rachel: thank you. pete: how is christmas in the duffy house? rachel: it s coming together slowly. try doing that with 8 kids. pete: i do a lot of internet shopping as well. ed: congressman duffy is going to have to get back to work next week. early christmas present overnight. a tax cut deal. pete: they have actually been working hard, ed. we will go right to that fox news alert. the christmas president the pree president promised. we are finally getting a look at what the deal reveals. rachel: took some compromise to get there. ed: who is in? who is out? doug mckelway joins us this morning. good to see you. good to see you. a t. now it appears that the tax cut and jobs act is headed for passage next week. the house expected on tuesday the senate later in the week. assurance came yesterday when senator marco rubio gave a thumbs up make concessions make up to 14 hurricane dollars of the
of agency. rachel: people are scratching their heads. i heard lou dobbs saying he thinks the deep state must have something on him because it makes no sense why he hasn t acted in these cases that seem so obvious to the american people that there is corruption and they need to be investigated. to push back on your inspector general, i have had work with michael horowitz through the years. trey gowdy. i totally believe in the organization. you don t hear the leaks. when they come out with the report, soup to nuts, everything from the tarmac meeting director comey and his firing, everything in between. they are the ones that unearthed the 10,000 text messages, that all became because of the inspector general. ed: i hear you, but are they going to do anything about it? there is a conflict because once you shine a light on it, you have to have the department of justice prosecute the department of justice. and you need a strong attorney general to do that. and i don t know that we have
bring more snow and lake-effect snow throughout the day today. seeing rain across east texas and outiest fire conditions get worse. winds kick up. unfortunately fire conditions and wind conditions extreme. pete: i hear raspiness in your voice. rachel: i think it. rick: what were you saying? pete: besides the upsides there are down sides. what would you recommend for rick to help him? rick: yes, please. rachel: lemon, honey. ed: need some more time. pete: any time you want to give me more time i will take it good man, rick. appreciate it. many americans are brushing off the botched terror attack in new york city this week. but was it a dry run for a larger plot? a former cia station chief says it looks a lot like the
and so that makes it extremely challenging for us to detect these attacks. it does put the onus more on our state and local law enforcement as well as our citizens to be aware of potential for attacks. ed: daniel hoffman, merry christmas to you and thank you for coming in with this important information. rachel: thank you. ed: we know people are divided when it comes to politics but what about being a proud american? not everyone is so proud. we have the numbers and they will stun you frankly. rachel: christmas is nine days away. still need a gift for dad? kurt the cyberguy has some ideas like that star wars drone. ed: pete likes it santa claus is coming to town he s making a list checking it twice (vo) the best gifts come with a special box.
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