who are optimistic, (202) 748-8000. if you are pessimistic, (202) and if you have mixed thoughts about 2017, (202) 748-8002. i hope 2017 is a terrific year for all of you. with some breaking news from istanbul, turkey as the death toll continues to mount. the current death toll at 39, including at least 15 foreigners killed in an attack in a nightclub and desk in istanbul, turkey. a gun man opened fire at about 1:30 local time as revelers were marking the new year. another 69 people were being treated in the hospital or are said to be , four are said to be in critical condition. have imposedrities a media blackout on coverage of the attack, citing security and public order concerns. some media reports speaking of wyatt more than one attacker, and some witnesses claimed the attackers were speaking arabic but there is no confirmation. a developing story, the situation in turkey were the death toll stands at 39. on the front page of the new york times as times square, with mo
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sever while he was in police custody? i ll talk to the family attorney. plus the man that shot president reagan makes his plea for freedom 30 minutes from now. should the would-be assassin leave his mental hospital for a room overlooking the golf course. and then the picture, would it further sentence the jury to put him to death? i am carol costello. thank you for joining me. we begin this hour with new fears of terrorism in europe. the french president is about to speak about a foiled terror plot one police say was imminent. we will monitor that for any details. here is what we know about it right now. government officials say a 24-year-old man was planning to strike one or two churches in suburban paris and then travel to syria. he is described as an it student, and also has been linked to the weekend killing of a woman. news of the alleged plot swept through paris still rattled by terrorists strikes from january. and then the other news outrage on the streets of balti
fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on fox news live. there you have it. the white house is a step back and let the senate roll with this could get what president obama said he wanted which is a deal on immigration reform but instead the message we got out of the white house yesterday and you heard it there is i think it s important. the white house believes it is important before we let this moment pass to acknowledge that this is happening because of the president and his significant leadership on this. they just wanted to take a moment to pause and tell us how important it was that president obama gets the credit. that s what jay carney said. how does that help what we are seeing unfold right now which is a deal with republicans on capitol hill. how does this help or not? it does not help. it far from helps. the speech today we expect would not help either. that is why we saw that report from the congressional hispanic caucus saying don t push the
throughout objection and we carried them out. former director hayden also denied he mislead congress during testimony he gave back in 2007 as the senate intelligence committee report claims. meanwhile president obama reacted to the report in an interview with jose diaz-balart. some of the tactics that were written about in the senate intelligence report were brutal, and as i said before, instituted torture, in my mind. that s not who we are. let s start with nbc news perry bacon joining us live from washington. when the white house press briefing starts, we will bring it to you live here. perry, let s start here. the reaction at this point in the report appears to be predictly divided along political lines. republicans i did nou s denounc report as a sloppy partisan effort that got the facts wrong. how is it democrats and republicans seem to come to different conclusions. one of the key reasons why because there s a core question in the report about whether these tact