joe graham::49-:56 "have hard days and she keeps reminding me that i'm going to get better." 3 graham's fiancee is pregnant.. says their little girl has been his biggest motivation to recover. 3 3 3 3 3 3 coming up at 5 -- president elect donald trump will be in the milwaukee area today.we look ahead to his stop in a good morning! today is tuesday, december 13-th.thanks for joining us! us! are the packers headed to morning... we'll hear from coach mccarthy... on the team's ?plans movingorward.? forward.? but first... colder weather is headed our way.you might have noticed if you've already stepped outside this morning. meteorolgist michael schlesinger is tracking the drop in temps...michael? 3 3 partly sunny in the morning then clearing. highs around 12. west winds 5 to 15 mph. tonight...partly cloudy. lows around 2. west winds 5 to 15 mph. wednesday...partly sunny. patchy ing blowow. highs around 13. west winds 10 to mph. dnesday night...bitterly cold. partly cloudy. lows around 2 below. west winds 10 to 20 mph. wind chill readings 12 below to 22 below zero. thursday...bitterly cold. s

. >>> the person you see right here going through physical therapy is joe graham. back in july, he dove into a swimming pool and had a spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. here you see him with his physical therapist. here they are helping him get into a specific position. if you notice, there's something on his hand. that's a ring box. that's his girlfriend right over there. the trainer is like, come over here, come look. that's when she sees the sparkler. [ applause ] >> this is so sweet. >> that really is sweet. think about this. in july he was given the news he was a quadriplegic. yet, he fought with physical therapy so he could get on one knee so he could propose to the woman he loves. >> also give credit to her. she stuck with him through all of this. and she's probably a major part of his strength. >> they say he's got another month of physical therapy, but i think he's got a lifetime of joy coming his way with a girl like tanya and the drive like he has. >>> this incredible video opens up. you see those folks in greece parasailing. they start lo

from how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator joe lieberman and all of the sort of -- and marco rubio. there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and really reluctant to accept sort of the warm words that donald trump -- >> is rex tillerson going to be forced to denounce putin in that confirmation hearing? >> i believe he will be and pushed about his own reflexes and his own impulses. this is going to become a threat that i think we will be able to pull through the first early months of trump presidency. what's the impulse and instinct instinct and reflex is to defend putin from hacking. we know that rex tillerson in business dealings was able to be so sort of conciliatory and able to work with russia that he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses about russia as really not an ally but an adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much.

joe high school, graham march schograhamar school, the first woman who got a president-elected to the united states of america. >> the fire lieutenant says the parade has nothing to do with politics, a family oriented atmosphere. the focus will be on children seeing santa rolling down bell bellview avenue. >>> the new fresh grosser in grays ferry, the grand opening of the upper darby store in december. the new fresh frozer in grays ferry is a former path p mark. it will include a check presentation to phil abundance to support hunger relief. the philadelphia youth network received a $100 on this grant from wells fargo neighborhood lift program, going to the organization's work ready program. >> here is a tasty gift for the holidays. an anonymous donor paid off all the outstanding meal balances at frederick douglass stubbs elementary school. the bill totalled more than $1200. it provides relief for families struggle tog pay the struggling to pay their bills. >> a new program is up and running in philadelphia. the city's animal care and control team announced it is joining forces with n

. >> back in july, 29-year-old joe graham was told he'd never be able to use his arms and legs againdent. while he was in icu, he found out his girlfriend was pregnant with their child, and that happy news inspired joe to work extra hard with his rehab team until he was able to do that right there, propose on bended knee without a ventilator, she said yes, and he's in the last month of rehab. >> so sweet. >> amazing. he was told, basically, that he would be bedridden, and he found out that he was starting a family and -- >> nothing like love to motivate you i guess. >> nothing like love -- >> wow! look at you! channelling -- >> nope, nope, nope. >> feeling something beating in your chest? >> still steel. >>> next up, looking to build up the roster for next season's soccer team, i promise no one has more experience than dicky. that's because he's been playing since 1947. >> oh, wow. >> the 81-year-old from the u.k. after the former one folded. he'll travel anywhere in his county and is still fast on the soccer field. in fact, he's been invited to join a walking soccer team with other

where he feels about putin and russia, a stark departure how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator, joe lieberman and marco rubio, there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and reluctant to accept the -- >> will he be forced to denounce putin in that conversation? >> i think he will be and will be pushed about his own reflexes and own impulses. this is going to become a thread i think we can pull through the entire first early months of the trump's presidency. what is the instinct. we know on in tell, trumps instinct is to defend putin from ha hacking. we know rex tiller son in business dealings was able to be conciliatory and able to work with russia he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses as russia as not an ally but adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> thank you very much. >> won't be boring. you're right about that. >>> this morning, another dangerous deep freeze is under way and will eventually bring bone chilling temperatures to most of the country. good morning, ron mott in c

i doubt among john mccain or lindsey graham, but it might not be the showdown people think. joethe new cold war -- oliver: two cold war with the emojis. joe: text, we look at the best-performing stocks in the chart. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ julie: i am julie hyman -- what did you miss -- probably not the commodity comeback of 2016, the you might be surprised at what the returns have managed to be. here are gold, brent, and natural gas. gold, you and yellow. i tried to make it appropriate. even though we have talked about the pullback since the election, gold futures up 9% on the year despite the pull back. brent rising about 30% on the year. that is the white line. natural gas is a big winner, up 62%, 63% year to date it looking like a big year for natural gas in 2016. of course, all of these commodities did fall in 2015. what are you looking at? joe: that chart goes nicely into mine because with the commodity rally, excluding gold, even though it was up, the big winners -- if you bought into cliffs natural resources or chesapeake energy -- some of the bonds expiring in the years

