ben carson is set to lead the new council which also includes treasury secretary steve mnuchin. and commerce secretary wilber ross as members. this is 20 minutes. >> there was a sense they wanted it out. >> i never heard of that song. inaudible] >> i know rudolph -- [inaudible] -- >> don't you wonder what the world is coming to? >> i know, right. udolph, wow. > i light up a room. >> good to see you. president trump: hello, everybody. good, tim. it's a big day. thank you. in a few moments i will sign an executive order launching a new white house opportunity. this is a very big thing that tim and i and everybody have been working on for a long time. and revitalization council. this council will coordinate earth as i cross the entire federal -- coordinate across the entire federal government. with the creation of today's council, the resources of the whole federal government will be leveraged to rebuild low-income and impoverished neighborhoods that have been ignored by washington in years past. our goal is to ensure that america's great new prosperity is broadly shared by all of

it is a privilege to have secretary ben carson with us today. i can't think of anyone better to explain the importance of today's announcement been doctor carson who is one of the most foremost pediatric surgeons and we are delighted to have eric in here and you will hear from him and secretary carson in a few minutes. we are gathered here today to announce the new federal let action plan and layout our role to reduce lead exposure nationwide. the first and most and fundamental responsibility of government is to protect the people, especially the most vulnerable among us. lead exposure is a calamity that disproportionately harms children in low-income communities. all americans regardless of age, race, income or home address deserve an opportunity to live in safe and healthy environments. that is why donald trump and this administration are committed to tackling this problem head on. we are combating lead exposure on all fronts. in homes, schools, consumer products and drinking water. we are updating the lead and comparable for the first time in

>> laura: i want to see more of ben carson out there, by the way. i loved what he had to say. once again, the media proves itself to be absolutely incapable of covering virtually anything about the work the president does to try to restore our country. not even an inkling of objectivity. he didn't do this, by the way, to benefit a few of his pals are the people who voted for him but he is doing this to try to benefit those who have been served so poorly by politicians of both parties for decades. but i'm telling you despite everything that is swirling around him, the democrats obsession with impeachment, the indictments, et cetera, et cetera, the president continues to do work that other presidents wouldn't do. and poor working class americans will be better for it. and that the angle. joining me now with reaction, pastor darrell scott. he was at the signing of the opportunity zones executive order. he's also the ceo of the national diversity coalition for trump. with me is niger and it's from a congress for racial equality and chris edwards from the cato interesting. pastor,

>> laura: i want to see more of ben carson out there, by the way. i loved what he had to say. once again, the media proves itself to be absolutely incapable of covering virtually anything about the work the president does to try to restore our country. not even an inkling of objectivity. he didn't do this, by the way, to benefit a few of his pals or the people who voted for him, but he is doing this to try to benefit those who have been served so poorly by politicians of both parties for decades. but i'm telling you despiter everything that is swirling around him, the democrats' obsession with impeachment, the indictments, etob cetera, et cetera, the president continues to do work that other presidents wouldn't do. and poor working class americans will be better for it. and that's the angle. joining me now with reaction, pastor darrell scott. he was at the signing of the opportunity zones executive order. he's also the ceo of the national diversity coalition for trump. with me is niger innes from the congress for raciald equality ad chris edwards from the cato institution. pas

then, i joined the ben carson campaign and i left and went back to london. and said amt again i going to join or not? then i finally joined. that is when things became strange immediately. >> let's define strange. mr. papadopoulos: i was working for a company in london named the london center for international law practice. after independent journalists and people like yourself have looked into this place, they understand it is some sort of diplomats whoern just go in there and masquerade as scholars for some other reason. i had no idea. >> what were you doing there? introduced by ahead of the socialist group in european parliament. said your experience is perfect. come and join our work center. >> so they found you? . always like to hear was in a conference for european parliament. he was fishing for talent. people with political experience. connections. crowd.a young that was the crowd at london center. he said your contract is about to expire and i have a great position for you in london. i love london. then all of the shady things started to happen. meet

we have proof ben carson is still around. that's the first i've seen ben carson in ages. >> and he can hit. >> one of the producers, she was a big boston red sox fan. one of the players was mookie bets which was her favorite. >> i heard they gotte got eng. >> bringing people together. >> bud black, the manager of the rockies, he came over to say hello. he's a fan of the fives. >> i don't like the idea of you have to give your ball to a kid. they should learn that if they want a ball, they've got to earn it. >> life is not easy. >> i think if you take a mitt to the game, you get to keep the ball. >> you said krauthamer had a special seat dedicated to him. >> they made not only a special seat, a special section, he got to sit in the wheelchair but the best part was driving to the ballpark with charles, because of course charles had this special james bond type van. >> that he was in control of. >> yes. >> oh, yeah. and he drove fast. he had a need for speed. >> he had a lead foot. >> he got to park in the owner's parking spot.

