Passage. Tax reform bill providing 5. 5 billion in cuts as well as repeeling the obamacare mandate. Increasing Gross Domestic Product above 3 . The creation of 1. 7 million new jobs and cutting unemployment to 4. 1 . The dow hit record highs and rebound economic confidence, now at a 17year high. But cnn, they see it a little differently saying the president s accomplished, well, was mostly controversy. 2017 was a turbulent year. Dominated by politics, saw a u. S. President unlike any weve seen before. I, donald john trump. Donald trump known for controversies. Controversial travel ban. Witchhunt. Another controversial tweet. Name calling. Rocket man. They call her pocahontas. Trump fired fbi director james comey. Chief of staff Reince Priebus is out. Through all the chaos he reshaped the white house and the worlds perception of america. The 2017 review did go onto mention north korea, isisa and terror attacks. Joining me now is representative marcia blackburn, congressman from tennessee. The president sending the year declaring victory and planting a flag on important things like the stock market, being at an alltime high, and i think a lot of people would recall that after the election we were expecting calamity if you listen to the experts, the stock market would sell off, the Global Economy would fall into recession, passing the tax bill, defeating isis, reducing illegal immigration, neil gorsuch named to the Supreme Court and finally after 20 years, declaring jerusalem the capital of israel. I could go on. But representative, you have to take the good with, yes, there were people fired from the white house, but a great deal accomplished that the president did accomplish during the campaign, is that true . Thats true. Incredible loyalty to the agenda he laid out and the American People voted for. And he has not waivered from that, and i talk to people every day who said maybe they did not vote for the president or they had not supported him initially, but feel like the media has been unfair, that he has been true to his word to get things done, and they want to see the house and the senate pick up the pace and do more to support them, and tennesseeans tell me every single day, thats what they want to see happen. Theyre excited about the tax bill passage, excited about economic growth. So many people i go to church with every sunday were thrilled to see his move on moving our embassy to jerusalem. Thats actually a concurrent resolution ive carried for three years in the house. And so, and they know that, and to see his decisive action, to see the way he has forged this path. They are really very pleased. What surprises me as a reporter, people are surprised, we have a president who is doing what he said he would do. Thats right. You may disagree, hes not waivered from what he said he would do. Thats right. You know what, adam, they appreciate the loyalty to the agenda. And the fact that he has done exactly what he said he was going to do. So when im out and about in my district and here at home, this is what they talk about. Lets compare and contrast like the old electronic company, these three things are not like the other. Heres how cnn remembered 2016. Listen to this. An explosion registered as a 5. 3magnitude earthquake in north korea. They say they have proof in fact this was an hbomb. Brussels is now on lockdown. They killed 32 people, and wounded 300 more. My son fell in with the gorilla. A male gorilla standing over him. All they could do was run. There is no mention then of president obama for the 2016 review, so it seems like cnn had a bigger variety of stories in 2016, not as many trump stories perhaps. But its the first year of an administration. Do you think that cnn is going out of its way to highlight some of the controversy thats taking place and ignoring some of the accomplishments . There is an old saying that many times you will hear, you can bet on fear or you can bet on hope. They have decided, i think, some of those that are with that network, have decided that trump was not their choice and fairness forward him is not something they feel like they need to dish out every day. And so that the picture they choose to paint is one that focuses on the negatives, but when youre out and about and talking to hardworking taxpayers, they will tell you right now that getting regulatory relief has been important, getting some relief on health care is important, getting taxes down, thats a really big deal. Getting money to our troops and our veterans, that is a top priority, and they love seeing these goals laid out and seeing them met. This is focusing on the things that are important to the American People. And one thing that is important to everybody whether you are republican or democrat or voted for President Trump or not. Retirement savings. This year all three major indices, the dow, s p 500, nasdaq, they are on pace for the best year since 2013. But remember do you remember what media said, the experts about the markets, the night President Trump won. Were going to remind you, take a listen. Markets around the world are in turmoil at this hour over trumps astonishing victory. U. S. Stock markets will open but the Global Markets were very quick to respond to Donald Trumps defeat of Hillary Clinton sinking in anticipation of a trump presidency. Global investors expect want andeded a Hillary Clinton presidency. They didnt get it. Now you are going to see volatility, guys. Congressman, i have to be sincere here, my colleagues, peers