in a situation that is so not normal as to be where they are. another thing that has given people some great touchstones over the past couple of years is wreaths across america. we just had one of the organizers on as they put wreaths on every grave -- gillian: you'll be helping them take them down on january 19th. leland: we are honored to be a part of this. news continues after this. ♪ ♪ eric: fox news alert concerning the future of health care coverage for millions of our fellow americans. you know a federal judge in texas ruling that the affordable care act, known as obamacare, he has ruled it is unconstitutional. that decision a result of the republican-led congress scrapping the penalty for those people who choose not to be covered by health insurance. that part of the legislation president trump signed into law a year ago this month. hello, everyone. welcome to "america's news headquarters," we have a lot about this subject today. arthel: we do. i'm arthel neville. this decision has prompted some

uncertainty, the healthcare.gov web site saying the current open enrollment will not be impacted by the ruling. meanwhile, president trump hailed the outcome, tweeting: as i predicted all along, obamacare has been struck down as an unconstitutional disaster. now congress must pass a strong law that provides great health care and protects pre-existing conditions. mitch and nancy, get it done. mitch mcconnell, okay, good. texas attorney general ken paxton who led the lawsuit against obamacare in total agreement. >> obviously, i'm celebrating with the president. this, we believed from the very beginning, was unconstitutional, and we think the judge did the right thing. arthel: lauren blanchard, i've gotten so used to chuck and nancy that mitch and nancy didn't sound right. [laughter] give us the latest, go ahead. >> reporter: obamacare will remain in place for now. people can continue to enroll today, which is the deadline, because even the white house has said they know appeals are

coming, and it sets up a big fight in congress. >> if this ruling were permitted to stand, 17 million americans would lose their health insurance, 133 million americans who have coverage for pre-existing medical conditions would lose it. young people could no longer stay on their parents' plan til they've 26, so it'd be devastating. >> i believe it's an opportunity to put forth better health care focused on lowering prices and expanding access and quality. we do not need to move towards a more government-run health care system. >> reporter: the president and his administration were quick to the cheer texas judge reid o'connor's decision which called obamacare invalid because o'connor said when last year's tax bill eliminated the penalty for not having coverage, the bill became unconstitutional. and the judge says obamacare cannot be separated from that provision. the president again calling on congress to pass a replacement. a fox news poll though shows, according to americans, 33% of

voters approve of the way the trump administration has handled health care while 56% do not. here's what leaders in congress are saying. soon to be house minority leader, republican kevin mccarthy saying, quote: democrats didn't lift a finger to fix this problem, putting politics over people. that is not leadership and certainly not what the american people expect from their government. and democrat senator dick durbin saying: this misguided decision will be appealed, and i am confident that common sense will prevail. he goes on to urge people to continue to enroll today for coverage. now, this lawsuit makes it to the supreme court, as many think it will, it would be the third time justices consider fundamental provisions of obamacare. twice before it has been upheld, and even though there are new justices on the bench since the last time obamacare was before them, all of the four democrats and chief justice roberts who upheld the bill in 2012 are

still all on the bench. arthel: lauren blanchard, thank you very much. we'll take it back here. eric: let's bring in gop strategisting who was a former staffer for mike lee, and scott bolden. i'm surprised this came up, the last day to sign up. does this get fixed, scrapped or redone? >> well, i think it's going to be -- [laughter] it may end up being all of the above, eric. eric: right. [laughter] >> it creates more uncertainty in the marketplace, it creates uncertainty for the most vulnerable of americans and, sadly, it also allows the costs to continue to go up unabated. so the real challenge is, yes, i do think this ends up at the supreme court. remember, it was chief justice roberts who rewrote the law twice, so it's ironic that it's coming full circle in terms of what is constitutional. but ultimately, this goes on both parties. i'm going to be an equal

