trump is beginning another day of vacation in palm beach, florida.orking vacation. he's meeting with business leaders as he puts together his cabinets, gets ready for his administration which now starts 30 days from today. he still has two members of his cabinet to fill. the veterans administration secretary, as well as agricultural secretary. other advisers could come this week. now donald trump is hosting a series of meetings here in mar-a-lago, his resort here in palm beach including carlos slim, the mexican billionaire that donald trump railed against during the campaign. well, he invited him here to a dinner over the weekend. now, donald trump confirmed that in a tweet yesterday calling him a great man. clearly a sign that things will be different in some respects when donald trump becomes president. take a softer tone in one other than in others. one key question, is donald trump receiving his daily intelligence briefing. he said he does not need to see the same information every day. mike pence the vice president-elect is receiving one. but in

but this isn't the first time he inconvenienced the residents of palm beach. first time quas years ago and had to do with a really, really big flag pole. >> the town says trump also never got a permit, never filed for landmark approval and is breaking setback rules. code enforcement claims trump had three months to file for a permanent but chose not to. so thursday they had no choice but to start fining him. trump has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the town claiming it's singling out mar-a-lago while ignoring other big flags. the town says if there are other violators, they'll look into it. >> we'll tell you that he was owing palm beach $125,000 in fines thene anthe city ttled the suit. palm beach agreed to waive the fines and trump agreed the his club would make a donation to a veterans charity. that would be a nice thing. you might think it's the end of the story. but then less than two months before election day this year, "the washington post's" david farenthold discovered trump never donated that money to those charities at all. instead something cal

: reporter jose lambiet has been covering palm beach for nearly 20 years, and he says in 1993, it wasmage of an 11-year-old boy testifying at his mother's murder trial that captured the public's attention. >> i was scared and confused. >> reporter: jim cooney, who was a lawyer, well known, very popular in palm beach county, was killed by his ex-wife, laind, in front of their two children. she claims it was self-defense. >> reporter: but linda cooney was charged with first degree murder, and her son, kevin, was the only eyewitness to the shooting. >> it sounded loud. >> reporter: at trial, laind's defense argued jim cooney attacked laind with a knife and kevin testified he saw something in his father's hand before the shooting. >> it had a dplaery shine. >> kevin's testimony exxonerated his mother. so she was cleared of the murder in florida. but guess what? 20 years later, she uses the same gun to shoot her son, kevin. >> reporter: linda cooney went back to court, this time for the attempted murder of her son. >> what happened was his fault. it was an accident. >> reporter: kevin's te

but this isn't the first time he inconvenienced the residents of palm beach. first time quas years ago and had to do with a really, really big flag pole. for landmark approval and is breaking setback rules. code enforcement claims trump had three months to file for a permanent but chose not to. so thursday they had no choice but to start fining him. trump has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the town claiming it's singling out mar-a-lago while ignoring other big flags. the town says if there are other violators, they'll look into it. for landmark approval and is breaking setback rules. code enforcement claims trump had three months to file for a permanent but chose not to. so thursday they had no choice but to start fining him. trump has filed a $25 million lawsuit against the town claiming it's singling out mar-a-lago while ignoring other big flags. the town says if there are other violators, they'll look into it. >> we'll tell you that he was owing palm beach $125,000 in fines then he and the city settled the suit. palm beach agreed to waive the fines and

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he attended services christmas eve at a church here in palm beach.bit of news. the president-elect announcing in a statement he plans to shutter the trump foundation. the foundation in his name. that may be a little bit easier said than done. the new york attorney general's office releasing a statement saying donald trump cannot legally shutter that foundation because an investigation is ongoing. the new york attorney general saying trump has been accused of using his foundation to settle private legal disputes and business disputes involving him using the charity's money. donald trump has not donated himself to the charity since 2008. has not released his tax returns so there is no public record of how much money donald trump has given over the years to charitable causes. democrats have been quick to pounce trump's announcement of shuttering the foundation saying it is nothing but a fig leaf and nothing but a distraction. not showing anything as far as donald trump resolving conflicts of interest. we will see over the coming weeks. donald trump is e

