years on the russian hoax. some commentates were stunned by every witness including fiona hill. we have been watching some of the most searing testimony. her opening statement was short but it packed a wallop. vindman struck me as the most devastating we have seen in the public hearing to date. the rising media outrage wasn t reflected in the tv ratings which declined from 13 million to 11.5 million. much of the press says the hearings proved the president committed impeachable offenses while trump s media defenders dismissed them as a partisan show. the latest polls show for all the coverage, public support for impeachment hasn t moved one bit. mike? mike: howie kurtz reporting in washington tonight. thanks a lot. up next bret baier talks with best selling novelist james patterson after his day at the white house. we ll be right back. ack. with the united explorer card, i get rewarded wherever i go. going out for a bite. rewarded. going new places. anytime. rewarded! lea
i don t understand why he would want to be known as somebody throwing $30 million out in terms of getting his name known. it just it seems like a strange approach to me. he is smart. we will see if he knows what he is doing. bret: last thing, have you written about a lot of different things. is there something that you haven t written about that you aspire to? i think the thing i read a lot of kid books. i have a crisscross about alex cross. another book alli cross coming out the same day which is about alex s son. and getting kids reading and that s something by the way you never hear in the debates. nobody talks about education or getting kids reading. that as much as anything else, that s the future of this country. i wish that could be a subject of all the debates as well. bret: well, if we get one, we are going to ask it. all right. well, good. thank you, that would be great. bret: thank you so much for your time. thank you. mike: congratulations to james patters
hammered out by december 15. the president has an interest in solving it because as long as the economy stays strong and a trade deal gets done, the president is in better shape for a re-election standpoint. and this year there s just 26 days between thanksgiving and christmas. that s the fewest possible number of calendar days between the two holidays, mike. the clock is ticking on any potential holiday shopping list. you telling me to get to work? matt finn live. stocks were off in this half day of trading today. the dow lost 113. the s&p 500 fell 13. nasdaq dropped 40. for the month, the dow was up nearly four points. the s&p gained 3 1/2. nasdaq surged 4 1/2. up next, how members of the media are handling the impeachment saga as we enter a crucial week. here s what our fox affiliates
mike? thanks, kevin. tonight iraq s prime minister says he s resigning. this comes after dozens were killed in protests. iraqi protesters are pushing back against iran. jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. iraqis celebrated the news that the iraq s prime minister said he would resign a day after protesters were opened fire on killing 40 people. the resignation comes after a warning of civil war. more than 400 iraqis have been killed by security forces since demonstrations began two months ago to address corruption, lack of public services, jobs and the role that iran and iranian backed malitias have on iraq s central government. several hundred pages of leaked
never be divided or intimidated by this sort of attack. london bridge itself was the scene of another terror attack in 2017 in which eight people died. on that occasion, the three attackers used a van to run people over before attacking people with knives. they were shot dead. just breaking in the last hour, mike, according to sky news over here, the suspect in that attack was a recently released terrorist prisoner who is believed to be wearing an ankle security tag. president trump arrives in london monday for a nato heads of state summit. everybody here are now on heightened alert. mike? benjamin hall live in lyndon. thanks. president trump is offering encouragement about the prospect of peace with the taliban. the president is back at his resort after surprise visit to troops in afghanistan. kevin corke is in west palm