The election on november 8th of last year. So thats something you can all be proud of. The stock market goes up, that effects everybody, not just you think of the rich, you think of the factories. It effects everybody. Mike stocks were up after a slow day on wall street. The dow gained 2. The s p 500 finished ahead 2. Nasdaq was plus 3. It has been a quiet day on social media for the president so far. But he has been busy during the christmas weekend. Tonight the last man to sit in the oval office is talking about the tweeting habits of World Leaders while naming no one in particular. Correspondent hitch edson is outside the winter white house tonight in west palm beach, florida. Good evening, rich. Good evening, mike. And President Trump emerged for the First Time Since this weekend just a few hours ago. This president , like others, has embraced the Television Cameras as a way to communicate. Though his use of twitter is unique. And now his predecessor is warning of the dangers of social media. While President Trump relies on twit theyre holiday vacation, his predecessor is warning of the dangers of social media. In an interview with prince harry for the bbc, former president obama advised World Leaders on using social media. All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate al common space on the internet. One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be just cacooned in information that reinforces their current biases. President trump famously relies on twitter to get his message out. He used the platform this week to use republicans to work with democrats on healthcare. Promised greater Economic Growth because of the recently signed tax law and complained the investigation into russian collusion in a 2016 election is tainted. President trump Franklin Delano roosevelt harnessed radio. John kennedy television. Even president obama bypassed the White House Press doppler speak with americans on screen yous like google hangout online chat room. President trump communicates with the world through twitter. He assumed office promising to use social media wisely. Im going to do very restrained if i use it at all. I find it tremendous its a modern form of communication. Though he has relied on it to communicate his policy positions and drawn criticism for retweeting propaganda. Arguing with a father of a basketball player he freed from jail and exchange of threats. His tweets have prompted quells of his cabinet and whether the president s twitter account is official United States policy or undercuts his senior officials and diplomats. There is a lot of unexpected things happen to us in the world of diplomacy. We know how to adapt to that. We know how to work with it so i dont view it as obstacle, hinderance or as an assistance. Whatever the president chooses to express, he expresses. And then thats information to everybody. Us, included. The president has also used twitter to criticize his attorney general. In july he wrote, quote attorney general Jeff Sessions has taken a very weak position on Hillary Clinton crimes. Where are emails and dnc server . And intel leakers. Chief of staff john kelly denied the president s tweets make his job harder. As he says its not his place. I read in the paper i have been a failure at controlling the president. Or a failure at controlling his tweeting and all that. In july, the president defended his twitter use on twitter. Quote my use of social media is not president ial. Its modern day president ial. Make America Great again. The National Archives has requested the president preserve all the tweets that he sends out. Even the ones that he deletes. As for his communications schedule for tomorrow, thats still unclear. We will be checking our email and watching twitter. Mike . Mike rich edson leading us off from west palm beach, florida, rich, thanks a lot. Mike one of President Trumps challenges in 2018 will be the slow down the development of north Koreas Nuclear weapons program. Luke cals tomlinson at the pentagon tonight looks at what the communist regime has accomplished this year. 2017 a recordsetting year for north korea. Leader kim jong un following through on his new years day promise to successfully launch an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. On july 4th, while america celebrated its Independence Day drawing this warning from the president S National Security advisor that the possibility of going to war. I think its increasing every day, which means that we are in a race, really. We are in a race to be able to solve this problem. He is getting closer and closer. There is not much time left. North koreas icbm last month flew 2800 miles into space, longest and highest into date. Flying higher than the International Space station. Launched three missiles which experts say could hit the United States if a war head can one day survive reentry back into earth. In addition to conducting over 20 Ballistic Missile tests this year. North korea detonated its most powerful test on labor day. A blast 17 times greater than the atomic bomb the United States dropped on hiroshima. South korea prohibition the u. S. And north korea will finally sit down for talks next year. Russian officials recently offered to mediate such talks. Today the state department declined the offer saying its up to the north to show its quote ready for credible negotiations on