are going to pay a price this fall for having decided to take more money out of the american people. brian: all right. so newt is very positive about this. democrats are cataclysmic about this. they've been relatively quiet. yesterday nancy pelosi tried to have a rally. nobody showed up, so she quickly went out of there. steve: democrats are trying to portray this as a give away to the rich that's going to hurt the middle class. ainsley: here's the thing i was talking about earlier. how do you know if it's a good plan? if you have 50% -- or 50 votes on the republican side. they've been against everything. so if you can get all of them onboard and the majority of them like this, then there you go. steve: and you know who's really happy today i would imagine? the president of the united states. i mean, he has -- he thought he had a win on capitol hill before and then the republicans in his own variety

wound up hurting him. but now finally he's on the verge for a win. ainsley: for a guy who has never had alcohol in his life, which i think is a great thing, he should open up champagne. brian: by the way, neither have i. no alcohol. ainsley: liar. steve: we have learned a lot about you today. ainsley: when newt gingrich said there was a liar, we know he was talking about brian. brian: i did not know that. now let's talk about the investigation that has taken place. i don't know if this is possible collusion or new news. but today is going to be interesting. we thought yesterday was going to be bruce orr day. the time for his to talk about his links to fusion gps. something came up. i'm very curious about this. they got documents and said you know what, bruce? come in at the end of the week. but today is going to be andrew mccabe day. steve: right and he is the deputy executive in charge of the fbi. i've got the doj and the fbi all messed up. ainsley: so do the people at home. steve: there are so many names and so many faces.

here's the thing. he was supposed to be up on capitol hill last week but that bruce orr information about how bruce or's wife worked at fusion gps. suddenly he decided you know what? i've got a scheduling conflict. i can't show up. apparently now they've got their stories out and in particular, people are going to be asking him about why in that peter struck text with his girlfriend did they talk about the policy? because a lot of people thought that referred to the russian dossier. ainsley: but we have the picture now. steve: yeah, we do. ainsley: that's lisa paige? steve: apparently she felt that just take as much time as you want because hillary clinton was going to win. but he felt donald trump was going to win so continued to be aggressive with the russia investigation. because if donald trump does win, he'll put new people in the administration and need to know about them before the inauguration.

ainsley: speaking of the russia investigation, jill stein, do you remember her? ran for president. she was a green party. now the senate is probing around to find out if she was colluding with russia as well. it seems russia just called all the candidates and said can i meet with all of you? neither one of you will win. brian: i remember after the election day, the big story was jill stein's 1% and how did she get it. she has made more publicity after the election. remember, jill stein was the one who wanted a recount in a couple of states. and, by the way, the recount, president trump ended with more votes. now it turns out she's at the table with mike flynn in russia and says. okay. we have two more lights to this stool. we're going to look into jill stein's links and look into fusion gps and hillary clinton's. steve: why not? they've already got the people digging through stuff. one more name. brian: all dressed up. the paperwork there. why not just probe everybody. ainsley: good thing you're waking up early this morning to go to work so that your tax dollars can pay for these

russia investigations. steve: the bright side is people could wind up with a tax break by sundown. brian: by the way, the washington post, we're going to be reporting on this, jill -- ainsley: jill? brian: jillian. >> no. no. no. actually, there's a joke in my family. most people close to me call me jill. brian: thank you very much. i'm a little closer to jill. ainsley: well, distance-wise, yeah. brian: i will is a this. this probe is going to go up for another year if the washington post is right. steve: let's get you caught up because we do have a fox news alert. a christmas terror plot foiled in the uk. officers arresting four men during overnight raids. there were reports they were at advanced stage targeting a christmas event. the four men range in age from 22 to 41 and now being questioned. the general of mi-5 says nine terrorist attacks have been prevented in that country this year. also breaking right now, the

trump administration confirming north korea was the mastermind behind the largest ransomware cyber attack in history. the wall street journal reports the country pulled off the want to cry attack they really year. the attack impacted 230,000 computers and caused more than $4 billion worth of damaging. brand-new video showing set of the fire damage that left the world's busiest airport in a crippling blackout. equipment black and charred some completely destroyed at the atlanta airport. crews still making repairs as airlines slowly get back on track. in all, more than 1400 flights were canceled leaving thousands of passengers stranded right before the busy holiday travel week. christmas comes early for one lucky boy. he thought his kindergarten class was going to the library. he had someone very special waiting for him there.

