teeter teels not versus gawker, it was hulk hogan versus gawker. -- not peter thiel versus gawker, ited a privacy against the website after they published a sex tape involving him, and it became clear he was not paying for his own legal costs. it was peter thiel paying for the legal costs. famously the jury award was so large it bankrupted the site, which was later sold. that was sort of in the background. on ahas happened completely unrelated and parallel track is judges around the country have gotten fed up with this whole practice. it is not clear if that case, whether that case fed into this at all. but federal judges around the come out against this practice because, as you can imagine, they don't like to be unaware of anything coming into their court room. judges want to have all the information and be in control. california, the federal judges in the northern district of california have a rules committee, so they put forward this rule that anyone coming into the court with a third-party backer to disclose that they have that backing. >> there are a few firms mentioned that spec

then you have things like the gawker verdict in which it's overwhelming to gawker and puts them out ofness. so what he's doing here with this low-level blogger is to send a message to the rest of the press, you publish at your peril and you cover things that could be ruinous to you. >> paul, thank you, appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thanks, we'll be right back. happy anniversary dinner, darlin' can this much love be cleaned by a little bit of dawn ultra? oh yeah one bottle has the grease cleaning power of two bottles of this bargain brand. a drop of dawn and grease is gone. >>> california's a little different. for one thing, california has a governor moon beam. >> some people say that they're going to turn off the satellites that are monitoring the climate, low earth phenomenon, the land sat and all the various measuring satellites we have. i remember back in 1978 i proposed a land sat satellite for california. they called me governor moon beam because of that. i didn't get that moniker for nothing. and if trump turns off the satellites, california will launch its own d

then you have things like the gawker verdict in which it's overwhelming to gawker and puts them out ofssage to the rest of the press, you publish at your peril and you cover things that could be ruinous to you. >> paul, thank you, appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >> thanks, we'll be right back. ♪ as soon as i became a parent i changed as a person, drastically. ♪ i tried hard to quit smoking. ♪ but when we brought our daughter home that was it. ♪ now i have nicoderm cq. the nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. it's the best thing that ever happened to me. can you say thanks nicoderm cq? every great why needs a great how. >>> california's a little different. for one thing, california has a governor moon beam. >> some people say that they're going to turn off the satellites that are monitoring the climate, low earth phenomenon, the land sat and all the various measuring satellites we have. i remember back in 1978 i proposed a land sat satellite for california. they called me governor moon beam because of that. i did

and now gawker, juries don't like it and they push gawker out of business with $150 million award. >> the media is hurting newsrooms when they have to go to court. >> gawker running a sex tape is not where the press wants to fly its first amendment flag. it was a very debatable proposition in the first place. when you consider who hulk hogan was and how he's been talking about his sex life and the size of his penis on radio and television, a guy look that can force an established business like gawker at a lawsuit, that raised questions letting jurors deciding when people don't like the news media. >> it is very much one ecosystem. the tech entrepreneur who was one of trump's biggest supporter. the over lap is considerable. >> jeffery, thank you very much and jane thank you very much. >> coming up here next, talking about the press access at the white house. we'll hear from the josh earnest of an exclusive interview with me right after the break. there is nothing typical about making movies. 'm victoria alonso and i'm an executive producer... ...at marvel studios. we are very much hand

gawker didn't settle. >> ask him why he did it. did it to -- >> he succeeded with apparently an excellent lawyer who's now been hired by mrs. melania trump who also has been slandered and maligned. she has a right to defend herself. this woman is brilliant. anybody who underestimates hers to so at their own peril. she's going to make an amazing first lady. >> is that going to at any once she's first lady? >> i don't know the course of the lawsuit, wheret is in the process right now, but she has the right to defend herself. >> he invented it. he has pioneered -- >> he succeeded at it. >> and it made a journalistic enterprise disappear. because they wrote a thing about peter thiel. >> being arrogant going forward. >> he accomplished what he set out to do. we both agree. >> the man's an amazing success story. >> he set out to fund that lawsuit to hake gawker disappear, and it worked. is the trump family now embracing that strategy? >> not at all. not at all. >> melania trump -- >> no, she's defending herself. she got an unusual if not

