well i don't know if business reporters general jim alone and stephen beardsley have had a rough year but it's been a busy year that's for sure a lot of corporate scandals to talk about a lot of german corporate scandals to report on and a lot of german corporate stories that really scandals but really got people angry or frustrated or excited jamil what was your favorite well personally i would like to highlight of the buyer monsanto deal that was of course a sixty billion dollars strong deal that saw the world's biggest seed company merge with alert the world's largest pesticides company so you basically had a single entity controlling sixty percent of the world's proprietary seed supply and corning also a big chunk of a chunk of the market on farm data so that basically has a big impact on who farms aware what a big impact on food supply and i feel that that's something we should all take seriously at the end of the day we all need to eat exactly and it was the biggest german foreign takeover and one of the biggest topics about time we're talking about food security which is huge n

and jim, president trump is back home alone in the white house. first lady melania trump returned to florida yesterday, and the president has now cancelled his plans to return to florida for the new year's eve party he holds every year at mar-a-lago. those tickets sold for over $1,000 a pop this year, but the president, according to his aides, is staying here to deal with the shutdown. at the same time, it's not clear if any progress at all is being made on that front, jim. >> home alone, but the phone is on. abby phillip, thank you very much. is there any hope for negotiations to end the shutdown? that's the question at this hour. let's go to cnn congressional correspondent, phil mattingly, on capitol hill. phil, what are you hearing? >> yeah, jim, in a town and building devoid of action. the only thing happening is nancy pelosi's belongings are being moved into speaker paul ryan's office, showing there is going to be a transition in just about a week, and that at this point is what everybody is pointing to for the next legislative action. soon t

ellen isn't alone six years ago she married jim who recently retired but then he found out his pension wasn't enough to cover his rent both of them sleep in their cars jim is reaching the end of his tether. this is not something that. provides you with a lot of self-worth and dignity you appear ok but inside it's it's it's either now yeah i've broken down. i think two or three times now we're just wears on you to the point you going to tears because you're asking yourself how could how could this happen to somebody who's on a system hardworking dedicated. instead you know i'm not the only one i'm not the only one. for real estate agents like gary herbert the housing shortage has been a gold mine you really had to get into that house on a lot of the thousand square foot lot suffer loss office demand has caused property prices to skyrocket this two bedroom house is expected to sell for more than three million dollars. this house will probably be torn down a new one built so that it basically if i have a lot yes it's a big beautiful lot it's in a great location it's easy to build on there

alone. let's bring in jim bittermann live in paris. jim, the protests were about the fuel tax which was scrapped. why are they still protesting? >> reporter: a lot of people have joined in with the protests because they see it as a chance to win their own favorite concessions from the government. things like property tax and the government saying they may have to abolish the property tax and bonus for help buying power. some say the government could come up with a bonus to help people who can't make ends meet at the end of the month. the kind of things that macron faces this morning in addition to the business and social leaders meeting with him are the headlines in the newspapers. one here saying the things he has to change. and macron looking for the words to get out of this crisis. for most people, it will take more than words. it will take some kind of concrete action. this is the fourth weekend. the question is will there be a fifth weekend? they will wait until the president speaks at 8:00 local time. dave. >> jim live for us in

you know, it is not often you get to ride with the president, let alone go fishing with h t jim vancet when george h. w. bush was in office. the president invited van h to go wit on the the potomac river after the two struck up a conversation over lunch at thew e house. vance found himself in the president's motorcade saturday ncmorning. says he caught the first fish but theau presidentght the bigger fish. the six hours on the water was one of the highlights of his life. >> but on saturday, folks i blew it. the fact of in plumber's son having coffee in the president's house riding with him in his car and snding six magnificent hours trying to catch bass with the president of the united states. i will never forget that day. and i'll see to it my kids don't forget or their kids. is that sophisticated? no. is it specially professional? no. >> do i care? no. >> we- we love to watch that andeo over and over again. and you too. you can watch the entire story on the nbc washington app search president and vance. >>> all right. we turn now tohe weather. beautiful, beautiful picture behind us

