stallone, going to politics. stallone, now that we have trump, we could have stallone as president!e could. it's all -- everything's changed. >> everything is changing. and we would trust stallone. >> yes! >> are you okay over there? >> no! >> what's wrong? >> watch me watch this. how would i -- >> yes, it's a tertiary stimulation. >> are you watching? >> bernie? things are going weird right now. i don't know where to go with this. >> let me just say about rex tillerson, the guy's taking a pay cut from $26 million a year to basically nothing. but as far as some of these celebrities, what about scott -- he's never going to work again. he's going to need a job big-time because he came out strong for -- >> it would be great, he would be press spokesman, like in charge, like he could have nicole egert off on the side. a delightful woman. why don't you enlist hollywood special effects and create fictional superhumans for the cabinet to scare isis. they're so gullible, you could have like giant raptors from "jurassic park" as secretary of defense. >> or like optimus prime. >> yes, perfect

>> recommend it will so, great, and stallone, now we have had trump we could is stallone as presidentd! >> everything has changed. >> everything is changing. >> we would trump stallone. >> are you okay over there? >> watch me watch this. >> are you watching? watching? >> things are going weird and i don't know where to go with this. >> on rex, taking a pay cut from $26 million to nothing, but as far as some of the celebrities, what about scott bao who will never work, he came out strong for --. >> he would be great, press spokesman, in charge, like you could have nicole on the side, a delightful woman. why notten list hollywood special effects four the cabinet to scare isis, fictional characters, they are gullible, giant animals from "jurassic park," and transportation former, do you know what those are kat. >> yes. they transform. >> yes. yes. all right. we will go on that note and i would call that a down note. for america. more of the great show because we are contractually obliged but before we get to that tyrus is getting more comfortable in his new gig and he decided to introduc

. >> robert de niro, sylvester stallone. >> jimmy: why, sylvester stallone?was hot. >> jimmy: yeah, of course. of course, he's a stud, absolutely. and you wanted to be rich and famous, and yeah. >> yeah -- >> jimmy: you got to do everything. did you ever get to work with sylvester stallone? >> i got to work with sylvester stallone once in my life. he produced a pilot that i did, that did not go to series. and it didn't because it was called "father lefty." and it was about a catholic priest, a roman catholic priest, who sang frank sinatra songs by day, and at night was a private detective. [ light laughter ] i don't know why it didn't get picked up. >> jimmy: i want to see "father lefty." >> i was like -- >> jimmy: i love this. i would totally be in to "father lefty." >> yeah, i was like, "i don't know why it didn't get picked up." and, i played the nun who was sassy. [ light laughter ] roman catholic nun. >> jimmy: yeah, of course. >> yeah, with a fro. >> jimmy: "father lefty," oh, my gosh. i wanna see it. i mean here you are "how to get away with murder." o

. >> sylvester stallone apparently turning down a position in the trump administration. actor tells people magazine that he is flattered by reports that trump was identifying him to lead the national endowment for the arts. stallone said he would probably be better suited working for veterans he has been involved with charities for veterans before. >>> well, back here at home, on the weather front, the sun is shining, but not helping much. it is a cold start to the week. let's get out to justin drabick live on the cbs-3 skydeck, with more on what you are headed out today. quite a change from yesterday for sure? >> big difference, up around 60 greeks today struggle to get back above freezing, at least the sunshine going for us it, won't help much. the colds he is day at least through christmas, as we set up the nice warming trend, headed into the official start of the winter season, but yesterday, at noontime, we were signature at 69 degrees, officially at the airport. today coming in at 31. soap, big drop in temperatures, and like i said, struggling to make it back up to

. >> up next, big role sylvester stallone turned d >>> sylvester stallone is reportedly turning down a position in the trump administration. the actor tells people magazine that he is flattered by reports that trump was eyeing him, to lead the national endowment for the arts. stallone says he would probably be better suited working, for veterans. many of you know he has been involved with charities, for veterans, in the past, and done a nice job with that as well. >>> meteorologist kate bilo is joining us now and we're coming out of the deep trees, it seems like, kate. >> we are starting to thaw, so yesterday was a nice thaw, wet day but we hit 60 for daytime highs. then we went backward today. >> yes, we did. >> we will start climbing up, slowly, it is not that pronounced 601 day zero's next day. slow climb in temperatures heading toward christmas. if you have to have warmer weather, it looks like he will come through this year. it is not quite as warm as last year where we were near 07 degrees, warm not this year but not in the 20's and 30's. lets look outside right thousand, we wi

