Diplomat charged in the car accident that killed a british teenager. Ill be speaking with the family. But first an enraged President Trump is now eager for vindication amid a stalled standoff between House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, and now were told that trump is heading to maralago for the holidays fresh off the heels of impeachment as plans for his senate trial remain in limbo. Lets go to kaitlan collins. Shes at the white house. She has some new reporting for us. Kaitlan, i understand there are some officials who are worried about the president s upcoming trip. Tell us what youre hearing. Reporter this trip gives aides some anxiety because the president is down there, hes at his own club, hes talking to people at the club, members, his millionairebillionaire groans e president goes there because his senate trial is looming. While the president is in maralago, there will be pretty critical decisions to be made about what the defense will look like when the president does get that trial. Hes already irritated over it, as you heard from senator graham, that the president is mad as hell over this delay because, he said, he wants his day in court. The concern is while the president is down there, the longer hes down there, the more influence these outsiders, outsiders outside the administration and strategizing thats been happening over the last several months here is going to happen. Thats really the concern here. Youre going to see a lot of the top aides to the president travel with him down there for the second half of the trip. Essentially hell be pretty well staffed as theyll get ready to come back to washington for what they hope will be a very quick trial. The question is whether that outside influence changes the president s mind in the meantime, because as weve reported, hes already asking questions about his white House CounselPat Cipollone who is pretty widely expected to be the lead for his defense in the senate trial, but the president isnt questioning people about if they think hell be good on tv. We know thats not only critical to the president , but its seen more as a political trial than one that would be seen in a courthouse, for example. A lot of decisions to be made in a very crucial time in his presidency, so thats something to keep an eye on while the president is in south florida at his club, brianna. I wonder what the mood is over there and with the president , kaitlan, just because i mean, obviously, this has been a tough week for the president. He was impeached. But theres also good poll numbers when it comes to the economy. What is the thinking there about how hes positioned going into this key Political Year . Good numbers with the economy. They see these numbers like the ones in the cnn impeachment poll about whether or not voters believe the president should be impeached and removed from office, how they believe thats remained steady or decreased some over the last several weeks. Theyre trying to somehow square that. They keep pushing these numbers to the president saying, look what youre doing. But he is still very irritated over this deep down and kind of in a sense of disbelief that he actually was impeached. Because, of course, that was something the president was incredibly resistant to which aides warned him about when he was going into the 2018 midterms saying if democrats get the house, your presidency is going to be on the line. So now essentially what hes looking for now that hes been impeached is this vindication in a senate trial. Now you see with Speaker Pelosi, the drama going on on capitol hill, hes concerned hes not going to get it as quickly as he wants it, and of course that has put the president in a mood that most aides who have spoken to him in the last several days would not describe as a good one. Kaitlan, thank you for that reporting. We appreciate it. I want to discuss all of this with francesca chambers. Shes a White House Correspondent from d. C. And a foreign official under President Trump and a former cia case officer. Francesca, you heard kaitlans reporting. Officials around the white house are worried. Theyre worried the president is going to this maralago echo chamber and maybe it wont be good news for the holidays. What do you think . Are they in the right place to be worried . Nearly every day when hes at maralago, he starts it the same. Its tweeting about things. Its then going to his club where we dont always see him playing golf but hes expecting to be playing golf. Who knows, were not seeing who is coming in and out of there that kaitlan noted he could be talking to. One question is, what does he decide about how he wants to respond to nancy pelosi and how he wants to respond to what could potentially happen in the senate while hes down there . We know hes Still Deciding who he will have representing him. Pat cipollone is a leading contender for that. But he has not finalized that. Before this, you and i were talking about what could they realistically do even if he wasnt at maralago . Before he makes that decision, theres not very much they could be doing because those are the people who will be arguing the case. Kevin, as the president is now looking from the white house at whats going on here with the articles of impeachment not heading over to the senate yet, a harvard scholar, noah feldman, who we saw testify before congress, wrote this