i want to say merry christmas to you and your family. best of health and 2018. count your blessings. i know you do. i certainly do. among my blessings as all of you. that is all the time we have for tonight. happy new year. shannon bream is up next. >> shannon: we do have some green reviewers, don't become, laura? >> laura: redo. >> shannon: trying to keep the government open, the stage is set for the president and a pen, signing the tax cut into law. the democrats placing their 2018 facts that you won't like it. this new ad. >> the republican tax plan gives huge breaks to corporations. >> shannon: while the democrats strategy backfired? plus... >> nikki haley may be the first female president. >> shannon: was nikki haley's tough talk at the u.n. the right move? speaker that sounds to me like possible collusion. >> shannon: senator rand paul explains his extraordinary claim about the obama administration and the fbi. plus, we hear from the chief of

the vegas fbi office. it's the latest on the investigation into the mandalay bay mass shooting. ♪ hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i am shannon bream in washington. fox news learning tonight that president donald trump planned to sign both the continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government and the $1.5 trillion tax cut bill as soon as they get to his desk. that could be as soon as tomorrow morning. we are awaiting confirmation on the exact timing of that. one political party calls for a challenge by the other. the battle is already taking shape ahead of the 2018 midterm election. listen to this brand-new ad from the democratic senatorial campaign committee. hitting the web just as the republicans passed the most sweeping changes to the tax code in 30 years. >> the republican tax code gives

huge breaks to corporations but raises taxes on middle-class families. >> shannon: expect to hear that democratic talking point a lot over the next few months. unless it doesn't work. tonight, some left-leaning journalists are warning democrats against attacking a plan that will cut taxes for an estimated 80% of american households. a "washington post" headline tonight, "the tax will likely to become more popular after passage." the struggle for republicans is getting the right message across so they can benefit politically. >> we can't sell most of the american people, we ought to go into another line of work. it's easier to sell that you have more money in your pockets and it is the government is now running the health care system. >> shannon: we begin with team coverage. senior capitol hill producer chad pergram explains where things stand with running the government as only he can. and chief national correspondent ed henry kicks things off by telling us why it is important to get both of these things passed before christmas and what's next made good evening. >> the key here is that passing

this does not just keep the government open, it paves the way for president trump, as you suggested, to sign the tax cut into law by the senior official telling us tonight there is a le that happens tomorrow. the way the tax package was written, signing it this year would mean that it triggers some automatic spending cuts next year. this continuing resolution just passed the house and senate, includes waivers, enables the president to do for those cuts until 2019. the president made clear he did not want to show dr. overshadow the win on taxes. declaring that house democrats want a shutdown for the holidays to distract from a very popular just past tax cuts. house republicans, don't let this happen. passed the cr and keep our government open. that is what they did. the democrats do seem to be smarting from the president's victory. after obama paid dan pfeiffer tweeted a strangford photo of mr. trumper with republican leaders in the oval office, said it should be used on front pages when the president's

"indicted." obama officials ben rhodes retweeted this with a comment that it should be used alongside the obituaries for ryan, mcconnell, and mike pence. house majority whip steve scalise, who remember was shot and nearly killed by a bernie sanders supporter who is targeting republicans, slammed him with a simple but savage comeback. "you may want to reconsider your rhetoric." meanwhile, house democratic leader nancy pelosi went back to resisting the president's agenda, telling her colleagues to vote no on the stopgap budget. it does not include a provision allowing the children of illegal immigrants to stay in america. while the president made clear that he's not going to get bogged down on that now. he'll deal with that in january. he, instead, wants to talk about jobs. >> i don't think he and his heart that the president intended to hurt these people in a very cruel way but they are being hurt by the actions that are being taken. >> we are bringing the entrepreneur back into this country. we are getting rid of all the

