when i sat down with her to talk about her new album, it was a day before blake got his honor. >> blakes the sexiest man alive. >> that makes me look pretty rad, right? >> that you would be with the sexiest man alive. what is it that makes him sexy? >> i think somebody that can make you laugh constantly is very sexy. and somebody that is humble, kind, down to earth, selfless, talented, on the top of their game -- should i keep going? >> i think if he's going to watch this, he's loving it. >> gwen was the one who convinced blake to accept the honor, it turns out her sons helped her find his dad instinct. >> there are days you think when does school start and an hour later you can't wait until they get home. they're so funny. it's so easy to fall in love with those kids. they're so special. >> my kids are lucky. >> gwen and blake shared a duet on her christmas album. ♪ blue eyes before you >> you say now i know what they mean by love, i know what they mean by love -- >> you've memorized it. >> i have. i was singing it this morning. blake better be flattered. >> yeah. >> let's talk about c

without a warrant ok now what if i'm stopped because the police already knew what was on my phone blake you have introduced eight seven six eight one a bill which would add these sting ray device to a list of other devices that law enforcement uses to track phones and other data tell us what that sting ray thing does. one of the sting rays essentially it's a cell site simulator and it mimics being a cell phone tower and forces cell phones within a given radius to start feeding data into the cell site simulator they can get personal information personally identifiable information they can determine who the people are within that certain radius for instance if they were approached there's a protest and they want to determine who the protesters are they could use a sting ray or if they want to track a single individuals will cation or what data is going through their phone and they turn that on and it just forces all the phones of the area or start feeding into it and it sucks up a lot of data for individuals who are not subject to the search so this device is already in use and what your

i'm excited, y'all. >> do you get to hang out with blake and gwen?s the queen of trying to get us to hang out. we're text queens. we just don't have time to hang out yet. >> reporter: won't debut before the spring. she was a key adviser and made an appearance. >> i love her. i think there is a difference being one of the contestants previously on a show like this. think that does carry weight. >> reporter: hard to believe it's been 15 years since kelly was "idol's" first winner. she told kevin at the time, she wanted to be the runner up. >> i don't like to lose. let's be real. i didn't, justen and i both found out that last week that whoever won had to do this movie. and i was like, er -- ♪ can you tell me what's your name ♪ ♪ does it matter all the same i was like, ain't no meryl streep here y'all. >> what are your thoughts? >> then, now, future, nope. my nameny loves it. i said, you show that to my child, you're fired. >> kelly, be sweet. let's go. >> i don't remember. all i did w ♪ all i could do was cry i was like, no, jesus. take me. i hated it.

speaker, congress blake farenthold said he won't run for re-election next year. do you think he should step down now? >> i had a couple of conversations with blake farenthold yesterday, i think he is making the right decision to retire. these -- this are now stories very disconcerting. unacceptable behavior is a alleged and think he's made the right decision that he's leaving congress and that is reflected on the conversations we had. >> just to follow up on mr. farenthold, after he had settled his lawsuit, he brought in a continue -- this is reported an outside and helped find him that outside investigator. i'm wondering do you know how much taxpayer money -- >> this is the first i've even heard that. >> do you think thaticide be made public? >> he's under ethics investigation right now. so i would refer you to susan brooks about the nature of that investigation. and what the ethics committee typically does is they don't report where they are but he's under an ethics investigation right now as he should be. >> members of congress have slept in their offices. you

reporting in oakland, spencer blake, kron four news." (grant) news."blake, kron four news." (grant) more than spent christmas morning... christmas spent 500 volunteers more than (grant) (grant) more than 500 volunteers spent christmas morning... serving meals to thousands of people. glide memorial church hosted their annual christmas breakfast today in san francisco... football players from the university of arizona also served lunch to those in need today. many people who attended the service today say it's nice having a place to get a warm meal on christmas. volunteers say they want the less fortunate to feel some joy during the holidays. <... just to make up for the deficit.>(grant) so far this year... glide has handed out more than has handed year... glide so far this (grant) (grant) so far this year... glide has handed out more than 725-thousand meals. (vicki) coming up... we'll show you how millions of people across the world ... including the first family... are celebrating christmas. (grant) and in the east bay.... music, food and presents for everyone.... we'll show

