mayor deblasio is sending a letter to barack obama asking him for reimbursement. but to word on whether or not they will write a check. >> that is surprising, deblasio wanting more money. >>> back to the selection of secretary of state. high profile names on the list, growing candidates including rudy giuliani, david petraeus, and mitt romney. joining us for more on this is our former white house secretary under george w. bush. you know you were spotted going through the goden doors today as well. they probably have a different entrance if you don't want spotted, what were you doing there? i went to meet with jason miller and reince priebus, and give them thoughts and ideas. i want them to be successful. >> how to set up the office of the press secretary. what relations with the media is like. >> you mentioned a big one. relations with the media. he is taking a whole new approach to that. what did you say about that specifically. >> most importantly that the staff reflects the boss. and there is a way you can do both. so i talked to jason and his team about that.

>> i think mayor deblasio and others like him want to hobble people.genda of the left, to make them weak and can't take a punch and think they need government to intervene with therapy. thrift resources he's proposing to the waste when there are home los mentally ill. our prisons are full of folks with severe mental illness. millions of americans are facing major depression and he's talking about treating folks because they are disappointed in the outcome an election? he should be ashamed of himself. he needs psychotherapy. i would do that for free just to try to spare the rest of the community the dismantling of their self-intention and self-esteem that he represents. liz: when you saw the story, what was your gut reaction that he was basically saying the trump election is unnerving city workers. what was your gut reaction? what do you think was going through this head? >> i try to do the arithmetic. what's he really saying? he's saying you should need help because an election was held. that's the end game of these folks. the end game of mayor bill de

the chair recognizes the honorable william deblasio of new york county. >> thank you, mr. president. i move that the proceedings of the electoral college of the great state of new york be printed and bound. >> thank you, mr. mayor. the chair recognizes eve guilogon. >> i second the motion that the >> i second the motion that the proceedings of this electoral college of the great state of new york be printed and bound. >> it has been moved and seconded that the proceedings be printed and bound. the motion is carried. before i ask for a motion to adjourn, please allow me a personal point of privilege. many of the people in this room have longstanding personal relationships with president william jefferson clinton and madam secretary hillary clinton. my relationship began in 1992, when i went down to work on the transitions committee for the president -- incoming president william jefferson clinton and vice president al gore. 1992. it was just like yesterday. i was leaving new york because i was going to go out and see the rest of the world and rid myself of standing behind m

stuart: new york mayor bill deblasio offering city workers therapy to deal with trump stress.ebb got fired up about that one. >> bolshevik bill, our fast it mayor, maybe he need a hug. his son is afraid of the police. he has anti-police rhetoric he puts out in his administration. where are the policy solutions from new york. he wants more money from the government. he wants to hold charter schools hostage. this guy needs to get to work for the cities workers. stuart: jim brown, ball player, running-back for the cleveland browns. one of many people who will be coming and going at trump tower. a parade of the greats today. we are on it. we love this stuff. i have got to bring to your attention, the battle for aleppo is said to be coming to an end. death, destruction and mayhem. >> the rebels have been held up in eastern aleppo for four years. they are on the brink of defeat. as government sources file in with help from the russians. syrian forces going into these neighborhoods, pulling people out and shooting them dead in the street, including women and children. there are repor

i have also recently met with mayor deblasio of new york and governor christie of new jersey and i will speak to governor cuomo from new york. the united states continues to grow strength and the new york metropolitan area. thank you again for your friendship over the past decade and i wish you continued good success and engage more closely with the united nations so that you will always deliver and connect the world with united nations. thank you very much. let me say one last thing. i am happy to take your questions. thank you. >> mr. secretary-general, thank you again for the last press conference, but thank you also for your cooperation and friendship with us. we really appreciate that. we also thank you for your battle of freedom of the press. my last question to you is a simple one -- i have a soft one. in two weeks, you will face two options. relax and retire, or run for president of south korea. because this is your last question, we would like to know will choose and you have to give a clear answer now. thank you. [laughter] general ban ki-moon: the first part of your question

christmas tree in rocker feller center, thousands gathered for free but rainy celebrations, mayor bill deblasio got help from saturday night live star alex baldwin and kate mcken on lighting up the 94 tall spruce. >> i try to get my tree to look like that every year but i miss the mark a little bit. something about peco not letting me put 50,000 lights in my living room, and 94 feet. let's not forget about that. >> decorations are filling up around the city and that includes some of philadelphia's historic houses. >> historic houses of fairmount park will welcome visitor this holiday season. jan carabao is live at lemon hill mansion with the details, jan. >> reporter: rahel and joe, good morning, thinks forty-fifth annual christmas at fairmount park coming to you live from lemon hill mansion, one of the six houses decked out for the the holidays. this is the chris crinkle room, here and pays homage to james parkinson who hired a neighbor to play chris crinkle at his shop on chestnut hill and he is considered to be first person who brought in a department store santa so a little bit of the phila

