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congressman desantis. thank you for being here, we appreciate. you were down at the white house with president trump's big celebration of the tax bill. can you tell us how that was for the president and for you? >> it was a landmark piece of legislation. it's been since ronald reagan that you have had a major overhaul of the tax code, and we got it done. obama got obama car it second year, not the first year. other presidents have not necessarily been able to do this in the first year. i think everyone was excited and hopefully it will be a roadmap for going forward. we have seen the senate have problems get things across the finish line. i saw senators who were happy to have gotten things done. hopefully the senators can line up and get those 50 votes so we

can do welfare reform and build the wall. >> the president has talked about going forward and selling this bill. but said once people see their taxes and paychecks in february, it will sell itself. what is the gop planning on doing going forward to make sure people understand this legislation? >> i can only attribute this to media disinformation. the majority of taxpayers thought they were going to get an increase under this bill. 97% of taxpayers are going to get tax cuts. i struggled to find examples of taxpayers month will be worse off. i think people will realize the press coverage wasn't in tune with the reality of the bill. katie: one of the criticisms of the bill is there is a permanent tax cut for corporations while

tax cut for individuals and families has a sunset clause. it has to do with the rules. >> it's based on senate rules. and they had to have some of the tax cuts be a 10-year window. i'm going to be pushing along with some of my other colleagues to the fact that the individual rates expire in 10 years. let's put a bill on the floor in early january, let's make all of the individual rates permanent. we'll see if the democrats are willing to join us. republicans obviously want the rates permanent. i don't know if the democrats in the senate will help us. we'll see. katie: we'll move on to another topic. the fbi has been in hot water for the past few weeks as we have seen biased texts against trump at the fbi. what is the status of the

investigation? what is going on now with that scandal? >> i think it's important to point out. there was anti-trump sentiment with peter strzok who is the lead agent from the hillary investigation and lead agent in the russia investigation. but it was more than that. he wrote a text message to lisa page talking about a meeting they had in andrew mccabe's office, the fbi deputy director saying i wish what you said about trump not being able to winik take that to the bank. but we need an understand policy basically to stop trump from being elected. that's the reason he got kicked off the mueller probe. the question is, what was that understand policy? most of of us go back to that steele dossier that was paid for by hillary and the democratic party. there is fake news, false

claims. nevertheless, the fbi took cog any zans of that dossier at some point. we are trying to figure out if the fbi used any of that to get surveillance over trump associates. if that's the case, if the answer to those questions is yes, then you have the fbi working with hillary and the democratic party. katie: what about the accountability aspect of this. we have the american people seeing this happening over and over again inside the government. what are you doing specifically? are there contempt charges on the table for the fbi not answering your questions? andrew mccabe was on the hill this week testifying. it doesn't look like lawmakers are happy with what he said because his testimony was

incongruent with what others have said. >> mccabe has come in, very unsatisfactory testimony. you see the news today, he's moving on. and that may be the reason why. we need to subpoena bruce ohr. he was sally yates' right-hand man at the agency. you have got to subpoena ohr, the wife, other folks like peter strzok and lisa page. they need to be under oath, they need to be deposed. none of the stuff like they did with hillary where they asked her some softball questions and didn't transcribe it. these are legitimate, transcribed. and if they lie, they will be held accountable. if the fbi isn't going to give us the information we are asking for, we should hold rosenstein

and christopher wray in contempt. katie: merry christmas, congressman ron desantis. thanks very much. joining me now with more reaction to the tax bill and other headlines. lawrence jones and former democratic member of the ohio senate capri faro. there is a federal judge out of seattle who has lifted a partially lifted parts of the trump administration's travel ban saying the aclu's arguments have stood in court, allowing some of that ban to be lifted. what is your response, lawrence? >> when people talk about the accomplishments of this president, i always go back to the 12 appointees with it comes to our federal judges. this is why we need good conservative jungts that respect the constitution.

