likely more details about the pop icon's death will come to light in the coming days n washington, kelly wright"fox news". >>> well, what kelly just mentioned fans, celebrities all around the world are paying tribute to george michael.

. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm kelly wright. here is what is happening. the death toll is growing to 36 following friday's fire at a warehouse in oakland, california. it happened during a dance party. city officials say the venue didn't have a permit to host the event and it had been investigated for code violations. a judge declaring a mistrial after a jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the trial of a former south carolina police officer charged with murder in the death of a black motorist. cell phone video shows michael slager shooting walter scott in the back. scott's family is not angry since slager will be tried again. >>> and a father gedding life watt parole for his toddler sunleft in a car. he was found guilty of malice and murder. prosecutors claim the -- he intentionally killed his soon in 2014 to escape responsibilities of family life. russia and china in a truce in the city of aleppo. it would have allowed to give aid workers enough time to bring in food and medicine. are russia has repeatedly blocked u.n action since supporting syria

i'm kelly wright.k to "red eye." >>> there are certain questions humanity has been wondering forever, are we alone in the universe? is there such a thing as absolute truth? and is diehard a christmas movie? this week on twitter, people are debating that. perhaps because netflix listed diehard under the category of festive favorites. movie pilot.com says yes, giving it a christmas movie an a, basically it's about him saving his marriage. the reason john is in l.a. is to see his kids for christmas, but naysayers note that diehard was released in july, and argue that a setting doesn't make it a christmas movie. they gave name to other movies, batman returns, a b, eyes wide shut, a c, and kiss, kiss bang, bang a d. okay, david, what do you think? first of all to the question is diehard a christmas film? >> no, look, a christmas movie is a movie you can only watch christmastime. you can watch diehard in july. but if you got shorts and a t-shirt watching how the grinch stole christmas and it's 90 degrees, pe

fox's kelly wright has more. oil pipeline in the midwest... with the u-s army corps of engineers announcing it will not grant an easement for the dakota access pipeline. the project fiercely opposed by the nearby standing rock sioux tribe and others. the army says there's more work to do ... releasing a statement, which reads in part... "the best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for completed, the 3-point-8 billion dollar pipeline would run some 12- hundred miles through four states, carrying up to 570-thousand barrels of crude oil a day. the pipeline was mostly finished... with the company building it just needing permission to cross under a missouri river reservoir. bearcub says: "..this is the best news that i've heard forever - best news for native whole united states - all the people. water is so precious.'' not everyone is cheering the decision, however. house speaker paul ryan tweeting, quote... "this is big-government decision-making at its worst. i look forward to putting this anti

in new york, kelly wright, fox news. some in washington demand answers after recent reports involving russia were released. this as president-elect trump attempts to make decisions concerning his cabinet members. concerning his cabinet members. a group of senators is looking for answers following recent intelligence in the u-s election. republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham joined democratic senators chuck schumer and jack reed to call for an investigation into the findings. u-s intelligence agencies concluded russia directed the hacking of democratic operatives and other moves in an effort to help president-elect donald trump win the 2016 election. the president-elect has blasted the findings, calling the assessment "ridiculous." meanwhile the reported top state is said to have long ties to russia. exxon-mobil c-e-o rex tillerson once managed the comany's russia account. and five years ago, he cut a major deal with rosneft, an oil company that's majority-owned by the russian government. president vladimir p

in washington, kelly wright, fox news. >>> time is 4:57 and coming up in our 5:00 hour, japan and u.s. getting together in pearl harbor. why no apology is expected. >>> could outside your door, freezing again and an advisory in place. i'll have a look at that coming up. . >>> a shooting at a crowded mall. the police are looking for the shooter and the victim. >>> mall fights from across the country, what happened as people were out for some post- holiday shopping. >> this is ktvu. mornings on two. >> this is mornings on two. a live look at sfo. no delays and that's the case in oakland. why would you want to go anywhere? >> you got a point there. >> i know it's cold. other than that , it's perfect here in the bay area. thank you for joining us on mornings on two. i'm in a little bit early for pam cook. >> good morning. glad to see you. i'm dave clark. and rosemary is in for steve. >> that's right. it's dry out there and cold. and a dry pattern in place, going stick around for the next few days. the headlines continue to be the freeze in our location. wooes valley locations and east val

i'm kelly wright. what is happening. german police confirming the deadly truck assault at a berlin christmas market was done on purpose. the death toll has risen to 12, nearly 50 anothers hospitalized, some in very bad condition. the killers used a highjacked truck to ram through the crowd of shoppers and sight seers. many of the victims were crushed to death. the driver of the truck has been arrested, analogied accomplice identified as a polish national died at the scene. also overseas, monday's assassination of russian's ambassador to turkey is also being called a terrorist attack. andrei karlov was gunned dot at an exhibit in ankara. the attacker said he wanted to make sure aleppo, syria would not be forgotten. he was later shot dead by police. i'm kelly wright. back to "hannity." >> this is fox news alert. the white house is calling the chilling scene at a german christmas market earlier today an apparent act of terror, and president-elect donald trump released a statement expressing his condolence

