>> she's like i sang this song so long ago. >> hugh's francesca doing? you'd think they'd unrap wrap ir her. look at that, all the people there. >> and zoo staff provided an a little update on how francesca's adjusting. >> she's pretty chill. she seems pretty confident for a hippo. she likes cucumbers, apples and cantaloupe. >> all right, so we know what to get her for the holidays. >> over to making the rounds this morning. this is a mother posting a photo of her son on santa's lap, typical this time of year, but pay close attention to the little boy's hands. the boy is signing "help" in this photo. she writes, we taught our baby sign language. this is a sign for "help." it turns out she does reveal she encouraged him to make the sign. so the kid is not actual lly in distress, but it makes for a hilarious photo. >>> over in ireland there's a grandmother who bought what she thought was a christmas ourn amount. >> very pretty and sparkly. >> you see the bulb there. was shocked to discover the ornament contained a glittered, dusted, lavender g-string. >> d

francesca chambers, courtney kube, tim alberta. i want to talk about collusion, russia, mueller, comey. call it what you will. but it is is trump's twitter trevails. will we have move on significantly but a year from now? >> i doubt we will. it is drip, drip, drip. the president's lawyers convinced him to cooperate. trump believes it will be wrapped up in the next couple of months. the fact that michael flynn turned. we don't know what he has, what he has delivered. there are interviews that still haven't been done as of the end of the year with prominent people. it seems likely trump himself will be interviewed. it is a story of unforced errors. i think if donald trump can take back one decision he made it would be appointing jeff sessions as attorney general. not only did the alabama defeat in december for republicans, but, you know, everything that set in motion. special counsel with bob mueller firing comey. there's a lot of things that if you had appointed someone who didn't have to recuse themselves, this would have been more

in 1983 francesca and i were on a private of israel.nd the group taking us, took us out to the settlements around jerusalem. where very brave israelis were choosing to live on the heights in order to deny them from palestinian terrorists. so we met with these folks and chatted with them and one woman, a very young woman had three or four children already. she was describing her she was putting her family on the hilltop for the political purpose of protecting our country. and seven and a good asta, by the way how many children do you intend to have? she said as many as it takes. that was a woman of conviction. no doubt about it. putting her family's security on the line. when i was in congress one day, i saw charlie wrangle got arrested for demonstrating against the -- genocide in washington. i thought that was a good idea. and i profit, the police were in on it, kind of like professional wrestling. no one was going to go to jail but you could be arrested and $50 fine and hopefully make a point. i came home and told my wife i would like

it is supposed to be terrific. >> francesca chambers?'re also getting her jewelry after saying she's a nerd. >> a nerd in the best possible way. >> sorry. i just had to say that. i got my grandmother "everything you need to know about social media without having to ask a kid." >> great choice. >> greta is a friend. this book is fantastic. not only am i getting it for my grandmother, i might get it for other on family members. i don't want to give that away. they might be watching. >> very well done. greta is a friend as well. she does know her social media. james homan? >> 1,000 pages but worth reading. "the republic for which it stands." a definitive story from 1865 to 1896. what's old is new. >> give me the dates? >> 1865 to 1896. >> those are all the ohio presidents. >> all the ohio presidents. there are so many parallels between then and now. america in a great period of unease, division, figuring it out, good leaders, bad leaders. >> and electricity. the telephone comes along. it's a beautiful book. incredible narrative. it's thick.

i came home and told francesca, you know, i'd like to do this. and she asked me some very critical questions about it and thought for a minute, well, if you're going to be arrested, i'm going to be arrested. so she joined me. and i'm really very proud of that. and we went down, and we demonstrated and got arrested trying to stand up for the people of darfur. and in the paddy wagon on the way to the police station, i was riding with our fellow protestee, dick gregory, who just died. wonderful man. and i said to him, you know, mr. gregory, this is my first time being arrested for civil disobedience, and he said, congressman, that's great, i hope you keep doing it. [laughter] i've been arrested 300 times. when we paid our fine, i looked back, and gregory was in there with all the staff around him, the policemen, the clerical staff, and it was like they were just so moved by his presence, shaking his hand, talking with him. so people of conviction can make a huge impact. progressives need to bring it every day. you know, we have to talk to voters whe

