, might have hurt dana. the relationship was a rocky one. >> it was kind of like a -- a can't live with you, can't live without you type of relationship. >> reporter: toby certainly caught the wary eye of detective bratton. the boyfriend refused to talk to him in the hospital waiting room. >> he learned i was a detective. "i ain't talkin' to you. i don't need to talk to you." he started walking away from me. so i latch onto him. i bring him back and we exchange some words. >> reporter: the detective says he blocked the doorway until toby calmed down. when he did, toby gave bratton his alibi, he'd been asleep in dana's apartment at the time of the incident. but that apartment was less than a mile from the place where dana had been found. bratton says family members told him toby had a temper and the couple fought a lot. >> toby, when did the whispers start -- >> immediately. >> -- about your involvement? >> immediately. >> a lot of members of her family think that you're the killer here. >> yes. >> reporter:

here is dana. >> dana: fox news alert. republican alabama senate candidate roy moore facing bomb shell -- the mandy moore prove he's incident, or drop out hello, everyone, i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." a woman excusing really more of sexual misconduct decades ago when she was -- accusing moore of misconduct. new york congressman peter king making his opinion on this very clear. >> this charge is so serious and the fact it's backed up by other women. it's so hideous. unless he can prove his innocence, the burden is not on him in the next day or so, i believe he has to step down. he owes it to himself, he owes it to the state, he owes it to the u.s. senate. >> dana: jonathan barry is live in alabama. >> these allegations date back to alleged events that occurred long ago in the late 1970s. the most serious allegedly occurred in 1979, a woman tells "the washington post" that when she was 14 years old, judge roy moore approached her outside of the courthouse which stood at the location of this current courthou

dana. >> dana: thank you so much. so, work is under way to reform an arcaic system of dealing with sexual misconduct allegations on capitol hill. currently, somebody who files a complaint must do so within 180 days of the incident. that triggers a 30-day period that involves counseling for the accuser and legal advice. after that, the accuser must go through mediation with the employing officer. that typically also lasts 30 days. now, if mediation fails an accuser can then file a civil suit, but only after another 30 day cooling off period, making the process frustratingly slow and all done in secret. my next guest is drafting a bill to change this process. joining me now is virginia congress woman barbara comstock. i wouldn't call this necessarily a frenzy or panic, but it is certainly a moment of reflection at the very least on capitol hill. you want to actually introduce legislation to change it. what do you want to do with your bill? >> well, we are working with jackie speier and my colleague bradley burn who was

here's dana. >> dana: fox news alert. we have brand new details on yesterday's terror rampage in new york city, as we learn the attack was weakness the planning and carried out in the name of isis. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." the driver was already known to them while president trump said he will work to end an immigration program which allowed the suspect to enter this country. >> we have to get tough. we have to get smart. we have to do what's right to protect our citizens. we will never waiver in the defense of our beloved country. ever. we will never ever forget the beautiful lives that have been taken from us. that was a horrible event. we have to stop it. we have to stop it. >> dana: we have live fox team coverage. katherine herridge has more on the investigation. but we begin with bill hemmer at the scene of the attack in lower manhattan. bill, have police released a timeline now? >> reporter: dana, good afternoon. very specific timeline indeed. they caution us they're in the

dana. >> dana: mike, thank you very much. joining me for more on all of this an other matters is congress woman katherine mcmorris rodgers chair of the republican conference on the house side. appreciate you being here today. i know we want to talk about tax reform. if i could just start with that. i think you heard the congress woman from michigan saying this problem has to be solved by women working together. what have you been hearing or talking to your fellow congress women or men about this over the weekend? >> right. well, i do agree with debbie. i'm pleased the house is taking action right now. we are taking action so that we would require every member to take sexual harassment training at every year. part of that is to ensure. there's a place that victims can go. clearly, we're not where we need to be. part of it is even just educating members and staff on what the appropriate behavior in the work place. we have some significant work to do. >> dana: this is happening all over. we have big tax reform debate in which yo