quincy jones, silver stallone, just to name a few people were going to be there.ll of this taking place at mar-a-lago in the grand ballroom. he is literally waiting to meet intel officials until after the party. that's going to take place next week. this weekend is all about partying and bringing in the new year. what do you make of that? >> i think the optics of it are dreadful. i don't think there's any question about that. >> he could have squeezed in an intel meeting on saturday morning and partied out the rest of the year. >> exactly. that's what i said, the optics are dreadful. but i think that if his advisers thought that there was new material that he needed to know now, they would press him to take that meeting. so i think his people think, and i suspect that the democrats in the white house -- or the democrats in the white house -- the white house does, too, that everything that everybody needs to know that they can publish is already out there and none of the private stuff really adds much other than context, which is no small deal, but it's not going t

sly stallone. >> now extreme weather. bone chilling temperatures and white out conditions all of the way from oregon to new york. stranding drivers and grounding flights across the midwest. this is a school bus full of children inside there sliding out of control in an oregon neighborhood. >> look out, look out. >> i am sure the kids were scared. but no one was hurt. that's the good news. >> janice dean. the ugly sweater is off. >> the only reason it has green on it and i am on a green screen. one of these days we will explore the magic of green subpoena. anything that i wear is green is a map. >> i couldn't wear this dress, that is for sure. >> ugly sweaters are going to come up during fox & friends, so get your ugly on. windchills let's talk about it. it is dangerous across much of the country. northern tears the great lakes. minus teens single digits. you get the picture. we have a couple systems bringing wintery weather and possibility of severe weather across the country. here's the first system pushing across the gr

it makes sense because stallone loves art so much that he literally sprints up the stairs when he isuseum. now it is still over a month until trump's inauguration when he will take the oath of office with one hand raised and the other hand on a stack of his own head shots. the president-elect's team, evidently, is having trouble booking stars for the event. but a member of the inaugural committee said elton john is going to be doing our concert on the mall, to which sir elton's publicist said incorrect, he will not be performing, there is no truth in this at all. so we'll put you down for a maybe? well, that's too bad. i was really looking forward to elton singing hold me closer tiny hand sir. (laughter). ♪ things are so bad in the inaugural planning that not one dc area marching band has applied to march in trump's inauguration parade and you know-- (cheers and applause). >> stephen: not one. >> jon: can't get one? >> stephen: not one. and you know the party is lame when the band doesn't want to come. >> jon: man. >> stephen: you know what, ask the chess team, maybe they'll go. we'r

stallone believes he could be more effective bringing national attention to our military. by getting them jobs, housing, financial assistance. stallone has considered going in to publish office himself, but apparently, his wife has talk him out of it, every single time. >> do you think he could be governor of california or something. >> like arnold schwartsenager. >> sure, why not. >> wonder what she said. >> what are movies arnold schwartsenager and stallone make, the indelibles. >> the ex-expendables. >> his wife said said that. >> probably. >> you know, he probably could run for office. >> bob kelly, we have got the city on fire. >> we are getting lit here in this morning, in more ways than one. we are looking live from sky fox over another vehicle fire, on 476. this is number two this morning. this is fully engulfed here. this car fire is into the delay for folks sitting from that tractor trailer fire. this is a live look at the blue route 476, right at saint david, villanova a few moments ago this roadway here was stacked and packed, and with folks that were stuck in

chris stallone has the details. >> donald trump in baltimore for the annual army-navy football game sitting alongside top military brass. next month he will be their commander and chief. he met with rex tillerson, nbc news learned he is trump's pick for secretary of state. >> he said he would try to surround himself with really successful people who did well. what do we find, ceos and people at the top of their profession. >> tillerson was aliaison for the kremlin and was awarded the medal of friendship. >> i believe that vladimir putin is a thug, a bully, a murderer and i believe the relationship between mr. tillerson and vladimir putin needs to be examined. >>> it comes just a few hours after the washington post reported the cia thinks that russia interfered with the u.s. election. >> so you're looking ahead to an early part of the trump presidency where trump will very much dominate the conversation and you can expect to hear a lot of tough questions. >> the trump team slammed the cia and said it is time to move on. >> president obama ordered the intelligence community to completely revi