noughts and ties and we are going to -- you are going to see what happens. ultimately, what does it mean? it means jobs. jobs, jobs, jobs. >> the president did not want to shut out to be the focus. several by companies have handed out bonuses and raises to their workers. democrats predicted the tax cut would not trickle down to employees. interesting, democrats have maneuvered themselves into a political situation where they are on record voting for higher taxes and don't seem so happy the last 24 hours about actually the fact that higher wages are going to happen. not a good place for them. >> shannon: may sound really interested in campaigning on this. that is what they say. we will debate. ed henry live. thank you. congress bolting out of d.c. for the christmas holiday. not before kicking some really tough issues into next year. chad pergram has a breakdown from capitol hill for us tonight. let's start this by saying, how

did they get wrap this up so quickly? speak of us was a big pond. january is the new december. december was supposed to be this big month and capitol hill, the past tax reform but had other big things to do, dealing with daca, aggressing the domestic surveillance program, pfizer, and keeping the government open, may be some extra money for the military. i did not happen. they just did the minimum, catholic government open, and sent everybody home. christmas in washington, it's often said that this decision was made by the most powerful people in washington. not the members of congress, but their spouses. it was the spouses who wanted their friends and family home to do the honeydew projects, trim the tree, finish christmas shopping. that means it will be a very busy january. true that they will be able to fund the government, a very testy house republican conference meeting last night in the capital. a few minutes after the celebration on white house at

the tax reform, there was one official who said i'm surprised we get this done. what they have done is the minimum. they have funded the government through january 19th. they have temporarily removed the domestic surveillance program, which is very controversial. fisa 702. that's it for now, shannon. >> shannon: you love the video, the fact that everyone refers to it as the jailbreak, as we watch everyone running out. >> jet fuel, yes. that gets people wanting to run to the airport with these big congressional recesses. >> shannon: as they run, you talked about -- they're kicking a lot of things into january. would make a back, there is serious stuff and another tight deadline. >> they didn't work out a long-term deal on funding the government, they didn't work out a long-term deal on funding the military. they haven't addressed daca. they have to figure these things out. this is why john cornyn, the republican whip in the senate, said to me a couple of hours ago that this is maddening. it's like groundhog day. we do this over and over.

we have to go home and recharge our batteries. when they come back in january, shannon, the matrix and the senate is going to be a little bit different. it will be 51 republicans and 49 democrats. two new senators come again, tina smith of minnesota, succeeding al franken, who was retiring, and also doug jones the democrat for alabama. >> shannon: right you are. chad, thank you so much for your around-the-clock coverage on capitol hill. >> any time. >> shannon: with the government funding battle temporary delayed, the democrats are taking a net of $1.5 trillion tax cut hoping it will be a political loser for the g.o.p. as we mentioned, even some left-wing commentators are worried that the democrats harsh criticism may backfire. dave from "the washington post" writing, "democrats united against the tax bill planned to make it the centerpiece of a midterm campaign, one that may play out in a growing economy where the worst predictions about the tax cuts fall flat." joining me not to discuss cut,

fox news political editor, chris stirewalt. >> i'm glad to see him in the three-piece suit. we are away from devcon one. >> shannon: we head back down, one threat level. he is on the hill. >> they may do a do over. >> shannon: we are hearing from democrats that they are thrilled to run on -- even a tax policy center, which which leans to the left, 80% are getting a , 50% seed nothing, 5% will have some increase, mostly high earners in blue states with high property taxes. with all that, the dems say this will be a good thing to campaign on. here is what nancy pelosi said. >> you know the particulars of the bill, it takes us deeply into debt, does not produce growth, it doesn't -- it's not a simplification, it's not for the middle class. so this is a welcome debate that we have. they said there is the campaign issue for them.

we welcome mat. if we do. >> shannon: i feel like i am living into different universes because how can these two things be true? at least in the immediate future, we know there are issues ten years down the road, but right now, what she is saying and what independent sources are saying you're two very different things. >> one of the most charming things but washington is the only people ever care about the deficit or the people who aren'. they complained bitterly about deficit spending and then when they get in the power, they say it's a good deficit. we really love it. a delicious deficit. local, campaigns are about to more than one thing. even within a single topic, you are talking to multiple audiences. so yes, for suburbanites, republicans are going to be on good ground, they will say, look, guys, we cut taxes, we cut your employer's taxes, jobs have improved, things are going up. the place where democrats can take their message, this message about income inequality, they can to get to the surprising places where donald trump did

