and melania trumps christmas tweet gets trolled. why are democrats constantly ripping into her? and he literally wrote the book on first ladies. he will give us the inside scoop. ♪ >> ed: good evening and welcome again to fox news at night. i'm ed henry in washington in for shannon bream all week. new tonight in an unfolding controversy involving president barack obama and president donald trump, the longtime obama advisor says tonight the former president did indeed take a shot at president trump during an interview with britain's prince prince harry. despite not naming the current president directly in the sit down. what's more, he's accusing the current commander-in-chief of using social media to "divide the american community, part of a plague on the entire conversation on the internet." the attacks mirror those from his former boss, barack obama, who seems to be breaking a recent tradition of former presidents not eviscerating their successors. moran joins us live tonight to lay out the firestorm that is playing out. good to see you. >> in that friendly interview former pre

. >> also trending this morning a pretty cool first lady picture melania trump tweet aid selfie withr yesterday while wishing photo went viral with 88,000 likes. >> mean tile dr. who fans went wild west on social media when show reveemd a special prize. time lord regenerated into woman with actress jody whitaker. >> timely these adorable photos showed the world who the heroes really are. and children with life-threatening illnesses and disabilities into super heroes using professional costumes and special effects and they suffer in different types of cancers and severe autism and double amputation and one has half heart. dressed adds wondzer woman and superman and batman and other justice league character they share similarities. >> all right a bald eagle was found lying opt side of the road christmas eve in brian town maryland a officer was called to help and he's bird handler and training by chance. he was quickly respond took her to a wild life rescue facility. that eagle broke a right win wing that requires two months of treatment. >> and time now is 5:52 very few people want to

trump first lady melania trump posed for the picture in the cross hall of the white house surrounded by christmas decorations. the photo taken back on december 5th. melania trump tweetedng her hand in hand with the president. >> still ahead before you head out the door we have an extra special reason to pull that ugly christmas sweater out of your closet. >> first though a holiday message from overseas. >> ♪ >> hi. i'm michael with 23 field artillery in fort bliss texas from baltimore maryland and i wanted to wish you guys a happy holiday. >> see more greetings from our troops on our fox5 facebook page. >> ♪ ♪♪ this is our town. these are our neighborhoods. and we love this place as much as you do. ♪♪ >> ♪ >> looks nice now out there. a little chilly but it's what's going to happen this afternoon that we are keeping a very close eye on tuck. >> yeah, i don't want to oversell it here steve. it's not going to be major deal but there will be a little burst of snow generally washington and points east and as we get into the afternoon hours, that snow will likely pick up across the area and we'll get some light accumulations by evening so im

first lady melania trump posed for the picture in the cross hall of the white house surrounded by christmas decorations of course. the photo was taken on december 5thth. melania trump tweetednt. >> the vp also releasing their pictures. they looked marvelous. >> coming up. >> find out why some people were happy they g >> as we head to break let's look live again across the d.c. region. another beautiful shot there. this is one of my favorites. you can see the lincoln memorial just past the washington monument there. gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. 5:42 is our time. only at 30 degrees. fox5 news morning coming right back after this. what a gorgeous city we live in. >> ♪ you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. whatever you were about to do just became whatever you're about to do after you get coffee. nothing comes before coffee. that's why we're introducing a new line of café-quality espresso drinks from mccafé. get

melania trump tweeted out this of them smiling between snow covered trees in the white house. >>> we're talking snow. >> it does look pretty with all the christmas lights. within the past 24 hours we've seen up to 7 to 8 inches of snow. as those winds crossover, more lake effect is likely. as for additional snowfall k accumulations, 4 to 5 inches in those heavier bands. as we go through the day this area will produce heavier downpours downpours. it moves through louisiana on sunday. rainfall amounts about 2 to 3 inches. again, especiallyf i y >>> and that's your latest forecast. >>> now to a story that's really out of this world. later today earth will have a very close encounter with a three mile wide asteroid. it's been called potentially hazardous and it's expected to fly right by us in just a matter of hours. m mia rodriguez is at kennedy space center. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, craig. you know, scientists first spotted this back in 1983 and they've been keeping a close eye. today they're about to get their closest look yet. it's known as 3200 phaethon named after

first lady melania trump tweeted a selfie during the guamfamily gathering. >> the white house says thee federal budget along with infrastructure and international security. a spokesman said mr. trump would like to host an official state visit early in the new year. he's the first president since the 1920s to end his first year in office without a state dinner for a visiting leader. >>> palestinian leaders are blasting guatemala's plan to move its embassy to jerusalem. guatemala is the first one trito follow the trump example. the u.s. mission to the u.n. announced on sunday negotiated a cut of $285 million to the u.n. budget. u.n. spending. >>> and in a statement u.n. ambassador said quote, we will no longer let the generosity of the american people be taken advantage of. she said the budget cut is a big step in the right direction. >>> united airlines says it has apologized to a customer who accused the airline of giving her first class ticket to a congresswoman. she tweeted out saying united gave her seat to the congresswoman without her consent or knowledge. united says they upgrade

