♪ >> greg: i am greg gutfeld with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, jesse watters, dana perino. "the five" ." the house on the hill just passed the bill, which seems like a big deal. still, the media has decided it's been a bad year for trump. as the year ends, they hacked my sliced together their annual scorecards. they confirm trump did badly. well, except for isis. getting rid of vices, that's a good thing. we destroyed modern-day nazis.

terrible, the economy. beyond that. the new energy policy, pipeline drilling, fracking. gas prices flat as a pancake. i'm telling you. it is still of bad year. i would hate to be trump. he has no singular achievements. okay, there is the tax bill. but it's been a lousy year. except for the improved relations with china and russia, india, the saudis, israel. but it's been a downer. did i leave anything out aside from deregulation, repealing the mandate, driving enimem nuts. that's kind of awesome. when compiling your condemnations, it's harder than

it looks. what started out as evil was downgraded to incompetent, and now it looks pretty damn effective. no wonder the media looks so sa sad. interesting fact i learned today, dana. they are doing a revote of the bill tomorrow. >> dana: it's a technical glitch because there are three provisions in the g.o.p. tax bill that the senate -- they have to realign the bills and it's a technical thing. there is no problem. the tax bill. >> greg: they have to get the bills in line. all right. big deal? >> kimberly: i think it's a big deal. this is the something the president has been working hard on. he's been talking to constituents in trying to get support. they were anxious to get good legislative accomplishments prior to the close of the year, especially with christmas. this can only be viewed as

positive. its steps in the right direction. he seems to been able to coalesce some good broad-based support even from people who have been traditionally supported or his legislation. in that sense, yes. it's also important because it's one of the main campaign promises that he made when he went across this country to try to engender support for his movement, for the working men and women he said were left behind. sad, listen to me, i will give you relief. you will feel it and see it and will be something that's tangible for your family. >> greg: jesse, i'm going to players and sound from nancy pelosi. >> jesse: why do you have to? >> greg: it is the one thing you hate more than speed metal. let's roll. >> this is the worst bill to ever come to the floor of the house. with stiff competition for what some of the things they tried to do. the worst bill in history. >> greg: jesse. >> jesse: they are all the worst bill, anything the republicans do.

i'm going to change my grade from a few weeks ago on the election. i gave him a b+ on domestic policy. with the tax bill, i'm going to a. imagine what he would be doing if the media wasn't 90% negativ negative. economic optimism right now is through the roof. 5,000-point gain in the dow. that's a start. i think america is getting over the great recession hangover. trump is like the gatorade and the bacon egg and cheese we need after the hangover. you always say what has trump done to change your life? here's an example. i think a third of americans have 401(k)s and the average has about $100,000 in it. just in the first year alone, be trump economy would've made you an extra $25,000 for your 401(k). that's a lot of money. not only that jobs are up, wages

are up slightly. gas prices are flat. home ownership is up. safety and security. not bringing in these risky refugees. the isis caliphate is destroyed. border crossings are down. ms-13 prosecutions are up. the social issues which the liberals love to talk about. gay marriage is still legal. abortionist illegal. medical marijuana, recreational marijuana. states that have that still have it. the trump derangement syndrome i believe is self-inflicted. the fear and loathing the media pumps up is a scam in order to keep his poll numbers down. and to help the democrats. if you look around, trump has been good for america and americans. >> greg: the vast majority are going to get a tax break. that must destroy you inside, juan. >> juan: this is so

ridiculous. i have no idea how to listen to you guys anymore. >> greg: i know the feeling with you. >> juan: it is unbelievable the way you put lipstick on a pig. >> greg: great line. haven't heard that before. >> juan: let's think about what the american people have to say. the polls say 32% approval for donald trump. >> greg: they don't have to like it. >> juan: how about the tax bill? 55% of americans oppose it. 66% say it is helping only the wealthy. >> greg: because the media has distorted it. how can you argue the tax breaks? >> juan: you are counting crumbs while the cake is going to the 1%. then you say g, what's wrong with you? little people, celebrate our dear leader.

>> jesse: at least they got crumbs. obama just took the whole cake. >> juan: i can't believe this. [all speaking] at least two little people got crumbs. >> jesse: the voters brought an republicans to give them some of their hard-earned money back and you don't want them to have it. >> juan: your condescending attitude towards the american people. >> jesse: the middle-class cuts averaged during during the obama years. >> juan: let me pick on kimberly guilfoyle. kimberly, you said -- >> kimberly: that's a fight you're going to lose. >> juan: you said donald trump said to the american people i'm never going to forget you. i am standing up for the forgotten man and woman in the country, working class people. >> kimberly: that's what i said. >> juan: it was a populist bill. it's a huge failure even by that standard.

