peaceful drill to ensure security and safe passage and goodwill for all? >> we can't afford to. this is a provocative exercise by the axis of evil. iran, allied with the chinese and the russians. now, cep t brettly, none of -- separately, none of those navies could stand to match the american naval forces at all. collectively, they would exceed the u.s. fleet as the three of them come together in a provocative exercise in the region of the world. that should be concerning to us. leland: this is a long way from home for the chinese navy. is this the wake-up call that we've been hearing about coming from the chinese, wanting to be able to project force far, far from their borders? >> really absolutely it is, leland. this is an example of the chinese aligning themselves with a very dangerous actor in iran. now, just yesterday iran was probably responsible for the bombing attack in iraq that claimed the life of an american

contractor, injured many other american troops. the very fact that the chinese would align themselves with iran in an exercise like this and provocative fashion should be you alarming to every american. it certainly is to myself as a policy maker sitting on the armed services committee. leland: should it throw in the face of any republican who says, well, russia can be our friend, we should have an alliance with russia against china, russia is not that bad. this might prove exactly who they are, who they think their friends are, right? >> again, the alliance of china, russia, and iran is a dangerous alliance and collectively their naval force is something we have to pay attention to. this is why fortunately while democrats have been he focused on impeachment, president trump was very focused on getting a defense bill and a spending bill what that funds the military at a historic rate to get us to a place where we can --

leland: in fairness, it was democrats by definition, because all spending bills have to start in the house, that allowed that spending bill to come through the house. >> well, it was a negotiated bill between the house and senate that the president helped negotiate. but you can't ignore the fact that for all three years of this president's time in office, we have returned the american military to where it needs to be after watching it decimated during the obama administration. just passing the largest defense bill in american history, this president deserves a lot of credit for that. that's aside from the fact that we have to get our navy back to a position that it needs to be to combat this evil alliance between these three done. leland: get you back to the idea of whether or not the u.s. navy is ready to combat this growing issue of china and their blue water capabilities. should the u.s. be confronting

this drill? should there be more shall we say challenging actions by the u.s. navy, in the persian gulf and the gulf of oman. we're letting the iranians get away with an awful an exercise like this is to build the american milt from thk position of appeasement of the obama years. leland: if you want to talk about appeasement, the iran's shot down a u.s. drone in international waters and attacked through their prongsies, the same ones who killed an american as you note, they attacked saudi arabia and the u.s. did boo. how is that not appeasement. >> that's not true at all. the sanctions we have against iran have affected them

tremendously. leland: when the obama administration said we have strong sanctions on iran, had iran then shot down a u.s. drone and the obama administration did nothing, you're telling me you would have been just fine with that? >> the obama administration drew multiple red lines that were ignored with iran. while this president in pulling out of the dangerous iran nuclear deal has placed iran's economy on the path to ruin. that's why iran is like a flailing child, flapping its arms around, trying to retreat from these sanctions that brought them to the brink of economic ruin. that's why they're acting out the way they are. leland: as you noted, they spoosword the group that -- sponsored a group that killed a u.s. contractor, a u.s. citizen, and u.s. soldiers. doesn't thatdeserve a strong rey response? >> the maximum pressure campaign by president trump versus iran is working. we need to continue down that

path. s at the same time, we need to stick to the commitment of growing our navy back into a 355 plus ship navy. leland: how do you tell the family of that american contractor that sanctions against iran are working when iran is still emboldened enough to have their militias attack u.s. citizens? >> i'm not sure what the premise of youringment is, leland. the maximum pressure campaign of this administration against iran is working. leland: congressman, how can it be working if iran is still emboldened enough to use their militias to kill and hurt americans? clearly they're not pressured enough. >> my bottom line is the fact that russia and china is aa lining themselves -- aligning themselves with a maligned and dangs russ actor like iran. it's why we need to build the ny back up. leland: should we put more sanctions on russia and china, because they're aligning with

iran? >> we have sanctions on russia. both of those countries deserve our maximum attention, pressure, as we pressure both of those counes aligning themselves in a way that we can't ignore. it's why i give the add had medicine strayings a american military to the strong position it needs to be. leland: there's a question of whether maximum pressure is maximum pressure. congressman, thank you. >> president trump sounding off on the growing homelessness crisis on twitter, attacking the governors of new york and california, two states with some of the highest homeless rates in the country. jacqui heinrich has more. >> reporter: according to the coalition for the homeless, new york city's homeless levels are the highest since the great depression and 142% higher than 10 years ago a. those california numbers real lie threw off the new data released by the department of housing and urban development.

