merkel said she knows the upcoming federal election campaign will be no walk in the park. but the result of today's cdu party conference should make it a lot easier. brent: our political correspondent has been at the party conference today. here is her take on what the german chancellor had to say today. reporter: so now it is official. german chancellor angela merkel will once again be leading her cdu party into the upcoming election campaign. as any delegates here will tell you, they support her in principle, but come and there is a big but, because angela merkel's open-door policy to migrants has cost her dearly in public and party political support amongst her own cdu delegates. the rival populist afd party is feeding off that could she avoided mentioning them in the speech but she knows they are out there and she knows the upcoming election campaign will be a tough one. angela merkel has long become a larger-than-life political brand. she knows her party faces pressure from the right, at the same time she is busy filling her own political shoes. brent: that was our co

policy to immigrants over the past months —— open—door, this will feed the debate surrounding the upcoming elections indeed, angela merkel coming out in favour of a ban on the wearing of the burke in certain areas. —— burqa. many suggesting that her coalition could take a battering because of the open—door policy that the german government has employed to refugees, many fleeing the war in syria over the last year or so. but the suggestion that she is backtracking a little bit on that open—door policy in order to shore up open—door policy in order to shore up support for her party as those elections approach. richard lister suggesting that this manhunt for the driver of this track, which apparently left the road, ploughing into a christmas market, killing nine people, injuring at least 50, may be over. we still haven't got confirmation of that from the burling police. eyewitnesses saying that it was a terrifying experience —— berlin police. the authorities and emergency services on the scene very quickly, of course well versed now in their response to potential terror attacks after several incidents

be able to achieve, i will make a decision regarding whether i should run or not in the upcoming presidential election. >> good afternoon. mr. putin, i am sure you know about the controversial situation around the center. what is your opinion on the discussion started by mr. mikelkpolh. he criticized the center for istorting history. what would you say to the people who are angry this is done on state money? >> i had a meeting with him. i met with other officials. i guess that there are other issues that need to be studied further in further detail. specifically the issues related to the way information is presented regarding russia's history. i am not only talking about the recent history like the perishoka years of until now -- p until now. they agreed certain things need to be presented in a more accurate manner. there is one thing i don't like. i don't like to escalate the ssues. there is nothing wrong with having a discussion. this is normal, this is proper, some may like it and some may not. some are more liberal and others are more conservative. we have always had the two trends. we had western

and seeing the temperament needed for the job, i was wondering if you had any thoughts on the upcoming electionhe two options that we're facing. [laughter] >> well, i know where you're going with the question, but -- [laughter] if you think i'm going to answer it, you're crazy! [laughter] ms. -- [applause] >> this is our last questioner. >> who is your favorite of the presidents to work with and for? >> you know, i didn't have a favorite president. they all were so different in some ways. the only thing they really had similar was a large ego. some larger than others. [laughter] like gerry ford didn't have a real large ego, but he had enough of an ego to cause him to run for the house of representatives in the state of michigan, and he wanted to be the speaker of the house. but all of them, they had so many things that were different that i just really couldn't have picked a favorite. >> did you have a favorite first lady? >> they're all favorites. [laughter] [applause] he'll never say it, but we know. [laughter] [applause] well, thank you all for being here today. please come and pick up the b

affected the outcome of the election by the fact that the american people now know information they didn't know before. asked if we could arrange an event to dislodge reagan support in the upcoming election. now that was treason. accepting wikileaks that they actually hacked out of the system involuntarily and said we want to know what information you have. that's just the american people getting more information. >> so you're saying that stolen information is an appropriate thing to be leaked by a foreign power. would you like it if russia hacked your e-mails and produced ten years of your g mail account? had all of us reading through whatever is in your e-mails. >> whatever -- >> stolen information put out for everyone in the world to see. >> well, for one thing what we need to do is focus on e-mail security. but when you are a public official, you know that you are the target of such hacking. that's number one. when we are talking about this particular case, let's figure out. what's worse -- hillary destroyed e-mails that were under subpoena and she destroyed them. >> does that justify. if the russians are, whoever it was hacked into the system and gave the american people th

