i'm paul gigótx happy new year. we hope to so you right here next week -- to see you right here next week. ♪ ♪ kelly: we're learning what may have triggered the fbi investigation into russian meddling and any possible collusion with the trump campaign. "the new york times" reporting that it was a tip from an australian diplomat claiming that trump aide george papadopoulos confirmed in him during the campaign saying russia had thousands of hacked e-mails that would hurt hillary clinton. here we go. hello, everyone. welcome to a brand new hour r'side america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright. molly: and i'm molly line. papadopoulos is a cooperating witness in the mueller investigation pleading guilty to lying to the fbi. kelly: steve harrigan is live now from west palm beach where

the president is spending the holidays. steve, good to see you. >> reporter: kelly, good to see you. now, this information is coming from an article in "the new york times" which cites unnamed officials both u.s. and foreign. it says the entire impetus for the fbi investigation into possible russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election may be the former young, unpaid foreign policy adviser, george papadopoulos. the story says that papadopoulos meeting in a london wine bar withç australia's top diplomato london told him, quote, that they had dirt, the russians had found dirt on hillary clinton through hacking with her e-mails. now, papadopoulos, of course, now has already pleaded guilty to lying to fbi officials in the information, and he is a cooperating witness. as far as the trump administration response goes, the initial response comes from white house lawyer ty cobb. it comes as follows: out of respect for the special counsel

and his process, we are not commenting on matters such as this. we are continuing to fully cooperate with the office of special counsel in order to help complete their inquiry expeditiously. as far as the president goes today, we believe he played golf this afternoon. he's tweeted twice about iran, and we expect him to return to the white house on monday. kelly, back to you.ç kelly: steve harrigan reporting for us. thank you, steve. molly: the state department releasing thousands of e-mails belonging to former top hillary clinton aide huma abedin. the fbi discovered these e-mails on the laptop of her estranged husband, anthony anthony weinert least four of them marked as classified. the fbi finding the e-mails near the end of the 2016 presidential election, remember that? giving new life to the controversy over clinton's use of a private e-mail server when she was secretary of state. joining me now is politico reporter, breaking news reporter louis nelson. thank you so much for joining me on this final holiday weekend before our new year begins. >> thank you for having me.

it's a pleasure. molly: so regarding this latest release of e-mails, of course, obtained by aç freedom of information request on the part of judicial watch, what does it really mean? what is the impact of the release of these e-mails? >> well, i think as far as the substance of the e-mails, i don't really know that there's anything in the e-mails that we didn't already know about. i mean, obviously, there are some, you know, there's some interesting, you know, back and forth about issues that hillary clinton was dealing with as secretary of state and then, obviously, some sort of back and forth between her and huma abedin, you know, just the back and forth between a top political official and an aide. but we already knew that hillary clinton was, you know, dealing with, was, you know, somewhat careless, extremely careless is what james comey said with classified information, and this is just, you know, the release ofç e-mails that we already knw existed, were already on anthony weiner's computer. there's also a political angle

as well. i think there is some, there's some effort at least, you know, there's some who might think, rather, that republicans are looking to keep hillary clinton sort of in the news. judicial watch, the group that foia'd these e-mails is a conservative-leaning group, so keeping hillary clinton and this e-mail scandal as a focus is only beneficial for them. molly: yeah. i definitely want to dig into the political aspects of this. but first, judicial watch president tom fenton had this to say about the release. he called it a major victoryç d said the government docs on wiener's laptop dramatically illustrate the need for the justice department to finally do a serious investigation of hillary clinton and huma abedin's obvious violations of the law. the mere release of these e-mails into the public sphere now -- of course, the fbi has theoretically been able to see these long before released to the public -- is there any potential for huma abedin getting chargeed, that sort of thing? >> is there potential?