homelessness in california is up more than 16% with an additional 21,000 people on the streets compared to last year. ben carson said if you take the other 49 states and remove california, overall homelessness is going down. the massive homeless increase in california totals more than every other state combined, upending positive trends from elsewhere. 29 states and washington, d.c. reported overall declining rates. homelessness among veterans is down 2% and among families is down nearly 5%. overall the national rate of homelessness is up 2.7% with significant increases in california and oregon. carsoned said in september the drum administration -- trump administration was working on a plan. >> you said we're talking about weeks, not months. what happened? >> we have been out there. i have not found the same urgency in the leadership in the state that hi hoped to find. let's put it that way.

>> reporter: president trump tweeted this morning, california and new york must do something about their tremendous homeless problems. they're setting records. if their governors can't handle the situation, which they should be able to do very easily, they must call and politely ask for help. it would be so easy with competence. neither governor newsom nor governor cuomo addressed the president's remarks on twitter but bill de blasio said if the president is serious about confronting the homeless crisis, he can start by fully funding the section 8 vouchers. >> thank you so much, jackie. later in the show, we'll take a closer look at how hospitals are trying something new to help thousands of homeless patients find shelter while saving millions of dollars. leland. leland: interesting. we'll wait for that. today we remember controversial radio personality don imus. he died friday in college station after being hospitalized we're told since christmas. he passed away at 79 years old.

garrett tenney, a look back on his legacy. >> reporter: it's a bit of a complicated legacy. he was controversial, outspoken and at times offensive. all of those things played a role in him becoming a radio legend. don imus was 28 when he did his first show and within three years his style of constant commentary catapulted him to the nation's top market in new york citnew yorkcity. he was inducted into the national broadcaster half of fame. imus in the morning was airing on more than 100 radio stations a across the country, became a destination for celebrities and politicians from both parties. in 1997, he was named one of the 25 most influential people in america. but his career took a major hit in 2007 after he used a racial slur to describe the rutgers women's basketball team during his show, something he regretted for the remainder of his life. fox business' collin mcshane worked with imus for years and

acknowledged the mixed bag of his legacy. >> he was difficult at times. if you heard that he could be a jerk to some people, yeah. did he say a lot of things over the years that he shouldn't say. absolutely. did he hurt some people along the way. yeah. he did. but could he also or was he one of the smartest people i ever new, ab absolutely, one of the f most talented and he was one of the most generous, both publicly in the work that he and his wife did, the cattle ranch for kids with cancer in new mexico. >> reporter: that's the other part of the legacy. he raised tens of millions of dollars for charity during his career and the pediatric medical center in new jersey bears his name. his charity work took a new meaning in 2009 when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, something he lived with until the ends. the fans will remember him for cowboy hats and tell it like it is commentary that made politics and entertainment a bit more relateable. leland: he would go after

absolutely anybody. there was nobody immune to his views. >> no one off limits. leland: thanks so much. allysia. >> president trump launching attacks on democrats on twitter as congressional lawmakers grapple over what an impeachment trial in the house might look like. rich edson joins us from west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: the president this the midway point of a couple weeks here in florida. he's focused on house speaker nancy pelosi, the leader of the impeachment charge in the house and someone who he says should focus on homelessness in california and he also tweeted, quote, so interesting to see nancy pelosi demanding fairness from senate majority leader mitch mcconnell when she presided over the most unfair hearing in the history of the united states congress. the speaker says has established that president trump withheld aid from ukraine to benefit his

political positioning against former vice joe biden. still, polo sigh is withholding articles of impeachment to pressure senate republicans to try to get them to allow witnesses in any potential impeachment trial. republicans say impeachment is nothing more than a political charade. >> well, she is not guarding the constitution too carefully. they ran over it for two and-a-half years, trying to find something to impeach the president on. she has a duty to transmit the articles of impeachment that we voted on and get that to the senate. >> reporter: the president has said any impeachment trial should involve an investigation of the former vice president, joe biden, his son, hunter, and their conduct in ukraine. yesterday biden said he would defy a subpoena to appear at the president's impeachment trial. now he's clarifying that, says he has always complied with lawful orders and tweeting, quote, but i am just not going to pretend that there is any legal basis for republican subpoenas for my testimony in

the impeachment trial. that's the point i was making yesterday and i reiterate. this impeachment is about trump's conduct, not mine. he also says it is more appropriate to hear witness testimony from those who can tell more about what he calls the shakedown of ukraine's government. back to you. >> thanks, rich. leland: police now working on notifying the next of kin after we're told at least six people died when ah ha whic a ah ha wh helicopter -- hawaii helicopter crashed. it crashed on top of a mountain. the ntsb says this is at least one of nine hell co helicopter t seeing crashes in hawaii in the past 10 years. >> two people are dead and several others have been wounded following a shooting in ho housn on friday night. it occurred while a music video was being filmed.

