sthoongs much for joining us. have a great holiday. a great weekend. ac 360 begins right now. good evening. john berman for anderson here tonight. the aftershocks in today's seismic events in this country's relationship with israel. first time in 36 years the u.s. stood back and let the u.n. pass a measure condemning the --. and whatever else you think of it. it up ends is it world order when it comes to israel, at least for the next 28 days until donald trump becomes president. we darwin with the immediate and ominous. new warnings about isis. warning the terror group wants to target churches and other christmas celebrations. cnn is working with the latest.

this new warning came out today, what did it say? >> reporter: several things. and first and foremost t fbi is certainly concerned that churches are a target. this comes on the heels of a pro isis website which posted addresses and names of churches all across the united states, prompting the fbi today to go ahead with the department of homeland security to issue this bulletin reminding law enforcement that isis continues to want to attack us here. and basically they have now set out this target more some of their sympathizers hoping someone on the edge would now act and attack churches. churches are considered to be soft target. not a lot of security at churches. and because this pro isis website, which the fbi is very familiar with. and knows that isis sympathizers are on there, are reading their stuff.

today they decided to go ahead and just out of an abundance of caution let law enforcement know that hey, we're taking this very seriously, and you should do. >> a language a lot of people have tom com to know. any specific, imminent threats here? >> reporter: there is none. but the concern is there is someone in this country -- and we know there are people in country who sympathize with isis who are sitting there on the edge who we've come to know as these home-grown violent extremists that the fbi has been concerned with specifically now around the holidays. they may now be reading and the now may decide hey now is my time to act. so that is the biggest concern for law enforcement around the country. and the bulletin just sort of this morning told security at churches and law enforcement around the country what to look

for. what someone may be wearing who's planning an attack. perhaps clothing not appropriate for the weather. so these are things that law enforcement and fbi decided to remind security personnel as well about at churches and other soft targets. >> thank you so much. this all hours after the most hunted man in europe was killed in a shoot out. the only suspect is dead. a relief to many. but also concerning because it essentially happened by chance. cnn's in italy. what can you tell us about the shoot out? >> reporter: well it was in this rather nondescript parking lot in a satellite town to the north of milan, a run down and shabby district just outside the train station that he was apprehended and shot dead. anus a.m amari was stopped and

instead of producing his id he produced a pistol and began firing immediately. those officers returned fired. but eventually they managed to bring him down and check his fingerprints. they realized they were the same fingerprints that were on the steering wheel of the truck that was used on the berlin attack. and the journey of this man's radicalization ended where it began. he spent four years in jail in italy. and his own family has speculated he might have even been radicalized in italy. so relief. but also unease. >> what leads do you think investigators are looking into

next. >> well the primary thing is did he have help? we know he was intercepted in this parking lot a loan. he didn't have a cell phone so it is not as if police were able to look at whew he was calling. and he only had a few hundred euros on him at the time. the question at the moment is why was he here? this isn't even the center of meal b. he passed through france by train, and turin and even the center of milan itself. but he chose to come here. had he been seen her before? was he headsing to the east or fleeing further towards north africa. there are a number of buss that leave from here to morocco and algeria. i saw one leave an hour ago to

algeria. could he have been going there? >> thank you so much. perspective now on this and especially this new isis threat in the united states from michael weiss, and cnn national security analyst julia cayenne and --. juliet, no specific imminent threat yet the fbi put out this warning today. so what goes into the consideration to do that? >> so it is not -- it is not taken lightly. there would be an inner agency process that may have begun on monday, if not before that to determine what in fact the u.s. government wants to say to local and state law enforcement entities and private sector ones that might be protecting churches or malls or anywhere,

how they should be behave in the next couple of days. so look, there is rarely a specific threat. we've never seen a specific threat b, to be quite honest. and what they are really doing is saying there is too much going on between the specific isis threat, the more general sort of holiday threat. and that we're in a presidential transition time. a time when there is always increased threat levels, that would cause them to announce this. it is a bulletin. it is not an advisory. but this is actually a statement to law enforcement. it is not telling the public to change their plans. >> just too much going on not to say something. and one of those things michael weise is the death of the anis amri. do you get the sense that there are concerns that his death could serve as the direct or indirect inspiration more isis to do more? is there a period of time after something like where there is new concern? >> no. i mean look. they will be speeding up any

