mr. graham: yes. mrs. shaheen: you talk about those 700 prisoners. a number of them foreign fighters, a number of them isis fighters from syria and iraq. what do you think will happen to those detainees who are being held by the syrian democratic forces if we withdraw and there is no support for what they're doing? mr. graham: well, one of two things will happen. number one, the syrian democratic forces had a very ethical view of treating prisoners. i was astonished at the compliance with law and their desire to -- to take their enemies and treat them better than they were treated. the jail was, quite frankly, very impressive. here's what's going to happen. they're going to shoot them or they're going to get out. if assad takes over before turkey gets there, they will kill everybody in the jail. so what does it matter if a bunch of isis fighters get killed? it's about us. once they're captured, it matters how we treat them. i want them tried. i want them held off the battlefield. we're not executioners. but the most likely scenario is that isis reeme

mr. graham: you saw that. reporter: what's your reaction to that and what message does that send to the rest of the world? mr. graham: well, sometimes congress charts its own path. i remember during the bush administration, senator mccain nd others, we passed an act. i think bob, over the objections of the obama administration, pushed hard for iran sanctions. every now and then congress asserts it self, as senator murphy said. i think the president's dead right about the strategic relationship having been meaningful and could be meaningful in the future. i just see this event as a game changer. i don't -- i've been there a lot. i've been to iraq and afghanistan 46 or 47 times. i don't expect to go back again and try to explain why this is ok. this is not ok. i don't think the president believes it's ok. the question is, what to do about it. to me it is a defining moment for us as a nation, for the future of saudi arabia, and for the mideast in general. there are a lot of bad actors in the mideast. we just don'

senators, they came out with the conclusion it was pretty obvious what had happened, and you heard mr graham at all what had happened, and mr graham went further with regards to the cabinet officials saying they we re the cabinet officials saying they were probably being good soldiers, but frankly i question anyone's judgment who doesn't come to the conclusion the crown prince was involved. the tension between congress, the senate in particular around the white house has escalated with this briefing. what do senators corker and graham want to happen now because of the conclusions they and the cia have drawn? different things, which makes it difficult for congress to act because different senators, although they are outraged, have different views of what sort of approach to take so mr corker would prefer if the white house came out with a strong state m e nts house came out with a strong statements condemning the crown prince for complicity in the murder ofjamal prince for complicity in the murder of jamal khashoggi and prince for complicity in the murder ofjamal khashoggi and making sure pri

mr. graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. >> i think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to an achieve the president's objective of having people pay more and do more. after discussions with the president and general dunford, i am never better on where we are headed. the goal is the same. to leave syria and make sure isis never comes back. our partners are taken care of and iran is contained. i think that is possible. >> those partners that graham is referring to is the kurds in northern syria. they could be attacked by turkey if they leave. the kurds invited assad regime to take back the territory they held with the hope of avoiding the slaughter at the hands of the turks. >> general maittis will make a phone call to his replacement as the head of the pentagon. mattis was supposed to leave at the end of february, but president trump moved his departure date up two months. >>> the government shutdown. day ten and counting. expect to count for some time to come. ac

mr. graham: yes. mrs. shaheen: you talk about those 700 prisoners. a number of them foreign fighters, a number of them isis fighters from syria and iraq. what do you think will happen to those detainees who are being held by the syrian democratic forces if we withdraw and there is no support for what they're doing? mr. graham: well, one of two things will happen. number one, the syrian democratic forces had a very ethical view of treating prisoners. i was astonished at the compliance with law and their desire to -- to take their enemies and treat them better than they were treated. the jail was, quite frankly, very impressive. here's what's going to happen. they're going to shoot them or they're going to get out. if assad takes over before turkey gets there, they will kill everybody in the jail. so what does it matter if a bunch of isis fighters get killed? it's about us. once they're captured, it matters how we treat them. i want them tried. i want them held off the battlefield. we're not executioners. but the most likely scenario is that isis reeme

mr. graham: i ask unanimous consent to be recognized along with my colleague from new hampshire, senator shaheen relating to a colloquy on a resolution. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. shaheen: mr. president. the presiding officer: t

