criticism? we got a lot of insight why he made this decision. it was very methodical. he said in a speech yesterday i gave the general 6 months but i gave another 6 months, when we had retaken 99% of territory in syria i said it was time to bring our men and women home. saudi arabia stepping up, turkey stepping up and we are right across the board in iraq ready if needed. that elucidation explains a lot. he made a promise to this country when he ran on getting out of syria, made good on that promise and it was a smart, methodical, wise decision. todd: the president was criticized for not making the trip sooner but looking at the last number of years, a few decades the president, right in the middle when he visited a war zone, 705 day for donald trump, obama did visit 77 days. president bush, 1041 days. president clinton, 1088 days. president bush, 43, 671 days.
the market likes certainty rather. when you have a split government that is okay because there is certainty in gridlock but when you make a statement like that where it is going to be 100% that jerome powell is the fed chair that is as certain as we can get and that is a good thing. heather: we will see what happens today, thanks for wearing those shoes again. they are helping the nation move forward. todd: it is 53 minutes after the hour. math can sometimes be hard. the little boy tried to cheat his way through homework by using alexa. a patriotic moment during donald trump s visit with our troops, the video you don t want to miss.
54 days while dragging the 370 pound sled mostly uphill. the oregon native worked on christmas morning to finish the final track. this was after burning 25% of his body in a fire. afterward after all is said and done, fish and salad after living off of freeze-dried fruits. happening any minute now donald trump expected to land at joint base andrews after a surprise visit to our troops overseas. professor grant says this shows the defeat of isis in the region, she s joining us later on. blue but a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. oh! up to 12 pounds? (vo) a two-year study showed that ozempic® does not increase the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attack, stroke, or death.
jillian: gop political analyst and constitutional attorney mark w smith, thank you for joining us this, let s break down the 85 number and take a closer look, two supreme court justices, 32 circuit court judges, 51 district court judges, that is just in 2018. mitch mcconnell realized we have 3 branches of government, one of them is the courts. with a republican president in donald trump and republican-controlled senate we can start to remake those courts with republican appointed judges and that is what we saw the first two years in the next two years now that the democrats control the house i think you will see donald trump is going to as they say make lemonade out of lemons, the fact the legislation agenda of the president won t go that far with nancy pelosi controlling the house, what can the president accomplish without the house? the answer is a lot more judges on the federal bench with republican-controlled senate. that will be a priority of this
you have taken a live look at capitol hill where in a few hours congress will return to work on a shutdown solution. it will have to include border wall funding. something the president says he s not budging on. here s what to expect. great to see you. the president digging his heels in, both sides of the aisle will meet face-to-face for the first time since the government shut down 6 days ago. the clock is ticking for republicans to hammer out a deal before democrats take over the house on january 3rd, donald trump is insisting he will do whatever it takes to get his border wall. we will have a wall. we will have safety. we need safety for our country even in the standpoint, we have terrorists coming in through the southern border, folks say could we have some drones, could we have technology?