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alice waters. to those watching online, we will be taking questions for alice and jose on twitter. please use the hashtag #foodforthought. alice waters is the author of this new memoir called coming to my senses. i think the book is mesmerizing because of the subtitles, the making of a counterculture cook. today we will talk about food as a tool for change. and we will talk about her 46-year-old restaurant in berkeley which have been at the forefront of the organic food movement. she is a titan of the industry. and another titan is here, a chef that continues the tradition of using food as a tool for change, jose andres. he returned yesterday from puerto rico. [applause] marybeth: where his nonprofit was on the ground for one month serving an island that is still 75% without power since hurricane maria. it all started with the tweet on september 24 and read, does anyone in d.c. have a satellite phone i can borrow? kind of urgent. he was on the plane to puerto rico. in the months he was there, he delivered as of yesterday 2 million meals. [applause] marybeth: that is more than the red cross and that is to be most remote areas o

. >> karen finney and alice stewart -- alice quickly? >> one more thing, the next step also is the act that would shed light on this. no more sex slush funds using taxpayer money to pay off these and let these women if they want to tell their stories don't make them sign confidentiality agreements. tell their stories so it doesn't happen again. >> we have more about that coming forward. it is an important discussion right now. thanks so much for being with us. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> some very dangerous conditions right now in southern california. we'll get to that. you're looking at live pictures of the fbi director testifying, but this is california, fierce winds making the flames even stronger as they are getting closer and closer to central los angeles. a live report next. it only takes a second for an everyday item to become dangerous. new tide pods child guard pack. helps keep your laundry pacs safe and your child safer. align, press and unzip. >>> fbi director christopher wray taking questions in the house judiciary commit

alice griffith parcels and they've had the successful partnership and we're looking forward to working with them on 10a. >> did any work for us before or in the city? >> as i mentioned, they've worked on the alice griffith parcel. >> which project? >> alice griffith, it's two blocks away from the 10a parcel and it's the first of the developments to kickoff construction and finish some construction in candlestick point. >> just one last question, did i hear you could have apple trees? and there's going to be vegetables and fruit harvested bit residents? i see nodding. >> oh that's cost. >> farm to table backyard to table. >> yes, farm to table from, you know, you are right. backyard to table. ok, thank you. couple more questions. >> i talked to mr. lee, you know , how this thing is going on this project. >> we're in contract compliance supervisor. >> about everything is under order? >> it is. >> according to s.p. and w.b.? >> correct. the developers and code developers have been co-operative in working with contract com lieance in assemble ing the design team as well as looking at the general contractor in a partnership with michael baines group. >> thank you. >> commissioner rosales. >> yeah, i had a question on marketing for the larger

multiple tech stocks are selling off, but if you had to start a position start it right here alice in florida, alice>> caller: hi, jim hi, jim, i'm calling about nexter the a. >> a great utility i like them very much. a good stock eric in new jersey eric >> caller: hey, jim, i love the show. >> thank you >> caller: big game sunday night, go birds. >> go bird, the game of the week >> caller: definitely. definitely i wanted to follow-up on what you talked about last night with electric cars and material stocks i'm invested in sqm which is strong in lithium mining they had a lot of momentum over the summer but seems to have tabled off. >> i know. we debated that with fmc but it's a good company but not as good as the ones that i recommended. just really isn't. let's go to troy in pennsylvania troy >> caller: hey, jim. big booyah from pittsburgh, pennsylvania how are you? >> i'm good. i'm looking forward to the december 14th contest with you and the pats >> caller: we might be seeing you in the super bowl if all goes well. >> yeah. >> caller: hey, my question is on under armour. i bought it around $40 a

alice's case, southern charm to our work here and work in the senate. when senator helms retired in 2003, senator elizabeth dole welcomed alice to her staff in raleigh to handle constituent services. mr. speaker, alice spent six years working for senator dole in that role. during that time she became well-known in north carolina for her personal attention to casework. she helped countless constituents to navigate the many problems that arise when dealing with federal agencies. following her time working in the senate, alice moved over to the house side, serving on the staff of former congresswoman renee ellmers, as her constituent services director. alice's caring and compassionate demeanor made her a logical choice for that position. that's why, mr. speaker, when i was first elected to serve as a member of congress, i couldn't think of anyone better suited to serve as my district director than alice mccaul. her devotion to her work and for the people of north carolina made her an excellent hire. this past summer alice retired after almost five years on my staff and the people of north carolina were lucky to have her as an advocate. my office certainly misses her and will not be the same without her