we are in palm beach right there with the latest. phil? >> problem and -- president-elect and his family will be here through the holidays with his family and going back to new city. the reason is obvious today in new york city, cold and rainy and 47 and here in palm beach it was blue skies, sunshine and temperatures in the 80s. if you have the means, that is an easy call. trump returned last night at 8:00 and after his final thank you rally which he did in alabama. he told the crowd in mobile, that he will make america great again, by build the border wall, rebuilding the military, big tax cuts and job create and he comments on what first lady michele obama said to oprah on friday and i quote, "now we are feeling what it feels like to not have hope." >> michele obama said yesterday that there is no hope. but i assume she was talking about the past, not the future because i'm telling you we have tremendous hope and we have tremendous promise and tremendous potential. >> as for others who diminish his election night victory or cast vote how

president-elect trump is staying at his mar-a-lago residence in palm beach.his family and attended christmas eve services at a church in palm beach, florida. he made a bit of news. the president-elect announcing in a statement he plans to shutter the trump foundation. the charitable foundation in his name. that may be easier said than done. the new york attorney general's office releasing a statement saying that donald trump cannot legally shutter that foundation because an investigation is ongoing. the new york attorney general launching that into accusations of self dealing. meaning trump has been accused of using the charitable fou foundation to settle business and private suits using the charity's money. donald trump has not donated himself to the charity since 2008 and has not released his tax returns. there is no public record of how much money donald trump has given over the years to charitable causes. democrats have been quick to pounce on the announcement of shuttering the foundation. saying it is nothing but a fig leaf and distraction. not really sh

phil keating live in palm beach outside of mara la-a-largo with latest. where it is warmer than here. >> it is 85 degrees for the high and if you could do it, come to florida for december. president-elect trump and his family plan to be here through the holidays. and in fact, will make this mar-a-largo resort and the trump home his defactor winter white house over the next four years just as president kennedy did up the street on palm beach island and president nixon did on key biscayne. after the big thank you rally in mobile, alabama, he sported his familiar red make america great again hat and fired up the crowd with promises to rebuild the border wall and slash taxes and create american jobs. >> this is where it all began. remember that incredible rally we had. i said i'm coming back to see you in alabama. right. and this is our last rally, our last stop. >> reporter: and tomorrow is a big day constitutionally. all 538 electors who make up the college meet in all 50 state capitols to cast their votes for president. but celebrities and activists are ur

let me turn to sunlen serfaty in palm beach. president-elect trump is spending the holiday there, mccaul and much of the republican party back president obama's actions and do not question his reasons for doing it, but that's not the case for at least one top aide for donald trump. talk to us about the former campaign manager and what she's saying. >> reporter: that's right, fred. pretty direct words from kellyanne conway who, as you know, was former campaign manager but also someone who stands ready to take over a top job in the incoming white house. here's she really calling out the obama administration for moving on these sanctions, suggesting politics are at play here. she's really speculating these sanctions were in essence a move to tie the hands of donald trump before he even becomes president on russia policy and really an attempt to undermine his win in november. here's what she said last night on cnn. >> even on those who are sympathetic to president obama on most issues are saying that part of the reason he did this t

palm beach, florida.is also a meeting point where he's had a chance to gather today with the chairman of boeing and the chairman of lockheed martin and apparently extract concessions out of each and potentially both to scale back some defense contracts which according to many people close to donald trump were looking outrageous including a $4.2 billion air force one contract that apparently has been peeled back a little bit. in the case of lockheed martin the very pricey f-35 defense contract that apparently is also being kind of scaled back a little bit. and all of this as we're getting word that the president-elect is going to be naming carl icahn, to takeover artist extraordinary, multibillionaire doing just that, buying undervalued assets and turning those companies around, selling them in pieces or in whole and mr. icahn would play a central place in the chairman and exchange commission appointee. as frequent guest on this show. mr. icahn said the problem isn't the taxes as high as they are in this c

