. the president insults elizabeth warner, the "washington post" turns a table on a group that tries to bate them with fake news. campaign ads are back. and a street to be named after putin in the district. final five back after this. back after this. . the cfpb is more like a cf with a lot of confusion. there's one big question at the consumer financial

bureau. who's the boss? judith light really? i got to tell you one of the most under rated. we know the boss is not tony dan sa. the choices are already nick mulveney or lee andre english who was promoted. english filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block mulveney from taking the post. no doubt the first day just a moment, a little awkward but you know what? he brought doughnuts, spotted firing a dun kin bag. >> i think the legal outline shows clearly who is in charge of that agency. and both he and the white house as well as the general council for cfpb who was appointed by condre, said he has the legal standing to be there and of serv a

agree with that. and again, feel in moving forward. mulveney is putting into place a 30-day hiring freeze but it will stay open and quote rumors i'm going to set the place on fire or blow it up or lock the doors is false. it must be comforting. we're tracking president trump tonight he held an event at the white house to honor native american code talkers. the navajos used the language to help beat out enemies during world wars one and two and only three navahos code talkers are alive. no doubt they deserve our praise and attention and you'd think there would be nothing controversial to honor these heros until this >> you're very special people. you were here long before any of us were here. although we have a representative in congress who they say was here

ago. they call her pocahontas. but you know what? i like you. >> the president, of course, referring to democrat elizabeth warren a nickname he's been using going back to the campaign trail. warren claimed the heritage pointing to family stories passed down through generations. they became a big issue during the senate run when her opponent scott brown accused of her lying to get a leg up. warren, who knows where tv cameras are had this to say >> it is deeply unfortunate that the before you know president of the united states cannot even make the through a ceremonies honoring these heros without having to throw out a slur >> the white house doesn't consider what the president said a racial slur and there were a lot of questions about the rashes during the press briefing >> i think the president is certainly finds an extreme amount of value and respect for these individuals, which is why

to come to the white house and spend time with them, recognizing them and honoring them. i think what most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career. >> racial slur. she said it was a racial slur. what is your response to that >> i think that's a ridiculous response. >> his jab wasn't the only feud the president dredged up. he took time to tweet about the media. tweeting we should have a contest as to which of the networks, plus cnn not including fox is the most dishonesty, corrupt and distorted in your favorite president, me, they're all bad winner to receive the fake news trophy. i had a fake news trophy. left it downstairs. i'm not sure what events are in the fake news contest but there's a good bet the trophy will probably go to whatever news outlet comes out with a scoop that makes the president the angriest. what led to the tweet

white house is trying to down play the times claims behind closed doors the president suggested it wasn't really him on that infamous access holiday tape. it was something the white house was again asked about >> the president addressed this, this was litigated and certainly answered during the election by the overwhelming support for the president. the fact he's sitting here in the oval office today he's made his position on that clear at that time as have the american people. >> sounds liability the white house sticking by the president's original defense that was locker room talk. he apologize after it surfaced weeks before the 2016 election. all they got to do is get billy bush on the phone because he's not doing anything. the white house clearly trying to avoid talking about the tape as we see outrage over sexual harassment allegations involving powerful men and one of those men alabama senate candidate roy moore the white house said the president will not go to alabama to campaign for

he's accused of pursuing row mask sexual relationships with teens in his 30's. the "washington post" broke those stories. this is unbelievable. there was an effort by a group called project, they tried to due point the press. a woman approached the post and falsely claimed moore imp impregnated her. only the post set up a sting of its own. >> i just wanted to ask you if you could explain this and i also wanted to let you know, jamie, that this is being reported and video reported. >> that's something called journalism. . let's talk about the other sexual misconduct allegations, al franken came out of hiding went back to work after allegations and apologizing for his actions >>

people down, people in minnesota, my colleagues, my staff, my supporters, and everyone who has counted on me to be a champion for women. until all of you, i just want to again say i'm sorry. i know there are. democrat congressman john canniers says he won't resign in light of sexual misconduct allegations he did step down as the ranking democratic member of the house judiciary committee. nancy pilosi has taken criticism. maybe a little convoluted in her defense of conyerses >> i've asked the committee to review that. he has said he'd be open. it will cooperate >> you believe he >> >> excuse me >> do you believe john conjures >> i don't know who they are, they have not really come forward >> you don't know if you believe the