this follows a meeting at the white house where mr graham hinted the speed of the withdrawal would bes one of several high—profile repulicans who criticised mr trump's decision to withdraw troops arguing it would hurt national security. a british couple whose son was murdered by his chinese wife, have won custody of one of their grandchildren after a long legal battle. ian and linda simpson are due to return to the uk later this week after reaching a deal during a court hearing over christmas in china. but they've been forced to leave their other grandchild behind. laura westbrook reports. eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice have been at the centre of a long international custody battle. their british father, michael, seen here with them, was stabbed to death in his apartment in shanghai by his estranged chinese wife last year. weiwei fu is now serving a life sentence for murder. since their dad's death, jack and alice have been living with their chinese grandparents. they haven't been told what has happened to their parents. their english grandparents want to raise them in the

this follows a meeting at the white house where mr graham hinted the speed of the withdrawal would beticised mr trump's decision to withdraw troops arguing it would hurt national security. the woman who was supposed to be the next ceo of foot or has declined that position. susan dinnage was due to take charge in one of the most powerful roles in british sport in 2019, succeeding richard scudamore, who is stepping down after 19 years. had she taken the job, she would have been the league's first female boss. 200 years ago around a third of argentina's population were black. but today very few people admit to being of african descent. despite their huge and historical influence on society, black argentinians still face racial discrimination and are often treated as foreigners in their own country. our correspondent celestina olulode reports from buenos aires. there's nothing more argentine than tango, but many are unaware its roots are african. for the afro—argentines whose families descended from the slave trade, they often feel like they've been written out of history, and invisible t

mr. graham booky. he is the director of the atlantic council's digital forensics research lab. one question hanging over the syria policy portfolio is where does accountability fit into the scheme of the arena of stability and stablization. the team has done tremendous work documenting regime tactics and strategy and atrocities. to that end, the findings were cap chured among other things in two brilliant reports, titled breaking aleppo. that whichn breaking you see on the screen over there. graham will give you a snapshot. for now, i'll yield the floor to you. please. >> thank you, fazell. it wouldn't be the digital forensic research laugh if i didn't open up the laptop before we begin. so i apologize for that. let me begin by saying that the report was a body of work that is consistent with what the d.f.r. lab does, what we'll do today is we'll show a brief trailer and we'll take you line by line about what we found, and the reason why we put it in that order. the point, again as fisa mentioned ss accountability. this is one of the most hyper connected conflicts that we've se

mr. david graham, mr. john grisham and mr. hampton sides. [applause] >> we just were informed backstage that we have no moderator, which is fine because we have no real plans of what to discuss. as writers we think we can write anything but speeches so we just tend to go off-the-cuff when we are asked to speak, so since i'm the senior guys here, barely, it's a close race, we agreed i would start the moderating and do it for a few minutes and then these guys will take over and will just all talk about whatever we decide to talk about. books, writing, reading, the process, maybe movies. how we did what we do, how we got to where we are. and also what's always fun for us as writers, because we are too lazy to prepare remarks, is to take questions from the floor. it takes the burden off of us and also allows us to know what you want to talk about. so at some point pretty soon, there's a mic right in the middle and we may just take questions from the floor, so if you think you may have a question, just hang onto it and we'll get to in a minute. i

mr. jamal khashoggi. >> senator graham went on to say he can no longer do business with saudi arabia if the crazy crown prince is still running the country. let's go live to abu dhabi and bring in sam kiley. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. what a shocking series of revelations that have been reinforced for the turkish position there suggesting from none other than the head of the cia that there is a direct and causal link between crown prince mohammed bin salman and the murder allegedly of jamal khashoggi. now this doesn't come as a massive surprise given the amount of leaking, but particularly that the turks have done -- but it does, does it not, make things difficult indeed for donald trump and his continued support for mbs, and more broadly for the saudi government's campaign in yemen where right now most of the belligerence in that war are beginning to gather in stockholm, sweden, for talks that may take some time. of course, the united nations warning that some 14 million people could be threatened with starvation there. so if there is a silver lining to the murder of jamal kh

