happy friday. almost happy new year. president trump tells the "new york times" he thinks special counsel robert mueller will be fair to him. but he says the russia investigation makes the u.s. look very bad. this was an impromptu interview. he insisted 16 separate times there was no collusion between his campaign and russia. >> as scrutiny intensifies, president trump says he has an absolute right to do whatever epbts with the justice department. and he reveals why he has been soft on china hours after accusing beijing of secretly shipping oil to north korea. >> let's discuss with one of the writers for the "new york times" story, michael sheer, a cnn political analyst. good morning, michael. >> good morning. thanks for having me, guys. >> thanks for being here to explain this article. it was very revealing. it was impromptu in the dining room of his golf club after perhaps a round of golf.

and he was feeling relaxed and just sort of pontifficating or answering questions. >> it was a remarkable interview. ckudos to my colleague michael schmidt who went down to florida and managed to get that interview, something most presidents wouldn't grant ever. he has a habit of doing this despite his frequent criticism of us. what we wrote in the article, the thing that most struck us were comments about the russia investigation. as we say at the top of the story he focused on a lot that he thinks bob mueller will be able to be fair to him. it so undercuts many in his own party. he tried on capitol hill to discredit mueller's investigation as a partisan

witch-hunt. that was the striking difference. he said even though he thinks he will be tweeted fairly, he has every right to do with the justice department what he will. it left an ominous tone of what does it mean. >> i do want to ask you about that. just on the robert mueller thing because incident was such a different tone that it bears repeating. i hope he is going to be fair. i think he's going to be fair. there's been no collusion, but i think he's going to be fair. everyone knows the answer already. there was no collusion, none whatsoever. as you point out, he sort of rejected the collusion idea 16 separate times. but what did he mean when he said he can do whatever he wants with the department of justice? >> well, it was a little unclear in the interview. mike had posed a question to him about the fact that he had control of the justice department and did that mean that president trump was going to order a new investigation

into hillary clinton's e-mails. he ignored the e-mails and focused on this control of the justice department. when you look at his answer, what he then says is i can control the justice department and then he went back to the idea of being fair and that he feels they are going to be fair to him which seemed to be a reflection or a comment about the investigation into collusion. he has chosen to stay out of this for now. it felt like what he was referring to was the russia investigation, not hillary's e-mails at that point. >> let's talk about what he said about china, also very revealing. china is hurting us very badly on trade. but i have been soft on china. because the only thing more important to me than trade is war. okay? what did that mean? >> the thing that was interesting, when you -- we sort

of watched president trump on china evolve. during the campaign he was incredibly tough on china, all but saying he was going to declare a trade war with china once he got into the white house. then he got in and he has been much less aggressive on trade. he hinted in the past that the reason for that kind of backing off the trade issue is because he was trying to get china to help north korea. this was the first time that he has ever said explicitly he is going soft on china. ironically it came on a day he was being hard on china, focusing on reports that the chinese were secretly giving oil to north korea, which would undermine the pressure on that regime. so it was a mixed message. early in the day he is tough on china and then is soft on them. >> one of the striking things is

of course his view of himself purchase there was a bit of bragadocious neighbor. i have unbelievably great relationships with 97 oers of the republican congressman and senators. i love them and they love me. i couldn't have persuaded 100 congressmen to go along with this bill. i was a great student and all of this stuff. oh, he doesn't know the details. these are sick people. so it is very important to him. he said this repeatedly of how smart he is. but i had not heard him say he knows more than any president that has ever been in office. >> yeah. the interesting line is when he mockingly is describing is or

deriding the description of him as, oh, you don't know the details. because i think what that shows is that have been, during the course of the tax debate but also other articles. i had an article on immigration saying he doesn't embrace the kind of detailed analysis of immigration. people have said it about health care. what tells you about that passage is he so much focuses on that criticism. he likes to see himself not as a kind of above it all guy. you could embrace that. if you were donald trump you might embrace that i don't get into weeds. i just embrace the whole picture. he wants to be the best at everything and thinks he is the best at everything.

