Which was investigating and prosecuting hezbollah personnel. The allegations that the Obama Administration interfered were first raised in a Politico Magazine article. The attorney generals said i am hopeful there were no barriers constructed by the last administration to allow dea agents to bring all cases. Fox news also learned that President Trump is expected to approve the sale of very powerful antitank missiles to the ukranian government to mark a major escalation in u. S. Support for Ukraine Forces battling russia fighters. That sale would require congressional approval before the state department goes ahead. President trump left the white house this morning bound for his christmas vacation in florida with wind in his sails after signing his vaunted tax reform bill. President trump gave a fist pump stepping off air force one. The signature issue of his Election Campaign now codified into law. Everything in here is really a tremendous thing for businesses, for people. To the middleclass and the workers. I consider this a bill for the middleclass and pay bill for jobs. Democrats continue to slam the plan as terrible for the country. Republicans took a victory lap because they sold americans childrens future by handing tax breaking news to Corporate America and the wealthiest. Today two majors corporations allowed tax reform benefits for workers. At t, comcast and wells fargo handed out christmas bonuses to 55,000 employees. The new England Patriots owner said he supports the bill. It will drive growth and create jobs. He will buy a big plant in the great state of north carolina. He will build a tremendous paper mill there or paper product plants. President trump invoked the name of Ronald Reagan saying his tax cut is bigger. With the tax bill, President Trump claimed to have sign more legislation in his first year than even the historic front runner harry truman. We have 88 which is number 1 in the history of our country. Second now is harry truman. He will look ahead to the 2018 agenda with immigration and welfare reform. He wants bipartisan buy in so infrastructure will go first. Infrastructure is the easiest. We will have tremendous democratic support. Immigration and welfare reform will be a harder sell. In a combative Election Year democrats will give the president little or none of what he will ask if. For. The 2018 elections were front and center. The president huddling with the chief of staff john kelly, and Kellyanne Conway and the Communications Director and the political director and former Campaign Manager lewandowski and the digital director. The meeting grew heated when lewandowski rang the alarm that the president was not well served by the current political operation at the white house and changes need to be made. A day earlier former chief of staff told the president the same thing. Lewandowski also told the president that the Republican National committee needed to do better. A gop operative tells fox news there needs to be better coordination on communications. When the white house is in a political knife fight they need air care from the rnc. One said the rnc is a disaster. Republicans fear there could be a blood bath coming. One other piece of business. Lewandowski and bannon are expected to appear before the House Select Committee on intelligence to talk about the russia investigation early next year. Bret a lot going on. John roberts, thanks. Lets take a closer look at what is in the temporary spending bill to january 19th to keep the government funded for another month. I feel good about this year. Y think we made a difference for the country and are moving it right of center. Congress is going home because lawmakers funded the government long enough to avoid a shut down until january 19th. After that is major uncertainty about how the tax dollars will be spent, whether or not the nsa can still spy on people. What happens to people brought into this country illegally as children and what kind of government assistance victims of natural disasters will get since the senate never voted on the hurricane and wildfire aid that passed the house with democratic yes votes. Puerto rico governor thinks that means the commonwealth will come out with even more. Democratic leaders demanded a daca deal by the end of 2017. On thursday when they realized democrats were softening their stance, they pleaded with the minority leader to stand firm to no avail. Nancy pelosi appears poised to use it as leverage before the next spending measure is considered. Its this year extended. Its the process. The daca issue is a rare policy proposal that republicans are ready to work with democrats on. You have to be careful you dont get polarized. You dont go so far down a road, you cant come back. A daca fix will come to the senate floor if the bipartisan groups comes to an agreement that the white house can live with. The majority leader is not in a hurry. The president gave us to march. Schumer is waiting to use that. Schumer is trying to push it forward. There is no emergency until march. House leadership announced they wont work the first week of january as originally schedule. They will come back on the 8th which raises major questions about the longterm spending deal they could come up with in the 8 days before a Government Shutdown looms again. Bret it will be interesting. Peter live on the hill. One area that could suffer in next years budget, funding of the u. S. Military. Many lawmakers are insisting the armed forces need a cash infusion. Right now there is a road block. Lucas has more from the pentagon. President trump boasting about his forces while signing emergency funding to deal with north koreas missiles. We are ordering 4 billion worth of missiles defense. The Senate Majority leader voicing concern over the fate of President Trumps 700billion dollars Defense Budget and cuts that remain on the books. Defense has been hit harder under the budget control act. I think there is an urgency there. They date back to 2011 and strip the pentagon of billion dollars and affect fixing jet and helicopters. Congress has a short term funding plan but unless the budget cuts are repealed, 100million will be axed. The chairman of the house armed Serve ServicesCommittee Said both parties are to plame. They are using the Defense Budget as leverage for other things. Thats wrong. The head of Army Aviation said his pilots are flying at their lowest level in years. And the super hornets, half cant flcant fly. Halfbcant fly. The air force said its 2,000 pilots short and only half of the b1 bombers can fly. At the Reagan National defense for forum, there was this stark warning. In a high end conflict with russia or china, we could lose. Twice as many u. S. Troops killed in noncombat aviation crieses this year and many say these budget cuts are to blame. Bret halfway around the world. Christian beasley is facing the Death Penalty for having marijuana. President trump saw our story on special report with bret baier last night ask his staff for more information and asked about getting involved. An update from los angeles. A 32yearold, is not in the u. S. But bali, where marijuana is illegal. I need help. I need rehab. Not 4 years or more in jail. Lawyers say no country