ben carson, of course, who heads up the department of house and urban development. no experience? welfare, no experience in housing policy before he took that job. rick perry, still in his job as the secretary of in, he was the governor of texas, and lest we forget, was on "dancing with the stars." >> betsy devos, no teaches experience, and then we have heather nauert as well. geoff, the issue of experience, geoff, help us understand that. the president says he wants to change things. why is he going for folks who might not be the most qualified, at least on paper. >> reporter: if you talk about the lack of experience, you know who else lacked experience when they got a top job? donald trump. he's the first president to never have government or military experience when elected to office. we've seen he picks people based on whether or not he likes them or whether or not he fit the part, as he says. so he's dismissed in certain cases all of the traditionally categories of relevant experiences. with heather nauert, this is certainly a job, a job like ambassador, will shift based on t

trump has lost nine cabinet members in less than two years and you know, ben carson, ben carson wandered off eight months ago. no one has seen him. president is said to be very angry over this situation with the chief of staff. according to one source, he is super pissed. >> the president is, quote, super pissed. >> the president is, quote, super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> the president is, and we quote, super pissed. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, when is he not super pissed? he's either pissed or super pissed. the last time -- i think the last time he was happy was the day kim kardashian came to visit the white house. and while it's easy to assume that ours is the only country in a tail spin right now it's important to remember there's plenty of unpleasantness going on in governments all over the world, including great britain where prime minister theresa may headlined an especially spirited brexit debate in parliament. >> mr. speaker, nine times the prime minister assured us there would be no early gen

ben carson, whose wife is in the development business or something? >> she buys $10,000 tables. that's all i know. >> up next, stories forgotten the red state revolt, that's next. at booking.com, we can't guarantee you'll find gold in them therr hills on your vacation. but we can guarantee the best price on this rental cabin. or any accomodation from hotels to yurts. booking.com, booking.yeah >>> now for something completely different, some good news. our look back at the stories that fell down the memory hole in 2018 would not be complete without a reminder about the remarkable teacher strikes that took place in west virginia, oklahoma, arizona, north carolina across the nation. strikes that prompted real change in conservative states. >>> for four days across west virginia's 55 counties, more than 30,000 school employees went on strike. >> 55 united. >> reporter: tab that richardson was fighting for better pay to take care of her son with special needs. >> we're just fighting for our rights, you know? if that's illegal, here we are. >> the so-called red state revolt result ed

carson. prior to becoming hud secretary, dr. carson devoted his life to protecting the development of children's brains. as the former director of pediatric neurosurgery at johns hopkins hospital, he is aware of the devastating effects of lead poisoning on a child's mental and physical development. as a neurosurgeon, he transformed the lives of thousands of children for the better. now he is doing the same here in washington. please join me in welcoming secretary carson. [applause] secretary carson: thank you very much, acting administrator wheeler. soon it will not be acting anymore. it has been wonderful working with your team. they have been cooperative and helpful. i've also delighted to be here secretary. this whole initiative started when you were acting hhs head, and it has been wonderful working with that team. thank you all for joining us today. i need to recognize some of our talented hud staff. from the office of lead hazard control and healthy homes, our director, matthew, who has

ben carson said he's not concerned about that what are we going to do? remove anybody who could benefit from this from participating he suggested that just about anybody who owns real estate in any of these opportunity zones could be a financial winner. >> it's basically a tax deferral system, right, eamon. >> right depending on the amount of investment and all the details, the irs says that you could get preferential tax treatment for those investments in the approved opportunity zones they have a website at irs.gov where they list all these opportunity zones in a map that you can go to and look at to see where those investments might be >> eamon, thank you very much. >>> robert franks is with us and he has more on these which have already taken off and amazon hq is even considered >> look, let's go back to how this started shawn parker that he was the master founder and facebook investor and for all these guys it's about the capital gains tax. here's how it works in the opportunity zone basically once you invest in the zone the latest capital gains tax

