i am heather childers. we want to take you straight to the fox news alert. the gunman accused of shooting an officer ending moments ago. police washington state who is a violent well-known offender inside of a house firing at officers for several hours. police first responding to shots fired in a mount vernon neighborhood. >> a 30 year veteran father of three hit in the head. he is out of surgery. the 34-year-old suspect is now in custody to other suspects also arrested. >> police expected to hold another suspect. >> president obama now threatening retaliation against russia for what he says was election hacking. the white house is under fire as president elect trump demands to know what they knew and how they knew it. >> the back and forth between the white house and the trump team does not appear to be going away. earlier this week white house spokesman accused trump not only of knowing about the russian hacks but encouraging that interference. he doubled down on that position yesterday. >> he obviously knew malicious site was hurting president clinton's c

i am heather childers. >> i am clayton morris.n capitols around the country begging electors to refuse to vote for president elect donald trump. the electoral college will make his nomination official despite critics saying the election was hacked. >> this is a last ditch effort on the part of hillary clinton supportsers to deny the white house president el lekt donald trump. he has a 74 vote margin in the electoral college. it is almost unimaginable 35 elector tors would defy this. there is a call to delay the vote to learn more about the russian e-mail hacking. >> he is only president elect. it was just the will of the american people hillary clinton would be president elect. >> i think it was distorted by the russians. >> foreign adversaries directly intervene into our democratic constitution and try to tilt the election to donald trump. >> it is clear at this point all indications this vote will go forward as noon as they gather in the respected state capital. any to stop it are disingenuous according to trump's campaign manag

i am heather childers. >> 31 after the hour. president elect donald trump is naming general mad dog mattis as nominee for secretary of defense. >> more high profile meetings today. we are live in washington, d.c. with more on the new appointment. >> they were charging the transition was in disarray because they thought it was moving too slowly. donald trump the president elect making clear he is moving much quicker than previous democratic and republican president having the rally in cincinnati a thank you tour as you noted going back to the battle ground states and just letting slip that he's going to pick retired general james mattise to be his defense secretary. to be his defense secretary. this this is a haley respected marine general. it will take a waiver to let him get the job because by law there needs to be a seven year gap before a retired military official takes a civilian post like defense secretary. but he has wide bipartisan support expected to get that waiver. the president elect says more picks are coming includi

i am heather childers. president elect donald trump hitting the road again today personally thanking voters in two more states. >> this as new information emerges for the short list of secretary of state. >> this shrinking list of candidates for secretary of state seems to be lowering. last week there were 2 candidates then a final four. now mr. trump has narrowed the list to five candidates for the post. now over the last week ex son mobile chairman rex tillerson has been rising considerably. mr. trump is very impressed with mr. tillerson after meeting on tuesday and they are expected to meet again in the next few days. other two include familiar names. mitt romney along with bob corker and rudy giuliani who we are told was offered and turned down the chance to head the department of homeland security. david petraeus is still under consideration though with three other generals already named to mr. trump's cabinet there are concerns with naming a fourth. he did announce a pick for labor secretary and de --

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. let's get right to it. >> shocking. hollywood being hit hard. >> actress debbie reynolds sadly dies one day after her daughter carrie fisher. her final words, i want to be with carrie. >> the heartbreaking details and a look at her career. >> it's possible she died of a broken heart. she suffered a stroke as she mourns the loss of her daughter star wars star carrie fisher. the stress of her daughter was too much to handle. carrie fisher died on tuesday after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from london to la. reynolds told her son, i miss her so much, i want to be with carrie. hours before she was rushed to the hospital. her hollywood career spanned nearly seven decades. the acclaimed singer dancer and actress starred in more than 40 films and countless tv shows. >> she chanced her way into film history when she co-starred with gene kelly and donald o'connor in "singing in the rain. she had tonies and oscars and stayed active well into her 80's. >> i have been very lucky because

i am clayton morris. >> i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour.nt to go straight to the fox news alert. refusing to take responsibility. the california warehouse manager who posted about personal law after the deadly inferno speaking out for the first time and says that he is being unfairly blamed. >> the brand new evidence shows disaster is waiting to happen like a tinder box a building with hazardous conditions he knew about for years. >> we are live where prosecutors are considering murder charges. right, claudia? >> the criminal investigation is real gliting started. really the first thing here is to determine liability. here is the scene and i can tell you the work continues we saw a crane pull out a charred piano and recovery crews hope to finish the search for more victims. they have about 25 percent of the warehouse to go through. it is a daunts tacks. these pictures are looking at what it is like inside. it is a dangerous situation for the recovery crews. they need to remove any bodies with dignity and respect and need to remove any evide