i would imagine there's, you know, at least some potential. i don't know what the percentage chance on that would be. but the justice department is under new leadership as of a year ago last january, so, you know, there's a new fbi director, there's a new attorney general, and so, sure, there's a possibility that it couldç lead to, you know, a reopening of the investigation or a new investigation, i think there are certain republicans and i imagine the president would certainly welcome that sort of a thick. but it's important to remember the fbi has already seen these e-mails. the fbi looked at these e-mails back in i think october or maybe early november last year, and that's what really shook up the presidential campaign. and the fbi wound up saying, you know, eventually, you know, there's nothing to see here, more or less. so it would take a different set of eyes looking at it differently to see a fresh investigation. molly: yeah. it's interesting to see this release now, because it hearkens back to that time just before the election when potentially everything changed because of

the fbi saying they found this computer and theyç were going o continue to look into things and reopening everything k and the potential that could have had on our election. going into next year, we're going to be focused on the 2018 midterms. is this politically advantageous to republicans to keep this issue in general around, and will people be particularly interested in this whole issue of the clinton e-mails, or have people both sides of the political aisle essentially moved on to some extent from this topic? >> you know, i think that's sort of like the million dollar question, right? whether or not republicans can make hillary clinton an issue in the 2018 midterms. you know, i think 2018 is fairly easy to say or, you know, looking, you know, looking next november it seems likely that lack of popularity and his policies and their popularity or lack of popularity are really going to be, you know, the main focus in the midterms in the same way that barack obama's

popularity or lack thereof and policy popularity and lack thereof were the big factor in the 2010 midterms. and so to the extent that republicans are able to keep hillary clinton sort of tied to the democrats, she remains a very divisive figure, and so to the extent that they can keep her tied to the democrats running next november, i would, you know, that can only really be advantageous for them especially running into what is expected to be a pretty stiff headwind if, you know, the elections in virginia and in alabama are any indication of what might be coming next november. molly: we shall see if any of those elections could give us any sort of insight into 2018. i don't know, that was a pretty special election there down south, so we shall see if that gives us insight. louis nelson from politico, thank you for giving us insights here and happy new year. >> happy new year to you guys. pleasure, thank you. kelly: well, massive protests are break out in iran today. thousands pouring into the streets in support of iranian

leadership and responding to days of anti-government rallies. the wave of volatility in iran started earlier this week as people began demonstrating against the country's weak economy. president trumpç now defending their rights after dozens of people were arrested. kitty logan is live now in london with the very latest on what's taking place in iran. kitty? >> reporter: kelly, we're now hearing unconfirmed reports that two protesters may have died, possibly shot dead by police. this comes after a day of protests and counter-protests. nose -- those demonstrations becoming increasingly heated. today demonstrators chanted down with dictator, there were also confrontations outside acran university, protesters -- tehraç university. now, thousands of those government supporters were out on the streets today with flags and banners backing iran's

supreme leader. now, these were preplanned rallies which happen every year. they were originally meant to mark the end of the 2009 anti-government protests, but now they coincide with this latest wave of anti-government demonstrations like this one on friday. now, this all began with small won in straights simply against the rising prices of basic food items, but they very quickly turned political with chants against the regime and video on social media shows protesters again here clashing with police. weç know at least, at least so far 50 people have been arrested, and today there were new tweets from president trump about the situation in iran. he says the people of iran want change, and the president also says the day will come when the iranian people face a choice. but first of all, kelly, we'll have to wait until tomorrow to see if these protests continue. kelly: all right, kitty, thanks for the update.

molly: it's almost party time in new york city. folks in times square being treated to a test run of the new year's eve ball drop. bryan llenas is there. he's been monitoring all the action, getting a very up close and personal look there at the famous times square ball that will be droppedç and also at al the crowds. bryan, how's it going out there? >> reporter: hey, molly. look, it's been fun. the snow stopped, but the chill has set in, and thousands of people are walking in times square. tourists from all over. you've got the stage where andy grammar, nick jonas and, yes, even mariah carey is going to try to redeem herself after last year's performance. earlier today we were on the roof about 400 feet in the air when they tested the ball. of course, the last thing they want is the ball to not drop at 11:59 tomorrow night, so they tested it a couple of timings. it lit up beautifully. this is a six-ton ball made of 2600 plus waterfó crystal triangles and some 32,000 led

