honeymoon period full of new administration. iraq and there's the closing bell. guess what, folks? friday the 13th could not keep a record for the nasdaq down. david asmand and melissa francis pick it up here for after the bell on this friday afternoon. david: indeed. melissa: wow take a look at this. the dow fighting for gain but the last hour of trading, all three of the major averages ending the week on a high note with the nasdaq settling at a new record high. happy friday i'm melissa francis. david: happy friday to you. i'm david asmand. this is after the bell. we've got you covered the big market movers. but first, here's what else we have for you. this hour, a lot of breaking news for you right now. a victory for the republican leadership in the house. let's start right there. it wasn't a guarantee but the house just cleared the next major hurdle in the repeal of obamacare moments ago. we're going to take you live to capitol hill for details on what this means and what happens next. meanwhile, getting down to business. president-elect trump talking

trade today with union boss richard. not always a fan of trump's. with lockheed martin and, yes, you can see the picture there that's talk show host steve harvey as well. and chicago disturbing new report from the department of justice highlighting supposed abuses by america's third largest police force. but what is going to stop the murders? that's the real question. we've got team coverage from chicago to washington on all of this and a lot more. . melissa: all right. breaking news right now. the house just taking a critical step towards repealing and replacing obamacare. fox news mike emmanuel is on capitol hill with the latest. mike. >> melissa, good afternoon. the vote was 227-198 a short time ago. only nine republicans voted against this measure. it had already passed the senate early yesterday morning. now it has passed the house, and it will tell the relevant committees to write legislation for a former repeal.

but what this bill does is it keeps democrats from being able to filibuster in the united states senate, so it is critical and house speaker paul ryan calls it a critical step toward delivering relief. >> this law is collapsing while we speak. we have to step in before things get worse. this is nothing short of a rescue mission. by taking this step today, we are doing what is right. >> ryan says he is in sync with president-elect donald trump. both say they would like to repeal and replace happen at the same time. it sounds like the replacement could come in the form of multiple bills and perhaps some executive action by a new president. democrats are accusing republicans of essentially risking the entire health care system and putting american families in jeopardy. >> instead the republicans are feeding their ide ideological

obsession with repealing and economic security of hard-working families. >> some observers have noted that this is essentially the easy parts of the. the more challenging part will be to take all the republican ideas and come up with the one concrete plan that all can get onboard with and pass. melissa. . melissa: all right. mike, thank you for that. david. david: there's almost too much there. let's bring in our panel jack from barons and shelby holiday from the wall street journal. shelby, we all know that competition is good and there wasn't a lot of competition from a lot of levels from insurance to certain health care providers, et cetera. that's what needs to be brought back into the health care system, don't you think? >> exactly. well, and keep in mind, it's not that the republicans don't have a plan to replace obamacare. it's that they have multiple plans, and they have yet to coalesce around one plan. they talked about expanding health savings accounts, tax credits, selling insurance across state lines. sod have a lot of ideas. it will be interesting to see

which idea they actually can agree upon. but overall, they have to do something. and president-elect trump yesterday said something interesting about drug prices. that's also you could argue that's something we could easily see either in an executive order or in congress is reigning in those drug prices because that has crushed the affordable care act. david: talk about the noncompetitiveness there too because a lot of the prescription drug plan, the medicaid part d, jack, gives tremendous leeway for drug makers to do -- name their own price. there is not enough competitive bidding in that process. so it looks like we're going to start there. >> maybe. look, david, the problem is not that your insurance is too expensive. the problem is that -- david: yes, it is. my insurance is too expensive. >> give me a minute. the problem is that your care is too expensive. the insurance companies are just goalies. david: i disagree.