marco rubio going to be able to convince lindsey graham and susan colins to say this is not the right pick for the country and make sure that he and joe manchin says no to this pick. i don't suspect that rex tillerson will be as difficult of a confirmation as people are believing he might be. why is that? ultimately people are in well-respected positions that said yes, he might have close ties, but he does seem to know the field and have relationships. he is not as much of a hawk on iran as the other picks in donald trump's cabinet, especially when you are looking at mattis and farland and flynn. he is somebody who could balance them outgoing down the line. secondly, who would donald trump get to replace him? what nominee would he offer? would it be rudy giuliani again? is this person better than rudy giuliani and the other picks that donald trump may go with down the line? romney was somebody that people held out hope for, but tillerson is controversial at the moment, we will have to find out come january where the senate stands on him and whether mitch mcconnell is able to get his republican team in line for trump. >> always feels l

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on "morning joe," giving some reasons as to why donald trump chose rex tillerson to be secretary of state. but he could face some trouble getting senate confirmation. senator lindsey graham many questions about the ceo close relationship to russia. david ignatius joins me now. david, what is your initial reaction to rex tillerson, the stininias back in the 1940s. we tend to have lawyers or academics as secretary of states. so that's the unusual aspect to the tillerson choice. >> is it a positive, a negative? do we not know? should it be held against him that he's an outsider, like the president, who has chosen him, the president-elect, that he's a businessman, a dealmaker, should we be focused primarily on the relationship with vladimir putin and russia, that that is the one area of concern, potential concern? >> i would say, andrea, the first thing that any of us would think about in evaluating a candidate for secretary of state is is this a strong person with good judgment? is it a person capable of representing the united states abroad. is it a personal capable of talking back to the president, if he has a different view of things? and on all of those, you can say tha

graham. together, they're the three amigos -- or as our former colleague joe lieberman might point out, we shouldally call them the three amigos 2.0. either way, here's what's clear: it is an equal partnership, one of strength and trust, one that has strengthened our defense policy and one that i am sure senators graham and mccain would say has enriched their lives. i'm sure many other colleagues feel exactly the same way. senator ayotte set out to make an impact. she clearly made one on her state and her country, for her constituents and her colleagues. but i know senator ayotte would tell you the more cherished moments of her life aren't those spent in classified briefings. they're the ones spent with her faming, with her husband joe and their two children, jake and kate. they've always been her biggest fans. they are a constant source of comfort and support. sometimes they'd like to jump in on the action themselves. in fact, kate recently made a cameo alongside her mother in an ad featuring the two shooting hoops and practicing lay-ups. from what i hear, kate may even have her sights on a futu

joe heck, mr. nugeynts from florida, ms. loretta sanchez from california, senator elect duckworth, ms. graham from florida, and mr. ashford of nebraska. and i particularly want to thank chairman -- subcommittee chairman randy forbes, subcommittee chairman joe heck, ranking member loretta sanchez, for their leadership and years of contributions to the military of our country. we will miss them. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: first of all i want to thank -- this is an excellent product. it was not easy to pull together. it is a very large bill with a lot of very important issues. and as the chairman indicated, a lot of people contributed to it. certainly everybody on our committee, but then many members who aren't on the committee. in the house, of course our friend in the senate. but we all work together and found a way to get through the areas of disagreement and to get to a very good bill with the cent

joe," and dick cheney expected to endorse him as well. >> how powerful is that -- you worked at the state department, how powerful is that when you have john mccain, and marco rubio and lindsay graham> well, rice is not going to support a candidate for secretary of state. >> she is one of the experts on soviet policy. >> she was mocked in the bush administration for being too concerned about russia. >> well, she was right, too. >> just like mitt romney. >> but i wonder if john bolton -- they are going to tempt him for deputy, and so bolton will be such a distraction -- >> you mean set his mustache on fire so tillerson can walk straight through? >> yeah, otherwise he would be a distraction given his ties to oil, and there will be a hearing about climate change. >> everything donald trump doesn't want brought up, the invasion of iraq, and the fact that bolton supports iraq, and then they will start take into trump's statements in the past where they say he supported the invasion of iraq, and this would be a bloodbath that donald trump doesn't need, and he just selected rex tillerson that will probably get through with flying colors because of the people supporting him, and why bleed

graham. together, they are the three amigos. or is our former colleague joe lieberman might point out, we should really call them the three amigos to point out -- the 2.0. amigos this partnership strength and our defense policy and i'm sure the senators will tell you it has enriched their lives. i am sure many other colleagues feel exactly the same way. senator a out set out to make an impact. she clearly made one on her state, her country, her constituents, and her colleagues. i know senator ayotte would tell you the most jurors moments are not the one spent in cause wide briefings or on congressional delegation. they are the ones met with her family. with her husband and their two year -- and their two children. biggest fans. her they are a constant source of comfort and support, sometimes they would like to jump in on the action themselves. in fact, kate made a cameo alongside her mother in an ad featuring the two shooting hoops and practicing layups. from what i hear, cape may even have her sights on a future in politics. she once advised her mom not to r