sandra: food to have you as well. >> always a pleasure. sandra: we're back on tv tomorrow noon eastern. "happening now" starts right now. but prominent senators are questioning the exxon ceo's ties to russia. including the friendship award. and tv sitcom alan thicke do is

after a heart ax tack. and the king of the jungle começ face-to-face with a boy dressed up as a lion club. it is all "happening now". >> and a big name in silicon valley. welcome to "happening now". i am jenna lee. >> i am eric shaun in for jon scott. that high profile summit is expected to kick off in trump tower. president-elect and tech industry looking to reboot their industry as the campaign saw them at ads with silicon valley. and among those in the golden elevator teeslan and tim cook. the head of apple would be there. and tapping former texas governor and one- time rival rick perry. and elija h couplings leads

a new push for transparency and hosting a capitol hill forum. we have fox team coverage on all of this. and go to it fox business network in the trump tower in new york city. conle? >> reporter: we are about an hour are away. some of them are filing in to trump tower. the oracle ceo, the video shot of her of two hours ago. she was early for the meeting. the stated purpose for the trump transition team is talk to it ceo's about jobs. you might remember mr. trump had a conversation with bill gates yesterday. they talked about innovation and we may see more of that today. you will see the names that it are coming in. and mr. basos has been a trump

critic. tim cook of apple p. elon musk. he was appointed to a separate group of advisors. larry page of geelg. it is a real who's who in the world of technology coming in to trump tower. ibm made plans to it hire 25000 people in the united states in the course of four years. during the campaign, many of these executives have been critical of the president-elect for policy and things like immigration. but today, the focus is supposed to be on jobs and getting those overseas jobs back here to the united states. we'll see jenna and eric what comes out of it. and we look forward to that,

thank you. >> all indications show that a battle is shaping up over the nomination of secretary of state. major changes are coming to middle east under the trump administration. we'll bring in larry from the wall street journal. jerry, it is an overwhelming catastrophe in syria since the current president declared that ineffective redline. do you see a compromise under president trump? how dew think this disaster and horror that continues in aleppo and syria will end? >> right now, it looks as if the syrian and the russian and iranian friendsor the march. but elsewhere in the country, the islamic state is taking background. you have a situation in which the syrian government is slowly prevailing but not in charge of

a whole, you know, united syria i think the fighting goes on. and i think the tide has shifted to president assad and russian and iranian friends and i don't think that will change any time soon. >> what does that mean for the trump administration? >> president-elect trump is made is clear that he is interested in defeating isis and not overthrowing assad and if that means tolerating a russian supported syrian government all signals are are that we will be be doing that. if that involves a aggressive military stance in syria unfolding with with the syrian can and russians. and off to the side though, to the extent the russian and the syrian government, and the russians support in syria prevail, that empowers iran because that is a regional ally.

you are by extension helping iran and that is unintended consequences. >> if you keep assad in power, that helps russia and iran and that emboldens our adversari and enemies. >> going to war are in iraq, more than a decade ago to get rid of saddam hussein cleared the path for the iranians next door to have a greater influence. the rival was eliminated and there is a potential in syria for them to do the right thing. you can can defeat isis and empower iran. >> the president put the target on the nuclear deal. and i was with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and he said his major disagreement with

president obama is that the president wanted a date certain and the prime minister said by changing iranian behavior, let me show you a clip and get your reaction. >> lift restrictions on iran's nuclear program, you should do it by p conditioning the lifting of these reare strictseses on a change of iranian behavior and not a date on the certain calendar. >> they have not changed behavior? >> no. >> they are still number one in state sponsored terror. how can the trump administration if possible to change the behavior of iran? >> how will you deal with the nuclear agreement? on the one hand, there is a desire to condition the agreement on iranian behavior as opposed to blowing up the deal

entirely. but the problem is, that russian companies are moving in to take advantage of the lifting of sanctions and russian and european and american companieses are taking advantage of the lifting of sanction ises. >> can you undo that? >> it would be be hard to do that. the international company is not going to rampart. that you might have to contain the iranian nuclear program if you are going to break out of the deal and in an environment where economic sanctions may not be a great option. it is a tough program and not simple as abrogating the agreement. >> how can can it be tweaked. >> it is not possible to tweak it. you have to come can up with a separate mechanicism. it could be more targeted sanctions that continue to focus on the nuclear and military

