disrespectful and have hurt them, and for that i am tremendously sorry. >> dana: senator franken offering an apology expressing sorrow for his past behavior. doug mckelway at the white house, but first, mike emanuel on capitol hill. what more did senator franken say to reporters i? >> harris: good afternoon, dana. al franken continued his apologies, promised to be accountable. looking to regain the trust of his constituents. >> this is been a shock, and extremely humbling. i am embarrassed. i feel ashamed. what i am going to do, i am going to start my job. i'm going to go back to work. speak of the key senator republican said get the ethics committee should do its work looking into the franken manner. >> we will see what the facts are. i don't think those are fact or republican. i think all this as difficult as it is in some respect for our society is really important. i think it will end up changing people's attitudes and changing our culture. >> al franken is asked if more women would make allegations. he would not be surprised -- he was surprised with those coming forward. this built web audio set of congress on the house side without john conyers, apparently he said earlier, he is not going to resign. with the latest with him? >> some republicans are taking aim at how drunk i just made a settlement out of his own office budget. >> conyers did not come this slush fund, came out of his office budget, and it was basically camouflage to say it was in a play expense it was a settlement. it unveiled a statement and the documents, and the american people will be able to see that. clearly, if the allegations are true, i do not see how you can continue serving in the congress, having behaved the way that he has alleged of behaved. >> democratic leaders want conyers to step down from the house judiciary committee, but they do not want to look like they pushed him. >> john connors is an icon in our country. he has done a great deal to protect women, with the white ring is promoting. >> with potentially more, it was like busy times for the ethics committee here on capitol hill. >> dana: mike emanuel, thank you very much. meanwhile, a legal battle over the future of a major federal consumer watchdog. obama era appointee at the consumer financial protection bureau is suing the trump administration to stop president trump from appointing his budget director, mick mulvaney, as interim head of the agency. already moving to federal court, and a judge appointed by president trump. doug mckelway is at the white house. >> dana, there has been bad blood over the mere existence of the consumer financial protection bureau since its very inception after the recession of 2008, when democrats were in control of congress and created this body is a part of the dodd-frank bill to rein in the excess of the large banks and financial institutions of wall street. republicans always hated it, fearing and then rather rein in big banks, it settled small and medium-sized neighborhood banks with the excesses of red tape, which they cannot cope with. that is bad blood and is at the root of today's cover station. his number two, is the acting replacement signing the dodd-frank bill is the authority to do so. the trump administration is citing the doj's office of legal counsel, the president appoints an acting director. the person of course is mick mulvaney, who made his authority known in an email to consumer financial protection bureau staff today. please disregard any instructions you heard from mise capacity of acting director. if you receive additional medication in any form, related in any way to the function of her actual or presumed official duties, please inform the general counsel immediately. english as you say, filed suit this morning and mulvaney told camera crews outside the cfpb this morning what he thought of that lawsuit. >> dana: doug, another topic while i have you come the associated press is reporting that president trump will not campaign for roy moore in alabama. what are you hearing? >> from the white house nothing on this front. they had made no decision in any official capacity to the best of our knowledge. last we heard from the president about roy moore was last tuesday when he said this. >> he denies it. look, he denies it. if you look at what is really going on, look at all the things that have happened over the last 48 hours, he totally denies it. >> obviously, huge dilemma for the white house no matter what decision. they decide to campaign for roy moore, a sense a signal of acceptance of his alleged behavior. if he chooses not to campaign, it opens the door to a democratic candidate to win the democratic -- the seat in alabama, i deeply red state, which knows the majority to a 51. an example both ways. spill and thank you, doug mckelway. let's look at some of the big items on kindnesses to-do list. one of them is passing a new spending belt bite september 8th to avoid a shutdown. they also need to iron out different parts of a tax report package, and then there is health care. impress want to restore the cost-sharing reduction payments of that the president eliminated, and there will be a debate on ending the individual health care mandate. makers will have to turn the lens on themselves and the sexual harassment