gawker didn't settle. >> ask him why he did it. he did it -- >> and he succeeded with apparently an excellent lawyer who now has been hired by mrs. melania trump who also has been slandered and maligned and she has a right to defend herself. this woman is brilliant. anybody who -- anybody who -- anybody who underestimates her does so at their own peril. she'll make a wonderful first lady. will that lawsuit continue when she's first lady. >> i don't know where it is in the process right now. but she has a right to defend herself. >> this is a novel legal strategy. he's the one who pioneered it, he invented it. >> and he succeeded at it. with this lawyer. >> and it made a journalistic enterprise disappear. >> they made themselves disappear by not settling and by being arrogant going forward. that's how the legal system work. >> he accomplished what he set out to do. >> the man's an amazing success story. >> with the gawker thing, he set out to make gawker disappear and it worked. is the trump family now embracing that strategy? >> no

hogan was not paying for his lawsuit against gawker.itiled a private after they had published a sex tape involving him. it became clear he was not paying for his legal costs. it was peter teal, and famously then the jury award was so large that it bankrupted the site, and it was later sold. that was sort of in the background. what has happened unrelated and parallel is that judges have gotten fed up with this whole practice, and it's not clear thiser that case fed into at all, but federal judges around the country have sort of come out and said something against this practice because they don't like to be unaware of anything coming into their courtroom. judges want to have all the information and be in control, , the federalnia judges in the northern district of california, the federal astrict court there have rules committee and put for this rule that would require anybody coming into the court with a third party to disclose they have that backing. story, there are a few firms you mention that specialize in funding litigation. is the g

oliver: so a not so petty lawsuit that has taken up a lot of media attention, was peter thiel and gawkerth is vertical. tell us what you decided to sort of examine this now. >> not about peter thiel, it was hulk hogan versus gawker, and it took a long time before it became clear that hulk hogan was not himself paying for his lawsuit against gawker. he had filed a privacy lawsuit after they had published a sex tape involving him. it became clear he was not paying for his legal costs. it was peter thiel, and famously then the jury award was so large that it bankrupted the site, and it was later sold. so, that was sort of in the background. what has happened unrelated and parallel is that judges have gotten fed up with this whole practice, and it's not clear whether that case fed into this at all, but federal judges around the country have sort of come out and said something against this practice because they don't like to be unaware of anything coming into their courtroom. judges want to have all the information and be in control, so in california, the federal judges in the northern distri

out of business by secretly bankrollingng a controversial lawsuit by wrestler hulk hogan against gawker media earlier this year. trump's adult children donald jr., ivanka, and eric were also at the meeting. trump's inclusion of his children in political meetings has sparked increasising concer. the topics discussed during the 90-minute e meeting were reportedly immigration, education, and tradede with chi. there are few details about the convnversation, howewever, becae journaliststs were forced to lee the meeting after only a few minutes. donald trump has not giviven a press conference for 140 days now, or over four months. his last news conference was when he called on russia to hack hillary clinton's email servers. trump was slated to give his first news conference as president-elect today on whether and how he would disentangle himself from his vast business empire before taking office, but his spokesperson earlier this -- said earlier this week he is postponing it for sometime in january. a handful of republicans have said they made block john bolton from being c confirmed as deput

number six, good bye gawker. the gossip site invaded hulk hogan's privacy when it published parts of a sex tape. the $140 million sex tape. >> a judgment forced gawker into bankruptcy and the site was later shut down. in a surprise twist, peter teal revealed he had been bank rolling the lawsuits. his revenge for what hooee belid was gawker outing him in 2007. fake news stories, hoaxes on the web, polluting news streams. >> we don't think it swayed the election but we take that responsibility really seriously. >> reporter: facebook and google did announce steps to halt the flow of ad dollars to the creators of fake sites. the new age of information warfare is just beginning. number four, alt right media out of the shadows. when trump named steve bannon they say it took fringe ideas into the main stream. >> breitbart were champions of trump. >> bannon once called breitbart the platform for the alt right. now, bannon will be the president's chief strategist. stoking fears the alt religious. religion. >> a charge ban