begin with michael schmidt, and francesca chambers, and francesca, lerm stat me start w you. i see you every day in the briefing room. first sean spicer, now sarah huckabee sanders. what's it like in that room? >> a sharp shift we've seen in the briefing room behind the scenes in this white house is that previously you would always count on the associated press to be called in, in the briefing room first and count on a policy question and news of the day first. something this administration has done away with. so that's why you'll see them going to other outlets across the room and you never know if you'll be the first one to get called on. you have to be very, very prepared in this administration, because what if they come to you, it's your day. got the top question and every network in america, cameras are rolling. >> one of the things, michael, when i was in washington, there would be certain kinds of information that would be released by the white house, even though you're sort of, you know, trained as a journalist to question, there are certain things you wouldn't questi

we'll find out, and francesca chambers. guest, but this is your debut on fallback. >> so excited to be in new york. >> there you go. who needs to fall back? >> this one, it's hard for me because i'm a huge fan. he's one of my heroes, but i'm going to have to say it's an annual thing for me, sir paul mccartney needs to fall back. >> wow. >> yeah. if i had a time machine, i of course, would go back and kill hitler, but i would make a stop on the way to november 16th, 1979, to stop him from releasing the song "wonderful christmastime," which ruins my year. >> you're tired of it. >> the worst, a terrible song. i suppose it's a nice song if you want to feel magically transported to a tj maxx. >> is this a song you have been singing in the green room? >> theman the minute you hear the keyboard sounds from like a junior high sex ed film, the minute you hear it, it's going to be stuck in your head all day. >> but now you're plaguing me with it. he's been singing it in the green room. >> don't sing it. from the little you told me, i

and the timing worked out. >> how's francesca doing? >> they welcomed her with presents. all the people there. it's like the latest member of the oklahoma city thunder. >> and zoo staff provided an a little update on how francesca's been adjusting. >> she's pretty chill. she seems pretty confident for a hippo. she likes cucumbers a lot. she likes carrots. she does like apples and cantaloupe. >> all right, so we know what to get her for the holidays. >>> over to a hilarious picture making the rounds this morning. this is a mother posting a photo of her son on santa's lap, pretty typical for this time of year. only pay close attention to the little boy's hands. the mother says she taught her son sign language. the boy is signing "help" in this photo. she writes, we taught our baby sign language. this is a sign for "help." you're welcome. 7,000 retweets and 20,000 likes later, it turns out she does reveal she encouraged him to make the sign. so the kid is not actually in any distress, but it still makes for a hilarious photo. >>> over in ireland there's a grandmother who bou

neil: do you think, francesca, al franken is out of there. now with 7 prominent democratic senators, i'm sure there will be more by the time the day ends. that he is out? >> he survived it before now, the accusations were before now. this tipping point particularly in light of everything going on with the moore race versus doug jones, that's on december 12, and that's a huge race. we have a situation where democrats, you know, a lot closer to controlling the senate next year, republicans would only have 51 seats if they can pick up the seat in alabama. certainly, as they head into the race, hold party accountable. neil: hold your nose option, keeping that seat republican but taking the baggage that comes with that in the case of a moore, fairly or not is deemed inappropriate in the eyes of the establishment. mitt romney, for example, and shouldn't be being with. it is a mess. francesca, thank you very much. >>> all right, in the meantime, a shutdown spending fight and it is on. the president, you might have seen in the white house, clearly sa

thank you, francesca chambers, ken vogel and jeff bennett. trump watch. you're watching "hardball." ♪shostakovich playing ♪ from our family to yours... may all your wishes come true this holiday season. just serve classy snacks and bew a gracious host,iday party. no matter who shows up. do you like nuts? what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ >>> trump watch. monday, december 11th, 2017. the president would have us believe there is honor in his declaration of jerusalem as capital of israel. he promised some groups he would do it, therefore he finds honor in delivering on that promise. oh, yeah? i can distinctly remember a far larger promise trump made in the campaign, far more important and far more wide rang

francesca. >> thank you. i wanted to ask you about the this on ang television show. resignid that he should and there should be the russia investigation. he said this has already been litigated. but i wanted to get your specific reaction. addressedsident has these accusations directly. and denied all of these allegations. befores took place long he was elected to be president. and the people of this country had a decisive election, supported president trump and we feel like these allegations aggravate that process. on ad want to follow-up little bit of breaking as we just learned about. transgender people will be allowed to enlist in the military. is there any action to that? >> right now they are simply confined with a court order and preparing to implement a previous policy to maintain compliance. is the department of justice currently reviewing the legal options to make sure the president's directory can be implemented. s onhing further, specific these matters. what about nikki haley's comments? know,ki haley, i sure you went out and messed with the elections. she