allegations against senator al franken and congressman john conyers. that is not all. let's start with these here to talk about more of this with our own politics editor, chris stirewalt, and the editor and writer of "halftime report" which everyone should get. even though it does not come in a timely fashion for the show. >> [laughs] >> dana: if i want to start with al franken. he said, he is ashamed and embarrassed. he is sorry. will that be enough for his critics? >> nevertheless, he persisted. poor al franken, my god. i feel so terrible. he is so embarrassed, so ashamed, and goodness gracious. give me a break. look, the problem with people and congress is that they believe that they as 1 of 535 members are so important. al franken has obviously lost the thread here. he would be replaced by a democrat. the governor's democrat come at the state is highly democratic. al franken has been an unremarkable senator in every way except for the recent instances with the backside of his constituents. somehow, al franken was to tell us that he must remain in the united states senate, even though it hurts his party, even though it hurts the process of democrats trying to get up at 42018. all that stuff, al franken has lost the tether here. >> dana: he will dig in. what about nancy pelosi, who is on the sunday show yesterday on "meet the press" ." unfortunately for her, it really came out with a bizarre way to defend representative john conyers of michigan. >> and i can't connect the iconic john conyers? this was -- we heard a lot from democrats who told us, they lamented the way that both clinton's accusers were treated, and this is a new era, and they lament how this all happened. he failed the test, she failed her she could publicly pressure and say, women should believe and stick up for other women. these are credible accusations. these were settled. this is not a joke, and john conyers alike al franken, does not need to be in the united states congress. again, safe seat, democrats do not need him there. he is 88 old. >> dana: when it's reported that he is known, apparently he is showing up a couple of times two meetings wearing his pajamas, so there might be other reasons to see him go. before i let you go, i want to ask you about alabama. the senate race, two weeks before the election on december 12. two things happening, waiting to find out more from the white house what the associated press is reporting is to come at the president will not campaign for roy moore in alabama. in addition, within the last hour, there's been information that there is a new candidate in the race. what you know about him? >> he is a marine colonel retired and a sculptor. this is enough to make the greatest senate race and recent years even weirder. he's a right in and had some notoriety. could he be enough to sink more? maybe. >> dana: he used to be an aide to the staff, dinner john kelly. what about the decision not to campaign for moore. an indication about the white house is thinking >> this is a trump aide trying to him the president to the staff, dinner john kelly. trump not only feels solidarity with moore, he said, perhaps the tape of him bragging about some kind of similar misconduct was doctored maybe he will defy what the aides want to do and go to alabama anyway alabama anyway. >> dana: we will see what sarah huckabee sanders will be briefing us, will bring to light. chris stirewalt. thank you very much. what is up with the showdown over who will lead the consumer financial protection bureau. our next guest has a definitive as to why president is correct and mulvaney, english, and cfpb. the u.s. will stop arming rebels and syria. turkeys, but what about the ongoing civil war in syria? spill on the ongoing saga over who will take over the consumer financial protection bureau, my next guest, legal ballot will likely be a long one. the dispute and the result litigation will cast further doubt over the legitimacy of an already troubled agency, result that will run counter to the stated purpose of launching the bureaucratic war. but would let him continue to protect the legacy for just a little while longer at a price of accountability to the people. shannen coffin is a attorney. take me back to 2010, the intent of the cfpb, and where did everything go wrong? >> that is a big question. the desire was to consolidate some other governmental agency's power into one bureau, that would have regulatory control over consumer financial products. the problem is, the power here is so concentrated in one person. unlike other agencies that are accountable directly to the president or some agencies that are made up of commissions of multiple members, you have one guy, richard cordray, who resigned on friday, it was all of the power. a court that has looked at that instant, that is too much power. in order to be accountable in our constitutional system, he has to answer to the president. that is the constitutional background about this agency. >> dana: does it also get money to run, not from the congress, but from profits from the federal reserve? >> that is right. the federal reserve pays the freight on the cfpb. congress does not appropriate funds directly like it does for every other agency. you do not even have real accountability to