2016 and the russian government. That eventually the investigation will bear that out. He said to be fair because of it. On top of that, he turns to Hillary Clinton and the deleted emails. He was asked by the New York Times reporter whether the department of justice should investigate that matter again . To that, the president said, what i have done is, i have absolute right to do what i want to do with the Justice Department, but for purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, i have stayed uninvolved with this particular matter. The president also moved on to some other domestic issues and said he is willing to work with democrats on daca. Its a provision under the Obama Administration to protect the socalled dreamers, the illegaly brought to the United States as children. They want to Work Together on daca, but he wants democrats to agree to build a wall on the southern border and to end a chain migration. The president also turned to International Matters in his interview. This report originated from south korea saying that china illegally supplied north korea with energy. To that, the president said, try not on trade has ripped off this country more than any other elements of the world in history has ripped off anything, but i can be different if they are helping us with north korea. The president has said that china has been helpful on north korea, but it can do more, jon. Jon the president invited some coast guard numbers to play golf today . He did. At the Trump International about 75 members of the coast guard attended. The president hosted them there, played a little golf, spoke very briefly with the media. He thanked them for their work. He said saving 16,000 lives of hurricane ravaged in florida pete he wanted to invite them over to thank them for that. Also that he was honored to have them and brought them in as part of the four person scramble tournament. A little golf or some members of the coast guard today at Trump International where the president has also spent the last few days. Jon though short sleeves look awfully good in florida when youre sitting up here in new york. Rich edson and west palm, thanks. As the president is wrapping up his vacation, he took aim at Democratic Leaders this morning and their stance on immigration, tweeting, the democrats have been told and fully understand that there can be no daca without the desperately needed wall of the southern border and an end to the horrible chain migration and the lottery of immigration et cetera. We must protect our country at all cost. Joining us now, gianno caldwell. Also with us, mark pym, former chief strategist for the Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign and the 98 bill clinton campaign. Thanks for being with us. Generally, democrats have poopooed the notion of building a wall on the southern border. The president made a big part of its campaign. If he ties it to the daca thing, are democrats willing to go along . I dont see any evidence that the democrats are going to go along with the wall. I think theres more evidence that what trump really wants is added Border Security and something that could be called a wall. The question is, will he find a way to save face . At the same time, i think democrats will hold quite a strong on the wall issue. They will want daca for sure. Without 60 votes, none of this is going anywhere. Jon most republicans evening say that its a decision that helps a socalled dreamers, the people that were brought here as children by their children, no fault of their own. Most americans seem to feel that they should be allowed in the states. What leverage does the president have here . I think he has great leverage. I know about the dreamers. I have a friend whos a dreamer, who i didnt realize until these issues really came up. I think its something that absolutely should be done. Theres a few different considerations. One, i dont think the wall to be divisive enough. Bill clinton, Hillary Clinton, and president obama have all said that there should be a border between the United States and mexico. They said there should be a secure border. Hillary clinton said in 2006 206 voted paper of the secure act which gave 700 feet 700 miles of border fencing along the southern border. When i hear people complain about the wall, they said it shouldnt be tied to daca. That fencing that Hillary Clinton voted in favor for was the first step for Immigration Reform. When President Trump is looking to is the first step for comprehensive Immigration Reform and get something both parties need to come together in a bipartisan fashion, which President Trump has mentioned on many occasions, and we need to get something done. Realize are at stake. People with no fault of their own or in this country today and deserve mathers and the american citizens here, they deserve to have a solution for those. Jon the president wants a wall. Democrats want a daca deal. Cant they make a trade . May be. This is perhaps the single most elusive issue because every party has provisions on the issue of immigration. I like to think that democrats feel, and 52 of the public, as opposed to the wall. 77 of the public is sympathetic to the daca concerns about daca, and want to see those people stay here and have work permits at least. I think that the pressure is a little bit more on the president. He cant really let the deadline go past march, otherwise he will be faced with a mass deportation