rachel: there is another barrier, todd. todd: what? a lot of controversy in our country. that is the president's wall. is he putting pressure right now on democrats to strike a deal on border security. and it comes as the government shutdown enters its 10th day. todd: garrett tenney live for us in washington where negotiations are stay stand still. >> good morning, y'all. there hasn't been any major progress or negotiations in over a week. that is largely because at least for now, democratic leaders are refusing to negotiate with the white house. and republicans are placing the blame squarely on nancy pelosi. >> first, the democrats have to come back. nancy pelosi needs to come back from hawaii. less hula and more moolah for the dhs and border security funding border security. they need to come to the table and do their job. fully functioning democracy demands both parties come together and executive branch work together. >> bagelsed on what we are hearing negotiations are not expected to pick up until later this week when congress beg

todd: amanda with her todd dad and sister christinena.: bless her heart. todd: on "fox & friends first." she is a saint. you can't actually see the halo around her head but she is a saint. lisa: she is on santa's good list? she is on the nice list? todd: she is on the nice list. griff: writer ben james mom cathy and two others. michael and john. awesome photos there. lisa: this is production assistant cathy dad mom and brother bryant. >> todd: shshe is a big giants fan u. griff: here is sarah mom patty, sister samantha and dad steve. merry christmas. todd: sarah is working today on the ones and twos down stairs. lisa: i know that guy. todd: there is amanda and me. there is my lovely wife amanda who is sleeping and saying you need to be out of there at 10:01. we have a whole day of fun with her family which means you better move. lisa: we have to make sure to push you on your way then after the show. [laughter] griff: do you have doo we have any more photos we can show? todd: please send them in. griff: won't ask me about this 80's rock ba

todd: that photo brings it home.ump's call for a border wall coming as the government shutdown hits one week with no end insight. and outlook at the capital where the senate has come up with a solution during a 4-minute session. jillian: doug luzader joins us in washington with lawmakers going back to work until the new year. >> reporter: pretty quiet around here and that is not going to change until after the new year. some republicans are convinced the partial government shutdown is not going to end soon. >> i can tell you having discussions with the president prior to the christmas break, he was fully engaged and making a number of different options available to democrats and it has been that with resistance and no acceptance whatsoever. any suggestion this would end quickly are quickly fading. todd: democrats promising to move on the partial sat down as soon as they take control of congress in less then a week, nancy pelosi saying in a statement the house majority, democrats will act swiftly to end the trump shut

todd: beyond powerful. >> absolutely.say at the hearing and think about being attacked over and over again, for him to stand up not just for his own character and his own record but to stand up for his family when he talked about his wife and daughter, it really resonated with people because some of the passion and anger he had was justified and it was a turning point to hear him in his own words how passionate he was. todd: not just brett cavanagh standing up for himself, lindsey graham, a memorable moment as well. >> if you wanted an fbi investigation you could have come to us. you want to destroy this guy's life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. you said that, not me. you got nothing to apologize for. todd: soft-spoken genteel southerner firing back. >> in so many ways the unlikely hero leading the charge in all this, moderate republican who often does side with democrats but in this case called out for what it is, what americans saw it as which is leftist tactics to get their own agenda across and not car

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hope y'all had a great christmas. >> thanks, todd. todd: talk about bad medicine.hey are actually giving up their medical license but then starting it all again in another state. how does this happen? we have dr. nicole saphier on tap to explain this alarming loophole next hour. plus, yeah. stocks have been in a little bit of a free fall. this morning, the economy just got a dose of good news. fox business reporter susan li here with the big headline and how it impacts the market. she is joining us on the curvey couch right now ♪ like the feeling can't hold us ♪ go back ♪ this is the moment ♪ tonight is the night ♪ but hey, at least you still have time to get the ford vehicle you've always wanted. just get to the final days of our holiday sales event. see you sometime between now and january 2nd. so you can end your year on a high note. ford. built for the holidays. it's time to get our best offers of the season. jillian: hope you are having a good morning so far. welcome back. headlines going viral. a man behind bars accused of throwing a christmas ham in a fit of

