those new year's eve plans mar-a-lago. his wife and their son down in florida tonight, but he, as an aide says, is in the oval office today. we certainly haven't seen much of him, but we have heard a lot from him on twitter. that's been his primary mode of communication throughout these past several days, as he talks about the shutdown. and one thing is certainly clear, he is digging in on the wall and the money that he wants to fund it. ten days into the partial government shutdown. sources involved with negotiations say president trump is privately telling lawmakers and officials, he will not sign a bill with only $1.3 billion for border security. the current democratic offer. today the president sending out a flurry of tweets on the shutdown, taking shots at the democrats, saying, quote, i'm in the oval office. democrats, come back from vacation now and give us the votes necessary for border security, including the wall. but democrats appear equally dug in, taking control of the house on thursday. they plan to vote on a package that maintains the $1.3 billion for border security.

grass roots attention. it was the andrew gillums of the world in florida and beto again in texas. and even though those -- >> and george. >> and george, as well. and even though those three candidates didn't win their races, you see how it jazzed the grass roots. and i think democrats would be looking for someone like that. and perhaps that comes in a different generation than warren's generation or the former vice president biden's generation. >> and it's so early, we'll have to wait and see. but bill, we are already getting a glimpse into how the rnc plans to go after elizabeth warren, releasing this statement today. with her lack of support from voters, including in her home state, on top of her phony claim to minority status, now that she is formally running, americans will see her for what she is. another extreme far left obstructionist and a total fraud. is that a good strategy, bill? >> by the rnc. i mean, i guess -- this is trump's rnc so you just insult any candidate who announces he or she is running. who knows what's going to happen. i agree. this does go back and forth. th

. let's bring in republican congressman francis rooney of florida. at least for the next couple of days here vice chairman of the house foreign affairs committee will change in the new congress. good to see you, sir. >> good to see you, leland, thank you. >> leland: lindsey graham feels a lot better. do we understanding what he feels a lot better about and why? because this seems now incredibly opaque. >> i don't think we know enough details of what the president originally had in mind or what the president has in mind right now and what lindsey might have been able to change his thinking on. but we do know that isis is an ideology, not a state. and we have got to keep our foot in their back and it's not good for the world or the united states to give them any opportunity to fire back up. >> leland: sort of inherently answers the question i had for you but i will ask it anyway which is white it be better to wait to announce u.s. policy until we do have all the details you mentioned we don't? >> well, you know, the president has a unique way of expressing things and then many times he co

episodes of the season coming up in this we speak to sheffield florida man majid majid about the u.k. government's hostile foreign policy and hostile environment from libya and yemen orgreave and as the trades union congress celebrates its one hundred fiftieth anniversary today we go to the site of the battle of all green where ten thousand of office goggles and u.n. miners were attacked by thousands of police following the lord mayor's appeal to home secretary sajid javid we speak to the general secretary of the new am and a minor arrested on that day. that's all coming up in days edition of going underground well i mean the lord mayor of sheffield's office and with me is the lord mayor of sheffield called beth thanks so much for letting well you know i'm going to start asking you how come you're here there are pictures of the first lord mayor sheffield will you jeff gold. run the mining company yeah you. and you know why is honestly me being lord mayor is such a celebration are so many other people about my with be a mother who may sacrifice i will be friends who ground me and so t

. kerry sanders, nbc news, lake worth, florida. >> this is the fifth time there has been a mega millions drawing on new year's day. but out of all of those, only one new years winner, back in 2008 with a winner in texas taking home a mere $33 million. >>> coming up, about 12 hours from the ball dropping in times square. the new technology the nypd is making sure that millions of people are safe. weather alert. strong winds welcoming us into the new year. >>> welcome back. we're in a microclimate weather alert. strong winds welcome us into the new year. a red flag warning in effect across the bay area. and it will affect your new year's eve plans, as well. >> we're talking major wind chill tonight and current temperatures now in san francisco, 53 degrees. but when you have winds gusting upwards of 39 miles per hour, you can see the camera shaking there, that's when the cold settles in. and it will remain in effect through tuesday morning. right now we are enjoying nice, clear skies. 54 degrees. wind speeds lighter in through san jose at 13 miles per hour. and here's a look at wha