francesca. reporter: thank you. wanted to ask you about the women who came forward today against the president, saying, first on a television show, then they were at a press conference and they said that he should resign and then also that there should be a congressional investigation. and i know that you said that this has already been litigated in the last election. but i wanted to get your specific reaction to this idea that there should be a congressional investigation into this. sarah: the president has addressed these accusations directly. and denied all of these allegations. and this took place long before he was elected to be president and the people of this country had a decisive election, supported president trump, and we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process. reporter: want to follow up on that. breaking news. we just learned about. they will now allow transgender people to enlist in the military. your reaction to that and then any follow-up action you're going to take? sarah

postponed for friday elizabeth or money on a thank you very much for that for now that's money on the francesca covering that vote in the peruvian congress for us thank you. to the head on alex the cholera epidemic in yemen reaches a million cases in just nine months and thousands forced from their homes in southern cameroon as the government tries to bring on the rest on the control. through tranquil arabian. nights and if. just as when to seem to tuck in fresh air feeling blue skies for china so once more we start to see. the seeing cloud develops hong kong starts to feel a little bit less dry terms two degrees to it's going up in sixteen degrees will work the reasons this is a change there with it's this. a tropical storm again five days off the last one we've now got one this one a bit further south over mindanao rather than the sciences the last one was the winds and the rain potential all similar but the movement is much quicker so that will bring heavy rain with it is on its way through fairly quickly this is its course and guess where it ends up over but a strengthening could well hit t

we met connor and francesca, who say they have looked everywhere. of people been out looking for her? there were over 200 people out last night looking for her. some around the top, and we managed to walk all around hopton. somewhere out in the sea. a police helicopter was flying around, while in gorleston on centre missing posters were everywhere. a feigned sophie smith facebook page now has close to 12,000 members. -- find sophie smith. i would like to say thanks to all the searches done, and to the police. it has been phenomenal, and the social media response friends and family on facebook and social media. she went missing from her home on the early hours of boxing day. norfolk police say she had been receiving treatment for anxiety and depression, and it is possible that she went into the sea. however the search for sophie goes on with friends and family hoping she might be found alive. mike liggins. a growing number of rural communities are relying on volunteers to keep certain services going. cuts in funding means that facilities that were tr

. >> you remind me of mike francesca. >> real quickly back on your saturday night live days. when you did weekend updates how did you do that? >> it was a combination of both. >> can you do me the honor of reading the teleprompter? give it a shot. >> colin quinn is performing through the weekend. we have put ticket information on ktvu.com. look for it in the web links section under the mornings on 2. this is hard. you can also find it on the mobile app.>> thank you so much. colin quinn, catch him this weekend. we will be right back. >>> enter right now for a chance to win tickets to either on your feet or waitress on october 17. both of the shows will be at the golden gate theatre, to enter go to facebook click on contests and fill out the entry form. entries will be accepted until 11:59 tonight. you must be 18 to enter, it is a retail value of $110. four winners will be chosen by random on december 14th. you will see the official rules when you head over to ktvu.com and click on contests. >>> if you have an ugly christmas sweater today is a good day to where it. it is nation

. >> do you find francesca, for all of the bester, people talk. >> that is how we get the stories done. so i don't know how many reporters are encouraging the white house to stop talking. and the president himself is guesting on twitter every single morning and i think that is another big change. president barack obama was not speaking as they've said directly to the american people that way. which has been both i think a blessing and a curse for this white house because the president is able to get his message out there unfiltered but we've seen some of the tweets have managed to generate news. i know it seems forever ago remember he said barack obama had wiretapped him and in trump tower and that generated news cycle after news cycle and re -- derailed from the administration priorities and they are also talking and also on television. in the previous administration you didn't see the chief of staff or even the national security adviser on television as much as we are seeing now. so also getting direct information from senior white house officials and that form that we did not before

francesca. reporter: thank you, sarah, i want to ask you about women came forward about the president, first we were on a television show. then they were at a press conference and they said that he should resign and then also that there should be a congressional investigation. i know that you said that this is already been litigated in the last election but i wanted to get your specific reaction to this idea there should be congressional investigation into this. >> look, the president addressed these accusations directly and denied all of these allegations, and this took place long before he was elected to be president and, the people of this country had a decisive election, supported president trump. we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process. kristin. reporter: sarah, thank you. one follow up, a little bit of breaking news we learned about, pentagon will allow transgender people to enlist in the military january 1st. reaction to that, any follow-up action you will t