everyone knows the president has the authority when it comes to the constitution to protect this country. and we have another liberal judge playing politics with immigration policy. katie: the aclu is representing a somali man who is trying to bring his family here. isn't this going to be a fight in the future. >> certainly. this debate is not over with the issue of chain migration. and what we are going to see in 2018 is the possibility for immigration reform for issues like having to deal with daca by march. obviously the travel ban and daca are not the same thing. but the policy of immigration is not going away. we need to remember there are three branches of government. the reason we have appellate courts and the judicial system,

the framers wanted to make sure we had balance in our government so no bran overreaches. i am sure it will be further appealed. katie: speak of topics that aren't going away. tax reform is one of them. we have an election coming up, lawrence. it will be difficult for democrats to argue against people having more money in their paychecks. >> i wanted a little bit more when it came to the individual. i'm all in support of the corporations getting a tax cut as well. but people are going to start to see more money in their bank account february and march. that's what members of congress are saying, and it will be difficult for them to argue against it. this is something when we talk about the president's accomplishments. this one that's tangible and the american people will be able to

feel. katie: democrats have been arguing in the media and their fundraising emails this is just a thousand dollars it's just $2,000. it's not the greatest thing in the world. they are not accepting the bonuses these corporations are going giving out as a substantial pay increase. and we see corporations increasing their minimum wage to $15 which is a leftist cause. how will democrats use that argument going into 2018? do you think it's going to work? >> you obviously first need to have a job in order to get a bonus. but the fact there are democrats out there saying it's only $1,000 and it's a p.r. move. i'm fromio, i can tell you if an individual or flame had an extra $1,000, it will mean a lot at the end of the day for that

family. it's an inside the beltway view that $1,000 doesn't mean much. democrats need to show what they are going to offer for the american public coming up in 2018. we need to be for something. we could -- there could have been more done for the individuals. let's focus on going forward, focus on infrastructure, focus on how we can show we are the adults in the room and we can govern. katie: we just had congressman ron desantis on and he said he's willing to bring up permanent cuts for individuals as soon as they get back from the christmas break after new years. will democrats jump on board with that or will they resist throughout president trump's first year? >> i can see them resisting. this is about politics. this only being 10 years.

democrats can make a commitment to the american people that they will keep cuts. or improve it. bring the bill to the floor and say let's get there is individual tax rate down. i think republicans would get on board. >> republicans need to let them bring it to the floor first. katie: they have to write a bill first. but the follow-up on 2018. we are almost there. president won because he flipped 100-plus counties that were barack obama blue to red for trump. how is that going to play out in counties like that where people are getting a tax break? how are democrats going to get those voters back based on for something? what does that for mean? >> i am from one of those counties. my county voted for donald trump. went blue for the first time

since 1928 because democrats voted for donald trump. and we do care about economic and kitchen table issues. if we are able to show that congressman desantis says we'll have a permanent tax cut. if we get on board with that we can show we are willing to come together for solutions for the american people. we only have a temporary extension of our budget through the continuing resolution. katie: lawrence? >> democrats aren't as reasonable as capri is. she is from a county that voted for donald trump and swings back and forth. she understands that $1,000 -- she is not nancy pelosi and chuck schumer.

there should be more capris. katie: i know that is something that's on the table. one more question i have moving forward. how the democrats see this playing out with the leadership in terms of washington, d.c. is nancy pelosi going to be around much longer? >> i see a lot of young forces that want to be part of the leadership. she has too much money. we know in politics, money controls everything. when you have know a lot of things that happened with bernie sanders in the past election, i'm not sure the democrats have had a full audit yet and they are willing to get rid of nancy. >> the first step is acceptance so we'll see how that goes. thank you so much. judge jeanine takes you for a ride in a state of the art military jet. but jay christian adams standing

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katie: welcome back to "justice." my next guest says andrew

mccabe viewed his job as using whatever power he had to hurt trump. we'll start with what the president said about this. he has been criticizinged the fbi publicly. he tweeted how could fbi director andrew mccabe along with leaking james comey of the phoney hill triinvestigation be given $700,000 for wife's campaign by clinton puppets during the investigation. how does this happen? how is it that the fbi can treat people differently based on their political leanings. >> they don't think they are doing anything wrong. they think this is normal operating procedure. what the president is referring to. andrew mccabe's wife who was

running for office got a boatload of money from terry mcauliffe. they think their job is to protect democrats. katie: you have senator chuck grassley calling for him to be removed. we hear he's maybe going to retire in a couple months. making sure he gets enough time to guest his full pension. criticism seems warranted based on what we know. >> but he's still there. he's in the h.r. department. he can replicate himself. they move people to h.r. instead of moving them out the door. you have mccabe and rob rosenstein who doesn't stop the leaks inside the mueller investigation. he should be firing people instead of praising them.

katie: why can't president trump just renovember mccabe from his position. my understanding is he's a civil servant not a political appointee. can christopher wray able to do something about the problem the fbi? >> wray is but so are a lot of other people. the problem stops with rod rosenstein. he has a host of deputies working for him giving cover to these fbi people. any time this gets brought up, rosenstein and his deputies push back and defend the fbi. katie: should the president be getting involved? is it consequential for him to be tweeting about it? does it hurt the inspector general's investigation?