for the very latest bring in our own blake burman following this from the white house. blake? reporter: hi, there, ashley. i asked the president earlier today leaving the white house whether or not he thought this special counsel is biased what many republicans up here in washington and on capitol hill alleged. the president was not earlier today willing to engage in the possibility when i asked him about it, however, he did use it as launching pad to sharply criticize the fbi handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. >> whatever you want to call it, you will have to make up your own determination, but they have found tremendous things on the other side. when you look at the hillary clinton investigation. i've been saying it for a long time. that was a rigged system, folks. that was a rigged system. reporter: that came after senator ron's johnson claimed in a letter to fbi director chris wray, james comey's july statement which cleared clinton from criminal wrongdoing was watered down with three edits. one said possible hostile actors gained access to clinton's priv

>> blake is still wild that he got it for 2017.s demanding a recount. >> maybe they should have a wrestling match for it. can you smell, la, la, la, la, la the people's elbow. boom. >> is that his key move? >> yeah. not that i followed him. that's all. no big deal. >> friends, bffs. >> hi, dwayne. >> d-wayne. >>> next to celebrity news from a couple that we didn't really realize was a couple. nobody seemed to realize they were a couple much less they were pregnant. >> they haven't been photographed together in some time. but anna kournikova and the singer met in 2001 on the "escape" video for henrique's song. they were in the press a lot at that time for hot and heavy scenes when they were dating and so on, but 16 years later, it turns out, they're still together. >> yeah. this is only, this is the only-known shot of the couple on social media. on a boat, with a family member a couple years ago. and apparently, it's being on the water that makes them more open to sharing. anna shared a selfie over the weekend using the #miami winte

where does he live, blake? >> he has a gingerbread house. >> he believes it.all aboard the same train. the more i see blake in this video, the more i love this child. >> i'm going to go there. i'm going to look every place. mom, you are coming with me. >> i want to see that video so bad. you are coming, too. you are going to show me santa. >> break in the door and set off the alarm. >> kids have to go with it. where is this coming from? >> that's the answer for all of these questions and uncertainties, magic. >> because he's magic. >> they are sharp kids. they were not easily deceived. >> they are called fake santas. >> sees right through it. fake santas. they are there trying to get your parents hard-earned money and they all do. we have been fully educated on the world of santa claus. knowledge is half the battle. we are all winning. blake is definitely winning. >> there's no way. >>> forget skiing or snowboarding. >> let's just unicycle. >> why this will leave you wanting a white christmas. plus, if you want to spice up your holiday, you can join santa in t

blake. reporter: brackets and incomes will officially be revealed in hour 1/2. we got a sneak-peek at them. let me sort of give you the headlines from here. that is the first one being there will be seven different brackets. 10, 12, 22, 24, 32, 35, 37%. for sing fell filers this was the niche plan on the senate side. that stays. the difference the tweaks for those who are married filing jointly to the initial senate plan as well. the rates stay the same but where the tweaks are as far as income levels occur at that $165,000 and $315,000 level. subtle at thises there. also at 37% rate, a million dollars brought all the way down to $600,000. as the details have been slowly and quickly, really coming out, we're also finding out some no votes are potential yeses. marco rubio, ron john sown all in the last hour saying they're in. melissa. melissa: blake, thank you for that. david: just the last hour, one republican senator who was a no on the tax plan has turned around and said he is now a yes. f

going back to blake. we don't want to curtail spending in some states, but what is the argument in terms of what some new yorkers or folks in connecticut or folks in new jersey would tell you is most fair? in other words, these are states that already give a ton of money to the federal government, correct? >> that's right. i think the issue here is -- it's governor cuomo characterized it as a bait and switch. the question is how are you financing this deal. the argument that the governor has made and he's making on behalf of other states. you're seeing california, which these are huge economies. they're vital to our national economic system and they need to continue to grow, whether you agree with their structure or not. i think charles is hyperbolic in calling them socialist. be that as it may, i think the question here is how are you financing this deal, why are you choosing to finance it on the backs of cities and states that make a significant economic contribution to the country, but also that are de