>> they were just filming a music video out here. and so we don't know exactly what the initial motiv mow moti. anybody that was out there, they need to speak up. >> no suspect or motive is identified as yet. the victims range in ages between 17 and 23. leland: retired special operations chief eddie gallagher was, quote, toxic and evil, according to videos obtained by the new york times, which shows navy seals testifying ahead of his misconduct trial earlier this year. president trump has gotten involved in this case. christina coleman is live in los angeles with both sides. >> reporter: gallagher's attorney told fox news.com that the videos were badly edited and demonstrated all of the holes in what he called the witness' false stories. eddie gallagher released a statement saying in part, quote, my first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up blatant

lies about me but i quickly realized they were scared that the truth would come out of how occurredly they acted -- cowardly they acted on deployment. this photo appears to be from the deployment in question. it appears to show gallagher and his platoon over the body of an isis fighter who he was accused of killing by some of his fellow seals. >> one time, multiple times? >> it was probably two or three times, just like a stab about right here, just a few times. >> is there any thoughtful way that what he was doing could be interpreted as medical purposeses to help the victim? >> no. >> there was no way this was anything other than to attack and kill this person? >> no. >> reporter: fox news has not authenticated the video. navy seals appear nervous as they they describe gallagher as toxic. platoon members told investigators they tried to

report what they saw but nothing was being done. >> i saw eddie take a shot at probably a 12-year-old kid. the guy got crazier and crazier. i saw eddie laying over him with a knife. >> reporter: gallagher was charged with murder in the death of the wounded captive isis fighter but he was found not guilty last summer after a fellow navy seal changed his story on the witness stand and said he was the one who suffocated the captured isis fighter. he was found guilty of one count of posing with a human casualty. he was demote tod deed to a -- a first class petty officer but president trump restored his rank. the president ordered the navy to a allow gallagher to retire with his full rank in place which led to the firing of navy

secretar richard spencer over this ordeal. on christmas eve, trump hosted gallagher at his mar-a-lago estate. leland: christina, thanks so much. allysia. >> we have an update on the louisiana plane crash that killed five people. local fire department officials saying that two people were transported to the hospital but that their conditions are unknown at this time. they also say two fires were extinguished at the scene, one involving the plane and r another that engulfed a vehicle. we'll bring you the latest updates as the story develops. leland: there's a new lawsuit against jeffrey epstein's estate that was filed this week as those who flew in the late financeier's orbit find themselves in the investigation. where they investigation could lead, when we come back. can my side be firm?

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accused of being jeffrey epstein's madam. sources will not confirm that she is a principal focus of the investigation. the fbi is casting a wide net by looking into several of his past associates. joining us now to discuss, former federal prosecutor and partner in burr and foreman, alex little. good to see you. >> good afternoon. leland: as we look at this, it's one thing for them to be looking into former associates, those are the people we know. when jeffrey epstein died it was thought that all of the famous names surrounding him, we won't mention them because they haven't been implicated in any crimes that they would be breathing a sigh of relief, should they be calling their attorneys this week? >> they're definitely not out of the woods. the number of victims is staggering. we've seen that in the civil suit. we know the evidence they collected certainly is going to indicate there are other people involved, that may have been

procuring underage women through epstein and miss maxwell. those folks should be targets of the investigation. the fact that epstein's dead doesn't mean they won't have evidence to eventually inindict and consisten convict them. leland: you've been on both sides of these prosecutions. they work the same way, you flip the little guys and work your way up the food chain or work your way back down from the kingspin which would be epstein. maxwell conceivably could flip on a lot of people here. is that something that the fbi is looking to do? >> if you're the fbi, yes. you want to be able to target the individuals who are actually taking advantage and sexually abusing young women. you want to be able to put them in prison. if miss maxwell what has information that could lead to convictions, that has to be the target of who you're going to flip. to do this, you really have to have the pressure on her of a he potential conviction or potential charge. the real question is, can they

