joining us from nashville, tennessee is stephen mansfield with his book, "choosing donald trump." thank you for being with us. one year into his presidency, do they still support him? guest: not to the same strength as initially. there has been some drop-off, some buyers remorse. from evangelicals and christians has dropped off. host: why? guest: different reasons. some of them do not like his manners. some do night like him picking a -- do not like him picking a fight with the mayor of san juan, puerto rico. a great deal did not like him 's.ling nfl players sob i imagine his stock will rise with religious conservatives given the recent tax bill, but i think and evangelicals -- evangelicals are like any other group and are perhaps souring a bit on donald trump. i think he has lost 10% to 15% of their support. host: you wrote a piece available on "the washington examiner" website. the following -- "american religious conservatives are wed to donald trump and will be made to answer for the mores, the message, the machinations of the trump administration. perhaps it is just this conne

host: joining us from nashville, tennessee is author stephen mansfield, author of "choosing donald trump." thanks for being with us on this friday. one year into his presidency, do they still support him? guest: not the same strength that they did initially coul ther. there has been some drop-off, buyers remorse. there's 10% estimate that has dropped off for various reasons, but there's been a little bit of loss. host: why? guest: different reasons. some of them don't like his manners could som. some of them don't like him taking a fight with the mayor of san juan, puerto rico after the hurricane. he didn't like him calling nfl players who knelt during the national anthem sob's. i imagine his stock will rise among religious conservatives because of the passage of the tax bill, but there are various reasons. evangelicals are like any other group and they are very diverse and they have various reasons for souring a bit on donald trump. i think he has lost 10% to 15% of evangelical christian conservative support. host: you wrote a piece on the washington examiner website, rethinking donald

joining us from nashville is forget -- former reagan advisor. economics and the current gop.et me ask you. we're seeing the tax plan go forward, but there is some dispute. you wanted a 15% corporate tax rate originally paid if it ends up being 22%, does that make a difference? >> it makes a very material difference. it is still better than 35%. are hearing from analysts that it will not be for a long time that we see the benefits from the corporate tax rates. detail exactly how we will see benefits next year. arthur: the benefits will be short-term. if we get the rate reduction, in january 2018, we will see less tax evasion, we will see lex -- less tax sheltering, companies moving that, and real economic growth. we'll see very material benefits right away, including what i believe the stock market appreciation is due to the tax rate reduction on corporations. it is a big loss for the world and the u.s.. vonnie: you say that, but what is your proof suggesting that some of the multinationals will move out of ireland or scandinavia? why should they move back? what is your proof

joining us from nashville, tennessee is stephen mansfield with his book, "choosing donald trump." you for being with us. one year into his presidency, do they still support him? guest: not to the same strength as initially. there has been some drop-off, some buyers remorse. from evangelicals and christians has dropped off. host: why? guest: different reasons. some of them do not like his manners. some do night like him picking a -- do not like him picking a fight with the mayor of san juan, puerto rico. a great deal did not like him 's.ling nfl players sob i imagine his stock will rise with religious conservatives given the recent tax bill, but i think and evangelicals -- evangelicals are like any other group and are perhaps souring a bit on donald trump. i think he has lost 10% to 15% of their support. host: you wrote a piece available on "the washington examiner" website. the following -- "american religious conservatives are wed to donald trump and will be made to answer for the mores, the message, the machinations of the trump administration. perhaps it is just this connection

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us know when we can expect rain. >>> a 17-year-old from the nashville area is the reason why apple is facing a lot of fury from devoted customers. the teen discovered the company slows down older iphones. tyler barney says he noticed the problem when he got a new iphone and it was working faster than his brother's older model. he replaced the older phone's battery with the new one and wouldn't you know, the phone sped up. >> i ran some tests with the old battery and the new battery. the old battery was half as fast as the new battery. >> apple acknowledged it does, in fact, slow down older phones to save the battery from dying and the phone shutting off. some users say apple is forcing us all to buy newer models. the company is facing a lawsuit, by the way. tyler says the point wasn't to bust apple, just to help people out. he is still an apple fan. >>> we have all had our year to shop. many people are packing in sorts of last minute christmas gifts. many malls had last minute sales and hours to accommodate the procrastinators. anser hassan has more from san francisco's union square. >> reporter: we know santa has a n

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nashville, and chicago. neil troppman: and we take over the trace from that point. stephen: atf is the only federal agency responsible for tracing guns used in crimes. neil: so, these are all boxes that have been received. they've been prepped. stephen: they do it all here, at the atf's national trace center in martinsburg, west virginia, where program manager neil troppman gave us a rare behind-the-scenes tour. neil: there simply is no national registry or no database of gun ownership in america. so what we're doing is we're only responding to requests for guns that are recovered in crime, to try to identify that first retail purchaser. stephen: our data shows thousands of stolen guns travel long distances. for instance, we found guns stolen from tacoma, washington ending up connected to crimes in san jose and san diego. guns stolen from santa clara county in oakland were later connected to crimes in baltimore, maryland. kevin: these guns move very quickly, so it could be from a matter of days, to sometimes 15, 20 years later, these guns are still being recovered in crimes. guns are not perishable. they don't wear out and disappear. step

us. appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm dion lim, have a wonderful evening. see you back here in a little bit. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants -- an equity analyst from nashvilletennessee... an attorney from melville, new york... and our returning champion -- a police captain from mt. sinai, new york... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. good audience here today. captain, good to have you back with us on the program. thank you. vaishali and travis, welcome aboard, and pick up those signaling devices. hopefully, you'll get to use them often in this first round. here are the categories for you... followed by... then you're not dealing with playwrights. you're dealing with... you have to correct each title that we kind of messed up a bit on. then we want you to... "i-n-n" coming up in each correct response, and once you're in here... kevin, start us. let's get "inn" here for $200. kevin. -what is the breadwinner? -yes. let's go $400, "inn" here. vaishali. -what is beginner's luck? -yes. "black's law dictionary" for $200.