i was watching her interaction with blake griffin. >>> coming up, bet you can't guess who this is?s the dressed-down oscar winner looking unrecognizable on the set of their new movie? >>> then, what paula abdul think about the new "idol" judges. >> what is the most memorable holiday gift you have ever received? >> nothing. from simon cowell. >>> but first, gwen stefani and blake shelton are heating up the holidays. ♪ you make it feel like christmas ♪ >> blake guest stars on his lady's special. >> i think i'm his biggest fan. ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh hey ♪ >> gwen dazzles. >> it's magical time of year. i love it. i love christmas. ♪ so hurry down the chimney tonight ♪ like to know it's instagram all day. joup load their app to download ♪ >>> can you name this oscar win sner okay, looking a little bit different from her normal, gorgeous, glam rouse self. that is nicole kidman. playing a police detective on the set of her new crime thriller, destroyer. >>> and so does wait for this one. wait, wait, wait. nicole's second season on "big little lies." >> we

brought up blake farenthold most republicans have donald the question about republican congressman blakettled a sexual harassment claim against him for $84,000. she's on the record on camera talking about this. congresswoman mia love took a stand last night, listen to what she said. >> i think that he should voluntarily resign. i believe we hold -- we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard. where he may not feel his behavior was inappropriate somebody did, obviously, people felt uncomfortable. >> she took a stand. many others, most others have not. why not when it comes to blake farenthold? >> i have to say that it's a mystery to me why speaker ryan hasn't put pressure on blake farenthold to step down. the primary in that race is rapidly approaching. it's on monday and blake farenthold is essentially still in congress holds that seat because paul ryan has allowed him to do so. i think the mood on capitol hill is essentially members of both parties bracing themselves for more of these accusations coming and more resignations but the democratic party and speaker pelosi and leader chuc

blake farenthold announcing will pay back money he used to settle a case. >> i didn't do anything wrong but don't want the taxpayers on the hook for this. >> we have people with extraordinary power who tend to not believe that normal rules apply to them. >> ask about another topic on the hill. few days from potential government shutdown. where do things stand on that? >> reporter: government funding runs out friday night at midnight and both sides are staying in corners into absolute last minute. waiting until thursday to try to cut a deal with donald trump. with hot button issues like immigration in the mix, set stage for major standoff, heightened tensions and possibility of a government shutdown. >> kasie hunt at capitol, thank you. >>> just one week auto until alabama special election. reversing itself and restoring funding for roy moore, which it pulled after accused of sexual misconduct with teen girls. opponent doug jones got contribution from moore critic who tweeted out picture of check with message country over party. jones launched most blistering attack yesterday saying moor

. >>> then, blake lively injured in a movie stunt gone wrong.g to be shut >>> and only we can take you behind the scenes of "pitch perfect 3." how the bell las are taking the song to next level for the final movie of the franchise. ♪ freedom >>> ncis l.a.'s eric christian olson and ♪ >>> run! run! >> yes, we finally have our first look at jurassic world. falling kingdom. it's short. just a 15-second teaser. oh, is it good. look at they're back. they don't want to be a snack. >> when chris pratt tells you to run, run. there's news about chris' life offscreen. he's officially field for divorce from ana faris. nay announced a split last august. chris has asked for joint custody of their 5-year-old son jack. >> the couple reportedly have a prenup. that could help move things along quickly. >>> only we're taking you behind the scene of "pitch perfect 3." >> day one of pitch perfect. >> three. >> so what do you want us to sing tonight? our voices are warm. >> all the bellas are back. >> what's up, pitches? it's like the family is all back together. it