number six, good-bye gawker.ury ruling that the site innovated hulk hogan's privacy when it published parts of the sex tape featuring the former wrestler. a multimillion dollar judgment forced gawker into bankruptcy and the flagship site was later shut down a warning to journalists everywhere. in a surprise twist, silicon valley billionaire peter thiel revealed he had been secretly bang rolling the lawsuit. his revenge for what he believed was gawker oufting him in 2007. >>> number five, fake news stories. posted on the web polluting facebook time lines and twitter streams. some now wondering if it helped tilt the election for trump although facebook says no. >> we don't think it swayed the election but we take that responsibility really seriously. >> facebook and google did announce steps to halt the flow of ad dollars to the creators of these totally fake sites. but this new age of information warfare is just beginning. >> alt-right media out of the shadows. when trump named steve bannon out of breitbart news a

." >>> number six, good-bye, gawker.d hulk hogan's privacy. >> the $140 million sex tape. >> a multimillion-dollar judgment forced gawk near bankruptcy and the flagship site was later shut down. a warning to journalists everywhere. in a surprise twist, silicon valley billionaire peter teal revealed he had been secretly bankrolling the lawsuit, his revenge for what he believed was gawker outing him in 2007. >>> number five, fake news stories, hoaxes on the web, some now wondering if it helped tilt the election for trump. although facebook says no. >> we don't think it swayed the election, but we take that responsibility really seriously. >>> facebook and google did announce steps to halt the flow of ad dollars to the creators of these totally fake sites. the new age of information warfare is just beginning. >>> number four, alt-right media out of the shadows. when trump named steve bannon, ahead of breitbart news as his campaign ceo, critics say it brought fringe conspiracy ideas into the mainstream of politics. >> if tru

of beauty problems, not a big loss for a man who received a 31 million settlement from the website gawker. >>> actress zsa zsa gabor died yesterday at the age of 99. she suffered a string of medical issues after breaking her right hip in 2010. her most notable roles was the movie in 1952. she was known for her known love affairs including one to conrad hilton that solidified her place among the stars. >>> a new york senator rails against ecigarettes calling them a ticking time bomb. what he wants the government to do when we come back. >> reporter: we have cold air in place on bus stop, 27 degrees by 6:00 a.m. 28 by 8:00 a.m. the 12-hour forecast coming up. ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪ ♪7 powerball tickets ♪6 match 6 chances ♪5 cash 5s ♪4 cash 4 lifes ♪3 pick 3s ♪2 mega millions (joe) happy holidays, rita. (rita) thanks, joe! (man) what a great gift! (announcer) pennsylvania lottery tickets make great gifts, like the new $1 million snow bank. (joe) happy holidays! ♪and best wishes from the lottery♪ >> well a polar plunge at the jersey shore is one thing, but this is an

hollywood lawyer who helped hulk hogan win a massive lawsuit that essentially put the gossip website gawker out of business is also representing mrs. trump. he says the statements about her were 100% false and tremendously damaging. the case is heading to trial in montgomery county, maryland, just outside of washington. the next few months, mrs. trump is planning not to move into the white house, but to stay here at trump tower while their son barron finishes the school year. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. >>> here is another look at this morning's top story. called a cia assessment that russia intervened in the u.s. election to help him get elected, ridiculous. >> i think the democrats are putting it out because they suffered one of the greatest defeats in the history of politics in this country. >>> but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle disagree and they are calling for a bipartisan investigation. mr. trump says he does not need the daily presidential intelligence briefings because he is a smart person. he currently receives it just once a week and says unless there is a change, he

reporter: neighbors in the quiet subdivision worry about getting the word out during evacuations and gawkers driving in the neighborhood while emergency vehicles are trying to get through. >> if something like this happens in the future, then the neighborhood could be closed off sooner, and awesome. >> reporter: investigators are looking at five fires, including the one this week and three smaller ones in early november. >> it does take a lot of time, and that is resources and time taken away from our normal course of operations. >> reporter: police are stepping up patrols in the surrounding neighborhoods because with recent dry conditions, the threat of another fire isn't goinggaway. >> well, that's disturbing. concerning. >> reporter: and one of the concerns we heard tonight is that some residents did not receive emergency alerts on their phone, but you can sign up through code red. you just go to the west metro fire department website, and you can find the link there. >> thank you, liz. >>> we have results for the first day of moveover enforcement. four of the five agencies involved repor