>> but the problem is cost of hospital care, the cost of drugs, the cost of everything down the line. you'll tennessee when we're about to get an affordable health care system when the share prices on some of these health care. david: shelby, i love jack but i disagree with him on this. i think the problem is there are too many middle men. when the health care provider deals directly with the health care receiver, prices go down dramatically. look what happened with laser -- hold on a second. okay. jack, understood. but you have to get the middle man out of there, shelby. and the most compressive plan i think is senator rand paul. he happens to be a doctor, by the way. he's trying to get as many of the middle men out. whether it's the government or insurers. once they are out, then you have a direct relationship between the patient and the health care provider. that brings down cost. >> it's hard to disagree with that. because i was looking at my insurance bill the other day. i didn't even know how much my physical therapy bill was. it was $700. that's not something you go and agree to before you get there. you just use it. and so i'm guilty of it too, but it's something that absolutely is a problem

because people don't know what they're paying. don't know what their insurance is covering, and it's not competitive. it's not a competitive market. >> the last thing -- david: okay. very quickly. >> the last thing on earth you want is a direct relationship with the drug company. david: no, the first thing i want. >> you will get killed on price. david: that's the first thing i want. melissa: i buy my blood pressure medicine directly from the company that makes it. so anyway, back to the markets. record close on the nasdaq. the dow couldn't manage to turn things around in the final moments of trading. ashley webster is on the floor of the new york stock exchange and, ashley, who are the big winners today? >> well, i'm glad you watched that, melissa. let's take a look at the big dow winners this week. it's been an interesting week where the market has essentially moved sideways. let's show you the three winners. the big pharmaceutical company up 3.5% on the week. just up slightly today despite what donald trump said about drug companies getting away with murder with regard to prices. an exdown today but up 1.7%

for the week and caterpillar also up today and up 1.5% for the week. seen as a big gain as donald trump see whether he makes good on his infrastructure spending. we also want to talk about the banks. got the he didn't season underway with the big banks and jp morgan up indeed. profits up. beating estimate. bank of america. profit jumping 47% year over year. wells fargo, though, missing both on profit and revenue. however, all three banks today moving higher. investors apparently reassure that the economy is good. and if the banks do well, then the economy as a whole will do well on the theory that they are more willing to lend to consumers and small businesses. and i just wanted to mention very quickly, melissa a tekata, this is the company that's in the exploding air bag story. that stock up some 25% today. it's a small cap stock but why? they finally reached an agreement with the department

of justice. a $1 billion fine for this case. and those exploding airbags have linked to a dozen deaths across the country. there you have it, melissa. so day, but we'll take it. back to you. melissa: ashley, thank you. david: oil was a big story for the week. take a look. for the week, it fell 3% to settle at $52.37. the largest weekly drop in more than a month. driven lower now by new doubts over the opec deal to cut production melissa and i have been saying don't trust the deal. and here's gold ending the week up nearly 2%. just below 1,200. . melissa: all right. so the banks are back in town. jp morgan and bank of america posting better than expected earnings with jamie continuing to praise the direction of our economy. jack, jamie diamond saying u.s. economy is building momentum. there's good opportunity for good rational and thoughtful policy decisions to be implemented, which would spur growth, create jobs for americans across the income spectrum.

what do you think? >> i agree. i don't see much by way of problems right now. i mean, the problems i see are getting better. we've got a return to growth. i look at corporate profits. even for the fourth quarter. even before we get into 2017. you're looking at maybe 6% earnings growth for the fourth quarter, once we get the numbers reported. that's pretty good compared to what we got last year. and next year, i think it could be higher. wages are on the rise. home values are strong, so i see a lot of good signs for the economy right now. melissa: shelby, what do you think? >> i agree with that. wages are on the rise as jack mentioned. you have strong consumer spending, strong consumer sentiment, small businesses are very bullish. there was a survey out this week, record optimism, you could say. all signs point to diamond being right. the economy is growing. the question is how much room is there left to grow? we're coming up on eight years of a bull market. the fed is raising rates. we're not sure how much congress can actually get done. you can be optimistic but realistically, we'll see what they come up with.

so how much room do we have to grow? that's the big question for 2017. melissa: jack, it's not surprising that wells fargo declined their fourth quarter profit, they are still feeling the burn of all the publicity scandals. i mean, the publicity from the scandals they had within the bank. do you think that this is the last quarter they have to deal with that or do you think that's an ongoing thing? >> we wilwells is going to come back. two years from now, no one's going to remember what this is about. so i think wells fargo will come back. look, all of wall street has an opportunity right now to improve. trading revenues to make money from higher interest rates. all the news is good for the banks right now. melissa: all right. david: who's on the cover of barons today? >> it's our barons roundtable, david. so you get all the great picks from all the great minds. david: well, that guy might end up on the cover of it, anyway. a good friend of fox business anthony scaramucci given a top job in the trump administration. >> pretty much as described.

