here's what democratic congressman mike quigley said earlier on msnbc. >> i feel on a continuing basis that there is increased evidence of obstruction taking place. why are the republicans rushing this through? why are they trying to discredit there mueller? where are they doing any of these things? because the investigation is getting to hot for them. they're not subpoenaing everyone that they should. they're not forcing answers from key witnesses. they're rushing this investigation. the interviews are taking place on an overlapping basis, often out of state, and they're refusing to bring in certain people who would be important witnesses. >> congressman quigley there. also shedding light on whether there were any democrats present for his committee's interview of long-time trump secretary, rona graff in new york yet. >> one democrat was able to go up to new york to do the interview that took place yesterday, but there was another interview wednesday when we were -- another interview wednesday when we are in d.c. and that interview was in new york, so of course no democratic members w

congressman quigley saying the gop is trying to rush because it's getting too hot for them?r congressman rooney saying it's too hot because the investigation is slanted by biased investigators on mueller's team? >> it depends on who you ask and which side of the aisle they're on. this has become increasingly partisan as the year has kicked on. now if you remember, there are reports that donald trump's inner circle told him that this investigation would be wrapped up by the end of the year. as we see these attacks on the fbi heat up, you can believe that they were expecting this entire process to ramp down. that's something that's going to matter to the president now, as he tries to get through major pieces of his agenda, infrastructure, immigration reform. if all of this is overshadowed by the russia investigation he's bound to grow more restless, as are his allies. >> jonathan, is there consensus what the white house is orchestrating attempts to discredit special counsel robert mueller by using house members to give voice to this effort? >> you know, i think there's sort of

here's what mike quigley said earlier on msnbc on what's driving this tension and why he thinks republicans have turned on special counsel robert mueller. >> i feel on a continuing basis that there is increased evidence of obstruction taking place. why are the republicans rushing this through? why are they trying to discredit mr. mueller? why are they doing any of these things? because the investigation is getting too hot for them. they're not subpoenaing everyone that they should. they are not forcing answers from key witnesses. they're rushing this investigation. the interviews are taking place on an overlapping basis, often out of state. and they're refusing to bring in certain people who will be important witnesses. >> our live coverage this hour on the russia probe includes our political panel, noelle nikpour, peter emerson and kelly o'donnell. president trump is in mar-a-lago where he will celebrate holidays with his family. he avoided a year-end news conference, instead rushing to sign the tax bill without any fanfare. kelly o'donnell, good to see you again. what was behind this deci

congressman quigley, were you surprised given that you have access to information that we in the public do not have, were you surprised by today's development? >> the timing somewhat. it's hard to imagine that after last week's announcement that mr. flynn had stopped cooperating with the trump defense team that something like this wasn't going to happen. it was clearly an indication that there was cooperation, which is more likely than not leading to some sort of a negotiated plea. so i think -- i felt this was going to happen. it was hard to imagine that the general didn't have a lot of exposure. but as suggested, it has gained in momentum. >> congressman lieu, there's a side part of this and it has to do with essentially the presidential transition conducting foreign policy during the transition and we should note that it's not unusual for incoming administrations to be in contact with foreign governments and talking about things. but there's both the example of the sanctions and this other example in which it appears that jared kushner directed michael flynn to call different governm

we will ask mike quigley. that is coming up nextch . >>> a new development in the russia investigation, nbc news learned long-time trump assistant rona graph was interviewed by house intel members in new york yesterday. it was clear if both were represented. it's an effort by democrats to stop republicans from wrapping up congressional investigations in the near future. so let's bring in democratic congressman mike quigley of illinois. he is a member of the house intel committee. thanks for being here. >> glad to be here, good morning. >> it's start with rona graph, she has been at prup's side for many years in the private sector. were you or any other democrat in that interview? it took place in new york, not in d.c. was na'a surprise to you? >> well, i think it's indicative of what the republicans are trying to do, to rush to a close this investigation. i think twice this week they scheduled interviews out of state when we are in d.c. so it's difficult for members to be in the same place, particularly when t

