♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ big story, president obama with strong words directed at russia during his final press conference of 2016. as you can see, this is one of our top talkers at 6:30, we invite you to weigh in. tweet us and let us know what's on your mind, use #5at630. president obama met with reporters in the white house briefing room before heading off on his christmas vacation in hawaii. he discussed a number of issues including reports that russia played role in the recent election. whoever's some of what the president had to say. >> what i was concerned about in particular was making sure that that wasn't compounded by potential hacking that could hamper and

election process itself. so in early september, when i saw president putin in china, i felt the most effective way to insure that that didn't happen was to talk to him directly. and tell him to cut it out and there were going to be sears consequences if he didn't >> talking more about this, is niles standard associated editor for the hill. thanks for joining us. watching that long press conference, what were your big take aways from this last press conference in 2016 >> obviously, president obama expressed lots of differences with donald trump. he wasn't hiding those, but at the same time, he was, i thought, trying to calm some of the most fierce tensions we have seen in the recent past. he wasn't going for the idea of election fraud in the sense of messing with votes. he wasn't really suggest the electoral college voters should change their minds, calming the waters but not denying that he had

>> i tutee interesting. he sort of scolded the mad a little bit with our obsession with the hillary e-mails released and so much focus on that. did that surprise you >> it didn't surprise me because i think that's a fairly commonplace opinion in democrat circles. the debate about what we should have broadcast and shouldn't is a broader debate but i think certainly you hear that being said in democrat circles quite a while >> what do you think overall? when he was talking mostly, seem a lot about russia's involvement, did you feel as though he could have been a little bit tougher on his stance, he told him to cut it out seemed kind of not very intense, i guess is the word. >> i think that phrase you cut it out was a phrase that his critics will probably make use of to suggest is that he could have been more assertive. but he put that in a broader context of what he was trying to do and his fear, he didn't say he

win but that was the implication and not wanting to have the process brought because of raising these issues >> we know that detroit and his campaign or donald trump, now we have the fbi sort of signing on today. from listening to all of that, the president also revealed he's had conversations with donald trump, and i was sort of surprised that at how he described the candor between the two of them. can you tell us a little bit more about that >> he talked about cord gel i think was his word. the conversation between himself and donald trump et ceteras stressing he was there to help him. a smooth transition of power, and i presumed the kind of personal challenges living in the white house that every president has to face including president obama. >> it's a small club. a few people can be

that club who can term say this is what you can expect. i thought it was interesting, seemed like he was talking engine general but sort of i gave him ideas of how to hold up the integrity of this office. so i thought that was >> specifically maybe also going along the lines of the russian's involvement with the election process, is it that thought once obama leaves office will this die away or no >> because democrats have such an interest in keeping that story alive. i think president obama was trying to not have those questions be really widespread to a point where people would not believe donald trump is a legitimate president. i think obama's basic view, as you can disagree with him vigorously if you'd like is that he didn't actually win the election >> it is awesome to have you here. >> thank you. >> more pleasure

>> thank you, niles. five weeks from today, donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. >> will he spend inauguration eve at the blair house where every president-elect has for past 40 years. roxanne roberts features writer for the washington journal joins us with more. roxanne, thanks so much for being here with us. >> you're welcome >> tell us a little bit about the historical significance of staying at the blair house? the presidents for past 40 years have been doing this >> this is a modern transition. house is historic, built in 1824 has been -- was in a private family until the 1940's and really wasn't until 1976 that jimmy carter was using it as a transition office and he spent time there and then every president since then has spent the last few days right before the inauguration at this historic mansion. the interesting question whether the p

embrace that tradition or make his own by as a lot of people are speculating stay at his hotel >> he's the first president i can think of who's had his own hotel in dc. have you reached out to trump campaign >> i did. >> what did you find out >> they said no announcements are made yet. there's an interesting question. because even on inaugural eve, anybody else can stay at the trump home. the only person can stay at blair house which is typically used for other foreign heads of state is the president-elect and his family and his guests. so and the symbolic importance of that is that every morning they wake up on inaugural day, sign a guest book, it's their first act as almost about to be head of state. symbol lizes the importance of global democracy and what the

