u.s. reportedly providing lethal weapons to the ukraine. the president who is in florida for the holiday hasn't made an official announcement yet, but the news already angering russia. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news heads quarters. leah: i'm leah gabriel. critics say the move will fuel the conflict in eastern ukraine but also further strain relations with vladimir putin. we're live in west palm beach, florida near the president's mar-a-lago estate. nice to see you.

reporter: this decision by the government to send antimissiles to the ukraine is really a major escalation in u.s. support for ukrainian government troops. they have been fighting against russian backed separatists on their own territory since 2013, despite a number of cease-fires, the fighting has sparked in the past few weeks. this could make a big difference on the ground. these modern sophisticated ant-tank weapons are portable and lethal. this is a immediate condemnation in moscow. government officials in the foreign ministry as well as the state have condemned the action saying it will lead to more bloodshed in ukraine. the u.s. officials say the weapons are purely defensive to be used on ukraine's own territory. >> thank you. mike: congress going on a break for the holidays leaving a large

to-do list for the new year, challenges on health care, immigration and funding the government. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says to expect a shift in his chamber when congress returns next year. >> there's a few things that were not addressed yesterday that e we'll have to turn to in january and we'll work most of those out on a bipartisan basis and pass what we need to pass. mike: we're live in the washington bureau with more. reporter: the stopgap measure they passed keeps the government open until the 19th. it also temporarily extended the controversial domestic spy program but for the most part it kicked the can down the road. congress rarely has a short to-do list but they'll start the new year with a long one. congress went out without funding the government long term. again only until the 19th. they did not reauthorize fisa long term, only to the 19th.

they didn't touch daca the program that protects immigrants brought to the u.s. illegally as children and they didn't deal with disaster aid. >> i think that january 19th will look a lot different than december th 21st did. passing tax reform took up a lot of oxygen in the room. i'm hopeful now that we've passed tax reform we can have a longs term solution and daca may be part of that process. reporter: jeff flake says majority leader mitch mcconnell promised to have a hold on daca legislation in january. democrats really want to get that done. >> every day nearly over 100, 120-some daca recipients, daca eligible lose their status. we need action. we need it soon. reporter: overall, here's what the white house says we should

expect to see. >> we're working through some of the top priorities. i think you can expect welfare reform infrastructure, immigration reform, all to be top of line and something that they'll be looking at and talking about a lot over the first part of next year. reporter: one thing the spending bill included was a pay cobill. if federal legislation adds to the deficit it has to be paid by spending cuts. the waiver was important to republicans because it essentially allowed president trump to immediately sign the tax reform bill without automatic spending cuts hitting things like medicare. without that there were rumors that that tax bill wouldn't get signed until january. tax reform may not be on the to-do list but there's a lot of work to do and not much time. the house comes back to work on january 8th. they were sent to return on january 3rd wu leadership decided to extend the recess just a little bit.

mike: we'll see you next time. thanks. leah: the manner accused of planning a christmas attack in san francisco is behind bars. this is everett jamison. he's a former marine charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. he alledgedly detailed his reporplotto an underoveragent. his relatives speaking out saying they noticed a change in his last year. >> he started wearing, you know, the gown-like things and the hat and stuff like that. and we all kind of just tease dz hiteasedhim at first. it was a joke, like what are you doing. then he was like, no, i'm really into it. and we're like okay, that's you if you want to do this. leah: will carr is live with the detail. federal agents say when you see something say something.

they saw these changes, right? reporter: they're releasing terrifying details about what appears to be an alleged lone wolf planned attack. according to court comes, everett aaron jamison landed on the fbi's radar. a seniojamison went on to descre wanting to use explosives to funnel a large number of people into one place on pier 39 in san francisco where he could maximize the targets. the fbi filed a terror charge against jamison on friday. he's a former marine with a sharp shooter qualification. while the agency notes that jamison denies all of the allegations, authorities say they found a note in his home insen waiting that he wanted to carry out the plan after president trump decided to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. he also asked the undercover

agent to provide guns, ammo and explosive materials. his family says they had no idea about the alleged plot. >> i believe it started with losing his children. that's where i believe it began. that is when he decided to convert. i hope that i'm not related to somebody who would take innocent lives like that over a religion or something that they believe. i hope that he was just releasing whatever type of anger he had inside. reporter: attorney general jeff sessions releasing a statement which says in part that the plet from radical islamic terrorism is real and it is serious. but the american people can be assured that the department of justice remains vigilant in protecting or homeland. according to fbi, jamison planned the assault to be a lot like the attack on halloween in new york where a man smashed a truck into a bike lane filled with people. it also comes as isis called for

attacks on western cities around christmas. leah. leah: really good work from our intelligence agencies and our feds in preventing this. thank you, will. mike: new violence breaking out in the holy land between pa palestinian and iz raleig israe. connor powell has more from our jerusalem bureau. reporter: three weeks after president trump's controversial decision on jerusalem, violent clashes and protests continue around the world. in the city of bethlehem, they battled yet again on saturday. though the demonstrations have shrunken in side since president trump announced his unilateral decide to recognize jerusalem as

israel's capital. palestinian president abase issuing a christmas message calling on the international christian community to quote listen to the indigenous christians from the holy land and reject president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's ta capitol. the fallout continues. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley inviting the representatives from the nine countries that voted with america against the u.n. resolution to a thank you reception. president trump earlier threatened to cut aid to countries that voted against the u.s. position on jerusalem. his threat has largely been ignored. with more than 120 countries voting in favor of the u.n. measure including germany, france and the united kingdom and several countries that receive a lot of u.s. assistance like afghanistan, jordan and

egypt. mike: connor, thank you. leah: meantime a federal appeals court ruling against president trump's latest travel ban. the third version of the ban details travel restrictions that vary from country to country ap and they failed to prove that somebody is a security risk just by being from one of those regions. travel ban 3.0 affects citizens of iran, libya, syria, yemen, somalia, chad, north korea and certain people from venezuela. mike: the thomas fire burning in southern california is now the largest in the state's history. how far crews have come and how much still has to be done before it's knocked out plus, a bunch of smiling faces in washington. the republican-less congress passing the tax bill and getting it signed by president trump. what this latest victory means for the gop. >> mitch mcconnell has been

fantastic. worked so hard. we would speak at 3:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the morning, we would speak whenever we had to speak. he worked so hard. and the exact same thing could be said for paul ryan. represents a gift of life for people here in israel who are in desperate need.

