arrived a fewas days early for seth harris. for a hugerise capitals fan who thought he was coming to watch morning practice with his mom. themund out he is lacing up and joining the team on the ice. -- i have been playing since i was three. >> he was jersey. >> it is like a dream come true. >> we get to come do what we love to do every day. if by doing that we mean a little kid and that can brighten his day and christmas, -- is --s new hockey player you have lost a military dad or mom, in some cases both. seth's case, his father died 32 days before he was born. killed in 2000 nine, a parachute accident during a training and her size. >> my husband would be proud. seth is like his father. they are both go-getters and it -- and they are great achievers. >> in arlington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: great story there. another chilly day outside. doug hill is here with a look at our forecast today. skies.elightful, clear the wind is calm, the air is chilly. we will seeint warming over the next couple of days. today, close to 4

what rex tillerson would bring to the job as secretary of state, former acting labor secretary seth harris. he served under president obama and joins us from washington. seth, he served, as i was mentioning, you served as acting labor secretary. we have this potential of a new key cabinet nomination here under rex tillerson. we're hearing the arguments on both sides, both pro and con. what is your fault? would he fit into this group and the way they work, the way the secretary of state needs to be working with the president? >> well, i don't think mr. tillerson should start measuring the drapes in the secretary of state's office just yet. he's almost certainly mr. trump's most imperilled, most endangered pick right now, and that's because he's right at the heart of a split in the republican party about what our policy should be with respect to russia. mr. trump wants to get a lot closer to russia, cozy up with mr. putin. mr. tillerson has a very close relationship with mr. putin, does billions of dollars in deals with russia. but there are traditional republicans like john mccain and marco

: yeah. >> yeah, he was just a great guy. >> seth: did you hang out with him usually after games or before games? [ harry caray impression ] [ laughter ] he was, yeah, he was a wonderful guy. >> seth: that's fantastic. well, i think we all thought of him last week when that happened. >> "absolutely." [ laughter ] >> seth: thank you so much for being here. always great to see you john. >> thanks, seth. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: john goodman, everybody. "the front page", is at the broadhurst theatre through january 29th. we'll be right back with andrew rannells. [ cheers and applause ] ?? remember 2007? ten years later, nothing's really changed. it's time to snap out of it. hello moto. snap on a jbl speaker. put a 70" screen on a wall. get a 10x optical zoom. get excited world. hello moto. moto is here. the new moto z with motomods. save up to $400 when you trade in your old phone and switch to verizon. thousands of barrels lay silent. aging, building a fuller smoother flavor that only comes from being aged four long years. at jim beam, our history is made from the inside. how will you make yours? a

and jim lee did a piece of art for "love is love." >> seth: he did -- yeah, a harry potter piece, righting gave us permission to use harry potter characters and a quote from the book. this is the first authorized harry potter comic book art ever, and jim lee for the people that don't know comics, is the best artist in comics and he's the publisher of d.c. so for her to support this book. if i ever meet her, i'm like, "can i give you a kidney or bone marrow" because this is so generous of her. it's really, really awesome. >> seth: that's fantastic. and she has the money. she can get kidneys. [ laughter ] again, she is a very kind person but she did very well. [ light laughter ] speaking of someone who's doing very well, this is so exciting. i texted you as soon as i heard this. for those of you that haven't heard the news, taran is about to play the king in "hamilton on broadway." there you go. [ cheers and applause ] >> this is true. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: turn that off. they can take this away from you. >> today was my first rehearsal actually. i came from rehearsal to here.

seth: i see. well, that is just an excellent distillation of both the piece and santa and marriage. now our next cartoon is by harrylause ] >> seth: david -- >> great hats. >> seth: it was great. great hats. >> great hats. >> seth: but tell us, what did we just see? >> seth, other than a sleigh flown by reindeer, what are santa's other means of transportation? >> seth: a chimney. >> correct. and what comes out of chimneys? >> seth: smoke. >> caused by? >> seth: fire. >> and there in lies the joke, seth. santa claus is currently on fire and the elves are just doing the best they can. >> seth: well, there you go. and in that cartoon do you think santa makes it? >> i do not. >> seth: all right. [ light laughter ] our next cartoon is by paul noth. >> first of all this conversation never happened. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: fantastic. david, explain. >> well, seth, you are jewish, aren't you? >> seth: no. >> seth, does your face know? >> seth: very good. >> well this jewish boy has chosen to surreptitiously meet with santa claus about receiving more presents because even with hanukkah, jewish children

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