>> my message is best to follow christine's advice. christine goes to sleep at 8:00 p.m.you have to get up early, go to sleep as early as you can. create a transition to sleep to make it easy. charge your phone outside your bedroom. have a hot shower or bath to disconnect from your day so you are able to really go to sleep early. then as soon as you can, have a nap. winsto winston churchill power napped. that is an absolutely amazing productivity tool if you had to get up really early and you did not get enough sleep. >> he also had cigars and a lot of booze. i don't recommend that ritual. >> i don't either. >> i'm impressed you can go to sleep at 8:00. >> she says five or six hours of sleep is not enough. people like jeff bezos and sharyl sandberg stress about sleep. you stress over the sleep your kids get, but not yourself. you know how much battery life you have in your phone, but not in your body. to be really successful, you need more sleep. this new company she founded. partnerships with uber and jpmorgan chase. she a they are trying to draw connections to work. wel

>> it is best to follow christine's advice. christine goes to sleep at 8:00 p.m.ry and go to sleep as early as you can. create a ritual. transition to sleep to make it easy. charge your phone outside your bedroom. have a hot shower or bath to disconnect from your day so you are able to really go to sleep early. then as soon as you can, have a nap. winston church will power napped. power napping is an amazing productivity tool if you have to get up really early and you didn't get enough sleep. >> he also had cigars and a lot of booze. we will leave that aside. i don't recommend that. >> i don't either. >> the web site launched yesterday with interviews with jeff bezos and cheryl sasharyl . you need a lot of sleep. this company has partnerships with uber and jpmorgan chase. she talked about the political climate. she changed her career track at the moment when everything was changing in politics. such a political junkie. everyone needs to look inward and listen. >> i like her advice about taking power naps. i thought i was a slacker because i take a nap. >> that is

christine lagarde is accused of favoring him. he has been embroiled for years in the long and bitter case of had beenof the -- he through appeals that have been rejected. christine lagarde made a decision to parse this case through an arbitration panel quitead come up with quickly the huge sum of 404 million euros in compensation. that current out try at the time is a very large sum of money. and also an ally of nicolas sarkozy said it was an investigation and that he himself would have to pay back that money. christine lagarde stands accused over two aspects of this case, over her unusual decision to refer to an arbitration panel out of the court's hands, and the fact that she did not challenge huge payout of 404 million euros when it was handed down. genie: christine lagarde is the head of the international monetary fund, the imf. kind of effect could the trial have on her job there? catherine: it is embarrassing indeed for christine lagarde, the managing director of the imf three she is supposed to appear in court, in front of

miguel, christine. >>> thank you. at home, a parishioner charged in connection with torching a black church in mississippi. andrew mcclinton a member of the church set the fire on purpose. they are trying to figure out if he wrote "vote trump" on the side of the church. the blaze destroyed the sanctuary. a motive has not been released. >>> 15 minutes past the hour. a warning in russia amid turkey over the murder of the russian ambassador. (vo) it's the holidays at verizon, and the best deals are on the best network. with no surprise overages, you can use your data worry free and even carry over the data you don't use. and right now get four lines and 20 gigs for only $40 per line. you'll even get the iphone 7, the samsung galaxy s7, the pixel phone by google, or the motoz droid for only $10 per month. no trade-in required. hurry, these offers end soon. get the best deals and the best network, only on verizon. generosity is its oyou can handle being a mom for half an hour. i'm in all the way. is that understood? i don'

christine and miguel. >>> thank you. senator john mccain sounding alarm on the russian hacking saying it could destroy democracy. the influence republican joining with chuck schumer for an investigation. on the state of the union, mccain slammed the obama administration calling it paralyzed. >> we he need to get to the bottom of this. we need to see what was done and what the implications of the attacks were especially if they had an effect on our election. there's no doubt they were interfering. no doubt it was a cyber attack. the question now is how much and what damage and what should the united states of america do. so far, we have been totally paralyzed. this is serious business. if they are able to harm the electoral process, they destroyed democracy which is based on free and fair elections. >> so far, republican leaders in the house and senate have rejected the idea of a select committee saying the russian hacks can be investigated through committee. >>> and in russia, a spokesperson for vladimir putin denied rus

