re-tweeting dozens of times with more than 100 by early afternoon including one from republican congressman louie gohmert who writes "this is a day that will live in infamy for the judiciary committee." this became a tool of the majority to use taxpayer funds

louis, you know what i love about louie gohmert, louie gohmert is not one of these guys that is goinggton and getting rich. you know why i know that, jason chaffetz? louie gohmert literally sleeps in his office because he can't afford to pay the d.c. swap grant prices and live at home around the houston area. correct? what part of texas? might've got it wrong. >> very true. you are right. i am due north of houston. it is outrageous. you've been talking about this for years now. what gets me as a former judge, i saw people that lied to so often, they had no conscience. it had been so numb, it was completely worthless. we are seeing that. we are seeing that in the house, we are seeing that in the senate, and that's where people can say one thing and 98, 99, say 180 degrees opposite right now, and feel no qualms about being so duplicitous. this is an outrage. we heard for three years, you've been talking about it. crime, crime, crime, crime in progress, we are still even hearing about it. what it came down to the articles of impeachment, there is no crime. still, they talk about this for

louie: pretty stressful. matt: we get orders all the time that come straight from the front office, and it's like, "we need this kit yesterday." lemonis: so whose fault would it be? matt: mike's. so then we have to go around the whole shop and find different parts to make the kit. josh: every time we try to set a schedule, you're constantly stopping and going back, because this kit ends up being more of a priority. louie: mike will come out and say, "we need this kit done." and we know we don't have the parts, so i'll say, "chris, we don't have the parts." he goes, "yeah, don't worry about that one. do this one." so it's like -- it's just... compounded throughout the whole shop. lemonis: the most disturbing thing about their manufacturing process is there is no process. the reason it takes six months to make a drum is they don't know what they're doing. chris: we've been a little bit behind on checks. lemonis: who are these checks to? chris: got rent. we have checks to fedex. and we don't have enough money to

louie gohmert, steve scalese.hen we come back, the first lady, melania trump furious that her son, barron, brought up in today's hearing. also hillary clinton went on howard stern's show. uh-oh. you won't believe what they talked about, straight ahead. they talked about, straight ahead. will ♪ >> sean: melania trump furious after the democrats' star witness, ivory tower stanford professor pamela karlan brought up her son, barron, in today's hearing. she offered a halfhearted apology, a sad attempt at one, take a o look. >> i want to apologize for what i said earlier about the president's son. it was wrong of me to do that. i wish the president would apologize, obviously, for the things that he's done that's wrong.ou but i do regret having said that. >> sean: all right, we do regret having said that. all right. also tonight in news, hillary clinton, a guest on howard stern's radio program. okay, only on howard's show. take a look. >> he was so handsome. he was really handsome. >> really? >> hee was really handsome.

>> louie gohmert. david: who? >> louie gohmert. david: i love louie gohmert. what a character.xcitement. talk about impeachment. >> impeachment. chik-fil-a thing. probably not i think he would agree with me on chik-fil-a versus popeye's. david: when do you think the impeachment will be over? will be it quick or dragged on and on? >> i want it to go to trial in the senate. i want the truth to come out. i want to hear from james comey and adam schiff. american people deserve it. >> that will probably not going to happen. david: we'll see what happens. as the president famously says. thanks, gang. that does it for "bulls & bears." we hope to see you back here tomorrow. so long. liz: a story we've been covering for months and months. now happening. supersecret fisa court shred former director james comey and fbi team for shady way it got fisa warrant to spy on trump campaign. the court ordered the fbi to come up with a reform plan in less than a month after the scathing doj report. the watchdog reportedly probing whether fbi fisa abuses are systemic. new legislation is underway to

abc7 news reporter david louie is live in san jose with this really frightening story all began. david? >> well, this very dramatic and violent story started right here at this house on reed street in san jose. the neighbors heard screams late last night as the father of the 2-year-old girl apparently grabbed the girl after stabbing the girl's mother. the father then drove 200 miles to the south before being spotted. >> they detained him until police got there and took him into custody and the girl is safe. >> that was the good news as alert patrons of a gas statio in cambria recognized the vehicle. as luck would have it, the kidnap suspect victor magana had locked the keys inside the vehicle. his 2-year-old daughter bethanie carraza was safe inside. bethanie became an apparent kidnap victim after her mother was stabbed outside her san jose home. neighbors became concerned around 10:00 p.m. sunday night. >> my roommate was saying she was yelling help, help, he is going to kill me. my roommate saw her hopping over the fence. >> they and paramedics found the mother slumped over the

