. >> melissa: white house correspondent kevin corke is live on the north lawn. that was just a little bit of what he had to say. >> let me tell you, he's been talking about this for quite some time both on twitter and today over at quantico. white house officials for quite some time have felt there was this biased against the president among the higher ups at the fbi who are investigating hillary clinton at the time.

kellyanne conway counsel to the president with me on the north lawn. good morning to you. i have a big list. let's start with john conyers, what's the reaction from the white house? >> let the people of michigan decide who their next congressman is. that's what we believe in the white house. at the same time congressman conyers was losing support among the leaders in the democratic party and his colleagues. nancy pelosi speaking with a forked tongue. these are allegations they took very seriously. he was losing support among many of his colleagues that previously said they would stand with him. now it's not up to john conyers, the congressman, to nominate his successor. he is endorsing his son. usually what happens in these states, you have to check michigan law. depending when the resignation comes, close to the mid-terms, you have the governor of that state appointing a successor, sometimes a special election. we'll have to look at michigan long. people will have to decide who they want to represent them. conservatives in the house last night a little hiccup. will they g

kellyanne conway on the north lawn of the white house. i hear the helicopter approaching on the south lawn. the president's leaving in 18 minutes kellyanne, thank you.

this is the north lawn. afterward the secret service said it detected some kinks in the way its agents responded and that will lead to new training methods. jeff. >> glor: major garrett, thank you very much. inside the oval office the president signed the $1.5 trillion tax cut into law. the bill was passed with no democratic support, but mr. trump said 2018 will be different. >> we're going to have tremendous democrat support on infrastructure, as you know. i could have started with infrastructure. i actually wanted to save the easy one for the one the road. so we'll be having that done pretty quickly. >> glor: after the ceremony, the president flew off to spend the holidays at his mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida. it seems like everybody had some place to go today. it is the biz jest day of the holiday season for air travel, and a lot of folks were trying to beat the weather. more on the forecast in just a moment. but, first, flight radar 24 has put out this view of air traffic in the u.s. right now

steve: ivanka, thank you for joining us from the north lawn. >> thank you and merry christmas from happy holiday. steve: happy new year. >> great way to celebrate.

john roberts is on the north lawn for us this afternoon. this is a lot coming together here. >> yeah. a lot of pieces to the puzzle, shep. once in a while they come together. i spoke with the same attorney this morning that insisted the president did not know that michael flynn had lied to the fbi in two statements when he made the statement to james comey that he helped he could let the whole thing go and the first time the president knew in fact that flynn had lied to the fbi is when he learned about it when they filed charges against him last friday. the president weighing in, as you saw earlier, for the first time in person about the flynn guilty plea on friday. i threw a question at him to ask him more about it. listen to what he said here. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. he's led a very strong life and i feel badly, john. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend went to the fbi, not under oath. it was the most incredible thing anybody has ever seen. lied many times. nothing happened to her. flynn lied and it

. >> shepard: john roberts on the north lawn. beautiful day. >> it's not warm. >> shepard: i'm sure of that. the top democrat said the republicans should hit pause until doug jones is sworn in. >> the governor didn't appoint him. he won an election. it would be wrong for senate republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. >> shepard: president trump says he wants republicans to vote on the plan next week before republicans lose that seat? the senate. our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. as john roberts mentioned, it's very close. >> that's right, shep. you have senators and house members meeting this hour here on capitol hill in a conference committee. democrats are fired up saying this conference committee is a farce. they say the deal has been cut so they're trying to shut down the meeting and they're blasting the republican process. >> it did not have to be this way and it is not too late for bold members

stone john roberts come alive on the north lawn, thanks.est president mike pence has just left afghanistan, spending several hours there today in an unannounced visit, the first of the country by either the president or the vp. at the barber marrow base under heavy security, met american commanders and troops, also went to kabal to visit the president. nikki haley made it perfectly clear today that countries voting for a u.n. resolution condemning the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital will pay a price. now we will see what that price is, the declaration passed by a vote of 128-9 with 35 extensions. senior correspondent rick leventhal is at the u.n. tonight. >> when we make generous contributions to the u.n., we also have a legitimate expectation that the goodwill is recognized and respected. >> u.s. invested or to the u.n. nikki haley making it clear to member states of the world body that america has the right to move its embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem warning that siding against the decision by president is g

