. >>> president trump rashing out on the russia investigation and we ask will he pardon michael flynn. that as he slams the fbi just moments before he walked through their door. >>> active shooter on the streets of a major american city. the high speed chase.

. >>> president trump rashing out on the russia investigation and we ask will he pardon michael flynne slams the fbi just moments before he walked through their door. >>> active shooter on the streets of a major american city. the high speed chase. the dangerous suspect at the wheel. multiple people in the line of fire. >>> just in, time for the holidays. record breaking packages in the mail. will they

. >>> president trump rashing out on the russia investigation and we ask will he pardon michael flynn. that as he slams the fbi just moments before he walked through their door. >>> active shooter on the streets of a major american city. the high speed chase. the dangerous suspect at the wheel. multiple people in the line of fire. >>> just in, time for the holidays. record breaking packages in the mail. will they arrive on time? and what happens when the delivery man give and take? >>> save the date. the royal wedding is set. good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i'm cecilia vega in for david. president trump is on the verge of his first major legislative victory. the tax cuts that he promises will be rocket fuel for the economy clearing major last minute hurdles. two senators say they are now on board. a big smile from kevin brady, the man driving that plan through capitol hill. but the ink isn't dry. the plan only published a short time ago. what does it mean for all those deductions? so many families claim? abc's mary bruce starts us off with the deta

. >>> president trump rashing out on the russia investigation and we ask will he pardon michael flynns he slams the fbi just moments before he walked through their door. >>> active shooter on the streets of a major american city. the high speed chase. the dangerous suspect at the wheel. multiple people in the line of fire. >>> just in, time for the holidays. record breaking packages in the mail. will they arrive

if it is an indication this could carry on, that trump's allies are worried could cause him to do something rash, like try to move to fire mueller. trump talked to reporters yesterday as he was returning to the white house. he insisted that wasn't the case. >> sara, thank you very much for sharing your exclusive reporting with us. joining us to discuss are edi r editor-in-chief of "the daily beast" john avlon and chris cillizza. john avlon, the idea that he is no longer agitated about the russia probe, that is newsworthy and notable. it sounds as though he is sort of transferred his ire to christopher wray, head of the fbi. this is some of maggie haberman's reporting, in addition to sara's. >> what's fascinating is the reason the president is incre e increasingly feeling he is going to be exonerated comes from the lawyer. expect a big exoneration. it will all be okay. there is light at the end of the tunnel. the dangerous trap is if there is not an exoneration, an official letter which doesn't seem to be standard operating procedure. that could create major backlash. there is a lot of containing

that has some of trump's allies worried if this deadline comes and goes, the president could end up even more furious and perhaps take some rash action. >> and sara, what more are we berning about this letter from the trump transition team complaining about the special counsel's investigation? >> well, what we've seen from the trump transition team is this public letter saying, look, mueller obtained these e-mails that he did not obtain through proper legal channels. this is a letter they put out publicly. it's not something they went to a judge with. so take that for what it's worth. it is an indication that at least trump's political advisers, these folks are trying to turn up the heat on mueller, take aim at the way he's conducting this investigation. we've also seen him go after some of his investigators. trump talked to reporters yesterday, though, and he insisted, at least for now, he's not put any stock into the notion of firing mueller. this is what he said. [ inaudible ] >> no, i'm not. >> reporter: that's the tone now. we will see how the president and his team feel after trump's lawyers have had a chance to sit down

what they say his first and foremost it is a bit of a walk from the rash rhetoric that we saw from candidate trump on the campaign trail. the second point i would make, about how this is, to some extent -- i'm hearing the music for president trump. to gets is an effort that conservative base on board. he wants to put a piece that put in ap strategy and to make multinational deals -- put in ap's strategy and to put in multinational deals. they will be staying with us as the president makes his remarks on national security. let's listen in right now. president trump: thank you very much. thank you. i want to thank vice president pence, along with the many members of my cabinent here with us today. i want to thank all the dedicated professionals, military, civilian, and law enforcement, who devote their lives to serving our nation. in particular i would like to recognize general dunford and the members of the joint chiefs of staff. thank you. thank you. [applause] addition, we are honored to be joined by house majority leader kevin mccarthy, homeland security chairman mike mccall, and senate majority

has some of trump's allies worried he could be disappointed, frustrated if these deadline comes and go and he finds out he's not cleared and that may even cause him to take some kind of rash action, for instance, firing mueller. now that's something that the president said just yesterday he's not considering doing, but trump's legal team is meeting with mueller and his legal team this week. that meeting could prove an important tipping point in one direction or the other. >> the trump transition which still exists as an entity, separate from the white house and the trump campaign, it is complaining that special counsel obtained e-mails unlawfully. what's going on here? >> that's right. lawyers for trump's transition team, the period between when he was elected and before he was actually inaugurated and became president, that transition team says mueller unlawfully acquired thousands of e-mails they say are protected by privilege. they released this publicly, didn't go to a judge and make their case, has some eyeing it saying this could be a p.r. stunt. the special counsel's investigation weighed in on this, been very quiet, but ant to read what peter carr, a spokesperson