operations they might have had in mind. the fact that he didn't compete a martyrdom when he plowed into that market suggests more. it's has a limited number of operatives and recruited agents in the field of the continent of europe simply because the border to get to syria and iraq has been completely interdicted now. you really can't cross that border. so they are dealing with a finite number of people dispatched back into central and western europe. the question though is, you know, the network he was a part of, this abualla network in europe. the number one, the most prominent isis recruitment in, in germany. how many had actually gone over

and returned. we know they were sending agents. but in the media we split hairs when it comes to lone wolf versus isis coordinator or director. during the cold war if you are recruit bade soviet officer in europe and became an agent but never went to the soviet union. >> let me talk about the idea of lone wolf. this root he took from berlin, into france, and milan, and north of milan. a long long way to go lone there. duke he had help? >> i would be astounded if he managed to do this by himself. the network in europe, those who live and grew up in france or in belgium. the headquarters in molembeek, they were able to fan out across paris and france.

he absolutely had help. no question. the only question is to what extent was this network linked up with isis h.q. in raqqah? >> back to this bulletin, if you are now a church in u.s. or now in charge of some christmas celebration, what can you do with a warning like this? >> there are a number of things you can actually do. one is just situational awareness. so leaders of the church probably already know their local law enforcement, reaching out to local law enforcement. seeing if there are any people or cars that are left behind, having members of the congregation also aware. but look, these are soft targets. as we have infinite soft targets in the country. so what we'll try to do is minimize the risk. this is also a statement to local and state law enforcement. that as you prioritize the next five and six days of deployment,

you should do so in a way that favors the softer targets because of this announcement, so in some ways it is helping them direct their own limited resources. >> you all have a happy and safe holiday. >> thank you. >> you too. >> announcer: next with today's u.n. security council shocker. president obama's --. we'll look closer at the personalities and policy decisions behind the headlines tonight. and later from best buddies to cold war reenactors and back again. we'll tell you about the latest statements.

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will be different at january 20th." e labbet joins we the the latest. they have been opposed to settlements for some time but to take this action or official nascar in the united nations. is this just the capstone on a really rocky relationship between the president and the prime minister? >> well you can't see it. but anything but a parting shot from this president to the prime minister. and you said it. they had a rocky relationship at best. but this was also a desire by the a obama administration to put their finger on the scale before they left office. the settlement issue was something they really felt interest the last eight years, really from the first weeks in president obama's office ux you remember they were trying to talk to the prime minister about stopping settlement construction about a settlement freeze. this is really been a thorn in their side and the administration has really concerned about how this affects

palestinians and wanted to make a statement about it. i don't know if necessarily going forward this helps or hurts the palestine ps. but this is part of a larger effort for what the u.s. sees as a way to put this on a more promising translatory before they left offense. yesterday john kerry was put to give a speech but had to be canceled. this has to be seen not only as a parting shot but also a way for this administration to talk about issues they felt were an impediment to peace. >> the u.s. sees only for another 28 days until it sees very differently. and as striking as what president obama is doing on his way out is what president elect trump is doing on his way in. he was really deeply involved in conducting policy before he

takes office. >> right. and president elect donald trump has been speaking out on issues he feels are important. his spokesman said today look that he appreciates this is one president. but this is not a president elect who's going to sit on the sidelines if he feels he needs to weigh in. and what the israelis feel and the incoming trump administration feels is that a move like this really would h p hamper any efforts on the way in by this president to make some changes. clearly he is interested in the peace process. i don't know if it will be his top priority but he's said he wants to negotiate what he calls the ultimate deal. and the israelis were saying this would tie his hands and that is why he's saying things will be different. >> thank you so much. joining us now:

i don't think there is any question that president obama has consistently opposed settlement. but it is hard to read this as anything other than a parting shot at netanyahu. >> i think that is basically right. although it is driven i think not so much by personal animus, as by increasing frustration that all of his messages to the prime minister about constraining settlement activity, trying to create the best environment conducive for a negotiation -- the palestinians have their problems in that regard as well. have not been heated. and i think growing frustration and a certain amount of resentment over failure to move the process forward left an opportunity to send a stronger message and stronger signal.