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the president saying it could happen and eamon javers on the north lawn white house for us. >> reporter: the president did say it could happen but the expectation in washington is that they will have a continuing resolution which basically extends government funding for the next couple of weeks while they work out a deal we know chuck schirm and nancy pelosi are coming to the white house on thursday to talk about the terms that have deal, so what the president is doing there is setting up the stakes for this debate. nobody expects a government shutdown this week but there will be a fight over immigration, and it may be that the white house feels that a government shutdowns, at least in the short term, a short government shutdown could work in its interest if the white house is seen as fight against democratic immigration proposals, something well received among the president's bampts you s base this was a very effusive president here, talking about the massive bull run on the stock market, gdp, job growth, companies coming to the united states this president hammering home that he is de

there was no physical removal off the north lawn and taken off the complex. >> does that mean someone else did it? >> no, if someone else did it, it's a salt. they are not putting hands on anyone unless there is actually violation of law. they are not going to -- they are law enforcement officers. new york police officers don't walk around the streets and drag them down the streets. nor does united states secret service agent of the white house. that didn't happen. i spoke to them. they were candid in the information they gave me. and i believe them 100%. and i don't believe anyone would put their job on the line physically removing without pressing chas pressing charges against them. >> thank you very much. let's roll on. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we continue on. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. we do have breaking news. as republicans are on the cusp of tax overhaul, two senators are a no, you have senator corker that has been against it, and now senator rubio. moments ago the president said this. >> i think we'll get there. he's been a great guy and supportive. i t

. >> john roberts joins us live from the north lawn with more on that. hi, john. >> a lot of political gymnastics involved getting this thing done but the president stuck the landing. clearly he is thrilled to have tax reform finally done. fair to say this is the biggest moment of his presidency. what a scene at the white house yesterday. most of the republican members of congress outside the south portico. a show of support and colorful photo op. this was the centerpiece of his election campaign. the president now hoping that good things will flow from what he insists will be a real boost to the economy tweeting this morning the massive tax cuts which the fake news media is separate to write badly about to please their democrat bosses will soon be kicking in and speak for themselves. companies are already making big payments to workers. dems want to raise taxes and hate the big cuts. the president read the announcement from at&t it would invest $1 billion in the united states and give every one of its $200,000 employees a $1,000 bonus. the president pre

we begin with chief white house correspond to john roberts on the north lawn and what led to this monumentalecision. >> good evening. he was cautioned not to do it by advisors and world leaders alike but today president trump insisted 22 years of doing the same thing in israel has yielded nothing in terms of peace, so he is going to shake it up. for decades, u.s. presidential candidates have pledged they would be the one to move the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem. today donald trump became the first one as president to say he is going to do it. >> today we finally acknowledge that jerusalem is israel's capital. consistent with the jerusalem embassy act, i am also directing the state department to begin preparation to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. >> during the campaign, president trump's opponents ridiculed him as no friend of israel. despite the president pointing out he was once the grand marshal of the israel day. period candidate trump adopted a forceful platform that he would buck years of u.s. policy and me the move. >> when i become president

first, john roberts is live on the north lawn. john? >> it's an interesting issue when you take a look at it. going back to 1972 when gerald ford said he thought it would be a good idea to move the embassy and later when he became president. he said it's probably not such a good idea. congress overwhelmingly on a bipartisan basis passed the law to move the embassy in 1995. president clinton did not sign the law. it went back to the house and senate and became law automatically. there's the waivers and deferrals that have been signed the past two decades. as you pointed out, president trump the first u.s. president to make good, a long-standing policy to move the u.s. embassy and taking special steps during his speech today to try to placate fears around the world to say that this changes nothing. the united states is still absolutely committed to pursuing peace between israel and the palestinians. listen to what the president said. >> the united states remains deeply committed to helping facilitate a peace agreement that is acceptable t

