Face the Nation Diary

A note to our listeners in this final edition of the Face the Nation Diary.

It was the week of Fire and Fury. That was the name of an explosive new book by Michael Wolff or it was a book about the reality of American politics we've been experiencing for the last year? Fire and Fury was fortunately not the title of taunts about North Korea this week. The rhetoric was hot, but for the first time in a while, we saw cooling.

It's a win for the president. 2017 ends with that elusive legislative victory for the president and his party. Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson on the week in review.

Democrat Doug Jones inches past controversial Republican candidate Roy Moore in the Alabama special election while Republicans in D.C. rally around a tax bill. Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson on the week in review.

The president and Republican National Committee embrace Roy Moore, the Democrats pressure Al Franken and John Conyers to resign. Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson on the week in review.