. >> i just want to hold onto every moment. >> reporter: what will you miss about being king louie as you have been the last 25 years? >> oh, the freedom, the laughter, the joy, the complete irreverence to whatever is happening. >> oh, where's your hat? >> reporter: the story follows snow white as she looks for love around the world, but the cast and crew will miss the fun of weaving in fresh material almost daily. >> it was fun. >> reporter: former stage manager saying what joe sees to the news one morning can end up on stage hours later. >> most of the time it will work and we'll have somebody rehearse and costumes and add it by that evening. >> reporter: like when gay marriage became legal in san francisco. >> when louie sang i'm getting married in the morning, ding dong, it's such a lovely day, that brought the house down. my fastest change is probably from buster posey into ruth bader-ginsburg and i have about 45 seconds to do that. >> reporter: meanwhile the cast and crew are counting up their blessings as they count down the final performances for the show that's become part of

the freedom caucus chairman andy biggs and louie gohmert. thank you both forking with here. i will start with a question based on what the vice president said. he said impeachment isn't necessarily a foregone conclusion. i will start with you, congressman biggs. what do you think of that? >> they are running off the cliff as fast as they can. but there are 31 people in contested districts are trying to pull back. if there is an exit ramp i think they would try to take it. we'll see how this goes tomorrow in our hearing. he may be right. but it's going to take a real strong showing by the american people to help push it back. judge jeanine: congressman gohmert, is it foregone? >> i think there is a chance it wouldn't go through. if you look at what she said earlier this year. she made it clear this is not something she wanted to do. she suns she'll help re-elect donald trump to a second term if she pushes it to a vote. so there is still a chance they may decide they may not want to help re-elect president trump. but the left side of her caucus is pushing her so hard, it's pro

has louie ever seen snow?two months of life before we got him. but with us, he has never. he would hate it. he hates the rain. he is like get me inside. i want to be warm and cozy. so i don't think he would like the snow. >> well, i'm surprised. i know i have seen a lot of animals that don't like the rain, but snow. >> everyone loves it. >> that's good stuff right there. >> that will be on louie's bucket list. we'll make that happen. >> you got to take him to tahoe. mike bloomberg's created on tover 400,000 jobs.ue leader. as president, an opportunity economy that works for us. tax fairness -- where the wealthy pay their fair share. education .. affordable college and high skill vocational training so people can succeed in the new economy. economic security .. lower cost health care and affordable middle-class housing. proven leadership on jobs .. to build an economy where people don't just get by, they get ahead. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. >>> breaking news from emeryville. a lot of first

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stepping out to explain what is going on, congressman louie gohmert. what has been going on for the last two days? >> rep. gohmert: it is an animal farm, it is insane, it is outrageous. i've sat through some really bad trials, as a judge, but this exceeds anything i've had to sit through. it is such an outrage. it is so ironic, too, they don't have a crime, they have had to drop every single crime they've alleged, they have nothing now, other than they have basically offended the majority in congress. they've abused power. it is congress abusing power and how ironic joe biden would say if subpoenaed, he would defy it, he wouldn't do it. that is what this mob is trying to kick out from trump to the white house and we just took up an amendment that jim jordan had filed that said, okay, basically you say it was an unfair election in 2016, let's amend your impeachment articles to say, you're not trying to keep him from running again or being elected again. they don't want to eliminate that, that is one we've taken up. pretty clear they have been exposed. c

louie gohmert said something that ruffled jerry nadler's feathers. you state your point of order. >> there is no rule nor precedent for anybody being a witness then giving a question -- >> i have ruled. >> the point of order is he's inappropriate to be up here asking questions. >> that's not a point of order. >> how much money do you have to give? kennedy: then the whole thing went off the rails and doug collins from georgia tried to find out how doug collins phone records got included in adam schiff's report. >> be careful you are under oath. >> i will go on record and tell you i will not reveal how we co- conducted this investigation. >> i'm done with you right now. you are not answering the question. you are not being honest about this answer. because you know how it is, you are just not answering. kennedy: then he put him in time out. and don't worry, folks, this could be the last hearing before articles much impeachment hit the house floor. they may vote by christmas. will this. >> today was a monumental waste of time. >> louie gohmert made a go

