Julian assange over the hacking allegations. And dylann roof addresses the jurors who will decide his fate, offering no apology and no remorse. Hey, there, good morning, everybody. Its thursday, january 5th, im alex whit alongside lewis berdorf. Yesterday, going through the budget process Means Senate Democrats cannot stop them through the fill buster. Afterwards, Mitch Mcconnell spoke to the press. Were going to move forward with the Obamacare Repeal resolution first and well take the second step a little bit later. However, president elect donald trump appear to caution his party about this, tweeting earlier, republicans must be careful in that the dems own the failed obamacare disaster with its poor coverage and massive premium increases, like the 116 hike in arizona. Also, deductibles are so high that it is practically useless. Dont let the exhumer clowns out of this web. Massive increases in obamacare come this year. Pence met with congress yesterday about the health care plan. He said that republicans would not just strip away the Affordable Care act. The first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare. And that was our message today and it will be our message on capitol hill. The Health Care System has been ruined, dismantled under obamacare. The answer here is not to ignore the problem. We will help americans crying out for relief from obamacare. Why still no plan to replace it . We have a plan to replace it. We have plenty of ideas to replace it and youll see as the weeks and months unfold what were talking about replacing it. How we can get better choices with lower prices by not having a government take over health care which is causing all this problem in the first place. The anxiety is palpable. One of the most articulate republicans on capitol hill is speaker of the house and he did a News Conference today why he was unable to explain why republicans have not put forward their replacement plan. Hes a smart guy. He spent years thinking about this. Hes smart when it comes when it comes to politics, policy, we have profound different point of view, but theres nobody that questions his intellect and even he cant articulate exactly why they arent putting forward a replacement plan. Meanwhile, less than 400 hours left in office, president obama went to capitol hill yesterday for a meeting with democratic lawmakers where those inside say he told them in two weeks i will no longer be a politician, but ill still be a citizen. I envoy you so much right now because i would love to be on the field. Senator chris murphy shared more of his message. His message was first and foremost that we certainly lost some of the messaging on this but that theres still not there still isnt a majority of americans that want it repealed. Only 25 of americans want it repealed. Everybody else wants it to be perfected. Its important to note that unlike a repeal, a replacement plan will require 60 votes. The uneasy relationship between president elect donald trump and intelligenccommunity continued yesterday address as a reportmerged that the administration will reorganize the dni and the cia. A 2010 classified report from the president s intelligence Advisory Board found the office was distracted, not as agile as it should be and prone to turf wars. By the way, dan coats, said to be at the top of the list for national intelligence. Trump advisers are also working on a plan to restructure the Central Intelligence agency, cutting back on staffing at its virginia headquarters. Reporting these led efforts are being led by Michael Flynn and mike pompeo. Meanwhile, alarm was expressed at president elects agreement with Julian Assange. Officials tell us while there are a lot of republicans and Trump Supporters in the spy agencies, there are few if any Julian Assange fans. Yesterday, Vice President mike pence responded to a question about Julian Assange by defending the president s skepticism. Look, i think the president elect has expressed his very sincere and healthy american skepticism about intelligence conclusions. The president and i have been receiving since the election regular intelligence briefings. Received a president ial daily brief with the president yesterday, and well be looking at the facts and the information, but i think given some of the intelligence failures of recent years, president elect has made it clear to the American People that hes skeptical about conclusions from the bureaucracy and i think the American People hear him loud and clear. This comes as buzz feed reporting that the fbi never asked the Democratic National committee for access to its computer servers allegedly hacked. President elect trump has been critical of Julian Assange in the past. You had nothing to do with leaking those documents . No, i think its disgraceful. You should be disgraceful. And several are voicing his distan for his opinion of Julian Assange. What is your opinion of Julian Assange. I really have none other than i think the guy is a sycophan for russia. He leaks, he steals data, and compromises national security. He has a history of under mining american interests. I hope no american will be duped by him. You shouldnt give him any credibility. This is very dangerous. Julian assange is a bad person with probably american blood on his hands and definitely the information hes put out there has made our country far less safe. Meanwhile, former gop vicepresident ial nominee sarah palin who condemned wikileaks hacker Julian Assange has made an aboutface. Back in 2010, she had called him an anti american operative with blood on his hands for leaking classified documents and meanwhile congressman Dana Rohrabacher is planning a trip to russia to see how we can work with duma. The congressman was coy when asked whether his group would meet with putin. I really cant say that. He said after a pause and half a smile. Its possible. Senator john mccain reportedly said theres a lunatic fringe in every party. