liz: blake berman, thank you very much. i don't know if you looked at all the brackets. can tell you that i immediately looked at the point where people who are making i believe 77,000 up to $165,000 will pay a 22% tax bracket rate. the billionaires who pay their -- who get paid their income through the so-called carried interest that charlie gasparino and i have been talking about so long. billionaires, they will pay a lower tax bracket. 20% for those who pay carried interest and basically billionaires in capital gains. let me get to adam shapiro. adam, you have more breaking news. i told our viewers we had reporters in capitol hill and the white house, what have you found out? >> this implies to investors whether mutual bond stocks, first in and first out provision as it applies to capital gains, totally out of final bill. you won't be forced to sell off the holdings you have at the cheaper price to pay the greater tax, totally out. so first-in, first-out will not be part of the final tax reform legislation. and, of course, liz, the big question that a lot of people ha

green tyranny takes bermans analysis further. they ended up embracing the nazis green ideology, red and green makes brown. and here we come to an unpleasant truth, one that can't be -- the people who were on the wrong side of the cold war came out on top in the post cold war era. the greens helped turn the kremlin-backed peace movement into a mass movement to try to prevent the atlantic alliance from countering the threat posed by soviet nuclear missiles as france's president put it, pacifism is in the west, the missile inside the east. they're posed -- they're equal not to east out west but loyal to ourselves and argued for what they called nonviolent social defense of the sort norwegians used against the nazi occupation in the second world war and the connections czechs had done. abject total premeditated surrender. to say the peace movement was a gift to the kremlin would be understating the matter. it was heavily penetrate by eastern bloc intelligence. the mule commonnize party stamped out everything. if the greens hod got th

green tyranny takes berman's analysis one step further. not only to the new left share these irrationality's of the nazis, they are ending up embracing the nazis green ideology. at left and green makes brown and here we come to an unpleasant tree, one that can't be sugarcoated. people who are on the wrong side of the cold war came out on top in the post-cold war era. the greens helped send the kremlin backed up peace movement into a mass movement to prevent, to try to prevent the atlantic alliance from countering the threats posed by nuclear missiles as marcus president neutron put it, pacifism is in the west, the missiles are in the east. they advocated so-called equidistant, not to the west but more to ourselves. and they argued for what they called nonviolent social defense of the sort norwegians had used against nazi occupation and the second world war and the checks had done so successfully after product crushed by soviet tanks. in other words, abject, total premeditated surrender. say the peacemakers would be a gift would be understa

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. on a serious note this morning, we do 'begin with breaking news. such a headache for so many people trying to fly in and out of the world's busiest airport, atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international, after being in the dark for 11 hours, we still have hundreds of flights canceled, many more delayed. the headaches far from over. >> a thousand flighted canceled yesterday, and the problems could last through the week, as hundreds of thousands of people try to head home for the holidays. our martin savidge right in the middle of it all at hartsfield-jackson. how do things look this morning, martin? >> john, the light are on. and as you can probably see, they have got things moving again and planes are taking off and landing. however, not at the frequency that you would expect of the world's busiest airport. and the headaches, you described it, well, it is a massive, massive hangover they're dealing with here. maybe about 50,000 people got hung up yesterday, in other words, didn't go anyw

back to you in new york. >> all right, blake berman.auren: brand-new push to refund fans offended by the nfl protests. fantasy football paying forward back to running back that actually help today win. jared max with those details. we will be right back. lea: indiana lawmaker wants to indianapolis colts to pay the price for player protests. republican congressman milo smith filed legislation that would require the colts to refund fans who are attending games that are upset by the players kneeling during the the national anthem. proposed bills isn't breaking any laws because doesn't restrict players from kneeling, would require colts to refund fans who want the money back. i don't think it's likely that will happen. lauren: tbd. a lot of football news to tell you about in addition to that, we are also talking about controversy in basketball. lea: we are, jared max here with the highlights, hey, jared. jared: happy final friday on 2017 as we move forward. the stories connect this morning between football and basketball. folks have been co

i am poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. this is not what america had on its christmas list after all. signs the president wanted a tax bill and it's not what the country wants. it's a bill that is getting less popular, it seems, by the day. >> that's right. a brand-new cnn poll this morning shows 55% of you out there oppose it. that's an increase of ten points of negativity from just last month. m.j. lee is on capitol hill. it's notable it's the opposition to this has grown in every group, democrats, republicans and independents from a month ago but this thing is going through, it looks like? >> reporter: that's the reality here, and the bigger reality for today and tomorrow is this is about to be a major legislative victory for republicans. i want to talk about timing. the house is expected to take up their bill sometime this afternoon and as quickly as possible the senate will take up its bill and have it's votes on the senate, and the ultimate goal is to have something on president trump's desk by tomorrow. this is a big