. >>> yesterday first lady melania trump tweeted out this christmas selfie.t and first lady spent their holiday down in sunshine state at mirror la go resort in palm beach, >> british royal family stepped out to go to church. usual crowds gather totter watch for the first time prince harry american fiance' may gap markle attended. queen elizabeth and her husband prince philip missed last year' service because they had the flu. both seemed to be in good health for this particular service. >> d.c. teacher now accusing united airlines of booting her from fir class seat on airline to give it to us member of congress. jean marie simon said she was at bush international airport in houston heading home in from guatemala she noticed texas congressman sheila jackson lee get he is cored on to her plane before everyone else. the gate attendant said your ticket not in the system any more. airline maintains simon canceled her flight. she said no way. she said the airline deliberately cancel her reservation to i was com date sheila jackson lee member of us congress. united

melania trump tweeted the image yesterday showing her hand in hand with the president. >> kellogs wantsreal and chill. the company is opening up a store in new york that it hopes will become a place for millennials to hang out and eat cereal. talking about. customers can get cereal topped with special items like sea salt candied cashews and more. $7.50 a bowl. i lost everybody at that part. okay. but look at it. >> can't you get a whole box for like four bucks. >> yeah. sometimes on sale for $1.99. >> you have to cut off the fruit then. >> right. >> you're not the target they're going for, tuck. >> allison i'm on the upper end of millennial. >> yeah. [laughter] >> above and beyond. always above and beyond. >> 30 in washington right now. hey, our high temperatures today are going to be only in the low 30's and we've got this burst of snow on the area. area of low pressure is trying to get its act together and it will be over the next couple hours and it really looks the bulk of the snow will be to our north and east. we'll be close enough that we got a winter weather advisory in effect s

. >> melania and i are are delight today wish america and the entire world a very merry christmas. >> president trump and first lady melania tweet add christmas day greeting monday morning, in the season of joy, we spend time with our families, we renew the bonds of love and good will between our citizens hours later the president posted again i hope everyone is having a great christmas, he wrote, then tomorrow it is back to work in order to make america great again. the holiday messages came a day after mr. trump took credit on social media for bringing back the expression merry christmas. writing i am proud to have lid the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. >> merry christmas everybody. >> though in fact all recent presidents use the phrase. >> merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. >> the president also spent christmas eve attacking fbi deputy director andrew mccain, who had major role when the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. mr. trump believes he was bias dollars in clinton's favor because his wife received a large contribution. the president tweeted that mccain's wife got the money

trump, celebrating in florida at his golf club mar-a-largo, attending christmas eve mass and sending holiday tweets out. serena marshall with more. >> reporter: president trump and first lady bringing christmas cheer. >> melania and i happy to wish america and entire world merry christmas. >> reporter: morning tidings after christmas eve spent golfing, calls to troops overseas and santa tracker program. attended services in church he and first lady were married. posted this tweet, people are proud to be saying merry christmas again. i am proud to have led the charge against assault on phrase. some believe assault on christmas happened when retail stores swapped out term merry christmas for happy holidays. upset several news hosts like bill o'reilly. but poll collected found 66% of the democrats prefer happy holidays and 67% of republicans say stores should only say merry christmas. on the campaign trail candidate trump promised to bring back the phrase. politics aside, he's not first president to say merry christmas. his predecessor used the phrase every year. >> merry christmas everyone, merry christmas, merry christmas, merry christmas. >> reporter: past presidents used happy holidays from old english meani