lights. it has been a week of preparations all week. there was a good riddance day where people were able to write their worst memories of 2017 and shred it as they move towards 2018. they tested even the confetti. you know, they'll be dropping some 25 million pieces come tomorrow night. we even saw some of the balloons they blew up in preparation for tomorrow night. over a million people will be here to enjoy the festivities. we spoke to organizers about what people can expect. >> it's so special because you've got literally millions of pieces of confetti falling, many of which have people's wishes forç the new year written on them. you're listening to new york, new york and "auld lang syne", if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere, and then we shift into it's a wonderful life and what a wonderful world. those are things that remind you how lucky we are to be in new york. >> reporter: lucky, indeed. and it will be secure. the nypd promises the most

secure event this event has ever seen. there will be vapor weight dogs which work in tandem to sniff out bombs in the air as well as on people. this is, obviously, we've had two terror attacks over the last two months. there will be police officers in hotels and office towers overlooking times square. every single person will be checked at least twice before they are put here to stand for hours to wait for theç ball to drop. there will be thousands of police officers, uniformed and those in plain clothes, thousands of security cameras focused on this 10-15 block radius here in times square. so it will be secure. and, again, the weather, it's going to be cold. 10 degree is the the forecast, making it the second coldest new year's eve in new york city history. people will be out here for hours, so really it's about bundling up and staying safe and warm for the big night tomorrow. we are all excited. molly. molly: bryan, we wish you a safe, warm night as well. great to see the preparations are underway.

of course they're doing the test runs, that's very important, the world will be watching. be sure to tune in tomorrow night for a special live new new year's eveç programming kicking off at 8:00, ed henry, lisa boothe and actor dean cain, that's a two hour special. countdown to 2018 beginning at 8:00, then kennedy and jesse watters life from times square at 10 p.m. eastern time. live music, of course, performances from andy grammar, country music star lauren elena all right here on fox news channel. kelly: a war of words erupting between president trump and iran as demonstrations rock that country. will tensions spike with tehran? we'll discuss that next. plus, arctic temperatures gripping many parts of the country. you justç heard bryan llenas tk about that. will the cold affect your celebration? our forecast coming up. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ molly: a pair of republican senators scrapping their trip to russia after moscow canceled a visa for a fellow senate, a democrat, jeanne shaheen. the democratic lawmaker with us set to leave on january 11th along with ron johnson and john barrasso. all three are members of the

senate foreign relations committee. a spokesman for the russian embassy says senator shaheen was blacklisted after backnn new sanctions in response to russia's meddling in the 2016 election. kelly:ing the iranian government urging people not to participate in, quote, illegal anti-government gatherings. president trump weighing in on the protests claiming the country should respect the people's right to hold demonstrations, but the foreign ministry is firing back calling the president an opportunist. joining me now, dr. paul botticelli, director of programs at the action institute and is a former state department official under president george w. bush. thank you for joining us today, sir. >> hi, kelly. kelly: hi to you as well. let me read to you specifically what the president tweeted out. he said the entire world understands that the good people of iran want change, and other than theç vast military power f the united states, that iran's people are what their leaders fear the most. is the president correct in that

assessment? >> the president is exactly right. you know, iran is a dictatorship, and all dictatorships fear falling from power when people have put up enough with the corruption, the humiliation of being ruled that way, and i'm glad the president has spoken out because it's not only the right thing to do morally, it's a good thing for our foreign policy. it fits perfectly with his new national security strategy, that we are the friend of people who want to live in liberty and the scourge of those who don't. kelly: let's talk about what the against the iranian government, what they face at the hands of their own government, particularly the fact that kitty logan reported at the top of this hour that one person is possibly dead, at least 50 arrests. and as you know, dr. bonicelli, a lot of people who love freedom in iran face oppression from this repressive regime when they speak out against their government. and many of them face dangerous