. >> reporter: trump ally, senator lindsey graham, strategizing sunday with mr. trump over a two-hour lunch. the senator sending a surprising new signal from the west wing. >> the wall has become a metaphor for border security. >> reporter: graham suggesting mr. trump might consider a compromise that would extend work permits and temporary legal status to qualified undocumented immigrants. in exchange for billions to build border barriers. >> the president didn't commit, but i think he's very open-minded. >> reporter: that private meeting capping president trump's fourth straight day with no public events. the president out of sight, but active on twitter, leveling a stunning accusation after two migrant children died in federal custody earlier this month. any deaths of children at the border are strictly the fault of democrats and their pathetic immigration policies. mr. trump arguing migrants would not make the journey if we had a wall, they wouldn't even try. democratic lawmakers say a border wall is a deal-breaker. >> he's trying to extract $5 billion from the

graham. he was at the white house for a two-hour lunch with mr. trump. to qualified undocumented immigrants in exchange for billions the president wants to build border barriers. president trump has been out of sight over the last few days baa he's been active on twitter, including in the last few minutes, as you mentioned. the president says this, an all-concrete wall was never abandoned as has been reported by the media. some areas will be concrete. but the experts at border patrol prefer a wall that is see-through so they can see what's ghng on on b sides. democrats said a border wall is a deal-breaker. it appears the shutdown will drag on. >> geoff, thank you. >>> russia's domestic security service says it hadai dd an american citizen in moscow on suspicion of spying. it took him into custody on a criminalopened case against him. the security agency referenced a section of russia's criminal code dealing with espionage dbu did not provide specifics. the u.s. state department was not available for comment. >>> ac drama rescue operation this weekend brou

senator lindsey graham who is close to mr.ays there will never be a deal without wall funding. >>> in california, pacific gas and electric could face criminal charges over the campfire which killed at least 86 people. jamie yuccas spoke with one family still struggling to get back on their feet. >> i lost everything that i've had. >> reporter: pictures? >> pictures i could never replace. i mean, a part of me feels really selfish for just wishing i would have saved them. >> reporter: tabitha brewster and her two daughters are starting over from scratch. the family is using money from fema to move from motel to motel. >> there's nothing to be at. there's no place to live. >> we're not equipped to negotiate a disaster like this. >> reporter: ed mayer is the executive director of the housing authority of butte county. >> as of the date of the crisis there might be a thousand units in butte county that were available. all of those units are spoken for now. >> reporter: california was already facing a housing shortage of almost 1.5

. >> reporter: trump ally,enator lindsey graham, strategizing sunday with mr. trump, over a two-hour lunch. the senator sending a surprising new signal from the west wing. b the wall has become a metaphor fororder security. >> reporter: graham suggesting mr. trump might consider a compromise, that would extend work permits and temporary legal status to qualified undocumented immigrants, in exchange for billions to build border barriers. >> the president didn't commit, but i thinks very open-minded. >> reporter: that private meeting cappi president trump's fourth straight day with no public events. the predent out of sight, but tive on twitter, leveling a stunning indication after two migrant children died in federal custody earlier this month. "any deaths of children at the border are strictly the fault of democrats and their pathetic immigration policies." mr. trumpng migrants would not make the journey "if we had a ulll, tdn't even try." democratic lawmars say a border wall is a deal breaker. >> he's tryin toextract $5 billion from the american taxpayer to pay

president trump is committed to defeating eisel after a meeting at the white house lindsey graham had criticized mr trump's announcement earlier this month to remove all two thousand u.s. troops from syria saying it could destabilize the region we still have some differences but i will tell you that the president is thinking long and hard about syria i don't withdraw our forces but at the same time achieve our national security interest which are to make sure that isis is destroyed they never come back their allies the kurds are protected in that iran doesn't become the big winner of our leaving and i feel pretty good about where we're headed. now they call the lionesses senegal's women's basketball team made history in october edging closer to winning the world cup with a new n.b.a. basketball training facility in the country the schools he is gaining popularity especially among the girls that cripples now from the city of chess. fifteen year old i mean a song is unwilling to accept the kind of life many teenage girls are facing the third child of four brothers and sisters she's expected to cook c

mr. bush called billy graham and billy graham came to the white house and they prayed before mr. bush did anything. praying ateed more the white house and all over. i just think the lord for mr. bush -- thank the lord for mr. bush, for the service he did. my prayer goes out to his family, because i lost my dad and i know how it is. i know what they are going through right now. we just need to be praying also for our president right now, mr. trump. he is facing a lot on his plate, and we need to be praying, america. we need to turn back to the bible. host: justin is calling from petaluma, california. i just wanted to respond to the last person who was speaking. when georgeager bush was the president. i have always been raised but we have had so many republicans before that, that when clinton won the we were, something hoping was going to happen. this last man is talking about wasbilly graham, i think it come went and saw the president. -- i think it was, went and saw the president. they prayed together and something. i just wanted to know if that gentleman knew that really graham

