. >>> the boyfriend of the late george michael tweeted today that the grammy award winning singer had attempted suicide many times. the late singer was found dead in his home in england on christmas day. today he tweeted quote the only thing that george wanted was to die and that he tried a number of times to kill himself and finally managed. an autopsy was inconclusive as to how michael died. he had struggled though with drug addiction and depression for many years. >>> britain's queen elizabeth missed the traditional new year's eve mass. the queen also skipped her visit to christmas mass for the first time in decades. the absence has some concerns about the ruler of buckingham palace. >>> muni riders can expect to pay more this year. discount monthly passes for youth, seniors and people with disabilities also increased to $36. muni cash fares have increased a quarter to $2.50. discount cash fares were also increased from $1 to $1.25. >>> a southern california family welcomed the first baby of 2016 in the south bay just seconds into the new year. we want you to meet grace emily moren

of the late george michael said the grammy award winning singer had tried to kill himself many times. he found the late singer dead in his home in england christmas day. yesterday he tweeted out: >>> george michael had struggled with drug addiction, as well as depression for several years. veral years. at least 50 congressional democrats are asking 39 obama to grant pardons to young immigrants known as dreamers, to stepped forward to identify themselves in exchange for a promise they would be safe for deportation. it's not clear what will happen to the more than 700,000 young immigrants who took advantage of the program once donald trump takes office. >>> california desperately seeking bilingual educational teachers. a ballot measure calls for bringing back bilingual education in the state. schools are now adding bilingual class. for students who parents want them to learn span, and i other languages to compare them to compete globally for jobs, but there's a severe shortage of teachers credentialed to teach the classes. >> a fewer-year disput a between san jose and santa clara county may be ending soon. they have been fighting for over $40 million in property taxes and w

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george's county police vehicles. 23-year-old michael burwell is charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and assaulting a police officer, among other things. >>> shifting gears right now, the power of a tweet within hours. house republicans to this. bruce is sorting out the twist and turns here. >> there is already friction between the republican rank and file and the president-elect. >> do you solemnly swear? >> the gop wants to show it can govern but there is tension below the service. the plan to emaskalate the house ethics office was sponsored by bob goodland in virginia at a closed-door meeting it passed with overwhelming support from rank- and-file republicans, even after speaker paul ryan spoke out against it. but then came the president- elect on twitter. "do they really have to make the independent weakening of the independent watchdog their number 1 act and priesht?" -- priority?" focus on taxes and healthcare. with drain the swamp. the house set up the office of congressional ethnics in 2008. after a string of scandals sent two republicans and a democrat to jail. it has its own staff of investigators. they declined an interview request but complained in a statement that respondi

. >> and michael gerson, we see the picture tweeted out of donald trump, quote, working on his inaugural address. what is the process when you're working with george w. bush. i know you don't know donald trump's process. we know he can do 140 characters. but he's got well-known speechwriters and he'll take a draft, do an edit, they'll have a meeting, talk about themes? >> we did a lot of ours at blair house, because the president was staying there. so it's a little bit different. but usually he'll sit with a group of senior advisers and read it aloud. and then make changes and make direction in the process of going through the speech. that's a normal process for a presidential speech. >> michael gerson, michael beschloss, i can't think of two better people to team up with. and right now elizabeth warren questioning tom price at the hearing. let's go pack. >> $449 billion. your fy '17 budget proposal also would have cut medicare funding that goes to the state governments by more than $1 trillion. is that correct? >> i think, senator, the metrics we use for the success of these programs -- >> yes or no, did you propose a cut of $1 trillion for medic

tweeting in the party moments... with me is michael djohns, a former george w bush speechwriter and founding member of the tea party movementtorney general thinks a president is doing something unlawful, they had to speak up. did she do the right thing? i'm not really sure her statement said that specifically come i thought it was very vague, or that the constitutional objections she might have had toward this. she said she doubted the legality of it. the constitutional issues that apply to this case are almost irrelevant because we‘re putting about foreign citizens. and it is the right of any citizens. and it is the right of any citizen or organisation to bring a lawsuit is the american civil liberties union has done here, and it is the responsibility to mitigate that and have caught the site of the decision. it is not the role of a political appointee, which is what the attorney general is, to be arbitrarily not following an order. and that order was contrary to what has largely been reported, there was a lot of legal input into that including from thejustice department and divisions within it. frankly, her replacement is