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer is taking a page out of the republican vote. Exhumer exhumerd schumer. Has said we are opposed to nominees plain and simple. We havent talked about hearings or any of these other issues but we will oppose nominees out of the mainstream, period. If its one, if its two, if its three. If they put someone in the mainstream, well give them a careful look and we hope they will. Apparently theres yet a new standard now which is to not confirm a Supreme Court nominee at all. I think thats something the American People simply will not tolerate and will be looking forward to receiving a Supreme Court nomination and moving forward on it. Shumers move echoes a speech where he called on the democratic majority to block any of george w. Bushs nominations. And president obama bid farewell to the armed forces during a ceremony at a military base in arlington, virginia yesterday. The president received the department of defense medal for distinguished service. During the speech, the president reflected on the burden the military carries for the nation and his responsibilities as commander in chief. By stepping forward and volunteering, by raising your right hand and taking that oath, each of you made a solemn pledge. You committed yourselves to a life of service and of sacrifice. And in turn made a promise to you. Which to the best of my abilities ive tried to uphold every single day since. That i would only send you into harms way when it was absolutely necessary, with a strategy and welldefined goals, with the equipment and the support that you needed to get the job done. A lot of americans dont see the sacrifices you make on our behalf, but as commander in chief, i do. Ive seen it when i look in the eyes of young cadets knowing that my decisions could very well send them into harms way. We are called to remember core principles. That we must never hesitate to act when necessary to defend our nation but we must also never rush into war because sending you into harms way should be a last and not first resort. It should be compelled by the needs of our security and not our politics. Convicted Charleston Church shooter dylann roof made a brief if bizarre Opening Statement during the sentencing phase of his trial yesterday. He made the decision to prevent his lawyers from presenting a Mental Health evaluation. He said im not going to lie to you. Theres nothing wrong with him psychologically. He previously stated he wont call witnesses or present any evidence during the sentencing phase. He faces the Death Penalty. Meanwhile, previous passages were released written from jail. One said i do not regret what i did. A new york city train derailed yesterday. Officials say none of the injuries are lifethreatening. The cause of the incident is under investigation. Although Officials Say that the Long Island Railroad train didnt stop and hit a bumper at the end of the track causing the derailment. A train crashed back in nearby hoboken, new jersey, killing one person in september. A water shortage in the capital damascus. Residents say they dont have enough water to do the most basic task like bathe or wash clothes and dishes. The problem is due to rebel groups controlling the valley where most of the water comes from. Each side has blamed the other for sabotaging the waters infrastructure. A spokesman of the u. N. Says right now its impossible to find out who is at fault due to fighting. Eric holder has been hired as outside counsel. Kevin deleon, Assembly Speaker anthony rent done, they both stated with the upcoming change in administration, we expect there will be extraordinary challenges for california in the Uncertain Times ahead. Holder served as proposals books president obamas attorney general for six years. Hes expected to help in the up coming battles. A scary crash caught on camera in michigan. And winter storms are expected to hammer california. Some areas are expected to receive several feet of snow. Our meteorologist will have the latest when we come back. People would ask me in Different Countries that we traveled, what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. So when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. Im from all nations. It puts a hunger in your heart to want to know more. Of bad breath germs for a 100 fresh mouth. Feeling 100 means you feel bold enough to. Assist a magician. Or dance. Listerine®. Bring out the bold™ welcome back. Restaurant owners in michigan have been left with quite a mess on their hands after an suv careened into the building and the whole thing was caught on camera. Weve got to take a look at this one. The vehicle crashes into the restaurant just barely missing a booth full of customers. Police say the driver had borrowed the suv and wasnt familiar with it. The driver hit the accelerator instead of the brakes. Thankfully, no unwith was