in the media. I, too, run around with my hair on fire and get it totally wrong. Is there no winning with members in my profession, the media, no matter how the markets or economy is doing . With some there is no wing. I think those of us who are conservative have to realize this is the way its going to be. The media was not with conservatives in 80 or 84 or 94, they werent with us in 2000, they werent with us in 2010, they certainly werent with us in 2016, so the way i look at it is nothing has changed. It just means that conservatives and republicans are going to have to be out here talking about the good things that are happening. The regulations that are being rolled back. The things were repealing and getting off the books. The way were lowering taxes. Way the economy is energized and the way youre going to see us work on infrastructure, highspeed internet, and move forward with meeting those goals. Things they want to see done and i bet that you dow will hit 25,000 very soon. My 401 k is counting on it. An article, this is whats important when you talk about regulation. The New York Times yesterday or today had an article about an apple farm in new york state. 5,000 different federal regulations with which this outperform has to comply, and i think everybody would agree whether you are a conservative or liberal. 5,000 when trying to grow apples, this is getting a little crazy. But the other thing is and ive heard members of my profession, acknowledge this that isis has lost 98 of territory mostly since President Trump took office. Officials say isnt that a pretty big accomplishment . You hear it here at fox. Do you hear it on other Media Outlets . You dont hear that much talk about what is happening. With the war on terror, and that is disappointing because our military, and when im at Fort Campbell and Montgomery County in my district and talking to the men and women in uniform, they talk about the winds that they are getting. Heres one of the differences adam, they know precisely what their job is, and they know that the commanders in the field are going to be able to make those decisions and to drive that agenda, and they appreciate that. They know that there is a difference with this commander in chief, and i like the fact that isis is being pushed back, that we are seeing them lose their strong holds and lose their territory, and i know that now were looking over toward north korea and what is going to happen there, and, of course, it is concern us to, and we have to work with our allies that are there with the asean nations. We have to. Have a happy and healthy new year. You, too, thank you so much. The dow edged closer to 25,000. Gerri willis is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange with the latest on. That gerri . Markets drifting higher not on a lot of conviction, the dow ending up 27 points. Good news for investors today. The winners, visa, mcdonalds, caterpillar, amex and united health. Also big news for stocks today, pending home sales higher, marginally so, two tenths of a percent. And stocks that have done well, hovnanian, toll brothers. As we were coming into the close, disney, the stock marginally lower at the close because they were working to restore power to parts of disneyland in california where a massive power outage shut down several attractions there. Back to you. Gerri willis, thank you very much. It might be heating up on the stock exchange, but it is just frigid cold. Incoming arctic blast means frigid temperatures for the northeast and midwest ahead of the new year. Rick reichmuth is in the Weather Center with the late. I bet its not pleasant. Its not incoming, its here. The cold air moving around the great lakes for a number of days, seeing the incredible snowfall totals. Erie, pennsylvania, over 63 of snow. Lakeeffect snow happens this way. Colder air moves over the water that is relatively warmer and pulls up the moisture from the lake, and you can see the winds are out of the northwest. No clouds here on one side of the lake but the wind moves over the lake, picks up the moisture and creates the clouds and eventually falls as snow. However, when you get the winds from the west to the east, it has more time over the water. You have more moisture that comes up. Winds out of the northwest. That means lower snowfall totals right now. By saturday, that wind moves straight from the west and well see that kick up again. We are not done with the snow here. Were going to see a lot more over the next couple of days. Temperatures right now, the cold air out of canada spilling down the eastern side of the rockies. Cold air across much of texas. 37 degrees in dallas. Feels colder by the time you factor in the wind. Heres the really cold air across canada and feels like two degrees in kansas city. Minus ten in chicago. Minus 16 in fargo. The problem is this isnt going to go anywhere any time soon at all. Heres our temperatures for the day today. High temperatures, tomorrow 20, degrees in new york city. 11 in buffalo for a high. 13 for a high, in boston, go towards friday, reprieve for some but the next batch of cold air saturday. High temperature in fargo, minus 17 degrees and thats actual air temperature. And go towards the last day of the year, adam this is how its shaping up. Minus 9 for a high in fargo. 