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 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 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

griff jenkins live from washington, d.c. 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 o

. >> pete: that was our own griff jenkins earlier in the she demonstrating the sure strength of the newmbrella. you can get it at weather man umbrella by the way. >> griff: first time on fox & friends that's the thing to do. >> pete: if >> pete: are you with us from cleveland sir? >> geraldo: hi, you're a real talent and very smart lady. >> lisa: well thank you, go on. >> griff: we have 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

pete: griff jenkins live with details. od morning, griff. >> sexual misconduct allegations are rocking sitting u.s. senators now specifically comedian-turned democratic senator al franken and this time there are photos. speaking out publicly claiming senator franken forcibly kissed and groped her on two occasions in 2006 while rehearsing a skit for the troops, then later on the flight home, the photo you see of franken posing with hands gesturing as he was fondling her breaths while she slept. >> i had a good career and i thought, you know, if i come out and speak out then, i probably would get fired or would just get faced out and i was afraid of that, i'm not afraid of that anymore. >> this happened surely before franken was elected in u.s. senate but in 2010 he recalled the trip on the senate floor. >> we did a four-hour show because we found out that the troops loved the show. i was the cohost with a beautiful woman named lean. >> issued an apology putting out this statement, the first thing i want to do is apologize to

griff jenkins live in nation's capitol with what is at stake. ng, 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 s

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

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

tax plan, this is the senate announces a big change to their plan making some democrats furious, griff jenkinsoins 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 violence to

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

chief holding a joint press conference with the country's prime minister before the state dinner, griff jenkins 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 child shou

brian: griff jenkins is live in washington with the details. o do it. good morning, guys, there's a lot of excitement on the hill, and i just spoke with one of the members of the republican house leadership, and she tells me, look, the president is doing a pep rally to get the votes, steve scalise very confident they're going to pass that 218 threshold into the 220s, maybe more. but, hey, that did not stop democrats who lack the numbers to stop anything from the kill the bill rally. >> kill the bill. kill the bill. >> they better kill this bill, or we're going to kill them in the next election. >> but in the senate, the finance committee continues to mark up their version of the bill expected to pass out of committee and reach the floor for the vote after thanksgiving. and already, one republican, senator ron johnson says he's not on board. >> i wouldn't vote for this senate version. bottom line. this is -- there's a real problem here in terms of the equitable treatment of pass entities. >> that's trouble for gop leadership, considering they can

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

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 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 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 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

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 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

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 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

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 diff

griff jenkins joins us live from the nation's capital with new details on the high-stakes talks. >> asr mara lago for thanksgiving, an hour long call is a great one in which two leaders discussed not only the situation in syria but the threat of north korea. >> we had a great call with vladimir putin, peace in syria very important, talking about north korea, lasted almost an hour and a half. we are talking about bringing peace to syria, very strongly about north korea and ukraine. >> the call comes a day after vladimir putin met with bashar al-assad taking a political path forward in war-torn syria, and coordination of anti-terror, and reflects the white house's desire to relations with russia. 8 point donald trump would make clear on his recent trip to asia back to the campaign trail. >> it is very important to get along with russia. having russia in a friendly posture, always fighting with them. >> i hope we get along break with vladimir putin because it would be great to have russia with a good relationship. >> reporter: the two leaders focusing on the critical need to increase inte

in washington griff jenkins, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> investigation under way in the south bay after a small plane crashes into a home where more than a dozen people live. >>> the search sense fews for an arrest general teen submarine missing. in london i have the details coming up. what if there was only one paper? now what if there was only one mattress? one is not a choice. choose your mattress with tulo. everything you want in a bed, in a box. . >>> fire investigators are trying to determine what caused a small plane to crash into a home yesterday home. >> moments after the plane took off. the details of the crash and how no one was hurt on the ground. >> fire officials say it's surprising but also extremely lucky that no one on the ground was hurt. the plane crashed into this property, we are told that the nose of the plane bridged the -- breeched the inside of that garage, the garage was concerted to living quarters. you can see debris on the property. can you see the branches a water fountain that lost the top of it. 13 people call this house home. most of them were not at home at the

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 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

griff jenkins has the latest. >> reporter: they are neck and neck in the commonwealth of virginia.rat ralph northram over ed gillespie 48-43. in a state that went for clinton last year. gillespie closing the gap since last month, the rnc chairman did not campaign with donald trump but received his endorsement in a sweet yesterday. the president, quote, the state of virginia economy and democrat rule has been terrible. if you vote ed gillespie tomorrow it will come roaring back. northram who campaign for obama sought to make donald trump a liability for lsb. >> we watched the campaign in 2016, one that was embarrassing for this country but also the campaign that was based on a lot of hatred and bigotry and discrimination and fear. >> reporter: likely voters say healthcare, the economy and education are the top issues. confederate monuments were at the bottom. there was the ad that the victory funds come from a factor in, depicting a pickup truck with a gillespie bumper sticker chasing down minority children. ultimately it will come down to turn out and gillespie is confident he will

