member of the staff at the shop house hotel and tom foreman. almost every staff member has with disabilities. the hotel was founded twenty five years ago. it now has three stars and is usually fully booked. that means plenty of work for clothing and her colleagues. but. that's ok. it's six forty five in the morning cloudy is on the early shift morning. morning cloudy air it's good that you were had today. today cloudy eye is responsible for getting breakfast ready cloudy is forty seven years old she has her own ritual before she greets the first guests. or oh dear she says dear god i pray for myself in the camera when i hope we have a good day that things go well and that we have good food amen. and praying relaxes me i know that jesus will always help me. and here's catherine. this guest didn't turn up ok so he won't be here for breakfast. as a cutter and fisher is the hotel's call manager the managers organize the day's work and provide support and guidance from the staff. so we've got one two three four five six guests good. morning everythi

i'm tom foreman. this year was one wild ride after another. if you weren't frightened, upset, or confused, maybe you weren't paying attention. sure, some things went well, but so much of the time things seemed chaotic like we were trapped in a crazy movement park with things spinning out of control. so grab your tickets and climb aboard. this ride is taking off. >> 2018 was the year dorothy, we're not in kansas anymore. >> this year was a dumpster fire. >> always something interesting going on. >> it was very diplomatic. >> it was. >> for the world in general, it was a hot mess. >> start with the hottest, worst story to heat up the headlines, the california wildfires with scores of people killed, thousands of homes insin rated, and the town of paradise lost. . >> heavenly father, please help us. >> oh, my [ bleep ] god. >> a city of 25,000 people literally wiped out from the face of the map because of this fire. >> best realization to come out of that tragedy and some of the natural disasters this year too, for some it was the mounting evidenc

tom foreman, thank you very much. senators mcconnell and schumer are meeting to find a way out of of this shut down. what are you hearing, ryan? >> reporter: there appears to be some movement on the senate floor pretty now. we don't know exactly what these leaders are talking about right now but we know that bob corker, who is kind of a swng voing vot all of this. a republican whose term in the senate is coming to a close here in the next week or so. he's been talking to chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell. he told us he was looking for an exit strategy here, something that did not involve passing the continuing resolution in its form. it appears now there is some horse trading between these leaders were corker involved to at least figure out what the next step in this process is. do they bring a motion to proceed, which would lead to a final vote to the floor? do they pull this legislation back and come up with some sort of new amendment to it that might be palatable to democrats and then perhaps get more people on boa

(ken)that was tom foreman reporting.former federal trade commission officials and anti-trust expertshave violated a 20-11 consent agreement between the f-t-c and facebook. under that agreement, facebook is required to have a, quote, "comprehensive privacy program" and must get the "express consent" of users before sharing data. sharing data.users before consent" of "express must get the program" and privacy "comprehensivehave a, quote, required to facebook is agreement, under that facebook. down." (ken)that was tom foreman reporting.former federal trade commission officials and anti-trust experts say the data sharing may have violated a 20-11 consent agreement between the f-t-c and facebook. under that agreement, facebook is required to have a, quote, "comprehensive privacy program" and must get the "express consent" of users before sharing data. (pam) two losses for white house immigration policy today -- specifically relating to asylum claims. a short time ago ago... u.s. judge in san francisco extended his decision blocking the trump administration from enforcing a ban on asylum f

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> thank you so much.w little every one has seen or heard from mueller in this day and age in washington. when this investigation ends, do you think we'll hear much from mueller anymore than we're hearing from him now? >> it's likely we'll hear from him if his report is contested and the congress calls on him to explain some of the material in the report. that's the most likely way. i don't think he will have a press conference. he is among the true workhorses rather than show horses of washington. i think he'll let the document speak for itself. there are issues that the congress may well want to get into. >> i would not be surprised one bit. if you look at 2018, it wrapped up with indictments, guilty pleas, jail time for many people around donald trump. what then are you looking or watching for in 2019? are there any signals that you think would indicate where things are headed? >> sure. we're seeing the cooperators get sentenced in terms of cohen who tried to cooperate and michael flynn who did cooperat