denuclearization. Official warned against negotiating too quickly. They use those talks to buy time to continue to develop their program. Keep in mind our ground base Missile Defense in california and in alaska is only about 50 effective and that 50 is often the test or highly scripted. Even more threats from north korea according to experts. We have to remember the North Koreans have potentially 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. Were pretty sure they have a best of m biological weapons program. The north korean soldier who defected earlier this year had antibodies in his bloodstream suggesting past expossibly to anthrax, a biological weapon. Kim jong un delivers his new years address monday. All eyes will be on what he predicts next. So far they all appear to be coming true. Mike . Mike Lucas Tomlinson at the pentagon tonight. Lucas, many thanks. The nations top marine Corps Commander recently told his people in europe quote there is a war coming and that a quote big ass fight was on the horizon. Lets talk about americas military readiness tonight in case that happens. Joining me from memphis is four star retired general jack keane strategic analyst, former vice chief of staff of the u. S. Army and chairman for the institute of war, general, i might be better off just calling you sir. Good evening. Good evening, mike. Good to see you. Mike thank you. Defense secretary mattis recently told our men and women from uniform storm clouds are gathering over the Korean Peninsula and quote my fine young soldiers the only way our diplomats can speak with authority and be believed is if you are ready to go. What do you make of those comments, sir, from the sec def. The United States military once President Trump put the military option back on the table in january of this year, our military has been earnestly preparing for war. I mean, thats the reality of it, we knew that option was serious by the president of the United States. So, those words that we just are picking up now is nothing that hasnt been said for months to our troops. And particularly those troops are in career and those who would come in to career to assist in a war whether they are Ground Forces or air or maritime forces. They have been talking this language for some time. Mike general, we used to see failures on the launch pad from the North Koreans. The sense you get is that they have made some significant strides. Is that your assessment as well, sir . Oh, yeah. Absolutely. They were using soviet style Old Technology and these things were misfiring about 50 of the time. And in a very short period of time, their Rocket Technology improved dramatically. I think they truly brought in some soviet old former soviet scientists. They probably had some technological assistance possibly from china as well. Im just speculating on that. But their program advanced dramatically under kim jong un. And to remind our viewers, what he is trying to do is clearly a acquire this capability as rapidly as he can before these economic sanctions truly stranglehold this country. He believes time is on his side. Because he believes he can get there sooner than that. Mike right. He also believes that once he has acquired the technology, mike, in other words, nuclearize icbms pointed at the United States, he wants to be treated just like russia and china do in terms of deterrence. Once he acquires that technology, he believes the United States will acquiesce and accept it much as they accepted Nuclear Bombs many years ago dealing with his grandfather and his father. Thats his plan. Mike general, many National Security officials have said there are no good military options when it comes to north korea. Then have you army chief of staff general mark meally saying hey, if its a missile heading for los angeles or new york, that would be a horrible option as well. So the point being ready for the lesser of two evils . Yeah, certainly. I mean, think this is the clear eyed reality looking President Trump administration. They see the world as it truly is. You can see that in the National Security strategy they unfolded about a week or so ago. They see this north korean threat as being totally unacceptable and, listen, if he acquires these miniaturized nuclear weapons, hes going to sell them. Would he sell them to a terrorist . Gave him a lot of money . Of course he would. So, this proliferation is going to go on. His cousin, his kissing cousin is iran. Its not just about their missiles, pointed at the United States, its that the world become a much more dangerous place. So, these military options are back on the table. The economic effort, led by the diplomatic effort is clearly the United States main effort. And were doing everything we possibly can with china and the other allies to get these guys to shut down. And there seems to be some evidence, at least, that there is gas stationed closed in north korea now. Lines are building up for people trying to acquire gasoline. China is shut off all oil well oil exports. They are not taking coal and iron and lead. Some of that appears to be working. As i said at the outset, that takes longer, mike. That be i believe that technology road that kim jong u. N. Is on. Mike in our final moments, Congress Passed another temporary shortterm funding deal. How difficult is that for folks at the pentagon to be planning militarily . Well, its an absolute