congress. there is no checks and balances on the system. the latest dispute is really another sign of that. >> dana: it president trump has said, my guy, mick mulvaney, whose argument senate confirmed, i will put him over there as they had. cordray before he leaves slides in this one, because the rules of from cordray's perspective says he can do that. do you think the law is on president trump's side? >> i think it is. and cordray it resigns on friday. he feels the job that has been left vacant for over two years. and then claims that that person can act until president trump actually gets a permanent replacement confirmed. this is like a modern war of the roses. two different directors are acting as if they have power. it is a question of, how do you construe two different statutory authorities. the department of justice hasn't taken the position that they do not conflict, the president gets to choose who gets to run the agency. even this weekend, the cfpb's own general counsel, we had great his own counsel, she agrees with trump. spill it let me about schumer. he said the cfpb it should be led by somebody who is committed to working to working around-the-clock on behalf of consumers, not by a part-time director who clearly is with the agency. he was looking at this from mick mulvaney and the congressman. listen. >> the place, it is a wonderful example of how a bureaucracy will function if it has no accountability to anybody. it turns up in a joke, and that is the cfpb, it has been in a sick, sad cutaway. very little you are elected to help you to protect you with overreach. >> dana: we have that. how do you get results? >> there's been a lawsuit filed. like everything these days, get resolved in court. the position that president trump has taken, as i said, with the cfpb's old counsel is a reasonable position. >> dana: 's between five, i encourage everyone to read your piece. we are waiting the white house press briefing, where expect questions on this fight over cfpb and the latest sexual misconduct allegations on capitol hill. plus, how the stock market is reacting to cyber monday and the prospects for tax reform. his ♪ [ keyboard clacking ] [ click ] [ keyboard clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. our advisors can help you find both. talk to one today and see why we're bullish on the future. yours. for over 100 yearsaking see why like kraft has,al cheesefuture. you learn a lot about people's tastes. honey, what do you want for dinner tonight? oh whatever you're making. triple cheddar stuffed sliders. sold! but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. ♪ >> dana: investors keeping a close eye on tax reform as a lawmaker's head back to work in washington. it is a critical week for the g.o.p., and republicans had for this keelboat. fox business networks commit nicole , the markets react anytime there is a tax reform headline? >> for the most part, yes, because today, we have the news that rand paul is likely to be a "yes" vote, and traders have been talking about it, feeling that optimism. the big picture is that they are betting on tax reform. they have been betting on it since last november since trump was voted in. we see the market go 18,000 now towards 23500. a new record in fact. everything is at records. i will tell you, goldman sachs has been putting out a bullish note, they put this out and talked about rational exuberance and if it passes, and they are bullish on this, investing financials. they are saying, the markets can move higher in 2018, 19, putting a target at the end of 2018. that is roughly again. most people expect a pullback, and goldman sachs, you may see a down arrow of about 5% by the end of next year, if we do not get the tax overhaul. people are betting on it, and you cd optimism. one record after another. the dow has about 20% this year. the economy, fundamentals, earnings. consumer confidence. shirley and tax reform as well. >> dana: one my favorite topics, shopping. tell me about the retailers. they are well-positioned for the holidays, and today is cyber monday. how's it going? >> you are right on point. that is exactly $6.6 billion. and that is a record we saw on black friday. they came in at 5 billion higher than last year's member of 3.3 billion. everything is doing great this month. we are seeing names like foot locker, abercrombie, more than 20%. walmart, gap, 15%. amazon, 8% this month. surely outpacing the averages. the s&p is up about 1%, just to give you some other details, how much are you spending? that will likely to go up about 3.5% $957, and e-commerce is going to be close to 16% of our spending. so much of that will be on our mobile phones as well. it feels like they will stop until they drop, dana t, getting ready for the holidays. still exciting times. thank you, nicole. meanwhile, guns making the list of this year's hottest selling items on black friday. the fbi said a cap more than 250,000 requests for gun license request. up 10% the number of guns it sold could be even higher, since buyers have to undergo one check before buying one or more firearms. what is on the president to-do list for the end of the year? are political panel will discuss their busy agenda, plus president trump says the u.s. will no longer armed kurdish fighters