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leah: the deadly thomas wildfire wob now the largest in california's history. torching 270,000 acres. it broke out less than three weeks ago aquickly spread across santa barbara. it was fueled by intense winds and dry weather. it's claimed two lives, including a firefight and it's burned 700 homes and businesses. right now the fire we're hearing is about 65% contained. >> you made the case for the tax bill but it's been a year of extraordinary accomplishment for the trump administration. >> something this big, something this generational, something this profound could not have been done without exquisite presidential leadership. mr. president, thank you for getting us over the finish line. thank you for getting us where we are. mike: top republican leaders seem to be getting along with each other and with president trump after passing sweeping tax

legislation. it wasn't all this way. recall the battles over trying to repeal obamacare. while they did get the tax bill to the white house before the president's christmas deadline, it was the first major legislative win of his term what does this mean for 2018? judith miller joins me now. judy, good afternoon. after the obamacare repeal and replace effort fell short in the senate, it felt like relationings were very strained. where are they now? >> well, they're much much better because there's nothing like a victory such as the tax bill to really boost the feelings of friendship for the republicans for this president. but as you point out, president trump got off to a very bad start with his own party members. i mean look at the relationship between speaker ryan and the president at the very beginning. now of course ryan has nothing

but kind words to say for the president. but it hasn't always been that way. anand you still have warnings fm people like karl rove who do know a few things about winning and losing elections asking the president in an op-ed page article not to came pain in battleground states where races are close, that it might actually hurt the republican candidate. you also have mitch mcconnell saying the speaker of the senate saying -- the leader of the senate saying, wow, you know, we could lose not only one but both houses in 2018. but you know, a lot of people have lost money underestimating donald trump. mr. trump loves to win. he loves to win big and he intends to do that. he's jiggering his campaign around. he's meeting right now with republicans to talk about what he can do to reverse the losses

and finally he's figuring out what to do to raise his huge disapproval to -- to lower his huge disapproval rating which could hurt rises. mike: the president was plotting out strot gi for 2018. now on the policy said white house aides say it feels that they can apply it to future policy pushes. what about that heading into 2018? >> that would be nice but it's in theory. you've got to look at the political geography and that bodes well for democrats, no matter what republicans do on the substantive side. i mean, normally in a midterm, a president's party will lose about 32 seats on average and that's without a president who is as unpopular as this one. but the democrats just need to

win seats to take control of the house. and we all know how razor thin the margin is in the senate. it's two seats only. now it's true that the democrats have a lot more seats to defend than the republicans. but if the president can't do something about his personal popularity, that could really spill over onto these races as we saw both in the virginia gubernatorial race and most pronounced in alabama where the president, i think, made a political mistake in endorsing roy moore. that really hurt him with women. 98% of black women voted for the democrat. and this is in alabama. so the president is going to adjust. he's going adjust his campaign staff. he's going to try to bring things to the floor that might win his popularity in battleground states. but it's an uphill battle. >> as you mentioned, the senate will be 51-49 with a republican

majority in the new year with an alabama democrat being sworn in. is infrastructure something the president can entice democrats to support? >> well, i think so. and i think there's every indication that that's where the president is headed. and even with the tax bill we saw an outreach to democrats, according to the white house, on 70 occasions in an effort to get democratic votes. now it didn't work in this tax issue. and the tax bill itself remains very unpopular with most voters. if polls are to be believed. but infrastructure is popular with democrats. every american knows what it's like to be struggling with bad roads and bridges and infrastructure that's failing. so yeah, i fi if he pushes that, he's likely to get some democrat by-in where he wasn't able to on the tax bill. >> . >> you made reference that

president trump might do people a favor by staying home. knowing this president's personality and his desire to get out there and be with the people, do you see him staying home in 2018? >> i see president trump doing whatever he thinks is going to help the republicans win. if it means doing less personally, he'll do that. if it means doing more personally, he's going to do that. i think if you look at what the president does as opposed to what he says and tweets, he's really learned a lot about how not to shoot himself in the foot. so i think that if anything, we would all be unwise to kind of underestimate his determination to make this not a huge defeat for the gop in 2018. that's tough. that's really tough given history and his own unpopularity. but i have lost a lot of money

underestimating this president. i don't intend to do so in the midterm. mike: would it help republicans on the ballot in 2018 if the president were to sell tax reform if he's not campaigning for members in swing states but selling something they accomplished? >> well the president is hoping that once people begin to see that thousand dollar deduction on their tax bills that this bill which is wildly unpopular will suddenly become more popular. but i think the problem for the president is this populous message which is, look, these tax deductions, if for people in wealthy states -- not wealthy states but states that have high state and local taxes are going to be capped at 10,000, that's going to hurt people in california and new york, states like ours. and also the deductions for the krptions go on forever which as for the individuals they expire

in 2025. this is a hard bill to sell but the president thinks it will become more popular and perhaps he's right. we'll have to see once we see the tax implications for the ordinary americans. >> 2017 was quite a year in our nation's capital. 2018, it could be quite a year. judy miller, thank you for your time. >> it won't be boring. leah: holiday shoppers in a race to grab the great deal online. they're no longer competing with other shoppers. retailers are using a fleet of bots that can add things to the cart and then they sell them for double their original price. molly has more from the new york city newsroom. >> high-tech software is the new threat to holiday joy making it tougher than every for mom and dad to find the must have toy at its regular retail price. >> we're having sales popping up on major retailers that are sold

out in seconds. >> they resell the good and reap the gains. this year's topic, finger links. >> i definitely had readers that have told me that they've had their finger link in their cart and then when they've gone to check out it's gone. >> the pint-sized critter should cost $18 but they're sold out at toy stores. now selling online for as much as $1,000. another target, these are out of stock but available on ebay for double the money. many retailers try to block the bots. >> how do you know a difference between a grandma with 14 grandkids who all get the same holiday gift and somebody who is a bad actor trying to resell the merchandise. >> new mexico senator tom u doll is among those working the expand a lawb that prevents bots for the use of mass purchasing

theaters tickets or con center tickets. it's too late for this christmas. laura oliver suggests that instead of paying the markup to consider writing an iou. mike: a gunman killed by the very officers he was firing at. while it's being investigated as possible terrorism. mike pence making an unannounced trip to afghanistan, talking up some major advancements in america's longest war. >> in 2017 we've eliminated more see onleaders in the taliban than were eliminated in all of the prior years combined.

mike: the fbi now investigator a shooting near pennsylvania state capital in harrisburg.

