jim baker as his chief of staff, a really skilled, shrewd political insider, ed meese, a counselor todent, and michael deaver in charge of the media operations. they ran the white house. >> the assassination attempt and aftermath elevated ronald reagan's popularity to a new high. the latest nbc news/associated press poll shows his job rating jumped ten points. >> reagan understood that he was getting this sort of sympathy reaction. everybody was rooting for him all of a sudden because they didn't want him to die. they didn't want to lose a president. so without missing a step, he goes right into what the message is. we've got to get this tax and spending bill passed and we've got to do it now. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> it was just like the movies. reagan was a true american hero. >> the president looking very jovial, very healthy. >> i was seated in the well of the house there when he was addressing congress. it was magic. everybody was so grateful that his life had been spared. it was a stirring moment. >> if he wants them to stop, they're not going to st

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where brittany meese has been trying reluctantly -- >> everybody hates the damn thing. >> reporter: toshelf -- sglefry year they're like where's elfis. >> he reports back to santa and 9-year-old grayson explains. >> to see if we're bad or good. >> reporter: but this year grayson and 5-year-old aislely's mom who knows she will not win elf on the shelf mom of the year was keeping it in hiding until days ago. >> i panicked because they were coming around so i grabbed him and tossed him in here really fast. yesterday i preheated the oven for pasta and didn't think to look. i started to smell something super funky. by then when the kids heard the word elf they thought that he had magically reappeared. i started to grab him out and the kids were like, don't touch him. he'll lose his magic. we were trying to like wiggle him out with utensils and his head flew off. one screamed. one cried. one asked if santa would fix him and then the other was one was glad that he would no longer tell on her. >> reporter: yes, 5-year-old aislely was glad the snitch was dead and because she put it on facebook,

meese put your safety glasses on.having been an aviation safety officer in the marine corps our concept back then was the bigger you painted the safety sign, the more you were all into safety. there was no correlation how you role it out. that's the kind of change we're talking and the kind of conversation we need have. but i agree with you 100%, we have little time to let this languish of the shelf. the and can do nieced to tighter. >> good morning, mar sect,ty headquarters marine corps at the pentagon. >> thank you. >> my previous job was out in seventh fleet, and so the incidences that have happened hit close to home. my question is, having worked in the portion of scheduling in seventh fleet, how do we expect to meet the operational tempo in seventh fleet and also meet our readiness metrics, because the schedule is so hectic and changing but we also want to be a responsible partner to tower japanese allies and our own sailors and getting them ready for the fight. >> not lost on anyone in this crowd, the navy/marin

i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether it's listening to it or playing it or teaching it. all that really matters to me is that i'm surrounded by the sounds, so i'm going top keep doing what i'm doing to keep my life in that direction. >> manufacturing in cities creates this perfect platform for people to earn livelihoods and for people to create more economic prosperit

the department of justice spokeswoman tells meese they are working with the senate judiciary committee but declined to comment further. the president has referred to the fbi as "in tatters," and repeatedly called the russia probe a witch hunt. peter strzok sent it the anti-trump text messages during the campaign and he was part of the russia probe till he was removed this summer. one republican today says while he defending the fbi, it does need to be scrutinized. >> in my almost decade serving in the intelligence community, i had the awesome opportunity to serve shoulder to shoulder with a lot of real patriots in the fbi. and so i have full trust in the bureau, but one of the things we should be doing in congress is fulfilling our oversight role and making sure the right trade craft is being used. this is something that we have to make sure and ensure that the people that are law enforcement, federal law enforcement and intelligence communities are protecting, that they can trust that these institutions are doing things the way they're supposed to be doing. >> and congressman hurd spe

you're looking at representative reuben out of nevada, gregory meese out of new york and alcee hastings out of florida. we don't know if al franken is going to leave or stay. he's still in office, says he's going to leave. what do you think of this issue right now? >> it's disgusting. just like hollywood where i come from, the artist industry is filled, rife with sexual allegations, more and more things are coming to light. this is not uncommon in hollywood, looked over something normal. i've had my own experience, and now we see in congress as well and in the senate, it's exploding. i think it's disgusting, these men think they can get away with something when they are supposed to be political servants. servants of their people and this is showing the swamp needs to be drained. we need normal, everyday people who care about america to come up, step up and run, i'm proud do so, to look at the option of doing so. liz: you raise a great issue, do you think politicians today, do you think they represent the people? >> no, not at all. they're so out of touch with their constituents. you kno

joining meese, mike quigley, democrat of illinois, who sits on the house intelligence committee.ank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, katy. >> a simple question to start. is your committee investigating whether or not the president obstructed justice? >> well, i think it's become a prong of the investigation. it's not the original floor we are looking into but in a necessity de facto it is, although i'm not sure the majority a agrees with that. >> why do you say that? >> it hasn't been a focus of the majority and they haven't helped us move in that direction, but doing the interview we are currently working on at views documents, it's inevitable. i'd like to think we'd have cooperation from the senate side and what's taking place in mr. mueller's side will help us understand if the president obstructed. >> what majority is taking in his investigation? >> we work with mr. conaway very, very well. unfortunately he's not the person who signs the subpoena. we are dependent on mr. nunez who has taken on rogue investigations of his own. as this point in time it's not certain