popular, over 50% but there's a lot of frustration there, and they could take it out on her in the upcoming election. >> you know the final insult, and it's not only germany by the way, remember one of the terrorists was walking in plain sight in belgium, authorities didn't know about it for weeks afterwards. there have been mistakes all over europe, similar to the ones apparently made in germany. the added insult is the authorities are paying the terrorists money in terms of welfare. we've got a list of some of the terrorists that were involved in the parisian attacks, they got over $50,000 in welfare spending. this is like insult to injury. >> right. all over europe, you know, this generosity and spirit of kindness rewarded by violence. unfortunately by a few, but the risk is significant especially with the low-tech attacks, assault weapons, trucks, and i'm afraid we're going to see more of this, if there doesn't get a more serious approach by the europeans to the process. david: don't you think the time has come where the europeans say out of here, you folks are out. you haven't handled it from a

on thursday, he said he would not compete in the upcoming elections because he does not want the only choice for voters to be between t the c conservate right and the far right. human rights activity -- advocates, burma military's ongoing violence against muslim in the north, which has sent more than 10,000 fleeing into neighboring areas. the reportedly have burned whole villages and used helicopter gunships to open fire against the civilians. the entire area has been sealed by a military order in order to keep out aid workers and journalists. the u.n. human rights agencies has pilots may amamount to crcrs againsnst humanity. the obama administration has challenged a federal judge's decision to block the implementation of a new rule that would have made 4 million more americans eligible for overtime pay. and cuba continues its nine days of mourning following the death of revolutionary leader fidel castro. a caravan n carrying castro's ashes has been traversing thee country, wherere it's s been mey thousands of mourners. this is angel santiesteban in santa clara -- the town where castr

but the ace hardware chain is denying reports that it isn't selling enforcement never ordered ace to halt sales. president-elect donald trump continues to build his upcoming administration. the president-elect has chosen retired marine general james mattis as his secretary of defense. the 66- year- old known as "mad dog," was in the marine corps for more than 4-decades.... serving in both afghanistan and iraq. president-elect trump also visited indiana...where he's being credited with striking a deal with a heating and air conditioner manufacturer to u-s. vice president-elect mike pence brokered that deal with the company to keep one-thousand jobs in his home state. they're offering carrier around seven-million-dollars worth of state government subsidies in return. meanwhile-- new york city is fining anthony weiner 65-thousand dollars. the city's campaign finance board says weiner used campaign money to cover a personal phone and dry cleaning, among other infractions during his run for mayor in mayor campaign declined to comment on the fines. weiner finished fifth in the race for mayor after a second lewd-texting scandal surfaced. he resigned from congres

the polls to elect their leaders. in both nations, populism is on the upswing. partially embolden in part by trump. i had a chance to sit down with a candidate for the presidency in france's upcominglections. the economy called europe's biggest populist danger. listen in. pleasure to have you on. >> we are looking at what is happening in europe. you are living it. what do you think is going on when you look at the italian vote? in france you've had mr. fillon do well. is this a wave of right-wing populism that is continuing? >> no. first of all, i would not have compared the different countries and the different trends you mentioned. mr. fillon is a classical rightist. he's not an extremist and he's a very respectful man and nothing comparable with what could have happened in austria or with now the big vote in the italy after the referendum. but for sure in europe today, you have a lot of tensions, a lot of tension because of first the economic slowdown plus crisis because europe under delivered in comparison with the u.s. after the 2008-2010 crisis. >> in terms of growth and jobs. >> in jobs because for europe you still have something between 20 to 30% unemployment rate. for you

take, weday's quick will take a look at the upcoming battle over integration once president-elect trumpffice. will he be able to build the wall with congress? the prime minister talked about migrants, the banking system and a wide range of other topics. he held an end of your news conference. he's been in office a little more than two weeks. he said fixing italy's struggling banks will be long and competed. -- long and complicated. britain's companies are becoming more optimistic heading into the new year. a survey by deloitte found that in thend to be cautious wake of uncertainty caused by brexit. has picked up, but not in the same way that [indiscernible] , cfos remainerm quite concerned on the business environment. it continues to exercise a dampening effect on expenditure, on hiring, on. vonnie: for the first time -- on capex. vonnie: home prices in london rose three .7% this year. across the country, housing prices were up 4.5%. in london in the south of england, more people have found themselves priced out of the market. macau has tried to reinvest itself as more than a mecca for