alice, no daughter of mine will smoke beneath my roof. alice was sometimes seen smoking on the white house roof. during one conference, she continually interrupted. i was told, can't you control your daughter, alice. i said, sir, i can can either run the country or control alice. i cannot possibly do both. you may know that she was famously and thankfully married at the white house in 1906 to congressman nicholas longworth of cincinnati, ohio. the wedding was a great success. your grandparents may have played the wedding waltz, alice's blue gown. she outlived all her younger siblings. living to the age of 96. well into the administration of president james earl carter. and all those years living in her dupont circle apartment in the nation's capital. my daughter was known as the second washington monument. [laughter] >> and i do believe her personality delightfully summed up by a needlepoint message on a pillow in her setee. the message said. if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me. please. >> there are two presidents that were born in the state of new york. you were the first. what do you think of the second occupant? >> seems we've run out of time tonight! ha,

alice. >> good evening already. i'm alice rogers i'm on the working group and had the pleasure of srving as chair for the land use subcommittee. the flip side of the 14 meetings and the year that we put in is all work that the staff did to educate us. they spent more than a year fitting into the weeds on level that you people operate. especially relative to the financial aspects of the historic district challenges. so i want to thank them for that and thank you for enabling them to do that. and i want to say i know when you were discussing the plan update process generally, you were concerned about having broad participation. and i'm here to tell you that we've had strong public participation especially at the land use meetings. as the previous speakers have said, we came up with a lot of common values. i think that it has helped us build that consensus so that the deliberations were not contentious generally. but we all are sort of pulling in the same direction. that said, i do want to really support what veronica just said. eyebrows were raised when this rfi came up. and i think that director forbes did an excellent job of dissipating concern at the last meeting. nevertheless, we need to ask you to be very, very careful about how this proceeds as veronica said more eloquently than i. this can't be seen to override the years plus that the public has spent really pouring out their wishes and desires through this public process. and certainly not in an election year. so please just be careful with how this goes forward. and i also can't say strongly enough that will we really can't divorce the public access and the public opportunity and the real vitality and diversity on the waterfront. you guys are possibly victims of your own successes. you've done fabulous developments,hthe exploretorium and at&t park. people love those and want moreñ we want this process to bring more of that vitality. thank you. >> thank you, alicere more on -- 13-b? no more comments on 13-b? public comment is closed. commissioner. >> i want to commend dianne in terms of all the hard work she put in along with everyone else on the staff that worked on this. i know it's been a labor of love and all of the members of the land use working committee. i think that this process of having the dual track is interesting and innovative. i am sensitive to the timing questions that i think have been raised by the speakers. , and i think it's something to duly note. we koant don't want to ignore what happened on land use committee. but i want to give an example -- katie might remember this, the museum of fine arts, the rec and park commission decided to put tout for development. i happen ton to be on review panel. weapon we went through the process of picking something and there were five different performing arts hotels and only to have it rejected because it didn't fit into not making any architectural changes on the building. i don't know

alice-themed program. so, we all got together and we watched "alice in wonderland" for, like, a couple hours.t was really fun. robert: yeah, i notice a lot of asian-american, pacific islander skaters. is that something that is kind of a part of that community in terms of growing up and being influenced by that? cara: well, kind of. like, a lot of people think that, like, asian parents are like really pushy, and they want their kids to do well, and it's kind of true, it translates over to skating. so, like a lot of, like, my teammates are, like, really great skaters, so yeah. robert: all right. catherine, how about you? what do you enjoy? well, first of all, how did you get involved in skating? what made you decide to do it, and then to pursue it this way? catherine: well, when i was younger, my brother first skated, and there was an ice rink just 10 minutes away from my home. so, i decided to start skating, and i saw all these skaters doing all these jumps and spins. and i thought, "oh my gosh, that's so cool, i want to do it." and i've been doing it for a long time now. robert: now, when you

