the mercury administration team will assist in every way to help the new administration make a smooth transition. while exhibiting the highest of ethical standards i am proud of our team leads the state in much better place than when we came into office. out initiatives and teacher pay, environmental cleanup, budget surplus, transportation planning, paying off billions of dollars in debt, health care reform, tax reform, created 300,000 new jobs and food to connect the bonds we have made major new investment in our state parks, national guard and our universities and community college that will have a positive impact on future generations of north carolina. during my remaining weeks as governor this team will be focused on developing a financial plan to be approved in a special legislative slush and two of our citizens and communities impacted by hurricane matthew and by the current wildfires in the western region of our state. i ask all of us to please pray for our new governor roy cooper, our new president donald trump and their families. and i encourage everyone now more than ever t

administration relationship with boeing. before donald trump tweet theed on air force one, the chicago tribune, here is what it says. count on a mercuriallion-dollar boeing commercial airline customer. trump is eager for china confrontation so, putting out a tweet surprising a lot of people about the fact that he wants to cancel the order for boeing to create the next program for air force one. >> that is a coincidence, not causation. before that tweet, and early afternoon he had been briefed before. a great deal of information the powers that be and he had been briefed, and in contract, an extraordinary amount of money. >> that is 170 million, there is no deal yet that is worth anywhere near $4 billion, is that true? is the $4 billion number, and $170 million, no paperwork so far on the cost of any of it. >> nobody thinks these aircraft will cost $170 million. and the price tag on that, full complement of aircraft, if you want to reduce the cost you have to listen the requirement to the aircraft, makes sense to anybody but donald trump's point is the same. they paid fair value for things, whatever those are. i don't think anybody can a

the national highway traffic safety administration is looking into possible issues with some ford fusion and mercury vehicles. the brake pedal on the vehicles made between 2007 at 2009 may lose pressure, making it difficult to stop. so far there have been three crashes blamed on the problem, and 141 other complaints. this christmas wish lists. thousands of parents are reporting problems with the popular hatchimal toys. they are supposed to emerge from after 30from an egg minutes of play time. you will see a lot of these things on the side of the road. a bear is not closely one of them, but that is what drivers on a wisconsin highway saw. and there bear sure was friendly look at that. cars, putting his paws up the window, even took a taste. a veteran bear hunter tried to scare the bear away, but that just true more attention to him. >> they get used to that. they get used to feeding my knee i think he has been hand fed too many times. them away if they come into your area. now he is confused about what he is supposed to do. jummy: the bear is now being held at a wildlife rehab center. even the bears

the national highway safety administration is looking into report of brake problems for vehicles already on the road. ford fusions and mercury milans between model years 2007-2009. regulators believe there is a problem with the antilock braking system. so far there have been three accidents. q: remember the storm that sent water flooding down the stairs at the cleveland park station in june? now work is underway to make sure it doesn't happen again. the d.c. department of administration means that you cannot park on connecticut avenue between maicon and quebec street. the work should go on until next friday. michelle: talk about the new year. most drivers have one wish. smooth ride without traffic. an uber driver in new york city claims he foreman posted the dashboard camera video online that shows him cruising through, get this, 240 consecutive green traffic lights in manhattan. he made the video december 6. he says every now and then he feels lucky and tries to hit as many green lights as possible. the new york department of transportation says it's unsure how accurate foreman's claims are. he started in harlem and went to

mercury 7. glenn was the first american to orbit the early and the oldest person to fly to space. tributes poured the in his honor. today nasa administrator charlie bolden said glenn was the right man for a critical moment in history. >> it was moment we fly an orbital mission which john though, we have someone with whom americans could identify. somebody like me. alison: glenn will lie in state at the ohio state house. the dates and times are still being determined but he will be buried at the arlington national cemetery. michelle: florida governor rick scott declaring the state has no active cases of zika. this is the first time since the scare this summer. four zones in south florida have been cleared of the also be transmitted from human to human sexually. the spread of the virus at one point prompted travel warnings from the c.d.c. alison: the most popular app getting a pickup from starbucks. you can order pok?mon go frappuccino. it's a frozen raspberry and blackberry flavored version of the vanilla bean frappuccino, targeting kids, of course. it's available across the abc7 is on traffic watch. jamie sullivan is here to talk about th

rick perry sued the epa 18 times during his administration to try to prevent rigorous oversight and enforcement of clean air and things like mercury and arsenic and lead in our air. the same thing with scott pruitt. in eight years, five lawsuits from scott pruitt, trying to, be again, hinder the very agency he is now nominated to lead. it's just absurd. >> yeah, it seems like a lot of these nominations are designed to unwind the cabinet offices they're in. rick perry couldn't remember the three agencies he would eliminate as president. the third one was the one he's about to lead. just sort of quantify for people what we're talking about here. the obama administration now moving to block mining near yellowstone park. you have these industries lusting after drilling up under maining under yellowstone park. are we looking at the yellowstone parks of the world suddenly going under the drill? >> we absolutely are. many of these national parks which most people think are protected and they're iconic places everybody -- not just americans, across the world, love. these places are not protected as much as they should be. and yellowstone

mercury at last 6 mission in 1962. he circled the earth three times, risking his life to push the limits of human exploration into a new frontier, which was the name of that administrationupon his return, glenn was ha hailed as a hero, and one who ultimately helped to fulfill the promise that president kennedy had made to send a man to the moon within a decade. glenn later reentered public life representing his home state of ohio in the u.s. senate. in 1984, he ran unsuccessfully for president, that he took in stride. here he is. >> it's better to have tried and failed than to have failed to try. i guess that's the way i look at it. >> but through all his year in public life, he never lost his pioneering spirit. he made one final launch in 1998, when he was 77. he became the oldest astronaut to ever journey into outer space. joining me right now is democratic strategist, steve mcmahon to my left, and howard fineman, global editorial director -- appropriate title tonight -- global editorial director at "the huffington post" and commander scott albin, a retired astronaut and shuttle commander. so tell me, shuttle commander, what it was like to meet john glenn and what he

administration will be focused on three very important words. jobs, jobs, jobs. whether it's building cars producing steel mercurysease we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here in america and right here in wisconsin. investors are watching the federal reserve today. it is decision day. they're likely to raise interest rates by a quarter of a point. the markets are quiet ahead of the decision. take a look. the futures right now indicating a lower opening for the broader averages. we are off we're off of the low. we may actually see another record center today. retail sales numbers are coming out in about an hour. we will get you those reports as soon as they hit the tape. they are also stalling this morning. take a look at european forces. markets close near the flatline. they're down one half of 1% in china. the company is asking of the supreme court to shield the lawsuits. the companies a new deadline for last-minute shoppers. a new application. group chat. tender taking on tv. we will bring that to you as well. first up silicon valley leaders are meeting with donald trump to