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i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez.ice to be in your shadow. it is 30 minutes past the hour. an intense manhunt universider r this man. the suspect in the berlin truck attack which left 12 people dead and 48 injured. anis amri. a 24-year-old from tunisia who emigrated illegally to europe and denied asyluasylum. he was released because authorities could not establish his identity beyond doubt. german authorities are offering a 100,000 euro award. he may be armed and dangerous. joining us live from berlin with the latest on the details of the investigation is chris burns. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, miguel. in fact, what are you talking about there. we are seeing tabloid headlines. "why was he not kept in prison longer." anis amri was held for some time. was supposed to be sent back to tunisia. his native. they did not have the right papers for him until yesterday. so they had to let him go. that is what some of the outrage is today as we see the headlines today. anis amri had been a criminal in tunisi

they want to get the market open soon, christine.here's a sign of defiance of what isis represents which is attacking western culture and trying to people not to go about their ordinary lives. >> max foster, thanks very much for that in the manhunt or isis claim. max, thank you so much. >>> now, the crucial evidence in the berlin truck attack, the biggest lead in every sense is the semi truck itself abandoned by its driver after mowing down dozens of victims and still carrying 25 tons of steel. breaking down what they're learning about the crime about a time line of the attack, our tom foreman in the cnn virtual studio. >> this is the truck used in the attack owned by a polish shipping company. it was on what should have been a routine run bringing steel from italy. authorities believe it was hijacked in the outskirts of berlin between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon. the driver killed. his body later found inside of this cab. how did they know it was this period of time? the shipping company told them it was outfitted with a sophisti

christine and miguel. >>> thank you. first lady michelle obama setting the record straight she may make a run of other own for the white house. she sat down with oprah winfrey with the final interview as first lady. she enjoyed her time in office, but now is her time to bow out gracefully. >> would you ever run for office? >> no. >> no kind of office? >> no. that's one thing i don't do. i don't make stuff up. i'm not coy. i'm pretty direct. if i were interested in it, i would say it. i don't believe in playing games. it's not something i would do. >> the first lady said there is a lot of weight to becoming president. most people don't realize how hard the job of president is. in spite of her disappointment on election day, she is inspired by our future. >>> 78 barrpardons and 173 commutations on monday. all together, president obama has commuted sentences of 1,100 inma inmates. mr. obama is expected to grant more kmcommutations with just 3 days left in office. >>> family members of the pulse nightclub suing twitter and f

i'm christine romans. it's wednesday, december 14th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. here's what happened overnight. president-elect donald trump hit the next stop on the thank you tour in wisconsin. he turned a rally in wisconsin into a lovefest, praising one-time adversary paul ryan, speaker of the house. it wasn't all kumbaya. the president-elect waited for his next nominee, rex tillerson. he will face a battle in the senate confirmation over his ties to russia. cnn's jim accoosta has the late. >> reporter: george and christine, donald trump has taken another lap. trump praised tillerson's contacts around the world but he did not mention tillerson's past ties to russian president vladimir putin. trump also looked back to his election victory and thanks his biggest supporters here in the state of wisconsin including house speaker paul ryan who he praised in an unusual way. here's more of what he had to say. >> speaker paul ryan, i've really come to -- oh, no, i've come to appreciate him. speaker paul ryan. where is the speaker? where is he? he has been -- i'll tell

christine lagarde found guilty of negligence.ear later in 2008 when she had the possibility. the president of the court said that given that christine lagarde was a lawyer for 20 years and that she received warnings from the french investment agency, she should have got more information and known that she had a little chance to overturn this initial arbitration. however, given the international status of christine lagarde and the financial crisis at the time in 2007-2008, the president of the court decided that christine lagarde would receive no sentence, no jail time, and no fine. i talked to the lawyer of christine lagarde, patrick, who told me that he was 80% satisfied with the verdict. caroline connan, bloomberg news, paris. haidi: coming up -- rishaad: is it a hedge fund or ponzi scheme? the allegations against platinum partners. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: welcome back to "bloomberg markets: asia." that is get a quick check of some of the headlines we are following. dwindling sales hitting but wing. it is maki