. >> meantime, in new york city, mayor bill deblasio's administration picking a fight with the president-elect. this time it's over yesterday's bomb scare. people were running for the doors and their lives. cops had to evacuate the place after someone left a bag of toys. sean spice saying back to work at trump tower after a false alarm. thanks nypd. eric phillips responded, no problems, we'll send you the bill. >> was thanks nypd a dig? setting a tone is tough. kennedy: it's very tough in texts or tweet. >> this is not the first time a president has come from manhattan. fdr and teddy roosevelt did. hillary clinton is not only from chappaqua, new york. and security measures up there. kennedy: i think donald trump came to manhattan a lot. >> keep it off twitter. if mother is having a problem with her baby daddy, there may be problems but it's not classy and it's not good for the kid. kennedy: you don't necessarily have to advertise it. but it is expensive. it costs a lot of money. >> if obama were doing this to taxpayers, conservatives would be mad. >> what's up with trump tower. it's like a mal

mayor bill deblasio got some help from saturday night live stars alec baldwin and kate mckinnon lighting up the 94 foot tall norway spruce. it is spectacular, isn't it? more than 50 thousand colre beautiful. perfect tree. still to come an investigation to help keep you safe. a spike in carjackings across northeast ohio will tell you what police are doing to try and stop the suspects and want to look out for. golden opportunity for northeast ohio we'll talk about her incredible role on the hit fox show empire. when we come back. aj. i stephanie and todd good morning guys. mid- 30s way different story from yesterday. tough to find the sun. we've got details of some snow that could accumulate and big weather changes in the eight day. that is coming up. stay with us. t ed gallek shares with us now. the next thing i know there's a guy with a foot and a gun thing she got pushed to the gun of the next thing you know the back i took off in her vehicle. i feel like it's not going to end. and gunman jumps out some posts come just days after police and is a studios deals we can now sleep about the

mayor deblasio says two weeks ago at a remarkable speech, he said, if the feds come and try to removemmigrants, we'll resist. if the feds come and try to register, muslims, we'll not comply. if the feds come and try to take away the rights of women, we'll not let that happen. >> are you being played or will you you resist? >> we are prepared. here and throughout our city, i offered the letter to our president-elect trump on climate change, we are not going to be held back no matter what you do. i am still buying electrical cars. we don't have to luxury to publicize these things. we'll stand up for the values that are american values. my city is 63% of immigrants. i am the grandson of a dreamer who came across the border of mexico without any documents. now, i am the mayor of the largest city and the largest state of the union. when we invest in immigrants we get more economic prosperity. i think we are going to say that loudly and clearly to any threat against that and not just across the nation but across the world. and in france, i was with the mayor in france when we came together

now the man running for mayor of new york city against buildable osseo -- bill deblasio. i'm not saying we are in the same situation with 1.24 million refugees that have come to their country. we have a lot of people here and we don't know who they are. >> i just walked over 52nd street and madison avenue and i walked purposefully through rockefeller center or the tree is, all the beautiful stories. there's so many people there. the overwhelming amount of police officers unmounted, critical response units. these people very aware that there's a strong possibility of some not doing something. the response will be very quick and effect is. the intelligence side of it, we need that serena was percolating out there. the current mayor that we have disbanded all this intelligence. we've got to be real about it. if there's an attack in new york city, we should have no more. i'm for helping good people, not infringing upon their rates. but i'm also finding the people who want to harm us. >> does that mean profiling? you are of this religion, therefore we need to profile and watch

. >> mayor bill deblasio said there is no specific threats and will place sand trucks around the roads to prevent a truck style attack like the one in berlin. >>> check this out. come on back. times square hosted the annual confetti test today. to get ready to ring in 2017, 3,000 pounds of confetti is released when the clock strikes midnight. you'll see it some day somewhere maybe online, all the action on times square will be live at 6 abc. ryan seacrest helps you ring in the new year. rock dick clark's rockin eve starting at 8:00 p.m. >>> newcastle's police chief is celebrated for a long successful career in law enforcement. the colonel will retire and his colleagues honored him during his final review at the police athletic league. he has been with the department for 28 years and was chief in 2012, he brought cutting edge technology to the force and his policies help to reduce crime including homicides and home break-ins. the official retirement is tuesday. >>> and 13 sheriffs officers are applauded for their great service. the camden county sheriff's office gave out the duty award