programs and letting commercial progress proceed. and simply have to accept that maybe the iranians decided in the short term it is not in the interest to it break out and move out quickly. they remove the status of international piriah. and in terms of iranian behavior, that is not changing. they are accusing us of breaking the deal and having a nuclear navy vessel that they are going to start building and how about the war ships? they send a loud speaker or warning spot. president trump said he would blow them out of the water. there would be be a test with iran if we open fire on those annoying mosquito type speed boats. >> it could be. the iranians are smart enough

not to let that become a problem. it is there in the persian gulf and the south china seas at the same time. and in the end, you have to assume the internationalç letts don't normally stumble in to a war. there may be mistakes on the high seas, but they are containable. the bigger question is changing iranian behavior. >> israel is reminding us they are on the same continent of iran and the missiles were intended for us. thank you for your analysis. >> of course. >> elija h cumings is talking about p conflict of interest that the new administration will face. mike? >> reporter: congressional democrats are pressing president-elect trump to deal

with conflicts of interest before p the inauguration day. democrats are going to hear from ethic's expertses this afternoon. and elijah cummings raised concern about the president-elect extensive business dealings in foreign couple of countries how mr. trump will avoid conflict of intchlt democrats note ivanka trump is his daughter and on the lease that the general services administration over sea and primary contact for the gsa. the democrats say the conflict of interest are obvious. >> when you deal with someone with massive real estate holdings. they are not simple transactions and selling major properties or buildings takes time. and the next white house chief of staff said they are working hard on the issue. >> the trump brand and product

and hotel and golf course was not something that was real and was going to be cut off instantly right after the election. this is not easy stuff. what president-elect trump is doing with lawyer and people involved, making sure that all government ethics are followed. >> reporter: part of why mr. trump was elected because he is extremely successful. there is a new's conference to give his team more time to work this issue. jenna. >> mike, thank you. the president-elect is facing dozens of open lawsuits against one filed against celebrity chef. the guy on the right is taking a page out of the guy on the left's lawsuit. what he just did and will it work and our legal panel will tell you. >> and growing pain's dad alan

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>> today we are unexpectedly remember a legacy of love and laugher. alan thicke died at age 69 of what appears to be a heart attack. he had a career spanning five decades. he had three sons. alan was playing hockey with his teenage son and suddenly cocan

lapsed. in the event center where mr. thicke had the medical emergency and for those of us who knew mr. thicke we feel like we do because of the fixture on television. and we feel like we know him, but you did know him and tell us about how often you would see alan thicke. >> he was an easygoing guy and kind of like the uncle you always had right things to say and great and easygoing guy. and he's before gone around 20 years. and you have run into him many times. >> that's how we imagined him to be like the uncle we wished we had. what happened yesterday? >> i was sit nothing my office and hockey players said player down called 911. and called them directly and on

the line with them and went out to the ice area and all of the hockey players surrounding him. and he was conscious and he was talking and i didn't see who it was at this point. i didn't see who it was. emt's were here within 3 or 4 minutes on the call. they checked him and doing his vital and i realized it was alan. >> what went through your head then? >> wow. it was you don't know who it is. and you know, a player is a player and you are never sure, just knowing what a great guy he is startled me. >> it is something that he has done regularly over the years playing hockey. after the emt's are are working on him tis my understanding that he was talking to people. and he even talked to his son.

can you tell us about his condition at the point in particular? >> sure. he was looking around and cognizant of what was happening and said he was having pains in his chest and numb. and he mentioned that he was nauseous and he was looking around and they put him on the gurney and looked like he was talking and feeling better. he looked at us and gave us thumbs up. and said carter take a picture of me. that was just him making light of the situation no matter why. >> we found out he passed away. when did you hear that news? >> i didn't hear about that it until the owner of my company,

or our company called me and said did we have a situation at the rink this morning. i said yes, it was alan thicke. he said oh, i just got the news. we hadn't heard yet and within ten minutes all of the news was up. and we had no idea. when he left, he looked in very good spirits. he was gray, and color was not good and pale, but he was hey, thumbs up and carter take a picture and the guys were going back on the the ice to play. i really feel that everybody thought everything was okay. >> that is how we would all feel seeing that. it is not even 24 hours since that transpired. what is going through your head today and reflecting on all that happened. >> he was an ambassador to it hockey. he loved hockey and liked to

call people by name. and hey, kids, throw me a roll of tape and he was like put it on my tab. he would take care of it later on. that easygoing style. yeah, it is going to be missed. his brother played with him a lot and of course, carter, the next generation. >> absolutely. darren, it makes us feel like we know him more just hearing that. that was a sport he loved so much. appreciate it. we are so sorry for the loss of someone in your community. >> my condolences to the family. we haven't had a chance to speak yet. but i am sure it is hard. >> absolutely. darren, thank you. he is vice-president of pickly garden and that's where allen thicke was skate canning on the west coast yesterday and several

hours later we heard he passed away. you heard darren's description and how do you know you are having a heart attack and help someone in that condition. we will have a practicing cardiologist join us after the break. dinner robber