active at the same time. category 4 michael the strongest to hit the florida panhandle. rainfall has been crazy. wettest years on record, for d.c., roanoke, baltimore, raleigh and wilmington. top five years for new york city, dallas, chicago, atlanta, hartford. when it came to tornadoes, we had a record low number of tornadoes, fewest since 2014. only ten tornado fatalities. that's the fewest on record. and the first time since 1950, no violent tornados in a given year. that's good news. and that's what's going on. we're going t >>> prepare for some windy conditions to really start kicking up throughout the day. right now current temperatures as you head out the door this morning, nice and chilly in the 40s for hayward. 40 degrees livermore, 46 san jose, and san francisco 50 but it's going to be wind kicking up especially along the shoreline tonight. our daytime highs will only top out in the 50s. it will be cold overnight, with windchill temperatures dropping down into the 30s. >> guys, coming up in the next half hour, we'll take another look at the big storm that will be coast-

, shame on you. >> across the country, thousands of students heard the cry coming from parkland, florida, and staged a 17-minute walkout. one minute for each victim of the shooting. then their demand for stricter gun laws went global with march for our lives. >> we can and we will change the world. >> washington felt the weight of several icons passing away in 2018. senator john mccain died in august after a 13-month battle with brain cancer. the naval fighter pilot and vietnam prisoner of war was known for bucking his party and reaching across the aisle to get things done. he asked the two men who defeated him for president to eulogize him. >> what better way to get a last laugh than to make george and i say nice things about him to a national audience. >> his final maverick move, not inviting the president he tangled with and worried about as america's leader to his funeral. >> we honor our 41st president. >> the country also mourned the death of former president george h.w. bush, described as decent, honorable, and gracious. the 41st president who managed the end of the cold war witho

this was happening, the apollo program continues to grow with research being done in florida and texas a cape canaveral and the johnson space center and the apollo 8 launched in december of 1968. >> i think the curious thing about the cold war is that it always brought out the worst and the best in america and part of that was a peaceful competition with the soviet union about space. that actually began in 1955 when the united states announced it was going to put a satellite up. the soviets heard that and immediately got going. they launched the first satellite which was sputnik and the joke in washington and actually in foreign capitals at the time was that when sputnik went over the world it would go beep, beep, beep until it got over washington, it would go ha, ha, ha. so the space race was apart of this whole thing. they had not only beaten us to the first satellite, they had beaten us to the first man in space and then also, again, they were beating us in 1968. in september, they had the first lunar orbit but they had put up two turtles and some mealworms so the united state

, ohio maybe, pennsylvania. and then some in the south. florida, georgia and possibly arizona. those will be the battleground states in the fall where trump can consolidate some of that suburban vote that republicans lost in the last election. and i think when it becomes binary i think he can win it. >> heather: democrats have said they'll come in and going to proceed on all of these investigative fronts. what difference will that make if democrats focus on investigating the president versus focusing on getting work done and working together? >> i have some experience of this on the other side. when i was in congress in the 90s we investigated clinton and impeached him and the public really rejected that. they wanted a government can works. the president can stop the investigations by saying it's a political witch hunt. i'm here to get the job done for the american people. the house is on a witch hunt. i will ignore them until they work with me on some real legislation. and that can shut down some of their investigations. he can simply say you can investigate all you want but we'll d

relatively close, florida. >> well, we've got a lot of friends down there. but here's the thing this exodus began before the new blog, and you have these are are individual isly high tax states new jersey, with connecticut, california, and it feels like they get to a place where they've crossed rubicon all is involved with higher taxes, and essentially you've got bifurcated very well, wealthy heel who can deal with it and then everyone else. >> well that's right if you're say a hedge fund manager, self-employed an facing in new york additional 13, 14% in state city, and other local taxes versus no taxes in miement or fort lauderdale palm beach it is sort of a no-brainer better quality of life down there for many. >> why do democratic politics get away this essentially they do. california there was a -- a mini revolt against new gas tax and able to charm their way in to explain i guess connected to climate or whatever -- and -- the populist put away pitchforks and a torches. >> there's still going to be, i think, a steady exodus because people are ultimately economicallyial. quality of life