awfser shot and killed a gunman and officials say the shooter had tie to the middle east. witnesses describing a terrifying scene. >> sounds like fir firecrackerst first. i heard a barrage of shots. when we got to the alley, the cop was there, he had his long rifle out and he said, get back. and then the cop came down and put the tape across. you shoot the cops, you get what you what. mike: david lee miller is live with our newsroom with more >> the now deceased shooter has been identified add as a 51-year-old. authorities are trying to learn more about his past. his brother-in-law was shocked by the shooting saying, and i quote, that's not his behavior at all. his estranged wife said she thought he had been living

overseas. the local district attorney tells fox that he was believed to be egyptian and returned from the middle east in october. he says a ply mayor aspect of this investigation is learning if he had any lik to terrorism. mental health issues have being investigated. at this point we're being told nothing is being ruled out. the shooting spree began around 4 pk on a street between the pennsylvania state capital own the courthouse. >> his car was struck several times, including he shot the one very close to hitting him. about a half-hour later -- that started 4:10 this afternoon. 20 minutes, a half-hour later several shots were fired at a state trooper. as we indicated earlier, she was struck by one of those shots. but she's doing well. in good condition.

>> according to the da, the bullet that wounded the trooper grazed her head. the shooter fired several more wounds. the wounded trooper still in her cruiser then fled. at a third location he was armed with two handguns, opened fire on harrisburg police and that's when he was shot and killed. he kept a low profile the fbi is the lead agency in this investigation asking anyone with information to call or go to the websites tims .fbi .gov. quick acting police prevented what could have been a tragedy. mike: an important reminder that the dangers that our law enforcement officials face every day. thank you very much. leah: vice president mike pence touting progress in president trump's effort to end america's longest war.

pence making a surprise visit to afghanistan to meet with the nation's leaders there and to speak with the troops, saying that president trump's new strategy is quote already bearing fruit four months after it was laid out. >> we've been flowing resources and troops and more importantly flowing new authorities to our personnel on the ground to enable them to take the fight more effectively alongside the afghan soldiers against the enemy. the results are becoming evident around the country. leah: joining me now is the professor of international relations at carnegie mellon. nice to see you. >> hi, how are you. leah: i was deployed with the s.e.a.l. team as a human intelligence officer in 2008 and we were seeing a lot of progress doing good work then. but then things took a turn. what is it going to take to

improve the stability in afghanistan and keep the tract k running long term. >> the policy initiated in august by president trump is the beginning of the turn around in afghanistan. it reverses much of what happened earlier in the past few years under the 0 boo obama 5e7n administration. in these specific ways. it puts pressure on pakistan in particular. very directed pressure, telling the pakistanis as the vice president reaffirmed in his visit today, that in fact trade and investment between the two countries, u.s. and pakistan, will be dependent upon pakistan not allowing safe haven for the afghan taliban, for it abandoning support for extremist actors of all sorts. and the fact that we've reemphasized for the american

public that what goes on in pakistan and afghanistan has huge implications for our security. because the border could be one in which nuclear materials could be transferred. the issue of proliferation. the issue of the indian/pakistan border, a dangerous nuclear border as well. the emphasis in this administration about the realities on the ground have unleashed the commanders to do their job. leah: i'm glad that you mentioned pakistan. because vice president pence said while he was in afghanistan that pakistan is being put on notice. just to cover what you just mentioned, the tiebl areas in pakistan has been given safe haven to terrorists for years, in the northwest area of pakistan on the border with afghan stap. afghanistan. there's been flus tryings about those areas and about pakistan taking a stronger control. but pakistan came back saying allies do not put each other on

notice. what do you make of that? >> it's a difficult situation but it's one in which the notice has to be made. because as you've just described very well, pakistan is part of the problem in afghanistan. and it has to change its policies. and if i can just mention quickly, the national security strategy that was issued just a few days ago takes on this problem. but puts it in an even broader regional context. not just afghanistan and pakistan but south ie what more broadly. it hurts central asia. the weak regimes that have trog trying to not become pawns. to have pakistan harboring terrorists that affect the broader middle east, south asia and the world as well. leah: we've just heard that russia is now saying that they're willing to work with the u.s. and afghanistan. russia and afghanistan have a

long negative history. but russia is saying there are about 10,000 isis fighters that have flowed into afghanistan now. so as the taliban, which now controls about half of the nation, as we take down the taliban, are we going to see more problems with isis fighters? >> absolutely. isis fighters are occupying about four of the msh than 30 provinces in afghanistan. and then we have al qaeda as well. this is a broader fight against extremists. but we have to defeat the taliban. any support that the russians can provide among all of these actors, i think the nato forces will welcome that. but the fact that the rules of engagement have been made more realistic under president trump for our commanders on the ground, i think it's part of the reason that the taliban in fact is on the run right now. very much on the defensive. we're doing better and more

directed air strikes that are affecting them and affecting their sources of income, such as the poppy fields that produce income for the taliban. so there is progress in this war. leah: the poppy fields, they make $200 million a year. when you talk to former commanders about afghanistan, they say it's the long term political issue, political reconciliation that will eventually provide if it does stability in afghanistan. but afghanistan is a place where politicians are known for corruption, technical bias when it comes to election. will afghanistan ever be a stable country? >> that's the million dollar question and it's made more difficult for the trump administration because it's declared that it won't donation building. but much of what needs to happen in afghanistan is nation

building. anticorruption policies are nation building activities. and we've declared we'll commit ourselves to anticorruption measures. it will be difficult if we don't engage in some, at least at the margins of what with we don't want to do, which is nation build, because the country cannot be whole otherwise. leah: i'm glad that we've been talking about this. our troops are deployed right now. and as we go into the christmas season. i've been there during the holidays before and i know how difficult it is for them and their families. i hope we're remembering our troops around the world during the holidays. thank you. >> thank you. mike: the opioid problem getting worse in america, so bad it's cut life expectancy for people ifor the second year in a row. plus how charities are using the holiday spirit to help you give back to someone in need. >> someone dying because they don't have clean water to drink. i've been selling expensive bolt

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i'm alejandro escovedo. you may not know there's a link between certain viruses and cancer. i found out when i was diagnosed with hepatitis c. i learned that up to 65% of all liver cancers are caused by hepatitis b or c. that's why i've partnered with the prevent cancer foundation. getting screened, vaccinated, and treated isn't scary. but cancer is. think about the link between viruses and cancer. to learn more, visit thinkaboutthelink.org. leah: welcome back. new developments in a miss america e-mail scanned. the organization's ceo and other top leadership officials resigning today. in the e-mails he, package

gentleman show writers and others mocked the appearance, intellect and sex lives of past miss americas. the interim chairman of the board issuing this statement saying, quote, this afternoon the board of directors of the miss america organization accepted the resignation of executive chairman and chief executive officer sam has skill. at the board's request ms. widner agreed to remain on the board up to 90 days to facilitate a smooth transition for the new leadership. mike? mike: america's opioid crisis is causes a spike man in people geg hepatitis c. it's major factor in overall life expectty of americans falling for the second year in a row. dr. radcliffe joins me now. when you talk about dropping the overall life expectancy for americans, this sounds epidemic.