deacon can sing sad songs on nashville we'll rock it out. >> people know from you the office. there's talk of that may be coming back. can you give uso go to staples. i loved being on that show. those people are insanely funny. >> want to quickly talk about something personal. i know you have three children and your daughter has leukemia and you are the national light the night spokesperson that's something very special to here we do light the night here. >> d.c. does that. >> our gm is on the board for lls and we always go out don the walks. how much is that changed your life for your family and giving you different perspective. >> our daughter was two and a half years old when she was diagnose. she's now 18 years old. she's happy, healthy incredibly strong he's going to be to go to school down in william and mary where i went. playing soccer down there. but we know how much lls had to do with that. 30 ones that changed the numbers so to by the time my daughter had it it was an 85% survival rate. it's far higher than that even right now. i need to get back here don a light the night walk. i want to be part of your even i dot nation

us here at abc 7 news, goodnight. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a pediatrician from lenoir, north carolina... a small business owner from linthicum heights, maryland... and our returning champion -- a research scientist from nashvillewinnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you. thank you very much. welcome. yesterday's show was a perfect example of chief dan george's line in the movie "little big man." "some days the magic works. some days it doesn't." but i'm hoping for the sake of lindsay, eric, and kyle that today is a lot different in a positive way. so good luck. here we go. all right, let's put the categories up on the board, shall we? each correct response will end with those three letters. followed by... pay attention. kyle, start. they made the cabinet for $200. kyle. what is the secretary of education? correct. cabinet for $400. eric. what is secretary of the defense? that's it. the eye for $200, please.

from the east coast to the west. that's good news. watch out tomorrow in nashville, philadelphia, d.c., new york and boston where we could have delays. now the big change for usough the weekend has everything to do with the clouds cover. you're probably noticed this moving in tonight. and it's widespread here. in fact a decent amount of rainfall associatewood it. but that's heading up towards pacific northwest. only the possibility of maybe a little bit of drizzle tonight and tomorrow morning right near santa rosa and the north bay cities. otherwise it's just the cloud cover continues to move in with this heading to the week forecast. that cloud cover is going to act like a blanket through tomorrow morning, keeping temperatures warmer. so certainly not as cold as it has been. we had 20s in the tri-valley this morning. 33 will feel a lot better. over towards the peninsula, 38. and we had 26 in napa. 32 also, much more enjoyable. and san francisco starting off with 42. you have the jacket for the morning. by the afternoon you might need that jacket still across the beau with the clouds continuing all the way through the day. we'll have just 57 in cupertino. 59

nashville moving in every day and they are coming from high tax states. and although we tried to do as best we could to meet their needs and allow them to use their income or property or sales tax. we recognize you have to look at the country as a whole. >> harris: i know talking to others particularly darril issan in california he's facing a contentious race and what he would have to do would be different anyway. and we are looking at history. sxch you are a person who gets talked about in circles for having found places to cut and i found seven and half billion and atz you look at this in terms of the number and history. can you spell it out and soon as the house speaker takes the floor, that signals to us that the debate moved on and we are about to vote. >> i am on the other side of it as well. we are spending more than what we bring in every single year and putting future generations in much debt. this is a balance. as we see the economy grow, we have to not spend more than what we bring in every year and we don't increase the spending even though the economy grows. that's the balance and what we have to continue to talk about that topic as well. for

us. >> jimmy: do you travel together, come in the or arrive separately? >> we all live in different towns. >> he has a charter. >> oh, is that right? >> he's from miami, he's in orlando and i'm in nashvilleear? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: they just gave out the heisman trophy. desmond, you won the heisman trophy. >> yes, sir. [ applause ] >> jimmy: you had one of the great moments of all time in college football where you predicted your own heisman win by posing in the pose of the -- put the trophy in there. is that something that you knew you were going to do going into the game? >> no. i did not. i actually thought i was going to do a backflip. and i thought it would be the coolest thing to like break out in the open, then stop around the 2, 2 1/2 yard backflip into end the zone. we're playing at ohio state. born and raised in ohio. this is the huge rivalry. this is my opportunity. punt return. out by myself. 15 yards, and i'm starting to doubt myself. do i really know how to do this backflip? and i get to the 10 yard line. i'm like, okay, if i do it and i mess up. i'm on "sportscenter" for the wrong thing. i got to the 5 yard line, chickened out, then did that little pose that has actual

from tv's nashville actor and singer charles he is ton will be here. he will perform live in the morning you guessed it, tucker, the big man himself santa the clause will pay usbination you won't find anywhere else in the world. >> yeah. probably not. >> that's what i'm thinking. >> probably not. only on good day. >> so stay tune. >> do you remember nick cannon's song i'm a jig go low. that's why i was saying that with r kelly? >> no. you always have the most obscure song references. i don't know that one. but do you remember i like, you know, nick cannon is mr. nick load dion. he used to be. all that good stuff. >> he's a renaissance man? just like santa and tucker. >> thanks for putting me on that list. we are 39 this morning in washington. mid 50s later today. so nice warmup. yesterday was a cool afternoon only got into the mid 40s 10 degrees warmer today. 39 now in washington. not to bad out there. warmer air working in from the south and west this morning but we got pockets of freezing temperatures. culpeper, manassas at this hour stil leonardtown good morning, 37. 41 in annapolis. 36 up in baltimore. all right. warmer air working on in. and the swath of