where he more than most is quebec to suggest he deserves the acclaim if something is going well. you are right, his supporters, some will probably believe more or less everything that he says, but there are other people on the fence saying, well, maybe the president does deserve credit for x, yoz, the isis strategy to pick an example. if he is trying to take credit for everything, it does perhaps weaken our game. you know what happens if the market changes? he ll blame obama. we should find out from bill kierans if there were more sunny days in 2017 than president obama in 2016. he can take credit for it. bill you have your marching orders for the break. we want you working on that. still another is stepping down from capitol hill. we lost the co-founder of geopolitical politics, morning joe is coming right back.
against you yesterday, have a short memory, because they can help you out next week. that sort of subtlety of thought is nowhere to be seen in day trader donald trump or day trader nikki haley. that s one thing when they re tweeting things out. it s quite another on the world stage under mining american interests. that s exactly what happened. still ahead, morpg obamacare is essentially repealed. don t tell the 8.8 million people who signed up for it. they got rid of the part very unpopular, that conservatives came up with. so good on you, mr. president. plus, ratner has his charge, fact checking the president s biggest economic claims. we can calm them claims. but first, here s bill kierans with a check on the forecast. bill. good morning to you, mika and joe, travel weather today, not ideal. very difficult conditions already this morning, across upstate new york into new england.
instead of giving people pay hikes. i find that very hard to see. those ceos were honest about what they were going to do when they were speaking to the white house. what was that big word you were using? that was and the big word and. a big vocabulary, january 2nd. with a sort of french flavor. exactly. still ahead on morning joe, freedom caucus mark meadows and joe crawley both will be our guest as the house prepares to vote on tax reform for a second time this morning. plus, don t ever let someone tell you your vote does not matter. democrats and republicans are now tied for control over virginia s legislature. unbelievable. it s a single vote during a recount. we will talk to the woman that won. here s bill kierans with a look at the forecast. good morning, five days to christmas, we are getting to the crunch time for travel. we have a rain storm first to talk about. soaking rains this morning, few are mississippi, northern alabama, this is going to trek
plan may be one big revenge bill, steve ratner is charged to explain that. first, bill kierans with a check on the raging wildfires out west. bill. the fires continue to spread. the dangerous winds will lit the region throughout the early morning hours. i got to show you a video. a guy was driving down the highway near the thomas fire, saw this man on the side of the fire and flames. he was jumping up and down concerned about something. then he bends over, he will try to rescue something, you won t believe it until you see it. it actually comes to him. he bends over, and it looks like a baby rabbit on the side of the road. the man refused to be identified and didn t want to be interviewed, but hats off to him, ricking his own safety there for that rabbit. well the fire continues to burn, more evacuations overnight the thomas fire is the huge one, that s up to 90,000 acres up here, extreme fire danger today,
been released. there is an option to choose on that ballot, the republican party. the down ballot. there is one ra is to choose from, but it gives team an opportunity to vote republican without actually putting their check mark next to the name of roy moore. interesting, at the end of the day, that will not result in the senator. so, interesting to note that on the ballot. i also know you are anticipating this election as well. you have been in alabama for a month or. so so i m sure you are ready to come home. thank you, vaughan. let s get a check on your weather with meteorologist bill kierans. bill, we re looking at the santa ana winds, obviously, california is facing severe wildfires. what can you tell us about the conditions? today can be as dangerous, even ased be as when the thomas fire broke out. we are expecting wind gusts, low humidity. it s a dangerous day for the residents there and firefighters. this is some of the pictures