reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. police in berlin say the driver of a truck that killed 12 people at a christmas market may still be at large. the so-called islamic state is taking responsibility. a russian ambassador killed in turkey flown to moscow . six people have been detained into the investigation in the gunmen. the man who made the worlds highest parachute jump talks about whether you could try it with the right suit. >> they had to get me from 135,000 feet to the ground safely if i did nothing. if you are capable of doing nothing, i think you can do it. laura: welcome to our viewers in america and around the globe. police in germany say the driver of the truck that crashed into a christmas market in berlin yesterday may still be at large. the only suspect has been released due to insufficient evidence. the islamic state has taken at -- i taken responsibility for the attack. reporter: first light this morning. the violence of this attack dawns. the lorry crashed through the christmas crowd, shattering everyth

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. an attack on the busy christmas market in berlin. nine are dead and dozens injured. russia's ambassador to turkey's shot dead in ankara. moscow says it is an attempt to spoil ties between the countries. the gunman has been killed. and thousands more are bused out of the syrian city of aleppo, including nearly 50 orphans who sent out a desperate message for help. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. we come on air with breaking news from germany, where nine people have been killed and dozens injured in an attack on a christmas market in the heart of berlin. police say a truck crashed into the market located in the central square. officials say the incident bears all the hallmarks of a possible terror attack. but don't rule out it could have been an accident. it is reported that the suspect believed to be the driver of the truck has been arrested. the bbc's berlin correspondent jenny hill has the latest. jenny: sirens, panic in the heart of b

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. president obama blames forces inside the kremlin for hacking the democratic party before the election and hints at possible retaliation. president obama: our goal continues to be to send a clear message to russia or others not to do this to us, because we can do stuff to you. laura: the evacuation of aleppo is halted again. u.n. officials warned that hundreds of children could die as a result. as a result. and they call the city a synonym for hell. and recording the journey to jail. how one photographer in new york is capturing the story of those visiting loved ones on rikers island. viewers onome to our public television in america and also around the globe. president obama said today he believes the cyberattacks on the democratic party were authorized by the highest levels in russia, and american intelligence officials have said moscow hacked e-mails to influence the election in favor of donald trump, a claim the president-elect has dismissed. the bbc's nick bryant reports. nick: di

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. more than a thousand russian athletes are linked to a state-sponsored doping scheme , says a scathing report. south korea's president is impeached following mass protests. now the country must cope with political uncertainty. and performing surgery with sound waves instead of a scalpel. we will tell you about the breakthrough procedure offering hope to many patients. laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. more than a thousand russian athletes across more than 30 sports took part in a state-sponsored doping program going back to 2011. that was the harsh finding of an investigation by the world's anti-doping agency. russian authorities are accused of colluding. it has raised serious questions about olympic results. in russia they are describing the report as baseless. sports editor dan roan reports. dan: we knew it was bad. today we learn how bad. he laid bare how russia cheated at sport from london in 2012 to sochi, summer and winter sp

laura: this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. finding shelter in western aleppo. the bbc visits an abandoned warehouse to meet with those who fled violence from the other side of town. they call him mad dog mattis and he could be the next head of the u.s. military. a look at donald trump's pick for secretary of defense. with my i can make it hands ♪ laura: marking a half-century in song. musician stephen merritt tells the bbc about his latest project, one song for each year of his life. our viewers onto public television in america and also around the globe. diplomacy is still alive when it comes to syria. so says u.s. secretary of state john kerry in rome on friday at a meeting which included russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. international efforts to bring an end to the fighting in syria have failed repeatedly and an increase in violence in aleppo has forced tens of thousands to flee their homes. chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in government-controlled western aleppo and has this report. lyse: an abandoned