opportunity offender here. [laughter] the republicans had a chance to repeal and replace and make some adjustments in terms of pre-existing conditions and people staying on their parents' insurance until they're 26. so there were lots of opportunities there. but this is what happens when congress abdicates its duties. we always end up with the problems in the court, and that is not the place we need to legislate, and that's not how we get better health care for all americans. eric: scott, boyd is pretty refreshing and candid -- >> i'm afraid to agree with him, but i will. [laughter] i mean, listen, as a lawyer, longtime lawyer/litigator, this decision is really out of left field. but it's one decision. it's a federal district court decision. it will be appealed literally next week given the timing, and it may wind up in the supreme court. and as your reporter says, the supreme court has held it up twice. and if congress is the taxing authority and has the power to do it, they have the power to take it away, and this federal judge, god bless him, this federal judge took that and said

that it couldn't be severed from the whole bill and, therefore, the whole bill was unconstitutional. well, that's new law, and i don't think it'll be upheld in the fifth circuit or at the supreme court. not much is going to impact it. eric: yeah. judge o'connor is narrowly looking at that penalty -- >> right. eric: -- which, under the law, as you know, is considered a tax. and taking that out, according to the judge, you know, negates the whole thing. so would congress just, boyd, do you think just put it back in next year? >> it's going to be interesting. again, we've got divided government now, so republicans couldn't get it through on their skinny repeal. how that's going to work now with nancy pelosi leading the house will be a real challenge. and this is the real test, eric, is that all of this is going to become very political for 2020. and you will see the democrats are going to run their, you know, grandma off a cliff ad, and the republicans are going to run their, you know, we're on our way to socialized medicine ad. and sadly, they will raise

millions and millions of dollars off health care as a wedge issue which is not looking out for the american people. eric: well, and you just mentioned nancy pelosi. let me give you what she has said about this. when house democrats take the gavel, the house of representatives will move swiftly to formally intervene in the appeals process to uphold the life-saving protections for people with pre-existing conditions and reject republicans' efforts to destroy the affordable care act. scott, i guess you've got grandma getting pushed off the cliff with that language. >> you know what? [laughter] i disagree with that because, here's the deal. prices are stabilizing. if you look at the last year, they're not skyrocket. secondly. 60% of americans disapprove of how the gop is handling this. and i think it's a real opportunity, and i think the democrats because of 2020 and the republicans in 2020, their support for coverage of pre-existing conditions. i don't know if there's enough support for the mandate and what have you, but obamacare was imperfect. even the democrats said that.

this may be a real opportunity to demonstrate leadership on both sides and fix obamacare. call it what you want, but at least put those pre-existing conditions in there, otherwise you're going to affect 15-20 million individuals who would be covered by these pre-existing conditions. if you don't have bipartisan support, at least that part will. eric: you're saying this could be a new opportunity for a reset with the new congress and maybe a new sense in washington come the new year? >> hope springs eternal. [laughter] if you will. but i think america is ready for them to work together. i think the split government is good. we'll just have to see if we got good actors or bad actors, and i'm hoping there are enough good actors to fix this health care problem or america suffers, both gop members as well as democratic voters. eric: boyd, it has caused so much confusion, such consternation and uncertainty, and right now you've got people who are ready to sign up today. what do you tell people who are scared and worried they won't

have health care because of this ruling and because of the uncertainty with no law, with the laws in place but with such uncertainty about it? >> yeah. we know that things are going to continue in place despite this ruling, and so people do need to continue to sign up, they continue to need to move forward. we have to remember, too, while we have a lot of people who have access to health care -- excuse me, to health insurance for the first time, a lot of them are not actually getting health care because of the cost of the premiums, or they can't afford their deductible which is so high. so that's a debate that needs to happen. and i agree, this is a debate that the american people are longing for because we do need certainty back in the market so that we can finish the ultimate thing is we need to get people health care. we need to reduce costs, increase access and increase cost, and that's the real bottom line. eric: boyd, quickly, your prediction on how that can be done? >> it's going to be very messy, but i am in agreement that hope does spring eternal. i hope that the american people demand it of their leaders on both sides of the aisle to come

to the table and get a solution that works. eric: scott? >> i agree, for sure. and it's a real opportunity. 2020's important to both sides, but this is health care. the g work to p's got to -- gop's got to get away from letting the democrats tell people they're against health care or the republican nominees or candidates want to take their health care from them. but right now we've got that message it worked in 2020 -- i'm sorry, it worked in the midterms, and -- but this is about the human condition and people's health care. and i think both sides care about that. they just need to depoliticize it and move on from this. hopefully, we can. eric: amen. scott and boyd, perhaps this is a new setting of the table with the new year. we shall see. gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. arthel: there is new reaction after the white house announces another personnel shuffle. interior secretary ryan zinke stepping down at the end of the year which is a few weeks away amid allegations he violated several ethics rules. president trump announcing the move on twitter.

