December 22nd but these lawmakers need to stop kicking the can down the road. They need to get to work. They need to stop playing partisan politics. And they need to do what is best for all of us, the american people. In a moment well go to blake burman at the white house. He was listening to Sarah Huckabee sanders and the press conference where a lot of things came up including al franken. We have lanhee chen and former Deputy Assistant to president george w. Bush, brad blakeman. Good to see you twice. You know, we, i want to start on al franken, right . Because it looks like al franken, he is now out. The democrats pushed him out, brad blakeman. And they pushed him out, im wondering if because it was politically exfedayeen for them . In other words, i hate to be a cynic on this stuff. They had plenty of opportunities in the past to call out men that have done inappropriate things. Bill clinton of course comes to mind but they never took that opportunity. Now they had al franken, that
Government showdown, shutdown, excuse me this weekend. This is all happening this hour. Were following it for you live. Meanwhile crews are facing an uphill battle as they fight to contain three major wildfires burning in southern california. Officials say it could get worse before it gets better. We know how bad it has been. Nearly 200 homes and buildings have already been destroyed. Were on the ground in ventura county. Finally defiant al franken announcing resignation from the u. S. Senate after getting immense pressure from the fellow senators and taking jabs at president and roy moore on the way out. Karl rove on timing of frankens resignation. What happens now . Melissa Congress Moves forward on the budget. Nicole petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. Nicole we saw a spike in the dow after al franken announced he was going to resign. What about that . Indeed, thats right. It went to the highs of the day. Were up about 120 points at that time. Held on to good gains, up 7
Charles great to have you on we could see the finish line. We can see it. Yes. I think its there. Charles i think its there, but theres still a little bit of pushing and pulling and i think it feels like the house has the most confidence going into this. Theyve been on the same page together, i think theyve delivered closer to what President Trump wanted. So how do you see this coming out the final version of this bill . Yeah, well on the tax plan first we just had a cr vote with all 218 republicans passed in the budget so thats a good hint , we had Conference Last Week and this week, and leadership said were all on the same team so while that holds that is just tremendously good news so on the tax bill, i mean theres a few things hanging out on the senate side. The senate side delays the corporate rate reduction until next year and hopefully they fix that up the amt like you said is in play and theres a few other pieces but the senate also did good heavy lifting getting rid of the ind
Like it all has been worth it. Politics, Paul Wellstone told us, is about the improvement of peoples lives. I know that the work ive been able to do has improved peoples lives. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. For a decade now, every time i would get tired or discouraged or frustrated i would think about the people i was doing this for and would bet me back up on my feet. I know the same will be true for everyone who decides to pursue a politics that is about improving peoples lives. And i hope you know that i will be fighting alongside you every step of the way. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Neil with that, senator al franken has resigned from the United States senate. He says he will do so in the coming weeks. He didnt specify how many weeks. That is important parliamentarywise because we dont know whether he wants to stay for the vote, not only temporary measure to continue the government and continue operating the government for another couple weeks and
The dow, the s p both on pace to close it, new record highs. I feel like im a broken record, telling you that every day. 24,301 on the dow. Congress passing a shortterm spending bill to avoid a Government Shutdown as they head for the final stretch of tax reform. Can they get it done by the end of the year . Allstar panel is weighing in. And as Lawmakers Debate policy, the Sexual Harassment allegation keep coming. Now republican congressman trent franks will resign after he asked female staffers if they would consider surrogacy. Whats going on down there in d. C. . Weve got more straight ahead. To our top story, another strong jobs report, i love telling you this news, how the economy is doing just great. Our own adam shapiro has the details for you. Adam . Reporter the numbers do not lie. Lets recap, 228,000 jobs added in november, which beat the estimates, remember, some of the estimates coming in below 200,000, and the private sector on fire, 221,000 of the jobs are private sector p