howie kurtz will weigh in. polling guru frank luntz is here to break down how the democrats are stepping on their own message. we'll bring you the tapes. first, trump's successes in black and white. that is the focus of tonight's angle. this is a scene you likely did not see on one of your local or national newscasts. the white house announcing a a bold plan to change the lives io america ofal some of our poorest citizens.ho those who live in the most distressed and sometimes the most dangerous neighborhoods. flanked by senator tim scott any bet founder bob johnson with van jones looking on, you see them there, the president signed an executive order creating something called the opportunity and revitalization council. if you think this is just kind of another brick in the bureaucracy here in d.c., signifying nothing, think again. led by hud secretary ben carson, he will coordinate efforts across the entire federal government to deliver jobs, investment, and growth in underprivileged areas. by the way, it inclu

governor mike huckabee, howie kurtz break down the videotape. also tonight the christmas police are back. we just have an excuse to use our christmas police video thing which i really love. how the u.s. postal service canceled one family's stamp over a claim that the stamp was too religious at christmas. you will not believe it. we begin tonight with this. donald trump making a stand for his wall! it's what voters wanted, but leadership stood in his way. trump is now forcing the hand of democrats, threatening a shutdown. >> president trump: i've made my position very clear. any measure that funds the government must include border security. it has to. it is the solemn promise to protect and defend the united states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. >> laura: joining me now are two republicans engaged in this site. steve scalise and congressman sean duffy of wisconsin. fox's chief political correspondent ed hen try joins us too. congressman scalise you had the votes but the senate looks shaky. are we headed today a sh

howie kurtz, thank you so much.ow does stephen miller react to the suggestion that the white house lacked a proposal for the wall slips through its fingertips. senior policy advisor to president trump here to tell us why those criticisms are wrong. and some breaking news on the chief of staff search. chudley cannons. hmm... he's good. nobody knows the wizarding world like we do... barnes & noble. >> chuck and i are not in a negotiation. we are not going to do $5 million for the wall. >> laura: now the democrats have won control of the house, did president trump's last best chance of getting the wall already slipped through his fingers? earlier this year he came out swinging against a bipartisan immigration bill that would have funded the wall and provided a path to citizenship for doc recipients calling it a catastrophe and a giant amnesty. the bill failed and the wall, well, still not billed. joining me now i stephen miller, senior policy advisor to president trump. does the president feel like this is like the san

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howie kurtz weighs in on the controversy next. kennedy: there was a time when baseball was considered to be or national past time but it's been replaced by digging through people's old tweets to get them in trouble. oklahoma quarterback kyler murray won the heisman trophy on saturday night but his report night was quickly up ende endedy social media. he apologized quote, i apologize for the tweets that have come to light tonight for when it was 14 or 15. that doesn't reflect who i am or what i believe. i do not plan to single out any individual or group. at least he didn't claim he was hacked, joy reid. murray's apology comes on the heels of kevin hart's decision to quick the hoes cars after his tweets surfaced last week. many people believe that the real apology is oatd by outlets like us sarks who ran the story. so is holding someone accountable for the words he or she used as a teenager really the wave of the future and if so should we all just quit or jobs now. joining me with more, awb author ohowiekurtz is here. welcome back

governor mike huckabee and howie kurtz braked on the videotape and also tonight the christmas police are back. we just have an excuse to use our christmas police video, and how the u.s. postal service canceled one families stamp over the claim that the stamp was too religious at christmas. we begin tonight with this. donald trump making a stand for his wall. it's what voters wanted but leadership will stood in his way. trump is now facing threatening a shutdown. >> president trump: i've made my position very clear, and he made sure that funds the government must include border security. it is the solid promise to protect and defend the united states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. >> laura: joining me now are two republicans engaged in this fight. steve scalise and congressman sean duffy of wisconsin. plus ed henry joins us, too. he's been following all the developments. congressman scalise, let's start with you. you have the votes but the senate look shaky to say the least. are we headed for a shutdown tomorrow? >> first of all, i think it was a very i

