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Government shutdown? >> look, like i said, i think the president as commander in chief has an obligation when he shows up in a war zone and when hes out talking with our troops. i think he needs to listen and learn. when i was stationed in afghanistan back in 07/08, we did not have anybody as high as the commander in chief coming to visit us. but i can tell you, when admiral fallon came, when the secretary of the navy came, it is a real shot in the arm. i think you saw that yesterday. you saw th...

That officials in the outgoing and incoming administration responded competently to the 08 financial crisis. unfortunately there is no reason to expect a comparable degree of competence if something goes wrong again. >> rare indicationoccasion i ag paul krugman. but cyte fakly you see steve mnuchin you have from mexico doing this bizarre press release about credit liquidity that really only served to upset people more than it calmed anything. so no im not confident this is an administration that...

This comes as mnuchin is trying to reassure investors. >> i dont think it reassured anybody. people last night trying to figure out what in the world he was talking about. he spent sunday calling banks and ceos from his vacation in mexico, and first the damage report here, this is what we are coming off here. the dow fell almost 7%, and the nasdaq, 8.4, the worst week since november of 08, and after his calls to the bank ce oefpo confirmed they have am bull

Best, we appreciate it. coming up for us, wall street just wrapped up its worst week since the financial crisis of 08 a decade ago. ron ensana is here in the studio, will tell us why this is happening, and just perhaps where its going. and later, the struggle to try to keep the government open may be a hint of whats to come. two former members of congress with us tonight to offer up some new year predictions. t "the 11th hour" just getting started on this friday night before christmas. istmas ...

And less secure. >> in my view it would be quite uncontroversial. quite uncontroversial in a more normal political moment. >> one person close to the white house says that the president is melting his own administration down. it is on track for the worst year since the 08 financial crisis. were going to speak to him in a moment, but garrett hake is joining me now. that is where the drama is for the moment, senators still voting on whether or not to proceed with debate on the continuing resolutio...

States is giving up the fight against isis in syria, now people on the verge of joining them will see this as a maybe whats been prof siphetsized, m the caliphate is coming true because the united states left. these are things we have to take into account. were fighting them at relatively low costs. its interesting, so i wear -- my buddy who was killed in iraq this year, his name was andreas okeefe, i followed them in iraq back in 08, he died fighting isis in iraq. they still exist. you know, i ...

Going well in syria. isis has been pushed back and on the retreat in terms of territory, but theres more to isis than just land. >> yeah, isis is a thought, its an idea. theres probably a lot of people at any given time that are on the verge of joining isis and they may -- maybe not, you know, if they see all these isis members die. its probably a bad decision to join them. but then all of a sudden, if, you know, around christmastime it comes out that the united states is giving up the fight aga...

Out. rand is excited. laura ingrahm is excited. but the rest of the people who understand how the world works and 2,200 troops is a small investment to destroy isis and keep them at bay the rest of us are confused. >> one of the elements of this decision other than the announcement by tweet was a video that the president of the united states cut announcing that, weve done this wonderful thing and everyone who has sacrificed, everyone who has fallen on the field of battle over there is thrilled w...

Points, stephanie, so well tackle those layer by lei layer. yes, the markets got what they were sxeskting, a quarter-point rate hike from the head and more dovish, a more tempered expectation for rate hikes next years. in fact they ratcheted down their expectations. the issue comes from what jerome powell set in his press conference. he talked about the idea they were still going to pursue the policy of normalizing quaint at a timive easing, the massive amount of stimulus that the fed put into t...

Or deep into the months-long primary calendar. could it be possibly beto orourke. joe biden, great name i.d. are they worried about beto orourke? mary ann? >> it is out there that biden is concerned about beto orourke. i think joe biden is the biggest threat to joe biden, not beto orourke. this would be his third run, 88, 08, 18. it seems to be years with 8s that he runs. it just hasnt worked. his numbers are so good, because he was with barack obama for eight years, little scrutiny, little crit...