-- clinton administration. and what was the projected -- what was projected to happen in 2008 if the budget kept going the way it was going? mr. elmendorf: so before the reconciliation act of 1993, there was a projected sharp, increasingly steep increase in debt relative to g.d.p. and by the end of the clinton administration, as you noted, debt not only stabilized, but the government was running surpluses. my reference to -- mr. scott: enough to pay off the national debt held by the public by 2008? mr. elmendorf: there were optimistic projections at that point. that did not come to pass. there were large tax cuts -- mr. scott: that's the next question. when clinton left office, the projections were that they were going to pay off the national debt held by the public by 2008 and by 2013, put all the money back in the trust funds. something happened in 2001, a new administration came in, followed by the trump administration of george w. bush, two tax cuts, two wars, prescription drug benefit not paid for, the tru

. >> and endorsed donald trump over hillary clinton i have some serious issues with hillary clinton, record, this is not just about electing a president for the next four years it's also boabout the future of our supreme court or maybe the next 40 years. i care deeply about national security and want to see our economy grow. i believe we could do a better job negotiating trade deals to help the american worker, the american company. i've been a pretty vocal proponent going back to my time in the new york state senate and it's important to improve the quality of education and he's been outspoken with that. both of the candidates have their flaws. hillary clinton has with the conflicts of the clinton foundation with the fact that she mishandled classified information had to serve in the basement ÃÃhad a server in her basement these are crimes that were committed and unfortunately every single day we have people going to court for much less in fractions yet hillary clinton is not being held accountable for the crimes through the judicial system that is deeply unfortunate. the attorney g

the clinton foundation. the fact that she mishandled classified information and had a server in her basement, these are crimes that were committed. unfortunately every single day we have people going to court for much less infractions. yet, hilary clinton is not being held accountable for the crimes through the judicial system and that's deeply unfortunate. i do not think it's any coincidence the attorney general had a meeting with the former president, bill clinton, a few days before the decision was made to not pursue any charges against hilary. again, on the department of justice building it said when law ends, tyranny begins. the fact hilary clinton is not being held accountable not only she not qualified to be the president at saint she cannot get a job inside the file room at the fbi. her candidacy is a nonstarter. i disagree with her strongly on much of her positions on issues. i do not want to see my country be more like europe. like to see us get stronger with regards to immigration, cracking down o

even better i know hillary clinton.ver 40 years and, folks, this is not a heavy lift or hard for me. not only to say i'll vote for him, but that i will go out and campaign because this is about the future of america. >> it's the president elect's job to make decisions and whatever those are he'll be doing. the only one giving out jobs is president elect donald trump and not me and i respect any information about what our meeting is about and coming for them. jeff sessions is a conservative and a holiday, faithful ally to donald trump throughout the chasm pain and i've always been considering him one of my favorite senators, and i appreciate the clarity with which he brought especially to the tpp debate going on >> he was the pennsylvaniaepublican u.s. senate nominee losing to democrat john fetterman. next his address to the natnal governor's association on efforts to improve public health.

. >> and when did you first meet bill clinton? >> we didn't meet as children, arkansas, but he is older than me. but need the governor of the state more than once. >> how long were you in texarkana. >> six years and six years in pine bluff and that was most of my adult life and grew up in hope. >> what kind of minister are you? >> southern baptist, i was going to say a bad one, but not by the people who have heard me, but southern baptist. >> when did the book come out. >> i guess, october, november, of '96 a couple of months after i was sworn in, i had no idea that the discussion of character would become a major national topic in early '98, but came out latter part of the fall. >> and franklin, kentucky, you're on the republican line, what's on your mind. >> hello, governor, i applaud you for your book and coming on and speaking out about character. i agree. i do believe that character is an issue, especially with our-- the president of the united states. i guess when i think about character i would say that character has to do

clinton: thank you. thank you very much, melanne, and it is always great to be back here at georgetown. dean hellmann, thank you for your leadership school of foreign service and to all of you gathered for this award ceremony. as melanne said, she and i dreamed up this institute and these awards more than a decade ago to recognize the importance of women's participation and leadership in global peace building and conflict resolution. i keep waiting for the year when that mission feels less urgent, but that is not this year. there is as you all know so well, so many problems in the world, so much conflict, and we have to keep doing all that we can in order to move forward. because we can't allow the forces of war and darkness and conflict to discourage us and to overwhelm our will. because we have made progress. in the past 30 years, the number of women heads of state around the world has increased. the number of women in parliaments globally has doubled, but that is not enough. because simply embracing t