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well you lindsay graham saying, any time a former lawyer much yours goes to jail, it is probably not a good day, but i have yet of seeing any evidence from mr. cohen of collusion. >> that that kavanaugh hearing lindsey graham for the other. kennedy: he was arousing. >> he was amazing that lindsey graham i love. the president has obvious weaknesses, one is hes had a preference for personal loyalty over competence, that not a shock. it is hard for people to argue otherwise. but give than the entirety of establishment is trying to destroy him, i understand why he has a fixation for loyalty, that said, cohen was not top man there are the job of chief counselor to president trump. rest of payoff 6 scandal they he will come, you have ami people saying that is where we get more information about karen mcdougal. the payoffs are almost certainly not criminal. kennedy: what if ami said no, we have worked in concert with the campaign, they have no reason to lie. you everyone david pecker has essentially signed his soul over. to have this immunity, saying it was in concert with the campaign, is that more problematic than michael cohen. >> there is a lo

by the way, lindsey graham said, don't give up mr. president. have a $750 billion military budget, this is not a national security issue. at the end of the day of the president needs to go that route, i don't see any problem in that being plan b. >> let's put this in context. this is not nichols that we are talking about, but in the scope relatively speaking about federal budget, it's nothing. the fact that as tammy indicated correctly so, we were able to shovel pallets of cash to the iranians but we were not willing to dedicate a fraction of the budget to secure our southern border with a wall that the american people know works, is ridiculous. it's not just a national defense issue though. secondly, it's an economic issue. milton friedman said it best, you cannot have open borders and a welfare state of the same time, it's a mathematical impossibility. it doesn't work. >> sean: went great analysis by both of you. when we come back, we will explain one thing. government shutdowns, most of the government stays open. and ted cruz will join us. al

i could imagine a scenario in which lindsey graham might say look, mr.liance for you. it's possible to still be allied with this country but find a way to cut loose this man. he's going to get into a lot of familial politics on both sides of the atlantic here because, of course, jared kushner is somebody who's been so closely working with mbs on a host of other issues. this will be very thorny but this is the kind of situation that lindsey graham i think looks for, right? he's been trying to get close to donald trump so he can exert influence when an issue rises that matters to hill. this would be a good opportunity to see if that's possible. >> all right, garrett haake on capitol hill for us. thank you very much, sir. appreciate it. >>> you are looking live at the capitol rotunda now in washington, d.c., where the body of president george h.w. bush is lying in state. family, friends, citizens and dignitaries all coming by to pay their final respects. and former first lady laura bush published this photo on instagram. she said a sweet visit during this s

graham says he believes the president is committed to defeating isis and described mr. trump's christmas trip to iraq as eye-opening and well timed, especially because he met with military leaders. marlie? >> kelly, thank you. >>> now to that alarming story involving lions at an animal conservation center in north carolina. officials say a 22-year-old woman was killed after a lion escaped from a locked space and attacked her. the woman, alexandra black, had been interning at the conservation center in burlington. she'd only been there two weeks and was cleaning a separate enclosure when the attack happened. the lion was then shot and killed, but it was already too late to save the young woman's life. now investigators are looking into how the lion escaped that enclosed area. >> as soon as he got out of the enclosure, he went straight to her. it's unfortunate the loss of life of a young lady. >> the center remains closed during the investigation. >>> this morning, growing outrage across the state of california against utility giant pg&e. right now, pacific gas and electr

mr. bush called billy graham and billy graham came to the white house and they prayed before mr. bush did anything. praying ateed more the white house and all over. i just think the lord for mr. bush -- thank the lord for mr. bush, for the service he did. my prayer goes out to his family, because i lost my dad and i know how it is. i know what they are going through right now. we just need to be praying also for our president right now, mr. trump. he is facing a lot on his plate, and we need to be praying, america. we need to turn back to the bible. host: justin is calling from petaluma, california. i just wanted to respond to the last person who was speaking. when georgeager bush was the president. i have always been raised but we have had so many republicans before that, that when clinton won the we were, something hoping was going to happen. this last man is talking about wasbilly graham, i think it come went and saw the president. -- i think it was, went and saw the president. they prayed together and something. i just wanted to know if that gentleman knew that really graham