i am john berman. >> i am poppy harlow. republicans in congress striking a deal on tax reform, but do not put a notch in the win column just yet. >> the numbers on the floor, it's not that they don't have the support but they can't get the people in the room. two senators indisposed and now the vice president having to change his schedule. cnn's m.j. lee on capitol hill. >> reporter: john and poppy, this is about to be a hectic couple of days, and republicans trying to get the tax bill across the finish line. how quickly do they want to move? they want to see the bill on president trump's desk by wednesday. the senate is the place wherever vote counts right now, and because republicans can only afford to lose two votes, they are preparing for a couple potential complications and the first is that senator john mccain is now at walter reed hospital being treated for brain cancer and we don't know when he's going to be back. his office said yesterday he will try to be back as soon as possible. the second member we are watching

i'm john berman.legal team floating a new strategy to defend himself in the russian meddling investigation? that depends on which presidential lawyer you are listening to. the answer is yes, if you listen to his private attorney suggesting that president can't obstruct justice because he's the president. doesn't matter if he tried to block the investigation into michael flynn. but overnight, a different white house attorney says no, that's not the message, despite what we heard with our own ears.

too together they have a daughter but they also feel a sense of responsibility for baton nooning berman france's one page him to give the village kids hope for the future. they rely on donations from abroad. they charge adults but kids train for free. but i think in the west kids grow up they're always asked what do you want to be when you grabbed you want to be a doctor you want to be a lawyer do you want to be an astronaut and at school the teachers are always saying yeah good you can be all of those things but here that's not the case if it wants to grow up to be a doctor it's not going to happen he doesn't have access to post-secondary education he doesn't have the money to do it. that's the harsh reality. the next morning only two days until the final bang lives with his honesty as one of five children had she make sure they're ready for school for back at school is a tedious routine he has his sights set on his future. in four years time i'll graduate from school. and i can devote all my time to tie boxing and turn professional. it's bad sondos all she can but it's challenging wit

i am john berman. >> i am poppy harlow.historic day on capitol hill, we could see senator al franken take to the senate floor and speak to whether he will resign. one democratic senator after another, look at all of them, called for

chris is off and john berman joins me.do in the next hour. >> we sure do. >> three lawmakers in three days resigning amid sexual conduct issues. trent franks announced last night he was stepping down after democratic senator, al franken caved to pressure from his party and he plans to leave congress within weeks. franken took a shot at president trump and roy moore. >> and then the sexual misconduct scandals rock congress. pensacola, about as close as you can humanly get to the state of alabama where there's a key senate

. >> i am john berman. the president attacks women that accuses him of sexual misconduct and attacks a u.s. senator because of the accusations, and signs the me too moment are wearing on the president. more than a dozen women have accused the president of sexual misconduct and moments ago he called them false accusations and stories of women i don't know or never met. it includes a women he worked with, and a reporter that interviews him, and on and on. >> and he cut into a u.s. sitting senator, that's kirsten gillibrand of new york, and yesterday on this network called for his resignation. she was somebody that would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them. what does he mean by that exactly? the backdrop is the alabama election. it is today and polls have been open for one hour and any moment the democratic candidate, doug jones, will cast his ballot. roy moore set to arrive at his polling place on horseback. kaitlan collins are in montgomery. ale

that's all for me, i'm john berman the cnn special report, all the best, all the worst 2017 begins righthe following is a cnn special report. >> from the outer limits of a world unlike any ever known comes a spine tingling hair raising bone chilling tale of horrifying headlines, political intrigues, mayhem, majesty, music and more, with an all star cast, including sports analyst brian jones. >> run, run, they're coming. >> comedienne helen hall. >> oh, no, it's alive. >> cnn's own van jones and john berman. >> this time,