to review >> so pilosi is trying to do damage control putting out a statement saying she spoke with a former staffer of conyerses who described distressing experiences. pilosi said she believed the woman and not had the opportunity to speak with the other woman because of the secretive settlement process in place in congress. put the parties aside, these are people at stake and the grand scheme what congress can do and we talked about this the millions of dollars of your money paid out to help these people help these congress men settle suits against them and with no accountability. is to lift the gag order, lift the secretive agreements and let some light shine in. the constant campaign ads could be enough to drive you nuts. there aren't any major elections coming up in our area, but you may already have seen campaign style ads but we're not talking about ones about candidates. we're talking about tax reform. there's a new add hitting the airways

the senators about the gop tax plan, groups before and against the plan are running competing ads. >> we're going to cut taxes for the middle class make the tax code similar and more fair for every day americans, if you demand it, the politicians will listen. >> when it's time for trump to explain why his tax plan gives a big cut do the we think three including lucrative breaks for golf course owners and rich heirs all worth more than a billion dollars for trump and his family, why is this president suddenly at a loss for words. >> i love the voices in those, you can tell the tone based on thein flexion. that first pro tax plan was paid for america first policies a group of truck advisors created that to support the president and the anti-tax plan was paid for by not one penny a progressive group that launched in august to build oppositions to the gop tax

two votes in the senate but at least six republican senators have yet to commit for voting for the measure in its current form. white house said the president is planning a big push for tax reform this week. >> speaking of christmas, the president is looking forward to the senate bringing us another step closer to delivering a big beautiful christmas present to the american people in the form of massive tax relief. the president will travel to st. charles missouri to deliver an important address on the need for tax cuts and reforms. tomorrow the president will meet with republican and democratic congressional leaders to keep the government open because that's another thing we have to worry about a government shutdown. funding expires december 8. they're hoping to bring the plan up. let's talk about russian trolls, they did their best to med dell. dc city

little trolling of putin. they want to rename it after this guy, this an anti-putin leader. would it change one block from wisconsin avenue turning it into boris nemtsov's place, he was a long-time opponent of putin who was mysteriously killed in moscow. he said he was a voice of freedom that was silenced and that naming the road after him would send a message to russia about american values. >> the citizens of washington, dc support democratic principles, and that we believe it's important that people of all political persuasions can speak out, and boris nemtsov was somebody who was very active in speaking out and it would appear paid the price. under the he proposal wisconsin between davis and wisconsin wld

wouldn't change, a lot of people sympathize but aren't sold on the idea of change it >> what would you think about renaming this portion of wisconsin avenue >> i don't see any point to it >> no point to it >> no. i like it as wisconsin avenue. >> it seems it's only a couple of blocks. it's right in front of the russian embassy, seems a place to make a statement, sure. >> i don't know i think that it's probably go to a vote. >> reporter: of the resident whose live here >> of the residents yes. >> reporter: rather than just by a decree of council >> i would say so >> marco rubio also introduced a similar measure to do this in congress, it's bipartisan. we'll see where it goes. next on the final five, the washington examiner's eddie scary talking about the coverage of the allegations in congress and more back after this.

sex scandals engulfing washington to a favorite presently punching bag. let's talk about how the media covered it with eddie scary from the washington examiner, eddie good to see you. let's talk about it. with the sex scandals aren't going away any time soon. i noticed there's a certain way we're seeing one story covered, namely roy moore then john conyerses and al franken situations, what are the differences >> the main difference is that we're talking about two people who actually seats in congress. i think mostly focused on al franken who i will tell you i wrote about this at the washington examiner. you had initially the very start of when this story broke i guess about two weeks ago, the cable networkses did not cover it the night of, which it broke in the morning, after that, i will tell you the "washington post" has written two

moore, one about al franken and by the way it was couch as this is the start of something congress has to deal with and the "new york times" written one about roy moore and nothing about al franken and again i just want to say we're talking about someone on congress and there's a picture of the stuff he's done versus someone who has not viewed in congress and we have no pictures >> we have that and the john conyerses story that came down and there was a lot of talk about what nancy pilosi said where she had said something he did a lot for women through the years. i think it's striking to see again, when you have a democrat talking about a democrat, seems like we're backing off a little bit >> i will say again about the media, when it came to al franken i think it's a similar to what nancy pilosi said, was you had this columnist in the "new york times" probably the only one in a national tv newspaper or show michelle