in washington kelly wright fox news. >> and did he say warm-up? have to check in with sue palka on that warm-up thing. >> it's subjective depending where you live. >> kelly wright was right. >> okay yeah i didn't know he was free lapsing with the weather. >> what a weekend we had right now we're on the cold of things and as we look at cold night i know a lot of are you heading out to fedex now. definitely bundle up. you see the thermometer, 4, game time temperature 31 to begin it. we'll wrap up with 28 degrees. and got a great picture. this young man is out at fedex and sky looked fantastic. hwpcwx and boy got the contrails and beautiful sun catch the fact that it's cold out there. so, if you are headed to the game we've talked about this again before but 31 degrees as the game begins in partly cloudy conditions will be us with throughout the game. >> at least it's not windy. a little bit of wind but not bad. and getting into the mid 30s today and nice trend ahead to show you. average high 46 and while tomorrow still a little on the cool side at 4

. >> kelly wright is lye with the latest. >> good morning to you.he ripple effect is still being felt in the united states as well as in the middle east. palestinian president mahmoud abbas applauding the u.n. security council resolution to condemn israeli salemenettlemen. he hopes countries will try to form a plan for peace between israel and the palestinians. israeli prime snirn benjamin netanyahu seeks direct caulks with palestinians, abbas has refused. it shows you how fragile the peace talks are. israel is reducing the diplomatic relationships with 12 countries which voted to condemn the settlements. it has prove that president obama opened orchestrate the u.s. security council resolution a vote it says will only hurt the chance for peace. >> this is very, very bad for peace, because in order for israel to negotiate a lasting peace with our palestinian neighbors, we have one car to bri card to bring to the negotiating table that's territory. everyone understands if you have a future piece there has to be some elements territorial compromise. >>

i'm kelly wright.good evening. blowing and drifting snow closing roads for a second stra straight day in north dakota. state highway officials warn dangerous driving conditions exist with near zero visz ability on slippery roads. icy road conditions also in south dakota. the storm also causing wide spread power outages in the dakotas, nebraska. >>> a national day of mourning in russia. the victims included a renown russian army choir. floral tributes are everywhere, like this one outside the choir's office. meantime the search continues for more victims. i'm kelly wright. back to "hannity." >>> welcome back to the special edition of "hannity," trump's promises. during the dam pain trump said he would appoint originalists to the supreme court, people like antonin scalia and clarence thomas. now the president-elect even released a list of people he would choose from. so here's what he said. >> it was a very big day. you have a list of names. >> i do. >> and you had talked to me for a while now about rele

. ♪ >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm kelly wright. good evening. prime minister shinzo abe meets with president obama tuesday at the uss arizona memorial. abe will be the first japanese prime minister to visit the memorial, but a government spokesman says he won't be apologizing for japan's december 7th, 1941 attack on pearl harbor. earlier monday he laid flowers at a cemetery for japanese immigrants in honolulu. his visit to hawaii comes six months after mr. obama became the first sitting u.s. president to visit hiroshima. the philippines is cleaning up from a powerful typhoon that slammed the country. it killed at least six people. more than 380,000 people were forced to celebrate christmas in emergency shelters. five provinces remain without power at this hour. i'm kelly wright. back now to "hannity." >>> welcome back to the special edition of "hannity." during the cam >>> president-elect trump vowed topa repeal and replace obamaca, but how exactly will he get it done? >> you made a promise to release the names so people would know your judicial

. >> kelly wright reporting. >>> carrie fisher spent christmas day in the intensive care unit at thenter. her mother says -- medical center. her mother says updates will be shared. her latest tweet said fisher is in stable condition but gave no other information. she suffered a heart attack christmas eve on a plane to los angeles and was rushed to the hospital. >>> our time is 6:10. alcohol may have been the factor in a deadly crash in san jose where a woman and teenager were killed christmas day. it happened around 12:30 yesterday morning on capital expressway near snell avenue. a car crossed over the center median and smashed head on into another car. police believe the driver whose car crossed over the meanian was drunk. she was killed and the 14-year- old boy in the other car. it was the 47th deadly crash in san jose this year. the police investigation continues. and if you have any information, call san jose police. >>> homicides in san jose are at a 25-year high according to a new report. the san jose mercury news reports that a deadly christmas eve stabbing brought the number