>> continuing our coverage of the sudden death of actor alan thicke. you heard someone who witness withed the medical emergency that happened around this time. we are bringing in dr. campbell who is a guest of our program. we talk often. what a sud issen, devastating thing. and you heard the description by darren who worked in the rink. alan thick e was feeling poorly

and they called 911 and but he was talking and he gave thumbs up and he was not expecting to it get the news as he passed away. is that typical? >> it is not uncommon to have chest pain andan gina and shortness of breath and nausea that he experienced. what that is a blockage to the artery to the heart that is closing. and it completely close and you have a heart attack that probably occurred in the ambulance. and associated with that is sudden death heart rhythm and i am guessing that what happened. >> we don't know the specifics. but so our viewers know. how do we take the story and doing good? we know it is a stressful time.

and we can find ourselves doing unusual activity and i am just wonder figure there is warning signs of a catastrophe event like that coming on? >> there are. and if you experience chest pain and shortness of breath and a- typical pain in your jaw and pain in your arm, all of that represents heart pain and in women, the symptoms are nausea or feeling of dread. and you have to know your risk for heart disease. >> one of the interesting things that darren just told you. in maybe another situation, you would think that the guy was totally fine and would not go off into the ambulance. in the dinner are table. and someone said no, i am feeling off. and how do you know when it is a real emergency? >> i think any time you are a patient who has any risk factors for heart disease and

have chest pain and nausea, you need to call 911 immediately. it is better to be evaluated and find out if everything is okay or not. sudden cardiac death kills americans every year. number one cause of death in the united states every day. >> we thank dr. campbell because of the amazing thingses we do in the er and medical field. people don't die of heart attacks and it seems like in some cases it is just not possible. >> you know, we made great advances in medicine. if we get that patient to the hospital fast enough and open the art row with a balloon, we can stop it in his case. assy he was transported. he had a lethal art a

fibalation. >> what if you think you don't have heart disease and i don't think my family do, and i am thinking of the folks listening to you right now. how do you find out. and what would be for you, someone who practices the number one on a warning flag. >> for me, know the risk factors, high blood pressure and diabetes and family history of heart disease and obesitty. you may need to talk to your doctor and ask those questions if i am at risk. if you have chest pain or shortness of breath or exertional pain. see a doctor. i want you to be safe. >> we have is a reminder and be clear and act on that information if it comes up. our expertise means a lot to it us. thank you.

>> thank you for having me today. >> good and important advice. >> and as he gets ready to move in the white house, president-elect trump is facing dozens of legal battles. and will he settle the lawsuits before taking the oath of office. a legal panel and what can happen with the lawsuits? all finished.

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medical center. it is a big hospital in manhattan. it seems that the flames are out. you can see the aftermath of that fire. we have no word on the cause. and this is what it looks like before it was brought under control. the flap and smoke billow and making a mess of the traffic in that area. there were no injuries reported and happened in a part of the hospital under concan instruction. scary momentses there. we'll keep you posted >> gen a president p elect right trump will raise his hand on january 20th to defend the constitution. and he will tell the truth and nothing but the truth in a lawsuit. billionaires face 75 open lawsuits according to usa. one is the celebrity chef jose and that may have is a charitable conclusion. can a president be a plaintiff and defendant in civil court?

joining us now is eric guster. welcome to you both. let me start to you. an dree is facing a 10 million lawsuit over the restaurant in the new trump hotel will in washington d.c. and he has suggested that they settle it by donating monknow toe a veteran's organization. what does he do with the lawsuits and can they be ended that way? >> trump is facing several dozen lawsuit and this resolution is good for everyone and pr and litigation goes away and everyone wins. now, eric, these cases are very different in that we have various ways and give money toe charity and make sure everyone goes away and lookses good on the pr term. >> lawyers are not.