recipe for disaster. You cant run the Defense Department that way. You cant do multiyear contracts. Have you no new starts whatsoever. Every year we lose billions of dollars as a result of it. And, heres the thing that they have got to do. While the congress has authorized and President Trump has signed into law now an authorization bill of 700 billion for defense, that only authorizes the appropriators to decide how much of that they are going to actually appropriate. That hasnt been done because the budget caps will only let us appropriate 549 billion. Those budget caps have got to be removed or there is no, i say again, if they are not removed, there is no trump rebuilding of the military. Mike general jack keane tonight, thank for your time, sir. Good to talk to you, mike. Mike Many Democrats are looking forward to next years Midterm Elections as a chance to win back the house or the senate. Some call it the blue wave. Tonight ellison barber looks at whether that positive attitude is justified. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, you took the right road. Democrats with the victory in traditionally red hot alabama are now looking ahead with optimism to 2018 with realistic to retake the house of representatives. And maybe the senate. Some Party Leaders say the way republicans push tax reform through is proof of a desperate g. O. P. They are acting like people who know that power is short lived. When it comes to 2018, history favors the minority. Midterm elections for first term president s typically mean heavy losses for their party in congress. Even with President Trumps approval rating. Lingering in the 35 range, democrats are divided over which strategy will lead them to victory. In one camp, the impeacher some House Democrats have already tried and failed to introduce articles of impeachment citing what they call the president s bigoted, hatefilled statements. And they promise to raise the issue next year if the president fires special Counsel Robert Mueller over the russia probe. If it doesnt lead to the impeachment of the president of the United States, then i think we should just resign our doubts because we are not fulfilling our commitment to maintaining a democracy. But on the other side, the traditionalists who want to make the 2018 elections less about trumps character and more about issue. Instead of focusing on replacing President Trump, we ought to be focusing on the things that attract people to the Democratic Party, jobs, wages, healthcare, education, retirement security. Many say that strategic divide could hurt democratic canal democrats next year. Party leaders are at least signaling their desire to work with the white house and the g. O. P. Majority. On infrastructure, healthcare, budgets and more. We have the immigration issues that need to be dealt with now. And i think the manner in which that is handled can set the stage for congress. The president wont work with us on that, its going to be a tough year. President trump has publicly stated his willingness to make a midterm deal tweeting tuesday, the democrats and republicans will eventually come together and develop a great new healthcare plan. Democrats are a party at a crossroads. They are suffering severe financial short falls at the national level. And infighting among leadership over direction. They are still looking for that next star, uniting progressive figure that will lead them out of the political wilderness, mike . Mike ellison barber live here in washington. Many thanks. Lets talk about the path forward for democrats in 2018. We welcome michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell tonight. Thanks for coming. In its great to be with you. Mike hearing a lot of the optimism on your side of the aisle in 2018. I hate to be Debbie Downer but im Debbie Downer with a realistic approach. I think if the election were held today interest there were a lot of people that werent engaged last year that are engaged. Its a long time between now and next november. I dont think the issues are going to be about the president. I think they are going to be about the same issues i predicted to everybody two years ago. When i said donald trump could become president. They are economic issues. They are jobs. They are pings. They are trade deals. By the way, donald trump came to michigan and he said he was going to do something about trade. We havent done anything yet. He said he was going to help those workers who worked a lifetime put money into their pension plan and suddenly safe and secure retirement threatened. He has not done anything on that either. We have not as republicans and democrats but American People working for the country. Mike labeled you guys at the party of no. Listen to. This we are delivering on promises that we have made. We have an accomplishment column that is very large. And the democrats have nothing to run on. They have done nothing this year. Mike your response to that. Ronna is my friend i have known her since she was whatever. I totally disagreer with h my husband is in the hospital right now. He is doing okay. He has been in there for 10 days. I think everybody agrees every american needs to have access to quality affordable healthcare. You dont know how many people have come in and talked to me while im in the hospital because they know who i am. Parents worried about whether their children will