>> i think it's good we have a president who fights back against these bureaucrats. they have been getting away with it for a long time. finally somebody is paying attention at 1600. katie: what about the bureaucrats? there never seems to be any accountability. irs has turned into a political tool it seems like based on your experience and what you know, this is the same situation. >> you wrote about this with fast and fewer just. you saw this starting to happen years ago where holder and obama began to turn this engine of government power into something that helps their agenda. katie: we live in washington, d.c. or virginia. the freedom side of the river. but this is a blue area. this is a liberal area.

the fed ram rall government is -- the federal government is deeply connected to liberal politics. how do we make sure there isn't political bias at the fbi? >> people who care about this need to be vocal and tell their senator and president, don't allow this corruption to continue. don't allow people to influence politics. that's not their job. katie: what about people who push back and say they are not activists, not a gang of politically motivated people, they were just doing their job. >> i read the texts. that's not a gang of neutral people. that's a gang of people who want to use their power to sabotage a president. katie: i appreciate you bringing

your experience to the table. "street justice" is next. the white house with an angry response after an explosive "new york times" article that says the president made

jeanine." katie: the white house denying a "new york times" report citing anonymous sources saying that the president spoke of immigrants in a derogatory way. the white house says it didn't happen responding generals kelly, mcmaster and secretary hilter on and others in the meeting all deny these claims. here with reaction and much

more, former campaign advisor and campaign strategist net ryan. anonymous sources alleging the president used the b words to describe people living in hate ian huts to describe people living in nigeria. >> the opposition party at work. the white house is denying. it's another anonymously sourced piece. but i think we'll see more of this as time goes on. the russian collusion fairytale is falling apart. the wheels are coming off the mueller investigation. trump finishing off with a strong first year despite the attacks. this guy wasn't supposed to win in the first place. wasn't he suppose to be impeached by now?

dear god web's actually succeeding. and you seat liberal elite fury rising that peasants won't listen to them any more. i tell the media get used to disappointment and another 7 years of trim, because it's going to happen. katie: what is your reaction to these allegations without on the record sources to back them up. >> i hope your viewers will read this story because it is based on two anonymous sears. they would get fired if they said who they were. but they told other people about these comments. and in the story itself is based on dozens of interviews the "new york times" did. the "new york times" knew they would get a lot of pushback on this story. you can be sure it many standing

behind the story. of course, we have libel and defamation laws. i bet that's not going to happen. katie: the president is not going to bring a lawsuit against the "new york times." he would be doing that every single day. let's move on to another topic. last week attorney general jeff sessions officiously announced an investigation into the handling of the uranium one scandal under barack obama and hillary clinton. ned, is this a good idea? >> i have a lot of questions. i wrote a piece for fox news opinion in october. this was done in a fashion where there were deals. this was approved faster than a lot of the mergers between two

u.s. companies approved by the anti-trump division inside obama's d.o.j. why were we giving away uranium when we have to import 89% of the uranium we use. we knew some of the cfius voting members knew there was a break element in the industry and they still approved this. the $140 million question, what is the relationship between the uranium one deal and the clinton foundation. was our secretary of state at that time influence peddling and using her position for personal gain and putting ahead of our national security interests. katie: given your experience and advising to former president barack obama. if democrats are so worried about russia being an influence in the world and being an enemy of the united states, which they are, by the way, why would hillary clinton sit on this

board of directors while having a conflict of interest at the clinton foundation global initiative and approve the sale of uranium to through another company. >> it's not a board of directors. cfius is a u.s. government committee that approves acquisitions and morningers that will affect national security. there is no way hillary clinton on her own could have dominated that committee. any one out of the nine can stop the deal. all nine voted in favor this deal. this is about a 7 or 8 years old it's been investigated before. if there is new evidence, it should be investigated. it should be investigated. if anything else comes up we should investigate it further. but sessions has refused to put in place a special counsel.