. >> at least nadler saved us from louie and jim jordan. >> it could have been entertaining at 2:00 a.m someone said nadler saved america from louie gohmert. >> it is good late night tv with some popcorn and soda. >> i did feel like the democrats were losing their momentum because the republicans were just relishing the spotlight. i mean, going at them over and over again. and so republicans are prime to do this. i think they would have gone for 48 hours straight if they could. >> listen, i do have a good sense about this, right? i had a good sense about the 2016 election. you remember that, amanda. i said, listen, he could win. and you know, i have a good sense about how women in the suburbs, black women, they're not digging this. i think white women, white suburban women and black women aren't digging this. and they have -- they are going to be very big in deciding this election. they're watching this. they're watching the antics especially on the republican side and they're going i've got about 15 seconds left, they're not liking this at all. >> yeah, and look what does donald trump

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this little girl is the daughter of louie long. he helps me around the studio.et in, so models are no problem. >> do you still have the sketches you made? >> yes, i have them over here. would you like to see them? >> i sure would. >> welcome, come on over. >> okay. ♪ [ whistling ] >> would you say, norman, that the golden rule cover is sort of typical of your work? >> well, i guess not exactly typical. >> is it like anything else you have ever done? >> is well, the "four freedoms" that i did. you see, whenever there's a big idea that i'm trying to portray, i always use plain, everyday people to express the idea. >> i see. >> well, in most of my work however i try to do everyday situations. ♪ >> i try for more than just humor. pure gags, they're no good. they're soon forgotten. you have to have a little pathos or a little depth in them. take this cover for instance. the idea of an old man with a violin looking at a sax owe phone with a sign "jazz it up with a sax." it is supposed to be comic, but the overtones of whether you should stick to the old ways, to the v

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wheel, 6-year-d prince george ridingp front in a booster seat. 4-ye-old charlotte and with 19-month-o louien the back. separate cars, the kids split, thinthere's still trouble with the couple after this royally awkward shrug-off went viral? dot worry. after the queen's brunch t cambridge cl left together. but m.i.a. from all the archie.ties -- harry, meghan and it's bn nearly six weeks since we saw the duke and duchess of suex out together at a royal event. they're stl their six-week break from official duties and are at an undisclosed location with their son and spending time with meghan's mom doria. >> hello. doesn't this look amazing. >> but back to this moment. we can't help bukeep playing pda gate., kate and william's did kate brush off her husband as they filmed a bbc cistmas special? one royal source tells us the two make a point to ep the pda to a minimum at public events because they are the future king and queen. the most you'll get is william opening a door or puttinhis hand on her back, plus a rare moment when kate puts her hand on williams's knee or a fun hug aftea competition.

we call this the nuclear option the cemetery helped louie practice with his new wheelchair. i think he wants to go for a walk he wants to go out and explore and every day he's getting a little closer to taking his first steps out into the neighborhood we. i'm so proud of you. >>i do go who is doing his thing that's hot dogs fail he says that they're still working on you know getting lou used to those new will days only had it for 2 weeks or so, but eventually they say they're hopeful that he takes to it and they would love to be able to get him out on actual walks around the neighborhood every day we'll out in the sketch is that those 2 legs and he's ready to roll that wraps up kron 4 news at 5. thank you for being with us this hour, we'll see you back here tonight for kron 4 news at 9 in prime time right now pam moore and can winner here with kron 4 news at 6 and vicki thanks to both coming up next at 6 o'clock we are following breaking news coming out of san francisco, a 2 alarm fire now considered fatal. we have late details, the brother of a backup 49 ers quarterback was

abc7 news reporter david louie is live with the very latest. david? >> this situation had this neighborhood in san jose on edge all day long. there was good news coming out of this. this developed late last night when people on reed street heard a woman screaming. the woman they came to rescue said she was very concerned about the child who was inside, but the child was found ssing. patrons at a gas station in the town of cambria recognze the vehicle from the amber alert and intervened. san jose police are grateful that the public got involved. this is sergeant enrique garcia. >> they detained him until police got there and took him into custody and the girl is safe. >> reporter: the 2-year-old girl, bethanie carraza, was apparently taken from this home in san jose shortly after 10:00 p.m. sunday. the mother was found stabbed by neighbors after they heard screaming. >> my roommates were saying that she was yelling help, help, he is going to kill he. and then from there one of my roommates peeked from the window, saw her hopping over the fence right th