still thinking of sly stallone and quincy jones at the big party tomorrow night. as one does.he white house obviously has warned donald trump basically challenged him, saying you can't turn this stuff back. you can legally speaking but politically it may be more challenging. we heard from two of the closest allies, john bolton and rudy giuliani. here's what they said. >> is he trying to box in the president-elect? >> of course he is. >> what's he trying to do? >> of course. the 18 months of hacking, why didn't he do something about it ten months ago? it never would have happened. >> look, the russians have walked all over the obama administration for eight years. it's really been a pathetic performance. what the last burst of activity has to say, it's hard to do. i think it will fail boxing the president in. >> so rudy giuliani said if this were the case why didn't they do it months ago, and bolton said if it boxes them in it will fail. shouldn't this exist? >> sure, if you have an extent shall threat that's messing around with the elections you think you'd take preemptive act

now, the president-elect will be celebrating tonight with the likes of sylvester stallone at his annual new year's eve celebration. the soldout bash at his mar-a-lago estate is known for being quite the star-studded event. cecilia? >> it sure is, mary. thank you. >> there will be much more on the president-elect's response to russia. our jonathan karl going one-on-one with the incoming white house press secretary sean spicer. that is tomorrow on "this week." >>> overseas in iraq, 24 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings. the blast went off in a busy market in central baghdad this morning. 39 people injured. isis claiming responsibility for attacks in that iraqi capital. >>> and now to the staggering number of deaths in this country of police officers killed in the line of duty. and tonight the latest casualty in what many are calling the most contentious year in recent memory between the public and their police. this time, a young trooper in pennsylvania shot and killed. here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: that trooper's deadly encounter sparking a massive manhunt. it starte

including sylvester stallone. process will be composed of 8,000 marches including a number of high school and college marching bands. >>> back to new year's eve. it is just a day away. final preparations for the estimates million people that will be watching the ball drop. it is a logistical challenge. brian is joining us now from times square with more of the details at the cross proeds of the world. what are some of the new security measures in place. >> they will be deploying sanitation trucks. 65 of this will be strategically placed. they weigh 20 tons each and they will be full of sand. they are supposed to be unmoveable to protect a crowd from a potential or possible electric attack like what we saw in nice france, where some driver killed 86 people over the summer. and when a truck driver killed some 12 people in a christmas market. they have used sanitation trucks before to protect trump tower and the thanksgiving day parade. also 100 patrol cars places. 7,000 uniformed and plain clothed officers. we're al

and two of the names on the guest list is music executive quincy joan and big- time movie star sly stallonel right. thank you very much, peter. >> andç white house sanctions russia getting praise and criticism while some law makers applauded the decision otherses say too little, too late. what is the net result of president obama's move when it comes to moscow. join ming now is the vice-president are for the center security policy. thank you for being here today, fred. many have been pointing out that russia is accused of sign are attacks for year and not necessarily new. what do you make of the timing of what president obama has done and do the sanctions have teethç >> i am very concerned. as someone who is leaving office as president, mr. obama has a responsibility to ensure the smooth tranition. the world sees this as a petty slap against putin and mr. trump. instead of reciprocating with sanctions against the united states. putin mocked president obama and the sanctions and. shows that mr. obama has no credibility left with putin or the world because of his failed foreign policy. >> re

sylvester stallone may get chairman for national endowment for the arts. lou dobbs will have coverage of trump rally tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern time. nicole: u.s. will respond, quote, time and place of our choosing. the president is scheduled to hold press conference at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. he ends presidency with positive ratings for handling of the economy, according to a new fox poll, 52% of americans approve while 44% disapprove. lauren: wikileaks founder julian assange speaking out about hacked emails about the democratic national committee and john podesta. he was an hannity last night. >> in other words, let me be clear, russia did not give you the podesta documents or anything from the dnc? >> that's correct. >> can you confirm whether or not you have information involving hackedded info from the rnc? >> we received about three pages of information that have to do with rnc and trump but was already public. lauren: it wasn't russia who was it. corporations, even private citizens all vulnerable to cyber-attack like the one on dnc and podesta.