situations; imprisonment that could last for a very long time without any due process by the law. >> no, exactly. and the regimes like the iranian regime are most brutal when they are weak and afraid. you know, these protests are coming just a week after the iranianç government felt it was necessary to say, hey, we're going to ease up a little bit on the religious police. we're not going to arrest women anymore for wearing makeup or not wearing a head covering. that is a sign of weakness. it is a sign that they're afraid of their people. and the bad news for the iranian people is that it's going to be a brutal number of days. they're really going to crack down, i think. but if the protests will hold, if people will take courage, if president and others speak out, european leaders need to speak out, everybody who wants to be on the side of the iranian people should encourage them because change can come. kelly: did we also see a similar demonstration during the bush years, president bush, when they

were protesting in the streets as well?ç >> we have seen these protests erupt over the years ever since the mullahs took power. usually they're put down very quickly, and people are far -- it's less numerous, the people that come out. but you have now the third generation of people raised in an environment where not only are they deprived of an economic system that they want, all the $150 billion that obama gave them has made no difference. it went for terrorism, not to help people. they know that corrupt officials, religious and military leaders rule over them and take the gravy off the top, and they get nothing. and now this is a social explosion. kelly: you know, dr. bonicelli, what you just said is very profound because when the reports were coming over and when we saw kitty's report, she was talking abouéç how actually some of the protesters are out there protesting because of the rise in food prices and the shortage of food. and i thought, wait a minute, with the billions of dollars they received through this iran nuclear deal with the united states under the obama

administration, one would have to ask the question how is that possible when they have all of this money that's come in their country in and to your point, it would appear that they're giving the money towards terrorism, to fund that as well as perhaps building their nuclear armament. >> oh, absolutely. this was not supposed to happen. we were told just two weeks ago that the iranian people were united behind the regime because it was standing up to the bully donald trump.ç clearly, they are not standing behind the regime. and we shouldn't miss the fact when people are angry that eggs and poultry and milk have increased in christ in a dictatorship, they are not just mad about the increase in price, they are mad because they know a corrupt regime is benefiting from their corruption and their hold on power at the expense of people. that's what's happening in iran right now. kelly: very good. to your point, sir, u.s. representative will hurd of texas who has been a former cia officer and now serves in the government as a representative

of texas wanted to write this: the oppressive iranian regime is, of course, trying to suppress the fact that protests against their tyrannical reign are popping up acrossç iran. and he goes on to say that they're simply against the ayatollahs, and the ayatollahs are losing power. to that end -- >> yeah. death to the regime and death to rouhani means it's political too. kelly: so before i let you go, what can the trump administration do to help the people who are trying to seek freedom within their country? >> well, the president has been exactly right to quickly and repeatedly support the iranian people and tell the iranian regime that the world is watching. but we need to do more. we need to encourage our allies to do the same, and we need to be doing all the things we can do rather covertly to support these protesters; get information to them, whatever it takes because they are not only doing the right thing for their freedom, and we should be glad for that, it's good for our

enemy to be in turmoil. it's good for that regime to be afraid of its throne. kelly: dr. paul bonicelli, thank you, sir, for your perspective, and happy new year to you. >> sure. you too. molly: president trump striking a more conciliatory tone on the mueller investigation. the chairman of the house intelligence committee lashes out. the latest on the probe next. plus, a hoax phone call being blamed for a tragic shooting death at the hands of the police. details still ahead. >> the incidenting is a a nightmare for everyone involved including the familyç and our police department. due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim.

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russia and the trump campaign. meanwhile, house intelligence committee chairman devin nuñes writing a letter to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein e feet on handing over documents related to the anti-trump dossier. ellison barber has more from washington. ellison? >> reporter: hi, kelly. the most recent new york times report published just this afternoon suggests the russia investigation did not begin with the now-notorious dossier at all, but that dossier is what many republicans have focused on. fox news has obtained a letter from chairman devin nuñes addressed to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. the letter begins by saying the house intelligence committee is writing in response to the failure to produce responsive documents and provide the requested witnesses in compliance with the subpoenas issuedç over four months ago. nuñes is requesting more

