>> nice to see even royalty can bicker. >> she isn't royalty yet. >> see you at 1:00 and 3:00. >> jon: fox news alert. a deadly isis terror attack rocks the capital of afghanistan, good morning to you i'm jon scott. >> i'm heather childress. the islamic state is claiming responsibility for explosions at a shiite cultural center in kabul that killed at least 40 people. an attack the president of afghanistan calls a crime against humanity. the bombings left dozens of people wounded and many severely burned. >> jon: greg palkot is following the breaking developments live from london. what do we know about the attack? >> we know that it was very nasty, once again in the heart of kabul, the capital of afghanistan. and once again isis is claiming

responsibility. as you folks noted, it hit a shiite cultural center in the capital. the afghanistan spin-off of isis claiming responsibility a short time later. turns out a suicide bomber walked right into the center into a gathering there. he left a scene of death and destruction. other explosions around the outskirts of the building. 41 killed, 84 wounded. among the casualties, women, students and children. shiite targets increasingly have been hit by the sunni extremist isis. there is also a pro-iran news agency based in this cultural center. that country has been a target of the group. isis in afghanistan has been developing in the last couple of years while it is reduced on the battlefield in other regions. it is coming up there between isis and taliban, jon, you have real trouble in afghanistan right now. >> jon: any response from the u.s. at this point? >> a quick response from the

u.s. embassy in kabul. they describe the attack as horrific. they also pledged continuing support. we have to understand that while the u.s. troops are supposed to be playing backup, mostly training afghan soldiers, the trump administration is doubling down on the 16-year long war. just recently they brought troop levels back up to around 14,000. special forces we were told recently involved in something like 2500 operations just in the last six months and the air force recently saying that they've staged the heaviest round of air strikes since the height of the war. i think it's ironic, jon, that the gathering that was targeted today was remembering the 1979 invasion of afghanistan by the then soviet union. probably a reminder that foreign forces can have a hard

time taming the forces inside afghanistan. back to you. >> jon: greg palkot from london. thank you. >> back at home president trump continuing his holiday vacation at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. the president making an unscheduled visit with first responders in west palm beach yesterday where he also touted his accomplishments after almost a year in office. rich edson is traveling with the president. he has more. >> good morning. that was the president's first public appearance since christmas eve. met with a few of the first responders and fielded a few questions from them and took the time to talk about his first year in office. one of the things that he talked about and accomplished was reversing an obama-era order that prohibited some military equipment going to police departments. he said the tax overhaul he just signed will enhance

economic growth. >> president trump: the tax cut bill is really something the way it's kicking in. little did we know with the big companies, at&t, comcast, so many others, wells fargo giving thousands of dollars to their employees. that happened early. now what's happening is many other companies are following suit. so the country is really -- you have a big, beautiful shift. we're turning around. >> democrats oppose that tax overhaul saying it's a giveaway for the wealthy and add more than a trillion dollars to the national debt. the tax law also has two other provisions in it. it undoes the obamacare individual mandate that requires everyone to have health insurance and allows drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska. >> how about tension with russia? was that also discussed? >> there is escalating tension and fighting in the eastern

part of ukraine where russian-backed separatists are fighting with the ukraine government. tillerson spoke with lavrov and wrote an op-ed in the "new york times" today where he says quote, absent a peaceful resolution of the ukraine situation, which must begin the russia's adherence in the minsk agreements, there can't be business as usual with russia. russia is asking the u.s. to cut back on its approach to north korea. >> jon: the trump administration is about to wrap up its first year and according to our next guest it has been a tale of two presidents. the trump of twitter who leaves in a dark pool of feuds and the president who exists in a universe of solid, tangible economic success.

daniel joins us now and he is also a fox news contributor. interesting piece for those who haven't seen it. they can find it in the "wall street journal." a tale of two presidents. >> of course, it's donald trump, jon. needless to say he wasn't going to settle with one presidency, he has given us two in one year. yes, i think there is the trump of twitter and it is the trump that i think is probably responsible for strangely enough the president's approval rating bouncing along below 40% for most of this year. meanwhile, you have what i call the trump of accomplishments. he has produced an extraordinary economy, consumer confidence is at a 17-year high. unemployment is at a 17-year low. when you think about that jumping across the entire obama presidency into a period when people are very pleased with how the economy is going. nonetheless you had for the first six months of this presidency a white house that seemed like a place of mayhem. you had the battles between