todd: we saw the booze.d wine. >> to elevate the wine a little bit, put it in a wine bucket, and people ask what wine do i bring? this is a great natural acidity, they are doing this with 7 stitches, a great wine to bring. carley: it seems like you thought about it for months and months. >> and a red wine, columbia crest, 2016 brand which has great complexity and structure. and also party meals, good for christmas dinner for tomorrow. carley: the goal if you are shopping for last-minute gifts, to get a lot of little things at one spot all at once. >> the reason you waited so long as you can find one thing that was nice enough or you were on a budget and just waiting. i find your getting a couple things and i really thoughtful it doesn't seem like it. todd: rob schmidt getting ready for 5:00 am. >> i have a wicker basket and if you can't get a basket, you get really nice things, i got some sheet masks from neutrogena, 3 different kinds. the first was hydra boost hydrogel mask, and one for deep punting, towels

todd: 26 after the hour, the video shocking.uck by a complete stranger. the police caught the man behind this attack. carley: americans want a solution to border security. are democrats ready to stop dragging their feet? the political panel is on next to debate. stop fearing your alarm clock... with zzzquil pure zzzs. a drug-free blend of botanicals with melatonin that supports your natural sleep cycle so you can seize the morning. zzzquil pure zzzs. >> welcome back. and a higher man faces 40 years in prison after he is found guilty of supporting isis, originally from jordan, prosecutors say he wanted to join the terror group as the most lethal type of suicide bomber. he was arrested at cincinnati airport trying to fly overseas, the same day, he texted a relative, quote, i am a terrorist. paris shutting down dozens of tourist attractions is embraces for violent protests tomorrow. among those locations the eiffel tower and lose museum. french officials say they can't take risks after last weekend's fiery riots over a controversia

todd: it has flipped.e puzzle, the house on board, the president on board, now it is all stuck on the senate and if they are the lone holdout. the numbers are not there. what do you think happens in this vote today? >> they will pass are there will be a shutdown. todd: how does that happen? they couldn't get a single one involved. >> do you see any democrats getting involved? >> i'm just the old x border patrol agent was my politics are out of the game. i say pastor, from the wall. todd: why does this need to be funded? >> when i worked there in the 90s or early 2000s it was crazy, the traffic picking up like the numbers were back then. the optics in central america is to get across the border before we pass immigration reform that may limit a path to citizenship. the other thing about the wall is it provides funnels and took points to funnel the agents, not the agents but the aliens in certain areas where agents can apprehend demand not just apprehend them but provided to any and need. todd: only 7 key po

todd: i am todd pyro in for rob schmidt. are respected again, strong message sent by donald trump during a surprise visit us troops in iraq and germany. >> the president lifting spirit in defending his stance on syria. doug luzader live with more on the president's trip. >> it was a post christmas surprise, a tight circle of folks around the president knew this was happening. they pulled it off, the president and first lady spent 3 hours or so on the ground in iraq thanking servicemembers, they arrived to cheers, spend 3 hours or so, signing autographs, posing for pictures and thanking those serving abroad. >> our faith and confidence in you is absolute and total. you are the sentinels who watch over our nation. you are the warriors who defend our freedom. you are the patriots who in sure the flame of liberty burns forever bright. >> the president talked about his recent decision to bring the 2000 or so us troops serving in syria home saying the us presence was never supposed to be permanent, that move surprised many on both

thank you, todd. todd: appreciate it.ck at the life and legacy of president bush. emily: plus, we are reading your emails and sharing your memories this morning. that's next. ed: first on george h.w. bush on how he would want to be remembered. >> honor, service and honor. i'm very at peace now with myself and our record. i have no regrets. i have had my chance. i did my best. snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike's denture. but super poligrip gives him a tight seal. to help block out food particles. so he can enjoy the game. super poligrip. ♪ lean on me, when you're not strong ♪ ♪ and i'll be your friend ♪ ♪ i'll help you carry on ♪ ♪ lean on me. ♪ >> every single day when i walked into this office from this door over here, you feel a sense of awe. and a sense of respect and i tried to treat the office with respect. but i have many happy memories. ed: what a wonderful life and legacy we have been talking about all morning. george h.w. bush. 41st president of the united states has died at the age of 94. the st

look out below according to todd. >> but what todd said we are in a tradeable rally. i know the one thing todd does a lot is talk about time frames. and you look at the chart he presented there. we have had three corrections now. and all lasted around the same time now you expect some kind of rebound. let's call it 30 to 60 days or so and that's again a tradeable market at that point we have to see what the world looks like. in 60 days if we still have a trade war, if the fed auchlis a a sudden hawkish then you have the catalyst for lower lows but right now today that's passed. >> i think it's going higher if we get two or three more days like this the next few weeks we have agreed to psychology is a critical part that we haven't talked much about that all the headlines from the consumers the market had a great day we continue that. >> you're safe coming out of here much more on the monster rally the biggest ever point gain ever talking more about the fang stocks two names todd says could be buy signs right now. he doesn't hate everything plus retail christmas miracle