the alarm. germany's upcoming elections in 2016 will be vulnerable to cyberattacks. all parties and politicians need to be prepared. christopher: to taiwan now, where a mock nazi parade staged by high school students has triggered considerable controversy. the pararade was meantnt to be educucational and part of wider celebrations at the school 6262d anniniversary. this video t taken from a taiwanese news channel. photos and video circulating online have prompted condemnation from german and israeli officials. israel's representative office in taipei calling the incident deplorable and tasteless. there has also been away from social media reaction. one israeli news outlet writing, "i think they know what the swastika is that they are not afraid to show us what they think. i wonder if hitler would have kept them alive had he reached their." and "speaking of double standards -- where the nazi costume in the whole world is shocked i get a but many where the red guard as a costume. is that ok?" you are watching "dw news." still to come, the world's fastest land animal, t

surprised much of the world and then donald trump's astonishing electoral victory in the united states. upcoming elections in europe be the third shock to the system. let me bring in a great panel to discuss the rise of populism. thank you for being late, an t optimiop optimist guide. also in "the times" a great piece by my next guest ian. i he's a professor at bard college. before that she was the international affairs editor at france 24 and narx naia teaches politics. welcome to you all. we arrived to this consensus that francis called the end of history and, you know, the big political debates were settled and now we see this wave of change. so, what happened? >> well, the end of the cold war happened in the first place and it was when america's prestige was probably at its height and everybody thought, as you say, the end of history was there. i think one reason for this wave of right-wing populism all over the world is not just the rise of the right, it's also the demise of the left. that the social democratic left has lost its voice everywhere all the way from japan to netherlands. that had somethi

be able to achieve, i will make a decision regarding whether i should run or not in the upcoming presidential election. >> good afternoon. sure you knowm about the controversial center.n around the opinion on the discussion started by mr. mikel kpolh. center fored the distorting history. what would you say to the people who are angry this is done on state money? him.had a meeting with officials.other i guess that there are other issues that need to be studied further in further detail. specifically the issues related to the way information is presented regarding russia's history. i am not only talking about the recent history like the now --ka years of until up until now. they agreed certain things need to be presented in a more accurate manner. there is one thing i don't like. i don't like to escalate the issues. there is nothing wrong with having a discussion. this is normal, this is proper, some may like it and some may not. some are more liberal and others are more conservative. we have always had the two trends. we had westerners and russell ophiles. russ in the current situation when we 1970 --

what we will be able to achieve i will make uh decision whether or not i should run in the upcoming presidential election. >> translator: good afternoon mr. putin. i am sure you know, about of controversial situation so what did your opinion on of discussion that has been started? he criticized the center to justify it loss of troops and distorting history. so what do you say to those people who are angry that on state money? >> i had the meeting and i guess there are certain issues that need to be studied further in more detail. specifically, and the issues related to russia's history. i am not only talking about recent history but perestroika up through now. history in general. and they agreed with me that perhaps certain things need to be presented in a more accurate manner. but there is one thing i don't like. i don't like to escalate the issues. there is nothing wrong with having a discussion. this is normal and proper some people may like it may be some not. some people are more liberal others are more conservative. we had non-western nurse -- westerners but for example, looking back at 1917 then n

the presidential election. we're also learning more about security preparations for the upcoming inauguration. the obama administration is again accusing russia of hacking the emails of both democratic officials and the clinton campaign... now the president is ordering a full review of the allegations -- with his top counterterror advisor saying russian involvement view the cyber threat as simply a technical problem or an intelligence problem but rather a threat certainly in the national security space." some republicans are pushing back -- accusing the white house of giving political cover to clinton -- and also criticizing the intelligence community for making the allegations public -- claiming it damaged the credibility of the electoral process. "i do think what they did by going to the public was a terrible move, i think it not true -- and insists foreign interference in an american election isn't something that should be taken lightly. "we are committed to ensuring the integrity of our elections and this report will dig into this patttern." meanwhile, we're also learning more about securi

conversation to the 2017 challengers and look at the outlook for european bonds and discuss what the upcoming french election for eurozone volatility. stay tuned for that conversation. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it has gone 8:19 a.m. in berlin. you're looking at a shot of the brandenburg gate. breather, is taking a a pause for a moment of reflection. let's get to bloomberg business flash. one woman who never reflects for long is juliette saly. growing: expectation is , they may be held up by the italian government. it will probably fail to lower sufficient demand for a 5 billion euro capital call. the bank said it has raised over 2 billion euros from its debt swap with about half coming from retailers investors. the italian government got the rain light for 20 billion euro bank rescue fund. lion has announced new exclusive cost -- talks with johnson & johnson. negotiation and it with the swiss drugmaker. nokia is suing apple saying the severalaker infringed patents. they filed complaints in germany and texas. apple says nokia [inaudible] is now using the tactics of a pagan a trap -- pig in a trough to extor