is obligated to honor a medical prescription from another. Marijuana is a legal challenge since many countries consider it an illicit drug. The defense has presented nothing. He worries his son is being paraded as a poster child that flaunted islamic law. The president pointed out that this new administration is helping americans finding difficulties in foreign lands. The state department claims the u. S. Didnt get involve in foreign countries, but the Trump White House has. President trump sees this as one of those areas where his deal making ability, to use his personal powers is at a zenith. Trump freed three ucla basketball players caught stealing in china. In april egypt released this american aide worker after trump appealed to their president and released this former cia agent. President trump has taken a bigger interest in the fate of americans. He cant be responsible for all of them. On wednesday they reached out to the white house. They have a volunteer phone service. She was going to try to run it up the line. I dont know if anything happened on that yet. A tough sell for the white house. Americans should not be subject to abuse in prison. Bali accuses beasley of possessing under 6 grams of pot where he faces life in prison or death as a trafficker. Bret there was a threat against the San Francisco pier. A 26yearold espoused radical jihadi beliefs. He said he did not need an escape plan because he was ready to die. The United NationsSecurity Council votes to limit imports. What is in the latest round of penalties . A u. S. Sponsor resolution in spens to the rogue nations launch last night in response to an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was uunanimous. They are on a destructive path. The latest move follows one in december that capped north imports. Todays u. S. Action reduced that to 500,000 barrels. Crude oil imports is also reduced. There is a ban on the export of heavy equipment and electric supplies. Previous resolutions banned 90 of north koreas exports. This resolution bans all remaining categories of major north korea exports. A loss of 250 Million Dollars in revenue to the regime. The u. N. Is demanding the expulsion of 100,000 north Korea Foreign workers who provide the regime with 500 million a year in hard currency. To reduce smuggling, it will allow countries to impound ships that are used to transport items. China their largest trading partner emphasized need for peace talks. Dialogue and negotiations are the fundamental way to deescalate tension. The deputy told the Council Unity is needed to support a political solution. A military option is not viable. We are all duty bound to provide opportunities for diplomacy to function. Todays resolution is the 10th to deal with north Koreas Nuclear program. They will further cut more oil imports if there are more nuclear tests. Bret thanks. Why is the Life Expectancy of americans going down . Exerts say its tieed to openoid yews. We will explain next. Hurry, its the final days of the ford year end sales event. Im on top of the world, hey. Its your last chance of the year to get our best offer of the year zero percent financing for seventytwo months, plus an extra onethousand cash back across a full lineup of ford cars, trucks and suvs. So hurry and save big on americas bestselling brand. 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Allison barber looks at troubling numbers. The Life Expectancy in the u. S. Dropped for a second year in a row. In 2016 the centers for Disease Control said the Life Expectancy was 78. 6 years. Thats down. 1 from 2015. What is contributeing to is more concerning than the number itself. Officials day drugs, opioids are a big factor. 64,000 people died from drug over doses in 2016. 22 percent higher than the year before. The rate of Overdose Deaths with opioids doubled from 2015 to 2016. Whether its that or heroin or methadone, the number of Overdose Deaths increased across the board. They are characterized as they are the third leading cause of deaths above strokes and alzheimers. Jean lost 3 sons to opioid over doses. With my own children, i could see what path they were going down. I never thought in a million years they would lose three. Not one but three sons. The only way it will get fixed is by all of us doing something about it. Three weeks ago in a Northern Virginia country, 22 miles away from the heart of d. C. , 5 people died from opioid overdoses in just one week. The victims ranged in age from 22 to 34 years old. It occurred in every part of the county. This is occurring across the country. It doesnt matter. Black, white, rich, poor. This epidemic doesnt discriminate. After the deadly week in fairfax county, detectives urged people to get training and news norcan, it blocks the effects of opioids and can stop an overdose from becoming deadly. Firefighters carry some form of it. Bret you may be planing to travel over the christmas holiday. Triplea said 107 million will be away from home between tomorrow and new years day. Tomorrow is expected to be the busiest day followed by tuesday and wednesday. Christmas day, Christmas Eve and neuryears eve are supposed to be the slowest times. Bret nontraditional christmas giving. Here is our religion correspondent. The world vision gift catalog. Find meaningful gifts mom will love. These may not be on moms wish list but they are some of the biggest sellers. The 70yearold charity reaches donors. Last year they brought in 30 million helping the neediest live better lives. What i like about giving a goat, chicken or duck, you help communities lift themselves out of poverty. Some people say they are miracles with fur and talk about the animals as the gifts that keep on giving. Folks take ownership of development in their community. Bad waters kills people. One partner is Charity Water that build clean water wells all over the world. Its founder that happens into millennials giving spirit through twitter. His life turned around. I saw people dying because they didnt have clean water to drink. I was selling expensive bottles of water in night clubs for 20 for people who would not even open them. Holiday season giving is the most profitable time for charities and the people they help. Its a counter way to commercialism bringing the true meaning of christmas. Bret up next, what happened to occupy wall street . Remember them . Fox 5 in new york, some former miss america call for the resignation of the pageant ceo. He apologized. The pageant considers the matter closed. He made fun of their appearance and sex life. All 58 victims of octobers Mass Shootings died of gunshot wounds. All of the deaths were determined to be homicides. None of the victims were trampled to death. This is a live look at san diego from fox 5. One of the big stories there tonight. The death of legendary sportscaster dick enberg. He died yesterday of an apparent heart attack. He won 9 sportscaster of the year awards. Finished serves as the play by play voice of the San Diego Padres baseball team. He was 82. Well be right back. [click] man youre beautiful [click] im coming back to you [click] hey yeah . I switched to geico and got more more savings on Car Insurance . 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