4, michael, strongest to hit the florida panhandle. rainfall has been crazy. 've seen the greatest rainfall, wettest years on record for d.c., roanoke, raleigh, wilmington. top five years for new york city, chicago, dallas, atlanta and hartford. the good news is, whe it cam to tornadoes, we had a record low number ofrn oes. fewest since 2014. onlyen tornado fatalities. that's the fewest on records. and we had first time since 1950, n violent tornadoes in a given year. so, that is good news. and that's wha going on. we'll get to your local forecast. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> we're going to have rain showers moving into our area today between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. and continue at times on into the remainder of the day before winding down around 1:00, 2:00 a.m. if you're heading out, 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 p.m., there's a chance fof thrain. g too heavy. our temperature slowly warming overnight. 55 degrees out there around midnight. tomorrow we'll have near steady temperatures throughout the day in t upper 50s to around 60. >> guys coming u >>> coming up in the nex

am down in florida. the top news story in the nation's mind is not necessarily the horrible shooting because there have been shootings across the country but our reaction, let me be specific, our children's reaction to the shooting. us to fixing out to it once and for all. this is the year of women and children. o misogyny.nd t it is a focus on the moral mirror of what is happening in our schools. and at the national level as well. after no longer going separating black and white students from bad children. good from bad people. .aying that we are all the same the solution is for us to see the humanity in each other and treat children, not to come up with a new name for them to dehumanize them. they do not become students the minute you step over an imaginary line into public property, they are children at all times and need to be respected. here, the focus has been on guns. spent 200 million -- we have not spent $200 million that we should have to meet the minimum guidelines to provide mental health for our children. this is not our children failing. this is not a feeling of securit

of your favorite episodes of this season coming up in this we speak to sheffield florida man majid majid about the u.k. government hostile foreign policy and hostile environment from libya and yemen egypt all grieve and as the trades union congress celebrates its one hundred fiftieth anniversary today we go to the site of the battle of all green where ten thousand of office goggles and u.n. miners were attacked by thousands of police following the lord mayor's appeal to home secretary sajid javid we speak to the general secretary of the a new m. and a minor arrested on that day. that's all coming up in ten days edition of going underground well i mean the lord mayor of sheffield's office and with me is the lord mayor of sheffield who had bet thanks so much for letting it all go well i'm going to start asking you how come you are here and there.

elaine quijano. president trump cancelled his plans to ring in the new year at his florida et resort. he will be staying in washington trying to find a way out of the partial government shutdown that has hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough. at issue, the president's continued demand for billions of dollars for a wall along the mexico border. >> i have never been more encouraged that we can get people talking we can find our way out of this mess. >> reporter: lindsey graham had lunch with president trump today. south carolina senator is encouraging the president to bring democrats on board by among other things providing work permits to children of undocumented immigrants. senator, after you outlined this to prent trp, wha first words o mouth? >> interest issing. >> reporter: counsellor to the president, her boss hasn't spoken with democratic leadership recently and is open to other ideas. >> it really depends on what customs and border patrol says they need. they have said they need barrier, they need a wall, barriers, steel slats, technology enhancements. >>

like the rifle a teenage gunman used to kill seventeen high school students in florida last february we have seen dramatic decreases in the death rates from firearm related causes and we think that those decreases are attributable to some of the strong gun laws that we have in california the strongest in the country in the early one nine hundred ninety s. california began an acting law mandating waiting periods for all gun purchases background checks prohibiting gun sales to people with mental health issues and many other measures in one thousand nine hundred three california had one of the highest gun homicide rates in the u.s. seventeen point three firearm deaths per one hundred thousand residents by two thousand and sixteen the rate had declined to seven point seven per one hundred thousand by contrast alabama with lax gun laws currently has twenty one point four firearm deaths per one hundred thousand per year the states that have strongest the strongest gun laws have the lowest firearm related death rates and the states that have the weakest gun laws have the highest firearm rel