announcement on who trump will pick or has chosen will happen until the middle of the upcoming week. the president-electillerson during a new interview with fox news. here's a portion of it. >> in his case he's much more than a business executive. he's a world-class player. he's in charge of i guess the largest company in the world. he's in charge of an oil company that's pretty much double the size of his next nearest competitor. >> all right. let's talk about this. we have with us cnn political commentator and anchor for spectrum news errol lewis and senior politics political reporter steven collins. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> the president-elect there says that rex tillerson is much more than a business executive but then lists off all of his business cred densals. errol to you, preemtsium that donald trump, obviously, is placing on that as he picks a diplomat to speak on behalf of the u.s.? >> well, you know, calling exxonmobil a business is almost a little bit like, you know, calling walmart a hardware store. exxonmobil, with something like $269 billion in revenue, would rank

the brexit to italy to upcoming french elections, uncertainty seems to be the only thing on the cardsloomberg daybreak america's earlier this month, david rubenstein gave his outlook for italy and the european union. europethere is no doubt is in turmoil because you have the french elections coming up, you have the new government in the u.k. trying to figure out how to get out of the e.u., germany will have elections in haveears, and the italians a new government. it is in the united -- it is in the interest of the united states to have a strong europe, so we are not just saying, too bad. we want to have a strong europe and probably should exercise whatever influence we can to have some impact. i suspect in the end ecb and e.u. will give some credibility to what the italian government wants to do, and let them be more flexible in working out this bailout because otherwise if the italian government were to be in such terrible shape and europe going south because of it , it would not be good for all of europe. jonathan: europe has been through two crises but arguably we have witnessed m

the united states. will upcoming elections in europe be a third shock to the system? let me bring in a panel to discuss the rise of this. thank you for being late. optimist guide to thriving in the age of excellence. he's also of course a "new york times" columnist. also in the times this weekend there's a great piece by any next guest, ian. it's called the end of the angle american order. he's a professor at bart college. melissa bell, before that she was the international affairs editor at france 24. welcome to you all. you know, at the end of the cold war, it seemed as though we had arrived at this kind of consensus that francis called the end of history and that, you know, the big political debates were settled, and now we see this wave of change. so what happened? >> well, the end of the cold war happened in the first place. and it was when america's prestige was at it's height. and everybody thought, as you say, the end of history there was. i think one reason for this wave of right winged populism all over the world is not just the rise of the right, it's also

mark: matt, there is no appetite for fiscal stimulus that seemingly to be in the structural reform with upcoming elections taking place in netherlands, france, and germany, which comes back to the point that the ecb remains the only game in town, isn't it? matt:d absolutely. absolutely. draw the has called for help, saying the ecb and monetary policy cannot do it alone. he wants to see some kind of fiscal stimulus of the court economy and was really pushing again today in the meeting for structural reform in the peripheral economies. you are right. it doesn't look like it will come. he maintains the ecb needs to hold its position in the market. that is why he said rather than going with the six-month extension solution, as they also discussed, they chose to go with the nine-month extension, through the end of 2017. although it is a smaller rates, they are only spending 60 billion euros a month from april, rather than the 80 a month.uros more money from the ecb into the market. those 60 billion euros for nine months is more than half a trillion euros, 540 billion euros over the period of the extension, com

the electoral college. and toward bigger questions about his business interests. from our partners at cnn. jim acosta reports. it's donald trump's favorite subject at his post-election rallies. not his upcoming agenda. or his cabinet. but his victory. donald trump, president-elect: "by the way, as soon as the real polls came out, we won it in a massive landslide." but it wasn't a landslide. trump's electoral win is modest by historical standards. still the president-elect is pushing back on any critics who note he came up nearly 3 million voters short. in the popular vote. "i would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently / campaigning to win the electoral college is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. hillary focused on the wrong states!" voice of gingrich, former speaker of the house: "this is the football season. a team can have more yards and lose the game. what matters is how many points you put on the board. the electoral college is the points." but democrats aren't buying it. and accuse republicans of inflating their election win to justify a broad mandate. former clinton