with four weeks. i think that is the problem, john. with four weeks to go in his presidency. >> also looking at this as the message he wants to leave behind, president obama. it seems as if i'm against settlements. i'm loud and clear and i want the world to know it going forward. >> something he's been pretty consistent on throughout his presidency. he started dealing with this issue and trying to get a curb onsetments. this is in part a message to israel. in part his legacy and in part that fear that under president elect trump it is going to be much more towards settlements and what netanyahu wants and i think he's trying to check that. i don't think this is going work. i think it might have the opposite effect. but i think that is what he's trying to do. >> and you feel this could end up backfiring on president obama in a way. >> i think this is a big

migraine headache for the administration. the conventions of this will in fact be precisely the opposite of whatever the administration intended. president elect trump is going to walk away interefrom this. there will be much stronger statements in the days to come i suspect. the israelis will feel emboldened. because in the first paragraph they talk about the fact that settlements have no legal validity. and this is the first time in two administrations. or three in which i've been apart that any administration chose language that addressed the legality of the settlements questions and it will give much more discretion to demonstrate a sharp break with the obama policy with respect to israel and to ameliorate tensions and to give israelis for leeway on the ground to continue

expansion. >> and we like to say there is only one president at a time here but he's only the president for another 28 days and to do something like this for this time of impact, i was having a hard time remembering when a president made such a bold move -- not saying good or bad. but bold move with so little time left. >> it is making a bold move with someone who is replacing him, who is going in a very different direction and won't really care about the messages that he sends. in fact president elect trump is simulcasting as president obama is trying to deal with this. so it is a high-risk maneuver. and i do think it will embolden president elect trump. and it might win him some support here in the u.s. he otherwise wouldn't have. >> you would think a lot of democratic jews who were pro israel who may all of a sudden look towards donald trump. and as to the u.n. he said

things will be different after january 20th. do you think the u.s. should pull funding from the united nations? do you think that is a possibility now? >> you know, every president to a degree campaigns to the infishsy of the united nations. i don't think that is going to be the focus. i think the president elect is going to make changes in policy with respect to the u.s.-israeli relationship. i think you will see a much closer coordination and cooperation on iran. i think there is a reasonable chance the u.s. embassy will in fact be moved in symbolic or practical fashion to jerusalem. and in part they may well point to tensions in the obama administration as laying the predicate for creating a different kind of relationship. and certainly john, in the u.n., much long the lines of the obama administration, until the end, there will be very little tolerance or support for any

palestinian or arab state effort to isolate or delegitimatize israel in the international arena. >> appreciate it guys. >> thank you. much more ahead, including new chapters in what it times has seemed like a bromance between russia and trump. lately the word frenemy might be a better fit. we'll tell you about the flattering letter vladimir putin sent and what some consider another troubling statement from mr. trump almost welcoming a new arms race dayquil liquid gels doesn't treat a runny nose. it doesn't? alka-seltzer plus cold and cough liquid gels fight your worst cold symptoms including your runny nose. oh, what a relief it is! and i used to ask if you could hear me now with verizon. not anymore. i switched to sprint because their network reliability is now within 1% of verizon. and they save you 50% on most current at&t, t-mobile, and verizon rates. why is this one twice as much? this one right here has 1% more needles.

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today was hardly if only development along those lines lately. especially along the trump side. one break from tradition after another. on china and defense and that's not all. more from cnn's dana bash. >> reporter: a dear mr. trump letter from russia's vladimir putin released this morning by the transition "i hope that after you assume the position of the president of the united states of america, we will be able by acting in constructive and pragmatic manner to take real steps to restore the framework of belittle cooperation. today trump called it a very nice letter from vladimir putin. his thoughts are so correct. the date on putin's letter, december 15th. more than a week ago. releasing it now could be designed to lower the temperature after his own explosive comments hours earlier. threatening to engage in a nuclear arms race. during a commercial break trump called a pajama clad host on an

oddly coast to report something alarming. let it be an aarms race. we'll outlast them at every pass and outlast them all. >> there are countries around the globe that are talking about the increasing their nuclear capacity. the president is going to put our nation's safety first and not going to worry about how he's goings to do it. >> unorthodox approach to be about everything should be a surprise to no one. it is what trump's campaign was all about. >> things have to change and right now. >> reporter: now that change means threatening to roll back decades of the work on nuclear arms control and shaking things up on the domestic front too. trump sent lockheed into a tail spin. >> these are crooked people. >> reporter: but some of trump's

harsh campaign rhetoric feels different now that the shoe is on the president elect's foot. >> you look at that foundation, it is pure theft and pure crookedness. >> relentlessly attacking the clintons. now his son eric suspending his own foundations for allegation of the pay for play. tweeting my wonderful son will no longer be able to raise money for children with cancer. isn't this a shame? he love this is these kids. raised millions of dollars for them and now must stop. wrong answer. and then how trump spent his morning. on the links with tiger woods. enviable for any golf enthusiast. but curious. >> he played more golf last year than tiger woods. no think of it.