. >> that was kelly wright reporting.any posting well wishes for the actress carrie fisher. the star of "star wars" taken to the hospital on friday after reportedly having a heart attack during an 11-hour flight from london to los angeles. her mother, debbie reynolds, is thanking friends for their prayers and good wishes and says the family will announce any updates on her conditions. fisher will be in london promoting her new book. >> in the mump anticipated rematch of -- much anticipated rematch of the warriors and cavaliers, the warriors came up short. kevin durant had a team high 46 points and had 15 rebounds. lebron james left the cavs with 31 points, including a monster dunk with less than 2 minutes to go. then it was kyrie irving that gave cleveland the lead with 3 seconds left. the warriors had one more chance. kevin durant got the inbound pass but he fell and the cavaliers won this one 109-108. >> i didn't fall on my own. it's christmas, man! we lost the game. we going home. everybody is happy. but, of course, we

kelly wright also live in our nation's capital this morning with all of the new drama. lly, good morning. >> president elect trump is attempting to distance himself away from what ethics experts say could become a potential ethical conflict. they have a christmas eve announcement that shows the announcement to untangle his presidency from his charitable donald trump foundation. in a statement because i will be devoting so much time and energy to the presidency and solving the many problems facing our country and the world, i don't want to allow good work to be associated with a possible conflict of interest. but democrats are very critical of mr. trump's effort eric walker of the dnc states there trump's foundation is a welted figure leaf to cover up the remaining conflicts of interest and pitiful record of charitable giving. he slams the trump foundation citing how they are using the report as a slush fund, attacking political enemies and ak is a i gccusations of attemp prescribe officials. he said this the foundation has done enormous good works in contributing million

kelly wright following that part of our coverage.ins us live from washington. >> it is another reminder how vigilant america has to be about those carrying out ak acts of violence in america. police are on patrol in events in new york city for example. in days before the macy's thanksgiving day parade isis said it was targeting the event and would seek to use vehicles like heavy trucks to carry out the act. on christmas, new year's eve and inauguration our big targets. >> in november state department warned isis was targeting european christmas markets before the drone attack. after the drone attack donald trump treated this. today there were terror attacks in turkey, switzerland and germany. the silver lil civilized world change thinking. secretary of state spokesperson john kirby issued this statement on this christmas market tragedy siting we are deeply saddened by today's horrendous events by a christmas market in berlin. thoughts and prayers are with the family members of those killed. dianne feinstein she is the vice tee.rperso

fox's kelly wright has more. oil pipeline in the midwest... with the u-s army corps of engineers announcing it will not grant an easement for the dakota access pipeline. the project fiercely opposed by the nearby standing rock sioux tribe and others. the army says there's more work to do ... releasing a statement, which reads in part... "the best way to complete that work the pipeline crossing." if completed, the 3-point-8 billion dollar pipeline would run some 12- hundred miles through four states, carrying up to 570-thousand barrels of crude oil a day. the pipeline was mostly finished... with the company building it just needing permission to cross under a missouri river reservoir. bearcub says: "..this is the best news that i've heard forever - best news for native people, native country, the whole un people. water is so precious.'' not everyone is cheering the decision, however. house speaker paul ryan tweeting, quote... "this is big-government decision-making at its worst. i look forward to putting this anti-energy presidency behind us."

kelly wright is here with how russia is -- >> they claim donald trump called putin to hack the election. in favor of trump by hacking hillary clinton's eking mail. campaign manager john podesta stating we know that the cia determined russia's elections was for the purpose of electing donald trump. this should distress the american he says. never before in the history of our republic have we seen such an effort to undermine the bed rom rock of our democracy. clinton's actions go against what he said during a debate in october when trump said the election was rigged. >> accepted the outcomes when he may not have liked them. he is denigrating and talking down the democracy. i for one am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position. >> even some republican lawmakers are concerned about russian hacking where they join democrats calling for an investigation. >> any foreign breech of our security measures is serving i strongly condemn any such efforts. >> despite bipartisan concerns over russia democrats can't accept they lost. >> t

. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm kelly wright.dent-elect donald trump said he will announce his pick for ect -- for secretary of state later this morning. they say he plans to nominate exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson as the top diplomat. when asked why tillerson would make sense as the chief diplomat president-elect trump said, quote, he a world class player and he does massive deals with the company and not himself, but for the company. the syrian military is claiming it is in control of 99% of the rebel stronghold of eastern aleppo. they are now in the final stage of a bloody siege to retake the area with thousands of trapped civilians. the 4-year long civil war has killed more than 250,000 people. a suspect is behind bars following the shooting of two officers during a traffic stop in georgia. they had approached the driver after noticing his vehicle was reported stolen. the shooting happened in a busy area with both restaurants and hotels, but no bystanders were hit. the two officers suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> t

