Despite all of the Great Success over the last three years, mha much more difficult to deal with foreign leaders whi am constantly having to defend myself against the donothing democrats and their impeachment scandal. In west palm beach, florida, where the president is spending the holidays. Hi, rich. Good afternoon, julie, after mostly taking a break from tweeting about christmas break from tweeting about impeachment, the president is back at it, tweeting this morning why should crazy nancy pelosi just because she has a a slight majority in the house to be able to impeach the president of the United States. His ear republican votes. There was no crime. The call with ukraine was perfect. No pressure. Nancy pelosi has a 36 seat majority, holding the articles of impeachment from the senate to delay a trial. Democrats want to force Senate Republicans to agree to an impeachment trial that includes witnesses. One republican senator is expressing those concerns, that is Lisa Murkowski telling the alaska television station that she was disturbed with Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell saying that sh she was coordinating wih the white house, and now House Democrats jumping on that. Mitch mcconnell should not be coordinating and fully responding to the white house when it comes to how he determines the conduction of the trial. He has a responsibility, whether he has made his mind up or not. He has a responsibility to conduct the trial in a way that allows effects to be heard and lets others make up their own minds, even if his is closed. Congress is out until januare continues. There is also the possibility of more articles of impeachment coming. House democrats this week in a federal court filing say that they may pursue additional charges of impeachment against the president , even though it was only last week that they approve two of them. Julie. Julie rich hudson, thank you very much. For more lets bring in tony kass, radio host, and back from outnumbered couch, capri cafaro. Capri, i will start with you. I was starting to see a crack in the g. O. P. Unity . I dont necessarily, we will not know until the vote actually occurs. These are a number of obscenitiesenatorsthat have exp, whether it is Lisa Murkowski, or met romney. I think that this is par for the course up until this point, and we will only know what happens when we see the vote. And actually we talked about on the couch, there is a difference between needing a simple majority to get some additional witnesses in versus the actual 67 senators that you need of people to get them. Julie tony, i should ask you. Should mcconnell be coordinating with the white house . Lisa murkowski does not think that should happen. Or will all lies beyond the the moderates, murkowski, mitt romney, collins . None of it matters until nancy pelosi sends the articles. And to the report from rich, they will put forward more articles and vote on more . If i Mitch Mcconnell i would get myself a nice chase lounge, cigar, and grab some bourbon if you drink and wait for them to do their job and then decide what you are going to do. Julie okay, so should they sit back and have their bourbon . I dont know. It sounds like a good idea to me. But i am not elected to anything. Lisa murkowski obviously, capri, concerned about total cooperation between the senate and the white house, as she should be. Because this should be a political divide here. Capri chambers and branches of government. Julie but here is Debbie Dingell on whether the senate trial could turn into a political crisis. I will have you react. I would hope that the whole country does not want a circus. The senate certainly can be more sometimes i think that there too rigid, and whatever, but i dont think the senate will want a circus. And i think senator mcconnell and what i do know of him, and is that he is not going to once a circus in the United States senate. Julie i think it is a little bit too late for that, capri. I think what has happened honestly at this point is that the American Public really has a bit of investigation fatigue and impeachment fatigue, and i would hope that we would see a level of restraint and putting the constitution and the institution over politics and political allegiance. We have not seen it up to this point, frankly, either from democrats or republicans, why should be expected to start now . Julie tony, nancy pelosi, we talked about this last hour. She has every right to delay the articles of impeachment for moving onto the senate. But at the same time, is the president , yes, there was a vote to impeach in the house, but at this point it is at a standstill. Is he technically still impeach . Some would say, if this does not go to the senate trial, it is really not. In the president seems to be riding high off of this and his supporters, in fact, coming out in droves. Its on us like a good thing for the president. Thats the objects at the white house is trying to get out there. Yes, it is the old line, if the impeachment falls in the forest and no one can have a trial, did it happen . That is what we are dealing with, and i think capri is right, there is impeachment fatigue without question out there. The fact that nancy pelosi is within her right, there may be something listed that so she could hold back the article, but thats not how america sees it. Passing in the house, they voted to