Thats not a winning message of saying weve done all the right things and as democrats weve won this debate. Its very much up for grabs and going to be determined in the next three or four years. So flush that out if youre karl rove in the next election, whats the platform you want your candidate to run . Give bullet points. Two or three policy related things. We all understand theres negative sides, tactics and technology but every candidate wants to talk about something. Thats my experience. Candidates want to talk about what theyre going to do. What would you tell a candidate that he or she should run on as a basic platform on economic and domestic policy . I think republicans have a disadvantage and im sure those in the audience have heard this and some will agree and some will not. I come from kentucky. I lived in new york, ive lived in california. And there are people believe it or not theres a whole swath of the country that does not agree with california and new york. And theyre
Of the downing of a civilian airliner. What is happening in tehran . Is this a lull before the next storm . Then, australia on fire. Weve seen the heart wrenching pictures these past weeks as down under has been devastated. More than a billion animals are thought to be dead. Australias former Prime Minister kevin rudd explains the politics behind it all. But first, heres my take. President trumps phase 1 trade deal with china is largely a win for beijing. Just measure the agreement signed this week against the initial demands made by washington in a may 2018 document that beijing promptly leaked. As the Financial Times conclude, with regard to the central u. S. Goals, after almost two years of negotiations, tariffs and countertariffs, mr. Trump has achieved none of these objectives. This outcome is partly the reflexion of the two side staying power. China is a one party state that can take the long view. Trump gambled he could hurt the chinese economy enough with the imposition of tari
St. Louis today. Listen. Protesters testing black lives matter and no peace, no profits as they gather at the entrance of a mall there. Security at the mall estimates there were about 200 to 300 presen present ryan young joins us. Reporter were told they have been kicked out of the mall area. This is the west county mall, and you can understand that happened in the middle of the afternoon. A busy shopping area. We did see Police Officers lining the entrance around the highways here to keep people out for a little while. They have moved on. Weve actually been told by protests there will be more action this afternoon. Weve walked along with them together in h different situations. I can tell you yesterday was one of those days i was sure some of the protests were frus freighted because for the most part it was peaceful and we walked with them from about 11 00 yesterday afternoon until 1 00 in morning but there was a small group who were determined to make noise between them and the Polic
It becomes fully eligible for pension benefits. The present meeting fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe is racing the clock to return with full benefits 90 days to go. The president also suggested that he had a conflict of interest and thats because of the clinton ally can give money to wifes campaign when she iran for office in virginia two years ago. One white house official saying that integrity and federal law is an absolute must. We put all of our faith and confidence in the apartment of justice and the fbi knowing there should be no bias there. Hes making the point that we need to make sure there is no bias. I think there are serious concerns about whether there was or was not. Lea ellison barber is live in washington with more. Present is in dc but he is talking about he is eligible for retirement in march. Almost immediately President Trump fired off a number of attacking mccabe. The white house as you just heard defending the tweet on fox news sunday. Is that helpful for the pre
Merry Christmas Eve to you at home. Du, gillian. Welcome to americas news hq from washington. Im in Leland Vittert. Gillian and i am gillian turner. President trump spending Christmas Eve in his maralago state sending holiday messages to troops. To bring seasons greetings on behalf of the first lady and our entire family and most importantly on behalf of the American People. Today in everyday, we are incredibly thankful for you and for your family. Gillian has holiday greetings however did not extend to twitter where he renewed his criticism of the fbi and to his wife at the fake news media. Foam or not, lets go to steve harrigan. He is live in west palm beach. Steve, happy chris is to you. Reporter that is right, happy christmas to you. President trump was on the attack in the Early Morning hours on twitter, lashing out at two of his favorite targets. The Mainstream Media and also the fbi, taking particular aim at fbi director Andrew Mccabe. He lashed out in later on today Fox News Su