have access to healthcare. We will have 30 Million People because of a tax bill that was passed and not considered by both houses are in danger of losing their health insurances. Premiums could increase by 10 . We need to Work Together so that we fix the problems. Theyre the ones that wouldnt work with us. Those are Serious Problems to me. Mike where are areas of Common Ground . Infrastructure . Is that something . What are you looking at . Infrastructure is one issue that i think and its not just roads and bridges and potholes which are in very bad shape, but we should have broad band across this country. We need to as we are talking about energy. Electric vehicles. We should have infrastructure. The amtrak accident that we witnessed last week. Recommendations were made two years ago that equipment needed to be installed. We need to accelerate that and save lives. There are a lot of areas. I said i will work with the president on trade. I will work with anybody and everybody to get pension legislation through. Thats my job. Mike there is also an excited wing of your party that wants to talk a lot about impeachment. Lets take a listen to this. Is impeachment part of the message for 2018 for democrats. It absolutely should be. When you talk to the base of the Democratic Party. When you talk to the folks out there on the street. Folks claiming resistance, impeachment needs to be part of the messaging if the Democratic Party i wonder mike are you on board with those who think that impeachment should be on the agenda on 2018. Im bored with those who think the economy needs to be the message. We need to make sure every man and working woman is getting a better deal. People are trying to stir it up. If facts become known, if there is evidence that that should happen, but we need to make sure that were not that we are going in a very detailed, thorough way of getting all of the facts that we need before you ever start down that kind of path. I think that for everybody, this election is going to be about the economy. And i think the reality is democrats are going to have a message thats going to deliver. Mike is immigration an area where republicans and democrats might be able to Work Together if the president is willing . I pray. Daca is something that i know many of my republican colleagues agree on. You know, if you were in washington and you saw these young kids, i mean, i just would stop in the hall and say you are here for daca . Kids would just burst out crying. They have lived here for years. They came to this country through no fault of their own. They are americans. Contributing to the economy. Paying taxes. They are scared. We all agree we need to do something. I hope we do it before wee try to pass a budget in january. Mike you have been around this town long enough. What will take to get less polarized and both sides talking to each other rather than past one another. Many of us agree that the American Peoplei think the American People are tired of partisan bickering. They wanting to see us get something done people like. Paulk to members. Walk with the American People. Thats what we were sent to washington to do. Mike thanks for your time. Happy new year and speedy recover to your husband. Thank you. Mike next up, why are people lining up to pay their taxes ahead of time . Like a blanket houston . You seeing this . Geico. Expect great savings and a whole lot more. Mike white house official confirms to fox news a official is considering rewriting rules so it will be easier to buy cheaper heck plans without obamacare mandates. Expected to carry out executive order in the coming weeks. The return counter at the Department Store is not the only place with a big line this week. In many places homeowners are lining up to prepay their property taxes before the new year amend new tax laws exik. In more tonight from Fox Business NetworkBlake Behrman at the white house. Lining up to pay their taxes doing so a year early and eagerly because of virginias Fairfax County government building, these taxpayers believe that could mean more money for them and less money going to uncle sam. I heard about it on the news, of course. And decided that i would be better off to do this than not because its quite possibly it will save me on my taxes. We will not be able to claim those, the real estate taxes anymore. Which is going to hurt a lot of people. People have a handful of state are rushing to make 2018 property tax prepayments now before the new tax code hits next week. Because it caps the state and local income tax and property Tax Deduction at 10,000 total. Welcome to a special Holiday Edition of the Montgomery County council. [laughter] nearby in maryland, the Montgomery County council held a special session tuesday allowing for prepayments. New york wants governor cleared the way with an executive order with new jersey following suit. My property taxes are 41,000 a year. I was always able to deduct those now only 10. The cap is offset by lower rates. The message to the hard working taxpayers of america, is your tax relief is on its way. Homeowners in states like new york, new jersey, connecticut, illinois and california could be hit especially hard. But its a different tax equation in springfield, missouri, for example, where the average property tax bill is roughly 1,200 and where President Trump in august made his first tax sales