that's all for me, i'm john berman. the cnn special report, "all the best, all the worst 2017" begins right now. >>> the following is a cnn special report. >> from the outer limits of a world unlike any ever known comes a spine-tingling, hair-raising, bone-chilling tale of horrifying headlines, political intrigues, mayhem, majesty, music and more, with an all-star cast, including sports analyst brian jones. >> run, run, they're coming. >> comedienne helen hong. >> oh, no, it's alive. >> cnn's own van jones and john berman. >> this time, it's personal. radio host, bethany watson. >> radio commentator s.e. cupp, youtube sensation, jessie paege, and comedienne kiran deol. it's "all the best, all the worst 2017." welcome, i'm tom foreman. in so many ways the past 12 months have played out like a bad movie. we had week after week of outlandish characters, unexpected developments, outrageous behavior in big news and in entertainment and pop culture, and most of all in politics, where one name over shadowed everything else and

john berman has a well-deserved morning off. looking ahead to 2018, aides say that will mean a major push on infrastructure. the administration is set to unveil the details of the proposal in just a few weeks. it's already facing some major potential roadblocks, though, namely critical bipartisan support. with months to go before a crucial election, the president needs to convince democrats to get behind him on this one. good morning, abby. it looks lovely there. i hope you're getting nice time, you know, between television hits to enjoy the weather. look. infrastructure is such a bipartisan issue. does the white house think they will get democrats behind them on this one? you see. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. yeah, the white house does believe this will be the vehicle for that elusive bipartisanship in washington. the president is set in a couple weeks to unveil a business infrastructure plan that he's been talking about since the campaign. he promised $1 trillion in infrastructure spending as a candidate, but the white ho

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david berman joins me right now. this big decline, can't you you famously predicted it some time back, the rise of saa, as you like to call it, samsung, amazon, apple, what that meant right now, things are good for retail >> things are the best in traditional retail than they have been in over ten years. it's kind of really sounds weird to say because you have amazon, samsung, and apple, but their growth rate is 26% right now the growth rate that we are seeing, and q3 hasn't finished so these are numbers hot off the press. 3.7% >> right, so there we have it divided. there's traditional, up 3.7% that's a big number for traditional. >> mind boggling by the way, the total of 7.1%, and i think that's the biggest story today, frankly, is that we're seeing a 7.1% increase is the highest increase in retail we have seen in over ten years >> you track these things, i know, very, very closely >> we summarize every retailer every quarter. >> so what's going on? is it just the strength of the consumer >> it's a bunch of differen

berman jackson you've got the other one that also was the prosecutor against man a for so this is a complete this is not an impartial investigation this is not an independent investigation if it was then you would have prosecutors that were from i don't know the george w. bush administration or you'd have people that were from the george h. walker bush or even if the reagan administration people are still around from there this would have a mix of luck it is not is that point in all here with. a point on many days go ahead richard go ahead go ahead richard. i'm saying mohler robert muller who is the head of this was a ronald reagan appointee to a top law enforcement position he was george h.w. bush appointee to a top law enforcement position he was at george w. bush to a top law enforcement position well or so this notion about who is on the staff you know who gave contribution or to a political party is it or thought you were just appointed to the supreme court well i'm not i mean i just i don't know i'm not so worried about democrat or republican guys i'm more worried about the deep state

i am poppy harlow. >> i am john berman.ses him of sexual misconduct and attacks a u.s. senator because of the accusations, and signs the me too moment are wearing on the president. more than a dozen women have accused the president of sexual misconduct and moments ago he called them false accusations and stories of women i don't know or never met. it includes a women he worked with, and a reporter that interviews him, and on and on. >> and he cut into a u.s. sitting senator, that's kirsten gillibrand of new york, and yesterday on

i am john berman. >> i am poppy harlow. we are bracing on what will be a historic day on capitol hill, we could see senator al franken take to the senate floor and speak to whether he will resign. one democratic senator after another, look at all of them, called for franken to step down. 30 in total. his office insisted overnight no final decision had been made. it has been a month since the first accusations of misconduct against franken, unwanted touching and kissing. >> another came forward yesterday, and this is a moment that has national implications not just for this moment of moral reckoning over the treatment of women but political implications as well. will democrats force out one of their own as the republican party jumped into support a candidate accused of molesting a 14-year-old girl. let's start on capitol hill with the latest on what senator franken plans to do today. >> reporter: what has become painfully clear over the last 24 hours is senator franken does not have the support of his colleagues and a majori

i am john berman. >> i am poppy harlow. striking a deal on tax reform, but do not put a notch in the win column

i am poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman. this is not what america

