pete: thanks, griff. after another nfl player protested on thanksgiving day. can you believe the disrespect for our country, our flag our anthem continues without penalty to the players. the commissioner has lost control of the hemorrhaging league. players are the boss. well, does the president have a point? here to debate is democratic strategist michael star hopkins and the managing editor of olympic media katie frakes. thank you both for being here this morning. michael, i will start with you. the criticism is why is he focusing on this with so many other things on his agenda. could you not acknowledge the president can do two things at once or more than two things at once? comment on something critical to our culture while also advancing policy? does he not have a point that politics is downstream of culture? if you don't address what's happening in your culture, eventually it manifests this your politics. what do you say? >> there is a lot to that so let me unpack it. if the president of the united s

griff: i like his name griff.ig coat. it is absolutely frigid across areas here in the northeast with temperatures falling down into the 20s, the teens. this is your wind chill. 37 degrees is the feels like temperature here in new york. as you head in midwest, 22 in detroit, 25 in minneapolis. so if you're one of the black friday day shoppers. this is the spot we're focusing on this morning. >> winter finally got here. >> yeah. wahoo. >> yay. griff: thanks, adam. still ahead, just a dozen days left in congress, so what are the chances of getting tax reform or anything done? byron here to react next. pete: plus, don't know what you're doing with all of your thanksgiving leftovers? i do. down the hatch. we've got recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. >> yes. yes. yes. did yon the national debt?ssman get elected by talking tough will they stay true to their words? or did they promise you one thing... only to do another? right now, congress is talking about tax cuts that will add trillions to our national debt and

griff, over to you.democrat comes swinging at the clintons, slamming the former president's alleged sexual misconduct. >> not only did people look the other way, but they went after the women who came forward and accused him. and so it doubled down on not only bad behavior but abusive behavior. and then people attacked the victims. and you can watch that same pattern repeat. and it needs to end. it needs to be over. griff: is this too little too late? here to debate is founder of new blue interactive and managing director for the democratic congressional campaign committee karen and founder of bold karen sheffield. thank you. too little, too late, why now? kathleen sebelius is now being bold and coming out there and saying this is terrible. she has no political standing. >> and whether she does or not, i'm really glad that we're having these conversations. i think the silver lining on all of this tragic stuff that's happening and this abusive stuff that's happening is that we're finally starting the conv

griff? griff: thanks, lisa.charged with first degree murder. he is the first of as many as 10 gang members believed to have stand a man more than 100 times in a maryland park before decapitating him, removing his heart and burying him in a shallow grave. in the last month alone, 35 ms-13 will wilms-13 members werd to crack down on the gang. is enough being done? joining me now is sheriff chuck jenkins of frederick county, married. no relation, sheriff. but set the stage. montgomery county where this happened is right next to frederick county where you are. it's just noirt of the nation's capital, but you have an incredible exploding ms-13 problem. how bad is it? >> good morning, griff. that's correct. we do have an increasing problem. it's a real crisis going on right now montgomery county for all intense and purposes is my county crimes perpetrated in our streets and our communities, they can't be tolerated. we have to do more. griff: tell me, we talked much in the nation about this sanctuary city issue that's

griff.ing here. >> griff for years i did the stories tell the stories airmen and marines. today is the day we say thank you and over these 17 years it's been the greatest job fox has ever given me. i have a better understanding why this day matters. if you have plans this morning, cancel them. you are not going to the home depot, you may have to go to a soccer game, if you can get around it, stay here, we have some good vets and army band out there. pete: we want your pictures and thoughts, send them in @foxnews.com. everyone shares in this. i took a moment yesterday with my boys. you know what veterans day is. what is it about? do you know people that are veterans. abby: what do they know? pete: they know a little bit. they are young. as the patience we have to be intentional about passing civic duties on. abby: thossend in your photos as well a lot of news going on in the country and overseas. the president was in china for the past couple days and he just landed in hanoi, vietnam, after m

griff: is the focus?sappointed over eight, nine days and then all the sudden it is tweaked on kim jong un. i don't call them short and, >> i've been very critical of the presidents tweeting. but i don't think it matters to the american people. what the american people are so upset with the congress right now. the about 200 bills in the house that eventually died in the senate. when it comes to the president and his relationship with the american people, i think it's strong. people have so with congress not passing. >> there also upset with those who throw stones on a foreign trip attempting to represent our country and consent is being undermined. >> again, give them politics as usual, back and forth in the president not only targeting democrats right now but establishing republicans as well. he is fighting of the politicos that term. >> do you think he will treat a message to millennial for socialism is not such a good deal? >> the president didn't have that much support when it came to millennial and i

