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To help end conflict and injustice around the world. listen to this. >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> translator: may the lord jesus bring light to the holy land where he was born as the savior of mankind. and where so many people struggling but not discouraged still await a time of peace, of security, and prosperity. may he bring consolation to iraq amid its present social tensions and to yemen suffering from a grave humanitarian crisis. i think of the children of yemen. >> joining me now is cnn religion commentator father edward beck. father, thank you for being leer. merry christmas....

One law professor saying there's no record the high court has ever heard an entirely sealed case before the justices. let's go to professor melissa murray who has clerked for justice sotomayor. thank you for being leer. >> thank you for having me. >> do you agree this is weird? >> it's super weird. everything in washington is weird. this is not unusual. let's start big picture. when you look at roberts saying this, this doesn't tell us everything. it just tells us they're taking time. what do you think comes out of this and how mueller related does it look to you? >> everyone seems to think it...

Constructive influence and really constructive during the campaign in my view. a couple of things, i think there are local factors that we have not talked about. john mccain is running through his i don't know what -- he's 80-year-old and he's been around for a long time. that one could go our way. and the republican, a north carolina is the only state in the country that trump is going to be doing better. and losing all kinds of basketball tournaments. we are talking about gender and bathrooms and all that kind of stuff. that does not go well with the election. the local factors in this race ...

To public life. we have to see a lot more women in public lives before it becomes right and normalized. so we're going to go through that, but it's -- it's it depends on what we do with it. consciousness is huge now. >> yes, absolutely. seeing you in public life and having you on the show and to talk to you is an honor. >> and it's an honor for me to see you, big time. >> god bless you. thank you very much for being leer. three men arrested for a plot to attack somali in kansas, we'll have that next. is found in the audi a4. with one notable difference... ♪ the highly advanced audi a4,

And d much joining me now former chair of the rnc. thanks so much for being leer. if gallop is correct that 43% of the americans regard themselves as independent, don't those folks deserve representation in the general election debates? >> everyone deserves representation. the argument is over -- what's the criteria for people to qualify the debates. you meet constitutional requirements you me be on the no ballot so there are no states to achieve possibly 270 electoral vote and it's the criteria we've been using since 2000 saying you have to be at 15% before the debates begin. that's where the...