john berman has a well-deserved day off. just hours after they manage to overhaul the entire federal tax code for at least the next decade, republicans and congress are struggling to keep the government's doors open and bills paid for one more month. today funding for almost every government function is on the line with added division over defense spending and disaster aid and health care for children. the deadline is 39 hours from now to get it done. at least one house republican dares to hope the house and senate can hash things out in a day and a half. charlie dent saying it would be an act of political malpractice after a successful tax reform to shut down the government. suzanne malveaux, you are there and you talked to these folks, and are they going to get it done? >> reporter: they hope so. this is one of the things they don't want to happen, and you can't imagine such a success and then a dark cloud over it. they started in earnest at 8:00 this morning, and then they are keeping the government going and the deadline

i am john berman. >> i am poppy harlow. the president promises a news conference, and his tax reform close to reaching his desk but will it bring with it the political dividends. >> the senate passed the bill in the wee hours of the morning. paul ryan can break another gavel today. suzan suzan suzanne malveaux on capitol hill. >> reporter: democrats are calling it a tax scam. as you noted it was early in the morning that the senate passed the bill and the senate parliamentarian discovered there was provisions that violated a budget rule so they took those out and now it goes back to the house and they are expected to vote on it afternoon or so before it goes to the president's desk for potentially a signing ceremony this afternoon. the house rules committee this morning joking saying that the bill is so nice, got to vote for it twice. but republicans, make no mistake about it here, they know they have to sell the plan. it's very similar to what we saw in 2010 with the democrats and obamacare, it was highly unpopular and alo

john berman in here for anderson.atch comes up because president trump has been talking, but new questions about what he is saying. he spoke at length with "the new york times" off the cuff with no aides present, and he made news on the russia investigation. a new response of whether he thinks it's fair, a witch hunt, or both. here's what he said when "the times" asked him about robert mueller. he said i hope that he's going to be fair. i think he's going to be fair. and based on there, there has been no collusion, but i think he's going to be fair. and if he's fair, because everybody knows the answer already. so there's a great deal open to interpretation, but "the fair" part is new. one thing is clear, this is not how he normal hi talks about the investigation. this is. >> this russia thing with trump and russia is a knead-up stomad. there's been no collusion or on have you be -- obstruction. >> the president went on to say i think bob mueller will be fair. i saw dianne feinstein say the other day there is no collus

. >> and i'm john berman. president trump, a man who promised to be a law abiding candidate just endorsed roy moore. and now convicted felon michael flynn has been treated unfairly -- >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life. and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi. nothing happened to her. flynn lied, and they destroyed his life. i think it's a shame. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend, went to the fbi, not under oath. it was the most incredible thing anyone's ever seen. she lied many times. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and it's like they ruined his life. it's very unfair. thank you very much. >> over the weekend, the president appeared to suggest that he knew flynn had misled not only the vice president, but also the fbi. but then, an attorney for the president said those words on twitter that caused so much controversy and uproar were actually his and not the president's but they were on the pre

i am poppy harlow. >> and i am john berman.dorsing a child molester is endorsing a child molester who loses. democratic doug jones is going to the senate. he beat republican roy moore than a point there, and roy moore was accused of molesting a young girl, and the president endorsed him but now says never mind. >> the president says i end

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john berman has the morning off. as for the white house this morning, the president is not there. he's on vacation in florida. but he and his team says this is a working vacation and so one of the big questions this morning is, can the president get it done without democrats in the new year? the white house is gearing up for a major infrastructure push, set to release a proposal in just a few weeks, but can the president get the bipartisan support he's going to need on this one? and with a critical election year kicking off in just days, backing an unpopular president, not exactly a popular move for democrats. let's go to our abby phillips. she joins me from florida, where the president is spending the holiday week. so this next push is infrastructure. and it is the lesser, i guess, of the controversial moves you could make or choices you could make, on what to push forward on, but it's really unclear if the president is going to get democrats behind him on this one. >> reporter: that's right, poppy. i mean, some people would argue that infrastructure was one of the things the pre

john berman here in for president. clearly the bill the president will sign next month is a political victory for him and his party. a simple fact that he got it done at all fulfills a campaign promise. so for him, it's a win and, yes, it is historic, putting him, for better or worse, putting him in with george w. bush and ronald reagan. compared to how he promised the winners would be, namely middle class americans in a simpler system, certain remarks by the president suggests that he's okay with that. as you know, from the campaign and through the year, in fact, right up until the measure passed, everyone sold the bill first and foremost as the boom for the middle class. >> the focus is on middle class tax relief and giving it to the people in the middle and who are trying to get there and that's why we put our emphasis on that tax relief for those people who are in the middle. >> house speaker paul ryan back in november and here's president trump over the weekend. >> this is going to be one of the great gifts to the