37 for a high in atlanta. The peach drop below freezing and new york city, times square, the High Temperature for the day, while the sun is out, 19 degrees, by the ball dropping, in the low teens and pushing single digits. Likely feel below zero. If theres a time you are rethinking plans for new years eve, this would be one of them. Rick, when you were talking about lakeeffect snow, i used to live in the snowbelt on the north coast, cleveland. I shovelled for a living and used to shovel after the snow. 63 inches in erie. Thats right by you. You cant put it anywhere. I still have nightmares about it. December 23, 2005, those people wont forget. Stay warm, stay inside, if you are listening to rick. Its cold. Snowflakes save spaces and intolerance for different point of views. Is this what our nation has become . Tonight an Investment Fund manager is here who says colleges are letting our nations youth down, he has decided to start his own. First, former president obama speaking out warning about the dangers of divisiveness. My next guest says president obama, who is one of the most divisive president s of our era. Former trump 2016 Campaign SpokespersonKatrina Pierson shows us the evidence next. If you got a business, you didnt build that. No matter how the markets change. At t. Rowe price. Our disciplined approach remains. Global markets may be uncertain. 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Home owners scrambling to prepay property taxes for next year because the new tax law puts a 10,000 cap on the amount a person can deduct for property taxes, home owners in hightax states wont be able to deduct as much as in the past. In a radio interview, former president obama warning about the danger of social media being divisive. Heres what he said. All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the internet. One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be cocooned and information that preinforces current biasses. Its harder to be as obnoxious and cruel as people can be anonymously on the internet. Adam our next guest said it was president obama the divisive one during his time in office. Remember this . One of the few regrets of my presidency, the rancor among the parties hat gotten worse instead of better. For actions we can take without congress. Ive got a pen and a phone. Have been times where americans showed arrogance and been dismissive even derisive. If you got a business, you didnt build that. They did not threaten our national existence. Adam joining me now is America First policy spokesperson and former trump 2016 Campaign SpokespersonKatrina Pierson. Thank you for joining us, katrina. Great to be here. Adam should the president be preaching about divisiveness . No. President obama definitely was the first president to inject himself into local highly charged political issues. Just through the clips you laid out alone goes to show you the problems today have been exemplified from the obama presidency. When we saw ferguson set on fire. Baltimore ripped to shreds, this was under the obama presidency. So to think that somehow america is going to be united when the first black president couldnt do, it its absurd. At the same time, i dont think america is supposed to be united on those issues. Its those issues which makes us different. We should be accepting one another and respecting each other. President obama went on a world apology tour talking about the audaciousness of americans and now we have a president that says yes, we are exceptional and should be audacious, americans are charitable, and if we dont sit back and accept how other people think, its truly delusional for the left to think can you unite 300 Million People on issues that are fundamentally different than others. Adam i think people would agree that President Trump, when he came into office, previous president s when they come into office do, reach out to the other side and try to include them. It doesnt work out that way, but they try. President trump was specific about were going to do a, b, c, d and didnt work out. Commentators said that is his style, thats what he did. Was that a divisive thing to do . Not at all. President trump was meeting with several people, democrats and republicans alike, prior to going into office, and hes made several attempts to sit down with democrats to get job done. Remember, President Trump turned blue states red for a reason. President trump was saying on the campaign trail what needed to be said and in my opinion the way it needed to be heard nord have the movement of making America Great again. Adam what about the kind of things president obama said regarding Police Officers. Take a listen. Theres a long history in this country of africanamericans and latinos being stopped by Law Enforcement disproportionately. Thats just a fact. The Africanamerican Community is knowledgeable that there is a history of Racial Disparities in the application of our criminal laws. We have seen too many instances of Police Officers interacting with primarily africanamerican, often poor, in ways that raise troubling questions. Adam you know, as weve talked earlier, there were six major race riots during the obama administration. When we talk about the racial divide, the kinds of thing president obama was saying, was that divisive, or i think of jason riley, a commentator at fox, at the manhattan institute, an africanamerican who talked with me about being stopped for driving while black, those things happen. Those things happen, racism does exist. The left wants to focus on stories and make things better. If president obama stated he was talking about in poor areas and poor neighborhoods. But the left doesnt