i am laura cellier. donald trump names a tim acclimate climate change skeptic as the head of the epa. it is the latest controversial pick. russia says the syrian army has stopped its attack on aleppo. the united states says it will wait and see to find out if the fighting has really stopped. ministerr budget sentenced to three years in jail for tax evasion and money laundering. he resigned in 2012. first, a month after he won the white house, donald trump has been handing out covenant appointments at a rocket rate. he has picked a host of retired generals for top national security positions and he named up theruitt to head environmental protection agency. for the latest, we go to washington. philip is there. president obama made fighting climate change a cornerstone of his policy. reporter: it is in serious danger. scott pruitt sees the epa and the environment of production agency that he will be the head of as a department with an activist agenda. scott pruitt, the current attorney general for the state

laura: thank you for joining us. in other news from around the world, the last remaining civilians from eastern aleppo are being evacuated, including hospital patients. the government forces says the operation will be completed by thursday morning. army units are waiting to take full control of aleppo after four years. vladimir putin has ordered the government to restrict the sale of alcohol not intended for human consumption. 60 people died in a siberian city this week. some are in serious conditions. they drank toxic bath lotion. bailoutg $20 billion to troubled banks. one of the oldest surviving banks in the world revealed it may run out of funds in four months. the bank has been struggling to raise support from the private sector. 31 people have been killed and dozens badly burned after chain reaction at a fireworks market in mexico. the area was full of holiday shoppers. the incident was captured on cell phone video. this is the third time in a decade that blasjts have written -- that blasts have ripped through

laura? laura: you need to drop into 20 at the break. eyes of the world, the 17, the security plan finest, and millions of digging out a major winter storm ahead of the new year. janice dean has the forecast for the holiday weekend was more on our top story. thank you for ling in the president of election, from a journalist's perspective. our next guest says the media is overlooking a major component of the story next. gregg: the white house leveling wide-ranging sanctions on russia but the election year is not the only headline out of russia in 2016. there has been the olympic bilking scandal, made of the warm relationship between president-elect donald trump and vladimir putin. stock about it with jin mick miller, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, author at fox news contributor. ellen ratner joins us, talk medianews and fox news contributor in santa fe, new mexico today. thanks for being with us. how would you assess the media's treatment of the russian hacking scandal and other russian activities? >> russians have clearly

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well laura passoni can help , answer that question. she once had a normal happy family life in belgium. but when her partner abandoned the family, her life fell apart. and it was islamists on social media who offered her a solution. they persuaded her to join them in syria luring her there with the prospect of community and support. now she managed to escape after nine months. but today her aim is to help prevent other young people from making the same mistake. correspondent: a convicted terrorist helps students avoid learning the hard way. >> the burka is a strict rule. even your eyes and hands have to be covered. you aren't allowed to speak to a man, even when there's a male member of your family there. to speak to another woman, you have to whisper into her ear. if your voice is audible, you'll be whipped. women are there for the household -- to take care of food and children. correspondent: laura passoni is on a mission to warn young people about joining so-called islamic state or "daesh." she managed to break away from daesh after

laura: we should have a sleepover. mom: i remember saying laura...laura? laura: i think i heard mom say something. mom: the sign says "don't walk." laura: sometimes it's so overwhelming. both: i really hope she doesn't [i don't] have another bad day at school today. narrator: when you can see learning and attention issues from their side, you can be on their side. go to understood.org, a free online resource with support and tools to help your child thrive. >>> president-elect trump's cabinet taking shape. and his picks are looking to shake things up. some of them on record criticizing the very agencies they've been tapped to lead. gary b., you say their first job should be to fire themselves and everyone in their departments. >> exactly, dagen. kudos for them. you know, the left seems to think that these agencies, these cabinet areas have existed -- they're in the constitution somehow, like they're there in 1779. the department of education has only been around since 1979. let's use that as an example. their budget over the last five years has doubled. bu