well in 2016. they can go to where i grew up, places in the upper midwest, they can go to appalachia and say, here is what happened. you voted for donald trump and the republicans because they were going to drain the swamp and stick it to the man but they are the man and they helped out wall street and big business and they did not help you out because you and i both know that in most of the communities that have been left behind in the last 30 years, there ain't no tax cut that is going to make them do better. that is not -- there is no panacea and certainly tax cuts are probably going to do that for them. this is a message that you can take to those folks. you can't take it to people in the suburbs who will say, this is great. extra three grand. >> shannon: the speaker keeps saying, look, as soon as february, it will start showing up in your deductions and withholding out of your paychecks. they feel confident that this will be something they do want to campaign on. i thought it was interesting, richard rubin, "wall street journal" points out, he says, this is a gap. in 2018, 80% of households will get tax cuts but in our poll,

17% of people think they are getting tax cuts. the democrats always seem to win the messaging game. >> or the republicans lose edge. >> shannon: he operated either way, it matters. >> either way, it matters a great deal. let me connect these two dots. you have their shameful governments, the people of the united states take or borrowed in their name, four and a half trillion dollars or something every year. the inability of this government to deal with all of the basic things -- >> shannon: funding. >> to basically budget. the things that everyone can agree on and then you have pressing issues about health insurance, immigration, national security. they are applauding themselves because they made it out before christmas to kick the can another month. i say this, whatever they do about it -- however people receive a taxes and i think it will be a net positive for republicans, if they look like nincompoops you cannot run the

basic function of the governmene continuing either to stagger from crisis to crisis, voters wl hold that against them, strongly. >> shannon: they feel that. they are very aware that we are talking about her. why can people manage? why are they like drunken sailors? no matter which party, wandering around d.c.? >> they get paid to do it. these are the only people who would possibly think of holding a press conference on congratulating themselves for barely, barely making their bare minimum. they need to do better if they want more trust. >> shannon: i love the word nincompoops by the way. it is underutilized. i think you for bringing it. #nincompoops. thank you. united nations ambassador nikki haley made it perfectly clear today, countries voting for a u.n. resolution condemning the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital will pay a price. general jack keane next on what that price might be. as senator rand paul tweets, "the obama administration may have been something worse than

watergate." we spoke to senator paul about that. we'll get is, straight ahead. the sexual-harassment scale reaches a crescendo. we have the disturbing details on the latest allegations. plus, a rare interview with the lead fbi investigator in the las vegas shooting had walked in the world happen? stick around for what he has to

♪ >> shannon: it is the kind of tough talk that makes dove's shutter and talks applaud. our browser to the united nations, nikki haley, blasting nations who voted against president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. slowly warning there will be a o pay for standing in the way of american policy. >> we will remember it when we are called upon to once again makes the world's largest contribution to the united nations. and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more, and to use our influence for their benefit. >> shannon: the special session of the u.n. general a assembly passing a declaration to condemn the move, 128-9, with 35 of sentience. what price will those nations actually pay? let's talk about it with a retired fork or star general in fox news sr. strategic analyst, general jack keane.

i want to start with this tweet from a former cia director john brennan. he says, that "the trump administration threat to retaliate against nations that exercise sovereign right in the u.n. to oppose u.s. position on jerusalem is beyond outrageous. it shows donald trump x black blind loyalty and subservience from everyone. usually found in autocad." >> i don't have a problem with haley's comments. there are 65 that did not participate. a whole bunch of them never showed up. i think that is a little surprising because i thought it would be more overwhelming than that. i think, when it comes to foreign aid, foreign aid is u.s. national interest. we have certain goals we are trying to achieve with that these countries. i don't think, based on a vote that is symbolic in nature, has no authority, that doesn't find anybody to anything, yes, we

