molly: welcome to the "france 24 " newsroom. i am molly hall. hero the headlines. lawmakers in south korea impeach the president. park geun-hye suspended after weeks of antigovernment protests. the syrian government showing in aleppo, despite the russian announcement of a new pause infighting. a new report exposes the russianionalized athletes. we will go to moscow for the latest. molly: we start with a major seoul, thehakeup in south korean president impeach this friday after weeks of antigovernment protests against her rule. scandalence peddling caused park geun-hye's suspending of her powers. go to jason strother, who joins us from the south korean capital. i understand there is official reaction coming in about the impeachment. we heard from president park herself. jason: right. she expressed regret over causing all this chaos, as she said. it was not an admission of guilt, by any y means. she has been accused of pressure in some of south korea's largest companies to give tens of millions of dollars to a close friend who embezzled much of those funds. but she s

molly: yeah.nating to see this, to see the president-elect personally inserting himself rather intimately into these types of projects. big government spending like the pentagon, but also boo a smaller business -- into a smaller business like carrier in indiana. is that something that's sustainable when he actually assumes the presidency next year? >> unclear right now, but it is what he has said all along. if you listen to donald trump's speeches all through the campaign, he described, you know, when ford was going to make cars in mexico, he said, well, i would call up the ceo of ford, and i'd talk to them. and he would threaten, you know, a tax on cars coming, imported back into the united states. he said this all along, that he would be a very hands-on president and that he would talk to ceos of companies around the country. now, he's obviously been doing that with carrier, with lockheed, with boeing. so far as president-elect, i don't think there's any reason to think he's going to stop once h

>> i think it does, molly. really think that at the end when you're looking at it is bringing the ultimate outsider into washington and that is donald trump. and i think when you look at the people he's bringing in, these are individuals who many are not from washington, it's not going to be the way if hillary clinton would have won, where she would have brought her washington insiders to run the administration. i think what you're going to see a lot of the individuals who are creative in their thinking, bringing business success, whether it be military success into the administration. i also think that there's the lobbying component to it as well and that's going to be one of the trickier parts. lobbying has been part of the republic, the question is how would it be managed by this administration. >> i just think you're on your heels on this one, mercedes. >> i have great heels, i don't know what you're talking about. >> the too big to fail crowd. the idea that we were going to get the bumbs out of here. >> th

i am molly hall.irst draft -- despite as come nationwide truce that went into effect hours ago at midnight. in the past hour we are hearing of reports from the syrian observatory for human rights that says government warplanes have carried out several airstrikes in, province. the cease-fire was brokered by russia and turkey and marks the first time in decades a major middle east initiative does not include the united states. a regional correspondent, beth mckernan, is monitoring the situation for us. beth: we have getting new reports of clashes between government forces and rebels in a valley near damascus. monitors reported that the government is -- has gunships to conduct a series of raids and officials say one person has been injured. we do not have any more word on casualties as of yet. it is a strategically important area. the syrian government launched an offensive to retake it because it contains a lot of the water supply. it is the latest incident in a series of clashes which mark a shaky star

molly, how is the weather looking for sunday? molly: it is not too bad.t could be worse this time of year. are you heading out? i do not good in those situations. i would rather be in my couch -- on my cap where i can freak out. molly: we will have cloud cover. snow in northwest washington near the russian embassy. take a look at that. hard to believe snow falling out there. some quick snow squalls coming off the great wakes -- off the great lakes. you can seeradar -- where some of these shades of blue are coming into the area. this is what we are talking about, some quick hitting snowflakes flying around, not adding up to too much, but could surely lower visibility. andou get caught around 270 66, you might want to slow down. right now we have some blue, some flakes flying south of baltimore along i-95 riding into the laurel, maryland, area. they are enjoying some snowflakes. a little taste of winter time this afternoon. here is a look at wind gusts. 23 miles per hour wind gusts in hagerstown, 12 in d.c. breezy.finitely quite combining this with our temp

