Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171223:00:03:00
>> good evening, pamela. it certainly is a change from tradition. most presidents have year end news conferences of some form, but for the last 15 wreyears, t have had news conferences and even going back much further than president bush and president obama. there was a sense among advisers they were worried mainly signing the tax bill into law would be overshadowed by the russia investigation or other questions that still hang over this white house, but the president seemed in a good mood. i was in the oval office with him when he was siping that bill. he seemed more eager to answer questions...