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Our tax cut bill, which essentially repeals over time obamacare, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new health care plan, eventually may be the key word in that tweet. back to you guys. >> okay, sara, thank you very much. lets bring in our conversation with a.b. stoddard, associate editor of real clear politics and cnn political analyst, david drucker. so the president spent the christmas weekend sending out a beautiful christmas card in the form of t...

Balance in the house could be at play, will they sell it? thats heading into next year. >> getting this done is a lot less of a risk than health care. the fact remains that this is the best. this republican majority could do. this is the only thing that the republican majority could really do this year. when they get out there, its going to be a tough sell. its easy to attack. the analyst said less than a fourth of the cuts for individuals go to the middle class. this is from the president who p...

Pulling distribution of "the charlie rose show." >> also suspended, glenn thrush, one of the top reporters at "the new york times." the story published by vox.com details alleged sexual misconduct involving younger female journalists. three women, including the articles author, laura mcgann, accusing thrush of unwanted groping and kissing and what mcgann calls hazy sexual encounters under the influence of alcohol. >> in an e-mail to cnn, thrush apologizes and says he is starting out-patient trea...

Tug-of-war with cnns chris cuomo in a head-spinning 23-minute interview. ball refused to thank president trump for getting his son and two ucla teammates out of jail after their arrest for shoplifting in china. >> ball had minimized the presidents role over the weekend, to which mr. trump responded by tweeting that ball was very ungrateful. "should have left them in jail." ball telling cnn hes still not convinced the president helped bring these guys home. >> if he said he helped, thats good for...

Anti -- hands off, really, deregulation. >> right, pro business. >> pro business. >> right. >> and now here they are attempting to block the at&t/time warner merger -- of course, the parent company of cnn. interesting, because the top cop on antitrust legislation, he said in september of last year this about this very deal. and makan delrahim is an expert on this very subject and now in charge of the case. >> this is more of what we would call a vertical merger, a content with distribution, rath...

With whitefish, a tiny montana company that had only two full-time employees at the time. it appears the death toll in puerto rico from hurricane maria has been dramatically underreported. the official death toll is 55, but cnn investigators surveyed 112 funeral homes on the island. thats about half the total. those facilities identified 499 deaths in the month after maria hit. that is nine times the official count. texas governor greg abbott authorizing a reward of up to $20,000 for informa...

Have made our country great." all right, also in immigration news overnight, president trump overruled in his bid to target sanctuary cities. a federal judge permanently blocking the presidents executive order that would have slashed funding to cities that limit their cooperation with u.s. immigration authorities. judge william orrick rejecting the administrations argument that the order affects only a small pot of money. >> the judge used comments by attorney general jeff sessions and the pre...

Francisco and santa clara. san franciscos city attorney calling the decision a victory for the american people and the rule of law. the department of justice blasting the ruling, accusing the court of exceeding its authority and promising to take action. lets discuss this with cnn political analyst julian zelizer, historian and professor at princeton university. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you, sir. the haiti situations a difficult one. nearly 60,000 will be sent back by...

Company that had only two full-time employees at that time. it turns out the death toll in puerto rico from hurricane maria has been dramatically underreported. the official total is 55 fatalities, but cnn investigators surveyed 112 funeral homes on the island. only half of the total number of homes on the island, funeral homes. those facilities identified 499 deaths in the month after maria hit. that is nine times the official count. texas governor greg abbott authorizing a reward of up to ...

All right, welcome back. the trump administration expected to announce new sanctions today against north korea after the president put the kim jong-un regime back on the short list of nations labeled as state sponsors of terrorism. >> it should have happened a long time ago, should have happened years ago. in addition to threatening the world by nuclear devastation, north korea has repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism, including assassinations on foreign soil. >> north korea was ...