. >> melissa: white house correspondent kevin corke is live on the north lawn. that was just a little bit of what he had to say. >> let me tell you, he's been talking about this for quite some time both on twitter and today over at quantico. white house officials for quite some time have felt there was this biased against the president among the higher ups at the fbi who are investigating hillary clinton at the time. the president today, well, he was presidential in his remarks over at the graduation over at quantico, celebrating the history of the borough and calling on all in attendance to do the bidding of the american people. that is with fidelity, bravery, and integrity. >> i want you to deliver a message to your fellow officers. the president of the united states has your back 100%. i will fight for you, and i will never, ever let you down ever. now, more than ever, we must support the men and women in blue. >> that is consistent with his messaging about a law enforcement in general, but maybe you would think it's a little inconsistent compared to what he

blake burman is live with us on the north lawn.ld the government shut down effectively if it happens, blake? >> the most impact would be on nonessential federal government workers. they would be told to stay home. if they're not on the job, that would trickle down. just a couple tangible examples. national parks would be closed. here in washington d.c., the popular museums would be shut down as well. as we head to tax season, we've been talking about taxes all day today, this could have an impact on the irs. not everything without "shut down" because of essential federal government workers would still come on in to work. that includes military personnel, air traffic controllers as well. shepard, this could have an impact on federal government workers as a whole depending on the circumstances. if this happens, how long it were to happen, this could impact paychecks. a potential delay for the workers during the holiday season. >> shepard: remind us what happened the last time the government shut down four years ago. >> yeah. of cours

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." >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. fbi dealing with its own in-house scandal of what appears to be anti-trump biased by one of the top investigators. james rosen broke the story of the weekend and has details. >> as a former deputy assistant director of the fbi for counterintelligence, peter strzok is a major player in the investigation into hillary clinton's private server. even participating in mrs. clinton's loan interview with the fbi in july 2016. >> no reasonable prosecutor would bring such case. >> strzok reportedly helped persuade james comey to prosecution of mrs. clinton, the same month strzok is one of a dozen fbi officials who receive the dossier, the salacious and largely unverified allegations about mr. trump and his associates that was bankrolled by the clinton campaign and the dnc and which the fbi may have used to launch a counterintelligence probe that encompassed fisa surveillance. july of this year, mueller learned strzok had sent a colleague text messages said to be critical of mr. trump and remove

john roberts is live on the north lawn. hello, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. the white house disabusing this is any notion of a campaign event related to the roy moore campaign and the election tuesday. i'm being told by white house officials there's nothing in the presidented prepared marks related to roy moore or his democratic opponent, doug jones. they pointed out it's 25 minutes of prepared marks and there's lots of room for the president to ad lib in there. all bets are off when it comes to the president ad libbing. let's to what hogan gibley said on "fox and friends" this morning. >> the president has a house in florida and the people of pensacola help put donald trump in office. this is a thank you to them and all the hard-working americans that this president is finally giving a voice to. >> that's what the white house is saying. let's put up the map again. pensacola in the panhandle is a mere nine miles away from the alabama-florida border. it's 31 miles away from the famous floribama bar and 51 miles away from mobile. it's expected to have a lot of

. >> bret: kevin corke live on the north lawn. kevin, thank you. secretary of -- that runs counter to before yesterday in "the washington post" ." spoke with our own national security correspondent jennifer griffin today. >> did you find yourself having to not raise issues when russia is belligerent to the u.s. and do you, because they are continues to be this debate whether russia interfered in the election, did russia interfere in the u.s. election? >> no. i have no reservation, that the president has never had any pushback when i bring up russia and national security contexts. obviously this has come up, whether it be in syria or nato and all the other places you've heard me speaking about the intel. i have not seen this shyness, including over at the white house. >> with regards to the russian interference, did russia interfere in the election? >> yes, i believe they did. >> bret: on other subjects, secretary mattis says moving the usmc to jerusalem does not put citizens in greater danger in the middle east, and he says north korea's icbms cann