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>> i'm generation x and my dad who grew up in the 1950s was terrified of bill clinton.ut draft dodging a hunting bill clinton once again. >> didn't like it and didn't inhale and never tried again. >> i was [ inaudible ] for 12 years. >> governor clinton's private life has become the overriding issue in the democratic presidential campaign. >> your categorically denying that you ever had an affair with gennifer flowers? >> i said that before. >> hillery went on television to defend him but also really wanted to make the point that she wasn't just conservative old-fashioned standby your manager the cost kind of woman. >> i'm sitting here because i love him and i respect him and i honor what he has been thrown what we have been through together and you know, if that's not enough for people than heck, don't vote for him. >> not shown during the interview, the lights crashed down, and bill instinctively moved to protect hillery. they did stand by each other, in fact, to win, clinton was going to have to run up the score with my generation. >> realize there are 26 million peo

secretary clinton was nominated and lost in 2016.vice president harris was nominated and lost in 2020. i agree with brendan that had nikki haley won the republican nomination she probably would have been elected but she couldn't win the republican nomination. how bad are the double standards and the way that men and women candidates are treated and is that something that's going to change and at what point? >> if i answer for mrs. todd, she has a different answer than i have but i will just leave it at that. she believes it's not going to happen in our lifetime and i know a lot of women of a certain age who now believe that. i will go to my grave believing that hillary smith beats donald trump. i will always believe her last name was a bigger problem than her first name. >> is it going to take a thatcher? i mean is the first female president going to have to be right of center, to play against type? >> probably. >> i agree that i think that hillary clinton had unique vulnerabilities. i think sexism in the 1990's against hillary clint

talk about pardoning clinton's wife, hillary clinton.atch this. >> these have a problem with hillary clinton because -- first, she didn't do anything wrong and second, followed the rules exactly as they were written. i guess kash patel is determined to go after her, he could do it. i think if president bind wants to talk to me about that, i don't think i should give public advice on pardon power. liz: of course saying wiping out 33,000 e-mails was doing nothing wrong. fbi officials said it was really bad what she did and it was wrong. clinton said he'd talk to biden about pardoning hillary clinton if he wanted to but not publicly talking about it but he just did it. p underscoring the criminallalty of the administration and going for trump and hunter biden is other things that have happened here and preemptively and unconstitutionally. you can't pardon somebody for something they allegedly didn't commit in the first place. so they haven't even been indicted yet and this whole thing about we're going to have de-portanova -- concentration

. >>> news just coming in, president bill clinton hospitalized. >>> and the winter weather alerts for >>> first, luigi mangione led into court today under heavy guard, appearing before the judge, pleading not guilty to 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. his lawyer saying she is concerned whether mangione can get a fair trial. aaron katersky inside the courtroom. >>> the news just coming in, former president bill clinton in the hospital. what we're learning tonight. >>> several people rescued when a pier crashes into the powerful surf in santa cruz, california. the images just coming in. >>> millions are on alert for a fast-moving storm sweeping into the northeast. what it could mean for travel. and will there be a white christmas? lee goldberg is standing by. >>> the terrifying incidents at two popular ski resorts. in nevada, at least five hurt. skiers falling 30 feet into the snow. and in colorado, the rescue. more than 170 people trapped. some for hours. >>> the bombshell house ethics committee report on former congressman matt gaetz. detailed allegations from a ye