>>> president trump spending a quiet christmas day opening presents with the family at mar- a-lago in florida. his weekend tweets weren't merry and bright. >> my fellow americans melania and i are invited to wish america and the entire world a very merry christmas. >> reporter: president trump and first lady tweeted a video of the first christmas message in office. >> we renew the love and goodwill between citizens and most importantly we celebrate the miracle of christmas. >> at this time of year we see the best of america. >> reporter: the couple attended a christmas eve service at the palm beach church where they were married in 2005. they discussed wishes with children who called into norad. >> so you want your grandma to get out of the hospital? that's your wish? that's great. >> reporter: the president took time to once again lash out on twitter at the deputy director of the fbi. president trump claims andrew mcdade who had a vise reunion rule in the hillary clinton e- mail investigation was biased in clinton's favor. he is upset that in 2015 when his wife was running for the political senate she received a large contribution from a group connected to a clinton

and potentially very good news for melania trump. [ laughter ] the most suspicious thing is donald trump hasn't even tweetedased a statement today that described michael flynn, this is good, as a former obama administration official. [ laughter ] yes. who obama fired and then personally warned trump not to hire, which he did anyway. but yes, it's obama. according to court documents a very senior member of trump's transition team told michael flynn to contact the russian ambassador. that very senior individual is reported to be ivanka trump's husband jared kushner, now officially the worst son-in-law since the movie pauly shore made in 1993. [ laughter ] and i don't think he's going to thrive in prison. maybe trump is smarter than we think. people say, oh, no, he's smart. maybe this was all an extremely elaborate ruse to get rid of an annoying son-in-law. [ laughter ] flynn's deal, it's a little bit confusing. since it's "star wars" night i think i have a way to explain it that will make sense to everyone. so you see luke skywalker getting electrocuted on the floor. luke represents robert mueller. darth vade

. >>> meantime first lady melania trump posted a fun selfie description this morning tweeting this festivetmas. donald trump junior posting this photo of the first grandfather on instagram, president trump is seen with donald junior's children ky and spencer. the caption says the family enjoyed christmas dinner together. >>> former president barack obama posted holiday photo of his family on twit eras well that caption posted earlier today ran on behalf of the obama family, merry christmas. wish you joy and piece this holiday season. >>> still to come this evening on "eyewitness news" royal family is expanding. we will look at how they celebrated with their future daughter in law. >>> plus... >> we have said that americans are as ignorant of the bible now as they have ever been. i believe that they are. i think primarily because they do not teach tonight our schools as we once did. >> controversy over new bible museum in our nation's capitol closer look at message curator s hope to give visitors and the price tag that has many in washington talking. lauren? >> last week of 2017 is upon us,

meantime first lady melania trump posted a fun selfie on twitter earlier today. they tweeteda festive look with a caption that read merry christmas. chances are you you received a gift card or two this holiday season. but beware the new warning about hackers. how they're stealing money before those cards even leave the store. plus, losing track of player i leave the one of most famous sharks off the coast disappeared what scientists think what happened. not everyone has a dream of a white christmas. we're going to tell you you where up to 8 inches of snowfall and how it impacted holiday travel. how about this live look at center city on this cold and windy night. alexandria casey will tell us how long the frigid temperatures will last and when we could see some snow. that's police are searching for the person who fired more than a dozen bullets into a delaware county home this morning. that happened on the 200 block of north ninth street in darby burrow. three residents were inside at the home at the time. two of them are elderly. they also say it's a miracle no one was hurt.

meantime first lady melania trump posted a fun selfie on twitter earlier today. they tweeteda festive look with a caption that read merry christmas. chances are you you received a gift card or two this holiday season. but beware the new warning about hackers. how they're stealing money before those cards even leave the store. plus, losing track of player i leave the one of most famous sharks off the coast disappeared what scientists think what happened. not everyone has a dream of a white christmas. we're going to tell you you where up to 8 inches of snowfall and how it impacted holiday travel. how about this live look at center city on this cold and windy night. alexandria casey will tell us how long the frigid temperatures will last and when we could see some snow. that's police are searching for the person who fired more than a dozen bullets into a delaware county home this morning. that happened on the 200 block of north ninth street in darby burrow. three residents were inside at the home at the time. two of them are elderly. they also say it's a miracle no one was hurt.

trump: melania and i are delighted to wish america and the rest of the world a very merry christmas. a the president tweetingry christmas, but over the weekend, more attacks. he teed off on the golf course and fbi director andrew mccabe, who he is accusing of bias during the hillary clinton email investigation. gop tax planlion signed into law. trump turning his attention to infrastructure, wall on the southern border, and immigration. this after "the new york times" reports the president allegedly immigrants, about upset about the number of foreigners who had entered the u.s. on visas since he took office. at the time he complained 15,000 immigrants from haiti all have aids. adrianna: a plug-in is available to it and if i fake news. they team up -- to identify fake news. the team came up with this idea , and alle open mind readers to possibly bias news. a challenge from the pointer fellowship in german is that journalism. 7 is on your side with him at the story from the president of the american heart association cardiacered a massive arrest hours after speaking to a room of heart specialists. more from dan