-todd: right.nd so food costs, as you know, are a function of the cost of the product and what else? -joe t.: labor. -lemonis: nope. -todd: budget? -lemonis: nope. -joe t.: price sold? -lemonis: that's right. the restaurant business is really one in the margins and the smallest of numbers. and the most important factor in the restaurant business is food costs. food costs are calculated by taking all of the costs of the actual ingredients and dividing them by the retail price. and at standard burger, that number can't be greater than 30%. so in the month of june, our food costs were 31.4%. i want to be under 30%. so we're a point and a half away. then, when i come to july, we jump up to 34%. nothing changed with the cost of the food. you want to know why we went to 34%? todd: because we dropped the price. lemonis: right. with this economy burger that joe's come up with, all he's done is lower the retail price. taking out lettuce and tomato isn't gonna help our food costs. in fact, our food costs hav

dr, ben, todd.ater in the show look how european countries are growing all of their economies with high corporate taxes. it's a paradox. how do think grow in that type of environment? google ceo was facing allegations of anti-conservative bias among other things but is the government intervening with regulation? by the way did both parties miss the real threat? we have a special guest coming up next. ♪ charles: defending the internet giant controlling internet searches with anti-conservative bias. >> does google choose conservative voices over liberal voices? >> we approach our work without any political bias. we believe in neutral way. >> the answer is no, yes or no? >> no. charles: but is political ideology stopping washington, both sides from seeing the bigger threat of google in other technology behemoths? joining me carnegie mellon university distinguished fellow vivek wadhwa. thanks for joining me on the show. what did you make of the overall testimony everyone waited for? it felt sort of like

analysis.com at the plasma todd. >> melissa, b.k.er levels but first talking about the earnings microen, nothing good. down 7.84% trading 31.56 after hours. the loss of 33 from a technical point of view is no good i see lower levels options markets expect the move down to $31 heading into earnings for tomorrow. if we exceed the 31 level look for additional selling as we get off the intraday earnings reaction chart let's get into it. you were talking about how commodotized the pace is the monthly charts we can put it in context just how rhythmical and patterns these are this is microen oh the monthly chart. you see two significant declines in mu. 72% with, 74%. average 70%. if we are in a 70% decline happening twice before in the past we have further to go right now as of the close of business today we are down 49% obviously another 20% on the downside let's go from this chart down to -- actually it's a monthly again. but he put a little bit more detail behind this okay a -- a 70% decline like we have seen here and here puts you b.b.k

uber obviously has not, to todd's point very difficult year for ipo. check out ipo that is etf, exchange traded fund that tracks performance of recent ipos, it is down 19% this year. so unless the recent ipo performance can turn around. i'm with todd, in fact a lot of proposed ipos might not come public as a lot of their backers hope in 2019. susan: guys, thank you for getting dressed up. we'll get back to you in just a bit. kristina: oil snapping a two-year winning streak, closing down nearly 25%. we have to go to the expert, phil flynn who is at the cme. phil, we talked about domestic production climbing higher in the united states, opec potentially cutting supplies or potentially putting in production cuts next week, what do you think will happen in the 201019, the price of oil? will we ever get higher than 80 bucks a barrel. >> i think we will. we will try to test it. 77 or bust. if you can't stay up until midnight we can celebrate the eia report, came out a little while ago, right? 11.5 million barrels. we set in order record according to u.s. ene

melissa: todd horowitz, dominic tavella are back with us.o, dominic, what really got me is they're allowing other companies in through a backdoor to read your messages and, even delete them, but then to listen in on your conversation that you're having with a family member, whatever it is on their site and then they can use that information to pitch you specific things. if they picked up the phone, and they listened to your phone conversations, everybody would be outraged. is this the same kind of outrage around that? do people think twice about communicating with each other over facebook as a result? >> you know when this thing first broke a couple months ago, i didn't think much of it, because it didn't seem like the people using facebook cared very much. instagram was doing great. messenger was doing great. you figured the company could survive. but when you get these drips day after day after day and now this is a big one because the regulators will step in, congress will step in. forget about what the europeans are going to do, european