ben carson's role in the upcoming trump administration. president-elect trump announced that dr. carson is his pick to head up the housing and the urban developments writing on facebook he is "passionate" about strengthening communities. and jill stein challenging the president-elect to allow efforts at a recount to continue. >> so we are here to assure donald trump that there is if you believe in democracy, if you believe in the credibility of your victory. >> democrats are indicating they may challenge dr. carson over his qualifications to lead housing and urban development but mike huckabee has come to his defense saying he is the only potential secretary who has lived in public housing. lana zack, abc news, washington. jonathan: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. son, major league baseball under armour striking their first big league deal. this is huge. the baltimore based company signed ten-year pack with major league baseball. b.p. jerseys, game jerseys everything they are wearing on the field is under armor label. michelle: a big league deal. this weekend, abc7 helped

the weekend is mar-a-lago country club in florida where he's been meeting with advisers finalizing staff picks and working to separate his business interests from his upcoming presidency. the president-elect said he would shut down his trump foundation but legally he can't dissolve it because the charity is under investigation byew japanese prime minister shih tzu maybe arrived in honolulu today and tomorrow he will join barack obama for an unprecedented ceremony at pearl harbor. he's the first sitting japanese leader to visit the site of the surprise attack that killed more than 2000 americans on december 7, 1941. is not expected to apologize but rather pay his countries respects to the victims. >>> president obama sending best wishes to those celebrating kwanzaa. the holiday starts today and runs through january 1. it highlights the principles of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility. cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and space it was first observed 50 years ago. president obama says kwanzaa is a joyous time to reflect on a rich african-american culture. >>> president obama and vice short drive of each other after they leave the white house. vice preside

indefinitely barred off shore drilling a move that is sure to face legal action with the upcoming administration with president-electonald trump promising more help for drilling. >> this will reveal some of what's taken place and also institute summer farms and actions needed. repertoire president obama before taking office the first time closed -- promise to close the one time a detention center but failed to do so is now reportedly looking to transfer some detainees to other countries before he leaves office. in washington job waldman fox news. and >>> welcome to winter, 2:44 this morning was the winter solstice. we still have some partly cloudy skies, moving to mostly sunny. if you're traveling, we don't have that brutal call -- cold that we had days ago, 30 below for instance in the great lakes area. we have 40s, 50s, 60s and even 70s and 80s in florida. we have this big low churning in drawing up a tremendous amount of moisture coming up from mexico, baja california. that's taking aim at the desert southwest. more on that in the second. double digits on the degrees warmer compared to 24 hours ago in some areas.

now when it comes to the political side of things, that's a different story. you heard there he was touching on upcoming electionsn the eu eurozo eurozone. they say don't draw parallels here. it was a very similar message i got from the -- i asked if he was concerned about the italian referendum another sign of the eu project. here's what he had to say. >> translator: they are always trying to turn any vote into an anti-eu vote. they are wrong and they lose. and they will lose. >> reporter: so a very strong message coming from the commissioner there. they will lose, talking about populist sentiment in the eurozone as we get closer to french and german elections. they were very clear to say here that the finance ministers coming to brussels, this is an italian issue, not a broader issue. but remember, this meeting is originally drafted to talk about greece. a country out of headlines for now but it is good to look at the additional debt release. >> thank you very much, nancy hu hunggerford. >>> in a series of tweets, donald trump said there would be consequences to moving abroad promising the u.s. will substantial

today's quick take, we will take a look at the upcoming battle over immigration once president-elect . will he be able to build the wall with the support of congress? minister the prime talked about migrants, the banking system, and a wide range of other topics. he held an interview year news conference. he says that fixing italy's struggling banks will be long and complicated. key financial officers of britain's companies are optimistic. they said ceos will remain controversial -- they said ceos will remain cautious. it has picked up, but it has not picked up. in the long-term, we remained quiet -- quite concerned about the effects of brexit. some uncertainty around brexit continue to exercise a dampening effect on transfer expenditures. vonnie: for the first time in eight years, london's housing market has underperformed the rest of the u.k.. home prices rose. across the country, housing prices were up. nationwide said in london and a south of england, more people have found themselves priced out of the market. macau has tried to reinvent itself been more than a mecca for gambling r

