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His terror thanks to a young woman and a little dog who fought for her life and won. Thats all for this edition of dateline. Im natalie morales. Thanks for watching. Good morning. Im dara brown in no, sir at msnbc headquarters. Its 7 00 in the east, 4 00 out west. Heres whats happening. Khashoggi officials now say the Washington Post journalist is dead. 17 days to go. The president ramping up his media blitz and going after dems and the one issue hes using to whip up enthusiasm. Anybody who vote...

Beginning to lurch too far to the left, and it continues to do that, i think it does it at its own peril. >> he brings up a good point there. joe biden has appeal not only to the progressive parts of the democratic party but also the center. you win primaries by moving to the left. you win general elections by being in the center. thats something theyre seeing in joe biden. >> yeah. look, he has to come in with the splash, come in with all the support he has around him. in a field this big, ther...

This is the first full year of the sweeping tax code overhaul. im todd piro. now back to "justice with judge jeanine." judge jeanine: reports says special counsel robert mueller was forced to answer questions about allegations the fbi cheated on sensitive surveillance warrants. investigative journalist john solomon broke the story this week and joins me now along with the author of "the russia hoax," gregg jarrett. john solomon, im always amazed you get these stories and find out this informatio...

>> the democrat party is openly inviting millions of aliens to break our laws, violate our borders, and overwhelm our nation. the democrats dont care that a flood of illegal immigration is going to totally brunt our country. >> emily, recent nbc news/wall street journal poll ranks economy as the number one concern, not immigration. so why is the president focusing so much on it and blaming democrats? >> soo so when it comes to the sweeping tax code overhaul that he passed and was a major victory...

Beneficial for him and legislative agenda to get going on that in the first year of presidency. when it is such a bipartisan issue. the problem now is that after tax reform, after this tax code overhaul has gone through, deficit is going to be a question thats front and center on the democratics mind. first and foremost on the agenda is going to be government budget. the government budget. new funding deadline is coming up in mid january. thats going to be one of the big talks coming up that you...

Back down again. >> very cool. i like the king kong-like graphic you are ending with. nice. time for the five things to know for your "new day." everybody, house and senate republicans reaching a tentative deal on tax reform and a major step before reaching a tax code overhaul in time for the holidays. rosenstein defending special counsel robert mueller and his russia investigation, saying there is no cause to fire mueller. rosenstein pushing back on republican claims the probe is biassed. ...

They were angry that the president just before this meeting would go and attack them the way he did. did he do the right thing? >> well, look, ive said consistently that i dont think insults of anybody helps move the ball forward. we have a lot of challenges in this country. we just talked about north korea. im very focused on growing the economy. to me, you know, well have differences but weve got to come together, so i think they need to come to the table and we all need to work on this. you k...

Some $470 billion. and medicaid by about $4 trillion. of course a lot could change throughout the process here so well keep you advised on that. joining me now, jonathan ator, msnbc political analyst. and cynthia nelson, author of "e pluribus one." big welcome to both of you. you probably saw the tweets just within the last hour. the president saying the budget that passed is a really big deal, especially in terms of what will be the biggest tax cut in u.s. history. mainstream media barely cover...

At the low end of a 20%, and to agree on important features of a tax code overhaul. >> you probably know it will go up especially with donald trump. sound like foreign airlines, tightening security. >> reporter: the tsa tweeted monday, and saudi arabian airlines carrying large electronics from the laptops on us bound flights, the last carrier put in place in march, us officials announced new security requirements for all airlines rather than an expansion dropping the restrictions from airlines a...

Certainly doing nothing to help out the process given that he just wants to spend more money on health care. thats really what republicans in the senate want i think. >> which again is baffling at how inconsistent it is that now hes talking about lets just spend more money on health care after, you know, the only way he got things through the house is by slash iing billions of dolla in health care spending. if youre on capitol hill and youre a republican right now, youre panicked because you hav...