earlier ted lakey and cheryl adams, both of whom were fantastic council to department one, but you far exceeded those expectations and you have a very -- providing service to this board and this city and to try to explain to me, and i never understood that we were not his client, the city was his client, which means that he could make it up as he went along, and you have done an extraordinary job of doing the exact same thing. i say that with all due respect. city attorney herrera, why are you looking at me like that? [laughter] city attorney herrera had a profoundly hard decision to make in determining who would replace back because the city attorney's office, which has it is the largest attorney's office in the city and county of san francisco , has a number of remarkable potential people to fill bucket's seat, and i think that dennis made the right decision in appointing you. the only thing that you and buck do not have in common is that you are not a resident of the city and county of san francisco , but that can be corrected. i would like to present to you the janky us to going aw

cheryl: it's going to be great. adam and laura, thank four beinr being here. e a look back at this year's biggest scandals. cheryl: we have more on the top controversial headlines of 2019. >> reporter: from jessie l jussl lebuy rerbuyer education,hollywd ceos among those accused of paying millions of dollars to bribe their kids' ways into some of the top universities. many of the accused accepting plea deals in exchange for lighter sentences while some like lori loughlin and her husband plan to take their case to court in the new year. major offscreen drama for jussie smolett. he said two attackers yelled racist and homophobic slurs at him before putting a noose around his neck. in a twist plot twist, police se to blame. k kelly was accused of forcing women into sex and holding them in captivity at his home. and l peloton releasing a holiday ad that drew heavy documenting her fitness journey on the exercise bike given to her by herusband. many slammed the company for slamming body positivity for women. canadian prime minister justin trudeau and virginia governo

cheryl: adam sandler is getting oscar buzz. >> it's the best thing he's ever done.the first five minutes, the film is tense, it's tense and maintains that throughout two hours. a hard thing to do. sandler is terrific. i never thought i would hear myself saying that. cheryl: he was kind of box office -- he was hollywood poison, let's be honest, if you looked at the financial returns of his movies, they weren't there. i don't know why i know that. >> it's an interesting thing that comedic actors can make the transfer to drama and win oscars, tom hanks, people like that. robin williams. so i think this could be his year. cheryl: mike sergeant, you'll have to come back and update us. thank you, sir. >> you're welcome. tracee: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning. taking a look at futures, dow futures up by 87, s&p up by 7 and-a-half, nasdaq up by 31 and-a-half. this is the final traysing day of -- trading day of the last week of the year. well, tech is always a top gift when it comes to christmas. but you may need someone to help set it up. the top

lindsey graham is asked to subpoena call records for adam schiff and the unnamed whistleblower. cheryl ashley. ashley: thank you very much. fox news' peter doocy caught up witupwith joe biden and asked hf he would testify if called by the senate. >> the white house is saying if there's a senate impeachment trial they might like to call you as a witness. is that something you will do voluntarily. >> i'm not going to let them take their eye off the ball. the president is the one that committed impeachable crimes. ashley: the basis for the inquiry resolves around the allegation that president trump pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden and a his son, hunter. cheryl: there are trade deals front and center now for president trump now that he's back in washington. >> reporter: president trump is back at the white house, cutting his trip a little bit short in london. the administration juggling a number of different balls in the a air, the usmca negotiations, the talks for the phase one deal in china and the impeachment hearings, talking about trade at the white house. they would like to

cheryl: thanks, guys. appreciate it. thank you so much. lauren: happy new year, adam. i get chills every time i hear that song.nues to flop at the box office. tracee carrasco has the he details. tracee: yes. that is right. cats facing a $70 million loss. the films has brought in $38.3 million globally. and the studio is expecting he domestic box office sales to only reach 30 million. cats cost universal $100 million to make and close to the same amount in marketing. despite the star-studded cast the broadway adaptation received bad reviews from critics and fans alike. well, here's a drink you can really sink your claws into, starting tomorrow. red lobster will start selling this drink-atizer. it's a bloody mary with a lobster claw and shrimp and a cheddar baked biscuit on top. it coincides with national hangover and bloody mary day. it will be around until februar. a new app is aimed at preventing drunk driving. my limit allows users to put drinks into a personal a log. that will tally up how much alcohol they've consumed and estimates the corresponding bac percentage, that is blood alcohol content. drunk driv

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cheryl: some people are leaving the big apple, big tech is moving in. google has a major office here. facebook and amazon have plans to open up offices in the coming years. adam. i find it fascinating that so many companies are bailing on new york and connecticut and new jersey because of the taxes but here comes technology. why? >> a large number of leases have been signed. facebook took out 1.5 million square feet in hudson yards. google is taking up 1.7 million square feet in hudson square many i think in order to be competitive in terms of getting young people jobs at these companies, they're not just selling a job, they're selling a lifestyleand so young people want to be in new york, they want to be in a great environment and it's not just that they're sort of taking out large leases in midtown manhattan, they're finding cool, trendy locations that allow for their brand to really show who they are by that location choice. cheryl: it's to get the young talent and they're avoiding midtown which i find interesting. i'm wondering if developers are giving them deals. once you get them in the door and they build out the office space, it's a little difficult t

. >> people like adam knew man and what he did to -- newman and what he did to wework is the reason people in america are open to socialism. cherylas we reported several times lay off a huge number of employees and the scrapped ipo at one point had the company valued at astronomical numbers. maria: part of it was adam newman boosting the company. what's your take. >> ic i i think it was a lot e flowing capital. at the end of the day he had a ben fact r tor factor that mades investments. softbank made restless investments in the company. he is one heck of a salesman. maria: exactly. you must have run into wework a lot in the real estate business. >> absolutely. could workinabs co-working is a. several companies have done it for a long time and done it well. he upgraded it and made it more contemporary. maria: we have breaking news. who do you think the time person of the year is? dagen: i know who it is. maria: drum roll. teen climate activist greta sundberg named time magazine's 2019 person of the year. yes. exactly. >> okay. >> i'm not surprised, actually, that that's who they chose. maria: really. >> made a huge impact on the n