. >> he thought nothing well of barack obama until barack obama was nice to him then he thought barack obama was great. inside of trump world, there's the rumors that there are two camps, there's bannon world, which still shocks me someone like bannon could be near the white house, but he is. and pence world. do either of those camps feel concerned about donald trump's inability to control himself? >> for now the relationship between the bannon camp and the previous camp, the populists and the mainstream, seems to be functional based on my reporting. they're contributing to discussions behind the scenes about cabinet picks but that dynamic will be challenged next year once trump assumes office and he has to deal with governing, not just picking personnel. >> are they worried he can't stop tweeting at people and getting into twitter beeves? >> one of the reasons another key player, vice president-elect mike pence, is well regarded within trump's circle is because he's not someone who pushes trump when it comes to the president-elect's behavior and one understanding sometimes implicit of

he had put more people into cabinet positions before barack obama had done it when barack obama had not done it untilhere is a double standard. so then what does he do? he focuses on his transition, he focuses on his cabinet appointments and now you have this same exact people that are screaming when is our press conference, when is our press conference. he will give one in january but you can't have it both ways. >> this is a highly fraught political moment and there is bias on both sides of the aisle. i think we need more objective reporting overall across the board and it's frequently skewed but i also think that press conferences are incredibly important regarding of the bias you're citing. >> i have to wrap it there. both of you, donald trump will be held to account by the press, the white house press corps, as well as many other different outlets that he uses or that the reporters that go to him, we will make sure that that that happens. so thank you very much both of you. happy new year. thank you for being here. >> happy new year. >> we're going to make it a good one. appreciate you both. tha

how donald trump, who attacked barack obama's citizenship, led a birther movement until this country and around the world, called obama a terrorist sympathizer, said he was the father of isis, how he could switch after one meeting and a few phone calling, all of a sudden he's in love with the guy, they've got chemistry together. good lord, certain chemicals can blow stuff up. it's mind-boggling to me. >> this is gallows humor, for those watching. >> absolutely. >> this is not happy humor. this is crazy stuff. >> and let me tell you, he says he didn't do anything to divide the country? well, he sure divided muslim-americans when he said what he said about not allowing muslims into the country, and maybe even deporting some muslims. he certainly divided mexican-americans when he said what he did about people who come from mexico. so he was very responsible for a lot of the division that exists in the country. and what i really fault him for is, after he won. after he won, as you recall, chris, there were incidents in schools all over the country, but particularly in pennsylvania, we had an incident where some high schoo

barack obama is still president of the united states. in away i think this was going away until donald trump overtly intervened and barack obama and john kerry are sending the signal we have time on the clock for this administration. >> now to breaking news from europe. the four-day man hasnunt is ove. italian authorities say 24-year-old anis amri was killed in a shoot out with police near milan. german authorities launched a europe-wide search for amri who ran his truck into a drouded christmas market. -- crowded. a video shows amri pledging allegiance to a terror group but he didn't refer to the attack. claudio, what are we learning about the shoot out and the end of amri's life. >> it all started as a routine check in the outskirts of the northern city of milan. two young policemen were trailing. they saw a man walking around the local train station there which seemed odd to them. it was suspicious enough for them to get out of the car and go to the suspect and say show us your i.d. he pulled out a .22 caliber, shot a policeman in the shoulder. the other fired back and shot him dead. later, of course, they found out this was amri. this wa

obama might... >> hinojosa: okay, hyde park, south side of chicago where barack obama and his family lived up until they moved to the white house. it's where you lived for seven years. it's where i actually spent, you know, 20 years of my life growing up. >> that's right, that's right. >> hinojosa: strange little place, but hyde park and michelle obama because... >> so michelle obama was working at the university of chicago during my years there. she was a fixture in the neighborhood. barack obama was my state senator. he was my senator. he was my neighbor just around the corner at a condominium complex. you know, i'd see him running at the... actually, he'd lap me running at the lake, because i run very, very slowly. it's much more like a walk with my arms bent. so in many ways, i think those of us who weren't intimate friends of the obamas but were sort of just in the orbit often saw michelle as at least equally the star if not more the star. she has a kind of graciousness and a bigness of her personality that never... it never overwhelms the people with whom she's in the room, but it's there. you want to be with her. you want to be near her. i always found barack obama slightly more off-putting than michelle. michelle was attractive in a deep way. so the most surprising thing for me was this woman with whom i related so closely a