molly? >> bryan, thank you. >>> the president-elect took aim at wall street on the campaign trail, but now mr. trump has tapped goldman sachs executive gary cohn as the white house economic council. and andrew tester. here to weigh in on all of this, bloomberg politics reporter kevin. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, molly. how are you? >> great. wonderful. here in beautiful boston today. let's kick off with discussing the labor secretary, andy puzder. the fast-food exec, head of the big restaurants like carl's jr. and hardee's, a critic of minimum wage, saying it would keep young people from getting in on the job market. bans and restrictions on soda. one of the thing making the news recently is the fast-food workers walking out and protesting and calling for a minimum wage. what does this appointment mean at this point in time? >> two things. first and foremost, president-elect trump has consistently said that he would be somewhat supportive of increasing the minimum wage

enter molly. policy from berwyn, pennsylvania, welcome to "good day" philadelphia, molly.o great to have you here. >> thank you. >> now you're ten years old, so what grade is that? >> fifth grade. >> fifth grade. where do you go to school? >> i go to te middle school. >> one of the best in the entire state of pennsylvania. congrats. who is your teach their? >> mr. varno, my homeroom teacher. >> i'm sure you you love school but also enjoying your vacation. >> yes. >> i understand you've been spending part of your vacation practicing weather, right? yes, so what have you been doing with your dad. >> well, we were like looking at like yesterday's report, and we saw like there is another weather kid. >> that's right. >> we were just looking at like what i should do when we were practicing, like what we should do. >> what do you think of the werth today? >> it is very like rainy. >> yucky? >> yes. >> sloppy? all of those other good words. now, before we get you to give us the forecast, because now we're really depending on you, molly, to tell us what it will be like, no pressur

molly? >>> another big story that is sparking huge controversy here at home, as well as overseas. the united nations passing a resolution condemning israel for its settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. historically, the united states has vetoed such resolutions which critics have called biased against israel. this time, the united states abstained rather than using its veto. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu blasting the move, calling it shameful. we have more live from jerusalem on the latest. john? >> reporter: from the u.s. to here in jerusalem to the west bank where christmas celebrations are already underway. in particular in bethlehem. the response to the passage of this resolution has been swift and divisive, particularly from israeli prime minister netanyahu, who just mentioned, molly, who earlier this evening said that the obama administration "conducted a shameful anti-israel hijacking at the u.n." so strong words coming from the prime minister. now as we know, t

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also an nbc political analyst and molly ball from the atlantic. well, molly, let's see. i heard donald trump won't even make it through the first year of the presidency. donald trump will get impeached. he will quit. 16 years later we may look at him and he is still president. the defier of expectations is the marker. >> it's also how people just haven't learned to stop underestimating him. it's amazing that the predict n predictions will be made when he has shown they are wrong. nobody likes reciting history better than him. he loves to say they said i was not going to run. you know, it's our job to be skeptical and a lot of skepticism was warranted after he had publicity flirtations in the past and broken a lot of rules of politics in a way that i think we should listen to and reexample whether those were rules in the first place. whether any of this so-called truisms were real or our assumptions were wrong. >> they said he has a year for what the public wants to hear better than washington does. >> he hasn't been in toll ticks, he has been in the business of entertain

amy taylor filling in for molly today. good to have you here. >> great to be here. that was my mom's favorite song at the time. >> we were just talking about your mom that's a little sign. >> we were. yeah. >> molly is gone today because she was at the critic's choice awards yesterday with ryan jay. >> looking fabulous i might add. >> look at tho molly looked stunning on the red carpet. so does ryan he always does, but look at her. >> i told her i loved the aubergine aka egg plant. that's a great color beautiful on her. >> she actually one of the women that won an award viola davis she won last night, that's not the dress she wore last night, but wore a dress similar to molly's. what is so great about the show you don't have to watch it or what we're going to say. the show itself was about being body positive and insecurities and talking about that as a person. viola davis who is in how to getaway with murder. she talked about having to lose weight or walk in heels or lose her belly for a role and then she said why. >> it was interesting she felt all of this pressur