this coming a day after he picked budget director mick mulvaney to be acting white house chief of staff. the president tweeting: mick has done an outstanding job while in the administration. i look forward to working with him in this new capacity. ellison barber is live at the white house now with more. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, a lot of changes when it comes to the announcement that secretary zinke will be leaving. top democrats in the house and senate are praising it, they say it is long overdue. soon to be house speaker nancy pelosi said in a statement that secretary zinke has been a shameless hand maiden for the special interests. his staggering ethical abuses have delivered a lasting blow to america's public lands, environment, clean air and clean water. chuck schumer tweeted that the swamp will be a little less foul without him. zinc key's been the subject of multiple investigations related to travel habits, conflicts of interest. some of the investigations were closed and some, namely allegations of hatch act

violations, he was cleared of wrongdoing. but over the summer the interior department's inspector general launched an investigation into a real estate deal that involved a foundation set up by zinke backed by the chairman of halliburton that does business with the u.s. government. the i.g. reportedly referred that investigation to the department of justice. the secretary denies any wrongdoing. the president did not say why mr. zinke is leaving, but his departure is one of four major shake-ups since the november midterms. last week the president announced his chief of staff would leave at the end of the year. budget director mick mulvaney is set to take over, u.n. ambassador nikki haley is also leaving. attorney general jeff sessions resigned at the cough the president -- at the request of the president, and president trump wants william barr as his next a.g.. the president did not get his top choice for chief of staff job, and other reported contenders took themselves out

of the running. senator chuck schumer tweeting that it is very sad not a single person in america will agree to be white house chief of staff, formerly one of the most sought-after jobs in the government. president trump pushing back on that sort of suggestion tweeting, for the record, there were many people who wanted to be the white house chief of staff. the president says his administration will announce the new secretary of the department offer into sometime next week -- of the interior sometime next week. arthel: we're going to bring in jeff mason, reuters white house correspondent. jeff, good to see you. >> good to see you, arthel. arthel: what does mr. zinke's departure mean for the country's environmental blueprint? >> number one, the president has to find somebody else, and that's not a huge surprise in terms of looking at the number of people in the cabinet who were vulnerable to being either asked to leave or were going to leave at the end of this year. he was certainly near or at the top of that list. but that said, as you've seen at the epa, despite the departure

of the president's original epa administrator, his policies have continued, and that will no doubt happen. arthel: but zinke was a real proponent of his policies. >> he certainly was. i'm sure president trump will find someone who is also a proponent to take his place. arthel: so is this cabinet-level shuffle a negative reflection of mr. trump's presidency on any level, or is this cleaning house a positive for his presidency? >> well, i'm not going to say whether it's positive or negative. it's not unusual for there to be some turnover in an administration. certainly, after a midterm election and a midterm election like this one where the democrats took control of the house of representatives. finish and that is certainly one of the reasons why zinke is probably leaving, because the many challenges and ethical issues that he was facing would have been highlighted even more when the democrats have subpoena power. so, but that said, it's not

unusual for there to be some turnover. there is, however, quite a bit of turnover in president trump's administration and has been really from day one. arthel: yeah. it's unprecedented, actually, and we're going to get into it later in this newscast, or a couple hours from now. meanwhile, let's talk about another high-level personnel change, jeff. acting white house chief of staff, most likely a permanent position, to which mr. mulvaney will devote all of his time while technically, it's my understanding, retaining the his omb title. do you know anything about that? how will this work, especially giving the looming partial government shutdown? >> yeah, it's tricky. i mean, it's -- this is something that is not something that you see very often where you hold on to two really high profile, really big jobs in the administration. this could be mick mulvaney's way of kind of preserving an offramp for himself if the chief of staff gig doesn't work out very well. it is also, i mean, i think it's