impeach the president , yes, i would argue that he is impeach. But if they dont send it to the senate, they are proving that this is all political as we have all been saying all along. And that works out very poorly for them going into 2020. This is not about a phone call. This is not about whether the phone call was perfect, it is in about a conversation with a foreign leader. This is not about foreign aid or any dealmaking. This is about hating trump. And she makes that argument better than President Trump ever could. Julie i will move on to karl rove, because he is coming out. I dont know if you heard, slamming Speaker Pelosis decision to withhold these two articles of impeachment while they are contemplating coming up with a third and not handing it off to the senate. He writes in the wall street journal oped, americans deserve a dignified conclusion to impeachment, as the senate gave them to mr. Clinton in 1999. Impeachment always inflicts trauma on the nation. We can accept that. What the country should not accept is a continuation of this democrat led circus. Capri, karl rove, is he right or wrong . He is right in the sense that impeachment always has a negative effect on the soul of the country. I think that it will really be up to the American People how they feel about this and that will be seen at the ballot box. I would say the President Trump and the white house has a way to two to go in this. Because as people are aggravated about nancy pelosi holding onto the articles of impeachment, there is a feeling that if the call was so perfect as President Trump claims, why not have all of the witnesses . Why not release him from executive privilege . Get out there, tell your story and defend yourself, because transparency if innocent, will really help. Julie i want to talk about that phone call, the president has called it perfect. We have seen a memo, it was not the transcript. The exact verbatim word for word, why is that . That would answer a lot of questions and perhaps have the president would call it perfect, it would shut the democrats up if you actually gave them a verbatim transcript of exactly what was said that proves there is no quid pro quo. I think that there are a couple of things in that. First of all, we have seen the transcript, the. And things not inaudible, or misunderstood. Jim jordan has commented many times that Lieutenant ColonelAlexander Vindman said that the transcript was just fine. But i am actually with you, if im the president , i dont call the phone call perfect. Let the American People decide, you know, i did not like the phone call, but it is not impeachable. That is an acceptable place to be. The conversation here is whether or not a conversation with a foreign leader is an impeachable offense, and we are having these democrats clutching their pearls and saying, how dare the president not give Volodymyr Zelensky his Oval Office Meeting. Well, the Oval Office Meeting by be a condition on something. I think rational people understand that. And they are aware. Thats how Foreign Policy works. And there is a deal here, a deal they are, some to put their hand out, does not mean that they get money in their hands. Spend rational people, we are talking politics. Tony katz, thank you very much. Capri cafaro. You guys will be coming back, so sit tight. Experts are calling it a travel nightmare. Why drivers may face double, or even triple the number of delays than usual amid the postchristmas rush. Just stay home, dont ever go back to work. Maybe not. A live report coming up next read and President Trump threatening federal intervention to fix californias homeless crisis. Along his feud of who is to blame. What is behind the growing crisis . Next. Frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron . Next time try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. Just toss it in the dryer to bounce out wrinkles. We dried these shorts with bounce wrinkle guard, and a pair without. The bounce wrinkle guard shorts have fewer wrinkles and static, and more softness. 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President trump tweeting governor gavin and has done a terrible job on taking care of the Homeless Population in california. If you cant fix a problem, the federal government will get involved. Christina coleman is live in los angeles with this one. Hi, chris enough. Hi, julie, President Trump is saying enough is enough when it comes to the chronic homelessness crisis in the state. He also blasted House Speaker nancy pelosi over this tweeting Nancy Pelosis district in california has rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the u. S. When it comes to the homeless and crime. It has gotten so bad so fast, she has lost total control and along with her equally incompetent governor gavin newsom, it is a very sad size. Trumps warning comes on the hills of a blustery department of housing and urban to report that shows the nations recent overall 2. 7 rise in homelessness was caused by a 16. 