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Texas. were watching this high school. police responding to reports of an active shooter. sante fe, texas, sante fe high school, 1300 students there. a live look about 30 miles southeast of houston. details are sketchy and they are scarce but we know the campus is on lockdown. there is a large police presence. sheriffs deputies responded, atf has responded. we dont have a lot of information to give you other than one student reporting a friend of hers was shot in the leg. that wasnt been confirm...

They obtain facts and intelligence. >> its an impossible counter factual determination to make in any definitive sense anyway no matter who they were. obviously thats not going to an intelligence community assessment. despite saying that, hes watching this em spin that out. >> while hes in the room they were spinning this out. normally when you have a strategy session to figure out your spin, you do it outside of the room of the intelligence briefing. he did this with the obama appointed intelli...

Comey writing this -- they were about to lead a country that had been attacked by a foreign adversary, yes they had no questions about what the future russian threat might be. instead he writes they launched into a strategy session on how to spin what we just told them for the public. what does that tell you? >> what it tells me is mr. comey is making a point consistent with what we have seen for months and months now. the president, for whatever reason, has always sought to play down any russia...

They think hes making the right choices on the environment, on climate change, as much as susan collins is a lonely voice in the republican caucus saying that she disagrees with him more on substance than his ethics problems. >> its partly policy, why pruitt continues to hang on as epa administrator. but its also loyalty. when you talk to people close to the president, you look at that image with the president meeting with members of the cabinet at the white house, there was scott pruitt at the ...

Approach a criminal investigation. >> digenova has said in the past on fox news, there was a brazen plot to exonerate hillary clinton and frame trump for a made-up crime, just to give you some background on what he believes is happening. >> mike rogers, with that addition, how does the president prepare, his lawyers prepare to talk to muellers team about how hes going to sit down and what circumstances hell sit down in this investigation? >> wouldnt you like to be in that first strategy meeting?...

Playing straight. sometimes more the problem than the solution. so do you try to draw them closer with more money, get them more on our side or do we put our foot down and say enough is enough at the risk of having them drift away, drift into the arms of china, getting closer to militant groups. its been a balance for many years. donald trump is trying to push it in that other direction. its a little gamble but well see whether it works. >> shepard: michael crowley from politco. thanks. >> thank...

The president thinks he has a pretty good chance to go bipartisan and get some things done? >> i think both things could still be true. i think my assessment is that -- my understanding from the people ive talked to is the democrats are going to wait to see what the republicans do. really -- so i think the piece you just had on leads right into this. strategy session in the new year, the republicans have plenty of things about which they disagree strategically. nothing unfiles them like tax cuts...

The mayor said people should go about their business. but already a u2 concert last need was canceled, an ed sheeran concert tonight is canceled. the st. louis symphony has canceled their concerts. so its quite a bit of disruption, even as they try to get back to business as usual. that may not come very quickly. dara? >> scott you mentioned that the protester said that theyre going to continue with this message. are there any more demonstrations planned for today? >> well, there are. and yet th...

>> of the president is our best salesman and hes our best spokesman and yes, its good to have him on the road making the case of the american people as to why we need tax reform now. >> its not just democrats being targeted. after a big strategy session at the white house on friday, the u.s. chamber of commerce aimed ads. >> tax reform is about putting more money in your pocket. stiglitz about fairness and the american dream. >> call your congresspeople. >> the chamber will add republicans in oh...

Blitz to gain momentum. >> of the president is our best salesman and hes our best spokesman and yes, its good to have him on the road making the case of the american people as to why we need tax reform now. >> its not just democrats being targeted. after a big strategy session at the white house on friday, the u.s. chamber of commerce aimed ads. >> tax reform is about putting more money in your pocket. stiglitz about fairness and the american dream. >> call your congresspeople. >> the chamber wi...