jaden leaping on top of his marine dad, staff sergeant. he had been overseas in japan for the last nine months and came in just in time for christmas. look at that embrace. siblings also joining in on the surprise. you guys know i love stories like that. steve: wound up reading the book. but there were a lot of hugs. >> i didn't even think about that. just watching the embrace. like, this is great. brian: thanks, jillian. >> you're welcome. ainsley: jillian. steve: meanwhile, did the fbi try to stop president trump from becoming president? that's what jim jordan from ohio wants to know. how did he get the answer? live with us next. brian: plus, democrats are pulling out all the stops to flip the script on congress. martin o'malley ran against hillary clinton and he's helping them do it. he joins us live

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steve: this is a scary idea. did the fbi try to stop donald trump from becoming our president? members of the judiciary committee are now threatening

contempt of the fbi and doj's leadership and subpoenas over antitrump bias. ainsley: house judiciary committee member ohio republican congressman jim jordan joins us now. good morning to you, congressman. >> good morning. good to be with you. ainsley: what do you think about this? what was the motive? >> i think it was just that. i think they were putting together a plan to stop donald trump from being the next president of the united states. i think it's amazing in spite of the fact that the democrats were against him, the republican establishment was against him, the mainstream press was against him. and now i believe the fbi and the justice department were against him. the american people still said that's the guy we want to be the next president. but from what we learned several weeks ago that they paid to the dossier to the fact that i believe that fake dossier was used as the basis to get warren to now what we learn about peter struck and the fbi and the justice department respectively. everything points to the fact that there was an orchestrated plan to try to prevent donald trump from becoming the president of the united states. steve: there's a story in the wall street journal that says apparently peter struck's side of the story is when they had

that conversation, and we saw the text message between him and his girlfriend talking about the meeting in andy's office, presumably andrew mccabe, the number two guy there at the fbi and the insurance policy, sounds like that was the dossier. but now, congressman, what they're saying is that this is their spin or their side of the story. they're saying that it wasn't the dossier. it was simply continuing at an aggressive level the russia investigation. >> no. i think it's just that. i think it's spin. when you look at the text messages and see the inherit bias that they have against president trump and peter struck i believe was secret bond at the fbi. interviewed secretary clinton, changed the exoneration letter gross negligence to nonextreme carelessness, ran the russia investigation, interviewed flynn, this guy thought he was the guy charged with stopping president trump from being the next president.

and that text message is pretty clear. i'm afraid we can't take that risk and need an insurance policy. i think that insurance policy was to use that dossier to prevent donald trump from becoming the next president. ainsley: they look at this, they look at the russia investigation with the president. there's one that they would want impeachment. but if you look at the democrats, it's a laundry list of all of these things that they have done that are shocking and republicans feel like they're going to get away with it. what happens next? . >> well, i think that's a great point. to date, there's not one bit of influence that donald trump colluded with the russians. they paid christopher steel who actually paid russians for this false, fake dossier information. so that's the frustrating part. i want to get these people in. we need to subpoena bruce orr, we need to subpoena his wife, andrew mccabe, peter struck, and lisa. that needs to happen. steve: and please make sure that those hearings are televised because we would all

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. ainsley: we have quick headlines for you. the trump administration wants to block an illegal teenager from getting an abortion. the request comes hours after a federal judge allowed that teenager in a federal shelter to undergo the procedure. and the outspoken attorney general of hawaii announcing

he's. travel restrictions before the supreme court ruled in president trump's favor. seeking the seat that was left open by representative colin who is now running for hawaii's governor. brian. brian: all right. thanks, ainsley. after last year's election loss, democrats are pulling out all the stops to flip congress. our next guest ran against hillary clinton as president, was a governor and said the democratic party is quickly regenerating itself from the ground up. how does he know? he's out of the ground. former governor 2016 presidential candidate martin o'malley. what has changed for you and democrats now that you've been on the ground? >> well, as i talk to people all across our country, brian. men and women that are running oftentimes for the first time as candidates, they tell me that they are -- that the winning formula is to speak to the issues that affect opportunity and people's earnings around their own kitchen table. and donald trump is the dark backdrop of which they create a brighter future for our country and a better story. trump's like a self-basting turkey. voters don't care to hear