erin, todd, appreciate it. >> thank you. connell: with all the uncertainty we talk about in markets what about idea of a recession in 2019? a different view from what you heard from kevin hassett, came from liz ann sonders from charles schwab, she was interviewed by our own gerry baker here on friday. listen. >> there is 100% chance we'll get another recession. in the next year i think trade holds the key. right, i think the key to the length of runway between now and the next recession to a large degree does relate to trade. hopefully we'll have some answer to that in the next few months. connell: we're joined by the president of the american action forum, douglas holtz-eakin. just to be clear, liz ann is not saying 100% chance of recession to kevin hassett's zero, she said, as you know, doug we'll get another recession at one point. there is 100% chance of that. but the timing is based on trade. what is your take? >> i think there is a lot of truth to the fact that trade is crucial to the near term path of the economy. we'

charles: all right, todd, other issues though, right?cials, something is wrong with the financials. you know. the yield curve. listen i know there is a lot of hype. i know the yield curve is great. it can predict a recession two years out. like me telling you there will be a massive snowstorm in the northeast next two winters. be that as it may wall street reacts to this stuff, doesn't it? >> they react a lot. this is what happens when you get emotion involved, charles. when you're trading or investing. you get too emotional. there are a lot of problems out there. the bond market is signaling trouble. on other side of the coin federal reserve trying to stamp down on things to keep it under control. instead of letting free markets trade, discover what the right price through price discovery. trying to manipulate. first the dollar. they try to push the dollar down to help emerging markets. that doesn't work because dollar is taking off. now they are trying to work on bond market. eventually markets overtake the fed. why they're always wron

here to help us break it down, moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd.'s start with what folks in our area are dealing with -- the question of if their employer will open back up th here is thi partial shutdown we're dealing with, senate, notu rising, couldn't come to an agreement yesterday. where do we go now? >> the disputes between now senate democrats and the resident and in fact basically the senateublicans have washed their hands. that's why mitch mcconnell adjourned the senate and i think he's sending his own message to the president -- you're on your own, we're not helping you with this. we got a compromise with you you said you'dn sen suld esuddenly you wouldn't. dick durbin is on the show today. he said unequivocallyou they offer the president more money to border security, they'll give m all $5 billion as long as nu none o money goes to the wall. so my gut is the president loses leverage by the day. democrats take over h theouse on january 1. h takes this leap or he does it when nancy pelosi the speaker's gavel. my guess is someone will tell h

i'm honored to be joined by senator todd young of indiana. i recommend you follow him on instagram where you will learn that he can still do 18 pull-ups, even in a suit. one of those recent posts on instagram. we will also be joined shortly by senator angus king of maine. i recommend checking out his instagram.

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todd governor brown said the state needs to focus on creating more opportunities for californians who struggle with drug addiction, mental illness, and poverty. he will leave office on january 7, when governor elect gavin newsom will be sworn in. >>> we will take you transplant they were two very area teachers are wearing -- sharing a life-saving journey. hosen. it's culture salad. our holidays don't all look the same. am i saying it well, l'chaim? l'chaim? and maybe that's what makes us great. make the dream yours. ikea. >>> it's been relatively quiet so far today, and the federal reserve wraps up its last meeting of the year. >>> modest recovery in oil prices , holding energy companies slightly higher. the dow is up almost what -- 300 points. now back to the feds. the federal reserve is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate for a fourth time this year. that rake height of course make -- hike of course make wiring money more expensive and it could cause stocks to drop once again. the market has already plunged several times this month, including a 500 point drop we saw on mon

todd piro live at the mall for panic sunday. pete: saturday. todd: it is saturday. is clear. malls and shopping centers will be absolutely packed today and a lot of them like the one we are here in connecticut going to be open early. typically don't open 9 or 10 this one opening up at 8:00 today. $26 billion is going to be spent today. that's what experts expect. that's $2 billion more than on black friday. we make such a big deal about black friday. super saturday is actually going to be bigger. 44% of people are going to be in stores shopping online as well today. that's up 6% from last year and the average dollar amount going to be spent today is $173. so, you ask yourself, how am i going to spend this money? it's going to be on you three. we start with jedediah, i'm going to go to self-for are a, get you some nice cosmetics. that wasn't that tough. the boys on the other hand much more difficult i'm walking around the mall looking for a men's store and alas i found one. i found these two shirts. if these two shirts don't scream griff jenkins and pete hegseth, i d

