errol, to you.this about the clinton email investigation or about the russia investigation from the president's perspective, the reason he is going after andrew mccabe in these tweets? >> it's entirely about the russia investigation and let's be clear. it's not just that the president's statement is erroneous. it's false and it's intend to do distract us and confuse people who don't remember the time line. the reality is that when dr. mccabe was running for office, it was months before her husband had anything like that with the investigation. so the president is putting out false information and the reason is really kind of obvious, which is that this is somebody who just testified for hours in front of a committee and confirmed some very damming information that has already been put into the public discussion about the president and his efforts to squelch the russia investigation. two former aide whose have now been arrested and pleaded guilty, the president is in sort of a tricky position. he has

as errol said, this is a very transparent effort. that is why all of a sudden we are talking about hillary clinton right now in the panel. so i think the special counsel feels that they have to be a little political right now, meaning not political for one side or the other, but to protect the integrity of the investigation from the president of the united states and his allies. >> andre, do you think special counsel mueller should be fired? >> no. but i do think that it is more than fair to raise questions about people who are on his team that have only donated to one side, that have been involved in fusion gps and paid for and all of those are conflicts of interest and all of those of important to built the trust of the american people. the whole reason you have special counsel is make sure there are no conflicts of interest and they are all over the place in this investigation. >> andre bauer and julian zeleny and errol louis, thank you all. >> thank you. >> do not miss "state of the union" with jake tapper. 9:00 a.m. herein on cn

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reena. >> ninan: errol barnett from the white house. thank you, errol. a florida teenager missing for nearly a week has been found. she turned up almost 1200 miles from home near syracuse, new york, along with a high school soccer coach. roxana saberi has the story. >> we are so thankful to have her back. >> reporter: nearly a week after she went missing from her home in florida, caitlyn frisina looked shaken as he reunited with her parents in central new york. >> it's been difficult. i'm glad to have my daughter back where i know i can protect her and keep her safe as a father always wants to do. >> reporter: the reunion comes less than a day after authorities found caitlyn with family friend rian rodriguez. they detained the 27-year-old after pulling his car over in the syracuse suburb parking lot. state trooper kaden kelso. >> i don't think either one of them wanted to run. >> reporter: kat caitlyn's pares had reported their daughter missing last sunday in florida. the search continued to georgia, where caitlyn's debit card was iewldzed to withdraw $2

. >> errol louis is with us and julian zeleny. gentlemen, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so, julian, let me start with you in the robo call. the white house tried to give the president a bit of room by putting this roy moore rally in pensacola, saying that he didn't go to the state if things don't go their way. you have got the robo call and the tweets and the mope and the rally. he is getting the full rollout from the white house and i think it's important to highlight that. >> absolutely. the president has fully supported roy moore and putting all of his energy and capital into this campaign, and it's impossible to say any more he is hesitant about doing this. so the election that is coming up now is, in part, an election or a campaign about a republican who has the support of the republican president. so this is part of why it has national implications. all politics is national, not just local in this case. >> errol, it's important also to highlight what the president is selling and is not selling about roy moore. he

errol barnett, cbs news, the white house. they they were regarding special terrorists planning an attack in stts petersburg. errol barnett, cbs news, the white house. >>> senator john mccain is back in arizona. he had been hospitalized in maryland for a viral infection as he battles brain cancer. his doctors say he is responding positively to treatment. mccain's office says he looks forward to return to office in january, but he will miss this week's vote on the republican tax bill. >>> republican law firms say congress will pass their overhaul tax bill this week. the vote could be as early as tomorrow. it will be the biggest rewrite since 1986, and it will be their first legislative victory since president trump was elected. laura podesta reports. >> reporter: republican senators are broadcasting their support for the tax cut bill saying there is no downside to the plan to decrease personal taxes and shrink the corporate tax rate. >> this is something that's designed to energize the economy. it should work. >> this is good n