. >> my fellow americans, melania and i are delighted to wish america and the entire world a very merry christmas. >> president trump and the first lady tweetdd video of their first christmas message in office. >> we renew the bonds of love and good will between our citizens, and most importantly , we celebrate the miracle of christmas. >> at this time of year we see the best of america. >> sunday night the couple attends add christmas eve service at the palm beach church where they were married in 2005. earlier they discussed christmas wishes with children who called in to norad to track the location of santa claus. >> you want grand ma'am to get out of the hospital? that's great. >> president took time on christmas eve to once again lash out on twitter did he deputy director of the fbi. president claims andrew motorcycle kade who had supervisory role in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation was bias in clinton's favor l trump is upset that in 2,015, whether mccain's wife was running for the virginia senate, she received a large political contribution from a group connected to a clinton ally. president trump tweeted: mccain in addition

former first daughter chelsea clinton tweeted her thanks for the park service for taking care of the white house grounds and thanked melania trumptree that will be replanted. >>> an flight turned back to lax due to an administrative mixup. model christine teigen and her husband john legend were among those on board. she tweeted the plane turned around because an unauthorized passenger was on the aircraft. it's not clear how that happened. at least this passenger had a good time with it, posing for a selfie with the two stars on their way back to l.a. you've got to make the most of it. >>> donald trump's tweets have played a crucial role in the first year of his presidency. they're his version of president roosevelt's fireside chats, a way to connect to the country and his base. he's also used the platform to slam journalists. the president's relationship with the press is one of the top media stories of 2017. here's brian stelter. ♪ >> reporter: scoops, falsehoods, feuds, firings, and a cultural reckoning. here are the top seven media stories in 2017. number seven, late night in the age of trump. from jimmy kimmel's emotional ob

tweets. the bawms said happy holidays on their official cards. the trumps said merry christmas. it was beautiful. melaniarump did an amazing job. but "the washington post" slams her and call her decorations ominous. it was beautiful. but the media will never give her that credit. jesse: president obama's christmas cards said happy holidays, now they say merry christmas. take a listen to this. >> i never had a problem with white people ever in my life. but full disclosure, the poor whites are my least favorites. donald trump is going to go to washington and he's going to fight for us. i'm standing there thinking you dumb [bleep]. you are poor. he's fighting for me. jesse: he's just a comedian. but there is an under tone that the dumb poor white trump voters are getting hood winged. do you take this seriously? >> i do take this very seriously. we live in a society where liberals like to put people in groups based on their socioeconomic status. this was completely over the line. imagine if this were reversed. you can never say it. this is ridiculous. let's move on to a society where we can judge people by t

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melania trump attended christmas eve service at episcopal church where they were married in 2005. >> merry christmas. >> today he remained behind the walls of his mar a lago estate delivering his christmas video message, by tweetson of joy we renew the bonds of love and goodwill. >> there was not much love or goodwill in his tweets over the weekend when he used them to attack perceived enemies including fbi deputy director andrew mccabe who had a major role in the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails. the president believes mccabe was biased in clinton's favor because mccabe's wife, democrat, received a large contribution from a clinton ally when he ran for office in virginia. in 2015. in a tweet sunday, the president claimed mccabe's wife got the money from a clinton puppet, and accused mccabe of using allegedly his fbi official e-mail account to promote her campaign. mr. trump provided no evidence to support that claim. democrats say it is one more example of the president trying to divert attention from multiple investigations of his 2016 campaign. the president also used a tweet this weekend to take credit for bringing back the expression, merry christmas, writing i am proud to have led the charge ag

. >>> our fellow americans, melania and i are delighted to wish america and the entire world a very merry christmas. >> president trump and the first lady tweetedmas message in office. they are spending christmas at their mar-a-lago estate in florida. last night the couple attended a christmas eve service at the palm beach church where they were married in 2005. earlier they discussed christmas wishes with children who called into norad to track the location of santa claus. the president does return to washington new year's day. >>> pope francis warned the winds of war are blowing in his annual christmas message. he called for a negotiated two- state solution to end the israeli/palestinian conflict and urged leaders to work towards deescalating the crisis on the korean peninsula. >>> in london all eyes are on prince harry's fiancee. in a break with tradition meghan markle attended christmas mass with the royal family. in her annual christmas address the queen talks about the resilience she's seen in the face of the country's terror attacks. >> this christmas i think of london and manchester whose powerful identities shone through over the past