were snubbed. but i think we can have a thicker skin than that. we are the world's global power. we are number one in the world. we got to stay focused on what foreign aid is trying to do. i would hold money back from the u.n., it is in desperate need of your form. secretary general president trump sat there and said they were going to do that, but i would make their money conditional on them moving toward that reform. >> shannon: i know that you think there are much bigger issues at play in the middle east right now, there are other things that are more pressing governments issue about whether we will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. >> the president made a bold move. i think we have had abject failure because not recognizing israel, by three of his predecessors, has produced absolutely nothing. and he tried to maybe achieve some abject truth and see if that works. i want our audience to understand that today, among the

sunni arabs, the middle east peace process doesn't even rank in the top three, where it always used to be number one. it might not even read number four. why? they are dealing with iranian aggression. radical islamic terrorism exists in just about every one of their countries. two major civil war is taking in syria and in yemen that are catastrophic in terms of human beings. and the fourth thing is, they have internal issues that they must address, if they're going to move their civil societies forward. then possibly, the middle east peace process. another thing, shannon, israel has never been closer to the sunni arabs than they are right now. and that is because of the iranian threat. >> shannon: what do we do about a run now? this president is taking a much different posture with them than the previous administration. there is for certification issue coming up in january, with respect to the nuclear deal. he has been pretty tough on that. his rhetoric has been much different with iran men during the obama administration.

where did we go to make progress on those fronts? >> first of all, i agree with the conference of review and the conclusion that the administration has drawn that iran is the number one strategic threat in the region to our national interest and those of our allies. but i don't see us doing anything about what iran is doing. in other words, they already own lebanon, but they are taking complete control of syria and we have done nothing to contain that control. they have now established a land bridge that we forecasted would happen from iran through iraq into syria into lebanon. they are going to use syria to encroach on jordan and israel. as that continues to accelerate, it could possibly lead to a conflict between israel and lebanon. i would like to see us get much more involved and containing iran with specific policies are not just a strategic overview that they are the number one strategic threat.

>> shannon: president trump talked a lot about the campaign about wanting to not get anyone involved in certain conflicts. and that was popular with a lot of people who voted for him because they didn't want to see more entanglement. you think it is going to take that to some extent to disrupt things like that land bridge? >> certainly, i know they would have concern about major u.s. boots on the ground. i'm not suggesting anything like that. but i am talking about working with sunni arabs who are very concerned about what's taking place. as are the israelis. the israelis are already conducting strikes into southern syria up against their border with the iranian proxies encroaching on the israeli border. this is just going to get worse. yeah, iran is a major, major issue in the middle east and the u.s. is the indispensable ally to the sunni arabs and trying to contain it. >> shannon: we have a vital role to play. it's a difficult, delicate balance. good to hear from folks like you with good counsel. thank you, general.

merry christmas. >> merry christmas. do you into our viewers. >> shannon: scott loyd, who is the office of resettlement, catching some heat that says abortion and rape are both forms of violence. he says that allowing abortion cases of assault implies that it's "possible to cure violence with more violence." where in the world is new york knicks enis kanter? turkey wants him in jail. and the horrific car ramming attack was not terrorism but they are also admitting the suspect was angry about muslims like himself. details on that ahead. and "worse than watergate"? ellison barber is here with highlights from her exclusive

>> shannon: several symphonies tonight are severing ties with famed conductor and my sexual sl misconduct allegations. we opera singers in a classical musician allege the world-renowned conductor assaulted them, physically restraining thereby forcing unwanted kissing on them. the the new york philharmonic ss he has withdrawn from concerts new tonight from las vegas shooting investigation, the coroner just releasing its official determination of the shooter, stephen paddock, killed itself by shooting himself in the head. since the october 1st concert massacre in las vegas, the fbi has interviewed more than 400 people worldwide but only the investigators know if we or any closer than figuring out the gunman's motive. special agent in charge aaron during a rare interview in trace gallagher has that. >> the fbi says getting a report like this done in one year is "lengthy."