you know, you look at their carreers, sylvester stallone went from rock toy become a star.y's that he was in. >> so do you think he blames -- >> absolutely. there is bitterness there. there was some talk of legal situations when they wanted to use his old footage, his likeness, in the movies in flashback scenes. >> how about creed? didn't see much of him in creed. >> right. although there is talk of him being involved in creed two. flashback scenes. that he would actually appear in. >> one of the famous scenes, ice skating scene here, now, tell us why they ended up just shooting the two characters here. he doesn't have skates on, but she does. >> right. so they went on the date. to this ice skating palace. and, you know, it seems like a very romantic, clever choice to have them on the ice alone, makes it more romantic. but the choice is it was such a low budget movie. they didn't have the money to pay extras and a bunch of people to fill up the ice rink. so they decided just to do the two of them itself. >> it worked out. same situation with the fight scene at the end, righ

there will be celebrities in attendance, stallone will be there, regularis philbin and vanessa williamse not sure how many different celebrities will be there. his big ballroom he built after purchasing ma ra la go will be decorated in what they're describing as an explosion of green and white flowers, so a pretty big celebration planned for the president-elect and he will return back to new york tomorrow. fred? >> okay. ryan noble in washington, thank you so much. before we go to break, we want to look back at some of the musical icons we lost in . . . >>> it has been a particularly busy year in the entertainment world. we witnessed ground-breaking musical performances, a high-profile celebrity divorce and said good-bye to many top performers. cnn contributor and entertainment tonight host, michelle turner, breaks down the ten biggest entertainment stories of 2016. >> reporter: from tv shakeups to relationship breakups 2016 was a year full of scandals and tragedies. no tv show makes noise like the "walking dead." sent twitter into a frenzy with the seventh-season premier death of fan f

there will be some celebrities in attendance, including sylvester stallone. the transition told us that quincy jones, the recording artist and producer was going to be there. jones tweeting he'll be in los angeles. he won't be in florida. fred, donald trump expected to return back to new york tomorrow evening. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> straight ahead in the "cnn newsroom," republican john mccain says russia must pay for hacking the u.s. election. >> when you attack a country, it's an act of war. >> the political fallout and vladmir putin's message to the u.s. >>> then in new york, tight security for tonight's times square new year's eve celebration. a live report. >> a lot you will say and as per usual a lot you will not see. >>> welcome back. while russian president vladmir putin and president elect donald trump bothi dismiss accusations that russia interfered in the y u.s. election. officials are saying there is another attack. a vermont electric company says the same malware was found on one of their laptops. senator leahy says this is beyond hacke

. >> stallone is suggesting he is not interested in an arts-related position in the trump administration, several of the advisories said he was a possibility as chairman for the national endowment of arts. accord to the "new york times" the actor is flattered to have been suggested but would be more effective working for military veterans. >> four senators including john mccain are publicking to credit a committee to investigate russian hacking during the presidential election. the group wants it select committee to look at allegations against russia. they want did develop recommendations on what to do along with new legislation to take action. a republican congressman want as separate investigation interest whether the c.i.a. leaked the hacking information to the "washington post" with details they never told the house of representatives intelligence committee. >> east bay mud should receive test rules of the water from the bay after a sewage overblow on thursday in oakland promptingen welcoming sign to stay away from the bay. when it rains aging sewer pipes cracked allow the rain water

this time around, we know for sure, sylvester stallone will be there and we were told that quincy jones be there but he tweeted that he is in los angeles and won't be there tonight. there will be quite a bit of decorative fare. we are told there will be an explosion of green and white flowers in the ballroom tonight. a lot of celebration expected. the band that will be playing is expected on stage until about 1:00 in the morning and the president-elect will wrap up his vacation there in florida. he will head back to new york tomorrow. then, really begins in earnest the preparations to be inaugurated on january 20th. >> 20 days away. ryan nobles, thank you so much. >>> a look back at 2016. the biggest international stories of the year. as a control enthusiast, i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges. what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. >>> from political scandals to the growing refugee crisis, 2016 wa

more than 800 people are confirmed to attend the party including lvester stallone and quincy jones.called party on the moon will perform. cocktail hour starts at 7:30 followed by dinner and dancing until just about 1:00 a.m. >> all systems are go for the big celebration in times square new york tomorrow night. officials tested the new year's ball today to make sure everything's working just right. >> three, two, one. happy new year. >> after the switch was flipped the ball made its as cents 180 feet to the top of the pole at one times square. this year's ball is made of more than 32,000led lights and 2600 waterford crystals. pretty. >> you can't get out? >> no. [laughter] >> okay. >> and ryan seacrest host of the new year's rocking eve here on 6abc had a little trouble in an elevator this morning in times square. seacrest was going up to see the new year's ball but he got stuck in an elevator in the building. he and some producers from "good morning america" were actually trapped for 40 minutes. seacrest tweeted a play by play of the incidentig here and said on new year's he may be

