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Mike pence has just announced that he is delaying a trip to the middle east to stay in town in case he has to cast a deciding vote. and don't forget, at the end of this week, the republicans still have to avoid a government shutdown when the government runs out of money on midnight, friday. still no development there as to how that is going to be avoided, wolf. >> the vice president was supposed to be in israel and egypt later this week. now that trip has been delayed, at least until mid-january. thanks very much, jim acosta, for that report. tonight, we're also getting new insights into the p...

Russia and china, that seek to challenge american influence, values, and wealth. we will attempt to build a great partnership with those and other countries, but in a manner that always protects our national interest. >> reporter: but in the president's roughly 30-minute speech, there was no mention of russia's meddling in the 2016 election, despite the fact that there's a reference to moscow's interference included in the written version of the white house strategy, stating, actors such as russia are using information tools in an attempt to undermine the legitimacy of democracies. over the we...

Himself being under investigation for obstruction. and so i think that what we're seeing here is the president and his allies. because this is also a media campaign. it's not just the president echoing the lines, attacking mueller and the fbi, but you also have other networks, fox news, conservative radioing cooing the same attacks. and i think they're laying the groundwork for firing mueller or trying to shut down the investigation by defunding it. and i think that as american citizens we have to remain very vigilant in this moment as they do that. because it's very serious and dangerous what...

Accomplish that, trump makes his opposition look silly and hysterical. trump, now aided by some mainstream republicans who are jumping on the bandwagon, he could end up the victor by calling the entire investigation and its conclusion into questions as politically motivated. >> lawyers for trump's transition team are charging that mueller's team obtained e-mails they shouldn't have. forcing mueller's team to issue a rare statement. when we have obtained e-mails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation. we have -- the e-mails were on dot gov addresses which means a government domain....

Us? a man who led the classified program, let's go out front. team trump's mission to undermine mueller's probe. coming straight from the top. let's start with this slamming of the justice department and the fbi. he's called the state of the agency the worst in history. adding that it was in tatters. >> it's a shame what's happened with the fbi, we are going to rebuild the fbi it will be bigger and better than ever. when you look at what's gone on with the fbi and the justice department, people are very, very angry. >> kellyanne conway saying the investigation was tainted from the start. >> ...