we don't have time for this. >> reporter: so dana, in all truth, donald trump who does love golf actually hasn't played all that much at least the last 16 or 18 months when running for president. >> he really hasn't. as far as we know. especially considering that his website says that there are 17 trump-branded golf courses around the globe. so considering the options he has. leb said he lus golf. thinks tiger woods is one of the greats. but just doesn't have time. but a day like today is perhaps a reminder that presidents are people too. president elects are people too. and sometimes even and maybe especially people like that, who have kind of the weight of the world on their shoulders need a mental break and golf is a way to do it as any. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. i want to bring in

democratic strategist jonathan tessini and more. david, let me start with you. there are a lot of ways for a president or president elect to talk about nuclear weapons and nuclear policy. let it be an arms race though is unusual though, no? >> well it is unusual to talk that way in a tweet at the very at least without them following through with context and a more elaborate discussion of what u.s. policy is. the point of a nuclear arsenal that is robust and modernized is that it serves as a deterrent. this is how the u.s. won the cold war. we outlasted the russians and had more money and better hardware and they couldn't keep up. there were a lot that called the u.s. to unilaterally tamper down

and reduce it. and things worked out well. the difference is how trump is talking about it and then leaving it open ended. which i i don't think over the long-term is good for national security. because our adversaries need to know exactly what we'll do if they cross it and our allies need to know exactly what is going on so they can trust us. >> tweet was yesterday when he talked about strengthening united states nuclear capability. where he said let it be an arms race was at a phone call during a commercial to one of the host of the morning joe on their pajama party christmas special. i am unaware in the annals of the nuclear policy of something like that happening before. >> not necessarily to go about presenting some new idea through a pajama party. but that said, jason miller made it clear the original comments that donald trump made was about nuclear proliferation and his

desire to put an end to it and make sure things are safe. and he's always been clear where he stood with nuclear weapons and nuclear triad is something critical to our arsenal and important to have it and important for it to be state of the art and continue to be the best of the best this that category. but also at the same time, that is his means to having peace through strength. it is important to be strong in that area. but he also wants to maintain peace. and he also believes that having -- trying to have a good relationship with russia is critical. but it must be a relationship in which there is bilateral benefit from both sides in order for it to work. >> jonathan? >> yeah. this is crazy. and i think this is what should concern the country and the world -- >> what exactly? >> the notion we're going to have a nuclear arms race. and that is what donald trump said. let there be an arms race. and if you look back, republican

and democrats were working hard to reduce nuclear stockpiles because they are inherently unstable. >> he said he wanted to strengthen the capabilities. and there are meanings of that for being modernized which is something what president obama has done. >> i think it is clear they are back filling and trying to explain something that his initial reaction to this was and i think it relates to the way donald trump acts like a 15-year-old. and i think it was seen during the campaign. donald trump -- >> it was -- how, he won the election? >> when you looked at donald trump trying to explain any kind of policy. foreign policy or domestics. but certainly when it came to foreign policy. you can see this man was swimming and did not know how to talk about it. he does not have any ground yet.

he has no background and i think concerns could be the way he handled the call with taiwan. how he reacted to nuclear weapons. just now on the packassage of t u.n. resolution which in my opinion is smart --. actually has some background and history both in republican and -- >> i'm going talk more about the relations in a minute. but i do want to shift to something jonathan just talked about which was israel. and david, there's been an enormous amount of criticism of president obama and the fact the u.s. abstained today at the u.n. vote today. one of the things you hear particularly from republicans is that president obama is the least friendly to israel we've seen in decades. but in fact this is the one time during president obama's