laura: there are different requirement as far as notification.ted and you are supposed to be notified of the results within 30 days of the results coming out, the rest of the community, all the customers are served by a water system. they are supposed to be notified within 60 days. every year, there is the whole customer basis that supposed to be notified as well. there are various notification requirements. in this particular case, this know abouty do not the citywide problem of led until september when the city put out a communitywide letter describing some of the water problems over the past two years. they actually did not know about taskssults of their own which were especially high. i told him that in november. >> you are sitting in louisville, kentucky. can you compare the infrastructure and the size of the louisville water system and the number of people who work on it? oft to give people a sense what you're doing here? laura: they have hundreds of employees. there are over 400 full-time employees. you have people with phd's running the s

laura/2shot and i'm laura garcia-cannon -- kris sanchez is reporting out in the field. as we reported on today in the bay-- work has stopped right now because it's just too dangerous. ==sam//vo+rail== here's the latest information we received from oakland officials at a news conference at 6am this morning. there are now 36 victims... that have been recovered -- up from 33 overnight. 11 of those victims have been identified. we know the names of seven of them -- investigators are not releasing the names of a 17-year-old victim and three others right now. ==laura== right now -- engineers are on location determining if it's safe for firefighters to re-enter the building -- crews are hoping to get back inside in the next hour. ==sam boxes== we have team coverage of the oakland warehouse fire. we begin with pete suratos who's been on the scene all morning.. pete, any word on when crews are headed back into the building? second ago. obviously concerns about structural integrity of that building. what are you hearing from engineers there? >> reporter: good morning, sam and lau

i'm laura malpert. i'll tell you what the homeowners may be asking for for christmas. >>> risky rescue overnight in san francisco. the reason a man was left clinging to a cliff above the ocean. "today in the bay" continues right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the weekend is in sight. make sure you put on something warmer. >> it's cold and it's going to get colder. we're starting to see that very cold air starting to roll in behind the storm system that moved through yesterday. as you head out, grab something nice and warm, also some coffee, too, to keep you warm and awake as you head to work or school this morning. here is a live look outside san francisco, just a few clouds rolling by. here is a look at the radar. still lightsierra. behind that it will be windy and temperatures not warming up much more. it's 49 in san jose and 47 in napa. we'll take a look at what's happening with the wind advisory. >> that's right. important distinction. this is not a national weather service advisory

laura. >> laura: shovable? oh, boy. all right. we're still dealing with this mess along 77 northbound. it sounds pretty rough. a lot of people sitting and a lot of red, and that's not what we want to see at 6:00 in the morning, right? it's 6:02 right now. this is a very out of the ordinary slowdown. 77 northbound right at grant, and it looks like traffic is just getting by in one lane here as you move towards downtown, we have 3 miles per hour and it's a slow sit and crawl as you come across the bridge there. 77 moving over 480. just not moving well, so it's going to be not a great commute for you if you get out the door right now, if you come around 480 and get on 77 northbound or other parts of 77. the rest of the map is very typical. it's friday and usually a better commute. you have to block this area right there, but that's a rough spot. we keep on watching that. from from akron to cleveland. i hope we get it cleaned up fast. >> i agree. we're tracking a developing story on cleveland's east side. a family is searching for a t

good morning, laura and sam. we're here in san leandro. you can see where this jaguar entered this building. this building holds a thrifttown thrift store. this looks like an office of a smaller company that's not associated, but in the same building as the thrift store. looks like it's val vag corporation. this happened just before 1:30 in the morning, so no one was in here, for natalie, at the tiny* jaguar lost control, something happened, but they did come after the road, plowed into this building. according to a witness, at least one witness saw several young people leaving that car. that includes the driver and at least one passenger. they left the jaguar in here. it's considered to be a hit-and-run. the chp has also noted they are trying to get in touch with the registered owner of that jaguar, a possible indication that this car might have been stolen. reporting live in san leandro, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, bob. it's 5:04 right now. a man accused of assaulting his neighbor with a baseball bat h

i'm laura malpert. i'll tell you what the homeowners may be asking for for christmas. >>> risky rescue overnight in san francisco. the reason a man was left clinging to a cliff above the ocean. "today in the bay" continues right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. the weekend is in sight. make sure you put on something warmer. >> it's cold and it's going to get colder. we're starting to see that very cold air starting to roll in behind the storm system that moved through yesterday. as you head out, grab something nice and warm, also some coffee, too, to keep you