6. >> thank you very much. >> let's bring in chris cillizza. >> i think he -- alisyn said this leading in to her

conversation with mike shear. i think he finish said playing golf. he's president of the united states. he's on christmas break. sort of feeling pretty good about himself. tax bill passed. he's feeling good. if he didn't give this interview, would we think donald trump doesn't believe there is collusion? yes, he has made it very clear before. he has his twitter feed if he wants to speak to the base. i think this was donald trump, this was his hometown newspaper. he cares deeply about what the media thinks about him. and he decided to do it. remember, no staff present.

no staff aware he was doing it. >> right. >> i'm not sure this was a planned -- >> strategy. >> -- strike. >> forgive me for overthinking it. but he said there is one thing you should cover more, and that is roy moore. he was talking about the problem with the loss and that luther strange was brought up way before the endorsement, almost won. i never thought roy was going to win. and i wish he would cover that more. it is not about the country, the makeup of the senate. it is i want credit for calling this. >> he didn't make it out loud. this is one of these if he never thought roy moore was going to win, why did he endorse him? >> i don't think he ever thought luther strange was going to win either. the president is a walking political id. he does what strikes him when it strikes him. he cares very much about his

hometown paper. it is a validation for him that the "new york times" cares about what he has to say. that's why of all the media outlets that he talks to, at least media outlets considered mainstream is not understanding the stature as well, it holds a special place in the president's heart because of growing up in new york city and what the "times" went to new york and manhattan and how important that all was for him. the the roy moore situation is interesting because the president had an out. if he didn't think that roy moore could win after the revelations from the "washington post" on the sexual misconduct that he was accused of, the president could have easily you sat this one out. it might make some republicans in an odd way feel good that the president felt he had to stick

by republicans because of his leadership of the party. that's never stopped him before. he has beaten up republicans left and right when it suited him. it has hurt had his own agenda at times. it helped his agenda that he didn't beat up members of his own party. i think that's the president trying to save face. he does not like to use or be associated with a loss. >> yes. of course we know that. but i think that that plays into one of the other headlines of this interview, chris. he talks about the russia meddling and what bothers him so much. i think it's bad for the country. the only thing that bothers me is it makes the country look bad. it makes the country look very bad and puts the country in a very bad position. the sooner it is worked out the better it is for the country. but there is tremendous solution with the russians and with the democratic party. in other words, he doesn't like the mueller investigation because it makes the country look, i'm just extrapolating, weak? it makes the country look

vulnerable? he doesn't like those things? >> you have to extrapolate, alisyn, because he doesn't explain. >> that's right. if you sub in "me" for "the country" you get more to what he's going for. just a very quick fact check for roughly the billionth time. the reason there is a special counsel investigation into russia's attempted interference in the election, possible collusion is not because of the democrats or the dossier that hillary clinton and the democratic national committee paid for by chris steele from a british spy. that is not the center of this investigation. the reason it is is because rob rosen stein, deputy attorney general in the trump justice department, decided that was the best way forward and appointed someone in bob mueller who is appointed by george w. bush.

it is important to separate from the facts that we know about this investigation. he is doing it because in his mind it is all one big thing. if you pull it apart factually, it's just not. >> he also goes after paul manafort in this. he was charged with money laundering and obstruction of justice. i've always found paul manafort to be a very nice man. and i found him to be an honorable person. paul worked for me for only a few months. >> as campaign manager. >> he worked for john mccain, bob dole. you talk about what paul was many years ago before i ever heard of him. if we flipped it around and if hillary clinton's campaign manage with an ankle bracelet

on, already pled guilty and was cooperating, i have a feeling there would be a different tone. >> maybe. who knows. republicans don't like to investigate hillary clinton. it gives them no joy whatsoever. this is situational politics a lot its best. they want to distance himself from paul monfort. for the first time in that whole effort they brought in a real professional. paul manafort has a shady background, which we have all learned. but he was the first person who really knew how to run something. he was crucial to president trump, then candidate trump making sure he won the delegates that he needed. if the tables were turned, actually, we don't even have to turn the tables because republicans are busy investigating hillary clinton. and she lost. >> there you two. >> he did say he would attract the best people, right? you can't have it both ways.