in washington, kelly wright, fox news. > new at 10, a dispute issput brewing over a hypothetical election between president obamt and donald trump. yes, thisan is the thing. on a pod cast release today, president obama said if he ran again he would win over a majority of american voters. and of course trump disagreed. he sounded off on twitter saying president obama's record wouldod have prevented him present curing a victory. he cited a loss of us jobs, the affordable care act and isis.si. residents are sending a strongog message to one of their temporary in chevy chase, abortion rights activist recently posted lawn signs saying this neighborhood trusts woman. vice president elect mike pence is representing a home in their neighborhood. neighbors have also p dozen rainbow flags against a support of lgtb statute signed by pence. american university, a nine foot statute with leonard pellet yeat found of guilty on two fbi agents. there have been several attemptt to grant him clemancy. there is a new push to seekto pardon from president obama before he leaves office am say they're concerned

. >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm kelly wright.d morning and here is what is happening. the number of dead rising in a holiday horror scene in germany. a truck slammed into a crowd enjoying an outdoor christmas market. many of those killed were crushed to death. 48 were injured and sent to hospitals. german police were expecting a terror attack. german media is reporting him as a refugee from pakistan. sources telling fox news no americans are believed to be among the victims. >>> china has returned a u.s. underwater navy drone. it is used to collect unclassified data on the ocean that may affect naval operations. it was picked up in the waters of the south china sea. its defense ministry said the drone was returned after, quote, friendly consultations. president-elect donald trump told china to keep it. >>> elsewhere in the news arkansas offering a $20,000 reward in the hunt of a killer of a 3-year-old boy. the boy shot and killed during a road rage incident saturday while christmas shopping with his grandmother. police say the sh

i'm kelly wright.rld" as has been widely reported about two thirds of americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction. but why? we sent watters to west virginia to ask the folks about what's good and what's bad with america ♪ ♪ >> what's west virginia all about? >> a lot of fun, clean living. hunting. fishing. camping. good people. >> oh, boy, is this great. >> i do fit in here in west virginia? >> sure. why not? >> we produce energy. i mean, coal is our main stay. >> moan shine liquor. >> goes down easy? >> no, it don't. >> you guys in the emergency room, huh? >> does moan shine put hair on your chest? >> yes, it does. >> i could use a few bottles. >> i'm a man. >> what do you think is great about this country? >> our freedom. >> we're the home of the free people. we have more ingenuity. we're the smartest people. i believe do i have the right for free speech. i believe i do have a right to bear a firearm if i want to. >> what is your favorite amendment to the constitution? >> second. >

people remembering on twitter, as well, kelly wright has this story because he was such an icon of theand 90's. >> reporter: george michael is dead, according to his publicist the five three-year old died peacefully at his home in england. at times controversial artist shot to stardom with the pop group wham in the early 80's enjoying popularity as a teen i pooper item delivering hits of last christmas, and wake me up before you go, go. >> ♪ >> reporter: michael enjoyed a long solo career selling over 100 million albums globally and earning grammy and american music award. he recorded due it was music industry legend like aretha franklin, ray charles and elton john. but his career wasn't without controversy. throughout his life his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law. most famously in 1998, when he was arrested for, public lewd ness in amens rest room in los angeles. the the scandallal threatened to end his musical career but the artist managed to use it as inspiration for a song called, outside, that poked fun at the situation. >> ♪ >> celeb

"fox news" correspondent kelly wright has more there washing ton. >> reporter: protesters are calling on elect tors to vote against president-elect donald trump today, some elect tors want fbi and cia to give them intelligence briefings on alleged russian interference in the election, before they cast their ballots to determine the next president. >> i will be introducing a motion to tea manned an independent commission. this should not be partisan this need to get out of the partisan politics but protecting democracy. >> reporter: protesters believe this is their last chance to prevent mr. trump from taking office. >> what we're asking them to do is a fail/safe. check and balance to the election. >> reporter: but elect tors in the swing state of north carolina say they are all voting for trump which they say is the will of the people there. >> literally two tubs from the post office of letters asking me to change my vote from donald trump to hillary clinton. >> reporter: republicans in washington meanwhile say the intelligence community is trying to discredit a trump presidency. >> t