carson campaign and i joined both [ laughter ]. and they said you know you should join ted cruz or somebody like that, we have connections and i just wasn't interested. so i sent a message to cory, and at the time there was about three people and he said let's keep in touch you have an interesting background area and we kept in touch and i joined the ben carson campaign and i left and i went back to the london and reach out again for the last time i said am i going to join or not? we had been talking for eight months. and then i finally joined and that's when things became very strange. immediately. >> defined strange. >> so, i was working for a contractor that simona was working for in london as well. we now have independent journalists and others have looked into this place. they understand that it is some sort of front for western diplomats, ex-pats who go in there and masquerade as scholars for some other reason. and i had no ideas. >> next question, what were you doing there? >> how did you get there [ laughter ]? >> i was int

ben carson started to say no, and he should be finished saying no by christmas. it takes a very long time for him to say things. but finally, over the weekend, trump found somebody willing to take the worst job in the country. >> breaking news, president trump has named mick mulvaney the current director of management and budget as his acting chief of staff. >> trump grew deeply frustrated at the rejections and media narrative no one of high stature wanted to be his chief of staff. so saturday he decided to tap mulvaney. >> trevor: mick mulvaney and mid life crisis harry potter came into the oval office for a meeting about the budget and trump ambushed him with another job offer. he was, like, so about this budget, chief of staff said wha- >> what, sir? >> he said it, folks, legally binding! sounds like he just decided he the door next. we should be grateful mick mull van iny got the job. he would be like the next one who comes in, congratulations to the next chief of staff, high energy auld on the move. like eric spends his day, eating garbage off the floor, fol

i joined the ben carson campaign, and i left and went back to london. i reached out against the last time and said, am i going to join or not? we have been talking for eight months. then i finally joined. that is when things became very strange, immediately. in london, actually. mr. cernovich: let's define strange. mr. papadopoulos: i was working for a company in london named the london center for international law practice. it is basically -- ms. mangiante: cover up. [laughter] to make a long story short. mr. papadopoulos: we now, after myriad independent journalists and people like yourself and others, have looked into this place, they understood it is some sort of front for western spooks, who just go in there and masquerade as scholars for some other reason. i had no idea. ms. mangiante: next question, what were you doing there? mr. papadopoulos: because you were introduced -- ms. mangiante: i was introduced by some political head of the socialist group in european parliament. he said, your experience is perfect to come and join our work center. i n

it is a privilege to have secretary ben carson here with us today. i cannot think of anyone better to explain the importance of today's announcement that dr. carson, one of the world's foremost pediatric neurosurgeons. we are delighted to have hhs secretary and mr. carson. we are gathered to announce the new federal led action plan -- lead action plan and lay out our roadmap to address lead exposure nationwide. the most fundamental responsibility of government is to protect the people, especially the most vulnerable among us. is a calamity that disproportionately harms children and low income communities. all americans, regardless of their age, rage -- race, income, or home address deserve an opportunity to live in state and -- safe and healthy environments. that is why president trump and this administration are committed to tackling this problem head-on. at epa, we are combating lead on all fronts. in homes, schools, consumer products, and drinking water. we are updating the lead rule for the first time in over two decades. we are strengthening the

you have an interesting background and we kept in touch and then i joined the ben carson campaign and i left and went back to london and i reached out again for the last time. i said, am i going to join or not. we've been talking for eight months. and then i finally joined. and that is when things became very strange, immediately. >> how strange -- >> in london. >> let's define strange. >> so i was working for this couple that simona as well was working for in london, named the london center for international lie practice. >> spying. cover-up. >> basically we now -- -- >> to make a long story short. >> after a myriad of independent journalists and people like yourselves and others have looked into this place they understood it is some sort of front for western -- western diplomats, ex-spooks who go in there and maskar aid -- and mass car aid as scholars and i had no idea. >> and the next question is what are we doing >> yes. >> because you were introduced -- >> i was introduced by some political socialist group in the european parliament introduced me and he said your experience is pe

