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. ♪ the holiday season is upon us here in midtown, manhattan, a tradition as famous as the christmasitself, the radio city rockettes at the christmas spectacular. i've been working on the high kicks, but something tells me i might need a pointer or two. somewhere in between four shows a day and 300 kicks per show, two members of the iconic precision dance team took a little time to secrets. they met me backstage in the most holly, jolly, sparkly room this side of the north pole. >> this is one of our rooms where we would get dressed in between numbers. some of the changes are 90 seconds. we have eight costume changes. we wouldn't be able to do it without our amazing costume crew. the backstage crew here during the show is just as important as what the audience sees on stage. >> reporter: forget the elves, the costume crew is the hardest working team this time of the year. >> every one of the 80 rockettes on stage have custom made outfits. >> add iing up to 350 loads of laundry a week, 16 hours a week, and 20 hours on the weekends, but thank goodness someone is doing the laundry. this

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be at the times square new york separation with thousands of additional officers patrolling midtown manhattandozen of trucks will be used as bears where clouds are to prevent a berlin style attack with no credible threats. the mayor of new york said there will be security elements that people will not see. >> at the you will see and as usual, a lot of you not see. that is the combination that coaches us safe and that is what the new york police department have perfected. >> city officials are expecting two million people to be at times square this weekend. security also bumped up in pasadena ahead of the rose parade, with enhanced security measures along the 5 1/2 mile route and the police chief promised this year will be the most security the parade has of been with federal, state, and local law enforcement working together. you can watch the parade right here start at 8:00 a.m. on monday january 2nd. >> we help you countdown they are testing the confetti in the big apple and you can catch it without missing the precious shut eye. that is next. anything with a screen is a tv. stream 130 live

authorities released video of the theft which happened in midtown manhattan in december. with a bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million. police believe the man and the bucket of gold are in florida. >>> what's for breakfast? around here we love our pop tarts. >> yes the quick easy breakfast. if you want the same, you're in luck. new flavors are about to hit the shelves and let's just say they're incredible. donuts and pop tarts. >>> how much do americans spend on their pets this time of year? the surprising numbers coming up in our next half hour. >>> it's cold out in the valley. we'll tell you which cities are colder than us and there's not many. >>> oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree, so cold in here we'll tell you about a great festival happening this weekend and the emergencies -- -- ?? from all of us at sanderson farms, we wish you and your family a merry christmas and happy holidays! there is a place, like no other. where a walk down main street, can fill you with wonder. and the smile of a mouse can spark joy. where magic is spread with every touch,

. >> in midtown manhattan last month, south fifth avenue turned into a land of a thousand delights. that's the theme of the show running every ten minutes this evening from now until 9 new year the display of 225,000 programmable lights stroal foald christmas took months to produce and six weeks to install. >> welcome to american christmas. >> this is it. this is my dream, you understand. >> this is a christmas wonderland for sure. >> it really is. and it started here, fred schwam and his company american christmas. >> so this is 14th diameter wreath that will hang in the general motors building on fifth avenue. >> we visid back in october just days before these treasures were trucked down to manhattan. >> feet and it is filled with every type of christmas decoration and display that you could imagine. >> candy canes. 57th street. >> these are 18 foot tall candy canes that hang at indemnify west 57th street. this is a section of the 72 foot half ground tree that gets mounted on the facade of the marquee at radio city. >> that's it. the tree is wired with 10,000 led lights it took 25

peter is live at trump tower in midtown manhattan. what do we know that the president-elect's meeting with rahm emanuel? >> reporter: it sounds like the mayor came their midtown manhattan with some advice and some explanation. the advice, the mayor says, was about white house operations. because emanuel was one of president obama's chief of staff. the mayor said he spoke to some top trump staffers about the way things should work when they start working in washington come january. as for the explanation that the mayor had for the president-elect, he said it was about immigration and specifically the reasons he thinks chicago works well as a sanctuary city. >> i was clear about where i stood and other mayors stood on immigrants, that we welcome them because they are striving for the american dream. but also then how to make as a city and a country key invest nmts both the talent, the training, as well as the transportation to drive economic growth. >> mayor emanuel said the president-elect told them on drop a line if he was ever in new