situation. In many ways, the president is likely to compromise here, move off the wall, get some preliminary sketches of a wall, but really fight for Border Police and a stronger Border Protection is really the policy he wants. Jon talking about compromise. Hang on, gentlemen. The president seems to think that this is the year, 2018, its going to be the year that bipartisanship breaks out all over in washington. Here is one other thing he told the New York Times. He says, we can make a Great Health Care plan through bipartisanship. We can do a great infrastructure planter bipartisanship. We could do immigration and daca, in particular, through bipartisanship. We could do something thats terrific. Im just being practical. What do you think about that, gianna . s bipartisanship about to be the new word in washington texico i think were going to get a lot of bipartisanship with republicans losing majority in places, certainly it will be. As president will be an issue thats really big and important and impact real lives. We should see some bipartisanship, and im really proud of what he said in that moment about bipartisanship. If you go back to marks point about the immigration, i dont think the pressure is on the president. I think the pressure is on congress. For one, the constitution gives congress the right to make the decision in terms of immigration. That is the president s job. President obama put this daca program together, in my view, and appropriately. When we think about these issues, i think bipartisanship is necessarily necessary. There are a lot of lives at stake. Its time for us to get serious and leave politics aside. Jon will democrats be willing to work with the president , mark . 90 of the public wants to see the party sit down and compromise. These issues now, they require 60 votes from the senate, the president is really just flouting a truism here. None of these issues are going to move unless the formula is found for bipartisanship. That will need some changes by the Republican Leadership and how they operate. It will mean some changes to the democratic side. The Problem Solvers Caucus is a particular vehicle that could be it could lead to some bipartisanship, particularly in the house. We got to wait to see. Its either bipartisanship this year or gridlock. Jon mark penn from the democratic side. Gianno caldwell from the republican side. Gentlemen, thanks. The Justice Department and fbi facing fire, as a Top Republican demands government records related to the antitrump dossier. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee pairing revolutions resolutions to hold him in contempt if they refuse to cooperate. Kevin corke is lined live in washington peered one of the department of justice and fbi sing about those response to the congressional subpoenas . Let me make it easy. They are saying they found materials that have been requested. They had in fact complied. But the problem with that argument, jon, is that its only partially true. Even when they had done so, lawmakers have been saying they were incredibly slow to do so. Congressman devin nunes, and a strongly worded letter to deputy ag rod rosenstein, making it clear, he says it seems that that doj and fbi need to be investigating themselves. His frustration is shared by a great many on capitol hill. Bravo to chairman nunes to pursue the facts here. Their bottom line is that the American People deserve to know whether their own money was used to pay russians to discredit the duly elected president of the United States. Weve asked those questions and open Community Hearings and havent gotten answers. The level of frustration isnt just reserved for the doj and fbi. Some on the hill say that Jeff Sessions simply isnt doing enough to share proper congressional oversight. Chairman nunes has subpoenaed records we can get to the bottom of this for American People, and we are being treated by the Jeff SessionsJustice Department very similar to the way we are treated by that the eric holder Justice Department. We need a lot better speaking of the transparency and oversight that instills confidence in the American People. To be fair, sessions still has a bit of, lets call it a bit of powder in his musket on this one. He could at some point upon another special counsel into the matter. I would say all is not lost. Jon what happens next . Can the congress forced the arrow in the Justice Department to cooperate here . Certainly they can. It lends itself to a possible contempt of congress charge for some of the very top of those respective agencies. That seems to be the direction the chairman nunes is headed. It appears he is incredibly upset over the foot dragging. He does have the backing of several of his colleagues. I understand the frustration. When you sit back and look at what has happened, the lack of response, congress has responsibility of oversight that they ignored, they have been delayed, they have refused to send people into have hearings or to be questioned. The next deadline is january 3rd, that the next opportunity to provide, not just documents but also submissions for interviews. We will be watching the calendar for you. Jon we will watch. Kevin corke in d. C. Thank you. G. O. P. Tax reform is now the law of the land. Do you understand the new tax code . We will break down the numbers and give you some answers coming up. Plus, much of the country gripped in a terrible deep freeze. The bitter cold weekend forecast just ahead. Jon and arctic blast keeping most of the northern half of the country in a deep freeze. Take a look at lake erie and hamburg new york just south of buffalo, frozen solid and 16degree weather. Everywhere you look, there is ice and snow. We have fox team coverage. Brian yannis is down the street in times square was a little warmer. Lets start with chief meteorologist here in the fox weather center. Not that much warmer in times square than it is here. The lake is not fully frozen over. It is certainly along the coast. Here are your current temperatures. Here is an intrusion again of another round of colder air coming across the northern plains. 