>> geraldo: hi, you're a real talent and very smart lady. >> lisa: well thank you, go on. >> griff: weave 10 minutes for you but we have to get to actual news. we want to get your weighing in on the democrats calling for representative john conyers to resign after the sexual harassment scandals hit, capitol hill. he says that they are false, and the ethics committee launching an o fish am investigation into him and want to play a sound bite for you geraldo. this is democrat congresswoman kathleen rice calling for conyers to resign make it a point by the way that pete has been making but first i want you to take a listen to this. >> what i am voicing public lib ly is what every single private citizen is saying across america. why are the rules for politicians in washington different than they are for everyone else. well let's get the ethics commission into it and let's investigate this and make forever to come a up with a conclusion. that's not real. that's not real and that's not accountability. >> pete: geraldo where do you weigh in on this? >> geraldo: john conyers, it's a otsafe dem

griff jenkins live for us this morning, thank you, griff.r three decades as one of dc's most powerful lobbying firms, the podesta on the brink of shutting its doors of collusion investigation. tom fitton always knows what's really going on, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. heather: let's look at the podesta fact facts. tony podesta worked for lobbyist and john podesta worked for obama and clinton administrations, why does it seem that any ties with democrats are looked past in terms of the mainstream media but if you're tie today republicans, then you have big problems? >> it's remarkable because paul manafort was in partnership with the podesta group on the very issue for which he's being charged by by the mueller people. mueller is prosecuting manafort for improperly lobbying but the podesta group isn't being charged when you can make the same argument. tony podesta who is still running the group or was says he's innocent. he filed all the forms properly and nothing to yell him about, well, so does paul manaf

griff jenkins live in nation's capitol with what is at stake.ing, griff. >> the president is optimistic that the tax reform bill will hit his desk by the end of the year and senate to vote after thanksgiving and major sticking point is inclusion of repeal of obamacare, provision not in house bill that passed last week and senator susan collins of maine says it's a key issue for her but hasn't decided no yet because she's hopeful it can be changed. >> i haven't reached that conclusion yet because i think there are going to be further changes but the biggest mistake was putting in a provision from the affordable care act into the senate bill that's not in the house bill and i hope that will be dropped or -- >> this is white house budget director mick mulvaney says they're open to dropping it if it makes a difference to passing it out. >> the white house would love to see obamacare taken apart all at once, bit by bit, however, we can do it. that being said -- >> collins' vote is critical where republicans can only afford to lose two votes, and one

thanks, griff. ainsley: griff, really quickly though, what's the likelihood?8 republicans on the fence. have you two definite nos. they can only afford to two nos. >> we will see. look, the senate budget committee meets today. deficit increase is really a big way to pull the majority of those over. collins, i don't know what they are doing. but with danes and johnson it's a problem because if you cut bigger for small businesses you could add to the deficit. steve: that's right. >> they are in a tight spot for sure. steve: give something to one group, somebody else gets angry. griff, thank you very much. brian: there is no firm nos. except for every democrat. steve: until it's written on a paper it's up for negotiation. ainsley: daines and johnson are no, sir did he ever sit. brian: they are not out. steve: let's tell you about a fox news exclusive silencing a watchdog. the intel community's inspector general, that fellow by the name of charles mccullough iii who worked for years, he was an fbi agent. he worked in treasury. and the inspector general office. the

griff jenkins joins us live from washington, d.c., griff, what can we expect this week?we can expect crunch time, todd, top tax reform, the president tweeting his members return to capitol today, back in dc, big week for tax cuts, many other things of great importance, senate republicans hopefully come through, a tax bill is getting better and better, the end result will be great for all, the senate hopes to vote on a bill later this week, at least six senators are on the fence for a variety of reasons ranging from increasing debt to repealing obamacare mandate to unfair favoring small -- corporations than small businesses. >> we have remembers who are expressing legitimate concerns and we are certainly open to those and have open process in the floor of the united states senate where people can offer amendments, those amendments can get debated and voted on. >> democrats hold out for a fix at what's known as daca program, something republican senator lindsey graham says he's open to. >> i think most americans want to give the dream act kids a more certain life let's do

griff gin kins joins us live from washington, d.c. to break down the plan. good morning, griff.you standing by? >> good morning, heather, it hasn't been done to over three decades to tax reform and they want to get it done to as postcard. >> this plan is for the middle-class families in the country that deserve a break. it's for the families who are living paycheck to paycheck who just keep getting squeezed. >> let's take a look at what's in it. reduces brackets down to 4, 0, 12, 25, 35 while leaving top rate, 12 for individuals, 24,000 for families, a thousand to 1600 and leaves 401(k) rules intact. in the business side it slashes corporate rate from 35% to 20%. cuts taxes on small business income to 25%, eliminates sending jobs overseas and repeals death tax. it's so good it told laura ingraham that it may get democrats to support it. >> it's an honor to work with fellow republicans. i think we are actually going to have some democrat support. i think it's going to be very hard for them not the support it. >> but democrats waste nod time blasting it. >> this is a shell game, p

