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Another week, another los for the dallas cowboys. this time they lost to the hands of the chicago bears. coy wire has more in the bleacher report. i wish i played in the nfc east. id be in first place right now. >> you certainly would. and you wouldnt be missing field goals like the cowboys were last night. john, it is hard to believe that the cowboys have a losing record with just three games to go in the season and theyre still leading their division. former bears player anthony adams doing th...

Wall will look like. hes going over old territory in order to make it look like he is compromising. the meetings today are an attempt to make it look like theyre working toward a solution here when they dont have much of a game play. this is about when trump decides when hes ready or feels he has to capitulate. and that will come from republicans who will see the pressure mount next week when the house is passing bills to fund the government. i think thats where this is headed. were talking abou...

Reconciliation, a process off the floor in about 30 hours plus actionable amendments. it is possible we will vote on it next week. do i think he has the votes today? no, i dont think. i am concerned that we could see the pressure mount. >> you think this could become law? >> i think it could pass the senate. i think he could get his way and get it through the senate. i hope he doesnt get the votes. more on the presidents defense of his son. does he see a conflict with what we are hearing from ...

He won the election. it is anticipated a president-elect will get daily briefings. vice president-elect mike pence is getting briefings. whats in these briefings? most closely guarded secrets inside washington. they someone whos a novice like donald trump, these could be absolutely critical in terms of getting up to speed. others saying, wait a minute. this is a transition. give it time before you make broad conclusions. but take a look at what his predecessors have done. trump during his transi...

Chorus on this bill from mitt romney to john mccain, both senators from arizona to big businesses like apple, delta, etc. why do you suppose on a political level its taking jan brewer so long to decide? what does your reporting tell you about her long decision-making process? >> well, the quick and easy defense is that she just got back into the state and to take any action you actually have to be physically present in the state, which then raises questions of why didnt she rush back if this is ...

In the meantime the federal government is shipping in truck loads of bottled water for the 300,000 residents unable to use tap water for washing hand, brushing teeth or bathing. former nba player charles smith is speaking out about the controversial trip he made with dennis rodman to north korea. in an exclusive interview with cnn this morning, smith defended both the visit and rodman. >> what dennis wants is he wants to -- he has a deep desire to do something good in a big way for his family, h...

Hes got to stand strong and stand tough. he can do procedural stuff but nothing substantive when it comes to those movements. >> does social media have an impact? >> theyre brilliantly using the internet. theyre catching up with rappers and reality stars. if you deploy resources on twitter, instagram, the like, facebook. if it happened in the arab spring, it can certainly defrost the american winter. >> donna, this is where the republicans are really inept. they have no kind of social networking...

So it must come down to boehners future. do you see more and more republicans starting to peel off in the house? will this pressure mount? >> absolutely. i think -- i think were seeing an awful lot of republicans already folding privately. and i think that thats being reflected in the larger debate. i think were going to see more of that. i mean, im very struck by -- the day after we had the sacred cows of the republican party -- i mean, there was a barbecue of the sacred cows. it was amazing. g...

Of oil. >> whatever happens on this scenario well see higher rather than lower price? >> i think in the near term as we see pressure mount on iran, if the eu follows through on sanctions, i think this will result in the short term of increased oil prices, just given the risks of that disruption of supply. >> significant, could you put a number on it? >> i think its difficult to put a number on it. in the short term i could see oil testing over $120, $125 a barrel. >> brent? >> yes, brent, those ...

india, fords allen moulally. caution has crept in before the week is out. european markets are marginally out, asian markets are marginally down. futures are flat. the predicted number of new jobs is around about 150,000. many say that is better but charles still not good enough. >> no. i think thats very much going to be what is dominating investor thought really all way around the globe. we are seeing this slight rebound here in europe. there was a bit of a sell-off, i think perhap...