bannon, scaramucci and priebus and sean spicer's press conferences were bear baiting. the situation couldn't go on and it didn't. in july he appointed john kelly as his chief of staff. he have is an important figure here. we know he brought military discipline to the white house and imposed discipline. that's not just something that is an end unto itself. the point was to produce success. that's what military discipline is about. and i think in the last six months of the trump presidency this year you have seen that success emerge as the distractions have declined and a lot of the best appointees mr. trump made early in his term have gone forward and we've gotten to see scott pruitt and betsy devos and ryan zinke. this is the presidency culminating with the tax bill m december that has come to this

point. the trump of accomplishment. >> jon: a snippet of what you wrote. an atmosphere of eternal trumpian battle and mayhem dominated the early period of the presidency. he was making stellar quality appointments to his cabinet and key white house policy roles but it was hard to focus on them or their agreements some people think it's intentional. the president likes his democratic critics, for instance, to go after whatever his last twitter tirade is and ignore the judicial appointments, the cabinet appointments and some of the more subtle elements of his presidency. >> you know, consider that in the first six months they tried to do obamacare reform and that failed. it is very hard to legislate amidst this kind of distraction and mayhem as i call it. but in the final three or four months when things had calmed down congress took on the tax

bill and able to legislate without the weight of all of these other events and distractions leaning on them and produced a successful outcome. there are political consequences to allowing a white house to seem too disorganized like that or a presidency to seem too disorganized. the big virginia election. the governor election where the democrat won. a lot of virginian's were upset by a lot of the trump twitter feed and the feuds and to the extent, i think the president wants success and look at this tax bill and there has been a kind of period of trumpian calm it seems to me. going into 2018 the democrats see this happening, they will try to taunt the president and try to draw him out and bait him, get him into cat fights with them rather than concentrating on the agenda that i think is what he wants to pursue. >> jon: if the polls were always right we would have a

president hillary clinton that we would be talking about. the polls, his approval ratings are 38, 40%. you have a hard time seeing him reelected if those numbers don't go up. >> well, yes, that's true. on the other hand a strong economy usually benefits a president. and -- you have to get through the 2018 mid-terms first and president trump does not want to lose control of the house of representatives because the democrats clearly are running against him. it is very hard to see him being able to -- >> jon: they are talking about impeachment. >> they are proceed with impeachment proceedings if they take control of the house. that will really retard this president's ability to succeed. it is in his interest to try to get his own political support up so it guarantees he will have control of congress again after 2018. >> jon: fascinating column in the "wall street journal." thanks. >> good to be with you.

>> coming up rex tillerson standing by the state department and defending u.s. foreign policy in a "new york times" op-ed. more on what secretary tillerson says about dealing with north korea now and in the future. plus a mass murder in upstate new york. what police are saying about the tragedy. >> being in this business for almost 42 years, i can't describe the savagery of this. i don't know the word to say.

>> jon: a family found dead in their home the day after christmas. police say a mother, her 11-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter were killed along with the woman's partner. their bodies found in an apartment in troy, new york. the incident was not a random act but would not say how the victims died. their names haven't yet been

released. >> heather: secretary of state rex tillerson defending u.s. foreign policy saying he is proud of what the state department accomplished over the past year dealing with north korea and working with china. this despite media reports of some tension between tillerson and president trump. joining us now to talk about that is democratic strategist isaac wright. david, i'll start with you and the obvious question why this op-ed now? why in the "new york times" that president trump has said is fake news? why is he doing this, rex tillerson? >> it's a smart move. heather. there have been any number of stories from the new york sometimes that used anonymous sources to shoot arrows at secretary tillerson. he is going to the readership

to talk about the accomplishments and success of his management of the state department and the policies the president wants the world to know are america's first priority. >> heather: isaac, what do you think? is this an indication that possibly he is on his way out so he has to put out everything he believes he has done? >> man called his boss a moron this summer in a meeting at the pentagon. >> heather: the state department says he did not. >> he refused to deny it. trump has openly talked -- administration openly leaked trying to replace him. the guy's job is on the line. our foreign policy under the trump administration is failing. we have 74 senior posts at the state department that are important to strategic diplomacy that not only are unfilled we don't have nominees for. 100 posts frozen at usa. the north korean threat. the breakdown of the iran nuclear deal. over 40 people killed in kabul