4 increase in californias Homeless Population. The latest report analyzes data from 2018. California leads the nation and the number of Homeless People with an estimated total of over 129,000 in january of 2018. And according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services authority, nearly 59,000 people are homeless in l. A. County alone. That is a 12 increase to last year. Governor gavin newsom has been saying that the Trump Administration is playing politics. He says that the state is doing evermore to tackle the chronic homelessness. Investing 1 billion to help the Community Fight this problem. What he says the federal government needs to step up and do more. I imagine if you are the president of the United States, any leader like myself feels a deep sense of responsibility to address some of the vexing issues in the country. We have asked the Trump Administration for the one thing that he can do, specifically, and that is address the Fair Market Rent issue and help us support Additional Resources so that we can get people housed. The president can do a of a lot more. Yesterday trump did specify how the feds might get involved in the homelessness crisis, and he has not addressed the warning, but we reached out to the Governors Office for a response, so we are waiting to hear back. Julie. Julie christina coleman, thank you very much. Her back with us now, tony katz, capri cafaro. The homeless crisis in california, so bad, that more tax residents are moving out then Homeless People are moving in. Should the federal government to step in . If not, when would be the time to do so . Speak of the problem is, i dont know what the federal government does if it does step in. In the state of texas, austin was a ridiculous mess with homelessness. It was Governor Greg Abbott who stepped in. With gavin newsom, he led the mess that was San Francisco, the aiding and abetting of homelessness. You have to break it down, there are people that can get help. You have people that are dealing with addiction issues, and then you have the people who have Mental Health issues. You have to attack leasing separately. This is not a partisan problem. This is our problem. California does exacerbate it because of the real estate costs, but my beloved indianapolis can go down that same road and start to touch on it here and there, and it has to do with leadership that does not accept the status quo. There is no accepting of homelessness. That has to be the baseline from which Everything Else grows. Julie capri, what is the problem . And what is the solution . And are liberals at all to blame for contributing to the problem . I think that leaders, no matter where they are are going to be contributing to the problem, because i can contribute to the solution paid whether youre a democrat or a republican, a liberal or conservative, if youre not focusing on how you can combat that problem, and often times it is a state local, and federal government partnership. If you are putting partisanship ahead of that, your contribute into the problem. That being said, i agree with my colleague. We are in a situation where homelessness does not have one underlying contributive factor. We have significant income and economy, very high cost of living and housing costs in the state of california, and then you have the individuals that really are not in a position to be employed, even if you put a roof over their head, you try to give them job training or even addiction support, and recovery support, but what they really need is permanent support of for the severely and persistently mentally ill. These are people that need help and they are not just going to be able to get a hand up. They need a system around them to be able to make them independent and contributing to the system if possible. Julie i will move on. Some 2020 democrats are putting a greater focus on their faith ahead of the primaries. Pete buttigieg is among them with senator cory booker who tweeted this before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people before you tell me how much you love god, show me how much you love all his children. Andrew yang also speaking out. Watch. My boys are in sunday school, being brought up question, and i am thrilled with that. Julie will these appeals to faith resignation with democratic voters, do you think . I dont think that it has for Pete Buttigieg, who is really first at this. And also did it with a mix of something that i referred to as penitents. Thats what he has done out of indiana, it has been utilized, and then attacking my faith with his faith. That is not worked at all. But other things have worked. For cory booker, i think so much of this is too late. He simply does not have the polling to get them through. He is desperate for fifth place in iowa which would be a miracle in order for him to advance. I dont say that he does not have faith with andrew yang, but im not so sure the maneuver will capture them new voters that they did not already have or have not already made in their camp. To speed on what about an early states like iowa and South Carolina must mark in d South Carolina you see the midwest and the south being perceived more largely as states that faith could play more of a role in the electric grid i think we make mistakes to assume that people that identif, believers of a certain faith are somehow a model. I do think that democrat sometimes approached faith a little bit differently, looking at things like poverty, the treatment of immigrants and those that are undocumented at the border, how we address issues of health care and so, how you apply your faith may be different depending on the perception or the point of view that you take. Julie Pete Buttigieg has a point, if youre going to talk the talk, walk the walk, if you use god as a platform, then act like you do. But he doesnt. Julie that is not for me to say. A sparkle on the subject of abortion, he has a hard time squaring that circle. Thats where democrats and republicans somewhat differ on how they apply their faith message. And really, that is a very personal issue, i think. Julie think you both for coming on, tony katz, capri cafaro. Great to see you both. North koreas promise of delivering a Christmas Gift to the United States appears to have been broken, with no report of military action so far. 