want to talk about reforming education in those areas which is the equalizer to poverty in this country. One of the things President Trump is going to do is address the policies and issues to make things better. Adam love to have the discussion about poverty. Weve interviewed the harvard professor who wrote the book our children and the greatest indicator of poverty in our country regardless of race. Single parent household. Nothing against single parents. Im a single mom, been tr. Adam well have the discussion another time. Let me wish you a happy and healthy new year to you and your family. To you as well. Adam thank you. Fda recalls are dangerously slow leaving the public at risk. For example, a salmonella outbreak in 2014 linked to butter or nut butter, investigators found it took 165 days from the date the problem product was identified to the date of the firms voluntary recall. There were 14 illnesses in 11 states. An msnbc host cant handle a republican congressman who called for an investigation into the fbi after one of its members antitrump tweets. Well play you the full exchange. Coming up, guess who says the Mainstream Media only defends Law Enforcement when its politically convenient to do so . Americas sheriff david clarke joins us to speak out right after this. Building a website in under an hour is easy with gocentral. From godaddy in fact, 68 of people who have built their. Website using gocentral, did it in under an hour, and you can too. Build a better website in under an hour. With gocentral from godaddy. I used to have more hair. I used to have more color. And. I used to have cancer. I beat it. I did. Not alone. I used to have no idea what the American Cancer Society did. Research . Yeah. But also free rides to chemo and free lodging near hospitals. I used to maybe give a little. Then i got so much back. I used to have cancer. Please give at cancer. Org. Adam i just want to you watch this, msnbc host Hallie Jackson reacting to american congressman who said its time to and he used the word purge, the fbi, of antitrump bias. Take a listen. Im very concerned that the d. O. J. And the fbi, whether you want to call it deep state or what are off the rails. When you look at what the strzok guy was texting, the dossier and wife takes 600,000 from clintonrelated sources running for state senator . Congressman, you just called the fbi and the d. O. J. Off the rails. Fundamentally, how is that something that youre okay with talking about here . How does that not undermine the work that the agencies are doing . I think the American People have very high standards for our government agencies, and to see people like these are. The agencies not living up to the standards . Those aforementioned examples are really, really nerveracking and undermine my confidence that the agencies dont respect the constitution and will not put the ends before the means. I would like to see the directors of the agencies purge it and say look, weve got a lot of great agents, lawyers here. Those are the people i want the got people to see and the works being done. Not the people of a deep state. Language like that, congressman, purge . Purge the department of justice . Well, i think that mr. Strzok could be purged, sure. Adam just so you know representative rooney walked back his comment about purge but wants agents who have a bias to be removed. Were going to talk about all of this because my next guest says the media only defends Law Enforcement like the fbi when its convenient. Joining me now americas sheriff, former Milwaukee County sheriff david clarke. I never want to be on your bad side. Youre with friends, you can smile. Good to have you here, sir. This is an issue that has people at odds at thanksgiving dinners, christmas dinners, what do you say . Was Hallie Jackson appropriate in her discussion with the representative. Was he appropriate in his language about the fbi . I think the congressman was appropriate. I dont know why he walked back when he said purge. Look, its obvious to anybody that doesnt have their head in the sand, corruption has contaminated some of the most powerful agencies. The fbi, the d. O. J. , the department of justice, what bothers me is i need to know and the American People need to know how deep this corruption has filtered throughout the organization, where did it starred . With eric holder and Loretta Lynch who were involved in unethical behavior . Did it start in the fbi . How much of the organization is contaminated . You look at orr, mccabe, strzok, at best worst criminal behavior. And the only way you can rid an institution of corruption is to purge it. That means at the upper level. Im not saying the agent level but a fish rocks from the head. That being the case, the upper echelons of that organization have to be purged. If theyre going play Musical Chairs and mccabe says hes going to retire and replace these people with the same corrupt culture if it permeated the organization, you get the same. The only way to purge an organization is to adam the House Judiciary Committee is going to subpoena Justice Department employees and that includes mr. Orr, whose wife received funding as a democratic candidate from the democrats, Terry Mcauliffe and did clear that with the fbi ethics committee. Then you have mr. Strzok who was removed from his role with the Mueller Investigation in august. Thats the appropriate way to do things when you learn these are happening and of course the Inspector General at the Justice Department