today where isis is trying to establish a new safe haven in afghanistan. we have foreign policy in shambles under the trump administration and frankly tillerson is the more responsible voice in the room. trump is trying to conduct foreign policy via twitter through reality tv-style angry tweets at foreign leaders with nuclear weapons. >> heather: let's stick with the op-ed itself and go through some of the things specifically that rex tillerson talked about. north korea and in the op-ed he mentions that their peaceful pressure campaign has cut off 90% of north korea's export revenue and moving forward the importance of dealing with china when it not only comes to north korea but also other american interests. we can bring that up. it relates including the trade imbalances with china, intellectual property theft and troubling military activities in the south china sea and elsewhere. david, when you look at what

rex tillerson has to say he says positive things have happened and he mass a plan moving forward. >> lets me first address isaac's point. i will give him credit he continues the narrative that the democrats are pushing and many in the foreign policy establishment that somehow tillerson is on his way out the door so when he actually leaves they can say see, we've been telling you. don't be surprised if rex tillerson spends the entire first term of the trump administration as our secretary of state. to north korea and china, it is in briefing after briefing that i've been at the white house, there is a common theme. that is we are going to deal with the world as it is, not as we may hope it to be. and whether that's with north korea, whether it's getting china on board to do very tough sanctions against the north koreans which quite frankly the administration is not getting enough credit for. getting china to move. we're even, believe it or not,

doing some work with russia in spite of the fact you saw today's story in the "wall street journal" about how tillerson and his russian counterpart met and had a very frank disagreement about both gripes they have with one another and disagreements about how their country's foreign policies are being led. one additional point needs to be made. tillerson is doing as much as any cabinet secretary to modernize his department. let me give you an example. the state department runs on a computing system that is from 2000. he says -- he has pledged to move over to the cloud so that just like every corporation does, just like academia does and like anybody who opens up their gmail account and using a cloud system for their computing, so the state department is finally going the start dofmgt >> heather: he was told to reduce the budget by 30%. i do want to address what you did say, isaac, about isis.

you can't deny that the territory itself has been lessened under president trump. you can't deny that even though we did have the report that came out today about afghanistan. >> can i correct david's point on north korea? the same strategy that david is praising is the strategy that donald trump rebuked tillerson for on twitter and told him to cut it out publicly. that's part of the problem with this disarray of our foreign policy. i would also remind you in the last 24 hours satellite photos have come out that show china has sold over 30 times oil to north korea since october when it was illegal and trump and tillerson supposedly stopped it. >> heather: we can't get back to isis. we'll follow up. thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it. the debate continues. thanks. >> jon: christmas is over and baby, it's cold outside. frigid temperatures gripping the midwest and northeast.

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>> jon: a deep freeze gripping much of the northern united states right now and it could be well below zero in bismarck, north dakota come tomorrow. compared to miami it's nearly a 100 degree difference. mike tobin is in balmy chicago in the single digits. >> it feels like the single digits. we put the wind back in the windy city. tens of millions of people are under windchill advisory and they should be glad they're not in erie, pennsylvania. more than five feet of snow has dumped. it has dumped as a result of that lake-effect with the frigid air moves across the

warm water and picks up moisture and dumps it when it gets over land. snow shovels are busy, cars are stuck and kids don't get a snow day from school because they're already on holiday. this cold weather has turned beautiful in minnesota where the minnehaha falls has frozen. some people are climbing behind the falls to get a one-of-a-kind look. part of the falls have now come crashing down. tons of ice. park officials are warning not only is it dangerous to go climbing behind the falls it is also illegal. green bay, wisconsin, the big bridge on main street,, got frozen in the up position and traffic was detoured around that. sadly it has turned tragic in hibbing, minnesota. the cold here. there was a house fire and a fourth person, a child succumbed to injuries sustained in a house fire after christmas. old furnaces are space heaters aren't the culprit.

there is a tremendous amount of electricity. don't use extension cords. it can be the source of the ignition. the splice of cords can start a fire and especially if you throw a rug over it. only one grandchild survived the fire in hibbing, minnesota. it set a record for cold that stood since 1964. in this weather doctors are warning about frostbite. frostbite can set in if you aren't well equipped to be in the cold. it can set in in under 30 minutes, as frostbite is setting in you don't feel it. you don't know it. it doesn't hurt because your extremities have gone numb and doesn't hurt until it starts to warm up again and then it hurts quite a bit. >> jon: mike tow tobin on the streets of icy chicago.