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this moment when texas republican louie go maurt demanded -- prompting house judiciary chair nadler to assert the request was russian propaganda. >> in 1998 senator schumer said, and i quote, this impeachment will be used as a routine tool to fight political battles. we thought it was a prediction. it was a promise. and now it's playing out. it's exactly what's being done here. and for those that say we don't address the defenses of fact, here you go. the impeachment serves two purposes. number one, stop the investigation by the u.s. department of justice and ukraine into the corruption of ukraine interference into u.s. election in 2016. you said this was about, oh, this terrible russia collusion, oh then that fell through, it's about emoluments, it's about bribery, it's about extortion. it's changed. but one thing hasn't changed, and that is the intent to impeach this president. it's always been there. but let's be honest. the president turning his back on ukraine, that happened in 2009, because in 2008, ukraine invaded georgia. what happened? put bush put sanctions on russia to teach

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abc7 news reporter david louie is live with the very latest. david?ood in san jose on edge all day long. there was good news coming out of this. this developed late last night when

an offshoot of the main pro-democracy protests which of rop hong kong for almost 7 months florence louie's in hong kong and says the demonstrators hope to disrupt the economic activity to force the government to meet their demands. this protest here is partly an offshoot of the main protest movement that's gone on for 6 months in hong kong but it's also partly to protest against the practice of our now trading pownall trading is a practice where shoppers traders come and buy goods in hong kong in bali and then resell them for profit in mainland china a majority of these traders are mainland chinese it's a practice that locals if you destroy their social and economic life it's called shortage of goods it's driven the prices of goods and hong kong people i'm happy about this practice so this is what this protest is about now we've seen the shutters in the shopping malls shut as soon as protest is moving its protesters hold of the main one tiny now in these protests that have gone on for the past 6 months the anger against the hong kong and chinese government and now it's still down into the

isn't the 1st time the 2 have teamed up the fashion house work with lead developer riot games for louie baton inspired cosmetic items for the games but those only fetched $10.00 apiece when you were purchased and i bet i don't know what that's like a $100.00 times multiple but i think i don't know you have kids do they play video games and do you know play league of legends but they do play a lot of it and would you buy them a $5600.00 leather jacket i wouldn't but i suspect there are some people in this building who might like christie iowa i totally see her go into getting this house i think you'll win here who can afford i think it there louisville town anything in the crowd i want to i don't want to blanket statement that but i think i might be interested only i think she has a little bit what about you i mean do you think it's a little bit out of touch i think a little bit out of to know your audience and i might buy something a little more high end but that being said i'm going to spend you know $100.00 on a t. shirt there's no doubt i'm good and that's it for this time you can ca

wednesday, taking the traditional walk to church the two eldest children may join the walk prince louieey are on extended break with 7-month-old son archie, celebrating christmas in canada, where meghan worked for many years as an actress before marrying prince harry. but he made an appearance by video. giving a special christmas message to children trying to make their christmas a bit brighter >> we are expecting a special surprise from the duke and dutchess of cambridge. we're not sure what it is. maybe it's a new royal tour. maybe it's a baby. in which case you could say the "today" show family and the royal family are in a competition for who can have the most babies. >> not a bad observation. >> we're popping them out, that's for sure. >> i think we're going to win. >> what's in british christmas pudding is the question. >> christmas pudding, is a stodgy, do you use that word, filled with dried fruit, hot cake, that it takes sometimes 12 months to make and then you pour a kind of yeo sauce all over it and you only eat it once a year for a reason. >> no idea. >> exactly >> prince ge