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cnn's tom foreman joins me now. his criminal, or when we all signed up for facebook did we just sign all of our rights away, including the rights to our private messages? >> well, that comes to a basic question here. even if i can sign my rights away, can i sign away the rights of my friends? for years, facebook gave some of the world's largest technology companies more intrucive access to users' personal data than it has disclosed. that's the opening line from the "new york times" explosive article and the details may be even more troubling if you use facebook. the "times" says the social media giant made deals with more than 150 companies, under which, among other things, netflix and spotify had the ability to read facebook users' private messages. amazon and a microsoft search engine could access the name of your facebook friends. and yahoo! could even look at your friends' posts, all without your consent. >> keeping people safe will always be more important than maximizing our profits. >> reporter: it's another s

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> tom, thank you., former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst shan wu. thank you for being here on a saturday. it is somewhat remarkable how little everyone has seen or even heard from robert mueller. when this investigation eventually ends, when he's ready to issue a report, how will he do that? do you see him coming out and holding some sort of a press conference, making some sort of a formal presentation, or will he do it quietly? will we may never hear from him? >> my money is on him doing if quietly. that definitely seems to be mueller's style. i worked with him as well. certainly in this investigation, i think he's been very conscious of the weight of it and the need for being very quiet and not sounding politicized. the actual format is a mystery because unlike the old independent counsel statutes which gave very specific requirements about what kind of report you'd have to do, this is really just very vague, a report to the attorney general. so that really ends up putting the pressure on w

cnn's tom foreman.tch that he was a reformer and could help president trump accomplish a lot in the middle east. and now kushner is giving advice on how he can deal with the blowback for murdering a journalist? >> and frankly a lot of political analysts are just amazed at the fact he seems to be stepping closer to a political problem, not further away. in the weeks after the murder of "washington post" journalist, jamal khashoggi at the hands of saudi agents, presidential son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner, had repeated conversations with saudi crown prince mohamed bin salman, or mbs, about how to weather the storm of international route yaj, thya outrage. furthermore, the alleged talks happened one-on-one, contrary to the normal protocol of including a national security council staffer. it was already known that kushner with john bolton, had talked to the crown prince once. >> what kind of advice did you give mbs in this whole situation? >> just to be transparent. to be fully transparent, the

tom foreman's "outfront." >> reporter: he lost the battle for a senate seat but tax congressman betoemocratic war for the white house. a new cnn poll shows former vice president joe biden atop the list of possibe contenders for the party's nomination, then senator bernie sanders, but o'rourke has vaulted into the number three slot. >> we want all of us republicans and democrats, independents alike to come together and do something great for this country. >> reporter: relatively unknown outside of texas, o'rourke nonetheless ignited a passionate following when he challenged republican senator ted cruz. >> this is why people don't like washington, d.c. you just said something that i did not say. >> what did you not say? >> and attributed it to me. >> what did you not say? >> i'm not going to repeat the slander and mischaracterization. >> you're not going to say what you did say. >> this is your trick in the trade. to confuse and to incite based on fear and not to speak the truth. >> do you foresee yourself one day running for the president of the united states? >> reporter: asked about

. >> thank goodness, tom foreman.. >>> wall street investors are beyond generous this weekend. the stockmarket suffering the worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. now we have a serious president trump who wants to say "you're fired," to his own chairman jerome powell. the dow jones average drawing down since 2008, the nasdaq retreating into a bear market in what is shaping up to be the worst december for stocks since the great depression. with us right now, trump adviser steven moore, now cnn economic analyst and q a cnn global economic analyst so steven, remember when we were talking last weekend, you told me trump would own an economicdown downturn. there we go, december on track to be the worst month since the great depression. the president's fault? >> well, look, you know, the griffin has certainly taken over. it was a blood bath. there was no way to put any lip lipstick on that pig. the good news is the real economy is doing still very well, in fact, we will close 2018 in terms of economic growth that we'v

on behalf of "anderson cooper 360" and the cnn family worldwide, i'm tom foreman, wishing you all of you so much for joining us. well, president trump finally, finally visited troops in a war zone today after nearly two years of being in office. it is a good thing that he went to iraq. but as with this president, the comments he made there, the mess he left at home requires a whole lot of fact-checking, and we'll do that for you this hour. however, just like previous presidents, he and the first lady were enthusiastically greeted by service men and women in a dining hall decked out for the holidays. some troops even took selfies with him and mrs. trump at ramstein air base, which was near baghdad. back at home, some service members, some 42,000 of them protecting america's coasts, they're working without pay because the commander in chief shut down the government before he left.