>> kimberly: bottom line: you can say that all you want. shape shift. >> juan: i am just making stuff up. >> kimberly: okay, sometimes. it does provide economic relief and tax cuts for the majority of middle-class families. here's the thing. they are actually going to get this camera may be the early part of next year, feel some of the benefit and it's going to be tangible and you're going to see the numbers go up in the polls. if he was worried about polling i thought it was so determinative, he would've thought he was never going to win back the presidency. he's doing it because it's the right thing to do it and he promised and has integrity and he cares about making an economic improvement. record numbers, look at the dow. >> juan: obama did better in his first year in terms of the stock market's performance. obama did better last year in terms of job creation then trump has done this year. here is something from nancy pelosi, jesse's favorites. 83% of the benefits of this tax

bill go to the top 1%. in fact, 60% go to the -- >> jesse: what you call a crumb might look like a crumb from your lofty perch, multimillionaire juan williams but the real hardworking americans, it's more money in their pocket. it's their money, not yours. >> juan: that's why it's going to the corporations. >> greg: why are you so worried about them getting crumbs? the government still needs it. i want to move on. >> juan: you don't care that the rich get everything. >> greg: we are evil. rich people are evil. i get it. >> jesse: rich people pay a lot of the taxes and then there's a tax cut and they get to proportionally keep more money. >> juan: do you know what the french call it? >> jesse: juan, we don't speak french in this country. >> greg: i want to get dana in here. >> kimberly: if she can hear anymore. >> greg: the year-end stories

in the media, emotion versus reality. this is sarah sanders going over the achievements today. >> nearly 1.7 million new jobs have been created in the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1%, the lowest rate in 17 years. the stock market reached a record high, more than 60 times. we finally set up our nation on the path to not only energy independence but energy dominance. we've seen the lowest level of illegal border crossings on record. justice gorsuch was confirmed to the supreme court, and this evening, hopefully upon passage of the tax cuts and jobs act, the president will have delivered the most significant tax cut in the history of the nation and repealed the obamacare individual mandate. >> greg: dana, a person may not like those things but those things happen. you are seeing in headlines, my theory, people are shifting away from awful to all right, better-than-expected. he actually got some stuff done, which is hard for people to do. >> dana: i think she makes a

compelling closing argument. she could do it with a little more joy. [laughter] they have a good story to tell. there is something strange about the public's mood writ large and what's actually happening on the ground. i think if you were to take this back to the fight between establishment republicans and the new trump republicans, actually all those things, if you are traditional republican, you are looking at that and thinking pretty good. i think the personnel changes that happened in the ninth month of august and september have changed things in terms of tone and demeanor. >> greg: interesting point. >> dana: there is this lag. the firing of james comey, which leads to the special console which leads to every day talking about russia, that is something i think is a drag on their ability to tell other stories

with joy. >> greg: there is an lag, i hate to phrase it establishment republicans. there's a feud going on right now between charles cook and others over this. the hate for trump is so strong that they can't actually modify just a little bit and see that they are for a lot of the things he got done. >> kimberly: right. they have an inherent bias in terms of disliking the individual. to be able to separate the sender from what you are actually receiving. look at the tangible benefits. i have seen outliers, more of a coalition supporting the tax benefits and with the president is trying to do. i find that a little bit more encouraging. >> dana: can i add one thing on that, since i was so calm

earlier. at one point, earlier in the year you have the fight between ryan and trump. today what happened on the house tax bill. you have president trump's number one agenda from his campaign for the first year of his presidency meet up with paul ryan's lifelong career goal, and they actually get it done in that first year. that's something they can go home and talk about but the democrats are going to to go he and talk about it too. >> juan: imagine the 2018 election. every republican, either the establishment republican or people who have shifted, gregory got felled, to become trump republicans, they are all tried to trump now. with this tax bill, every democrat running next year is going to say oh, you pass this bill for the rich. >> greg: i love that you didn't say "guess what." >> jesse: it's a loser because if you look at the polling, the first time in over a decade majority say the economy is good or excellent.