documents related to that trump dossier, and he wants them by january 3rd. nuñes ends the letter by saying, quote: at this point it seems the doj and fbi need to be investigating themselves. for weeks now republicans have criticized top officials at the fbi and doj. at least three house republicans say special counsel robert mueller needs to lose his job. south carolina senator lindsey graham is not in that camp. he says mueller is the right guy for the job, but he has other concerns. >> i believe he's the right guy to have been chosen. he's going to give analysis of what happened and a fair-minded way. but he's not looking at the dossier, that's not part of his charter.ç i'm very disturbed about what the department of justice did with this dossier, and we need a special counsel to look into that. >> reporter: democrats say attacks on the fbi and doj are a distraction, and republicans are not interested in facts or the truth but instead want to

discredit the special counsel's russia investigation and anything they might find. >> we will be vigorously working to deny the brazen attempts to destroy special counsel robert mueller and his investigation. >> reporter: the white house and the president have called the russia investigation a hoax. president trump spoke to "the new york times" this week, as you know. he said he believes mueller will treat him fairly, but it'd be better for the country, quote, the sooner it's worked out so far four former trump campaign advisers have been charged in the special counsel's investigation. kelly? kelly: ellison barber from washington, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. molly: for more, let's bring in florida republican congressman matt gaetz who serves on the house armed services and budget committees. thank you for joining me, we appreciate it. >> good to be on. absolutely. molly: you have been one of the strongest critics of mr. mueller. you've called for his resignation, for an investigation of him personally.

where do you stand now? you have your colleague, devin nuñes, really blasting the department of justice, going after the fbi. do the you back him on this, and do you want to see the fbi be moreç forthcoming with this information regarding the dossier? >> well, i always believe that transparency can be the best disinfectant to corruption and bad acts no matter where we find them, and look at what the work has already produced. if it wasn't for the subpoenas and demands for information from devin nuñes, we wouldn't know about the 10,000 text messages between peter strzok and his mistress, lisa page, where there is a clear evidence not only of bias, but an actual plan to disrupt the presidency of donald trump. they called it an insurance policy. and so here you've got people at the highest levels of our government who i think have curated a team of people in the mueller probe who bring with them not only a bias, but actionable desires to disrupt this presidency. that's not fair. when you look atç the evidence, the strongest evidence is that it was the dnc paying a company

to pay russians to lie about the president. that's the real evidence of collusion in this case. molly: one of the theories that is out there and that's partially why this investigation is ongoing and my nuñes -- why nuñes has been calling for answers is that the dossier potentially could have been used to get these fisa warrants that were used to look into the communications of the trump campaign. do you think that's the case, that the dossier led to this investigation and some of the investigative tactics that may have been taken by the fbi? >> well, i'm deeply troubled that as a member of the judiciary committee with oversight respondent to answer -$=juuháhat question, i donlity know it. and the reason why is because when we had the attorney general, the deputy attorney general and the fbi director before our committee, they told us we weren't allowed to know the answer. that is totally unacceptable. the american people have a right to know whether their money was used to go and cure rate a dossier to discredit the president that they elected both before and after the election.

and folks at the department of justice and at the fbi don't think we have a right to know that answer, and i think that's darn arrogant of them. molly: so "the new york times" has a report out today making an argument that the trump aide, george papadopoulos who, of course, has pled guilty to lying to the fbi and is a cooperating he gave information to an australian diplomat. this happened in may of 2016, they report, at a london bar that russia had the dirt on clinton. and then two months later, the e-mails are leaked. so that is another theory that is now being put forward, that this is how the fbi came to hear about a potential trump/russia meddling in the election and the investigation got underway. do you think that is a plausible theory as to how things got started? >> well, it's absolutely plausible that russia is engaged in the middle of elections all over the world. we see that from the balkans to south america, here within our hemisphere pretty actively. but the papadopoulos storyline

also seems to show that there wasç no desire by president trp or the senior officials in his campaign to engage in any sort of collusion or information sharing. i think there was an appetite on the part of the russians to try to create this disruption, but there's no real evidence that there was an appetite with the president or his senior advisers to actually consummate that type of collusion. it didn't happen. collusion did happen where you had the dnc paying for the dossier and then that money finding its way into the hands of russians telling lies about our president. molly: how important is it to get answers, to find out how it is that this investigation at the fbi got started? not just to ultimately find out whether or not anyone with the trump campaign or in the circle ever communs(páed with russia and when in the runup to the election, but to find out how it all began? >> well, you're absolutely right, that's critical. not just as it relates to president trump or secretary clinton, but as it relates to our institutions that we have to be able to rely on moving forward.