today in a bloomberg oped. He says, if the house does not communicate its impeachment to the senate, it has not actually impeached the president. If the articles are not transmitted, trump could legitimately say he wasnt truly impeached at all. And he makes the case that i mean, yes, theres been the vote but thats not the end of impeachment. So even just to say the president is impeached just sort of shorthand, bull legally these articles have to be sent to the senate. Do you look at that and think that the speaker knows that . Is she making a mistake here . I think she is making a mistake and the professor is making a novel argument. They dont say anything speckly abo specifically about the managers in the impeachment. It just says the chief justice will be charge if the president is the defendant. I think they are making a mistake in not sending it over. If they wanted to do a censured resolution, they could have done that. It would have been a lot simpler. But now the impeachment course has left the house barn. Its in the senate corral. This could be music to the president s ears. You say its a novel argument. But the president and his advisers must be saying, this is the guy democrats brought forward to testify as a constitutional expert, and hes saying, technically i havent been impeached yet. I think theyre baffled. Theyre like, whats happening right now . One thing white house officials told me was that they think first nancy pelosi said that there was a sense of urgency, that they needed to do this impeachment really quickly because the president was a clear and present danger. But now this process could be being delayed further into january than was originally expected, so theyre questioning, okay, either its urgent or its not urgent. Theyre questioning that, but theyre also confused about this idea that nancy pelosi first they wanted to use it as average, democrats did, and now she says, i want to see what the senate does first. I think theyre very confused about whats happening right now. Its hard to respond to something until they know what the next move is, too. Who isnt confused . Kevin, its kind of confusing right now. It really is. The way the constitution is set up and the system is set up, its virtually impossible for the house to force the senate to do something or the senate to force the house to do something. I used to be a house staffer. They look at it as kids at christmas dinner. Its not likely Speaker Pelosi will be able to have that much influence on what leader mcconnell will do on his side of the capitol. Its left of the house barn and its in the senate corral. While the white house is embroiled in impeachment, the president is enjoying some of the strongest economic numbers in his presidency. According to a cnn poll, americans are taking notice. 76 of those polled see the economy as strong. Gina joins us now to dissect all of this. Gina, youve seen the economic report that show the gdp ticktock in the final quarter. What does this say about the overall economy . I think one of the important numbers in that gdp number was just how strong Consumer Spending was. We know that growth was looking okay, not solid, but pretty decent in the third quarter. We saw student spending get revised even higher, which is just a piece of what weve been seeing, which is that the consumer is really driving things forward. It seems like everyday households feel very comfortable opening their wallets and going out and buying restaurants and services and all sorts of things. 76 of americans saying they feel the economy is strong. Thats a huge number. This is the best weve seen in 20 years and its really a sign that if they see the economy as strong, theyre feeling it, right, on this very personal level. What do you make of this optimism . I think one thing thats important to keep in mind when you think about those are really solid confidence numbers, is that, a, they are echoed across a broad range of data. Several confidence numbers showed consumer numbers are really holding up across this expansion. And b, consumers are a big part of the economy. They make up more than twothirds of spending in the economy, so the fact theyre feeling so strong and looking so robust really does bode well for this expansion, which as you guys note often on this show, is already well past its alltime record. This is the longest expansion america has ever had. Were watching a lot of green there right now on the board. Jeanna, thank you so much for breaking that down for us. The president is fighting back against an evangelical christian magazine that says the president is immoral and needs removed from office. There is a stunning new report well take a look at. And the wife of an american diplomat charged in the car accident that killed a british teenager. Ill be speaking with a close friend who speaks for the victims family, ahead. So were making it easier than ever to become part of our family. Man thats why our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. The chevy price you pay is what we pay. Not a cent more. Family is important to us. And wed like you to be part of ours. So happy holidays. And welcome to the family. The chevy family get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. Aveeno® with prebiotic striple oat complex balances skins microbiome. So skin looks like this and you feel like this. Aveeno® skin relief. Get skin