a million lights, the neighbors, where fed up they said they don't like the traffi noise and the gawkers are too so he says he's planning to move to a new area were his lights will not bother anyone. there are over time instances in chess, two of the worlds bes chess players were tied in the world mansion new york today they went into a tiebreaker with carlton retaining his title taken home $680,000 for the the landlord facing charges. >> he was caught camera having sex and their bed, i would've the camera and had to restart program because i do not believ what i saw said that i think that we need to move immediately. when he opened the empty saw his landlord and a woman on his bed. he called his wife and then the place now his landlord is charged with felony trespass an obscenity. >> obviously grantors don't hav the ability to go into a tenant's apartment and do whatever they want to do. just to have someone come in but to be sleeping with someone on your bed will you not there is scary. please do reaching out to the landlord, they're going to stay with relatives until they find new hom

hollywood lawyer who helped hulk hogan win a massive lawsuit that essentially put the gossip website gawkerout of business is also representing mrs. trump. he says the statements about her were 100% false and tremendously damaging. >> the case is heading to trial in montgomery county, maryland, just outside of washington. for the next few months mrs. trump is planning not to move national white house but stay here at trump tower while their son barron finishes the school year. elaine? >> quijano: kenneth craig at trump tower, thank you. a massive wave of snow storms is causing prbs from the midwest to the north east tonight. some areas are also getting a blast of ice and rain. tony dokoupil is in the thicket of it. >> reporter: in western new york tow truck company owner can barely keep up. >> how has it been the last 48 hours. >> terrible, my guys have been running over 22 hours straight. i give them a lot of credit for staying in it. they are tired, they're wore out. this sthoa storm just didn't quit. >> reporter: lake effect snow has been relentless since thursday dropping 30 inches in c

. >> it was like gawker before the internet. >> young andy liked it. >> he used to be fun. of you actually read the article he was pissed about? >> terrible. >> it was a review of a restaurant written as an attack piece on trump. i don't blame him for being mad. the restaurant may suck, but this article never should have been published of. >> you say chris hitchens used to run for "vanity fair." >> and i think the numbers reflect that. >> i tried to find circulation numbers. >> i assume mainstream numbers are down. "vanity fair" as done stuff like caitlyn jenner's reveal. right now aren't they known for their oscar party? >> yeah, everybody lovers their oscar party. >> you said you don't think it is trump being sensitive he is just a fighter. >> can it be both? jie yes, it is the idea you are supposed to take it and you respond. that's not being a coward. >> literally nobody who works for trump reads "vanity fair." if would be literally shouting into an echo chamber. >> don't vote. >> jill, you said you are asking the tsa if you can take tom shillue in your bag. feel free t

there was a lot of time spent playing pokimon go in hulk hogan force gawker to declare bankruptcy. >>ame to celebrity breakups the biggest a listers were angelina jolie and brad pit followed by johnny depp and amber heard both causing huge media attention for weeks. kanye west and kim kardashian were very much in the news. him was robbed at gunpoint with the rapper hospitalized -- kim was robbed at gunpoint while the rapper was hospitalized and he had a much anticipated meeting with donald trump. >>> dutch -- just another year in the life of the rich and famous certainly to be outdone in 2017. >>> as we saw the last frame, the star wars home, fans and loved ones of carrie fisher morning her passing that happened yesterday. today throughout the day we will talk more about what carrie fisher meant to all of us . we have san francisco chronicle pop culture editor joining us again at 9 so i hope you stick around for that. >>> if you need to know about your weather this morning, rosemary is the person to tell you. >> it is another cold one. we are looking at freezing temperatures for our i