worth mentioning there's a natural sort of, there's a natural connection there between being chief of staff and being omb director because you work with all of the cabinet agencies, you work with the heads of those cabinets about their budgets. arthel: right. but maintaining both positions? >> is going to be a tricky job, a very tricky job. arthel: meanwhile, of course, as you know, jeff, the white house chief of staff does not require senate confirmation. however, considering that confirmation processes for any new cabinet members poised to be cop ten white house, that coupled with the ongoing mueller probe, investigations by the southern district of new york, i mean, what's the impact on president trump's success on the job as well as his campaign to keep the position? >> >> well, indeed. i mean, and as we know, we're going to start seeing -- we're already seeing democrats put their name in the hat for, to potentially run for president in 2020. we'll see next year, perhaps, if president trump has a primary challenger.

so he'll be looking at, you know, trying to govern, trying to show the american people and his supporters in particular that he's building on or producing the promises that he made as a candidate in 2016 while dealing with all of these other things; the shake-up in his cabinet, with the mueller investigation, with democrats being in charge in the house. so it's a lot to juggle. arthel: according to your reporting, your sources, what's the mood at the white house? president trump's behind the scenes disposition. >> you know, we had, reuters had an opportunity to interview if the president this week, and i was in on that. and his demeanor at the time, it was just an hour or two after that pretty contentious meeting with the democratic leadership in congress, and he was, he was in a fine mood. he was calm, perhaps not as jovial as we sometimes have seen him in that setting. but he was calm and straightforward, and as for other people at the white house, look, this is a white house that is accustomedded to dealing with crisis.

they've had to deal with it really from the very beginning. so it's not, that's not new for many of the people who are in the president's orbit. i don't have a sense from working there that people are panicking, but i do think that the president and the people around him are in for a really big shift in january, and they know that that's coming, but it will, it'll be interesting to see how they react when it really is the new reality in washington of divided government. arthel: we will leave it there, jeff mason, white house correspondent for reuters. thank you. >> my pleasure. eric: coming up, more on that tragedy on the southern border. you know, the 7-year-old migrant girl who died of dehydration and exhaustion in border patrol custody. what went wrong. >> it's a horrific situation, there's no two ways about it. and it's, it's a sad time, but it's also senseless, it's a

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eric: it is a day of remembrance and honor, the president of the united states taking part in a very special and small, intimate ceremony as you can see here. you're looking live at arlington national cemetery just across

the to eau toe a mack from the -- to toe mack from the white house. it really is such a special and meaningful event. it is the wreaths across america day. there you see the cameraman wiping the lens of our live camera because it's kind of drizzly and foggy and a bit cold and wet in arlington, gray to perhaps match the somber and sober mood as the president is at arlington. see the wreaths by the tombstones? those are part of this wonderful effort by the organization, wreaths across america, to i try to put a wreath at the tombstone of so many veterans across the country. the goal, 253,835 wreaths. this has been going on for several years now to honor those and remember the fallen veteran is the and those who continue to serve -- veterans and those who continue to serve. and also not just at arlington national cemetery, but at many other -- 1,000, in fact, 1,400

cemeteries across the country in all 50 states. you can participate in this. go on wreaths across america. you can get a wreath, you can go to a local ceremony as well and honor the fallen veterans of our past wars. even those who have passed away recently and have served in the past in vietnam and korea, world war ii and world war i. and as i said, this is the first year in which they're also placing wreaths at normandy. we see the president here accompany by two officials in uniform of wreaths across america. let's just see if we can listen for a moment as the president slowly makes his way up to one of the tombstones of one of our fallen heroes. let's listen. [inaudible conversations]

eric: you know what's so stunning and vivid, arthel, is that the president is basically alone. he does not have a huge coterie of advisers, there's not a huge, major type of media event that's is set up. it's only the commander in chief himself on a quiet saturday seeing firsthand the tributes and the honor that are given to our fallen veterans with this wonderful service, wreaths across america. [inaudible conversations]