graham says he thinks the president is the committed to defeating isis and described mr. trump's iraq trip as well-timed and an eye-opening experience because he met with military leaders. hallie. >> kelly, thank you. >>> general john kelly leaves the white house this week, and on his way out he's opening up candidly about why the best measure of his success, he says, doesn't come from the policies he pushed but the ones he prevented. white house correspondent jeff bennett has more. >> reporter: tonight john kelly talking candidly about his rocky tenure at white house chief of staff. in an interview with the "los angeles times" general kelly says president trump's long promised southern bothered wall is not what he has portrayed. to be honest it's not a wall, general kelly admits, and he blames former attorney general jeff sessions for the policy separating undocumented immigrants from their children at the border. kelly saying the move took him by surprise. it was just one of the many controversies he weathered during his 17 months in the white house, something he called

mr. khashoggi. >> maria: that's republican senator lindsey graham telling reporters that the closed door briefingina haspel has confirmed his belief that the saudi crowned prince was behind the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. now, senate minority leader chuck schumer is calling for director haspel to brief the full senate with the khashoggi intelligence. so what happens next? democratic senator from maryland and foreign relations committee member ben cardin joining us now. senator, good to see you today. what is next now that we have this information. >> maria, it's good to be with you. i was not at the briefing today. i do believe believe all men's of the senate should be briefed. it's becoming very clear to us that the crowned prince has a direct involvement in the death of the journalist. that cannot go unchallenged. america needs to stand for our values and i think you are seeing democrats and republicans saying you can't give the crowned prince a pass on this. yes, it's important that we maintain a relationship with the kingdom of saudi arabia, but there must be accountability for the

graham met with mr. trump at the white house yesterday.blican senator said they are slowing things down but, quote, the goal is the same, to be able to leave syria and make sure isis never comes back. lawmakers from both parties criticized the president's surprised announcement earlier this month to withdraw some 2,000 u.s. troops from syria. >>> "the associated press" says france is deploying more than 147,000 security forces tonight with protesters ready to join public new year's eve celebrations. police have clashed with yellow vested demonstrators over recent protests over taxes and business policies. officials say heavy security is also needed because of a high terrorist threat. >>> the omaha world herald says an american who may have been exposed to the ebola virus in the democratic republic of congo is being monitored in omaha. person who has asked for privacy had been providing medical assistance in the renal. so far there are no ebola symptoms. the person is being treated at the university of nebraska smell center. >>> and cbs sal

graham. today he continued to urge mr trump, to reconsider, and he spelled out the potential consequences. don't know how this decision was made. it literally came out of left field. it has rattled the world. you see north korea flexing their muscles now. that will warn that you leave south korea before you do a deal. i can promise you that everything that happened in iraq is going to happen in syria unless we change course. the move has not been welcomed however by republicans here in washington who are urging wthe president to change course. richard haass, president of the council on foreign relationsjoins us from new york. he doesn't feel this should be america's fight. he doesn't feel it has been appreciated. it is time for others to take over and stop being the policeman of the middle east. maybe what he means is whether it is going to work against his own narrow interest. we a re going to work against his own narrow interest. we are not particularly doing anything costly. it is hardly responsible for the american deficit. if things go bad there, if isis regroups, which it will, any d

well i think that dr graham is i do me any but you're not the stern when i call her mrs gummidge but see i would call her a witch once i think the doctor gomis is right when she called for more transparency on the accounts of the q one goldman and i personally believe that as i said before they agreement is very similar to the but not these does what president bush when i will say is a hundred percent of the salary on the first date on his integration especially if this is not a symmetrical order in fact it's more of the medical than twenty percent or thirty percent and seventy one hundred percent i seem it is it is difficult to argue that and in reality we need to take into account their meaning migration brasil and when it will take into account a conception by wish those doctors were sent to receive in order to have it will for the state in cuba that meet that has been that they already did and i would like to see more transpired in a standard to keep not the least mental of these will for the state it is their reality is that you do need to export sort of these services and with