and typically the family will go off to a church service, walk across the street to the white house to meet with the out going president and first lady and drive to the capitol for the swearing in. >> it will be fascinating to see if that happens, because it does have such a historic tradition. you get the scoop on all sorts of things, can you give us any other little insider tips that you may have found out about the inauguration and what we can expect >> i spoke to the inaugural committee chairman and he said what he's trying to emphasize what the president-elect wants and this should someone who's been a very close friend of the president-elect for all 40 years. is really that after what was a very divisive presidential campaign, the theme of this is for everybody to pull together, that we are a united country. and it's a chance for donald trump his really chance at president to show that on a world stage, in a way that perhaps the rest of the world had quite noti

every time i lobby in foreign coverage, he was, i was. this can be his debate as president. that's why i was saying blair house as certainly significance >> do you think there will be blow-back if he doesn't? do you believe people will be upset that he's not going with any traditions whatsoever with the white house? >> i think that this is an unprecedented presidency and i think anybody who says they know what's going to happen is wrong. so you know, he's -- he has his own mind, he's going to do what he wants to do. at the same time, i think being presidential is important. to him, and to look presidential and this is part of a tradition that solidify that is conduct. i hope he does it but i also understand if he wants to stay at his gorgeous new digs.

find outlet us know >> rocks sane with the washington journal. is it cold enough outside for you? >> it is beyond cold enough outside for me. i'll tell you that we were going over statistics and last year, earlier. we were like 67 degrees this time last year, now we're like 22. >> it's insane, we're not even -- isn't this gwen isn't this normally the temperatures we see in january and february >> yes, and it is drought bone chilling, but we got everything else coming with it. brace yourself. we have a couple of systems to keep a close eye on and we're talking wintery mix, we're talking freezing rain as well. we have a winter weather advisory in effect and a freezing rain advisory also. these kick in after midnight tonight or at midnigh

north of us, where we do have that winter weather advisory closer to the mason dixon line is where we have the best chance of seeing anything in terms of snowfall itself. but we're talking ice and that ice is going to be pretty dangerous in all of our areas where we do see it, about a ten of an inch. about a quarter to a 10th as far as the freezing rain advisory. highs are going to be into the upper 40's and 50's. we're going to go see warmer air moving in and as it does, all of this will change right into rain, so expect a rain event. here's a look at your planner, 27 by noon and here's a look at that seven-day forecast, we're hitting 60 by sunday, unbelievable. back to you. >> i believe it. i'm looking forward to the 60's even though it's going to rain >> we'll take it >> thank you, gwen. apparently the weather will not keep the crowds from

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help make changes to if are they're not satisfied with the outcome of this election >> turn out is really just one part of what we hope will be larger movement. we've been working weeks to do the things you mentioned call our representatives. e-mail them, write them letters. we have a list of speakers, some of them will be speaking to the issues of the importance of being involved from an early age and what you can do to be active. >> how many people are you expecting and have you already talked to some of the folks that you're expecting to come about the electorals? what do you think about that >> we're expecting several how to people, we put out a facebook invite that gotten traction. we're also lucky to have chris supren coming to speak. the texas elect tore from the gop party who wrote the famous "new york time

not be containing his vote for donald trump. this one event and hopefully what will be a larger movement regardless of how monday turns out we want people to be active and show it's important to be part of the larger community to protect the issues that we all care about as american >> it will be at the sylvan theater, 12:00 to 4:30 >> it will end with a candlelight vigil at 4:30. thank you. >> thanks so much, we appreciate you coming out today. >> well, we talked a lot about this lately. fake news, it's made headlines. ever wonder how many stories you see on your timeline that actually aren't true >> coming up results of a new poll may shock you when it comes to sharing online fake news stories, back after this. .