. >> gwen stefani on facing the wild first without blake. >> you're going leave me here?>> madonna from -- material girl to -- >> i'm a fat soccer mom. they're wondering why everyone is coming up and saying, is your mother madonna? >>> and we're with -- >> the four. >> let's talk about your hot body. >> i have never felt better. >> famous. >> filthy rich. i made it, mama. "e.t." i'm still here. >> you to think i can borrow 0 bucks? yeah, sure you can. let's get some money over here. >>> hi, everybody. thank you for joining us. kevin joins us from new york in a moment. let's get right to the latest hollywood news. matt lauer's double life. on tv, he was america's likable dad. but behind the scenes, matt anz his wife of 19 years lived separate lives. his alleged infidelity with co-workers was well nobody. lauer was spotted on long island today grabbing lunch and not wearing his wedding ring. today, we're learning more about how nbc is dealing with the scandal. there have been approximately 60 meetings within nbc news to share information. the internal review is in its early

reporting in oakland, spencer blake, kron four news." (grant) a bay area church provided christmas meals to more than one thousand people... that's after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (vicki) glide memorial church in san francisco hosted its annual christmas breakfast today...(grant) and more than 500 volunteers spent their christmas morning serving meals to thousands. football player from the university of arizona also served lunch to those in need today. many people who attended the service today say it's nice having a place to get a warm meal on christmas. volunteers say they want the less fortunate to feel some joy during the holidays. <... just to make up for the deficit.> (vicki) so far this year... glide has handed out more than 726-thousand free meals to the needy. (grant) now to our four zone forecast... as we take this live look outside at the embarcadero... joining us now is chief meteorologist brittney shipp... lawrence karnow: we enjoyed a mix of sunshine and clouds on this christmas day. temperatures remained cool to mild as well. a

kron4's spencer blake talked to witnesses. (reporter)there was a person at the bank who saw the suspect pacing around with a gun, so they called police, who ended up getting into a shootout with the man.i spoke with one person who saw the shooting as it happened.(pkg) just before four saturday afternoon, redwood city police arrived at this wells fargo at broadway and main.ignacio jimenez was nearby at the time. he was parking his car when he saw police cars zip by, so he turned the corner to check it out."that's when i saw officers behind the suburban with their weapons drawn. they were hiding behind the trees right across the street where there's a park, and so i saw that their attention was on a gentleman that was right outside the wells fargo bank." jimenez says it seemed like the suspect wasn't complying with officers' orders."he had his hands in his pockets in his sweater and then soon after that he took his hand out, and he had something in his hand and shots rang out - i'm not sure who shot first or what - and then the

vinyl two minutes, blake bortles to james o'shaughnessy. now, the niners have to run out the clock and left sideline, ball game. 49ers win 44-33, they are now 4- 0 with jimmy garoppolo at the helm.>> i think we have gotten better each week. we have one a number in a row. the coolest thing about it is we have gotten better in each game from chicago. all three games have gone better. i want us to finish up strong next week.>> he has now won his first career starts that is tied for fourth most all-time to begin a career.>> they just kept scoring and scoring.>>> next year will be really interesting even though the outlook is different. >> the raiders and 49ers could finish the season with the same record.>>> thank you so much for watching. have a great night. >>> more than a year after california voters approved proposition 64, we are one week away from the legalization of the recreational sale of marijuana here in the golden state.>> i think everybody feels like they are scrambling.>> we are going to do this right from the beginning. we wanted

news.kron four spencer blake, kron four spencer blake, city hall, spencer blake, kron four news. (pam) another big story tonight:police in antioch have announced an arrest ... in a nearly 40-year-old cold case... 63- year- old mitchell bacom was arrested today ... accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering 14-year-old suzanne bombardier ... back in 19-80. she was taken in the middle of the night from her sister's home.... as kron4's charles clifford reports.. the arrest is all thanks .. to d-n-a technology. (grant) happening tomorrow: the convicted killer of sierra lamar is set to be officially sentenced tomorrow. antolin garcia torres was convicted back in may of first degree murder in the teen's death. a jury sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. garcia torres official sentencing' was delayed by a legal challenge from his defense team.they wanted to remove judge from the case and request a new trial. they claimed a conflict existed between that judge and the case's lead investigator.but the request was denied. lamar's body has not been found since

