Fighting back against new objections to the acting attorney general. Catherine herridge is here to break down how. Senator mike lee weighs in. Welcome to fox news night but, im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin with political fires. In florida, contested races, senate and gubernatorial, still undergoing recount. The thursday deadline looming large along with a number of new lawsuits, not surprising. Correspondent phil keating is here to tell us more. Hi, shannon. Up in Palm Beach County to the north of us, two machines, read recounting machines, have malfunctioned, bringing in mechanics to fix them but reports are Palm Beach County hs lost a days worth of its recounting process. This in a county that was already plagued by machines that are old and the prediction that there was no way they would meet the thursday deadline to get this recount done. Actually that may not matter. First, live inside the Broward County recount subject of the process continues aroundtheclock. Today, fini
President obama says america has lost a patriot and humble servant. Former president bill clinton who defeated george h. W. Bush said few americans have been or ever will be able to match president bushs record of service to the United States. To those close to him, his most Important Role as a husband and as a father and a grandfather. Give me some words to describe your father. My dad is just the kindest person. Hes been an extraordinary role model. I cant its hard for me to be objective. I believe hes as close to perfection as any person. If everybody was like him in trying to find the best in others, the world would be a way better place than it is today. You said he inspired you. How so . Well, throughout my life, an amazing man, whos absolutely selfless. It inspires me to teach in inner City High School after college. He inspired me to think about Public Service. We had gone to the inaugural parade. I wanted to see what it was like to go into the oval office. Dad walks in. I said
We have a lot of news, believe it or not even though it is a holiday season. Today in the face of bipartisan criticism following the resignation of this defense secretary, President Trump did something that many people have been waiting for, something you probably heard lawrence talk about previously. He made his first ever visit as a u. S. President to american troops in a war zone. The president and first lady making a surprise appearance to visit u. S. Soldiers in iraq. The president visited american troops in germany during a stop on the way home. In iraq, trump talked Foreign Policy to the soldiers on the ground. He took the chance to make a public pitch for the very controversial way that he hastily announced the withdrawal from sear, a move widely seen as benefitting russia and sparking the departure of his defense secretary. I said go get them. We need six months. Go get them. They said give us another six months. I said go get them. Then they said can we have one more like per
The Midterm Elections are seen as a litmus test for President Trumps m aga agenda. Even though he is not technically on the ballot. We have team covered tonight. You Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel will walk us through what we know are now about the potential postelection balance of power in just a minute. We will begin with a finale for President Trump, his last rally before the midterms. Correspondent Kristin Fisher is live in missouri with more. Good evening, kristin. President trump has really made it all. His third rally today, his eighth this week. I mean, he really cannot campaign any harder than he has in his final trip to the finish. He used his own words, he said everything is at stake. When the polls open tomorrow, he knows this is really a referendum on his presidency. He sat at a rally earlier today that in essence, i am on the ticket. He believes that what happened in 2016, is going to happen again tomorrow. There is something going on there, sean. Thousands and
Initially conceded the race. Well, let me say clearly, i am replacing my words of concession with uncompromised and unapologetic call that we count every single vote. We count every vote and i say this recognizing that my fate in this may or may not change. Eric they will begin county, doug, outside of elections, they have seen a lot of action both inside and outside, whats going on this afternoon . Its been that way all day long, eric as well, if it is now official we are heading for a recount of 3 important florida statewide races, the first one people most people outside of florida dont care about agricultural, the other monumental importance across the country, senate race rick scott and bill nelson and also the governors race between democrat Andrew Gillum and the republican ron desantis, the first recount is going to be by machine, it has to be completed by this coming thursday, now, if the margin of difference between any two of the candidates in that machine recount is less tha