my colleague asked james comey in testimony why mr. comey didn't notify the intelligence community of the existence of this dossier. mr. comey indicated it was someone who blocked congress access to that information, and the man's own wife is a major donor to hillary clinton's presidential campaign. time and again you see circumstances where the lack of transparency calls into questioc the legitimacy of the actions of the very people we have to rely upon for rule of law in the united states of america. molly: nuñes has demanded all these records, the available dates for witnesses to testify be provided by january 3rd. boy, that is right around the corner. do you think that that type of action, do you think he'll get what he wants by that time? >> devin nuñes is serious, and if he doesn't get the access to witnesses and documents, i suspect that we may very well hold individuals at the fbi and department of justice in contempt of congress. it's important to recognize chairman nuñes has been asking for this information since

august, and it's like jeff sessions has changed his name to jeff disregard sessions because they've been disregarding theseç requests from congress that are critical to give the american people confidence in the very institutions we have to rely on. molly: all right, thank you so much. congressman gaits, we appreciate you joining us on this important topic. it'll be very interesting to see how things unfold in really just the coming week, not to mention all of 2018. but happy new year. >> happy new year. kelly: an online fight turns deadly as a prank 911 call results in police killing an innocent man. will carr is live in los angeles with more details about this. will, tragic set of circumstances. how did all this happen? >> reporter: well, kelly, this all stems from a dramatic call to authorities in wichita, kansas. the caller said that he was armed, had killedç one person, had hostages and wanted to burn his house down. the only thing was, it was all a hoax, a hoax called swatting

where police -- where people report fake crimes in an effort to get s.w.a.t. teams to respond to someone's house. >> i'm just pointing the gun at them, making sure they stay in the closet, my mom and my little brother. are you guys sending someone with over here? because i'm definitely not going to put it away. >> reporter: that call, totally fake. when authorities arrived on the scene is, 28-year-old andrew finch who was unarmed went to the front door trying to see what was going on, and he was shot and killed. authorities now investigating if this all started from an online video game dispute that may have had nothing to do withç finch. his mother says he didn't even play video games and questions why authorities would open fire simply based on an emergency call. >> what happened with my son is not what happened as they said on tv, and is i'm getting madder and madder, and i'll get ahold of myself, and then i'm not letting go until i have justice. >> reporter: the wichita

police chief says finch did not comply with the command to keep his arms raised. he adds the blame falls on the prank caller. >> the incident is a nightmare for everyone involved including the family and our police department. due to the actions of a prankster, we have an innocent victim. >> reporter: los angeles police departmentç arrested 25-year-old tyler barrett in connection to the case. according to abc 7, he was also arrested in 2016 for making bomb threats on their station here in los angeles. kelly. kelly: will, thank you for that. molly: police are searching for a motive behind a shooting at a law firm that left two dead including the gunman. it happened in long beach, california, yesterday afternoon. police say a gunman opened fire on his colleagues, killing one and wounding another before turning the gun on himself. investigators say the injured victim was able to the drive himself to a nearby hospital after the attack. kelly: as president trump split