injured. How cool are all those people, they get up immediately, not thinking of themselves and going to see what they can do to help. Good people and lucky people. Very lucky. Very lucky. Will lets check out parts of california because they are getting pummelled with heavy rain and snow this morning. Its good news for the drought stricken state. The Sierra Nevada region has seen several feet of snow. That looks like where i was, phil cairns. Up to this point, its been beneficial. Weve gotten good rains and snow in the mountains, but storm two will be so much worse because the rivers can only handle so much. Now were thinking this weekend could get serious situation and some significant damage could occur. Thats the yosemite valley. Pieces of energy from that storm now streak all the way across nevada, utah, through colorado. We had snow overnight in kansas city. Snow in st. Louis. Light snow in the ohio valley. There are slippery roads in this section near i70. Winter weather advisory in nashville this morning. Later tonight, Oklahoma City gets a coating of snow. Heres the snowfall over the next 48 hours. Of course, the mountains are getting the most as you would expect. The areas of white is only about one inch, maybe two inches at most. Thats a large section. This is happening now. Later on tonight were going to get some of that from areas north of washington, d. C. , coastal new jersey, new york city, southern portions of new england. Just a coating of snow. The timing for friday morning could make it difficult on the roads. Its bitterly cold across the northern plains. Then the story for the weekend will be a possible snowstorm coming up in the southeast. It looks like some areas like atlanta, birmingham, charlotte, raleigh, all could have snow, maybe enough to shovel. They are not used to that. Thats why its a big deal in the south. Still ahead, Russell Westbrook has had an incredible season. This pass not part of it. Louis explains what happened to the superstar next in sports. Atd car . Yeah you got it. Just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the aew carfax. Com. I dont want one thats hada k just say, show me cars with no accidents reported pretty cool i like it thats the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you dont plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax. Com youre so cold, come in whats wrong . Its dry. Your scalp . Mine gets dry in the winter too. Try head and shoulders dry scalp care it nourishes the scalp and. Keeps you up to 100 fkeree head and shoulders dry scalp care so beautiful. What shall we call you . 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He finished with 15 points in last nights 11057 route. This is the final game before coach k takes a onemonth leave for back surgery. A big east matchup between villanova and butler. The bulldogs, hand defending the National Champs they first loss this season, its butler 12th straight on its home court. Now the nba and the Milwaukee Bucks couldnt be stopped against the knicks last night had in a contest that came down to the wire. Car mellow anthony ranked up a game high as they try to hold on to the lead in the final seconds of the game. Take a look at this. Defense from the gar deny crowd. Defended by thomas. Time winding down. Its good at the buzzer that is just too good. The greek freak with his first gamewinner of the season. A turn around fade away at the jumper to give milwaukee a win against the knicks. We know spike lee is not happy about that. Finally, the thunders Russell Westbrook earned his 10th personal foul after pegging an official in the head with a basketball. Attempted to send it to the referee. He said i would never, ever disrespect the game like that and throw the ball at the referee. It was just a toss and a bonk. It look unintentional. His reaction was oh, no. He tosses it. The referee is not even looking. He got him good. Though. He smoked him. It looked like it was all good at the end of that. If you say so all right. Still ahead, senator Bernie Sanders makes a statement on the senate floor with an oversized trump tweet, but secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson heads to capitol hill all in an effort to reassure those wary of his ties to russia. Those stories and more coming up next. Happen. Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair work. In one week. With the. Fastest retinol formula available. Its clinically proven to work on fine lines and. Even deep wrinkles. One week . That definitely works rapid wrinkle repair. And for dark spots, rapid tone repair. Neutrogena®. See whats possible. 