i will seem a little later in the program, thank you frank luntz. ahead, the white house reporter suspended for behavior. but next, the fate of cnn after the justice department tried to block a big mega merger. and the president talks time of the upcoming -- ♪ pudding... ...pudding... ♪ [sigh] did grandpa win again? what do you think? yes! download the new words with friends 2 today. >> the president said he is taking a pass on times person of the year on or after winning last year. he tweeted the magazine called to say he would probably be named but would have to do an interview with a major photo shoot adhesive probably is not good enough. time called it inaccurate and they say that peck remains secret until early december. go exactly what are they denying? they do arrange interviews and photo sessions with defined whiskers is the president trying to save face or just working the refs here? the future cnn got bracket is here the justice department filed a suit to block at&t from taking of the norse parent company time warner. in the president well

and the day before the election, actually ran into frank luntz, on the outskirts of a rally in north carolina. i said can trump win? he said, he's going to win if he wins nevada, new hampshire, ohio, and florida. ohio i felt he was going to win. florida i thought his chance were 50-50. new hampshire, thought also 50-50, nevada i thought he would lose. the early vote for democrats was massive. said can he lose nevada and win a blue state? he looked at me like i fell off the moon. couldn't imagine. the next day he won three of those blue state, pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. wisconsin was really the one that clinched it, and it was the one that no pollsters saw. larry, my co-author said his team predicted trump's victory everywhere except wisconsin. once wisconsin lit up, then i said, okay, now you can pop the champagne corks, this over. took three or four mother hours for the networks to call and it standing around me was the press corps and people were crest-fall but they did their jobs and we were there at the end. the breitbart crew, and realizing that donald trump was goin

frank luntz harkens back to a time or effective presidents on both sides of the aisle when it came timecuts of their own, and the common theme was clearly communicated, very focused, and extremely consistent. frank, very good to have you. that is not what's happening now. >> no, it's not. the interview you just did an interview of it. i was waiting for the congressman to say very simple words. we are all about protecting and respecting hard-working taxpayers. the average american is working more, working longer and harder and getting less take-home pay. the advantage of the tax bill is that what you make 25,000, 250,000 or 2.5 million, you will pay less next year, which means you get to keep more of your hard-earned income. i heard none of that from him. all he heard was criticism of the senate. we've got three examples of advertising that is running across the country. all organizations i've worked with. i want to give your full disclosure. one ad is doing worse than the rest because it's only focused for us to focus on the corporate aspect rather than the individual. the higher the li