pitch. We will lower taxes for middle income americans so they can keep more of their hard earned paychecks. But for others its a simple calculation. Try to take on as many deductions this year before they go away next year. In fair faction, tax administrator scott size more says tuesday alone they processed roughly 2500 prepayments. This started off as a slow drip. It turned into a trickle and then a stream. And now a river. And in a statement put out just a little while ago, the irs said these prepayments may be tax deductible, quote, under certain circumstances so if you are considering making one of these prepayments, the golden rule still applies here. Before do you anything, its probably best to pick up the phone and consult with a tax professional. Mike . Mike great advice from blake burman there on the white house north lawn. Blake, many thanks. Thanks. Mike up next, who is the worst republican governor in america . First, here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 66 in erie, pennsylvania as a disaster is declared because of heavy snow. Record amounts have hit the area more than 60 inches in some places. Officials say the declaration will allow needed resources to be used including the national guard. Fox 11 in los angeles as an Airways Flight from los angeles to tokyo turns around four hours into its journey, it returns to los angeles because one of the passengers had boarded the wrong plane. Model Christie Teagan was on board and live tweeted the developments. The airline says it is trying to determine what went wrong. And this is a live look at new york fox 5. One of the big stories there tonight workers install waterford crystals on the times square new years eve ball. The 12foot 6ton ball will be covered with more than 2600 crystals. The theme of this years design is the gift of serenity. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. For those who know what theyre really building. Always unstoppable. With its historical ance records. Test. You could learn youre from ireland. Donegal, ireland. And your ancestor was a fisherman. With blue eyes. Just like you. Begin your journey at ancestry. Com mike end of year time for best of and worst of stories. Time magazine pick for worse republican governor in the u. S. Mike only to bin tells us who it is from chicago. Illinois voters recently got a curious statement from their governor. I am not in charge. I will try to get to be in charge. A wealthy rookie in politics he has had a rough first term. His statement acknowledges that the speaker of the Illinois House dominated him. Democrat mike maddigan has held the speakers gavel longer than anyone in history. Two year budget standoff was largely seen as a stand down between madigan and rockie mountain ir. He caved on all 44 points he promised in the campaign. Even the call for a tax cut became a state record for a tax increase. When the standoff resolved. Illinois still had one of the highest unfunded pension obligations in the nation. Critics jumped on his First National interview with bret baier because it appeared he had one answer for almost everything. Our immigration system is broken. We have a broken budget situation in illinois. So much of our Affordable Healthcare Act is broken. He signed a bill preventing police from detaining aliens legal status. Critics call it a sanctuary state law. He signed a bill funding abortions for state employees and low income women. All of that erntiond him from a front page of the National Review labeling him the first republican governor in america. And now rocki rauner has a challenger for the primary. He social and economic agenda instead of conservative reform agenda. As for democratic challengers the top of the pile is another newcomer jamie brisker. An heir to the you you you fortune. He has the nerve to look you in the eye and say im not in charge. To blame me, he says, im just the governor. Im not the one running things. I pressed governor rockie ror on why illinois should vote for him if speaker madigan on the show his statement is he beats madigan some of the time. Im mike tobin, fox news. Mike a much needed late surge from the star wars movie. Its been a very tough year for the movie business. Correspondent Claudia Cowan tells us why from los angeles. Its alive. While the years top movie beauty and the beast earned more than half a billion dollars, there was no fairy tale ending at holidays box office. Studio figures for 2017 have revenues down 2. 5 from last year to just over 11 billion. And attendance predicted to slip 4 to 1. 25 billion tickets sold in north america. Lowest level since 1995. I used to go all the time. I rarely go now. Blame it on bad original movies. Lackluster sequels and stiff competition from streaming Services Like amazon and netflix. Have you more content on more platforms available more than at any other time in our history. While the Movie Theater experience remains singular and essential, its not the only game in town. Movie is part of what brings peesm out to theaters. Greg foster says the cinema showing those movies need it step it up too. Premium, premium, premium. You have to have the fancy seats, the rocker seats are the seats that imax prefers. When you are in a complex old and crud underat seat arent so hot and there is gum on the floor, you notice that especially if you are paying 15 bucks or 17 bucks or whatever it