. >> juan, the reason i liked that, we have proof that ben carson is still around. >> and he can hit. >> yes. >> what we have fun with, deb is a big boston red sox fan. i got to talk to all of the players and one was mookie betts. her favorite. what a thrill? >> i heard they got engaged. >> [laughing]. >> bringing people together. >> i like that. >> or tearing them apart. >> and bud black the manager of the rockies, he came over to say hello. he is a fan of "the five"? >> i don't like the idea you have to give your ball to the kid. they should learn they have to earn it. >> life is not easy. if you take a mitt to a game you get to keep the ball. >> he had a special seat designated for him. >> the learner family who owns the nationals, it was a special section and he got to sit in his wheelchair. the best part was driving to the park with charles because he has a special bond type van. he got to park like in the owner's parking spot. unbelievable. >> unbelievable! >> [laughing]. >> charles! >> anyway. >> deeply missed. >> and much loved. upnext the escapades of dana perino and jesse wa

finally, hud secretary ben carson is somebody i think that will come under scrutiny. particularly from earlier in the year there was a controversy over the $30,000 dining room table that he says his wife authorized a purchase of. congress will look at what spending will be at hud and what spending appointments, and people who hire that don't have experience in housing and what their roles are. that's going to be scrutinized very heavily. >> i know you read through the transcript from the last round. why do you think republicans are calling him back again, curt? >> this is really interesting. and comey is coming back on monday for round two. he spent six hours a couple fridays ago with the oversight committee and the judiciary committee with a joint scloesd door testimony. >> it's why it's important that it's completed. talking about how damaging the president's attacks on the fbi and the justice department have been. it really provoked trump, and it just raised a question of what are they really getting out of this by doing. it seems to just annoy trump and send him i

ben carson and mike huckabee. there is a name missing from the list. no trump. no trump. he was not even a factor in the race. the first time we saw his numbers is when you get to may of 2015. then at 3%. 17 days later, he announced he was running for president. you know the rest. he is president. just because you are not doing well in the polls now doesn't say much about what will happen in 2020. as the democrats sort it out, the current president of the united states said i don't think i have to worry about that this time. >> the greatest history of politics. people i love and love me that includes a lot of women. the polls are really fake. i have the greatest base in history. the 46 and 48%, those people never wavered. >> he's probably right based on everything we know today. he probably doesn't have that challenge. we will see. the conversation about the democrats. the lesser known candidates. can i build a staff and beat joe biden? can i beat bernie sanders? >> can i make democrats fall in love with me? that's one of the things he talked about in terms of how his bas

. >> reporter: i'm outside the office of ben carson, the maryland delegation met with the ceo of gm. a plant in baltimore gm is closing in the delegation gave her an ear full. >> looking ahead to another problem doing it in america, they are part of the family. now they are walking away. >> this issue unified republicans and democrats. senator rob cortlandt says he borrowed new technology cars in ohio. >> is the workforce, we expect general motors to give them a chance. we talked about the possibility of bringing other products to the plant. >> the restructuring is necessary for the survival of gm and defend the company when i asked about the tax cuts the president imposed in the amount of money she had been saving. >> the industry is transforming and we need to make sure general motors is around for the next several decades. we have response abilities to many stakeholders, employees, who have retired from the company. our investors, we are trying to make sure we have a strong general motors that will be ready in a rapidly changing transportation market. >> tomorrow the gm ceo will d

whether it is calling in ben carson to justify their budget, we'll start to see an invigorated and enlighten house of representatives. the other thing that was not mentioned and i think it is going to be infinitely more important given the texas federal judge's decision to wipe out obamacare. democrats in the house are going to have to show what they would do to finally if obamacare is repealed as republicans voted more than 70 times to repeal, what are they going to do to protect millions of americans who are depending on the affordable care act -- because they have preexisting conditions and their children are on their health insurance policies and and medical expenses, there are a lot of things that are at play with the affordable care act that would be wiped away if that federal case gets to the supreme court and the supreme court knocks it out. >> go ahead. >> i want to say about that. i think this decision and i worry and i disagree with ail lit with jonathan. i don't want democrats to negotiate with the republicans, this decision is essentially a completely -- i will use a technical t

