captions paid for by cbs television distribution donald watson is suing his former tenants, ray and becky smith, for unpaid rent, stolen property, and damages. >> byrd: order! all rise! your honor, it's case number 360 of the calendar in the matter of watson vs. smith. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. gentlemen, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. watson, you rented the defendants an apartment that you own -- >> correct. >> judge judy: that was above a pizzeria. it had four bedrooms. when did you move in, mrs. smith? >> we moved in on may 1, 2015. >> judge judy: and when did you move out? >> we were out october 1, 2016. >> judge judy: and there came a time that, during your tenancy, your husband lost his job and you fell behind in your rent. >> yes, ma'am. >> judge judy: how much rent, when you moved out, had not been paid to mr. watson? do you know the exact figure? >> i'm not sure of the exact figure. >> judge judy: approximately. >> it was gonna be roughly, like, $4,000. >> judge judy: well, even he doesn't say it was

captions paid for by cbs television distribution donald watson is suing his former tenants, ray and beckyr unpaid rent, stolen property, and damages. >> byrd: order! all rise! your honor, it's case number 360 of the calendar in the matter of watson vs. smith. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're we

captions paid for by cbs television distribution donald watson is suing his former tenants, ray and beckyr unpaid rent, stolen property, and damages. >> byrd: order! all rise! your honor, it's case number 360 of the calendar in the matter of watson vs. smith. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. gentlemen, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. watson, you rented the defendants an apartment that you own -- >> correct. >> judge judy: that was above a pizzeria. it had four bedrooms. when did you move in, mrs. smith? >> we moved in on may 1, 2015. >> judge judy: and when did you move out? >> we were out october 1, 2016. >> judge judy: and there came a time that, during your tenancy, your husband lost his job and you fell behind in your rent.

while donald trump reportedly calls theresa may his maggie, it is likely to take a lot of diplomacy and good grace to form a similar partnership. iain watsonon has confirmed that the reason may will speak to donald trump on the importance of nato. he had previously said that it was obsolete and then later qualified his mark. number ten has said the prime minister has spoken to the nato secretary—general and they continue to discuss the importance of the alliance and the need for it to continue. and the prime minister will be taking these messages to washington late in the week where she will discuss nato with president trump. the white house and vowed to fight the news media to the nail on the attacks on president trump. he claims more than a million people attended, aerial photos show a different story. the weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at donald trump's inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the in

she made that very clear and at the least donald trump at the press conference seemed to tacitly agree with. >> all right. ivan watsonank you so much. >>> for more on donald trump's meetings, let's bring in eugene scott. he's live in london. mr. trump has spoken to several leaders, so let's first talk about mr. trump's conversation with the british prime minister. she had a lot to accomplish in this meeting with the u.s. president from reassuring that there is a strong relationship between the united states and united kingdom, also reaffirming that the two nations are solidly in support of nato. how is her meeting being perceived across the pond? >> reporter: well, it depends on who you're speaking with. there are certainly people who are hoping that the prime minister focuses on establishing the best trade relationship with the united states moving forward for the time being when the united kingdom is no longer a part of the european union. but there are also people here affiliated with the labour party who would hope that the prime minister would be aggressive with the president on issues related to climate change,

we mentioned the offensive line and donald penn not playing set up the domino effect because watson had to move into his position and howard had to flip flop and they couldn't get anybody blocked, shu. >> and no question. the offensive line, one of the strengths this year and unfortunately with all of the moving parts, it just became a domino effect. and houston is the number one ranked defense if the league so no surprise there. >> and brock osweiler, while he may not live up to the moniker of the $72 million man, he was decent, through for 168 yards and was not sacked and didn't make any costly mistakes. >> he got it going early. they completed quick and short passes and got his confidence going. made a difference in the two young quarterbacks and you could see it in brock osweiler. >> it would have been different if the raiders had carr. not able to go. look ahead to next season. >> wait until next year. >> high hopes for the raiders. that is a wrap for now. eric, back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. we'll see you back here for abc 7 news

