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Now been canceled. postponing the parade after media outlet reporting the cost this h gone from $12 million to somewhere in the neighborhood of $92 million. thats according to some reports. the president blamed local d.c. politicians for running up the cost tweeting that, quote, they know a windfall when they see it. check out this tweet from the washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser. she hit back, shes the quote, local politician that got through to the reality star and said the parade cost woul...

Water for the president. >> we should also note russian lawmakers not exactly free in democratic elections there. to call them equivalents of american lawmakers is not quite equivalent. i want to ask you about the presidents planned military parade, which we learned just in the last 24 hours has been delayed. the mayor of washington, d.c., is hitting back at president trump who blamed basically d.c. for this. she says the president blamed local d.c. politicians for the cancellation of it slated ...

Transportation of his tanning bed. >> angela reed, when she was fired, she was the first woman and second african-american to ever hold that position. that job wild overseeing the entire permanent staff of the residence side of the white house. when she left, she wouldnt give any public comment. she said ill leave it to the white house. sarah sanders said they left on good terms and it was all part of a change of administration, the president wanted to see a change there, but shaking up the perm...

Election was rigged. >> i think it was. >> thats a pretty powerful charge. >> what we have to focus on now as democrats is we recognize. the process was rigged. now it is up to democrats to build a new process, a process that really works. and works for everyone. and president trump reacted to the dnc scandal calling what was done illegal in an interview and in tweets shortly before 9:30 he wrote donna brazil just stated the dnc rigged the system to illegally ste lly steal the from bernie sand...

Political rhetoric hate and -- i would consider, well let the witnesses describe it, this could be the first political rhetorical terrorist act and that has to stop. >> you are actually standing here in your baseball cleats and you are in your uniform. and this is a game that is supposed to be for fun and its supposed to be for charity and its a chance for republicans and democrats to have good competition and tell me about that and what its like to go to practices and what its like to go to the...

Capitol hill police were on the scene. hes now injured, heading to a local d.c. hospital. anything else you are getting? i assume the speaker and others will speak out at some point. i assume they are going to go before the cameras at some point and talk about this. >> i expect so. and were still waiting. i think things are in flux now but we will get news on how things are going to be changing. the house floor was supposed to gavel in at 10:00 a.m. we will see if that happens. but we are expect...

Start hearing -- with the pistol, and im going oh, my goodness is he one of our guys or is it a double shooter situation? it took a second to figure out he was one of our guys and he was firing back at the shooter and it was one of the best sights -- one of the best sights ive seen in my life. >> all right. congressman mo brooks of alabama. an eyewitness, hes on the 2017 roster for the republican baseball team. we are told, by the way, that the majority whip, steve scalise was shot in the hip an...

Officers who were here. keep in mind, i dont ride in the capitol hill police vehicles to and from the capital. i think steve scalise does as part of his security detail. i ride my bicycle about nine miles over the potomac. normally it is a beautiful day and great exercise. today it is going to be a lot more somber. >> and were just told, congressman, that the capitol police have deployed what theyre december troscribing as police presence throughout the capitol for protective purposes to be on t...

This suit argues you get the power first and then up get the money from people seeking to curry favor for power. >> in d.c. people are constantly looking for ways to curry favor with politicians. and now there is a trump hotel. president trumps name well known, his ownership and presence give his hotel a big leg up in winning the competition for this business. we have all seen the president and members of his team encourage people to go there, using the power of his office to influence people, t...

>>ow, this dispute is in a local d.c. court. so much has the saying goes, theyre not making a federal case out of it. but one attorney argues it goes to the heart of federal corruption. >> whether you are a foreign government, a lobbyist or a special interest group, there is no easier way to funnel money directly to the president of the united states with no transparency whatsoever than by spending money in the presidents hotel or his restaurants or through an event hosted in that facility. >> n...