>> good morning. [inaudible conversations] eric: the officials, obviously, explaining perhaps some individual stories of some of the fallen, specifically who they are. and you know, about 75,000 volunteers every year place the wreaths at roughly 245,000 of the grave sites there at

arlington. one person who did that this morning saying spending a rainy saturday morning, it was a very somber and honoring experience in order to pay tribute to those who have died. it is a tremendous organization. it is across the country. so all you have to do is google wreaths across america if you want to participate in this very special ceremony, individual ceremony at this time of the year. arthel: profound sight, seeing the rows and rows of tombstones. [inaudible conversations] >> so they now -- [inaudible] and the people that come here and put the wreaths are -- [inaudible] and then in january, of course,

we've got to clean up -- [inaudible conversations] >> we take all the wreaths out, gather them up -- [background sounds] eric: this is the 27th year that volunteers have done this at arlington national cemetery, honoring the men and women who

are served and pay the ultimate sacrifice for our country. quite a sight. quite an honor. quite a remembrance. arthel: and as you, again, look at the rows and rows and rows of tombstones there now adorned with these wreaths, you can't help but to feel for and think about the families especially at this time of year. eric: the wreaths are made specifically for this event. they're made in columbia falls, maine. they, on december 8th. they traveled from maine down to arlington where the volunteers started placing the christmas wreaths on each of the tombstones. the goal, 253,835 plus 1,400 military cemeteries and others across the country. and not just the military, but for those who have served our country in the past.

[inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. they do a great job, a really great job. thank you. >> mr. president? mr. president, have you seen -- [background sounds] >> it's like a record rainfall. >> it is. it's just so gratifying seeing -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations]

eric: again, you're watching folks from the wreaths across america organization that every year across the country place the christmas wreaths that you can see on the tombstones of our fallen military members, this at arlington cemetery. nearly a quarter of a million wreaths placed there by volunteers. a sign of remembrance and honor and love for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. a rainy, somber, gray, cold saturday afternoon. the commander in chief out alone. no fanfare, no big crowds, no

grandstand, just a small group of white house pool reporters to be able to carry this live to show folks around the country how we should remember and honor those who have given their lives in so many ways and thank them as we watch the very intimate and small image of the president standing in, basically, it's a muddy cemetery honoring those who gave their lives. arthel: never forget. [inaudible conversations]

>> we're looking to expand arlington national cemetery by acquiring land around it. and it's working out pretty well. we're working very hard on it. we'll get it done. they need it. >> they do. >> they need it. >> mr. president, comment on the -- [inaudible] on the court ruling. >> it's a great ruling for our country. we'll be able to get great health care. we'll sit down with the democrats, we'll be sitting down with the democrats and getting great health care for our people. repeal and replace was handled differently, but it was a big, big victory by a highly respected judge, highly, highly respected in texas. and on the assumption that the supreme court upholds, we will get great, great health care for our people. we'll have to sit down with the democrats to do it, but i'm sure they want to do it also. thank you very much.

arthel: as the president is getting back into his vehicle there before answering one question there about the ruling on health care, on obamacare, the president saying it was a great ruling for our country, we will get great health care for our country. the president noting that it was repeal and replace kind of differently, but he feels confident that they will get something done on the part of the people, and they will do so with republican and democrats onboard. so done a little differently, he says, repeal and replace. but he's confident, the president saying we will get great health care for our country.

and as we move on now, we continue with the news of the day and that is other news, i should say. robert mueller's team now pushing back at michael flynn after the former national security add a visor suggested that the fbi -- adviser suggested that the fbi acted improperly when they interviewed him. prosecutors said flynn should have known lying to the agency was a crime. all this coming just days before his sentencing. garrett tenney has more now from washington. garrett? >> reporter: michael flynn's attorneys argued he was coerced into lying when he spoke to the fbi in january of 2017. newly-released court documents show that then he was deputy director -- then-deputy director of the fbi andrew mccabe urged him not to for return for the interview. i further stated that if lieutenant general flynn wished to include anyone else in the meeting, like the white house

counsel, for instance, that i would need to involve the department of justice. flynn then agreed to meet with the agents alone. the documents show the fbi intentionally chose not to tell that it's a crime to lie to the fbi. muller wrote -- mueller wrote, quote: the former head of an intelligence agency, retired lieutenant general and 33-year veteran of the armed forces knows he should not lie to federal agents. but critics, including harvard law professor alan dershowitz, say it highlights some of the unsave ray tactics the special count is using. >> what the judge was saying is what mueller's doing is trying to find low-hanging fruit, figure out any way to get them to commit a crime -- it's their fault if they commit the crime -- and then wees them so that they'll sing or compose.