with president clinton, we have the same lawyer and, bob barnett, who handles the clintons. he handles, barack obama, the obamas. he handles woodward. yes. well, i see people come out of washington. and may i don't come out of washington but we're together. and president clinton reads everything. he's the biggest reader ever seen. and he also reads a lot of mysteries and he loves them. and bob barnett always wanted to write a mystery and the president never really wanted to sit down to write a mystery. so, bob to and he said, well, how would you like to write one with james patterson and president clinton said, well, why would why would he said, i read a lot of jim's book about who want to read a book with and the reason. one of the reasons i want to write with him just because i spent a lot of time with him, that would be but another piece of. it is just to get as much authenticity as you get. you know, sometimes you write a book, you're making up a fair amount of stuff. but when we wrote, you know, the president is missing, i mean, and we were talking this is what the secr

what were you thoughts of the hillary clinton emails?at goes back to this discussion, being military, here is the rules, you parcel -- if you don't want rules, you can change the rules. as long as those are in place, there should no be two tier of justice in our society. that's very important to everyone in america no matter where you're from. as you all know, it's not a matter even in the law, did you intend, we are not even commenting intent, by the way you hid forever and then the department of justice didn't even let the it the tech ever testify before congress or emails. again, you're starting to see this two tier. they were believing that hillary clinton was going to be if next the nextpresident. they needed to keep it down and it began to be a process where you said, you really look at it and say, this is not right. everybody needs to be honest, as you said became part of the group that then investigating the president and began to falsify fisa warrants. we were right, see, we were, nobody wanted to believe us because everybody go

the clinton administration, i propose. is that a regulation that would have required would be those to remove 90% of that pollution that mercury within three and a half years. but this is an industry that donated $48 million to this president during the 2000 cycle and has donated $58 million since an weeks ago, president bush announced, that he was scrapping the clinton era regs, substituting instead regulations that were written by the utility industry, by lawyers for the utility industry, by law firm called larssen and watson watkins. and the form or chief lobbyist for that law firm is. now the head of the air division of the epa. now, you know this this is not just an esoteric issue, is that stephen griles? no, no, that's jeffrey holmstead. the on the the cdc, according to the cdc, one out of every six american women now has. so much mercury in her womb that. her children are at risk for a grim inventory of of really terrible diseases autism, blindness, mental retardation and cognitive impairment, a liver, heart, kidney

bill clinton. clinton brought something called a golf draft. uh, george bush. uh, he brought shoes. he brought the program to help people with h i v. where you think of obama? he's from mass. okay. spot is from africa. what is it done for africa? now i'm just talking about actually getting heads up. now when we talk about the whole, what are the done? no, nothing. you just the 1st black, black, or african american president of the united states. and the only thing you're going to do, you can say about him in the obamacare is affordable healthcare act, the other level, which is really bad to re lot of criticism of that too. and of course uh, yeah. even though it is the butcher of, of libya, but do you think of all that harris would be basically a 4th, a obama term obama store. the crew in kiev would eventually lead to the ukraine proxy war on russia. he's destroyed the libya he appointed by them is vice president who is now holocaust. harris's, the ex leader because he's genocide, joe, of course, because of what's happened in garza, in palestine and kamala harris would just be anothe

when you're talking about bill clinton, clinton brought something called a golf. drastic of george bush. he brought, she brought to her program to help people with h. i v. what do you think of obama, east or massacre as bodies from africa? what is it done for africa? now i'm just talking about actually getting that and now when we talk about the whole, what are the done? no, nothing. you did. the 1st black, black, or african american president of the united states. and the only thing you're going to do, you can say about him in the obamacare, you affordable. did the health care act and the mother love it. and we're just going back to re lot of criticism of that too. and of course uh, yeah, you zone as the butcher of libya. but you think of all that harris would be basically a 4th, a, a bama term obama store, the cool in kiev would eventually lead to the ukraine proxy war on russia. he's destroyed the libya he appointed by them, his vice president, who is now holocaust. harris's, the ex leader, because he's genocide, joe, of course, because of what's happened in garza, in palestine and k

and somebody do you want to beat bill clinton? and i said. hell, yeah. and and so i shoot up from receiving. i get to and i thought it was going to be, you know, one of these formal things that you would just tell tall tales about your stories and experiences. but you greeted me at the door brought in showed me some great pictures on the wall but sat me down because you had a mission you came up to me and i used to do the his imitation of him which i'm to do in front of him now. so i try it. you said to me core, now i need to tell you something, and you said i want to talk to you about the earned income tax credit and you spend a half an hour talking to me about the income tax rate. you said it was the greatest thing i did to fight poverty. and most cities are leaving tens of millions, not hundreds of millions in uncollected eitc money. i went back to my staff and i said, we're one of the lowest income cities in america. and the former told me about the earned income tax credit and they sort of he didn't say, what? and we set up free tax centers all over