lights and will stay on display in midtown manhattan through >>> now a bah humbug counterpart by this disgruntled beaver that ransacked the aisle in the dollar store in maryland. animal control arrived. they snapped a few photos with the help of a sheriff's deputy before they subdued the mischievous beaver and relocated it far from the big lights of the holiday displays. >> maybe he wanted to get into escape the cold. >>> that's what we're all thinking as temperatures have cooled down significantly, a far cry from how we started off the month, 60s, 70s and one 80- degree day this month, temperatures running well above average, precipitation slightly below and the snowfall 1.7 inches officially at dia. of course, our average for the month, 7.5. looking ahead toward december, of course, a nice cooloff, temperatures usually running in the low 30s, .1-inch about 3 -- precipitation about .3 inches. right now it looks like florida is the only folks looking at below average precipitation. tonight out at dia it's quiet and calm, temperatures cooling off in the mid-20s under mostly clear skies

tonight the president-elect trump is back out here at midtown manhattan having dinner with his family not far from trump tower. here is a look at the scene as the future family is leaving. >> as for the news of the transition tonight, a former republican primary rival of the president-elect is now his choice to run the department of housing and urban development. here is vice president-elect mike pence sharing that news with reporters today outside trump tower. >> we are excited to have doctor carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development. we are looking forward to another productive week in the transition that sets this historic phase. >> trump reserved some of his criticisms at the time for doctor ben carson of a particular note. trump's comments at a campaign event in iowa last november. >> he said he's got pathological disease, if you are a child molester, there is no cure, they cannot stop you. pathological, there is no cure. he went after his mother with a hammer, he wanted to hit her in the head or he hit her on the head or he wanted to hit her on the head. t

so i met up with the doctor at the dermatology and laser group in midtown manhattan to tag along withmed brook, 25 and getting her first round of botox. >> i don't get it. why? why botox? >> it's time to start being preventive and taking action instead of waiting until later. reporter: once we got into the office, the procedure was so simple and took ten minutes. the process looks completely painless. still, why are people getting this done in their 20s, we barely have wrinkles? >> botox is great at any age, getting it young has a particular benefit. you are treating with smaller amounts of botox so you don't get the overdone look. reporter: botox isn't just for wrinkles, i met up with sam getting it in a very interesting place. >> okay. >> i found out i was sweating a lot, i feel like i'm getting a physical reaction to the deodorant, i have hyperhydrosis, too much sweating, and botox is a cure for that and literally changed my armpits' life. >> these women are worried about long-term effects, it's a poison. >> the poison has been taken out of formula. they made it so pure there is no

now based out of midtown manhattan, her clients include people like katie parry, rihanna, snoop dogg, snoop dogg owns five peers of the same sunglasses. but of course she has a queen sparkle herself, ms. lady gaga. how does a girl with perfect vision start a new eyewear business. did she always love sparkle? >> i've always been like this and i have always loved glitter and crystal. the work work i did when i was younger was a lot when you're 16 it's a lot different in that evolved into custom projects. >> she sold her first pair of glasses on a fluke. she is working working for the ultimate pop-culture icon, patricia fields note for styling sex and the city. i know you know who she is. even my even my dad watches sex in the city. so she washed walks into the store and the buyers go nuts. there like where did you get those? and i'm not like thinking anything. like i made unless night. >> they buy a baton of them. katy perry and mariah carey wants him and then lady gaga styluses i'm doing a video a little thing called alejandro, would would you do some custom work? and obviously she did