. >> so many fans around the world are remembering him, kelly wright reports he was a person who set pop music scene for the 80's and 90's. >> ♪ last christmas >> reporter: pop singer george michael is dead, according to his publicist the five three-year old died peacefully at his home, in england. the at times controversial artist shot to stardom with the pop group wham in the early 80's enjoying popularity as a teenybopper idle delivering lets such as last christmas and wake me up before you go go. >> ♪ wake me up before you go go ♪ >> reporter: michael went on to enjoy a long solo career selling over 100 million albums, globally, and earning numerous grammy and american muse ache ward. he also reported to et cetera with legend like a receipt a franklin, ray charles and elton john. but his career wasn't without controversy. throughout his life, his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law. most famously in 1998, when he was arrested for, public lewd ness in amens rest room, and in los angeles. the scandal threatened to end his musical career b

in new york, kelly wright, "fox news". >>> more fbi agents are expected to take the stand today in the case accused charleston church shooter dylann roof. on monday prosecutors showed jurors items retrieved from roof's car including a gun, ammunition, burnt american flag and handwritten list of the predominantly black churches which roof have intended to target. roof's being tried on several charges in the shooting deaths of nine parishioners at am the e church last year f quick he faces the death penalty. >>> pretty scary moment when there was a bomb threat that forced a plane to make an emergency landing up in new york. someone phoned in the threat monday evening while it it was a lufthansa flight heading to frankford, german friday houston, texas. pilot was immediately notified and decided to divert to jfk as a precaution. officials searched the plane but they didn't find anything suspicious. 530 passengers and crew were evacuated, the flight was rescheduled. >>> brazilian soccer player on that plane that crashed in columbia has no memory of ever being on that plane or the crash. th

i'm kelly wright. now back to "the kelly file." your headlines log on to foxnews.com. >>> developing tonight, president trump pushing back after first lady obama told oprah winfrey the election results left america with no hope. listen. >> see, now we're feeling whatnot having hope feels like. you know? hope is necessary. it's a necessary concept. and barack didn't just talk about hope because he was thought it was just a nice slogan to get votes. i mean, he and i and so many believe that if you -- what else do you have if you don't have hope? >> hmm. so that interview does not air until tonight. the news leaked on friday. prompting mr. trump to address the remarks in a weekend rally. here's that. >> michelle obama said yesterday that there's no hope. but i assume she was talking about the past, not the future. because, i'm telling you, we have tremendous hope and we have tremendous promise and tremendous potential. >> joining me now, sean spicer, chief strategist an communications director for the republican national committee. se

fox news anchor kelly wright has more on the violent holiday weekend. >> all of a sudden i heard pop, pop, pop. >> christmas in chicago marred by multiple shootings. one claiming the lives of two brothers just 18 and 21 years old. >> when i first came out i saw the bodies laying. yeah, they were laying in the street covered up. >> as you all know christmas eve into christmas day we had a reprehensible amount of shootings and murders. >> detectives are investigating more than two dozen shootings including two monday morning. 12 people dead, another 50 people hurt. >> these were deliberate. and planning one shooting against the gangs. they were targeted knowing fully well that individuals would be at the homes of families and friends celebrating the holiday. this was followed by several acts of retaliation. >> chicago has seen an alarming increase in violence. police say there have been 745 murders this year. a total number of shooting victims soaring to more than 4,200. while this is the sickening reality, it shows yet again that our penalties for caring and using guns here in chicago

kelly wright looks back on the life of george michael. >> reporter: british pop singer george michael is dead. according to his publicist he died peacefully at his home in england. at times controversial artist shocked started with wham in the early 80s and was a teenybopper idle delivering hits such as less christmas and wake me up before you go-go. >> michael went on to enjoy a long solo career selling over 100 million albums globally and earning numerous grammy and american music awards. he recorded music industry legends like aretha franklin, ray charles and elton john. his career wasn't without controversy. throughout his life his drug use and risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law. most famously in 1998 when he was arrested for public lewdness at a men's restroom in los angeles. the scandal threatened to end his music career but the artist managed to use it as inspiration for a song called outside that poked fun at the situation. [ music ] celebrities tweeting remembering him fondly and talkshow host ellen degeneres and elton john planning and emotional goodbye

for secretary of state will be and therwayss immediate pushbackmedi from democrats.at fox' ds kelly wright the details. >> certainly rex till son anl so american icon and businessmanusn i think is a pretty incredible lf y. >> reporter: sources telling fox news the hear:d s of exxon mobil is president flect donald trump's pick tont be thet next secretary of state.ta democrats are soundinotbtheotthe alarm over potential conflictsic of interest.ter >> i want to know what mr. tillerson thind se about aio broad set of issues not justot s energy ones but initially thisli is disfor trbinotbto me.for >> reporter: even some republicans are concerned ove tillerson but say they plan toyt give him a fair examination puring the conw.rmatare n prheyess. >> a matter of concern tpro me that he has such a closese personal relatare nshihiswithelt vladimir putin. vlteeporter: meantime therear bere n in nr: c moneantceimrnei hacking helped get donaldet trump elected. ect >> i think it's ridiculous. i thijust it'shalust anotherther excuse