in syria. jack keane explains how this could tip the balance of power in the middle east. they are what we are standing by for the white house press briefing expected to begin in 3. the president is facing and quite a big in of the year due to less. in our political panel will discuss all of that in a moment, but kristin fisher is live at the white house, >> it is a packed december. the very first deadline, and a big deadline is the spending bill to keep the government open and avoid a shutdown. that deadline is december 8th. that is not going anywhere. at the same time, republicans need to pass tax reform. truly a make or break moment for them, president trump has promised massive tax cuts by christmas. the house has done it. i did what they are supposed to do. they passed before things giving break. now it is this in its turn, and they're going to get this done by christmas. they need to vote on their version of a bill, likely by this week. president trump is heading to capitol hill tomorrow. today, he met with members of the senate finance committee. here at the white house, and it just a few moments ago, after their meeting, they came out, spoke to reporters, and they say, they had a very interesting meeting. the chairman of the committee says the senate bill has substantial improvements over the hospital, but in the end, he believes they will be able to reconcile. >> generally, we are able to get together and solve these problems. i think we will. will be able to get together. that is why you have two houses. i never failed to get together with the house, and even on very contentious issues come up because you're willing to work together and solve these problems. >> when asked if they could get this done by christmas, senator warren hatch said, i sure hope so. complicating matters is the race for the alabama c. president trump left open the possibility that he might campaign for roy moore. he said last week, moore denies the allegations. the associated press reported today that president trump has decided not to campaign for roy moore, but are sources that the white house, there is nothing on president trump's schedule at that time. this could change. i expect this one to have several questions in the briefing today. also questions about the power struggle taking place at the cfpb, the consumer financial protection bureau. yet white house budget director, mick mulvaney. named by president trump, if you have leandre english, named to the post by the agency's outgoing obama era director. she filed a lawsuit. it's an awkward situation this morning, where nobody knows who is in charge, but dana, mick mulvaney brought doughnuts to the cfpb. he may get the early win. >> dana: that is smart and his staff was tweeting pictures of him at the job. possession is nine-tenths of the law. we appreciate you keeping things straight with us. back to later this week. for more on this, let's bring in our political panel, former directory campaign manager for mark and mike martin o'malley, and alexander smith, director of america rising. not related. here together on the panel. al franken, the last hour, he gave a press conference, took a few questions, addressing allegations of sexual misconduct. let's take a listen to what he said. >> what i am going to do. i'm going to start my job. i'm going to go back to work. i'm going to work as hard as i can for the people of minnesota, and i'm going to start that right now. thank you all. >> dana: alexander, let me start with you. will that assuage the critics that he should resign? >> i do not think so. it speaks to a double standard that i find particularly troubling. at america rising, we do opposition research. this is exactly the thing that we would put before voters, before an election for them to evaluate. we do opposition research probably so that voters do not have buyers remorse at the end of the day. why should an elected official, someone in the public trust get any kind of special treatment, and ethics hearing, special training, counseling, something just because they are in elected office. in my opinion, they are not any kind of employer. they should be held to a higher standard, and this is what really troubles me about the entire incident. >> dana: apparently, there is not more to come about john al franken, but john conyers, and other reporters are chasing down leads, because there are more stories to come, perhaps from other sides of the aisle. how do you feel about this is staffers? >> look, i think there is a lot of frustration that democrats are going out there and rightly criticizing people like roy moore, allegedly prayed on 14-year-old girls, young women, and on the other hand, we are standing by and turning a blind eye to people like john conyers and al franken. the charges against frank and are endowed. at this point, i agree. our elected officials should be held to a higher standard. al franken to be held to a higher standard, we not claim to have any moral high ground against republicans as long as we stand by and let these guys sit in the seats. democrats in congress should show more leadership and call these guys to step down. i know it is not easy. i know at times, it is tough to shake up the party that way, but is important we lead by example and