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john kirby, spokesman for the state department. good to have you with me. when you see the president-elect's tweet, does trump's threat more likely that kim jong-un will try to strike america? >> i think this is a regime in pyongyang that it's proven it's willing to continue to pursue these kinds of capabilities in the face of growing and galvanizing international community pressure. so, look, we've seen no indication that they aren't serious about developing these programs despite what is already a lot of pressure on them not to do that. that doesn't mean, however, that we can turn our blind eye to it or turn away and we'll continue to watch it closely. i would say that the sanctions regime that's in place are the most aggressive that we've had in nearly two decades. the international community continues to work to implement those and we'll see, sanctions tyke time. we'll see what effect they have. >> one of the big questions is what happens if north korea does perfect this missile and what we've seen estimates out there, they could make progress this year

john kirby used twitter to call on turkish media to stop falsely reporting on the u.s.ole in instabul stumble -- terror attacks. kirby also used twitter on december 20 72 dispute the times of israel's reports that state department officials colluded with palestinian officials on a recent u.n. resolution condemning israel. in stark contrast, trump is often lampooned for disputing the backs of stories on twitter. we have calling in from new jersey, was on the -- velma. you say it is hurting him. why question mark caller: -- why? caller: because no president should do this. this is disgusting. this is the worst president i have ever seen. he don't even come out to the public. there is something wrong with them. he is doing something no good. trust me. did this too many red flags flying around him. he is up to no good. trust me. calling in from griffin, georgia. you like the president's twitter use. you think it is helping him? caller: i really do. this is something brand-new for the world and it is a way you can reach out, give his views to the rest of us, his words are an

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the us state department's spokesman, john kirby, 28 september, said, "the us government strongly condemnse troika powers, the eu, norway and the us, as well as other governments also condemned calls by the opposition leaders for a renewal of armed conflict. "further fighting won't solve south sudan's pressing political and economic challenges. it will only increase the suffering of south sudan's people", they said. i could go on and on. it was widespread condemnation. i can tell you that if you saw the communique that we issued during that meeting, it talks about a political process that is needed for the resuscitation of this agreement. that statement of the resistance was actually the last point in that communique. so it was an option for the people of south sudan to continue, to be defended from the onslaught that is going on. so our declaration is actually for a political process. it isn't. look, that is not how it is being seen at all. let me ask you this. i'm correcting you. the east african group of nations, known as egad, has said, on the 9th of december in a communique, "we call

what we see here at home or what we're seeing around the globe, when israelis get murdered and john kirby accuses both sides of terror or when they reward terrorist families what was, a military graduate. our fax dollars go to the palestinian authority. >> the united states continues to be the largest contributor of financial aid to the palestinians. that may change sometime soon. >> i sure hope so. >> all right, good to see you. welcome back. >> thank. >> lots of major events happening, from the war on terror to an unprecedented presidential election year at home. chief news anchor shepard smith takes a look back at the stories. >> 2016 saw instability around the globe and an historical presidential election here at home. >> those stories and more dom anyone nateing the headlines. >> the year kicked off with armed militants took over a wildlife refuge, it came to an end in mid-february. >> president barak obama declared a state of emergency, in flint michigan. a year later still not safe to drink. >> in north carolina signed the state's law to limit bathroom options and major companies a

as well with the state department spokesman john kirby coming out saying, look, the evidence is rockolid. all of the intelligence agencies have it. we've seen it. it's absolutely clear, what he says, the russians were involved in the electoral process and tried to influence it. i was able to speak to dmitry pesk peskov, he's a spokesperson for vladimir putin. he said absolutely not. talking about that acrylic keyboard. he said, look, anybody can use an about crimic keyboard. and once again, he denied any involvement by what he calls official russia. one of the things about the incoming trump administration folks having saying, look, they question what the intelligence is saying. they say in the past, the intelligence community was wrong, for instance, on weapons of mass destruction in iraq in 2003. however, yesterday, the director of the cia john brennan was on pbs, and he said, look, a lot has changed since then. let's have a listen to what he said. >> in the aftermath of that, there was a total review of the review process and the analytic process and assessments that are done with

we heard today from the pentagon spokesperson john kirby that the u.s. is 100% about russia's role, that the information is rock solid, so a lot of us will be interested to see what trump's reaction is to this report. >> pam, thanks for your reporting. we were waiting for the president-elect to make good on a commitment he made new year's eve on the subject. take a look. >> i know a lot about hacking. and hacking is a pretty hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. and i also know things that other people don't know and they cannot be sure of this situation. >> what do you know that other people don't know? >> you'll find out on tuesday or wednesday. >> tuesday was yesterday. which leads tomorrow for mr. trump to do what he says there. jim acosta has the latest. do we know if we'll hear from donald trump on this? was it clear he was saying meaning he would announce something or was e talking abhe about the report that would be put out? >> anderson, it sounds like he was talking about something he would say that he would tell the public on tuesd

you're saying this is common thing, john kirby from the state department agreeing with you on that, here'swhat he says . >>all political appointees for the obama administration were directed to send their letters of resignation, that is common , typical practice. i've been a political appointee for this or any other administration, you have no expectations of staying beyond the inauguration of the new administration, that's the way itworks . abby: is this politics just because it's mister trump, this is another way to hit on him? >> people get moved around all the time and i don't recall the new york times crying all the tears were military families. one secretary of state who did treat breaking tradition was colin powell because he was so familiar that it could cause him to pull kids out of school that he ran through a number of exemptions and allow allow people to stay on forweeks or months but is not normal and is not dangerous as the other newspaper said . reporter: some of the papers said dangerous not have the positions in place in germany or the uk where there should be a gap in cov

kirby: thank you. we only have time -- secretary kerry: john, why don't you managemr kirby: yes, sir. this.e only have time -- >> thank you very much, and happy new year, mr. secretary. secretary kerry: thank you. >> i'm curious, from what you know, what you havewhich of your priorities and heard, accomplishments,which you just listed now, but in your you had also exit memo, are you -- you said the united states is more secure, more respectful than it was eight years ago and i'm just curious as what is the metric for measuring that because i think a lot of people look around, they see the actions of rifles like china and russia as the administration has detailed today, they see threats from north korea on icbm launches, and they see real outrage and anger and sometimes hostility from friends like israel and the philippines. so i think -- can you explain how it is that you see that the more respected -- secretary kerry: sure. well, i think i did explain it. you can't achieve what we've achieved. plus one, agreement, the paris agreement, all the other things without mutual respect, without wo

kirby: thank you. we only have time -- secretary kerry: john, why don't you manage this. mr kirby: yes, sir. we only have time -- secretary kerry: we'll try to take a few here. mr kirby: we'll start with matt. >> thank you very much, and happy new year, mr. secretary. secretary kerry: thank you. >> i'm curious, from what you know, what you have heard, which of your priorities and accomplishments some of which you just listed now, but you had also in your exit memo are you most concerned that the incoming administration will perhaps not have as much enthusiasm for, will deprioritize, or will actually roll back? and then secondly, you mentioned in your comments just now that the international standing of the u.s. is much improved. and in your exit memo, you said the united states is more secure, more respected than it was eight years ago. and i'm just curious as to what is the metric for measuring that? because i think a lot of people look around, they see the actions of rivals like china and russia, as the administration has detailed today. they see threats from foes like north korea on icbm