is. As people rely less on critic reviews and more on internet buzz, social media, and word of mouth before heading to the movies, the pressure to create a compelling experience has never been greater. When you combine a great in theater experience with a great movie. Then you have people coming back for more and wanting to go to the Movie Theater even with all the competition thats out there. One movie people are wanting to see in the theater, star wars the last jedi. Two and a half weeks after opening its on track to exceed 1 billion in ticket sales. And pass beauty and the beast as the biggest movie of the year. Mike . Mike Claudia Cowan reporting from hollywood. Claudia, thanks. At least 10 people were injured today in an explosion at a supermarket in st. Petersburg, russia shah. No one has claimed responsibility. Authorities say the device had seven ounces of explosives and was rigged with shrapnel. It went off at a storage area for customers bags. St. Petersburg was the site of a deadly subway bombing earlier this year. Up next, president obamas words of warning to world a lot of the ws about social media habits. Did he have one world leader in particular in mind . First, beyond our borders tonight, israels transportation manager is pushing ahead with a plan to dig a railway tunnel under jerusalems old city and name a station after President Trump. The project would extend jerusalem soon to open high speed rail line from tel aviv to the western wall. Afghan official says 15 people were wounded when a car bomb detonated near a military base near the capital of helmand province. The taliban is claiming responsibility saying the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber. A tourist ship struck a bridge on the river today injuring 25 people and closing the bridge for several hours. The swiss crystal had 129 people aboard when it hit the pillar of the bridge. Police say four people with the most serious injuries have already been released from the hospital. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. Well be right back. Without social media, im not sure that i would be here talking. This is extremism, fake news, major social issues. All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the internet. Tweeting is like a typewriter. When i put it out, you put it immediately on your show. People can have entirely different realities. They can be just cacooned. When somebody says something about me im able to go go bing bing you bing and take care of it . Its harder to be as obnoxious and cruel in person as people can be anonymously on the internet. Ones that dont want me to are the enemies. Mike the 45th president and the 44th with the with different views on social media. Lets bring in our panel charles hurt opinion editor for the washington times. Executive director of the Georgetown Institute of politics. And jason riley, wall street journal columnist and senior fellow at the manhattan institute. Gentlemen, nice to see you. Nice to see you. Happy holidays. Your reaction to the back and forth today over social media, jason . Well, its hard to quibble with the substance of what president obama said. Cyber bullying is a problem differentiating real miss and fake news and parents frankly are worried about all of this. At the same time i think that president obama knew exactly what he was doing when he weighed in and asking. Read the transcript of the interview. He knew they would be taken they have been taken. And you know a lot of president s when their successor gets in office they sort of back off. Dont weigh in on the debates. President obama hasnt done that. From time to time, he weighed in on the travel ban. He has weighed in indefensible obamacare. He has taken a different route here. This is another example of him doing that. Mike move, your read on the former president weighing in on. So Current Issues and today on social media . I think that one of the greatest challenges we face today politically and this is a completely nonpartisan problem this is great cacooning that is happening. Social media and Technology Actually allows that to happen. The wall street journal ran this great graphic before, right before the election where they took a progressives facebook feed and a conservatives facebook feed over the same exact period of time using the same exact key words and you would think they live in very, very different worlds. Very, very different realities. We have lost some ability to have a common conversation not limited only to social media. But it really has exacerbated it. I do think it is a legitimate concern that not just leaders but consumers of this information need to be aware of and try to do better at. Mike charlie, the tweeting might make some of President Trumps advisors gray but no signs of him giving up the twitter feed, right . Great for us in the press, right . This reminds you how obnoxious president obama can be. He goes over to bbc and talk to Prince William or whatever his tittlez is. Title is. Mike harry. Whatever. This notion you are going to attack the president to using twitter is akin to attacking fdr to use new fangled radio to do fire side chats. Its a form of commune case with people and a way he can communicate with people arranged a media that viciously despises him. And i just dont think that thats a bad thing. This was the line i thought it was astonishing. All of