. >>> joining me now is molly hooper, congressional reporter for the hill. good morning. >> good afternoon. >> molly, let's pick up on the president-elect's call with the taiwanese president. some from the gop have praised it. while democrats are critical. is political reaction following essentially along party lines here? >> it seems to be doing so. i mean, if you look at ted cruz just sent out a tweet saying that, you know, i would rather have donald trump speaking with the taiwanese president than say, raul castro or the president of iran. sort of a swipe at president obama. so, you know, republicans are following in line more so behind donald trump. matt sammen, outgoing republican from arizona actually went to the taiwanese president's -- inauguration, essentially, and he was a missionary in taiwan. he really applauded donald trump taking this step. and democrats, you see people like chris murphy from connecticut who say, listen, it seems like donald trump is out there. he's making these decisions that will have long-term ramifications. but there isn't

jonathan: thank you, molly. and outrage and a d.c.room as the man accused of killing the beloved yoga instructor tricia mccauley faces a judge. >> because of this senseless, insane act, we will never see her again or hear her voice again or see her smile again. >> we cannot get her back, and that is the reality and that is where we stand. jonathan: at least once today, an outburst brought the proceedings to a halt. the man accused in this horrible bond, but not before we heard his account of what happened. the police do not buy any of it. tim barber has that part of the storytim: 48 hours after investigators discovered tricia ody, we are hearing about the bizarre confession. duane johnson claims that mccauley offered him a ride and consensual sex. johnson said mccauley became emotional and began to act like she wanted to kill her self. then johnson told detectives he was standing outside of the car as mccauley hung herself with her seatbelt. detectives are not buying the story. the 29-year-old has a long criminal history and was even

meteorologist molly rosenblatt is tracking the storm at wcco in minute appear list. how is it looking out there molly. >> travel will be dicey for many across much of the region as this area of lo pleasure, the storm tracks all the way to the upper mid west the rockies down to the plain states. from south dakota all the way to kansas dow towards oklahoma and heavy snow for much of north dakota, northern wisconsin as well as the rockies. numerous wider storm warnings in effect as well as blanketing much of north dakota that could see a foot or more of snow as well as western south dakota as well as winter storm warnings in effect all the way from the rockies through wisconsin and from. dakotas through minnesota. dangerous day on the road heading into the evening. demarco back to you. >> molly thank you. a military jet crashed today with 92 people on board. it was heading from sochi to syria. there's no sign of survivors and no word on what caused it to plunge into the black sea. here's barry petersen. >> helicopters boats and divers searched for 92 victims from the ca

. >> molly duffy is adorable.remely rare disease called heredity spastic or spg47 which causes delays in physical function like talking and walking. the diagnosis came last year. >> we were devastated. not having information, we didn't know where to turn or who to talk to. >> we were told there are seven documented cases and not in the united states. it's an island. you are the only one. >> no cure and no active research. kevin and angela duffy tried to be hopeful. they learned about robby edwards from massachusetts, a three-year-old with the same condition. they connected on facebook and met last month in boston where the girls both receive treatment at the boston hospital. >> there was someone else, and they are in boston. for us, it changed our out look. >> caring for molly can be a full time job, the duffys are taking on another challenge, a nonprofit organization to raise awareness and hopefully find a cure. >> there are gene therapies on the horizon that show promise they'll be able to stop the progression.

brown. >> not with molly brown onboard.me! >> debbie had a close relationship with her daughter carrie whom she was very proud of. >> my daughter carrie fisher who was in "star wars." we were kind of raised on old films and carrie runs all these old films now even more than the new films. >> but losing her beloved daughter may be too much to bear. dony will be remember said as glamorous and the fivy and a woman who lived in the spotlight and seemed to enjoy every minute. >> it comes with adulation and that means fans and they'll follow you and you have to learn to give up a little bit of you for that and that's your dream to want to be successful, then that's what you have to give up. >> one of debbie's true passions was preserving hollywood history. as a matter of fact, when the old hollywood studios started selling off artifacts she stepped in and became one of the biggest collectors of movie memorabilia in the world. >> i ran to the back and pulled out everything i had and i ran to the auction and i tried to buy every os