reena. >> ninan: errol barnett. thank you very much, errol.l, the third-largest wildfire in california's modern history triggered new evacuations today northwest of los angeles. the so-called thomas fire has already burned more than 400 square miles and more than 700 homes in ventura and santa barbara counties. it's now threatening the coastal community that's home to oprah winfrey, ellen degeneres, and other celebrities. the evacuation zone is about 17 miles long and five miles wide. it stretches from the mountains to the pacific. well, on the last weekend of autumn, snow is falling in the usual places. this was the scene overnight in erie, pennsylvania, between friday and today. they got about a foot of snow. they've had about 30 inches so far this month alone. some of hollywood's most- powerful executives are funding a new commission to fight sexual harassment. as carter evans reports, they've appointed a well-known figure to run the commission. >> reporter: some of the biggest influencers in the entertainment industry are joining forces to

reena. >> ninan: all right, errol, thank you so much.bama's special election that errol mentioned is tuesday. it's a heated battle for the senate seat vacated by attorney general jeff sessions, and it could change the balance of the u.s. senate, where republicans hold a slim majority. manuel bojorquez is in mobile. >> are you familiar with the senate race that's coming up on tuesday? >> yes, ma'am. doug jones and roy moore. >> all right, thank you. >> so, can we count on your support? >> yes, ma'am. es reporter: barbara brewster and her husband, henry, spent part of their saturday canvassing this mobile, alabama, neighborhood for doug jones. >> hey! >> reporter: they believe turnout, especially among african american voters, could be the key to giving the democrat a chance of winning tuesday. >> i mean, unfortunately, we've git the new alabama versus the old alabama going on here, and it's time for-- for-- our kids want to see the new alabama. >> reporter: so you're reaching out to young voters, too. >> young, for sure. >> reporter: jone

. >>> joining me now arwa damon in istanbul, errol louis, and lynn swede, washington bureau chief for the sun-times. good morning, all of you. arwa, specifically what we're seeing in iran, giver us an idea of the scope we're seeing and the impetus for the protests. we also get this strongly worded response moments ago from iran's ministry of foreign affairs in response to what the president tweeted. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, and that response came out as a very blunt reaction to president trump's war warning to iran that the world would be watching coming out from the country's ministry of foreign affairs, basically saying that mr. trump's government has proven to be the primary line of ill-will against iran. going on to say that the people of iran give no value or credibility to such opportunistic expressions by the government. or the person of mr. trump. and that american officials through their conduct have not earned a place from which they can express masked sentiments as sympathies for the aware and engaged people of iran. and this just to point it out briefly goes to per

errol white house. >>> senator john mccain is back in arizona. he had been hospitalized in maryland for a viral infection as he battles brain cancer. his doctors say he is responding positively to treatment. mccain's office says he looks forward to return to office in january, but he will miss this week's vote on the republican tax bill. . >>> republicans in congress say they will vote on the tax bill this week. it will be the biggest rewrite since 198 f and it will be their first legislative victory since president trump was elected. laura podesta reports. >> reporter: they're saying there's no downside to decrease personal taxes and shrink the corporate tax rate. >> it's something designed to energize the economy. >> this is good news for the american people. we're going to get the economy roaring again and improve pay and increase jobs. >> reporter: but democrats and independents like vermont's bernie sanders says it will expire in 2025. >> because the benefits for the middle class are temporary while the corporate benefits are permanent. at t

errol? >> we very well may look back on this plea bargain deal by michael flynn as the beginning of the end of the trump administration. i say that because of the facts here. here are the facts. we have four people from the trump administration or the campaign who have been indicted or pled guilty to felonies. two are at the highest levels of the trump campaign or administration. >> errol, could this be the unraveling of donald trump's presidency? >> it certainly suggests there's explosive information that we are going to find out about. the mueller investigation is operating according to a standard playbook. in that playbook, you give a guilty plea of some credence or use it as a tool to get more information. right? so, we know that the crimes to which michael flynn pleaded guilty could have sent him to prison for over 30 years, yet he's facing only one count, a much smaller possibility of a sentence, a lighter sentence and he's going to cooperate with the mueller investigation. that sugges

errol barnett has the more on this from the white house. >> there is absolutely no collusion.idn't make a phone call to rush yeah. i had nothing to do with russia. >> president trump continues to dekni deny any wrongdoing during last year's election. claiming robert mueller is breaking the law. mueller's team gained access to e-mails from mr. trump'svided be team itself but general service t s administration. the transition team lawyer sent the seven page letter to two congressional oversight committees describing action as unlawful adding special council's office extensively use theed materials in question. the special counsel spokesperson said when we have obtained e-mails in the course of on ongoing criminal investigation we, have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. awe all i believe that the president wants all of this shuttle down. >> democratic congresswoman jackie spears said friday she is hearing rumors on capitol hill the president its poised to act. >> on december 22nd when weep aren -- when we are out of d.c. he was going to f