i'm laura garcia-cannon. kari, you mentioned earlier in the week it was going to be cold today, and it is. >> it is. this is the coldest day of the week and possibly the coldest day we've had so far this season as we continue to see those temperatures dip this morning. so bundle up. here is a look at some of those numbers right now. it's 34 degrees in livermore, 32 in santa rosa and morgan hill, it's 35. we'll continue to see it dipping a few more degrees as we head towards sunrise. also tracking the next storm system moving in. we're starting to see the clouds move closer as we speak. i'll talk more about that, give you a timeline and how much rain we could see. that's coming up heading over to mike, something going on already in oakland. >> this has been going on for a few minutes over there. the commute very easy right now. it's been a lighter week than it was last week and the week before. we tend to see that. slower drives 880 southbound an earlier crash. it got over to the shoulder. no slowing shows up.

>> reporter: hi, sam and laura.re expecting that there's going to be 103 million americans according to aaa heading out on a trip of more than 50 miles away from home. of course, the vast majority will be driving. aaa says about 93 million people will drive, an increase of 1.5% over last year. if you think you're going to find some relief at the airport, probably not. they are estimating that this week 6 million people will fly through american airports. that's up anywhere from 2.5% to 3.5%. the skies could be much more corroded than they were last year. now, locally at san francisco international, they were estimating that from the period of thanksgiving through new year's day they were going to see more than 6.5 million passengers going through there. that's an increase of more than 5.5%. you're seeing a lot of traffic out at sfo as well. what's driving this? mostly the economy. aaa says gas prices remain relatively low, higher than last year but down from two years ago. there's more consumer confidence growing as

i'm laura garcia-cannon. all right. made it through a lot of rain yesterday. what about today, kari? >> today only light rain. this is our chance to dry out before the next storm system moves in. so, as you head out this morning, not as many puddles. you have clear visibility, but still some clouds overhead. here is a live look outside at san jose. once again it is mainly dry, but that storm system is still rolling through. it won't be until later this evening when the next match of moisture streams right into the bay area giving us our next round of rain. i'll talk more about that, and we'll take a look ahead to how to plan your weekend. it looks like, mike, it's a much calmer day than yesterday. >> rain not so much of an issue. we have have mist and fog registering on our system. at speed south of the bay bridge. north of there, the north bay shows some fog possible driving along highway 101. getting across into the peninsula side, the westbound commute has president shown any problems. a little slowing on

laura. >> laura: a look at your roads now. if you're headed out the door, this is what it looks like for you. we still have not a bit of yellow on the map. no slowing down and everything looking green. no major accidents. i have a disabled vehicle that side. i talk about that a little more in a moment. look at the west side commute coming in from i-90. 60 miles per hour through the rocky river area and lakewood and cleveland and the rest of the way towards the split there with 94, 90 and 71. 71, no issues and 60 miles per hour through the metro curve. 480 for you, and no problems. we have a disabled vehicle 480 eastbound in the area of west 130th. so a little bit to the east of the airport is where you see that. it doesn't look like it's you to be aware of it. strongsville, north olmstead and mentor and akron to downtown cleveland run on time. the east side commute is at 6:48. guys. >> thanks, laura. 6:34. police in beachwood want you to be careful as you head to work or school this morning or maybe to the mall later today. >>

i'm laura garcia-cannon. how much and how long? >> sam and laura, we've had about an inch and a half in parts of the peninsula, but the south bay barely measuring anything with some of that rain starting to file, and we are taking a look at the radar as we continue to see more of those scattered showers moving on through. we will have more of this rain in the forecast as we go through the day. as of right now, getting a look at our storm ranger as it will be moving closer getting into the next hour or so. looking at the radar, there we go. we see the scattered showers. let's head over to mike and see how that may impact your drive. >> this data shows what will be on the roadway. this is the tassajara on-ramp reminding you about slick conditions and possible flooding in many parts of the bay. a crash also reported for west 580 around north livermore. we'll get updates once chp arrives. conditions at the bay bridge toll plaza, water on the lens actively falling now and really becoming an issue as far as a drive through the area. you

