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>> president trump said to meet with leaders in the oval office. the deadline is tomorrow for congress to come up with a spending deal to avoid a government shutdown. democratic leaders nancy pelosi and chuck shumer pulled out of the last meeting after the president attacked them on twitt twitter. shepard smith reporting. see you then. >> dana: last night united nations ambassador nicki haley said it may force athletes to stay home at the winter olympics in south korea. >> we dont ever fear anyt...

>> harris: democratic candidate doug jones just finished speaking in birmingham one day after president trump endorsed his controversial republican opponent, roy moore. just a short time ago during outnumbered the president spoke about roy moore. >> i think hes going to do very well. we dont want to have a liberal democrat in alabama, believe me. we want strong voters. we want stopping crime. we want to have the things that we represent. we certainly dont want to have a liberal democrat thats co...

Yesterday from air force one. the president reiterated as far as he sees it, cannot afford to have a liberal democrat taking the senate seat in alabama because that person would be aligned. he actually said having strings pulled by nancy pelosi and chuck shumer. so the republicans all in on roy moore for next tuesdays special election. but what happens after that is an open question, sandra, that a lot of people are floating various ideas about. >> sandra: we do not know yet. john roberts, thank...

Tax reform. unstoppable now in congress. >> anything is unstoppable until its stopped. well see how they do in conference. remember, there are significant differences between the house and senate versions of this legislation that is going to have to get ironed out. then its got to pass those houses. but, yes, no question, hatch has been, has done yomen work for trump getting this done, getting this through. does he see a victory at the end of a long career or see it as a reason to stay can trump...

About the fights. sometimes not always the facts. nobody wants to go watch a debate. everybody wants to watch a fight. behind the scenes theres more good dialogue going on. little drama going on. this town is famous for it. time for people to come to the table. i just wish chuck shumer, nancy pelosi would have sat down at the same table and started working on a deal. thats whats needed to avoid a shutdown and disruption of services here in december. >> harris: i like what you told us about being...

Taking a quick look, investigation, doing what they need to do to determine what they need to with that evidence and moving forward. thats a really good quote on your part because it en capsuleates where we are now. howard kurtz, thank you. appreciate it. war of words between president trump and two top democrats. some worry it could lead to a government shutdown. the president ripped into senate minority leader chuck shumer and house majority leader nancy pelosi after they pulled out of a meeti...

Press secretary, had this to say about it. lits watch and ill come back to you. hold on. >> its really sad what chuck shumer and nancy pelosi did yesterday, refusing to sit down with the president and make sure were putting the priorities of americans first and not the priorities of their party first. this is just a really i think disgraceful move by democrats. >> harris: first of all, does this color in any way your mood in terms of getting to where you need to be on tax reform? if you see the ...

Meeting with chuck shumer and nancy pelosi and they dont show up. how do you have a discussion if you dont show up to a meeting? the american people expect this to be able to keep moving forward, solving problems opinion i am a chemical engineer by degree. i got raised to look at problems and find a solution. oftentimes here in washington, it starts with sitting at the table. it was a very unfortunate moment that they did not show up to that meeting with president trump. >> harris: i want to ask...

Way, i would probably keep this thing quiet. for a couple weeks i have been working on this issue. you know how it works in washington, d.c. sometimes news gets out and so we got to talk about it openly. im not afraid to say im opposed to it. but were working constructively. this is not about pomp and circumstances. this is fundamental policy. when you take a look at one of the primary purposes of this tax cut is to put more money in the pockets of the american people. how do we do that? through...

Talking tack cuts with senate republicans. while the top senate democrat warns the plan is going to hurt the middle class. >> with any more changes, its virtually certain you will be voting on a bill without any expert analysis and its impacts. you will be voting without any estimate of whether it will grow or shrink the economy. youll be voting without a good sense of the long term impact to the changes youre making to the tax code. >> dana: karl rove is a former senior adviser and chief of sta...