. >> errol louis is up earlier with us. good morning to you. read to you this "the new york times" piece that we are talking about. it seems significant. they say the hacking, meaning of democratic emails and a revelation of the trump campaign may have had inside information about it were driving factors that led the fbi to open an investigation in july 2016 into russia's attempts to disrupt the election and whether any of president trump's associates conspired. now that statement doesn't it contradict the theory from many on the gop side, congressmen who said the dossier was the catalyst for the fbi investigation? >> that is exactly right. there is information coming from multiple angles that all led to the same conclusion. that is why incidentally you have an independent department of justice, while the president appoints an attorney general and while the president names the fbi director, both are substantially independent of the president for exactly just this reason. you have information coming from the dossier floating around for a while a

here is errol barnett. >> mr. president, why did you fire general flynn? >> ignoring questions as he returned to the white house yesterday. president trump just implied via twitter he knew general mike flynn lied to the fbi before making the decision to fire him. but that tweet sources tell cbs news was drafted by the president's lawyer, john dowd who've didn't mean to suggest the president knew of flynn's lie off to the fbi at the time. flynn friday pleaded guilty to lying. >> the president of the united states. with me alone saying i hope this. i took it as this is what he wants me to do. >> reporter: the president's first tweet this morning was a denial he asked former fbi director james comey to end his inquiry into flynn's possible crimes. calling comey's june testimony a lie. and saying the fbi is tainted, dishonest with a reputation in tatters. >> tweeting comment regarding ongoing criminal investigations at your own peril. i would be careful. >> michael flynn is key to determining if there was any collusion between the trump team and russia. >> if

(f) heerl is errol barnett. >> president trump, why did you file general flynn? >> ignoring questions as he returned to the white house yesterday, president trump had just implied via twitter he knew general mike flynn lied to the to fire him. but that tweet sources tell cbs news was drafted by the president's lawyer john dowd, who didn't mean to imply that he knew he had lied to the fbi at the time. pleading guilty to lying. >> i took it this is what he wants me to do. >> reporter: the president's first tweet this morning was he knew it was a denial, to independently his inquiry into flynn's possible crimes. callings comey's june testimony a lie and saying the fbi is tainted dishonest with a reputation in tatters. >> we tweet in comment regarding ongoing criminal investigations at your only peril, i would be careful if i were you mr. president. >> lindsay graham. >> if there was coongs between trump campaign and the russian he i can't think of anyone who woul

elaine. >> quijano: errol, thank you. let's bring in john dickerson. john the senate passed a tax reform bill saturday morning. will the president have the bill he wants by christmas? >> i think so because in part, the president has defined the bill he wants as any bill that comes before him. the two bills of the house and the senate need to be reconciled. but they are going to be able to work out any minor differences between the two bills and get one final bill to the president for his signature. >> quijano: turning now to the guilty plea of mr. flynn, could his tweets have an impact on the russia investigation? >> it could have impact on the obstruction of justice. it's not exactly clear what the president has said, but on saturday he said he knew his national security advisory had lied to the fbi and fired james comey head of the fbi investigating if flynn lied, comey pursuing an investigation of no merit many it lends more to the obstruction of justice whether the president got in the way of the case because he knew how harmful it would be. that m

