now to other national news, president obama is on a two-week vacation in hawaii, but when he gets back to washington he ll face tax reform obamacare and now. now the big question for next year will the president and the gop be able to work together perhaps on some of and these on some of these issues? dan springer is now live in honolulu with the very latest. hi, dan. reporter: yeah, hi, eric. the republican congress and the president will be under pressure to show the american people they can work together and get things done together. this last year was the least product hiv of congress since the 1940s. gridlock was the rule and approval rates were in the tank. mitch mcconnell will be the senate majority leader. he and president obama met at the white house and both were talking about finding areas of agreement. but then just a couple of weeks later, mr. obama picked a major fight over immigration. with an executive action that gives amnesty to up to 5 million illegal immigrants.