you can see thick black smoke from as far away as midtown manhattan. police say there were no serious injury. >> the family of a murdered singer is suing the promotion company and the orlando concert venue where she was killed. ♪ christina grimmie's family says aeg and the venue failed to have proper security in place. a 24-year-old man shot and killed the singer while she was signing autographs in june. and then he killed himself. >>> starting next month, pennsylvania will begin accepting applications to grow and distribute medical marijuana. it's the first step in the month-long process to get approval. health officials expect about 900 applications from philadelphia alone. a law signed earlier this year makes medical marijuana legal in pill, oil, vapor or liquid in pennsylvania but you're not allowed to smoke it here. medical marijuana is legal as well in delaware and new jersey. >>> new details on a story we first told you about yesterday morning. the state of pennsylvania is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the port of philadelphia c

this year, a massive security presence in midtown, manhattan. hello, everybody. happy new year. i'm gregg jarrett. >> hi, everyone. i'm arthel neville. happy new year's eve to everyone. while there's no credible threat of any kind, police and officials in new york city are taking tonight's celebration very seriously, though. this comes after recent terror attacks in germany and france. right now, dozens of 20-ton trucks blocking the streets of midtown manhattan, with 7,000 officers patrolling the area, and brian llenas is smack dab in the middle of it all, where all of the action kicks off in a few hours. so brian, tell us what else is nypd doing to secure times square? >> reporter: well, happy new year to you, arthel. and you know what, this is unprecedented security in 112 years that new year's eve has been celebrated here in times square. we're talking about some 7,000 uniformed and plainclothesed police officers here throughout times square. some 2 million people here, if you remember. we're also talking about some critical response command counterterrorism units. these unit

. >>> despite rain and extra tight security holiday revelers swarmed into midtown manhattan for the annual tree lighting ceremony. >> thousands gathered in rockefeller center to watch as the 94-foot-tall norway spruce came alive, 50,000 colored lights on it. once the holl days are over it will be milled into lumber and donated to habitat for humanity. >>> still ahead, how lack of sleep is costing this country billions of dollars. >>> and the deadly plane crash in colombia. hear what the pilot said moments before it went down and see new video showing the soccer team boarding that night. >>> plus, the woman who on the side of the road. her husband is talking about the >>> this h >>> this house in upstate new york was leveled in what's to get out alive. authorities say it was likely a methane gas leak since work was being done on the septic tank. >>> investigators looking into the plane crash that killed a soccer team reached the new finding that the plane did not have enough fuel on reserve. it went down on monday night in colombia killing 71 people. authorities say there was no fuel found

the carnegie deli closing for good last night after nearly 80 years in midtown manhattan. getting hungry just looking at that video. folks have been lining up all week to get their hands on one last pastrami sandwich and slice of cheesecake. i'm leland vittert. see you at the top of the hour with elizabeth prann. >>> tinseltown, gage worried about the backlash of playing ronald reagan. only a matter of time before the president obama movie is made. what if an actor was playing him in a positive way, would he be bashed or more likely get an oscar. >> are you really asking me that question? >> leading the witness. guilty. >> oscar, nobel and probably face on mount rushmore. if nichololas cage is playing him -- >> i don't have a cinematic choice of nicolas cage. but i did like face-off back in the day. look, if he wants to turn it down, he can turn it down any reason he wants, especially if he thinks it might not be historically active. >> this is going to be a big movie, right? i don't know. look, what's with hollywood. they can't even portray a conservative and not get bash

you could see the thick black smoke from as far away as midtown manhattan. witnesses saw a first responder being carried away on a stretcher. >>> family and friends gathered to remember a boy killed when his home went up in flames. the emotional vigil for the 11-year-old elliott jenkins on mill street. families released dozens of balloons in the air to honor him. he died when fire tore through the house. his father suffered serious burns. >>> the murder of a south jersey singer family is suing a promotion company and the owner of the venue of the promotion where she was killed. christina grimmie's family said aeg failed to have proper security in place. someone killed the singer while she was singing in june. >>> it's a quarter to 5:00 this thursday morning. 32 degrees outside. let's take it state by state and county by county, for a look at stories happening in your neighborhood. more than a dozen to support the food bank of new jersey. will get resources needs to accept more food donations. a $25,000 grant from walmart will pay for freezers and other items

