Of the tax reform bill is not if but when. We will head there live if the Senate Majority leader leaks. Wall street took a nose dive after the flynn report but bounced back after Mitch Mcconnell said he has the votes to pass tax reform. In the end the dow lost 40 after being down more than 250 at one point today. The s p 500 fell 5 and the nasdaq dropped 26. The illegal immigrant acquitted of murder in the shooting dating of a San Francisco woman last night is the subject of a federal arrest warrant. Jose Garcia Zarate was found not guilty yesterday in the killing of kate steinle. And secretary of state Rex Tillerson is laughing off reports he is about to lose his job. His boss is backing him up on twitter. A lot of news today. We begin with the russian investigation. Catherrine is at the d. C. District court with the latest. General flynn is rider to fully cooperate and that raises the steaks for President Trump and Jared Kushner and other members of his inner circle. After 33 years o
[cheers] you hear the emotion. You see it. And its big. Everybody gets carried on. The best thing i could get. That was the only thing i wanted for christmas. The curtain go up. This is for real. Im home. Merry christmas. Merry christmas. Its the most wonderful time of the year ding, dong ding, dong with the kids jingle belling. Good morning, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas. Wow, it is good to be here this morning. A lot of folks waking up all across the country today to a Beautiful Day filled with family, friends, presents under the tree. As you open up those presents this morning we are so delighted to be here with you. This is a fun day to be here. We have so many surprises today and a lot of food and a lot of fun, but, mostly were just so thankful to be here on such a special morning and be welcomed into your homes. Griff we have santa as well. Molly we do have santa, thats true. There he is. Merry christmas, everybody. Merry christmas. Griff are you tired, santa . A little bit. A
Administration but its important to point this out. Mulvaney is a fiscal hawk. That could loom important ahead of a potential partial Government Shutdown. That choice comes today on a day in which the president s former fixer, Michael Cohen, his former attorney, blamed the president for a series of bad choices. Nothing in the Trump Organization was ever done until it was run through mr. Trump. He directed me to make the pavements. In his first interview after being sentenceed to 3 years in prison, Michael Cohen proclaimed that then candidate donald trump encouraged him to break the law during the 2016 campaign. I am angry at myself because i knew what i was doing was wrong. He said mr. Trump directed him to pay hush money to 2 women. Something trump denies. Cohen faces time behind bars. Today the white house officials ridiculed his version of facts. For the media to give credence to a convicted criminal is laughable. In april President Trump said this aboard air force one. [inaudible].
Spoke with reporters today for about 10 minutes but it didnt take nearly half that long or even half that long l to realize this border fight is far from over. The president and first lady spending Christmas Eve at the national cathedral. Nearly 1,000 miles away from their other home. I would rather not be doing shutdowns. I love ther white house. I wasnt able to be with my family. I thought it would be wrong for me to be with my family. I didnt want to go down when other people are hurting. President trump again Christmas Day with calls for trips over c. A chat with reporters. He says he cannot say when the partial government so john willp end up at the road to its end must be paid with money from the wall along the southern border. It will not be open until we ng have a wall, a fence, whatever they would like to call it. I will f call it whatever they want. Democrats are not truly against a border wall, they support physical barriers in the past. He says it is p personal. Soon as i s