. >> judge, meese go with that because i had a question. >> jpm, we're basically calling for low 2%. >> gdp and then we're seeing the tax itself could add an additional .1 or .2 on top but then, again, some of these things -- >> why so modest >> well, because i think, again, a lot of people are waiting for more clarity to see what kind of effect the tax bill up leashes not just on the corporate but i think on very importantly on the individual consumer side, and i wouldn't be surprised if you get some of these numbers getting revised a little bit. >> you don't think that the corporate boost from 21% from 35, even the effective rates you can argue who pays what, isn't going to be a boon in and of itself >> yes, i do think it will drive positive revisions i think some of the numbers are catching up but slow in the process. >> and to scott wren as well as well as courtney and dubravk sglo why don't you just ssay to everybody. i know where these four are. in particular for broad market strategists like myself, i wonder if it's being modeled in enough in other words, people say, well, it'

about john, from those on capitol hill, this guy is persona non grata they still elect him, that tell meeseore about how alabama voters feel about official washington than judge moore? >> i would say it tells you -- >> first, angela on that. i want to get your reaction. >> sorry about that. neil: that is okay. >> if you look what went on in alabama in 20,161.3 million alabamaians voted for trump. what the -- 2016, 1.3 million voted for trump. pull out the names, get someone over 30, eligible to serve, willing to do it, and not a criminal or a, not a special predator. they could have done better than roy moore, could have done way better than hundreds of thousands of times with different people who would be willing to do the job. the bar to get into the senate honestly is not that high. be an american citizen 30 years old and want to represent your state. the bar for someone like roy moore who doesn't have moral characterrer to serve, doesn't belong in the nation's governing body, all the gop has to do is do better than democrats. democrats don't hold their creeps accountable. all we have to

so meese take our children and help our children out of the pits of poverty that we've suffered for multiple generations or we have lived with for multi-time generations and so they rely on the local, a high quality local public schools where they can drop their children off at the curb and entrust them to the adult in that system or put their children on the bus and know they're going to be safe and become academically proficient people. and so what communities such as lindsey and many other communities, parents just want their neighborhood school to be a great school. that's what they want. they want to be able to walk their child down the street and say, this is a great school. and so, as we look at the work we do together. it's important for us to collaborate and respect and honor parent choice and so on and so forth, but also recognizing the need that exists for the public school. an example i want to share on that. lindsey and summit learning have a good collaborative partnership where we are working together to put together the leader look force. in a customized learning system. lerne

ed meese iii, attorney general, wonderful, stellar man, also gave advice to ronald reagan and they saidleadership and members of congress seem not to want to go back to review and learn from the lessons of 1986. i lived them. i kicked a dent in myç filing cabinet that day when i find out reagan signed amnesty act. i knew the rule of law in america was damaged perhaps beyond repair. now it espn traded into the psyche of even the conservatives in this congress. stuart: extraordinary. i like to have been there when you kicked the filing cabinet. >> it was a cheap filing cabinet. i wish i would have saved the door. i would frame it today, taken it to the floor of the house to give a lecture for an hour. stuart: not those days, everyone had video camera to take a picture. steve king, thanks for joining us. much obliged. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: fbi agent's role in the hillary clinton email probe, that role is now being investigated. kind of investigating the investigation. the agent was found to have sent a anti-trump messages, text messages. fox news contributor and former utah congre

. >> lowell weeker did that to ed meese, rider in appropriations bill, no travel for the attorney generalt our attention. stuart: i didn't know that. quick comment please on chicago. the mayor is introducing government issued i.d.s for illegal immigrants in that sanctuary city. you say what? >> i think this is a essentially an effort to have chicago secede from the union for immigration purposes. we went through a whole series of arguments about arizona's requirement during the obama administration on illegals. the proponents of free and easy immigration said that is preempted by the federal immigration laws. what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. this is an example cutting off federal fund to so-called sanctuary cities is important. if rahm emanuel wants to do that for chicago. i don't like it, say fine at some point you can pay for it all. no greater way to bring discipline to liberal tell him he last to pay for what he wants. stuart: all about the hispanic vote frankly. >> entirely political. i think that's right. republicans need more outreach to hispanics to say, you ar