denise filling in for molly today. >> hi everyone. i wanted to share this picture it's kind of funny. this happened in my house a couple times. that is my tree and that is my falling and have you ever been around a christmas tree when it falls? it is kind of startling. it's a big tree i think it's too big. >> is it real or a fake tree? >> it's realism the tree fell over and bob didn't even move. i think he went ah and he kept emailing. >> the tree was pining away. >> yes it tried to branch out to him. >> then it fell again when no one was home so i had to struggle to gett >> did you hear it? >> yeah because it crashed all of the orangements and the needles. the second time i literally took all of the stuff. threw it i was like you should see what it looks like now really floppy. >> if you have fallen christmas trees feel free to post a picture of it. >> or a christmas mishap. >> denise wants to see it. >>> before we show you some of the most fashionable gifts of our art's cameras plus picture of the day. this comes from sylvia this is

in free port, maine molly line. nicole: molly line, thank you.lauren: kansas city chiefs beat the raiders. happy for you. its purring-pittsburgh penguins jump on a lead and beat florida panthers. we will have the updates for you . natalie portman takes on the role of jackie kennedy. we will show you. you're watching fbn:am . maude: how long have we been married, dear? charles: for 76 years. maude: he was kind and generous to me before we were married, and he was kind and generous to me all these years. we decided on meals on wheels because i was getting to the point where i couldn't do all the things that i had been able to do. we're the spanns. america, let's do lunch. narrator: drop off a hot meal and say hello. volunteer by donating your lunch break at americaletsdolunch.org. ♪livin in this crazy world ♪so caught up in the confusion♪ ♪nothin' is makin' sense ♪have a little hope ♪make this world a little better♪ generosity is its oyou can handle being a mom for half an hour. i'm in all the way. is that understood? i don't know what she's up to,

carrie is molly brown, too.onds on the soles of her shoes. >> reporter: you tweeted out this drawing of your mom and your sister. >> i did. magical. my mom was made througthrough "singing in the rain." it's probably the greatest musical ever made, as "star wars" will go down as the greatest science fiction ever made. this just made sense to me, and i thought they would like it. carrie would like it. >>> ne hi. hey. where's erin? uh, with my sister. but she hates kids... ok, once more. lexus rcs in? ultra white. with? premium package. santa claus! you got it! if you're going to wish, wish big at the lexus december to remember sales event. get up to $2,500 customer cash on select 2016 and 2017 models for these terms. see your lexus dealer. how is this possible? it's a light soup and yet it's real food? carrots, celery, and now 100% antibotic and hormone free white breast meat chicken? it boggles the mind! ah. i need to sit down. choose. choose. choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number a

molly had found this a while ago and we saved this for you. these are myths on the best and i wanted to run them by you and see what you think. it's something you have, show off the guns have taken pride in. there again here we go. >> the first one they say, the best way, you want the best or the worst first? >> let's start with the best. >> the best way they say is to train like an athlete. they say really have a purpose to everything you're doing. >> that's very true. i think you have to have a goal and you have to have a goal that is measurable and a goal that is you never want to compare yourself to anybody because we all come built differently and have different performance levels. >> it's so hard you see one you want to look like you are going i'm doing the same thing why don't i look like that why is that? >> because you didn't come with their genes. >> doing what you love. doing a routine you like will be the reward itself verses the meal afterwards. >> absolutely. if you're rewarding yourself with the thing you are trying to beat, the

