you talk about great scientists, you talk eight about an architect like frank geary and i am thinking and i am a sports announcer it was humbling, believe me. >> a you will be 89 in a few days. how would you describe the career and the recent retirement? >> i could say the grace of god he has help me every step of way. i did not accomplish 69 years of doing sports. he is the one who gave me the path to follow. i am so grateful. i give thanks to him every day. because, really, i feel it has been a gift and because it is a gift i don't feel like i should take a bow, it was something he decided and i just follow directions. it is great but it makes me realize how much i owe. >> to you loved by the public and to be the only sportscaster in history to get the medal of freedom to have that honor and is it yours, how will you handle that? >> i can't believe, loved by everybody? i can't believe that i have the award, they can't take it ambassador. i knew a few days ago i was warying about a recount. but they allowed know get it anyway so i would say i think i have it in the proper perspective

frank geary has never reversed -- he said, i was an outsider from the beginning. better, or for worse, i thrived on it. the child of jewish immigrants, frank grew up in los angeles and spent his life rethinking shapes and mediums, seemingly the force of gravity itself, the idea of what architecture could be. constantlyto upend, repurposing every material available from titanium to paper nexts to inspiring our generation. us thatwork teaches they can soar and broaden our horizons. when she first to set foot on the national mall, she was trying to find a way to show war is not just about a victory or loss, but about individual lives. she considered how the landscape might shape that message, rather than the other way around. the project she designed for her a bege class earned her plus, and a permanent place in american history. [laughter] president obama: so, all of you thelus students out there, vietnam veterans memorial has changed the way we think about sacrifice and patriotism and ourselves. has them more then give us places for remembering. newhas given us plac

you haven't, a few, kareem abdul jabbar, ellen degeneres, robert de niro, bill and melindagates, frank gearynks. a star-studded affair, no doubt. and something to which we in this hour look forward to every year for many presidents past. as this is sort of the time of day when this happens. it often happens as an outgoing president is in the process of transitioning as we are now. i remember this happening with president bush and presidents

frank geary has never let popular acclaim reverse his impulse to defy convention. was on outsider from the beginning, he said. for better or worse, i thrived on it. the child of poor jewish immigrants, frank grew up in los angeles and throughout his life he embraced the spirit of a city defined by an open horizon. he spent his life rethinking shapes. the idea of what architecture , uld be, he decided to up end constantly repurposes every aterial. is doing our dedication for our schools in guggenheim to chicago's millennium park to his home in santa monica which i understand caused some consternation among his neighbors. frank's work teaches us while buildings may be sturdy to the ground, they can lift our spirits and soar and broaden our horizons. when an undergraduate from appalachia first set foot, she tried to show that war is not just a victory or loose but bout individual lives. the project that maya lynn designed for her college class earned her barn plus and a permanent place in american history. so all of you b-plus students out there, the vietnam veteran's

frank geary has never let popular impulse defy convention. "i was an outsider from the beginning" he says "so for better or worse i thrived on it." the child of poor jewish immigrants in los angeles and he embraced the city defined by an open horizon he rethought shapes and mediums, seemingly the force of gravity itself. the idea of what architecture could be he decided to upend every material available from titanium to paper towel tubes. he's inspiring our next generation through his advocacy for arts education in our sch l schools from the guggenheim to chicago's millennium park to his home in santa monica which i understand caused korns nation among his neighbors -- [ laughter ] -- frank teaches us that buildings can soar and broaden our horizons. when an undergraduate from rural appalachia set foot on the national mall many years ago she was trying to figure out a way to show war is not just a victory or loss but about individual lives. she considered how the landscape might shape that message rather than the other way around. the project