obama administration continue until its end? caller: barack obama is a coward. trump is not a coward. that is really what this points out. barack obamas over in hawaii and he is saying he doesn't have anything to do with this. he pretty much blew up the chances for a settlement over there. that is really what i see. i don't know what anybody else sees. barack obama is unable to convince people to his way of thinking. he doesn't want to take the time to do it, so what does he do? he takes out his pen and write all these presidential resolutions that are probably going to be undone. the man is a coward. he was an effective. i am done with him. host: tommy from tennessee of the independent line. what do you think about the vote? i think ituse me -- is a sad day in america. i think mr. obama perhaps made his most poignant and most pardonred part in -- when important the plo and hamas. the plo in my opinion was pardoned for what they had done through the years the people in israel and their own people. the palestinian people are good people. they are honest, hard-working people who have been basically manipulated by political system that

obama. barack obama has called for a world without nuclear weapons. in a twitterer message on thursday, trump said the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. trump's spokesperson said the president-elect wanted to impress the need to modernize the country's capability as a waway to pursue e peace through strength. trump's tweet fofollowed remark by russian president pututin th russia shohould modernize its s nuclear weapons. some u.s. media say trump'p's remark may have been a reaction to putin's speech. they know that trump asserted during the presidential election that the u.s. has been slower to modernize its nuclear capabilities than russia. >>> syrian government forces say they've retaken complete control of aleppo. the northern city had been the largest stronghold of opposition groups. the syrian military issued a statement on thursday night, saying it has returned security and safety to aleppo as the last remaining opposition fighters withdrew from the city. it's seen as a turning point on the war on terrorism. government forces led the attack on aleppo with the help of rus

obama administration pushed back on cnn. >> after january 20 he will be responsible for the conduct of the foreign policy but until then it's barack obama. that's how it worked. >> but he walks with a popularity low. trump is at 42%. he continues to deal with the business interest and the family foundation which he promised to dissolve. the new york attorney general says it won't happen since the office is investigating concerns about how the foundation collected and gave out money. >> they understand what would anchor trump with the problems is the association with the he figured that out. >> and transition spokesman jason miller dropped out of the job saying he needs to put his family first. reporting in northwest, kenneth moton, abc news. kellye: ticket scalpers are trying to cash in on the inauguration. free tickets are going online. chris papst tells us what he found. is this legal? chris: there is legislation proposed to make it illegal but never passed and never signed by the president. so it's legal to get free inauguration ticket from your senator or congressman, congresswoman and sell it for thousands of dollars online. some websites in the past have not taken it because ethically some argue it's not the right thing to do because you are getting them for free. but there are some sites to put it on and ma bucketlistevents.com. you scroll down. there are things people want to go to. masters. tokyo summer games. super bowl 20137 and the presidential inauguration 2017. you click on that. theoretically it would come up or you can go here. there are some websites that give a disclaimer saying that the tickets can be purchased for free. this doesn't but it says if you are not able to secure tickets from your local congressman and congresswoman we can help get you premier tickets to the 2017 presidential inauguration. starting at $525 a piece going up to $9,000. this is the swearing-in ceremony the best seats you can get to see donald trump become the next president and take the oath of office. we did compare this with 2008 with president obama. they are similar pricing for the tickets so this is something that has been going on fo if you scroll down farther and you can see the tickets that are available from the inaugural ball to the swearing in to the committees that will be hosting then for a ten-day period starting january 15. if you go online you can spend a lot of money. if you have the tickets some people were hoping that hillary clinton would win. they are putting the tickets on here saying, "my girl didn't win so i'm trying to sell these." you have an option to go this route if you don't want to contact your congressman or congresswoman. at 6:00 we will show you another website that puts the $9,000 tickets to shame. again, that is coming up at 6:00. live in the newsroom, chris papst, abc7 news. michelle: my gosh. the numbers are crazy. thank you. kellye: more than $9,000? that is hard to believe. michelle: you can watch it on our station for free. we have the camera angles. kellye: that is a great choice. michelle:

barack obama doing it? >> obama. david: he did use it up until 2011.t and there was a similar one jimmy carter used in the 1970s. >> president obama gets rid of that registry? stuart: pastor, you just heard this, ending the registration days before president obama leaves office. your take on this, please. >> it's absolutely foolish. it's not grandmothers yelling jesus christ is great creating these atrocities. it's young muslim men yelling allah is great committing these atrocities. stuart: you are a christian pastor and you are saying there should be a religious test. if we have a region industry of muslims, you are comfortable with this as a christian? >> we are talking about people entering our country who pose a threat to this country. there is no religious test for running for office according to article 6 of the constitution. but there is nothing unconstitutional about this. we need to do whatever is necessary to protect tour country. i believe we have an incoming president who is determined to keep this country safe. stuart: i want to talk to yo