chris, tkaeufdavid, thank you. he thinks special counsel robert mueller will treat him fairly. that's after recent attacks. we will speak to a republican congressman about where he stands on this now. that's next. vo: gopi's found a way to keep her receipts tidy, even when nothing else is. brand vo: snap and sort your expenses with quickbooks and find, on average, $4,340 in tax savings. quickbooks. backing you.

the president says the only thing that bothers me about timing, i think it's a very bad thing for the country because it makes the country look bad. it makes the look very bad and puts the country in a very bad position. so the sooner it is is worked out the better. rodney davis of illinois joins us. good morning, congressman. good morning, alisyn. >> great to have you. what does the president mean when he says the mueller investigation makes the country, the u.s., look bad? >> well, it's never good for any country to have an investigation, one. let alone world war iii going on

as a slight perfected by the administration. we have to give credit where credit is due. >> we will get to the tax bill. just about this investigation, look, the u.s. tries to get to the bottom of things that go wrong. that's what we do in this democracy. so it sounds like the president is saying that an investigation makes the country look vulnerable somehow or look weak. do you agree with that? >> i don't think the president means that the country is going to look weak on the world stage. it is a blemish. we have one investigation, let alone three right now currently going on to address issues related to the last election. i think the president is clear in his distaste for the disarray that any investigation causes. and i think he's right to say

that. >> so what is the president doing to make sure the meddling of russia doesn't happen again? >> well, i think it's not just the president that is concerned about this. all of us are, alisyn. as a matter of fact, i think the president is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, let the investigations play out. let the professionals at the department of justice with the special counsel also let the professionals of the house and the senate intelligence committees that are investigating this process too, let's let the evidence play out and see where it goes. >> what about the deterrence of russia to not do it again? >> well, there should always be deterrence. let's take a step back and look at the last election. remember, our elections are not held at the federal level. they are held at the level overseen by county courthouses just like the one here in springfield, illinois where i'm

at. i don't believe anybody believes russia hacked into each voting machine and had any outcome on the election. frankly, be i think the outcome of the election is because many mistakes were made on behalf of the clinton campaign. and successes and strategies were put forth by the trump campaign. >> listen, nobody says that the outcome was authored. since we know russia middeddledf you believe the intel, the president is sometimes so upset about the investigation into his campaign that he is not taking any steps to deter this from happening again. what exactly is the president doing? >> well, i don't think the president should or could do anything because there is an investigation going on. >> you don't think the president of the united states should do anything to deter russian meddling? >> the president, all of us should deter russia meddling. >> how?

>> let's take a step back. was it facebook ads? >> yes, that's one. >> hillary clinton for being -- basically, if i as a candidate for congress next time put out the same percentage of facebook ads does that ensure i win? no. come on. the american people are the one that chose president trump. and the investigations into this possible collusion that no evidence has been shown to exist. >> yeah. >> that's going to play out in these investigations that are free from party politics. >> i think you and i are talking about two separate things. i'm talking about the intel agencies who put together sweeping recommendations of what to do. half a dozen specific investigations that the cia and others have said can be done to try to deter russia who will try to do it again or currently trying to do it again. for some reason, the trump administration hasn't acted on any of those. why not?

>> i don't know how to answer that question. but it will be up to these american companies, tech companies, to ensure they don't have a process and platform that allows for any country, let alone our adversaries in russia to interfere with not just the electoral processes but financial process asks and other issues important to the american economy. >> okay. to taxes. the treasurer of macon county says they have seen unprecedented levels of people showing up to pay their 2018 property taxes early because they're so afraid they will be hit with a whopping bill next year. so what do you say to the folks in your district who say that this tax plan is actually going to hurt them next year?