taxing make america great again. this is where you guyses make money in the lawsuits. >> that's true. eric and eric. you are both correct. let me toss something else in the mix. the celebrity chef shared his christmas wish list. he is asking for a settlement and did it publicly and did it in a fashion to it designed to it appeal. donate and don't litigate. trump decided to settle. remember the trump university suit. and now who is to say now he will take the oath of office he will get rid of the lawsuits. it started with the doouling celebrities. a lawsuit. and they have lawsuits pending against each other. but we are for day and aim.

trump has every incentive to be presidential and focus the attention on running the country and being more time in a boardroom and not a courtroom. >> what about the plaintiffs and the people suing him. famous supreme court rule that says a president can be sued while in office civilally. not criminally. that would have to wait. paula joan and bill clinton and with that grand jury videotape testimony in the white house? what do they say. we are not settling and we'll go to court? >> and that's what is going to happen. if they don't want to settle the case that will go to court. that is unprecedented that the president of the united states will be in depositions. the chef was smart. he said trump, you love to use twitter and i will put something on twitter to you. he told him. we'll give money to veteran and

try to settle the case and everyone knows if you don't settle it fairly where we are giving money to veterans you will look like a bad guy. >> what is your prediction for most of the lawsuits, what is going to happen? >> i think trump will fighting many of them. and some of them will be settleed to go away. but he is a fighter and loves to it get in the ring with people. some of the cases. >> and wendy, you think he will keep fighting? >> i would take the opposite. i think he will have the incentive it settle the case. it is a win, win if it benefits both sides. and now chef an dree was start and i think others will do the same. >> spoken like a true lawyer. thank you, guys. jenna? >> many people are criticizing the president-elect trump's

choice secretary of state citing the friendship award rex tillerson received from vladimar putin. we heard of another one. does a friendship award actually mean you are good friends with vladimar putin. >> i am concerned about p the relationship with vladimar putten. vladimar putin is a thug and murderer and kgb guy and wants to only restore the russian.

>> i have legitimate concerns about mr. tillerson. i believe be that after ukraine, he opposed the sanctions that were put on russia. he has a very close relationship with vladimar putin by the way. he was given an award by vladimar put pin and i was sanctioned by vladimar putin. that concern cans me a great

deal frankly. i would never accept an award from vladimar putin, because then you kind of give credence and credibility to the butcher, this kgb agent, which is what he is. >> senator john mccain is criticizing the president-elect choice for secretary of state. the next potential top diplomat was awarded the friendship from russia and that is too close from comfort. we wanted to learn another american's story about that award that had received it. the raymond has received the order of friendship award from vladimar putin. this predated vladimar putin. ray tis great to have you on the program. >> thank you, jenna.

>> i would like to know the basic fact. if you received a order of friendship award, does that mean you are friends with vladimar putin? >> no, it does not. i never met vladimar putin. >> really? >> right. >> how did you get the award? >> well, i was notified by the embassy in washington d.c. the ambassador saying i was considered for the award and he explained to me what it was. i am the founder of the museum of russian art and that's the reason that they were considering me for that award. and then a few months later it became a fact. i was given the opportunity to receive the award from vladimar putin himself in the kremlin or i could make an event out of it

in our museum and share it sort of with the other people who helped to make that museum happen. and the ambassador came to minnesota and i chose that and the ambassador came and spoke to the people in the museum. >> that is spectacular art that is on the wall. why did you receive the award and tell us a little bit about your work? >> well, we have, i have been an art dealer 40 years. we had a collection of russian art and reached several thousand pieces. we decided we would establish a museum. i had had promised the artist in

russia if i were allowed to buy important paintings that i would start a museum and show the work in the united states. now we have had 20 exhibits and museums around the united states before we had our own museum and we had cent exhibitions of various kinds and themes since our museum was established and it is a 501 c3. >> i want to underscore the viewers, you own the largest privately owned russian collections outside of the border of the soviet union. you have been to russia 80 time and back and forth 80 time and you never. have you sat down and talked to vladimar putin or close ties to do your work or anything we should know about the award and tight ties with the leader of russia? >> i think it is a wonderful

thing for people in russia to recognize efforts that are made by people in other countries to it bring a better relationship between the two countries. it does not mean you espouse the views that the president might have or disavow. it is nonpolitical in our structure and so, i have been in the same room with putin a couple of times but never have met him or introduced to it him. interesting people have received this award. >> you are one of them. we researched this a bit and brought us to you, ray. it is fascinating work. i look forward to coming to the museum and seeing the art and thank you for clarifying what the friendship award mean and we