. >> reporter: in midtown manhattan last month, saks fifth avenue turned into a land of a thousand delights theme of the show running every ten minutes each evening from now until the new y ar. the display of 225,000 25ogrammable lights, foliage and crystals took 11 months to produce and six weeks to install. >> welcome to american christmas. >> reporter: this is it! and this is my dream, you understand. >> this is a christmas wonderland, for sure. >> reporter: it really is. and it started here, with fred schwam and his company, american christmas. >> so this is 14-foot diameter wreath that will hang in the general motors building on fifth avenue. in reporter: we visited back in wtober, just days before these treasures were trucked down to manhattan. >> the building is 110,000 square feet and it is filled with every type of christmas decoration and display that you could imagine. >> reporter: candy canes! 57th street. >> these are 18-foot-tall candy canes that hang at 9 west 57th street. this is a section of the 72-foot half-round tree that gets mounted on the facade, on the marquee at radi

. >>> despite rain and extra tight security holiday revelers swarmed into midtown manhattan for the annual tree lighting ceremony. ll: three, two, one. >> thousands gathered in rockefeller center to watch as the 94-foot-tall norway spruce lights on it. once the holl days are over it will be milled into lumber and donated to habitat for humanity. >>> still ahead, how lack of sleep is costing this country billions of dollars. >>> and the deadly plane crash in colombia. hear what the pilot said moments before it wt down and see new video showing the soccer team boarding that night. >>> plus, the woman who vanished and appeared weeks later dumped on the side of the road. her husband is talking about the ordeal in an abc news exclusive. ? happy holidays from crayola. so when do i start? um, shouldn't it be"spoke" can somebody turn on the a/c? i'm melting here. ?air marker spraayer!!!? chemistry, baby! so i just hold this part and spraaaaaay... i'm okay. the holidays just got more surprising. you can find these great gifts and more in the crayola aisle. hey, pal. what, you got a cough this winte

watch some of the activity in midtown manhattan. [chanting] [indiscernible] >> show me what democracy looks like. >> this is what democracy looks like. [chanting] >> we are the popular vote. we are the popular vote. [chanting] >> my pussy, my choice! my pussy, my choice! [chanting] >> and again, from outside that fifth avenue.t's we will go inside and check out the lobby and the cameras there shooting the scene for us today. and we are going to head back outside trump tower in new york city. >> climate change is real! climate change is real! [chanting] >> show me what democracy looks like! >> this is what democracy looks like! >> show me what democracy looks like! >> this is what democracy looks like! [chanting] >> now is the season to say no to treason. now is the season to say no to treason. [chanting] >> we will check back here at trump tower later today. we will head to capitol hill for a brief pro forma session in the u.s. house. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communicatio

. >>> despite some rain and extra tight security, holiday revelers still swarmed into midtown manhattan for the annual tree lighting ceremony. >> all: three, two, one. >> thousands gathered in rockefeller center to watch as the 94-foot-tall norway spruce came alive, 50,000 colored lights on it. once the holidays are over, the tree will be milled into lumber and donated to habitat for humanity. >>> well, still ahead, how lack of sleep is costing this country billions of dollars. >>> and the deadly plane crash in colombia. hear what the pilot said moments before it went down and see new video showing the soccer team boarding that flight. >>> plus, the woman who vanished and appeared weeks later dumped on the side of the road. her husband is talking about the ordeal in an abc news exclusive. when i have an asthma attack... i feel scared. sometimes my parents have to take me to the hospital. i feel like a fish with no water. you know how to react to their asthma attacks. here's how to prevent them. call... visit... or call your doctor. because... >>> this house in upstate new york was level