will be in the office as public liaison. really trying to get the president's message out not only through governmental agencies but also the commercial message to both american businesses and the international business community. david: just got a haircut for the job. scaramucci served as the top fundraiser for the campaign. also a senior member of the trump transition team. and donald trump taking time to meet with comedian steve harvey this afternoon. here's what he had to say with the president-elect. steve. >> he's introduced me to ben carson, who is now the new head for housing for urban development, and we're going to team up and see if we can bring about some positive change in the inner city. it's an honor to be invited to talk, and i think that's the only way that we're going to unify our country. we've got to talk, you know? president obama said you've got to sick down and talk. and i really enjoy the conversation. david: kind of glad he's in the mix.

another example the president-elect meeting with all different types of people with different backgrounds. to try to solve the big issues facing our country. melissa. melissa: all right. business friendly president-elect trump meeting with union bosses. richard and lockheed martin ceo marilyn to discuss creating the best possible environment to create jobs. >> we're going to increase our jobs in fort worth by 1,800 jobs. and when you think about the supply chain across 45 states in the u.s., it's going to be thousands and thousands of jobs. and i also have the opportunity to give him an idea on things to continue to drive the cost down on 35 programs. melissa: and trump tweeting a photo of himself and the president-elect following the meeting calling it a very honest and productive conversation this morning. jack and shelby still with us. okay. jack, what do you think? it's kind of funny to see trump sitting there tweeting out a happy picture with himself meeting with the president-elect.

i mean, it does show everybody going to the golden tower and paying amage and trying to get off on the right foot. >> yeah. the union outside of the government; right? union labor has been designated. decimated. but part of the reason is there wasn't flexibility when they had to make cuts so on and so fourth. so i think there have been lessons learned on both sides. i think if we can begin to bring jobs back in some of these manufacturer parts of the economy. and if the unions can meet companies halfway -- melissa: yeah. >> look, the unions could come out of this thing smiling too. melissa: shelby, the ceo of lockheed out there, like, please don't tweet bad things about this. >> what do you think that conversation was like? you know, someone said trump creates opportunity by creating chaos. so when he attacks these companies, he actually gives them a chance to take the pr spotlight and look like winners. you know, here she is announcing -- melissa: great point. >> she's adding jobs, lowering the cost for taxpayers. trump looks like a winner because he's helping do these things. so they both look great.

it's a wonderful pr move. a lot of investors are wondering how exactly lockheed martin plans to lower the cost. but the truth of the matter is costs were already coming down. and the pentagon was already going to be negotiating these costs. so here they are both looking great in trump tower. win, win. >> i'm more struck by the steve harvey meeting. could trump thinking about growing a mustache? . melissa: very funny. they started to walk away and they said steve, and he turned around and ran back to the mic. he was, like, wait i came to do this meeting, and i didn't get any questions to me? >> for a guy who talks for a living, there you go. melissa: well, he said the obama administration sent him over. i don't know. it's very interesting. david: i like steve harvey. melissa: well. all right. there you go. david: all right. preparing for a military clash? a new warning coming from china's state media to the trump team. what is behind these three times and how should america

respond? we'll be asking senate colonel ralph peters. melissa: and the inauguration is just one week away. new details on the massive security preparation to protect not only the president-elect and his team but also 900,000 in attendance. david: wow. it's going to be wild. and the liberal media seems dumbfounded about how to cover a trump presidency. so much so that they are holding a forum to all sit down and discuss how to go about it together. can we all get along? howard kurtz. host of media buzz weighing in next. >> this is not news. this is propaganda. we are inventing all of these new words, fake news, garbage. business propaganda. russians. masters of this. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz.