all of this is a distraction from the real special counsel investigation. katie: hillary clinton is the on person on that board who benefited to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars to her own personal foundation. do you see some kind of conflict with that position, her using her state department position to get money for her foundation? >> now you have to break this down. the money went to the foundation, a charitable organization. none of it went to hoik or bill clinton personally. that's important to note. you can look at the facts. >> if we want to know why cfius voting members approved his deal, i think devin nunes should extend an invitation for them to come the house intelligence

committee and ask each one of them under oath hopefully in a public setting. why did you approve this deal in an expedited fashion. was there something to this? let them answer under oath, then we can get some real answers. katie: thank you so much for your time. appreciate. america is facing high-tech threats from around the world and our government needs to be on the cutting edge of technology and innovation. production of the f-35 fighter jet was recently ramped up. it's a steal the fighter that will be used by our government in different parts of the globe. judge jeanine even got to fly in an f-35 simulator. take a look. judge jeanine: here we are in

arlington, virginia. and we are going to be flying, kind of, an f-35, which an amazing stealth vehicle that you have been hearing a lot about in the political arena. we'll show you what an amazing plane this is. >> i can see the light. now i sit. judge jeanine: this our camera. i'm here at the center with al norman and bob robino, both of them former navy pilots. you are a test pilot. you want to correct me already, i can tell. what would you say the f-35 has to offer that no other airplane has to offer? >> i would say it's the only multiple fighter available to the world. it combined the anne attributes

of stealth sensor fused avionics. connectivity between airplanes to allow pilots that flight airplane to go blaze they couldn't go before. to know things they had never known before and come home safely. judge jeanine: what does that signify when the big flames come out the best? >> it nation you go faster. >> you pull back on this. judge jeanine: this is double fisted. am i pressing that button? is there a bomb in that. >> there is a gun in that. judge jeanine: between what you would see on an old airplane. the dials, none of that is visible on this f-35. is this a new way to fight?

is this offering us a new way to be safer? >> it's not only a new way to fight, it's a new way to think. >> our mission is to attack a control tower at an enemy air field. we'll do that with 2,000 pound bombs we have internal to the aircraft. these circles are actually squares of circles, those are bad guy airplanes. judge jeanine: how do i drop the bomb? >> they have to come back safely every time. i'm going to push go. judge jeanine: am i flying now? >> you are almost there. you can watch your weapon bay door go up there. and it shows you a couple

seconds impact. there are a couple flashes and you just took out that hangar. >> this airplane allows the pilots to decide what to do and when to do it. instead of the knobs and dials we are used to. we become a tactician of the battle space and we know everything that's going on. now we are slowing down. >> there is a couple other f-35s on the deck. see the airplane right there? it will come in a minute. we'll go to zero when we get above the ship. that's what you wanted. don't do it yet. look down to your left, there is the ship. now you are going to line up with that yellow line. push with your left foot. judge jeanine: this is amazing,

it flies itself. unbelievable. i get the sense it really gives the pilots the ability to think as opposed to trying to figure things out. >> it's focused. >> there you go. judge jeanine: wow! everything that it saw in the cockpit i see. >> all that information still follows you. if you look down between your legs you can see what's below you. >> that's incredible. it's beautiful, it's clear, it's worth every penny it's amazing. everybody should go out and buy one. katie: she got best flight suit in the building.

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lisa, this bombshell report shows the obama administration allegedly stopped the dea from continuing prosecution of hezbollah agents operating inside the united states and south america. what does it say about the obama administration's foreign policy and how does it make the trump admin strange's job harder. >> if it means economic or national security gains for the united states, but it's an awful thing when it means selling out the american and iranian people. when you look at this deal. analysts like myself were critical of it because there were facts that showed the iranians were not look to curb their activities with its tents

kals into iraq and syria. now when you add to this all these different layers. hezbollah which is a direct tentacle of the iranian regime, you see this is yet another national security issue or you can look at it more as a domestic issue with our drug problem in this country. and it was completely overlooked in the light of pushing forward this deal. katie: hezbollah is not a rag tag team of terrorists hiding in case. they are a sophisticated terror organization that was responsible for more american murders before 9/11 than any other terror organization. a lot of this money they were funneling through drug cartels and working with the venezuelans on was used for weapons to kill american troops. what's your reaction to that?