welcome to how special counsels operate. >> reporter: the special counsel's office has recommended flynn serve no jail time due to his cooperation. he is scheduled to be sentenced on tuesday, but it's possible with these new filings the judge could delay that hearing. back to you guys in new york. eric: there's lots of controversy over the way the fbi handled general flynn. let's bring in overseer at stanford's hooper institute john jordan. john, the fbi, it seemed, they go over to the white house. it seemed like an informal sit-down. far from, you know, a formal, official type of questioning. should general flynn have been told that there was an official investigation of russian interference? >> this is a big story, and it's going to be a story for some period of time. first of all, law enforcement is permitted to lie. there's no constitutional violation here. it doesn't seem fair, but technically that's okay. the big issue is did general flynn, in fact, lie.

the fbi is supposed to keep a report, it's called the 302 report of every interview. fbi officials testified before congress that they didn't think he lied, but then the 302 report apparently was amended later to support the charging of general flynn -- eric: stop right there for a second. i'm sorry to interrupt, but let me stop you because that's really important. there's testimony in front of congress he didn't lie, then they have the 302 report apparently dated months later that made those claims. so, you know, who wrote that 302 report, and was there a personal interpretation that went into that, do you think? >> yeah, and was it changed. interestingly enough, the judge overseeing this is the same judge that oversaw the ted stevens case and the prosecutorial misconduct there and excoriated the fbi under then-director mueller. eric: that's judge emmett sullivan. do you think he can throw this out? he can scrap the plea deal if he thinks there's something fishy there.

>> absolutely. a judge does not, is not compelled to accept a plea deal. he can reject it and force the prosecution to make a case. he may do that in this case just to expose or bring the light of day on the fbi's behavior which there's going to be, there's going to be a lot of spillover from this going forward. eric: do you think something stinks here? >> yes, i do. i mean, how do you have agents testify, fbi officials say they didn't think he was lying, the agents doing the interview didn't think he was lightening, and peter strzok, by the way, didn't think he was lying, and all of a sudden he's charged with it later? and the fbi, the congress want these 302 reports for the longest time, they were stonewalled, and now a judge is ordering their release. eric: are we going to be able to read all these 302s, do you think? >> that's up to the judge. the judge may just do it in chambers, or he may order their release. it's going to be interesting to see. you know, democracy dies in darkness, so i think it's very

important that the public see what our law enforcement with whom we have entrusted enormous power is doing in the tactics employed and are they playing by the rules, or are they a law unto themselves. eric: i've been calling for the release of the jimmy hoffa files by the fbi for years. [laughter] this all should come out. the family wants that because you don't know what dose into the 302s. you have to trust the investigators, i understand that. but here when you have one that's written months later? here's what the washington journal says from an editorial. quote: it turns out the meeting was set up by then-fbi director andrew mccabe, addressing mr. flynn to meet without a lawyer. the two agents showed up at the white house within hours of mr. mccabe's call, and they reported that general flynn had been relaxed and jocular and cleary saw the fbi agents as allies. one of those agents was peter strzok famous for his anti-trump texts to his fbi paramour.

you know what critics say, that strock tried to skew this whole thing with bias even though the i.g. report and mr. comey claims that there was no bias in the investigation. >> well, absolutely. i mean, peter strzok even said in a series of tests he didn't think there was any "there" there, and he was apparently one of the authors of the original 302 saying general flynn did not lie. the question is who rewrote that 302 report to support the charging of general flynn who largely pled guilty to save himself the expense of a trial and to protect his son. eric: how do we get that information on how that changed, do you know? >> it's going to be up to judge sullivan. it's going to be interesting to see how the orders are complied with and does he order these documents to be released publicly. i hope so, and the american people should hope so too. eric: finally, what strikes me is that the two agents, including peter strzok, go over to the white house, flynn is relaxed and jocular, yet when