>> it's alarming. this is the first time in 50 years we've seen two consecutive years. 2015 we saw a dropped following between. looking at the preliminary data for 2017, we're looking for another drop. mike: do you have advice for us out there? >> what's alarming for our children, every day 2500 children abuse an op joyed prescription. it's either parents or family members. kids are trying this. it does affect everybody. mike: my day job is back in washington, d.c. do you have advice for policymakers on addressing this problem? >> we don't know how to deal with this. i've been in medicine for 20 years now. i've seen addictions the alcohol and cigarettes. we've never seen anything like this before. what the solution is. it's not going to be one pronged. there's going to be multiple prong. mike: give us some details. >> it has to start at the home. we have to be able to talk about

it. talk to our children about this. people think it's not me, not us. it won't happen to us. but it can happen to our neighbors and a family member. we need to be able to speak to our doctors, our primary care doctors, is this prescription going to lead to abuse down the road. what are my other options. losing the stigma is one of the facets of it. not to get started with an addiction. we have to talk about the people who are addicted. what are we going to do for them. we don't have great rehabilitation. there's a thigh recidivism. what are our options? there's a lot of controversy. do we treat this with medication. that's what we have to ask ourselves there's a lot of discussion and it's important for us to keep talking about it, talk to our policymakers. this is a moral crisis. this has been going on for decades and it wasn't until president trump took the lead on this to make concerted efforts that we need to deal with the

crisis. >> do you have advice for your fellow medical professionals and doctors about what they can do to help preserve life for people struggling with the problem? >> i'm an anesthesiologist. every day i write medications or i give them myself. we have to be concerned about what we're doing every step we take. giving a prescription for more than five days of an opioid prescription can lead to addiction. we have to lead about the steps and in the medical opportunity answer the tough questions. we don't want to see our patients in payne. we see a patient in pain we want to treat it. is a pill the answer? we have to look at other options. as a medical community, they are really taking efforts, the centers for disease control and prevention has made recommendations and guidelines. we have to change an entire culture. we have a nation that is a pill culture. mike: i'm willing to bet a lot of money that there's a family

watching that is struggling with a family member with this problem, what should they do? >> well my good friend, her brother just died while in rehabilitation. there are a lot of peek that are aching. it's not just the person struggling with it or passes away. they're leaving their family members behind. their communities are having tragedy. there's not an easy answer. the important thing is to be able to talk about it. look for resources. if you're having this problem, when do you get help, how do you get help. >> dr. nina radcliffe, thanks for your time. >> thank you. leah: are you feeling like you should be giving right now? it is the time of year when most people are most generous. and a couple of charities are showing us some unique ways to give back. one of them, donating farm animals, like goats. loren green explains. >> the world vision gift catalog

vary. >> goats and alpacas might not be on mom's wish list but they're some of the biggest sellers in the world vision catalog. ththis is one way they reach potential donors. last year they brought in $30 million. >> one of the things i like about giving a goat ore an alpaca or a chicken or a goat, you help communities lift themselveses out of poverty. some people say they're miracles with fur and some people talk about the animals as the gifts that keep on giving. folks take ownership of the development in their community. >> kills more people than all of the wars in the world. >> one of charity water. its founder scat hair sho scottd an epiphany in his late 20s on

a visit to liberia that turned his life around. >> i saw people dying because they didn't have clean batter to drink. i had been selling expensive bottles of water in nightclubs for $20. >> holiday season giving is the most profitable time for charities and the people they held. more importantly, it's a counter weight to commercial lism, bringing the true meaning to christmas. lauren greene, fox news. something lit up the skies over southern california last night and spectacular as it looked, it was a little scary for those who had no idea what was streaking across the heavens. that's ahead. winter weather just in time for the holidays. adam tells us where it will be a white christmas. ♪ quit smoking.

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mike: a space x rocket carrying 10 satellites into orbit creating a dazzling site in the sky over southern clifer last c. some people wondering if it's an ufo or a missile from north korea. until the l.a. fire department put on an advisely tha advisorye from the rocket launch. i'm imagining a pilot flying by seeing that taking off, it would be shocking. leah: it would be shocking. but people talk about being

ufos which are unidentified flying objects. it is a ufo, not necessarily alien. let's talk about some other things in the skies because some wint weather isic maaing its way across the country just if time for the holidays. a storm system bringing snow or sleet or rain to people in nearly two dozen states. adam klotz is in the weather center. are we going to see a white christmas? >> this is the system you were talking about, running up along the east coast. really the southeast seeing some thunderstorms as it moves through. the northeast, that's where we've seen the snow thus far. it's been heavy enough that it's probably causing a couple of delays on the roadways. a lot of folks out traveling today for our holiday plans. other concerns have been off and on weather delays for flights. anything you're seeing in the yellow and red, that shows a moderate delay. a red would mean a complete

stoppage. and i think we continue to clear off. this system will push its way out to sea. the next one we're paying attention to, a round of snow into the midwest for tomorrow. on sunday. by christmas day, at least flurries i think getting around the d.c. area running up farther north to new york and boston. so there will be at least some folks who get that whys christmas. and even if you don't have the snow you'll have the chilly timp chers. temperatures. this deepens and settles. spots in the 20s and 30s, the teens farther to the north and it only continues on christmas day. atlanta 42 degrees as an absolute high. that's cold enough that if you see any snow here in the next couple of days, there could be snow on the ground for christmas day. to answer your question finally, whys christmas. this is the forecasted map. i'm not expecting a lot of additional snow for most of the country on christmas day.