healthy™ doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacistrecommendeding . Memory support brand. You can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. In a stunning and sharp rebuke, a christian publication is calling for President Trump to be removed. Christianity today, which is a magazine founded by the late evangelist billy graham, wrote in part, this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration. He has hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He himself has admitted to minimal actions in business and his relationship with women, about which he remains proud. His twitter feed alone with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies and slanders is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused. What is your opinion of this oped . This is 25 of the electorate. In the last election, 80 of Christians Donald trump. His Approval Rating in the latest marist is 75 . So hes won their votes and they are morally supportive of him, so he doesnt want to lose their ground in this base. I dont think this will make any impact, and the reason that is the case is there is no new information in it. Evangelical christians, they already know about this about President Trump, and what matters to them the most is what theyre getting from him in terms of remaking the federal judiciary. His 50th Appellate Court pick was confirmed a week ago. Thats 50 in three years. Barack obama only got 55 in eight. And he is appointing lockstep conservatives to the federal judiciary, and in the end, that will matter more. I do want to note the president s criticism of this magazine. Its a prominent evangelical magazine. Like i said, it was founded by billy graham. But it gets this backlash from him. He calls it a leftist magazine when really its a centrist magazine. What do you think about this, that he courts evangelicals, but when he gets even this whiff of criticism from this publication, he really slams them and actually lies about them. I think hes giving fodder to his supporters so they have some kind of a response. Its almost akin to that singlespaced, sixpage letter that he released just on the eve of being impeached. He always wants to make sure that his talking points are represented. And, frankly, i think youll probably hear that parroted now even if its not the case. He gets impeached and he gets a trade deal. 70 of americans say the economy is good. When you look at all of this as a whole, do you think the president is further from or closer to being reelected . This is not a copout on my part. I would answer it this way. He is exactly where he would be otherwise. What was most stunning to me this week was the data that showed that as the hearings progressed, hearings in which many observers thought, wow, theyre actually putting together a cognizable claim here of abuse of power, those wanting him impeached, their numbers actually declined both in the marquette survey of wisconsin and the Gallup Survey of the nation generally. What im amazed at is this wall that seems to exist between the dysfunction in d. C. And the economy and market forces, you know, with the dow continuing to be on fire. It seems like none of that which weve been paying close attention to is having any impact on the economy, or in some strange way, its having the reverse impact on the economy. Very interesting, michael. Thank you so much, michael smir c smirconish, and we will make sure to catch your show. Files have just been charged against a british teenager who was in a motorcycle involving the wife of a u. S. Diplomat. She fled the u. K. And ill be speaking to the family members ahead. As the tension seems to grow, im told its because of the, quote, new blood coming into the party. Well talk about that, ahead. O. Olays hydration was unbeaten every time. Olay, face anything. Billions of problems. Dry mouth . Parched mouth . Cotton mouth . Theres a therabreath for you. Therabreath oral rinse and lozenges. 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The parents are just as they were, still bereft and heartbroken and thinking about their son, first and foremost. They were told two months ago that there was a less than 1 chance of having anyone held accountable for the loss of their son. Clearly today is a significant move away from that. You know, its important to also say that this is now a live criminal case against ann sikoulis, so we must be very careful not to prejudice her right to a fair trial when she comes back to the u. K. That said, ive seen statements from the president of the United States and her lawyer. Look, we would just say now the case is in the hands of the u. K. Authorities, and as youve all seen, they strongly believe that theyve got a case against her, and its in the Public Interest to prosecute her. So, you know, we will simply await developments now. I do want to read that statement from her attorney. This is part of it here. It says, this was an accident, and a criminal prosecution with a potential penalty of 14 Years Imprisonment is simply not a proportionate response. Weve been in contact with the u. K. Authorities about ways in which ann could assist from preventing accidents like this from happening in the future as well as honoring harrys memory, but ann will not return voluntarily to the united kingdom. You said when she returns to the u. K. , her attorney is saying shes not going to