had twice the allowed level in his urine during the 12 alice va nya. in his urine during the 12 alice vanya. the in his urine during the 12 alicer said his asthma problems had increased. chris broome is not suspended. in the last hour, he has taken to social media to thank people for the messages of support —— chris froome. more to come on that one, i am sure. jonny bairstow has moved up to six in the batting order as england name an unchanged team which starts tonight in the third test. if england lose, the series is lost, but the signs are not good as england have not won for nearly a0 yea rs england have not won for nearly a0 years in perth. but captainjoe root believes his team have a chance to change that history. it's been spoken about quite a lot and as a groupi spoken about quite a lot and as a group i believe, i genuinely believe we have a really good opportunity here and we have done some really good things in practice and we have spoken really well as a group and we know exactly how we need to go about things this week so it's just making sure we put it into practice and the quys sure we put it into practice and the

alice in california. >> caller: good evening professor cramer. >> alice, how are you?> caller: i was intrigued by your segment on the millennials and their love of chicken and proteins in general. and chipotle's problems i thought would benefit elpolo loco. what gives >> you have to hit your numbers. a lot of people felt the numbers were okay, not great. i was among them. this is an inexpensive stock down 17% for the year. frankly, even though i think that they've got some great pedigree, i can't remember it. the group is just too difficult right now. how about tom in oregon? >> caller: hey, jim. a big boo yeah to you from southern california and northern oregon. how are you? >> i am good. i didn't think those two things get along together. let's make some money. >> caller: i want to thank you for being such a great educator five days a week for me. >> thank you. we do it for you. that's what we do. how can i help >> caller: i have stock in monolez. i want to know if the consolation brands market move was a good thing and what is a long-term outlook for the monolez and

alice give and no market rate housing that started construction in phase 2 or candlestick point. a couple of slides showing alice phases 1 and 2 which are complete. we will have a dedication ceremony in february, so we're looking forward to that. and then alice griffith phase 3 is under construction and it is actually finished we have the temporary certificate of ok occupancy last month so that's super excited and moving on to mission bay, as you know there's two plans mission bay north and south and we've got about 30% of the combined plan areas will be where this residential units that will be affordable. and then this chart lists other amenities and other parts of the neighborhood. in mission bay north our affordable housing, all of the market rate housing is finished and it's built out and these two charts show what it was going to be at build out and what it is now and they're the same because it's done. so that achieved 24% affordable. ok and then the last, the final inclusionary project in mission bay north and this is the one that was known as aviva and now it's mission bay at windsor and we have median income finished in november of 2016. and moving on to mission bay south, these two charts, this is telling in that the goal is to ha

alice, would you say you're in the same boat? are you a spender or a saver? alice: oh no, i'm a spender. sharyl: what do you think about the way the government is handling its finances? clarence: it's pretty incredible that they can't keep to a budget. i mean, it's absolutely asinine. we keep incurring that, they just raise the debt ceiling. alice they have a budget? i think they just spend. sharyl: are you a spender or a saver? david: half and half. sharyl: what should the government be looking to do? david: take trump's money and put it all in there. [laughter] sharyl: would you consider yourself a spender or a saver? caylin: spender just because there's a lot of things to buy. [laughter] sharyl: but our country right now is in $20 trillion debt, which means we owe that much that we don't have. what do you think about that? caylin: there's just so many to think about. is it safety and funding roads and schools? i don't think there's a way to get out of it at this point. dirren: i think we can slice the congress in half and get some people in there who really care about the country. that would help. sharyl: okay. dirren: like me. i should go for president. i was thinking about it one day. sharyl: well, it depends on your platform, i might vote for you. dirren: i'll be independent. it was a lot of fun hearing everybody's ideas.

