administration. that s an awful lot of people. ainsley: david, a fifth lawmaker has decided not to be there to hear the state of the union address the last week of january. what do you think about that? these are all democrats, of course. well, look, you know, some democrats don t want to normalize the behavior of president trump and remember justice scalia how just mentioned in your session didn t come to like 11 studio bs because he found them childish exercises. senator cruz boycotted one of the state of the unions that president obama delivered. i actually don t think they should boycott. i think, again, back to my first point, democrats win by being for something. not just against something. president trump, candidate trump has been very good at getting his opponents to overreact. that s really paying by your opponent s agenda not your own agenda. ainsley: jake, what do you think about the boycott. not unusual for individual members of congress to boycott a state of the unio
21st century and lower coast of family for american families. ainsley: dems want more money in their pocketbook and higher raises. didn t we see that with the tax cuts? didn t the president give the president that with tax cuts. $1,000 bonus and seeing 401(k)s going up. i think what the president did give tax breaks to the wealthiest people of america ultimately going to come from people struggling to get by. this is coming from working americans. it s a big tax cut for people at the very top. the democratic message going from the next election is no matter how are and no matter where you are from or what you look like or how love you deserve a shot at the american dream. ainsley: david, do you agree with that? because if you look at the stats, if you look at the numbers. everyone is getting a tax relief except for the wealthiest of the wealthy that live in new york and live in these states that have very expensive local taxes? well, the election is not held today. it s held a litt
unknown. we could really use your prayers. and we could really use your thoughts right now for those officers. jillian: the suspect also shot. no motive. disturbing report out of california. they are calling it a house of horrors, david and louise turbin accused of holding 13 children captive in one room some of them starving and chained to beds. police making the discovery outside of san bernardino after one of their brave daughters escaped to call 911. authorities say the siblings ranged in age from 2 to 29. parents facing several charges, including torture and child abuse and being held on 9-million-dollar bond. how neighbors are reacting, that s coming up in a live report in the next half hour. overnight, north korea responding to president trump s nuclear button. state run media blasting the president for saying he had a bigger button than kim jong un. the state department issuing
sanctuary state but is he not stopping there accord ing to the washington post. bill murphy plans to create an agency called the office of imgrant defense protection where people can call with questions about their status. mur if i have will be sworn in today. i will go upstairs and watch ainsley s interview. ainsley: thank you so much, brian. leaders in congress democratic hoping to take back the majority in the 2018 mid terms. there is one thing they seem to be missing, a cohesive agenda many would say. what should the democrats focus be for 2018 and beyond? here to debate that is democratic strategist david morey and former speech writer eric holder and loretta lynch jake. thank you for being here. good morning. good morning. what is the strategy for the democrats for the next election other than criticizing this president and is that harmful to democrats? they can t just criticize this president, ainsley. they have to be for something, not just against something. you know
the new york times indicated that the filed for bankruptcy. david purpin worked at northrup grum mend. the couple felt god called on them to have so many kids. back to you. steve: all right, todd. thank you very much. i was reading one story this morning that said that the neighbors thought the kids looked like vampires from the movie twilight because they were never outside. ainsley: the grandparents didn t go over there and check on them? neighbors didn t? nothing? brian: get all the details soon. reminds me of that story where when those kids were kidnapped and chained. ainsley: ones in cleveland kidnapped and chained in the basement for 10 years. steve: jillian has more headlines. jillian: washington state representative the latest member of congress announce boycotting the president s first state of the union address. i think it is absolutely