administration they exercised -- they abstained or they voted against or they acted against israel at the united nations when george w. bush, it happened at his administration a dpu times. george h.w. bush a few types. ronald reagan, his administration several times. so why is president obama getting a worse rap for it than his predecessor. >> past presidents republican and democrat had their moments where they weren't exactly friendly in terms of policy. so this isn't completely out of bounds. but what is different here is that by abstaining on an issue like this. as sensitive as this. and in a sense putting the burden on israel for the failure for peace talks to work or even exist at this point rubs people the wrong way. you have a mess in syria. you have a rising iran with a

questionable nuclear deal. but all of the attention and all of the ire is forecasted on israel, the one liberal democracy of the region and an ally of ours. and as the what's so unique. and the fact it is done less than one month before obama leaves office. it is seen as a parting shot. >> alice. thirty seconds and then jonathan. but no more. >> israel is a democracy in the region. in a sea of dictatorships and they should be close, close to the united states president. and barack obama has shunned him at every time he's had the opportunity to do so. one encouraging thing is moving forward we do know that donald trump will have no daylight between the united states and israel. they are our best ally in the region. and he's made it quite clear they will be no better friend to

our allies and no worse enemy to our foes that be donald trump and israel is someone we need to continue relationship with -- >> -- >> and $35 billion over ten years. a as jew, as someone who's lived there and half the family who live there is. thank god obama has done this. i think he should have eight years ago. the united states has been a renegade around the world on this question. the entire international community see it is settlements as an illegal occupation. and 60% of israelis, in a recent poll said they think the settlements are a barrier and bad thing in terms of relationship to the united states. israelis themselves support this. >> the incoming president elect does not. we'll see where the policy is in 28 days. thank you so much. up next. we're going daigh deeper into the nuclear issue and a look closer at the president elect's latest remarks and tweets could mean for the new world order we

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earlier in the program. two news people in pajamas talking about the call they received during a commercial break. the president elect talking about a nuclear arms race. listen to this. >> he told me on the phone, "let it be an arms race, because we

will outmatch them at every pass and outmatch them all". >> for more on this new world here is cnn's barbara starr. >> reporter: vladimir putin vowing today to stay neck and neck with the u.s. if president elect donald trump does seek to expand the u.s. nuclear arsenal after taking office. >> translator: if someone accelerates and speeds up the arm's race, it would not be us. i would say that we will never, if we are in a an arm's race, we will never spend too much. >> reporter: putin said he saw nothing new in trump's tweet thursday. >> translator: i said that we are improving our nuclear capabilities and that russia is stronger than any potential aggressor. it is very important. i use that word "aggressor." i do not use it accidentally. whos an aggressor? a greszer is someone who could

potentially attack russia. we are stronger than any potential aggressor. >> reporter: concern that a new global nuclear arms race could emerge. >> if the u.s. and russia say they need more weapon, well how about china? do they need more? india? pakistan? >> reporter: trump struggled to speak precisely about nuclear weapons as the candidate. >> it is going hapuna. it is going happen anyway. >> reporter: and while trump as talked about the need to modernize. he has not offered specific plans. >> do you have a priority? i want to go to senator rubio after that and -- >> i think nuclear, the power, the devastation is very important to me. >> it may be worth thinking about. what does vladimir putin really want from donald trump? most experts will tell you,

russia wants sanctions lifted. oil prices are down. russia needs revenue. it needs u.s. dollars. and if putin has to be nice to do it, that is a price he'll be willing to play. and remember this? >> the biggest problem we have today is nuclear -- nuclear proliferation, and having some maniac, having some madman, go out and get a nuclear weapon. >> you want to have a nuclear arms race on the korean peninsula? >> many ways, the world is changes. >> i would like to end it. just get rid of it. at the same time we have to be prepared. i can't take anything off the table. >> can we trust donald trump with nuclear? can we trust him? i'll be the last one to use nuclear. i'd be the last one. >> the united states has not

used nuclear weapons since 1945. when should it? >> diseaseit is a last stance. joining us now our panel. you pose a question today, how much of this is mere bluster? and how much of it bodes return to the days of the dr. strangelove? >> i think it is mainly bluster. first of all, i think it is a mistake to take these tweets, which he puts out there with some kind of disorder really, some compulsion disorder, and tweet them over some kind of text to poor over like scholars. that said, his latest tweets and we are to look at them literally and seriously, they don't really say that much. what's he say?