john roberts live in the north lawn. john? >> rick, good afternoon to you. the president now in -- well, he's in palm beach now. he touched down in west palm beach awhile ago. the president giving a big fist bump moving across the tarmac. he signed autographs for 25 minutes. difficult to overstate the scope of the victory for president trump. this was the central issue in his campaign. this was the one really that was for all the marbles this year. had he not gotten this through, democrats probably would have pounded him for failing to make good on a central campaign issue, the central issue. the president saying a promise made is a promise kept. he got the two big things he was looking for. not the reduction in the corporate tax rate that he really wanted. he wanted 15% from 35. he got it down to 21% and the president says lots of tax relief for middle class meshes. listen here. >> as you know, 3.2 trillion in tax cuts for american families including the doubling of the standard deduction and the doubling of the child tax credit. the typical family of four

chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn.e they still celebrating over there? >> reporter: oh, yeah, dana. it's a big day here, still basking in the after glow of all this. so much so, too, that they're starting to change the schedule, shift it, for when the president might sign this. initially we were told the first week in january. then we were told maybe next week. now we understand the president may sign the bill as soon as tomorrow with the following caveat. congress has to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government running, plus that continuing resolution needs to include waivers to prevent cuts to entitlements because of tax reform. the president is pointing fingers at house democrats accusing them of wanting to hold up funding. in a tweet saying, quote, house democrats want a shutdown for the holidays in order to distract from the very popular just passed tack cuts. house republicans, don't let this happen. pass the cr today and keep our government open. here on the white house drive way, press secretary sara

john roberts on the north lawn, we are live right now. >> good afternoon today, sorry, i couldn't hear you for a second. we got our first statement from the white house a little while ago, the president's attorney on the russia investigation is working inside the white house counsel office. michael flynn was the national security advisor for a duration of only 25 days and then going on to say "the false statements involved the false statements to white house officials which resulted in his resignation in february of this year. nothing about the guilty plea or the charges implicates anyone other than mr. flynn. the conclusion of this phase of the special counsel's work demonstrates that the special counsel is moving with all deliberate speed and clears the way for a prompt and reasonable conclusion." something in the information presented today really muddies the waters here. it was a surprise to the white house and certainly to the vice president, that michael flynn had had conversations with the then russian ambassador to the united states about russian sanctions and the expulsion of

we lost about half of our lights out here on the north lawn. you put the statistics up. it was 128 countries voting for that resolution. nine voted against it, including the united states, israel and guatemala and others. no country of significance voted against the resolution. the united states has said, we're going to withhold aid to any country that votes against this. sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that here on the white house driveway earlier today. here's what she said. >> will the u.s. cut aid money to u.n. countries that voted against the president's jerusalem decision? >> i don't have an announcement on that right now but it's something that we're watching. >> is it appropriate that the president keep making the threats to cut aid? >> it's important for the president to focus on america first and the safety and security of our country. >> the president was asked about that in the cabinet room. he said let them vote against us. we'll save a lot of money. another school of thought here. the white house knows there's a lot of nations around the world that f

. >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. we are learning new details tonight about what the trump transition team knew about lieutenant general michael flynn's contacts with the russian ambassador and then days between the election and inauguration. this comes as there is new concern about possible bias among members of the special counsel team. catherine herridge has details. >> a top prosecutor who now works for special counsel robert mueller's pressure probe praised then acting attorney general sally yates after she was fired in january by president trump for refusing to defend his controversial travel ban. the email obtained by judicial watch through federal also shows that on the night of january 13 andrew weissmann wrote to sally yates under the subject line "i'm so proud." thank you so much, my deepest respects. the disclosure follows confirmation that another investigator, peter strzok was fired from the probe after allegedly sending anti-trump texts. >> is not good for the fbi which holds itself up as a paragon of v

john roberts is on the north lawn with reaction from the white house. >> feeling pretty good here. white house isn't celebrating just yet. staffers remind fox news that they are pulled defeat from the jaws of victory before but they feel this time victory is within reach. >> really for americans is on the way. >> after disappointing failures with repeal and replacing obamacare, president trump may be within hours of accomplishing his signature legislative achievement. >> big priorities we have, make it easy, make it fair, when again come on bring it home. >> the president got his objectives in the bill but let slide a major promise to make wealthy hedge fund managers pay more by eliminating the so-called carried interest loophole. while the president said this bill would cost him big time, the white house grudgingly acknowledged he might save some taxes too. >> in some ways, on the personal side, the president will likely take a big hit but on the business side he could benefit. >> tax reform may pass today but might not become law to the new year. likely president trump won't get