errol barnett is on chilapitol hill. >> you're right. there is quite a lot of fine print, so lawmakers will likely spend the weekend going through the bill's more than 500 pages. >> i think it's going to do very, very well. i think that we are going to be in a position to pass something as early as next week. >> president trump is bullish on getting a tax cut bill on his desk by christmas. the final republican plan retains seven personal tax brackets with rates dropping for almost everyone. a family earned $75,000 a year, for example, would see its marginal rate drop from 15% to 12%. >> everybody's lives will be better off because of tax reform because of the tax relief families get. >> republican leaders made a last-minute change friday, boosting the refundable portion of the child tax credit to $1,400. that means low income parents pocket that money even if they don't owe taxes. >> this is good for working families. >> that earned back the vote of florida's marco rubio and fellow holdout bob corker. they called this bill a once-in-a-ge

elaine. >> quijano: errol, thank you. violent protests continued in the middle east today over president trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capitol. seth doane is there. >> reporter: on the streets of lebanon today pro-palestinian protesters clashed with security forces near the u.s. embassy in beirut. president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capitol of israel has sparked protests around the world. reacting to that, arab league foreign ministers held an emergency meeting in cairo this weekend and denounced the u.s. decision saying it undermines peace endeavors and pushes the region to an abyss of more violence and instability. french president emmanuel macron pushed for peace in a meeting with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu who said palestinians need to come to grips with reality. >> paris is the capitol of france. jerusalem is the capitol of israel. it's been the capitol of israel for 3,000 years. it's been the capitol of the jewish state for 70 years. >> reporter: but not all israelis

awe all errol, thank you. >>> let's go to the headline here.labama has the not sent a democrat to the senate in 25 years. how did you do it? >> poem peopeople forget a pub send any one to the senate for 100 years. changed, one election at a time. >> but do you think you would have won had "the washington post" not broken the story about the sexual misconduct allegations against roy moore. >> yeah, we would have beaten him. getting traction. being inclusive. talking issues that people care about. >> his stunning win, in deep red alabama, came by 20,000 votes. >> doug jones the democrat. he will be the next united states senator from alabama. >> that slim margin of victory, thanks to republican whose rejected moore with write-in volts and significant turnout by african-americans. so let's talk about, your victory speech. you got up there and said i feel like i have been waiting -- >> been waiting all my life and i don't know what the hell to say. >> pause you were surprised. shocked? >> no, i was overcome. it was just being out on that stage and

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let's move on infrastructure, errol lewis, the white house is arguing here we're putting forward this plan in a few weeks, they think they'll get bipartisan error support here. i'm from minnesota, we all know what happened with 9 bridge in minnesota, but at the same time you have polls that says it's politically ricky. >> there's also i think a substantive disagreement that will come to light. if the plan tracks at all with what was promised during the campaign, it is not a democratic-friendly infrastructure plan. what was talked about during the campaign, a paper put out by wilbur ross, the idea of tax credits to private industry to fix certain kinds of infrastructure, the kind that could generate revenue for them. so not all infrastructure projects are created equal a bridge in a suburban subdivision where you could charge high tolls, that could be he trump friendly, but new pipes in flint, michigan where you won't be able to charge a lot of money, it will be considerably less attractive. >>> you'll get a two-tiered situation. don't -- -- otherwise end up screwed. the issue is this

let's talk about this with our panel, errol louis, and matt lewis, and amber phillips. nice to have you here. errol, do you think warren's concerns are warranted enough to use those words in the speech on the floor? >> absolutely. there's an odd kind of quality to it. mueller and the investigators can't speak to themselves, they have to keep quiet, and then on the other hand you have hostile accusations, and some of them frankly fabrications coming from fox news and other sources saying mueller is a political hack and has it in for the president. >> and from some republicans in congress. >> they are talking about it is a coupe, and if democrats want this investigation to continue on the congressional side or from special counsel, they have to speak up. >> context is important, and just one number of examples from the president himself who said as recently within the past week he has no intention of firing mueller, he did write this six months ago. you are witnessing the greatest single witch hunt in american history led by bad and conflicted people. that's what he wrote

all right, thank you so much, patrick healy, lynn sweet, errol louis. >>> coming up, a warning from the members of the president's own party, 2018 midterms could be very ugly. >>> and north korea calls the latest u.n. sanctions an act of war, saying the u.s. and other nations will pay a heavy price. >>> plus, a hurricane destroyed his home in puerto rico, but it doesn't stop him from delivering magic on christmas. we'll be back. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. i just finished months of chemo. but i don't want to talk about months. i want to talk about years. treatments have gotten better, so... i'm hoping for good years ahead. that's thanks to research funded by the american cancer society. the same folks giving me free rides to treatments, insurance advice,and a place to stay during chemo. i need that stuff like you don't know. and now that you do, please gi