it was the casualty of the kuomo deblasio feud.hows up in a city park and becomes a minor celebrity and wanders out of the park and captured by the city and it is ordered euthanized because they say it's the right thing to do. the office stepped in giving the deer a reprieve. despite that being against state policy because deer usually don't make it when they are relocated. unfortunately the deer died while waiting to be relocated. from a story that stems from an ongoing feud, there is a blame game. we will leave it at that. oh, deer. r hour. to win, every millisecond matters. both on the track and thousands of miles away. with the help of at&t, red bull racing can share critical information about every inch of the car from virtually anywhere. brakes are getting warm. confirmed, daniel you need to cool your brakes. understood, brake bias back 2 clicks. giving them the agility to have speed & precision. because no one knows & like at&t. >>> time for "the lid." hillary clinton and her team blame the comey letter, believe that cost th

thank you very much mayor deblasio. and i further want to thank the atf and president randy wine garden for allowing us to use their beautiful facility throughout the country. thank you very much. all right. now the thank yous are over. let's get to the meat of the issue here. all right? you've got to be polite. that's the right thing to be. what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it's not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all over the country. but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time of low voter turnout, at a time as you all know when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, we are gathered here tonight not only in this building to begin the process of transforming american politics and of creating a government which works for all of the people, not just the 1%. [applause] that is what we are here to do. edit order to make

we have seen that leadership from governor cuomo in new york, mayor deblasio in new york city, governor wolf, and in l.a.. it is time for our president-elect to use his voice to effectively and unequivocally denounce these hateful acts that are done in his name. thank you. >> good morning, everyone. first, i want to thank richard cohen and the southern poverty law center for these important reports and their important research and leadership. i also want to thank my colleagues who are here this morning to bear witness so powerfully to the challenge of our time in addressing issues of hate and violence triggered in large part by the presidential election we just experienced. my name is wayne henderson. i serve as president and ceo of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. it is the leading civil and human rights coalition with over 200 national organizations working to build an america as good as its ideals. i am honored to note that all the organizations here today are members of our coalition. throughout the presidential campaign, as you heard, and especially in its after

thank you very much, mayor deblasio. i furthermore want to thank the ndi and president ra weingarten for using their livestream. thank you. are over.ank yous what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it is not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all over the country. but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time of low voter turnout am a other time as you all know, when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, we are gathered here tonight not only in this building but all over america to begin the process of transforming american politics and of creating a government which works for all of the people, not just the 1%. that is what we are here to do. make thater to happen, our first step is to transform the democratic party from a top-down party to a bottom-up party. [applause] to create a: grassroots organization of the working famili

i have also recently met with mayor deblasio of new york and governor christie of new jersey and i willo governor cuomo from new york. the united states continues to grow strength and the new york metropolitan area. thank you again for your friendship over the past decade and i wish you continued good substance. and engage more closely with the united nations so that you will and thank you very much. let me say one last thing. i am happy to take your questions. >> mr. secretary-general, thank you a dead for the last -- thank you again for the last press conference and for your cooperation with us. we really appreciated that. thank you for your freedom of the press. my last question to you is a simple one -- i have a soft one. in two weeks, you will face two options. right for president of south korea or -- which one of the options will you choose and a clear answer now? thank you. >> the first part of your , of course, i will take more days to take rest. the last 10during years, frankly speaking, i have not been able to take any proper vacations and rest. it has been quite a tough 10 ye

the new york mayor bill deblasio tweeted. d.c. must step up to pay us back what we are owed. >>> syrian government troops are pushing deeper into the parts of aleppo and reports this morning from inside syria indicates some rel truce. the battle has left hundreds of aleppo residents dead. tens of thousands of families have fled. debora patta found one family who never left and never gave up hope. >> reporter: it's now been five years since the war divided aleppo. splitting the rebel-held east from the government-controlled west. and ranging families apart in himself. this is the first time he's seen his mother in five years! my soul, she sobs, you are everything to me, my son! another son joins in. they remained in rebel-held eastern aleppo and three sons and their families lived in the government-controlled west. her sons joined the syrian army. their uniform marking them as visiting their mother in rebel-held territory became impossible. dockman knew that the bombs unleashed by the opposition of the army he serves rained down on

thank you very much, mayor deblasio. i furthermore want to thank the afp and president randi weingarten for using their livestream throughout the country. randi, thank you very much. [applause] nator sanders: now the thank yous are over. we have to be polite. what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it is not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all over the country. but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time of low voter turnout , at a time as you all know when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics, we are gathered here tonight not only in this building but all over america to begin the process of transforming american politics and of creating a government which works for all of the people, not just the 1%. [applause] senator sanders: that is what we are here to do. and in order to make that happen, our first step is to transfor