this and show that our own representatives are not above the law or subject to different set of rules. >> dana: strong stance. we appreciate. let me ask about tax reform, because we have word today that senator rand paul of kentucky says the bill is not perfect, he is not getting everything he wants, but he will be a "yes." is that a big moment for the republicans connect >> i think it is, because remember, senator rand paul had a liberal or difficulty getting to the finish line on health care. the fact that he is not only moving towards a "yes" but came out with a strong public statement, i think it is encouraging. i think both senators and members of the house realize this is an existential imperative to the party. we need to pass tax reform in order to be viable in the midterm election. in order to fulfill their gentle promises that president trump made. i think, that only if you look at rand paul or senator daines, tried to help senator johnson cross the finish line, there's a lot going on. >> dana: this is where the dealmaking is happening. lis smith, what you think the democrats are thinking as they look forward to the republicans, republicans say they have momentum to get this done. >> the democrats are thinking that one, this policy would be bad for the country, but two, republicans are heading a bit of a political gift. alex said something about donald trump delivering on a campaign promise. the campaign that donald trump the human out there, railed against wall street, spoke out for the forgotten people and the people left behind by this tax reform bill are people who make under $100,000 a year. it is the forgotten men and women that he championed. this is him being at odds with what he promised on the campaign trail, and when you have headlines saying that perkins will suffer the most under this bill, that is a political problem. >> dana: this is where the messaging war is going to get interesting, because people have points on both sides, and we appreciate you being here. lis smith and alexandra smith. hundreds dead after an ice is attacked, how egyptians are going to respond after the largest modern terrorist attack in the history. tourists stranded by about scenic corruption. more to come by warning to americans if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it may be time for a change. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal brain infection caused by a virus may be possible. this condition has not been reported with entyvio. tell your doctor if you have an infection, experience frequent infections or have flu-like symptoms or sores. liver problems can occur with entyvio. if your uc or crohn's treatment isn't working for you, ask your gastroenterologist about entyvio. entyvio. relief and remission within reach. how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? 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>> no doubt, dana, they will retaliate, but whether it will have impact. that is the question here. frankly, they've been struggling with this war and the sinai peninsula. largely a remote area, but thousands of people that live there. it has been going on for an years. when you put the focus on it they are doing like some other militaries do. the are conventional military forces. they are ready to fight other armies, and have great difficulty of adjusting to this kind of war. it is really an insurgency driven by terrorism. what they do, they take combat power that he hasn't, airplanes and artillery pieces and he goes after ices with that, and as a result of this, they're very indiscriminate and kills hundreds of hundreds of civilians. they turn completely against them. they're alienated, even though they cannot stand ices, and they provide no hop, no intelligence whatsoever. what sisi should be doing, and protecting the population and protecting like we did so successfully in iraq with the surge. he has major problems, and he has the russians helping him, which are notorious in terms of using brutality, conventional weapons on civilians. >> dana: another development, president trump in talking to erdogan, we will no longer arm the syrian kurds. you agree? >> what happened here, we decided to arm the syrian kurds, to assist us in taking down rocco, the headquarters of the major city supporting ices, the president and his national security team made the decision not to arm them indefinitely. in other words, this was only a temporary measure. i think we have to find the obligation that we made. the problem we got here, it is likely that the pro-regime forces, assisted by the iranians and supported by the russians, at some point may take on the syrian kurds out into the vicinity of raqqa. that is something we would not want, and certainly something we should be pushed back on. >> dana: want to get your take on the defense budget. i thought you had some really good information paired the budget process is working its way through. you have a strong concern that even if they get an increase in the overall money, there is something that to happen for desk >> the house armed services committee, which oversees the budget has provided a healthy down payment on reversing the problem we have had, leading toward accidents. you discussed with jennifer, military readiness