or some thought.the problem is, hillary clinton is not bill clinton and this is not 1990.04 george bush said, i'm not going to do the traditional thing i move from my conservative base into the middle and when vote. he said i have to go when conservative baltimore to motivate my days and i'm going to turn them out and win. barack obama has done the same thing instead of coming to the center, this guy is gone far left. and he won. so if anybody thinks that hillary clinton is going to be moderated by bill clinton and come to the center and be a moderate, you are absolutely wrong. she's going to go over and help govern with bernie sanders and socialist, elizabeth warren. this is the team we will have in place running our country. if you look at the socialist policies that bernie advocates for that elizabeth advocates for coming-out hillary at four. these don't offer upward mobility. they don't offer prosperity. they bring you despair. whether it's cuba or venezuela or argentina or southern european countries they never grow economies they destroy economies. they want to come

it's interesting that full, the president bill clinton jumped to joy biden's defense of the pause and hon. sir . mister clinton claims that democrats still have a much better track record in that regard than the republicans. it's not a good enough excuse. yeah, uh, bill clinton, who got, you know, bribed by mark rich, who was, you know, a corrupt individuals of, you know, the, the, the, the money that flowed into the clinton foundation, subsequently, you know, quite large and learned how to make the do business with us. it does not look, it's not just the democrats uh, you know, you're a john kerry, aka, who's been uh, you know, of the both on.

i think the clinton foundation, _ globe. i think the clinton foundation, the - globe.ation, the way - globe. i think the clinton i foundation, the way barack 0bama has taken on a range of international issues, tried to deal with natural disasters in the caribbean and the like, is the caribbean and the like, is the legacy ofjimmy carter, but i think carter was much more hands—on, he was at bible reading classes, helping build houses, he didn't have it i suppose what we see as some of the pomp of x presidents. the american tradition that there is a regal element. carter i think with his humbleness and his bluejeans and think with his humbleness and his blue jeans and southern accent and peanut farm talking, he tried to remove some of that regal element from the presidency that the cold war presidents, nixon, kennedy of course whether the camelot legacy, and johnson had tried to build the presidency up as almost above the people, and carter, i think there was a populism of his own time, wanted to bring it back to a much more common level and one of his great statements wa

and that man was the only one who could have beat hillary clinton.nd that same man is the only one who does not have the tools for successful governance. so i found it to be ironic, and we sort of had a little wrestling match about that. there was a lot of pushback, as you can imagine, but he's a large historical figure, and we have decided to go back there a second time and see how it goes. >> i have a footnote. peggy noonan has pulled no punches with her critical assessment of president-elect donald trump. she's written about him for eight years and by her own admission, sometimes has clubbed him like a seal. she wrote that all the while, she avoided meeting him because she wanted to view him from a distance, in part for fear that he'd be charming and funny, which might sway her perspective. but as she revealed just last month, she did meet him recently at a wall street journal editorial board sit down after trump won the election and after the encounter, she said that her instinct had been correct. bradley tusk is another favorite radio and tv gue

was 140 that clinton issued on his last day in office. the only pardon up until this point today for hunter biden. so if it's 140 we could have a lot of pardoned yet to come. >> it's a missed opportunity you could issue 140 if you were joe biden and we would not be talk about 139 of them for now will be scrutinized all departments going forward. my first take a we do it on the way out the door. hunter biden is going to be the only news and than anybody else is going to go under the radar emma right? >> it's absolutely true. what you mentioned earlier is this incoming administration has a lot of what work they want to get done are not going to bother with biden and his dealings getting answers from president biden which is an interesting point considering when the biden ministration took over the basically spent the last four years hammering trump trying to bring them up on criminal charges invading his home, they did not give up they did not let up you are saying the republicans are going to take the higher road they're going to focus on