who is boycotts trump's inauguration along are representative bonnie watson coleman, he said he had every intention of going until donald trump seb sent out the tweets about congressman john lewis from georgia, after he said he would not attend the inauguration. >> mr. trump's response to john lewis was typical stereo typical bigoted reply. well, wherever there is a black leader, that it must be an urban area in disrepair with nothing going for it, and everybody is up against the wall. >> payne released a statement, donald trump will be our president, and i will work with him, if my values permit. if doing so is in the best interest of my constituents and the nation. but i will not celebrate his swearing in on office. that he ha proven unfit to hold. >> throughout hillary's campaign. we heard motto, when they go low, you go high. >> going low would be there and showing up as people did at hillary's campaign, and throwing you know. bombs at her. going to a trump rally, and being attacked and pulled out of there. we're peacefully say we're not going. >> people who don't show up at parties, think that party stops because t

donald trump. already more than two dozen democratic lawmakers have decided to boycott the upcoming presidential inauguration. locally dwight evans and bonnie watson coleman won't be attending. democratic senator bob casey says he will be there all though they're gearing up for a fight as soon as donald trump takes office. >> i'm there because i think the peaceful transfer of power, i have a lot of disagreements with the incoming president. those will play out overtime. >> the number of democrats in congress who say they will sit out is now at 27. nbc10 is your home for inauguration coverage around the clock starting wednesday at 4:00 p.m. our entire morning team are live in washington, d.c. in the evening jim and i are in the capital. >> now to international breaking news in the past few minutes. nbc10 learned the gunman of suspected of killing 39 people during an new year attack is under arrest. delaware resident jake raak was among those injured. he was shot in the leg but says he survived by playing dead. >> back here at home in chester county, university is cutting its tuition by 25% to try to attract more students. the catholic school told n

donald trump's inauguration. among them, new jersey bonnie watson fullman, be sure to stay with "action news" for live coverage of the inauguration. live coverage begins on wednesday, brian taff and sharrie williams brings you all the happening in washington, d.c. including the big events. >> you ever to head -- you have to bundle up as you head out this morning. >> reporter: yes i can't find my gloves. storm tracker 6 live double scan we're dry right now. you have to bundle up. it's cold out there under clear skies. it's cold out there, i've been witnessing beautiful shots as i was stepping outside, i'm seeing the skies brighten a little bit. what a beautiful shot that is. crystal clear above the commodore barry bridge. let's check the numbers right now. it's cold in the lehigh valley we're in the teens in philadelphia, 28. the dewpoint is way down, dry atmosphere, 19 degrees. the pressure is steady. the winds are out of the north for now, they will swipt to the southwest later this afternoon. it will feel better. the ocean temperature, 40 degrees. satellite and radar showing yes we have clouds and rain suppress

. >>> welcome back, to cnn donald trump conducted a phone call with several world leaders including a call to vladimir putin. let's bring in ivan watson live in the washington capitol. both leaders have said favorable things about each other in the leadup to president trump's win. they finally got to speak by phone. donald trump now the president of the u.s. what came out of this conversation? >> reporter: well i think a very dramatic change in tone, george, between the communication between these two leeaders, shortly after president obama slapped tse slapped sanctions on russia. the white house said quote the positive call was a significant start to improving the relationship between the united states and russia that is in need of repair. the trump administration has made it clear it wants to cooperate with russia in the sphere of combatting isis. the kremlin said that they have talked about partner cooperation in the middle east in the korean peninsula, dealing with the iran yan nuclear program and already hearing signs from other key people in russia, the head of the russian sovereign well-fund, combined some $10 billion announcin

watson. the one thing we know about donald trump is that he does not feel as wedded to his statements as previousngress to do so. one minute he has a certain view on abortion and choice, and the next minute he has a different view. i think that in president donald trump, i would think that in president donald trump, iwould not think that in president donald trump, i would not be surprised to see him change course. whether it has been the secretary of state nominee, the epa nominee, the defence secretary nominee, we have heard them shift from his worldview on questions of torture, questions of russian hacking, even from questions of climate change as a hoax, you have heard some variability. here we go, donald trump, melania trump, barack 0bama, michelle 0bama making their way down the steps of the east side of the capitol, to the helicopter that will ta ke capitol, to the helicopter that will take the outgoing president and his wife. you wonder how much these two men will keep in touch. how much will donald trump seek advice from barack 0bama once he has left office? it will be an interesting rela