build a strong enough case against her to leave her no option but to flip. leland: what is the standard -- obviously it's beyond a reasonable doubt. what is the standard of care necessary if you're paying 14 and 15-year-old girls that you say, well, she told me she was 18. is that enough for epstein's associates to get away with? >> probably not. there's something called willful blindness. here i think there will be plenty of evidence that what was going on was definitely not above board. pros tiewtion prostitution is one thing, but prostitution involving underage girls is a different matter. the way epstein went about it and all of his behavior suggests to anybody that was involved that these were underage girls. leland: we go to one of the lawsuits you talk about, you say there are more victims we're learning about almost on a weekly basis. jeffrey epstein received near daily massages often from young

individuals. he was predictably sexually abusing the youn young females n violation of the law. he specifically targeted disadvantaged young females to sexually molest and abuse. >> horrible stuff. leland: unquestionable each -- unquestionably. follow the money for me on this. how is it these women recover something for the trauma they've gone through. >> epstein's estate had has a large amount of money. just because he's died, the claims won't die. they'll be ad adjudicated as pat of the estate. you'll he see victims trying to get a piece of potentially of that estate. if they have claims, the fact had that he died shouldn't ex continuiniextinguishthose. leland: we haven't seen charges

against other people. for as much smoke as there's been, are you surprised there's not more hard facts, civil claims or criminal complaints against anybody other than epstein himself. >> there's a case against prince andrew. a plaintiff's lawyer looking at this, you would want to see what the fbi is going to come up with. they will develop evidence you won't get yourself. there's still a criminal investigation going on. some lawyers might say we're going to wait and see what we can prove, because we don't want to drag vulnerable victims through a tough civil trial unless we have as much evidence as we can get. leland: you note the fbi might give them evidence on things they can't get to go after people they wouldn't otherwise. appreciate your insights. thank you. >> thank you. allysia: on the run, the fbi and virginia police are asking for your help to find these two men accused of murder and a string of robberies, that's a ahead.

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allysia: the fbi and virginia police are offering a $10,000 reward for any information on the two men you see in this surveillance video, shot at a denny's on thursday. they ran into the restaurant at 2:20 a.m. demanding money and cell phones from customers and employees. the men shot and killed a delivery driver and injured a patron. the fbi says the two men are also responsible for ad at least three other robberies in the area recently. they are believed to be in their late teens and early 20s, weigh about 180 pounds apiece. if you have any information, contact the prince william county police department at 703-792-7000. leland: scary. ♪. leland: there are only two trading days left before the year ends and things are looking up on wall street. also on main street.

the stock market has soared. the unemployment is at 50 year low and wage growth is rising. there is still some lingering uncertainty over trade with china. mark meredith here with even democrats are saying this looks pretty good for president trump. >> there's going to be a lot that can happen between now and next november. a study was released this week that examined how the president's trade war impacted america's manufacturers. the president said tariffs would incentiveize companies to build more products in the us. this report found the opposite, quote, the results indicate that the tariffs thus far have not led to increased activity in the u.s. manufacturing sector. but the president's trade team says tariffs helped other countries reach new trade deals with the u.s. including china. the president's trade advisor says u.s. farmers will see some relief. >> china pledged to buy $200 billion more above the 2017

baseline. you're looking at roughly doubling the amount of ag purchases from 2017. >> next year, the senate is expected to begin debate on a new trade deal wean th deal bet, mexico and canada. the senate won't take it up until after impeachment. of course, retailers having else to celebrate, that's the holiday season. there's a report from master card spending which appears to show consumers have cash to burn, especially online. online shopping was up double digits. some 18%, compared to a year ago. but democratic presidential hopefuls say too many americans are struggling to make ends meet even with unemployment below 4%. >> working families of this country are demanding an economy that works for all of us and not just the people on top who are

doing phenomenally well. but a lot of people. >> president trump is campaigning on the economy and says his economic policies will mean sustained growth in the years ahead. it's an issue that's likely to be top of mind for voters going into next november. leland: james carvell said in 1992, it's the economy, stupid. allysia: here to talk more about the economic outlook, former staff economist under george w. bush, beth acres, coining us from the state of you'd you tau. thank you -- utah. thank you for being here on this saturday. >> thanks for having me. allysia: i'd like you to take a listen to peter navarro, he was on with neil cavuto this morning. this is what he mentioned as far as his predictions go as far as the economy in 2020. take a listen. >> real gdp growth closer to 3% than 2%, it's going to be very robust.