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that's come up from louie gohmert and others live in the house judiciary committee. most of all, they want hunter biden. remember where all of this started on your crane, rudy giuliani, others were saying that the media has not focused on the fact that hunter biden got all this money from ukraine but did not know what he did to earn the money while his father, the sitting vice president overseeing policy for the obama administration. if there is going to be a trial, the president and his advisors want hunter biden front and center if not joe biden as well. >> laura: finally, the white house obviously feel confident -- they want to go for the full-fledged trial. they are really confident tonight that not only are they going to win this, but they are going to punish the back bad actorswho started this. >> no doubt as they watch this play out before us, laura. look, take the victory. already winning this battle when you look at polls in iowa, wisconsin the last 24-48 hours i suggest as tom evans reporting a moment ago that especially with independent voters, they are tu

. >> louie gohmert took a swipe at the democrats attorneys for being partisan legal donors. >> he's an appropriate to be here asking questions. >> that is not important. >> how much money do you have to give? >> will not have dispersions on members of the staff of the committee. >> jerry nadler tried to keep a lid on the bickering. >> you will not yell out and attempt to disrupt the proceedings. >> the inclusion of names of people whose phone data records were elected was a smear. >> they did not contribute to your report. it's nothing but a drive by. >> with the chairman out there to answer, some republicans flashed anger. >> we want him in that chair and not you. the person that wrote the report is the person that should come to present it and you want elected by anybody. you're given a testimony and place of the chairman. >> he said yesterday articles will be introduced this week. republicans called the mayor with grounds to ever impeach a president. >> shannon: mike emanuel on capitol hill, thank you. two major parking stories. house democrats drafted two articles of impeachment to

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re-tweeting dozens of times with more than 100 by early afternoon including one from republican congressman louierites "this is a day that will live in infamy for the judiciary committee." this became a tool of the majority to use taxpayer funds to defeat a president. officials say they are ready for a potential senate trial. >> we all believe he will get a fair trial in the senate and that's why he wants to be heard. >> the trump administration suspended aid to ukraine to compel its government to investigate the bidens, the white house office of management and budget offered a different justification. the budget office says it held aid to ukraine several times because of "a duty to taxpayers to ensure that the corporations are spent wisely in accordance with statutory requirements." while the house moves towards an impeachment vote, it did pass a bipartisan defense policy bill that includes a measure extending 12 weeks of paid parental leave. >> i called for congress to pass paid family leave into law and it was well received. >> these bipartisan moments appear at a premium. in "the washington p

. >> law professors offering a rebuttal of louie's comment on wednesday's impeachment hearing.hey publi 500 scholars argued president trump committed an impeachable conduct. put simply if a president cheats in his efforts at the election -- clinton, is the -- is the combativeness the same are the levels of vitreal in the air the same now as they wer were they higher then, perhaps? >> i think they areer incredibl higher now. we're living in such a different mediasu environment. but there were claims of hoax and witch hunt during the watergate case. so, it's not all that different. you think the underlying crime here is much worse than the underlying crime in watergate, the threat to democracy, the threat to national security is much worse now and must be taken very seriously. >> do you understand, do you endorse the white house strategy of sitting out this round where a defense is concerned? >> well, i think that they lose a lot of credibility when they keep complaining about things that keep getting changes to what they want. then they lower the bar and say they won't participa

. >> laura: i ran into louie gohmert and the green room and the moderates want to shut this thing down concern as a lawyer is that you never know what you are going to get. you think, it's like, don't dig a hole when you are on top of firm. that is only concerned. i kind of wanted to take it to the wall. >> we all like to hear from the whistle-blower but mitch mcconnell and the senator's going to do, the facts on the president side. we said this for months now. we had the transcript and a quid pro quo. the two guys, president trump sent no pressure, no linkage, no pushing whatsoever. we have the fact ukraine, it was held up at the time and almost importantly the ukrainians did nothing to get the aid itself. so those facts have never changed, will never change. >> laura: they keep saying you never argue the substance. they are like oh, they are not arguing the substance. ken buck, jim jordan and tom mcclintock are talking about substance. >> list talk about substance for a second. if you brought a case to the court, no crimes but ten crimes, crimes are made up, those are the two article

republicans who knew john dingell and were friended with debbie and were very apologetic and including louiert apologizing for the president and i think it is reminder even though this rancor has hit a fever pitch in washington amid the impeachment, there is decency in the halls of congress with lawmakers reaching out to deb yu a-- to debbie and trying make amends. >> a little more courageous if they would do it so publicly and tell the price to dial it back. >> i'm looking ahead to elizabeth warren's speech and she's hoping to redefine the race at that moment. painting herself as the anti-corruption crusader against trump and trying to get a lift from that third place she's in right now in the polls. >> timing is everything. we've see. >> so for the last couple of weeks we've seen the u.s./mexico/canada trade deal has stirred riff among the republicans but among the senate democrats and particularly those running for the 2020 nomination and we saw that on thursday when you saw bernie sanders saying he would not support the agreement and it is improvement from nafta but still concerned about