could see two-hour delays, jim, in new york city alone. course, it's going to have a trickle effect across the rest of the country. >> goodness. some tough travel days. thanks very much. >>> the brilliant blue light seen over the new york city skyline last night, the cause, a faulty transformer, it turns out, which created what's called an electrical arc. some speculated the eerie glow caused maybe by an explosion. talk of an alien invasion. there was no explosion, no alien invasion. no injuries. parts of laguardia airport were shut down for about an hour because of the outage. you can only imagine the headaches that resulted. >> manhunt for a gunman who killed an officer near san jose, california. they're not naming the killer but they did say he was in the country illegally. that last bit of information attracted president trump's attention. sara sidner joins us now. what are we learning about the crime and the suspect? >> so we know about the victim. we know the most information about the victim. he was a person who came to this country

meanwhile, melania trump, we believe, has returned back to washington so president trump is home alone no more. jim? >> all right. he still has his phone, though. so is there any hope for a breakthrough? manu raju joins me now. democratic leaders, they're firing back at the president. i have to say, looking at this statement, manu, it looks like democrats digging their heels in here, as well. >> yeah, there is really no incentive, knowing that on january 3, democrats retake control of the house. we'll have a much stronger hand to push negotiations. chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, part of their strongly worded statement just moments ago, saying it's christmas eve, and president trump is plunging the country into chaos. instead of bringing certainty into people's lives, he's continuing the trump shutdown, just to please right wing radio and tv hosts. the president wanted the shutdown, but he seems not to know how to get himself out of it. they're saying that different people in the white house are saying different things, and it's unclear exactly where the president stands. that's something we have hear

jim what about you. >> i would echo that and to say that we are not alone. there are lots of us all over the world who, for one reason or another, have had to hithemb it, and celebrate it and find like-minded people. >> jim, marnie thanks encourage to self-discovery. have wonderful day. you know when you're at ross and you find their favorite hero at a price that makes you the hero? yes. that's yes for less. yes! with hot holiday toys for all ages, ross is your toy destination. it feels even better when you find it for less, at ross: yes for less. your sister stopped borrowing your sweaters?at's y f less. op stealinmine... never. the perfect sweater makes the perfect holiday gift. and it feels even better when you find it for less - at ross. yes for less. >>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> now on kpix5 news this morning, heavy rain and monster waves. high surf advisory is now in effect along the bay area coast. >> this is really a dream that i never expected was going to come true. >> an oakland nurse deported to mexico is back hom

alone policy. ms. yacoubian: jim, where do you see things? mr. dobbins: i think the bet onans probably will regime change in washington. and therefore, stick with the jcpoa for the next two years. obviouslyarantee it, but, i think the midterm elections give them a reasonable hope that there will be a change in administration at a change in policy in that regard. they will be watching closely and how the democrats position themselves on the issue of jcpoa. see, in iraq there is no there's noreason reason the situation should get worse for precipitate a crisis. lit, -- similarly, in syria we have said we will stay as long as the iranians do. the iranians will stay forever. it is a question of how long the united states can sustain. could become more controversy over the next couple of years if there is no change. yemen does offer some change, evenor positive change. because of the repulsion against the war. in the worldy come and because of the delegitimization of the saudi leadership. for a you are looking crack or an opening where it would be suf

alone. for the latest on the crisis engulfing the french let's go live to jim bittermann. order in the streets? >> reporter: alison, that is the question. what can he do? as some of the headlines are saying his back is against the wall and it is make or break time. this is one newspaper is saying. what is macron doing to prepare to get out of the crisis? everybody is wondering what he will say to get out of the situation. this is a shadow of the next three and a half years of the presidency. i say it is a make or break time because he came in office the platform of reforming france economically and socially. can he bring forward those reforms if he gives in? so we will have to see. not all of these issues involve economics or money. some in the schools are a way to reform the school system. this morning, there are dozens of schools blocked by students against the reforms that he made to the educational system. alison. >> make or break time for macron. let's see how the speech goes tonight. jim, thank you. >>> let's get a check of cnn business. global stocks are down. conti