appreciate it. >> we hope you do come and hope everyone will consider coming to the museum of russian art. >> if we do people would learn a lot. where exactly eric wants to know. >> it is on the corner of diamond road and 35 w. it is a beautiful building. it is open seven days. >> what city. >> minneapolis, minnesota. >> it gets cold there and you have to go inside. ray, thank you for your time. >> sure, you're welcome. >> it may be the king of the jungle. you will meet the brave little cat, coming up next. ♪

hello everyone, i'm melissa francis. big show today as the head of almost every major tech company is either at trump tower or on their way for a major meeting with the president-elect. we're going to tell you what's on the agenda. and what new collar jobs are. have you heard that phrase? plus the fed will decide at the top of the hour whether or not to raise rates. what will that mean for you and your wallet specifically, we'll tell you. low flying helicopter planes causing a lot of concern. what was it up to? we're going to tell you that and more on "america's news headquarters." well, quick look at the

video yesterday. you have to see it again. a lion fascinated by a baby in a lion cub costume at zoo atlanta. naturally we fell in love with the star of the video and now we get to meet him face to face. we're joined by the baby's mom, the good godmother who's holding the star of the show. potentially the entire day. aria, our little lion cub. so, aria, your son's name is part of this whole story. what does your son's name mean? >> it means lion in hebrew. also coincidentally rhymes with me. >> why did you decide to name your son that? >> well, i was just looking for a good, strong name for my son because i didn't think, you know, pregnancy hormones i thought maybe i was going to be having a girl. i only picked out girl names,

and then this little guy happened. i need a good, strong boy name. >> cameron, you're the god mother, it's my understanding you were part of the zoo excursion, tell us about it. >> i was. so i've been blessed to be his godmother since he was born. about two weeks ago, one of his father's close friends was named as the godfather, we decided to start taking him on monthly adventures. and this was our first time. this was the first trip we went on as a god family. >> did you just have the costume with you? >> well, aria packed it, she thought it'd be cool to snap some pictures. when we got to the zoo, it was too cold and the lions weren't out yet. it was the last exhibit we went to. and we thought we'd snap a couple pictures with the lions in the background and they came up to the glass almost immediately and started interacting with him. >> i have a son he's two and eight month old -- >> he's been so good. very patient today. >> it's perfect. i wish all my guests were like

that. we could just give him a little bit of milk, they'd be great. was there a moment where the lion comes up -- how did that even happen? >> well, the way it set up, there's a ledge right in front of the glass at the zoo there. and so we set him on it and the lions were watching him. i think they were interested because they were probably about ten yards away at the time. and so they were watching him and when he went to a point where he was no longer in their line of sight, they immediately jumped up and came over to keep watching him. and that's when the whole thing started. it was incredible. we never thought we would get this kind of footage from it. and we only stayed for a few minutes because we didn't want to upset the lions too much. we were able to capture cool pictures and videos. >> were you at all a little nervous? i mean, i know there's a glass -- >> it was a little surreal to watch it. and i mean, at no point was i scared, but there was a realization that there's a reason there's a pain of glass between this huge animal and him. but, i mean, it was not scary, i

trust the process there and so i didn't think anything bad would happen to him. >> aria, i'll ask you the final question, one of the friends of journalism school saw the video and she said, that baby is so brave. because the baby didn't look scared at all. i guess his name is quite fitting, isn't it? >> well we also have two very, very large and fluffy cats and one looks like a lie yonl at home. so i think he was just like, oh, you, are you my cat's daddy. my daddy's bigger than me too. i think he's just used to having cats around. >> well, we were all looking for holiday photos and the like, and you've got a really special one this year. >> i know. >> thank you so much for sharing with this and the story. he is an absolute doll. so congratulations for such a wonderful little boy. but thank you for the time. >> thank you so much. >> and we look forward to an exclusive with him when he's ready to talk. >> absolutely. >> thanks guys. >> thank you so much.

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well thank you for joining us. >> america's news headquarters starts right now. a fox news alert for you now two big stories that we're following at this hour. president-elect donald trump sitting down with the sultans of tech, key decision by the fed. hello erin, i'm melissa francis, busy hour right now. the federal reserve about to announce whether or not it is going to raise rates. we have fox team coverage of both breaking stories. we have charles payne standing by, we have lance oloff, he is here to talk about tech and trump. we begin with sheryl casoni with the news from the fed, what do you see? >> we were expecting this. and it is happening. the fed is indeed going to raise interest rates. there was a 98% probability we were going to see a rate