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the upcoming change in power in the u.s. and that could alter things directly. president-elect donald trump says he will focus on wiping our islamic state and we walk with russia, a u.s. arch rival that strongly supported assad. syria refugees who support the opposition are struggling to stay hopeful. this woman is one of them. the 22-year-old escaped the forces in southeastern turkey. >> i want everyone to get out safely and then maybe i can meet all my friends, again. >> reporter: in particular, she is concerned about her boyfriend who remains in the city. he's part of the rebel f forces and hadd been postiting footage the conflict. >> translator: many people have been wounded, but there is no medical facility to accept them. >> reporter: this is urgent and won't leave until they have gotten out safelyly. >> translator: w we need to evevacuate the residents quickl or there will be more bloooodsh. >> reporter: her boyfriend might be takaken by government forces. >> why does everyone have normal livess when we dodon't. everyone gets to see each other and we don't. we lostt our

david: from brexit to the upcoming french elections, uncertainty seems to be the only certain thing.id rubenstein discussed his outlook for italy and the european union. rubenstein: there's no doubt that europe is in a little bit of turmoil because you have french elections coming up in the windows with that is going to go. you have the u.k. try to figure out how to get out of the eu. germany will have elections in two years and an italian government uncertainty. that the united states has an interest in a strong europe, stronger than it is now. we not just sitting there saying too bad for you. it's really a situation where we want to have a strong europe and we probably should exercise our own influence if we can to have some impact on it. i suspect in the end that the ecb and the eu will create some credibility to what the italian government wants to do and be more flexible and working at this bailout. if the italian government were to be in such terrible shape, europe would be going south because of it and it would not be good for all of europe. jonathan: europe has been through t

the upcoming change in power in the u.s. and that could alter things drastically. president-elect donald trump says he will focus on wiping out islamic state militants and will work with russia, a u.s. arch-rival that strongly supported assad. syrian refugees who support the opposition are struggling to stay hopeful. nasma is one of them. the 22-year-old escaped the security forces offensive, taking shelter in southeastern turkey. >> i want everyone to get out safely. and then maybe i can meet all my friends again. >> reporter: in particular, nasma is concerned about her boyfriend who remains in the city. he is part of the rebel forces and has been posting footage of the conflict. >> translator: many people have been wounded from the shelling. but there is no medical facility to accept them. >> reporter: he says the situation is urgent and won't leave until the residents have gotten out safely. >> translator: we need to evacuate the residents quickly or there will be more bloodshed. >> reporter: nasma fears one of the implications are finished her boyfriend might be taken by gover

ben carson's role in the upcoming trump administration. president-elect trump announced dr. his pick to head up housing and urban development writing on facebook that he is, quote, passionate about strengthening communities. >> democrats say they may challenge dr. carson over his qualifications to lead housing and urban development and mike huckabee has come to his defense saying he's the only potential secretary who has actually lived in public housing. lana zach, abc news, washington. >>> incoming first daughter ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner are reportedly house hunting. the move is no surprise. kushner is expected to take a senior leadership role in a future trump administration and ivanka is no stranger to the beltway and she studieded a georgetown for two years and led her father's redevelopment of the old post office into a new hotel. >>> a federal court judge in michigan issued an order today for election officials in that state to begin recounting ballots. the count is also under way in wisconsin. green party presidential candidate jill stein is spear ha

benn carson's role in the upcoming trump administration. president-elect trump announced dr. carson is his pick to head up housing and urban development write on facebook that he is "passionate about strengthening communities." outside trump tower green party candidate jill stein challenging the president-elect to allow her efforts at a redown the continue. >> so, we are here to assure donald trump that there is nothing to be afraid of if you believe in democracy, if you believe in the correct of -- credibility of your victory. >> reporter: democrats are indicating they may challenge the nomination of ben carson. mike huckabee is saying of all of the secretaries that of agency he's the only one who has actually fluffed public -- lived in public housing. lana sack channel6 "action news." >> new york city wants the federal government to cover the cost of protecting trump tower. today the city requested $35 million to cover security dating back from election day through inauguration day in january. since the election armed police officers have been guarding the building on fifth