. >> thanks so much to howie kurtz, great job. really, buttoning up this boxing day. going to be a -- >> mary, happy. >> anti-u.s. well, jessica tarlov. we are going to be right here, add to noon eastern, back on the carpet couch, for here is julie banderas in for harris on "outnumbered overtime." >> julie: we begin with the fox news alert, standing firm on the wall, day five of a government shutdown, let's go out to be 21, i am julie banderas and for harris faulkner today. no end in sight for the shutdown, not down, but the sticking point the border wall as he warns democrats that he will find, not sign a sending bill unless there is funding for it. >> i cannot tell you whether the government is going to be open, and can tell you will not be open until we have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it. i will call it whatever they want. while we are fighting over funding, we are also building. and it is my hope to have this done and completed, all 500-550 miles to have it either

howie kurtz is author of the new column media elevate bush in death and use it to denigrate trump. s host of "media buzz". this is a day, howie, the look back and remember the 41st president. but, of course, there has been discussion about the way his passing has been covered. >> first of all, i mean, there has been this emotional outpouring about the kinder and gentler and decent style of george herbert walker bush, that's great. i do have to contrast that with how he was actually covered as a candidate and president when he was, for example, infamous "newsweek" cover the wimp factor who was a world war ii hero. there was criticism of the willie horton and the 88 campaign. when he broke his no new taxes read my lips pledge. instead of saying he did what was right for the country in the time of rising deficits. he lied and hurt himself and all that. i think looking back, the qualities of kindness and decency we now celebrate in bush 41 is a stark contrast to the hyper polarized times we find ourselves in. it is a nostalgia for washington that no longer exists. >> bill: >> bill: how

i keep hearing, guys like anthony scaramucci saying, i couldn't believe, i was on howie kurtz show before he was talking about how happy he was that general kelly was out. general kelly fired him after 12 days in office. neil: i remember that. >> in office, whatever it was communications director. trump needs somebody who can help him run the white house like he ran the trump organization which is well-run machine. okay, i don't know if he had needles sticking out of his arm when he made that statement, that is one of the dumbest things. neil: i don't think he had needles. >> i'm being facetious. neil: i feel the need to clarify. >> that is something you say, like you have no clue or, you are, under the influence. i can just at the you, i bet it is no clue. my belief, sorry, anthony i think you have no clue, okay? because the trump organization which flirted with bankruptcies was not particularly well-run organization. to compare the white house which is very, very, sprawling to that, general kelly actually managed that well. neil: good man. general and all that other stuff. very tough li

howie: i'm howard kurtz, and this is "mediabuzz." the criticism of the president has bend building and nbc with this story, trump becomes the first president since 2002 not to visit the troops at christmastime. but president trump and melania were already in iraq where the president spoke to the troops. president trump: america shouldn't be doing the fighting for every nation in earth, not being reimbursed' many cases. we are not the suckers of the world. howie: the "new york times," trump iraq visit is called a political rally. gayle trotter and host of the podcast right in d.c., and gillian turner and richard fowler. we heard yes it's good went to iraq but he should have gone sooner. your thoughts? gayle: you saw the tweet by nbc news saying president trump had not gone to a war zone. that was about the same time air force one was touching down in iraq. as soon as that happened they started nitpicking every part of the visit. what melania trump was wearing at the visit to the soldiers in iraq. they are not going to let that escape.

howie kurtz weighs in on that. >> rick: snow and ran across the country. >> not much of the commute. >> it was really seven. a real wet snow. small little snowballs, just floating down. >> heather: fox news alert for you. stocks down triple digits right now. for a 3-484 as it continues to move back and forth. shooting up more than 1,000 points for an all-time record point gain. so it's going to happen, reckitt? up or down? >> rick: i don't know. "the new york times" under fire for their article. as a favor to the trump family. some critics say the report relied too much on uncorroborated allegations. let's bring in howard kurtz, host of "media buzz." this is a remarkable story. the lack of evidence. >> the doctor has been dead for a decade, so we can't ask him. >> rick: one of them said in the article did he examine him? i don't know. >> not only that, but the implication was that trump didn't have bone spurs. at times itself, it refers to us possible explanation. i know that you wrote this down as well. "no paper evidence has been found to corroborate thi

want to bring in media buzz host, howie kurtz. new york times" because of their anger, their animosity, vitriol, an animosity. couple months ago, erdogan and now hezbollah. what do you make of them praising hezbollah? >> this is terrorist organization that murders innocent people, committed to the destruction of israel, isn't it cute that brought in a santa. i understood the overall article which was celebrating christmas in lebanon with a minority of christians, there was obligatory, that u.s. government branded hezbollah a terrorist organization why parrot the propaganda? why play it into the goal of hezbollah. charles: that is exactly what they did. hezbollah knows this is going to happen. this stuff happens a lot. after the murder of khashoggi, erdogan was being praised in the mainstream media as being more of a voice of reason than president trump. now, you know, listen, no matter how you feel about president trump, there is no way, more journalists died under erdogan, more people suffered under erdogan, no way you elevate hi