they attended a church service at the episcopal church by the sea in palm beach. today trump wished the world a merry christmas via twitter. >>> the spirit of christmas was in full swing at two local pancake houses. volunteers cooked. they bussed tables and served hot breakfast to the homeless today at house in bethesda and in falls church. this is the 18th year the restaurants have been helping the homeless. >> it's such a small thing for us to do to help the community. we do it with a lot of volunteers. that's what keeps us running. we need people that run the coat rack to people that contact the shelters and the people that come in today, of course, and help us serve food. we've got dishwashers in the back and people cooking. >> volunteers also provided free hair-cuts, coats, scarves and toys for the homeless after breakfast. >>> it's a white christmas for some midwest states but not the kind you might hope for. icy roads and winds up to 55 miles per hour in north and south dakota. more than 8 inches of snow is expected there. a winter storm warning is in effec

visit quickbooks.com. >>> 80 degrees and sunny here in west palm beach, florida.make you jealous. we will take a swimming pool christmas, if you will. a lot of folks heading out during the holiday weekend in much different conditions. aaa says more than 150 million are traveling, but these drivers some of the biggest problems have been across the northern plains. look at this from north dakota. that winter storm really causing trouble will. snowe and ice closing roads, slowing down traffic. a lot of challenges in the air also. gabe gutierrez joins us from one of the busiest airports on earth. i feel like this is your home away fromhome. how is atlanta looking today? >> hi there, hallie, you and me both spend a lot of time on the roads, certainly used to the atlanta airport. you're in west palm, but even you're not immune to the delays west palm beach, two flights delayed about an hour and a half. the big board at the security checkpoint, minneapolis also delayed about an hour and a half. those are two the of the problem stops. minneapolis, l.a.x., this area where

and then the outgoing exchange over the rhetoric of the israel, and kelly o'donnell is in west palm beach, florida, where the president-elect seems to be on a working vacation of sorts. >> reporter: this is an issue you noknow well. there are knows that believe the settlements are an impediment to a two-state solution to revolve the seemingly middle east conflict in the east and this is where the obama administration and the trump transition and future administration are on different sides. typically we would not expect to see the next president weighing in, but donald trump did. he let his position be known before the u.n. vote and after and seeing that the u.s. took a pass on even participating in the vote, donald trump let it be known he was not happy about that, and this is one of the cases where the obama administration and donald trump staked out different positions. a divide between the president and president in waiting over israel. >> that the united states did not vote in favor of the resolution. >> reporter: friday when the united nations voted to rebuke israel the concern the

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let's go to nbc's kelly o'donnell in west palm beach, florida.what else is the president-elect up to today? >> reporter: well, being it's a holiday, stephanie. it's pretty quiet on the trump world front. there are no public events expected. but there is also a tradition for the trump family here in palm beach. they will have the annual new year's eve party at the mara lago club. that will have about 800 guests we're told. this is something that is not a personal party hosted by the trumps, but it is the club. and we expect that sylvester stallone and quincy jones will be among the guests. dinner and dancing will be there. they will be ringing in the new year, unlike many americans, in a very posh style. and ringing in a year that will send them to the white house. so we don't know of any other events today, or if we will even see the president-elect in public. so we're watching that. but twitter is his instant early-morning way, any time of the day, way of communicating to the public. to the media, to the voters, even around the world. and we saw

we'll take you live to palm beach coming up next. and as trump speaks publicly for the first time since the terror attack in berlin and the american family of a couple being held captive by the taliban responds to seeing a new video of their loved ones begging for help. video with their children we'll share that with you in just a couple minutes. > . >> reporter: the attack in berlin being an attack against christians? >> who said that? when was that said? >> reporter: i believe you said in the a press release. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: so i'm wondering how this might affect relations with muslims. >> it's an attack on humanity, that's what it is. and it's got to be stopped. >> those were the first public comments from president-elect donald trump as he's in palm beach on vacation with his family since hearing from him since that deadly attack in berlin. let's begin. we have senior political reporter manu raju from washington, also cnn's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny in palm beach and bob cusack who's the editor-in-chie