. >> reporter: this is laura martin, and to olivia, she's miss laura the world's greatest bus driver. >> merry christmas! >> i really love her a lot! >> oh how the reindeer loved him! jobs and she's battling ovarian cancer. >> kids on the bus noticed i was losing my hair, and i started to wear a cap. ♪ as they shouted out with glee ♪ >> i was very scared, and i was very nervous. >> reporter: the students didn't just notice. they did something about it. olivia and her dad started a gofundme, hoping to raise $2,000, and her friends joined in, and they did a lot more than that. >> miss laura, thank you so much for driving the bus even when you're feeling bad. >> thank you, whitney! >> reporter: together they raised $4,570. >> merry christmas miss laura! >> reporter: and they reminded everyone that the -- what the holidays are truly about. >> you mean so much to me. i could never stop thinking about how amazing and beautiful you are. never give up, olivia. >> i really want miss laura to live. she's a beautiful and wonderful lady. >> reporter: part of the deal if they reached their goal, o

>> good morning, sam and laura. you can see through the windshield that the rain is definitely coming down right now along highway 101 near windsor. earlier we saw that there wasn't much rain, and then kari was exactly right, it started in the north. we saw a lot coming down in healdsburg and making its way down towards santa rosa is what we're seeing. definitely be careful out there. we're seeing a lot of traffic picking up out here and slick roads. as the chp say ts, plan a lot of time and be careful on your morning commute. live from the livan, i'm sharon cat sue da. "today in the bay." >> i'm bob redell live in pacifica where in a few hours there will be a wind advisory in effect. winds expected to be from 25 to 35 miles an hour. gusts up to 50 miles per hour. we've seen winds like that already. there is concern about coastal erosion, especially about a mile and a half north of the pacifica pier along the cliffs of pacifica. that's why in a news conference, in the three hours, the city of pacifica is announcing

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>> reporter: good morning, sam and laura. we've been watching this memorial grow at the intersection of international and fruitvale. a lot of these candles and flowers and messages bear the names of the people inside. one alex vega, one of the nine people who was identified late last night, a 22-year-old from san bruno whose friends say was drawn to the ghostship warehouse because of his love of the arts from urban graffiti to electronic music. on saturday we were out here and metal lex's brother dan vega. he showed up in work boots, work clothes, ready to march into that disaster himself, desperate to find his baby brother. >> i have my work boots on and i'm ready to roll. >> you want to go through that debris? >> hell, yeah, i do. if my -- if my brother is there, i want to find him. i need closure. obviously i want to hold on to a little bit of hope. >> reporter: in the last 12 hours eight other victims were also identified, 35-year-old billy dixon from oakland who moved to california to pursue his dreams of being an artist

rudy giuliani, laura ingram, and mike huckabee all join us. german chons lar angela merkel is now saying the terrorism is likely the motive and isis is claiming responsibility for the truck attack. also tonight, russian president vladimir putin is vowing revenge after the country's ambassador to turkey was gunned down yesterday. president-elect donald trump is reacting to both stories by promising to fight radical islam why the white house won't utter the phrase. joining us now with reaction is trump senior advisor, kellyanne conway, thanks for joining us, kelly. big news day. let's start with the berlin attack. president-elect donald trump says he will fight islamic terror. he used the words together, why did he sbeskically do that so soon? >> well, it's part of how he ran his campaign and won. people want tough strong leadership, if you look at the polls, eric, americans feel less safe than they did four or eight years ago. many feel less pros prougs as well. in the last year, radical islamic terrorists have made it here. san bernardino, the