goldberg, al franken should resign, a weekend passes two days and she said i've been having second thoughts about that. so i think there's a lot of politics in play on both sides as is to be expected i believe the president has shown that. he's basically said i'm not going to out and out adverse roy moore but i'm going tos i don't want this seat by liberal democrats >> he created something, something called the fake news award. i thought he'd come up with a better name. he's a marketing guy, a branding guy. but he was -- he went after cnn went for the jag lar this weekend seems >> i've written a story going out tomorrow by the washington post >> that is a good plug, buddy? which is entirely about the president's tweets storm and what was going on there. i talked to different producers at different networks. some actually believe that the presid

very damaging story to come out that may applicant the white house and we saw the story about mike flynn on thanksgiving thanksgiving day but he may be anticipating something, otherwise, there's also the idea that he's got off time that there were reports about what he might be doing in his off time. we know that he like to say tweet. we know he likes to react to what's in the news. so it could have been that. but i don't know we'll keep eyes open >> before we go, because this came as soon as you were leaving and hit right as soon as we were getting off the air at 5:00. this "washington post" thing. we have about 60 seconds, that was a pretty big get, i would say by the post >> yeah, i think tables turned on james o'keefe, activist he does this kind of thing looking out for the media what they're doing wrong, looks like he may have overreached but sometimes that happens >> do you think maybe in the grand scheme it almost inadvertently said the "washington post" may have fact checked this more than what roy moore wants you to think did it. >> i

the washington poste has done much wrong when it comes to the roy moore the stuff they've been looking at. looks like, in this case, it may have been a conservative activist not doing quite the right thing. but again, i know that there are both sides to that story. >> we should be innocent until proven guilty to point that out. eddie scary, good to see you and back after this in the final five. joanne

. the white house pushing back against reports that first lady milania trump didn't want to be floets in first place, a source close to milania saying she didn't want this come hell or high water and wasn't something she expected to happen. a spokes woman is calling the story riddled with false assertions he's and she's honored and part of the role is showing off the christmas decorations. let'

she was. floetus >> the first lady crack add bigger smile. the theme of the decorations is time honored traditions. i should point out i think michelle obama was well documented. she didn't want to be first lady either. i think it's a tough thing. >> it is. i don't know who would really want to do it. it's a lot of work. >> i also think milania she has the expression like a super model -- >> she always, she smiles with her eyes. she smies it >> i'm obsessed with the decorations. she put out another video on her social media that shows them even better, and it's beautiful. and probably what i was most

house paste tree chef. the ginger bread house, it's a little replica of the white house >> that's cool. >> it's amazing >> zoom it's eatable. >> i think the president probably would get away with it >> he could, of course, >> who needs the chimney >> exactly >> and jim, in the first block you mentioned the fake news trophy and you had left it downstairs. actually it's the i stole it >> yes. >> and i have the fake news trophy >> well deserved >> i think i worked hard for this >> i think that's not at all a basketball trophy we found in the newsroom, no, it happens to have a basketball on it >> happens to be there. congratulations on your honor >> don't eat any ginger bread homes. house republicans are raven link up a christmas magic in washington and what coulde

international hotel, the raffle is a fund-raising effort donating ten bucks gets two nights at the trump hotel and dc. there have been a lot of questions about whether the trump international creates a conflict of interest. it it has become a magnet by gop fund-raisers and foreign governments stays and it has no concern and that's a look at some other stories in politics, we'll wrap it up after the break. e break.

. michael flynn may have lasted less than a month on the job, but legal observers seem

seized contact with team trump is raising the possibility he may end up striking a plea deal with robert mueller and that could turning against the president even though lawyers have said don't draw that conclusion, if it does that wouldn't and good news. he said he's somebody who knows robert mueller and thinks the flynn deal is designed to get dirt ton jay kushner in the firing of former fbi director james comey, his profile diminished greatly even after his first of all, even if there's nothing with the russia probe, it's hard to imagine anyone with jared kushner might be doing anything but tossing and turning we only have two indictments and one conviction in the russia probe. we'll see. that's it for the final five on this monday night, thank you for joining us. back at 11:30, make it a good one and beaf

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announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: ok, fantastic news, right? harry and meghan markle getting married. she's probably thinking i'm moving into this palace, right? >> she's going to be living in this apartment with him. two bedroom, two bath, 1300 square feet. harvey: i'm into the wedding. >> the ring is beautiful. it incorporates princess diana's ring. >> even the diamond and ring are secondhand. >> cristiano ronaldo got a new bust made of himself. this is funny because earlier this year, another bust was made of that looked awful. >> who would you prefer to party with? which one of those guys? >> the first one is going out at 8:00 a.m. selfie and the next one is ending the night at 2:00 a.m. [laughter]