trump is spending christmas with his family in florida. earlier today the president and wife melania sent out christmas greetings to the world. over the weekend, the president tweetedilitary, the fbi and the stock market. the u.s. will trim $285 million from its donations to the united nations next year. u.n. ambassador nikki haley made the announcement sunday. the move comes after last week's u.n. condemnation of the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem. north korea says it's a pipe dream for the u.s. to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. the communist government is calling the latest sanctions and active war that violates its sovereignty. it says the newest penalties are tantamount to a complete economic blockade of north korea. join me for "special report" at 6:00 p.m. eastern. ♪ ♪ >> jesse: merry christmas, america, and all those other countries. welcome back to "the five"'s christmas special. thank you to the viewers who poster questions. wewe are ready to answer more. first one from linda b. kimberly, what's your favorite winter activity. >> kimberly: my favorite winter activity -- >> jesse: what were you going to say? [laughter] >> kimberly

melania trump was handing out toys to children. one of her fiercest critics is lashing out at the first lady after the president's recent tweet aboutillibrand. >> the women around him, his wife, who has a platform against cyber bullying, that's a joke. that is the saddest thing i have ever seen in this white house ever in my life. and his daughter who came to washington to work for the president and develop platform for women, go home. go home. you're doing nothing if you stand by this president. and you should think of the country rather than your brand. >> martha: here now former arkansas governor mike huckabee, a fox news contributor, governor huckabee, your thoughts on that lashing out this morning that we saw? >> i was stunned that of all the people who are going to give a lecture on morality and family, and marriage it's going to be mika? i'm sorry, but i just found that stunning. the fact is when i read the tweet by the president, did i not see it as sexual innuendo. which leads me, martha, to this conclusion. it's been my observation in my life and i have dealt with people most of my adult life. and here's what i found. peo

tweet expressing his support for moore. more faces a slew of accusations of sexual misconduct involving young girls. >>> first lady melania trumpinto the holiday spirit last night with a visit to a children's hospital in washington, d.c. mrs. trump read the christmas classic polar express to the youngsters. one of the children asked her where she'd spend the holidays if she could spend them anywhere in the world and this was her response. >> i would spend my holidays on deserted island, tropical island with my family. [laughter] >> all right. the visit to the hospital by the first lady is a tradition started more than 60 years ago by then first lady bess truman. >> time right now to see how the roads are shaping up out there on a friday night. >> gina began lon live in the "action news" traffic center one more time with those details for folks trying to get home before the snow. hey, gina. >> that's right. hi rick and monica. it's pleasant out there. i would say overall i was expecting worse for the roads but right now it's not actually too bad. if you're traveling into south philadelphia maybe trying to make your way up and ov

melania trump called 22 children across the country. the president also claimed to have brought back the phrase, "merry christmas," tweeting, "i am proudhave led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase." over the weekend, the president continued his assault on fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, who he accuses of bias in the investigation of hillary clinton's e-mails. cbs news has learned that mccabe is expected to retire by this march. democrats say the president is simply trying to divert attention from the special counsel investigation of his campaign's contacts with russia. the president also continued to tout support for the new tax law, tweeting, our insider polls are strong, but he did not say what specific polls he's talking about, and cbs news poll show that only 35% of americans support the new tax overhaul. tony? >> chip reid for us in florida. thank you very much. >>> north korea is lashing out at new u.n. sanctions targeting the country, calling those sanctions an act of war. north korea's foreign minister also said it's a pipe dream for the u.s. to think his country will give up its nuclear we

the president and first lady did offer their christmas wishes tweeting out a video a short while ago. >> president trump: on behalf of melania, myself, baron, and the entire trump family, god bless you, god bless america, and have a very, very merry christmas and happy new year. >> the president and mrs. trump attended religious services at the bethesda by the sea where they were married 12 years ago. the president held a teleconference with service members and spoke to kids who thought they were going to chat with santa but instead they talked with the president of the united states. the president also defended his first year in the white house tweeting out the tax cut reform bill including massive alaska drilling and repealing the individual mandate, what an incredible year we had. don't let the fake news convince you otherwise. our insider polls are strong. outsider polls show the president is upside down in his support from the country and a long to-do list in congress when it comes to budgeting, immigration and healthcare. the white house and administration is looking to cut the u.s. foreign aid budget. news on that fro