agreed to a truth. in florida a gunman killed 17 high school students and staff. a mew months later a shooting at a high school in 10 left 10 dead. teachers in west virginia walked off a job. they got a pay raise and inspired protests in other states. the president trump administration announced a new zero tolerance policy that led to the separation of immigrant children at the border. the president signed an executive order to end the family separations. the fighting in syria intensified in 2018. a chemical attack on zillians prompted a second round of u.s. missile strikes. north korean leader kim jong un met south korea's president in the dmz setting the stage for president trump's summit with kim jong un. the two leaders agreed to try ease military attentions and work toward denuclearization. bill clinton convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to three to ten years behind bars. president trump announced the u.s. withdrawal from the land mark iran nuclear agreement and the feds reimposed sanction and european leaders would work to save the deal. the president recognized jerusalem

truce. in parkland, florida, a gunman killed 17 high school students and staff. a few months later a shooting at a high school in santa fe, texas, left 10 ted. teachers in west virginia walked off the job to protest what they called a lack of resources and funding for public education. they got a pay raise and inspired protests in other states. the trump administration announced a new zero tolerance policy that led to the separation of immigrant children from their parents at the border. the president later signed an executive order to end the family separations. the fight against syria -- the fighting in syria intensified in 2018. a suspected chemical attack on civilians prompted a second round of u.s. missile strikes. north korean leader kim jong un met south korea's president in the dmz, setting the stage for president trump's own summit with kim. the two leaders agreed to try to ease military tensions and work toward denuclearization. america's dad, bill cosby, convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to 3-10 years behind bars. his lawyer said they would appeal. president trump

exec advisors and our chief correspondent and carlos represents the most southern part of florida particularly threatened by climate change. >>> coming up i will have conversations with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and governor brown from california. but first a crisis ignored too long. >> reporter: they say economic impact would be devastating. >> i don't believe it. no, i don't believe it. >> reporter: in a walt poll, two-thirds believe action is needed to reverse climate change. and 45% serious enough for immediate action. a record high. climate related disasters from wildfires. >> we lost a lot. >> to more intense storms and floods already a serious let the and getting worse. >> it's rising way too fast. >> i was in such denial. i didn't put anything up, didn't grab anything. >> i saw the water mark in my basement, over my nose. the drive down here was almost -- hard seeing my place gone. >> glaciers are disappearing and arctic ice melt is producing rising sea levels and rewriting global weather patterns. all have come since 2014. and the rising temperatures ha

february's mass shooting at high school in parkland florida, deeply disturbing. children at douglas high routinely unlock doors, 17 people still remember. eric: tinder date takes turn for the worst. youtube fitness star eric repeatedly stabbed date inside his mother's home at southeast of boston. died after police arrived and tasered him, he's been suffering psychotic break days before attack, police say she will need plastic surgery and an eye specialist. >> as the battle over the border wall drags on and the government still not back to work, could a compromise be on the works. talk more on that straight ahead. times square is counting down to the big countdown for new year's eve but forecast of big night will be coming up right after this. appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say "oh we can't

. >> thank you. >> joining us matt gaetz of florida. the gators did much better from your state. represent dingell not so happy. let's dig into this. thanks for joining us this weekend. that's been one of the questions here. i want to go to the way we have started with representative dingell. that's the question of what lindsey graham had suggested. do we have the sound from lindsey graham? let me play that for you now and get your response. >> here is what i think might work. $5 billion for the wall slash slash border security. married up with the bridge act that senator durbin and i wrote. a renewable work permit about 700,000. we have about 400,000 tps people who came here from natural disasters and war torn countries. their visas are running out. >> senator graham, representative edd headed to th white house for lunch with the president. because of your insight to the way the president is thinking, do you think the president would support this idea as senator graham might be bringing it? >> i think it has a lot of merit and tths very forward leaning on a physical barrier at

lady, their son are back in florida at their florida palm beach home in mar-a-lago for the holidays. the president is rattling around the white house on his own, not leaving town because of the shutdown, but that's part of why the president has been so active on twitter, even though he does not have public events in the last couple of days since he returned home from iraq. could the president pick up the phone and try to negotiate? certainly he could. we have no indication that has happened. it does seem based on mick mulvaney saying that he doesn't expect there will be any action until nancy pelosi is voted as speaker in the new week when a new congress is in town. so it seems like everyone has agreed to simply wait. now, i also spoke to pelosi's team who said that she had been on vacation in hawaii but is back in california. she's from san francisco, and she will be in town tomorrow, washington, d.c., new years eve ready to work according to aids. will that mean there will be new conversations? we don't know. it seems like unusually because typically there is a lot of back and for