scott, todd, thank you both very much. >> thank you.harles: consumer confidence coming in significantly below expectations today. in fact touching the lowest level since july. it's a tell really of two confidence reports, right? currently the confidence is powerful. it's driving these strong retail holiday sales but then there are the mounting jitters about the next six months. joining me now to break it all down, max funds.com founder, jonas pharis and university of maryland economist peter morici. peter, let me start with you. it is interesting all these confidence numbers, whether conference board, university of michigan they do portray a picture of people who feel really great right now but there is so many things in the news that have them worried about the near-term future. >> well, there isn't a whole lot in the economic news that should have them worried but what has got businesses and consumers worried every piece of economic data is gets spun negatively in "wall street journal," bloomberg and other financial papers. it is so f

the todd gordon of trading analysis.com hey, todd. >> let's look at the xrt you talked about double tops in the xrt at 52 here we put in a big nasty double top and backing away back from 2015. so i like the story about that you get the point. how significant is this double tip and will we continue lower this is the weekly chart then let's drill down and get more granular on the daily here is the xrt on the daily what you see is we have lows right at about the $43 mark. this is one of the retracement levels we are trying to hold. i don't think we will. we loobl we head lower one more level at 40.50. i'll save you the gory details if you don't hold 40.50 we go lower. xrt, xps, maybe if we go back the ratio is in the decline. basically that means the xrt retail is underperforming the s&p on the downside. that's okay we stay here i say it's weak as a trader. i want to continue to short and step on these weak names, l brands what a disaster of a chart here. 2-day moving average in a clear down trend we tried to hold as resistance we have high pressure looks like we should move down. go to the

todd, good to see you, welcome back. >> thanks, bill. >> exchange traded funds, very popular now. they came o age during the great bull market we have been in the past ten o yearsso. but it was easy to get into those because the market was usually going up. now that we are stumblingere a good degree, why not think about the active live managed funds of some kind. >> well you certainly may want to do aive management but the track record for active managers in 2018 has not been strong. s that far we have seen active large cap funds under perform the broader s&p 500 index. and thus far in the fourth quarter they essentially lost as much as the s&p 500. s you couldther w not only just own the s&p through various index-based products butlso reduce the risk profile of your portfolio if you are concerned about the late volatility. >> generally speaking, the -- the active managers have underperformed as the market was going higher though. but as youo lower the index funds, the exchange traded funds have no place to go. the e either in them a market goes lower or you have to get out of the

let's do it for todd. ♪ ♪ >> when max came to me with this idea, i was so proud that he was thinking >> it stuck with me for two years until it was a thing, and it's still stuck with me. >> probably the easiest part of this charity has been the collection of equipment. >> that's great. thanks for doing this. >> there's a lot of good people in this world, and they want to help. >> we get equipment in a variety of ways. >> what have we got here? >> sometimes we have people just drop off equipment at our doorstep. >> got some bats, balls and baseball gloves for you. >> awesome. >> we were fortunate that after about a year and a half, we met a rotary club member who invited us to join them on a trip to africa. >> that first trip when we went to kenya, me and my mom took 19 suitcases worth of equipment. >> the very first day we arrived, we played baseball with children in an orphanage. and then realized his dream just came true. >> teaching them baseball, it hit me like a brick. i was a 14-year-old kid. at the time i had no idea the magnitude or the effect that it could have. >> i knew pr

hey, todd.with cathy. cathy, you say that schumer/pelosi meeting was a fiasco. why? >> because the president wanted to be transparent. and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer didn't want to be transparents. they wanted to do it in private so no one could see that they were not willing to negotiate and how obstinate they were. todd: when it comes to the negotiations ultimately, you are a government contractor. a government shut down would hurt your bottom line. nevertheless, you want president trump to stand his ground. why? >> yes. even though it would hurt me financially, and my business we need the wall. there are so many people trying to bust down our wall and coming to our country illegally. it's not that we don't want them. we do want them. but we want them to come legally so that we can see that they are here for the right purposes and not a terrorist or something. and we need that wall. todd: cathy, thank you. bob, over to you. you say schumer, pelosi, don't care about the country, just their

tomorrow on "meet the press," chuck todd talks about the investigations against trump stacking up like airplanes on a runway. >> the investigations coming at him now frankly, there are more people y it's so concerning to a lot of people. >> todd will be discussing the border wall and the government shutdown and decision 2020. you can tune in tomorrow morning at 8:00 for "meet the press." >>> it's a day that people in butte county have been waiting for. all evacuation orders have been lifted. the camp fire started more than a month ago. 86 people killed and more than 14,000 homes destroyed. these final view evacuation orders were for paradise, the town hit hardest by the wildfire. for many sadly it's not a chance to return home but a chance to sift through damage. the county is providing masks, gloves and protective suits to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals. >> and the fire district evacuated more than 500 homes as part of a drill. the goal, to be better prepared in the event of a disaster. 7:00 this morning, an automated phone call was made and first responders brought hundred of the