and even in blake, his congressional office, you actually had a male staffer come out and corroborate some of the stories of the female staffers and tell stories of his own he was the recipient of sexually inappropriate comments coming from the congressman which is different case in a lot of these other instances where you have a male colleague admitting it was inappropriate. >> stick around. i think the me too movement is great, but i also think that men need to -- i think we should start a we too movement. because it shouldn't be about just women saying this happened to me. it should be a we too movement because men, we're like cavemen and we don't get it. we're going to talk about that next. and what the me too movement, has it -- some people are worried that it's going to go too far. people won't hire women and that these incidents are not going to be believed. we're going to have that conversation when we come back. my name is jeff sheldon, and i'm the founder of ugmonk. before shipstation it was crazy. it's great when you see a hundred orders come in, a hundred orders come in, b

blake farenthold will not seek re-election and a disclosure that 84,000 was used to settle a case against him. his term ends in january, 2019. paul ryan talked about that decision and other topics during his weekly briefing at the capitol. speaker officer taxpayers will see more money in their paychecks. the i.r.s. is taking steps to prepare new withholding tails for 2018 based upon this legislation. this tax cut will mean less of a paycheck going to washington and more to the hard working person who earned it. this is real relief. his is what this accomplishes. this is to rebill our military and this bill helps do that. the house passed a fully funded extension to protect the nine million children. that bill is h.r. 3922, the championing healthy kids act. unfortunately, an overwhelming majority of house democrats voted against that extension of chip funding. care for children in need should go beyond party lines. i hope both parties will come to together to extend the chip funding now. questions. reporter: congressman blake fearntholet said he will not run for re-election, do you think h

liz: blake berman, thank you very much. i don't know if you looked at all the brackets. can tell you that i immediately looked at the point where people who are making i believe 77,000 up to $165,000 will pay a 22% tax bracket rate. the billionaires who pay their -- who get paid their income through the so-called carried interest that charlie gasparino and i have been talking about so long. billionaires, they will pay a lower tax bracket. 20% for those who pay carried interest and basically billionaires in capital gains. let me get to adam shapiro. adam, you have more breaking news. i told our viewers we had reporters in capitol hill and the white house, what have you found out? >> this implies to investors whether mutual bond stocks, first in and first out provision as it applies to capital gains, totally out of final bill. you won't be forced to sell off the holdings you have at the cheaper price to pay the greater tax, totally out. so first-in, first-out will not be part of the final tax reform legislation. and, of course, liz, the big question that a lot of people ha

spencer blake kron four news." news."blake kron four news." (vicki) and we continue to cover this story on our website... there you can read governor jerry brown's statement and hear from c-h-p about this incident. it's all on kron-4 dot com. (grant) hundreds of people across the state were arrested for d-u-i during the holiday weekend. the c-h-p says more than nine-hundred people were arrested during the christmas maximum enforcement peroid...that is up from 621 last year. 27 people were killed...down from last year where 36 people died. six people killed were not wearing seatbelts. c-h-p will have maximum enforcement again for new years weekend starting on friday. officers are uring people to use triple-a's 'tipsy tow' program news years eve...for a free ride home if you're not good to drive. (vicki) new at eight. police are looking for a suspect...in connection with a deadly shooting in fairfield. it happened christmas day... on second street. once at the scene... officers found a man lying in the road suffering from a gunshot wound. the vi

chant blakely heads back to the village he still has a lot to do. chan blakely offers photography courses and even provides cameras for the but discipline it's. guys my name is chad i'm going to be your guide tonight i'm going to be your storyteller your fire maker here aurora photograph teacher here your guy that teaches you a bit about space i'm going to make you a warm drink and hopefully we're all going to have a really nice time. we can go out and talk about camera settings all night long if you just want to take pictures we can also do that everybody should have brought an s.d. card that anyone not bring in s.d. card what a great group and there we have an ok guy so we'll start with the basics there are only two variables that we will have to change throughout the course of the evening and the way we change that is very simple if you look on the back of your camera here there's a wheel that you'll find by your thumb ok so on your camera you have a little lever here that goes back that's called the live you lever like us out this women are almo

blake burman joins from us the white house to break it all down. blake? reporter: hi, there, connell, michael flynn, the president's former national security advisor walked into a federal courthouse here in washington, d.c., pleaded guilty to one count of lying to federal investigators or two different occasions or at least a phone call on december 22nd, and december 29th. phone calls with the former russian ambassador, sergey kislyak during the transition. flynn acknowledged that i realize the actions were wrong and through my faith in good i want to make this right. i made this decision in the best interests of my family and my country. i accept full responsibility for my actions. the white house is trying to distance himself from flynn with the president's attorney, ty cobb, saying in a statement, that flynn was on the job 25 days and called him a obama administration official. flynn's departure from the white house came after lying to the vice president about the now infamous december 29th phone call with sergey kislyak which what he lied to the fbi a