>> heather: new numbers on immigration to talk about. both legal and illegal. why we may have just hit an all-time high. we're live with those details. plus a dark day at the happiest place on earth. why some riders shut down disneyland when the park was packed with guests. >> a real unfortunate part in that's the most little kid-centric areas of the park so there are a lot of kids upset.

>> jon: you'll be happy to know the power is back on at the happiest place on earth after a transformer problem caused an outage at disneyland that affected toon town and fantasy land leaving some guests stranded on stalled rides. a spokeswoman for the theme park says they were all taken off and nobody was hurt. >> heather: not toon town.

well, president trump has made reforming our nation's immigration system a top priority. that push comes as we learn 2016 was a record year with an estimated 1.8 million immigrants entering the country both legally and illegally. we're live in los angeles with more on this. hi, william. >> heather, the numbers are important. they'll help shape this debate in washington as democrats push to legalize dreamers and the administration wants to end chain migration. according to this new analysis of census numbers the u.s. is seeing a surge of new immigrants. 1.8 million for 2016. highest in u.s. history and 53% higher than just five years ago when the recession hit and many left because they couldn't find a job. by contrast, in president obama's last year we saw more guest workers and foreign students, virtually no interior or work site enforcement.

no deportations for visa overstays and a surge in central american women, children and families. president obama allowed the spouses of visa holders to work. that encouraged more relatives to join green card holders here in the u.s. >> family immigration is a huge multiplier effect. 70% of all immigrants according to the white house in the last decade have entered through family-based visas. we're seeing the effects of it today. >> this graph will show you where immigrants are coming from compared to 2005, 2015. mexican immigration is cut almost in half from 400 to under 200,000. central americans up 100,000. asian immigration, immigration from africa and the middle east is double. from europe flat. immigration levels are very high, that creates winners and losers. winners include owners of businesses who get more cheap labor. consumers lower prices, losers include taxpayers and american workers where the competition

lowers wages. now, the center for immigration studies, a d.c. think-tank authored the report. they don't take a position but advocates will. you've got basically interest groups driving pollz. universities want more foreign students to pay tuition. human rights groups want more refugees. businesses want more workers. ethnic groups want more immigrants from their countries. no one is laong at the big picture. how many immigrants can the schools absorb and what's the optimum level to assimilate? this is the debate this report will cause. >> heather: and why we have you to tell us about the big picture and what we should worry about. appreciate it. have a good day. >> jon: just in a new call to end special counsel robert mueller's russia investigation. it comes from congressman andy biggs who sits on the house judiciary committee writing in a usa today editorial. after assuming the role mueller

has made partisan highers to place his probe under the cloud of suspicion. it's a failure of the department of justice to vet its prosecutors or agents. unfortunately mueller exploited this lapse in pollz. he demonstrated he is incapable of leading an unbiased review. his witch hunt must end. he joins us now. do you think anybody at the department of justice is listening? >> i think they are listening and have to listen because they have started to find, as they are going through, people like peter strzok who had kind of a god-like complex where he wanted to keep mr. trump from becoming president trump. and when you get that type of high-level agent and you bring him onto your team to investigate president trump, you have a bias and that becomes known and the department of justice has to respond. i think they are beginning to

respond. >> jon: you say the whole mueller investigation is diverting attention from hillary clinton's actions and you call it the scandal of our lifetime. what do you mean? >> i think the scandal of a lifetime is where you have a high-ranking government officials that are actually trying to conspire to throw the election and that's what we're starting to see happen. as that gets unpeeled, that onion gets peeled back you'll see that began when they exonerated hillary clinton. that they threw that investigation to protect her to allow her to get elected. they conspired with the russians it looks like and we need to get to the bottom of that. when that comes out, that will be the scandal of our lifetime. it's outrageous. >> jon: you say this is really -- the mueller investigation in some respects is an enemy of freedom. tell us what you mean by that. >> well, when you start pitting

government officials and you bring them in with unseemly bias, a convict of interest, you are pitting people trying to destroy not only the election. that's one issue. but you are not allowing justice to take place and that's the basis and you are destroying the rule of law, which is the basis for the freedoms that we enjoy is the very rule of law. >> jon: this is written in the huffington post. as trump prepares to end his first year in office the witch hunt narrative may have outlived its uselessness. paul manafort and manafort's chief deputy have been indicted. his former national security advisor michael flynn pleaded guilty and now a cooperating witness. so, too, is a former foreign policy advisor george papadopoulos who admitted lying