steve: did you ever confront chuck todd? rep. brat: sure. he came in and said, we are always fair, you are always objective. i said, chuck you are never , fair, you are never objective, and you intentionally hit me. it is what it is, i don't understand, you have top-notch journalists goals across the country. they have codes of ethics. no one pays attention to any of it. those codes of ethics are fairly weak. we are not talking about the golden rule and the sermon on the mount, these are very simplistic, don't lie, cheat, steal. you're not asking for utopia. steve: hypothetically dave brat , is in charge of the budget hypothetically, what would you do? what would you prioritize? how would you bring down the debt and the deficit? rep. brat: that is the trick. three fourths of the budget, two thirds are now mandatory payments. social security, medicare, medicaid, interest on the debt. seniors,gn up as you're automatically in the programs and there is a cost. and it is significant. for the main part of the budget, that three fourths, you are go

(ken) that was brian todd reporting. a u-s-g-s forecast model predicts up to a thousand aftershocks will be felt over the next 24 hours. (walk to bam (ken) and we continue to receive video showing the moments the earthquake hit... as well as the damage. grant lodes joins us now with a closer look. (grant)video continues to roll in... on the extent of the damage...this is aerial video of the damage to a street called "vine road." north of the main area of "wascilla"this is not a highway but it is a well traveled road.people were walking on it...inspecting it this afternoon. a church in anchorage caught fire following the earthquake. here you see firefighters trying to put out the blaze. no one was immune from the effects --- this is the home of the parents of sarah palin.... the former governor of alaska. dishes strewn everywhere... broken on the floor.. it's amazing that no serious injuries have been reported. (pam) thanks grant. earlier today... kron4's catherine heenan talked with a siesmologist about the earthquake in

todd sucherman is here. give it up for todd, everybody!ur first guest tonight is a four-time grammy-winning musician who has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. his latest album, "raise vibration," is out now. please welcome back to the show, our friend, lenny kravitz, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: how are you? >> what's happening, man? >> seth: so good to see you. they're in agreement. >> thank you, thank you. thank you. >> seth: congratulations on the album. it must be so nice to finish something like that. >> it -- you know, as they can tell you, i mean, music is so magical. and it's beautiful when you're doing something creative and you step out of the way and you allow the creative spirit to do what it wants to do. and that's what happened in the case of this record. i mean, i'm always free and i always do what comes through me. but the magic of this album was that i dreamt the entire album, so it was all a download. >> seth: now, did it help that -- you did this album in the bahamas --own. >> yes. 400, 500 peo

todd sucherman is here everody.cheers and applause ] our first guest tonight is an emmy-nominated actor you know from the hit nbc series "this is us" and "gilmore girls." he's starring opposite jennifer lopez in "second act," which is in theaters on friday, december 21st. let's take a look. >> i have to get this, trey. >> hey, look. the only thing with a prayer from stopping you is you. >> i'm going to be late. >> knock 'em dead. >> ass looks great in those jeans, by the way. >> again? you know, i'm not a piece of meat. okay, fine, but we're going to have to make this quick. >> bye! >> okay, bye. >> seth: please welcome back to the show, our friend, milo ventimiglia, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> seth: welcome back. >> thanks, man. happy to be back, always. >> seth: this is very ex oting. congrathe film. jennifer lopez specifically asked for you to play this role. >> yeah, i know, what a morale booster, right? >> seth: i mean -- [ light laughter ] >> yeah. yeah, it's -- we'd crossed paths througour nbc b

the president denies that and the white house says cohen is an admitted liar.ti pol director chuck todd talked about cohen' prison sentence and the claim now backed by prosecutors that the president directed him to bre the law. >> it exposes -- we have five sepa wte timesre the president or somebody on his behalf we know lied about this. we're not one that throwsut o the "o" word whoent from there is no truth to i didn't do it, blawe ther to no big deal. and i think eroding oh -- when you have a provable way when the president is not straight that doesn't mean the supporters will accept what h says. you know what you saw this week, this is the first week you saw republicans of capitol hill just start to do baby step distance. i'm not saying they're running for the hills. but baby steps, distance from the president. and i think that is all of these things are pushing in that direction. >> morerom chuck todd this sunday and every sunday on "meet the press" at 10:30 on nbc 4. >>> next, a busy weekend. pproaching fas what you need to know if you have gifts to send. >>> video of a stumbling