so trump's allies, trump's friends worry if they blow through this timeline, it's going to irritate, it's going to infuriate the president, and that he could do something rash, like, for instance, fire mueller, even though we saw him just a day ago insisting that's nowhere on his list of considerations right now. >> key words, right now. the lawyers for the trump transition, they wrote a letter to congress complaining that robert mueller, in their words, unlawfully obtained tens of thousands of e-mails from the transition team, a claim mueller's team strongly denies. what are you learning about this? >> yeah, mueller's team denies this, and it's rare for them to come out and comment at all for the special's counsel's office to say anything. it is a claim by trump's transition lawyers, saying that mueller obtained tens of thousands of e-mails, unlawfully. this is a letter they issued publicly. they didn't go to a judge with it. many are claiming this is just a pr stunt. but it's an indication of how some of trump's lals aallies ar growing more disillusioned. and it could be a signal of what's to come if the president realizes that he's not going to be cleare

rash action to impede the investigation? we don't know the answer yet. >>> and donald trump isn't that detail oriented. talking to someone last night, there are rules that govern the removal of a special counsel. if they're violated, you can get a preliminary injunction. it could be travel ban all over again. he thinks he's king and he learns the hard way that he's not. >> he is very angry about sessions and rosenstein and open to getting rid of them and there are ways he could do that that would allow an incoming a.g., especially if could you make someone like pruitt. he could be right in and fire. i'm worried people are being too complacent. well, trump is relaxed. we don't know that. he is not a dumb guy. he can pout a facade. he can go away for three days and have some private conversations and come back and do something dramatic. especially if kushner is indicted. i'm worried, people need to be on guard, i would say. >> that's a good point. and we are dealing with a professional entertainer and reality star. thank you. >>> another lead in the rush probe. why was jill stein getting reports? and ton

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rash with the justice department going after peter strzok. but there are people wondering why is peter strzok who sent all of these anti-trump texts still have a job? >> there are a couple of things there. the president's comments in that "new york times" interview were interesting. he emphasized he believes that mueller will be fair. i assume that's a sincere belief but it's a piece of the legal strategy of his legal team which is to cooperate with mueller to the greatest extent possible even while we have mr. nunes with a more critical line. >> cobb thinks the presidential face of the mueller probe is wrapping up and there won't be obstruction of justice. he won't do anything rash. the president talked about the justice department. you said there some could be something imminent. do you think we will see fireings. ohr at the justice department or others who had question rolls in the dossier? >> i don't know about the days ahead. the president is able to make things happen. this is separate from the mueller investigation. they are all connected. it is separate. you wonder. the president doesn't think the justice department is acting adequat

came back and said this, rather than make america more safe president trump today made his intention to double down on reckless and rasheadership the u.s. is offering the world further incoherence and confusion. obviously she is not impressed. >> no. too bad she went in that direction. the emphasis on our economic security being our national security as reflected in this document i don't see how she could argue with that making our economy robust, makes it easier for us to be credible abroad. and to project military power. that's not a partisan issue. i think she didn't really read the document. brian: right. she maybe had that written ahead of time. you also talk about climate change is no longer a national security threat. preemptive war is not going to be happening. and when we looked at russia and you look at china, you talk about some people going to compete with, strategic -- we're going to be competing with strategically. how do you want russia and china to interpret this document? >> to read it the way that i think most americans are reading it in a nonpolitical, nonideological way. it is a nonideological docum

rash of new store closing announcements will come after all the tinsel and holly come down.in washington, i'm natasha chen reporting. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... looking back at president trump's headlines. ( darya ) let's do a quick bridge check this morning. starting with the bay bridge... ( darya ) live look now at the richmond bridge... ( darya ) time to check the san mateo bridge... ( darya ) starting monday... new federal tax guidelines will go into effect. and that means that californians will not be able to deduct their property taxes for 2018. now people all across the state are rushing to tax offices to take advantage of the expiring tax break. mike leury has the story. the line was literally out the door at the sacramento county tax office with dozens of people trying to take advantage of a tax break that is expiring including stephanie christiansen. stephanie was eager to prepay her property taxes before the rules change on january first. "i know we are going to get it in this year and we can write it off but we're not sure about next year."stephanie is not the only one trying to beat the deadline."i'm getting a write-off on taxes."under the new tax law signed by p