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>> a big legislative win for the republicans.the president signed a tax bill into law before the deadline. welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> nice to see you! >> nice to see you! >> the president is in mar-a-lago for christmas. but it is still staying busy. and allowing ukraine to defend itself against russian backed separatist. russian diplomat is saying that this makes matters worse. >> steve harrigan is here with

more. >> this could be a game changer on the ground. ukrainian government have been fighting since 2014 despite cease-fires in recent if there be more scrimmages. it is uneven on the battlefield. the fighters have tanks. these new antitank missiles are sophisticated, expensive. $75,000 per missile. but they were amazing weapons. you can take out a tank with one soldier. about a mile and and a half away. moscow is furious. it could be further escalation. they're saying it could lead to more bloodshed in ukraine. officials say this is purely a defensive weapon for ukraine to protect its own territory. >> the lawmakers on capitol hill are saying this is long overdue. what do we know about the future of the fbi deputy director? >> andrew mccabe, 49 years old, deputy director of the fbi.

the washington post is reporting that mccabe will leave his position, retire as early as march of this year. once he gets a full pension. he has been the target of intense republican criticism for the past year on a number of different issues. this week he was being groped for two days on capitol hill. >> steve harrigan, many thanks. >> a busy agenda limits republicans at the start of the new year. after losing ascendancy to democrats, they say they will be looking to 2018. >> it is not much you can do on a partisan basis in the senate at 52/48. 451/49. which would be the number for us next year. i do not think most of the democratic colleagues want to do nothing. there are areas i think where

we can get partisan agreement. >> ellison barber is live from the washington bureau. one big legislative win all year. now stop measure for the budget. what else did congress get done? >> they really delayed the entire workload with that stopgap measure. cassie to keep the government funded but only for a few weeks through january 19. they have a lot to do when they come back and in the house they are actually coming back later than expected. they were set to come back from ess in january 3. they moved the date and now it will not be back at work until january 8. when they're back, you need to do with the federal budget, immigration, national security, this is a tape of the list from the white house. >> where working through some of the top priorities. you can expect welfare reform, infrastructure, immigration reform, something certainly

will be looking and talking about a lot over the first part of the appear quiz another thing congress will need to adjust is an $81 billion disaster aid package. helping those hit by hurricanes and wildfires in california where wildfires are not only quicker but largest in the state history. >> do lawmakers think that they can get all of this done? >> what some republicans have told fox news off-camera is that they should have done a little bit of a better job multitasking when they were working on tax reform. the shutdown deadline was not as surprised in the 19th and will not be surprised when either. the perpetual problem seems to get everyone sort of wants different things. republicans are not happy about military funding. a safe continuing resolutions are not good for the pentagon. and real appropriation needs to happen. on immigration arizona senator jeff flake says majority leader, mitch mcconnell, promised a vote on daca

legislation. but nancy pelosi made it clear on the house floor. >> every day, nearly over 120 something daca recipients, daca eligible views their status. we need action.we need it soon. >> because the list never ends, fisa also needs to be dealt with in january. this is extended until the 19th with the stopgap measure but for senators, mike lee and rand paul and democrats ron wyden and patrick lady say they will oppose any long-term extension of fisa without serious public debate. >> sounds like they are trying to look bipartisanship and multitasking will be the name of the game. thank you! >> a diet that was served in

the marine corps arrested for allegedly planning a christmas day terror attack in san francisco. authorities said the 26 year old told an undercover agent that he wanted to target. 39, a popular tourist destination. will carr is live in los angeles with details. how did the fbi get to the bottom of this case mapquest they got a tip that the suspect was expressing support for isis and terrorism. in under cover agent reach out to everitt aaron jameson. he said he wanted to use explosives to funnel a large number of people into one place on pier 39 in san francisco where he can maximize his targets. the fbi filed a terror charge against everitt aaron jameson on friday. he is a former marine with a sharpshooter qualification. where the agency knows that everitt aaron jameson denies all allegations, 30s they found a note in his home

insinuating he wanted to carry out the plan after the president decided to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. as allegedly as the undercover agent to provide guns, ammunition and explosive materials. his family said they had no idea about the alleged plot. >> i believe it started with losing his children. that is why believe it began. that is when he decided to convert. i hope that i am not related to someone who would take innocent lives like that. over a religion or something that they believe. i hope that he was just releasing whatever type of anger he has inside. >> according to the fbi, everitt aaron jameson wanted his assault to be a lot with the recent assault in new york on halloween. where ms messed a truck into a number of people in the bicycle lane. of course that is one of two lone wolf attacks to strike new york recently. >> what is the trump administration saying about this law enforcement success?

>> we have not heard yet from the white house. attorney general, jeff sessions, did release a statement saying in part, the threat from radical islamic terrorism is real and it is serious but the american people can be assured that the department of justice remains vigilant and protecting our homeland. if convicted everitt aaron jameson will spend up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. >> will carr in los angeles, thank you. >> a california man is locked up in bali and pleading for help. 32 old christian beasley is in custody on the resort island for processing medical marijuana. he may have made things worse for himself early this month. he was recaptured after five days on the run. we have the story. [video] >> a 32-year-old christian beasley is not in the us but in bali. where marijuana remains

illegal. >> i need help, need rehab. not four years or more in jail here. >> lawyers signal countries obligated to honor medical prescription from another to do. marijuana provides a legal challenge since many consider this an illicit drug. question five different months. they have presented nothing. even documents have not been translated or anything. >> they were indonesia is parading him as a poster child. >> i was very encouraging of the date of the president was pointing out that hayes new administration has been very good at helping americans who have been finding difficulties in foreign lands. >> the state department claims the us does not get involved in courts of sovereign countries. however, the white house successfully has. >> the president sees this as one of those areas where his dealmaking ability, his ability to negotiate, his ability to use his personal persuasive

powers is added. >> donald trump personally intervened to pre- read ucla basketball players caught stealing internal purity also won the release of an american businesswoman imprisoned there for two years. and this person was released. also a former cia agent from portuguese prison and otto warmbier from north korea. >> the president has taken a more physically active interest in the fate of americans overseas in his first year. but the number of americans who travel abroad is enormous and it cannot be responsible for all of them. >> on wednesday they reached out to the white house. >> have a volunteer phone service which is awesome. he was going to try and run up the lines or do not know if anything has happened on that yet. >> drug crimes are the top self. legally and politically. on the other hand americans are not to be subjected to abuse and extortion in prison. pauly accuses beasley of a possessing six grams of pot which is life in prison or

death as a trucker. in los angeles, fox news. >> william, thank you. >> the thomas fire burning in southern california is the biggest and state history. since it broke out december 4, it spreads a 273,000 acres. it has destroyed more than 1000 structures and ed has killed one firefighter and a woman trying to escape the flames. at this hour, the thomas fire a 65 percent contained. >> a tropical storm alessia flesh but in the philippines killing more than 100 people. those details are ahead. >> plus lawmakers beginning holiday break but leaving themselves a very large to do list for when they start the new year. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says passive tax reform will give them momentum. >> we work together shamelessly and i think we go into the new year with a high level of the

