President is known to send for a long time. Hes spent the Holiday Season golfing in his golf club nearby, and tweeting about the fbi. In the last two days he sent four tweets about the fbi, particularly about Andrew Mccabe, the Deputy Director there, criticizing him for the way he handled Hillary Clintons email investigation and the fact that mccabes wife ran for state senate in virginia and took money from that states democratic governor. Now, we have learned, cnn has learned mccabe plans to retire in the coming months. But the tweets that the president has sent have led some democrats to speculate that trump is possibly trying to push mccabe out early. I want to read what you ted lieu has said, mccabe could be called as a witness in an obstruction of justice case. Robert mueller is investigating collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia during the 2016 election. Really it has been a conflict between the traditional things president s do around christmas, calling the troops, teleconference with the troops. President trump also called and helped take calls from the norad track santa feature where kids can call in and see where santa is according to norad. And then he went to a Church Service late last night with his wife. I want to mention something that was said at the Church Service, the homily that was given mentioned the fact that words can hurt people. Your words can have as much destructive potential as they do healing. So even on Christmas Eve, President Trump was hearing from people who are noting the fact that words have the potential to hurt. Very interesting. Dan merica, thanks so much. Joining me now to discuss this, what we just heard from the tweet from ted lieu, basically saying these tweets are a gift to Robert Mueller, why might that be . These tweets appear to be calculated to push andrew ma cape out of the fbi early. We know he plans to retire sometime early next year when hes eligible for retirement. These attacks at him appear to be aimed at pushing him out of the government prematurely. Its far easier to access people outside of the executive branch, they might be more eager to talk. And its helpful to muellers case because there are serious questions about trumps conduct, going to his mental state, why did he do the things he did. When we hear him talking about individuals, talking about the witnesses who are close in, Andrew Mccabe is one of the people comey confided in immediately afterwards, he can collaborate comeys story. It helps corroborate trumps mental state, why hes going after people, and it doesnt particularly help trump. And some may view mccabe as a witness. You look at what richard painter said, the ethics lawyer under george w. Bush said, he said you dont like mccabe because he is a witness to your obstruction of justice. Cnn reported that mccabe testified in congress that comey told him about the loyalty pledge that trump asked him to make. Whats the likelihood that mueller is looking at mccabe as a witness in this investigation . Right, so again, jim comey testified about five or six fbi leaders that he confided in, theyre all now targets by the gop, all people that almost certainly Robert Mueller is going to be sitting down with and hearing their versions of the event as they occurred at the time. Because these are people who are also very close to james comey when he was the fbi director, you look at what the white house is arguing, trumps lawyer argued earlier this month, the president cannot obstruct justice because hes the chief Law Enforcement officer under article ii. The president s lawyers say he had the right toleran do this, doesnt matter what he treats. Its not true. There are lots of examples of individuals within the federal government who are entitled to undertake an action but theyre not allowed to undertake an action for a corrupt purpose. Somebody might be allowed to award a federal contract to someone. If they do it in exchange for money, thats bike ribery, that crime. No one is saying that President Trump doesnt have the right to express conditions on certain cases. The question is whether or not he crossed that legal line just like any other american citizen. Theyre asserting that the president is above the law and cannot commit crimes. We know thats not true. You point out the legal questions are complicated. The white house, ty cobb, the lawyer there, has said, look, this is expected to wrap up very soon, early in the new year. Do you see that happening, or do you see this sort of dragging on for a while . Right, so weve seen this line coming out of the white house, potentially theyre even telling President Trump, setting this expectation. All evidence is to the contrary. We dont know, special counsel mueller has had surprises in the past, maybe hes ready to sort of exonerate the president , maybe in this letter that ty cobb is expecting. But all other signs indicate that this is a complex, ongoing investigation. Also it does appear like the white house has been surprised over and over again. So they clearly were surprised by the George Papadopoulos plea, the timing of the manafort and flynn sort of plea and indictments. And theres a sense that they dont necessarily know whats going on. This is a