rob: thank you so much, griff.f illegal immigrant accused of kate stanley, juan lopez sÁnchez, deported five times claims that he accidentally pulled the trigger in 2015 while on a pier, stanley dying on the pier in her father's arms, juror must decide whether it was intentional or not, closing arguments set to begin this morning. >> white house cracking down on sanctuary cities threatening to take millions of dollars in federal aid, attorney general jeff sessions cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration agents with the protection of criminals above citizens, 29 jurisdictions including places like chicago and, no -- new york city have until december 8th to comply. rob: now fighting for his life. >> i hold a pillow to my bed. i think i love you. ♪ ♪ rob: that'll take you back. the partridge family star moving to icu hospital, family rushes to his side, the 67-year-old battled substance abuse and recently announced that he's suffering from dementia. jillian: outrage continues, raiders running back lynch sitti

griff.ng, guys. it's unclear who is getting the top parking spot at the consumer financial bureau this morning. president trump's pick to watch the agency is mick mulvaney or will it be hold joan leann dr. english. the lawsuit filed by english to block mulvaney's appointment will determine who is going to step in. this all started when richard cordray resigned tapping english on the way out the door as president trump sought to reform an agency that he believes has become too political. democrats view it differently. here is dick durbin. >> it's a watchdog agency. wall street hates it like the devil hates holy water. and they are trying to put an end to it with mr. mulvaney stepping into mr. cordray's spot. >> agency created by elizabeth warren before she was a senator and enacted under dodd frank in 2010 in response to the financial collapse. here is what the legislative director for the white house mark short has to say about it. >> we're not supposed to be creating agencies that are not a

griff, thank you very much.iving the mandate giving people the option for insurance or not? she says that, i don't like that. ainsley: why doesn't she like that? brian: to give people freedom to choose. i'm being sarcastic, but she doesn't like it because she feels it will hurt obamacare, which she voted against. steve: it's her way of negotiating. ron johnson says he doesn't like the way they treat corporations under this, and corporations are treated much differently than small businesses. because when you're passed through filer, you oftentimes file at the personal income tax rate. under the plan that they're going to vote on, corporations would file at 20% and pass through filers, small business at 30%. he says that's not fair. brian: if bob corker doesn't do it, it's pure personal. no doubt about it, and he has got to get over it. steve: what do you mean? brian: his animus towards the president saying should the president have the power to have the nuclear codes is a flat out insult to the president, which

jillian: griff jenkins joins us live from washington, d.c. with what happens next., griff. >> hey, jillian and rob, that's right, republicans are making progress and the house did their part yesterday passing tax reform, 227-205 as speaker ryan gave a passionate reminder of what it's all about. >> it's about tax relief and it's about fairness, it's about simplicity, it's about easing the stress and an site any that's in the country. >> and president trump applauding them on twit ir. congratulations to the house of representatives for passing the #tax cuts jobs act, big step toward delivering tax cuts to the american people. all 13 republicans voted against it all from high-taxed states, new jersey new york, new jersey, state of california and no democrat voted for it. now it's the senate's turn. mitch mcconnell says that when the senate returns back to thanksgiving he will bring much-pass legislation calling it imperative for the nation but don't call on democrats to support it. ron had this to say. >> republicans are going to test the limits of exactly how many dif

griff jenkins live from washington, d.c.h what we can expect this week, hey, griff. >> hey, good morning, it's crunch time. only 12 days on legislative calendar and the laundry list is long, tax reform at the top as well as spipping bill deadline next week, immigration, funding for the border wall and children's health care also on the list, the president tweeting this as members return to dc, he says back in dc, big week for tax cuts and many other great things of importance to the country, senate republicans will hopefully come through for all of us, tax cut bill is getting better and better, the end result will be great for all but at least six senators are on the fence for a variety of reasons ranging from increasing the debt to repealing mandate and unfairly favoring corporations over small businesses, gop conference chairman senator john thune predicts they will get there. >> we have members expressing legitimate concerns, ideas on how to make the bill stronger and better and we are certainly open to those, people can

griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. hey, griff. >> hey, guys.hat message in his victory speech. >> virginia has told us to end the divisiveness that we will not condone hatred and bigotry and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. >> that speech interrupted by protesters holding signs that read sanctuary for all. boog the governor as he was left off the stage. despite choosing not to campaign with or embrace president trump, something the president faulted him for over twitter last night. nevertheless, the former rnc chairman conceding with class. >> governor elect is a good man, and i appreciate his service to our country and our commonwealth, and i wish him nothing but the best success as our 73rd governor. >> and in new jersey as you mentioned, democrat phil murphy easily defeating candidate kim by 12 points. we're going to hear a lot about what this all means for 2018, guys. ainsley: i'll tell you what it means. it means virginia is a democratic state, new jersey is a democratic state, so the democrats win. brian: yeah. thank