alice stewart, cnn political commentator, good to see you as well. merry christmas. alice, you first, this ongoing russia probe that may linger deep into 2018 no doubt. so can the president and his fellow republicans pull off more legislative wins with this cloud of the investigation hanging over the administration? or, you know, is there a way in which the white house can use all of this to his advantage? >> well, we've seen that they can actually get things done despite what's going on with regard to the russia investigation. i think they would be best to let mueller do his investigation. let him do his job. provide all the information that he possibly needs. so we can wrap this up. i think the good thing is there's been so much media coverage and talk and conversations about the russia investigation, but at the same time, they're able to walk and chew gum at the same time, as speaker ryan so often says. i think the takeaway from this week and certainly this month and this year is that republicans in washington have been able to work bicameraally in the house and senate and get meaningful tax legislation passed. what also gets lost in this is the repealing of the individual mandate and drilling in anwr which are keys to unleashing american energy. this is the big takeaway as we near the end of the year. i think the investigation is far, far, far back, way down in the headlines compared to tax reform. >> we end 2017 with the big legislative win, you know, for the president and the president also says, you know, that he sees that there will be a real bipartisan consensus on other things in the new year, particularly as it pertains to infrastructure. and he says, you know, everyone should be on board with that. but is it your feeling that, you know, 2018 will be something different? or that there might be some bipartisan consensus? >> i think 2018 will be different in this sense. republicans can walk and chew gum and also bash hillary clinton at the same time. they're already talking about dragging her through another investigation or her name through another investigation. i actually think that's a key part of this strategy for the midterm elections, number one. number two, i don't see a tremendous amount of opportunity for bipartisanship. i would like there to be, but when you have in this tax reform measure states like new jersey and new york being hit particularly hard, that hurts the ability for real dialogue around infrastructure and the ability to get a number of projects often with the next couple of years, so i do think it's a good conversation to have, particularly if voters are looking for republicans to be more bipartisan because there's already polling that says a lot of -- a number of voters want to see more democrats in office because there's a sense we want to work with republicans but they don't necessarily want to work with us. if that is the case, then it's to their benefit to say they want to be bipartisan but nothing in the tax measure really indicates that they have the willingness to do that. >> all right, 2018 also a big one. we've got these midterm elections and there have been many expressed concerns coming from republicans who say, you know, they are concerned about how an unpopular president just might impact midterm. there have been a number of missteps, you know, that could cost the house and senate gop seats. and it doesn't help that the president, you know, finally backed alabama's, you know, roy moore unsuccessfully. former white house strategy steve bannon has vowed to mount challenges to most incumbent republicans but suffered, you know, that big loss. he too was behind roy moore. here is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell reacting to some of that. >> the political genius on display throwing away a seat in the reddest state in america is hard to ignore. >> oh, boy. so always, what -- those are some challenging words coming from mcconnell. >> it's not easy to hear. but he's completely correct. alabama should have been a shoo-in for the gop. the problem is the nominee was a tremendously flawed candidate. and moving forward to the midterm elections, i think it's critical that the gop look at all the candidates they're putting out, specifically new ones, and make sure there's a proper vetting process, to make sure we don't have any more accused child molestics and others with shady past get on the ticket. because we need to focus on the economy, creating jobs and working on building infrastructure and immigration, the key issues that those who are currently in washington campaigned on and are working on and we need to continue to drive those messages in the midterm. hopefully, the president's approval rating will tick up, being in the low 30s is not a good place to be, if he's planning on campaigning for some of these gop candidates. hopefully, that will pick up as the economy picks up with regard to tax reform. and i do see it being a strong midterm for the gop, if we can do all those things. vet the candidates better, improve the economy and the president approval rating. i think that will be a win-win for the gop. >> so if that's the strategy, for republicans, basel, what is the strategy likely to be for democrats? can it be primarily anti-trump or does there have to be something else? >> i do think they'll be something else. i think a big part of the strategy will be going to trump voters and really asking them, did you -- is this what you voted for? and i take a couple of things. one, in this tax bill, because of the deficit that it will create, you're going to have cuts to social security and medicare. they're already talking about changes to entitlement reform. you look at the way net neutrality and rollback of obama era policies will actually help or hurt, excuse me, rural voters, small farmers. you look at the fact that we're talking, again, about daca and immigration reform and we just cannot get that done. and to me there's this sort of the combination of all of this leads me to this sort of man neve lent incrementalism. yes, there are the big gaffes that the president makes with his tweets. but it's these little issues that are actually really big issues. we hear on tax -- on steal tariffs that foreign steal is being flooded into our market and steelworkers may actually get laid off because of that. so going to voters that said they wanted to try out donald trump and see where this experiment would take us. going back to those voters and saying, you know what, he's not really following through on anything he promised. give the democrats an opportunity to get back to good policy and put you back to work. >> we'll leave it right there. see you again very soon, thank you. >>> still ahead, president trump has hinted he's open to working with democrats in 2018 to get his agenda passed. but are there any items that democrats can get behind given the charged political rhetoric? 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>> i think what's going to be clear to the american people increasingly even though this bill is currently very unpopular, is you'll have millions and millions of middle class americans, particularly here in new york city, who are going to experience a tax increase, not a tax cut, because of the limitations on state and local tax deductibility and the limitations on property tax deductibility. that is incredibly unfair. same will be the case as it relates to middle class taxpayers in california, new jersey, illinois, pennsylvania and many other parts of the country. and we also know that this was essentially done in order to provide massive tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, special interest corporations and to rich wealthy donors of the republican party. that is not meaningful tax reform. that is rewarding people who expect republicans to do their bidding and that is very unfortunate. >> is it a primary plan for you and fellow democrats to try to turn these tax cuts to your advantage in the next year's midterm elections, not just in the house but the senate as well? >> i don't think it's a question of political strategy, it's a question of what is right in public policy for the american people. democrats have taken a very clear position that