he's no longer alone in the white house as he was tweeting about yesterday. >> that's right, jim. t of a change of plans for president trump and the first family. melania trump did return home just shortly after president trump tweeted i'm all alone here. poor me. but this is because of a government shutdown, a partial government shutdown that began more than three days ago and so far there is no sign that any progress has been made, meaning that president trump is going to be here for the foreseeable future and last night he and the first lady went out. they celebrated mass at the national cathedral, the midnight mass on christmas eve and president trump also spoke to children who called in to the norad santa tracker, annual tradition here at the white house. usually president trump and the first lady will do this down in florida at mar-a-lago, but since they are here, president trump really has been consumed by so many things. the government shut down and the resignation of his defense secretary and his demands for a border wall and so far christmas morning it has been relatively

administration to contemplate but with i see almost no prospects for a go it alone policy that today is going to succeed. >> jim: i agree. i think the iranians probably will bet on regime change in washington. and therefore stick with the jcpoa for the next two years. i can't guarantee it obviously, and -- but i think the midterm elections give them a reasonable hope there will be a change in administrations and a change in policy. in that regard. and they'll be watching closely domestic debate and how the democrats position themselves on the jcpoa over this period. i don't see in i iraq, there is no particularly reason why iran can't operate autonomously but not in direct conflict. there is no particular reason why that should precipitate a crisis in the relationship. slarl in syria, we have said we're going to stay as long as the iranians do, the iranians are going to stay forever so it's a time of if the united states is willing to stay forever also. that could become more controversial over the next couple of years if there's no change. i think yemen does offer some possibility for change, even positive cha

>> well, first of all, jim, let's all be glad that the president is no longer alone in the white house. evidently the markets are, as well. i am going to set aside any criticism i might have of him for visiting iraq two years into his administration. i think it should have come much sooner. in part, because i'm glad he finally did it. and better late than never. i think it's totally appropriate for a president to go to war theater and extend to the troops the heartfelt wishes and prayers, frankly, of the american people. but i think what is deeply disappointing is that when he went to iraq, he used it as an occasion to advance his specific policy objective as new policy to withdraw from syria. and i think that's highly inappropriate use of a visit like this. he ought to be there first, foremost and last and only for the troops that are there. >> so you think engaging in this kind of political debate and trying to tout this decision to move u.s. troops out of syria was a mistake. >> totally. he ought to be there for the troops. jim, i have the unbelievable honor to represent the 45,000

alone waiting for the democrats. the democrats claim he is plunging the country into chaos. jim christmas to all of you holding the line in 2018 to the american troops. the president moved up his exit to january 1st. a desperate search and rescue in indonesia after a tsunami killed more than 370 people and injurying more than 1400. now back to "the five." ♪ a beautiful sight ♪ we are happy tonight ♪ walking ♪ in a winter ♪ wonderland ♪ gone away is the blue bird ♪ here to stay >> welcome back. we hope you and your family are having a merry christmas eve. i am a huge baseball fan. it was a thrill to be at the mlb all-star game in d.c. in july. behind-the-scenes for all of the major league action. i am juan and i get to go to the all-star game for the first time in my baseball fan life! it's also a dream come true for a little boy named juan. i am going to the all-star game! can you believe it? >> ♪ . >> i am a season ticket holder. i wanted to show you guys where i sit when i come to have fun. time off means baseball for me. this is where i sit. i want to show you where carl sat.

administration to contemplate, but i see almost no prospect that a go it alone policy, which is what we have today, is going to succeed. >> jim, where do you see things? >> i agree. i mean, i think the iranians probably will bet on regime change in washington and, therefore, stick with the jcpoa for the next two years. i can't guarantee it, obviously, but i think the midterm elections give them a reasonable hope that there will be a change in administrations and a change in policy in that regard. and they'll be watching closely at domestic debate and how the democrats position themselves on the issue of the jcpoa over approximathis period. i don't see -- i think in iraq there is no particular reason why the u.s. and iran can't continue to both operate autonomously but not in direct conflict. and so there is no particular reason why that situation should get worse or precipitate some crisis in the relationship. similarly in syria, we've said we're going to stay as long as it rain y the iranians do, the iranians will stay there forever, and we're willing to sustain an iranian forever also policy, and i think that could become c