griff jenkins is live from the nation's capital with details. hi, griff. >> hi, brian.nate race. and on roy moore, the candidate who has been accused of sexual misconduct with a minor nearly four decades ago. charge moore has repeatedly denied. >> well, he denies. i mean, roy moore denies it. and, by the way, he gives a total denial and i do have to say 40 years is a long time. he has run eight races and this has never come up. so 40 years is a long time. the women are trump voters. minnesota most of them are trump voters. >> the president stopped short of endorsing the embattled candidate who has seen a comfortable lead in the poll. taking shots at moore's opponent. democrat doug jones. >> we don't need a liberal person in there, a democrat jones. i've looked at his record. it's terrible on crime. it's terrible on the border. it's terrible in the military. >> jones shot back at president trump at a town hall in huntsville admission the notion he was weak on anything as, quote, bologna. no indication the president intends to campaign for moore in the final days before t

griff, we thank you very much.rera because he joins us every friday. he's our correspondent at large. what do you think of these allegations regarding al franken? >> well, they're not very surprising. i think that, you know, men will be men. you've got a terrible epidemic of sexual harassment that's now sweeping from the media to the entertainment world now politics, academia. before it's over, there's going to be a lot of piggy behavior that gets fried. and now franken is the latest example. in his case, there's also hypocrisy involved. he's a champion of women's rights had been w be he's giving a lot of money out to various female democratic senators. many of whom are returning the money. i think that, to me, the big challenge is going to be see if roy moore, judge roy moore in alabama. now you have franken from the other side of the aisle. we have to respond whether the alleged perpetrator is red or blue, right or left, democrat or republican. we've got to have the same outrage when we hear these allegations, an

brian: up to me to toss to griff, griff.ell blindsided democrats when republicans are taking a swipe at killing obamacare by adding it to the tax bill. >> yeah, we are optimistic inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful and that's obviously the view of the senate finance committee as well. >> house republicans set to vote on tax bim tomorrow will not include the repeal. speaker paul ryan talking in exclusive town hall on fox news explained why. >> obviously we didn't want to complicate the passage of tax reform given we did not have the votes before to get this through the senate. we want to see the senate go first and see if they can get that done and discuss whether or not this gets included at the end. >> republicans are whipped the bill, anything new would jeopardize things, democrats oppose it and speaking of being furious, minority leader nancy pelosi went to far to suggest that this bill will bring violence to our country's future. >> this tax plan is predicated on a budget that does violence to our co

griff jenkins in our nation's capital. thanks, griff. >> good morning, guys.ing to you at home. get you caught up on headlines at home. starting with. this new video just released of the texas church shooting hero. shows him visibly shaken talking to police moments after shooting the gunman who killed 26 people during that service. >> i was home when i heard the shot, and i didn't know what was going on. i had to -- god, i had to get in my faith. he was in the corner with his truck. i don't even know you. thank you so much. i can't think of any other reason why he took that sign out and ended up in that ditch. i know i put some well placed shots. jillian: you could see his handshaking in that video and he was bare foot because he didn't take time to puts shoes on. that building will be demolished and turned into a memorial site to honor the victims and their families. bombshell development in a rand paul assault investigation. we learned the kentucky senator's neighbor renee boucher could face federal charges as prosecutors say the attack could have been polit

griff jenkins, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a california man and mexican woman got married between a door in the border fence. agents opened up the gate for one hour yesterday. the couple had three minutes to say their vows. they were among hundreds who came out for the opportunity to briefly see and embrace their relatives on the other side of the fence. they say the ceremony is a statement that love has no borders. the gate opening took place 50 miles northwest for the prototypes for president trump's border wall.>>> president trump says he should have left three ucla basketball players in jail who were arrested for shoplifting in china. in a tweet he has said shoplifting is a very big deal in china as it should be. 5 to 10 years but not to the father's. china says they were released because of president trump. one of the players fathers dismissed the president's role in the release and downplayed the crime. >>> marshawn lynch getting attention this morning for what he did yesterday before the game against the patriots in mexico city. lynch sat down during the national anthem as he has don

griff jenkins live with new details. >> reporter: the president and first lady melania and chinese presidenting sitting down at a state dinner, tough talks focused on trade in north korea donald trump called on china to do more confronting the nuclear weapons program. >> the united states is committed to the complete and permanent denuclearization of north korea, so important. china can fix this problem easily and quickly and i am calling on china and your great president to hopefully work on it very hard. >> that would include china implement in the un security council resolutions, he cited one side of an unfair trade relationship between the us and china blaming past administrations for the huge trade deficit allowing him to take advantage of us. >> i don't blame china. who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. i give china great credit. >> afterwards they signed $250 of personal product including us-made jets, auto-parts, natural gas, he heads to vietnam for two days of economic summits where face-to-face meeting with vlad