. >> kelly wright joins us live. good morning, kelly. >> good morning to you as well.nald trump spends the majority of his time at trump tower police are setting up barriers and checkpoints for the building. the costs are adding up. that's why mayor bill de blasio wants the white house to cover the 35 million spent in security costs from election night through inauguration day. de blasio says protecting mr. trump and his family is costing the city nearly $500,000 per day. the nypd deployed trump towers to help the flow of vehicles and they are start to go feel the effects. >> last month was the first time nypd had such a crucial role in providing security around trump tower. i know there has been legitim e legitimately a lot of concern about how that was going to play out. one of the concerns is about the cost. >> the mayor is specifically looking at the funds included with the spending bill expected in congress this week. meanwhile the cost of protecting the trump family will also continue after mr. trump takes office. melania trump planning to stay with her 10-year-o

kelly wright joins us live where both sides stand on the issue. >> before leaving for christmas vacationresident obama addressed the alleged russian hack during a press conference at the white house. they attributed the hacks during the dnc to russia's kremlin adding president putin had known about it. >> the fact that the russians used cyber security to hack our infrastructure our economics our countries is well-known. the fact that they are hacking our political system as it seems to be that is serious, serious stuff. >> members of president elect donald trump's transition team disputes the claims. they would like to see them coming from kelly ann conway claims president obama is responding under political pressure. >> very clear that president obama could have quote retaliated months ago if they were actually concerned about this and concerned about the election. us under political pressure definitely. >> brazil is looking into the alleged act. >> the president is calling for a civil investigation. they should put everything on the table and the party will put everything on the table.

. >> and i'm kelly wright. the fire broke out around 11:30 last night. it's estimated about 50 people were inside at the time. authorities say the building was not equipped with sprinklers, we're looking at pictures right now coming in now. claudia cohen is live on that scene in oakland. and claudia, have crew es been able to get inside that building? >> reporter: yes, they have, but we haven't heard that they have been able to find any more victims. the fire just tore through this warehouse and trapped people who were here for a party. it took fire crews nine hours to put out the flames and all of this morning to make sure the building was safe to enter. >> the building is really tricky to work -- we have water that's still coming down on top of our people. it's not an easy task, by any means, it's just a task to get through the front door with all the debris and wreckage that's there. we're slowly making our way through because any missed step on the part of our people could mean they get injured. >> reporter: now begins the grim task of going through

. >> and i'm kelly wright. the fire broke out around 11:30 last night.stimated about 50 people were inside at the time. authorities say the building was not equipped with sprinklers, we're looking at pictures right now coming in now. claudia cohen is live on that scene in oakland. and claudia, have crew es been able

i'm kelly wright. now back to "hannity." >>> welcome back to "hannity." the trump transition team remains at work. earlier today president-elect trump nominated dr. benjamin carson. and the president-elect is expanding the field for secretary of state candidates. back with reaction, former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. he's moving so much faster than past presidents but he's inviting everybody in. i don't want myth romney chosen because i think you need loyal people around you. do you agree? >> i do agree. but i have to say the discipline, the way they're approaching this, they're way ahead of most presidents now in the number of cabinet spots that they've chosen. and here is probably his hardest decision. i think what's happening as he look at this -- i really admire the disciplined way he's approached secretary of state. could have chosen mitt romnerud. president eisenhower brought in a great international lawyer, wasn't a creature of the state department bureaucracy. but he was somebody who had actually worked internationally with big deals, get

kelly wright has the latest from new york. >> certainly he's an american icon and businessman that i think is a pretty incredible guy. >> sources telling them that the head of exxon mobil is donald trump's pick to be the next secretary of state. democrats are sounding the alarm over pension -- potential conflicts of interest. >> i want to know what he thinks about a broad set of issues not just energy ones but initially even some republicans are concerned. they say, that they plan to give him a fair examination during the confirmation process. >> it's a matter of concern that he has such a close personal relationship with vladimir putin. >> in the meantime, there are new concerns that russian hacking helps get donald trump elected. >> i think that it's ridiculous. >> most of the community disagrees with his assessment with politicians on both sides of the aisle calling for an investigation. >> we have john mccain democrats, a bipartisan effort saying we need an investigation because it's very serious i think we go forward. >> is also raising eyebrows as he says he will not need to ge