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david: we've got more breaking news. all hour we have breaking news. the house of representatives just approved the military waiver for james mattis to serve as secretary -- defense secretary under president-elect trump. the vote was 268 to 151. melissa. melissa: liberals of the media are stumped on how to cover the president-elect. journalists gathering for a panel discussion about where they will lay out, what strategies to use when reporting on the trump presidency. here now is howard kurtz, host of media buzz and a fox news media analyst. so they're getting together to go over -- i liked one of the quotes. so the panel will discuss how journalists and media companies at large can play a bigger role in making sure that fact prevails over fiction in the coming months and years. wasn't that always our job to make sure that fact prevailed over fiction? why did they need to play a bigger role in it now?

>> because donald trump has them in just hand ringing and turning out columns and having conferences to figure out how to cover this president. and, look, slate is the major player in this conference. whenever i click on it now, i get these pop-up that doesn't say help us stand up to donald trump or donald trump has declared war on the press, in other words, send money. so after a news conference this week, in which trump went after buzzfeed but also called cnn fake news, which is greatly overstating the issue, i think. the press just is feeling very much on the defensive. melissa: so actually, i mean, if you look at it from a marketing and money-making point of view because we are a business show, it makes a lot of sense. it's the theme or, you know, one of the marketing features of his presidency is, you know, i'm talking directly to you, the people. the media is in the tank. they're just as bias. they're on the left. you know, that gins up his people for publication and media whose readers don't like donald trump.

it is great marketing for them to be, like, we are going to stand up to him, and we're going to bring you good truth and the other people aren't doing it. so maybe they're just seeing a good business opportunity about this or they're really serious about it. >> no. i think they're serious and scared and trump drives traffic. there's no question about it. so from their own liberal perspective, they're trying to capitalize on the trump phenomenon. he's on the into his all the time and also attacking the media which, you know, makes them feel like they've got to fight back against this president. but i'm not so concerned about the huffington post of the world as i am about, you know, what i consider to be legitimate news organizations, which increasingly are being drawn into this "we have to hold donald trump to a different standard because he's such a questionable character, and he makes misstatements, and we think he lies" because, yes, they might drive more traffic, your subscriptions might go up. but you're giving up a piece of your credibility because you treat this incoming president a little bit differently than you treated let's say the 4th president when he was about to take

office. melissa: for sure without question. and i think one thing that has been missing from this conversation where they talk about him reaching out and attacking cnn is that it's also really harmful when he reaches out and praises reporters individually. you know, getting in that fight with cnn, maybe it hurts their credibility as they say, you know, they're going to go after him, and he's a liar. but it also hurts you when he says i really like this reporter because you're, like, oh. you know? no. no. we're supposed to be arms distant; right? isn't that a little bit lost in the conversation, howard? >> yeah. no journalist wants to be vilified by the president of the united states at the same time you don't want hugs and kisses either. so that i think is the dilemma, at the same time. listen, i think a lot of the media haven't learned the lesson of this election, which they totally blew, which is a reason for donald trump's appeal. the country's divided. some people love this new president. some people can't stand him. but if it becomes an us versus them situation, a more

prosecutorial situation, i think the married are going to come out on the shortened her h. melissa: telling people that they're stupid having voted for donald trump doesn't make them want to read your paper or watch your show, i think. that's the lesson they missed. howard, thank you. you're always fantastic, and i can't wait to watch even more howard kurtz on media buzz on sunday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on fox news channel. can't miss it. david: a great show. meanwhile a scathing report on the chicago police department. attorney general criticizes chicago police for being too aggressive, even though some complain even more agreeing policing will tap down chicago's astronomical murder rate and disrespected men and women in blue but here to respond to all of this, cleveland patrolman association president coming right up

melissa: after a year-long investigation into the chicago

police department by the department of justice, the results are in, and they are scathing. fox news mike tobaccoin is standing by in chicago with the details. >> and much of the findings of the department of justice has to do with the use of force and training. the 13-month probe determined that chicago police were poorly trained with using force. they shot at vehicles without justification. they shot at fleeing suspects. used force when it wasn't needed. used force as retaliation. and they failed to deescalate situations that could have prevented force from being used at all. >> the chicago police department engages in a pattern of excessive force in violation of the fourth amendment. >> now, determined that investigation about bad scopes were bias in if favor of the officer. they were not all investigated and disciplined was haphazard. mccarthy says the whole probe is politicized. it's one investigation and a flurry of those closing before