crisis, and an erosion of military capability. that down payment is literally $700 billion. that is about $100 billion more than what obama's budget team was forecasting. that is good news. the problem is, we have to take the budget control act or sequestration. that has been suspended for two years. in january, back -- backaches back end. they need a budget control act for bringing us back with the trump team that they pushed up, it would go away. they have to take some action. >> dana: people are forgetting, and that was on the agenda. that has to get done, and we appreciate you reminding us. general jack keane, i appreciate you being here. there is alive look at the white house. we are awaiting the briefing with sarah sanders, it will bring that to you live. plus -- >> it not being able to make his mind, it is so important to me to know that she is a part of this with us. still at the rumors are true. buckingham palace and palace announcing prince harry and meghan markle are engagement mobile learning about the royal wedding, i had ♪ patrick woke up with back pain. but he has work to do. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeeeeah! ensure high protein. with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure. always be you. we are the driven... the dedicated... the overachievers. we know our best investment is in ourselves. we don't take no for an answer. we fight for what we want. even for the things that were once a given. going to college... buying a home... and not being in debt for it for the rest of our lives. but we're only as strong as our community. who inspires and pushes us to go further than we could ever go alone. sofi. get there sooner. >> dana: a fox news alert, we are awaiting information, from the white house. the president is having an event with the native american code talkers. here he is. >> president trump: we had a meeting on it today. it will be a tremendous tax cut, you'll have to pay a lot less taxes. we will have a tremendous -- i think will have great spirit, and i will tell you, the republican senators were up, if we win, will get some democratic sinners during this period if we do not, they will not join us. you understand us. if we went met, we will probably have a bipartisan bill. a number of people will come over. i am not so interested in that. we are really interested just to getting it passed. again, it will be the biggest tax reduction in the history of our country. it will bring jobs. it will bring a lot of income coming into the country with product, et cetera. and i think it is doing very well. -- actually, i think will benefit everybody. it will mostly benefit people to keep jobs, more than anything else. we are giving greater incentives, it will bring back into this country in excess of $4 trillion, that is outside of the country, right now, because of our tax laws, can i come back in. we will be bringing back at least i think the number will be substantially higher. at least $4 trillion, which will immediately be put to work in this country. i think the tax bill is doing very well, and i think the republicans are going to be very proud of it. thank you. >> reporter: will you go to alabama? 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this announcement has gripped the nation. two different worlds have come together, hollywood and the british aristocracy. the royal family, and that is the first sign we have seen a wedding like this. also very rare, the interview they gave earlier, their relationship, how they met, with the plans were together. something you very rarely get to see when it comes to the royal family. listen to what he said earlier. >> i had never heard of her until a friend said, meghan markle i said, right? can you give me a bit of background? no, i had never heard of megan before, and i was beautifully surprised when i walked into the room and saw her when she was sitting there. >> actually come up meghan markle said she knew very little about prince harry, and it was refreshing to get to know him from him then the press, which is how so many people read the tablets, gossip about him. they also said they met on a blind date in london a year and a half ago. and he whisked her to africa and they spent the night under the stars and shared a tent, and that is when the relationship started to grow. >> dana: for benjamin, thank you so much. that will be a fun wedding to go to. we are awaiting the white house briefing. thank you for joining us. i am dana perino, and here is shep. >> shepard: it is noon on the west coast, 3:00 at the white house, where the press secretary is set to brief reports at any moment. i just heard seconds ago. it will begin in about 15 minutes. we will hear from her then as well is a report that a lawyer from president trump's normal neck former national security advisor michael flynn met with the special counsel team. there are questions about whether or not michael flynn is in the process of cutting a deal with prosecutors or whether he may already have cut a deal with prosecutors. questions about what he may have to offer them. we are also watching from capitol hill controversy. president trump with support for the alabama candidate roy moore, despite the accusations of sexual misconduct with teenagers