here's dana. >> dana: today's show long time host fired by nbc news. the network dismissing matt lauer after a claim of sexual misconduct by a co-worker. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." there are new reports that multiple media outlets were working on stories this story for us. jennifer, how serious is this new threat of sanctions? what would it do? >> reporter: the u.n. security council is meeting, an emergency meeting. u.s. diplomats want to discuss a potential naval blockade and will be asking for permission to enter north korean cargo ships. north korean state tv announcer described yesterday's test of the newly claimed 15 as the greatest icbm, adding kit be armed with a super large heavy nuclear war head. and it's capable of striking the entire u.s. homeland. this was a mobile launcher which makes it harder for satellites to detect. fox news research indicates how dramatic north korea's ballistic missile program has increased since july, almost doubling the range of each launch. the last three nuclear tests have

i'm dana perino. president trump making a rare capitol hill appearance to rally republicans on tax reform, as democrats say they're skipping a white house meeting because they don't believe president trump is ready to negotiate on keeping the government open. we have live fox team coverage on a very busy news day. mike emanuel and brett baier. jennifer, you have more information on what's just happened in north korea? >> reporter: we've spoken to senior u.s. defense officials who confirm, in fact, north korea did launch a ballistic missile to the east at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time. that was about 30 minutes ago. it is not clear at this point how far that missile flew and whether it was an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile. they are still analyzing the trajectory, the path of the ballistic missile. it was flown -- it did fly to the east. it was launched from south of the capital pyongyang in a southern province. we are told, again, this comes on the day that the south koreans reunific

here's dana. >> dana: fox news alert. alabama senate candidate roy moore receiving calls to bow out of an election as a new accuser prepares to come forward. i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." senate majority leader mitch mcconnell making it clear today that he wants roy moore to step aside. listen. >> i think he should step aside. >> do you believe these allegations to be true? >> i believe the women, yes. >> dana: we're awaiting a news conference here in new york, where a new accuser is reportedly set to come forward later this hour. jonathan, roy moore responding to senator mcconnell a short time ago. >> reporter: yeah. the story is unfolding as we speak. judge moore taking to twitter. look at his response. he said, quote, the person who should step aside is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. he has failed conservatives and must be replaced, hash tag drain the swamp. last night moore delivered a speech in huntsville. reporters were barred from the speech, but the campaign posted the speech to facebo

here's dana. >> dana: this is a fox news alert. we're following breaking new details in the texas church shooting that took 26 lives including our first clues about a possible motive. hello, everyone, i'm dana perino and this is "the daily briefing." police in texas revealing new details about gun man devin kelley suggesting the attack stems from a domestic situation that stems from his family. >> there was a domestic situation that was going on in his family. the suspect's mother-in-law attended this church. we know that he had made thre threatened, she received threatened texts from him. >> dana: adam housely is in sutherland springs texas. >> reporter: evil entered this church 24 hours ago taking with him 26 people so far including as young as 18 months and as old as 77. 20 others were maimed. locals said only a handful of people inside this church here in small town texas were not shot. this all took place at 11:20 or so yesterday morning in texas. the church service had begun. people were inside, about 60 all told. according t

>> reporter: hi, dana. fox news reached out to the moore campaign which has yet to confirm or deny this report in the washingtonian, the communications director john rogers has resigned from the moore campaign. meanwhile, the campaign said that it continues to gather witness testimony and other evidence debunking the claims of his accusers, including lee corfman who alleged moore inappropriately touched her when she was 14 and beverly nelson, who claims moore assaulted her in his car shortly after she turned 16. >> i don't know them. i have never known them. i have never met them, to my knowledge. i later found out beverly nelson had a case in front of my court in 1999. but i don't know -- never spoken to them. certainly, i didn't do anything to them. >> reporter: moore has been denying all allegations of sexual impropriety in interviews with sympathetic political commentators. he did not attend a public candidate forum in huntsville which his opponent used to mock him. >> who do you want to represent you i

here is dana. >> dana: this is us before. investigators in texas revealing new information about the gunman that killed 26 innocent people at a small baptist church but hello everyone, i am dana perino and this is "the daily briefing briefing." witnesses tell the associated press the gunmen shot crying babies at point-blank range as he moved through the church aisles by i'll looking for victims. they recovered his phone, but say they're having a hard time accessing it. >> law enforcement with state and local federal level are unable to get into these phones. i can ensure you we are working very hard to get into the phone, and i will continue until we find an answer. i do not know how long that will be, to be quite honest. it could be tomorrow, we come a month. we do not know. >> dana: adam housley is live in sutherland springs, texas. they state the scope of this crime scene is extensive, and we can understand that. >> absolutely. everything from a small piece of evidence like a cell phone to what is behind me, the church. a

>> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, brian kilmeade, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five" ." hillary clinton avoided the media -- he just went on conservative radio to open up about what happened and took new shots at president trump. >> i don't have any personal stake in this presidency. i have a citizen's stake, i am as you might guess very much worried by the actions and rhetoric of our current president. i have been very disappointed in the way he has conducted himself. >> dana: she went on to say that racism in america has become more politically acceptable in the trump era. >> i think there is proven to be more white supremacists and white nationalist than i wish there were in our country, as you saw tragically in charlottesville and other place places. and they have made common cause with the president's agenda out of their own mouths that he is someone they are on to promote it. >> dana: greg, it's your lucky day. we start another show with hillary clinton. >> greg: i can't get enough of her. conservat

. >> dana: fox news alert. a major announcement in the court case against bo -- not sending him to prison. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino, and this is "the daily briefing." bergdahl also getting a demotion to rank in private, but he was facing life in prison leaving his post in afghanistan back in 2009, a decision that endangered the other lives of soldiers who searched for him. jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon with more. >> dana, essentially after two days of deliberations, the judge determined there would be no jail time for bergdahl. the president just tweeted, "the decision on sergeant bergdahl is a total disgrace to our country and our military." according to those present, bergdahl was visibly shaken after he reentered the courtroom. the judge read his ruling. reduction to the rank of e1, or private, for richer for ten months, and it is not discharge bergdahl's defense attorney lawyers had argued for no jail time since their client spent four years in captivity, four of the five years intel ev

here's dana. >> dana: fox news alert. voters of virginia have spoken handing democrats victories in two critical governors races. first big win of the trump era. hello, everyone. i'm dana perino. this is "the daily briefing." many analysts see last night's victory particularly in virginia as a rebuke of president trump and his agenda. democrats are more optimistic about the chances of retaking congress in next year's midterm election. peter ducey is live in stafford, virginia. begin where you are in virginia. does the democratic governor elect think this win was the start of a national wave? >> i asked him that this morning, dana, down in richmond. he said he thinks it's too soon to tell or too hard to tell. governor northam is not in line with all the national democratic figures saying last night's results is a sign of a big democratic wave to come in 2018 and 2020. >> i don't think that i had been, you know, taken over by the national agenda. i certainly think there were a lot of comments made. this is about virginia. i

dana? >> dana: thank you very much. we're awaiting president trump set to make remarks at the white house for the first time since he returned from his asia trip. plus former vice president joe biden says don't count him out for a future presidential run. would americans welcome that or do americans need new blood? 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. ♪ and it might be hard ♪ what ito handle ♪ve got ♪ but like the flame that burns the candle ♪ ♪ the candle feeds the flame topped steak & twisted potatoes at applebee's. eatin' good in the neighborhood. >> dana: fox news alert. president trump set to make his first remarks since returning to washington from his historic asia trip. he's expected to make an announcement about trade and north korea. mean time the republican national committee pulling all fu

i'm dana perino. here's shepard smith. >> news is breaking now on senator rand paul after he was attacked in his front yard by his long-time neighbor according to authorities. sources tell fox news the senator has been told to expect federal charges to be filed in this case. meaning prosecutors may believe the attack was politically motivated. details first on fox just ahead. also breaking now, "the new york times" reports that there was misconduct with a comedian. breaking from

here is dana perino. >> dana: this is a fox news alert. president trump two move tax reform and al franken refuses to resign after sexual misconduct allegations. big stories as we wait for new reaction from the white house. hello, i am a dana perino, and disses "the daily briefing" " this is "the daily briefing" ." speak i take a lot of pictures,f people, and those are pictures that i do not remember. to be clear, there are some women and one is too many, who feel that i have done something 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 j

don't take it personally, dana. but lee was pointing to the fact is, we are making sure every middle income taxpayer is a winner here. in a state like that where you have higher middle taxpayers, we help make sure there's support there as well. that is why we added back this bill, $10,000 property tax deduction. so that in addition to, say, deductions for charities or for your mortgage, you can have addition have a property tax deduction up to $10,000. that helps a lot of these taxpayers in those high taxed states. there's two or three states that when you lose the entire state tax deduction, they feel that. that's why we added back a big chunk of it, which is for property taxes. you take those things together, along with doubling the standard deduction and the lowering of tax rates across the board, we think it will be good for everyone around the country. >> dana: my last question for you, since millionaires are not getting a tax cut here, their rates will remain the same. when you have democrats say this is a bil

