vladimir putin over the digital communication, the white house says the message was sent that the u.s. is not going to put up with russia invading ukraine. what comes from that, what is going to happen, let s bring in our panel mara liasson national political correspondent of national public radio. guy benson editor at town hall.com host of the guy benson show on fox news radio and former education secretary bill bennett. your thoughts. first that was a very moving piece on pearl harbor one you talk about the generation defining moment one person who helped define that generation bob dole. i want to take this opportunity to say he was a friend and we will miss him. thank you for letting me do that well, you know, eye to eye, you know, national security adviser sullivan said we will see what happens. you know, afghanistan was not a great moment, i m sure it had
things. martha: steve scalise, thank you very much. merry christmas if i don t see you again. merry christmas. martha: will conservative critics from the never trump movement change their tune how things are going so far in the trump white house. rich lowry editor of the publication that once called president trump then mass to american conservatism is striking a drastically different tone these days. quote as the year ends president donald trump is compiling a solid record of accomplishments. it s hard to see how a conventional republican president would have done much better. here now mark scholar and fox news contributor. guy benson editor at town hall.com and fox news contributor also. and trump war room director. gentlemen, welcome to all of you. good to be with you, martha. hey, martha. martha: hello there. guy, let me start with you because you were definitely in that never trumper