>> well, i think right now with forced ouster of jim mattis we're seeing a punctuation point where it's making america first real and america alone real. as we lose allies, as we collapse trust, which so many had in mattis and hisalliances, taking that down makes us smaller, weaker, less able to deal with problems ahead and donald trump is become a rogue actor. really undermining america security. i don't know many people who voted for trump who want to see america undermine but that's what the person they elected to the white house is doing today. >> susan rice wrote these went against the president's top advisers and delivered early christmas presents to russia, taliban and hezbollah. >> the cost of this is unnerving. one of the last senior administration officials permitted to preserving american global leadership and alliances. that last sentence is what i'm interested in. make america great again cannot be independent of preserving global leadership and alliances. you end up with states that don't have good governance or place where is our add vversari will step in where we're gone. >> donald trump said he wouldn't remove tr

intelligence official described the resignation of jim mattis to nbc news except they didn't use f'ed. they broadened it out. the official is not alonen some version of that sentiment. mattis announced his clear why he did. he does not agree with the president's decisions or his style. quote, my views on treating allies with respect and also being clear eyed about both malign actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of immersion in these issues. because you have the right to have a secretary of defense whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subject, i believe it is right for me to step down from my position. joining me nbc news national security and military reporter courtney kuby. evelyn, you know secretary mattis. you know him well. what is he thinking? >> well, i think he decided he reached the end of the road. you could already see he was struggling bit with the troops to the border issue a couple of months ago when the president made him order troops, a very wasteful mission. made him order troops to the border and he defended it and stayed on the middle ground sa

alone. >> we know that robert mueller is looking into obstruction as it relates to jim comey, so obviously of line of thought is then, does robert mueller start looking into this? >> yeah, look, the president keeps throwing logs on the fire of obstruction. i mean, all of this evidence, all these tweets he sends out, when he berates cooperating witnesses as rats, when he praises roger stone for what some criminals call a stand-up guy, has courage, staying silent. when he pressures matt whitaker directly, keep the southern district off my case, all of this should be going into mueller's memo. >> we also heard from adam schiff over the weekend. he basically made the case yesterday that no matter what, even if the president would claim executive privilege over the public release of the robert mueller final report in the russia investigation, no matter what schiff says he is going to make it public. obviously, his role as chair of the house intelligence committee, incoming. could he, should he? >> i think he eventually will have that power. it's incredibly important he's in that role because it

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alone . place as the spanish cabinet met in the city in an effort to reduce tensions over his independence from. president trump is losing another key cabinet member defense secretary jim stepping down after growing increasingly disillusioned with trump's policy as trump decided to withdraw u.s. troops from syria. watching the news from. the top of the hour football fans stay tuned to call is next thank you very much for watching. the. midweek matches in the bundesliga it'll be christmas soon and who's getting the gives you a certainly not mid-season story they picked up their first loss of the year against discs. and it'll be a blue christmas for shaka after losing a home today. rescuing sea horses in greece. off the greek than in slums of copy to keep their lives a colony of tiny sea creatures that are threatened by ghost nets lost or discarded fishing nets. now volunteers are retrieving the nets and helping to preserve the seahorses marine have attacked. in sixty minutes on d. w. . natural richards precious resources of the sun and a rewarding investment farmland has been called easy jocose gringo the country has an abundant supply of leases it to international ever