how is it looking out there, molly?porter: well, demarco, travel conditions will be dicey for many on this christmas day across much of the region as reis area of low pressure, the strong winter storm makes its northeast trek. all the way from the upper midwest, the rockies down nhrough the plain states, we have a line of strong thunderstorms from south dakota all the way to kansas down towards oklahoma, and then heavy heow for much of north dakota, northern wisconsin as well as the rockies. numerous winter storm warnings me effect as well as a blizzard warning blanketing much of north dakota that could see a foot or more of snow as well as western south dakota. otherwise, winter storm warnings in effect all the way from the rockies through northern wisconsin and ice storm warnings for the dakotas as well as minnesota. so, a very dangerous day on the roads, heading into the evening as well. demarco, back to you. >> morgan: all right, molly, thank you. llmilitary jet crashed today edth 92 people on board. it was heading

what's the latest, molly?reporter: well, demarco, conditions will be dicey for any christmas day travel. we have a powerful system out west affecting the rockies right now as well as the four corners. lhat will continue to move off rs the east-northeast as that area of low pressure does. we'll see things really start to eeteriorate. for much of the western portion of the country, again, the rockies, plain states and upper midwest, we're now seeing snow esvelop off to the east- nrtheast. as well as rain, some strong thunderstorms heading near ngristmas day sunday for the cain states, specifically right around kansas, where we could see some severe weather. and we do have a blizzard warnings in effect for most of north dakota as well as the ostern portion of south dakota. they could see a foot or more. esme areas, more like 15 inches. ndd then ice storm warnings, about .25 inch possible for portions of minnesota as well as strong winter storm warnings in erfect with strong storms cfecting portions of southern sn

molly, let's start with you. this week, the president-elect seemed to announce a major policy and national security decision about u.s. nuclear capability via twitter, of course. how unprecedented is that, and where does it lead once he's in the white house? >> well, just the fact that we have a president-elect who is still communicating with the u.s. via twitter, that's unprecedented. and in and of itself. but keep in mind that he is still the president-elect. he's not the president yet. and so, you know, it feels like he's still in campaign mode. this is a man who isn't a politician. he wasn't a politician. it's one of the reasons why people liked him so much, he doesn't speak in politics-speak. he doesn't speak in talking points that were carefully crafted by an attorney. so it's unclear what's going to happen when he actually becomes president. but as of now, he is not the president of the united states. he's not making international foreign policy. >> on thursday, trump's counselor, kellyanne conway, tried t

(nats) "unsinkable molly brown" "i'm unsinkable!" ?..reynolds powered on working into her golden years on tv... sot) "will & grace" "look, look. no panty lines because..no panties (laugh)" ...and in the movies (sot) "mother" "you know i never like to look back..your father always said never look back it might be gaining on you'." reynolds personal life was not so successful (sot) "the tender trap" "i think marriage is the most important thing in the world?" there were three failed marriages, including one to co star eddie fischer... (sot) "bundle of joy" "would it interest you to know i am not the mother?" ...who walked out on her for elizabeth taylor. reynolds tragically outlived her famous daughter - carrie fisher? fisher suffered a cardiac arrest on an airplane last week - then died tuesday morning. reynolds stayed by her daughter's side until the end? then she had to be rushed to the hospital the next day. she was 84. danya bacchus abc news los angeles and as the news spread-- fans bega last night someone paying tribute to debbie rey

molly: things are looking better, the rain is winding down. temperatures in the 40's. of greenee the shades getting farther away. a few showers off to the west along 66, may be getting sprinkles this afternoon. it was a mess this morning near to theown north, but south, just plain old rain. through 12:30,la 1:00. cloud cover lingers. atperatures not too bad 2:00, staying in the upper 40's. tomorrow, it will be cool. a daytime high of 40 degrees, mainly sunny skies. the wind gusts getting into 30's and 40's. it will be breezy. here is a look at your new year's eve forecast. we are expecting cloud cover, but things are looking dry. up, a look at your extended forecast. jummy: thank you. weather newset coverage around the clock by downloading our storm watch weather app. latest updates and alerts sent to your phone or tablet. mournings and fans are the death of debbie reynolds one day after of her daughter, carrie fisher. she was a film pioneer and oscar award nominee. marcy gonzalez has a look at her life and legacy. >> she was a superstar actress, singer, and dancer. '