grahams? where did it start? >> my father first met mr. bush, this would be the father george h. bush in washington at a couple meetings where he shook hand and didn't know him. he was playing golf in florida and mrs. bush, dorothy walker bush heard my father was there and asked if he could come by the cottage, she wanted to meet him. she was a devout woman. she loved god. she knew the scriptures. she invited him back and he got to know george h. and the rest of the family. judge jeanine: so bush 41's mother reached out to your father, is that correct? >> that's correct, that's how it all started. judge jeanine: after that a relationship developed. and i understand that they spent a great deal of time together, your father and president bush. >> they did. my father liked the former president have much. they became close friends. they except time together when he was in china as the ambassador. he knew him as the cia director. they spent a lot of time together during those years. but the president was a very devout believer. he was he episcopalian, he was quiet about it. he didn't

graham center. we are pleased to have with us this evening to introduce our speaker, mr. herb yardley. before he comes up i want to say that normally the way we do things is the speaker speaks between 30 and 45 minutes, the 15-20 minutes

the moment mrs may knew it was on, she came out fighting. sirgraham sir grahamas confirmed that he has received 48 letters from conservative mps, so there will now bea conservative mps, so there will now be a vote of confidence in my leadership of the conservative party. i will contest that vote with everything i've got. the votes are now being counted. we expect the result around nine o'clock. earlier this evening, the prime minister made her pitch to conservative mps. in a major and emotional concession to her critics, she said that, though she dearly wanted to, she would not lead the tories into the next general election. so, whatever tory mps decide, the conservative party tonight is on the brink of a new leadership contest. the bbc‘s deputy political editor, john pienaar, joins us now. in advance of the results, john, this is the big news of the night, she won't lead the tories into another election — does that suggest to you that her position was weaker than we thought? i think it is an acknowledgement of the weakness of her position. i think behind the sc

graham center. we are pleased to have with us this evening to introduce our speaker, mr. herb yardley. before he comes up i want to say that normally the way we do things is the speaker speaks between 30 and 45 minutes, the 15-20 minutes are questioned. we use this mic over here. you are welcome to come up and ask questions. we like our students to have the opportunity to go first.

. >> reporter: senator lindsey graham had lunch with the president sunday. he said mr.rump may be interested in negotiating a broader immigration agreement that would allow dreamers and some asylum-seekers to remain in the u.s. >> very open minded about combining wall funding with other things to make it a win- win for the country. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of government workers are staying home without pay until there's an agreement. >> nobody wins in a shutdown. we all lose and we kind of looks silly. >> reporter: house democrats are bowing to introduce legislation to reopen the government when they take control january 3rd. meg oliver, cbs news. >>> five, four, three, two, one, happy new year! >> the government shutdown could end so easily, this countdown in times square today was just a test of the big new year's eve ball drop. volunteers are busy blowing up the balloons to hand out to partiers tomorrow night with up to 2 million people expected to pack times square new year's eve, to count down to 2019. >>> he walked away from san quentin but his neck to e

as my friend and mentor, former senator phil graham, is fond of saying, only in america can ordinary people achieve extraordinary results. mr. speaker, generations, generations have taken up arms in defense of liberty and found it worthy of the very sacrifice of their lives. there is no greater foundational principle to the american people than liberty. personal liberty, political liberty, religious liberty and economic liberty. may we in this body always fight to preserve it. now, in the federal city, political calculus changes by the moment. policies come and go. but principles endure and there are no more enduring or foundational principles in america than faith, family, free enterprise and freedom. i believed it 16 years ago when i came to this body, i believe it even more fervently today, mr. speaker. now, mr. speaker, i have learned a couple of things in my 16 years of service in congress. one thing i learned is that when one announces their retirement, two things happen. one, people begin to say nice things about you. had i known about this phenomena earlier, perhaps i would have retired years ago. second of all, rep

i think that what lindsey graham may be suggesting is that you mr president need to start thinking about how we can disengage from this unruly prince and what do you think the options are for other international leaders now because i mean they've made this statement going to earlier on behalf about being unhappy with the way that. happened and sort of expressed their displeasure but they haven't couplings with moments on the neither have they not yet and i think they'll take their their lead from from washington now from the white house and i think they'll see which way the wind is blowing and we've already had some indications and then you look drawn in buenos aires expressing his concern we'll see what the u.k. does of course. to some is absolutely obsessed and engaged with the whole brics it debate but perhaps when she comes up where she may have something to say as well but i think there will be a bit of a watching game now for a little while to see which way trump is moving and how well does it change the people at pumpin not just have come out so clearly in front of the line there