. >> dana: i am dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, jesse watters and brian kilmeade. it's 5:00 in your city, and this is "the five" ." new fallout for matt lauer as more women come forward with sexual misconduct allegations. new questions raised over nbc's call to scrap ronan farrow's findings on harvey weinstein. did the network know the peace might eventually lead back to lauer? the disgraced morning news anchor released to apology today. he says "there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i've caused others. some of what is being said about me or mischaracterized but there is enough truth industries to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. i am committed to beginning the effort." almost the exact same words al franken used. do you remember from last week? >> jesse: he doesn't necessarily agree with the women's perception of what happened. sorry if i may have given you the impression. >> dana: says there's enough truth in them that the actions envious he took to fire him was warranted. >> jesse: was a finely written statement by an attorney or p

. >> dana: i am dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle. excuse me. juan williams, jesse watters, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five." democrats are selling their first victory is in the air of president trump. winds and the races in virginia and new jersey had across the country. they have declared election day 2017 a referendum on the president. >> you have sent a message tonight not simply to the voters in the commonwealth of virginia. you have sent a message across the globe to south korea, donald trump, you don't stand for our values. >> you made a choice for better schools, better jobs, for better education, and better health care. and you rejected donald trump's fear, hatred, and bigotry. >> this is one of the first major election since donald trump was elected. tonight new jersey sent an unmistakable message to the entire nation. we are better than this. >> this was a rejection not only of president trump but of the policies that he and the republican party seem to be adopting. >> dana: president trump sees it othe

what do you think, dana? >> dana: for his heart is that's going to be for many republicans in high tax states. california, new england, new jersey. in the senate, they are not many republican senators in high tax states. so they don't care. from a policy perspective, it matters more to them -- they don't think those deductions should be there at all. so i think if you're worried about that, the senate is not going to do anything. >> juan: jesse, in the senate version, the mortgage interest deduction is good. stays in. the housing industry should be pleased. >> jesse: great for the housing industry. great for me. great for people in places like new york and california but if they are going to get rid of the state and local deductions, that doesn't really balance out. your state and local are much higher than your mortgage tax deduction. they are phasing in the corporate tax cuts. that's not stimulating anything. >> juan: i saw the top bracket, if the senate to keep seven tax brackets, the house has four. >> je

denied dana, what do you make os story? >> dana: i think it's not -- if you believe your own eyes and ears, if you are watching melania trump for the last several months, think wow. she's a great first lady. laura bush did an interview saying she thought she was exceedingly gracious and lovely. what i see when i watch her is that -- we are showing pictures of her with children. it seems like that's when she has the most genuine, happy moments. she brings such a light into their lives, just like other first ladies have done before her. i wonder. i don't think "vanity fair" made up these quotes. i think they probably have somebody on background willing to say that. but if you are going to say this about a first lady, you should have the guts to say on the record. >> kimberly: why is "vanity fair" going out of the way to say something like this? >> greg: i would be a terrible first lady. because i hate children. i think i am like everyone else and i think she is in a way like everyone else. this was a surreal experience. i thi

kimberly dana? >> dana: this is a billboard in times where that's been running for the last month or the weldon family wanted a bitter wee ball, it's a no kill shelter in new york city for albums. i just ask that! the family is using it to raise awareness for phibro dysplasia, fop, 1.2 million people have it. fop causes tissue to turn into bone, so it limits her mobility. but she's doing great, getting a masters degree at nyu. the billboard is up until november 18th, which i thought was in real neat way to raise a billboard for awareness of this terrible disease. >> kimberly: fantastic. a special one more thing today, honoring heroes. november 10th marks the 242nd birthday of the united states marine corps. according to history.com, the u.s. marines were founded in 1775 when the continental congress passed a resolution for two battalions to be formed to serve landing forces for the recently formed continental navy. they are now currently more than 200,000 active duty reserves and marines. we honor t