to the f.b.i. you listen to that it sounds grim for the president and his team. >> that's their narrative and the problem that you have with that is they are off the original narrative that donald trump as candidate trump was colluding with the russians to throw the election. what we found out is that the election was actually -- the conspiracy was between the dnc, hillary clinton and the f.b.i. to prevent trump from becoming president trump. the witch hunt narrative, when he says that they have expanded their investigation, that's exactly the problem. they aren't investigating the trump campaign anymore. they are going off willy-nilly anywhere they can and that's what happens with special counsel investigations can't keep focus. rod rosenstein is not keeping them focused. the people on the team have an agenda. it was to bring down president

trump. that didn't work really well so now they are expanding and getting things like lying to the f.b.i. so what they do is bring in a person, you grill them for hours one day, grill them for hours the next day and the next thing you have inconsistencies and becomes a lie to the f.b.i. i don't know why that's a crime necessarily but it is a crime and that's how they do it and do it to try to leverage those people to testify and go with other things. by the way, the manafort and his partner, all those indictments have nothing to do with russian collusion or participation. >> jon: had to do with business activities. >> the same with flynn and papadopoulos. none of those have to do with it. >> jon: andy biggs is a republican from arizona. thank you for being with us today. >> heather: a troubling discovery raising questions about north korea and biological weapons. we'll speak with an asia expert who says we should assume north

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snow triggering flooding and landslides killing five people jeopardizing the state's large dam as flooding in san jose forced 14,000 residents to evacuate. march was a snowy one in the northeast. a late season blizzard dumped three feet of snow in some areas. march saw tornadoes in several parts of the u.s. one outbreak in the midwest killing two people as twisters hit missouri and illinois. straight line winds following that system also affecting north -- new york and michigan. in april more tornadoes, this time in the nation's capital. a rare twister touching down near the tidal basin. several of the cherry trees upraoetd. the month of may delivering wind and baseball size hail to denver damaging property in what is now the most expensive hailstorm in colorado history. 2.2 billion in damages. may also seeing historic

flooding in parts of missouri and illinois. 20 people were killed. in june 12 states affected by severe hail and wind damage from wyoming to new york. minnesota was especially hard hit with damage to buildings and cars. and this summer an active atlantic hurricane season, 17 storms including six major hurricanes. among the biggest hurricane harvey in late august. inundating texas and louisiana with water. killing more than 90 people and costing nearly $200 billion in damage. just days later in early september hurricane irma roared ashore responsible for more than 130 deaths. september was the most active month toward atlantic hurricanes. hurricane maria devastating puerto rico destroying homes and knocking out power across

the entire island. beyond hurricanes the fall was the warmest ever in parts of new england. in florida, california and the southwest. this september through november marking the warmest period on record in more than a dozen cities including caribou, maine, miami, florida and san jose, california. deadly wildfires were making headlines in california killing more than 40 people and consuming more than 325 square miles and destroying at least 5700 homes and businesses. as for the winter ahead, government scientists predicting many americans could get a balmy winter with mild temperatures expected across the south and northeast. a chance of chillier than normal weather from the pacific northwest to northern wyoming and north dakota. and the rockies to the great lakes it is predicted to be snowy. i'm meteorologist janice dean. >> heather: new questions about

biological weapons development inside north korea after anthrax and bodies were found in the blood of a defecting north korean soldier. gordon chang is the author of a book, north korea takes on the world. thank you for joining us. the first question when people hear having anthrax, north korea, any weapon of mass destruction. do they have a capability of attaching it to a missile. they can allegedly reach the united states. >> they wouldn't put anthrax in an icbm. the method of delivery wouldn't be that effective. nuclear weapons. they're within two months. now it's been disclosed the cia gave president trump an assessment within that time frame they will be able to hit the u.s. with a nuke. they have good guidance and the range, we know that from their last november 29th test. heat shielding, a big issue

about whether they're able to protect the warhead on the way down. a lot of disagreement about it. if they can't do it within two months they will be able to do it within six or nine months and sometimes within 2018. >> heather: going back to anthrax spread through the air the mortality rate is 80%. >> the fact this guy had anthrax antibodies in his bloodstream meant he was either working in an anthrax lab in north korea, not probable, but probably because they figured he would be fighting in an environment in south korea where anthrax was present. in other words, because the north koreans have spread anthrax. we have to be concerned. u.s. soldiers who are on the peninsula, they are vaccinated for anthrax and smallpox. 28,500 in south korea. south korean soldiers are not and are not prepared for this. >> heather: why are they not? >> i don't know. to me that is -- that's an obvious danger because the