we mentioned the offensive line and donald penn not playing set up the domino effect because watson had howard had to flip flop and they couldn't get anybody blocked, shu. >> and no question. the offensive line, one of the strengths this year and unfortunately with all of the moving parts, it just became a domino effect. and houston is the number one ranked defense if the league so no surprise there. >> and brock osweiler, while he may not live up to the moniker of the $72 million man, he was decent, through for 168 yards and was not sacked and didn't make any costly mistakes. >> he got it going early. they completed quick and short passes and got his confidence going. made a difference in the two young quarterbacks and you could see it in brock osweiler. >> it would have been different if the raiders had carr. not able to go. look ahead to next season. >> wait until next year. >> high hopes for the raiders. that is a wrap for now. eric, back to you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. we'll see you back here for abc 7 news at 9:00 and 11:00. bye-bye. f

watson in moscow. there has been so much baggage between donald trump and vladimir putin.he two men will get to speak to each other directly. is this going to be the moment of truth? >> i guess we'll see. the kremlin's been trying to lower expectations and say this is just going to be a call of protocol, typical to congratulate for the russian president to congratulate the u.s. president on his inauguration. there has been so much controversy, the allegations of russian hacking involving the u.s. election, the sheer fact that donald trump has a history of attacking almost every political figure including the pope but has typically had very nice things to say about the russian president, vladimir putin, which has attracted criticism from top senators in his own party. when he was asked about this at a press conference on friday this is how he responded to questions about the upcoming call with vladimir putin. take a listen. >> as far as again, putin and russia, i don't say good, bad, on indifferent. i don't know the gentleman. i hope we have a fantastic relationship. that's

bonnie watson coleman tweeted she will attend a pray vigil instead. evans says he will not go. president elect donald trump and other republicans say the democrats are sore losers who need to accept the results of the election and move on. democratic senator bob casey says he's will be at the inauguration, but gearing up for fight in congress then congressman dwight evans on why he will not go. take a listen. >> i'm there because i think it's the peaceful transfer of power. i have a lot of disagreements with the incoming president. those will play out over time. >> no, i will not attend inauguration. i feel very strongly at this particular point. until we get clearing of the air about what's taking place with the russians and the selection. >> then you have the local republican leaders say the boycotts will not do anything to fix the problem. right now, more than 30 house democrats, that's the count at this point, will not go to inauguration. meantime hundreds of thousands of spectators and protesters are expected to be there in washington on friday. security and safety preparations are still well un

donald trump's inauguration. >> at least two dozen democrats now say they won't attend the swearing in ceremony. >> he was sworn into office two months ago for his first term in congress. new jersey congresswoman bonnie watson coleman tweeted she does not plan to attend. instead she's planning a prayer vigil. >> president elect donald trump twitter attack on civil rights leader and congressman john lewis appears to be helping book sales. two of the congressman's books have sold out on amazon. sales of the civil right leader's graphic novel march and 2015 memoir walking with the wind sky rocketed after his feud with the president elect. questioned the legitimacy of the victory. trump then tweeted he should spend more time on helping and fixing his district. >>> polls show donald trump will enter office with a lower approval rating than last three presidential predecessors had when they began the job. gallop poll shows trump with a 42% approval rating. george george w. bush has 59%. we are sending a team of anchors and reporters to the nation's capitol hill to bring you complete coverage. >>> police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in a store where his father worked. happened yes

watson. working together, we can outthink anything. >>> press cretary sean spicer says donald trump's crowdslarger than obama's inauguration. the district never voted for republican for president and the re john itself is turning bluer. when ronald reagan was elected, he lost dc badly. he didn't need to go far to find george hw bush had to go 5.8 miles away. in maryland you had to go to howard county. in 2004, the nearest wins were both 25 miles from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. and now donald trump who won only 4% of the vote in washington dc lost all of the surrounding counties. so find a county that voted red, he has to go 27 miles or 42 miles. by the way, from trump tower in new york, which some are calling white house north, the closest supporting county was richmond. a bit close if he takes the ferry. it is true that large metro areas have been trending democratic, but this sets up an besides having a hard time getting local residents to show up for inauguration. it is important for the president to have a good relationship with employees and vice versa. back in a moment with the man who