. ♪ my living room is in major need of a holiday so i called design and entertaining expert francesca holidays. there's nothing more appealing and welcoming than hanging a wreath on your door. an attitude of gratitude wreath and write things and add it to the wreath. >> i am thankful for family, friends and french fries. >> the second thing, the mantel. what i like to do is cluster ornaments and gives you that luxurious look for less. >> reporter: we start with green green greenery. >> i like to double up and twist it. >> we're wrapping it around some hooks. >> three, two, one. ah! >> let there be light. >> now let's do ribbon. >> wired ribbon and roll it opposite ways so in the end you have this cole scroll look and drop it in place. >> >> reporter: next we simple silver and gold ornaments. >> remember these books. >> history of civilization. the renaissance in the middle ages. >> do you really read them all the time? we'll turn them into holiday books by covering them with gift wrap. >> look at that. >> how about that. oh, that's beautiful. now it's time to tackle the tree. how do y

francesca. >> you said that you cannot go much further, but i do want to try to separate out the things that we have been hearing. you are saying that omarosa was not fired on tuesday evening. she did not get belligerent and her conversation with a general, she was not yelling at him, cursing at him, and she was not escorted off the property? she was not escorted off the property by someone or some entity? >> secretary sanders: look at, as i said, omarosa resigned from her position. i am not going to go into a detailed process any further than that. we put out a statement, as is standard practice. we are not going to get into the weeds of a personal decision. >> kellyanne conway said that she and other administration officials are looking for additional funds for the opioid epidemic. that fund only has $57,000 in it. congress has predicted that it will cost upwards of $190 billion to treat the crisi crisis. what do you have to say to critics who say that the president has not taken a dedicated and of resources? >> secretary sanders: the present has put one of his top with people here at

frances francesca. >> thank you. i wanted to ask you about the women who came forward today against the president. they first were on a television show, and then they were at a press conference, and they said that he should resign and then also that there should be a congressional investigation. i know you have said this has already been lit dpated in the last election, but i wanted to get your specific reaction about a congressional investigation. >> the president has addressed the accusations directly, and denied all of these allegations. and this took place long before he was elected to be president, and the people of this country had a decisive election, supported president trump, and we feel like these allegations have been answered through that process. christen. >> reporter: i want to follow up on the first. the breaking news we just learned about the pentagon apparently will now allow transgender people who enlist in the military beginning january 1st. your reaction and then any followup action you're going t

. >> christian, chuck, francesca, thanks for lightening up our friday. "hardball" starts right now. >>> trump touting more. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. even as some in his party warn of disaster if roy moore wins next tuesday, president donald trump is going all out with the alabama republican. and just over an hour from now, trump will hold a campaign rally in pensacola, florida. just 20 miles from the alabama border. it's a city that shares a media market with mobile, alabama. well, the white house insists the rally is not a roy moore campaign event. but the president is expected to slam his democratic challenger, doug jones. and the moore campaign is actively encouraging supporters to go to this event tonight. this morning, president trump offered his most explicit endorset yet. the last thing the make america great agenda needs is a liberal democrat in the senate where we have so little margin for victory already. the pilosa schumer puppet jones would vote against us 100% of the time. he's bad on crime,

francesca. reporter: thank you, sarah, i know you can't go much further on personnel matter. i want to separate out some things we're hearing here to be crystal clear. you're saying omarosa manigault was not fired on tuesday evening. she didn't get belligerent at general kelly, wasn't cursing at him and not escorts off the property, secret service said not by them, not escorted off the property by some entity other than secret service? >> as i said omarosa resigned from her position. i'm not going to go into detailed process any further than that we put out a statement as standard practice. we're not going to get into the weed after personnel decision here at white house. reporter: interview kellyanne and conway and she and other administration officials are urging congress to appropriate additional funding for opioid epidemic. the president declared a health care emergency this fall and it only has $70,000 in it. it will cost 190 billion over a decade to treat the crisis. can you tell us how much congress will urge congress to appropriate? what do you say to critics who say