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♪ ♪ kelly: with 2017 coming tobh close, a new opinion article that "the wall street journal" reflects on president trump's first year in office. the author describes a year made up of two very different presidencies writing, quote: the two trump presidencies exist as parallel universes. much of the american population is appalled by trump of twitter

who lives in a dark and deeply personal pool of feuds and fulminations. his first year approval rating floated below 40% while voters of virginia and alabama rejected his candidates and him. existing alongside is a universe of solid, tangible economic success. joining me now to discuss this is doug schoen, former adviser to president bill clinton and a fox news contributor, also brad blakeman, former deputy asu)áup't to president george w. bush. gentlemen, good to see you. >> good to see you, kelly. kelly: let's talk about this. this was written by daniel henninger in "the wall street journal." he's talking about a president who's able to have two presidencies in one. doug, what do you make of this? >> well, look, i think there's a certain amount of truth to that. i would say sort of as a quibble, donald trump has been able to control the dialogue in the media with the tweeting. and while i probably disagreed with much of what he said,

nonetheless, he controls what we in the press talk about, both mainstream and cable, and that's a profound accomplishment. in terms of the economicç success, it's undeniable, but he's gotten one piece of legislation through, the tax bill, and that's unpopular. i make the argument, kelly, he needs a third presidency which is the one he initiated last week, a bipartisan presidency, where he reaches out to the democrats for a deal on immigration and a deal on infrastructure. if we can get that third presidency, it'll meld the first two that you were asking about and dan wrote about together well. kelly: yeah. and, brad, you know, dan did write about that. he went on to say what will happen for the coming year, will the president be able to meld both of these together and emerge as a president who can reach out to all people? and, youç know, the president s actually hinting that's exactly

what he wants to do. he says he wants to do something with infrastructure, immigration, daca. all of that will require bipartisan support, will it not? >> it sure will. but i would allege that there's one president, there's donald trump, and he's multifaceted. he's different can, that's for sure. unconvention isal. he confounds his enemies and gives great hope to those who support him. but as we move into 2018, i would urge the viewers to take close look at the january 30th state of the union. that'll be a road map of where we're going to go prior to the midterm elections. and i agree with doug, if he's going to have success at the ballot box next november, it's got to be bipartisan legislation because you can't do it withoutç it. so on immigration, on daca, on infrastructure or and dare i say even health care, there are a lot of democrats in ruby red states, especially in the senate -- about ten of them -- that are going to need some help. and the way to do it is to reach across the aisle in good faith and get some points on the board.

kelly: doug, the president has angeredded some democrats. democrats, as you know, are against him. hay want to see him fail. they've made no small task they'd really like to see him fail. to that end, what do you say to your fellow democrats in terms of what they should be looking towards in 2018? is it time to come to the tableç of brotherhood and find some common good? >> sure. well, first, i must tell you i do dispute that democrats want the president to fail. i think as americans, particularly this time of year, we would underscore our core and common values and want the president very much to succeed. but that being said, i would agree with my good friend brads blakeman and say -- brad blakeman and say, candidly, that we democrats have to do a better job reaching out. it was tough with the tax bill and health care to do it. i understand why democrats didn't. but right now we need to begin the process. and if brad is right and we were

able to do something on health care, immigration and infrastructure, i think both parties would benefit. but what is certain is americaç would benefit. and at this time of the year, looking at january 1st, the beginning of a new year, i think we have to underscore our common interests and common values and put the partisanship maybe behind us til january 2nd. [laughter] kelly: okay. brad, i'll let you respond to that. >> well, i think the president understands now that the rules of the game require bipartisanship, especially in the senate, to move legislation. soingso that being said, the pay that has best record is the party to run on at theç midter. we cannot afford to lose. we need a record of accomplishment. and if main street is doing as

well as wall street, i think it'll be very kind to the republican party. kelly: yeah. because people vote with their pocketbooks as well. they like to see that the economy is doing well and that jobs are increasing and wages increasing. look, january 2nd is just a couple days away. we're going to be into a whole new year. january 30th is around the corner for that state of the union address. but more importantly, the president is showing no signs of letting up. he's putting the pedal to the metal to get more accomplishments inç his quiver. what will that say for him going into the 2018 midterms? >> well, here's the way i see it. the statistics brad cites are exactly right. it also is the case if the president has an approval at or below 40%, which is about where he is now, his party historically loses a substantial number of seats and could lead to the kind of blowout with the generic vote that now is is +11r