north koreans we know have got these biological agents even thoef they signed the biological weapons convention. the south korea soldiers should be protected for all known dangers including the chemical and biological agents. >> heather: that brings up the olympics which will be held in south korea. >> in february. the summer olympics held in seoul tried to disrupt it. they brought down an airliner. will they try to disrupt the winter olympics in february, 50 miles or so from seoul? we don't know. obviously it is a danger. ticket sales are one-third of the target. the south korean authorities are concerned. people aren't going to the olympics. >> heather: we were discussing before the segment that there were two defectors from north korea around about the same time. the first of which was infected with the parasites. >> right. that's the one from november 13th or so. and not only did he have

parasites which meant they were using human excrement for fertilizer but he also had uncooked kernels of corn in his stomach. he was malnourished and scrounging for fao.d these are the best of the best of the soldiers. he should have been fed. there are food problems throughout north korea. >> heather: the bottom line north korea they are willing to do anything and they are experimenting with everything in order to spread terror. >> not only experimenting. the leader of the half brother was killed with a chemical agent in a public place. the north koreans have killed others outside of north korea with chemicals. it's an indication the regime will do anything with the weapons it has. >> heather: thank you for joining us. appreciate your insight. scary stuff. jon. >> jon: very scary.

california wine country open for business despite an earthquake and raging wildfires. how some of america's largest wineries are now trying to win back the tourists.

>> coming up on "outnumbered" if things seem rough between president trump and the mainstream media just wait. there are now predictions the battle will get hotter in the new year as a new study shows coverage of the president is more than three times as negative as the initial coverage of president obama. we will ask why. >> speaking of the media, "vanity fair" back peddling after its -- what does it say about the state of the

democrats? >> our #one lucky guy. he is outnumbered. >> heather: happening now flights returning to normal in bright an finally after travelers spent the night at an airport near london. severe storms causing flights to be delayed as much as 12 hours. for those who couldn't get out the airport provided cots, blankets and free food. the all-important free food. >> jon: california wine country still recovering from the recent wildfires. nearly 9,000 structures and homes destroyed in napa and sonoma counties. many of the wineries are back up and running and most of them not damaged. adam housley is live in napa valley with how the wine business is coping. >> you know, we don't want to discount the fact that nearly 9,000 structures were burned in the fires in october. seven fires burning in northern

california. the fires in southern california, the largest in state history, the thomas fire. the ones here are most destructive in state history with the homes being burned down. this was cinderella winery. we were standing in front of this winely as it was burning. it will be rebuilt in two years. compare this scene to what it was like in october. you can see the winery was completely destroyed by the fire. there are nearly 700 wineries in napa and sonoma counties, only 22 were damaged or destroyed. the numbers are obvious that the wine industry is still here and the worry has been that the people may not come back as tourists thus causing a second problem. that's happening. the numbers aren't where they should be and winemakers say while it was bad back in october, come back and check out the wine country. take a listen. >> we have a lot of hope because people keep their job, the building is coming up back

and we're still making wine. it could have been worse. >> most tasting rooms are open. you have spas, hotels and a couple people tell me some restaurants that take two and three months to get into you can get in in two or three days. when you go to tasting rooms, a winery that was burned up to their back doorstep and the owner had to evacuate during the fire, they say they are encouraging their people to come back. southern california will be doing the same thing as they begin their recovery process as well. >> jon: all right. adam housley, thanks. we'll be right back. helping keep shoppers safe. this is a financial transaction secure from hacks and threats others can't see. this is a skyscraper whose elevators use iot data and ai to help thousands get to work safely and efficiently.

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president of trump is looking ahead to more legislative victories. he is meeting with mitch mcconnell and paul ran early in the new year, as republicans have a lot on their to-do list. this is "outnumbered." i am kennedy, and here today, we have a republican strategist lisa boothe. the editor of townhall.com, katie pavlich is here, and marie harf, and are joining us on the couch, the opinion editor of the washington times, a fox news contributor and #oneluckyguy, charles hurt is here, and he is outnumbered. welcome to the couch. may this encourage your cerebral output. >> lisa: do you feel lucky? >> charles: extremely lucky.