>> macon county where i'm at right now, christian county where i live, we don't itemize to begin with. >> what about the 25% that do and are rushing to the treasurer's office? >> well, i think there's a little disarray and misunderstanding of what this tax bill is going to do. because when you look at the overall statistics in my district, alisyn, less than 10% of my constituents actually have a tax bill that has a salt deduction and a property tax bill of every $10,000. this isn't new york city, alisyn. it is a much different area. so less than 1% of the 10% that i represent fall into that level. but we're also reducing the overall rates for them. when you look at this tax bill, it is going to be a benefit across the board. but the focus of this tax cut, the focus of the highest percentage of tax relief go on to middle income and lower income families. that's exactly what the goal was

when we rewrote this bill. >> congressman rodney davis, thank you very much for talking with us about all of these issues this morning. happy new year. >> thanks for having me, alisyn. >> bill? >> alisyn, president trump claims he knows more about the new tax plan than the greatest cpas. is that true? one of the campaign advisers who helped write the tax bill says so and will join us next. (avo) help control cravings and lose weight with contrave. it's fda-approved to help adults who are overweight or struggle with obesity lose weight and keep it off. contrave is believed to work on two areas of the brain:

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president trump is taking on critics who claim he does not know the deals of important legislation like health care and taxes. but he tells the "new york times", i know the details of taxes better than anybody. better than the greatest cpa. i know the details of health care better than most. better than most. and if i didn't, i cooperate have talked all these people into doing ultimately only to be reject rejected. i'm guessing that you had to be there for that. joining me now is senior economics analyst stephen moore, former adviser to the trump campaign. good morning to you. happy new year. >> good morning. happy new year to you too.

>> one way to fax check that is, hey, let's see your taxes. and you can show us all of your cpa knowledge how you massage them. i doubt that will happen. how would you characterize the legislative wonky knowledge of president trump? >> you know, funny i got involved with donald trump exactly two years ago. i worked with him and larry kudlow and a couple others to help put this tax plan together, at least the original campaign version. we had many meetings with donald trump. in all honesty, he was extremely knowledgeable how it worked, how it affected small businesses. especially on the business side. he understood the nuances of the tax system. and he also understood why the system was really working against the united states. starting january 1st, this is going to change. but we have the highest corporate tax rates in the world. that was disabling our economy. so, look, i think this is big

victory for trump. i don't know if he's the smartest cpa in the world, but i think he understands this stuff very clearly. >> okay. let's talk about a "washington post" op ed that actually called you out yesterday. jennifer rubin pinning this one. never before has such a pointedly partisan tax bill been cooked up to punish people who generally don't vote for the party in power. heritage foundation economist stephen moore, who worked strenuously for the bill, stupidly commented. odd for a scholar from a tax-exempt think tank to extol such base partisanship. isn't it? >> i do regret saying what i said that way. what i really meant to say is for liberals, this is a problem. for example, people in new york, connecticut, new jersey, california, especially very, very rich people, their taxes are probably going to go up. that's one of the ironieronies.

every time i have done debates on the tax bill, everybody says this is a big tax cut for the rich. very, very rich people in high tax states will see a fairly big increase in their tax burden. i've always believed, and i think donald trump agrees, it is not fair for people in low tax states like utah or new hampshire or texas or florida to pay more tax at the federal level to subsidize the gigantic public employee pensions in states like california and new york. they happen to also be blue states. you think of those five biggest states and there's not a single democrat -- a single republican senator from new york, connecticut, new jersey, california. they will have to adjust to this new reality. one quick clarification.