hillary clinton ran on an agenda well to barack obama's left. joe biden ran on an agenda and governed on an agenda to hillary clinton's left and over those decades, the democratic party's support among working class voters has cratered. bill clinton won the non-college educated vote by 14 points in 1996. kamala harris lost it by 14 points in 2024, a 28 point drop and yet every time they lose the blue collar voters, democrats decide they must go even further left on economic policy meanwhile, trump runs his campaigns on a mixture of some populism but lots of libertarian policy ideas appoints billionaires to all important economic posts and yet one more of the working class vote this year than any republican in decades why, in my view, two reasons. first, voters these days are powerfully influenced by cultural issues like immigration identity, and the so-called woke agenda. this is also true of the democratic party's upper middle class voters, who vote for the party that promises to tax them more because they agree with it on social issues second,

was 140 that clinton issued on his last day in office. the only pardon up until this point today for hunter biden. so if it's 140 we could have a lot of pardoned yet to come. >> it's a missed opportunity you could issue 140 if you were joe biden and we would not be talk about 139 of them for now will be scrutinized all departments going forward. my first take a we do it on the way out the door. hunter biden is going to be the only news and than anybody else is going to go under the radar emma right? >> it's absolutely true. what you mentioned earlier is this incoming administration has a lot of what work they want to get done are not going to bother with biden and his dealings getting answers from president biden which is an interesting point considering when the biden ministration took over the basically spent the last four years hammering trump trying to bring them up on criminal charges invading his home, they did not give up they did not let up you are saying the republicans are going to take the higher road they're going to focus on

all of the women who accused bill clinton. and were voting very different lien 2024 and in 2016, i think they voted for him because he was trolling so incredibly hard. but she wasn't likable, was not a good campaign, you told her any hope he puts this in his memoir, he told her, go to wisconsin. everyone was like no bill, you're not president anymore, she has to go break the glass ceiling. yeah,, with her resentment? he has built a battering ram for her, it has done no good. they both look like a bunch of aging whiners. >> i bet you they fight about it every day still. >> do you think they hate obama to because he beat her? >> they hate each other. the obama's, the bidens and the clintons all hate each other. >> think about this, their own not speaking to each other because biden was stabbed in the back by obama and hillary clinton stood on the sidelines and did nothing and then nancy pelosi separated herself from biden, now she is alone and matted obama for making her step forward to destroy biden. so now all of the titans of

when you're talking about bill clinton, clinton brought something called a golf dress. george bush, he brought, she brought to her program to help people with h. i v a. what do you think all obama diesel massacre is bodies from africa? what is the dental africa now? i'm just talking about actually getting that. and now, what are we talking about the whole, what are the done? no, nothing you do the 1st black, black, or african american president of the united states. and the only thing you're going to do, you can say about him in the obamacare is affordable. healthcare act and the other, the other individuals that to me, the other criticism of that too. and of course, yeah, the zone is the butcher of, of libya. but do you think of all that harris would be basically a 4th, a obama term, obama. so the cool in kiev would eventually lead to the ukraine proxy war on russia . he's destroyed the libya he appointed by them is vice president who is now holocaust. harris's, the ex leader because he's genocide. joe, of course because of what's happened in gauze and palestine. and k

. >>> news just coming in, president bill clinton hospitalized. >>> and the winter weather alerts for millions. >>> first, luigi mangione appearing before a judge, pleading not guilty to 11 charges, including murder as an act of terrorism. his lawyer says she is concerned wherever managgione can get a fr trial. >>> several people rescued when a pier crashes into the powerful surf if santa cruz, california. in images just coming in. >>> millions are on alert for a fast-moving storm sweeping into the northeast. what it could mean for travel. and will there be a white christmas? >>> the terrifying incidents at two popular ski resorts. in nevada, at least five hurt. skiers falling 30 feet into the snow. and in colorado, the rescue. more than 170 people trapped. some for hours. >>> the bombshell house ethics committee report on former congressman matt gaetz. a years-long investigation finding quote, substantial evidence that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017. in violation of florida's statutory rape law, and allegedly paid nearly $100,000 for several women for sex. gaetz maintaining he

