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President visited and how this trip might play into, a., the morale, and b., more information about the policy changes? >> well, look. this was a feel-good holiday visit. and there is nothing wrong with that. hes the commander-in-chief. the troops want to see the boss. so this is what happened today, and its good news for the troops and military families. it brings their sacrifice to the forefront of the american debate, if you will. we dont often see them these days, and today we did. so all of...

Res egg nation that russia is an adversary and not an ally. >> and now, the christmas eve grievances formed monday formed a yellow cloud of relative gloom. this marks off another chaotic week with shake-ups and abrupt policy changes, including trumps decision to withdraw the troops from is seyria and afghanistan and that prompted the outgoing defense secretary jim mattis to resign, and also with the u.s. demand for wall funding, and the wild ride on wall street. and today, the top executive said...

Activists, lawyers who work in this area, they will point out that in the aftermath of that 2012 case, there were wide ranging reforms to the legal structure that governs the sexual violence in this country. it included things such as broadening the definition of what counts as rape. and this was done to make it easier for authorities to prosecute cases. and so they welcome all of that. they welcome the legal reforms. they welcome many of the policy changes. not all, but they welcome many of the...

This is exactly what moscow would have wanted. obviously, they would have also liked policy changes and sanctions to be lifted, things like that but the other goal they would have had is exactly this. to pit white against black, republican against democrat, conservative against liberal, outside the coasts against the coast, this is what they want in our society. >> lets talk about some of the imagery that was released and we want to put this all in context. this is all fraudulent and give more c...

Joining us now, eliza collins, emily tish and former spokesman for michael steel. let me get your reaction to the decision. a "wall street journal" poll found that health care is at the top of the list when it comes to what voters want in terms of policy changes. how will fridays decision play out in all of this? >> i think politically it should definitely be putting republicans on edge certainly. it was a very prominent issue in 2018. it drove a lot of voters decision. a lot of independent vote...

Ukraine oligarch, straw purchasing. >> this is not good. >> like you said, sort of a regularly scandalous or corrupt sort of operation like an inaugural committee where things can be pretty sleazy. like, hesitate to convict them because theres an investigation going on, but would i be surprised that some bad things went senator no, i would not. >> also, interesting to see, you know, what the facts are behind that, because as you pointed out, campaign contributions are in one category and the ina...

Now, what president trumps lawyers would say is, look, the justice department tried this against john edwards when he had a mistress he was trying to hide and they went to trial, and there were five counts on acquitted one on mistrial. so they would say, look, you know, why should the president be subjected to prosecution when this didnt work under john edwards? but heres the thing, the whole question about whether a president can be indicted or not is an open question. no judge has ever ruled o...

Mueller and court filings and what attorneys are saying and potentially public hearings. one person to watch is matt whitaker and they talked on friday about what his role is overseeing the mueller probe. >> it was remarkably positive. >> i dont think they learned a whole lot. i think we will learn more about how he views the probe. thats why trump is tweeting the way he is. he is trying to send a signal to intervene if he can. >>. >> we havent heard about political opponents talking about black...

What we witnessed this weekend is yet another reckless russian kaes lace. >> and cold shoulder, the white house brushes off its own administration report on global warming, despite the findings that climate change is intensi y intensifying and without policy changes will cause massive challenges to the countrys health and economy. >> climate change is loading the dice for more extreme and destructive weather events in the future. we are already feeling the impacts. good day, everyone. im andre...

Christmas pineapples were deck ing the halls with the hottest christmas tree trends, so were told, pineapple. rachel: pineapple? pete: maybe. rachel: [laughter] >> a lot going on on the southern border. >> ♪ santa claus is coming to we will bring in robert perez, acting deputy commissioner of customs and border protection, thank you for joining us. the president as we talked about town ♪ the united explorer card hooks me up. earlier tweeting out a new getting more for getting away. traveling...