was colorful and hillary clinton s language was colorful for quoting him. the larger question you try to get to here is the democratic party at large. of course barack obama will not be invited to west virginia. joe manchin can win that race without his help. in virginia where you have an extremely popular former president, 65% approval rating that dwarfs donald trump s approval rating and of congress that matters in a state that hillary carried. same with new jersey. what you re seeing is sometimes the former president is a great asset to a statewide candidate. in west virginia he is not and joe manchin can win without him. sandra: he was quoting george bush there but she called the speech dark and divisive and a speech from the white nationalist gut. thank you for coming on this morning. bill: we re waiting to hear from the vice president, mike pence speaking in moments at an event in washington recognizing
mitch mcconnell pushing to get it passed right now. so it s gonna be a very, very intense end of the year. bill: watch the budget vote this week. a lot of conservatives asked to do something they don t like. byron york leading us off today in washington seven minutes past the hour. sandra: the u.s. air force could be preparing its b-52 bombers on high alert over north korea. the president said the united states needs to be prepared for anything. president trump: china is really helping us with respect to north korea. 93% of the things going into north korea come through china. china is big stuff. i believe he has got the power to do something very significant with respect to north korea. we ll see what happens. now, with that being said, we re prepared for anything. we are so prepared like you wouldn t believe. sandra: greg palkot live in
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stabilize the market, we need a bill the president will actually sign. he hasn t made a final decision. when he does, and i know we re not just debating it but actually passing something that can be signed, i would be happy to bring it up. i think he is getting a lot more done than he is getting credit for. bill: he talked to dana perino on sunday also. he is saying if the president tells me what we can get done i can give him a bill. do you think obamacare comes back again or not? oh sure. i think they are actually as close as senator mcconnell has put it in that presentation. i think they are a little bit of trimming on how much leeway to give the states, a little bit of trimming on the issue associated with the subsidies to the insurance companies. they want to make that really short term. there is a lot of discussion going on behind the scenes and i don t know what the timing is but i think you ll see
claudia, zarate made conflicting statements. what was said then that could be part of the evidence in this case. there were initial reports that he said he acknowledged shooting kate steinle after firing the gun accidentally. he said he took some sleeping pills that he found on the peer. there were also reports that said he was shooting at sea lions. the defense will say there were mistakes made by the police translator. but the prosecution says the evidence will show that mr. zarate shot and killed kate steinle that warrants a conviction of second degree murder. the opening statements begin at the hall in justice in san francisco in three hours. trial is expected to last one month and no cameras allowed inside. bill: thank you, claudia. live in san francisco. sandra with more. sandra: steve hayes is editor and chief of the weekly standard and fox news contributor. good to see you this morning.