oh, my gosh. >> dana: i think they were joking. first of all, it's ridiculous for anyone to suggest sarah huckabee sanders wouldn't know how to bake. >> greg: she is a woman. >> dana: no. >> greg: i guess all women know how to make pies. you know what i'm going to say? i'm with april. this pie looks too perfect. it's like when bill hemmer posts instagram pictures of his quads. that's not you, bill. i want to see the real thing. i'm surprised a typical liberal doesn't believe anyone could make their own pie. >> dana: i think people got carried away. i think april was probably joking. >> juan: let's hope. i don't know. take it to a serious level, jesse. >> jesse: yap. >> juan: i am with dana. if you want to be serious, this has to do with, we were talking about the "time" magazine thing or the biggest inauguration ever. is it about the credibility? april ryan doesn't believe anything that comes out of the mouth of this administration. >> jesse: let's get to the crust of the matter. i mean the crux of the matter. the trust has crumble

dana. >> dana: she wasn't pointing at me. this "one more thing" is courtesy of charlie hurt who sent this to me. a labrador retriever who ate at the table with his family in his high chair. that's not a golden retriever. why does it say retriever? he was born -- when she eats, the food doesn't make it to her stomach. she has to eat and drink in an upright position. they have to burp her like a baby. that's not a retriever. >> greg: i was not a fan of high chairs. i don't like heights. it's time for... greg's fashion news. that's right. this is at the state dinner in japan with the prime minister. hope hicks ditched her usual dress for a tuxedo and bow tie. that's a stunning look. first lady melania trump or an elegant red valentino ground. donald trump has changed politics in a lot of ways. one thing, the hippest dressed political party are the republicans. these women put vogue to shame. >> kimberly: our beautiful first lady, very classy and elegant, should be on the cover of "vogue." >> dana: they might. >> greg: they won't

they don't have words, but they do have manson. >> dana: so weird. >> greg: it is weird. >> dana: i loved "newsweek" too, growing up. does this sound more like a phd dissertation that a news article? you can thank me when you get your phd that i gave you that idea. they didn't have specifics on what manson may have told followers but argued it was probably similar to the rhetoric of other cult leaders used. maybe it's what people used it to try to get them to follow them. president obama appealed to people's emotions. >> greg: are you comparing obama to manson? >> dana: yes, i am. how is that, america? >> greg: all of my thunder. any leader, you can apply it to anybody. any tv personality, like myself, quite persuasive and influential. >> jesse: any politician is guilty of being charismatic and preying on people's emotions. they do this with all republicans. they have compared trump to hitler, isis, o.j. simpson. you go to your editor. you say i have a republican and we're going to link him to something evil. the editor says give me three paragraphs. you could do it to hillary. she is tef

♪ >> dana: i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, juan williams, jesse watters and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city, and this is "the five" ." attorney general jeff sessions back on the hill today to answer more questions on the trumps team contact with russians after evidence emerged two former campaign advisors told sessions about their communications. the attorney general adamantly denied accusations that he lied under oath. >> i have always tried to answer the questions fairly and accurately. but to ask, did you ever do something, did you ever meet with russians and deal with the campaign? you are saying mr. carter page, who left that meeting, according to the press reports, and i guess his depositional interviews. it's been reported as saying i'm going to russia. i made no response to him. i didn't acknowledge it. when you are accusing me of lying about that? i would say that's not fair. i don't -- i don't think it's right to accuse me of doing something wrong. i had no participation in any wrong doing with regards to influencing this campaign improperly. >> dana: mr

dana. >> dana: the capitol christmas tree came from a national forest in montana. it's beautiful, 79 feet tall. it's in engelman spruce. it would not have made it without larry behind the wheel of his big rig. he drove the tree from montana to d.c. it took him two weeks, making 20 stops. he's been on the road with for almost 50 years. over 1 million accident free miles. >> every stop we made along the whole journey, there was nothing but happy faces because this is the tree for the people. i'm going to call this the crown jewel of a driving career, and i guess i'm blessed and lucky to have such an opportunity. a >> dana: he wrote a piece about his journey on foxnews.com. congratulations, and thank you, sir. tonight in new york they are lighting the christmas tree and rockefeller center. >> greg: i'm going to avoid that like the plague. speaking of christmas, it's time for... greg's fashion news. this is going to make you throw up through your eyeballs. check out the ugly sweater sweater. it's a long-sleeved sweatshirt designed with holiday themed sweat stained patt