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headlines. a powerful tropical storm slamming the philippines causing deadly landslides and flashlights. more than 100 people were 120 people reportedly killed. many others missing. a fire at the london zoo killing and aardvark, and for missing meerkats are presumed dead. one person taken to the hospital and eight people treated at the scene. it is not clear yet what caused the fire. and in india, a bus plunging off of a bridge killing more than 30 people. the bus reportedly broke through a bridge wall. it is not clear what caused the driver to lose control of the

vehicle. congress is now a break for the holidays but a lump to do list will be waiting in the new year. that includes an $81 billion disaster aid package. challenges on immigration and border security, temporary fixes to veterans affairs and the children's health insurance program. questions about entitlement reform, infrastructure and long-term funding for overseas wiretapping programs that target terrorist. let's bring in a columnist for the national review. john, nice to see you! >> that is a lot of homework to do! >> what do they do? throw everything at the wall to see what sticks? >> the only thing that makes congress work is a deadline. even then, that does work. in this case we carry over to the next deadline which is january 19. when this funding will run out again. >> i'm glad that you bring that up because defense officials have been crying to leaders in congress saying look, we need to do a better job from the

military. and they really get hurt by those continuing resolutions. using major crashes with military aircraft and they said i can be due to not properly funding the military. you think that will tackle and start using crs to fund the government? >> i'm not sure whether the crashes really are directly to this. >> it comes down to readiness dollars. quizzically there are different parties but the delays probably did not matter.i do think the military will get more of what they need next year. because i think frankly they had a good year 2018. their support for the iraqis and the kurds basically won the war against isis. american military support help there. it was the first war that we have won in a while. and that is a big deal! >> when military leaders talk about continuing resolutions that talk about not properly funding. basically they cannot plan for future people do not get the training they need. that is something we have been hearing for the long time. let's not get stuck in the military let's talk about what

the president said yesterday. he talked about infrastructure. mitch mcconnell essay may be more bipartisan outreach. is that something you think can get done? >> we know barack obama proved that chantix there still support for maintaining and building roads and bridges. there is a lot of other things in infrastructure. i think the democrats want this barrel and republicans also like that but the traffic control system is completely outvoted. most have a public private partnership. i think you'll be tension between people and want to involve the private sector and infrastructure spending and those that just want the government spending. >> so how you get is done and with doug moore coming to send the majority will be much slimmer. >> doug jones you mean. >> yes, thank you for correcting me. democrats have been angry about tax reform. would daca be something that they could come together on a bipartisan way back. >> again, trump will want something for that.he said that he was more funding for the wall.

he also wants changes in status for refugees. the court keeps tracking him down. you might want congress to clarify that. donald trump has shall we say, a trump card. you can say to congress if you want daca i want something for it. the democrats don't want to give it to him. >> what about disaster relief? you said is $81 billion of disaster aid, you say it is a given, right? >> it will happen. the question becomes, how is it distributed? who gets what share of it and a lot of fighting still over that. it will pass. >> 20 may hearing about his potential retirement reform you say that democrats basically fear we talked about the veterans healthcare and basically a fix for the expiring program that allows veterans to go outside the va program to get medical issues taken care of. he said that it makes perfect sense but veterans are going to see using private medicine as transit can you explain this?

>> democrats traditionally want to spend money on healthcare but they want to spend in a particular way. they want to spend it with government controls and strings on it. the problem with having the veterans go out the system is it creates a precedent. for example, what if more and more patients want more and more protective here with the city veterans have more freedom with medical care. medicare and medicaid patients want more freedom? they want more private plans. what if the states one more leeway? it opens up a real philosophical difference. not just those that they spend but who distributes and manages and controls the dollars. what is a politician going with this? with so many different areas to tackle? are they going to take this one by one? or will they tried to be a bunch of things at the same time? >> easy stuff like disaster planning and military will come first. the rest will be traditional

give and take in congress. humanity get what you want but make it a piece of what you need. >> okay. what about section 702, fisa? it is something we've heard from rand paul, mike lee. how do think that this will play into the legislative agenda? >> i think the next year will see a lot of revelation about exactly what kind of surveillance might or might not have been done by obama era officials to the 2016 campaign. there is investigation will go on. i think it will be a parallel revelation about what in the world was the nsa and the fbi up to during the 2016 campaign? i think you will call to question a lot of these safeguards we have against unwarranted surveillance. whether or not they are too weak. because someone got around and in 2016 when they should not have. >> i do expect that to play in on the bigger range of issues that legislators are trying to tackle? >> a lot of suspicion. democrats believe donald trump was in russia's pocket. where they say they do. republicans are going to say, yes but day violated and leaked

national security information for political advantage. what would be the competing charges? >> i have worked in intelligence so i have seen the importance of it. what is your bottom line? what is the strategy for republicans to make things work in congress going into 2018? >> i think they will emphasize something very popular. welfare reform. we passed that over 20 years ago. it was a big success. under obama, a lot of the restrictions on government money going out to people without workfare or something like that in exchange were dropped. i think there is a real argument that we have to restore the original welfare that was so successful. democrats will fight that. i think it is a popular issue for republicans. democrats are constituencies that do not want to change your corrected. >> good insight today! thank you.

>> and in harrisburg pennsylvania, local officials say a gunman opened fire in multiple locations. david lee miller joins us in new york. what do we know about this guy? >> the now deceased shoot has been identified as a 51-year-old ahmed el-mofti. authorities are trying to learn more about his past and a possible motive. the local district attorney says that he was believed to be egyptian and he return in the middle east in october. they say a primary aspect of the investigation is learning if ahmed el-mofti had links to terrorism. mental health issues are also being investigated. at this point, nothing is being ruled out. the shooting spree began a little after 4 pm on friday between the pennsylvania state capital building in the federal courthouse. he fired several rounds at an officers patrol car for ms. that he opened fire in a state trooper.a bullet grazed her head. ahmed el-mofti fires several

more rounds. the wounded trooper still in her cruiser fled with the shooter in pursuit. and he was shot and killed. local residents heard the barrage of gunfire. >> first discovered by firecrackers. then it sounded like a barrage of shots. when they got to the alley up there the cop was there, with the rifle out. he said get back. and then the cop came down and he shoots the cops. you get when you get. >> according to a published report, his brother-in-law was shot by the shooting. telling the website -- quote - that is not his behavior at all. authorities say up until now, ahmed el-mofti kept a low profile. and and that quick acting cops save lives. >> this could have been a really tragic incident with this individual. hiring many shots at police

cars in downtown. in the midst of rush hour traffic on friday afternoon. then coming up here in a residential neighborhood and firing again, many shots. >> the fbi is the lead agency in the investigation. asked that anyone with information can call 215-481-4000. or you can go to the website, tips.fbi.gov. mike? >> david lee miller, thank you, sir. >> violence in bethlehem just ahead of christmas. protesters clashing with the troops. the latest from the holy land. >> plus growing concerns over north korea's nuclear threat. kim jong-un potential plans for 2018. that is next. >> for the 10th time this council stands united against the north korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace. the regime continues to go against his counsel. the norms of civilized behavior. and the international community. the best simple salad ever?