is investigating those issues. So are we rushing to judgment too quickly, and shouldnt we wait until the evidence is presented to us from the Congressional Committee . The fbi is one of the most powerful government institutions in the United States. I mean, for heavens sakes, they can take your freedom away. When you say rush to judgment, if you look at the behavior of the individuals i mentioned, i dont think were rushing to judgment with whats going on. We need to proceed with caution because we need to know how much of the organization is contaminated. We can shrug our shoulders, stick our head in the sand, i think there has to be a sense of urgency. All you get out of congressional hearings is stonewalling, you saw or heard mccabe go up to the hill to testify. I dont know, i dont recall, im not sure. Thats all you are going to get out of the individuals. This will last for 18 months and fade into obscurity. This is too often exists, with the American People today, i want to know today, i want to know now. I dont think there is rushing to judgment here. We appreciate you being here and want to wish you a happy and healthy new year. Happy new year to you, too. The nba is getting political. A rich nba coach calling out the wealthy in the United States for not donating enough to charity. Coming up, a guest who says americans give the most compared to other countries in the world. Well bring you some of the facts next. They appear out of nowhere. My secret visitors. Appearing next to me in plain sight. Hallucinations and delusions. These are the unknown parts of living with parkinsons disease. What stories they tell. But for my ears only. What plots they unfold. But only in my mind. Over 50 of people with parkinsons will experience hallucinations or delusions during the course of their disease. And these can worsen over time, making things even more challenging. But there are advances that have led to Treatment Options that can help. If someone you love has parkinsons and is experiencing hallucinations or delusions, talk to your parkinsons specialist. Because theres more to parkinsons. My visitors should be the ones i want to see. Learn more at moretoparkinsons. Com. Adam shares of tesla sliding nearly 2 after key Bank Analysts blasted Fourth Quarter estimates from 15,000 down to just 5,000. Taking a look at stock, tesla in the red, down over a percent and a half in. The san Antonio Express news reporting on Gregg Popovich calling his response amazing. The rich coach, he makes a lot of money, commenting on why its important to donate to charity saying, and this is a quote, because we are rich as hell, and we dont need it all and other people need it, and if youre an ass, if you dont give it, pretty simple. Joining me now the Daily Caller News Foundation editor in chief chris bedford. I love the fact i was able to say ass on National Television because of Gregg Popovich. Look at statistics here. According to giving usa 2017 the annual report of philanthropy, rose 400 billion. 3 increase over the prior year. Its a large sum. But a lot of people, liberals and conservatives, continue to blast those who might be wealthier saying they dont give enough. Do we know the breakdown . Ive read conflicting studies, the middle class gives a greater percentage greater than the wealthy. The average American Family gives about 3 to charity every year, that doesnt come to a ton of money but means a lot to the average people. Americans give more money than any country in the world 20. Times more the italians well, more than the germans, well more than the french. It comes naturally. Part of our culture, the average family comes to 2500 in charitable causes. The top 1 of the world, which most of which lives in america gives about onethird of the charity thats given each year, and we have a very generous upper class, but turns out and whats interesting and what separates americans from a lot of other countries, its not just the upper class that gives it at the fancy events and big galas, all of us, independents, republicans, democrats, poor, middle class and wealthy. More people give than any other country in the world. Adam part of it, wouldnt you agree, if you dont, please tell me. We celebrate success and the creation of wealth but believe to those who have been given much or have earned much, let me say, much is expected. Theres greater responsibility, and people rise to that responsibility in our country, the wealthy, the middle class and they contribute. You are right. We have more of a respect for private property in this country and for what people have earned and expect of those people to give. Now if you look at the other countries were compared, to like italy, germany, they have a higher tax rate. Government seizes more, and people dont feel as incentivized as they would in the other countries, especially when they see bloated states living off of that. The United States has a long history of private institutions, of religious institutions. Adam sure. The humans want to contribute in this country. Adam i dont know where i learned it, but the philosophy of when youre making an important contribution to a charity or religious organization, you should give and give a little more so its a little painful to make it meaningful. With that in mind, republicans appear to give bigger gifts but democrats pour in the smaller donations in a big number. What do you make of this . I make of this is that americans or all of us are giving people. What do you make of