. >> i am heather childers. t this is a fox news alert. a p brand new twist in the alleged russia election hacking. new claims vladmir putin was directly involved and donald trump knew all about it. >> outrage is boiling over after an intelligence briefing is canceled. >> good morning, peter. >> the house intelligence committee had to cancel a behind the closed doors meeting about russian interference because nobody from the cia wanted to brief members. this as trump advisors are accusing intelligence of spinning this to score points. >> you had a briefing and no sooner did people walk out and people were talking to the mead yaw. that's unfortunate. at some legal it could put all of us at risk. for what purpose? to politicize or have favor are the mainstream media. none of that is worse than leaking secrets. >> voters don't fwhooi reports that the cia concluded that russiampact the ted the electio. 59 percent don't think russian interference had any impact on the election. less than a third thinks some interference helped donald trump. 1 p

i am heather childers. >> and i am clayton morris. it is 25 minutes after the hour.ox news has confirmed that president elect trump has made his pick for secretary of state. it is exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. >> kristin fisher is live for us with the criticism he's already facing. >> good morning. this criticism is coming not just from democrats but from members of his own party. senators including john mccain and marco rubio said yesterday they are uncomfortable with how close rex tillerson is to vladmir putin. he has done massive deals in russia. >>> mr. trump's incoming chief of staff reince priebus says he believes that add tribute is actually a positive. >> he has a relationship with leaders like vladimir put continue and across the globe isn't something we should be embarrassed by. it could be a huge advantage to the united states. >>> trump will be meeting with carly fiorina and west virginia senator joe mansion. -- joe mnuchin. >> as for tillerson don't expect an announcement today. remember, nothing is final until mr. trump says so especially when you are

i am heather childers. >> i am abby huntsman. it is 32 after the hour. trump administration on the verge as two more picks are made. >> scott pruitt and flynn are picked. >> good to see you. good morning. each of these picks are interesting. it tells us a little bit of what the next administration will look like. scott pruitt is an interesting example of this. senior transition officials tell us he's expected to be announced as president elect's nominee to head the epa. pruitt has been an outspoken critic of that very agency and has sued the epa to for regulations. pruitt also suggested the debate over global warming is far from settled. environmental activists are already criticizing the nomination which will be in the next several days. >> there will always be naysayers and critics. attorney general pruitt has great qualifications and great record as ag of oklahoma. there were a number of qualified candidates for that position that the president elect interviewed. we look forward to confirmation. >> president el lejt asked john kelly to serve as secret

. >> i am heather childers. let's go back to the fox news alert for you.murder at the christmas market in germany now believed to be an act of terror. >> dozens more people injured after a truck plows through a crowded tourist in the heart of berlin. >> the utter devastation. we have brand new information about the man who is behind the wheel. >> amy kellogg is behind the breaking development in the story. good morning, amy. >> hi clayton and heather. it would be particularly sickeninging if it turns out the perpetrator, the murderer had been seeking asylum in germany and posing as a refugee. it is hard to believe at this point that it is anything but that if the german media reports are to be believed they are saying the man was a 23-year-old from pakistan who had been known to police not for terrorist events but for petty crimes. he had arrived in germany about a year ago. this is the scene this morning. the truck piled into at 8:00 p.m. local time in an up market area in west berlin. the truck plowed into unsuspecting crowds owned by a polish country. t

i am heather childers. >> i am julianne turner. >> russia has new sanctions for allege he had electioncking. >> this going to expel 35 u.s. diplomats and pulling access to two buildings used by americans in moscow. let's get to garrett tenney with the breaking details. >> a lot of folks have been asking for months what proof is there that russia is behind the cyber hacks surrounding our election? yesterday the intelligence community went public with some of the details. the fbi and department of home land has detailed reports of how they had the government hack the democratic party including some of the tools russian intelligence agents used as part of the campaign investigators are referring to as grizzly theft. with that evidence they are targeting russian agencies. including two largely behind the effort and companies that he pro vieded support to the cyber espionage efforts and 35 operatives giving 72-hours to leave the country. as you mentioned just minutes ago russia announced it was going to be taking the -- responding with the same retaliations saying they were going to be expe