well, three weeks after the landing, general van de griff, commander of the 1st marine division, sent word back to united states saying, this navajo code is terrific. the enemy never understood it; he said, we don't understand it either, but it works. send us some more navajos. so that opened up the gate for united states marine corps, san diego to start recruiting more and more navajos, using the same tactics: you want to fight? you want to join the marines? you want to wear this beautiful blue uniform? come join the marines. so we all volunteered. that's how he went in, that's how he went in, that's how i went in. boot camp, combat training, communication schools. then we all get separated, go to that special top-secret navajo code school to learn to code. initially, 260 code words, all subject to memory only. eventually, by the time the war ended, 1945, there were 400 of us that went to war. and also, our code words grew to 600 code words, subject to memory only. in every battle two communication networks were established: navajo communication network for all top-secret, confidenti

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griff, there's your toss. >> good morning, guys.ing to show up the former rnc chairman did not campaign with president trump. but he is getting a lot of support just in the last hour. the president from across the world tweeting ralph northam will allow crime to be rampant in virginia. he is weak on crime. weak on our great vets. anti-second amendment. continuing horrible economy, vote ed gillespie today. now, gillespie trails northam. northam has a slight lead. and northam sought to make president trump a liability for gillespie in this issue. here is what northam had to say. >> we watched the campaign in 2016, one that was embarrassing for this country, but also a campaign that was based on a lot of hatred and bigotry and discrimination and fear. >> but according to our fox poll, the top issues were health, education, economy, and here is ed who says he thinks he can pull it off. >> i'm confident we're going to. i can feel the momentum everywhere we are going. i have been everywhere over the past -- well certainly the past year. j

jackie: democrats also now ripping their own party, griff jenkins live in nation's capital this morningwith brand-new details. griff, what a story. >> what a story, good morning, jackie and rob, shocking revelations but not a surprise and now it's official, the system was rigged, the former interim chair of dnc donna brazile hammering hillary clinton in a new book about the 2016 election revealing in an excerpt published in politico that under her predecessor congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz, quote, the dnc was rigging the system to throw the primary to hillary. president trump overnight demanding an investigation tweeting this is real collusion and dishonesty, major violation of campaign finance laws and money laundering. where is our justice department? $10 million to retire 80% of the party's debt but at a steep price, she wrote, quote, in an exchange to raising money, investing in dnc, hillary would control the party's finances, strategy and all the money raised. she added that, quote, her campaign meaning hillary's had to right of refusal of who would be the communication dir

griff jenkins live in our nation's capitol.dy took a big rock and bashed both of them in the head. charles: i can't imagine his dad being so emotional when talking to reporters, as one would be. but knowing that's how your son took his last breath. steve: doing his job. ainsley: he said, son, this job is too dangerous for you. and he said dad, it is a job i like. i want to defend my country from terrorists. i want to prevent drugs and terrorists from coming into the country, and his dad said he loved his job. brian: so right there when he said the first thing i'm going to build a wall because a lot of bad things are happening down there. and building the wall will begin to show other countries that america is furious about this. not only do the wall, but get underneath so the burrowing and tunneling could come to a close. robert hire is brian terry's cousin. and among the people that the president would have been elected of brian terry, the border alerting people to the problem is steve bannon. just said that recently. he was o

. >> griff: welcome to fox & friends.com. >> dagen: protesters kicked off about police ticking off shopper s in chicago during the kickoff to this crucial holiday shopping season. are they helping or hurting their cause? hi everybody i'm dagen mcdowell this is bulls & bears. the bulls & bears this week, gary b. smith, joan as max ferris, john layfield along with patrice lee and julie alvin. welcome to everybody. john do these protests do more to hurt the cause? >> john: they do because forget about whether the cause is good or bad. i agree with a lot of what they're protesting but the problem is this we have this year in the united states 7600 retail stores closing compare that to 6800 that close at the height of the recession. you're protesting these retail stores in chicago and chicago's tax base has been eroded. all you're going to do is drive people to buy more stuff online or to not shop. the problem you have in chicago right now specifically with the police department, with social services, is politicians. that you should be protesting. you have $62 billion in unfunded pension and de