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checking the system that could be slowing down some thoughts on this holiday travel weekend. there it is! moving its way across the country to the east coast. our heavy rain from the mid atlantic stretching to atlanta and then the gulf coast further to the north running into new england. a little bit of an icy precipitation with that.not causing a ton of concerns but we have these yellows and oranges. this is the flight tracker. means moderate delays and ready to be a complete stoppage. we have not seen that yet today. the system will continue to push off the coast throughout the overnight hours tonight. bringing clearing conditions across the east coast on sunday. this is the next one we are paying attention to. a storm system will be moving into the midwest bringing with it at least someone through precipitation. the snow will be moving off to the mid atlantic and stretching of the east coast just in time for the christmas holiday.

otherwise, even if you're not seeing this know it is going to be cold here throughout the weekend. the arctic blast settling in. these are the highs from saturday. temperatures hovering in a lot of cases in the 30s and 20s. this continues to move further to the east. so again on sunday christmas eve you're looking at averages in the 20s and 30s and in some cases the teens. this is more so on christmas day. whether you are getting news stumble or not we are looking at decent chances of a white christmas across the upper half of the country. again you may see snow here on the east coast but if you don't we will see a white christmas for the upper half of the country. back to you. >> new violence breaking out in the holy land between palestinian protesters and israeli forces. this comes after the un vote condemning president trump decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital.

connor powell has more from the jerusalem bureau. >> looks like we are having some trouble with that report. will bring it to later when we are able to. mike? >> north korea has mastered more complicated missile and nuclear weapons technology this year. the regime has conducted one nuclear test and lost about 20 missiles in 2017. will the north korean situation get worse next year? harry is with us, good to see you. for quite some time it was amusing to see these tests fizzle that it is not the case in recent months. is it? >> no, it is not. to be honest. i think in 2018 it will be a tougher year. the north koreans will test

more missiles, more long-range missiles. they will detonate at least one nuclear weapon. we have to remember that 2017 is not over. i actually think that tomorrow night would actually be the perfect time for kim jong-un to do another long-range icbm test he will do some snow and pyongyang they can do this in tough conditions but it will be a perfect opportunity to him to get back at the un and the united states for even tougher sanctions we will have to watch this very carefully. what about 2018 with the olympus in nearby south korea? what kind of mr. were worse should we expect? >> well, i don't think the north koreans will go so far as to attack the olympics. because if you think about that, it would unite the whole international community against kim and that would have military action against the united states which they do not want. you cannot fill out some sort of cyber strikes. for example, the north koreans are known to have several warriors in india and other countries. they can very easily mask their footprint in margin attack on the games.

maybe even attacking different connections for television network or the internet. there is a lot that they can do to disrupt the games. using various approaches over the past several administrations.north koreans keep defined the international community.what is left in the playbook? >> i think we have to keep the pressure on.because we have to remember this, the achilles' heel of north korea is been broken economy. their economy is only worth $14 billion. it is the size of vermont! they cannot even feed their own people. there is no infrastructure. the country is basically a disaster. we can keep the pressure on and begin hold tight with this containment strategy that the president has laid out. we do not need to the so-called military option. because i can actually involve millions of people dying. keep the pressure on time if we keep our focus on, we get our allies on board i think we can bring him to the table. >> one of the things i found alarming doing the homework is basically something about about

north korea and submarines. what about the north koreans launching missiles from a submarine? >> this is something i think the media has missed that they been working on. they are really building 1960s technology. to miniaturize nuclear missiles and warheads and put them on these old submarines. not the most advanced technology but not easy to track. we took out all of their conventional missiles. there would still be a submarine or two. that is dangerous. >> what is the goal? respect? >> survival. more than anything else. i think this gets left off of the table 11 times. there a lot of narratives that kim is crazy and a madman. sure, he is crazy and a madman because he slaughters his own people. but in the international arena, his goal is survival. he's afraid of invasion. he is every right to be afraid of that considering how

horrible of a dictator he is. chris and the people say the problem that keeps them up is the north korean threat. what can we look at going into 2018?>> i think the best thing the president can do is hold the line. continue working the sanctions regime. it is clear there were trends will continue like i said, testing one nuclear missiles. every time they do that we need to ratchet up pressure on them. there's a lot more in terms of sanctions that we can do. there's a lot more countries that still have official relations with kim jong-un. they still trade with the north koreans. one thing we can do quickly, north korean slave labor according to the security council resolution will end in 24 months pay let's make that 30 days. there's no reason why they should be allowed to do that. they make billions of dollars doing that. it is absolutely ridiculous! >> what about the chinese? there's always talk about what

can we do to get china on board? what can we get china to be more aggressive with the north koreans? any thoughts? >> i think we need to have an honest conversation with the chinese. i think the president essentially has a romance with xi jinping.but i think the chinese, we need to member there probably more scared of the north koreans and we are. and that they have a 600 mile border with the north koreans. i spoken to a lot of chinese experts and officials and they are afraid of having some crisis. there would have millions of refugees along their border. they say they are building refugee outposts along the border. i mean i think we need to continue the pressure bolus that respect the idea that the chinese would also be very impacted by north korean collapse. i think if we have to have pressure but at the same time respect the limitations of what can happen. >> speaking of collapse, sometimes with these rogue regimes, the best hope is perhaps a coux.

is any talk about this? requesting other people that he is killed and his ultimate, general, people in the military, he eliminated a lot of his own rivals over the last couple of months and years. so there's always that worry that kim is trying to knock off the competition but the fear that i have, one thing that keeps me up is a north korean civil war. they knocked me in general get the idea he could knock off kim and then you have people vying for power. they actually, chances this is how bad it can get. this to get far worse. >> thank you for sharing your expertise. >> happy holidays! >> we mentioned new violence breaking on the holy land at the un vote condemning the presidents decision to

recognize jerusalem as the capital. now we go back for that report. >> three resetting the presidents controversial decision on jerusalem, violent clashes and protests continue around the world. in the nearby palestinian city of bethlehem, they battled yet again on saturday. the demonstrations have been significant and recent days since the president announces unilateral decision to recognize bethlehem as the capital of israel. this is normally a very festive season. they issued a christmas message. calling on the international christian community. to quote - listen to the indigenous christians from the holy land and reject the president recognition. meanwhile united nations vote

continues good un ambassador to the un, nikki haley, talking about the thinking reception for the president earlier to cut into countries that voted against the us petition on jerusalem. his threat has largely been ignored. with more than 120 countries voting in favor of the un measure. including us allies germany, france, and the united kingdom. several countries did receive a lot of us assistance. like afghanistan, jordan and egypt. >> connor powell reported from jerusalem, thank you. top miss america officials are resigning concluding, not this guy. right now we are showing a president trump but there should be a picture of the ceo amid a scandal.