moderator of meet the press, chuck todd, approval rating has come out. what did it show? e >> well,ve a small drop in the president's approval rating down to 43%. you think about the fallout from the midterms. so i think the bigge news in our poll is that the president -- the view of thet public t the president has he been honest about the russia investigation has grown to 62% saying yes and the numbers are across the board so the hard core folks with trump is down to 34%, that's who think the mueller probe should end it's lo like look, these small erosions or crhks, how m more can he take? an y frankly when throw in health care debacle if you will with this judge, with himpr sing it very excited about it and literally no other republican in happy about it, i have roy blunt, a republican from missouri who didn't share the t' presid enthusiasm. you know, you threw on there and this is -- the president has a himsel very challenging political environment. >> i know you have chuck schumer on the show today. he had to have talked about that interesting meeting in the white hou

hereo make sen of all this, moderator of "meet the pss" chuck todd. week we're dealing with this stuff but the kelly stuff feltike it wascoming, right? >> from the day he became chief of staff. it seemed likehe rumors began how long he was going to be there. it was never a good fit. in fairness to the president, had he not had a history of a dysfunctional wt wing, you would say this is a reasonable time to chae chief of staff. john kelly doesn't have the same litical experience so i think the president needs a new chief of staff in this instance that is more politically savvy. but is this going do anything to end that back-bitingysfunction that has -- whether fs reince priebus, whether i kelly.hn i don't think it will. then again, there are slee peop that say don't bother with the chief of staff, you don't like it anyway, you lee to bour own chief of staff and that's -- kelly stopped being sort of the president's chief and just essentially was . e manager of everybody else >> so no big impact expected with him exiting at this point. i want to talk abo

todd: we begin with a fox news alert. a massive manhunt intensifying for illegal immigrant accused of killing a california police officer. rachel: police believe the suspect is armed and dangerous. pete: our own todd piro joins us with the latest on the search to find him. >> good morning, calls for justice growing louder this morning as the manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer in northern california. authorities revealing the unidentified suspect is in the u.s. illegally. he was spotted on surveillance video moments before allegedly shooting nuland police corporal during a traffic stop. police believe the unnamed suspect drove away after shooting officer singh. hours earlier singh celebrating christmas with his wife and 5 month old son. the 33-year-old was originally from fiji and spent seven years as a cop. singh's department says they will do whatever it takes to find that suspect. >> he doesn't belong here. he's a criminal. we will find him. we will arrest him. and we will bring him to justice. todd: president

-- handsome husband, todd. this is a very special day for parker and her family and for this chamber. there were a number of us, mr. speaker, who come to the house from different backgrounds. and we come here to do what is right and to help our country. in my case, to help my great state of maine and my constituents. but i'll tell you, this is a big place and washington's a confusing place. many people call washington a mess. at times i would agree with that. most of the time i would agree with that. but when you have an opportunity to find someone who's smart and tough and fair and gracious and patient and listens to new members, you gravitate towards that person. that is parker. i met parker, actually before i was elected to congress in 2014. and immediately took to her. like so many folks have before. and over the years, when there were tough decisions to be made, and the parliamentary process here, which is very foreign to business people like myself, there's only one person i would go to, and mr. mchenry,

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todd: we will look forward to that.ing the trade, strong signals sent by china. i believe president xi jinping meant every word of what he said at our long and hopefully historic meeting so if trade opens up again how will it impact the markets? after this roller coaster week. here to weigh in on that is small business advocate jean marx, thanks for coming on this morning. things may be looking better with china. >> i would have said that if we were having a conversation a day ago but overnight there's been a large scandal developing with global chinese firm and the cfo was arrested in canada wanting to extradite and throw a wrench into it. if you are investing in the market you have a ways to go, but we are going to see more bumps in the market as things that work out. i'm optimistic there will be a trade deal eventually. rob: she is in custody in canada. they want to bring her back for violating the sanctions with iran which is the concern with china that they will violate things with north korea because they don't pl

i know todd is smiling down on max. max is doing it in his memory. >> angels at bat was found in green bay, wisconsin. but established multiple branches across the states that are also led by teenagers. >> anyboin the past six years, collected about 10,000 pieces of equipment. so we've been on the road for upwards of 20 hours now to drop off our u haul with equipment. this summer i went to kenya for the fourth time. one thing i have noticed is a huge gap between the wealthy and the poor. we've taught kids from wealthy families and taught kids who have been in the slums. >> we are at the children's home, the place where my charity kind of started. it is an orphanage for kids infected with hiv. watching the children's home kids grow up with angels at bat, it is a special moment to see something that you believe in wholeheartedly have an impact on peoples' lives across the globe. >> i met max last year when he brought things for baseball and we played with him. >> one, two, three steps. >> when max goes to kenya, he and hi