>> it's absolutely correct. i have been on the grounds in lebanon and beruit and i have seen firsthand what hezbollah can do and their capabilities. their threats to us and our israeli allies. they are a global threat. they are sophisticated. their counter in tell jones capabilities are high. we need to be worried about these things, not giving them handouts for some snis calculated -- for some miscalculated foreign policy achievement. katie: ben rhodes fought back on this story without citing any facts that are inaccurate. how does the president carry out the foreign policy with this years long investigation that was hampered?

it seems like they have a lot of catching you have to do. >> it's tough to turn back 8 years of this apowell just foreign policy. the requires attempting to put america first. and it's ironic how he gets pushback. first all when you have the pushback that says we shouldn't cut foreign aid, and we shouldn't deliver a slap on the wrist to pakistan or any on the per nation getting free handouts from the united states. this is taxpayer money. when you have president trump standing at the podium monday delivering what i thought was a strong centrist foreign policy strategy that puts us first win the talks about economic and political strength and it talks about peace through strength it's a wonderful thing all americans should agree on.

katie: what is different about the trump administration's approach. >> there are a lot of things. there is a huge focus on border security. that is important in texas. we are on the front lines. as techsans you are on the front lines of border security. i like that he focuses on economic security. identifying economics as a pillar of national security. we just got a huge win the tax reform bill that will be a big part of that. making america con pettive all around the world -- com competie all around the world. especially in the special operations communities morale is picking up under this president because he's unleashing the capabilities we have. we are taking if the fight to the enemy. people know where we stand.

the national security document is about clarity. and it's great. there are a lot of wins. nikki haley at the u.n.? great. katie: speaking of take the fight to the enemy. one of the most of undercover story of the year is the wins against isis in iraq. it's been under reported. but that doesn't mean the fbi isn't busy here sat home. how does the administration move forward domestically fighting jihadism at home. >> there is a strong focus on the reality of the situation that has been ignored for years. if we can win the ground battle overnight, it was fairly quickly under the trump foreign policy. you can't beat isis just on the ground battle. but because it was read

throughout the internet and the dark web, we are covering and look how they sprout up on social media platforms putting out all times of media. i think the trump administration understands that fight. the fact that the low-hanging fruit that are sought after, whether it's on youtube or twitter for facebook. despite that message. a very daunting task. but our resources are being put on the local fight kind of on the local fight and on the social media fight with security, et cetera. katie: dan. >> it's important to take the fight home. what with local law enforcement, defeat radicalization at home. those thrown wolf attacks that come from radicalization. katie: we'll see how we do it moving forward.

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buy donald trump for christmas? >> anything he wants. >> i would give donald trump my life, i love him. judge jeanine: if you gave donald trump a gift for christmas, what would you buy him? >> a condom. >> impeachment. judge jeanine: if he doesn't get impeached what would you give him. >> a vacation in bali. judge jeanine: didn't hillary get money from bali? >> no, hillary did everything right. judge jeanine: if done donald trump got a present from you, what would you give him. >> prayers. i feel safer and feel we are finally coming around. and i have a feeling with god's help he's going to unite us all. judge jeanine: if you had to buy donald trump a gift for christmas, what would you buy

him? i think he's driving to give him a smooch. that's a tough one. >> a million doll as would be nothing. i think a heartfelt thank you would have to do. >> make shirements warm in the white house with a scarf. >> a heart pillow base love him. >> probably a bottle of champagne to celebrate him being the president. judge jeanine: he doesn't drink alcohol. judge jeanine: i will bet you two have a great relationship. how about a hillary clinton dart board. judge jeanine: i'm at bryant park and i think this is a perfect place to buy something for president trump.

truffle oil. what would you buy president trump? i'm buying him trump oil. >> i'm buying him the wall. judge jeanine: will we ever build it? >> absolutely not, but i have truffles. judge jeanine: if you had to buy president trump a gift for christmas, what would you buy him? >> something gold, something beautiful, maybe a nice opinion so he can sign all those correct orders in for our country. judge jeanine: you like those executive orders. >> i most of certainly do. >> he needs more support. americans step up. katie: we'll be

judge jeanine: that will do it for justice tonight. i'm katie and for judge today. thank you so much for watching.

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