hud secretary ben carson said he believes his agency can help by promoting more housing development. he also noted for the number of homeless and unsheltered people to stay nearly flat is good. >>> let's get a check on your weather. >> give us some good news. save us, bill. >> it looks great if you like warm weather and you don't want a white christmas, it's fantastic. if you're in northern new england, it's like blizzard conditions in areas of maine. behind it the winds are just howling. there have been a couple snow squalls in connecticut. it is 2 in burlington, vermont. a little piece of arctic air has moved in through northern new england. boston windchill is 10. december at about 34. new york city at about 23 with the windchill right now. let's fast forward to the travel issues at the end of this week. our storm begin s wednesday nigt in louisiana and east texas, then spreads to the southeast. again, we're going to have a little problem with flooding risk. there may be a little bit of issue in the rivers. the biggest issues are going to be at the airports here. from miami to orl

carson over at hud and betsy here, there have been a series of headlines about his spending et cetera. he's defended that obviously. doesn't seem to be in any jeopardy of losing his job at this point but he's somebody that could be put on swamp watch in 2019. >> another one who couldn't resist the office redecorations. i would put trump's superpack on swamp watch it's paying out huge sums of money to these former consultants who don't seem to be doing a whole lot for it and that's where we see the donor who is are sort of most making an effort to curry favor with donald trump making large contributions. weave seen sheldon allison, for instance, get really quite a bit of special treatment from the administration and from president trump in particular making a pitch for him to get a gramabling license in china to president chi. i thi -- xi. >> mal whitaker, a no brainer. he previously worked for a slightly curious conservative nonprofit making a ton of money doing a ton of work that was a little bit vague and was additionally connected to a company that's drawn scrutiny from federal pro

at this point, two or three years ago we were talking about ben carson and jeb bush and marco rubio will be the new doi n due nam dynamic leader of the united states. i don't think the polls matter that much. a lot of names that are very popular in the media are unknown to local activists in iowa. there will be a lot of this determined by name id. a lot will be determined by how much money people can raise. a lot will be determined by how the president is doing. we'll see an interesting list of people probably make their decision around february or march of next year especially depending on what the environment looks like. >> voters tend to idealize people they don't know anything about. there was another poll where beto beats out biden in term s f getting liberal votes. do you think the field is still wide open and can beto really capitalize on this so early on? >> i agree with much of what jason said with one important exception. i think biden is on the fence as to whether he will run and seeing his name, at least, at the top of one poll is probably going to push him in the direction o

jeb bush was going to be your republican nominee followed by chris christie, ben carson, marco rubio. no donald trump here. he didn't touch the polls. for the record he is the president of the united states. >> i remember thinking scott walker would be one of the top contenders. that faded quickly. the thing about a woman not being in the top three right now is interesting. it has been a year of the woman in american politics and there has been more than 100 female candidates just elected coming to the congress. it's interesting to see that we don't have anyone in the top three right now. it could be just name recognition. i would expect that some of these women candidates -- >> a lot of it is name recognition and experience. however if you're beto o'rourke, you lost but gained national attention doing so. obama was third in the iowa poll at this point in 2007 -- 2006 it would have been at that point and he won in 2008. not saying that means anything but if you're beto o'rourke, you may be able to pump out your chest a little bit. >> how do you take on donald trump and deal with him?

the reason is he did not want to withdrawal from syria, and eventually ben carson will be the only one left eventually if they can find him. has anybody seen him this year? >> everybody in washington is headed home from the holidays when president trump decides to drop a steaming yule log into the log, and all for the wall. the news didn't phase mom's new e harmony boyfriend, bob corker. a reporter asked corker what is the path forward for the continuing resolution, and corker answered, i don't know, you'll have fun i am getting ready to drive to chattanooga. adding, suck it. >> mom's new e harmony boyfriend? >> because that picture is very sort of e harmony. >> thank you, bob corker. >> thank you, late-night comics. >>> there's chaos in washington this morning, from the resignation of defense secretary, james mattis, we will break down the developments. >>> first the new cnn film "love gilda" looks at the life of gilda radner. here's a sneak peek. >> hi, i am gilda radner, and, okay, now. people want to know what made you funny. from the time i was a kid i loved to pretend. she was th