a historic record now say the economy will improve the next year. you separate their feelings for trump and their feelings for the economy, things are good on the ground. >> greg: i've got to go, you guys. >> jesse: wages and jobs are up. >> greg: tavis smiley says pbs made a huge mistake suspending him over sexual harassment allegations. the network says he can't keep his story straight. next. the ford year-end sales event is in full swing. ( ♪ ) you are going to be a big surprise. (whining) aww, i see a big puppy. i see a b-i-i-g pu-u-ppy. hey greg! that's ford, america's best-selling brand. now get exclusive holiday offers, with 0% financing for 72 months across a full line up. for a limited time, get an additional $1,000 cash back

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♪ >> kimberly: tavis smiley has been sidelined from pps after the networks that it found credible allegation of sexual misconduct. the talk show host insists he's done nothing wrong. >> i was never told what the accusations were. who the accusers were, i was never allowed to provide data or evidence to debunk anything. they made a huge mistake. they've engaged in a sloppy investigation and something needs to be done. >> kimberly: smiley admits to

having relationships with some of his subordinates but claims they were all consensual. >> and my employee handbook, we do not encourage interoffice relationships but we don't forbid it either. i don't know how things are going to turn out in your life when you start hanging out with our comer. i don't know who we are going to meet. let's face it. nobody is working 40 hour weeks. working 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 hour weeks. in this business, we are starting to criminalize legitimate relationships between consenting adults and that's a problem for me. >> kimberly: pbs has hired back saying he needs to get his stories straight. they maintain their investigations on misconduct are consistent with the network's values end. he is going on offense to say listen, you made a mistake in suspending me. this is what our employee handbook says. confronting it, being his own advocate to say you guys went too far and getting swept up in

this swellable movement. so many cases that have corroborative evidence. he took to the airways to defen defend. >> dana: additionally, from the pbs spokesperson, additional allegations are continuing to come to light since last week's announcement. we've heard that before as well. it could be that he doesn't even know what those allegations might be. i do like it that he's putting it out there. he's got to have a way to handle these things appropriately. i'm not saying pbs didn't. we don't know the facts. the one thing i would say pbs tried to do, except for him, is to keep things private. it wasn't laying it all out there. parade all of these accusers. maybe they are not even accusers. if it's consensual. i don't know pbs's handbook. >> greg: the tote bag. by the way, i'm glad he didn't put it all there.

he's maintaining he didn't. i'm sorry, i am jumping in. right now we need women, not men, to become the fearless voice of reason here because he sounds reasonable. like you said, we don't know jack about the ingredients in his case. we don't really know. oftentimes the things that are super shocking, to be consensua consensual. there was an anchor, they said there was an assault. we never heard more about that assault in sochi. maybe something did happen. then you hear things that are mild and you're about to defend them and you find out oh, man. the dustin hoffman stuff turned out to be pretty creepy. i didn't know that stuff. we don't know the ingredients but we need women to come out and talk about the fact that when we are conflating up with putting these things in one bucket, we're going to start hurting your fathers, brothers, sons, grandfathers.

or your business. think about having a dad who hasn't been dating for a while goes to a bar and says something stupid. or i don't know, they are conflating language and stupid behavior with all-out assault. no one is going to listen to me about this but they are going to listen to women who are going to start talking about it because they are going to see if it doesn't stop, everything will be cast as assault and we were no longer be talking to each other. young people will not take the risk of actually talking to another person, asking them out for a date. i hope it will be robots. robots are more attractive. >> kimberly: weirdness knows no bounds. jesse, for more of it, let's take. >> jesse: i don't know what happened with smiley so i don't want to talk about it but i do know his point and that's listen, there's good things about the "me too" movement.

shining a spotlight on men abusing power. let's get it out on the table. what were the photographs, videos, settlements? i want to see it but at the same time, the "meat too" movement's point about transparency, full and complete transparency. what was the history? lisa bloom, the woman dealing with the trump accusers, there were payments, offering to pay those women. let's get it all out on the table because like you said, greg, the pendulum can swing the other direction and we could all be in big trouble. matt damon got in trouble the other day for sounding extremely reasonable when he said listen, when someone pats someone on the butt is different from what harvey weinstein did. he got blasted for it. it doesn't seem that off to me. all tavis smiley is saying, if you're going to discipline me, let me get my story out there and get some evidence out there or it's becoming a witch hunt.