that's the first time we've seen him on vacation in palm beach. we'll loop back to that ch. this urgent manhunt is under way. this is the first time we've seen images of the suspect. this is 23-year-old anise amry, a new teasian asylum -- tunisian asylum seeker. he plowed a truck into a christmas market two days ago. authorities say he has direct ties to an isis recruiting network within germany. sources say he was arrested back in august and let go. police have said he's under urgent suspicion. do they have leads in finding him? >> reporter: well, brooke, at the moment authorities are being tight lipped with that kind of information. they don't want, of course, to compromise this investigation. he was registered to have lived in cologne, germany. they issued a warrant for his arrest identifying him as 24 years old, a tunisian national. 5'8", 165 pounds he was arrested in august trying to cross illegally into italy but the judge took the decision to let him go. he applied for asylum in germany. that application was denied however at the time authorities could not identify hi

now the cost of security also an issue here in palm beach county.ast week at a county commissioner's meeting they talked about asking the federal government for more money to pay for law enforcement protection here as well. one estimate over the thanksgiving weekend that it cost a quarter of a million dollars. now, that is typical, of course, for all presidents. this is a growing process as donald trump becomes president-elect here. but one more thing this morning. he also tweeted about the economy, taking credit for the strong economy. take a look at this tweet. he said that the u.s. consumer confidence index is at its highest point in 15 years. thanks, donald. of course the president-elect there talking in third person. he apparently didn't have room to also say, thanks, president obama, whose economy donald trump is soon to inherit. don? >> thanks, jeffrey. i appreciate it. so, so much to discuss. so let's bring in congressman chris collins from new york. he is a trump transition team congressional liaison. thank you so much for joining us. since

and i read the palm beach post, the one that just came out.e in the second paragraph, it was one of the biggest crowds that i have seen, you cannot see the end of it, it night,ually a field last orlando was incredible. i read the palm beach post and is said, donald trump spoke before hundreds of people. right? very dishonest. very, very dishonest. people is not 25,000 or 30,000 people, can we agree with that? but they know what they are doing. but i guess it did not work, because we are here together, folks. we have been hearing, i go to texas and we have massive crowds. we had a crowd in math -- texas that filled up the stadium. long, and those were the people that did not get in, it was 30 blocks long and when all the way back to a highway in houston. i said, how are we losing texas or how are we tied in texas? they said texas was in play, like we were doing badly. opened,as the polls they go breaking news, donald trump wins the state of texas. donald trump wins. this is like, immediately. utah. georgia, we won did you see my competition in

peter doocy is live from palm beach, florida. peter, how quickly does it president-elect believe he can repair the u.s. relationship with israel? >> reporter: he's getting started 3 1/2 weeks from now. all we need to do have one of the supreme court justice swear him in as the next president. apparently, according to mr. trump, things are going to change a lot, if you look at the words he's using to describe how the current administration is treating our ally in the middle east, israel. mr. trump tweeted this: we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. they used to have a great friend in the u.s. but no more. stay strong, israel, january 20th is fast approaching. prime minister netanyahu likes the sound of that, we know so because he tweeted back this: president-elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and clear-cut support for israel. his account had previously posted a few days ago a plea to the u.s. to veto that anti-israeli resolution but the u.s. didn't do it. now it appears is

thank you so much. >>> excited for the trumps in palm beach. you saw it there.e at may-- mayor a lag owe. >> you see the coast guard behind you guarding the water. >> it is funny when we're there by the causeway. people will launch a canoe or something out there -- it's a protected water base. >> they got married there in 2005. that was nice. >>> second year in a row they've done that with cameras rolling. >>> coming up, a holy stroller. brian kilmeade and cardinal dolan hit the streets of new york. the christmas message is coming next. >>> you spend christmas on social media instead of with your family. the social media dos and don'ts. first a meesage. >> hi, i'm currently located -- i'd like to wish my family and friends in charlotte, north carolina, a happy holidays, merry christmas and happy new year. i love you and miss you guys, can't wait to see you. something new has arrived. ♪ uniquely designed... for the driven. ♪ introducing the first-ever infiniti qx30 crossover. lease the first-ever infiniti qx30 for $299 a month. visit your local infiniti retailer.