it's an awfully long time to wait for answers. when it comes to the ongoing and unanswered question of motive why stephen paddock open fire, killing 58, injuring more than 500 before turning the gun on himself, the fbi says it may never know. the special agent in charge of the investigation told the las vegas review journal, the fbi has interviewed more than 400 people worldwide who had some connection to stephen paddock. the feds are looking for information on everything from his history to his psychological and sociological makeup. the fbi has also brought in some 400 specialists to help catalogue evidence. for example, the concert venue itself, where most of the victims were shot, took 14 days to document. it took another 13 days to document the gunman's hotel suite on the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay. on top of that, federal agents have followed 1500 leads and collected 22,000 hours of videotape. so far, this is what the fbi can say for sure.

listen. >> to this date, there is no affiliation. to this date, there is no ideology that's been attributed. into this date, there is no coconspirators or other people that were involved or had knowledge of this event. does that mean we stop looking? know. i still have evidence being reviewed at the fbi laboratory, and as i mentioned, a lot of it. >> he went on to say the goal of the investigation is to be 100% accurate and that takes time. the fbi has not shed any light on the confusing and contradictory timeline, like how long was it when stephen paddock opened fire to win mandalay bay made the first call to police. and how long did it take police to respond to the hotel and make their way to the 32nd floor? several news organizations have filed lawsuits trying to get the 911 tapes released. shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much, trace. the u.s. plans to allow the sale of lethal weapons to ukraine for

use against pro-russian separatists. supporters say it is long overdue and critics say it brings us closer to a conflict with the russians. we have more on that from the pentagon. speak of the trump administration ending the arms embargo in ukraine, allowing them to buy .50-caliber sniper rifles and other light arms from u.s. companies. but the u.s. government will not be supplying the weapons. still, the decision was a plot on capitol hill. to speak of this government at , with his national security team is finally doing what people on both sides of the aisle have tried to get administrations to do. these weapons are to defend ukraine against russia's aggression. >> russia haq senator tom cotton turned it up a notch, "this is e policies. with this decision, the trump administration is reminding vladimir putin and his cronies that they lost the cold war and we won't tolerate their bullying of our friend, ukraine." the state department pushed

back, saying weapons have been available for purchase before, after russian and his crimea in 2014 in support of the crime unpack fighters in 2014. "under the previous two administrations, this is nothing new." a green beret and former white house official says otherwise. >> this is a significant break from the obama administration. it's a larger scale that we have ever done. it is lethal and it's going to send a message to the russians the end they are not going to be happy about it. >> as expected, the decision angered moscow. earlier this month, president trump's national security advisor hinted that changes were coming to the white house's handling of russian aggression. >> we are continuing to strengthen the capabilities. >> it comes at a time when the white house is pushing back to mclean that president trump has been to stop on russia.

more evidence that things are heating up in eastern europe. shannon. >> shannon: where in the world, in 90 seconds? turkey wants to in prison new york knicks player enes kanter. he says that he will keep trash talking the turkish president at metaphorical years doesn't sound too bad for speaking his mind. new tonight at the australian car ramming in melbourne. there were -- he plowed into a crowd injuring 19 earlier today. now tonight, an interview with australia's "abc news," a victoria police spokesman says this about the suspect. "he spoke about dreams. he spoke about voices. but he also did attribute some of his actions to the poor treatment of muslims." when asked if that means it could be terrorism, he answered, that is certainly one aspect we are exploring in respect and motivation. just one weeks to go before the

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.. >> shannon: you may have heard leaks and claims coming out of the secret meetings secret meetings of the health fbi adjustment --dash fbi and justice department figures saying they have showed bias. >> the president has repeatedly criticized the fbi in the special counsel investigation. more and more republicans it seemed to be doing the same thing. senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley reportedly said acting fbi director andrew mccabe needs to be replaced. mccabe visited capitol hill today, the second time this week. he spent less than 14 hours

testifying before house committees behind closed doors. sources tell fox news during the interviews, republicans pressed mccabe on when he found out the clinton campaign and the dnc helped fund the now notorious trump dossier. kentucky senator rand paul tweeted that "it's time to investigate high-ranking obama government officials who made have colluded to prevent the election of donald trump." this could be worse than watergate. i spoke with senator paul earlier today and asked about that tweet, what evidence he has. here are some of what he had to say. >> we are not talking about an fbi agent who is talking to his mistress and at the same time saying that somebody else named and he was involved. could that be andrew mccabe? that sounds to me like possible collusion. we've also got the same kind of high-level career politician or career intelligence officers, folks in the department of