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One, as he pointed out, american consumers, with the Unemployment Rate so low, yet, what it means is that households have money in their pockets, they pay checks coming in every week. And comfort that they will keep getting those paychecks coming in, so people are letting loose and spending a little more money this Holiday Season. The other is that there was a lot of uncertainty and volatility in the market this year over trade. What is going to happen with these trade battles with china and with mexico, well, it looks like the coast is clearing up a little bit on that front. We have a usmca deal which is in the process of going through, and the president seems to want to call a truce with the chinese for now, that uncertainty is helping the clearing up of uncertainty is helping investors. The third thing is the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve cut the central bank shortterm Interest Rates three times this year. They are very likely to raise them anytime soon. And when you add all that up, i think that there is a lot of optimism going into 2020. Julie do you believe the president should deserve all of the credit . No. The president always gets any president , whether it is a republican or democrat gets too much to blame when things go south and gets too much credit when things go north. And the fact is, we are now in the 11th year of an economic expansion. The president get some credit for that. You know, he has been in office for a couple of years, but he was not the president for the first nine years of it. Like i said, the Federal Reserve has had some things to do with it. There is a very complex backdrop to this. Certainly i think that a lot of people think that the tax cuts helped juice the economy last in 2018 or maybe a little bit in 2019. Julie it is hard to ignore the fact that the tax cuts have helped greatly, on appointment is down, jobs are up, and the tax cuts have helped to not just the rich, but many in the middle class as well. I will move on to medicare for all. There are many hot topics being debated as a 2020 election season heats up. But one issue that seems to have disappeared from the campaign trail is the national debt, and yet, it continues to rise. He now totals 23. 1 trillion. When we watch the democratic debates, first of all, it is surprising, but not so, really, that they do not talk about the economy, the strong economy. But the national debt, there is another. Why isnt anyone paying any attention to this . To tell you the truth, i dont think either side, republicans or democrats want to pay any attention to it paid when the democrats are putting out plans for student loan forgiveness for everybody, medicare for all, Infrastructure Spending plans, you know, they are of the mindset that the debt and deficits dont matter so much. But we are also seeing the same thing on the right. You know, Tea Party Republicans during the Obama Administration made this the top issue, and we are on track for a trillion dollar budget deficit this year. As you say, 23 trillion in debt. Lets not forget that just last week we saw the house and the senate both passing 1. 4 trillion budget deals. This includes 50 billion a year, more on spending then was agreed to just a few months ago. I think both sides are spending like there is no tomorrow. Julie john hilson roth, thank you for coming on. Happy holidays to you. Joe biden leading in the democratic pole nationally still, it has been the case since day one, but he does have a fight on his hands with iowa and Pete Buttigieg, so is it time for joe biden to go on the attack . And north korea fails to deliver that socalled Christmas Gift. It threatened to send the United States committed it back down . Or could we see a surprise before the new year . We will discuss. My Psoriatic Arthritis pain . I had enough its not getting in my way. Joint pain, swelling, tenderness. Much better. My psoriasis, clearer. Cosentyx works on all of this. Four years and counting. So watch out. I got this watch me. Real people with active Psoriatic Arthritis are feeling real relief with cosentyx. Cosentyx is a different kind of targeted biologic. It treats the multiple symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis to help you look and feel better. It even helps stop further joint damage. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. 