about him. they want to know what are you going to do to help my family get ahead? and that's why i believe we're winning so many special elections all across our country. okay. five of the last seven special election, democrats have prevailed. i was in charleston. cindy running for an open seat there. and joe cunningham running for congress. so, look, we need to win back our states if we're going to save the united states and that's my mantra and message. brian: and five of these special elections won by republicans in tough situations too. but as you see the economy growing and the numbers don't lie and the stock market, which is lifting many people with their 401(k)s, how does that narrative play into what you're seeing? hey, this person and this party's in power. the economy's growing. you guys were in power. it wasn't at this rate. >> well, actually, president obama put together 89 straight consecutive months of job growth and frankly, most of us, including myself. you know, most americans don't

own stocks. so with this notion that you can add 1.5 trillion to the national deficit, put our country on a road to bankruptcy, and further polarize people economically, make the rich richer, that's not helping people. i mean, i was watching your conversation earlier and somebody was saying wow the greatest proof is 50% of congress is for this tax cut for corporations and the wealthy. well, you know what? 50% of the american people aren't. because a lot of places in our country, they haven't seen the jobs return. brian: good point. >> hard time seeing investments. brian: to see how president reagan in 1986 with so many democratic votes, he actually lost 11 republican senators. that had 18% of the people thought they were actually going to save money with the tax cut. it went from 50 to 28. i couldn't believe that only 33% thought the tax reform in 1986 was going to be a good thing. and it ended up being a good thing, and it was very bipartisan to pass.

i read that you said about three weeks ago to jonathan carl of abc. you said the big problem in 2008 president obama squandered his opportunity and his energy and momentum. he could have infused the energy into the democratic party and made the democratic party more energized. instead, the president and his people decide to set up a separate pac away from the dnc. very similar to what donna brazil said is that the president was letting the national committee starve. you really see that as a problem, and you want to change that; correct? >> yeah. absolutely. look, that's all in the past. we can't change the past. but we can change your future. and you can have a full building of geniuses at the dnc. but you wouldn't be able to recruit the quality men and women that we have running for state senate, statehouse, and we're going to have 36 governors races up next year. so i believe just as you saw in new jersey and virginia, even in alabama and a lot of these special elections.

oklahoma, washington state. you're going to see the democratic party and our candidates making a very, very strong come back in these 2018 midterms and between all of them and all of these special elections. brian: you're so smart because i think reince priebus when he took over six years ago when the rnc was in the red, he comes in and started building up the statehouses and started focusing on the state elections. so you're doing the same thing, so that's smart. but why would you think the republican start starts generating so much more -- how much more money than the democratic party at this point? why do you think that is? >> because the things they're doing in congress like the tax cut primarily benefits the most wealthiest people. brian: you know they don't believe that. you know it's a middle class. that's the reason why it's passing. you know that's the counter argument. the counter argument it doesn't benefit the rich. >> yeah. it really doesn't. i like the fact that they're doubling the deductions for kids. that's all nice. but that's all going to be

wiped out by increased cost of health care, increased cost of college tuition. it's like this tax bill is like asking a family at christmastime to buy a car for the wealthiest guy in the neighborhood in exchange for a $50 rebeat. i mean, no family would do that. brian: you know what the good news is, governor? >> what's that, brian? brian: you know what the best news about this and this is what i said on sunday. is that it's no longer the best bumper sticker or the best message. you're actually going to see this plan go into play in february and come november of 2018, we're going to see the first sign of whose report cards better. if the republicans -- if you're right, the republicans are routed. if the republicans are right, they'll hold, am i correct? >> you're going to see. i think most americans understand you can't give your kids a better future by making america weaker. this bill makes america weaker. that's why i believe the

democratic party is going to come back and come back strong. brian: obviously, they believe it's going to make the economy stronger and economy or your growing at 3, 4%. >> yeah. that's what they'll see. we'll see. it's never created jobs, brian. i mean, give me a break. they don't. jobs don't rain down from the sky when you concentrate wealth in the hands of the few. look, polarization is the biggest problem we face as a country. brian: absolutely. >> politically, economically, and this tax cut for the wealthy adding to our deficit 1.5 trillion accelerates all of it. brian: governor, i have to run. but that's your view. it is certainly not the view of the poem voting for it today. best of luck. 29 minutes to the top of the hour. if he can't play, might as well own a team; right? colin kaepernick wants to join p diddy and buy the panthers. and what was the most underreported story of the year? sarah sanders. she'll join us next.