. >> thank you very much, tom foreman. >>> the dow dropping another 500 points.ecember right now on pace for the worst december since the 1930s. the president now expressing anxiety. and jeanne moos on trump's tough talk. why is he sounding a bit more like this. >> take it, you dirty yellow bellied -- opportunity is everywhere. like here. where you can explore the world knowing you can always find your way home. ♪ >>> tonight the president is privately expressing anxiety about the markets. the dow plunging another 508 points today. when you look at it, the dow and the s&p are -- well, would make anybody anxious. they're on track to the worst perform answer since december of 1931. it would put it in a formal bear market. out front, steven moore author of trumpenomics. the president is nervous, should all americans be. you have a pension, a 401(k), you have been taking some serious >> i think it was always a dumb idea for him to stake the metric of his performance on the stock market. i mean, president's don't control stock markets. even they did, even before this

. >> here's tom foreman with more on the shutdowns impact. >> 75% of the government already has fundings coming fall, but in various departments and agencies, 420,000 government workers could wind up working without pay at what are caused essential jobs. let's take a look at big travel season, homeland security, 55,000 tsa workers. 55,000 customs and border protection agents and officers too, along with a good many others. 24,000 air traffic controllers will be on the job, so will railroad inspectors. at the state department, passports will be issued but maybe not at any given passport office, if it's in a government facility where a lot of folks are furloughed and the office is closed, it could be closed there too. if you're coming to see the smithsonian museums in d.c., good luck. they're still open through 31, regular schedule but then it's still unclear. russia investigation will certainly continue. beyond that, the agriculture department would continue food safety inspections but will be shutting down services like research. the majority of the folks at nasa will be put on a leave

. >> tom foreman, thank you so much. >>> follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper. tweet the show at the lead cnn. our coverage continues right now. >>> happening now. spy flees. to advance moscows interests appears to have reach a plea deal with federal prosecutors. what might she reveal about the attack on the 2016 election? >>> holy smock. in a rambling misspelled tweet, trump seems to say democrats can't find a smoking gun to show collusion between the trump campaign and russia. but cnn has now counted at least 16 trump associates who had contacts with russians. >>> not enough chiefs. the president scrambles to find a new chief of staff after his first pick to replace john kelly declines the job, and sources tell cnn other top administration officials aren't interested. >>> and pushing back on putin. american forces get more aggressive in response to provocative russian military moves. how will vladimir putin respond? >>> i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news as president trump is looking for a new chi

tom foreman, thank you so much. >>> you can follow me on facebook and twitter at jake tapper. you can tweet the show at the lead cnn. our coverage on the cable news network continues right now. >>> happening now. breaking news. mission not accomplished. president trump makes a stunning and surprise foreign policy reversal, ordering u.s. troops out of syria and contradicting his own commanders by claiming isis has been defeated. >>> removing sanctions. the trump administration planning to lift sanctions on two russian companies, including one whose oligarch owner is tied to the convicted former trump campaign chairman, paul manafort. >>> border back down. the president appears to change course after saying he would be proud to shut down the government over a funding for his border wall. now lawmakers are scrambling to pass a temporary spending bill they're hoping the president will sign. >>> and russian friends. as former national security adviser michael flynn remains in sentencing limbo, we're learning new details about his russian contacts, how he cultivated them, and how th

in the past ross brushed off not selling as a mere mistake but cnn's tom foreman wonders if that excusebe enough for president trump. >> for all of my activities have been governed by theetsics rules. >> reporter: when questioned about ethics questions commerce secretary wilbur ross has the same answer, he gave up a fortune in public business to fulfill his public duty. >> i agreed with the oge in a this is the right thing for me to do. >> reporter: but it appears that ross told the office of government ethics that he's dumped stocks only to be secretly holding them months later. the latest alleged incident discovered by the center for public integrity two years into his term, ross was supposed to divest himself of up to $15,000 in bank united stock by may of 2017 and swore he had. but the center says in truth he held it until october. in a statement he mistakenly believed his agent had sold them, and an earlier case involved invesco stock involving between $10 million and $50 million. that was held until december possibly pocketing 1 million to 6 million as the stock rose that year. th