not the broncos, dana. >> dana: houston needed a win, deserved a win because it's been through so much. it's a great city. i don't really watch a lot of baseball but i like watching the aftermath. also what's the name of the guy who overcame all his anxiety in order to play? >> jesse: gutfeld. >> dana: it was a big success story. >> lisa: the proposal was a lasting memory, right, greg? >> greg: another example of toxic masculinity. the world series is nothing more than patriarchy. they are circling a diamond, a symbol of inequality. they are hitting a ball, basically symbolic of what we do to the planet every day. every day we hit the fan in earth. then we circled the diamond which is mined in third world countries. thank you very much. steel home, the same way we stole home from indigenous populations. >> lisa: please stay with us. "one more thing" is next. had tom and all that? is that whole thing still dragging on? no, i took some pics with the app and... filed a claim, but... you know how they send you money to cover repairs and... they took forever to pay you, right? no, i got pai

>> dana: the trip was a net positive. one of the reasons he held the media at bay is because he physically held them at bay. they didn't have a lot of chance to talk to him. when he did then address the putin stuff on camera there, he makes a gesture that he makes it clear that he kind of gets the situation better than when he is offhandedly talking about it or in tweets. the distinction without a difference, there is a distinction and he understands it. he is trying to figure out some way, i guess he figures out he has to do this in order to work with russia on many important issues, including iran, syria. there is multiple issues around russia. i think that trip was excellent for relationship building. there was no drama. i think the asian countries were happy because pretty much the headlines were, there was not a lot there. i think if he has a chance to go back at them, these issues about human rights are important, and he is the best person in the world to talk about them. he does it well. when he gave a speech at th

>> dana: paris hilton. might as well claim it. >> kimberly: she was the one who started it all up again, no offense to your doppelgaenger cornelius. she was the one doing all the time and people started this incessant thing with selfies. remember the selfie stick? >> dana: juan has one of those. right? >> juan: you walk down the street in new york and especially now with the holiday season, these people have the sticks. they are wielding them. >> dana: you need respect. >> greg: let's be honest. paris hilton did not invent these stealthy. she invented the sex tape. we used to get one scandal a year. now every day we have an avalanche of impropriety. the difference is it's not paris hilton. it's charlie rose and al franke al franken. thinking of that makes me nauseous. creepy man. >> dana: tune in tomorrow. we will have 20 more to talk about. "one more thing" is next. hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. you've probably seen me running all over the country in search of our big idaho potato truck. but not any m

dana is a career prosecutor. he's w he's worn many hats in the justice department in the trump administration. the jobs he had vent recently l him in the on going russia investigation. he briefly searched as acting attorney general after the president fired sally yates. dana served for a time as acting deputy attorney general meaning he was the direct supervisor of james comey during the time that fbi director james comey says he was pressured by president trump to let go of the investigation into michael flynn. james comey testified that he reported those interactions with the president up the chain of command to his boss at the time. his boss at the time was dana boente and the time the fbi started its investigation into whether or not the firing of comey was an attempt to obstruct justice. that started before robert mueller was appointed as special counsel. dana boente may well be a witness in at least that part of the muller investigation but dana boente's real job, the one he was appointed to was being the u

it could end up passing the senate on a bipartisan basis. >> dana: all right. i'm going to have a chance to ask senator ben holland that.