. >> bret: john roberts live on the north lawn. let's talk about tax reform and legislative issues. marc short is the white house legislative director of -- director of legislative affairs. >> we promise we get this done before christmas so american families can enjoy it. they will have their taxes reduced and we are still on schedule to get it done. >> bret: this is what we received on capitol hill from the committee, the negotiators. 37% top individual rate. corporate tax rate 20% goes into effect in 2010. 10,000 local tax deduction split between property taxes, income, sales tax. repeals the corporate amt in the senate bill, graduate school stipends preserved and as in the senate bill. medical expense deductions. amt exemption increased. deductions maintained in the senate bill and private activity bonds, the senate position. is that, as you see it, those details. >> i think congress will be announcing their deal. it seems you have good sources. it's a pretty exciting package. >> bret: you are saying distracts with what you are saying. >> it tracks with what we are seeing. it's p

chief white house correspondent john roberts has details from the north lawn. >> good evening. anyone who has paid any attention to what president trump is set for the past 11 months as president or the previous 18 as a candidate is fully familiar with the policies included in the new national security strategy. brought together for the first time in a single document. >> our new strategy is based on the principle realism guided by our vital national interests and rooted in our timeless values. >> president trump today became the first president to rollout a national security strategy in the first year of his administration. no surprises but codifying america first into official policy. >> with this strategy we are calling for a great reawakening of america. a resurgence of confidence and a rebirth of patriotism, prosperity, and pride. >> the strategy is based on four pillars. protect the american people, the homeland, the american way of life. promote american prosperity. preserve peace through strength and advance american influence around the world. president trump returned

john roberts from the north lawn. back to the white house for more reaction.hey saying much yet or not? >> not yet. we're awaiting a statement. what they're waiting for with ty cobb, the president's counsel inside the white house is waiting for to see what the terms of the plea deal are. i've spoken with the president's outside counsel jay sekulow and everybody waiting for the statement -- waiting for the plea deal before they make any kind of a statement just to make sure they know what it is they're talking about and don't have to walk anything back or change it significantly after they issue a statement. let's go back to january 15th and remind folks at home what this is all about. the f.b.i. is charging mike flynn for the same thing that he got fired from the white house for and here is the transcript from fox news sunday and the question to mike pence at the time. wallace says did mike flynn ever discuss lifting sanctions in any of those conversations with the russians, do you know? pence, i talked to general flynn yesterday and the conversations that too

>> mike: great advice from blake burman there on the white house north lawn.many thanks. >> thanks. >> mike: up next, who is the worst republican governor in america? first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 66 in erie, pennsylvania as a disaster is declared because of heavy snow. record amounts have hit the area more than 60 inches in some places. officials say the declaration will allow needed resources to be used including the national guard. fox 11 in los angeles as an airways flight from los angeles to tokyo turns around four hours into its journey, it returns to los angeles because one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane. model christie teagan was on board and live tweeted the developments. the airline says it is trying to determine what went wrong. and this is a live look at new york fox 5. one of the big stories there tonight workers install waterford crystals on the times square new year's eve ball. the 12-foot 6-ton ball will be covered with more than 2600 crystals. the theme of this year's

john roberts is live on the north lawn. looked like the weather cooperated, too. >> reporter: it is a beautiful day. little cool breeze coming across the lawn. the sun is shining. it will be good for a south lawn event as the president is going to welcome dozens of republican members of congress for a victory lap celebration given today's successful vote in the house. following successful votes in the house and the senate yesterday. the president said he would have liked to have had democrats over, but since none of them voted for the bill, it is limited only to the republicans. president talking about this in length in the cabinet room, of what will be his last cabinet meeting of 2017. the president also revealing a little known fact about obamacare in this bill. this bill repeals the tax penalty involved in the individual mandate in obamacare. the president saying just a little while ago that this effectively repeals obamacare and he didn't really want members of congress talking about that aspect of the bill. listen to w