. not to mention a lot of dense fog. watch the drive off the gulf coast and florida. we turn our attention to the northwest where we have snow showers happening now. this storm system producing winter storm watches and warnings. we're talking feet of snow. the terrain once again albuquerque under a storm watch. terrible travel along interstates i-40 and 25. we then watch into sunday and monday. this developing area of low pressure in the gulf. this has open access into the gulf of mexico. lots of moisture producing a lot of rain and thunderstorms. that moves up into the northeast producing drenching rains eventually into monday night and tuesday. several inches from the tennessee valley to the mississippi valley. all the way up to the ohio valley. a lot of high water on the waterways here. watch for flash flooding. the snow potential, where the cold is, we're talking about potentially a few feet of snow from the rockies into the plains. we get into a few inches from monday into the great lakes. >>> nine days in, there is still no end in sight to the partial government shutdown. t

outlets about what you have to do in florida, what you have to do in pennsylvania, who you shouldn't try to reach, being successfully reached . you've got capacities in social media and you got the information you need practically adding inside our media structure and then they sell the clinton playbook. they had a turnout model for the three states and for the clinton campaign so we know they have to , presumably when hackers got it, they shared it with the trolls. i don't know that for certainty but i will let you in the scintillation of the kremlin they figure out how to pass that through with any of that there was no need for any coordination inorder to accomplish everything i'm showing you. it doesn't mean there wasn't, it just means you didn't have to have it in order to see what i'm seeing . >> now we're going to start moving. >> clear issue identification. >> more clear issue identification. mobilizing veterans. >> this is taking a statement by hillary clinton out of context . a commonly used in conservative media. mobilizing veterans. mobilizing veterans. >> this is an ad th

. alabama, florida, georgia are still grappling with questions about high profile races there. let's bring back the panel to talk more about this. it seems the overarching theme here is that because there has been so much controversy with regards to many of the elections that happened at the midterms some of which as i talked about, north carolina being one of them, these elections are being undermined. i'm wondering whether americans are not going to have a lot of confidence in their election process going forward into 2020, betsy. >> i think alabama is particularly interesting. reed hoffman a billionaire who invested in facebook very early on, publicly apologized because of funding that he provided was used by a small group boosting democrat doug jones to push disinformation against roy moore. basically a russian-style tactic. doug jones has disavowed it, has called for an investigation. it appears there's a federal investigation into this. and it shows the legacy of the 2016 election where now instead of just russians using russian-style tactics, these tactics have actually infected the

been around. the president has not gone on his traditional trip to florida over the holidays. he has been here but mostly with the exception of his trip to iraq on christmas, mostly, he has just been tweeting from the white house. and that has been a mix of threats, of complaints. but there is a feeling among some people that he could have, perhaps, used this time more effectively and in holding meetings, public events or showing that he's working. that has not been a choice. the flip side of that is that he gets in front of cameras, does he go off script and say other things? there is legitimately a push/pull there among his advisers on the best way to do this. >> we heard this warning, josh, from john kelly, giving a pretty lengthy exit interview in the l.a. times. this is what he had to say. of course, he is the outgoing chief of staff. to be honest, it's not a wall. the president still says wall. often times, frankly, he'll say barrier or fencing. now he has tended toward steel slats. but we left a solid concrete wall early on in the administration, when we asked people what

first in florida, independent. you are on with james dobbins. caller: there are two things i wanted to say about this. first of all, in our trade issues, we had to buff up the farmers in this country because we can't export soybeans and other products to china. that is stupid. you are paying the farmers because they are losing money. if that issue was not available, they would be sending 90% of the soybeans back to china. in our declaration of independence, it says that when he takes away our charters and laws concerning trade and goes on unilateralism, that was of the things we fought against with the british crown. not one person should decide what trade policy -- trade policies or if we withdraw from or the parisjvp accords. this is ridiculous and this is one thing that our soldiers, when we formed this country fought for, was to stop this type of abuse. guest: i agree. in trade wars, everyone loses. the tariffs are paid by the united states. our tariffs on chinese goods are paid by u.s. consumers. the caller is right that the constitution establishes the congress as the proper l