thousands of people gathered in midtown manhattan for the free, but rainy, celebration. mayor bill de blasio got some help from saturday night live stars alec baldwin and kate mckinnon lighting up the 94- foot tall norway spruce. cover the tree. the rockefeller christmas tree has been a holiday tradition since 1931. the tree will be on display until january 6th. just in time for the holidays... an arizona hotel unveils a massive gingerbread village... it's an annual tradition at the j-w marriott desert ridge hotel in phoenix.. this year the theme is "under the sea" -- and pastry chefs began crafting the ocean dream in october. they and one thousand pounds of chocolate to create the village. it includes sand made out of sugar, seaweed made out pulled sugar, an octopus made out of chocolate and a shark made out of rice krispies.. the gingerbread village will be on display throughout the holidays... a british grocery store is going a little christmas crazy. take a look at this --- the shop tesco is selling mulled wine scented toilet paper. the product comes with little gold

they met in midtown manhattan to start out a game plan. >> i enjoyed meeting with the president-elect and talked about the transition and we are excited about hitting the work and getting the country back on track. thank you, guys. >> there was a twist in the secretary of state sweepsteaks. jennifer griffin reports back to exxon mobile extiler ston. mitt romney's fallen. and rudy guiliani is in a weaker position because he talked so much to the press about wanting to be the top diplomat. last night in des moines mr. trump defended the cabinet picks. he said he wants people who made a fortune on their own. and this morning, top advisor kelli nan conway brushed aside criticism he's putting too many generals in the cabinet room as well. >> i say it is a refreshing rewarding departure from awarding donors. generals are serious people, steve. they have proven themselves literaly on the battlefield and figuratively with distinguished service in the military and on behalf of the nation. i keep reading is there a quota for tough minded, accomplished people? >> reporter: we are are minutes awa

streets in midtown manhattan were blocked off, and the crowd watched signaled how they felt about the president-elect. at laguardia, we drove right up to trump force one. it was the first time we could find a president-elect was going to an army/navy game. mr. trump climbed on board the plane, he says, is a step up from air force one. much of his team was there. chief of staff reince priebus and senior adviser steve bannon, national security adviser general mike flynn, and rudy giuliani, who just took himself out of the running for secretary of state. once we leveled off, i asked the president-elect about his new life. army/navy game. in a sense, is this your unofficial debut as commander in chief? >> no, it's just something i've wanted to see. it's beautiful. it's hopefully going to be a good game. but really just something i want to see. it's the armed forces. i love and respected armed forces. it's going to be -- i think we're going to have a good time. >> you spent five years at the new york military academy, a boarding school, where you became the captain of cadets. what did you

many midtown manhattan we have watched it play out. plus this report about wasteful government spending. it was uncolored they did a report at the pend gone that showed hundreds of millions in waste, but nobody there wanted anyone to know about what they found and why, when we come back. generosity is its own form of power. you can handle being a mom for half an hour. i'm in all the way. is that understood? i don't know what she's up to, but it's not good. can't the world be my noodles and butter? get your mind out of the gutter. mornings are for coffee and contemplation. that was a really profound observation. you got a mean case of the detox blues. don't start a war you know you're going to lose. finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. >>> we're back with a fox news alert as the president-elect makes another unexpected visit to the camera today. he made this announcement, watch. >> he just agreed to invest $50 billion in the united states and 50,000 jobs. he is one of

security after truck attacked targeted crowds in germany and france, thousands of officers in midtown manhattanthey always do along with bomb sniffing dogs in an important weekend. the nypd detective. it is a new day, we have seen so much happen here. we see so many people for in 2 times square. you got extensive experience in the field spanning several years in israel. you seen a lot and hurt a lot around the world. widget we know going in this year. what happens in recent months. >> new york city and nypd. and the monitoring and goaltenders, and with learning tactics, >> we know the sand and sanitation trust. to secure the perimeter. why was the measure put in place before, last year or the year before? >> it is a tactic at a major event. there were many attacks, they were not talking major even. it is not like they targeted parades or social events. gregg: bad guys watch news coverage like we all do. we hear about nypd, and things we see. an invisible layer of protection. that always makes us feel good to know something is not out there publicly. secrets that you can't share that, we should