christine lagarde is convicted of negligence in france.he imf says it still has full confidence in her. >> alibaba shines a light on the dark world of counterfeiters in an attempt to drive fake goods off of its site. >> this is the second hour of "daybreak asia" live from bloomberg's u.s. and asian headquarters. >> it is just the past 7:00 p.m. here in new york. in asia, we are seeing green across the board, australia and south korea up .3%, new zealand .25%. geopolitically, switzerland, berlin, as well as turkey. >> let's get more on the market open. let's get started with the turkish lira, two day chart here. we are pushing roughly speaking, three point 53, so just about flat. japan, the nikkei 225, moved down yesterday, collect flat. 19,367, so this march to 20,000 for the nikkei 225. a lot of what will happen today will revolve around when we get to the boj. yes, we will get the decision midday in tokyo, lunchtime in fact, but the focus will be what conference the press when it comes to bond yields. have a look at south korea. there we

christine lagarde is adjudged by a very -- jury of her on peers. for her, politically, of course, the fallout could be larger than conviction because negligence politically, if it sticks to her, it might just be a reproach that could finish her career. >> what would it mean for her career if she is convicted? not whether or not she goes to prison, just being convicted? >> she will probably not go to prison. the highest penalty here will be a year and she will not go. she will have to pay 15,000 euros, which is not the problem. what it really means is she will have to step down from the head of the imf because she couldn't possibly carry on in office. she was the tainted by a verdict and dragged it down into the sleazy financial affairs that are such a big part of the sarkozy and all the payments to him and his campaign that have never been cleared up. >> will there ever be another french candidate for the top spot at the imf? >> we cannot possibly imagine that, can we? the last one went down in a cloud of sleazy, sex affairs. now if christine lagar

i'm christine romans. >> i'm george howell. donald trump set to name his pick for secretary of state this morning. multiple sources telling cnn the president-elect has chosen this pan. t man. ceo of exxon mobile rex tillerson. there are already signs of trouble ahead for tillerson's nomination. there's uncertainty overviews of climate change and questions about his close relationship with vladimir putin. raising concerns on both sides of the alisle. we get more from cnn's phil mattingly at trump tower. >> reporter: george and christine. the pick is in. the president-elect will announce that rex tillerson, exxon ceo is his selection for secretary of state. he intends to nominate the ceo because the two just hit it off. they found a fit. they share similar world views and business backgrounds as deal makers. it comes down to three people. condeleeza rice and two others who recommended rex tillerson to the president-elect. now he will be the president-elect's top diplomat. that doesn't mean he will have clear sailing through the c

i'm christine romans. >> i'm miguel marquez.tarts now. >>> a massive man hunts across germany. >> isis making the claim that they've inspired the attack but they've offer nod evidence. >> it's going to be treated as a possible terrorist attack. >> entinterrogating the wrong m. >> whoever is responsible is armed and dangerous. >> a horrifying scene, nearly three dozen people killed. that death toll could continue to rise. >> investigators are trying to determine what went wrong. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alice son welcome to your "new day". it's wednesday, december 21, 6:00 in the east. there's breaking news. police hoeng ning in on a perso. >>> the research resumes after forensic tests failed to link that initial suspect yesterday to the truck. isis now says knit expired this take. we have all the developments covered four this morning beginning with cnn's international correspondent hala gorani who is in berlin. >> reporter: we have some significant new information according to german security officia

how important of a figure is christine lagarde?h publicity has this trial received and what does it do to her reputation? >> she has been a figure in french politics since she became the imf back in 2011. she is now a little bit more away from french politics but of course, this trial has been very politically sensitive, given that she was a clear supporter of former president nicolas sarkozy. and the chief of staff, who is also charged in a separate investigation, was also very close to the president. very political, even though christine lagarde has not been in the front line of politics for quite some time. mark: as you speak, we are hearing that the french government is confident in her capacity as the head of the imf. that is the response of the current french government. they seem to be supporting her. yes. of course, the government is just reacting to the news as we know it. that she wasnment part of was right wing. nicolas sarkozy, who is not in next year's presidential election, so the government is just giving these state

christine, miguel. >>> jomana, thank you. talk show guest zsa zsa gabor died. she passed away at the bel air man thsion at the age of 99. most well known for 1952's movie "moulan rouge." she was most famous for being famous. spending 75 years in the public high. charming talk show host for decades. >> that's right, darling. zsa zsa gabor. we love her. >>> "star wars" spinoff took in $290 million at the box office making it the top movie around the world and in north america alone, it scored $155 million. that's a lot of dough. >> i think it is validation. >> the force is with that movie. >> some people who did not love the storyline, but it doesn't matter. this is to hold you over until next year. >>> i'll explain it later. let's get to cnn money stream. this could be the day dow futures are up. it will take another shot at the 20,000 mark. stocks have been open in europe now for three hours and they are down. shares in asia started with losses. oil is up. there are nine trading days left in the year. in five months, mortgage