he says we need to -- if -- we need to be able to strengthen and expand our nuclear ca capability. not nuclear weapons. capability. on one level president obama has been doing there tharough means. he says this pajama phone call, let -- >> -- >> well that was in reaction to something putin said. and trump is saying, hey, let's have an arm's race, we'll drive you into bankruptcy like the last time." would have been more comfortable had he followed that but instead of building a lot more weapons neither of us need anyway, why don't we tamp this down? but doesn't this signal the beginni beginning of a massive nuclear

arms race? >> what about the russian side of this? one of the things we heard from putin today. he said russia is stronger than any possible aggressor. does he consider the united states in that category? >> i think he at this point does not. in the sense of nuclear war. i don't think he believes the united states is going to attack russia tomorrow. but what he's saying is if you don't take aggressive action against us, then you are not an aggressor. but if you are a aggressor, it is a warning. we match you. we can pierce your shield, etc. so he's kind of handing it back in a passive aggressive way to donald trump. >> much more aggressive stance in the past few weeks. you have this back and forth on

nuclear weapons and different type of large and then this exchange of letters we just learned about today or the letter from vladimir putin talking about wanting a new relationship congratulating donald trump being very gracious and you had donald trump saying e loved the letter it made him feel good but also saying at the end he hopes things between so we don't have to follow an alternate path, which is language thinking, this is how this could go. >> and i think both are playing to domestic audiences. you know, donald trump wants to look like the person who's going to protect the united states. and there's nothing more important to him than nuclear weapons. so, of course, he's going to have to say, don't worry, on my watch, nothing is going to happen, watch out. and vladimir putin is saying a couple of things, you know, after, at that very long four-hour news conference, after he talked about nuke, he said that i'm not going to spend too much on nukes.

now, that's something the russian people want to hear, because they think their economy is not doing well. they don't want money spent on nuclear weapons. and i think, also, as fred mentioned, the old -- remember, in the old days, the united states supposedly outspent russia and won the cold war. i don't agree with that theory, but it's part of it. so putin is saying, we're not going to go back to those days with you outspend us. >> fred, you were talking about not needing to read twitter like it's a test or to parse it that way. do you think that donald trump will take the policy more seriously when he gets into office than with twitter? i mean, he certainly has serious people, a lot of generals around him, people with experience when it comes to weathering it. >> i have no idea. people say, when he gets the nomination, he's going to get very serious about it. oh, when he's elected, he'll get very serious about this. we haven't seen it yet. he hasn't given one speech which kind of welcomes into the fold

people who didn't vote for him, for example. so i have no idea. but the whole thing about nuclear, the need to strengthen our nuclear force, however we define it, we should return to some basics. each one of us, each side, u.s. and russia, has about 2,000 nuclear weapons, each one of which is a lot more powerful than the bombs that devastated he hee hiroshima and nagasaki. as long as each side has the ability and will to dominate in kind to an attack, the numbers don't mean anything. >> thanks so much for being with us. just ahead, a winter storm smacks the west. travelers across the country are braving the crowds and lines to make it home for the holidays. we'll get the latest on how the weather could complicate things. psh psh lunch is ready! campbell's spider-man soups. made for real, real life. thanks mom

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flights have been canceled or delayed. cnn meteorologist allison chinchar is tracking it all from atlanta. allison, an estimated third of the country are going to be traveling for the holiday, so what can they expect? >> a lot can expect a lot of inclement weather. saginaw michigan, down through detroit, and as you go farther south, it starts to transition into rain. but some of these areas, it's coming down very heavily. we've also got some purple in here, indicating just a very heavy snow. the reason this is a concern, obviously, it's beginning to exit chicago, but starting tomorrow, we're going to see that transition into d.c., new york, boston, we're talking major cities that have a lot of travel expected in and out of them. and then on the western half of the country, we're taking a look at our next big system. we've got winter storm watches, warnings, even blizzard warnings. that's the bright orange color you see here in effect through the weekend. because the system is going to

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that does it for us. merry christmas. happy hanukkah to everyone celebrating and to all a good night. this is "life with lisa ling" starts now. it's 7:00 p.m. on a wednesday night and i'm in a busy city emergency room. we've been here maybe ten minutes and already there's a heroin overdose that's just come in. a woman has been brought in unresponsive. >> nothing? >> no. >> point four, please. >> she's overdosed on heroin. this is happening all over