i was listening to alisyn's interview with the congressman. people should understand this. nine out of 10 americans will no longer have to itemize their deductions because of the doubling of the standard deduction. in other words, from now on, 90% of americans will just check a box and they will get the 24,000 up front and won't have to worry about charitable deductions and state and local deductions and the others. the only people who are affected are really, really rich people. i shouldn't say the only people. but primarily the revenue gain from getting rid of the state and local tax deductions comes from millionaires and billionaires. >> they are frantically calling their cpas or lining up in the cold. that is their wealth. they count odd that. now, as you say -- >> hold on. >> hang on. let me ask you this. >> okay. >> you say this is the new normal. it might be. you have governors like cuomo,

brown saying all right, we can play this game. what if instead of charging everybody a state tax, what if we made it a charitable donation or call it something different. giving citizens in new york the option of writing that off and not subseu dieding the folks in the red states. what if this does touch off as economic civil war in america? >> look, i just wrote a book on this. there is an economic war between the states. it's a friendly war. there is a competition among the states. i have been writing about this for a long time. taxes do matter. they matter a lot. it is the reason why states like texas, florida, tennessee that have no income tax have been dramatically outcompeting and stealing workers from jobs from states like new york and california. that competition will be more intense now. let me give you an example. california and new york city have 13.5% income taxes on weighty people.

if you move to texas and florida, they pay zero. previously 35% or 40% was subsidized by the federal government. so california could charge 13.5% and the effective rate was only 9%. now the effective rate is 13.5%. i think there will be a big, big reckoning in new york city, california, new jersey about changing their tax system, bringing tax rates down to become more competitive. frankly, if they don't, they're going to lose more and more wealth to states like texas, florida, tennessee, new hampshire and nevada. my goodness, if you live in california you can move 50 miles to nevada and if you're a millionaire you can cut your taxes by hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars. it's a new world out there. but the big picture here is this is going to be so good for growth. i'm predicting we will get 4% growth in 2018 as a result of this tax bill. the business tax cuts. that's going to feel really good

for people given we haven't had 4% growth in 20 years. >> stephen moore, happy new year. >> it is going to be a happy new year, i guarantee it. thanks so much. >> i hope so. all right. appreciate it. all right, bill. so there was this terrible tragedy last night in new york. flames tore through a new york city apartment building killing 12 people, including four children. we'll get a live report from the scene and talk of new york city's mayor about how this happened and what we can do to prevent it next. ask your doctor about entyvio, the only biologic developed and approved just for uc and crohn's. entyvio works at the site of inflammation in the gi tract and is clinically proven to help many patients achieve both symptom relief and remission. infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. entyvio may increase risk of infection, which can be serious. pml, a rare, serious, potentially fatal

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we are following tragic breaking news. at least 12 people are dead, four children among them, in what officials are calling the worst fire tragedy in new york city in 25 years. cnn's scott mclean is live in the bronx, the very cold bronx. even more of a challenge for new york's bravest overnight. good morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, bill. the victims range in age from just a 1-year-old baby to a 63-year-old woman. and we are also learning this morning that of those four kids, we know at least three of them are under the age of 10.

you can see firefighters are still on scene. they have been here since the flames first broke out shortly before 7:00 yesterday evening. on the first floor of of this building, which may help explain why the fire was so deadly. not everybody made it out alive. those who did, many had to climb down fire escapes into these bone chilling temperatures. according to public records, there were only four complaints against this building since 2004. none appear to be fire related. there are 29 suites inside. six open violations were registered with one city department. one had to do with a defective smoke detector, one a defective carbon monoxide detective. those were on the first floor. sit not clear if they were followed up on, fixed or if they

had any role in this fire. you bill, alisyn. >> please bring us that update as soon as you get it. joining us to talk about this tragedy and more is new york city mayor bill de blasio. i know you were there last night. this is the worst fire tragedy in 25 years in new york city. 12 people dead. so what happened? what went wrong here? >> well, alisyn, we need to know that. our fire department is looking into that right now. we hope to have more information during the course of the day. we have lost 12 people. we could lose more. some are still fighting for their lives. it's a horrible tragedy in the middle of the holidays when people are trying to be with their families and finally have a moment of peace to ever something like this happen to folks in the bronx is just horrible. first responders did an amazing job. they saved at least 12 lives. >> they were there in three minutes. >> they were there right away. remember, with the freezing

