his attorney, mr. reid, said that he was undergoing some tests and his doctors wanted to continue for him to undergo tests and since he is still in the hospital it would seem like his condition hasn t necessarily improved. we do not know the status of congressman conyers right now. he says his legacy will live on through his children and he formally nominates his son to replace his seat in congress. sandra: congressman conyers retiring as of today. matt finn, thank you. bill: more coming up in a moment. republicans close to delivering a massive tax overhaul. the president wants it done by christmas. will he get it? kellyanne conway is next to answer that question and more. watch this vote on tuesday. in alabama they re picking a new senator in a week s time. what happens if the embattled republican roy moore wins among numerous sexual misconduct claims about him? stay tuned. back in a moment.
special counsel wants to indict somebody and make him into a cooperateor the last thing they want to do is indict him for lying. it makes it clear you can t trust this guy. if he had anything better, he would have indicted him for a conspiracy that involved other people the way nixon, for example, people were indicted and named as an unindicted co-conspirator. if they had anything beyond flynn lying why he lied we don t know. he lied about something that was entirely lawful. it doesn t show strength when you go after your main witness and call him a liar. bill: the president s attorney is the one who drafted the tweet over the weekend saying the president cannot be charged with obstruction of justice because he is the highest lawmaker in the land. you sent a tweet clarifying your position. let me be clear, a president can be charged with obstruction if he commits criminal acts beyond his continually
people of alabama decide their election. leader mcconnell has expressed that on a sunday show this weekend. bill: thank you for your time. kellyanne conway from the white house. thanks. sandra: a bombshell announcement as congressman john conyers faces sexual harassment allegations. he announced his retirement. endorsing his son to replace him just a short time ago. our panel weighs in on that and much more. hi i m joan lunden.
republicans will like that change. then the number of tax brackets. there are seven in the senate version, just four in the house version. there are other differences over the estate tax and tax rates and other things. all of these differences, though, seem to be bridgeable gaps after the house and the senate took the big steps of passing their bills. bill: good deal. thank you, byron. check out the piece you wrote yesterday. interesting. a busy news day. senior counsel to the president kellyanne conway talks about tax reform and the latest on michael flynn coming up next hour on america s newsroom. squeezing 20 pounds into a four-pound bag today. sandra: do i say it s a busy news day? it s every day. all right. breaking overnight a police officer shot dead after an ambush-style attack. what we re learning about the suspect. bill: plus the u.n. trying to reach out directly to kim jong-un sending a top official to pyongyang.
a two-week government extension to keep the government running. the house freedom caucus clearly worries about lawmakers making bad decisions that close to christmas. kicking the can down the road is something that congress continually does. we have a december 8th date. we ve known that for many months and yet here we are again talking about another short-term deal. for us having that come due right before christmas and have the uncertainty of a government shutdown and other aspects that certainly will be reported is just not something that my constituents want. their position is an extension to december 30th to get through the christmas holiday and come back and tackle the critical year-end fiscal issues. i have no problem between the 22nd and 30th when people want to sit. only a week difference. we should get an update on the length of the extension shortly from gop leaders. bill: is there a sense of