pleasant in southern florida and look at miami 83 degrees with sunshine to the new york we should be in the upper 30s this time of year but it's going to be 60 degrees and sunny. nor central bismarck around two degrees but on the west coast is looking pleasant and in california nice sunshine in l.a. a temperature of 61. back to you. jon: aaron thanks. 2018 brought another year of extreme weather to the u.s.. as we prepare to ring in the new year meter out just take a look back at mother nature's fury. new year's eve revelers in new york's times square brought in 2018 amid temperatures in the single of digits but with the windshield the feel like temperature was far below. set the tone for what turned out to be a frigid stormy winter. remember down south typically warm areas like tallahassee were hammered with dangerous freezing rain and covered in ice. then temperature skyrocketed in late february reaching the high 70s and setting new records in much of the north and midwest. what goes up must come down to plunging temperatures led to a whopping four nor'easter is in march alone.

. but it's not an automatic. marco rubio doesn't win florida. it's a little different. he's not as popular, but you aren't guaranteed to win your state. the winner of california and most of supertuesday is the person who has won one of the first four states. if she doesn't win iowa or south dakota or other states, she won't be able to raise money. this puts more pressure on her. >> by the way, california is where you raise the money. california and texas, beto, that's where he raised his money. that's just a fact. thank you for being here. >>> still ahead, a trip to the trms theater. grab your junior mints. we'll wait right here for you. i. i can't tell you who i am or what i witnessed, but i can tell you liberty mutual customized my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ allow you to take advantage of growth opportunities with a level of protection in down markets. so you can be less concerned about your retirement savings. talk with your advisor about shield℠ annuities

florida a trip that president trump canceled after the shutdown began. rescue efforts have been stepped up in india to find fifteen miners trapped for more than two weeks maybe divers have joined the search but hopes are fading for the teenage workers in the flooded coal mine in the northeastern states of making. as more. a leap of faith underground rescue crews are on a race against time hoping for a miracle. fifteen miners have been trapped inside an illegal coal mine since december thirteenth a few helmets have been recovered but so far no signs of life. until we have checked every corner would not assured that the trapped miners had died nearly one fourth of the ninety meter deep mine in the east hills got filled with water when flash was from a nearby river rushed through a lack of proper draining tools delayed earlier rescue plans leading to heavy criticism against the government specialized indian navy divers have since been called in and more equipment is now available police a fire anybody does the services the rescuers of odisha fire emergency services have brought ten

florida living in his white van which was covered with images of donald trump and targets on prominent liberals. sayoc, who has pleaded not guilty, faces up to 48 years in prison. >>> number five, disgraced media mogul harvey weinstein charged. he was considered hollywood royalty. but in the wake of the me too movement, dozens of women came forward accusing harvey weinstein of sexual assault. >> there's so much power and money and prestige in hollywood in handcuffs right there. >> weinstein was charged with six counts of criminal sexual acts, including two counts of rape. >> he has vehemently denied any of the allegations. >> in october one charge was dropped because of inconsistencies with an accuser's story. five charges remain. >>> number four, predator priest back in the spotlight. >> we have breaking news in our national lead, explosive coverage of catholic priest sex abuses dating back decades. >> the report issued by a grand jury in pennsylvania found evidence that more than 300 predator priests have been accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 child victims. >> he

alone in the white house continues to tweet his family have returned to their holiday home in florida a trip that president trump canceled after the shutdown began still to come here on al-jazeera for years of violence and intimidation and bangladesh as people get ready to vote in the forthcoming general election. people should not do things in their own hands. and we'll tell you the secret to his success we'll look at how refugees who flooded into germany are surviving the desperate. by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. follow the weather slushy dry across southeastern parts of china we've had some rather would see whether their way into the central areas they can clap here for a time temperatures struggling to get anywhere near freezing actually to celsius therefore we can touch woman that in shanghai at around five celsius being a c. there we go with are various lower large areas snow will make its way a little further south which is tending to thin out as we go on into monday it a bit of cloud a little bit of rain still in place in the northern p