president obama leaves office. especially the claim that officers engage in racially discriminatory practices. he says cops won't engage with people in violent communities. >> the most violent community is inglewood and that happens to be 70% african-american. this is putting policing in a trick back, if you will and as a result criminals are getting stronger and the police are getting weaker. >> now, the outcome is uncertain. what mayor rob emmanuel signed today that sets the city on a path to negotiate with the department of justice binding reforms. but those negotiations don't begin until a new administration takes over. melissa. melissa: mike tobin, thank you. david: here to react president

steve. steve, bottom line here, what is truly important about what's happening in chicago is the 768 murders that happened last year. the highest murder rate in 20 years. it keeps getting worse. is this report going to make it easier or more difficult to stop those murders? will go to has been it's going to make it much more difficult. it was just a matter of time before the democrats and this department of justice came to the conclusion that those murders are the result of poor policing out there. i don't think anybody is surprised at that. and it's a lame duck session and lame duck attorney general and the justice department needs to pack up their desks and go home and allow mr. trump to take care of this. david: well, it's clear from what we just heard loretta lynch saying that she thinks that police in chicago are too aggressive. a lot of people saying the

murder rate is up not nominal chicago 10.8 increase in murders in the united states last year is because police are reluctant to do things. they're doing less aggressive policing because they're worried about criticism. >> absolutely. you call it the ferguson effect. that was the first term used for it. the men and women of the police departments across this country are willing to take the risk inherit to the job. what they're not willing to do is be criticized in the media, be hit by politicians, very, very quick to prosecute us now as we saw in baltimore very clearly. you know, they're not willing to take those chances. we want to go out there and do a good job, and we want to do the job for the law-abiding citizens. but the reality is that loretta lynch is forgetting one thing. there's very dangerous people out here in our community. david: murderers. >> they're murderers. david: they're violent criminals out there. and, by the way, steve, we

just have to squeeze in one more question as an example what was this war on cops really is. in the halls of congress now we have this picture of cops portrayed as pigs killing innocent protesters. we did have one addition to this story, which is that rather than taking it down, putting it up now, you now have a blue lives matter american flag hanging above it. but frankly as long as this picture is there, it exemplifies the war on cops to me. what does it mean to you? >> well, it's validation from a group of elected officials -- federal elected officials, excuse me. obama, loretta lynch. you know, the whole gaggle of them have done nothing but vilify law enforcement in this country since they've been there. david: final question. are you hopeful it's going to change now? is this the past? can we look forward to things changing now that we have a law and order guy as president? >> yeah. i think so.

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>> i don't think anyone advocates for more nuclear weapons on the planet. >> donald trump said it would not be a bad thing. do you agree with that or disagree? >> i do not agree. >> we are going to build the wall. okay? >> physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job. it has to be a layered defense. >> it's a temporary ban, in particular for certain people coming from certain horrible -- where you have tremendous terrorism in the world. >> i have no belief and do not support the idea that muslims as a religious group should be denied admission to the united states. melissa: isn't that interesting? the president-elect's cabinet nominees don't agree with him on every position. but he said earlier, he's okay with that.

>> we want them to be themselves, and i told them. be yourselves and say what you want to say. don't worry about me. and i'm going to do the right fortunately. whatever it is, i may be right. and they may be right. melissa: joining me now, independent women's forum senior policy analyst and former young democrats of america president. has hadly, i'll let you start. what do you think of that? what do you make of it? >> well, i'm hopeful this means the president-elect will be open minded, there will be some give and take, an open exchange of ideas among his cabinet members. and his office. you know, any organization, whether it's a corporation or family business shouldn't have, you know, this top down lockstep agreement on every issue. there has to be challenge, there has to be criticism. and hopefully this means that through debate, we'll come to some good ideas and good policy. melissa: so there's a couple of different ways to look at it. i mean, you could say that he's being open minded, and he's appointing people that maybe disagree with him, and he's going to debate the