next. ♪ >> dana: of the g.o.p. is doing everything it can to get a major tax bill through the house by thanksgiving. the house debates changes to the bill but house speaker paul ryan is confident they will get it done in hopes the senate will follow. >> i feel very good about it. i think our members are excited. we are pleased. this is what we said we would do when we ran for office in 2016. we have to have tax reform. we have to have tax cuts for people in the middle. this delivers that, and we really are convinced this is going to help get our economy growing and reaching its potential. yes, we are on track for moving this through the house before thanksgiving. that's our plan. we expect our friends in the senate to be about a week behind. >> dana: two obstacles. the senate failed to repeal the affordable care act and democrats weary of what's being proposed in this bill. here is nancy pelosi. >> it's a shell game, a ponzi scheme. they make it look -- like a banquet. they spread out this banquet to the wealthiest

it dana? >> dana: all right, catherine, thank you so much. >> we have to get much tougher. we have to get much smarter. and we have to get much less politically correct. we are so politically correct that we are afraid to do anything, and that is not only our country. that is other countries too that are having very similar problems. we have to get tough, we have to get smart. >> dana: interesting that he brought that up today. a pew research poll that said 71% of americans are concerned about how politically correct it has become. >> we talk about political opportunism, but the real political opportunism after terrorism is the application of islamic phobia. if anybody expresses concern over radical islam, you get in trouble, and there is this conflict now where you have -- today, you have the mayor and the governor saying they are 8 million people in new york city. there's a million pairs of eyes. if you see something, say something. but you can't say something in this current climate because he will lose your job. this guy was already on our radar. he was interviewed by t

his boss at the time was da dana bentae. incidentally that's also the time the fbi started the investigation into whether or not the firing of comey was an attempt to obstruct justice by the president. that investigation started before robert mueller was appointed as special counsel. dane aifr himself may well end up being a witness in at least that part of the mueller investigation. but his real day job the one appointed to in the firststones by president obama was being the u.s. attorney in the eastern district of virginia, a really important federal jurisdiction. as the top prosecutor in the eastern district of virginia among other things he oversaw the issues of grand jury subpoenas related to the mike flynn investigation and the paul manafort investigation. in that role in the eastern district of virginia. he has also been overseeing the continuous and ongoing investigation into wikileaks and the role in the russian operation targeting our election last year. i mean there is a case to be made that if anybody outside of

back to you. >> dana: thank you, doug. alabama principles, including women and his own wife, standing by roy moore today. breaking ranks calling on moore to drop out of the senate race, live in birmingham alabama. >> reporter: judge moore's wife says her husband is not going to drop out of this senate race, and she's casting new doubt on the stories told by women who are accusing him of sexually inappropriate behavior over the last several decades. >> i have been married to my husband, judge roy moore, for over 32 years. he was graduate of west point, served our country in vietnam, and he has always been an officer and a gentleman. >> reporter: the women defending moore today also tried to highlight what they see as an unfair double standard, that al franken isn't being asked to re-sign, even though he admits he was sexually inappropriate with an accuser, but roy moore is be asked to step aside, even though he denies all wrongdoing. that's as others say, they think it's suspicious these stories came out now. >> i've never

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i want to get to cnn correspondent dana bash. where do we begin? president trump lobbied republicans on capitol hill hill. you've been following him today. he got a win on the tax bill. is this the art of the deal? is it finally working? >> i don't know if it's the art of the deal, but i was there up on capitol hill today not to mention hearing from republicans as part of this debate we had this evening. and it does seem, don, that even in republicans who i talked to who are not squhiegiant fans of brez, unlike what went on with obamacare repeal failure when it didn't really help, in fact sometimes his efforts hurt the process, it's different this time. just for example, he really had an intense conversation with senator johnson of wisconsin in a lunch today up on capitol hill. and they went back and forth on senator johnson's concerns, that small businesses were not going to get enough of a tax break. at the owned of the day senator jau johnson was one of those who voted keep the conversation open. he met with susan collins and talked about her co

dana, what is going on here? >> this is donald trump, don. i mean it is. it's the donald trump that you interviewed during the campaign, that i interviewed, that we watched on the campaign trail. and more importantly, the one who we saw before this presidential run back in 2010 and 2011 when he was very aggressively questioning president obama's birth certificate. it is his personality trait, and it is the kind of thing that he continues to do, to be donald trump as opposed to evolving into the president of the united states and all of the things that go with the traditions of being president. people didn't elect him to be a regular politician. i totally get that. but that's far different from pushing things that are false, pushing things that are not factual, and pushing things that are hurtful to people who had that office not that long ago. >> how is this, salena -- how is this helpful to the president or his base by him making things up? how is this helpful? >> i don't -- i mean as dana said, this is how he was during the campaign. i mean that's the th