nbc's kelly o'donnell is at west palm beach covering the trump recessi transition. we heard from netanyahu regarding dealing with one or two presidents at the same time. >> reporter: well, good morning, tamron. this is really a striking series of events that played out over the holiday weekend, when you have a friend of the united states, benjamin netanyahu, accusing the united states of actually setting into motion this critical anti-israel resolution at the security council. as you point out, something the u.s. denies and at the same time, warning the obama administration that they would look to donald trump for help if the u.s. current administration didn't do more. so this is a complicated drama that has some history as we know. the president, president obama, and benjamin netanyahu has had a tense, at times, difficult relationship and this all dealt with a resolution before the u.n. security council. israel said that's the wrong forum to deal with issues related to the jewish settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. the united states viewed the resoluti

some staff intrigue to say the least, peter. >> a lot going on here in palm beach. [lost audio] >> okay it looks like he had a little difficulty down there in florida, obviously we will try to get back to peter in just a moment. it's now less than a month until ne inauguration day. some wonder whether president obama will actually leave. this is what he told axelrod the ax files. >> the majority does buy into the notion of a one america that is tolerant and diverse and open. i'm confident that if i -- if i had run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> he thinks he could have won. democratic strategist jessica erhlick joins us tonight from florida. it almost sounds trumpian, if i ran again, you would get tired of all this winning. i'm barack obama and i would keep on winning. i think the president has been saying that last eight months. did he have as president. i think he has been very confident and expressed this over and over as we have seen in the last year that if he could, you know, run

appreciate it live from palm beach.pite what you may here, there is some by partisan welcoming of donald trump as president. at least on some issues. kevin who is a long time d.c. says mr. trump, for example, is right on track when it comes to school choice. in chaffetzins us now. thanks for joining us. >> nice to see. >> you you are a lifelong democrat. i don't think you agree with everything trump says. you are with him on education, why? >> i believe in school choice and great friend of betsy devos. i have worked with her very closely. look, at the end of the day, we have a real major challenge in education in this country. >> yeah. >> half the kids of color are dropping out. 6,000 a day. >> half. >> half the kids of color dropping out. most of our schools underperforming. 48% of our public schools are either failing or under performing. we need to shake things up there is no better way to do that than through school choice. >> i have this conversation with the parents what about the schools, they are terrible. peopl

hallie jackson is in palm beach where president-elect trump is spending the holiday weekend. other key issues toold from the president-elect or his team, hallie? >> hey, craig. i think it's going to be a fairly quiet start to the holiday week here in south florida. the president-elect, of course, spending the holidays at his mar-a-lago property just down the road from where we are. i think the israel issues is one that you saw president-elect trump tweet about over the weekend. we may see more tweets from him, possibly today, but notable that he waited on an issue that has created friction between benjamin jett netanyahu and pret obama. it's not typical we would see an incoming president get so involved in international foreign policy, not just on saturday talking about the security council resolution, but even earlier, issuing his own statement about what he believed the u.s. should do. a senior official telling us at the request of israeli officials. he has big cabinant vacancies still to be filled, not as high profile as the state department, but v.a., secretary of agricul