. >> congressman mike quigley criticizing house republicans in the russia investigation.s has president trump continues to target fbi deputy director andrew mccabe in multiple tweets. just a short time ago is, trump quoting fox news alleging mccabe was using his official fbi e-mail to promote his wife's campaign for political office. joining me katie fang legal analyst for msnbc. good sunday morning to you. is there a legal strategy for trump's continued attacks on the head of the fbi? >> sure, it's the here look over here because if you look over here, here's where the facts and evidence are leading the mueller investigation. think what happened this week on friday with rhona graff, 30 years with the trump organization started off as the executive assistant and ended up being a senior vp ends up being grilled off site as you noted before the break. what's up with the cloak and daggers? what's happening? it's a lot of political theater. nothing that's legally substantive and again, it's an attempt to detract from the facts and evidence. >> as democrats claim more from you

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cnn captured this video of president trump golfing with georgia senator and pro golfers and dana quigleyillip said he was back at work.

the golf course with senator david purdue of georgia and two pga pros, bryson dechambeau and dana quigley while ivanka trump was in a photo with her sister and posted photos of adviser jared kushner fishing with their son they report the president sent one-third of his term in office, nearly 40 days at his golf course in new jersey and 40 days in palm beach, his current ten-day vacation, the president tweeted yesterday evening how business is looking really good for next year with quote our tax cut bill, which is now actually a law and earlier in the morning, he tweeted about fox news reportedly alleging the fbi cannot after all this time verify claims in the dossier of russia, trump collusion, fbi tainted, excuse me the president added, they use this crooked hillary pile of gore badge as the basis forrer going aft goin trump campaign a number of trump cabinets appear to keep their schedules a secret. they found eight routinely declined to release information on their planned schedules or travels. >> that marks break from the policies under former president's obaub baum and bush, politico

spent the day at trump international playing golf with republican senator and normaller pga prodana quigley. the administration dispriebs this as a working vacation. on policy from the president this morning, a tweet, quote, the unfair and unpopular mandate has been terminated as part of the tax cut bill which repeals over time obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. the republicans already tried to replace obamacare thwarted by insufficient support. the president says he's discuss husband 2018 strategy the first week in january at camp david. the administration says it will also push an infrastructure package. some democrats say they're willing to work with republicans. >> we've got an aging infrastructure with potholes and highways that aren't working and bridges that are in trouble. we need to do something together to fix our infrastructure. reporter: immigration, budgeting, disaster relief, health care, all part of the 2018 agenda which is also midterm election year. gregg: thanks very much. >>> we're coming back w

senator as part of the golfing quartet, the majority of republicans, and former pga golfer, dana quigley. we have not heard from or seen the president since christmas eve, the president really only publicly been a part of a twitter conversation, but beyond that, the prison has been quiet, spending family time. >> he does have a big meeting scheduled coming up with republican leaders, right? >> that is right. first we can in january, the president has invited mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, to camp david, will they will discuss the republican congressional agenda for 2018. the president mentioned a little bit of that today, tweeting before he went golfing this morning, based on the fact, very unfair and popular individual mandate has been terminated, as part of a tax cut bill, which is essentially repealing obamacare, democrats a and republicans wil have a new health care plan. republicans attempted to do this alone a few months ago and failed to get enough votes to repeal and replace obamacare. democrats say they want to improve the law and they have not gone anywhere near the same page when

. >> congressman quigley there criticizing the republicans and their ongoing russian investigation. and trump quoting taubgs news alleging mccabe was promoting his wife's campaign from his official e-mail for office. guys, good to see you. i want to get your reaction to this. former congressman warning president trump, quick attackig the fbi. it's two days before christmas, put your phone down and no more tweets until after new year's. knowing mueller is pushing along, what is at stake for this president? >> the mueller investigation has been moving at really a high rate of speed compared to most investigations of this magnitude, and following the class classic doj playbook, it's based upon who has been indicted and plead guilty since then. these statements should have no affect on the mueller investigation because that is how the doj does investigations. they don't -- they reveal information only when they absolutely have to, and that's how they perceive running a proper investigation and an investigation that is uncompromised by leaks or public knowledge. >> so steven, from a lega

he hit the links with pga tour pro bryson dechambeau and former pga golfer dana quigley but there may have been some work discussed as well. also joining the foursome georgia senator david perdue, a loyal republican vote for the administration but someone hoping to forge a bipartisan solution on immigration. a solution that could prove to be more difficult. after a "new york times" story that quotes the president grumbling in an oval office meeting that immigrants from countries like haiti "all have aids" and that 40,000 immigrants from nigeria would never "go back to their huts." white house officials strongly deny the report and mark shore, the director of legislative affairs, argues that there needs to be a plan for people living in the united states under temporary protected status. >> congress needs to change these laws opposed to continual six-month extensions of people here from 10 and 20 years ago. >> but while immigration promises a fix for the so-called dreamers, government spending and infrastructure have all been pointed to as priorities in 2018, on tuesday the president w