. >> john roberts is live on the north lawn. good to see you. >> good morning to you. this is probably the biggest moment of the trump presidency. took him 11 months to the day to get to this point but there was no end of celebration on the south lawn of the white house yesterday. for the president, this was the big promise that he made during the campaign. this was his signature issue. and he finally brought it home. promise made and a promise kept. sometimes a rare thing in washington the president said he believes all things good will flow out of this. it will be a boost to the economy he said. tweeting this morning the massive tax cuts with the fake news media is desperate to write badly about will soon kick in and speak for themselves. companies are already making big payments to workers, dems want to raise taxes, hate the big cuts. the president says the corporate tax was the biggest aspect of the deal. he read the announcement from at&t yesterday that it will invest a billion dollars in the united states and give all 200,000 employees a $1,000 bonus and predicte

john roberts joins us from the north lawn. that's how you know you get stuff done. >> the president also gave out some pens, when he signs these bills he has pens designated for people who helped get the bill through. he had a whole pile of pens on his desk and he gave them back to the press which was a nice little christmas president from the president. we talked about the president looking ahead to 28 team, tax reform is behind him and working with democrats to get some of this done, let's put up the big agenda items for you on the screen. the president plans on rebuilding infrastructure, immigration reform and welfare reform. the president will need bipartisan support in the senate at least on a couple of those issues, unlike tax reform for example which passed through a reconciliation process. infrastructure needs 60 votes to pass. it's something democrats have supported in the past it and likely the president will start in 2018. >> infrastructure is far the easiest, people want to, republicans and democrats. we will have

i remember kellyanne conway out on the north lawn of the white house flipping the pages dramaticallym ro rosenstein. say how central of a figure is reince priebus to the mueller probe? >> he is an important witness. there is a lot of questions about was there a quid pro quo? or what has the white house given to russia for what russia did to help donald trump. so reince priebus would see the deliberations over the sanctions. he would have seen the firing of comey, the pressure that donald trump put on comey to, you know, not prosecute or go after michael flynn. he would have also been around when the russians were in the oval office, and it's alleged that the president was leaking national security secrets and also talking about the great relief that he had. he has seen a lot. hopefully he is just truthful. that's all we have. >> if he is not, isn't he under the danger of a perjury? it's one thing to be loyal. but if you perjure yourself to protect a president, you can't count on an arpaio-style pardon to clear things up, can you? >> no you can't. but reince seems like someone who has

eric: those are some of the questions to garrett tenney on the north lawn of the white house with theest. >> reporter: at the center of this debate is who did these e-mails belong to, and we're talking about tens of thousands of e-mails that investigators now have from 13 top members of the trump transition team. now, the trump transition team claims the e-mails belonged to it and that it was its property and that if the special counsel wanted those e-mails, it should have come to the transition with a warrant. instead, mueller's office went to the government agency that provided e-mail services to the transition and then obtained those e-mails without a subpoena and without informing the transition team. in a letter to top lawmakers, an attorney for the transition suggests investigators may have violated the fourth amendment by obtaining the e-mails without a warrant. the special counsel's office is pushing bakken on that though and in a statement said when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we are secured either the account owner's consent

. >> kristen welker at the white house north lawn. thank you for that reporting. want to bring in legal analyst and former water gate special prosecutor nick ackerman, partner and dorsey and whitney. sarah westwood and jonathan lamere are back with me as well. nick, explain what matters is on the series of e-mails from the transition team? >> it matters because this relates what flynn was doing with ambassador kislyak. who knew about it? did they know what flynn said to the ambassador? it matters a lot. and these e-mails, they are all government e-mails. i mean, they are.gov. they belong to the government. >> do they believe the e-mails could have been obtained in a legal way? >> absolutely not. these are government-owned e-mails. this is just an effort to try to undermine the mueller investigation in terms of public relations. if they really believed that there was an issue here, and that the e-mails were obtained improperly, they would go into court to get the e-mails back as opposed to sending a letter to a congressional committee so they could release the lett