in palm beach, garrett tenney, fox news.>>> the audio recording of the moment carrie fisher suffereda heart attack has been released. the pilots can be heard asking air-traffic control if emergency personnel is on the ground and at the gate. the flight was making a landing in la when fisher suffered a cardiac episode. the pilot also told the crew on the ground that fisher was being assisted by other passengers and nurses on board.>> we have a nonresponsive passenger. they are working on her right now. we hopefully will be on the deck in about five.>> she is most famous for her role as princess leia. she was in london on a book tour. costar showed their support through twitter. mark hamill, and ward davis were among the actors sending well wishes. fisher remains hospitalized. >>> coming up, water rescue in the north bay. the events that have one man dead tonight.>>> more team reaction from the raiders on their mvp, derrick car. first, one family devastated by the damage left behind in the oakland warehouse fire have found the challenges they face amidst the holiday season. the news co

and i read the palm beach post today. and i read the post today. "donald trump spoke before hundreds of people." right? very dishonest. but that's okay. hundreds of people is not 25 or 30 thousand people. do we agree with that? but they know what they are doing. they all know what they are doing but i guess it didn't work because we're here together, folks. right? the movement. but we've been hearing and i've been hearing the texas and i go to texas and we have these massive crowds. we have one crowd in texas that filled up a stadium. the line was so long. and those are the people that didn't get in. the line was like 30 blocks long. all the way back to a highway, or houston. they said texas though is in play. that means we're doing wadly badly. because we're supposed to win as republicans. and georgia. and as soon as the polls open they go breaking news. donald trump wins the state of texas. donald trump wins. this is like immediately. we win georgia. we won utah. and did you see my competition in utah? this guy came out of nowhere. i mean, my wif

nbc's kelly o'donnell is in west palm beach, florida, where the president-elect is vacationing. kelly has the latest. >> reporter: a divide between the president and president in waiting over israel. >> the united states did not vote in favor of the resolution. >> reporter: friday when the united nations vote to rebuke israel, the current ambassador to the u.n. told the world the obama administration would not get involved, skipping the vote. less than an hour later, donald trump sent his own message on twitter. "as to the u.n., things will be different after january 20th." but some experts caution trump to wait his turn. >> now we have the very difficult situation of two people speaking for the united states. >> reporter: in palm beach, mixing work and play. trump made no official appearances in florida but did not need to be seen to be heard. on foreign policy, trump's team released a congratulatory message from russia's president. trump described "as a very nice letter from vladimir putin. his thoughts are so correct." putin referred to trump as "his excellency." and "encoura

team fox coverage continues with peter doocy live in palm beach florida. president-elect trump has been skeptical about russian hacking. >> i it is changing, is in morning on a conference call transition officials told reporters if somebody had evidence, direct evidence, that linked moscow to interference in the u.s. eelection, they should let it be public. but until the president-elect would be skeptical. the evidence has been made public and we wait to hear if the president-elect has changed his mind. last night he popped out to talk to reporters some he said he doesn't understand why people are still talking about the hacking. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. the computers are my caked. the whole -- complicated. nobody knows exactly what is going on. we have a lot of other things but i'm not sure we have the security we need. >> mr. truthful was asked what he -- mr. trump was asked what he thinks about lindsey graham's pitch to put sanctions p.m.ly against vladimir putin. mr. trump said he doesn't know what gray ham is doing. he -- graham b

and i read the palm beach post, the one that just came out.here was a line in the second paragraph, it was one of the biggest crowds that i have seen, you couldn't see the end of it, it was actually a field last night, orlando was incredible. i read the palm beach post and it said, donald trump spoke before hundreds of people. right? very dishonest. very, very dishonest. hundreds of people is not 25,000 or 30,000 people, can we agree with that? but they know what they are doing. but i guess it did not work, because we are here together, folks. we have been hearing, i go to texas and we have massive crowds. we had a crowd in texas that filled up the stadium. the line was so long, and those were the people that did not get in, it was 30 blocks long and went all the way back to a highway in houston. i said, how are we losing texas or how are we tied in texas? they said texas was in play, like we were doing badly. as soon as the polls opened, they go breaking news, donald trump wins the state of texas. donald trump wins. this is like, immediately.