>>> i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. we have big breaking news, terror in the heart of new york city. at least four people right now have been injured in this explosion behind times square. what we have learned a 27-year-old man is in custody, someone by the name of akayed ullah is the one that please believe carried this out. >> wearing some kind of improvised explosive device a pipe bomb with velcro and zip ties he was injured, the most seriously injured person in this incident right now with burns to his abdomen and hands. three other people were injured but their injuries are pretty minor ringing in the ears and headaches. and we know that the incident was captured on video, being poured over by law enforcement. the president has been briefed. new york officials briefed the mess moments ago. this was mayor bill de blasio. >> this was an attempted terrorist attack. thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goal. thank god our first responders were there so quickly to address the situation to make sure peo

good morning, everyone, top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm john berman.nt trump, a man who promised to be a law abiding candidate just endorsed roy moore. and now convicted felon michael flynn has been treated unfairly -- >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life.

john berman in here for anderson. late today, the state of alabama made it official, certifying that roy moore lost the senate election there. doug jones won and he did it by more than 21,000 votes. a judge threw out a last-minute attempt by moore to block the proceedings. and there are some late news as well. a new statement from the moore team, this on top of a claim from moore that he took and passed a polygraph test on the allegations against him. in all of this, though, the one thing he still hasn't done more than two weeks since election night is concede. joining us now from montgomery, alabama, cnn's diane gallagher. first off, diane, what's in the new statement from the moore team? >> i can tell you what's not in there, john. and that's an official concession. i want to give you just a little bit of a synopsis of what's in there a little bit here. he says, election fraud experts across the country have agreed that this was a fraudulent election. he then says, i have stood for the truth about god and the consti

good morning, john berman here. who has a trillion dollars when you really need it? not the current republican tax plan. it's a trillion dollars short, trillion with a "t" and an "r" and all the other letters. it hit a trillion-dollar snag, and that's trillion, with a "t." the plan would not pay for itself and end up adding $1 trillion in deficits, with a "t." this morning, republicans are scrambling to figure out a fill that gap or lose votes, and that's republicans with an "r." the president said it was democrats that are obstructionist. we are watching the white house where the president will have lunch with rex tillerson, the secretary of state. the question is will he still have that job by dinner? this after the white house leaked a plan to replace tillerson as soon as this month. also breaking overnight, reports that the president himself has been pressuring key senators to back off their russia investigations, raising questions again about obstruction with an "o," as in, oh, did you hear that, robert mueller? let's begin on capitol hill with suzanne malveaux.

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. top of the hour. turns out getting republican senators to support their historic tax bill, it is just half the battle. getting enough members in the chamber for the vote, that is now up in the air. >> yeah. the big issue right now is, is that two key republican senators are battling serious health issues. cnn's sunlen serfaty on capitol hill with the very latest on that. sunlen? >> there she is. >> but certainly -- [ no audio ] >> all right. we're having trouble with sunlen's feed. thad cochran who has had issues over time hasn't been in the chambers for some time and john mccain, senior senator from arizona, battling brain cancer, he is in walter reed receiving treatment this week. unclear when he will get out. vice president mike pence has delayed, delayed a trip to the middle east. he will now be leaving on tuesday. some of the thinking is, some of the thinking is perhaps he pushed off that trip because he needed to be around to break a possible tie. >> right. we'll keep an eye on it. they have a d

john berman has the day off. the first major victory of the all-republican led tax initiative is not even yet signed into law and now already a shutdown is potentially looming, and potentially turning into a crisis. as we speak republicans are battling republicans, republicans are battling democrats, democrats are battling republicans, house members are battling senators all over keeping the government that you as u.s. taxpayers keep up and running. the stop gap tax bill that has been in effect runs out at midnight eastern on saturday, just 38 hours from now. the president just wrote this on twitter, quote, house democrats want a shutdown for the holidays in order to distract from the very popular just passed tax cuts. house republicans don't let this happen. pass the cr, continuing resolution today, and keep our our sunlen serfaty is on the hill, watching all the back and forth. the only thing is, you know, if all the republicans were on the same page on this thing, they wouldn't need a single democrat. >> that'