. >> i the voice of los angeles dodgers for 182 years frank geary, i met him out in los angeles, youis work? >> yes please. >> that's in downtown los angeles, isn't that wild? >> amazing. >> has buildings like this all over the wormed. >> reminds me of australia. >> little bit. that feel to t i think bill, boa spain, doesn't very a music venue, there as well? >> let me see. i'll try and figure it out. >> it looks like a house in animated film. >> it does. >> crazy. >> lags vegas? >> vaguest, blue, for brain health? oh, my gosh. >> looks like somebody lost their mind. >> that's crazy. >> okay, so, new england pea tree at brady making fun of the deflate gate scandal that got him into trouble. got suspended for four games, i think it was, yes. he is using that deflate gate incident in a new commercial for foot locker, the shoot people. >> unfortunate mind sake, just because it doesn't mean anything is going on. why can't some things just be great? >> just a question. >> start with questions, then questions start into assumptions, assumptions turn into vacations. so why would you punish

you haven't, a few, kareem abdul jabbar, ellen degeneres, robert de niro, bill and melindagates, frank geary, tom hanks. a star-studded affair, no doubt. and something to which we in this hour look forward to every year for many presidents past. as this is sort of the time of day when this happens. it often happens as an outgoing president is in the process of transitioning as we are now. i remember this happening with president bush and presidents previous. and it is always really sort of a great american day no matter how you feel about it politically. it's normally a big american thank you to people who have made a difference in our lives. and it's the president's opportunity to say something nice about them and give them their moment in the sun after what is, you know, widely believed to be fantastic accomplishments. in the room now, you see members of the president's cabinet and many of those who will receive these awards. they are running just a couple minutes behind. and over the last hour, we've gotten a flood of new information from the president-elect about many subjects, this is a

i mean, you talk about great scientists, you talk about an architect like frank geary and i'm thinking'm a sports announcer. it was a very humbling experience, believe me when i say that. >> you'll be 89 in a few days. >> right. >> how would you describe your career and your recent retirement? >> i could sum it up by saying the grace of god. he's helped me every step of the way. i didn't accomplish 69 years of doing sports. he's the one who gave me the path to follow. so i'm so grateful. i give thanks to him every day because really i feel that it's been a gift and because it's a gift i don't feel like i should take a bow for it. it was something that he decided in his grace and i just followed direction so yeah. it is great but it makes me realize how much i owe. >> to be loved by the public and to be the only sports caster in history to get the medal of freedom, to have that honor, vin, and have it yours, how will you hand that will? >> well, i -- i can't believe the -- as you just said, loved by everybody. you know, i can't believe that. i have the award. they can't take it away. i

liz: frank geary is.e editorial boards at nation's newspapers are sounding quite the alarm whether president-elect donald trump has a serious conflict of interest here. "new york post"'s editorial board, even appearing of monetizing the presidency with another trump band would be outrageous. "new york times" says sell businesses. liquidate the trump band. "l.a. times" says he needs to avoid appearance of conflict. charlie gasparino with exclusive insight trump's thinking and others about this. >> i would throw up the quote he gave "the times" because it is instructive to see the exact quote he told "the times" how he could run his business, essentially what he said. don't take my paraphrasing of it. look exactly what he said, he can run his businesses and run the white house perfectly. there it is right there. liz: what does that even me? >> in theory i could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly. there has never been a case like this. now, that to me is insane. we should point out

frank geary has never let popular claim reverses and pulls to defy convention. utsider from the beginning, he says. for better or worse, i thrived on it. a child of poor jewish immigrants, frank grew up in los angeles. embracedt his life, he the spirit of the city defined by an open horizon. he spent his life rethinking shapes and mediums, seemingly the force of gravity itself, and the idea of what architecture could be. and, constantly reproducing material available he is inspiring our next generation to his advocacy of arts education in our schools. and from the guggenheim to chicago's millennium park, to his home in santa monica, what caused somend consternation among his neighbors, he teaches us that while birding's -- while buildings may be attached to the ground, they can broaden our horizons. another graduate from rural appalachia set foot on the national mall years ago, she tried to figure out a way to show that war is not just a but about loss, individual lives. she considered how the landscape might shape that message, rather than the other way around.