nbc's chris stallone tells us why there's so many people traveling this year. >> the nation's largest auto club, aaa says they expect about 103 million americans, the most at any time in history, to be in holidays. now the vast majority of those people will be driving some 93 million people hitting the road over the course of the next week or so. that's about a 1.5% increase over last year. and if you're hoping to find some relief at the airports, no such luck. aaa says they expect about six million people to fly this week. and that's an increase offer in from 2.5% to 3.5% over last year. so the friendly skies might be quite crowded this year. what's driving this? aaa says the economy, gas prices remain low and consumer confidence is continuing to grow. and so more people are feeling the ability to pay for holiday travel. what are some of the most popular destinations? >> according to aaa, warm weather is certainly a draw this time of year. some of their most popular trips being booked for this week include las vegas, orlando, anaheim and san diego. in atlanta, i'm chris pollone, nbc

there will be some celeb brits in attendance, sylvester stallone is expected to be there, we thoughtdance for tonight but he tweeted this morning that he's in los angeles. in the past celeb brits like regis philbin and vanessa williams have been there. the ballroom is also going to be ex decorated with an explosion of green and white flowers, everything up and celebratory for that party at mar lag fwoe. this will wrap up donald trump's vacation, certainly a working vacation at the mar-a-lago resort. he will head back to new york tomorrow and begin the final preparations for his swearing in on january 20th. suzanne. >> all right. ryan, thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> i want to talk more about this new russian hacking claim with former cia operative bob bear. happy new year of course. your perspective very valuable here. your understanding that there is a chain of evidence that is implicating russia. so tell us how it is that we got from this new cyber breach, if you will, to russia. >> well, suzanne, i think what we talked about first was an intelligence assessment if the russia

supposed to be 800 others, including sylvester stallone and fabio. >> quite a lineup. peter, thank you very much. >>> i agree with the president-elect that we need to get on without having elections affected by any outside influence, especially vladimir putin who is a thug and a murderer. >> i think the sanctions need to go beyond what exist today. think they need to name putin as an individual and his individual circle. nothing happens in russia without his knowledge and approval. >> that's senator john mccain and lindsey graham condemning russian president vladimir putin for his alleged roll in the hacking. let's bring in new york congressman peter king, member of the house homeland security committee and chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence. good to have you here today. >> thank you, uma. happy new year. >> happy new year to you, too, sir. it's not clear if this incident of attempting to hack the electric grid is an isolated event or not, how concerned are you that russia is waging a clear effort to potentially manipulate grids around th

and we expect that sylvester stallone and quincy jones will be among the guests.dinner and dancing will be there. they will be ringing in the new year, unlike many americans, in a very posh style. and ringing in a year that will send them to the white house. so we don't know of any other events today, or if we will even see the president-elect in public. so we're watching that. but twitter is his instant early-morning way, any time of the day, way of communicating to the public. to the media, to the voters, even around the world. and we saw that today. and like so many of his tweets, there are a couple of different messages. the happy new year wish, the noting that he has many enemies, suggesting they haven't gotten over his victory. and then sort of the trademark exclamation point after the word "love." how you interpret that, could that be part of his message of saying he will be a president looking to unify the country after a contentious election? and at the same time, is still uncomfortable with those who continue to criticize him. that's what makes a donald

actor sylvester stallone says he's flattered that the president-elect was yooig eyeing him to lead thedowment for the arts saying he would be better suited working for veterans. the actor added he's not a republican, though he has supported gop candidate in the past. >>> north carolina legislators will meet tomorrow to formally repeal hb-2, widely known as the bathroom bill. state leaders struck a deal to get rid of that controversial law. it rirz transgender people to use rest rooms according to the sex on their xwirt certificates. several cities band city travel to north carolina because of this law. >>> uber is failing to yield to demands that take its self-driving cars off san francisco roads. at least one of them was spotted driving in the city. this is video provide by the company. on friday state prosecutors threatened legal action at the san francisco company didn't immediately remove the cars from city streets. uber vowed to continue the pilot program it launched last wednesday saying the cars aren't subject to self-driving regulations because the vehicles are not allowed to d

service checkpoint down the road where they will be swept alongside stars like fabio and sylvester stallonegregg? >> sounds like a lot of fun! all right. we'll check back with you, peter doocy, in palm beach. >>> and in 20 days, donald trump will become the 45th president of the united states, and what a transition period this has been. for more on this, vince collinais is here, the editor in chief for "the daily caller." good to see you. happy new year's eve. >> happy new year's eve. >> so did president obama's sanctions against russia pretty much derail any possibility of a smooth transition? >> well, it's one of many factors, i think, that's thrown obstacles in the way of donald trump's taking office in a smooth way. so, yeah, both men have attempted this high-wire act. they met immediately after the election and promised that a smooth transition would take place. president obama was very clear about that. and since then, we know that both men have been speaking somewhat regularly in an effort to make that transition work, including having many people within the administration reach out