up next, i left chief christine lagarde -- imf chief christine lagarde will learn he r fakes today.is next with that story. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: welcome back to the european market open. the verdict in imf chief christine lagarde decades-old negligence case will be decided today. she denies any wrongdoing. connan joinsoline us now outside the court of justice in paris. caroline, how likely is it that christine lagarde is found guilty? it is notso, impossible, but it does seem unlikely. last week, we had the french prosecutor who called for the charges against christine lagarde to be dismissed. he said the charges were quite weak, and that she was accused of things that did not relate to criminal law, but to political choices. the sitting judges of this court are not obliged to follow the prosecutors emendation. it happened in the past with the same a prosecutor jean-claude marin had called for the charges of corruption against jeff she chirac to becque dismissed. expected at 3:00 p.m. french time. guy: what have we learned over the last few days? caroline: christine lagarde ha

." >> i'm christine romans. new this morning, president obama vows to take action of the hacking of the u.s. election. with the interview with npr, he directly confronted vladimir putin warning russia of a potential u.s. response. >> i think there is no doubt when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing. >> the president was not specific about the form of u.s. response might take. he said some of it may be explicit and publicized. so may not. this as the u.s. official confirms to cnn that u.s. agencies believed putin ordered cyber attacks. for the latest on that, let's get to jim sciutto. >> reporter: it is believed that the intelligence community since they called russia out for this a month before the election, this hacking operation would have required the senior most russian officials approval. it is a top heavy system. that means vladimir putin. since then, confidence has increased. that is because

we will go into them as christine said. the intelligence reports as christine said. this conclusion that russia was behind what was done during the election with the hacks and that went all the way up to the kremlin and putin. how do they know? intelligence reports are easy to push back on because the sourcing and the methods are often confidential for obvious reasons. president-elect has concerns about the issue, but not acknowledging the intelligence findings everybody else is. the white house is speaking up. the president promising action against russia. his press secretary going right after the president-elect. the rift with the current and incoming administrations now growing. this is politics getting in the way of something that is an existential threat to the cyber security. we will get into it. >> so much going on. >>> we will hear from the president today and donald trump when he gets to orlando for the thank you tour. a lot to chew over. chris cuomo, thank you. >>> if you have not noticed this year, dolly parton i

christine pelosi, what do you say? >> i think it was outrageous comment for any public servant to make to invite a foreign power to commit espionage. it wasn't the press who was going to reward russia mightily, it actually has been donald trump rewarding russia mightily for the work they did do in skewing the election to him. when you look at his appointments, when you look at the closeness to russia of some of these appointees come a most notably his potential secretary of state former head of exxon mobil, these are deeply concerning allegations. again, the role of the intelligence community is to collect the information and give it to government officials to make important decisions. well, members of the electoral college are about to make the most important decision for our country, the election, the formal election of our president, and we need to get that information. publicot just the statement of donald trump, it is whatever private actions may have occurred that the cia may have under. amy: last week, democracy

genie: christine lagarde is a big name in france. there is a third big name also linked into what is just another massive financial scandal at the heart of the government. chris: the financial scandal involving a lot of high-profile and long serving business figures here in france. lagarde, a former synchronized swimming champion who went on to become a corporate lawyer and finance minister in europe. he went on to make millions buying up field companies. back in the 1990's, he threw his weight behind france juan mitterrand, but by 2007 he was supporting nicolas sarkozy, the forwho just lost his bid the presidency again in 2017. a lot of speculation as to when .he payment was ushered through prosecutors say from the start there is no real case for madame lagarde. for that.nks that is chris moore, reporting from paris. now to the democratic republic of congo, where joseph kabila's mandate officially ends today. he has refused to hold an election to determine a successor. thomas reports now. thomas: it is very quiet today there is way