sprawling investigation, and its going to push into the new year. Exactly, and much to the chagrin of the white house, this shadow will continue to hang over it. Susan hennessey, thank you very much. Joining me now, alice stewart, cnn political commentator and former Ted Cruz Communications director. Thank you for coming on in this holiday, we appreciate it. Merry christmas. Merry christmas to you. Robert, ill start with you. President trump went after fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe over the weekend after word that he intends to require. He said, mccabe is racing the clock to retire with full benefits. Hes not being forced out. What is the president trying to gain with this attack and is it effective, in your view . Like so many of the slanderous attacks the president and his team have engaged in towards fbi officials, its not only false, but more to the point, every one of these attacks, whether its rod rosenstein, jeff sessions, Andrew Mccabe, sally yates, they have nothing to do with the fbi and the fbis conduct. It has to do with donald trump trying to protect himself and his Political Team trying to protect him during the russian probe, because in the case of Andrew Mccabe, the president only turned his anger towards him when he testified in congress that he supported james comeys testimony where he felt the president was looking for a loyalty oath. I think its also important to remember, while the president is degrading the fbi, lets remember just three days ago, our fbi disrupted and in fact arrested individuals who were plotting a very severe terrorist attack in san francisco. For all of us, the fbi should be in our prayers this holiday and christmas with gratitude for the work they do for our country. Thats certainly not great optics on the heels of the fbi preventing that attack in san francisco. To you, alice, i want to go to this headline in the Washington Post that said, no longer a lonely battle how the campaign against the Mueller Probe has taken hold, citing a comment by adam schiff that the white house would like to have the best of both worlds. The make the public case that they are cooperating while their allies do the dirty work. With the attacks on the fbi and mccabe in particular, i think what this does do, and its something that the president always has high on his priority, is really energize his base and get them riled up and get them involved and really energizes and slolidifies their support. The problem with that is it tends to put him in legal jeopardy, possibly, with some of the comments hes making. This isnt going to sway Robert Mueller in any way, shape, or form, hes going to do his investigation the way hes going to. What the president says in his tweets is furthering his dialogue and his notion that any talk about fbi and russian interference is undermining his victory. I wish that he would really grasp the concept that he won the presidency, he won it fair and square, and any questions about russian interference are more to get to the bottom of did they interfere and influence our election. I wish he would grasp that and fully embrace the investigation. More than anything, they say theyve done nothing wrong, they say theyre in the clear. If thats the case, which i hope it is, then they should fully cooperate with the fbi, give them all the information they need and let them put this investigation behind us. I was encouraged that he did have his legislative Affairs Director marc short on the sunday shows yesterday and gave his full support and praise for fbi director chris wray, thats a strong and important step moving forward. Lets just hope we have a lot more of that in the new year. Its interesting, though, because, you know, while you see the president going after specific agents such as andy mccabe, peter strocz, he really has been resistant to go after Robert Mueller himself, and we wonder whether that will continue into the new year. Jeff flake, the retiring republican senator, he spoke with abcs jon karl about the white house and republican attempts to undermine Robert Muellers probe. Take a listen. The sensitivity that the white house has to the special counsel and this investigation is troubling. I still cannot figure out the rationale for the timing of the comey firing. If the president continues to try to, you know, undermine the legitimacy of that investigation and if republicans continue to try to help with that, i think that puts us in peril. What do you think he means, robert . What does he mean when he says it puts the u. S. In peril . Clearly i think its a very valid point, and senator mccain has made the same point, that when President Trump actually takes Vladimir Putin at his word, as he says, or when in fact he supports the words of a kgb officer over our own National Security leaders, when he tried to demean and degrade the federal bureau of investigation or attack the department of justice and not listen to nor respect the advice and counsel of our National Security officers, he in fact is jeopardizing our interNational Security, our place in the world, and the confidence that the United States is held in by other nations. Senator flake made a very important point. I would make one other point, when he