we're told the trump family will be joined by luminares like fabio and sylvester stallone.e don't know what we will see of this party once night falls and people start showing up but i can say i saw something for the first time in many, many days here near mr. trump's property at mar-a-lago about an hour ago a helicopter flew over the causeway with the trump name printed on the tail and landed right on the back lawn. we don't know who may have been getting dropped off, who may have been getting picked up. but it has not taken back off. it's sitting over there behind a couple of trees. >> peter, how are trump allies responding to his message for vladimir putin? >> so mr. trump said he thinks that putin is a smart guy after he found out that the russian president does not plan to retaliate against the united states for punishing the kremlin for allegedly interfering with the u.s. election. and trump ally governor mike huckabee said today that the trump flattery of putin is all part of a larger plan. >> i don't think donald trump has any illusion about helping to make russia g

sylvester stallone may have a brand-new role but we're not talking movies.s sylvester stallone to chair the national endowment for the arts. the agency funds aspiring creative projects, all that stuff. u.s. sources earlier this year told variety magazine i love donald trump and those are your headlines. >>> that makes him expendable in hollywood. >> what is is in your coffee today? you are just like screaming out! >> he's excited it's friday. >>> coming up, it's a classless comment. alan thicke died to avoid living under the trump administration. and she's famous, we'll find out who said that. >> and is the better brella really better? we'll put it to the test. of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. for all day and all night protection... banish the burn... with nexium 24hr. >>> baby, it's cold outside. extreme weather, bone-chilling temperatures and white-outs from oregon to new york state. heavy snow and grounding thousands of flights throughout the upper midwest. >> watch. this school bus full of kids slides out of control in an oreg

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sly stallone, fabio. the featured guests, president-elect, wife melania and son baron. we expect to see people driving by a few hours from there. >> peter doocy, at least you get a little snack for new year's eve. appreciate it, sir. good to see you. >>> there's fresh evidence that the bad blood between washington and moscow will carry into the new year, this time over allegations that russian hackers tried to penetrate a computer program linked to vermont's electrical grid. caroline shively is chasing the details. >> the electric company found malware on a company laptop yet after the department of homeland security shared the code with utility, financial and transportation companies. the laptop wasn't connected to the power grid system. here is senator leahy's response. state sponsored russian hacking is a serious threat and the attempts to penetrate the electric grid are the latest example. this is beyond hackers having an electronic joy ride. this is about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of winter. as puni

one which stallone said he wouldn't take if offered. melania trump and mr.arron are also expected to be there. 2016 has been a rough year for hillary clinton. it's not over yet. the year has one last cruel trick to play on clinton. the former democratic nominee's book "hard choices" spotted at a store discounted from $34 to $4.09. abby? >> thank you, clayton. transitioning here. another officer growing list of tragic statistics. a pennsylvania state trooper killed last night adding to the 64 police officers killed by gunfire this year alone. that is up more than 50% from last year. meanwhile, another slap in the face to law enforcement. this painting is now hanging in our nation's capitol depicting police officers as pigs. steve is a former west chester county new york police officer and retired police sergeant and he joins us now with reaction. good morning to you, sir. thank you for being here. >> good morning. >> off the top you say police officers naturally have a thick skin your reaction to that picture hanging in our capitol. >> best way to describe it

sill vester stallone isn't interested but in a statement he writes quote i believe i could be more effective>> and the oval office meets the octagon. ufc legend chuck lidell saying he is ready to work for donald trump. >> would you be interested in a personal security gig for donald trump? >> that would be fun. i would have plenty of fun with that one. >> he could be is official white house bouncer. >> no one would be getting into the white house. >> that's a great idea. >>> putting the spin on a christmas classic urging americans to get on board the trump train. he is excited for the new trump administration. ♪ ♪ >>. [ laughter ] he joins us now to show us the inspir rachlg inspirati inspiration. how did you come up with the idea? >> a lot of my friends saying they woke up like it was christmas morning. >> oh. >> and another friend of mine gave me the suggestion and said you should try to do a christmas paro parody. he gave me the idea for the song. the title didn't hit me until hours later. when i thought the most wonderful time in eight years i knew it would be a winner. >> and video the