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It's like he's going to own the shutdown if he doesn't sign it, but he said he would be proud to do it. singing christmas carols on the hill. yet fed chair jerome powell announced an interest rate hike. yet the decision sent the markets tumbling, or you could just say the volatility continued, and volatility is norm at. what do we expect today? kiersten nielsen will arrive on capitol hill to appear before the house judiciary committee. one of the big topics sure to be brought up, the handling of migrants. a 7-year-old's body is expected to arrive in her hometown of guatemala today. that's wh...

President trump said he decided to hold a surprise news conference today to take his message straight to the american people and what a message it was. david axelrod, what did you think? >> well, i think that in certain ways it was a surreal performance, but not in the context of donald trump. it was a surreal performance for a president. but it was very consistent with the donald trump we saw during the campaign, and he seemed to, you know, be reveling and playing that role. the question is, is it consonant with the office of the presidency, the responsibilities of the presidency. i think tha...

I said to him a little bit joking that's a good release, trying to get people to feel the press is illegitimate. he just shrugged his shoulders. that's what he wants to do. what's your take? >> i try yoga. i think that would be better. but listen, i think that we all ought to get our arms around the fact that donald trump got elected by essentially ignoring all the norms of campaigning, and i think that he's not going to stop now. he's going to continue to do what he wants to do, including this. and i -- you know, he may find it relaxing. the danger is, when you're president of the united stat...

I say all the time that when presidents speak they can send armies marching and markets tumbling. actually markets are tumbling tonight because there's fear of lack of predictability. >> but, david, they're the same markets we saw tumble after brexit. two weeks later they were back at highest peaks. >> i'm not saying that, corey, i'm just making van's point which is you have to be careful what you say as president, because what you say as president -- just your words alone can have ee norm usa impact. >> here is my other question. i have never seen a politician run who reacts to public opinion...

it's not showing an extension of all of that terrible selling in the last couple of days. what's happening? >> for the moment, it's not, christine. the europe peern markets an mar minutes ago. the markets you said in your introduction showed asian markets losing quite a bit overnight. some of those markets hitting lows we hadn't seen, in fact, since last year or even the year before that. nikkei should point out end of the day up to the tune of about a quarter of 1%. the stock market, same here in europe. losses earlier on to today's session. firmly in the green for the moment. we'll...