griff jenkins joins us from the nation's capital with brand-new details this morning. >> the fbi is notaying what happened in west texas. julio martinez, his partner vertically injured, the details on november 18th at 11:20 local time, federal agents in the big bend sector, located two agents on item, both agents sustain traumatic head injuries with miscellaneous physical injuries, broken bones as donald trump reacted to the tragic news offering condolences to agents families and vowing to secure the border. >> we lost a border patrol officer, we are going to have the wall. is what we are doing, we needed. it is rough territory, that is where the drugs are coming and. a lot of things happening on the southern border and we are going to string it out. >> the fbi is not detailing the incident but officials say martinez and his partner were ambushed and beaten by drug traffickers while responding to a call, attacked with rocks, stu harris, the vice president of the national border patrol council had this to say. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the family, and fellow agents, we are hop

griff jenkins without it differs from the house version. >> surprise, it is different from the house one. let's take a look, here it is. the biggest difference is the senate plan totally eliminates deduction for state and local taxes, the house plan only partially repealed the deduction while still allowing $10,000 for property taxes. in high-tech states like new york, new jersey and california compared to the house which has four, both cut the corporate tax rate 35% to 20%, the senate would do it a year later, a delay and exemption for the estate tax, the house and finally repeals in after six years, the senate plan does not. democrats who are he opposed the house plan are jumping on that deduction difference. cinema leader chuck schumer, had this to say. >> senate republicans telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it is full repeal or bust. >> despite the policy differences, republican leaders in the house and senate say they are on track to deliver tax relief to the american people and the administration is optimistic they are movin

historic tax plan, this is the senate announces a big change to their plan making some democrats furious, griffenkins joins us to break it down. what is the latest. >> quite a big surprise in washington just when we thought the effort to repeal obamacare is dead, republicans taking another swing at it, mitch mcconnell announcing they will insert the individual mandate repeal into the tax plan. house republicans set to vote on the tax plan will not include the obamacare repealed. in an exclusive town hall speaker ryan explains why. >> we were in favor of repealing the individual mandate but tax reform, given we did not have the votes to get this to the senate we went to see if the senate can get that done it we will discuss whether this gets included at the end. >> they already whipped the bill which they are confident will pass the bill despite members and highest tax states upset with the elimination and adding anything new would jeopardize that passage, don't expect democrats to play a role. this bill is disastrous for the middle-class. >> this tax plan is predicated on a budget that does vio

griff jenkins reports the details. >> reporter: big night for democrats, nowhere was the victory sweeterhan in virginia. routh north from deceiving -- defeating ed gillespie, a clear message tying him to donald trump. >> virginia has told us to end the divisive, that we will not condone hatred and bigotry and to end the politics that have torn this country apart. it will take a doctor to heal our differences. >> reporter: northam is a doctor by trade. he assumed some of the president's positions, the president faulted gillespie for not embracing more tweeting from 7000 miles away, and gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. republicans won four out of four house even with the economy doing record numbers we will continue to win even bigger than before. gillespie conceding last night wishing northam well. >> go their own elect northam is a good man and i appreciate his service to our country and our commonwealth and i wish him nothing but the best success as our 73rd governor. >> democrats winning big in several other races, new jersey, murphy easily defeating th

griff jenkins live in the nation's capital where the new door just opened. >> the open door could bether special prosecution, jeff sessions directing the development of justice to evaluate whether a special counsel should be appointed to look into the clinton foundation in the uranium one deal during the obama era. the justice department said sessions is instructing senior prosecutors to make recommendations whether any matters not currently under investigation should be open to require further resources or merit the employment of a special counsel. democrats like ranking member of house intelligence committee adam schiff says of the attorney general bends to pressure from the president and his allies at the.of special counsel to investigate trump's vanquished rival it could spell the end of the province of justice, donald trump has called for an investigation into uranium one on twitter. speaking of the president and twitter his oldest son don junior releasing private twitter exchanges between himself and wikileaks during the 2016 election, trump junior tweeting here's the entire ch

griff jenkins has more. >> reporter: it will be down to the wire, neck in neck, ralph north room withd over republican ed gillespie in a state that went for clinton last year. look at that poll, the chairman did not campaign with donald trump but received his endorsement, the president tweeting yesterday, quote, the state of virginia economy has been terrible. if you vote it gillespie tomorrow it will come roaring back. campaigns with president obama, sought to make donald trump a liability for gillespie. >> we watched the campaign in 2016, one that was embarrassing for this country but also a campaign based on a lot of hatred and bigotry and discrimination and fear. >> reporter: voters showed it was healthcare the economy and education at the top. confederate monuments at the bottom. there was a latino victory which may have turned some voters, a pickup truck with a gillespie bumper sticker chasing down minority children. it will come down to turn out and gillespie says he is confident. >> i'm confident, i feel the momentum everywhere we are going. i went everywhere in the past year,