treasury secretary steve mnuchin, ben carson, commerce secretary wilbur ross and rick perry, all of them have already faced varying degrees of scrutiny and could be looking at ethics probes in the new congress. this after ethics violations have already seen the departures of hhs secretary tom price, the secretary and epa administrator scott pruitt. trump's white house isn't just a revolving door. it's political. you might come in but you'll come out. i want to go to boris sanchez with more on the latest of all of these developments. >> reporter: hey there, s.e. the white house has been closely watching these developments with ryan zinke. the reports out there he was asked to leave the administration. cnn still working to confirm that. obviously, as you pointed out, with an incoming democratic majority headed to the house, there is a potential for zinke to have to testify in regard to some of his business dealings. to give you an idea of what that may look like, though zinke has left the administration, some are still calling for him to testify and last month, had an exchange with represe

eventually ben carson's going to be the only one left, eventually, if they can find him. has anyone seen him this year? [ laughter ] this has been a bigly week for the president -- [ cheers and applause ] two wig things. he declared victory against isis, and he told supporters he won the war on christmas. he won two wars this week. of course the liberal media doesn't report it because all they want to do is tear him down. children need to know this president is fighting for their favorite holiday. with that said i am very pleased to present this soon to be best-selling book. this is called "how the trumps saved christmas." would you like me to read it to you? [ cheers and applause ] all right, here we go. the trump hated christmas like he hated don lemon, like he hates rob mueller people in yemen. no one quite knows why he's made this whole season. his dad didn't love him, that could be a reason. it might have been fueled by the surly alt-right or just that his pants are four sizes too tight. whatever the cause is, his dad or his pants, his outbursts on twitter in capital

as well asabinet member ben carson and many others. certainly one of the most memorable moments is when george bush'seervice dog c back for the second time laying below his casket to say good-bye for the last time. throughout the day we also saw some a prominentletes coming to say farewell. coming back out here live, you will notice that there is no line over theplast cou of days we've shown youli long nes. but you can see people are now able to go right in as aaron mentioned,e're just about 30 minutes away from th end ofhe public viewing. so folks are being able to go ht inside row to say good-bye for the very last time. back to you. >> meagan fits jarrizgerald, th. >>> after the funeral, the president's casket will return to texas aboard special air mi 4ion air force 1 has been temporarily redesignated to honor the 41st president. >> tonight president bush will lie in repose at his home church houston. funeral services will be held there tomorrow. the president's final resting place will be right by h wife's side in college station,

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carson, 31,000 dollars on a dining set. among others, have done the same. i think when it comes to mick mulvaney his transformation from 2016 to today was astronomical this. was a plan who according to "politico" said that donald trump was not a good human being being, or pardon me, a terrible human being and as a deficit hawk, one of the founders of the house freedom caucus to campaign against the debt limit, and then becking his colleagues to raise the debt limit, this guy has become nothing more than a hypocrite. now, this time we need somebody who can cut deals with democrats who are going to be in control after january 3. the question is now, the one thing that i think he's got an advantage of, is that he did serve in congress with nancy pelosi. he's got some relationships. so the big issue is whether or not he's going to build any consensus with the white house and congress. >> all right. dave jacobson, andre bauer, thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> now a parting shot. in pinz, republican governor scott walker signs a

this will be led by the head of hud, housing and urban development, the secretary there, ben carson, he will oversee this process. there will be 13 different agencies involved with streamlining it. the white house saying the council is needed to streamline everything going forward. opportunity zones generally speaking try to drive incentives into areas all across the country. here was president trump talking about this moments ago. >> with opportunity zones, we are drawing investment into neglected and underserved communities of america so that all americans, regardless of zip code, have access to the american dream. reporter: there are 8,000 plus opportunity zones now all across the country. this was decided by the governors in all 50 states plus the leaders of washington, d.c., other areas as well. there was an article in the "baltimore sun" leading into this executive order signing saying that jared kushner and ivanka trump could potentially benefit from the tax breaks associated with it. that forced a statement from ivanka trump's camp, this coming today from a spokesperson for h