talks about the timing seems curious to him, the timing isnt curious. The parking lresident said thatd jim comey over the russia thing. Many of the people hes attacking are former war heroes when they stand up and seek the truth. What we bring this all back to is, this is about russian interference in our election. Theres pretty much universal acceptance of the fact that they interfered in our elections. To what degree they influenced the outcome, that remains to be seen. But i think it would be best served for the president to finally accept the fact that this is about russian interference and influence in our election, nothing more or less. If he would help them get to the bottom of this. The key outcome to this is to be sure this doesnt happen again, because its a serious problem. Alice, robert, thank you so much, Merry Christmas to you. Breaking news coming in at this hour, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders says President Trump has briefed about a terrific in about a terrorist attack in kabul. Coming up, an act of war. Those words coming from north korea after the latest round of u. N. Sanctions. And they dont have to dream. 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Both of them are retiring from Congress Next year, both believe republicans risk losing their majorities in the house and senate, and both have been outspoken critics of President Trump. My panel is back with me now. Alice, to a first, senator flake, as you heard there, he referred to the gop as having death spasms and that the base is shrinking. Do you agree with that . How does the gop build beyond its base . A couple of things, pamela. First of all, flake and dent are unbound by the niceties of ry i for running for reelection, so they can say what they feel. Throughout history there has been a pattern of midterm elections not being very favorable to the Current Office in power. That is a challenge that the representation are fully aware of and are taking steps to address that. Look, money matters, when were talking about campaigns. The rnc has 40 million in the bank. The dnc, democrats have just 6 million. I think its really important to keep in mind, we have a lot of seats up for grabs come the midterm elections. Those in power, the incumbents, have a lot of things in their favor. When youre an incumbent, you have name i. D. , the ability to build a war chest, support from the current support, and you have the ability to continue doing your job in washington and raising your name i. D. Heading into the elections. Im confident that the tax reform legislation will be a positive thing. It will boost the economy. When it gets right down to it, people will respond when they have more money in their pocket, the economy is strong, and the agenda from this president is strong. That will be a big benefit to the gop. I think they do need to make sure and make some headway with regard to women voters. The rnc is aware of that, theyre taking steps to do that. I think surely well lose some seats but nowhere near the death spiral that some are predicting. What do you think . Alice, i admire you, but i wonder whats in your eggnog this morning. Thats my little secret. Okay. That being said, i must say, when you look at the existing Republican Party leadership today, its like a country club catered by meals on wheels. Theyre an older party, out of touch with mainstream suburban voters. Yes, the tax cut is a massive Corporate Tax cut, thats why the Republican National committee raised so much money, they deserved it for putting it through. Some polls by two to one, in the cnn poll, 55 were opposed the tax cut legislation. You have President Trump with record low Approval Ratings in the history of president ial polling, ranging between 32 and 35 . You have a climate building, would you have more Democratic Candidates emerge to go ring to office. You see it in the generic polling, when people are asked which party do you prefer being in charge of congress, and in every poll, the country prefers democrats to be in charge and not republicans. Im not suggesting that in fact theres a tidal wave coming but theres certainly a strong wave building. You saw that with the victories in virginia, the victory in alabama and new jersey. The republican suburbs are voting democratic, the swing areas. Thats what we have to focus on. He raises a few good points. Look, we learned our lesson in alabama, in virginia. The key in alabama is lets vet or candidates better, make sure we dont put up another roy moore on the ticket when we have to go out and defend him, which i did not, for the record. Vetting proper candidates is key. Robert raises a good point, the president s Approval Ratings are not good. If hes still continuing to be in the low 30s as we move into the midterms, my view, keep him off the campaign trail, keep him back with the rnc raising money, putting money in the campaign coffers. Keep him away from the candidates that feel that he would be an anchor to their candidate and let them raise money and help them in that way. There are some strategic ways to go about it. If the agenda is strong and the president is weak, we still will have a good midterm election. Alice stewart and robert zimmerman, you guys