it . I agree, independents are up there as well. Republicans gave more to charity this past year than democrats did. That didnt mean a lot of democrats werent giving. They were giving in smaller amounts like you said. Seems to cut across the board in this country and it is weird when you see different more liberal hosts and politicians attack rural americans and other americans as Chris Matthews did for being against giving money back thats earned by some of the wealthier people and being for a tax cut. It cuts to the spirit of the country which is your property, your property, you earned that, you built that and spread it around as well with your personal decisions. I appreciate your being here chris bedford. Want to thank you for joining us. Thank you. Adam as weve been wishing everybody, a happy new year and may all of us continue to have incomes that allow us to give. Happy new year. Adam thank you, sir. Amazon prime memberships helping amazon capture half of all ecommerce this year. Amazon stock closed the day in the green, up nearly half a percent. Coming up, and they hate this term, snowflakes, safe spaces and intolerance, colleges and universities are letting down our kids. So hes decided to do something about it and start his own. But first the Mainstream Media accusing the first lady of chopping down an historic white house tree. My next guest says the headlines are misleading. Thats after this. Whoooo. When it comes to travel, i sweat the details. Late checkout. Downalternative pillows. And of course, price. Tripadvisor helps you book a. Hotel without breaking a sweat. Because we now instantly. Search over 200 booking sites. To find you the lowest price. On the hotel you want. Dont sweat your booking. Tripadvisor. 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Adam i probably heard about this, news week, slade and cnn are coming under fire for what could be considered misleading headlines of Melania Trump accusing her of chopping down an historic white house tree. News week says melania removes nearly 200yearold tree from white house. Cnn boasting, you know, in cnns defense and its not my job to defend them. They pointed out the National Arboretum recommended to take this thing down. That aside, billionaire Barry Dillers owns 50 of news week, it closed slightly up. Not bad for a magazine. Time warner, owner of cnn, closed in the red. Climate devo. Com founder marc morano says the media is eager to paint trumps people as evil and antienvironmental capitalists and should be pointed out the National Arboretum, arborists or tree experts recommended this 200yearold tree planted by Andrew Jackson the president , in 1835 was dangerous and should have fallen down years ago and first lady Melania Trump agreed the dangerous portion would be cut down. Where did newsweek get it wrong . They went for antitrump click bait, and Melania Trump, the evil wife of President Trump are antitree and destroying not only trees but our historical heritage at the white house. And the story had no foundation as you mentioned. In 1970 into the 80s this tree had been on life support. This is a report out saying its become a danger, not sustainable and even now the reports are theyre removing the tree at the recommendation of the federal agency but the tree is still going to have a portion retained at the insistence of Melania Trump. The headline in newsweek if you want to be accurate is Melania Trump saves tree despite the advice of the federal agency in charge of it. So shes a tree saver. Adam nah thats no fun. Thats no fun for a headline or click bait as you said, it was specialists from the National Arboretum which concluded the architect, and you are structure of the tree is compromised. The tree is dependent, its got rods on it. If it wasnt for the extensive cabling system, it would have fallen years ago, shouldnt the blame, im reluctant to say blame the National Arboretum, the darn thing is a safety hazard, it should come down . This is where they have the easter egg roll its prominent in the background next to it. It has been a problem for years, finally doing something, theyre going to preserve part of it. In addition to that, they have sap lings that are ten feet high, if they completely remove it, they are prepared to put in offspring to replace it. They are following all the recommendations but cant avoid the negative press. Remember newsweek in 2010 sold for 1. Newsweek showing its not worth the dollar it sold for. The debt ridden newsweek seven years ago. Adam i wont make a judgment about newsweeks qualifications. Let me point this out. First ladys spokesperson said they made sure every effort had been made to preserve the historic tree, visiting members of the press, we go back there for events, were of concern. Ive also been a reporter on the receiving end of a call from the press office saying that was wrong, you can please correct that or, im sure some of the people who wrote the headlines or articles got the phone calls, dont you think . Its so bad Chelsea Clinton is praising Melania Trump for going against the recommendations and preserving part of the tree. Theyre going to keep it on life support. You have a clinton thanking the trump white house. Media is an outlier here. Adam its kind of like you just dont make fun of first ladies or the children of president s and first ladies, you dont win when you do it, i think that should be a rule unless those people do crazy things which clearly this was not. Marc, ive been wishing everyone a