after him was chris crhristi an in third place was ben carson. none of those men ended up getting far at all and none of those men are in the white house today. >> what you wrote generated huge discussion and ron mcclain who i think is a smart guy with ties to the former veep, here's what he said. first, clinton won more votes than trump and nearly won the electoral college even with russian interference and james comey's infamous letter. while no democrat should repeat her 2016, her path to nearly 66 million votes should not be fully discarded. does he make a point? >> he makes an excellent point. i would urge people to not only read my piece but read his. it's a good debate and i appreciate that he wrote his retort to me respectfully. at the end of the day though hillary clinton is not in the white house at the end of the day. it's a little frustrating people say but she won the popular vote, but it was just 77,000 votes in three states. all of that is true. all of that doesn't matter if you're not sitting at the resolute desk. i want the democ

question four, the department of housing and urban development secretary ben carson is accused of spending over 30 grand on unnecessary furniture. what kind of furniture was it? bret baier. >> that was early. >> dining sets. >> tucker: dining set. why would he have a dining set? we will find out in the tape. is it a dining set? >> reportedly spent 31,000 taxpayer dollars on a new dining set for his private dining room. >> we got a barn burner here. >> a career staffer was behind the decision to buy the dining set, not secretary carson. >> tucker: i was a humanities major so i'm going to check the judges for the mess. where are we now? 2-2. this is the tiebreaker. a final question, it's multiple-choice. there is a man currently running for congress and the state of arkansas. he shares a name with a rock and religion. is he named elvis presley, bruce springsteen or mick jagger? ed henry. >> elvis presley. >> tucker: elvis presley. is that his name? >> arkansas is about to get all shook up. elvis d presently, there he is, is running for congress. >> this is legit, people! needless to say an e

eventually ben carson's going to be the only one left, eventually, if they can find him. has anyone seen him this year? [ laughter ] this has been a bigly week for the president -- [ cheers and applause ] two big things. he declared victory against isis, and he told supporters he won the war on christmas. he won two wars this week. of course the liberal media doesn't report it because all they want to do is tear him down. children need to know this president is fighting for their favorite holiday. with that said i am very pleased to present this soon to be best-selling book. this is called "how the trumps saved christmas." would you like me to read it to you? [ cheers and applause ] all right, here we go. the trump hated christmas like he hated don lemon, like he hates robert mueller and people in yemen. no one quite knows why he's made this whole season. his dad didn't love him, that could be a reason. it might have been fueled by the surly alt-right or just that his pants are four sizes too tight. whatever the cause is, his dad or his pants, his outbursts on twitter in

cabinet memr ben carson as well as others. certainly a memorable moment was when george bush's service dog came back foron the s time to say good-bye and, of course, we saw some prominent athletes who came in as well. just a wide array of people coming to have that moment.d also wan give you a live look outside here. this is certainly the first time that we have actually not seen a line as people try to make their way inside. we only have a couple minutes left. we'll really -- about an hour and a half, i should say. ors close at 7:00 a.m. this morning for all those who are trying to make their way inside the rotunda to say good-bye. back to you. ry>> good to see ee will be able to get in it seems with that line gone from outside. meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >>> after the funel, the former president's casket will return to texas on air mission 41. r force 1 has been renamed temporarily to honor the 41st president. >> he will lie in repose at his home churcho in ton. funeral services will be held there tomorrow. and president

question four, the department of housing and urban development secretary ben carson is accused of spending over 30 grand on unnecessary furniture. what kind ofso furniture was it? bret baier. >> that was early. >> dining sets. >> tucker: dining set. why would he have a dining set? we willl find out in the tape. is it a dining set? >> carson reportedly spent $31,000 taxpayer dollars on a new dining set for his private dining room. >> we got a barn burner here. >> a career staffer was behind the decision to buy the dining set, not secretary carson. >> tucker: i was a humanities major so i'm going to check the judges for the math. where are we now? 2-2. this is the tiebreaker. final question, it's multiple-choice. there is a man currently running for congress in the state ofmu arkansas. he shares a name with a rock and roll legend. is he named a: elvis presley, b: bruce springsteen, or c: micksa jagger? ed henry. >> elvis presley. >> tucker: elvis presley. is that his name? >> arkansas isse about to get al shook up. elvis d. presley, there he is, is running for congress. >> this is legit, peo