stuart: want to bring in howie kurtz. you are watching what is going on.media perspective how do you judge the performance of sundar pichai. >>? >> i think his opening statement was tone deaf. with regard to recent revelations apologize, there has been credible evidence about his own staffers trying to cut off the money supply for "breitbart." calling it hate speech. about trying to bury the results of conservative news sites like "the daily caller." this is in e-mails that have been published. he should have said i will not stand for this. we'll do better. we'll investigate. he didn't do any of that he acted like he was disconnected from the reality what we've all seen at all seen at least on the question of political bias. stuart: i don't think these hearings are going to get anywhere appeared the questioners are limited to five minutes each so there can't be an ongoing repartee between the two and which really mr. pichai is really pressed hard. i don't see that happening. >> yeah, i suspect you're right it would be nice if the members were well briefed

howie: is the media chatter justified? plus, the legacy of george h.w. bush. in the end, he was celebrated by the media. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." there is a lot to get to on' michael cohen's guilty plea. it was treated like a bombshell on television. >> we begin with the report that president trump's'' campaign manager met with julian assange. howie: that was weeks before the release of' emails. manafort is calling the story totally false. assange said the meetings never happened. the guardian aloud a serial fabricator to destroy the paper's reputation. joining us to analyze the coverage. gillian turner, a fox news correspondent, emily jashinsky, and jessica tarlov. gillian, i have a lot of respect for "the guardian" which won a pull itser. but this story with the fierce denials seems a bit thin. gillian: even if the guardian * was "us weekly," the believability and trust are between paul manafort, wikileaks and outlet three. no matter who outlet three is, i'm going with them. howie: i bet we'll see this million dollar bet with julian assange. should the media have been more cautious with this. if it's

howie: the new normal, something we paul need to get used to. many social networks criticizing them. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." i'm howard kurtz.ry christmas. check out my new podcast. hide year -- media buzz meter. tune in to foxnewspotcasts.com. whether it's the shutdown or the stock market or jim mattis and the pullout from syria. take a look at our facebook page. post my daily columns there and a lot of original video. we'll be back next sunday with the latest buzz. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow .. print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! >> monday, december 24th, christmas eve, this is "fox and friends first". a fox news alert, killer volcano shown from above, hundreds of dead, after a massive tsunami strikes indonesia without warning. >> more tsunami's could be on the way. overnight donald trump doubling down on his demand for the bord

howie: the new normal, something we paul need to get used to. many social networks criticizing them. that's it for this edition of "mediabuzz." i'm howard kurtz. new podcast. hide year -- media buzz meter. tune in to foxnewspotcasts.com. whether it's the shutdown or the stock market or jim mattis and the pullout from syria. take a look at our facebook page. post my daily columns there and a lot of original video. we'll be back next sunday with the latest buzz. i'm snow. and just like you, the further into winter we go, the heavier i get. and while your pants struggle to support the heavier you, your roof struggles to support the heavier me. [laughter] whoo. [crash] and your cut-rate insurance might not pay for this. so get allstate, you could save money and be better protected from mayhem like me. mayhem is everywhere. so get an allstate agent. are you in good hands? arthel: president trump confirming deputy defense secretary patrick shanahan will replace general jim mattis on january 1 as acting secretary of defense. this as a partial government shutdown is well under way as it enters day two. it's expected to last at least at few more days,

howie: why do the media have to make any story about donald trump. prosecutors found les moonves lied'. '. i'm howard kurtz and this is "mediabuzz." it was according to the media a bombshell of epic proportions. robert mueller finally reveal something of his evidence against paul manafort. there are alleged affairs with very little evidence on russian collusion. donald trump's conclusion? totally clears the president, thank you. you could see the sense of deflation when there were no new revelations and robert mueller said the ex-national security advisor should go to jail. >> i said really? because it's so redacted. >> the frustrating part of this for those interested in the case is the core of his cooperation is blacked out. >> i think this is a big zero. i think this mueller thing and what they did to flynn is disgusting. howie: joining me, mollie hemingway. sara fischer media reporter for axios and richard fowler. michael cohen the memos say was contacted by a russian who wanted to set up a trump-putin meeting which never happened. mollie: that detail was a wrestler who reached out to michael cohen and