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The president is finishing the year with a big legislative win. he has some smaller wins that he can tout. on the other hand, he has dismal approval ratings. hes at 35% in todays gallup approval rating and thats, you know, not good for republicans overall going into the midterms. it suggests that he doesnt have great coattails. thats also the implication from the virginia and new jersey elections as well as the alabama senate race that we were all watching the last couple weeks. that being said,...

They risk losing funding if they cast vote against u.s. u.s. ambassador nikki haley with this stinging rebuke before the vote. >> united states will remember this day in which they were singled out in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the worlds largest contribution to the united nations. and we will remember it when so many countries come kcalling on us as they so often do to pay ev...

In hurry to get it done to basically outrun the politics of this bill, wildly unpopular. least popular major legislation to pass congress in three decades. heres another thing to know though, now theyve passed it, going to keep going fast on it. practically every major piece of legislation ever passed by modern congress lead time built into it, several months to year from time its passed to becoming law and goes into effect. idea is give public and government agencies and regulators and public o...

Funding. ambassador nikki haley with this rebuke. >> theyll remember this day for the very act of srecognizing ou right as sovereign nation. well remember it when we are called upon to make the largest contribution to the united nations. and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit. >> lets go to national security correspondent for the "new york times." always a pleasure, sir. obviously this vote mostly symbolic. so...

Purposefully interfered in the election, when its a unanimous belief from the intelligence community. >> not only in the intelligence community, apparently in his own capitol. >> hes made a political decision. he believes the president of the united states -- and we know this a million ways from sunday, including from his own mouth -- every time interference is he said, he thinks its bad for him. the problem is, i dont see any indication that any of these committees or anybody is coming up with ...

Power of competition. thats really the headline. you know, in terms of russia, a lot of discussion of influence operations, information warfare, subversion of democracies, nothing really specific about the u.s. election, but clearly by implication thats an issue. then, of course, with the chinese, a giant theft of american intellectual property and also, you know, the expansion in the south china sea. so really framing these two countries and actually calling for the united states military to pr...

>> dana: for the latest reaction on capitol hill, the deadly derailment, adam kinzinger joins me. hes a member of the house foreign relations committee. i want to talk about the president speech, but first, amtrak obviously a really big subject there on capitol hill. the first immediate reaction to todays development? >> it is sad. part of the reason it is big news, because it is rare. that is important to point out. especially this being a maiden voyage, does a lot information into together. th...

They simply werent calling it out in the oral briefings. >> whats the result of that, though? >> it is up to the reporters to adapt to the presidents style. but when they change their conclusions in the analysis to meet the presidents wishes. that is a fine line the reporters have to walk. >> the reporting is he doesnt read it, so hes not taking it in. >> we dont know how much he reads. we havent seen that definitively written. but if the president is not taking it on board from reading it and n...

Daily beast and political analyst. counsellor, you get the first question, whats the significance of this interviewing people here in new york in the field as opposed to having them come to washington whether its to be questioned by staff or members? >> its very unusual these would be the first two witnesses for whom this courtesy has been provided. the reporting that i saw indicated that the lawyer for one of these two witnesses had had a medical issue and it would be more convenient for him to...

Precept of the rule of law, he just doesnt get it. >> ive got so many other questions i do want to get to. i want to ask you about what adam schiff told wolf blitzer yesterday, that when it comes to -- a top democrat on your committee, said i think shutting us down as a prerec quit of shutting bob mueller down, and we see signs thats what they intend to do. do you agree with that? >> i think that the republicans have picked up the pace of trying to get to the end of the investigation at a rate o...