. >> stephen: representative louie gohmert took a more negative view of the proceeding. >> this country's end is now in sight. i hope i don't live to see it. >> stephen: wow, that's a bold statement. but it explains his reelection slogan: "gohmert 2020: take me, death." ( applause ) dumb, the guy it dumb. he just plain, old dumb, baby. trump is reacting to the impeachment news with his usual calm and measured ranting. yesterday, he sent an angry six-page screed directed at nancy pelosi. and today he passed that rant out to every member of congress inside a massive christmas card. ( laughter ) that thing is the size of a cheesecake factory menu! which makes some sense, since both feature an "orange chicken." are the card, the card is signed-- ( applause ) the card is signed by, let's see, it looks like that says president "amnanhunmun" and first lady "whaaa jimmy." the president didn't stop with "angry screed" and "comically oversized card," because he also included a second, smaller christmas card. cards within cards! it's like a russian doll-- which, coincidentally, is trump's secret ser

>> julia louie and i have a standing thursday-night date where we meet at the wetsels pretzels and share hot hollywood goss. >> did you happen to know that xavier ghosted tiffany? >> jimmy: i did not know that. who are xavier and tiffany? >> the manager of wetsell's pretzels. can you say drama? >> jimmy: that's really hollywood goss. thanks for stopping by. >> well, we're not leaving. >> jimmy: oh. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i don't really -- [cheers and applause] but i really don't have time for a visit right now, because -- >> oh, really? but you had 12 minutes for the hanukkah saurus thing? >> jimmy: that was not my call, and it was the hanukkahcorn. >> oh, yeah, that's a lot better. >> let's keep it simple and maybe just ask us some questions and we'll just chat. >> sure. >> jimmy: you doing anything for the holidays? >> what am i doing for valentine's day? great question. >> jimmy: that wasn't my question, really. >> i'm not sure, julia, are you doing anything? >> yeah. >> for next valentine's day? >> oh, will, do you mean february 14th, 2020? i have plans to make love to my husband. >> oh.

louie gohmert's art is -- >> interpretive dance. >> you say you don't think they would try to impeachnesses, no pun intended. the white house has. there's the one by democrats talking about giving it to democratic candidates basically calling them liberals. >> yeah. that's both predictable and unfortunate. we'll see if they stick to the history t press confident, the case law, or whether they act as partisans. i don't imagine they'll do that. feldman has written columns for years in many well respected books. if you have a paper trail, you've got to have an opinion to put your finger on. it's not ideal. kit be said you're partisan. at the end of the day, this will be about can they elevate the day. can they talk about how it might relate to the situation we're facing as a country and can that be twist and demonized? it can be. or will it rise above simply because of the historic way. >> elie, of course, we're living in a time when anyone who has given an opinion or voted is accused of not being able to do their jobs appropriately as we know. however, couldn't the democrats have chosen

you have louie gomer of texas. you have a lot of firing brands on this committee. and all i have to refer you to is the time the republicans stormed the secure location, what's known as the skiff. i think you're going to see a lot of theatrics play out in this, and it could turn into a circus unless the chairman rules with an iron fist. >> i always thought of it as the zoo behind bars. it could add up to that on wednesday. >>> the former fbi leader who has been a target of the president for two years says she is done being quiet, that she is taking her power back. hear what lisa page's breaking point was. >>> plus the french president recently said the u.s. was making nato brain dead, and now president trump faces those allies as temperatures rise. >>> hear what happened in the supreme court as the president made his first gun case in more than a decade. you might not notice. but new or changing symptoms can mean your pv is changing. let's change the way we see pv. you track and discuss blood counts with your doctor. but it's just as vital to discuss changing sympt