made it easy, you answered the questions i didnt even ask. Im going to go back to my eggnog. I have to get that eggnog secret. Merry christmas. No need to dream of a White Christmas in the northeast. Right now more than 35 Million People are under a Winter Weather advisory, some places expecting more than a foot of fresh snow. Meteorologist chad myers is in the Weather Center with more. Chad . Hi, pamela. Its snowing now in boston, even thunder snow for some people there in boston. A couple of inches already on the ground. But upstate from there, north of the mass turnpike, thats where its really been getting deep and getting dangerous to drive. So well have to keep watching that. Look at the temperatures here on this map. The high today in minneapolis will be zero. The high in miami will be 82. Something is just very, very wrong there. Here is the snow you were talking about. Its still here, still into maine, going to come down to boston for another hour or two. Then lakeeffect changes. This story will be lakeeffect for towns south of buffalo and all the streamers coming off Lake Michigan and lake huron. Highs dont get better than where we are right here. Highs tomorrow, 2. Can you tell the difference between zero and 2 . I dont think so. Bitterly cold temperatures all across the country. And the snow is still coming down in the rockies, good news for skiers if youre having a little vacation there. But this cold air continues to pour down. Windchills in minnesota, south dakota, parts of wisconsin, somewhere in the ballpark of 20 to 50 degrees below zero in the overnight hours tonight. Snow coming down in the northeast but in the most part it will be slowing down other than that lakeeffect. Pamela . So some get to enjoy a winter White Christmas. Thank you so much, chad myers. 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To take initiatives to make north korea talks happen, but theres no indication that that will be happening anytime soon. It seems were entering 2018 the way we started 2017, with north korea being one of the more serious if not the most serious National Security challenge for President Trump. The u. N. Has just passed a new series of sanctions against north korea, putting limits and bans on everything from gasoline to fuel to industrial equipment, and also barring north korea from having about 100,000 of its workers overseas calling for those workers to be returned, repatriated to north korea, because the money that they earn overseas in a variety of countries is very important to the north korean economy. So all of this an attempt in early 2018 to put more of an economic squeeze on north korea, to get kim jong un to come to the table, to make a clear statement that he will give up his weapons, his missile program, and his nuclear program. Thats what the u. S. Wants. Very unlikely that kim is about to do any of that anytime soon. We go into the new year with a question for President Trump, what does he do next . How long does he wait to take any type of military action, if any, against the north korean regime, pamela. Barbara starr, thank you so much for breaking it down for us. Joining me now to discuss, david rhodes from the new yorker. As we heard barbara say, david, were ending 2017 very much the same way we started 2017, with north korea being a top National Security threat, this after round after round of sanctions against north korea. As she pointed out, theres this latest round of sanctions from the u. N. Do you think anything will change as a result of that . These are the toughest economic sanctions that have ever been enforced against north korea. I think the Trump Administration deserves credit for that. I think what we saw in 2017 is that tough rhetoric from the white house and from President Trump has not changed north korea, has not changed kim jong uns calculus. This is a great time for the administration to let these tough new sanctions take effect and maybe start some quiet diplomacy with north korea, a back channel already exists. But trying to publicly humiliate kim jong un is not working, hes not going to publicly give up his Nuclear Arsenal due to threats from the Trump Administration. As weve seen from this past year, those threats from the about the have only emboldened king jong un, correct . Yes, i think the lesson from 2017 is that rhetoric and tough talk alone and u. S. Military exercises did not work. It simply put more pressure on kim jong un, again, you know, i say this often, all politics is local. Kim jong un, for his own hold on power in north korea, has to show strength. You cant be shown to publicly be backing down to the Trump Administration. Thats why, again, i credit the administration for the new sanctions, theyre the toughest ever, but now is the time for some patience and some quiet diplomacy behind the scenes. And as you look over this past year, how much closer is north korea to being a legitimate Nuclear Threat to the United States as we close this year out . Thats the most concerning thing, pamela. In november they tested their most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. It reached the highest altitude of any north korean missile. And it did look like it could hit many cities in the United States, particularly