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S. Military god, according to reports, the u. S. Was in fact so concerned, as you noted, they were worried about the socalled Christmas Gift from north korea, they put up surveillance planes as well as drones over and around the Korean Peninsula, around christmas time, and there are forces that they put up some today as well. There has in fact been north korean activity recently in the last couple of weeks. We have seen several satellite images indicating the range of activities with factories in a test site, associated with the countrys longrange missile capability. Some experts are now saying that perhaps a gift that might not be an actual launch or nuclear test might be a bit more rhetorical like the lifting of the north selfimposed moratorium on all of this bad activity, or the breaking off of denuclearization talks. In fact, coming up the next few days, a big National Meeting of chairman kim jong uns ruling party as well as his new years day address, those could be launching back for some really nasty rhetoric. Remember, talks including committees between President Trump and chairman cam just in this past year are going nowhere. A top chinese official calling this week for the u. S. To in their words to take concrete steps to get things moving. That is the last thing that analysts are looking at right now in fact, julie, the possibility that north korea might get itself into the next year election schedule. Chairman kim one way or another, according to analysts, might try to find himself on that campaign agenda. Julie greg palkot, thank you. Lets bring in lieutenant james carafano, with the heritage foundation, the Vice President for the National SecurityForeign Policy there. Thank you for talking to us. Did north korea backed down from a threat . And what was the purpose of the whole Christmas Gift . We dont know. It is always a mistake to guess what the North Koreans are thinking or what they might do. Because it is just an opaque regime, we are not good at that. But heres what the administration did right, they sent steve bacon wh who is the secretary of state over to asia, and what he said was very crude, look, if you resume longrange testing, some really provocative act like that, heres what we will do. Essentially we would double down on the sanctions that are already there. And north korea would be worse off than when they started. So he said a very stern message. Go back to the table and talk, because you will gain nothing from mobility. That was exactly right. Julie sorry, go ahead. We dont know what impact it had on the koreans, because we dont know what the North Koreans are going to do. But the u. S. Did the right thing. Julie the u. S. , need i remind everyone, has 400 nuke missiles in silas, wyoming good montana, north dakota, they have bombers and missiles covering as well. Three methods to launch Nuclear Weapons in the list goes on. North korea knows this, so when they make these threats that seem to be more talk than action. One has to wonder, what kind of message is kim jong un trying to send to President Trump, whom he has had these friendly encounters with . What we have seen, and this goes way back before impeachme impeachment, the North Koreans really continue to test to the u. S. , to see if the u. S. Is serious about a negotiating position. The position is, look, we have to have a whole deal on the table. So it has to end with denuclearization, and the normalization of north korea. We may do it in phases, but you have to put the whole deal on there. The North Koreans have pushed back really for over a year to think, is that really serious . Well, it is just bold and, when he is gone, the americans will be okay. And then they thought, well, maybe trump is worried about getting reelected, and that did not happen. So one of the things you have to think about it as maybe north korea would do a deal with trump, but they want to make sure that he gets reelected first. Julie meanwhile, china, i have to talk china, iran, and russia with you. They are holding a naval drill in the indian ocean. And this move was expecting to be in cooperation between the nations. It comes at a time of heightened tension between toronto and the United States, so my question is, should the United States be worried . Not really, those three navies do not have the capacity to do anything serious together. It is just more julie should the u. S. Respond . No, i dont think so. It is not significant. There are allies of a kind, but they cannot do much to help each other. It has always been the problem with the countries. Their interests are different, their capabilities are different, and they cannot gang up on the United States. Julie okay, Lieutenant Colonel, thank you for being here and happy holidays. We need a talk about the major storm expected to affect travel and they need to get back home, find out how bad it will get and what travelers can expect. Coming up next. Plus the battle between 2020 democrats heating up in iowa, less than six weeks away from the caucuses. Two of the leading candidates and a growing faceoff. Who are they . We have more on that next. Phones down. We need a solution. Introducing. Smartdogs. The first dogs trained to train humans. Stopping drivers from liking. Selfieing. And whatever this is. Available to the public. Never. Smartdogs are not the answer. But geico has a simple tip. Turn on do not disturb while driving mode. Brought to you by geico. At chwere a festive family. Were a fourlegged family. Were a getupandgo family. Were a ski family. 