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trump: our strategy calls to confront the defeat of radical islamic terrorism. in afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines. our campaign of maximum pressure on the north korean regime has resulted in the toughest ever sanctions. we are calling for a great reawaking of america. a resurgence of confidence, and a rebirth of patriotism, prosperity, and pride. brian: well, that was the president's america first the national security strategy speech yesterday. let's bring in white house press secretary sarah sanders to react to this. sarah, much different than the last administration when he toured the country or toured the world, sashed on that

apology tour. >> absolutely. this is a very different policy and one that i think has already had a lot of success in its first year. look, the previous administration had a policy terrorists be nice to them, and they'll be nice to us. president trump, as i'm sure you know has a very different policy. and it's not being nice to them. it's let's defeat terrorism, and he has done exactly that. just what he promised he would do on the campaign trail. you have to look no further than the success that we have had defeating isis on the battlefield of iraq and syria. this is a president who has unleashed the military power in the united states, and you have seen a lot of success in the first year. and it's a great and very welcome change from the previous administration and something that we're very excited and proud that this president has been able to do only in his first year in office. >> well, it does look, sarah, as we switch to something else. it looks like today could be

tax cut tuesday. it looks like the house is going to vote on it first, and then it will go to the upper chamber. how big of a deal is this for the white house to get this thing over the finish line? >> it's a huge deal. but not just for the white house. but it's a huge deal for america. this is something that we've seen just talking about it has been a major boost to our economy. we're breaking stock market record after stock market record. and i think a lot of it has to do with the deregulations process that this president has put in place. and then the second part of that is the fact that we've been pushing this tax cut package, this tax reform package. and you're releasing that reflected in our economy, the booming economy. optimism is up. americans are doing better than they have in decades, and that's due to this president's leadership. and today is a huge day not just for the white house, not just for congress, but most importantly for america, especially middle class americans who are going to see

the biggest benefit out of this tax cut package. brian: sarah huckabee sanders with us. as the press secretary, you're hearing this constantly. this will pass if everything goes as planned. but it will be with no democratic votes. i'm watching senator joe manchin. other people say who they're moderates. the republican party never reached out to them. they didn't want them involved with this. they weren't open to the influence. what do you know about the process? are they right or wrong? >> look, this is a president who said many times before he's willing to work with democrats. he wants to work with democrats. he's invited them to come to the white house on several occasions. frankly, there are a few of them here last night. and this is a president who would have been happy to take their call and certainly happy to have their vote to help americans have more money in their paycheck, more money in their pockets, more money for businesses to reinvest in this country. that's something that democrats shouldn't need to be begged to be part of. they should be banging down

the door behind me to be part of this process and part of helping more americans be more successful. this is a president who's leading on that. if they wanted to be part of that effort with we certainly would welcome them to be part of the process. brian: who was there last night? >> i believe senator mansion was here, senator durbin, a handful of others. and i believe there are 35 other lawmakers that came for a little bit of a more relaxed time here at the white house. the president invited them to come, and they watched a movie last night and probably talked a little bit on taxes as well. brian: watched churchill together; right? >> that's right. yeah. a nice, good thing to do as the end of the year closes out and i think a good time to help bring people together before we start another aggressive year next year and hopefully some of those members and democrat members will be more willing to work with us on some of the things like welfare reform, infrastructure, health care, and immigration.

ainsley: we know the president's approval rating is undergoing. melania's approval rating is going up. there's a lot of optimism. we see all of our 401(k)s increases. and you talked about this. what is the most underreported story of the president in year one? because mainstream media is not reporting a lot of this. you said defeat of isis, booming trump economy. so we wanted to ask you. what is winning sarah's poll of most underreported story of the year? >> sadly, i think it's both. i don't think either one of those things are getting enough attention. these are major success stories out of the year. the president has been a tremendous leader when it comes to growing our economy, creating jobs, creating optimism in the country and putting america first again. this is something the president talked about on the campaign trail, and he is delivering. i think the fact that he has been lead that effort to defeat isis is a major success story that has been completely missed and completely underreported by most of the