learning how to live within a budget and satisfy commonsense solutions. >> you replace congressman todd rokita, has he given you advise? >> yes. has the opportunity to share with us he is done it. >> what has he told you? >> it is important we take care of constituent services and if we have the opportunity to interact. >> you mentioned you were veteran, when did you serve? >> 71. i'm a decorative vietnam veteran. i lost this on. -- arm. and i would do it again. spring of 1971. >> how did you lose it? >> ambush. infantry andg the we were running convoys. we did a documentary at the smithsonian called the gunshots of vietnam. we just had a viewing of that. the 12th.t on we are excited about that. they did a tremendous job. >> you learned what about you so? >> the grass is not always greener on the other side. i'm happy with what i'm doing and what im and i'm comfortable in my own skin. i have seen a fair amount of things in my life. i am what i am. >> how did you earn a bronze star and two purple hearts? >> the it, ambushes. >> several incidents? >> we were in several ambushes. the bronz

chuck todd, i went on the show, five against one. he put out some junk on minimum wage. i taught economics for 20 years, made me look like i did not know what i was talking about and a little snippet. they have cortez on. she had a big win. perfect juxtaposition. one-on-one him on her. do you like puppies? what do you like on your cupcakes? just the softball -- you couldn't ask for a better contrast in how they treated me. intellectually, i don't want an easy ride, a softball. let's talk free markets, results and policy under different scenarios. let's do it. it is always about the horse race. it is always the horse race. it is never about substance and policy that is going to help the american people. >> did you ever confront chuck todd? rep. brat: sure. he said we are always fair, you are always objective. >> i said, you are never fair, you are never objective, and you intentionally hit me. you have all these top notch journalist schools. they have codes of ethics. no one pays attention to any of this. those codes of ethics are fairly weak. we are not talking about the

chuck todd is nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." let's go back to the shutdown for a moment. know n there will be vote in congress until at least thursday, december 27th. so that's several more days, hundreds of thousands of federal employees wil not be paid. how does this impasse break? if democrats like chuck schumer have said we're not ging you billion for a wall, president trump says i'm not signing anything that doesn't have a wall,n how do we break the fever? >> reporter: it's unclear to me. i don't know how it breaks next week and i think it's pretty unear to senator mitch mcconnell. i d't think people realize mitch mcconnell's move to adjourn the senate until the 27th, that's him throwing upnd s and saying, you know what, mr. president, you live with this. it's on you. we're going home. more k that is a significant break than i think people realize here, that this is ccagressional repub egsa avif w you f higure it out, mr. esident, let us know. he doesn't have any leverage. it's -- nothing's going to i reop think at this poi

todd mckinnon is the co-founder and ceo of okta. market it would be up substantially and is holding its own which after today isn't bad. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. >>> i'm sorry. i was looking for when the fed was making fun of me in the summer of 2007 when i said a lot of firms were going to go out of business and they ought to do the right thing and stop doing the crazy stuff with rates and pay attention to how the economy was rolling over but, no, they laughed at me. they said some funny things about me and laughed at me and they're doing that now too and it's going to be as unfunny as it was in 2007 if they're not careful. by the way, this was caused largely by the fed let's at least understand that i always say that's a bull market somewhere i promise to find it right here for you on "mad money. i'm jim cramer hey, i'll see you monday >> welcome to the shark tank, where entrepreneurs seeking an investment will face these sharks. if they hear a great i

go ahead, todd, sorry. >> i don't think the fed should be involved at all, i think the fed has made asistakes as they always have done for 105 years, message of failure and the true fact is that the free market should decide what rates should be and you can see by the outside pure lenders that there's a thirst for money and you can get higher rates, why are they concerned about what the stock market does when overall the market can contain and can handle higher rates but, of course, too many people that are word about what happened day-to-day with stock markets and starting to try to manipulate rates to keep lower as they try to manipulate the dollar and the whole fact of the matter is we should let markets trade freely and whatever happens because they will resolve themselves because they are capable of marketing themselves. cheryl: do we need to get back to fundamentals of what trading is, 4% gdp on annualized basis, you've got wages are doing better, you've got the job market is hot, been on fire, is that indicater, david, what do you say? >> look, we don't live in vacuum unfortunat