. >> that's underscoring it, kristen welker at the white house north lawn. and forth now happening. clearly, the discussion about calling on the president to resign from senator gillibrand has gotten under the president's skin because he tweeted today, and it to pull up the tweet about her, about the campaign contribution that is she apparently asked for, and we do know she received some, a couple thousand dollars from the trumps. he calls her a total flunky for chuck schumer and a lightweight. she is someone that would come to my office begging for campaign contributions not so long ago and would do anything for them. i asked the white house what that enmomeans. what is the president referring to when he says, would do anything for them? the expectation is, don't forget about this, sarah huckabee sanders has a news conference later today, but she most certainly will be asked about this in a story that, again, means this is going to dominate the day. the discussion about what the president is accused of doing with women before he was elected. >> and i'm so g

. >> dana: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. are you going to florida? >> am i going to florida? no. i'm going home. sometime later today. i'm actually going to take advantage and get a couple of weeks off over christmas. >> dana: you deserve it. what wasn't like at the white house this morning? >> let's take a look at the pictures at west palm beach again. i think if you do a little bit of side-by-side, coming down the stairs as well from air force one, he was fist pumping as he was coming down the stairs and going over to meet folks there. there is no question that this is a major, major major victory. you see the fist bump as he's walking with the secret service. this is what the president promised during the campaign. tax reform. obamacare when first because they wanted to get a little bit more money for tax reform. that didn't happen. this is what president trump had really promised. the mood here at the white house particularly the mood as he was signing the bill was this is a promise made and a promise kept. we initially

reporters are standing by in washington to cover all of those developments eamon javers is on the north lawn of the white house once again for us john harwood in d.c. and ylan mui at the capital we begin with eamon. >> within the past few moments we've seen michael flynn departing the federal courthouse at 3rd and constitution streets in washington, d.c a media frenzy there a real scrum as flynn came out from his guilty plea on that single charge of lying to the fbi. there is the camera crew waiting for him as he got into that black suv to depart the courthouse he turned himself in to the fbi this morning flynn putting out a statement today in which he made it clear that he is, in fact, cooperating with the special council's office saying my guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the special council's office reflects a decision i made in the best interest of my family and our country. we simultaneously or near simultaneously got a statement from the president's attorney, he minimized michael flynn's tenure at the white house saying he only served for just over 20 days, saying nothing ab

. >> eamon javers on the north lawn now to seema mody with futures now for us. >> scott, copper is tumbling% and pacing for its worse day in over two years let's bring in scott nations what's behind the move, scott? >> well, we got a surprise increase in supply in futureses warehouses also, there's now an expectation that chinese demand is going to fall, particularly in infrastructure i mean, copper is still up nearly 20% for the year, but as you can see from this chart we're now below the support that's been really important for the last three months, and below that level it's look out below. >> china seems to be part of the story as well. brian, what levels are you watching here? >> well, i don't think it's unusual to see gap moves when we see moves out of china that. has happened before in copper and the year to date up 24%. the longer term chart, bring that up and look further 280 level down there i think there's a ton of support and breaking the 3.05 range and now the range is 3.05 on the upside and 2.80 and 2.85 on the downside and i'd become a buyer at that level when i would look to

eamon javers, north lawn of the white house for us let's bring all of this back to the market, rick sapperstein with us today. steve mnuchin and gary cohn, the head of the economic council, if they are correct and this is not being factored fully into the market what does that mean for stocks >> stocks continue to go higher. we're in the midst of a globalized synchronized recovery, and there's opportunity right now in small caps, but biggest concern that i have is where is the bond market in all of this is the bond market just hibernating and we're having a rising stock market and no movement in bond prices? >> well, you're getting a little bit of movement. >> yesterday was the first time, so, look, i think maintain full positions, small caps have a tremendous underpricing relative to large caps, right, and if you go back 15 years and look at the average pe and compare with the small and the mid caps, they are identical right now, and small will benefit from tax reform lower tax rates. they are not subject to a lot of the interest deductibility phaseouts so i would focus on an opportunity right

