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20% gdp, 18.5%, i love the conversation you had with chuck schumer about tax cuts for the wealthy and will this do, i thought you made a great point about the standard deduction, but chuck schumer from new york state mentioned state and local tax reduction. 88% of the benefits from the state and local tax deduction goes to people who make over $100,000. it is a substance sidney from all -- subsidy that overwhelming 88% goes to people making over $800,000. chuck schumer should join president trump and get rid of ridiculous tax deductions for citizens in new york and new jersey. chris: fair enou...

What was your personal reaction when you heard some of this that there was in retaliation against some whistle blowers. >> so one instance of retaliation from my perspective is one too many. it's completely unacceptable. the way i think about this, poppy is not necessarily the ceo of the company, but as a father, we have three children that are millennials and our two sons are married and think about five millennials and i think that five folks of that age at wells fargo that had a concern and were uncomfortable going to their manager and didn't bring it up to the human resources group and ins...

Investigating. one more point i'll make, frances. i asked one official earlier today what was in that binder that he had in his mouth. not clear. however, it has been determined that there was nothing that was dangerous in that binder. >> and of course, the question of what his goal was to begin with. i can't help but notice behind you there something we weren't supposed to see until next hour, the white house christmas tree arriving there on the grounds a little bit earlier. kind of nice, you know. the first family celebrated thanksgiving and the tree arrived today from pennsylvania is where ...

Bargains. another sign that holiday season is here. first lady welcoming the first white house christmas tree later this morning. it is an 18.5 foot fraser fir. about a week away from the top ten cnn hero tribute seen around the world, all of these individuals are making and difference. and did you know you can also help them? here is anderson cooper. >> i'm anderson cooper. hopefully by now you have had a chance to check out the ten remarkable people we're honoring at this year's cnn heros, an all-star tribute. each of them is proof one person can really make a difference. and again we're m...

What do you know about their trip? >> well, the trip was long. i think that is the most important part of this. they have traveled three billion miles. nine years in the making. this launched in 2006. it was still a planet then before it was downgraded to a dwarf planet. so to see these people so excited when it finally made contact on the other side of pluto was just a really special moment to see n mission control. the average speed of this spacecraft, 30,000 miles per hour was traveling so fast that if it came in contact with something as small as a grain of rice, it would have completely r...