we should be focused on providing better jobs, better wages, a better future for the american people, raising their pay, lowering their costs and providing them with tools to succeed in the 21st century economy. we are going to make it clear that what this tax scam represents is another raw deal for working families, every day americans and middle class americans. we're going to try to offer them a better deal. again, focused on good paying jobs, strong economic growth. >> so after that tax vote, you know, democrats did agree to this temporary spending bill to keep the government running until mid-january. you've been very outspoken about republicans getting to immigration issues, especially daca, the dream act. have democrats kind of lost their leverage on that issue by not forcing a government shutdown fight? >> well, we're going to confront another deadline on january 19th and we want our colleagues to approach this in a responsible fashion. clearly they weren't interested in addressing the serious issues around protecting dreamers, extending funding for community health centers. and also making sure that we can protect the child health insurance program otherwise known as chip. there is a bipartisan program and has always received strong support from democrats and republicans. but apparently it's problematic in the era of donald trump. if donald trump really is interested in working with democrats, we'll start on the dreamer question, as well as it relates to community health centers and the children's health insurance program, and then we'll be able to determine if he's serious or not about bringing the country together. >> he just said on a bipartisan effort he felt that he was confident that infrastructure will be that thing that brings both parties together. do you agree? >> i'm not sure where the money is to do a meaningful infrastructure program after you have just extended the debt by $1.5 trillion, saddling our children and grandchildren with massive amounts simply to reward millionaires and billionaires and special interest corporations. and so while i'm confident that people are willing to approach this and listen to what any infrastructure proposal will be, where can we possibly find the resources to do something that really improves our bridge, roads, tunnels, public mass transportation system, given what the republicans just did in terms of exploding the deficit even further. >> that cloud that continues to hover over the white house that russia probe, you know, mark warner, your democratic colleague in the senate warned the president and really warned congress about the possibilities of a firing of robert mueller as special counsel. is that a concern that you share? >> that's a serious concern that i think all reasonable americans will share in terms of making sure the integrity of our democracy -- >> even though the president said recently, he said, you know, it's not a consideration, something he's not thinking about, you don't buy it? >> the president says a lot of things that don't turn out to be true and so i'm hopeful that in this particular case, he has no intention of firing bob mueller who himself, bob mueller, being a registered republican, who has been a well respected law enforcement professor known throughout his entire career, and it's only now that the trump campaign, trump allies, trump associatesters are cross hairs of the special counsel's investigation, which is all about russian interference with our election, that all of a sudden mueller has been turned into a partisan hack. it is shameless attempt to undermine an investigation. if he fires mueller, that would be crossing a red line that would provoke a constitutional crisis. >> is it equally concerning to you that there are these hypothetical, the hypothetical of his firing, that it would potentially be a crisis that that too is an issue that is very concerning, that despite the president saying it's not a consideration? >> well, we've seen the president in the early part of the year fire acting attorney general sally yates after she explained to the white house that the department of justice was concerned that michael flynn could be a russian asset susceptible to blackmail. he fired the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york after it was revealed that the office was investigating close allies of the trump administration, and of course he facely fired the fbi director who was leading the criminal investigation in the possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian spies. so it's not clear, if you look at the pattern that has been followed during the first year of donald trump's presidency, that he is preparing to do anything other than terminate the special counsel because of what would clearly be an effort to abuse power and obstruct justice in the context of a criminal investigation. >> all right, congressman hakeem jeffries, we'll leave it there. >> merry christmas, happy holidays. >> we'll be right back. he's a nascar champion who's she's a world-class swimmer who's stared down the best in her sport. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my leg. i had to learn all i could to help protect myself. my doctor and i choose xarelto® xarelto®... to help keep me protected. xarelto® is a latest-generation blood thinner... ...that's proven to treat and reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots from happening again. in clinical studies, almost 98% of patients on xarelto® did not experience another dvt or pe. here's how xarelto works. xarelto® works differently. warfarin interferes with at least six blood-clotting factors. xarelto® is selective... ...targeting just one critical factor, interacting with less of your body's natural blood-clotting function. don't stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor as this may increase risk of blood clots. while taking, you may bruise more easily, or take longer for bleeding to stop. it may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. if you've had spinal anesthesia, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle-related signs or symptoms. do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures and before starting xarelto® about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. you've got to learn all you can... ...to help protect yourself from dvt and pe blood clots. talk to your doctor about xarelto®. there's more to know. i use herpecin l.re, it penetrates deep to treat. it soothes, moisturizes, and creates an spf 30 barrier, to protect against flare-ups caused by the sun. herpecin l. >>> welcome back. republicans riding high after the passage of their tax bill and they're hoping to keep the momentum going into the new year. president trump signed the bill yesterday before leaving for mar a lago for the christmas holiday. now it appears the president is turning his attention toward infrastructure and opening the door to working with democrats to get that deal done. >> i really do believe we're going to have a lot of bipartisan work done and maybe we start with infrastructure because i really believe infrastructure can be bipartisan. >> all right, let's talk more about all of this. joining me right now, basel smikel back with us and aliceresident says it can be a bipartisan effort. but given that republicans got no support from democrats on taxes or health care, do you see that infrastructure is something different? >> it should be. it's no surprise democrats like to spend money. so this is a good opportunity to help -- to give them the opportunity to spend money. look, if we were able to have more democrats come to the table and work, i think that would be the third ring of a very successful three prong approach that has happened over the last several months. first off, we cleared a major hurdle in getting just republicans to work together as we saw with tax reform. second off, bicameral cooperation between the house and senate to work out the differences in tax reform and get that done. now i think the next big hurdle is for republicans and democrats to work across the aisle and get something done. and keep in mind there are a lot of democrats who are running in red states that they do need to show some willingness t