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neighborhood gawkers, other logistics that might be challenging for them if they move here to washingtonare other factors involved, as well. >> reporter: that's right. you can add potential protesters that they might have to deal with. about a week ago, more than 100 artists gathered in manhattan to protest donald trump's policy. that building is owned by jared kushner and where he and his wife have that apartment. so neighbors here in d.c. might have another complaint to lodge. >> brian todd, thank you very much. >>> coming up, china takes notice of donald trump's latest string of provocations and issues a warning of its own. >>> and the death toll continues to rise after a catastrophic fire. will there be criminal charges? ♪ i got the discounts dothat you need ♪l ♪ ♪ safe driver ♪ accident-free ♪ everybody put your flaps in the air for me ♪ ♪ go paperless, don't stress, girl ♪ ♪ i got the discounts that you need ♪ ♪ safe driver ♪ accident-free ♪ everybody put your flaps in the air for me ♪ i can't lip-synch in these conditions. ♪ savings ♪ oh, yeah and i am a senior public safety my na

these mean denotice deserve the gawkers who came by their hours, banging on the front door. some ofmer first memories of people banging on thin dar. by the time i came on the scene no one talked about savage order circuses in front of nancy, sturdy woman who is skin was nearly white as kev e chef roz coat, she baked bread and was every bit as fierce. enred sharif who knew the family well and grew up in the neighborhood around the coner from the muses and is now a social sciences prefer do he had never contemplating brig bringing the such ultimatum.ti than exceptionally guardiansed family.mi you have too ick baby steps and think of them as a tribe. they i cool roaring back if you fall out with them. it was ten more years before nancy warmed up enough to let me and a cowriter author a newspaper series about her uncles uncles and only after willyieer muse's death in 2001 if was 108. she didn't review much. she invited my fellow reporter, a photographer, and me inside the muse brotherses house one time. he made rev rep to family bible and for years after the series ran, whenever

cannot takes and takes a hand up the stack in the end zone by gawker brand for safety.o field goal, but here comes like a deer he seeps over the ravens front line and block it. third-quarter ravens announced a comeback. ravens to 2317. later in the forthcoming tom brady delivers state. -- his software to 79-yard touchdown. but he throws for a six-yard and the win. los angeles rams moved the team firing. head coach jeff fisher after four seasons for sunday's embarrassing balkans. does it the final call. the decision comes months after the rams gave fisher a contract extension. john stossel will take over for the final three games. chris paul and the clippers versus the trail blazers. this had to come back. i laid down by 34th quarter is paid clippers up on. chris paul gets the rebound past and the clippers go on to win 121-118. >> what a drag. yes that's a play on words. talking about the baseball hazing ritual addressing a as wonder woman, girls and dallas cowboys cheerleaders. major league a spell has created an anti-hazing and anti-rolling policy that prohibits the pa

. >>> number 6, goodbye gawker, a lawsuit regarding -- >> the $140 million sex tape. >> a multimillionollar judgment forceded him into bankruptcy, a warning to journalists everywhere. in a surprise twist, silicon valley peter teal said that he was the money behind the lawsuit. >>> number five, fakes news stories, hoaxes on the web, polluting facebook timelines and twitter streams. some wonder if it helped tip the scales for trump. >> we don't think it swayed the election, but we take that responsibility really seriously. >> facebook and google stopped the flow of ad dollars to these totally fake sites. but this new age of information warfare is just beginning. number four, outright media out of the shadows, when trump named breitbart has his -- >> it is trump art. bannon and breitbart were real champions of trump. >> bannon once called bright bart the platform to the alt right. now bannon will be the president's chief strategist. it is feared alt right will have a more powerful platform inside the white house. >>> the stunning downfall of fox news ceo roger ailes. >> breaking news, a m

there was a lot of time spent playing pokemon go and hulk hogan force gawker website to declare rankafter winning a lawsuit surrou surrounding a sex tape film when it came to celebrity break ups, the biggest a listers were angelina jolie and brad pitt followed by johnny depp and amber heard both causing huge media attention for weeks. kanye west and wife kim kardashian were very much in the news. kim was rob at gun point in paris the rapper hospitalized after being put on psychiatric hold. he cancel his tour and then he had a much publicized meeting with president-elect trump. >> ♪ >> reporter: just another year in the life of the rich and famous certain to be out done in 2017. in hollywood, michelle polino, fox news. ♪ >>> right now at 6:00, as folks flock their local stores for after christmas returns, things are heating up literally. your fox 29 weather authority is tracking some unseasonably warm weather. how long it's going to stick around before another cool down. >>> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >>> at 6:00 o'clock warming up across our ar