international with the georgia senator david perdue along with pga tour player bryson desham bow and, dana quigleyn the fact that the very unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which essentially repeals over time obamacare the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. republicans tried replacing obamacare earlier this year and were unsuccessful in those efforts. the white house legislative director says president trump, after leaving here in south florida, will go to camp david early next month. the first weekend of next month, discuss the legislative priorities and agenda with republican leadership there. expected to be among those discussions will be talks about constructing an infrastructure plan. democrats have said they're willing to work with the president on infrastructure, though details of that plan right now are unclear. back to you. lea: a little golf and talking bipartisanship. thank you, rich. david: he is working though. here now to react, james freeman, assistant editor of "the

cnn captured this video of president trump golfing with georgia senator and pro golfers and dana quigley. there is he there on the golf course. let's go to abby phillip said he was back at work. let's talk about the health care plan. he is optimistic over the new year. the working strategy of working out a fix. what's going on here? >> hey, don, while yeah the president this morning tweeting about health care and going back to a little bit of an old plan which is, would go with democrats, something that republicans has not been able to do successfully. he had this tweet this morning talking about the obamacare he says based on the individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which essentially repeals obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. now, it does not seem right at this moment that democrats and republicans are actually working on a new health care plan. however, in january, there is going to it be a bipartisan effort to shore up those health care marketplaces, that's one of the things tha

after spending time at mar-a-lago, he took to the golf course, and former professional golfer, dana quigley joined him and when the president get back to washington he and the congress face issues like immigration infrastructure and the budget and north korea. >> and three states including philadelphia are suing the state department. saying that several service members disqualified from owning guns are not reported to the national check system blaming the military's quote, broken system, for a factor in the church shooting in texas last month. it was filed today in virginia. >>> time for a look at today's closing numbers on wall street. all three indexes are down. dow jones about 8. and it's nasdaq down 23 and change and the s&p 500 down as well just over 2 points. if your christmas gift didn't fit or you didn't like them or you are not alone. thousands of folks rush back to stores to start returning things. and 40% of folks return things nationwide like these folks at the cherry hill mall. americans returned $90 billion of holiday goods and most give you 30 days and some 15 and some genero

former pga golfer dana quigley are joining the two. deeper discussions will begin in a couple of weeks. that includes health care earlier today, the president tweeted "based on the fact that the very unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of our tax cut bill which eventually repeals over time obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan. the president has also invited the senate majority leader in the house speaker paul ryan to camp david in the first weekend in january to begin discussions on a number of different items that they're going to work on. health care is one of them but to also talk infrastructure. the president has been touting infrastructure, pushing for infrastructure plans flow into his candidacy for the presidency and now the second year of his term, he is looking to actually get something done on that, perhaps the price tag of a trillion dollars but those deals are really outstanding. how much of the federal government goin

congressman mike quigley offering his theory behind sessions' i don't recall testimony. >> the attorney general is one of the most forgetful persons who works out of washington, d.c. and in our nation's history or he's being less than candid with the american public. >> next up don jr. who has a date with the house intelligence committee happening on wednesday. joining us right now frank figlussy and kendall coffee, former federal prosecutor. kendall, let's start with this on the tweet that came out as we've been covering this hour here from president trump. now saying that one of the reasons as to why flynn was fired was because he lied to the fbi. by our understanding, by our scouring the white house unit looking very closely at the records an the archives, this is new. we have not heard it before. your reflection on what this means in terms of obstruction of justice an then second to this, that john doud the outside counsel for the president saying the tweet simply paraphrases what tye cobb said yesterday. >> it is astonnishing and ill advised. another self-inflicted wound by the pre