christine lagarde dodges jail, but can she hang on to her job? and "i've never hated a man enough to give diamonds back." zsa zsa gabor has died at age 99. i am phil gayle. welcome to the program. the un security council hs voted unanimously to send observers to the besieged city of aleppo. the resolution is test with monitoring evacuation of civilians from aleppo. it is the first show of unity and months among world powers grappling with the crisis. troops backed by russian and iranian forces caprethe ty la week. ong acuees was a seven-year-old girlhose tweets caught the world's attention. reporter: they overcome the first major hurdle. seven-year-old bana and her mother have reached the checkpoint. she came to worldwide attention thanks to the tweets her mother posted under her name. they included images and video from east aleppo showing the devastation and suffering caused by the war. >> we stayed like a prisoner. we are here and we thank god and we thank all our friends. reporter: now the family is in relative safety. bana and others have le

how likely is it that christine lagarde will be found guilty?sible, but it does seem very a mike lee. last week, the french prosecutor called for the charges against christine lagarde to be dismissed. he said the charges were quite weak and they did not related to criminal law, but to politics. he also said he was not incoherent for christine lagarde in the an arbitration case given the case had already been going on for nearly 15 years. now, the judges are not obliged to follow the prosecutor's recommendation. it has happened in the past. the same prosecutor jean-claude called for the charges of corruption against former to beent jacque chirac dismissed and the judges found him guilty. christine lagarde was a lawyer for 20 years, so she knows that. she remains very serious when the prosecutor spoke. the verdict is expected here at 3:00 p.m. french time. anna: caroline, it started a week ago. what have we learned? weakness, bruno used to be in charge of the french investment agency at the time, was very harsh against christine lagarde. he said s

. >> reporter: george and christine, the pick is in. the lekesiz wipresident-elect w announce that rex tillerson will be his selection for secretary of state. t he intends to nominate the ceo because the two hit it off. they found a fit with one another. share similar world views and similar business backgrounds as dealmakers. it comes down to condoleezza rice and james baker and robert gates. three individuals with government experience and three individuals who all recommended rex tillerson to the president-elect. the two did not have a relationship before this proc s processprocess started. now he will be the top diplomat. it doesn't mean he will have clear sailing. democrats have already raised concerns about his potential nomination. not just democrats. republicans have as well because of tillerson's ties to russia. exxon as an oil company has done n a number of deals with russia and he knows vladimir putin. that is drawing scrutiny from john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio. what does it mean for the other candidates? the

imf chief christine lagarde has been convicted of negligence over her handling of a multimillion eurote as france's finance minister. caroline, why was she convicted of negligence? caroline: initially she was charged with two counts of ordering the arbitration and failing to overturn it. on the first count she wasn't found negligent on ordering the initial arbitration but she was found negligent of failing to overturn it in 2008 a year later when she had the ability to do so. the president of the court said that given the christine lagarde was a lawyer for 20 years she should've known better and received many memos from investment agencies warning her that there was a possibility to appeal. she said that at the time she thought the chances of success were very little. specifically, i want to mention that the president of the court was officially concerned about the fact that christine lagarde should have showed proper selection on 45 million euros of this payout related to the thele prejudice when president of the court said that at least 45 million euros specifically could actually b

christine lagarde: we at the imf -- >> speaking of the french people.er] certainlylagarde: we view france that needs to continue seriously in the reforms of its economy. and whoever is elected comes next may will have to tackle head-on the need for structural .eforms the labor market has begun reform. product markets have begun. ok, we need a bit more than that. the economy needs more than that. and it has the benefit of this accommodating monetary policy, which presumably is going to continue for a while. around 50.te -- theeuro is one of 5,106 to dollar. and you buy oil at a reasonably low price or barrel. the whole scenery, the whole landscape should be really favorable to those structural reforms. space,ed use of physical -- fiscal space can only be used appropriately to support these structural reform. it cannot be an invitation to just extend of expending. it means to be reorganizing and reshaped. showed franÇois conversing with margaret thatcher. is he a big enough personality to be the margaret after of france? lagarde: what i know of is he is c