justice who were involved somehow with the dossier on trump that was paid for by the democratic national committee and the high-ranking official was meeting with the people from the opposition research. there is a lot going on here but what it tells me in general is that we need more oversight of these people. >> democrat say at this point, republicans are not engaged in a truth seeking effort, but an effort to discredit robert mueller and his investigation into possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. >> the emergency urgency, i think would be that mr. mueller, special counsel mueller, is moving closer and closer, he's gotten some indictments. >> it's part of an attempt, a lot of diversion, from the russian attempt to subvert the last election, the possible collusion, the surgeon collusion

by banning the members of the trump campaign and the possible collect on my collusion by the president .. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders as the white house does not intend to fire robert mueller. she said that on "america's newsroom" today. in the same breath, she referred to the mall or investigation as a hoax. shannon? >> allison barber at the very latest. thank you. the fbi pushing back on attacks against the embattled agency saying, "attacks in our character and demeaning comments about the fbi will not deter agents from continuing to do what we have always done. dedicate our lives protecting the american people." for more on that, let's bring in david avella, the chairman of gopac. we are getting worried that there has been a subset of republicans within the intelligence committee on the house side having their own meetings about bias. do you blame them?

>> [laughs] i don't blame them but i'm not a republican. here's the deal. they can meet, they can talk about the fbi and doj is an independent agency about deals. what's bothersome about this is that they seem to be politicizing and weaponizing the political support are comments by certain agents or officials during a campaign. that doesn't mean political bias. if you want to investigate president obama or hillary clinton about colluding -- during a presidential campaign, aren't we all colluding against the opponent that we don't want to win? i'm not talking about breaking the law. i'm talking about, we'll do next, y, z commits advocate for our guy. that has no place in the fbi. in the mueller investigation, strzok was wrong in his comments, he was terminated, and

this happened all the time. i'm a former prosecutor from new york. there is a bucket of political stuff the republicans want to use as a possible bias. i don't think it rises very edge. there is other bucket of hard-core investigation that have many layers of review and the ultimate decision about what happens to donald trump in the mueller investigation will be u. >> shannon: his team seems pretty confident. just so folks know what we are talking about, senator rand paul said it's time to investigate high-ranking obama government officials who might have colluded to present the -- prevent the election of trump. >> thankfully, they were trying to influence the election, and effective as they were at running the government. mueller could have picked too many people to help them do this investigation and he chose to

pick clinton apologists who want to turn this into a therapy session for why they ultimately lost the election. >> she lost. donald trump won. >> shannon: let's talk about peter strzok. he is somebody who was involved in the key investigation and he is someone who also made those key edits on the draft of that letter exonerating her before she had been interviewed, before immunity deals had been made. that is significant to a lot of people to say, this guy had a hand in crafting the conversation and this basic statement about her. he was clearly on her side. you can see how for some people this is disconcerting. >> from an appearance standpoint, but let's be real clear. strzok is not the only person making that call. comey is making that call. there are hundreds of fbi agents and -- >> shannon: but he was the one person editing this thing that we know of. he was changing language from

"gross negligence" to "careless," the things that speak to whether or not she could be legally liable. >> certainly, he was in the position to do that but those are recommendations and those recommendations go to not only comey but other senior people who are aware of that investigation. i don't put much stock in that. >> shannon: is ultimately the way the statement was read by comey. >> it came down to what comey wanted in there or not. equally interesting, the same democrats who say there shouldn't be in an investigation of hillary clinton because his and the past are cheering the only indictments that have come in this investigation, which are things that have been done in the past. it's the biggest double standard you'll see injustice. >> hillary clinton is a private citizen. my goodness gracious, -- >> she got investigated and she

was cleared. we need to move on. >> shannon: the inspector general, to my understanding, has not moved on. he has some questions about how this thing went on. we won't solve it tonight but do thank you, great to see you both, always. thanks for coming in. attorney general jeff sessions reportedly ordering the justice department prosecutor ask fbi agents about why they didn't seek charges in the uranium one deal involving hillary clinton. the effort is reportedly about examining whether or not a second special counsel investigation is warranted. the controversial uranium one deal is a 2010 transaction with the obama administration, including the hillary clinton state department, allowed the sale of uranium to russia. they were alleged ties to goods and foundation donors are made all that. we'll see if there was a separate investigation upcoming. also, the resist movement takes a new fight in the war on christmas. we will discuss the resistance latest shenanigans on the other side of this break. rect