i don't really know what happened. >> kimberly: some of the senators of made statements that they would like frank in to rescind his resignation. what are your thoughts on that? >> juan: this is pat leahy of vermont, joe manchin of west virginia. both have said they really regret what they consider a panic, a rush to get al franken out of the senate and they wish he'd been able to get due process, which is what i think tavis smiley is talking about. in the smiley case, it's not that he would go before an ethics committee. i think he wants the evidence presented to him and be given the opportunity to rebut it. in corporate america, a lot of this revolves around nondisclosure privacy, confidentiality for people so that they feel comfortable in a corporate environment coming forward and don't think they're going to be subject to retribution. you have to make sure, as jesse was saying, that people feel there can be a clearing of the

table. but it's not the case, and this is so interesting to me because i agree with you. i thought what matt damon said was reasonable and yet many driver -- minnie driver smacked him big time. saying men don't understand what it means to be violated. in so many of these cases, it's hard for us to come to some judgment. i admire what tavis smiley did because he stood up in a way that i think was different in this moment. there is so much public -- against anyone accused in this manner and he is saying wait a second. i'm not sure he sold it when the pbs people came back, as dana was talking about, it was pretty strong. >> greg: i think we are mistaken. i think what al franken meant to say was that he was going to quit smoking. >> kimberly: big misunderstanding there. >> juan: i am surprised you didn't attack the democrats because it's the democrats that really forced out.

>> greg: it was a political ploy. they did this before moore was running and now that he lost, maybe it's okay if he stays. >> kimberly: did president obama collude with iran to let hezbollah off the hook? a bombshell report next.

♪ >> dana: did the obama administration derail a major investigation into hezbollah's drug trafficking ring in order to save the iran nuclear deal? that is the headline, article by politico. alleges that the administration through roadblocks into project cassandra. to secure a deal with the country that backs the terror

network, iran. marie harf worked at the state department and the obama administration and disputes the story. >> i was part of the negotiating team that got the iran nuclear deal done. until politico wrote this piece, i never even heard of this program. the politico story, this narrative and it, is just false. there is no evidence in this story to back up their allegations. they quote a couple low-level ideological sources who clearly don't like the iran deal. everything i know just doesn't back up this narrative. in 2016 for example, the obama administration's dea took action against hezbollah's drug and laundering operation. this story is a hit job with no truth. >> dana: she is strongly pushing back. what do you think? >> greg: i read the article. seemed strong to me. what a contrast. the president excuses a terror group. the next one obliterates one. when it comes to our country, everything is on the table when

it comes to defending it with trump. when it came to obama's legacy, everything was on the table, including our security. that's what this was about. preserving president obama's legacy. he wanted a nixon in china moment with iran and that meant making strange deals. his disciples willing to sacrifice safety. ben rhodes pretty much said he had to lie, cover this up to make it work. >> dana: bragged about in the article when the article came out last year. >> jesse: he had a fake news propaganda stream in the meeting were willing participants. marie harf said the dea took action in 2016 against hezbollah. that was after the deal was signed. it didn't matter at that point. that is their talking point. let's look at some of the real things these guys are up to. the hezbollah group, money laundering, cocaine trafficking. arms dealing. it was a billion-dollar enterprise. lebanese arms dealer tried to

kill americans. we got him in the czech republic. instead of bringing him back, putin said no, no, keep them in the czech republic. obama said okay. the guy is now out and selling russian artillery to the syrian government. basically putin's favorite arms dealer, obama let him go. imagine if trump had done that. then you have this other guy, huge cocaine trafficker, also tried to kill americans. the obama doj let him off the hook and now he is selling chemical weapons to bashar al-assad. it's not low-level ideologues who said this, this was obama-era treasury official catherine bauer on the record testifying to congress under the obama administration, the hezbollah-related investigations were tamped down for fear of rocking the boat with iran and jeopardizing the nuclear deal. >> dana: in foreign policy decisions, juan, it can get murky that it's not always

clear-cut. if this did happen, was it worth it? >> juan: no, i don't think you ever do something like that. if there was in fact some kind of criminal conspiracy, i think that's a separate issue. you want to negotiate an iran deal, negotiate and iran deal, stopping iran from developing nuclear weapons but i have some trouble with the political peace and that i do think there's a shortage of attribution to strong sources. what you get instead, and i think the obama administration have officials have said this is a lot of speculation that appears to be coming from dea who think this must've been a political operation coming from the obama administration. the second thing to say is kevin lewis, president obama's spokesman now said today really there were sanctions before 2016 and actions, legal enforcement actions on the record taken against hezbollah after 2016. exactly what is this article about other than what we've