the democrats. so the president's got to get his numbers up, and the best way to do that is basically lower the tone, enhance the bipartisanship, get the accomplishments in the bag as brad correctly suggests.ç and i make the argument that both the democrats and republicans would benefit from it. but candidly, if the republicans are going to avoid a blowout which could happen, they need more than one unpopular legislative accomplishment. the only way they can do it is with the democrats. so bipartisanship makes good practical and, yes, political sense for the gop. kelly: brad, i'll give you the final word. >> it's my hope for the new year in 2018 that we will join forces in order to make america great again. and it's, it doesn't mean that democrats have to give in on anything or the republicans. we just need -- there's a dirty word in washington called compromise. we have toç make that our credo in 2018. >> amen, amen.

kelly: amen from both of you. all right, i'll second that. i'll thursday that. happy new year to you both. >> happy new year. >> thanks, kelly. molly: icy cold temperatures blanketing much of the country. just how bad will it be for the big night tomorrow? ahead, the frigid forecast for new year's eve. >> i think it's the cold. the cold is the worst part about it. the snow's not so bad, but it's just the cold. >> it's a little bit chilly, but it's not too bad. ♪ us. it's what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. because where there's a y, there's an us.

♪ ♪ kelly: ringo starr is now sir ringo. the beatles' drummer making the queen's new year's honors list, his knighthood coming more than half a century after becoming a member of the toaferred british

empire. sir paul mccartney became a knight in the '90s, in case you didn't know, also knighted by queen elizabeth, barry given. he paid tribute to his brothers, maurice and robin, saying the honor's, quote, as much theirs as it is mine. that's sweet. that's good. molly: ringo finally getting his due. all right. much of the nation glibbed in this deep freeze a little more than 24 hours before the start of the new year. so just how cold will it be when you venture out there for your new year's eve plans tomorrow night? we haveç meteorologist adam klz joining us from the fox news weather center to tell us just how cold it's going to be. >> reporter: yeah, molly, we're dealing with the coldest weather right now in the plains, but that's going to spread out as we get into new year's eve. especially up into north dakota, lots of spots close to -15. if you add the wind chill, spots

feel like you're down into the -20s, close to -40 in fargo. and that air's going to continue to push in. out in front of this system we've seen some light snowfall moving across portions of the mid-atlantic and stretching up into new england as well. this is not realç heavy snow in the bigger story continues to be just these absolutely icy temperatures. well, here's an hour by hour forecast for the win chill, and you're looking at that coldest air settling across the midwest. that continues to sink down into the southeast and also across the east coast as well. temperatures will be dropping up and down as you run into the overnight hours for, of course, your sunday running into sunday night and monday morning. these are the type of numbers you're going to be dealing with throughout that night and then even on new year's day things don't improve a whole lot as temperatures again are going to be sitting in those negative numbers for a huge area of the country, especially running into the midwest and new england.

as far as times square withç goes, this could be the second coldest it's ever been. we're looking at a low right around 10, 1 is. that's your actual temperature. you get a little wind going as well, that's feeling like -2 degrees, molly. i know there's going to be a million cold people standing outside this time tomorrow. molly: just a million? goodness. [laughter] >> reporter: some of them need to go inside, i think. too cold. molly: they will bundle up. thank you, adam. kelly: hey, getting back to ringo starr real quick, true story, when i was a kid, i loved the temptations and the beatles, but i loved the beatles so much, i actually wore a beatles wig. [laughter] molly: we walked back down the aisle after aç got married to a beatles tune. >> which one? molly: you should sing, i should stop singing. [laughter] kelly: i know your husband said i give her everything, that's all i do. molly: yes, please. ♪ do you want a revolution,

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[♪] eric: a new trove of emails sent by hillary clinton aide huma abedin, some of which we are told were marked classified. that raises questions about hillary clinton's use her private email when she was secretary of state. and it turns out a full investigation of this was actually missed. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's news headquarters." arthel: 2,200 emails were made public aft