. >> people all around the world were pretty shocked by this, certainly and kelly wright brings up somef the big moments that we all remember him for. >> ♪ last christmas >> reporter: british pop singer george michael is dead, according to his publicist the five three-year old died peacefully at his home in england. but at times controversial artist shot to stardom with the pop group wham in the early 80's, enjoyed popularity as a teenybopper sides oling delivering hits such as last christmas and wake me up before you go go. >> ♪ wake me up before you go go ♪ >> reporter: michael enjoyed a long solo career selling over 100 million albums, globally, and earning numerous grammy and american music awards. he recorded due its with musical industry legend like aretha franklin ray charles and elton john but his career was not without controversy. throughout his life his drug use and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes with the law. most famously in 1998, when he was a red ted for public lewd ness in a pence rest room in los angeles. the scandal threaten to end his musical ca

president-elect continue his thank you tour today, heading to wisconsin for a rally, in new york, kelly wright, "fox news". >>> also expect to be nominated for cabinet former texas governor rick perry, likely pick for secretary of the energy, you may remember though back in 2012 he said he went to shut down the energy department. >>> time right now 5:07. we are learning president-elect won't be answering questions from reporters this week as expected, trump had planned a news conference he announced several weeks to go over what he intend to do with his business while he is in office that news conference is now off, in fact, on twitter trump says he will hold one soon but didn't say when. >>> top g.o.p. leaders haven't had much to say publicly about the pennsylvania recount battle but, that all changes today. head of the state republican party and its lawyer are speaking out in philadelphia later this morning. pennsylvania has finally certified donald trump's narrow victory over hillary clinton. he won by less than 1 percent of the vote. federal judge in philadelphia yesterday reject green par

. >>> live from america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright in washington.umber of dead rising in wer lynn, germany. 12 people confirmed killed when a truck slammed into a crowd enjoying an outdoor christmas market. many of those killed, crushed to death. at least 48 were injured and set to hospitals. the germany police are working to confirm their suspicions of a terror attack. the driver of the truck has been arrested. sources telling fox news no americans are believed to be among the victims. >>> in arkansas police offering a $20,000 reward in the hunt for a killer of a 3-year-old boy. the boy shot and killed during a road rage understand accident on saturday while christmas shopping with his grandmother. the shooter was angry with the grandmother for taking too much time at a stop sign. that's it for fox news. now back to "hannity." >>> this is a fox news alert. the white house is calling the chilling scene at a german christmas market earlier today an apparent act of terror and president-elect donald trump released a statement expressing his condolences

i'm kelly wright. back to "hannity." >>> welcome back to "hannity." us with more reaction to the liberal hypocrisy over hacking is the author of "treason, former speaker of the house, nk. you are coming out with a brand-new book on trump, right? >> yeah, we have a new book that's an electronic book on electing trump. i am giving a speech at heritage on the principles of trumpism and how dramatic a change can it will be for america. so very exciting time for us. this is, by the way, about as stupid as anything i have seen the left try. >> i tried to say that but you said it better. >> think about it. barack obama is now saying that his administration was so incompetent that they stood around sucking their thumb while the russians snuck in and hacked into an american election because of the utter incompetence of the obama defense system. now, i don't know why one would make that case. i happen to believe obama's amazingly incompetent about national security, but he's basically making the case that they now have to investigate whether or not the russians

in washington, kelly wright, fox news. >>> the time is 9:11. coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, a floating fire station in san francisco. in just minutes the proposed plan to build a waterfront fire station that could be vital to the city's response to major earthquakes. >>> 2016 is on its way out. a lot of people are happy to see it go. up next, some of the moments that made headlines and made this a year that a lot of people would soon forget. >> stocks are moving slightly  higher. quiet trading on wall street. you can see the dow jones is 50 points away from that dow 2,000 mark. we're looking at the other markets this morning. >>> well, people who drive onent state 80 towards the sierra are concerned about trash building up on the side of the road. they have noticed broken sleds, shards of plastic bits and trash overflowing from comesters. stereo -- dumpsters. >> the plastic doesn't disinat disintegrate. pick up after yourself. >> some of the plastic can litter the area for decades. >>> for now much of the sierra looks a lot like this. a bi

fox's kelly wright has more. we don't know if they're dead oo alive it's sad.ad >> reporter: oakland communityni coming together to mourn. a local chapel holding an intert faith vigil in remembrance ofcef all those killed in the fire. >> i'm sorry for everyone'srye' loss. the people i didn't know. it's just -- it's just -- it's-i >> reporter: as many as 100 100 people were inside the warehouse when it caught fire during ag a dance party late friday night. dozens are dead includingng teenagers. firefighters digging through what's left of the buildinguiin using buckets and shovels asls a they look for people believed to still be missing.ing. >> i just want to find my brother. i don't know where he is.t >> reporter: former residentsknn say the warehouse was dozen or so people.eople. known as the ghost ship it'ss being described as clutteredluer with few exits.xi >> when i left, i felt lining ii made it out alive and now i feee even more like i made it out alive, you know what i'm saying? it was like a death trap.eat