obama. probably until about 11:59 on january 20th. this is what happens during the course of a transition. there is only one t president at a time. that is barack obama. and he's going to continue to do what he thinks is right for the country. it is clear based on what what was said earlier. and we've seen this before. donald trump is so desperate more attention that he picks these fights in the morning, hopes that something will happen. obviously some other folks talked in the course of the day and he needsed to be able to say oh president obamaalled me and now everything is okay.d to be oh president obama called me and now everything is okay. stab he's going continue to hide behind twitter and say what he wants o and hopes that the press will take these tweets. >> is there theater involved here? >> it a pierce thappears that w. whether they are using twitter or making an interview with david ax rad or. >> i'm talk about theater on the part of donald trump. >> no. this is typical donald trump. but the good news is out of all of this, what we are all hearing is it reminds me of be like a duck. stay calm on the surface and paddle like he can underneath. at times there are everything smooth on the surface with obama and trump and meanwhile the staff are paddling like he can. and the duck is inverts right now and things are kicking around the top. the good news, the nuts and bolts of the transition is moving smoothly. and i will say this, hats off for obama and his team for helping with the peaceful transition of power with regar

until the sale of their home. this means loans could be repaid using equity in the residence.>>> barack obama will open his post-presidency office in the world wildlife fund headquarters and northwest. mr. obama is now leasing office space in the building and soggy bottom and moves a later. the obamas won't have a long commute to work because the office is an hour from the neighborhood with a will live after leaving the white house. >>> you part of black friday and cyber monday but how about brain monday? it's today and not we will tell you why. >>> how the ride and handling service is partnering with disney to promote the new star he gets a lot of compliments. he wears his army hat, walks around just say, "thank you for serving our country" and i'm like, that's my dad. male vo: no one deserves a warmer welcome home. that's why we're hiring 10,000 members of the military community by the end of 2017. i'm very proud of him. male vo: comcast. >>> if you are looking for the best places to see holiday lights in your neighborhood look on our app. all you have to do is plug in your location to find the best light displayed. you can add your lights to

barack obama economy paying for for people, mary? >> well, it didn't happen until trump was elected. >> the most recent run-up, but there's been a huge run-up in the stock market during the obama presidency, no? >> it moved back to where it was, but what you're seeing now is an expectation for greater growth. >> are you short or long for 2017? >> i don't have to hold off for the year, do i? >> no, you don't. at the start. >> i'm going to be a trader. >> you're going to play short. wow, interesting. i think i'm going to go long. >> i think you have to wait and see until everyone is in, and that's when it comes down. >> william. >> my hit of the year goes to a tremendous american couple, mr. and mrs. anton scalia. justice scalia of course left us too soon when he died in february. but instead of being quickly forgotten, his sudden absence sparked a newer and fuller appreciation of his role on the supreme court. mrs. scalia understood this when in october she put a trump sign on her front lawn, and i'd say in the end justice scalia, even in death, helped dominate this election. >> i think that donald trump would not have won the election if the supreme court had not been so direc

barack obama economy, paying off for people? >> well, it didn't happen until trump was elected. so i think -- >> the most recent run-up. there's been a huge run-up in the stock market during did the obama you're seeing an expectation of greater growth. >> are you up short or long? >> i don't have to hold through the year, do i? >> no, you don't. at the start. >> i'm going to be a trader. >> play short, wow. interesting. i think i'm going to go long. >> i think you have to wait and see until everyone is in. >> mine guess to a tremendous scalia, mr. and mrs. scalia. justice scalia's sudden absence sparked a newer and fuller appreciation of his role in the supreme court. mrs. scalia understood this. in october she put a trump sign on her front lawn. i'd say in the end, justice scalia even in death helped dominate the election. >> i think that donald trump would not have won the election if the supreme court had been so directly in play. you agree with that? >> i agree with that. >> does that make a lot of conservatives come out -- >> i would go further. i think the pressure on donald trump to name someone in the mold of justice scalia is a benefit, too, by coming up with his list. >> is t

until 2012. so every single election, elliott county kentucky had voted for the democratic candidate for president. in 2008, barack obama defeated john mccain and elliott county kentucky, 61 - 39 - 39%. in 2012 barack obamaefeated mitt romney in elliott county kentucky 50, 47. in 2016 donald trump defeated hillary clinton in elliott county by 70 - 26%. and that is run interesting things about numbers, and elliott county kentucky feels like montgomery county, maryland. there's 4800 registered voters so it is a small sample size, but closing people asked me in particular as the democratic strategists what happened in pennsylvania, what happened in michigan, what happened in wisconsin? and i would argue against hursley we're still looking through all the results. i think the anecdote of elliott county kentucky, and i know it because i started pennsylvania and it was replicated in the elliott county, kentucky is a michigan and wisconsin a 480000 votes by itself doesn't sound like a lot, but there are 30 counties like that. it does make does make a difference. but i would argue again was a historically close election. one of the things at least on our side of the l democrats will look at is not only the lower