melania trump decorating the white house for the holidays. though i'm not sure a rope ladder counts as a decoration. [ laughter ] it's a -- it's a custom in my country. [ laughter ] president trump tweeteday quote, "51 million americans to travel this weekend, highest number in 12 years, traffic and airports are running very smoothly." and then he tweeted, "now let's throw it over to kevin with sports!" [ laughter ] a new poll has found that about a third of americans are dreading discussing politics at this year's thanksgiving. and some dread talking about it every day. [ laughter and applause ] "newsweek" has rated crescent rolls as the worst thanksgiving side dish. [ light laughter ] looks like "newsweek" burned the rolls. oh, oh no, the rolls! oh, no! [ light laughter ] oh, noooo! [ laughter and applause ] oh, i burned the rolls again. [ laughter ] i'm a fantastic actor. [ laughter ] npr published an article this week urging people to incorporate frank discussions about end of life care with elderly family members this thanksgiving. [ laughter ] you know in case someone brings up trump and you want to change the topic to something less depressing. [ laughter and applause ] guys, com

tweeting "stop telling women what they can or can't do, get over your mommy issues." unfortunately, they haveve been much less willing to come to the defense of first lady melania trumpfter "newsweek" posted this extremely, extremely misleading headline. "trump orders removal of the nearly 200-year-old tree from the white house. melania did in fact order the removal of the jackson magnolia but only under the advice of experts who fear that the tree could fall at any moment. it's relying on the support of a metal pole and intricate system of wires to keep it standing. joining us now, dan bongino, he's probably been under this magnolia tree at some time, probably lounging on his afternoon off. and fox news contributor tommy tommy -- tomi lahren. have t you been under the magnoa tree? >> i'm glad they took it down. the of north end of the press bi don't want that magnolia tree to fall on them. thank you, melania, for making me safer. >> david: so, tomi, the tree hugger core, they didn't consider that an arborist or someone who is an expert, might have been consulted on this. on top of this, another point of view, i have gone up and down the garden district of new orlean

melania trump has been more comfortable with that for this first year. >> thank you, sara. >>> joining me now, cnn political commentators paris dennard, jot jenniscott jenning simone sanders. what do you make of the tweets sent out blasting the fbi, obviously part of a large effort to undermine the credibility of the independent counsel. do you think this is a good move? >> first of all, merry christmas to you and to everyone watching. i think the president is simply highlighting the fact that he is not pleased, as we all know, with the direction that this fbi investigation is going in, namely because there is a lot of things that people are raising that look to be political. when you have fbi people that are working for mueller that have donated significant amounts of money to the clintons, when you have people that are sending out tweets that seem to be anti-trump, when you have them possibly getting e-mails in a manner that might have not been above board, you see this president voicing his disdain via twitter. i think it's well within his right to do so. and i think it will continue. because what we see on the left is, everyone can talk about how great this investigation is because they want the pre

trump and the first lady bringing christmas cheer. >> melania and i are delighted to wish america and the entire world a very merry christmas. >> reporter: tweetinghe morning tidings after a christmas eve spent golfing, making calls to troops overseas and fielding childrens' calls into the norad santa tracker program. he also attended church where he and the first lady were married and posted this late-night tweet. people are proud to be saying merry christmas again. i am proud to have led the charge against the assault on our cherished and beautiful phrase, merry christmas. some believe it began when retail stores began swapping out the term merry christmas for happy holidays. and by 2005, the change upset several cable news hosts like bill o'reilly. but frustration with the term may be less about religion than politics. a poll conducted found 66% of democrats prefer use of the term happy holidays, while 67% of republicans say stores should only say merry christmas. on the campaign trail, candidate trump promised to bring back the phrase. politics aside, mr. trump is not the first president to say -- >> merry christmas. >> reporter: his predeces

he opened the day with a tweet with a holiday message from him and the first lady. >> on behalf of melania, myself, baron and the trumpod bless you and america and have a very, very merry christmas and a happy new year. >> the president and first lady spent their holiday service last evening at nearby bethesda by the sea episcopal church, also where they were married 12 years ago, patty ann. >> so the president, rich, says he's working very hard during this christmas vacation. what will he be up to? >> well, as is the case with president trump and previous presidents, world events don't stop because you're down on your holiday vacation. that was the case this morning. the white house says aides briefed the president on a suicide attack in afghanistan's capitol on an intelligence head quarters in kabul. isis has taken the responsibility for that and killed several people. the president touting his first year in office tweeting a couple of days ago "the tax cut reform bill, including massive alaska drilling and the repeal of the obamacare mandate brought it together. don't let the fake news convince you otherwise and ou