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end christine lagarde was found guilty of negligence.e financial crisis, she will receive no sentence, noted -- no jail time, and no fine. >> is there any appeal for this decision? >> she has one appeal possible. we will see whether she does so in the next few days. she hasn't received any sentence. >> she was a partner at baker mckenzie. she knew there was a possibility of setting decide -- setting aside the decision paid lawyers are not required to pursue every evidence. >> even though she was aware of the fresh investment agency was andnst the arbitration advised to overturn the arbitration. the chances of success of overturning the arbitration was very little. >> a lot of people will be wondering what this means for her and her future at the top of the imf. is itre the implications? anything more than a reputational issue? >> we go back five years or so it would have been a different story. of testing talk lagarde being a french presidential candidate. she didn't show much interest in this position. there is a lot of interest in this

christine has the business flash. christine: thanks. unicredit, according to people familiar with the transaction. is valued at as much as 3.5 billion euros. a purchase of pioneer, which oversees about 226 billion euros, would be the biggest acquisition for amundi can propel it into the top ranks of global money managers with almost 1.4 chilean dollars in assets. native american of american and environmental protesters have victory, with the u.s. to nine the permit needed to complete the dakota access pipeline. the army corps of engineers says there is much work that needs to be done and's alternative route must be found. in what across land sacred to native americans and protests against the project have resulted in hundreds of arrests. david walsh and nicholas udall left man group after the closure of a stock cooler helped oversee. according to a person with knowledge of the matter, the hong kong-based managers exited the unit after the firm in april shuttered the asian equity alternative fun. a spokesperson declined to comment. and t

christine: it seems to posit we are still looking at a hard brexit.usety is cleared that is the first factor that is, for the moment, questioning investment decisions. i know there are numbers that indicate there is still investment, movement. when you talk to people, they are concerned about what the outcome will be. in the financial sector, it would help because the banks located on british territory -- that i said british or english? i never know. , whichcludes the islands are independent countries. those banks on british territory will want to know and shareholders will want to know whether or not there is a passport needed to act. john: the two-year deadline. -- it iseally becoming going to take longer than two years. the prime minister was saying that. christine: most people close to the preparation, on both sides, they are preparing and trying to move along the curve. they are all saying it will take longer than two years. it is going to be something like 60 different eye lateral trade treaties that will have to be negotiated to begin with. the

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christine i want to start with you on this. through what this tariff would really mean for the average american. >> well it means at the border there would be -- let me be clear about this. this is floated. this is one of the ideas we are told that is the the army of things that the trump administration is considering to try to bring american jobs back to the united states. say you put a 5% tax or charge on everything coming in. so what is coming in? from china its footwear. it's bedding. it's furniture. it's auto parts in some cases. it's washers and driers from mexico. you would add a 5% tax on those products. what happens to the companies importing those goods? do they eat it out of their pocket or pass it on to consumers? many economists say you would add that to consumers. the seconding thing is you could have retaliation. china buys from the united states say agriculture products. it buys aircraft, electrical machinery, lots of complicated stuff. then china could say all right we're going to put a 5% tax back on you for y

that just bill richardson or christine --ing aing for all of the electors to decide the next lead are of the free world. now hollywood is getting in on the act, and saying those electors have an obligation to rethink and actually to switch votes. take a listen. >> the american people trust that your voice speaks for us all. >> you will make yourself heard due to constitutional rights. >> what is evident is that donald trump looks more than the qualifications to be president. >> he lacks the necessary stability. >> and cheerly the respect of the constitution of our great nation. >> you have a decision. >> the authority. >> and opportunity to go down in the books as american hero. >> who changed the course of history. >> never mind that donald trump won a constitutionally man deaded e -- mandated election, many in hollywood are not about to let that happen and if they can influence to make sure it doesn't happen, this personal pitch to the 538 electors gathering next monday to decide on who will become the next president will be their final, well, cell. to former white house top strateg

all right, christin. thank you. >>> authorities have released the names of more of the fire victims. one of the new faces emerging 29-year-old ara jo. she worked at an art and supply store in berkeley. ara also helped organize the east bay alternative book fest. 23-year-old griffin madden had graduated from cal last year. he loved to make music and dance according to his roommate. he was one of three uc-berkeley students killed in the fire. so far, 35 of the 36 victims have been identified. most of them were in their 20s and 30s and many of the victims were passionate about music and art. some of them were performing the night of the fire. another victim was a student at san francisco state university. the youngest we have mentioned was the son of an alameda county sheriff's deputy. there are also reports that some of the victims died hugging each other. >> my friend died. i can tell you whatever i want. >> i sympathize with that. >> this showdown between artists and an oakland business other than. the an