>> reporter: good evening, molly. this is the deadliest fire in more than a decade. loss is so raw they will not celebrate christmas this year. their attorney cast a wide legal negwith number of people with ties to the ghost ship called a death trap. there was a makeshift staircase and no signs of smoke detector or sprinkler system. the fire started and stranded them on the second floor and her father explained they are pressing forward with legal action. >> our daughter will never come home and there is not a day that goes by we don't miss her. she was a good kid. her and alex loved each other and wanted to have a good time. we'll never see them again. and we just want justice. >> and the laugh was filed one bep half of 23-year-old griffin madden and claims that the defendants are responsible for horrific gross negligence. >> we filed the lawsuit against the owners of the building and and those who are involved with the event and promoters and person who is putting on the shows. and we filed against person who was like the manager representing out the place and buil

. >> hi molly how are you? >> i'm doing well. i'm trying to stay calm the i know you can identify with that. let's start with this cold and flu season that we're in, family gatherings come up we're around a lot of friends, kids are out and about i think people want to know how can they keep staying healthy top of mind? >> i know. i'm so glad you asked that question. and i'm partnering with several companies today, we're going to give you some really great tips and the first one is, that you and they are really simple like washing your hands on a regular basis with soap and water. also, not touching your face like your eyes and your nose and your mouth, when you have unwashed hands because that can spread disease. if you do get that throat tickle or a sniffle that would signal a cold, well one of the things you can do is look to something like homo pathic cold remedy with its ultraberry lemonade this can shorten the length of the cold. it comes in portable yummy convenient grab and go pacts. of course, if you do get the cold you w

>> meteorologist molly rosenblat wcco in minneapolis.re? >> travel conditions dicey for many on this christmas day across much of the region. this area of low pressure, strong winter storm makes its northeast trek from the upper midwest, rockies, plain states. we have a lean of strong thunderstorms from south dakota through kansas. down toward oklahoma and then heavy snow for much north dakota pushing into minnesota, northern wisconsin, the rockies. numerous winter storm warning in effect, blizzard warning blanketing north dakota could see a foot or more of snow as well as western south dakota. otherwise winter storm warnings in effect. all the way from the rockies through northern wisconsin, and ice storm warnings for the dakotas as well as minnesota. so a very dangerous day on the roads. heading into the evening as well. demarco, back to you. >> molly, thank you. >> russian military jet crashed today with 92 people on board. it was heading from sochi to syria. no soon of survivors and no word on what caused it to plunge into the black

abc's molly hunter in berlin for us.key now for the search for answers there in the assassination of the russian ambassador. >> so you have russian and turkish investigators who are trying to determine if the gunman acted alone. abc's terry moran reports from moscow. >> reporter: in a video, you see the assassin behind the ambassador like he's security for the event and calmly stepping to the side waiting for the moment and reaching for the gun and opening fire. in the chaos that followed, a brave associated press photographer kept snapping these pictures. people huddled on the floor. the gunman defiant. the photo journalist spoke out about the moments. >> it was like a movie. >> reporter: adding a grim new detail. the asassan fired a final kill shot. >> he shot again from close range on the body of ambassador. >> reporter: the killer, 22-year-old police officer who medlin atintas. he called in sick a few hours earlier. it's the assassin's words, don't forget aleppo, don't forget s r syria that are the key. the war in sy

she was nominated for gosh, molly brown. unstoppable. >> unsinkable molly brown. >> she got nom nases across the board. >> nominations across the board. she was a phenomenal talent, one of the best of her time and had a beautiful and long career because she loved what she did. >> her career she says it herself was so important to heavier. she said it to larry king, cnn's larry king, a while back. >> you have to be very strong, be religious or have faith of your own kind because you can't let it get you down. the rejection is tough at times. you have to stay strong and hang in there. believe in yourself. you know that you are really good. and you have to know that your fans love you. >> you know, some people will say your family life, personal life, that's your rock and the career ebbs and flows up and down. for her it was the other way around. >> she embraced hollywood. that was part of her rock. she was part of her religion, so to speak. she went with it, i would say. and ironically, her daughter kind of was the rebel that