>> shannon: the resistance movement against president trump's never missing an opportunity to speak ill of him. one of them says "all i want for

christmas is president trump and preached dan gainor joins us now with his view on all of this. i like it. it's a free country, you can say whatever you want, but it's a little odd, i think, the celebrating the birth of christ with these messages. hey, you know. they are pretty good. >> you celebrate the birth of christ with giving money to planned parenthood. selling the baby parts to the highest bidder. >> shannon: they deny doing that for the record but that is a little bit odd to have a christmas card -- i have seen gift certificates you can see from planned parenthood and they will help women's health. implications on christmas time, hard for them to square at four there are stocks that are suggested christmas gifts. they are girls against more male -- because it's not that we hate mail art is just that we don't really need more of this. apparently stop with the socks. stop with the male art. if you don't want any more of

something, you don't like it. if somebody wants up to you and says, hey, here's another mona lisa, would you like it? of their answer is no, you got a problem. >> shannon: let's move onto another topic. the president, the destruction of isis, breaking of the caliphate, the geographical they were having in that area, not everyone is giving the president credit on that. >> not everybody, almost nobody. you look at the news stories, what few stories there are about defeating isis, it is all passive. isis was defeated. one of the basic journalist thing is who, what, when, where, why. who defeated active? instead of the active, "trump, general mattis" trump is nowhere in these stories. you have to use an investigative team to find his name in the story. as is every other trump accomplishment, the economy, which is booming, the stock market, which is going great. they don't want to give him any credit and the things -- the

other things he's done, judges and getting rid of regulations, they actually want to fight him on it. >> shannon: they are opposing him on that. let's get to this idea of mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader who just preceded over this task cut along with house speaker paul ryan, and they got the government funded, they are doing positive things but there are people who don't feel that way in the mainstream media. he is talking about "the new york times" editorial page, he doesn't really care what they think about him, i have to deal with the inevitable criticism that comes along with doing a job like this. but i care about the opinions about the people i respect. they are suggesting that doesn't include "the new york times." >> i don't blame you. telling someone -- i'm completely in sync with mitch mcconnell on that. it doesn't happen that often. he's spot on. "the new york times" is just the voice of the left. it doesn't try to normalize pages. it turned over its twitter feed to actually lobbying against the tax cut. and even the conservatives are

anti-trump. you have bret stephens, hired because he's anti-trump, since he was hired, he came out and said he would never vote for the g.o.p. again. there is no attempt at balance. it's a problem that runs throughout print media, "the washington post," they don't try to find anybody who disagrees with them. one big bubble. mitch mcconnell, he's spot on. >> shannon: they will keep you busy. there are no surprises here. thanks for coming along to chat with us. >> always a pleasure. merry christmas. >> shannon: you, as well. >> shannon: mike pence making a surprise visit overseas. a surprise visit overseas.

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>> bureaucrats don't win battles. soldiers do. under this president, we will never allow bureaucracy to stand in the way of victory. >> shannon: vice president mike pence making a surprise visit to afghanistan to encourage our troops and to

share a special holiday message. he went on to say "god bless the united states of america." most-watched, most grateful you spent the evening with us. >> the united states will remember this day and we will remember is when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more. >> congress voted to kick the can down the road with funding to keep the government open. >> a second win for the white house this week. donald trump taking time to award a purple heart to a soldier. >> we are going to wish them a merry christmas, happy new year. ♪ ♪ jingle bell jingle bell jingle bell rock ♪ jingle bell swing ♪ jingle bells ring ♪