with us are mark chandler and chris wolf. think of that, is that our fault, fake news? biased by outside reports of geopolitics another reality? >> i can't fully explain why the stock market got hit so hard but i think there are a lot of factors. a big collapse of oil prices. i think there is good reason for volatility. i would hardly want to blame it on the media. >> thank you. [laughter] chris, you said something on the break. he said people were nervous about holding positions ahead of the long weekend. because of the news out of washington. >> you have a lot of things that came to bear on friday alone. i'm not sure if you are a traitor you wanted to be long over the weekend. it was a mueller weekend. >> you wanted to belong the week before. the week before we had 4% plus rallies. >> there are so many more machines doing trading and a lot of rules-based investing. there are a lot of books on this. machines make the trading rules. if it is down 2% the role seb salek. it doesn't matter if it will go down 34 or five. machines

chris wolfe has the story: -nats video-a baby tiger.naty a 2017 youtube clip from blogger logan paul is at the center of a new criminal case involving the illegal possession of an exotic animal -- a tiger cub.-nats video-the over the top controversial social media personality visited the home of a man who had the wild animal and posted this video.-nats video-someone alerted the california department of fish and wildlife and the case eventually landed on the desk of los angeles city attorney mike feuer.mike feuer/l.a. city attorney: "there's a very strong message i want to send to your viewers. you know exotic animals like a tiger, his is not a pet. this does not belong in your backyard. we need to be protecting -- these animals are precious creatures. they're not just to be handled this way."now a man named nicholas perkins 32 years old is charged with several criminal counts including illegal possession of a tiger and mistreatment of a tiger.it's unclear if he is one of the men in the youtube clip.mike feuer/l.a. city attorney: "i can'

wolf. >> it's very interesting. chris cillizza, i want to show our viewers some videos.ft william barr standing hover there. they worked very closely together during the first bush administration. are you surprised that the president is leaning towards picking someone so closely aligned with what's described as the republican establishment? >> yes, in a word, and that's why i think we need to consider laura's point which is leading contender now, you know, 5:48 p.m. on the east coast, but one thing we know about donald trump he changes his mind a lot on things big and small. this being on the bigger end. he -- remember earlier in his term, wolf, he did try to bring in some establishment figures from sort of the old guard for lack of a better word in the republican party. repreeb dwrus, the chairman of the republican national committee, was not a trump person who he brought in. that didn't work. that people run out relatively quickly and are replaced by and large with trump people this. would be a break from that, an and candidly i was surprised when i heard the name. i c

chris coons. he was on with wolf blitzer earlier.is echoing congressman adam schiff, that trump could potentially be indicted after leaving office. listen to this. >> the evidence that's been presented in the michael cohen case that the president directed him to engage in payments that were intended to influence the outcome of the election really sharpens the president's legal risk here, and i agree with congressman schiff that that might well form the basis for an indictment after the president leaves office. >> all right. just to get both of your responses, do you agree with his assessment, neal? >> i absolutely do. so, you know, look, i think -- and john's on and knows watergate, and a lot of people are saying the question that's going to be asked, like what did nixon know and when did he know it? here i think precisely for the reasons john's mentioning about immunity, the proper analogy when of criminal indictment is actually the mob. that is how the white house is looking like they're behaving. with a mob investigation, the kind

wolf. the former new jersey governor, chris christie, is one of those names emerging at this hour. it's not clear whether chris christie would take that job, but his name is under consideration at the moment. one of many names now that this is a wide open selection process for the job of chief of staff over here at the white house. and president trump, as you have been saying, wolf, has been staying behind closed doors, venting frustrations about the russia investigation and scrambling to find a new chief of staff after announcing john kelly will be leaving the post before he settled on a replacement. a source close to the white house says he is, quote, and this is a quote here about the president, super pissed that one contender for the job, nick ayers, suddenly pulled himself out of the running. president trump is trying to convince the world where there is smoke there is no fire. the president is downplaying the latest revelations in the russia investigation, mocking any notion of collusion with moscow, while declaring his innocence in the payments made by his former attorney, m

wolf, to a harsher sentence. >> potentially he's facing many years in prison. he's almost 70 years old. >> exactly. >> all right. alex. good report. thank you very much. >>> joining us now, senator chrisoons. he is a democrat who serves on the judiciary and foreign relations committee. senator, thanks for joining us. let's get right to a key question. do you believe president trump has committed impeachable offenses? >> well, wolf, i can't reach that conclusion yet, but certainly the most recent filings by robert mueller and other recent court filings strongly suggest that there were campaign finance violations committed by michael cohen at president trump's direction and that those are violations that may well lead to criminal charges. whether or not that's an impeachable offense is something where i as a member of the senate would ultimately be sitting as literally a member of the jury, so i think that's a question we don't need to reach yet. but this certainly puts the president at much more focused legal jeopardy, and the recent filings by mueller's team, both against paul manafort and against michael cohen and some other things you teased at the top of the hour here about mariia

wolf. it says the problems have been caused by someone acting alone. we will be speaking to chriset any information about who might be behind it and what is going on. sorry, iwas who might be behind it and what is going on. sorry, i was reading the papers. that is what we do in this slot. do you want to sherratt with the group? lots on jose mourinho, a p pa re ntly the group? lots on jose mourinho, apparently the plot against him was four players going to the border saying either he goes or we go, and alexis sanchez had a bet with some of his players that he would be gone. and how about david beckham into space? apparently it has been talked about for some time, and the idea of him doing his bindi free kicks in zero gravity would be interesting —— bendy. kicks in zero gravity would be interesting -- bendy. is he going to space? he is in talks to be the first footballer sent to space by a space company. i am trying to think of the most appropriate company for him. will he take his ball? i don't think you will find many up there.|j know we are supposed to spread some christmas cheer