Was confirmation of neal g goresuch to trump and then another big issue tax reform and this will be and he bama care too was a major agenda item that they tried to push forward throughout the year and sucked up a lot of legislative calendar time for that and of course, a lot of foreign crises, afghan, libya, a lot of administration they he have had to grapple with. And how do you narrow this down to five things. When you put this together what are you looking at . Sure i was looking for what wish ited donald trump from other president s especially republican president s and first thing i started with was inauguration over crowd size. Right at the beginning. Sets the tone for what the presidency is like. And after that i looked at firing of fbi director james comey. And the way in which that suggested there may be some sort of executive over reach and that really disrupted some of his relationships with republicans on capitol hill started to get a little nervous. So after that i come to
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To its senses that hasnt been the policy in nearly 40 years. His comments followed a similar one by Vladimir Putin about his own countrys. Niles standish starts us offs this evening from the hill. Let me ask you first off to reaction to Donald Trumps tweet. This is work a reversal of u. S. Policy, whats your gauge of how they reacted i think there was a reaction all around and i think the ron for that is the language that surrounds is so carefully phrased. A lex con for that issue and donald trump comes out on twitter makes this statement that no one knows exactly what it means and that just sort of puts the cat among the pitch jens as they say looks like perhaps is an extending an olive branch perhaps. What are your thoughts on that . Do you think theres a legitimate wanting to work alongside the u. S. . Its very difficult to tell. Because Vladimir Putin is not, shall we say, synonymous for wanting to work alongside the u. S. And so the suggestion or the assumption is that theres some
Afternoon, Christmas Day last year, remember that . 69 degrees. It was wet and raining. Ill take the 51 and the sunshine that we had. Record high for christmas is 72 degrees set back in 1964. Temps right now on the cooler side. 45 in washington. 37 in gaithersburg. 41 in baltimore. 39 at west minnesota as well as hagerstown. Satellite and radar not so much going on. Kind of on the left side your screen you see gray clouds out there. Those are high thin clouds that are going to start making their way back into the region as we head to overnight. Ahead of this warm front which you can see just down to the south kind of southern portions of west virginia, virginia, as that lifts its way northward that will bring the clouds, drizzle here and there in washington, if youre traveling north, especially tomorrow morning, if youre planning on getting up and out early, watch out for freezing rain, slick spots as you hit the high lands of pennsylvania in new york. Here in the washington, dc area.
Perspective this year. Father bill is along us with well talk about some of the conflicts we have all been through this year and you know one of the things you professionally and i wont ask you to deal with sanktyty for a professional but you talk to people for a living and talked to people your entire career tore a living. This past year, what message you have heard from people or do you talk to people about in your own hospitallies about coming together and maybe healing some of the rancor and decision content weve seen on both sides of the political aisle this year. I think a lot of people are happy to see 2016 door shut and brand new door opening its been a tough year i think and one there has been in ow own system of dp lot of ugliness not just politically but all families in many ways. I think its time for a fresh start. And thats what new years is about. Its starting to get lighter. We had the solstice and the light is coming on. Literally and figuratively. Its time to let the l