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Julie a travel nightmare expected for millions of americans trying to head home from their holiday vacation, in fact, on one of the busiest travel days of the year, experts are warning drivers that the roads will be congested, that is to be expected. But this is the problem while a major winter storm limits storm could cause problems with the as later this week. Life at the ohare airport, one of the busiest if not the busiest to see how things are shaping up there. Hey, matt. Hey, julie, right now things are running along very smoothly in chicago ohare, not a single cancellation up on the board. Hardly any delays right now. It is of great news if you are flying in or out of this airport today. Maybe even if it is tomorrow morning. And the majority of airports across the country are running along smoothly. Except out west. There is that winter storm right now near Southern California that is causing delays in San Francisco and lax and san diego. As that storm moves to use, it is expected to bring ice and snow across the midwest this weekend, causing much more travel headaches, but so far here today in chicago, we have not had any troubles. I was expecting a little bit of crazy. So far, so good . So far it has been excellent. Pretty regular. I know that they said it was going to be a lot of traveling, but regular for me. I just figure i do not have a choice, im going. We went, and we came back, it was wonderful. Aaa said more americans than ever, 115 million all travel this entire Holiday Season from december 21stjanuary 1st. That is an increase of 3. 9 percent from last year. And the most travelers in nearly 20 years since aaa began tracking in 2000. According to airlines for america, today and tomorrow, one of the more busy travel days of the entire Holiday Season was about 2. 9 Million Airline passengers expected each day. So if you are at home and you are flying today, outside of california, so far things are looking very well. The head into the weekend as the storm moves east, things could drastically change, julie. Its been all right, matt finn, thank you. 2020 democrats stepping up a fight with less than six weeks left to go until the Iowa Caucuses. That is right. The latest politics poll showing joe biden leading democrats nationally. This is an average by more than eight points. But in iowa, mayor Pete Buttigieg is now on top. A setting up a clash between joe biden as the two are courting similar voters in the heartland. Lets bring in philip wegmann, National Politics correspondent for real clear politics. So winning iowa, we know, we talk about this every election cycle. It is never a guarantee of anything. But who do you believe . Whose message is freshly made in most . Right now according to the real clear politics average, it is clearly mayor pete. He has a slight threepoint lead, that is enough to convince other candidates that they have to take him serious. He is an electoral threat. We saw this at the last democratic debate when it seemed like everybody was getting in each others way trying to take a swipe at this guy, but like you noted, senator Bernie Sanders is in a close second place. And he was one who was more than willing to take a shot at mayor Pete Buttigieg. And thats something that i think should keep the Pete Buttigieg campaign awake at night is a Des Moines Register poll from earlier in november tt shows 60 of registered caucus goers were open to having their mind change. So the polling that we see now, that could change dramatically in just six weeks. Julie do you think joe biden needs to start attacking buttigieg if he needs to get ahead here . They see him as a nice guy, but what people say about nice guys. What is working nationally might not translate at the lower levels of the individual states. What is interesting about iowa is that success there is not final. And, you know, failure, so long as it is not an absolute failure is not going to be fatal. But what it does provide, what iowa does for the rest of the country is it shows voters and it shows donors, which candidate has a message that resonates and which candidate has a ground game that can get voters out. It is a test concept before the general election. And i think that a strong showing is what is needed to. You dont necessarily need to walk away with a firstplace finish, but you need to be competitive. Spend less than six weeks out from the Iowa Caucuses. A latest real clear politics average out of New Hampshire shows that Bernie Sanders is actually leading. Lets put it up on the screen. Followed by Pete Buttigieg. Joe biden is third here. The New Hampshire democratic primary. You Bernie Sanders at 19 . Obviously, he is the senator in neighboring vermont, although, you know, there is been talk that maybe he could be lessening or losing a little bit of its popularity there. And im speaking about Bernie Sanders here. But what does the democratic primary number showing you this far out of the Iowa Caucuses . How much will this play a role . I think what this shows is that the Bernie Sanders campaign of 2020 is fundamentally different than the campaign of 2016, that they were not hopping from state to state, running an insurgent campaign. Instead, they now have the resources in the name recognition to allow them to compete not just in iowa and New Hampshire, but also in places like california. Remember, mail in ballots are going the same date in california as the iowa caucus. We see him competitive in the first or second place spot in a number of those contacts. And he starts wrecking up the winds, that