bring in cnn political analyst john avlon and errol lewis. it is very interesting to dive into in terms of the details and the opinion of it. so let's do both. so here's what we know right now. the top individual rate for the wealthiest lowers to 37%. the corporate rate goes way down to 21%. those state property taxes, they get complicated. there's a cap on them at some point. they are not repealing them altogether. >> they are important in the big states, california, new york. so people write off the taxes they pay at the state and local level. >> if you're not allowed to, that's a big -- >> they're still allowed, but they have reduced the amount you can write off. but in exchange, they lower the top tier believing the people who will be most hurt by the salt change are the top tiers. so they gave them a little bit more of a tax deduction. >> so everybody has to get out their calculators to figure out if this is a win. the thing, errol, is people don't feel as though this is a win. the latest polling says, listen to this. this is a quinnipia

>> errol barnett on capitol hill, thanks, errol. >>> the republicans' majority in the senate becomes once doug jones is sworn in, but his opponent in the special election has not conceded and is promising to contest the outcome. roy moore's campaign is asking supporters for contributions to fund a voter fraud investigation. jones won the contentious race by 20,000 votes. president trump who backed moore in the closing days of the race say it's time to move on. >> should roy moore concede? >> i think he should. he tried. i want to always support the person running. we need the seat. we'd like to have the seat. >> reporter: there are still ballots to be counted, but they're unlikely to change the outcome of the election or trigger an automatic recount. alabama's secretary of state says his office has found no evidence of voting irregularities. >>> president trump unleashed a scathing attack on the credibility of the fbi. on friday he took aim at the agency's leadership. the fbi is investigating the 2016 trump campaign and possible collusion with the russians, but the agency also receiv

errol barnett has more on this from the white house. >> reporter: president trump continues to deny any wrongdoing during last year's election, with his lawyers now claiming special counsel robert mueller is breaking the law. >> there is absolutely no collusion, i didn't make a phone is -- no conclusion whatever. >> reporter: president trump continues to deny any wrongdoing during last year's election, with his lawyers now claiming special counsel robert mueller is breaking the law. mueller's team gained access to e-mails from mister trump's transition team, provided not by the team itself, but by the general services administration. on saturday, the president's transition team lawyer sent this seven-page letter to two congressional oversight committees, describing that action as "unlawful," adding that "the special counsel's office has extensively used the materials in question." the special counsel's spokesperson said, "when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process."

here is errol flynn as custer in "they died with their boots on." probably one of the most noted in the middle of the 20th century, this is the image of custer most people associated with him. errol flynn captured the seriousness but also the boyish nests of custer the prankster which we will talk about. he captured that custer and became a symbol of that. as the custer myth grew, he became this tragic hero. everything was great about him. when you raise someone up to that level of being a superhero, them easy to transfer them to being the super villain. the 1960's and 1970's when that took hold in our culture, rather than the harar custer, then we had -- rather than the harar custer -- rather than the we had thisr, custer from "little big man." a self-important, chaotic, random, cruel guy who made that decisions all the time. that custer became the real custer too many people. he was a blowhard, he had no anitary ability, he was indian hater, a genocidal maniac and things like this. a dominant image of custer in the last 30 years or so, 30 or 40 ye

here's errol barnett. >> and i can think of no better christmas present for the american people than giving you a massive tax cut. >> echoing his pensacola speech on friday president trump tweeted this morning about the stock market's record highs, the unemployment rate, 17 year low, and the tax cut bill getting closer. he then played golf in west palm beach with republican senator lindsey graham in an effort to shore up gop support amid mounting headwinds. >> i don't know where the bill is going to come out. >> cautiously optimistic republican senator susan collins is withholding support until she sees the final version. collins wants her amendment to eliminate automatic cuts to medicare included. >> but i don't want seniors to have the anxiety of wondering whether the tax bill show is going to trigger a cut in medicare. >> during a thursday flight back to arizona republican senator jeff flake was implored by a passenger suffering from als who is also a democratic activist to vote no on the bill. >> my life depends on it. >> most of the country disapproves of the gop tax plan. cbs n