i also want to thank mayor bill deblasio came on board. and i want to thank president randi weingarten. thank you very much. although right now that the think is are all done. let's get to the meat of the issue. what we are doing tonight is not sexy, and it's not going to make the headlines in the newspapers all of the country but it is unprecedented for the democratic party and for the long-term future of our country and it is of enormous consequence. at a time as you all know when millions of americans are demoralized politically and are sick and tired of establishment politics and establishment economics we are gathered here tonight not only in this building but all of america to begin the process of transforming american politics and creating a government which works for all of the people not just the 1%. that is what we're here to do. the first step is to transform the democratic party from a top-down party to bottom-up party. to create a grassroots organization of the working families of this country will tell you having been all ove

he hasn't committed, but we think he's running for the mayorship and he's going to take on bill deblasio for me, you've got my vote, sir. maria: we'll see you in 12 minutes. "varney & company" begins the top of the our and he he's not kellyanne conway live the top of the hour, you don't want to miss that. i'll be with stuart in his 10:00 hour. in 2017, the top industry trends to watch for next year. we're back in a minute. ♪ you do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you do have an accident, our claims centers are available to assist you 24/7. call for a free quote today. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. >> welcome back. some challenge in the housing market this morning. november housing starts came out. they were down worse than expected. down more than 18% from the last reading, this coming as mortgage rates are climbing up. especially in the

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the chair recognizes the honorable william deblasio of new york county. >> thank you, mr. president. i move that the proceedings of the electoral college of the great state of new york be printed and bound. >> thank you, mr. mayor. e chair recognizes eve guilogon. >> i second the motion that the electoral college of the great state of new york be printed and bound. >> it has been moved and sebbeded that the eproceedings be printed and bound. the the motion is carried. before i ask for a motion to adjourn, please allow me a personal point of privilege. many of the people in this room have longstanding personal relationships with president william jefferson clinton and madam secretary hillary clinton. my relationship began in 1992, when i went down to work on the transitions committee for the president -- incoming president william jefferson clinton and vice president al gore. 1992. it was just like yesterday. i was leaving new york because i was going to go out and see the rest of the world. and rid myself of standing behind my father's shadow. i worked in the transition. t

i have also recently met with mayor deblasio of new york and governor christie of new jersey and i willak to governor cuomo from new york. the united states continues to grow strength and the new york metropolitan area. thank you again for your friendship over the past decade and i wish you continued good success and engage more closely with the united nations so that you will always deliver and connect the world with united nations. thank you very much. let me say one last thing. i am happy to take your questions. thank you. >> mr. secretary-general, thank you again for the last press conference, but thank you also for your cooperation and friendship with us. we really appreciate that. we also thank you for your battle of freedom of the press. my last question to you is a simple one -- i have a soft one. in two weeks, you will face two options. relax and retire, or run for president of south korea. because this is your last question, we would like to know will choose and you have to give a clear answer now. thank you. [laughter] general ban ki-moon: the first part of your question -- o

socialist mayor of new york city, mayor deblasio.nd can trump walk away from this, they keep trying to smear trump as a racist. >> the mayor has problem in the city starting with traffic and everything else and nowhere near as well run, and in the days it's a fight of his life and the coalition to build, it doesn't. the facts aren't right and aren't truthful and i think at the end of the day, he will have a run for his money. >> hold on a second, i want you to stay there. i've got breaking news, moments ago donald trump was out there tweeting about boeing. here it is. boeing is building a brand new 747 air force one for future presidents, but costs are out of control. more than $4 billion. cancel the order. boeing stock is about 1% down, premarket on that news. and come on in, steve cortez, market watcher and trump guy. well, it's just breaking. what do you say to this? >> stuart, i think this is emblematic how he approaches this. i know air force one has a lot of security protocol not a regular airplane, but $4 billion strikes me, i

i have also recently met with mayor deblasio of new york and governor christie of new jersey and i will speak to governor cuomo from new york. the united states continues to grow strength and the new york metropolitan area. thank you again for your friendship over the past decade and i wish you continued good success and engage more closely with the united nations so that you will always deliver and connect the world with united nations. thank you very much. let me say one last thing. i am happy to take your questions. thank you. >> mr. secretary-general, thank you again for the last press conference, but thank you also for your cooperation and friendship with us. we really appreciate that. we also thank you for your battle of freedom of the press. my last question to you is a simple one -- i have a soft one. in two weeks, you will face two options. relax and retire, or run for president of south korea. because this is your last question, we would like to know which one you will choose and you have to give a clear answer now. thank you. [laughter] general ban ki-moon: the first part of