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Visit centers and bathrooms were closed. >> this is our public land. we should be able to use it any time. unfortunately the park employees i don't know if they will get paid or not. but it is what it is. and congress better get their act together. >> in washington, d.c., the smithsonian museums and the national zoo are staying open at least through monday. open air parks and monuments including the war memorials have also remained accessible. the government trying to avoid a replay of what happened back in 2013. that's when veterans were being turned away from their own memorial. for those pl...

Trending hashtag as we speak here at 5:37. >> let's ask a commentary writer at the washington examiner. to be talking about oprah winfrey running for president is that a sign of desperation wrong democrats or a sign of brilliance to put someone who is so car riz mat ic -- >> it's a bold strategy. that might be enough to put her over the edge. but when you're trying to face teflon don, the only person who can face his personality is someone the opposite of him. that might actually be oprah winfrey. it would be nice to have a candidate with some governing experience. >> oh yeah, that. >> it woul...

Dangerous start. thanks so much. >> joining us live this morning a commentary writer for the washington examiner. good morning. >> happy new year. >> thanks for having me. >> we all get back from vacation and get overwhelmed by our to do list. let's start with all the foreign policy crises he is facing this morning. he's going to try to tweet about these, but you need to lead with an overall foreign policy. what do you think his approach is first on south korea? >> on south korea, it's encouraging when you have an irrational actor acting some what ration so it's very good that south korea has ...

Grassley have called for the removal. they argue -- let's bring back our commentary writer and editor at "the washington examiner." welcome back. >> thank you for having me. to add to your misery i'm going to be sitting in a sauna during new year's eve. >> that's a vision my friend. >> i'm going to be bundled up. >> let's talk a little bit about the sort of twitter rampage that the president went on since december 23rd, really just digging into deputy director andrew mccabe. i want to talk about the sort of bullying aspect, intimidation aspect that was talked about. one thing to keep in mind...

>> all right. got a little audio issue there. hopefully we'll figure that out. thank you so much. and kelly jane torrance and a commentary writer and editor at the washington examiner. thank you both for joining us this morning. i want to start with you first, kelly jane, a little bit about this no press conference, the year ender. this is the first time in 15 years that a president has done this. what do you make of it? is it a sign that perhaps the white house doesn't quite have their messaging pinned down for all the tough questions that they would have faced from reporters or are they ju...