yeawe're going to see dow 32,00y the end of the year and we're going to break 30,000 fairly soon. allysia: that all sounds spec tack r later. what do you think -- spectacular, what do you sunshine. >> i think it sounds a bit optimistic. my projection for 2020 is that he we're going to continue on this growth trajectory that we've had throughout 2019 but we'll have softening growth throughout that period. so we continue to see jobs increasing month after month throughout 2019. we'll expect to continue. but we're going to be seeing smaller numbers or at least that's what we expect at this point. but doesn't seem likely that there's a recession, at least on the very immediate horizon which is in contrast to what a lot of economists were saying earlier this year. allysia: that is some good news there. to your earlier point, he jerome powell said earlier this month that he is sensing a mood of concern or a mood of angst about growth going forward. how concerned should americans

be, do you think, considering what he just said? >> it's interesting. i think a lot of concern is coming from the business side of the economy, rather than consumers. what we've seen is that consumers have remained optimistic and are continuing to spend throughout 2019. concerns and talk of recession are stemming from businesses and their resistance to making investments throughout this year. part of what the driver of that is the instability that's coming out of washington, uncertain trade policies, the impeachment causing uncertainty, and what some people are seeing overseas with those softening international economies. so again, the concern coming from the business side of things, so far consumers have been able to bouy the economy with their spending. we'll have to see how that balances out in the new year. one question is whether or not the relatively low rate, interest rates that we have right now from the federal reserve will actually result in an increase in business spending that would reflect more confidence coming from the

business side of things. allysia: when you get into the presidential politics of all this and a democratic candidates out there on the stump, talking about the economy, they're saying the president is talking about this great economy. we're looking at record low unemployment, gdp looking good, all of that. however, what the democrats are saying is the american dream often looks like two to three jobs at a time, that it actually cuts into the life quality of people out there, the working americans out there, it real isn't that great. how much of that play intuse decision making when -- plays into decision making when people are going to the polls. >> i think the labor market has changed. people are looking at different types of jobs, combining different jobs and supplement income from more traditional jobs. so things have changed. i'm not so sure it's necessarily worse. i think that the fact that unemployment is at 50-year low right now is going to be the strongest driver of what voterrervotershave to say abouty

and that's reflected in the fact they're showing a lot of confidence in the polls rights now. i think voters are going to have to say quite frankly that this is a strong economy that we're in and that's something that is in favor of president trump as he goes into the 2020 election cycle. allysia: we do have a softening global economy that we'll be facing in 2020. how much of an impact do you think we'll feel at home? >> it's definitely a concern, something that jerome powell has mentioned when discussing federal reserve policy. businesses that are involved in international trade obviously have exposure and that can impact their domestic operation as well. so it's something to be concerned about, i think, and to be aware of. but it's still taking into account, we're still expecting slower but robust growth heading into 2020. allysia: okay. beth acres, thank you so much for your perspective. we appreciate it. leland: hong kong police arrested about a dozen people today in the latest clash between pro democracy protesters

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leland: china taking a step forward in what could be a 21st century space race. with the united states, perhaps. beijing launched the biggest rocket ever on friday, its first successful launch since 2017.

they call it the long march 5 rockets i. it carried an experimental satellite into orbit. chinese state tv says it hopes it will help propel the done troy the moon and mars, another example of how the chinese are trying to widen their reach, whether it be what we were talking about earlier with the blue water navy, their aerospace developments, their missile and space developments, trying to challenge the united states in every way they can. allysia: you want to know what thanasa's answer to this on fri. they were showing off progress on the 2020 rover. this was also on friday, the mars 2020 team members, they gave a really rare glimpse of the spacecraft in nasa's he jet propulsion laboratory. the engineers are designing the robot to gather rock and soil samples. they hope to be able to bring

those back to r earth some day. so friday was a big day. leland: very big day. you think about also we have christina coke who is in space right now, an american, who set the longest record for a single space flight by a woman. she will spend 328 days or nearly 11 months on the international space station before returning to earth. so we have americans still at the forefront of the frontier, if you look at this from a military perspective, the russians who are the only ones who can launch humans into space right now and we rent space on their rockets, they just came out with the hyper sonic missile and vladimir putin was talking about that, specifically designed to counter any of the u.s. defenses. so if you want evidence that space is still very much a race, and at least in some ways the united states is having real peer competition in that, this is the week. allysia: i can also hear president trump tweeting right now about the space force. leland: that was last week too.