dana: i don't know. i asked sarah huckabee sanders a few weeks ago when i interviewed her if the hostility was a little bit less than it seemed. she said no, the hostility was there. i think? some ways the media believes it goes both ways and i think that's partly true. we are in a hyper charged environment. but i hear from reporters at the white house that she does a good job working with them on logistics, making sure the reporters will be at the right place at the right time to get what they need in the president to do their job. that matters. in some ways she has figured out a way to use that charm and humor. if she dialed that up a notch it would be useful. howie: . a columnist wrote sanders looks more like a chunky soccer mom that organizes snacks for the kids' games. here is what he said to megyn kelly. >> what could you have been thinking? >> i gliewpt same sexist -- i group in the same sexist world others did. howie: he referred to female journalists at fox as blond barbie dolls. how did the "ti

is thatt we have heard the majority today for $700 dana gas bones is another company is not going to make a payment on that, that is confirmed. surprisingly, given all the noise we have heard around dana gas and their presumed inability .o do this, the bonds fell seestors will be waiting to what the next stages, and the legal process, it is still ongoing around dana gas. sitting,om where i am yousef just hit on the head, every week there seems to be some new twist to the story. you mentioned something to watch out for next. what would that be? if you had to pick one facet to the story i should follow, what would it be? matthew: the next td is going to be in mid-november, when a hearing in the u.k., the judge has said that dana gas has until mid-november to settle an induction in the uae preventing it from taking part in the u.k. court case which the bondholders have launched. -- have launched. that will be key, it will determine whether danica gets involved -- dana gas gets involved in how the u.k. perceived good the bondholders are saying at the moment it is ludicrous the company is

dana and i obviously. jesse, your office is pretty good. >> you're surprised. >> do you know whose office is crazy that is currently next to me? ryan. >> i believe that. >> like weird stuff. >> he doesn't sit down this the chair. he stands up. >> he has hair care products. >> he has a system. it is not a hairpiece. it is a system. he's basically got a hairpiece so he could pull parts of his hair, today i'll be this and then he moves it around. >> totally made-up. >> when you pay that much for hair. >> all right. it is -- it is a -- a little slam this thanksgiving. stay with us with answers to your questions, all coming up. ♪ there's something ♪ for you and me, ♪ and the american road is calling, ♪ ♪ so what's it gonna be? ♪ ♪ hey it's an amazing day, ♪ ♪ traveling our own highway, ♪ ♪ no matter where it leads us ♪ ♪ we can smile, ♪ 'cuz there's meaning in the miles. ♪ ♪ how much money do you think you'll need in retirement? then we found out how many years that money would l

that will be key, it will determine whether dana gas gets involved and how the u.k. proceeding perceived good the bondholders are saying at the moment it is ludicrous the company is trying to say the sukuk is unislamic, and they should not have to pay it. bondholders are also are -- are also arguing that, if this defensive stance, it will be a systemic problem for the sukuk industry. the company is taking a slightly different view and is saying this is not a systemic issue for the islamic finance industry, this is an equity like estimates -- instrument. so you should expect equity like returns. it will be up to the u.k. judge to decide how to settle the two sides and how this proceeds. yousef: up next on "the best of bloomberg markets: middle east," how high must oil rise before saudi arabia stops worrying? we discussed that with standard bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ yousef: welcome back to "the best of bloomberg markets: middle east." saudi arabia is opec's biggest oil producer and has been a leader as well when it comes to slashing the price it needs to balance

if you acknowledge that, people might give you an easier time. >> dana? >> the truth is someone who criticizes trump for all kinds of things, i don't think the guy is dumb by any stretch. you don't get to this place by being dumb. he's not aware of a lot of the things he needs to do. he's not versed in the business of governing. >> for example, dana, name the are areas you know nothing about. come clean. >> we can talk movies or sport zbl. >> i'll give you hockey. there are vast areas. when everywheversace was killed who he is. i know nothing about fashion or design. >>> anyway, secretary of state rex tillerson expressed a different view of president trump's intelect. he called president trump a moron after a july 20th meeting at the pentagon with members of trump's national security team and cabinet officials. that's according to nbc news, a pretty good source. what do you think, jason? a moron. they overheard the word. i'm going to speak more on that issue. remember that "saturday night live"? >> i don't think there was any confusion there. that's part