Recognizes that sound. Well, thats correct, brian. If you remember Defense Secretary mattis was the first led the first marines on the ground shortly after 9 11. Lets get with the breaking news, moments ago fox news has learned the taliban claimed responsibility for a massive Rocket Attack at kabuls International Airport. 40 to 45 rockets and rocket propelled grenades landed near the Passenger Terminal just less than two hours after Defense Secretary jim mattis arrived with his entourage which included the press. Now, im told that mattis was in no danger. He had already left the area aboard helicopter and Rocket Attack was not near the location where he landed. But, still, brian, its the same airport and certainly raises a lot of questions about security in afghanistan 16 years after the 9 11 attacks. Now, mattis a day ago was traveling in india, which might have put the taliban on some kind of alert. It was not public that Defense Secretary mattis would be arriving in kabul today. He
many americans feel very strongly about. there s a lot of americans who feel strongly about people who kneel during the national anthem and how that offends them. harris: no matter what their politics are. and there are people who want to say merry christmas. it s a very smart trap he s laid for democrats. democrats oppose trump at anything and everything he does. and when they re making the argument that, no, you should be able to kneel, it translates to some voters as they re against people standing for the national anthem. harris: marie, you and i have talked on the couch about the fact that if you look at this for just what it is, it s kind of the president being political, but all just showing what his beliefs are. well, i think the president is trying to focus on cultural issues, what some call the culture wars, in part because he hasn t had success on the traditional legislative agenda he laid out. healthcare repeal and replace. still hasn t happened. tax reform is getti
authorization and we can go on for a minute or two. is there a strategy here or is the president not wanting to deal with things? it is a way to turn up the pressure. he knows that republicans will pay the price if they cannot get a victory in the next several months. this is his way of handing republicans in congress several opportunities to do something. they have an opportunity on immigration, to find a fix on daca and push through some responsib responsible on immigration. leland: they have all these things, but healthcare repeal and replace out of the inauguration doesn t happen, failed spectacularly. we re seeing fraction breaks when it comes to healthcare. this is what senator ted cruz said, republican of texas, the
that this is a real test of their leadership. if they don t pass tax reform, they ll be in a heap of trouble in 2018. there will be a lot of republican voters that say why did we send you up there if you can t do this? neil: that was the same pressure when they had to rework the healthcare repeal not once but twice. something happened. that puts all the more pressure on republicans to get tax reform done. they already have two eggs on their faces with obamacare. let s remember, we still haven t done infrastructure and all of these other things that we ve talked about before which should have been front-loaded in the legislative agenda to build momentum, get political buy-in from democrats and republicans before they tackle obamacare. here we are tax cuts, tax reform. as you know, neil, the devil is in the detail. the devil is in the deductions, which is what senator paul is talking about. if you close the loop holes,
britain s prince george all smiles on first day as most kids are. after just a few weeks, it seems the royal is all ready for summer vacation. his dad prince william reportedly telling a fellow parent at morning dropoff that george did not want to go to class. according to a british player, william predicted this would start happening on the first day. one of those like they are just like us. who doesn t get tired of it. brian: he goes to one of those schools where you are not allowed to have best friends. if you get too close to somebody, they make you move your room or classroom. abby: too many germs? brian: exactly. i m breaking up with you jillian, goodbye. steve: president trump set to unveil big tax reform plan today. what s in it? he is. live with washington with details next. brian: attorney general jeff sessions joining us live. senator rand paul also will be here reflecting back on the healthcare repeal and replace that wasn t. alabama senate runoff winner judge roy moore liv