happy new year, im going to say [speaking spanish] spanish for happy new year or prosperous new year. Thank you very much, marc. Okay. Adam when you think of College Campuses, many think of snowflakes, safe spaces and huge bills as well as intolerance for opposing views. A college in massachusetts is looking to change that by putting religion back into education. Satler College Founder and money manager speaks out next. A. Is this a phone . Or a little internet machine . It makes you wonder shouldnt we get our phones and internet from the same company . Thats why Xfinity Mobile comes with your internet. You get up to 5 lines of talk and text at no extra cost. So all you pay for is data. See how much you can save. Choose by the gig or unlimited. Xfinity mobile. A new kind of network designed to save you money. Call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile. Com. Retail. Under pressure like never before. And its connected technology thats moving companies forward fast. Ecommerce. Real time inventory. Virtual changing rooms. Thats why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent Network Speed across multiple locations. Every corporate office, warehouse and store near or far covered. Leaving every competitor, threat and challenge outmaneuvered. Comcast business outmaneuver. Adam when you think of College Campuses, understanding of favor college and knowledge is good. So much for the animal house reference. Today a lot of people think of snowflakes and safe spaces and intolerance for opposing usually conservative views and legitimate views. But a brandnew college in massachusetts is trying to change all of this. Sattler college will focus on the three cs, core academics, christian character and keeping the cost of education affordable. Sattler College Founder and investment manager finny kuruvilla joins us. Americans own almost 1. 4 almost 1. 5 trillion in student loan debt. Greater than credit card debt. Its spread out among 44 Million People and because of it they cant take full part in the economy. 620 billion more than the total u. S. Credit card debt. So you say americans arent even prepared after spending all that money to get a college degree, so how does your School Change that . Yeah, we change it in a few ways. When you look at why the cost of education has gone up so much, its gone up because there is basically an arms race going on around the peripherals of education, so things like athletics and hospitality and dorm food, and frankly, this has been most of the recruiting tools that have been used by most colleges and universities. And because of that i would make the case this is one of the reasons why students have ended up more entitled and selfish than theyve ever been before, rather than put the focus of college onto education and character development, its often been around the peripherals. Adam there is a documentary, i cant think of the name of it that talks about how the cost of education has skyrocketed because they build the incredible sports palaces, that kind of stuff. Lets talk about what we see on a regular basis, ben shapiro, no relation to me, you can agree or disagree with him, he is not a crazy violent person yet gets accused of being a violent racist and chased away from College Campuses and you get Hillary Clintons defeat, campuses offer students coloring books and puppies and playdoh to handle the disappointment. I hope you dont have a stash of playdoh or coloring books at your school . No, we dont. Adam when you hear that kind of thing, i understand that your school is a religious school, you talk about building christian character, but it would seem to me, the ideal here, the college fix talks about these issues and fire which is freedom of Speech Organization on College Campuses that you want to have a campus in which you can disagree on genuine issues. You can have discussions whether you are a liberal or a conservative, and those can be about as ben shapiro would say, do you want diversity based on race or diversity of opinion . I would imagine that takes place at your school, correct . Yeah, no question we ought to have an environment where students are free to discuss some of the most difficult areas and many campuses today dont have. That there is many subjects that are taboo, certain elements of religion, certain elements of politics, and its a terrible shame, tends up being a one sided presentation decide the veneer of it being a place of diversity. Adam and youve never encountered the kind of controversies we see flare up at places, uc california, berkeley, that doesnt happen at your school, doesnt it . Our school hasnt hoped yet. Were opening in the fall of 2018. I certainly hope we dont have those controversies. Adam we appreciate you being here. You have a happy new year. Thank you. Adam after the gop tax cuts, home owners are scrambling to prepay property taxes for next year. A new report, the irs may not be able to do that. The details are next. Reporter people are rushing to pay their 2018 taxes. Washington post says taxpayers will be able to take advantage of the maneuver but only under limited circumstances. Tax players can claim an additional tax for 2017. Im charles payne. Tonight we begin with President Trumps fight against what he calls the fake news particularly their polls which he says is not giving credit to his core strength of support of his base. He says they show fake polls just like they show fake news. 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