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for sticking around or just joining us.sident elect trump will make it official this morning nominating rex tillerson to secretary of state. >> the announcement hours before the next stop on the thank you tour. it is trump's most anticipated pick yet. >> president elect donald trump has chosen business experience over government service. selecting the chief executive officer of the multi national oil and gas company. exxon ceo rex tillerson to be secretary of state. he is successful in an international corporation. others are concerned about the business and personal ties to russia and president vladimir putin. putin gave tillerson order of friendship in 2013. senator rubio rights being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for as a secretary of state. once in the running for the position romney said it was honored being considered for secretary of state of our great country. my discussions with president elect trump has been enjoyable and enlightening. i have high hopes the new administration will lead the n

i am heather childers. >> i am clayton morris.ne of a deadly warehouse fire where more than 30 people were killed. >> rescue crews searching bucket by kbucket as dozens of familie pray for word of their missing loved ones. >> we have new info on the investigation. good morning, claudia. >> you can see the warehouse behind me. the stories coming from firefighters. they are describing finding bodies one piled on top of the other. one seeing the faces of those who perished in friday night's fire teenagers and son of local sheriff's deputies as well as people from other countries europe and asia. 33 victims recovered so far. more than half of the build needs to be searched. they are dog it in a humane and compassionate way and they also need to preserve evidence in the cause of the fire. safety a top concern. they move deeper into the building using shovels and removing key brie bucket by bucket. the core ron another's office wants to preserve sources of dna like hair or a tooth brush that can be placed in victims in case they can't b

. >> you are watching "fox & friends first" and i am heather childers. >> i am lisa boothe and it is1 on the east coast. israel bracing for another potential clash with the obama administration. >> hours from now secretary john kerry is set to start the peace process. >> we are live at the capitol with all of the details. tell us what's going on here. >> the israeli government is urging the obama administration to stop what it described as a diplomatic assault against israel. the u.s. refused to use the veto power for the anti settle element solution. secretary of state is expected to outline the vision for ending the israeli palestinian conflict. the spokesman says he's worried these are all signs the obama administration is racing to put before president elect trump takes office. >> we believe this may be the first of another series of pushes before the obama administration leaves office. that would be a real travesty if kbs were attempted -- if conditions were imposed upon israel which prejudice the outcome of directing bilateral negotiations. >> the israeli government is continui

i am heather childers. >> i am clayton morris. it is 31 minutes after the top of the hour.r top story breaking overnight president elect trump naming iowa governor terry brad stad ambassador tore to china. >> he flexed his muscles introducing mad dog mat particulars vow to go put our veterans first. >> we have all of the new developments. bra >> an official announcement. this isn't much of a surprise. back during the campaign he singled out iowa governor terry branstad. br he has a personal relationship with chinese president that goes back more than 30 years. that relationship will likely play a big part with the largest trading partner. he takes on the communist nation on a whoas host of other issues including trade and escyber espionage. mr. trump held the second thank you rally and brought along his special guest nominee for secretary of defense retired marine general james mattis who told the crowd he is grateful for the opportunity to serve. >> thank you, president elect for the confidence that you have shown in me. thank you for the opportunity. i am grateful for the

heather: i'm heather childers. bill and martha are off.elings at secretary of state john kerry warns israel is threatening the chances for peace by expanding settlements in east jerusalem and the west bank. prime minister netanyahu slamming kerry's speech. >> secretary kerry said that the united states can not vote against its own policy but that's exactly what it did at the u.n. that is why israel opposed last week's security council resolution. it calls the western wall, occupied palestinian territory because it encourages boycotts and sanctions against israel. that is what it effectively does. because it reflects a radical shift in u.s. policy towards the palestinians, on final stat terrible shuns, those issues that we always agreed, the u.s. and israel have to be negotiated directly face-to-face without preconditions. leland: rich edson live at the state department this morning. rich, so unusual, not only the back and forth in this kind of way but also that secretary kerry comes out in the middle of christmas week, what essentially is

i am heather childers. >> i am connell mcshane. >> hue alert forter rist attacks following the christmasacre in berlin. >> new york city's times square has been called a major target for new year's eve. >> after the recent terror attacks we have seen in san bernardino, orlando and in france one of the biggest concerns for law enforcement officials are lone wolf attacks. the nypd and home land department of security met saying while there are no specific credible threats they are concerned times square and the one million people expected to celebrate the new year could be targets for terrorism. bill de glass yo said the heightened second will remain in place through new years. time >> no specific threat. wi there will be a lot of reinforcement of the christmas markets and vigilance. definitely another opportunity if you see something, say sag. >> donald trump weighed in on the berlin attack as well. he is vindicated to stop immigration for countries linked to terrorism. >> what is happening is disgraceful. >> it is an attack on humanity. >> he has no plans to back down on extreme vetting