news leadership have to find a way to recreate common space on the internet. The arrogance from president obama. Shows he really doesnt understand the internet. He doesnt understand the beauty of the internet is that leadership has nothing to do with creating or recreating anything. This is just people with a thousand, a million connections with other people sort of interacting and a notion that he is going to sit back and say oh well people like me in leadership. I need to go in here and fix all of this. No, you dont. You just mess it up. Also said government should not be the one to do that. And that this is about people in leadership taking responsibility also on the consumers. Not just the people online. When we get off the air and i go to my twitter feed, i guarantee there are these people there that say i should go to another network because im a democrat. That alone tells you how siloed and cacooned we are. I applaud him saying that. The problem is the policies that his administration put forward didnt fall into line with in this debate over Net Neutrality is a belief that the government should be involved in traffic copping all of this stuff. Mike move, for the record we are glad to have you. Im glad to be here. Mike president obama has also come out and defended his Signature Healthcare law. Obamacare, lets take a listen to that. When i see people trying to undo that hard fought battle for the 50th or 60th times with bills that raise cost or roll back protections for Older Americans or people with preexisting conditions it frustrates. And it certainly frustrating to have to mobilize every couple of months to keep our leaders from inflicting real human suffering on our constituents. Mike so, jason, any surprise that the 44th president has been out there . That was not from today, obviously. But defending his signature law some of his legacy. Only surprise president s or expresident s typically dont do that at least this soon. George w. Bush was probably the most recent example of this of a president who his term was over he walked away and let the debate continue without him. President obama has decided to weigh in on this. It hasnt only been in things like defending obamacare but also in other actions that the administration has taken, such as travel ban. So, its unconventional, but, if you are a trump supporter, i guess you cant really complain about politicians acting in unconventional way. Certainly this is not the route that most former president s have taken. Prince harry was put on the hot spot himself and asked if president obama would be invited to the royal wedding. Take a listen to this . We share the same kind of mind set on the outlet of the charitable effect on foundations and mainly on the us youth of today. Young people inspirational. Enough to invite him to your wedding . I dont know about that. Thats we havent put the invites or the guest list together yet. Who knows whether he is going to be invited or not. Mike as a married man i would say that was wise not to speak without consulting the fiance first. There is more to it than that, move. Do you invite former president and dont invite the current president . Could be a bit of drama between the u. S. britain relationship. One of the most interesting story lines from me is the reports that there are those within the British Government who are advising prince harry not to invite president obama for fear of hurting President Trumps feelings, that he is not being invited. So, look, its a wedding. Invite who you want. Mike charlie, if you get invited would you go to the wedding . No, i definitely would not go to a royal wedding. We overthrew the king for a reason. Its a great party. Good thing calling him prince whats his name. I dont need titles. Mike next up, the democratic strategy in 2018. Well be right back. Hi, im joan lunden with a place for mom every day we hear from families who partnered with a Senior Living advisor from a place for mom to help find the Perfect Place for their mom or dad thank you so much for your assistance in helping us find a place. Mom feels safe and comfortable and has met many wonderful residence and staffers. Thank you for helping our family find our father a new home. We especially appreciate the information about the va aid and attendance program. I feel i found the right place. A perfect fit. You were my angel and helped guide me every step of the way thank you. 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Take a look at some nuns from mid terms from recent president s and the numbers of seats gained or lost. President gained seats in 1998, president george w. Bush 8 in 2002. President bush lost 30 in 2006. President obama lost 63 in 2010. And then president obama lost 13 in 2014 then yark congressional vote has democrats up 12. 8 points. Democrats 41. 1. Republicans 36. 