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In nevada an avalanche closed a road and in some parts of oregon they have seen 26 inches of snow so far. In boise, 14 inches. Theres hope all the precipitation can begin to help begin to put a dent in years long drought in california. The coast guard is looking for a missing helicopter off the port of los angeles. Two passengers from a nearby cruiseship saw a helicopter go down. A genetically modified malaria vaccine has passed a critical first hurdle in human trials. There are others in advanced stages of development and the need is great. There were reported 212 million cases of the mosquitoborn illness last year and an estimated 400,000 deaths. President obama met with democrats to encourage them to do all they can to preserve his Signature Health care law. Meanwhile, Vice President elect mike pence met with hill republicans as the repeal and replacement of obamacare gets under way. It transcends traditional political lines. For millions its personal as tom costello reports. Reporter shes covered under obamacare but having voted for trump she wants to see it replaced. Whats not working about obamacare for you . The red tape. It should be as simple as me paying the premium, me going to a doctor that i want to go to. She admits she didnt have insurance before obamacare and her premiums have stayed under 300 a month, but her deductible has gone from 1,700 to 4,500. S thats a lot of money. For me it is. Meanwhile, 600 miles away in crestwood, kentucky, this family voted for clinton. Obamacare covered the cost of having a baby. Losing that coverage, they say, would be a big blow to their hopes for the family farm. Like most Small Business owners, were kind of bootstrapping this. Weve been at it a few years. Nationwide, the Affordable Care act or obamacare has brought the percentage of Americans Without Health Insurance down from 16 to nearly 11 . Premiums have jumped dramatically in some states but nationally they are up 20 , slower than the rate before obamacare took effect. If Health Insurers feel that everything is uncertain, will they drop out of the aca market places. Debra admits shes conflicted. She wants Obamacare Repealed but she needs the coverage. I have no issue of paying my fair share but its got to be a fair share that i can afford. In its simplest form thats the very dilemma facing the new republican congress. Thanks to tom costello for that report. And during the debate on the senate floor over health care, senator Bernie Sanders tried to use the president elects own words against him. Trotting out a trump tweet. May 7th, 2015, donald trump tweeted, quote, i was the first and only potential gop candidate to state there will be no cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid, end of quote. If he was sincere, then i would hope that tomorrow or maybe today he could send out a tweet and tell his republican colleagues to stop wasting their time and all of our time. And for mr. Trump to tell the American People that he will veto any proposal that cuts medicare, that cuts medicaid, and that cuts social security. Donald trump will be sworn in as president of the United States two weeks from tomorrow and Vice President elect mike pence says the changes will start right away. It will literally begin on day one. Before the end of the day, we do anticipate that the president elect will be in the oval Office Taking action to both repeal executive orders and also set into motion through executive action policies to implement, promises that were made on the campaign trail. The president elect yesterday announced his pick for chair of the securities and exchange commission, wall street lawyer jay clayton who is a partner at sullivan and cromwell which the New York Times describes as the goto law firm for goalman sachs. Hearings for attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions are scheduled to sta one day earlier on january 10. Now, if Rex Tillerson is confirmed as secretary of state he wilwalk away from his job at exxonmobil with a 180 million retirement package. According to the associated press, tillerson promised the state department he will sell another 600,000 exon shares. All of that is contingent on his confirmation. He spent yesterday on capitol hill meeting with senators of both parties, including Mitch Mcconnell, marco rubio, Lindsey Graham and john mccain. Many hoeproceed many high profile republicans are skeptical. Yesterday, he was asked whether he can support tillersons nomination. Mccain told reporters, sure. Theres also a realistic scenario that pigs fly. If Rex Tillerson, Donald Trumps nominee for secretary of state, if he does not agree with your assessment, if he does not what and other see with russia, will he get your vote . The russians are under mining democracy throughout the entire world. They did hack into our political system. They are doing it to other political systems and they need to pay a price. Sanctions are coming, president elect trump. The Washington Post reports that behind closed doors tillerson has sought to deliver a tough message how he sees russia and vladimir putin. Tillerson stopped short of naming specifics of how he would handle sanctions and his interpretation of russias involvement in u. S. Elections. We go to South Carolina where dylann roof gave his Opening Statement during the sentencing phase of his trial yesterday. Its the first time hes spoken publicly about the june 2015 shooting at a church that left nine people. Reporter jurors had already seen these videos of dylann roof planning his massacre and unanimously found him guilty. He spoke to them in person for the first time. Im not going to lie to you, he said. Theres nothing wrong with me slol zsh psychologically. He offered no apology for the killing of nine black churchgoers at the historic ame church. Instead, prosecutors read portions of what he wrote in a journal. Im not sorry, he wrote. The prosecutions first witness, the widow of the reverend pinkney. She huddled in a locked office after hearing the gunshots, her sixyearold daughter whispered, daddys dead . No, no, baby. She knew her husband of 16 years was gone. After the emotional testimony, roof chose not to