seen, which is all of a sudden you get a lot of conservatives saying oh, gosh. obama was stirring up trouble. he was ignoring the law in order to get his iran deal, which is not popular with conservatives. >> dana: let me get kimberly and hear about the dea. how important is their work in the war against drugs, to try to disrupt these rings funding terrorist activities and bringing a bunch of drugs into the united states. >> kimberly: it is pivotal. you can't imagine the amount of lives impacted by the hard work they do. they are really unsung heroes in terms of people. dea, sounds good, we know they're busy. but they don't realize the impact because so much of what they do also serves as a deterrent and really prohibit some of the criminal conduct, consumption with drug dealing, weapons, arms dealing, all of the above. so much of it ties together and they work with atf as well. they kind of coalesced in terms of the two agencies working

together. i think they've been very good in terms of their ability to do these investigations and curtail the amount of drugs coming into the country. >> dana: both of those heads of the dea and atf are still open. the white house told us today that they are expecting to nominate someone in the new year. stephen colbert has found a new way to lampoon president trump. the cartoon. the best simple salad ever? heart-healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? great tasting, heart-healthy california walnuts. so simple, so good. get the recipes at walnuts.org.

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oh, god. [bleep] i can do it. wait a minute. cartoon president coming soon. give me a emmy. >> jesse: that wasn't that bad. juan, what did you think? >> juan: i am trying to be sensitive because i guess you are doing the segment because it's ridiculous. i suspect you are going to attack the hollywood elite. >> jesse: the producers chose this. >> juan: i feel like your heart is in this. >> jesse: what do you mean by "you guys?" >> juan: i shouldn't have said that. i think it's fun. let's have fun. the question would be, is it actually going to be funny? if it's just about mocking trump, you know, . >> jesse: it's mostly about the young demographic, they love watching trump getting bashed on television. >> kimberly: he took this tactic in the beginning.

he was struggling at first but his ratings have seen increases and improvements. he is programming for the ratings and what he is seeing works. he's going to get that in the segment of the population and eventually they're going to get a little bored. they will have to come up with a new shtick. his funniest stuff was when he was, "daily show," comedy central. >> jesse: probably the carryover audience he is looking for. >> dana: is there a market for it? there is money in all things president trump. if you are here, doing great. if you are, increase subscriptions. more engagement. all of these things are used to make money. i'm curious if this is successful. the one thing about the younger demographic, 18 to 35, study show if you vote for certain

party for your first two elections, you will probably vote for that party for the rest of your life. the fact that the millennial generation is the largest generation and baby boomers are the next generation to die off, i do think if you are a long-term planner and a demographer, you are trying to loop people and pray this might be a way to do it. >> jesse: my vos first time i voted, i voted for the green party. >> dana: did you do it a second time? >> juan: i thought you voted for jill stein because putin told you. >> jesse: know. greg, is it funny? >> greg: i don't know. entertainers have quite a challenge. how do you make trump more entertaining than the real thing? he's better than alec baldwin playing trump. i don't think a cartoon is going to cut it because you are two steps removed. more evidence that this is the

most free the media and entertainment industry if ever been in their lives. for the past eight years, they were imprisoned by their own fear of offense, their own fear of being hated by their peers. they couldn't do cartoons of president obama because they would be considered racist and they wouldn't be invited to the right parties and they would lose respect. they wouldn't win awards. i think the real oppression is the reverse. if you are an athlete, professor, actor or musician, you cannot voice pro trump sentiments or you will pay. this pays, the other side is not. >> jesse: coming up, more people celebrating christmas without one important ingredient. we will explain that.

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♪ >> juan: christmas around the corner. american seemed to have gift giving down path of the role of religion, sadly it is declining. according to a new pew poll, fewer americans concerned with the religious aspect of the

holiday which is of course to celebrate the birth of jesus christ. most don't seem to be bothered by the secular trend. >> kimberly: i actually really like a religious folks at christmas. i think it's very nice. i grew up with that. i went to private catholic schools and it was part of the tradition. we went to mass every week. i really enjoy all the musical aspects of christmas and the meaning and the birth of christ and so that's been, warm feelings for the family. it's nice to raise your children that way. i have raised ronan with an appreciation of that that christmas isn't just about getting gifts with the latest toys or computers but it's about the spirit and the gift of life and appreciating those. >> juan: doesn't bother you more people are saying it really doesn't matter? >> kimberly: yeah, it would. i just eloquently express that. >> juan: i know how you feel in the how you are leading your life but does it bother you most people don't? >> kimberly: i enjoy it.