for my people just one more before i let you respond don't read the comment says i'm not against errol's methods from an individual standpoint but when black americans are tasked with changing the minds of bigots that's a problem so lots of criticism there what do you how do you respond to that i was pondering. don't criticize someone until you've walked in their shoes been to places they've never been to and possibly may never go to you know we spend too much time. in echo chambers agreeing with one another if you and sammy and i are all in agreement about racism and we form a group and we meet every other wednesday to talk about how bad racism is what do we accomplish and we're accomplishing nothing until we invite let's see if he was still a racist and so we invited him to our table to explain why he feels this way what his fears are we can explain to him why we feel the way. we feel about his oppression and insult in the us that's how we resolve issues by talking to the to the other party and that's what a lot of those people don't do or won't do that's what i do scott what's your ta

ntr example, in the obamacare errollment period that ended december 15, 8.8 million americans signedin the 39 states that participate in the federal healthcare.gov marketplace, far exceeding expectations. that's a drop of just 4.4% from last year's 9.2 million, even though the trump administration cut the enrollment period from 90 days to 45 and did far less covertising and public outreach. and another surprise-- red states are signing up faster than blue states, according to bae nationwide analysis. t% of the people who enrolled in obamacare this year live in states that were won by president trump in 2016. some democrats think and hope roe president is shooting h mself in the foot by trying to destroy obamacare when it's doing so much good for many of his own supporters. elaine. >> quijano: chip reid traveling with the president. chip, thank you. as the holiday season continues, the u.s. is also entering peak flu season. according to the centers for disease control, up to 650,000 people worldwide could die from complications of the flu. more now from dr. jon lapook. e- reporter: ea

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errol barnett is with the president in west palm beach, florida.morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump was in his favorite setting last night in front of an adoring crowd, and his speech touched on familiar things. you had your predictable villains and heroes. about his election opponent hillary clinton, but most importantly for the president, he listed issues he says have made his first year in office a success, unlike any other. >> we're going to cap off an incredible first year in office. >> reporter: speaking to a roaring crowd in pensacola, president trump delivered a victory-style speech, flaunting his policies and reminding the crowd it is now america first. the president highlighted november's positive employment report and boasted about the number of jobs created during his time in office. >> we've created more than $5 trillion in new economic wealth just in the stock market alone. >> reporter: for over an hour, mr. trump listed campaign promises he says he's fulfilled, urging supporters to give him another ally in the senate

errol, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. president trump was in his favorite setting last night in front of an adoring crowd and his speech touched on familiar themes. his speech was a fire alarm 1kri79 with the predictable villains and heroet. the president ridiculed the media, joked about his election opponent hillary clinton, and went through a list of issues he says made his first year in office a success unlike any other. >> reporter: speakinging to a roaring crowd in pensacola president trump delivered a victory-style speech flaunting his policies and reminded the crowd it is now american first. the president began by high lighting november's ploemt report and boasted about about the number of jobs created during his time in auchlts for over an hour mr. trump went through a list of campaign promises he says he's full fitted. he urged supporters to give him another ally in the senate by voting for alabama's roy moore in next week's special election. >> the future of this country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very,

. >> errol lewis anchor for spectrum news for us. good morning. how problematic is this information coming out of the new york times were the trump administration this morning? >> well, it really underscores the fact that they have to get their stories straight. either the statement of offense that was signed on perjury by michael flynn was true or not. in his account of events, he speaks with high-ranking officials of the transition, very high ranking before and after his phone calls to ambassador kislyak. if they later are passing around e-mails trying to strategize and say well, maybe we did, maybe we didn't. maybe he's a rogue operator. maybe he lied. maybe the president fired him because of this stuff. it doesn't make a lot of sense. in those cases, frankly, it's the person making statements with a lot to lose. that's michael flynn, whose words should carry the day. >> i want to bring that full screen up, if we could, please of what part of this e-mail was. as it is titled obama doing three things politically. the last one there, if there is