62 degrees in denver. Thats the dividing line right there. Up towards in the civil school digits as well. He had denver with the warm air. Winchell also a big factor. That will continue to be the case. To be honest with you, this forecast has a broken record for a wild. We have this cold air that will continue to deal with it for the better part of ten to 12 days. Another system moving snow and ice to minnesota and iowa over towards chicago. The storm system will bring cold air behind it again. A lot of moisture coming into the pacific northwest. Notice that pattern going way over the top of california. Not getting any of that moisture across california unfortunately. That little clipper system is going to dive across the ohio valley. Tonight a little bit of snow towards the d. C. Area up to philadelphia. New york city midday tomorrow, everybody will have a view hours of snow. Behind it, the colder air comes in again, and thats what we are talking about the temperatures that will be so cold on sunday and sunday night across the northeast, especially right here in manhattan around 10 degrees. Want to point this out, we have the cold air saturday and sunday towards the northern plains. Monday a slight break. Fargo getting up to 16 degrees. It will feel downright balmy for tuesday. It doesnt last long. The cold air comes right back. We have a demonstration of exactly how cold it is out ther there. Mount Washington News observatory in new hampshire, a reporter pour the boiling watert of a coffee pot and it turns to snow. It was minus 31 degrees at a time. One of the windiest places on earth, not washington, so its blowing that all away from you, which is really important. Cold air is really dense and cant hold much moisture. It would be the same process of putting a hot cup of coffee into the freezer. Thats exactly whats happening. All of that water does not turn into snow or a cloud. A lot of it stays hot and falls back down. If youre trying this at home and you throw it up in the air, very hot burning water will fall back down on you. Make sure you are throwing it away from your aunt its got to be really cold in the air has to be really drive for this to work. Jon impressive anyway. Thank you. Bundle up and be vigilant. Thats the message from new york citys mayor. Thats refined brian yannis. Its 21 degrees right now in case you didnt know, ryan. Really, it feels colder jon. Its going to be 10 degrees here on new years eve night. That will be the second coldest new years eve in new york city history. The wind chills are going to feel like below zero and the mayor has this message to the over 1 Million People who will likely be here for sundays big show in times square. I admire people that want to stand there for many hours in the cold. But the fact is it will absolutely be safe, if you can hear from the preparations. They tell you this much, if youre going to venture out, bundle up, where long underwear, bring hand warmers, all those basics. Take the weather very seriously. Youre pretty much on your own. They wont be any heating lamps or anything like that. You are stuck in your pen if youre here for ten, 12, even more hours. A lot of people, here in the morning to get a new spot. Pretty miserable experience, but for some, they actually decided they do want to come out here. We spoke to some tourists early. Take a listen. I dont think this year its a to be out here, but hopefully they will put warming stations appeared youre can be packed in here so may people, its likl those penguins you know, they get all that heat mass going. I dont think it will be that bad. I think theyre crazy. Thats what we wont be here. The festivities have already begun this week. Today is symbolic. The confetti test, some confetti falling over times square. Some night of new years eve, 29 29 million pieces of confetti will fall from the sky. Thats 3,000 pounds worth. All of that and this will be the most secure this event has ever been. Dogs will be sniffing for bombs in the air. Everyone will be checked twice at least before they are put here and held here. There also be Police Officers in every single hotel overlooking times square. Observation teams, a thousand cameras, more than 7,000 officers, and plainclothes officers while looking in the air with the aviation units. Very safe place. They encourage people to come out. If you do, you have to say really, really warm. Almost an Impossible Task at 10 degrees. Jon a safe place but not a warm one this year. Brian yannis in times square. Thank you. If the g. O. P. 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A big one is, should i prepay my 2018 property tax . And well i get the deduction . Donald hess is here to break it down for us. Hes a certified public accountant. Theres been a rush of peop