that's my personal decision. maybe other people want to do that. this is how i was raised. to each his own, so to speak. >> juan: jesse, the millennial generation is at the cutting edge of this. big drop, only 44% to 32% say it's just holiday. it's a secular thing, what they call it? christmas celebrations. >> jesse: winter holiday. >> juan: i don't know. didn't seinfeld have a name? >> jesse: festivus. i used to do the shoots, where was jesus born. one person said jesus was born in europe. i said no, bethlehem. you know where bethlehem is? he he said pennsylvania. >> greg: he's right! >> jesse: i'm not going to say the world is over because this happens but it's important, that these things are anchored toward some kind of religious story. that's fine. as long as people are there with

their families around the tree exchanging presents, i still think it's a very significant holiday. i'm not going to say it's all gone. >> juan: dana, 90% of us americans say they celebrate christmas. good news? >> dana: yes, and it's possible millennials would decide to become religious later on in their life. i think this is true worldwide, europe and america at least, church attendance has declined. i would say, one of these things, biblical literacy, whether you are a believer or not, it's important. so much goes into knowing those things. reading beautiful literature and things like that. if you have biblical literacy, you will do better. >> juan: one last thing for you, greg. 25% of americans agree there is a war on christmas. >> greg: how dare they? there goes our war on christmas special. i was hosting it with lou dobbs.

anyway. i'm not religious. but i think it's hypocritical to celebrate christmas if you are not religious because religion in this case, christianity created a really fun event. you are taking part in the event without ascribing to its beliefs, that's hypocritical. that's why i'm not a big christmas guy. i don't ascribe to the beliefs. i try to remain consistent. i am polite, i go to the relatives. i exchange gifts but i don't buy into any religion whatsoever because there are so many of them and all of them believe that everyone of them is wrong but there is. so that's what they have in common. i think the real message here is that humans need a ritualistic activity that brings them together and it's very important, and if we are moving away from a religious worldview, we need to figure out how we bring people together after that happens. >> jesse: should we let greg

celebrate christmas? greg, i think it's okay. we are going to allow it. >> kimberly: he might be a lot less cranky.

>> greg: time for "one more thing." >> kimberly: a story that

reminds me of greg gutfeld in every way possible. there is a story about the grange. this is what happens when you don't accept the true spirit and meaning of christmas into your heart. little boy watching videos, he's 5 years old and quite charming. he is so adorable. watching videos, worried about the grinch stealing christmas so he takes matters into his own hands. yes, he wants to be a police officer. he called donald want to ask for help. look at how cute. here's the best part. the police took him to the station to put the grinch in jail which he loved. who doesn't want to send the grange to jail? great experience. >> greg: teach children lies, great. how heart warming. >> kimberly: don't ruin it. >> greg: i won't. >> jesse: the lakers retired

kobe bryant's jersey last night. he is from philly so we've got to give him love. third time all-time scoring in the nba. five nba championships. mvp. 18 all-star games. amazing player. he had some great advice for his young daughters. take a listen. >> it is not the destination. it's the journey. if you guys can understand that, then what you will see happen is that you won't accomplish your dreams. your dreams won't come true. something greater well. if you can understand that, than i am doing my job as a father. >> greg: excellent. quick, if you go to the conservative aryan podcast at ricochet.com. i appear on their podcast and we count down the best podcast.

ricochet.com. >> juan: my wife and i have been working on charitable giving. we can't compete with baseball pitcher call hamill's, mvp of the 2008 world series. the texas rangers pitcher and his wife donated a $9.4 million mansion in missouri to a camp that works as a christian site to help people with special needs and chronic illnesses. they make dreams come true and we felt called to help them in a big way. this guy started a foundation and he has adopted children. >> dana: this is the most important gift you will get this year. more important than the wine. the annual jasper calendar. greg will be selling his on ebay. >> greg: i will, starting at $100. is that legal? i will sign it.

$1,000. we've got to move on. set your dvrs and never miss an episode of "the five." "special report" is next. bret, do you want a dog calendar? >> bret: these transitions get more interesting every day. >> greg: i am transitioning now. >> on this vote, the year are 227. i've adopted without objection. laid upon the table. >> the first major overhaul of the u.s. tax code and 31 years past the house today but not without complications. the house will likely get a do over tomorrow morning after the senate makes changes, votes and it passes a new version tonight. this is a fox news alert. i am bret baier coming from pi