member of congress have been explai what he plans to do. we going to see a letter i think a lot of us have been pundit on television. he had no information about the memos had these opinions. for of them, once they both get to see what mueller has, i change >> politically, democrats say the president has sent februa gets confirmation. anythi we have seen in the him. >> that's pretty unlikely. it will come up in his he answers will matter. with whitaker and my view has muelle see any controversy arising muelle >> i think that's an important point. >> rod rosenstein is day to day that hasn't changed. that's a lot of people are >> to that point, the special inis telejens voted to give him wikile what did you know about >> either they are preparing an what they are going to charge there nothing there and they eviden >> for could be either of these >> there is a 30 and mueller is that's a possibility. >> stone said he has not been >> a bad sign. >> usu a bad sign. one is challenging his authority and all the grand jury work >> for could. there p

the congressman explaied how what is inside is out weighed by what is paid by the troops. >> they are willing to lay down their life for our country. they are away. it is the holidays that makes even tougher. the fact that they can connect with people here at home and get these boxes, it really means the world to them. >> what a great turn out. >> this marks the 12th year of operation love from home. they've send over 15,000 care packages. >>> skiers across the bay screaming let it snow and it has. opening the entire mountain before winter even >>> more than 100 volunteers took part in the 13th annual planting day. introducing more than 1,000 native plants. abc 7 news was in san francisco for the event. an effort to engage the community in restoring the nearly 270 acres of the area which is about 20% of the park. >> it is a 30, 40-year project to slowly piece back the area that were lost when this was an army base. >> volunteers helped to remove army land phils, reintroduce native animal species. some serious snowfall has people hitting the slopes. kirkwood opened the entire mountain

. >> rush hourhanges coming today, we'll explai what it means to your commute. >> a power outage createdominous looking scene at some of dc.'s most iconic monuments. more on that straight >>> finally some relief for commuters on the red line. what that means for your commute and what it could do in the rush hour coming up. >> wall or nothing. fo days away from a partial government shutdown. lions fordent wants b a border wall or there could be a government shutdown by the end of the week. >> t clock is ticking for holiday shipping. ewe're starting th busiest week of the year for mail carriers. some tips to make sure that your holiday gifts sw up on time. the weekendain made 2018 the wettest in the d.c. area. >> it may have been raining still last night when some of you went to jack taylor is in for melissa this morning to tell us about the mondaydrorning e. >> but we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist lauren rickets with more sunshine in the forecast. we hope we warm u a bit too. >> those temperatures will be a little above normal today. so i think we can warm for a one day special. i

it had a huge impact because he had his ability to take on very complex moral probthms and explai to an audience in israel and internationally through very plain, simple language, often using metaphors comparing israelis and palestinians to all warring married couple who need divorce. they need to separate with some discussion about shared use of the bathroom, his way of describing jerusalem. he had that knack for explain difficult things in a simple and accessible way. lucy: he was not just on the outside critiquing his society. he had the ear of those in highest office. 'onathan: for one thing, he had worn his countrys uniform and had a scar on his chin from having served in the wars in 1967 and 1973. he was from the kibbutz movement, regarded as the establishment in israel. yet he did have the ear of those at the top, especially on the labor side. shimon peres, who was prime minister of israel and once viewed amos oz's -- reviewed amos oz's books in the papers. the prime minister taking time out from running the country to review a new novel by amos also, yitzhak rabin, the famous

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