congresswoman ronny watson coleman tweeted she doesn't plan to attend the inauguration, instead, she's planning a prayer vigil. our coverage of the inauguration of donald trump starts wednesday live from washington d.c. a team of anchors and reporters to the nation's capitol. >>> new at 11:00, a celebration of the arts tonight in wilmington. it was all part of the inaugural ceremony leading up to governor-elect john kearny taking the oval office on tuesday. tonight at the middle school, a number of choirs and bands performed. there was a traditional chinese dance and indian tribes played the drums. >> don't let them forget what they're trying to do and let's all work together to stop them from doing it. >> days before the new president takes office, hundreds gathered to send a message about preking health care. the crowd outside the hospital voiced concerns about what happens if the affordable care act or obamacare goes away. >> for people not have health care and not a plan and it's absurd. you know, we're here for -- to support people and to support the continuation of affordable care. >> rallies like this one were also held in new jersey and around

watson coleman tweeted she will attend a prayer vigil instead. congressman dwight evans said he will not be going to the inauguration. president elect donald trump and other republicans say the democrats are sore losers who need to accept the results of the election and move on. democratic senator bob casey says he will be there though he and his colleagues are gearing up for a fight as soon as donald trump takes office. >> i'm there because i think it's the peaceful transfer of power. i have a lot of disagreements with the incoming president. those will play out overtime. >> and local republican leaders say the boycotts will not do anything to help fix the problems, but as of right now, the count is at more than 30 house democrats who say they will not go. meantime, hundreds of thousands of spectators and protesters are expected to be there in washington on friday and security and safety preparations still underway. live in the digital operation center, matt delucia, nbc 10. >>> cover band for bruce springstein is dropping out of performance at trump inauguration party. >>> springsteen supported hillary clinton. been an outspoken critic o

watson coleman will not attend the inauguration. tweeted she's planning to go to a prayer vigil instead. complete coverage of the inauguration of donald trump. look for live reports starting wednesday. sending a team of anchors. including two of us. headed to the nation's capital. >> don't let them forget what they're trying to do and let's all work together to stop them from doing it. >> hundreds of people spent the weekend rallying to save the affordable care act. outside temple hospital in north philadelphia to send a message about protecting health care. >> for people not to have health care and not have a plan, it's absurd. we're here for to support people and support the continuation of affordable care. >> similar rallies were held in new jersey and around the country after senator bernie sanders and other democrats called for action. last night, president elect trump promised his plan to replace obamacare will include insurance for everybody. >>> seven minutes before five. all new next on nbc 10 news on five. terror in a taxi. >> local driver shot. what happened moments before the shots were fired. >>> plus a few good men. expl

watson. 0n the surface, the special relationship appears almost intimate. britain's prime minister will be the first foreign leader to meet the new president. at that relationship with donaldmay have to become extra special after brexit, as britain searches for new global trade deals. the special relationship between the uk and the us has been strong for many years. we will have opportunity to talk about our future trading relationship but also some of the world challenges that we all face. he and people around him are also spoken about the importance of a trade arrangement with the united kingdom, and that that is something they are looking to talk to us about atan they are looking to talk to us about at an early stage. it all sounds positive, but the two leaders will have to square this circle.|j positive, but the two leaders will have to square this circle. i want this to be a truly global britain. america first! america first! the president's critics say that his emphasis on protecting american drops might make things difficult with the uk —— jobs. recent figures show that we sell more to america than we buy. we saw them £88 billion worth of goods and services and brou

police say monell stabbed tara o'shea-watson to death inside her home in commercial township last month. >>> a confirmation hearing is under way for another one of donald trump's nominees on capitol hill. this one for betsy devos. mr. trump's pick for education secretary, devoes a longtime champion for voucher programs and charter schools. >>> guadagno has been christie's second in command for years. they disagree when supporting donald trump and the state's recent gas tax hike. >>> delaware has a new governor when john carney takes office as the state faces big budget problems. >> tim furlong shows us how jobs and the economy were big topics at today's inauguration. >> so help me god. >> reporter: and with that delaware had itself a new governor. day one john carney finds himself leading a state that spending too much and brings in too little. he's leading an economy in transition. >> it's way different. you know, it's not the state where the pond is the big and foundation company. it's really more of ab innovation economy with smaller businesses and start-ups. >> reporter: delaware is a state that could face major problems that might soon have to ask