issues. and that's sort of the hopeful way to look at these things. if you were cynical, you could say that he said things on the campaign trail to ignite certain emotions and people. and that now he's pointing people to walk those things back for him. what do you think? >> i would actually say that there might be a third way of looking at it. melissa: oh, good. >> a third way of looking at it. a lot of these people. i think it was interesting to me that i saw that some of them were saying things that even like they weren't expecting to uphold a lot of those things. so maybe it's a little bit of two but a little bit of three where they hadn't even talked. tillerson talked about, well, i had him discuss my views on russia with trump, which i find questionable. i'm sure they had to have talked about something. or kelly in saying that, you know, i don't expect or i'm not sure what i'm going to do with daca and the building of a wall, which is something that trump really, really cares about and has talked about a lot on the campaign

and has since he's been elected. so i'm actually kind of curious to see what that means. because at the end of the day, they could say this, and he could be very different about it. melissa: has hadly, it could be -- because there wasn't been that much time, and they also haven't confirmed that they haven't drilled down on the specific details. i saw back and forth that she was talking about there, and they asked him a few questions on russian, and he answered. and i think it was marco rubio. and then he said, you know, but will you -- earlier went deep into some specifics and tillerson said "we haven't gone into that kind of detail on russia yet." and marco rubio was, like, that's very hard for me to believe that. but he answered a bunch of things they had talked about on russia. but they hadn't gone into that level of detail. that's about believable because there's a lot of -- he interviewed a lot of different people for a lot of different posts. so you couldn't spend, like, two days defining your policy and where you agree, given not that much time has gone by yet.

>> right. and we've known since the campaign that president-elect trump isn't someone who necessarily concerns himself with the details of every policy position. but he's really more of a businessman. . melissa: right. >> and the way he hires people may be different from the way that previous presidents have hired people into their cabinet. focused less on ideology and the specifics of the policy and -- melissa: on that particular person. >> and whether he's right for the job. melissa: and also we're really splitting hairs on this. when he said the muslim ban, later he went back and said what i mean is that we can't just blanket let in people from places like syria where we know for a fact there are people coming in like in a trojan horse posing as refugees who are going to try to come and do us harm. that we have to stop for a moment on places where we could really be facing harm and assess what's going on there, which actually isn't that much different from what we heard at these congressional hearings when it was said, well, no, we're not

going to ban people based solely on a religion. but we may pursue a line of questioning based on, you know, four people who are muslim and say, well, you're muslim, do you want to come here to kill people? i don't know who it is, honestly. but that's where the questioning went. since they're clarifying to a logical point what trump did kind of say when he clarified down the road. no? >> yeah. and i think there's a lot of stuff he puts out there, and he definitely doesn't like to -- the devil's in the details, and he doesn't really focus on that. i think he's a delegator. so i think that they're clarifying a little bit more where he stands on that. but at the same time, i think it's interesting, you know, when i hear the national security team, i don't expect water boarding to be something that i do, but that's something trump has said. melissa: he's walked that back too. >> yeah. melissa: we have to go. i wish we had more time. you are both great.

thank you. >> thank you. david: brief house members today as russia attempts to interfere with the united states election. some house members left the meeting reportedly furious and confused. peter barns inside the beltway. sounds intriguing, peter, tell us more. >> yeah. david. bipartisan anger and confusion in this classified briefing this morning came after president-elect trump said that russia was behind the cyber attacks at disrupting the november election. but he also slammed the intelligence officials who briefed house members today over reports of the dossier of compromising material that russia has purportedly had on trump. cia director brennon, fbi director and nsa director. democrat david scott of georgia led the parade of unhappy house members. listen.