mainstream media over the last year. steve: sarah, real quickly at midnight on saturday morning, it sounds like the government may shut down because the democrats won't sign that budget extension thing unless they wind up with some sort of dreamer language or daca deal. how is the white house going to deal with that? >> our goal is to make sure to do that without getting the government to shut down. and we're hoping that democrats won't hold our country hostage over their specific performers. we like to call it the schumer rule. something he talked about extensively since he was debating this the last time around. and hopefully he'll adhere to some of his own advice, not hold our budget, and certainly not hold our military and defense spending hostage over some pieces of legislation that we hope to work with them on at the 1st of the year. steve: big week in

washington. big week at the white house. sarah, thank you very much. merry christmas to you and your family. >> thank you so much for having me on and merry christmas, guys. brian: meanwhile, 19 minutes before the top of the hour. speaking of having her on. now it's time to janice dean for holiday travel. if you have to travel, what do you have to do? >> we have to be careful on the roadways. first of all, where are you from? >> virginia. >> are you excited to be on tv? >> oh, my gosh yes. i'm going to cry. >> what's your favorite morning show, everybody? >> fox and friends. >> that's all you need. let's take a look at the maps real quick. oh, i love this. we have a pretty good day today. 30 in rapid city, 61 in san ontonio. so it's a weird warmup across the east coast. we're going to see a lot of rain across the southeast and then things are going to change as we get into the week. so here's the current snow cover across the u.s. are we going to see a white christmas where you live? it is possible for, you know, at least two-thirds of the country. are you guys hoping for a white christmas? so you love fox and friends?

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colin kaepernick now says he wants in. the former qb telling hip-hop mogul diddy he would like to form an ownership group. okay. you can now see president trump at walt disney world or at least a robot version. trump: above all, to be an american is to be an optimist. to believe that we can always do better and at the best days of our great nation are still ahead of us. >> our 45th president making his debut at the president's attraction in orlando, florida. the president recorded the speech himself. the hall officially reopens today after nearly a year-long transformation. that's a lack at your headlines. i'll send it downstairs. steve: thank you very much, jillian. now to a fox news alert. a scene of mass destruction. as we learn that the amtrak train derailed in washington state was probably going 50 miles per hour over the posted speed limit. ainsley: it was supposed to be going 30. it went 80 and at least three people were killed.

ten seriously injured. brian: we're watching the sun come up. she joins us live from the scene. hey, claudia. >> hey, good morning. the sun not quite up yet. we have a few hours to go until that happens, and that will be helpful. a number of agencies trying to understand what happened out here. right now, we have investigators with the ntsb combing through the wreckage, talking to witnesses, and analyzing speed track data to try to determine why 12 perfect cars and a locomotive jumped the tracks, some of the cars landing on the busy freeway below. you can see the wreckage is still there and whilal tack months to determine the official cause. no question this amtrak train was going too fast on its inaugural run. train 501 was going 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile per hour zone. so 50 over the speed limit when it creamed off the overpass. now we're hearing about the first anguished moments from

the conductor himself as he radioed for help. >> amtrak 501. emergency. emergency. emergency. we are on the ground. we are on the bridge over i-5. on the freeway. need e ms asap. it looks like they're already starting to show up. >> that conductor and four other crew members now key witnesses in the investigation. >> as far as the crew, today and tomorrow will be attempting to interview them, and we hope that we'll be able to get more information about exactly what happened. >> take you back here live. check it out. heavy trains are being used to lift wreckage out of the way so that they can get this busy stretch of interstate 5 back open. detours have been causing long delays since yesterday morning. this is this is the a critical artery here in the pacific northwest and the entire

western coast. so officials are obviously hoping to get this freeway back open as soon as possible. back to you. steve: so many questions. we need answered. claudia, thank you very much for the live report. brian: all right. next in our run down is steve emmerson will perform live. but first. steve: let's check in with bill hemmer for a preview of what happens in nine minutes. >> that's better than karaoke, guys. that's awesome. big day in taxes. there are always land mines. all right. be one today? tray gowdy talks to us. and jack keane tells us why it is different. sandra and i will see you shortly. ten minutes away, top of the hor . our first concentrated pill that rushes powerful relief. a small new size that's fast, cause it's liquid. woohoo! you'll ask, what pain? new advil liqui-gels minis.

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