i am heather childers. >> hard with christmas parties to keep track of what day of the week it is. >>ton morris. let's get right to a fox news alert. mass murder at a christmas market in germany now investigated back to terror. >> 12 people are dead and dozens more injured after a semi-truck plowed through a crowd of tourists in berlin. >> devastating information about the man behind the wheel. >> good morning, amy. >> hi, heather and clayton. police in germany are calling it a probable terror attack saying it is a psychological impact of words. they have been careful to choose them. they have seen them only on what they know to be facts. what we are hearing during the media reports is that the driver cause a 23-year-old refugee. he had been known for petty crimes. they are referring to him they arrived in pakistan and germany a year

. >> i am heather childers. were sleeping president elect trump made his pick for secretary of state exxon mobil ceo brett tillerson. >> kristin has the criticism he's already facing. >> two sources close to the trump team. president elect made a decision it is rex tillerson but he will make it official not today but sometime over the next few days. nothing is official official? t until the president elect says so. look at what he said for the likely pick for secretary of state sunday. >> he is a world class player. he's in judge of just the largest company in the world. it's been a company that has been unbelievably managed to me a great advantage he knew many of the

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your friday beginning this weekend.sident elect donald trump naming general mad dog maddox as his nominee for secretary of defense. >> the surprise news coming with more surprise news today. the new appointment and really only the way mr. trump could do it. >> if you close your eyes for a second it felt like the 2016 campaign was

i am heather childers. we want to take you straight to the fox news alert.n officer ending moments ago. police washington state who is a violent well-known offender inside of a house firing at officers for several hours. police first responding to shots fired in a mount vernon neighborhood. >> a 30 year veteran father of three hit in the head. he is out of surgery. the 34-year-old suspect is now in custody to other suspects also arrested. >> police expected to hold another

i am heather childers. >> i am clay mill-- clayton mor. >>> brand new evidence shows a disaster waitingo happen. a building littered with hazardous conditions that he knew about for years. >> drawed yaw cowen is live at the scene where they are considering murder charges. claudia, good

. >> i am heather childers. there are lights in new york city along with christmas lights.or letting us start your week. as capitals around the country begging electors break tradition by refusing to vote for president el deteect donald tru. >> they will make the nominations official despite criticism the election was hacked. >> we have the latest. >> normally

i am heather childers. elect donald trump hitting the road again today personally thanking voters in two more states. >> this as new information emerges for the short list of secretary of state. >> this shrinking list of candidates for secretary of state seems to be lowering. last week there were 2 candidates then a final four. now mr. trump has narrowed the list to five candidates for the post. now over the last week ex son mobile chairman rex tillerson has been rising

. >> i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us.et's get right to it. >> shocking. hollywood being hit hard. >> actress debbie reynolds sadly dies one day after her daughter carrie fisher. her final words, i want to be with carrie. >> the heartbreaking details and a look at her career. >> it's possible she died of a broken heart. she suffered a stroke as she mourns the loss of her daughter star wars star carrie fisher. the stress of her daughter was too much to handle. carrie fisher died on tuesday after going into cardiac arrest on a flight from london to

. >>> in the meantime, let's head to heather childers.early with "fox and friends first." >> good morning to you all. hope you had a great weekend and everyone at home as well. we begin with a horrible story. this alert. a 3-year-old boy murdered in a road rage shooting because his grandmother was driving too slow. the horrifying tragedy happening in little rock, arkansas. that's where a manhunt is under way at this hour. the family was heading to the store when someone drove up behind them at a stop sign and started honking. the grandmother beeped back. moments later the gunman got out of his car and opened fire. the grandmother and a 1-year-old in the car were not injured. police are offering a $20,000 reward. >>> an investigation is under way this morning into this. it was a wedding day tragedy. southern california's park now closed indefinitely after a deadly accident as a couple took their wedding photos. an 80-foot tree collapsing right on to their wedding party killing one woman and injuring several hours. drought conditions may be

i am heather childers. >> i am clayton morris.will make it official dominating rex tillerson to be his secretary of state. >> the announcement expected just hours before the next stop on his thank you tour. we are live in washington, d.c. with mr. trump's most anticipated pick yet. good morning, rich. >> good morning heather and clayton. after considering high profile candidates like mitt romney and rudy giuliani donald trump will announce lart this morning exxon ceo rex tillerson as his choice for secretary of state. they tout his resume leading a business employing 10's of millions of dollars. he also established valuable business arrangements around the world. his business and personal times to russia and president vladimir putin. he orderin a sweet senator marc

