News with Ed -- December 13, 2017

African-American women key to Jones victory in Alabama

In the wake of Doug Jones’ victory in the Alabama special Senate election, RT America’s Manila Chan breaks down the vote by demographics.

Trump needs ‘the image of getting something done’ – John Nichols

Congressional Republicans say they have come to an agreement on tax reform. John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine, tells “News with Ed” that Roy Moore’s defeat in Alabama’s Senate race was “devastating” for the GOP on a national level and that President Donald Trump and his supporters are scrambling to “present the face of functional government.”