and on the fact-free duplicitous nature of all of this, franchesca, we have brand-new -- i'm going to play for the first time, within the last hour, one of trump's top spokesman from the rnc, sean spicer, making -- and i want to be clear with viewers before we play this, this is a false claim, as far as we can figure out. but we're going to play it. sean spicer fallsly alleging that somehow this foreign adversarial hack would not have occurred if it were not for hillary clinton's private e-mail server, which was a different trove of e-mails, altogether. >> do i think foreign governments, russia and other, try to probe u.s. sites, government and otherwise? absolutely. china, russia, we do it, they do it. but i think the problem i have with this story and the narrative that's out there about russia a few things. number one, this wouldn't have happened if hillary clinton didn't have a secret server. >> franchesca, what do you think of that claim? >> well, as you noted, the hacks were on democratic party officials within the dnc and also on clinton's campaign chairman, john podesta. what

. >>> joining me now is ozzie and franchesca. could the president have handled this differently? remember, the fbi got a lot of backlash surrounding the clinton e-mail situation. >> and he said if he talked about it before the election he would have seemed bipartisan, and donald trump is saying the white house is weighing in on the side of hillary clinton and saying the russians did it on purpose to give the election to him. >> why do you think donald trump ignored the russia situation at the rally, and why do you think that is? >> he doesn't want to talk about it. if intelligence agencies are agreeing that the goal of it was not just to undermine the election process, but time-out trump win, and that's not something he wants to explain to his base. he has shown time and time again he can argue against facts and his supporters will stick with him, but he wants to get past this to some degree, and he wants to start talking about how great his victory was and how much of a mandate he has, and how he's going to create jobs, jobs, jobs. the more he talks about it, and the more remind

sorry, franchesca, to say this on tv. >> that's a parent fail. >> the knicks have a unicorn of their chris palingas, 7'3" can shoot from 30 feet. block shots from 10 feet. >> huge wing span as well. any other unicorns that we need to look out for? >> it's the christmas unicorn right? every year the spurs are there at the end. nobody talks about them in the meantime. dwyane wade with the chicago bulls. they're slowly coming to form. kind of been inconsistent for a while. watch for minnesota and oklahoma city tonight. russell westbrook, he loves the spotlight. can't wait to see what he's going to wear walking into the arena. also a triple double machine. i'm guaranteeing a triple double. for russell westbrook. >> you are guaranteeg a triple double? >> absolutely. >> i'm guaranteeing you're going to find something bright and shiny in your driveway. maybe not. have a small gift. >> thank you. >> you can't go away empty-handed. thanks tony. dan, over to you. >> thank you, paula. it is christmas morning and what has been a turbulent and at times violent year. joining us to talk about the m

franchesca chapelbers is white house reporter for the "daily mail," and kim gattis covers washington. this is an international coverage -- >> and cover for paris as well, not just washington. >> i compared this to riding in a new york cab, the ping-pong of wind news. every single moment, there's something new. trump feels he's got to keep the audience. the japanese $50 billion deal. the carrier deal. taking a shot at boeing, you know, gold plating, saving tax dollars. >> it's the razzle-dazzle approach. with the carrier deal, i think what he did there was very smart. he shows the people that he can have a quick fix, it feels good, it looks good. it's not sustainable. he can't do that with many more companies. it's a business deal approach to the economy, which is not sustainable in the long-term. but in the short-term, it helps him get more love from the people. >> the average guy or woman out there is thinking, at least the guy's alive. he's doing stuff. there's somebody home. and he's fighting for us. i'm thinking that's what they like. >> back to the point about this being boom, b