was just from christine.e more after this. channel islands national park. coronado. saguaro. you'll see there's one that's an eagle. my number one goal is getting more funds out to parks because some animals and plants are only found in one place in the world, and that's in some national parks. i find that's a great cause, and i want to support it. (avo) the subaru share the love event has donated over four million dollars to help the national parks. get a new subaru, and we'll donate two hundred and fifty dollars more. ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ >>> let's say you found out that they did act alone and they were trying to influence the election. not so much as to tip the election in one person's favor or not, the electors are aware of that. are you saying they should just be aware of their influence or should switch the republican ones, their allegiance to donald trump because of this? >> well, i think you have to ask the republican electors what they're going to do. >> i think that's a great idea. you

john and christine are off. up first, the entertainment world is mourning the death of george michael at the tender age of 53. ♪ last christmas i gave you my heart ♪ >> the pop icon rose to fame in the '80s as part of the two-man group wham!. michael went on to have a solo career selling more than 100 million records and collabora collaborating with some of the biggest names in the music business.

senator chris larson -- along with representatives jonathan brostoff and christine sinicki -- ?accuse the sheriff of not ?adequately supervising the jail after four deaths at the jail. over the unnecessary loss of loved ones in the past six months, it has become clear that our county's sheriff department has been grossly mismanaged." we reached out to sheriff clarke for a response to this latest call for his

le figaro reports christine lagarde, head of the imf, has been found guilty of negligence in public office during her time as the french finance minister. an imf tribunal has decided not to hand down a sentence to ms lagarde. the china daily reports on the country's gdp growth is projected to expand by 6.5% year on year in 2017. this is compared with 6.7% growth for earlier this year. singapore's business times writes about how the owners of small sports shops fear for their livelihoods, because big brand nike threatens to stop supplying them next year. it'll apparently help nike cut its own costs. these small business owners, they will go bust. if a feisty festive board game scrap is all too common in your house, monopoly has set up a telephone hotline to solve family disputes. and really, what's more important — to win mayfair or to play fair? that's in the metro. just don't purchase old kent road. you don't get anything fro tell on the road these days. —— anything for a hotel on old kent road these days. joining us isjustin urquhart stewart— he's the director of seven investment managem

christine lagarde always denied wrongdoing. the court has decided not to hand down any punishment. around the world for virgin could come to a halt. grounded workers are threatening industrial action starting friday in a dispute over pgy- starting friday in a dispute over pay. this comes ahead of the peak travel season with christmas and new year's just around the corner. when i spoke to the man who is their spokesman, i asked i spoke to the man who is their spokesman, iasked him how i spoke to the man who is their spokesman, i asked him how would this impacts travellers around asia? it would have a major impact. but with british airways, you are looking at12— with british airways, you are looking at 12— 15% of the workforce looking at 12— 15% of the workforce looking to go on strike. still, they could create inconvenience and issues for the error line and the network. —— airline. that would affect places like japan where they have a joint operation with japan airlines. the other one is virgin. it is not an absolute strike but they will follow the contract specifically and provide

will be christine lagarde.act that she has escaped any particular punishment, either a jail sentence which was an option or a substantial fine, we‘ll help them if they want to hang onto power which they want to hang onto power which they clearly do. bear in mind, she was not reappointed to a second term —— she was reappointed to a second term just earlier this year. she is due to be here until 2021. we may getan on due to be here until 2021. we may get an on camera statement later on but i‘m expecting some supportive words, particularly now that the french government itself has said they believe she can carry on in the role. one more thought ifi may christine lagarde and her status internationally, do you think fundamentally whatever happens in the outcome of these deliberations there is a reputational issues here which clearly needs to be addressed? i think that‘s right, in a sense the imf stands for probity, financial rectitude, honesty, fair dealing, straightforwardness, economic virtues the world over. that

christine maddela fox5 news local las vegas>> metro police tell us they will have a sobriety checkpoint set up next weekend to be on the lookout for impaired drivers. it's been a deadly year here in the valley. so far this year, metro has investigated 157 homicides. that number year-high in homicide cases and is quickly approaching the highest number on record for metro, which was 167 homicides back in 19-96. metro's homicide division says one of the disturbing trends that they are seeing is that the suspects are getting younger and younger. " everybody should be concerned about this number and the level of violence" "we've arrested teenagers, like, i counted this morning, there were 11 people between the ages of 15-19 that we've arrested for murder"" metro says even with the higher rate of homicide cases, the department is still closing about 75-percent of those cases. a toddler from saint louis just received an early christmas present, to help remember his late father. 2-year-old malachi just received these teddy bears, that were made out of his father's police uniform. malachi's fath