alice costello elementary school. there she is. is there the conductor, hi there jenny good morning guys, this is doctor sam rothty, so all of the children age kindergarten through fifth grade here at alice costello elementary school in brooklawn , new jersey have check their tickets with you, correct. >> yes, everyone is safe to board the train. everyone will have hands and feet inside train at all time and everyone is free to be on the train, yes. >> very warm welcome for you and as well as from santa, what a special treat, friday before holiday break. let's jump on this train. we will go to the north pole, right. >> yes. >> doctor rosety, tell us about this what did you do and how did this trans form nation happen. we have hot cocoa on the table for the kid. >> well, last year we had activity in the hallway and we decided ramp it up a little bit, our teachers came out, and they came out and decorated all night last night and tried to make it special for our children. we have a great staff here at costello elementary school. staff, teachers, support staff , everyone chipped in and did their part for betterment of the kid. it is most wonderful time of the year. we are celebrating at alice costello and we're doing great things. it will be i great morning for our kid. >> they are also learning to believe, right. >> yes.3 >> this is part of the school lesson. >> we're learning how to believe not only in the holiday spirit but learning to believe in ourselves, our schoolwork and all that. >> so, a couple students here, i want to introduce to you this little girl because her name is berlin christmas. i was told she's perfect interview. she told me her mom's name is jenny. how are you doing. you look adorable. where are we heading. >> we're going to the north pole. >> what are we go to go do when we get there. >> i forget. >> you forget. >> we can eat hot chocolate and have popcorn and oreos. >> how cool is this that your school is doing this just before holiday break, getting you guys in the holiday spirit >> very fun because this is a big family and we like to have fun here at alice costello. >> anything you want to say no >> are you excited for christmas. >> yes. >> what