spent much of the long christmas weekend alone in washington raging against criticism of both that withdrawal from syria and his ouster of secretary of defense jim mattis. today, he defended those divisions. >> one year ago, i gave our generals six more months in syria. i said go ahead, get them. and it turns out it was really a year and a half ago. i said go get 'em. we need six months. go get 'em. and they said give us another six months. i said go get 'em. then they said can we have one more like period of six months? i said nope, nope. i said i gave you a lot of six months. and now we're doing it a different way. >> since the weekend, the president has tweeted over 30 times lashing out against a host of critics. trump took particular aim against mattis and brett mcguirk, his special envoy battling isis who resigned protesting the administration's decision to withdraw troops from syria. trump tweeting "when president obama ingloriously fired jim mattis, i gave him a second chance. i shouldn't. i thought i should. interesting relationship. according to "washington post," the president was angered by the coverage of mattis' resignation. senior

jim carrey. >> i like that one. this one is a no-brainer.oue. >> oh, yes. and the most popular christmas movie for millennials 1990 hit "home alone> really. >> starringacaulay culkin. >> i agree with that one. i'm with them all the way. i wasn't and then i honed in. >> number one? >> just showed adrian for the first time. the physical comedy is so great, yes. >> true. >> it is a classic. >> all right, well, i think this calls for some experts to weigh in. they have spent the past two months binge-watching all 37 hallmark christmas movies so they know a thing or two about festive holiday films. we had them on before. the guys from deck the hallmark podca podcast. come on out, guys. happy, happy. merry christmas, >>fellas. >> good to see you. >> when you were here before we said these guys are coming back. >> robin, i came back for the hot cocoa,e honest. >> anything to get you back. >> you saw on "pop news" lara spencer's "pop news" about the millennials, what they picked. number one "home alone." what is your take on that. >> you know, i like it at the beginning of the season. here's why, one, lots ftivi oti violence. >> oh, yeah

debating the president and in this situation alone he tried to push away a woman who was trying to take microphone away from him. at the end to have day jiming what he want and we are talking about him this morning, perhaps we are giving him something that he wants. jillian: let's give attention to boston globe and correction they had to make and this was about elizabeth warren and the mathematical chance that is she was native american and let's read the correction and says, quote, due to math error, story about elizabeth warren misstated the ancestry percentage of a potential 6 to tenth generation relative. the generational raping based on the ancestor that the report identifies suggests she's between 1 and 64th and 1, 1,024th, come on, the numbers really? >> yet, they didn't make correction to original statements saying that they pointed to strong evidence that she did have native american heritage. so i think what you saw with the globe, they seemed to be in elizabeth warren's camp, perhaps they want her to run in 2020. most people thought this and learned if integrity is as questioning as they come to ancestry. jillian: thank you ver

bid to make history launch astronauts bill anders jim lovell and frank borman into space have them orbit the moon ten times bring them back to earth alone while the remarkable things about nasa at that time people that were there all or willing to subordinate every factor in their life their families their health everything. saying to the success of the mission we three of us were very fortunate to a system work in that kind of an environment i believe that this nation should commit. to refuting the goal before it got out of landing a man in the moon or returning him safely could be your john kennedy had set the country this challenge in one thousand nine hundred sixty one but despite several preliminary missions and a fatal fire time was running out what's more the soviet union was ahead of the u.s. in the so-called space race washington was desperate to catch up nasa got its chance in august one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. had intelligence information i think that robert mentioned the that the russians were going to put a man or a man seven navigate the moon not orbit the moon which has gotten certain navigating come back sixte

alone because we are standing with them. >> that was an electrifying moment for me to stand on stage with the daughter of jim crow in northcarolina whose daughter had five discrimination to come between these two movements was so powerful and now the momentum is almost unstoppable that we have to be out there making the noise that the country is big enough to love everyone but it's always been about a struggle for that more perfect union. joe biden wrote the forward to your book to let transgender people could be feeling today i think it's a statement that your book is out there but it tells the people that the own political memoir thus far but the vice president said she remember me i am your presidents to tell me what that must have felt like and also where do you see yourself going now? what you want for yourself in the country? i think one of the things i so appreciate to write this book is in many ways i found my hope in the book i remember being told this will be incredibly difficult but you will look around and see acts of amazing grace all around you. and they were everywhere like andy making it to the wedding of