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leland: welcome back. hope you're having a great weekend. a federal appeals court is upholding president obama's move to designate a protected conservation area in the atlantic ocean. the marine national monument was established in 2016. in a move that was a opposed by commercial fishermen. it's 5,000 square miles. it's the home to what they say are several vulnerable into spe. it's one of five marine monuments in the united states. allysia: hospitals are looking for ways to cut back on costs. i took a closer look at what's being done to help homeless patients to help pay their bills. some hospitals are getting into real estate. >> we like to say housing is health. allysia: patients without proper housing cannot be discharged many some suffer from

homelessness or dementia, they can fill hospital beds for months after treatment. hospitals pick up the tab. in denver, that's about $2,700 a night. according to the american hospital association, a series of medical institutions are investing in housing. university of illinois hospital in chicago launched the better health through housing program in 2015. it secures short and long-term housing for patients in need. it's seen a 42% drop in health care costs since inception. >> we could have a very big impact on unsheltered homelessness if all hospitals banded together on this. allysia: new irs rules allow hospitals to claim it as charitable spending. doctors say it saves lives. noting homeless have a decreased life expectancy by as much as 30 years. >> they're five times more likely to be admitted to the hospital, the stay two or three days longer and 50% of homeless patients get reed admitted. allysia: the impact has

increased cost and decreased space for new patients. taxpayers often foot the bill, whether it's city support or higher cost for services. >> it's difficult to take care of yourself if you don't have a roof over your head. it's almost an impossibility to control your chronic disease. allysia: denver health is taking an old building and turning it into transitional housing. the average overstay of about 10 weeks costs the hospital around $200,000. through its new program, the cost to house that person for a year, 10 grand. >> as consumers, we want to pay a lower premium. i think this is a good way to start to get at that issue. allysia: and the american hospital association says these programs also help alleviate provider burnout. doctors and nurses. because they're seeing an element of success with these patients that were staying there for weeks, months at a time. leland: fascinating reporting. raises some really important questions. among them, how successful have they been, taking people who move into the traditional house

-- transitional housing they that they've come up with and then curing them enough or helping them enough that they can get back on their feet? is there an effort beyond just being in housing? allysia: you bring up a good point. this is a multilayered problem. one of the steps they have to get past is also getting people to trust them because a lot of times people who are homeless will not trust institutions. so they're following up. this is in 10 cities across the country. leland: wow. see where it goes from there and how many people are able to take advantage of it and get help by it. allysia, incredible reporting. we move on to an australian cyclist who has been lending a hand with thei their thirst eco. why she -- thirsty co-wa eco- thirsty co-voila. we'll show you the story

leland: fox news alert, we are learning more about the louisiana plane crash that we're told killed five people. one of those victims is being identified as a louisiana sports reporter who was also the daughter in law of an lsu college football coach. at least two other people were taken to the hospital after the crash. we're going to continue to work on updates for this story as it

develops. and lsu in a sad note, the lsu football team is also playing today in the first round of the college championships. allysia: so sad. we did see earlier, it's tough to see from the video, how close the plane came to a walmart. leland: we'll put the video back up so you can take a look at it as we look at the scene here. and near there is a post office and also as you point out, allysia, a walmart is on the scene there. a couple of people on the ground were hurt and taken to hospitals. what is being discussed is how remarkable it is that not more people were hurt. the plane didn't go into the two buildings. allysia: we're going to switch gears here. a four legged rescue in california, where san bernardino county -- leland: this is the four legged rescue. the firefighters there helped a horses scape from a hole -- escape from a hole. the horse ended up in a hole and you can see the head sticking out of the hatch, they said.

so maybe it was a pre-dug hole. firefighters on the scene dug out a separate section of dirt and the horse exited through there. according to the fire department, under its own power, we're still waiting for those pictures. allysia: and take a look at this. a south australian cyclist helping out a thirsty koala searching for water. she let him drink from her water bottle. temperatures climbed to over 10e area. leland: thirsty koala. you always think they're really cute. if you give them water, they are. allysia: adorable. leland: very adorable although a little scary. but had that happens. it was great having you here this week. allysia: so nice to be here. leland: we're glad to have you. you're on loan from denver, colorado. we'll let you get back to the

greatest city on earth. allysia: it really is. leland: it really is awesome. a little snow out there, maybe a powder week for those up in the high country. "the journal editorial report" is next and the news will continue after that from new york. ♪ paul paul: welcome to the special edition of "the journal editorial report." as we look back on the highs and lows of 2019. i'm paul gigot. from the mueller report to the impeachment probe, we begin with the investigations into president trump which kicked into high gear this year as democrats took control of the house. so what did we learn about the president and those investigating him and which side emerged stronger? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, dan henninger and columnist kim strassel, bill mcgern and mary o'grady. kim, when we think about