halle jack is in west palm beach, florida. covering the trump transition. choosing publicly to view what happened yesterday in terms of the sanctions from the o bam administration as an opportunity to extend an olive branch to donald trump. donald trump it seems responding in kind. >> yeah, setting the table for each other for what is going to go down in three weeks from now. when donald trump takes office as president on january 20th. you saw not just his tweet, but the brief statement yesterday. these are the public comments he made so far on russia. the decision for him now is will he reverse the sanctions or not? in doing so, will he upset members of his own party in congress who want to see not just sanctions, but tougher sanctions or does he anger vladimir putin by keeping them in place. we are in this interesting-week period of almost a dayitant or a pause between donald trump and vladimir putin with what happens with the sanctions. both are interested in maintaining or building a relationship with the other that is a policy position that raised a an

liz: we have cameras on that, his compound in palm beach, florida. any announcement, we're watching the twitter verse as well, we know president-elect trump tends to go twitter when he has comments on that. we will get it to the viewers. thank you. >>> this comes at an awfully tense time, russia is brokering a cease-fire agreement between the syrian opposition forces and the syrian government of bashar al-assad, it goes into effect in just hours. 5:00 p.m. eastern, that's like an hour and a half or hour and 45 minutes from now. this is a very tenuous situation after moscow, iran and turkey signaled they are willing to reach a deal to settle the nearly 6-year-old war in syria. let's bring in colonel alan west, also a former congressman. look, let me get first to the breaking news, colonel, the obama administration says enough is enough, blake outlined dramatic steps that have been taken. among them the expulsion of 35 diplomats and intelligence operatives and within 24 hours, the compounds will be closed, shut, russians get out. what does this mean ov

i'm hallie jackson in west palm beach, florida. we are all watching what's happening in washington. that speech and the exclusive interview right here on msnbc with secretary of state john kerry sitting down with andrea mitchell. here's what he had to say after the controversial u.n. vote last week. listen. we'll get to that interview in a moment. andrea mitchell just completed an interview with john kerry talking about not just israel but potential upcoming punishment to russia for its role in interfering in the u.s. election process, according to u.s. intelligence assessments. andrea mitchell, if you are with us i want to talk with you a little bit about the sit-down you completed. tell me what stood out to you. you asked tough questions about whether john kerry is making it worse now for a possible peace process. >> he rejected that suggestion completely. he said, look, this is really for the security of israel, that israel long-term as he said in his speech can either have two states or if it is one state it can be a jewish state or democratic. but it can't be both. because of t

. >>> thanks for being with us, i am live here in west palm beach, florida, the president-elect not too far from where we are at mar-a-lago, where he's spending the holidays. kellie o'donnell is covering all things trump transition for us. thanks for being here. let's talk about some of the fallout from the viewing i fallout from the viewingsraeli/ teng. donald trump is not being shy in getting involved. >> reporter: it's been tension over the years and it came to the head over the holiday weekend. benjamin netanyahu is making an accusation that the united states directed the resolution te at the u.n. security council that is seen as anti-israel, rebuking the country for the settlements in the west bank. the u.s. said they didn't author it, didn't choreography it, but what happened is the u.s. didn't use the power to veto, which would have stopped it and then did not vote, abstaining, which also sent a signal. so benjamin netanyahu viewed that in the strongest of terms, so he looked to one of his newest friends -- donald trump. they have known each other for a long time, but a president

. >> cnn reports from trump's resort in palm beach, florida. >> reporter: president-elect donald trumpttempting to lower the temperature after earlier in the day he escalated his public spat with the president. tweeting today, quote, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. all this coming after president obama used his high profile speech at pearl harbor tuesday to take a veiled jab at his successor. >> even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward. we must resist the urge to demeanize those who are different. >> reporter: the escalating war of words between the outgoing and incoming president, a sharp departure from the immediate post election vow to work together. >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed. >> reporter: with promises in both sides of a peaceful transfer of power. >> i very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. >> repor