is serious momentum. What he is going to need to do is differentiate himself from elizabeth warren, and really draw the contrast between himself and buttigieg and joe biden, something he was able to do very well in the last debate when he hit them over the billionaire donors. Julie the dnc wanted a narrower field before iowa, before New Hampshire, the democratic debate obviously has not done that good of a job whittling down the number of candidates, what do you think i will will do that the debates did not . To your point, when i was talking to dnc officials as early as april of this year, they said that they set up the debate so that there would be a natural windowing before we got to iowa. But clearly, that is not happen. We have seen more people enter the race. And i think that this is creating a scenario where you have voters trying to decide between their first, second, and third choices. Because i cant come down on who they like. At the end of the day, i was going to do something for the dnc that they were not able to do, which is make cuts. I think after iowa there will be a lot of candidates i wake up, look in the mirror, and ask themselves or my president ial ambitions realistic . Its fun thank you very much. We have to talk about a tragic and sudden death of an espn reporter, raising big concerns about just how dangerous demand dangerous pneumonia can be for the young and healthy, what you need to know. You need to stay tuned. Next. With amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. And theres never been an easier way to get great advice. A place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. A place for mom. You know your family we know Senior Living. Together well make the right choice. 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He received treatment and antibiotics but ultimately just passed away weeks later on his birthday. He tweeted this on december 4. Anyone ever had multifocal bilateral pneumonia in their early 30s . As someone who never gets six and has a very good immune system, asking for two friends, my lungs. Joining us, a doctor from saint artemis hospital in the bronx. That tweet is hard to read but it also raises so many questions because a haven there says says, never get sick, and now all of a sudden pneumonia in both lungs and nothing it seems could have saved him. Folks forget that pneumonia is still worldwide, a very serious illness that kills many folks and its something that shouldnt be taken lightly. You think about the elderly being susceptible, you dont often think about people in their 30s getting pneumonia. Is anyone more susceptible for pneumonia . Everyone is susceptible for pneumonia but most importantly, those that have chronic illnesses like emphysema and diabetes, cardiac disease, folks who our Cancer Patients and immunocompromised. Now im not a pathologist and i dont have any information on how this young man died, but if you have pneumonia and say he came into contact with the flu so the flight could have made things worse . It puts you at risk for pulmonary embolus and other things when you are not walking around, it can contribute to a condition that could eventually lead to someone serious illness. What do people need to look out for . You mentioned we are in the midst of flu season and you tell everybody to get their flu shots but that doesnt prevent pneumonia. It doesnt prevent pneumonia but its going to help. Always remember to cover your cough, always remember to wash her hands consistently both before and after eating, on the subway or when you come out of public art transportation. If you are around folks that are coughing you want to get a mask on her get away from them and you also want to get a flu vaccine. I recommend that for everybody. Its not always going to prevent you but it will definitely help boost your immunity. I want to talk about something else. The National Smoking age is set to rise from 1821. That also includes vial of vape, there are the equivalent of 20 cigarettes. What effect does that have on or used . Any vaping or smoking or hookah, marijuana use, any of those things definitely decrease your ability to have proper respiratory health. We spoke a couple months ago on vaping with vitamin e acetate was a problem. Definitely going an i wonr how much the vaping factor will help the young epidemic now. Vaping is the new cigarette. Young people are more into vaping which they also use for marijuana. Exactly. They think its a safer alternative but in reality you are getting really high doses of nicotine and other additives. So you dont get the smoke which is what they think is a healthy alternative. Yes. Then you dont get those other impurities that are in the combustion process. Lets face it, its also an expensive habit. And these things are not healthy for you in general. President trump going after House Speaker nancy pelosi asking her to hurry up on impeachment and weight. Hello everyone, im dana perino and this is the daily briefing. Dana of the president sending out a string of tweets calling Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats hypocrites saying democrats wanted to rush everything through. Calling him a threat to National Security but, now they want to slow it down. We have an excellent panel standing by for analysis, judy miller and marc thiessen. Rich edson is in palm beach, florida. Good afternoon