dagen: 2 million people expected to welcome in the new year in midtown manhattan this weekend, new york city isn't taking any chances when it comes to security. the new york pice department, nypd deploying 65-ton garbage truck filled with sand and police to block off intersections in direct response to truck attacks like those we have seen in tberm any and south of france. officials say the trucks will be a staple at big events in the future. >> it's a changing world and we have to look around what's going on not just in the united states but all around the world, so thiss mething that'll be part of the future. dagen: if you plan on joining the party in time square this year, leave your alcohol, your backpacks and umbrellas at home. lauren: but it might rain when the ball drops. dagen: wear a hood. lauren: nationwide cease fire seems to be taking effect. the large areas of the country do remain calm. the deal comes just days aft syrian forces regain control of the strategic city of aleppo, peace talks between both sides are expected to take place next year. dagen: other news, a mid-air

plus, a symbol of the season in midtown manhattan... the christmas tree at rockefeller center in new up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. meteorologist justin gehrts joins us now. welcome to the first day of meteorologic al winter! it sure will feel like it.a stray flurry may be possible early this morning; otherwise we're dealing with cloudy skies once again today. temperatures will start off in the low 30s, but warm into the middle to will also be strong again today, blowing out of the west at 10 to 20 mph. the clouds will stick with us throughout the evening hours, but the winds will start to die down out of the west at 5 to 10 mph. low temperatures will drop into the won't change much for the rest of the week and into the weekend. the dreary skies will remain and high temperatures will stay in the middle to upper 30s. it won't be until sunday where the chance for snow arrives back into the forecast. today: cloudy and cool. wind: w 10-20. high: 38 alo: 38 dbq: 38 iow: 39 35 to 41 tonight: cloudy. wind: w 5-10. low: 30 alo:

he spent most of his time in new york city and now bill de blasio he's at his apartment in midtown manhattan nap amounts to $500,000 a day. total, $35 million from election day to the inauguration. >> he's the president-elect of the united states of america. i didn't vote for him. i don't agree with him but he's the president-elect. e he has to do what he thinks will allow him to put together the team to govern this nation. >> this issue certainly won't e resolve itself after the melania trump and the couple's son expect to stay at trump tower until at least the end of the school year. the president-elect says he plans to come home regularly to be with them. >>> civil rights leaders are calling on trump to withdraw his nomination for attorney general today. the reverend jesse jackson joined other civil rights advocates at a news conference in d.c. this afternoon saying that the president-elect should withdraw the nomination of senator jeff sessions and session has a record of the voting rights act. >> these nominations that represent such a threat, particularly the sessions nomination, a thr

. ♪ midtown, manhattan, there, live from bloomberg. we have breaking data. hyman is at the markets desk looking at oil inventories. julie: yes, we are awaiting the data in just moments. this is as we see the price of oil fallback today on an anticipated supplied build or supply dynamics that are not going to be good, but in fact we are seeing a bigger drawdown than anticipated in crude supplies. a drop of 2.6 million barrels million --ersus 1.4 excuse me, that was estimated. we see a built-in cushing, oklahoma -- build in cushing, oklahoma. that build initially dampened any enthusiasm over a supply drop. up.line inventories a drawdown in desolate inventories of 762,000 barrels. this would appear to be bullish for oil prices. take a look at the bloomberg, which is showing this immediate reaction in the price of oil. an immediate leg up. even though oil prices are still down 1.3% in u.s. trading. we will continue to monitor the u.s. reaction to this. we will see if we have a settling out here. initially, it looks like folks are reading this as positive, but no