correspondent iain watson. 0n the surface the special relationship that he is almost intimate, as the prime minister the first foreign leader to meet the new president but that relationship with donald have to become extra special after brexit. the special relationship between the uk and us has been strong for many yea rs. we and us has been strong for many years. we will have the opportunity to speak about a trading relationship and some of the challenges we will face. it all sounds positive but the leaders will have to square this circle.|j sounds positive but the leaders will have to square this circle. i want us have to square this circle. i want us to be a truly global britain. america first, america first. the president's critics say that his emphasis of protecting american jobs might makea emphasis of protecting american jobs might make a favourable deal difficult even with the uk. recent figures show we sell more to america than we buy, we sold £88 billion of goods and services butjust brought in £52 billion of imports. the reverse is true with the eu. we sell less to them than they do to us, but as you can see, business with eu partners is worth far more than our trade with

. >>> well, donald trump may hesitate to blame russia for the election attack, but russia has been accused of hacking on its neighbors in the past. ivan watson reports. >> reporter: the war in eastern ukraine. for more than two years ukraine has been fighting separatists supported by its eastern neighbor russia, in a conflict that has claimed more than 10,000 lives and displaced some 2 million people. a shaky cease-fire is bearely holding, but their isn't just a conflict being fought with bullets and bombs. ukraine says it's recently survived at least ten major cyberattacks that have targeted organizations like the state the railroad company, the ministry of finance, the ministry of infrastructure. agencies that a society needs to function normally. so far ukrainian officials aren't publicly blaming the latest seekcyber assault on any but ukrainian and american investigators did blame russian hackers for a separate attack on an electric company in december 2015. it cut power completely in nmor than 100 cities across the country. officials in other former soviet republics like latvia say they, too, are commonlyvictims of their neighbor. >> in

watson will have more in the next hour. more now on our top story this afternoon and donald trump has promised a trade deal between britain and former justice secretary and prominent brexit campaigner michael gove for the times newspaper. let's listen to a little of what he had to say about britain's decision to leave the eu. i thought the uk was so smart in getting out and you were there and you guys wrote it and put it on the front page trump said that brexit is going to happen. yes. right and it happened and that's when i was going to lose easily. everybody thought i was crazy. obama said they would go to the back of the line. that was a bad statement. front of the queue. i think you're doing great. i think it's going great. countries want their own identity. and the uk wa nted their own identity. and the uk wanted its own identity, but i do believe this — if they hadn't been forced to take in all of the refugees, so many, with all the problems that it entails, i think that you wouldn't have a broks it. it probably could have worked out. i can now speak to lord marland who acted as the prime minister's trade envoy under da

watson is founder of ozy media. anneke green, former speech writer for president george w bush. carlos cuellar you predicted that donaldnited states. you can see him now on inauguration day, is he now president trump? we have been surprised by president—elect trump and president trump regularly but in the transition of the last 60 days, the transition of the last 60 days, the candidate you saw for the last 15 months is likely to be the president you will get. some of these early fights, most significantly a supreme court battle, and fights over immigration, in some way, will that temper his approach? i doubt it but we will see. and you are a former speech writer, he will be on the podium, george w bush, his father is in hospital sick with pneumonia, but george w bush will be there. how much pressure is there on the president—elect, on this day, to say the right thing to the american people? this is the most pressure that he has faced to date in his speech, for the longest time he was not ta ken seriously speech, for the longest time he was not taken seriously and i think that the pressure was not as high profile but no

watson is a cnn senior international correspondent. david brode is an editor at reuters. welcome to all of you. jill, i'll start with you. donald trump said that when asked the question who he trusted more, putin or angela merkel, who is america's great ally, he said it was a wash. he would start out by trusting them both the same. what do you make of that? >> well, i mean, you can say generally he's saying let's all get along, maybe it will happen, maybe it won't, but the way it came out is that you're putting those two names together, which has a lot of shock value, as you can imagine, in europe and perhaps in the united states, because angela merkel is the head of a country that is one of our closist allies, and vladimir putin is the head of a country that the united states considers at best someone with whom we're competing, or at worst an enemy. so to put them together was very strange. that's what a lot of people are shaking their heads and saying, what does that actually mean? >> so ivan, what has been the international reaction to this? >> well, certainly we're watching china and the escalating war of words with the pre