jim inhofe, the republican of oklahoma, incoming armed services committee chairman. thank you for your time. sen. inhofe: thank you, john. >> on day 3 of a government shutdown, president trump tweeted, "i am all alone (poor me) in the white house. waiting for the democrats to come back and make a deal on desperately needed border security. at some point the democrats not wanting to make a deal will cost our country more money. crazy." house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer issued a statement saying, "instead of certainty in people's lives come he is continuing the trump should than just of these right-wing radio and tv hosts. meanwhile, different people from the semi house are saying different things about what the president would accept or not accept to end his trump shut down." tonight on "the communicators," artificial intelligence and robots. >> i think we are at this point where we are creating a couple of new technologies that are of that same magnitude and will change the trajectory of the human race. artificial intelligence, by which we outsource human thoughts, and robots, by which we outsource human action. the question is when you build machines that

jim sciutto. the possibility of impeachment is now weighing on the president himself. that's still several weeks away. and even a single week like this one could peel back many layers of the russia probe. today alone there is a hearing for paul manafort trying to expose the lies that manafort told repeatedly involving his contacts with russians. at any moment michael flynn will ask a judge for no jail time in line with what mueller said he deserves. this because of his cooperation. >> as the court drama continues, a new cnn poll this morning shows the president's handling of the russia's probe is beginning to slip. at the same time, though, the same poll shows support for special counsel bob mueller is also declining. joining us now to unpack all of it. >> well, i think what we're seeing is the reality of this, all the information that's been coming out in the last couple of weeks. and, i mean, this week will be a super busy week in the mueller investigation. we begin today with lawyers for paul manafort back in court. they will make their case about, you know, this issue of lies. prosecutors from the special counsel's office on friday had said that manafort has lied about his contacts with indivi

is kicking jim mattis out the door at the defense department so what do we know about the new secretary who is taking over, and why the president wants it done now. >>> and increasingly alone, suspicious and spending more time watching tv, that's how white house staffers characterize the behavior of our commander in chief, but is the era of containing the president over. >>> plus trump's border wall is already working, unfortunately it's only separating republicans and democrats. standing on opposite sides of a proverbial wall, can a deal be reached to put americans back to work with cash in their pockets in time for the holidays? >>> we begin with breaking news. president trump announcing deputy secretary of defense patrick shanahan will become the acting secretary of defense in january. now, with that the current defense secretary, james mattis, will be out of a job, that's two entire months early. the news coming just days after mattis publicly rebuked the president in his resignation letter. so let's go now live to the white house with nbc's geoff bennett. jef geoff, why push mattis out two months early? >> reporter: our reporting is that it's not the letter that upset

jim mattis. the rest of them frankly have never showed it at any point. we'll see whether that proves to be true. my prediction is nobody will leave, mattis will leave alone. >> the adult has left the room. >> the adult has left. and what's distressing about it is you know, you already have a national security council that is apparently a third of the seats unfilled. national economic council similarly. there are key positions -- and the white house is rarely difficult to staff. these are the most powerful jobs in washington. you're working directly for the president. >> everybody wants them. >> yeah, everybody wants them. and you know, nobody seems to want to work for this president. but now you see credit. you have the stature of jim mattis. you have convinced the president of policy. and one day it's all upended. >> pleasure, fareed. thank you. i appreciate it. don't miss "fareed zakaria gps" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. eastern. we'll be right back. sometimes the best time is time you make for yourself. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion improves skin hydration in just 1 day. and for twice the moisture, try the body wash, too. aveeno® naturally b

jim sciutto. the possibility of impeachment is now weighing on the president himself. that's still several weeks away. and even a single week like this one could peel back many layers of the russia probe. today alonehearing for paul manafort trying to expose the lies that manafort told repeatedly involving his contacts with russians. at any moment michael flynn will ask a judge for no jail time in line with what mueller said he deserves. this because of his cooperation. >> as the court drama continues, a new cnn poll this morning