laura: it's not just turkey blaming the u.s. based cleric, either.ussia is reportedly also following that line of inquiry. believe -- i do see it as part of a government propaganda machine. the turkish pilot who shot down a russian jet when it over flu turkey in november -- when it turkey, he was seen as a hero defending turkish airspace. but when turkey decided to apologize to russia in june, because russian sanctions had knocked the turkish economy, then the pilot fell out of favor , and today, they are saying that the pilot himself was a terrorist. this is turks looking for somebody else to blame, particularly somebody abroad. think you must look at the situation generally, the turks are dismayed by what is , many were embarrassed by the killing of an ambassador. one of them opened fire on the u.s. industry this morning, firing his pump action shotgun. he harm to nobody, but he was venting his anger. nationalist turks need to blame somebody else, not themselves. we have to leave it there, but thank you very much indeed, jasper mortimer reporting f

host: laura ungar, i will let you respond.uest: from an activist i spoke with a it is going to be a tough thing to solve because there are a lot of issues here. , it isng the caller said not just people in urban america. it is people in rural america and we found across this country, pb just people are vulnerable to this. it is not just ranger, texas. is a lot of these small flint,ties, as well as michigan, which everybody knows about. epa, i have heard from environmental activists do morehe epa needs to 24th of this. the states need to do more to the existing water safety. -- the epa means to do more to enforce this. i heard there needs to be as well.water rules host: you mention flint, michigan. select with about 100,000 residents. peopleory found 100,000 in the small systems around this country get to their drinking water from utilities that discovered high lead ball failed to treat the water and remove it. tell us about a place called cold mountain, west virginia. guest: it is a very remote community in west virginia and w

her name is laura alvarado. when she was 8 years old, laura was brought to the united states from mexico. she grew up in chicago, in my home state of illinois. in high school, she was an extraordinary student and was involved in extracurricular and volunteer activities. she was a member of the national honor society, she played soccer, tennis, basketball and a member of student government, school newspaper, the chess club, yearbook club and many more. she decided to go to northeastern illinois university. she worked two jobs while she was going to school because she didn't qualify for any federal assistance to go to college. in 2006, she graduated from honors from northeastern. her major -- justice studies. but then she was stuck again. her ambition in life was to become a lawyer, but she couldn't pursue her dream. it took her six years, six years in 2012 when president obama established daca, an executive order which said to laura and thousands just like her you're in a special category. you were undocumented i

laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura thank. >>> the oakland city council is expected to hold a special meeting on thursday to consider an emergency disaster declaration. abc 7 news was at city hall today as the public works committee met. the fire was in councilman noel gio's district who wants a review on the number of warehouse conversions and the number of building inspectors and fire inspectors. >> we need to increase the staffing for fire prevention. there needs to be a response when someone puts in a complaint. >> councilman larry reed urged the panel to uneat borrowing from the warriors saying they have strength in numbers. >>> this tragic warehouse fire has been described as heartbreaking for the lbgt community. we know of at least three transgender people who have been confirmed dead now. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez has been reaching tout their loved ones in the castro district for the story. >> i'm here in the cass troerks and i'm just reading some of the well wishes for the people in oakland. may you rest in peace, love and light. you know, this tragedy comes at a ve

laura anthony is live in oakland with the late on the investigation tonight. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. well, a press conference here just concluded here at oakland's emergency operations center. it included the mayor and several city officials who we have not heard from yet. now that the recovery operation is winding down, the focus is turning to what happened before this fire occurred and how it could be prevented or could have been prevented, and while the city planning and building department says they did receive complaints about the property in recent years they were mostly about the vacant lot next door. while inspectors visited that property as recently as three weeks ago they made no effort to go inside the warehouse. >> in terms of the planning and building inspector, our records didn't show an inspector had been inside the building in the last 30 years. that means there were no applications for permits no, applications for permits in the last po years and there were no violations that were submitted for interior work within the main building attributed t