alaska but also the west coast of the United States. So things have gotten worse in 2017 in terms of the ability of north korea to have a missile that could strike the u. S. Its unclear if they could mount a Nuclear Warhead on one of those missiles, but again, bad news in 2017 in terms of continuing advances in terms of missiles by north korea. The big picture, foreign policy, President Trump has touted he was looking to negotiate the ultimate deal, peace in the middle east. Hes proposed the embassy move to jerusalem. I would say that the administration has handled north korea better than it has handled the middle east Peace Process. There was some belief i guess among some people in the white house, possibly by President Trump himself, that putting more pressure on the palestinians, by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital, would work. Instead the palestinians say they dont want the u. S. To play any role in peace talks, they dont want to hear about Jared Kushners new peace proposal. So i think, again, that move, recognizing jerusalem as the capital, potentially helped as a domestic political move with President Trumps base. But i see the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process moving back, so far, under the Trump Administration. David rohde, thank you so much for your perspective. Thank you. Pope francis is weighing in on the conflict between israelis and palestinians, after the Trump Administration moves to recognize jerusalem at israels capital. Were live from rome, next. Hey julie, i know todays critical, but i really need. A sick day. Dads dont take sick days. Dads take dayquil severe. The nondrowsy, coughing, aching, fever, sore throat. Stuffy head, no sick days medicine. President trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital and to move the u. S. Embassy to the city from tel aviv has stoked tensions in the middle east. Just before christmas, the u. S. Issued a travel warning for beth will he th bethlehem. Bethlehem faces a christmas without much holiday cheer. Cnns owren liebermann has more. Reporter the holiday spirit here is fading. What was shaping up to be a busy christmas a few weeks ago now feels rather empty. Last christmas, im feeling its better than this christmas. There was more pill gragrims la year. Reporter his family has owned this souvenir stand for 50 years. His store still has customers, at least some. Theres less pilgrims coming to bethlehem. I want to tell the world and to tell all the people, we invite them to bethlehem to Come Celebrate christmas mass. Reporter shop owners worry that tourists wont be able to fill the houses of worship. Tourists have canceled their hotel stays, and the entire city takes a hit. The travel warning came after President Donald Trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel, setting off demonstrations across the region and here. On this main road in bethlehem, clashes have become the norm, not the exception. All along the street, broken windows and closed storefronts. Theres no point in reopening only to close for every protest. The fivestar palace was booked for the holidays with a star singer for christmas. Because of the situation, it affected us a lot. It affected us personally. Reporter i interviewed nadia in an empty dining room. A few weeks ago this would have been full. As we wrapped up, demonstrations start outside. A crowd of palestinians walks over an American Flag with pictures of President Trump and Vice President pence. Its an anger thats barely faded, replacing the joy that few people here feel during the Holiday Season. Oren liebermann, cnn. Pope francis reacted to the tensions between israelis and palestinians during his christmas message. What more is the pope saying about this issue . Reporter hi there, pamela, Merry Christmas. Its a gorgeous day here in rome. The pope had in his view today for his christmas message the hotspots and conflict zones around the world. He began in the middle east, where in light of the president s Controversial Embassy decision, there are obviously new tensions and fear of wider conflict. The pope prayed for peace and reiterated the vaticans longstanding support for a twostate solution to the middle east conflict. He then touched upon myanmar and the threats against the rohingya, although without using that word in an effort to avoid making things worse. He talked about venezuela, several african nations, iraq and syria. This pope sees himself as a peace pope, pamela, trying to move the needle towards peace in his Christmas Day message. In his Christmas Eve mass, the pope also spoke about migrants and refugees, which i guess is no surprise. What did he say . Reporter well, basically, pamela, what he said was if you think about the story of the christ child, i mean, basically his parents, jesus and mary, were forced to leave their homes. They became displaced people. They went to refuge in a strainistrange town, couldnt find any, which is why the baby jesus ended up being born in a manger. Looking at that story ought to open the hearts of christians around the world to todays migrants and refugees, it ought to commit the church toward policies of compassion, welcome and tolerance. 