. >> jimmy: next up for the vikings we have ryan quigley.d most likely to be a grow your own football player that hasn't been soaked in water yet. [ laughter and applause ] i don't know, chuck, he's going to get to be like that big, a a real size. [ laughter ] next from the packers we have ulrick john. he was voted most likely to have a helmet with a double chin strap. >> steve: oh. [ laughter and applause ] and finally from the vikings we have kai forbath. he was voted santa's oldest elf. [ laughter and applause ] there you have it, you guys. those are the nfl superlatives. give it up for the roots right there, ladies and gentlemen. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody, welcome! welcome, welcome, welcome. and thank you so much. oh, my goodness. this is our last show of 2017. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: we have got a a fantastic show tonight. they are hosting cnn's new year's eve live special together this year. anderson cooper and andy cohen are joining us! [ cheers and applause ] they're great. they'

mike quigley, member of the house intelligence committee. >>> president trump thanked utah senator orrin a short time ago for his work on the senate tax reform bill approved very el saturday morning. >> i want to especially thank you for the tremendous work in ushering massive tax cuts and reform through the senate. just happened, and we have a final step to go, and i predict we're going to be very successful. talking about massive, massive tax cuts. >> house and senate republicans goring to soon begin the process of merging separate bills into one. lawmakers will need to sort through a number of differences between the two pieces of legislation. i want to invite brian readalong in, senior writer in economics at the manhattan institute and former economist for ohio republican senator rob portman. i want to put up a screen what republicans claims are about this tax bill, different versions of it, but that they focus on the middle class, won't benefit the wealthy or president trump and his family and that the tax cuts will pay for themselves. we've seen several studies by different groups,

quigley. mr. swalwell. no. >> mr. castro. no. >> mr. heck. >> no. mr. chairman, there are 13 ayes and eight nos. >> thank you. the bill will be purported to the -- for the house of representatives without objection pursuant to clause 2 l of house rule 11. i and unanimous consent that the we be able to make technical changes to the bill subject to the approval of the minority. so ordered. if there is no further business without objection, the committee stands adjourned. [ gavel ] >>> the senate is working on the gop tax reform bill with amendment debate and votes and a final passage vote expected later. watch live on c-span2. >> all of the claims that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations will pay for -- >> this from the hill a short time ago. special counsel robert mueller charged president trump's former national security adviser michael flynn with willfully and knowingly making false and fictitious statements to the fbi about his conversations with russia's ambassador. a plea hearing has been scheduled for 10:30 friday morning. read more at thehil

this time sharing the day with his golfing partners, senator perdue and dana quigley.fter watching a "fox and friends" segment, calling the fbi tainted and saying they use this garbage as an attack. the latest twitter attack against the fbi after a weekend spent bashing the bureau and its leadership. the president making a bold prediction. following the repeal of the individual mandate, democrats and republicans will come together and develop a great new health care program. with midterm elections less than a year away, some experts think that's doubtful. >> he has now offended so many parts of the democratic party that their entire constituency is sending a signal to party leaders, don't cooperate. >> reporter: the president still has about a week left in florida. and when he returns to washington, big issues like infrastructure, the budget and north korea are still waiting to be dealt with. serena marshall, washington. >>> and a tree on the white house grounds that shaded presidents for generations is coming down. a large portion of the magnolia is too old and too da

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quigley: two weeks ago i had the honor of meeting the parents of alexandria bergos. on october 9, 2014, she was from a up her brother friend's house when her life was cut short by a stray bullet, shot through an apartment window. she was 18 years old. she worked with kids at the local ymca and hoped to be a social worker after graduating from college. like her parents, i'm telling her story to push the conversation forward. conversation that includes thoughts and prayers but also must lead to action. alexandria's story and the pain felt by her loved ones are something for too many have had to endure. let 2018 be a year more than reflect on the lives lost and step up to find the courage to confront gun violence. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise to express my outrage at a detailed re

and unfortunately the cubs are a little further north where mike quigley is the congressman and represents. but we embrace them also. president obama lived right at the edge of my district. chicago is illinois's field. the first african-american woman to be elected to the united states senate from the state of illinois. nd of course, barack obama was also elected to the senate. and abraham lincoln. i grew up as a fan of abraham lincoln because of the role that he and illinois played in the and litigation of slavery. my mother was a great abraham linchingon fan. as a little boy, i knew every story you could think of about abraham linchingon. is ost thing i'm proud of the diversity of our state. representative lahood, you have represented and demonstrated what illinois is all about and that is bringing all of us together to talk about the virtues of our great state. i thank you for your leadership and i thank you for your action and i yield back the balance of our time. mr. lahood: thank you, congressman davis, about the state of illinois and the city of chicago and all your advocacy. in clo