. >> if i put that engagement ring on her finger at grand central station in midtown manhattan, what happens. >> unaudible. >> no. >> it changes the law but same as here. if you gave it to her as a conditional gift and -- >> she should give it back. >> christmas came early. >> well, thank you, heather. >> merry chris mass. >> you do not even -- >> what is that? no, no way. >> if that were the case you to not ask for it back. you do not. if there was enough time in on a relationship and you just don't. you just let that be. >> that is what i say. >> really. >> you are not being serious. >> about asking? >> i have no words. >> i have no word. >> i'm not in this. >> use your words. >> families across the country are gearing up for christmas dinner, as you know in the business insider, is taking a look at which recipes people are searching and googling, more than any other in certain parts of the country. so business insider is a magazine. >> this is pretty interesting, not what everybody is making but what everybody is googling for us we're still on thanksgiving. >> turkey stuffing. >>

we are looking live at trump tower in midtown manhattan where president-elect donald trump meeting withtwo of his former campaign rivals and red state democrat senator. mr. trump appears to settle what could be the most important piece of his incoming administration, his pick for secretary of state. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner, meghan mccain, host of "kennedy," on fox business, kennedy, today's #oneluckyguy, host of "lou dobbs tonight" on fox business. lou bobs is here. he is outnumbered. >> great to be here. good to see everybody. happy monday. sandra: you have a lot to say, we might as well get started. >> okey-doke. i'm ready. sandra: president-elect donald trump meeting with carly fiorina and rick

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from his house, from his apartment building in midtown manhattan but particularly for people trying tor the presidential transition, that has posed some challenges. i want you to watch this tape. this is reporters trying to cover some protesters who had just come to the president-elect's transition offices to plead their case. watch. >> hi, do you want to come talk to us? >> so we are here -- >> hold on. this is the microphone. hold on. everybody get -- >> one second. >> there you go. >> so we are here to deliver over -- >> the mike, sir. >> over 400,000 signatures. >> it's about -- >> you won't let them talk? >> nope. >> if you're trying to cover the goings on of the highest profile public office in the world, let alone this country, when the hub of all of that activity happens not at taxpayer funded offices but in public, instead, inside the incoming president's house, it turns out that comes with some confusing and hard to predict restrictions on what kind of news coverage, if any, is allowed in that space. and that's the least of it. the really spook of it is next. stay with us. yo

that is the beautiful beer of midtown manhattan from bloomberg world headquarters in new york and london vonnie quinn. mark: she is trimming of a white christmas. i'll mark barton am mark barton. this is "bloomberg markets." fingers crossed. let's get to bloomberg first news. syria, the evacuation of aleppo has begun. syrian activist said people started orting buses and ambulances for the journey out of the city, which has been under siege for months. it amounts to a rebel surrender of the strongholds, and syrian forces now control nearly all of aleppo. theresa may in brussels for the meeting of the european union leaders. those officials are going to talk about europe's future over dinner, but may is not divided and she says she's fine with that. >> i welcome the fact that the other leaders will be meeting to discuss brexit tonight and we are going to invoke article 50 for negotiations by the end of march next year. it is right there is leaders prepare for those negotiations as we have been preparing. we want that to be a smooth and orderly process, not just in our interest that the int

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. >> in midtown manhattan last month. saks fifth avenue turned into land of 1,000 delights. the theme of the show running every ten minutes each evening from now until the new year. the display of 225,000 programmable lights strobes foliage and crystals took 11 months to produce and six weeks to install. >>well come to am cap christmas. >> this is it. i mean this is my dream. you understand. >> this is a christmas wonderland for sure. >> reporter: it really is. it started here with fred schwam and his company american christmas. >> this is 14-foot diameter wreath that will hang in the general motors building on fifth avenue. >> reporter: we visited back in october just days before the treasures were trucked done to manhattan. >> the building is 110,000 square feet. it is filled with every type of christmas decoration and display you can imagine. >> reporter: candy canes. >> these are. >> reporter: of 57th street. >> 18 foot tall candy canes. this its a section of the 72-foot, half round tree that gets mounted on the facade. >> reporter: the full tree is wired with 10,000 led