crossexamine her. Mental Health Experts say its exceedingly rare for defendants to represent themselves in Death Penalty cases. Just because hes been found competent to stand trial doesnt mean he hasnt been found to have a serious mental illness. He does fit the profile of somebody with scis zoe freen schizophrenia who doesnt understand hes ill. President elect trump is continuing to offer praise for ford after the Company Announced it was abandoning plans for a plant in mexico. It will invest 700 million in a michigan plant, creating 700 new jobs. Trump had urged ford to abandon the mexico project out on the campaign trail and yesterday he tweeted thank you to ford for scrapping a new plant in mexico and creating 700 new job in the u. S. This is just the beginning. Much more to follow. Fords aouncement came hours after trumps public spat general motors. The last 24 hours has been filled with closings and layoffs in some of the big he have names in retail. Were join live from london by nancy. Macy has said it will close more Stores Across the country due to lack luster holiday sales. The share prices of macys taking a tumble as low as 11 . Macy will go ahead with 68 store closures. Blaming the tough Christmas Period and saying the results they have seen are reflecting tougher times for the Retail Industry as a whole. Those tough times are being felt over at sears as well. An internal memo received by Business Insider says that sears is moving ahead with Additional Store closures as well. Altogether you are looking at about 150 sites that will be closed. That includes 108 kmart stores and 42 sears stores by april. Now, that represents about 10 of sears total base and according to Business Insider, employees were just informed on wednesday of those closures. Elsewhere, were talking about Digital PublishingCompany Medium thats also laying off workers. 50 employees at this company which may not sound like a lot, but it represents a third of its staff. It does provide a base for bloggers and Publishing Companies to post stories on line, said its addriven revenue model is broken. They are looking to preposition this company as part of the transition, they are talking about closing offices in washington and new york because the home base is in san francisco. Keep an eye on jobs because were expecting the adp report showing a jump in private sector payrolls for the month. Keep an eye on that. Thanks so much and a couple more business headlines for you this morning. Positive signs from the Auto Industry here. Car sales reach another record in 2016. Boosted by lower gas prices and improving economy and easy credit according to analysts. Americans bought almost 17. 5 million cars last year. End of the year sales gave the biggest boost to the 2016 total. General motors says sales surged 10 and ford, up 3 . And bankrupt Clothing CompanyAmerican Apparel may soon be getting a buyer. Amazon and forever 21 are reportedly among the companies weighing offers to acquire that company. Guilden active wear is known as the stocking horse bid out for the company for the tune of 66 million. Any offer would have to top that. Companies are in discussions with American Apparels Financial Advisers ahead of tomorrows offer deadline. Still ahead, one of the worlds busiest airports set to get a major face lift, but first well be watching the airports as winter storms come in across the country. Its just a date. I can stay. Im good. I wont be late hey mom. Yeah. No kissing on the first date, alright . Life doesnt always stick to a plan, but with our investment expertise well help you handle whats next. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Plumping surface cells for a dramatic transformation. Without the need for fillers. With olay, you age less. So you can be ageless. Olay ageless. Its about moving forward not back. Its looking up not down. Its feeling up thinking up living up. Its being in motion. In body in spirit in the now. Boost. 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Emergency kittens. A twitter account devoted to adorable cats. The feed features cute kitty photos and memes like this one that says you win at life if you cat cuddles with you. Well, that is true. Anyway, welcome back everyone. Near whiteout conditions in mixs Upper Peninsula creating mes messy conditions. Were going right to bill karins to find out who is getting hard by this. If you watch enough tv in the weather segments, in the heat waves, you see people fanning themselves or if its cold, people bundling up. We like to raise the bar a little bit here. This is in Lake Michigan and these are people who were surfing. Come on now. You have to look closely. Look at hes got ice. The guy with the beard takes the take keer. Look at that amount of ice on the beard. Thats just hard to look aat. You have to be in the water for a long time for that to get like that. But, hey, having fun. Maybe he has a heater inside that wet suit. Kind of crazy. Obviously the stuff in california, were finished with our first big storm and then we have another huge one this weekend and thats the one thats going to start causing the millions of dollars worth of damage when we get the additional rain. The snow as you know its already at 5 feet at some ski areas. Last night, snow streaked across the country and in areas like kansas city, missouri, theres a little bit of slick stuff out there for a lot of areas that dont get a lot