when you're talking about bill clinton, clinton brought something called a golf draft. got uh, george bush. uh, he brought she, he brought to her program to help people with h i v. where you think of obama? he's from mass. okay. spot is from africa. what is it done for africa? now i'm just talking about actually getting that. and now when we talk about the whole, what are the done? no, nothing. you do the 1st, but black or african american president of the united states. and the only thing you can to you can say about him is the obamacare is affordable. did the health care act and the mother love it, and we're just going back to the other criticism of that too. and of course uh yeah, he's known as the butcher of, of libya. but you think of all that harris would be basically a 4th, a obama term, obama. so the cool in kiev would eventually lead to the ukraine proxy war on russia . he's destroyed the libya he appointed by them, his vice president, who is now holocaust. harris's, the ex leader, because he's genocide, joe, of course, because of what's happened in garza, in p

clinton's deputy chief of staff says clinton was admitted to medstar georgetown university hospital for testing and observation. but we're told he's in good spirits and is grateful for the care that he's getting. a source close to the 42nd president said the situation is, quote, not urgent and that clinton was awake and alert. >>> the christmas eve travel day is looking wet and pretty wintry for parts of the u.s. nbc meteorologist michelle grossman is very busy tracking it all this morning. good morning. >> good morning, jess. great to see you. we're waking up to some snowow i some spots. some are going to see a white christmas. radar showing us where we're seeing precipitation. the west is really active, too, with that rain falling, and the south central states seeing lightning in portions of oklahoma. so that's the outlook for this christmas eve. we're looking at slick a.m. travel. spotty showers in the south central states and the west really active with heavy rain and snow. what does that mean for the e d seattle to san francisco. we'll see slick spots, mainly of the northeast. even

tonight, you'll hear the sound if from barack obama and bill clinton. they're now being accused of major hypocrisy. byron york fired up and ready to go on that. also this story tonight. >> do you think some of the resistance of some men, back and white, is misogynist? i i mean, do you think that this is orchestrated? today's your birthday -- >> yes. elizabeth: a major new controversy from msnbc and kamala harris and al sharpton. america's biggest coalition of black church leaders now demand msnbc suspend and investigate al harpton. his nonprofit took in half a million dollars from the kamala failed campaign before he did that softball msnbc interview with her. tonight, former president trump white house -- trump white house press secretary will take on that major conflict of interest. plus, we've got violent gangs like venezuela's tren de aragua for the first time ever under biden taking over u.s. city streets. but for some reason, far-left california governor newsom doubling down on biden's open borders. why? we've got the sound of even charlamagne tha

president clinton, in a joint statement with secretary clinton and his wife, saying, hillary and i mourn the passing of president jimmy carter and give thanks for his long, good life. i mean, just playing off of what jeff was talking about a little bit earlier. yes, his time in office was short compared to his time outside of office. of course, post those four years. but what do you see as president carter's political significance in the terms of in terms of history here? >> yeah, i mean, culturally, omar, i mean, carter was a symbol of reconciliation for the country after the really cultural civil war we went through in the 1960s. the pardons of vietnam, draft resisters. as jeff said, the kind of bringing of bob dylan and the allman brothers, kind of the rock n roll generation into the american mainstream. the fact that it was a southern, a deeply religious southerner who talked about lust in his heart in in the famous playboy interview in 1976, but politically, in many ways, he was a comma. he was a he was the sole interruption in a lasting period of republican dominance of the white h

the problem is hillary clinton is not bill clinton and this is not 1990. if you look what's happened with george bush in 2004, george bush said, you know what, i'm not going to do the traditional thing where i'm i'm move from my conservative base and into the middle to win votes. what bush did in oh four is he said, no, i have to go win conservative votes. i'm going to motivate my base and i'm going to turn them out and i'm going to win. and he was successful. barack obama has done the same thing. instead of coming to the center, this guy has gone far left and he's won. so if anybody thinks that hillary clinton is going to be moderated by bill clinton and come to the center and be a moderate, you're absolutely wrong. she is going to go over and help govern with bernie sanders, a socialist, elizabeth warren. this will be the team that will have in place running our country. and if you look at the socialist policies that bernie advocates for that, elizabeth advocates for and now hillary advocates for these don't offer upward mobility. they don't offer prospe