joining me molly hooper and josh barrow. a welcome to you both. josh, i hate to keep striking -- what's your' acti reaction to m trump skipping intel briefing snz. >> i don't think it's great. hugh expressed hope he will take them more often once he is president. i think trump -- you can see this back in the art of the deal. he rejects the idea of market research. all these people come to me and tell me where to build buildings. i go out and look. i figure out where the good spot is. i build there. that's the attitude he will take to policy making, including foreign policy. i think the problem is that probably doesn't think it's very important for him to get all this expert information. i worry about that. i'm willing to be surprised. i don't expect to be pleasantly surprised. >> how about you, molly? i want to ask about the pushback by republicans like mccain. do you think they could change their reaction on tillerson? >> this leak that he is at parent choice is almost a trial balloon to see how he would be received by the individuals on capitol

mark preston, and molly ball political writer for "the atlantic."ly, how serious is the threat from the president to retaliate against russia for the hacking if he doesn't know that the incoming president, and that president is going to take office on january 20th a month away or so is going to follow through? >> president obama is still the president. still the president for a month, and there's a lot that can be done in that time. one thing that seems clear. a lot of democrats especially feel that the white house has been too slow to react to this russian cyber attacking throughout the process, and so there's some question about, is there the urgency there? will it be too little too late? and then the question bother the next administration followings through. what you heard the president saying there, which is i think is correct, donald trump is unpredictable and dismissive of this threat, we have no idea how and whether he would respond to it. >> as you know, mark, on october 7th, a month before the election, director of natural intelligence, se

. >> and molly, your job is going to be so much fun as you cover capitol hill. i keep hearing people say this is not how washington works. this is not how we do it. but frankly, i don't think he cares. or what is the reaction? is there a sense this could hurt relations? there are implications to these tweets. >> there are implications to these tweets and he doesn't care. and actually, when he was elected, i just thought, oh, my gosh, we have so many stories to cover now. this is not how business is done in washington, d.c. trump is coming into office even though we have this big kum ba yah moment of the republicans trying to prop him up. he still has a lot of people in the congress that don't like him. that really take kiissue with things he had done in the election. members of the foreign affairs committee, once he becomes president, i don't think they're going to hold back. look at john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, these are people who have concerns with the picks he has made already for secretary of state. you know, this goes into that whole idea of t

molly, i will start with you. he also said in an l.a. times interview about losing the election, these are people i grew up with their kids, they're not racist, sexist, but we didn't talk to them. some analysis going on. >> people give joe biden a hard time for his ethical lapses and not being the brightest bulb. this is a guy who won senate 16 times. and his political instintcts ar on point. it's fine if hillary clinton needs to cling to conspiracy theories. but that's not a good plan for the democratic party or the media. there needs to be reflection. his point about the inability to communicate with the working class voters is something democrats should heed and stop clinging to the conspiracy theories about russia or comey or the electoral college being the source of all their problems. if they want to regain the presidency, legislatures, governorships, they have to take a real hard look at themselves about how they have lost the people. >> okay. with that in mind, what does the group of people running for the dnc chair or the handfu

molly, i will start with you. he also said in an l.a. times interview about losing the election, these are people i grew up with their kids, they're not racist, sexist, but we didn't talk to them. some analysis going on. >> people give joe biden a hard time for his ethical lapses and not being the brightest bulb. this is a guy who won senate 16 times. and his political instintcts ar on point. it's fine if hillary clinton needs to cling to conspiracy theories. but that's not a good plan for the democratic party or the media. there needs to be reflection. his point about the inability to communicate with the working class voters is something democrats should heed and stop clinging to the conspiracy theories about russia or comey or the electoral college being the source of all their problems. if they want to regain the presidency, legislatures, governorships, they have to take a real hard look at themselves about how they have lost the people. >> okay. with that in mind, what does the group of people running for the dnc chair or the handfu