i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. bundle up. this will be the coldest day of the week and maybe the year? >> so far, yes. we're below freezing in the north bay. that's what we're watching for, not only that, but also tracking the next rainmaker that will be here later this evening. here is a live look at some of the temperatures now. it's 36 degrees in concord, 44 in oakland and san francisco, and yes, you see the below freezing temperatures in the north bay. we're headed there in the tri-valley and parts of the south bay. as we once again take a look at all the clouds moving closer, we'll see the rain moving in later this afternoon and a look at the timeline as we start to see those scattered showers here by 3:30 this afternoon. let's head over to mike. is it looking better on the roadways? >> it is, but we already had a great commute. the crash cleared in oakland and the disabled vehicle that cleared over there in castro valley, the grid is clear as far as chp is concerned. green sensors all over, slowing out of the altamont p

in oakland, laura anthony, abc 77 news. >> laura, thank you. >>> last night, some of the survivors had dinner with the artist collective founder, derick almena and his wife. they gathered at the denny's in oakland. the group reportedly went to the red cross to pick up clothes after eating. >> an investigation into the ghost ship fire continues. >> several spoke at a city council committee meeting on illegal living spaces. >> eric thomas is live outside of san francisco's museum of modern art with the story. eric? >> tonight from 6:00 to 9:00, they expect a considerable number of oakland artist communities, grieving artists to attend tonight. meantime, some of the same artists today were trying to make sure that a backlash doesn't occur and leave them without a place to live. >> the evictions that are happening to those need to stop today. >> we need to put a moratorium on red tagging and need to provide amnesty for building owners and landlords so they are not so worried. >> but worry is what is facing artists right now. matt ran for city council in the last election and says the ghost

. >> i'm laura in for jenna lee. mr. trump started the nuclear conversation on twitter saying, quote, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. jon jon that tweet came after russian vladimir putin promise today strengthen his nation's nuclear forces and putin held end of the year conference. we have live fox team coverage from london bureau but we begin with peter ducey in west palm beach, florida. peter. peter: jon, president elect is playing golf with tiger woods, not far from mar-a-lago where he stays down here and woods "ed a game according to transition officials. he's obviously one of the most famous athletes in the world but mr. trump has a message for anybody trying to say that his upcoming inauguration is going lack star power, he says this, quote, the so-called a-list celebrities are all wanting ticks for inauguration, but look what they did for hillary, nothing, i want the people. he is concern not just about russia

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laura anthony reporting live. laura, thank you. >>> the man who ran the ghost ship art collective says he's incredibly sorry about what happened. deric ion almeda was at the scene and he paused and looked somber and' motional and he seemed to get agitated when he was asked about any responsibility he may share. >> i didn't do anything in my life that would lead me up to this moment. i'm an honorable man, i'm a proud man. i'm not going to answer these questions. i would rather get on the floor and be trampled by the parents. i'd rather let them tear my flesh than to answer these questions. >> he went on to say the ghost ship was, quote, not a horrible place. however, some people who had been inside, even had lived it, described it as a death trap. >>> right now we know at least 36 people died at the ghost ship artist collective and we're learning more about the victims and their friends and loved one. sergio quintana joins us live with their stories. >> reporter: one of the featured performers friday night at the g

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. >> laura anthony is live at city hall with more on the latest developments. laura? >> reporter: hi, ama, we've heard much in the last few days about which agencies may have been inside the ghost ship warehouse before the fire, that is, fire department, police and city building department. but today we learned another agency from the county may have been in there as recently as last week. >> he hired me to do security. >> reporter: this man did not want his identity revealed for fear of retribution but told us he worked at the ghost ship warehouse as recently as last thursday doing security and odd jobs. he says a social worker from alameda county child protective services was there to check on the founder derick almena. >> were they upstairs, down stares? >> they were everywhere. >> reporter: cps would not confirm or deny such a visit. the man also told us there was a fire inside the building last week involving a refrigerator. a fire he helped put out. almena was concerned about a fire in 2014. one an arsonist set outside the ghost ship. >> all of a sudden we saw f