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He was sentenced to serve 33 years behind bars. Mr. Simpson, i do vote to grant parole when eligible. Reporter simpson was granted parole for good behavior. An upbeat o. J. Simpson walked out of a nevada prison shortly after midnight. Reporter number 6. The criminal trial of bill cosby. Thats absolutely correct. Reporter once one of televisions most loveable dads, after bill cosby goes to trial accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than ten years ago. Criminal charges were not filed at that time. But when never before seen transcripts, unsealed in 2015, show cosby admitting to giving drugs to women he wanted to have sex with, a pennsylvania District Attorney brought forth multiple charges against the star. The judge in the cosby trial has declared a mistrial. Reporter the jury failed to reach a verdict after more than 50 hours of deliberations. We came here looking for an acquittal. But like that Rolling Stones song says, you dont always get what you want, sometimes you get what you need. Reporter the case is set to be retried in april. Cosby maintains his innocence, saying the encounter was consensual. Number 5. Congress attacked. Congressman steve scalise, third ranking republican in the house, is in Critical Condition tonight after a lone gunman opened fire on a congressional baseball team. They asked me if this team was the republican or Democrat Team practicing. I responded it was a Republican Team practicing. And he proceeded to shoot republicans. Our lives were saved by capital police. If they had not been there, it would have been a massacre. An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. Reporter three months later, congressman scalise returns to the house floor to a bipartisan standing ovation. You have no idea how great this feels, to be back here. Reporter number 4, a mass shooting inside of a small town texas church. A gunman, devon kelly, killed 25 people and an unborn baby when he walked into a Sutherland Springs church in november. Kelly died not far from the scene after being chased by good samaritans. It was do everything necessary to make sure this guy is stopped. Reporter among those killed, several members of the holcomb family, spanning three generations. Here we have eight people and a family that left us in one day. Reporter number 3, the murder of a woman in charlottesville, virginia. 32yearold Heather Heyer was killed in august when she and others were counterprotesting a unite the white rally. The man driving the car, james alex fields, had attended the right wing rally. He has been charged with firstdegree murder in heyers death. They tried to kill my child to shut her up. Well, guess what. You just magnified her. Reporter story number 2, dozens of women speak out about being sexually harassed or abused by Harvey Weinstein. More and more women are coming forward accusing hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of blatant sexual misconduct. He kept grabbing his penis and fondling himself. He forced himself onto me. It was not consensual. Reporter weinstein responded through a spokeswoman, saying any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied. The weinstein accusers, speaking out, helped create a domino effect of other women speaking out about harassment in industries outside of hollywood. At least half a million women all over the world, in all professions, have jumped on the social media platform to s say metoo. Reporter weinstein is being investigated by the nypd but no charges have been filed. And in our top crime and misconduct story of the year, the mass killing of dozens at a las vegas Country Music festival in october. We have breaking news of the worst variety, the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History has just happened. Reporter 58 people were killed when shooter Stephen Paddock started firing shots from his hotel suite 32 stories above that cloud. The shots just kept coming. No matter which direction you went in, no matter where you took cover, there was at least two to three bodies. You didnt know where you were safe. Reporter from that tragedy rose dozens of heroes. Im a nurse and felt i had to help. I ran back towards the shooting. I just sat with him. But i would like to think that if it was me, that somebody would have helped me. Reporter jean casarez, cnn, new york. Thanks for joining me. Dana bash picks up our next hour in the newsroom. Have a great day. Hello and Merry Christmas. Im dana bash in for kate bolduan. President trump is spending this Christmas Holiday at his maralago resort in florida. He and the first lady attended Christmas Eve services at the church where they were married. Priority th prior to that, the president held a teleconference with the troops. He managed to get in some golf over the weekend. If youre keeping track, the if the has spent 85 days at one of his Golf Properties since inauguration day, january 20th. On the political front, mr. Trump kept up his twitter tirade, targeting the fbi. White house correspondent sara murray joins us from west palm beach, florida. Sara, Merry Christmas to you. Fill us in on the president s tweets. Reporter Merry Christmas,
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