>> i know more from watching y'all's newscast than. >> it confirmed my suspicions about our problems. and we seriously have problems. a lot of unanswered questions and a lot of need for follow-up. >> now, after their briefing, some is house members called for more information and continued investigation -- investigations into the russian hacking. and of course stronger u.s. cyber security. david. david: incredible report. peter, thank you very much. amazing stuff. . melissa: all right. bracing for a storm. an ice storm is resuming, and it is set to get in the country, forcing the nfl to change the playoff schedule.

david: so are we preparing for a military clash with china? china's state media has a warning for the incoming administration global times

writing quote if trump's team shapes future sign of u.s. ties as it is doing now, the two sides had better prepare for a military clash. this on the heels of rex tillerson's comment over the south china sea. take a listen. >> this is a threat to the entire global economy if china's allowed to somehow dictate the terms of passage through these waters. we're going to have to send china a clear signal that first the island building stops and second your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed. david: so what will that clear signal be? here now is lieutenant colonel ralph peters. fox news strategic analyst. do you think push is going to come to shove here? >> i think there's going to be a lot more smoke than there is actual fire. and, you know, i was startled by rex tillerson's comments because the only -- you know, he seemed to be alluding to some sort of military activity, which is what it would take. and, david, it's a very good fundamental rule in strategy. don't start new wars before you finish the wars you've

got. david: uh-huh. >> and so when you look at the south china sea, those islands in the northern part of the south china sea, that area is in our strategic interest. it is not in our vital strategic interest. david: right? >> so we are not going to -- we're just not going to go -- david: i was going to say exactly that, colonel. but the fact of it is you look at a globe. and this is all the way around the world. there are a bunch of these made up islands. are we really to risk a war over something like that? i would suggest that most americans would say no. >> well, i think -- i would hope virtually all of us would say "no." this is not something we want to go to war over. and it's just bizarre that the guy nominated secretary of state would make such a terrible blunder. and also -- david: by the way, do you think -- forgive me, ralph. but do you think he is being told that now? do you think that somebody speaking truth to powers is willing to say mr. tillerson, you've got to understand this.

and explain the way you just did. >> i don't know. but the trump foreign policy team remains in disarray. there are so many contradictory signals. but rex tillerson head of exxon knows there's a lot more oil in the south china than anybody think so, i can't see the rational for it. just a blunder, but the conspiracy theory to divert from our true interests, which are europe, nato, secondary the middle east. and, by the way, the nominee the head of the cia both said this week that our number one strategic threat is russia. now, china is a competitor, sometimes adversary. russia is our enemy. big difference. david: well, a lot of four star generals are going to be in the cabinet giving device to donald trump. so presumably some of them will say what you just did. thank you very much. >> thank you.

david: a crippling ice storm is moving in the midsection. it's already responsible for at least one death as winter storm jupiter continues to push eastward. it's freezing rain. you know how that is on the roads. it causes very dangerous conditions. a lot of public safety concerns. particularly in the kansas city area and of course that's where the nfl has moved its playoff game. it was supposed to be in the early afternoon. now they say it's going to be a night game because they need time to cleanup from the storm. we will be right back. stay tuned.

david: ramping up inauguration security. law enforcement agencies are gearing up for the tens of thousands of spectators -- probably protesters -- ready to descend on washington d.c. our own adam shapiro is inside the beltway with the very

latest. adam. >> well, security procedures are already underway here in the nation's capitol. the inauguration a week away, but you can already see when you visit washington d.c. security fences and the areas which will be closed to vehicles on now, secretary of homeland security jay johnson briefed the press and everybody regarding the steps that are being taken to take the on something like 700 to 900,000 people expected for the inauguration of donald trump as the nation's 45th president. there will be 28,000 additional security officers assigned just to the inauguration. that's everybody. roughly 7500 national guardsman, 3,500 police officers from around the country, as well as capitol police and metro dc police, and concert service who will be in charge of the entire security operation.

they are also fortifying the area of the inauguration, the parade as well as capitol hill. with garbage trucks and different kinds of vehicles to prevent the kinds of tragics we've seen overseas in which people use trucks to drive through barricades and into crowds. now, jay johnson said there are no credible threats of harm against people who will be coming to the inauguration. but nobody's taking any chance. >> we have to be concerned about homegrown violent extremism, home born extremism, acts of lone wolfs, self radicalization. but aside from that, there's the larger picture of just general security and general public safety when you have a large public gathering such as this. >> among the roughly 700 to 900,000 people who will be here are also demonstrators. the homeland security said

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