it was a lot of time spent playing poke monday go and hulk hogan for his gawker web site to declare bankruptcyinning a lawsuit surrounding a sex tape. when it came to celebrity break ups of 2016, the biggest , a listers were angelina jolie and brad pitt, followed by johnny dep and amber heard, both causing huge media attention for weeks. kanye west and wife kim kardashian were very much in the news. kim was robbed at gunpoint in paris, the rapper hospitalized have after being put on psychiatric hold. he cancelled his tour. then he had a much publicized meeting with president-elect donald trump. >> ♪ >> another year, for rich and famous, certainly to be out done in 2017. in hollywood, michelle paulino fox 29 news. >>> welcome back. >> interested about this next story because three printers, you get the concept over that. >> i have seen amazing stories where they have made hand for children and that is so cool. they can make anything. now they are even making pieces for a game, that you can play. >> so, it is sort of the robot you can print somebody out and have a relationship. forget about robo

>> that is an incredibly huge number but think about the hulk hogan lawsuit against gawker.40 million that the verdict came in from the jurors in that case so we've seen substantial verdicts in these cases, so burke is able to get past liability the question then becomes about punitive damages and we are talking about cbs pockets, a huge net worth for a media company, so if burke is successful we could see that. >> thank you, areva martin. >> fascinating developments. >>> we want to move to that murder investigation in arkansas with a technological twist. police believe amazon's spark speaker known as alexa could be the key to unlocking exactly what happened on the night in question and abc's mara schiavocampo has all the details for us this morning. hi, mara. >> reporter: good morning. investigators want to know if that device recorded any important evidence the night of a murder. it's a case that's raising a lot of questions about privacy rights when it comes to certain devices inside your home. one of this year's hottest holiday gifts now at the center of a murder case. a

he does or that his friends do or millionaires who to want barng roll attacks on provocation likes gawker would be more emboldened to do so. and that brings me to the last point which is what really bothers me is the cultural change we may see. things that in prior years were completely off limits. i put my hope and faith that you were right and they will respect the presidential pool. i put my hope and fate in the fact that the first amendment will stand up to all of this. but what i think you're going start to see is sort of a culture shift where it's okay to go after -- we're seeing it already. it's okay to go after the media. it's okay to disregard it's okay to sue them. it's embraced threaten them. this all becomes the word is we've heard so much is normalized. and that's what i fear most is that we have a massive culture change. i've heard from people about various things that have happened in government over the past eight years. and i'm not going to they administration has been great. they came in the current one we will be the most transparent administration in history. and i've

. >> wonder the heat on peter thiel, and the gawker stuff, has cooled off just a bit. hasn't spoken to really anybody since that. we will keep trying on that. a check on your markets and your money because things are pretty good. we're only up 48 points. not some great market day but it's enough that it is yet another record. so you can say today, the dow hit another record high. by the way f you're wondering, the top performer out of all s&p 500 stocks is range resources. the oil and gas company, rrs, humana and aetna bringing up the rear. my favorite story of the day. take a look at this video. a man running toward a kangaroo because the kangaroo had his dog. i didn't know they had a thing for dogs. but whatever. the first strange thing about this video the dog is being held in a headlock by the kangaroo and then the man decides to literally stand up and punch the kangaroo in the face. the kangaroo kind of dancing around. the dog got away unharmed. the man is supposedly a zookeeper out hunting. he had pretty good form too. he led with his right. >> he was ready. >> l

they deserved respect and not the gawkers that came at their house all hours knocking on the front door, some of her first memories people banging on the door the middle of the night. by the time i came on the scene, no one talked about circus greats, nancy, a no frills afro, at the temples and baked bread as good as her great-grandmother's harriet as cake. and even red who knew the family well and grew up in the neighborhood around the corner from the muses and is now a social sciences professor, he had never contemplated bringing the subject up with them. that's one exceptionally guarded family, he told me, you've got to take baby stems. you have to think of them as a tribe, they fallout with each other, but if you fall out with one of them, they will come roaring back at you like an army. it was ten more years before nancy warmed up enough to let me and a co-writer author a newspaper series about her uncle and only after willy muse's death in 2001. he was 108. she didn't reveal much. she invited my reporter, jen, and a photographer in the house one time and made reference to a family