north carolina man fired a gun in a pizza shop because he believes the fake only pizza story >> a new poll found one in four americans admitted to sharing a fake news story on social media. can you believe that ywhy would you do it purposely >> that's just it. maybe people don't know they're doing it. media reporter for the hill is joining us, joe thanks for joining us. >> were you stunned when you heard the results that one in four people admits they've shared fake news >> i actually wasn't because if somebody was stupid enough to believe that hillary clinton was running a sex trafficking ring at a pizza shop. that's the first spot you think about is pizza place and the guy goes there with a gun and starts shooting the place up to try to

one in four actually into too bad. i thought it would be worse >> do you think people knew they were sharing it and it's like when they share this is kind of funny but obviously there's some people that take it seriously. that the maybe where the one in four comes from >> everybody tries to be interesting, they put something up on their facebook page and that's been the main vehicle. few research this study and they did one a couple months ago as well that said that nearly half of american adults -- adults get their news not from fox, not from time magazine, not from the "new york times," from facebook. that's from friends sharing they know trust their friends, therefore they trust the stories >> we are doing -- we did a story last night about how facebook is now partnering with these fact checkers news organizations associated press, that type of thing, do you think this is really going to help crack down on this issue by labeling these stories, >> absolutely. yes, they're not that hard to pick

the problem is facebook is resisted having any editorial people there. having any fact checkers because mark zuckerberg whose be the ceo saying we're not a news owe don't produce content, why should we have to do that. when you have nearly 191 million people in this country alone, 1.7 world wide billion you have a responsibility when you're one of the main places where people get news >> there are, you know, a lot of people have said some of those fake news stories may have influenced the election in the way people voted. >> i've heard that and i don't know how you quantify that. i don't know if a fake news story compelled hillary never to campaign in, i doubt a fake news story like pope francis endorses donald trump, which is something

>> what is the reasoning behind posting fake news stories >> it's about money in these situations. if you have an interesting story or provocative one with major players like a donald trump or hillary clinton, produces revenue, clicks, money making vehicle to put fiction out there posed as nonfiction. >> you're talking about it being a money making vehicle. how big of, i guess, corporation or organization is behind these websites that's making this money? is it big business >> is a corporation defined >> you know what i'm saying, it's just -- >> i'm in a basement? couple people like, you know, that's just what they're doing to drum up money? >> yeah. i mean, most of the time, it's just >> how much would you say they're making? >> 10s of thousands of dollars with the pizza story, that produced millions of clicks. so yeah, what has

it resulted in maybe yufrt do your own laundry for awhile >> hopefully the safeguards will be in place and people will stop click on and sharing fake news >> it will be cut down a lot, now that there's awareness. that certainly helps >> the always good to have you on the show. have a happy >> from your basement >> from my basement >> it is fabulous by the way, thank your decorators. >> have a good one. >> looking for a new drink this holiday season? coming up, friday and we're mixing up winter theme cocktails and exactly how you compare them. wine, food, we've got it all coming up. i'm feeling holiday, >> speaking my language.

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absolutely. and chef jamie g is here to help us with holiday cocktail, and food. so go for it. what's the first cocktail we're going to mix up >> we have the red wines and a wine glass. everybody loves. then we have a martini here, which is wine and juices, juices and it has wine as well and chef jamie is going to cook up something >> so we're going to add vodka. great wine, of course. a little bit of triple sec, grant berry, and then we just top it off with some of this delicious wine. >> ok. so that's -- think of mixing all

party, much more exciting. >> also not only paired this together but you made these dishes with your wine >> short ribs, this is short -- short ribs, butter nut squash. thank you so much, short ribs have been brazened for hours, it's been about four hour, they're tender and a little bit sweet because the wine is sweet and tasty and this i center is a twist on the oyster's rocker feller, with cheese and the cran berries have been reduced to add on top and give it a little holiday flavor >> can we taste >> which one should i taste >> anyone you want, we only have 20 second left here. where can folks find you >> it's at the

it up. >> cheers you guys, thank you. thanks for joining us on 5at630 you can see us back here at 11:00.

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