and quite personal notes from a-list actors -- clark gable, katharine hepburn, spencer tracy, and errolie chaplin. there's tommy and jimmy dorsey. >> okay, okay -- nothing about meeting hitler or being a spy. still, it dawns on barry that the most valuable thing edith bequeathed to him could be her story -- now his. >> i had an agent contact me about writing a book, and she actually talked me into doing it. >> you ever write a book before? >> no, never written a book before, and she got me a ghostwriter, and we did it that way. >> what's the story? >> the story is basically about edith and myself and our little adventure and then the lessons that i learned. >> "under one roof" gets barry a $75,000 advance from the publisher. and that's not all. >> actually in the process of making a deal with fox searchlight. >> did you ever think you'd be making a book and a movie about all this? >> no. i just about fall down on the floor laughing because it's hysterical to me. >> i think it could work. i'm picturing a "driving miss daisy" type of guy meets a female forrest gump and they go on a real-l

it may well be that the dfw airport -- errol was right when he referred to 1984 and the power of words. language changes all the time and we are constantly obliged to change the phrases we use. probably what you're seeing here is the administration saying right, stop here. we're not going to have these words which imply certain policy prescriptions and attitudes which are from the left. we're going to have those force our hand on policy. >> most of the words i understand. you can understand or hear at least the argument for or against these terms. vulnerable i don't get and for an administration that's already facing a narrative, to eliminate the term diversity from any budget requests from the cdc is questionable as well. >> well, yeah. i mean, look, if nothing else, it gives you a pretty good road map about what they're going to try to defund. right? i mean, if they're saying we don't want to hear the wordy versety, if you were engaged in for example di ses prevention strategies and making sure you were talking to a minority community or dealing with language issues or cultural issue

>> michael zeldin stand by, errol lewis is here with me now. me this whole time since the news broke that michael flynn was on his way to the courthouse where he is pleading guilty to lying to the fbi and you pointed out a key fact here, which was known beforehand but this just puts a finer point on it, the russia investigation is not a hoax anymore. once the national security adviser pleads guilty to lying to the fbi as part of this investigation, by definition it's not a nothing. >> that's right. it's real stuff. looking at social media, a few, you know, trump supporters trying to point out everybody lies or what about hillary, that sort of thing, some of that hopefully will now go away. now we have hard facts, now we have convictions, now we have something that unless you're the most rabid of partisans you have to be concerned that the person who holds the secrets of our national security, who is tasked with briefing the president each and every day about the overall picture of where we are, is conspiring with the russian ambassador, known t

sean flynn who was errol flynn's son.e did in reality many of the things his father only did on the silver screen. he disappeared never found. , and a lot of guys were lost in cambodia and there was no organization there that we could turn to. i mean, we really depended a lot in vietnam on the u.s. military. the u.s. military was our support system. it was our defense system. you know, the notion that somehow american media undercut the u.s. military. that wasn't the way the grunts felt. and i wasn't able to see how many of you here are former military and how many of you may have served in vietnam, but all i can tell you, the generals back in washington, the people in the cabinet and lyndon johnson's cabinet, they may have felt that the media were the enemy. and were undercutting the vietnamese war effort. i never got that feeling from the privates and the corporals and the lieutenants. and for that matter, the captains and the majors. maybe when you got up to the higher ranks, maybe there was more resentment. we depende

errol barnett is in our washington bureau with more. >> reporter: there was an in tensive fort to getbill over the finish line. it required an incredible amount of behind the scenes horse trading and last minute handwritten additions but in the end the senate succeeded in passing tax reform. >> the yeas are 51 and the nays are 49. the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >>. >> reporter: it was almost 2:00 president pence announced the final vote which was largely along party lines. >> this is a great day for the country. it's been 31 years since we've done tax reform. >> reporter: but democrats bee moan the sign size of the legislation and the last minute handwritten additions on senate floor. >> when we got the bill, this is what it looked like. >> reporter: and online -- >> their sending around their edits as we speak. >> can you tell me what that word is in. >> reporter: republicans say the late changes were necessary to secure votes from skeptical and they were done through regular order. >> you complain about process, when you are losing. >> reporter: those additions incl