francesca? >> thank you, sarah. i wanted to ask you about the women who came forward today against the president. they first were on a television show and then they were at a press conference and they said that he should resign and that there should be a congressional investigation and you said that this has been litigated in the last election, but i wanted to get your specific reaction to this idea that there should be a congressional investigation into this. >> look, the president has addressed these accusations directly and denied all of these allegations, and this took place long before he was elected to be president and the people of this country had a decisive election, supported president trump, and we feel that these allegations have been answered through that process. kristen? >> sarah, thank you. one fol lowellow-up, breaking n learned about. the pentagon will now allow transgender people to enlist in the military beginning january 1st and your reaction to that and any follow-up action you will take? >> th

>> i want to go to francesca on this.go to new york city lately, times square, you can walk there in the street. there's always people walking around dressed up with paint all over them like the statue of liberty. that's trump. that's all he is. it's all a show. he's walking around on stilts with statue of liberty hat on with this weird makeup. it's like performance art. it's street art. it's street performance. it's all about that. what we just saw, that's not a president of the united states behaving. that's some guy playing around with pens like what? it's a performance. >> he certainly knows what he's doing. what you couldn't see after that is then he comes outside, and i was outside waiting for him and all of us are waiting for him hoping he talks to the press. because remember, he was supposed to have a press conference. he said he was going to have a press conference -- >> what does that mean, show up? >> he said he was going to have a press conference this week. he didn't do that. >> the white house back yard of t

francesca tiene una impactante noticia sobre leonardo dicaprio.del arte. entre sus colecciones tiene obras de picasso, salvador dalÍ. se dice que para comprar esta obra de arte lo tratÓ de hacer de una manera muy privada. es una persona del medio y obviamente se filtrÓ la informaciÓn. Él sigue aumentando el valor de su colecciÓn de arte. ahÍ estÁ, se impactaron con la noticia, pero si creÍa que eso era suficiente, les cuento que ya se sabe quiÉn comprÓ la pintura mÁs cara del mundo. hemos estado hablando del "salvador mundi". el comprador es el heredero de arabia saudita, mohamed salam. Él pagÓ 450 millones de dólares el mes pasado por esta obra. ahÍ estÁ, ya se sabe que Él lo comprÓ. estuvo entre los 10 finalistas de la revista times. #lomejorquemehapasado. compartan sobre lo mejor que les ha pasado. recuerde que hoy marÍa elena salinas se despide del noticiero univisiÓn a las 6:30 p.m.. no se lo pueden perder. ♪ ahÍ estÁ, con mÚsica de jenny rivera vamos aÍda pausa. ♪ ♪ karla: otro que barbaridad, este partido histÓrico dio mucho de quÉ hablar.

. >> i am francesca and a junior at georgetown visitation.s hard to follow such smart people before me. >> you fit right in. >> my question -- i grew up in washington, d.c. but i am a latina. how do we approach racism and white privilege in our communities, especially with those that refuse to acknowledge the existence of those things that exist in our community? >> these are great comments to comment on. how do you keep your values? how do they change? how do you stay consistent? how do you explain racism to people who insist they are not racist? and how do you talk to people that insist they don't see color or ethnicity? >> well. congressman lewis: i think all of us as humans have some strange habits. really. within the civil rights movement, people discriminated. look at the people that spoke at the march on washington. it was all men. it was dominated by ministers who did not think there was a role for women and the church. right? and some of the leaders of the movement considered the movement their little church and discriminated against

ptu re at the beginning of the 60s, the rapture from the old generation, with the, as we say in francesca very calm, it was very casual, and he was clever, because he spoke about their songs and so on, and i, it was a very attached man, and as you on, and i, it was a very attached man, and as you see on, and i, it was a very attached man, and as you see for, for france, lost today, part of a, our country, it is incredible to see that, because for the french population, and for all the population, for the, you see, for the ambassadors, for, so you see, for the ambassadors, for, so for the worker, for all the people, this morning it was very awful. i was so painful it was terrible for me to work this morning. cough course, he has always been there, he has been from for you, you say he was calm and cautious, and yet he lived his life asa cautious, and yet he lived his life as a rock star to the full, five marriages? yes, but after, and when he was on tv or if he was, with you in an interview, it was always very calm, after his show. which were you favourite songs of his?” calm, after his sho