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

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 is live in washington with the latest. . republicans can only spare two votes and now a second senator steve gains of montana he's a "no." for the same reason ron johnson opposes it, they feel it favors large corporations over small businesses. although, they're trying to get to "yes" holding out for changes that would benefit main street. and six other senators are sitting on the fence. corker, mccain, langford, and collins all are concerned over adding to the nation's 20-trillion-dollar debt and collins, specifically opposing the individual mandate repeal. but the president, he remains optimistic. trump: benefit everybody. it's going to mostly benefit people looking for jobs more than anything else because we're giving great incentives. >> here's the deal. the incentives bill would increase the deficit by $1.4 trillion, which is just under the senate's budget cap which fills out 1.5 trillion. but being tip the scale so a situation of competing commands. one solution is to put what's called triggers in the bill that would

griff jenkins life with the details. >> reporter: a good night for democrats and nowhere was it sweeterin the commonwealth of virginia, democrat ralph northam defeating ed gillespie by nine points 64-45, a clear message continued 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. it is going to take a doctor to heal our differences. >> reporter: gillespie wishing northam well with class. >> governor 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. >> reporter: gillespie did not campaign with donald trump, some, donald trump was quick to say he was that embracing him, twoing ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for republicans won four house seats and the economy doing record numbers, we will continue to win even bigger than before but it was democrats who continued to win last night. in new jersey not even close, for murphy defeat

griff jenkins right now in our nation's capital with brand new details of what we do know so far. n texas announcing a $20,000 reward, guys, asking for the public's help catching this killer. he says. now the fbi isn't saying exactly what happened near the border in west texas. it took agent martinez's life and left his partner critically injured. in a statement that's thin on details, the fbi says, quote: the agent substained traumatic head injuries along with other miscellaneous physical injuries such as broken dow jones. this as president trump reacting to the tragic news offering condolences to the agents' families and vowing to secure that border. >> as you heard, we lost a border patrol officer, we're going to have the wall. it's part of what we're doing. we need it. it's rough territory. that's where the drugs are coming in. a lot of things are happening along the border. the southern border. and we're going to straighten it out. >> while the fbi isn't detailing the incident. border patrol union officials and other agents were ambushed and attacked by illegals or drug traffi

griff jenkins live in washington d.c. with the very latest.ood morning, greg. >> the fbi is the seeing what happened at the border on saturday night the left to healy heal the f. martinez dad and his partner critically injured. the fbi says after being located approximately 11:20 p.m. near van horn, quote, both agents sustained traumatic head injuries along with other injuries such as broken bones. this is president trump offering condolences to the families and died to secure the border. >> as you heard, we lost a border patrol officer. we will have the wall. part of what we're doing. it's rough territory. a lot of things are happening along the southern border. >> while responding to a call. >> border patrol agent rogelio martinez was ambushed by individuals. he was then violently beaten. thank god his partners survived, who was also gravely -- badly injured. it's a very, very violent environment on the border. i think americans have had enough. >> texas governor added as image announcing a $20,000 reward us for help catching this killer. ag

griff: you a hero for my mother jenkins.of the university of oklahoma weighs a public teacher. back then it was honorable thing to do. you are trying to pike 49th in the nation for lowest paid. if you could,st, just reit rate of for us for those viewers that are willing to ted in toes new stool year what you are fighting for. >> i am fighting for all the voices of teachers in the state of oklahoma and across the nation. they are unsung heroes. they go to battle every day. they are in the trenches fighting for these children. we take them on and love them as our own and we want them to be stefl. we need our politicians. we neat the public and president. fighting for our future. molly: every dollar matters but how are you using this money. >> i'm giving it back directly teacher to teacher. i am still in the classroom myself i teach 3rd grade in tulsa, oklahoma. i am trying to surface all the other hands and just going directly to the teachers because who knows best how they need to spend it in their classroom but the teacher i

ainsley: griff jenkins joins us live from washington to break it all down for us. the same time. >> yes. you can. possibly before christmas as the president wants. but first, let me tell you. mitch mcconnell traumatized democrats when taking another swipe at obamacare adding it to the tax bill. >> yeah. we're optimistic that inserting the individual mandate repeal would be helpful. and that's obviously the view the senate finance committee republicans as well. >> but house republicans set to vote on their tax bill tomorrow will not include the repeal. speaker paul ryan explaining in last night's town hall why. >> obviously, in favor of repealing the individual mandate, but we didn't want to needlessly mandate tax reform, given we did not have the reform to get this through the senate. so we want to see if the senate can get it done, then we'll discuss whether or not it gets included at the end. >> house leadership already got the vote. so adding anything new like a repeal could jeopardize things. democrats, of course, uniformly oppose it. and minority leader nancy p