of snow. We have Winter Weather advisories here covering southern ohio valley and tennessee valley. Heres how its going to play out. This is 2 00 p. M. On friday. This little blew is a little bit of snow, pink the ice. 7 00 p. M. On friday, the first round just a little bit, but theres a second round behind it. The second storm, and this is the one thats going to give the higher snowfall total and it really looks like the bulls eye is going to be upstate of South Carolina and also a few spots in eastern North Carolina. The best chance for getting that 6 to 12 inches of snow will be the eastern half of North Carolina. By the time the storm is over with, areas like raleigh would have more snow this winter than new york city and boston. Wow. Really . Thats a lot of snow. It sure is. Just one day after announcing a proposal for Free College Tuition for new york students, governor andrew quadruple cuomo outlined a plan to spend more than 10 billion to remodel the jfk airport. The financing has not been announced. Much of the money is expected to come from private capital. That will be very nice. That will be very nice. Before we get a break, a man in upstate new york bought nearly a thousand copies of the local newspaper, the times of wayne county. The reason, he didnt want readers to read that he had been charged with a dwi. And there was a llama on the loose. We got one more animal on the loose story for you. This one in tennessee. Take a look. Hi, folks. I got david in front of the patrol car. We got a calf in the middle of the highway. Were fixin to try to rope him right here. He just roped him. We just got him. We just got him. Tie him to the front of my car just roping that steer from the hood of a police car there. I guess both those steers were returned to their owners but as we say were not going to cover any of those stories alex. Instead when we come back, well cover the stories making headlines in the day. Per roll more doing chores for dad per roll more earning something you love per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper of bad breath germs for a 100 fresh mouth. Feeling 100 means you feel bold enough to. Assist a magician. Or dance. Listerine®. Bring out the bold™ welcome back. Lets go to iraq and the battle to liberate the city of mosul from isis. Coalition spokesperson has confirm for the first time that american troops have been operating inside of the city alongside iraqi forces as advisers. There are currently about 450 american troops currently working in iraq as part of the mission. Meanwhile, forces continue to make slow progress clearing the eastern part of mosul from isis militants. Officials add the full operation is extraordinarily dangerous and is going to take some time, alex. The manhunt continues in turkey for the suspect in that deadly terror attack on a nightclub in istanbul. Matt bradley is joining us now live from london. Any indication from authorities that they are closer to getting this guy . Well, alex, if turkish authorities are to be believed, there could be an arrest very shortly, the deputy Prime Minister said this morning that Turkish Police believe the killer is y wuig uighyr. Hes more likely still on the loose inside turkey. Police have identified a few locations where the suspect could be hiding. They also believe that he acted mostly alone with you they are considering the possibly he might have had some support. There are quite a few chinese uighyurs working abroad in turkey. It could focus unwanted attention on this Minority Group in turkey and elsewhere. The Chinese Government has typically treated them with suspicion. Parisians are commemorating a twoyearold terror attack against is a tir satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. A dozen people were killed at the newspaper two years ago. Charlie hebdo has already published a satirical cover celebrating the end of 2016 and the terror attacks that so stained this past year. I cant believe its been two years since the Charlie Hebdo incident. When we come back, well take a look at stories making headlines in the day ahead. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. Fountains dont earn interest, david. You know i work at ally. I was being romantic. You know what i find romantic . 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Who wants to listen to 359 choir members. The choir needs to fill the spot with a mormon, who could find . Who let the dogs out. Trump has a job for mitt after all. Impeachment proceedings for south koreas president and the trial of the woman at the center of the scandal. The trial of khoisoonsill has begun. And the Obamas Administration response to russias interference in the election. Its also groundbreaking day for the u. S. Military as the marine corps sends its first female infantry regime to camp lejeune. You go, girls. Amazing. That does it for us on this thursday morning. Morning joe starts right now. We had a great meeting with the president. Slirlts o virtually all of our caucuses attended. He was very inspiring. Telling us we we were working out our strategy and we have a great deal of optimism that the good things that have happened in ach are going to stay and that our republican colleagues dont quite know what to do. They are like the dog who caught the bus. Yes, yes they are at least on that front, willie. Republicans are like the dog that caught the bus. They have been chafing sing it