alice stewart, cnn political commentator and former communications director for ted cruz's presidential campaign, and ed ryan, cnn of grassroots conservative group, american majority. as we look at this, alice, we know there is no love lost here between chris christie and jared kushner, but what is the end game here for christie? >> he's right. he's 100% right scrutiny. and he is. there's a couple of reasons, jared has acknowledged that he did have back channel meetings and he'd had to revise his financial reports a few times. and it does raise questions. but christie also made the point that he should be looked at, but don't pre-judge. let the facts lead where they may. and first of all, he was just answering a question that he was asked. i don't think he was driving the narrative. but his point was that all of these people should be looked at if they were in the transition and there are questions. but let the facts lead to the conclusion. let mueller conduct his investigation and let him find the truth and let's not speculate as to the outcome of this. and i think he makes a very good point. and that comes from his years of law enforcement. let the experts do the investigation and let's let the facts lead where they may. >> we'll see where those facts lead. i want to shift now to tax reform. we know it's here. look, this is what we've got. yes, there's going to be a second vote, largely procedural. well, procedural, obviously. but democrats have already started making their case as to what their marketing plan is going to be in 2018. take a listen. >> this is serious stuff. we believe you're messing up america. you can pay attention for a couple of minutes. >> this tax cut, follow it, simply. this tax cut raises -- it causes a huge budget deficit to give money to the wealthiest people in the country, creates a huge hole in the budget, and who's going to fill the hole in the budget? not the lobbyists walking in and out of senator mcconnell's office 100 feet down the hall. they're not going to pay for it. they're not going to have to pay for it. it's going to be the nurse in newark that has to work until she's 70. >> so there we have it. this is what we know we're going to hear heading into 2018. ned, paul ryan has made it very clear that he believes the results are what are going to ultimately sell this to the american people. will those come in time for republicans in the midterms? >> i don't know. i think there's still question marks about that. but let's face it. i think democrats will have a hard time raining against an economy that i think will get to 4% gdp. i think you could see the stock market going to 26,000 or 27,000. but i will say this. i have issues with this tax plan, because i do think it cheated towards the corporate side. and i've been very clear about this. i'm upset the corporate guys got a 21% permanent rate and the small business guys got a 29.6 temporary rate. because i think the small business guys could have a much more immediate impact on the middle class. not only in new jobs, but also in wage increases. at the same time, i find it highly ironic that democrats are talking about deficits right now, when they didn't utter a word, when obama add eed $9 trillion to our debt over eight years. i find that ironic and i find it hypocritical. >> emily, so that will come at you a little bit. but when we look at what we could be seeing here, an extra $2,000 for a lot of folks is a great chunk of change in their pocket. and what they could do with that. and that is obviously what republicans are saying here. and they're going to push out the fact, not what we just heard from ned, but also that democrats stood in the way. ultimately, how do you run against the tax cut? >> you can run pretty much every way against this tax bill. the more people are finding out about what's in the bill, which has been very hard for them decipher considering the 11th hour process that republicans went through in order to pass this bill, but the more people that are finding out about it, the less they like it. look, there's basically a couple of things people need to know about this bill. you'll hear this over and over. that the corporate tax rate is permanent, for the individual, actually expires. i think the second thing is that there's actually special loopholes in it that are coming in for a number of senators. they are going to make a lot of money off of this bill. and the fact that the rate for the individuals at the top actually went down in the end, even from the bills that were moving through both houses, it's gone down for the individuals at the top. where it's going to go up for a lot of middle class families, and especially those, $2,000, that may end up being the additional premium that many middle class families end up spending out of pocket, because of the repeal of the individual mandate that's also in this bill. so the more that comes out, the less people are going to like about it. republicans were up against the wall under the criticism that they could get anything done. they couldn't pass anything when they were in charge of both houses of congress and the presidency. so they rushed to get this bill through. unfortunately, what they actually got through is greatly disliked by most of the american public. >> listen, although they did get it through. so we'll be hearing about this, from the president shortly. we can imagine, that will be one of the things we hear about this legislative achievement for republicans and the president on a campaign promise in 2017. there's a little bit of momentum there, aliceomentum, two-fold question for you. number one, how are they going to use that? and where can they use it? and then i also want to ask you a quick question about messaging on the backside, but give me that one first. >> they'll use it by quoting james carville, it's the economy, stupid. and i do believe that this will help the economy. look, chuck schumer is making up a bunch of facts that aren't true, just like he made up a bunch of facts that aren't true when it comes to obamacare. they can obsess about how this helps corporate leaders. this helps average, everyday americans. they will get not only $2,000 extra in their pockets at the end of the year, but look, we created a bigger zero tax bracket. that's important. we've doubled the child tax credit -- >> but let me stop you on the details. if there is some momentum that is gained for republicans here in terms of moving the ball forward on other types of legislation, whether it be immigration, whether it be entitlement -- i mean, sp