cold, tough conditions for firefighters and our emergency personnel, they did a great, great job. >> they were open violations, faulty smoke detector, faulty carbon monoxide. >> that is done by the manager. they are libel to make sure basic safety elements are in place. we should not speculate yet. the best fire department in the world will figure out what the cause of the fire is. we need to give them a little time to work through this. >> let's talk about what will happen new year's eve. >> yes. >> obviously people come from all over the world to be here in times square new year's eve. does the cold complicate security conditions for you? >> it doesn't complicate the security. there are health ramifications. anyone who wants to go out in times square, it will be a long day if you go out there and get in line to be part of that. >> you have to get into a pen

hours early. then you're not moving around in these frigid, cold conditions. >> that's right. hundreds of thousands of people do this. a lot of them are young and hardy, god bless them. wear everything you've got. wear long underwear, wear everything you've got. it will be very cold out there. it will be a great celebration. very safe. nypd has done a great job protecting us. one of the biggest events in the world each year. we have tremendous precautions in place. look, it will be a tough day because of the weather. you can at least know the best police force in the world, a year's worth of preparations to get ready for this. and it will make a huge difference. one more thing about the nypd, this is the safest in a half century. we have to go back to the 1950s when the city was this safe. >> that is a huge story. the plummeting crime rate.

i want to know what's behind that. one more thing on new year's eve. i heard you are emptying out 125 parking garages all around times square. so that makes sense. it is sort of amazing you have never done it before. is this a result of the two terror attacks that have happened recently in the city? >> look, we constantly update our approach based on what we see happening here and around the world. and our enemies are using new approaches all the time. for example, we don't allow any vehicles to cross parade routes or cross the area of times square where the celebration is happening because we have seen tragedies elsewhere in the world and even here. tpheupd is constantly on the approach.nypd is constantly on approach. >> what has changed? >> a lot more careful precautions to avoid exactly those kind of situations.

more of what we call the vapor wake dogs, dogs that can sense if there is anybody with a bomb. you will see a lot more presence there. you will see some of the precautions. a lot more snipers out there watching the buildings in the surrounding area. obviously not allowing vehicles to go anywhere near where there is large concentrations of people. one thing we pride ourselves on is we will change our tactics all the time. some of it has to be careful, kept quiet. the fact is we're watching the whole world all the time. we have detectives literally all over the world getting the most up-to-date information on what's going on. the terrorists want to attack new york city because it is a beacon to the world. it is a place where people of all faiths and backgrounds get-together and work together and create a relatively harmonious environment. that makes us the number one target in america. our job is to get ready fork anything that is thrown at us.

>> the crime rate, what a success story. those of us who remember coming to new york in the 80s and 90s, it is a different city. in 1993, there were 1,668 murders in new york city. this past year that ends this weekend, just 284. how do you explain what's happened with the crime rate in new york? >> amazing strategic work by the nypd. increasingly a partnership between the nypd and the communities they serve. look, for a long time the comstat idea, engineered by bill bratt, it was strategic. it was putting cops where the problems were, going after hardened criminals, focusing like a laser on the biggest problems. we have taken that idea, built upon it year after year. nypd gets better all the time. more training, more support, more technology. but on top of that, because of the fleecing philosophy, we have

a relationship between police and community. what's happening, community members are telling police proactively if they know someone has a gun, if they think there will be a problem between gangs, if they think there could be any kind of violence going on. this gives the police the intelligence on the ground they needed all along. community partners are helping them get the job done. it is making a huge, huge difference. >> it is a model for other cities armed the world. okay. you are being sworn in for your second term this weekend. >> yes. >> congratulations. >> it's going to be chilling. >> yes, it is. wear your hat. why choose bernie sanders to do this? >> i think bernie sanders revolutionized the political discussion of this country. he focused the entire country on fairness, income in equality. here against the tax bill that the leadership and president trump passed in washington that is a giveaway to the wealthy and corporations. here in new york city, we will have the number one voice in