molly, let me start with you down there in washington. the u.s.mp taking the oath of office less than a month from now. what do we know about how the vote on friday may impact united states diplomacy with israel? >> well, it's interesting because it's not just the united states diplomacy with israel. keep in mind, donald trump talked about netanyahu before the vote came about and took to twitter and basically condemned it, saying that the united states should veto it. but it's about the u.s. relationship with the u.n., and there's quite a few republican congressmen and senators, including ted cruz, who basically said, you know what, if the u.n. moves a resolution like this, one that hurts israel, maybe the u.s. should stop giving money to the u.n., and that's something that we could see in the early days of congress, and something that donald trump being critical of what's going on at the u.n., could possibly get in favor of, get behind. >> ozzy, the leading democrat on capitol hill, incoming minority leader chuck schumer, strongly critical of the

. >> joining us from washington, the hill congressional reporter, molly hooper.ly, are we seeing sort of what we're going to see going forward, which is this kind of push and pull between donald trump, mccain, graham, or is this particular do you think to this point in time and all bets are off and we don't know what's going to happen in the new administration? >> i think the answer to that question is both. i think what we see with donald trump and with republicans is that the relationship is tenuous and they both serve each other's interests. the problem with donald trump though is that he didn't have a lot of republican buy in at the beginning and even after he won the primary, republicans were hesitant toump on board. and one of the conservatives i spoke with in the house, one of the leading conservatives said to me, you know, molly, once mike pence came on board a lot of us had to go to mike pence and say, can you tell donald trump to quit it with the putin love thing? so clearly there was an issue with donald trump's position on russia from the beginning fr

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. >> and i'm molly lion. welcome to this special edition of america's news headquarters. >>> fist a fox news alert to tell you about trump's search for secretary of head of state. >> reporter: good morning, momly. we now know that president elect trump has met with the man now seen as the leading candidate to be trump's secretary of state. that is exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson. tillerson we now know came to trump tower to meet with mr. trump for the second time this week today. we know he was going to come to trump tower sometime this weekend to meet with mr. trump. that did in fact happen today. transition team confirmed that. came through a back way. away from the cameras and not through the famous golden elevators. he is the exxon mobile chairman. met on tuesday initially. now he emerged from that meeting seen as the leading candidate for the secretary of state position. he's been the ceo of exxon since 2006. he has no diplomatics experience, but an upside could be that he does offer to bring some executi

abc's molly hunter has the latest. >> reporter: the attacker on the loose, likely armed. tuesday night prosecutors released the man detained monday due to insufficient evidence. he was a 23-year-old pakistani asylum seeker, police said tuesday morning, and hours later, haven't said what evidence led them to him in th in the back of the attack truck, a dead polish man with gunshot wounds, but no gun was recovered. the investigation is ongoing, and police are warning the public to be extra vigilant here in berlin, across germany, and across europe where other christmas markets could be targets. president obama called german chancellor merkel saying the united states stood by germany to defeat terrorism in all forms. as 20 people were released from the hospital, merkel assured germany those responsible will be hunted down and punished. the police do not have enough information for a wanted poster, so they are chasing leads, but they don't know who they are looking for. molly hunter abc news, berlin. >>> body of russia's ambassador to turkey arrived back in moscow. the widow

. >> reporter: like most 3-year-olds molly duffy of hatboro is active and adorable. but she lives with an extremely rare disease called spg47 which causes delays in cognitive and physical function like talking and walking. the diagnosis came last year. >> we were devastated and not having information we didn't know where to turn. we didn't have anyone to talk to. >> we were told there are 7 medically documented cases and none of them in the yieltdz. you're the only one. >> reporter: no cure and no active research, kevin and angela tried to remain hopeful. it was easier when they learned about robby edwards of massachusetts a 3-year-old with the same condition. their parents connected on a facebook support group and met last year face-to-face where the girls received treatment at boston hospital. >> our hearts started racing, there's someone else and they are in boston. it change our outlook. >> even though caring for molly can be a full time job, the duffys have started a nonprofit organization to raise awareness and find a cure for fpg47. >> there are gene therapies