al franken, blake farenthold accused here. the scuttlebutt incise side washington is we could be hearing more complaints against other sitting members of congress. what do you make of this trend? and specifically, franken, was that the democrats trying to regain sort of the moral authority in this conversation? >> certainly the democrats are trying to make sure there's a big distinction between themselves and the republicans on this issue. they fought the last two or three elections using the slogan war on women. thee want to make sure they're in the right position on this issue. but it was very interesting to watch senatorial franken's speech speech, which it was not contrite. it was fairly defiant and he seemed -- his attitude seems to have changed over the course of the past week. and i'm just wondering whether he's waiting out to see what happens in the election in alabama and to see if it roy moore is elected by voters there and takes the republican seat, because then, the focus will be on him and on the gop and the ethic

four month-old journey blake rodgers was released from st. christopher's hospital today. she needed 64 stitches in her face, after the frightening ordeal on thursday. it happened on 29100 brook of north 22nd street in north philadelphia, and mercifully her eyes are okay. her uncle tells "action news" that she will not need digsal surgery. thank goodness. >>> devon train station caught fire today, fortunately no one was injured but damage as you can see is pretty extensive. authorities say the fire started at 12:30 this afternoon, and was, out a bit past one. septa says resulting delays were minimal because the line was already operating on a holiday schedule.

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with more from the white house blake burman. blake.sident is clearç n this one today, no ambiguity at all. the president fully endorsing roy moore's senate bid to replace jeff sessions in the state of alabama. the president explained it in a tweet earlier today, he wrote and i quote here, democrats refusal to give one vote for massive tax cuts is why we need republican roy moore to win in alabama. we need his vote stopping crime, illegal immigration. the president named a handful of other officials. jones is a pelosi-schumer puppet. roy moore noted that that president trump knows the future of his agenda in conference hinges on this election. we had a good conversation over the phone and working together towards a conservative victory towards december 12th. after he endorsed moore, the president backed character of michael flynn. as president was boarding marine one to make a short cross-country trip to utah the president said this to his former national security advisor who pled guilty last week to lying to fbi agents. >> he led a ve

texas republican blake farenthold says he's done at the end of his term next year. accused him of creating a hostile work environment subjecting them to suggestive jokes and comments and frequently screaming at aides. >> republicans on the verge of tax reform and meeting their christmas deadline. some senators are holding out for an increase in the child tax jumping on reports that the bill would mainly benefit the wealthy. next week, ailing senators john mccain and thad cochran will return for the final vote. >> and happening today, fox5 is making wishes come true. we're introducing you to a young boy who is about to have his wish to become a k-9 officer come true. his name is ember. we'll be live with him all day as he helps the city solve crimes. you can join us live starting at 8:00 a.m. on fox news morning and fox5d.c.com to cheer him on. just use the hashtag k-9 cop ember. >> going to be a whole lot of fun. good morning to you we're glad you're with us today. >> it's friday. we made it. you said snow is on the way. >> snow is potentially on the way here, mostl

back to you in new york. >> all right, blake berman.auren: brand-new push to refund fans offended by the nfl protests. fantasy football paying forward back to running back that actually help today win. jared max with those details. we will be right back. lea: indiana lawmaker wants to indianapolis colts to pay the price for player protests. republican congressman milo smith filed legislation that would require the colts to refund fans who are attending games that are upset by the players kneeling during the the national anthem. proposed bills isn't breaking any laws because doesn't restrict players from kneeling, would require colts to refund fans who want the money back. i don't think it's likely that will happen. lauren: tbd. a lot of football news to tell you about in addition to that, we are also talking about controversy in basketball. lea: we are, jared max here with the highlights, hey, jared. jared: happy final friday on 2017 as we move forward. the stories connect this morning between football and basketball. folks have been co