griff jenkins live in the nation's capital with new details on his firm stance in this department. >>dent and first lady are en route to a state dinner, the great hall of the people in beijing after two days of meetings and tough talks focused on north korea and trade in business. $250 billion for product including us-made jets, auto-parts, natural gas and beef donald trump criticized the unfair trade relationship between the us and china blaming past administrations for allowing xi jinping to take advantage of the us. >> i don't blame china. who can blame the country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. i give china great credit. >> but much focus was on the two leaders talking about confronting the nuclear weapons program thanking xi jinping for his cooperation and calling on china to do more to stop the escalating crisis. >> the united states is committed to complete and permanent denuclearization of north korea. china can fix this problem easily and quickly and i'm calling on china and your great president to hopefully work on it ver

chief holding a joint press conference with the country's prime minister before the state dinner, griffins live in nation's capital with historic spotlight on solidarity. good morning. >> president trump standing with shinzo abe reensured the bond between the two nations declaring that the world can no longer befacient in the face of north korean aggression, something he called a threat of international peace and stability. >> our nations share and enduring bond, america and japan face many challenges, many opportunities. there are many things we face but we will be facing them together in friendship and as allies. the era of strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong, but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last 25 years, look where we are right now. >> in a sign that two leaders are on the same page that, quote, all options were on the table. president trump and first laid yes melania met with citizens putting a personal face on the tragic abductions. >> together we met with the parents who was abducted as a young girl in 1977, no ch

griff jenkins joining us live with gop hold outs who could keep the bill from passing.poke, talked about the plane, they collided, did not explode, they collided. >> reporter: the senate gop leaders acknowledged they don't have the votes yet as a second republican senator says he is no in its current form the same reason ron johnson of wisconsin, they believe it favors large corporations over small businesses. both trying to get to yes, thank webmac i would like to see -- 100 billion to $200 billion in revenue so it actually helps but the president who had to capitol hill to join the republican policy lunch was upbeat about it. >> it will benefit everybody. it is going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more than anything else because we are giving great incentives. >> they can only afford to lose two votes in his razor thin majority, four other senators on the fence, susan collins, jeff flake and john mccain are concerned about the repeal of the individual mandate increasing the federal deficit, the cbo says the senate plan would lead to an increase in $1.4 tril

jillian: passing the sweeping tax bill before thanksgiving, griff jenkins with what they can get done is trying to rally republicans later this morning, big vote tomorrow in the house, tax cuts getting close and despite objections by house lawmakers and high tax states like new york, new jersey and california steve scalise says he is confident he has got the votes. >> i feel good about where we are and we will see a strong vote tomorrow because our members are focused on passing this bill because it cuts taxes, get the economy going again and will create jobs. >> reporter: senate finance can be continues to market their version of the bill that is expected to pass out of committee leaders this week, a vote after thanksgiving, already one republican senator, ron johnson says he can't vote for it. >> i wouldn't vote for the senate version. there is a real problem in terms of equitable treatment of entities. >> reporter: not good news for gop leaders who can only afford to lose two votes. according to lindsey graham failure would destroy the republican party. >> whatever is wrong with th

griff jenkins live with the new developments. >> reporter: we could be looking at a new special counseljeff sessions directed the department of justice to, quote, evaluate whether one should look into the clinton foundation in the uranium one deal. in a letter to the house judiciary committee the justice department and prosecute have been instructed to make recommendations whether any matters not under investigation, whether any matters currently under investigation are required for resources or any matters married the appointment of a special counsel, democrats pushing back, adam schiff of the house intelligence committee tweeting of the a g bends to pressure from donald trump and his allies and appoint a special counsel, the vanquished rival could spell the end of the moment of justice as an independent institution. donald trump has called for an investigation into uranium one. speaking of the president his eldest son don junior releasing a series of private twitter exchanges between himself and wikileaks in the 2016 election, trump junior tweeting here is the entire chain of messages

griff jenkins joins us to break it down. >> reporter: big change, mitch mcconnell sending shockwaveshrough capitol hill when he announced republicans taking another swing at killing off obamacare. >> we are optimistic inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful and that is obviously the view of the senate finance committee republicans as well. rob: house republicans on the tax bill will not include the obamacare repealed. paul ryan explains why. >> we are not going to needlessly complicate tax reform given we did not have the votes before to get this to the senate. we want to see the senate go first and see if they can get that done and then we will discuss if it gets included at the end. rob: house leadership is equipped and competenthey have the votes to pass and could jeopardize that passage. house democrats are uniformly opposed to it. >> this tax plan is predicated on a budget that does violence to our country's future as well as the well-being of america's working families. >> reporter: ryan disagrees saying it offers real opportunity. >> what we are trying to achi