ainsley: griff jenkins is live in with details on this story. ant to ask siri who is in charge. it's confusing. is it president trump's pick mick mulvaney or obama holdover english. this lawsuit filed by english last night asks a judge to decide blocking mulvaney's appointment. this all started with richard cordray resigned on friday tapping his deputy english on the way out to door as president trump sought to reform an agency that he believes has become too political. the president tweeting over the weekend the consumer protection bureau or cfpb has been a total disaster as run by the previous administration's pick. he went on to vow to bring the agency back to life here is dick durbin. >> it's a watchdog agency. wall street hates it like the devil hates holy water. they are trying to put an end to it with mr. mulvaney stepping into cordray's spot. >> the cfpb is the brainchild of elizabeth warren before she was a senator and enacted under dodd frank in response to the financial collapse here is what then congressman mick mulvaney said about it

brian: griff jenkins joins us live from washington with how he's doing. six broken ribs, as you mention, as well as fluid between his lungs and. he tweeted yesterday he's still in a good amount of pain but is ready to fight for lib. this all happened when the senator was blindsided by a neighbor of 17 years. the motive? still unknown. some speculated it streamed lawn care dispute. others behind the it's politically motivated as he had known antirepublican views. but senator paul doesn't believe specifically what happened the attack but said there's nothing that would justify attacking somebody from behind breaking ribs and their lungs. there's no justification for that. now, he appeared in court pleading not guilty and the attorney said the incident was not politically motivated but the fbi is investigating to determine if any federal crimes were committed and the president tweeting words of encouragement saying great to see rand paul looking well and back on the senate floor. he will help us with tax cuts and reform. and i can add we've been talking to th

rob: griff jenkins is washington breaking it down for us. fewer twitter followers, rob, abby, steve, good morning. overhauling the tax code. the president says this will be a much needed christmas present for the middle class. >> we are giving them a big, beautiful christmas present in the form of a tremendous tax cut. >> let's break it down for individuals and families, it creates fewer breackets, 0, 12, 25 and 35%. leaving the top rate at 39.6% in place it nearly doubles the standard deduction. it raises the child tax cut from 1,000 to $1,600. leaves the 401(k) rules intalk the. now, on the business side, it slashes the corporate rate from 35% to 20%. cuts the rate on small business income to 25%. repeals the alternative minimum tax and doubles the death tax exemption, repealing it after 6 years. president trump actually says it's so good that democrats may support it. >> it's an honor to work with my fellow republicans. i think we're going to actually have some democrat support. i think it's going to be very, very hard for them not to sup

griff jenkins is live in our nation's capital with what is at stake for you and your family, griff?od morning, guys. look, this is what is at stake tax relief for millions of americans. optimistic a bill will hit his desk before the end of the year. not all senators are on board. senator collins of maine says the repeal of the individual obamacare mandate which is not in the house bill is a sticking point for her. >> president trump was not my choice for the republican nominee for president. and i did not support him. 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. >> the white house says they are in favor of it but open to dropping it if it means the difference between passing it and collins is most critical because congress can only afford to lose two votes. johnson says no. corker and flake on the fence. not to disappoint the american people he took aim at senator flake saying he will be a nor on tax reform

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ainsley: griff jenkins is live in our nation's capitol with a firm stance. >> good morning.rst lady melania and chinese president. tough talk on trade and as you mentioned trade. do more reigning in north korea's 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 means china needs to fully implement u.n. security council resolutions as well as enforcing tough sanctions. and on trade, president trump blamed past u.s. administrations for a one-sided and unfair trade relationship, giving president xi credit for taking advantage of the opportunities. >> 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. >> china really rolling out the red carpet. we saw the president there just making a toast saying when the two countries work together, you can liberal

lisa: i thought we were getting to headlines now. >> pete: fam pajamas. >> griff: not yet. >> pete: you guys are awesome the jenkinsused of shooting over a dozen bullets on the florida turnpike the gun shots injuring two people in an apparent road rage incident near winter garden s. troopers looking for the suspected shooter whose in a gray toyota camry. both victims were taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries and neither was hit by a bullet directly. >> lisa: a murder of democracy that's what net neutrality activist is calling chairman. protesters leaving these signs in the front of his house. can you guys see that telling his kids their father is an evil man telling them you don't have to be evil. the latest protest triggered by the fcc plans to roll that net neutrality rule and it's in the country's best interest to keep internet a free and open market. >> griff: a heartless holiday crime forcing a family-run christmas tree farm to shutdown during the busiest season. thieves burglarizing this tree farm in california pictures revealing how devastating the damage is. >> in some ways it's like scroog e stol