in other words, clinton bent over backward to show that he fired sessions for cause. not for politics. completely unlike the second exception to the rule. >> we begin with stunning emma late-breaking news, president trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. it is sending shockwaves across the washington office. and obama appointee was less than four years into eight 10 year term became a political lightning rod over the last year between investigations into hillary clinton and possible collusion between the trump campaign and the russian government. >> in 2017 mike flynn lied to fbi agents about his contact with the russian government. and trump tried to get james comey to quash it. and that put andrew mccabe in charge of the bureau. trump then replaced mccabe with christopher wray, a guy he had high hopes for. >> i think the new head of the fbi, i think i've done a great service for this country. i think christopher will do a fantastic job as head of the fbi. nobody has greater respect for intelligence than donald trump. >> the guy looks 20 years younger. >

aides say clinton is awake and alert. a source close to the former president says the situation is not urgent and that he wanted to be checked out. clinton has faced a number of health scares since he left office in 2001. he is 78 years old. remembrances continue to pour in for the greatest athletic of all time. fans have been stopping by the 66th avenue gate of the coliseum to remember rickey henderson. the hall of famer, passed away friday at ucsf from complications with pneumonia and asthma. he was 65 years old, and he would have turned 66 on christmas day. henderson had a 25 year baseball career and is major league baseball's all time leader in stolen bases, lead off home runs and runs scored. he'll surely be missed and forever remembered here in the bay area, and you can read more about henderson's life and baseball career on our website, abc7 news.com. and when we come back the day in court for the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare, ceo luigi mangione's attorney says mangione is being used as a political pawn.

the problem is hilary clinton is not bill clinton this is not 1990. you look at what is happening with george bush in 2004 george bushsa said i am not going to te traditional thing or i move it from my conservative base into the middle to win votes. but bush did in 2004 it was no, i have to go when conservative votes i'm going to motivate my base. going to turn them out and win. he was successful but barack obama did the same thing. instead of coming to the center this guy is gone far left. and he has one. if anybody thanks that hilary clinton is going to be moderated by bill klein didn't come to the center and be a moderate you are absolutely wrong. she's going to go over it helped govern with billy sanders the socialist. elisabeth wore this would be the teams have in place running our country. look at the socialist policies the bernie advocates for, that elizabeth advocates for and now hilary advocates for these do not offer upward mobility they bring you despair with its cuba, venezuela, argentina or southern european countries never grow economies

>>> the news tonight on former president bill clinton's health. the latest on his condition. >>> the fda raises the alarm over previously recalled costco organic eggs. >>> nasa waits for word on its daring mission to the sun. the spacecraft faster than anything that's gone before. >>> and america strong tonight, on this christmas eve. norad has its eyes in the skies, while many of santa's elves send holiday cheer to our nation's troops and veterans. >>> good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this busy christmas eve. i'm rachel scott, in for david. we begin tonight with the holiday winter blast causing headaches for last minute travelers, especially along the busy i-95 corridor. snow and ice making roads nearly impassable for millions in philadelphia, new york, and boston. and turning deadly for one commuter in new york city. american airlines briefly grounding all flights after a computer glitch, creating havoc for travelers across the country. in the west, massive waves battering the california coast, creating scenes like this one

bill clinton got in there and shake hands would talk to you for hours.t past a shaking hands just grabbed a hold of whatever he could. >> but at least he loved people and it was how he came up with solutions to drive republicans crazy because he would still voters from them and now what happens to democrat voters who flee the democrat party they want nothing to do if democrats today what do they do they go after them and call them fascist and nazi and attack them. where in the political about bible doesn't say you should attack a voters it doesn't work. >> the only bible they have is the political bible. should assume that 5 minutes ago. a blow dryer to the head. fox news alert as we have two new revelations from the trump administration task force and they spotted rand roof in the bushes outside the golf course it was only 5 feet away when he opened fire and mist him not once not twice but six times. mist him six times from 5 feet. is a trained agent to pass the firearms test is a guy 5 feet away and the report says secret service found out at 2:30 he w