donald trump's latest interview with the german publication billed and the times of london. the reaction is rolling in. let's discuss that and more with our senior international correspondent ivan watsonsays joining us in hong kong. our senior international correspondent matthew chance, who is in moscow, and here in washington our chief national security correspondent jim schudo. under the one china policy, taiwan is part of china. that's recognized, has been for decades, by the united states, but in his interview trump suggested once again that the one china policy in his words is negotiable. how is china officially firing back. >> it's bristling. the china foreign ministry saying this agreement basically, this understanding is the bedrock of the bilateral relationship between the world's two largest economies, the foreign ministry spokeswoman today warning that if donald trump continues down this path, he would just be shooting himself in the foot. meanwhile, chinese state media has been quite a bit harsher in some of its rhetoric. you've got the global times in an editorial writing "we were simply angry initially, but now we can't help but laugh at this leader in waiting. maybe ame

donald trump will talk to today are hoping those sanctions remain in place. >> ryan noble, grateful to see you this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >>> let's go to moscow, bring in cnn international correspondent ivan watson. ivan, how is the kremlin characterizing this upcoming call? >> reporter: it is clearly trying to manage expectations, victor. a kremlin spokesperson saying yesterday that this is going to be pretty much diplomatic, standard diplomatic protocol, that russian vladimir putin will congratulate donald trump on his inauguration. this will be the first formal contact between the two leaders since the inauguration but the kremlin spokesperson saying he doesn't expect real substantial issues to be discussed in this preliminary conversation. it is very important to note in some circles here, some official circles and some media circles that trump administration's ele he thinks the phone call between the leaders would be a new beginning for the battle against isis, for resolving the war in syria and the war in ukraine as well. there are some big expectations from some russians that hope it leads to thawing of relations between moscow and washington, less isolation, less opposition from western

donald trump is growing in our region. brendan boil is the latest to announce he'll skip the event. bonnie watson evans also say they will not attend. i'm tracey davidson. more news in 25 minutes. thanks for watching. ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." and coming up, war of words. cia director john brennan fires back at donald trump, for suggesting he leaked unverified and damaging allegations against the president-elect. as the inauguration boycott among democratic lawmakers grows, just three days before trump takes the oath of office. >>> plus, not slowing down. the surprising benefits to working later in life, both on your health and your wallet. >>> and guess who? a hollywood star undergoes a serious transformation to play disgraced figure skater tonya harding. today, the big reveal, on tuesday, january 17th, 2017. >> good morning, steeler nation. >> it's my 20th birthday. >> came to take a selfie with al and say hi to our daughter, lou. >> i'm going to africa. today, i'm meeting matt lauer. ♪ >> hi, to our friends and family in orlando and west palm beach. >> we're in a new york state of mind from

watson coleman. r. speaker, i rise today i rise against the nomination of betsy devos and my colleagues have been talking about the troubling nominations of donald trump and i wanted to add my voice with respect to the secretary of secretary of education. 90% of americans, republicans and democrats alike send their children to public schools and as a proud graduate of the new york city public school system, i know the importance of both primary and secondary education as part of the early childhood and art of early childhood young adulthood. most -- like most schools in the united states, schools are operated by the city, town or county for the benefit of the public. and all of the resources allocated to public schools are used to support the development of students preparing them for success. . speaker, i believe betsy devos has a very different approach to education and that is extremely clear. she and her family have devoted millions of doll rs arizona to charter michigan to schools. let me repeat that. most of which have recorded test scores in reading and math that are well below the state average. recently the "detroit free press" explaine

watson is live in hong kong. thank you all for being here, jill, let me begin with you. as you well know, donaldstates will have a better relationship with russia going forward. and a russian official just took a parting shot at president obama, what did they say? >> reporter: yeah, that was the spokesperson for the foreign ministry, she said you know a lot of things can happen in the world but one thing won't happen and that is president obama will not say anything about russia any more. so the last final slap against president obama. as the new president comes in. and russia of course has been very complementary about president trump. and i think the tone is that he wants to make america great and that may just rub off on russia in the sense that both countries now can go to fix the world. here is a response from a member of parliament. and a lot of his opinions, especially on twitter, express kind of the official view. he said he is a bright politician of a new type. but they will try to obstruct him and good luck, mr. trump. he said also that the meeting with president putin which they want