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statement, review the events of the last year, talk about the upcoming developments, having to do with health care. the health care plan that president-elect donald trump vowed to repeal and replace. the horrific situation in aleppo right now. thousands being evacuated. here comes the president. >> good afternoon. this is the most wonderful press conference of the year. i've got a list of who has been naughty and nice to call on. but let me first make a couple of quick points, and then i'll take your questions. typically, i use this year-end press conference to review how far we've come over the course of the year. today, understandably, i'm going to talk a little bit about how far we've come over the past eight years. as i was preparing to take office, the unemployment rate was on its way to 10%. today, it is at 4.6%. the lowest in nearly a decade. we've seen the longest streak of job growth on record and wages have grown faster over the past few years than any time in the past 40. when i came into office, 44 million people were uninsured. today, we've covered more than 20 million of them. for the first time in our history, more than 90%

the energy that our president elect is bringing to the whole transition. jon: vice vice president, elect mike pence. are the media overreacting? joining us now cheryl and author of upcoming book, the smear, also with us rich lowery, fox news contributor and editor of the national review. do you think the media are overreacting, if so why? >> i'm not sure if it's an overreaction over than unfair coverage tilt today one direction. i think, of course, if president-elect trump had practiced for decades it deserves critical coverage but that doesn't mean every bit of coverage shall be critical. the media fails to realize in some instances that there is another viewpoint, that people view positively that donald trump would come into office with a different approach. there are a lot of people that think things have not been going well in the past several years or even decades in many areas and they would like to see something fresh but you don't see the viewpoint represented except to the extent when trump supporters are represented in the media, it's to call them all as a group alt-white or supremacists or racists. jon: if the press would cover me accurately and honorably i wo

the palestinian president said he's ready to resume peace talks. >>> also today president elect donald trump appears to accuse president obama of sabotaging his upcoming administration. this morning mr. trump tweeted, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president obama states mentand roadblocks. i thought it was going to be a smooth transition... not. the president elect said that president obama did phone him today. mr. trump said the two conversation but he would not comment any further. >>> the washington post reports the obama administration is preparing to announce retaliation measures against russia for meddling in the u.s. presidential race. the actions are expected to include new economic sanctions, diplomatic measures and possibly covert operation. russia denies any cyber hacking. it said it will respond to any hostile steps. >>> adriene dwayne johnson was in court accused of murdering trisha mccollie. this as disturbing documents about what happened when she was killed emerged. our nikki burdine was in the courtroom and has the latest from the dc superior court. >> friends of trisha were in the courtroom for the first appearance

the electoral college. and toward bigger questions about his business interests. from our partners at cnn. jim acosta reports. nats >> reporter:it's donald trump's favorite subject at his post- election rallies. not his upcoming agenda. or his cabinet. but his victory. donald trump, president-elect: "by the way, as soon as the real polls came out, we won it in a massive landslide." but it wasn't a landslide. trump's electoral win is modest by historical standards. still the president-elect is pushing back on any critics who note he came up nearly 3 million voters short. in the popular vote. "i would have done even better in the election, if that is possible, if the winner was based on popular vote - but would campaign differently / campaigning to win the electoral college is much more difficult & sophisticated than the popular vote. hillary focused on the wrong states!" voice of gingrich, former speaker of the house: "this is the football season. a team can have more yards and lose the game. what matters is how many points you put on the board. the electoral college is the points." but democrats aren't buying it. and accuse republicans of inflating their election win to justify a broad mandate. former clinton

the u.s. election. the u.s. is expected to retaliate with expanded sanctions, diplomatic measures and later covert actions. the upcoming announcement is already putting the kremlin on defense. russia warning it will respond to any hostile new steps. but president-elect trump, who takes office in just 22 days, doesn't seem too worried about the idea of a foreign adversary hacking into the election, instead writing it off as sour grapes. standing next to boxing promoter don king at the mar-a-lago resort, the president-elect says it's time to "get on with our lives." imthe prom tu news conference is hard to hear but we have some titled it for you. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. i think computers have complicated lives very grately. the whole age of computer has made writ nobody knows kpa wh s going on. we have speed, we have other things but i'm not sure you have the kind of security you need. but i have not spoke within the senators and i certainly will be over a period of time. >> cnn's athena jones is following the latest developments. so athena, talk us through this retaliation, these measures, this oba