sight so far this weekend. he's not at his resort in florida. he's not taking part in new year's celebrations, and he's certainly not visiting or hosting any federal employees. any of the roughly 2 million american men and women who work for the united states government, especially anyone attached to the nine cabinet departments that are shut down for more than a week now. people working without pay or told to stay home because the president and congressional democrats can't settle on a dollar amount to earmark for a wall on the mexican border. and now this. quite out of the blue today, president trump saying in no uncertain terms that it is democrats to blame when migrant children die on the southern border. these words from the president today. "any deaths of children or others at the border are strictly the fault of the democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. they can't. if we had a wall, they wouldn't even try." cnn's sarah westwood is at the white house now. sarah, this is the fi

white house by himself who canceled a planned sixteen day holiday in florida has been tweeting repeatedly these tweets kucing the democrats of being responsible for the children's death just one off a large number of tweets that have been coming out of the white house concerning the closure all of them blaming the democrats as president trumpets that for this ongoing partial closure of government peter other sending out mixed messages here might notice that his homeland security chief is in the border area saying look the system is overwhelmed so dot dot dot maybe that's why these two children lost their lives. well that is a possibility obviously there are investigations into the death of both those children and said entally with the death of the second child congress was informed within twenty four hours which did not happen in the case of the first death earlier in the month but as you say the homeland secretary is in the region she's looking at the situation there clearly saying that the there's an overwhelming difficulty for those patrolling that border but there again the

of miami nebraska actually miami florida. gets no love with no pleasant letter no but we went down to miami we did another redacted stand up comedy special and we ended up with some amazing footage that we burned you know we have it here for you right now and i don't well let real quick real quick twenty eight it was a big year we did a lot we got a lot done redacted what do you think twenty eight and you have to see it go over. here and sell the show this is not a good run i was going to say like you know i'm a big fan big fan of renee and i can't remember anything that we cover but i know that it was important and i think that there's still a lot of problems going on in america so we'll probably be good for twenty nineteen and still surprise you have a voice by the end. well not all of our social media accounts but a few of only are still we're still trucking along. a literal. a lot and i'm.

folks i've talked to, the first lady is down in florida. sarah sanders told me earlier today, at this point, the president has no plans to join her. he's not planning to go down to florida during the new year's eve/new year's day holiday. he's planning to be here even though they don't believe any real negotiating on reopening the government will happen until the 3rd or 4th. at this point, the president is here. he's supposedly talking with staff, meeting with staff, making calls. we haven't seen him today but that's what we're told from white house advisers. i've seen jared kushner around the west wing. so there are people who are here but as far as what he's doing, we haven't really gotten much word. you can expect, though, certainly there will be more tweets before the weekend is out. >> i think reince priebus put it best when he called those early morning tweeting hours the devil's workshop. we have that to look forward to over this new year's weekend. thank you, eli. >>> we're going to take our first break. when we come back, it's been a busy year for special counsel robert

. he's not athis resortin florida. he's not taking part in new year's celebrations, ask he's certainly not visiting or hosting any federal employees, any of the roughly 2 million american men and women who work for the united states government, especially anyone attached to the nine cabinet departments that are shut down for more than a week now. people working without pay were fold to stay home because the president and congressional democrats can't settle on a dollar amount to earmark for a wall on the mexican border. and now this. quite out of the blue today, president trump saying in no uncertain terms that democrats are to blame when migrant children die on the southern border. those words from the president today, through his twitter feed, he wrote, any deaths of children or others at the border are strictly the fault of democrats and their pathetic immigration policies that allow people to make the long trek thinking they can enter our country illegally. they can't. if we had a wall, they wouldn't even try. cnn's sarah westwood is live at the white house. cnn's nick va

two is settled sixteen day holiday to florida his wife is now returned to florida however he is at the white house alone clearly watching lots of television and tweeting a number of times indicating blame he says for to the democrats for this ongoing shutdown now into its eighth day and showing no sign whatsoever of backing down on this issue showing no sign whatsoever of bringing the shutdown to an end or playing any part in that. and we were hearing earlier on about immigration authorities in el paso texas releasing migrants onto the streets of paso because there aren't enough resources to deal with them clearly the system is overwhelmed do we know about any sort of measures that are being put in place how much concern is there about this there in washington. well there were a spectrum of reports over the last few days that indeed that this was happening is that officials at the border customs and border protection officials have simply been dropping people have come across the border off at bus stops in one particular case the reason for this is indeed the overwhelmed facilities yes