the fbi went and talked to hillary clinton, she had nine lawyers with her. nine lawyers. which even comey said was unusual. how come the different treatment? >> well, hillary clinton also had the entire justice department looking out for her. i mean, she's very careful. she's a lawyer herself, and when you behave the way the clintons do, you tend to want to lawyer up pretty fast. she's a very careful person. you know, this man is a career military officer, an intelligence analyst. he didn't think anybody was out to get him, he just thought law enforcement and other federal agencies, they're friends and allies and all on the sail team. then director mccabe led him to continue to believe that. eric: don't lie to the fbi whether you're under oath or not, but at the same time, this seems to raise a lot of questions that need to be answered. we're waiting for judge emmett sullivan to release all this information and so much more. john jordan from stanford, thank you. we will, of course, have much more on this story all

weekend long, tomorrow on sunday morning futures maria bartiromo gets reaction from house intelligence committee chairman devin nuñes. also on fox news sunday, chris wallace will be talking with the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani, about these latest developments and so much more. arthel: well, france remains on edge as thousands of yellow vest protesters take to the streets of paris for a fifth weekend. we're live on the scene straight ahead. ♪ ♪ ( ♪ ) dealing with psoriatic arthritis pain was so frustrating. my skin... it was embarrassing. my joints... they hurt. the pain and swelling. the tenderness. the psoriasis. tina: i had to find something that worked on all of this. i found cosentyx. now, watch me. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are getting real relief with cosentyx.

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placed on the gravestones of our fallen veterans. the president was, as he left, asked a question about the ruling on obamacare by the texas judge. >> it was a great ruling for our country. we'll be able to get great health care. we'll sit down with the democrats, and we will get great health care for our people. that's a repeal and replace handled a little bit differently, but it was a great, great victory by a highly respected judge, highly, highly respected in texas the. and on the assumption that the supreme court upholds, we will get great, great health care for our people. we'll have to sit down with the democrats to do it, but i'm sure they want to do it also. thank you very much. arthel: fox news alert, protesters once again hitting the streets of paris for the fifth weekend in a row. thousands donning yellow vests demonstrating and voicing their

anger at president emmanuel macron. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg talcott joins us live from paris with the very latest. >> reporter: hi, arthel. yeah, it was another day of anti-government protests here in france. there were clashes but a bit less than we witnessed last week. the yellow vest protesters were out along the champs-élysees, around other landmarks in paris. in some spots police did have to use, again, tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. arrests were down, just 115 today in paris. the actual number of protesters in paris today, 2200. plus, though, we can tell you from our own observations out in very bug numbers. we -- big numbers. we spent much of the day watching a game of cat and mouse played, authorities just trying to avoid a repeat of the violence we witnessed. one reason for the drop in trouble, arthel, concessions made by president macron earlier this week. he promised to cut some taxes,

and he promised to up some government handouts. another reason though, the deadly terror attack in strasburg earlier this week. thursday night police finding and killing the man responsible for that. two other factors, pretty bad weathered today, arthel, and christmas is coming up. but we are told that wait until january, it'll all rev up again. arthel: oh, boy. greg talcott, thank you so much. eric: back here at home, new developments in the search for that missing colorado mother. why authorities are now calling her disappearance suspicious, and she hasn't been seen since thanksgiving. we'll have the latest straight ahead. ♪ ♪ we go, the heavier i get. and while your pants struggle to support the heavier you, your roof struggles to support the heavier me. [laughter] whoo. [crash] and your cut-rate insurance might not pay for this.

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we have yet to head him sit down with one of our investigators and that is what we are asking for. she was last seen publicly in woodland park colorado. ten days later mom reported her missing on december 2. police officers say they received data with the last cell phone peeing coming from nearly 800 miles away in idaho. none of this is normal. she doesn't run off. and someone knows where she is. kelsey, we just want you home. we won't quit looking.

the attorney released a statement saying that he continues to cooperate with law enforcement and that he was never asked to voluntarily participate in the search of his home. as far as the couple's daughter the daughter is still in frady's custody. they have no reason to take the child away at this point. see make think you. a few moments ago the president of the united states alone. at arlington national cemetery paying tribute to the volunteers into the fallen tune of 50,000 a quarter of a million gravestones that you can see have those christmas wreaths that are placed there by volunteers. never forget. and also remember the families at this time year. that does it for us. eric and i will be back at 330 i'm sorry for eastern time.

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