. >> i am heather childers. t this is a fox news alert.d new twist in the alleged russia election hacking. new claims vladmir putin was directly involved and donald trump knew all about it. >> outrage is boiling over after an intelligence briefing is canceled. >> good morning, peter. >> the house intelligence committee had to cancel a behind the closed doors meeting about russian interference because nobody from the cia wanted to brief members. this as trump advisors are accusing intelligence of spinning this to score points. >> you had a briefing and no

i'm heather childers in for ainsley earhardt. this is a fox news alert.st is imminent in germany. breaking did ining details on t terrorist truck driver and the new attention to the refugee crisis here at home. >>> meanwhile, mtv under fire for creating a controversial video of new year's resolutions for white guys. >> first off, try to recognize that america was never great for anyone who wasn't a white guy. >> can we all just agree that black lives matter isn't the opposite of all lives matter? black lives just matter. >> what were they thinking? we're going to tell you what we know about this video coming up. >>> and the chart-topping, grammy award winning group pentatonix is celebrating christmas on "fox & friends." ♪ >> yes, meant to say. the hit a cappella group performs one of our holiday favorites. that went well. >> we understand. >> can we just mark that for my audition tape. fantastic. your mornings are better because you chose to be with friends. that's us. >>> mean while, let's start this hour with a fox news alert. it's 2:00 in berlin, germa

welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. c: good to be with you as always, heather. hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn in for bill hemmer. secretary kerry about to deliver a speech about the israeli conflict delivering out a path to a two-state solution amid the controversial united nations security council vote that sparked tension. israeli bracing for another clash with the obama administration in the final weeks before president-elect donald trump takes office. heather: rich edson live for us at the state department. rich, what do we expect to hear from secretary kerry? reporter: good morning, heather. with only three weeks to go in office the secretary of state will deliver what he believes should be the next steps in a middle east peace process, this as the incoming administration and obama administration successor have a very different view how things should be going in the middle east. state department officials say there is a recognition, an international opinion that israelis settlement activity is an impediment as they

heather: i'm in for martha maccallum, i'm heather childers.ttacks that have put the world on notice. in germany police revealing that a suspect is still on the run and may be armed. they do have one in custody, an immigrant from pakistan who had claimed asylum. bill: russia sending their own investigators into turkey after their ambassador was shot and killed just yesterday. heather: and we begin with richh edson live at the state department. what are u.s. officials saying about the turkish shooter? >> reporter: good morning, heather. u.s. officials are saying the shooter was an off-duty police officer in turkey, and he used his police credentials to get access to that area where the russian ambassador was at an art exhibit in ankara. several reports claim the state department is still unaware of exactly how that position -- that person managed to position themselves behind the russian ambassador. the killer died following a shootout with police at the gallery. in the video after the shooter killed the ambassador, he shouts about syria and ale

welcome to a brand new hour of america ease newsroom, i'm heather childers.and a lot of news for a christmas week, i'm leland vittert. president obama taking action against russia, but putin refusing to even, instead he claims he's waiting to get a fresh start at restoring relations when president-elect donald trump takes office. heather: fox team coverage for you, peter doocy in palm beach, florida, and white house correspondent kevin corke live in honolulu, lucky guy there. kevin, you asked the white house why not let the incoming trump administration deal with the russians? good question, did they have a good answer? >> reporter: well, the answer was sort of what i expected which is, listen, kevin, the clock's not at zero, it's still running, and we're going to run through the tape, right? that's sort of boilerplate stuff inside washington, but i must say this, they did have an opportunity to sort of weigh whether or not they wanted to do something now or simply leave it, but they felt like given what happened in the run-up to the 2016 election, they wante

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good morning, everyone, i'm heather childers live in "america's newsroom."tion really pouring in from state john kerry's speech yesterday that condemned israel and defended the u.s.' decision to allow that anti-israel vote at the united nations.