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emails that he sent. in the emails, the pageant writers and he and writers and others marked the appearance, intellect and sex lives of past miss america is. at times using four letter words and even joking about one winner dying. >> attorney general, jeff sessions, calling for an investigation into the bundy case. after a judge declared a mistrial saying that federal prosecutors withheld evidence that could have helped the defense. you will recall back in 2014 the bundy cattle ranching family got into a heavily armed standoff with federal agents. it began with a dispute over fees or federally owned land. let's bring in our legal panel. nice to see you both. >> thank you.>> thank you! >> the authorities say that cliven bundy owes about $1 million in fees. now there is this mistrial. help us understand what

happened. >> well, the underlying dispute about what he owes the fees and whether the government has the right to control what happens on federal land, that is not really a dispute. federal courts of tricycles against the fundies. after the criminal charges relating to whether they were involved in a conspiracy to impede a federal investigation into assault federal officers carrying firearms illegally all of the things, we have a mistrial. it means that there is no conviction. trial has been called to a halt because the prosecutors acted inappropriately. they did not disclose information they were required to disclose under the rules which could have helped the defense team make their case. >> prosecutors are usually very careful not to do this is why they offer lower convictions so they have lower charges that get a conviction. how unusual is it for a mistrial to be declared because

a prosecutors withholding evidence? >> it is unusual and a prosecutors worst nightmare. go back to 2008. the ted stevens case in alaska. senator, ted stevens, the doj was chastised for prosecutorial misconduct, withholding stephen said. it's here that would help the defense under the case. so it is unusual.and it is so ironic if you think about it. because the defense side of the case is agency misconduct. in the standoff. then you end up with government lawyer misconduct in the courtroom. it is quite amazing. >> steven mulroy, help us understand why this about the cyprus position and surveillance cameras here why was the evidence withheld? >> that is a good question and i do not know if we really know the answer. clearly it was the kind of information that should have been turned over to the defense. it is not the usual thing for

prosecutors to not disclose this kind of evidence. but it does happen as we heard earlier. it has happened in other cases as well. it was a risk and it did not pay off for the prosecutors, obviously. they have been caught and now it will be up to the judge in january to decide if there will even be a retrial. >> he mentioned that because the judges scheduled a january 8 hearing for him is on whether the case should be dismissed with prejudice. explain what that would mean. >> it was dismissed with prejudice which is essential that the judge can impose. then the case cannot, i repeat cannot be tried again. it is somewhat a drasticremedy . do not always see that and i not necessarily competent in predicting that will happen. but i want to put a final point on the pencil of what stephen was saying. about it, one scenario is that the agents did not turn over the material. to the government lawyers. here the bureau of land management agents, national park service agents, those

agencies don't deal with federal prosecutors is often as dea and fbi.so if the agency didn't turn over think it will be different in front of the court as opposed to the government lawyers got it and they did not turn it over to the judge however, has already ruled that it was woelfel. and find that the government did have it. but at the january 8 hearing, we will flush that out a lot more. >> stephen, do you think the attorney general, jeff sessions investigation will help us better understand who it was i did not turn over the evidence and you think this case will get a second trial? >> right, right.well, attorney general sessions getting other people involved to help get to the bottom of this. i don't really think having a discovery expert involved necessarily will help because i think the people involved know what the discovery rules are about turning over evidence. but it might help to get somebody with a fresh perspective, not as close to the case involved. as to whether there will be a

retrial, i agree with doug. it is an extraordinary remedy under situations like this for the court to bar a retrial. but not outside of the line here because as doug said, the court did find that the conduct or misconduct was woelfel. when they have prosecutorial misconduct it can be the case of the trial judge has discretion to say they will be no retrial. and that broad discretion about the trial court is usually given a lot of deference on appeal. >> the bundy trio, they have been in jail waiting for this. we will see what happens. doug burns and steven mulroy, good to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> robot versus parent. high-tech soccer making it tougher than ever prepares to find popular toys at a retail price to request a military wife getting a present she was never expecting for christmas this year. that is coming up.

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mom and dad to find that must have choice and the regular retail price. we are having sales are popping up on major retailers. then sold out in seconds. >> cyber scalpers resell the goods and have ill-gotten gains. this years top was -- >> it definitely had readers that had told me that they have had their fingerling in the cart and then when they go to check out it is gone. >> this pint -sized critter should cost $18 but are selling only for up to $8000! and then this super nintendo. out of stock on sites but available on ebay. >> had know the difference between a grandmother with 14 grandkids who altered the same holiday gift and you know someone that is a bad actor and trying to resolve this merchandise somewhere else? >> is very difficult to reques

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>> this is a heartwarming story from north carolina. a military wife getting a very special christmas surprise. can you guess what it was? she recently went to a holiday light show unaware that her husband had just gotten back one month early for an extended tour of duty in afghanistan. the husband surprise his wife with the ultimate photo bomb! >> kind of hard to deal with. honestly. it is like, in a spend a lot of time together and then you are just gone. i wanted to do something for her that would be a big deal to her. something that would be really memorable. >> we are told that the holiday plans are to spend as much time together as possible. you know mike, when you're deployed, you usually fear being extended and getting back early is pretty cool! >> i can watch the surprise homecoming is all day long! >> i know, they're so heartwarming.

especially with children. it is great to be here with you tonight! >> thank you! want to do it again tomorrow? >> let's do it! >> let's do it. >> major development at the fbi this weekend. fox news has confirmed that the bureau is reassigning the top lawyers. and they never to official is said to be -- this is the "fox report". >> the washington post reporting that the pdf you director is set to return a few months after he becomes fully eligible for pension benefits. they have honed in on him grilling him for hours behind closed doors just days ago about his involvement in high profile investigation into