3. So, gentlemen, jason, should republicans be be nervous at this stage . Well, there are some reasons to be nervous. One is the historical trends that you showed there. The party that does not control the white house or the party that controls the white house i should say does tend to lose seats there are concerns there. There are democrat concerns. Donald trump won white women last year. Of course, president ial election years are different from Midterm Election years in terms of who turns out to vote since the election the wall street journal poll out today particularly College Educated white women have been moving towards the democrats. Thats important because in some of the more competitive house races coming up in 2018 they will fake place in suburbs, big cities, detroit, chicago, charlotte and so forth where white women voters and particularly educated white women voters could be influential in the outcome of the race. There is some concern there if you are a republican right now, you have gerrymandering on your side. Confidence you will be able to run on in 2018, you not completely in the clear here. Mike confidence from democrats, here is House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. They are acting like they are losing congress because they are stealing all the silver, taking all the valuables out of the house right away. They are acting like people who know that their power is shortlived. Move, what are you hearing from democratic friends, allies, looking ahead to 2018 . A lot of optimism, a cautious dose of optimism. We look at how rapidly the Political Landscape can shift . Just a year. We have seen that time and time again now over the past few cycles. I think people understand a year from now could be different. The head winds that republicans are facing right now are significant. Its not just the congressional ballot number you showed there. The signature accomplishment that the republicans have right now, the tax plan that just passed people overwhelmingly concerned about. And do not approve of based on the polling. And so, democrats are gearing up to run hard against the tax plan, to run hard against donald trump and tie every republican member of congress to him right now if the landscape and environment stays the way it is it should be a good year for democrats. We have seen it in practice throughout a lot of the special elections held in 2017 as well. Mike they have to defend more seats in the senate. They do. If you would have told me democrats would be feeling better about the house than they do about the senate, i would have thought you were crazy. Right now they both look very much in play. Mike charlie, whats the president s play going into 2018 . Some like karl rove have suggested maybe he should stay on the sidelines and let some of these members run their own races. Yeah. And i think thats probably smart to to pick and choose where you get involved. You know, and just like with president obama. You know, some places where you are going to help somebody and then there are going to be places where you hurt somebody. I think that move is exactly right. I think if democrats do run against the signature legislation that they have just passed, the key is the economy. And if the economy, if this really does for the economy what the supporters of the bill said it does will do and what President Trump has predicted, i think republicans will be a lot better off. They are still going to i suspect, lose seats in the house. They are going to be a lot better off if the economy is booming. I think if they can keep that momentum going. You see more Economic Growth. People see bigger paychecks. They see the economy continuing to expand. They see more hiring. Then voters say why change control of congress. I really think that the republicans cant control their destiny to some extent here. Mike we are hearing some bipartisan tone 2018. Not clear if that will play out heading into election day. Gentlemen, thanks very much for your time. Thanks. Mike have you ever wondered who decides who plays in all those College Football games . In drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. Im mark and i quit smoking with chantix. 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Everybody had doubts, including me, but i did it. Ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. Mike finally tonight, the College Football post season is in full swing while experts help pick which team plays in which bowl, the Southeastern Conference teams went with a different method. You are on a six game winning streak, man. You can have any bowl you want. Two words, jimbo fisher. Welcome to charlotte. We beat tennessee and vanderbilt we pretty much own that whole state. That is a tough break about ohio state, my man. It just wasnt our year. Better luck next year, buddy. [buzz] georgia bulldog guy feeling good about himself until the alabama guy popped into cut into his dance as Rutgers Knight alumhope my boys are dancing next year. Thanks for watching special report, im mike emanuel in washington. No online show tonight. It will be back in the new year. The story, hosted by trish regan, the hardest working woman at fox news starts right now. Trish mike, im glad you explained that little clip. I thought maybe its me. Maybe its a sports thing anyway. I get it now. Thank you. Have a good show. The story starts now, everyone. Trish breaking tonight, a bombshell new report raising concerns that the Obama Administration quote miscalculated the russia threat. Allowing putin to launch years of attacks against the United States tampering with everything from our economy to our election mawlt lit leaving americans vulnerable each that the very moment. Im trish regan in for martha maccallum. The Washington Post article summed up best die by title. Kremlin trolls burned across the internet as washington debated option. It describes Obama Administration failing to