and on the north lawn you can hear the rotors of marine one landing in the south lawn. thank you. >> and with more on this now we have al weaver with the washington examiner. thank you for joining us. this is what we have for now, what is a level of this legal exposure? >> the big thing for michael flynn, obviously paul manafort and george papadopoulos, as garrett tenney mentioned, michael flynn was about the many aspects of the trump scare. he was active in the campaign, active during transition and in the white house for almost a month. it will be hard for the trump white house to separate themselves from him as they try to with paul manafort and also with george papadopoulos. >> also know that michael flynn is cooperating, who else might be in robert mueller is crosshairs? >> someone mentioned during petitioner, talk obviously that case mcfarland, she was the one that helped push general michael flynn in the direction of talking to the russians. back in december with senator kislyak. i think those anesi will look at in the next couple of weeks. >> and mcfarland, the

kevin corke from the north lawn at the white house. good morning. >> good morning, bill.e white house as congressional lawmakers and president make good on a promise to overhaul the nation's tax code and we do expect a celebratory event sometimes this afternoon, probably mid-afternoon as the president and lawmakers say congratulations for getting the job done. he is taken to twitter, no surprise. the president very much in a celebratory mood that morning saying this. the tax cuts are so large and so meaningful and yet the fake news is working overtime to follow the lead of their friends, the defeated dems and only demean. he goes on to add, this is truly a case where the results will speak for themselves starting very soon. jobs, jobs, jobs. the senate made it official 51 yes, 48 no. vice president mike pence claiming the jobs bill is ready for the president's signature. the long-anticipated white house review. what's in it? i have a few bullet points that will help you along. this reduces the corporate tax rate to 21%. down from 35. if you are making between say 49 and 8

september 2014 when fence-jumper omar gonzalez with a knife in his back pocket raced across the north lawn and into the residence. gonzalez, an army veteran, suffered from mental illness like many fence jumpers apprehended by the secret service. >> and you have to admire the restranltd of officers. the last thing we want do is have to use lethal force, but they're well prepared do it on the grounds, i'll just say that. >> reporter: alles said his agency has been able to reduce fence jumers by adding bike racks along the fence line, but it's a different kind of tletd that has him on alert. >> the most danchtsworthy would be a complex form of >> reporter: the service also faces other challenges. >> it is a no-fail mission, and the agency gets the job done no matter what. >> do you have the resources you need for the agency? >> of course, we have funding needs. we've laid those out to congress and the administration. >> reporter: from 2011 to 2015 the secret service, according to a congressional report, lost 10% of its work-force largely due to budget constraints and atrikz. >> i think we und

first we go to john roberts live on the north lawn. what about this idea that the president wants to fire robert mueller? >> good morning, to you, sandra. this is an idea floated by a democratic member of congress who with no evidence to back it up suggested that she has heard the president wants to fire the special counsel robert mueller. this is something that has been speculated time and time again over the last few months. at every turn the president's legal team, the president, press secretary knocks it down. sources tell me the president's legal team has a very good relationship with robert mueller. meeting with him this week, by the way. the last thing they would want is for mueller to be fired and a new special counsel appointed and the whole process started over from scratch. something that could drag this investigation on for years. on the way back from camp david the president responded to new rumors that he was going to fire mueller saying it's not something he is even thinking about. listen here. >> no, i'm not, no. >> at

chief white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn this morning. >> good morning to you. this has become a central issue for the president over the last few months. highlighted and heightened by the attack on the greenway bike path in new york city a few weeks ago where the president made a point of the fact the man responsible for that got into the country as a result of chain migration. now we learn the subway tunnel bomber came in on an extended family visa prompting the white house to renew the president's call to end illegal immigration and reform the system of legal immigration. listen here to sarah huckabee sanders. >> this attack underscores the need for congress to work with the president on immigration reforms that enhance our national security and public safety. we must protect our borders, we must ensure that individuals entering our country are not coming to do harm to our people and we must move to a merit-based system of immigration. >> the president weighing in on all of this in a statement saying america must fix its lax immigration system. today'