rob: hey, griff. >> hey, rob and jackie, good morning.anding with prime minister abe, president trump reaffirmed the strong bond between the two nations declaring that the world can no longer be patient in the face of north korean aggression. >> the era of strategic patience is over. some people said that my rhetoric is very strong, but look what's happened with very weak rhetoric over the last years. abe agreed with the president's position that all options are on the table. president trump and melania met with japanese held captive in north korea putting a personal face on heartbreaking stories. together we met with the parents who was abducted in 1977, no shield should ever be subjected to such cruelty, no parent should have to endure 40 years of heartbreak. >> seeking new ground to cut trade deficit with japan. finally, i have to mention in a lighter moment, the two leaders participated in feeding of coy feed, president trump just dumping his. at this moment, speaking of feeding, the leaders sitting down at state banquet at the palace

griff jenkins joins us with how it differs from the house version. >> reporter: the senate unveils theirm the house plan. the biggest difference the senate plan eliminates the federal deductions for state and local taxes. the house only partially repeals them and still allowing $10,000 for property taxes. high tax states like new york and california have a lot at stake and the senate leaves it at 7 compared to the house which is four. both cut the corporate tax rate 35% to 20% but the senate the laser for one year taking effect in 2019 and doubling the exemption of the estate tax but the house entirely repeals it after six years while the senate plan does not. democrats who oppose the house plan are jumping on the differences. chuck schumer, one of those high tax states, had this to say. >> republicans telling house republicans there will be no compromise on state and local deductibility. it is full repeal or bust. >> reporter: display those differences republican leaders in the senate and house say they are on track as the administration is optimistic they can deliver relief for the ame

griff jenkins live in the nation's capital with new details. >> reporter: the fbi agent, what happenedurday night near the border in west texas the left border patrol agent martinez dead and his partner critically injured. the fbi says after being located, at 11:20 in vanhorn both agents sustained traumatic head injuries with other miscellaneous physical injuries such as broken bones as donald trump reacted to the tragic news offering condolences for the agents families and vowing to secure the border. >> we lost a border patrol officer. we are going to have the wall. we need it. rough territory, that is where the drugs are coming in. a lot of things are happening along the border, the southern border and we will straighten it out. >> reporter: border patrol officials believe the agents were ambushed and attacked by illegals or drug traffickers while responding to a call. >> we believe border patrol agent martinez was ambushed by individuals, he was then violently beaten. thank god his partner survived, was also badly injured, but it is a very violent environment on the border. i think

griff jenkins joins us with gop holdouts who could keep the bill from happening. >> reporter: let meut this as simply as i can, they have a real math problem, the don't have the votes yet for the second republican senator james montana because the same reason senator ron johnson of wisconsin opposes it, favoring large corporations over small businesses, both appeared to get to yes, saying, quote, i want to see changes to the tax-cut bill to ensure mainstream visitors are not put at a competitive disadvantage against large corporations. the president is on capitol hill to join a republican policy lunch and was upbeat yesterday. >> it is going to benefit everybody, it will mostly benefit people with jobs because we are giving great incentives. >> reporter: republicans can only lose two votes in this majority, four senators appear to be on the fence. susan collins, bob corker and jeff flake and john mccain concerns ranging from repeal of the individual mandate to increasing the federal deficit, the cbo says the senate plan would lead to an increase of the deficit of $1.4 trillion in the

jillian: donald trump ordering dhs to ramp up extreme vetting, griff jenkins has that part of the story. >> reporter: a swift response from the president using direct communication with the american people reacting in a series of tweets, new york city, looks like another attack by a second deranged person. law enforcement following this closely, not in the usa, continued, we must not allow isis to return or enter our country after defeating them in the middle east and elsewhere, enough. than announcing actions he has taken, writing i have ordered a homeland security to step up our already extreme vetting program, being politically correct is fine but not for this. we will learn more what the president means by that but in the latest executive order on travel to the united states, uzbekistan, where this attacker came from, is not on the list of some 11 countries receiving enhanced vetting measures but it is a largely muslim country and like his original travel order, the muslim band by critics, this latest action will receive scrutiny, reaction from lawmakers like lindsey graham who had

griff jenkins live in the nation's capital with new details on the high-stakes conversations. >> reporterading tamara lago, the call was a great one were discussed syria and north korea and ukraine. >> we had a great call with vladimir putin talking peace in syria, very important, talking about north korea, a call that lasted almost an hour and a half, talking very strongly about bringing peace to syria, strongly about north korea and ukraine. >> reporter: the call comes a day after vladimir putin met with bashar al-assad, syria's civil war, a situation cia analyst says is benefited by donald trump's dialogue. >> we need creative diplomacy to try to find a way to stabilize the situation. i don't want to see it in terms of iran and russia, dialogue between donald trump and vladimir putin is a good thing. >> reporter: this call reflect the president's desire to follow relations with moscow, a point he made clear on his trip to asia and on the campaign trail. >> very important to get along with russia. i feel that having russia in a friendly posture as opposed to always fighting with them is