jim carrey. >> i like that one. this one is a no-brainer. two, "elf," of course. >> oh, yes. and the most popular christmas movie for millennials 1990 hit "home alone it is a classic. >> all right, well, i think this calls for some experts to weigh in. they have spent the past two months binge-watching all 37 hallmark christmas movies so they know a thing or two about festive holiday films. we had them on before. the guys from deck the hallmark podca podcast. come on out, guys. happy, happy. >> merry christmas, fellas. >> good to see you. >> when you were here before we said these guys are coming back. >> robin, i came back for the hot cocoa, i'm going to be honest. >> anything to get you back. >> you saw on "pop news" lara spencer's "pop news" about the millennials, what they picked. number one "home alone." what is your take on that. >> you know, i like it at the beginning of the season. here's why, one, lots of christmas festivities but violence. >> oh, yeah. >> so you can start the season out with it but bied end of the movie, christmas time, let's go. >> gone are the days where children almost playfully murder people. >> number four was "die h

alone. it has not been a good time for risk assets. news get the first word right now. we go to new york. >> jim mattis retiring at the end of february. he cited differences with president trump over the direction of u.s. foreign policy. the presidents of the successor would be named soon. decision to pull troops out of syria was seen as a clear rebuke to the former army general. democrats quickly weighed in. i am shaken by the resignation of general mattis is what it means for our country, messages into our troops. indication of what his view is of the commander-in-chief. the u.s. will dramatically country blows in afghanistan, this coming year after he said he did pull forces from syria. the pentagon will draw about half of the troops in afghanistan which would fulfill trump's long-standing promises to bring military or snow home. the u.s. house of representatives have increased the chance on a government shutdown by voting to give president trump's wall. the bill goes to the senate where it is certain to be projected -- rejected. notpresident said he would sign a bill with of the port of mone

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jim, we ought to come back to the day without space concept for school kids. is pretty powerful. how quickly we would lose a lot of the things we all rely on every day. let alonee things that are national security relies upon. so good comments. with that, deputy secretary of defense shanahan. >> a question for general mclaughlin and thank you for your service, first of all. having been part of the rums field commission, and that deep involvement with cyber command when you think about the undertaking a very similar mention that test mission, what would be your lessons learned or how would you focus people on quick wins? and how to get the momentum as needed to establish something new? >> i think where there is a time between the two communities, you know the space community that i grew up in was while they are good at their job, they are about providing a service, operating satellites and utilities or space support for launch. the intelligence mission from space, do not have to actively engage in space. the same thing on the cyber side, the building blocks are sort of our building blocks for communication. and a different mission, so our job and i think what w

jim baker who is a god to bush people put the arm on me. barbara bush who we're all afraid of, even now, sort of put the arm on me. and then i was alonembassador as we knew at the time. i hear this guy put the arm on me i would be done and i would say. our son marvin is up at uva. he has a semester left to finish there, dad, mom, no one in virginia has ever heard of you. i want to leave school and work on your campaign. and the future president looked at me and said you know ed, i don't know how i can tell you anything different than we would tell our own son. we want him to stay in school every single person, thousands of people who know him briefly tell a story just like that. a man of grace, decency who often acted against his own self-interest to show kindness to other people. todd: as somebody who wrote the words that the president would go on to say, how receptive was he to your words and are there any funny stories you have of any changes maybe that he was interested in making? >> i think, you know, he was so -- he followed one of greatest communicators our country has ever seen, right? ronald reagan. he was his vice president,

alone because all of us are standing with them. >> that was one of the most electrifying moments for me at the justice department, spend on stage with -- jim crow in north carolina his father thought racial discrimination, it was incredibly powerful. the momentum is almost unstoppable, but we have to be out there making noise about the fact the country is big enough to love everyone and this is who we are and this is a struggle for the more perfect human. you have just written, you have the former vice president of the united states, joe biden who wrote the forward to your book. when you talk what transgender might be feeling today, i think it is a real movement, the fact the book is out there, telling something deeply personal but also the story of your own political memoirs thus far but you had the vice president say to you, remember me when you are president. tell me what that must have felt like and also where do you hear yourself going now. what do you want for i remember my brother telling me it is going to be incredibly difficult. he will look around and see acts of amazing grace happening all around you. they were everywhere, mirac