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i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. this morning, we do 'begin with breaking news. such a headache for so many people trying to fly in and out of the world's busiest airport, atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international, after being in the dark for 11 hours, we still have hundreds of flights canceled, many more delayed. the headaches far from over. >> a thousand flighted canceled yesterday, and the problems could last through the week, as hundreds of thousands of people try to head home for the holidays. our martin savidge right in the middle of it all at hartsfield-jackson. how do things look this morning, ma

joseph towards me now, the president and chief investment officer of neuberger berman. let's talk about the jobs number on friday. good number. >> very good number. >> what does this tell us about the year ahead? >> it confirms the economy has good momentum moving into 2018. the job number was better than expected but also continues to trend over the last number of months where we've seen good jobs growth. wage growth was modest, not what people expected it to be but nonetheless showed some wage growth, which shows some good momentum in 2018. >> a lot of analysts are now -- some just specifically because of the tax plan, they are expecting 10% earnings growth as a result of the tax plan to the s&p 500, that's got to be, what, 15, 16% learning earning for 2016? >> the momentum of the economy moving into 2018, but also the potential boost from a tax cut that seems to be building momentum in congress, and may be on the president's desk within the next couple of weeks. that cut in the corporate tax rate whether it ends up at 20% or 22%, there is still debate going on a man

. >> so jim berman there at cnn asking what kind of conversations have you had about russia with the president. on the flip side representative jordan does have obligation to the judiciary and house oversight committee. do you see this as potentially a conflict here of what he is doing, the conversations that he may have had? >> no. like he said, he talks to the white house on a wide range of issues. i think the unfortunate thing is that mr. mueller has had such a distinguished career and he got into this thing and it has become so hopelessly partisan and compromised, the kind of staff that he picked and some of the horrible things coming out of the fbi, the department of justice that some of your people were talking about earlier. it's very unfortunate. there's been no evidence of collusion and there's been no evidence that russia succeeded in its futile efforts. >> what makes you say, representative, that robert mueller, widely esteemed on both sides of the aisle, you have had in the past that you respect certainly his career, his long-time career serving this country. what makes y

berman and myself and any other interested commission members meet to discuss the technical aspects of the implementation of the mandate with respect to unpledged delegates and be able to present he conclusion of those discussions out of order tomorrow during these proceedings. >> any objections? hearing none, it's moved forward. further amendments for the unpledged section. >> do you want an amendment to adopt this section as amended? k. all right. >> so, we're going to move to go through and vote on each recommendation and we're just going to need a minute here before we get them up on the screen. as everyone knows, we are going to go vote by vote. and then we will go from there. >> by not being told when we signed up, we were never told the time or the room for this meeting. you know this is a tainted meeting and yet when a few people figure out how to participate, by just sitting here, you want to take a sign away. [inaudible] underscores the problem with how the d.n.c. has not learned the lessons of the past. if it's so threatening to have a sign, that simply asks democratic party

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jail where you know these four little girls in one nine hundred sixty three a very historic moment berman to the nitty gritty of this election has been on the sexual assault allegations and child molestation allegations against roy and more people saying that's what helped was jones' over the edge but to me it's important to pay attention to the fact that black vote the black vote in alabama was a bigger percentage of the vote than they are the population you know if when it's funny you say that we got this tweet from laura he says this wouldn't have happened without the hard work of black folks and young people of course we also saw a lot of tweets online of people congratulating and thanking really black women for voting which of course sparked a lot of conversation because they also willie helped push that when for the democrats you spoke to black voters what is it they told you ahead of the vote. well you know there's been a lot of things in the mainstream media recently that at the period you know in two thousand and eleven when moore who's a maniacal candidate that many people shoul

berman jackson you've got the other one that also was the prosecutor against the man of four so this is a complete this is not an impartial investigation this is not an independent investigation if it was then you would have prosecutors that were from i don't know the george w. bush administration or you'd have people that were from the george h. walker bush or even if the reagan administration people are still around from there this would have a mix of luck it is not is that point an offer where they were wrong with point go ahead richard go ahead. i'm saying mohler robert muller who is the head of this was a ronald reagan appointee to a top law enforcement position he was george h.w. bush appointee to a top law enforcement position he was george w. bush to a top law enforcement position well or so this notion about who is on the staff you know who gave contribution or to a political party is it or thought you were just appointed to the supreme court well i'm going to i know what i'm not so worried about democrat or republican guys i'm more worried about the deep state that's what i