again, another deadly mass shooting at an american high school, this time in florida. >> 17 people are confirmed dead. >> we want change! we want change! >> they say a good guy with a gun stops a bad guy with the gun. we call b.s.! >> these young adults changed the gun debate in america. >> number three, the hearing. >> brett kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> the nation got to meet dr. blasey ford. that is the woman who said when she was 15 years old, judge brett kavanaugh, as a high school student, sexually assaulted her in a room. >> number two on the list, a category we are calling farewells, and we're talking about the public farewells for three towering americans. this year's list of the most is topped by -- >> bob mueller. >> robert mueller. >> mueller. >> robert s. mueller. and he still holds all the cards. and he still for at lot of americans represents all the home that we'll get the truth about how our election shook out, who chose this president, if there was any influence from another foreign power. >>

palm beach at mar-a-lago, frolicking around in florida. >> they're not congressman. they're not senators they are not elected officials. that's a cheap talking point. >> they're white house aides. and the only reason this is a crisis is because donald trump revers reverse refused to tell the truth to the american people. and he refused to get his own republican congress to do something for the past two years, to do this, and now here we are at the 11th hour and trump wants the democrats to bear them out from the campaign lies that he told. >> let me, let me just insert here, ben. the president has not -- hold on, ben, hold on ben, hold on. the president is not wavering when it comes to funding for his wall and i want you first to list ton what the democratic representative from maryland had to say about this. take a listen. >> he made a promise that was an ill-informed, ill-advised promise and he said to the mexican people are going to pay for it, that was baloney, she have known it was baloney. we don't believe the wall is a good technology. the american people don't think it i

open atlantic. areas of florida are still contending with the first system and areas of texas and louisiana are already starting to see some of the rain from the next system that is yet to arrive. the problem is, you really need a longer break. part of the reason is because of how much rain has fallen in this area. you need to give it time to recede. not just out of the roadways but also the rivers, the creeks, the streams. they need time to allow some of that swelling to alleviate before the next round of rain comes in. but we're just not going to get much time. because some of those rain bonds have already begun in places like texas, louisiana and even mississippi. as we go through the evening hours and especially tomorrow, area really going to see those showers become more frequent and some of those bands will be quite heavy at times. we've got a low pressure system sitting over the gulf of mexico. that is going to slide further to the north, bringing that intense moisture with it. we also have another low pressure system coming ought of the midwest. that's going to be out of t

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florida but hardly appeared on television or in public. if you are going to do the, quote, i'm working thing, shouldn't you do it and sit at a table with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer place cards and empty chairs? >> that sounds like a lot of optics. the fact is -- leland: that is arguably donald trump is the best politician in a very long time when it comes to optics. >> he has certainly television skills and is good at optics but for democrats who have front doors, a passive physical barrier to entry to their house, a passive physical barrier on the border would be ineffective is ludicrous. for them to argue that the cost is too hi demonstrates terrible at math. this bill at $20 million equates to $50 per us citizen. the cost of an illegal immigrants over their lifetime in the united states is $130,000. $1 trillion. leland: you're making a clear and convincing argument different from what we're here from every member of congress or the president. why aren't we hearing this cost doesn't matter, just build it, argument? >> that is a tactical mistake. the democrats set a trap in the re

way andrew gillum was able to captivate the democratic party with the energy we need, from florida. beto o'rourke raising so much money, that's exciting to me. i do not want to have another conversation or see bernie sanders on the ticket. the same thing with joe biden. i think they're great with what they do. but we need fresh energy and blood and perspective right now and also somebody that is dynamic, that can stand up to trump. >> when you talk about o'rourke and stacey abrams, these are also people who lost in their states. do you think that's in any way an indication of how well they would do in 2020? >> no, because when we talk about how they lost we also need to talk about voter suppression. we need to talk about the ways the gop is able to shrink the electorate so that they win, by cheating. did they really lose or were they squeezed out? when you hide 52,000 ballots in your desk like brian kemp did in georgia, that's not really a fair race. so i think that they won the day in terms of energizing the people. but they may not have won that particular race. but there are a l

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