justin graham/srpd- "that was then forwarded to our foot beat downtown officers who were able to locate mrd him, and arrested him on two outstanding unrelated warrants by this week... the police department was investigating 30 similar vandalism cases... where the suspect had thrown a rock through the businesses window. and, after his arrest, parra admitted to investigators... that he was involved with at least 12 of those incidents.sgt. justin graham/srpd- "don't have any idea of what the motive was at this point." marin beverage outlet was also victimized this week. the owner says the window repair exceeded 13-hundred dollars. a floortex manager says their repairs will likely hit five thousand dollars. both leaders grateful the san rafael police department got their man.sgt. justin graham/srpd- "he's the only suspect at this point. we are looking into the other cases to see if there are maybe other suspects. obviously, he only admitted to 12 of them." so, he's facing 12 felony counts of vandalism. parra is due in court monday. and, at some point, it's possible the marin county district at

justin graham/srpd- "that was then forwarded to our foot beat downtown officers who were able to locate mrted him on two outstanding unrelated warrants by this week... the police department was investigating 30 similar vandalism cases... where the suspect had thrown a rock through the businesses window. and, after his arrest, parra admitted to investigators... that he was involved with at least 12 of those incidents.sgt. justin graham/srpd- "don't have any idea of what the motive was at this point." marin beverage outlet was also victimized this week. the owner says the window repair exceeded 13-hundred dollars. a floortex manager says their repairs will likely hit five thousand dollars. both leaders grateful the san rafael police department got their man.sgt. justin graham/srpd- "he's the only suspect at this point. we are looking into the other cases to see if there are maybe other suspects. obviously, he only admitted to 12 of them." so, he's facing 12 felony counts of vandalism. parra is due in court monday. and, at some point, it's possible the marin county district attorney's office

mr. trump called it a "schume" shutdown." after lunch with the president at the white house rhis afternooublican senator lindsey graham, said they mscussed syria and their agreement that thet be money for border security to end the shutdown. >> i've never been more encouraged that if we can get people talking, we can find our way out of this mess. and that would include around $5 billion for border security,wa slas, slash fencing, whatever you want to call it.wa >> s: the shutdown is expected to continue at least until the new congress, with a democratic-majority house, is sworn in on thursday.in jous now from washington, d.c. is new york times national political corrpondent, michael tackett. michael, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> stewart: so next week the democrats take control us the of representatives after gaining 40 diseet seat, giveidn prt trump's governing style, how is he going to have to ajust? >> well, he is facing a dramically different terrain as he goes into this weehek. oes from having a house of representatives that was acquieent to one that is going to be openly defiant. so he is going to have to change hi

mr. president. you have the right side of the issue. >> sean: art, lindsey graham, good to see you. coming up, a rare exclusive one-on-one interview with senior adviser to the president, does not do many interviews, jared kushner is up next, newt gingrich and the war on christmas may be worse than ever. to stay ahead. ♪ ♪ there's no place like home ♪ argh! i'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ >> sean: joining us now for a rare exclusive one-on-one interview, senior adviser to the president, that would be jared kushner. good to see you. you hate doing these interviews. i do not blame you, who would want to come on and do this? >> it is good to be with you, sean. >> sean: a lot going on at the white house, let's start with the news paid a new ag coming in, we are waiting an for chief of staff. obviously two years of the mueller probe hanging over everybody's head. no evidence of collusion, but it seems like the pressure is ratcheting up. what is it like inside the white house? what can you tell us about the changes? >> i want to start by thinking general kelly for his great service

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mr. shanahan has all the authorities of the achieve the goals of the president. >> senator graham seemingggest the president is rethinking a rapid withdrawal of 2,000 forces from syria, and it's really not clear what will happen next. >> you are right, barbara, it's not clear on many levels what will happen next, but thank you for all that background. here with us now to discuss it, we have cnn global affairs analyst, and a cnn military analyst, happy new year to both of you. general hertling, lindsay graham's impression seems to be that he had gotten through to the president, he had gotten through to the president in their lunch and he opened the president's eyes to pause a troop withdrawal from syria, although the president said he wanted to do it rapidly. is this a process that can be turned on and turned off? can he hit pause on this? >> it's very difficult, alisyn. the term "pause" in military lingo has different definitions, but in this situation it sounds like senator graham is saying, hey, i got to the president and i hope he rethinks his decision. the problem is the president alr