have had on the election results of the primary elected our chief concern these footprints stickers or subtle message to influence voters not be placed in future elections including the upcoming presidential election scheduled for november 8. he said unfortunately in response that they've already purchased the stickers. they were going to put them out again. he was quite dismissive of these concerns but i think it's well known among the public that the color blue has been widely associated with the democrats and the media and generally democrats are seen as on the left. if i could've the image shown up again? and the color red associate with the commonly with the republicans being seen as on the right. the caption down near the bottom reads, red and blue footprints direct voters to polling places at san francisco city hall. the problem is always good i don't think was: said unto. i think a subtle message was being sent to voters. this is an election between team letter also and team were brought. the regimental to the republicans and democrats. pick your chicken of course the problem with that is not everybody's in one of what i call the two old cartel parties. there are many

the u.s. election. the u.s. is expected to retaliate with expanded sanctions, diplomatic measures and later covert actions. the upcomingt is already putting the kremlin on defense. russia warning it will respond to any hostile new steps. but president-elect trump, who takes office in just 22 days, doesn't seem too worried about the idea of a foreign adversary hacking into the election, instead writing it off as sour grapes. standing next to boxing promoter

the upcoming administration. trump med with house speaker, paul ryan. he had criticized the president electing the campaign but called for unity after the election. >> very exciting meeting. really enjoyed coming up here. we had a great meeting to talk about our transition. we're very excited to put this country back on track. >> well, the new york post is reporting that hillary clinton and her supporters spent a record $1.2 billion on her losing presidential campaign. that's twice as much as the president elect. the figures include spending by the campaign, tax and party committees. >>> former astronaut and u.s. senator, john glenn will be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery. the first american to orbit the earth died at the age of 95. and he holds the record during a 1998 mission at age 77 and the nfl is expanding in london. a fourth game for the london searies has been added. three games have been played at the two stadiums, each has been a sell out. now back to red eye and for all of your headlines, log on to fox news.com. >>> growing up is hard to do. for millennials, it must b

the crash including several members of a brazilian soccer team. six fox sports journalist were on board. only six people survived. >> president-elect trump is pr victory tour as his upcoming cabinet takes shape. the team announcing three more nominee but the mystery over who will be picked as secretary of state that has everybody watching and waiting. fox's lauren blanchard has more. >> during the campaign president-elect donald trump said he would bring manufacturing jobs back to america. now he is planning to announce his first successful deal. keeping jobs at a carrier manager says the move shows he is a man of his word. >> exactly what he ran on, bringing these jobs back and people say it can't be done and those jobs are not going to mexico. >> this as the president-elect announces steven am inchen as his pick for mnuchin is a former wall street banker and was mr. trump's campaign finance chairman who if confirmed would be tasked with overseeing the irs. he says tackling tax reform is one of his biggest priority. the corporate tax are part of the trump plan. and that's going to be what we are looking to pass in the first 90 days. >>> all eyes remain on the ballotle ov

and the intelligence committees all to investigate in the upcoming session of congress, all of the allegations of russian interference in our electionse had someone come before the armed services committee a couple of weeks ago talking about russia's effort to under mine democracies and this is one of the strategies they are using. they used it in ukraine, in eastern europe, now in the united states. it is an effort to under mine the values we have in our western democracies. it is a strategy like a military strategy, messaging strategy, diplomatic strategy. we ignore it at our own peril. this is a threat to america. we have to investigate and decide what actions are appropriate. i am disappointed the obama administration has not declassified some of the information which i think raises serious questions about russia's intent and about what happened in the election. >> senator jeanne shaheen from new hampshire, thank you very much. >> nice to be with you. >> happy holidays. >> same to you. >>> family matters. as we see donald trump in palm beach. his adult children are at the center of new transition turmoil. this is "andrea mitchell

there is upcoming elections in germany and france. and for the u.s. just to roll over and let this happen with no response would have been a huge mistake. kasia: but, senator klobuchar, you have a president-elect who soon to be inaugurated, who wants to work closer with president putin. donald trump could potentially reverse this. sen. klobuchar: he could, but first of all, what president obama did was amend the 2015 order to make it easier for any president to go after any foreign entity that tries to influence american elections. that is an important tool to have in the toolbox. secondly, if he were to reverse these actual sanctions, he would be going in the face of 17 u.s. intelligence agencies who are united in their findings that russia tried to influence the american election. and also against the u.s. congress, where you have strong bipartisan support for going after russian aggression. if he is going to side with vladimir putin vs. the entire intelligence community in america and congress, i don't think he is going to do that. kasia: the russi