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kelly o'donnell is here with me in west palm beach. hans, what's happening this hour? the closure. the punishments in place at the russian compounds. people basically getting out, right? >> we haven't seen anyone leave out. they are clearly closed. there is surprise in some quarters in the u.s. administration that putin decided not to retaliate. speaking to a u.s. administration official who was saying, look, this could be an acknowledgment by russia that they did, indeed cross the line. here's where we are now. this is the statement from putin from a couple of hours ago explaining his decision. he said, although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy, a reference to the kruschev era. we'll plan our further steps to restore russian-u.s. relations based on the policies of the trump administration. that's the russian president thinking he can wait out the next three weeks. then we'll have a new administration. one note, they put out an invite on twitter inviting the children of american diplomats there legitimately to a party at the krem

let's begin with cnn's jessica schneider live in palm beach, florida. >> reporter: good morning, don. for the past few days, the president-elect has staid mostly out of the public eye here at mar-a-lago. of course, late yesterday his twitter account sprung into action with those flurry of tweets. the president-elect going after president obama after obama speculated he would have won a third term if it was possible, using his message of hope and inclusion. >> i'm confident that if i had run again and articulated it, i think i would have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> reporter: trump tweeting, obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that, but i say no way. then boasting, the world was gloomy before i won. there was no hope. now the market is up nearly 10% and christmas spending is over a trillion dollars. trump seemingly overlooking obama's record of cutting unemployment to a nine-year low and taking credit for holiday spending figures that aren't final numbers. trump also going after his favorite target, the media, over his

for that, live to nbc's kelly o'donnell in west palm beach, florida. kelly o., mar-a-lago is where you are at this point. are we hearing anything new from the trump team in reaction to all of this? >> reporter: nothing new this morning, and we do expect since this is the final business day of the year that the president-elect is taking meetings, doing work to plan for his administration and his inaugur inaugural, but the president-elect has put out a statement since these actions unfolded and it is a notable statement in terms of the message that donald trump is sending. he said it's time for our country to move on. to bigger and better things, sorry, i lost it for a second. nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, i will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts in this situation. so what's notable to me in this is that there are two messages. one, wanting to move on, looking ahead to his own administration and not wanting to be additional conversation about russia's activit

and now in palm beach florida where the president-elect is starting his christmas vacation. so phil, what was the main message that mr. trump had? >> reporter: eric, in his words, we're going to make america great again by building the border wall and rebuilding the u.s. military, slashing taxes and of course creating jobs and rebuilding the u.s. infrastructure and in every state around the land. now the president-elect and his family and transition team leaders and advisers all behind me back here in florida at the mar-a-largo resort which is his florida home during the winter months and today sunny and temperatures in the 80s. so how about that. why not do it. trump returns here at about 8:00 after his final thank you rally in mobile, alabama. where trump said his movement and stadium and arena size crowds all began. a water cannon salute and a host of southern bells greeted him as well as supporters and he reacted to michelle obama's comment taped on friday with oprah winfrey, now we're feeling what not having hope feels like. >> michelle obama said yesterday that there i

joins us from palm beach. >> late this afternoon.he president-elect thinks that the terrorist truck attack in germany is just further evidence that the united states quickly needs to start using a different counter terrorist strategy. he tweeted this. quote: the terrorist who killed some people in germany said just before crime by god's will we will slaughter you pigs. i swear we will slaughter you. this is a purely religious threat which turned into reality. such hatred when will the u.s. and all countries fight back? there have always been a lot of questions this week about why the president-elect has been talking about expanding the u.s. nuclear arsenal and whether or not that talk is mint as a signal to putin. today for a first time we saw a christmas card sent from moscow to marge to the -- o to putin himself. merry christmas he hopes to quote take real steps it restore the framework of bilateral cooperation in different areas as well as bring our level of collaboration on the international scene to a quantitatively new level. m