this country calling for fairness and a real break for working people. i'm honored to have him swear me in. >> do you think bernie sanders will run for president again? >> who knows? that's a long way away. i'll tell you one thing, his campaign changed the entire in the throes. that's going to have ramifications for years to come. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> happy new year. >> happy new year to you. what a political year it was. we will look back at the top seven stories in entertainment when we come back.

another arctic blast is on the way? come on, we're in the middle of one. that this record-setting brutal cold will last into the new

year. chad, how could another one be on the way? we're in the middle of one. >> it's like covering a hurricane and you go, can't get much worse than this, and then it's 20 miles per hour more. the highs today probably won't get above freezing for half the country. look at the southwest. it's going to be 82 in pasadena today. 77 in downtown l.a. here's what new york city looks like for the next few days. we will not get out of the teens. somewhere between 7 and 11 degrees with the windchill factor well below that. to the west, it's colder. chicago, you are closer to the new batch of cold air. and then minneapolis, i don't know how you do it and i had a job offer there one time and

couldn't imagine seeing temperatures like this outside. there's little snow in the western ski slopes. bill, i don't know how you didn't get l.a., because you are getting the short end of the stick with key west. >> i don't know if you know this, alisyn, i changed your ring tone, while you are freezing here, i will call you evergreen minutes. >> thank you for your selflessness. so many horrible moments in the political world, and we take a look back.

from political spoofs to politic political tragedies, intersecting before like never before in 2017. >> i'm calm now. >> "saturday night live" hit record ratings after the latest presidential election. >> lock him up! >> alec baldwin's portrayal made the sketch series made it a required see. and then in 2017, wonder woman proved females have just as much

power on the big screen. the first female-led superhero film received creditical raves. "wonder woman" was also the biggest live action figure and turned the producer into a household name. >> and then it was a spanish language tkeu langua language diddy. the song's music video went on to become the most-viewed youtube clip of all-time with more than 4.5 billion views. breaking royal news. prince harry officially engaged

to meghan markle. >> announcing their engagement in november. the pair met on a blind date and harry said she knew it was her from the start. >> i was like, can i give you the ring? she said, oh, yes, the ring. lala land. a mix-up leads to the most awkward finale in oscar's history. faye dunaway and warren beatty presented "la la land," but "moonlight" had won the award. beatty explained he had been

given the wrong envelope. >> details are just coming in. this is very much breaking right now. >> a terror attack outside an a a grande concert. she visited fans injured in the attack. a few moments later a gunman open fire in las vegas, killing great and injuring hundreds more. the las vegas attack is the deadliest shooting in modern

history. #metoo shakes up hollywood. a series of sexual harassment allegations sparked an outcry sure to change the entertainment industry forever. studio executive harvey weinstein and kevin spacey were just a few called to task for their alleged sexual assault and harassment. the power of social media continued to keep entertainment in the news and inspiring change and conversations that are sure to continue in that 2018. michelle turner, cnn, hollywood. >> i love those moments of looking back. you just can't believe everything that was packed into a year, particularly 2017. of all the years, that one felt like it was at double speed, you

know. >> may you live in interesting times, it's actually a curse, and 2017 hammers that home. we're following a lot of news this morning, so let's get right to it. i think the public trust in this whole thing is gone. president trump contradicting his supporters saying he feels robert mueller will treat him fairly. >> i think it's a way to protect that everything is fine and i have it under control. >> president trump is mocking the idea of global warming in a new tweet. >> we need to remind him global warm something causing severe weather. >> this will rank us as one of the worse losses of life in many years. >> my mom texted my sister they were trapped in the room. >> this is "new day"