and so they can actually haul in people like the secretary of education, people like ben carson and find out how they've been failing, expose the corruption, and as a legal matter, there's a lot more power they have to investigate cabinet officials, than they do folks in the white house. because people in the white house can claim executive privilege. >> michelle, is he avoiding all of this, when he goes back to whi whitefish, montana, is he escaping the scrutiny of this congress? >> my sense is probably, just because in a normal situation you would want to kind of retrospectively get to the bottom of all of this corruption. but there's such an all you can eat buffet of crime with this administration that you have to prioritize things, right? so do you prioritize the people who are still there or do you prioritize kind of figuring out what damage has been done by the people who have cut their losses and left. the same might be true of scott pruitt and the same might be true of kirstjen nielsen is she leaves along with john kelly. it's important to hold her in particular accountable, beca

then, i joined the ben carson campaign and i left and went back to london. i reached out again and said am i going to join or not? then i finally joined. that is when things became strange immediately. mike: let's define strange. george: i was working for a company in london, that simona was working for also, named the london center for international law practice. up, longt was a cover story short. george: after independent journalists and people like yourself have looked into this place, they understand it is some sort of front for western diplomats who just go in there and masquerade as scholars for some other reason. i had no idea. simona: the next question -- what were we doing there? mike: what were you doing there? simona: i was introduced by ahead of the socialist group in european parliament. they said "your experience is perfect. come and join our work center." mike: so they found you? i always like to hear. simona: i was in a conference for european parliament. he was fishing for talent. people with political experience. a little bit of connections

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ben carson. but then i realized that dr. ben carson was way too nice to shakeup washington, d.c. and i congratulate trump for doing that. he has been harassed the entire time in office and we are lucky he has managed to do what he has done so far. host: speaking of people coming to the united states, a story getting a lot of attention on the front page of the houston chronicle and several other newspapers. an eight-year-old boy from guatemala died in u.s. custody early christmas day, the second death at the southwest border from a child in custody raising questions about federal agents running the border facilities that care for those who fall ill . hasnumber of families swelled in the last year and migrants are usually transported to facilities designed for adults after being arrested by federal authorities while attempting to enter the country illegally. died just after midnight on tuesday at a hospital in new mexico where he and his father had been taken after a border patrol agent saw what he thought were signs of sickness. the death following that of a seven year old girl fr

first jed bush, krekd chris cristie, third ben carson. donald trump was nowhere. and just on this show a couple of weeks ago i said i didn't think beto was going to run. a few weeks later, i think beto wants to run and we will have to change our minds. i think there are three dynamics here and you have already underscored two of them. one is ideology versus who can win. i agree with jason that there is a limit on our capacity to know for certain who can win, but that will effect how people think about this race. and so some elizabeth warren or bernie sanders people might say, maybe i should look at beto or someone else if i think they have a better shot at winning. after trump, winning matters to democrat. second, new and exciting versus known and experienced. beto. corey booker. >> lastly, i think democrats in iowa and new hampshire are like party bosses. they think really hard about strategic questions. i think the big strategic question is think about winning back the midwest, in which case others rise. or do you think about breaking through in the sun belt? an

so to clear things up, we asked ben leads carson, a music historian, who studied the song in depth. >> think ppl fl the sense of it being an endearing dialogue between a man and woman because they don't listen to lyrics. >> reporter: carson says in the 1940s there was a rise in forcing gender roles and the song sends a dangerous message. >> women are supposed to regard their sexual lives and their sexual experiences as a threat and men are supposed to regard them as an opportunity. >> reporter: but whatever you happen to think of the song, three-fourths of those who voted say bring it back, so that's what koit did. it is know up to you how to interpret it. in san francisco, die die die 7 news." >> let's look at the results from abc7news.com/vote. 92% say bringing it back was the right decision, only 8% say it is the wrong decision. >> which is interesting. it is almost exactly the same as though who said they should continue to play it versus those who thought it should be off the hair at the time. interesting. >>> it is cold outside for much of the country. >> parts of the southeast,

ben carson is set to lead the new council which also includes treasury secretary steve mnuchin. and commerce secretary wilber ross as members. this is 20 minutes.

it is a privilege to have secretary ben carson here with us today. i cannot think of anyone better to explain the importance of today's announcement that dr. carson, one of the world's foremost pediatric neurosurgeons.

carson. it is half an hour. [applause]