. >>> live from america's news headquarters, i'm kelly wright. here's what's happening.christmas words of differences between president obama and his successor donald trump. the president says in a podcast hosted by his former adviser david axelrod that he's confident he would have won a third term if e had won against mr. trump. mr. obama believes he would have been able to sell middle america on the vision he's had for the past eight years. mr. trump responded, no way. mr. trump is turning husband twitter attacks toward the u.n. trump tweeted that the u.n. is quote just a club for people to have a good time. washington's abstention thaz infuriated israsraeli leaders. mr. trump tweeted things will be different ap january 20th. now back to the kelly special. >>> well as we've already seen this year, fake news can have real and violent consequences. like when edgar welch allegedly fired shots inside of a pizza place. investigating a conspiracy theory online about a child sex ring run out of the restaurant by democrats. a pizza shop. joining me now, dan abrams, was attacke

i'm kelly wright, now back to "objectified" hosted by harvey levin. log on to foxnews.com.n news, fox news channel. levin: so, those are your brothers and sisters. trump: right. levin: you got a big family. trump: well, a great family. 5--in terms of children, 5. and a great father and a great mother. levin: freddy is standing in the middle there. trump: right. levin: tell me about freddy. trump: unbelievable personality. the best. a very handsome guy. everybody loved him. much better person than me, i guess. you know, i mean, in a lot of ways. levin: why do you say that? trump: well, he just had a tremendous heart. and i have heart. you know, i love people. but he had something that was very special, and smart. he had the whole package, and he got into trouble with the alcohol. levin: he really became, you know, horribly addicted to alcohol. trump: well, he did and he, you know, he died of that, and--and i tell people. i tell my family. we can not talk about it or we can talk about it. i think what we're doing by talking about it is freddy is-- is really helping people. he

already said he will bring back another controversial project, the keystone xl pipeline n new york, kelly wright, fox news. n >> the cpa dakota access oil pipe shrine se cyst saving the decision. savin energy transfer partners releasing a statement late l last night calling it "just " the latest in a series of overt and transparent political actions by an administration that haslitica abandoned rule of law in favorai of currying favor with a narrow and extremely political constituencies.tuen >> another tough loss for the redskins making a trip to thep t we're going break it all down for you straight ahead at .ing bryou st >> and a live look now.look n this is 95 southbound justd j south of russell road in stafford county. count big backups due a tractor-trailer crash.acr- erin has an update for you. 6:14. stay with us. t just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. with his army shirt looking a

in washington, kelly wright, fox news. >>> the time is now 7:23. sadness this morning after ricky harris died. harris who was 54 years old died yet. his manager says that harris had a heart attack two years ago. harris had a recurring role in chris rock's sitcom everybody hates chris and used his voice to play characters in hip hop volumes including several by snoop dogg. his first movie role was in the movie poetic justice starring janet jackson and tupac. >>> we are finding out hoar about the christmas day death of singer george michael. his partner says he found george's body in his home in england. michael's manager says the singer died of heart failure at the age of 53. there will be an autopsy report. it should be ready in a couple of days. >>> the time is 7:24. it is the president versus the president-elect. the tweet from mr. trump after president obama said he could have won a third term. >>> and a community comes together after someone stole an important religious symbol. how police hope to find the person or people who stole a menorah fr

get more details on his legacy c from fox's kelly wright. ♪♪ >> reporter: british popsh pop singer georgegland.. at times controversial artistt shot to stardom with the popop group wham in the early '80s joined popularity as teeny bopper idol singing last last ch you go-go. >> ♪♪>> ♪♪ >> reporter: michael went ont o to enjoy a long solo career car selling over 100 million albums globally and earning numerousumu grammy and american music awardd he also recorded duets with music industry legends like aretha franklin, ray charles and elton john his career wasn'tasnt without controversy.ersy throughout his life his drug usu and taste for risky sex brought him into frequent brushes withew the law.aw most famously in 1998 when heheh was arrested for public lewdnesn in a men's restroom in losn los angeles. the scandal threatened to end e his music career.ee but the artist managed to use it as inspiration for a song called outside that poked fun at the situation.ation. ♪♪ >> reporter: celebritiesebti tweeting about his deathea remembering him fondly. fony. talk show host ellen degenereser as well

suggested in the brainstorming session at the laboratories at wright patterson air force base was the nonlethal weapons and there was one named malcolm kellyhat had an idea if you had a compound that created feelings of motherly love i thought he meant something you could spray over the front if something would go why are we here. that's how i interpreted it. i said is that what you meant and he said no. the first version i thought that would be lovely. it's one of those you can buy it and the spray it and they will buy your ideas because it creates the thoughts. he said we were looking i into each other's eyes at one point. let's go sprayed this over the west bank. it's great for book sales. if you could add one more chapter to the book, what would it have been? >> i tried and the it has been accepted by the u.s.. i was going with the chaplains corps with units going out on a mine clearing vehicle but then because they were right there with the unit and at the same risk, they had a way to empathize and i thought that was an interesting approach. i wanted to do that. their job is to cover. [laughter] so i was going to go with them but the