this was before tweeters and facebook and the internet. it was an insert in the tv guide. here are the 10 things we are going to do and hold us to account for this. behind them with legislative language. the senate guys that we were crazy, because there was no way we were going to win. and the white house took it as a big joke. it wasn't well known around the country. what it did all of a sudden, republicans grabbed washington, and that became the agenda of washington. there is this moment where you and president clinton had to remind the country, i am still president, i am still relevant in this whole process. at the end of the day, the vast majority, 80% of the contract passed into law in some form or other. for washington, the most important thing to be looking at about what the new president wish list is and what is going to be the focus, it is right there, black and white. it is a contract with the american people. >> the point is made that you cannot underestimate the power of a new president in setting the agenda, and the big twist is whether the new president, and

. >>> election upset in a race for the housof more support for donald trump coming in on the tweeter with jeb bush tweety congratulations. iraq congratulations on your victory. we will pray for you in the days and months to come. >>> donald trump won the corridor of i-4 with the exception of hillsborough county . the outcome of this election has people asking how should you ever trust another poll again? i spent the day today looking at an entire industry built on predicting the future and might be over as we know it. the only thing really about this real politics poll is it was really wrong. along with most of the other polls that clinton ahead of trump how could the polling industry -- the science of measuring the people -- determining turnouts. >> reporter: they underestimate the gap between the urban vote in the suburban vote piece of when you have unexpectedly high turnout from key groups, that isn't built in the polling. >> reporter: they are having questions of the technology that most of these poll use for lying on calling voters on a landline when most voters in the key demo

. >>> president elect trump is a tweeter, and he is a deleteer, and that raises an interesting question about the presidential presidents' records, all, are transferred to national archives at the oendf the term-- end of the term. they didn't have twitter. you can bet that with nearly 16 million followers, president elect trump can't tweet and delete fast enough to escape history. >>> our week-long investigative series on sky rocketing prescription drug costs brought in a lot o wants to know team, kevin von tackles the one tern we heard most. >> reporter: you called and we listened. one thing we heard over and over, seniors caught in a medicare doughnut hole are struggling to pay for prescription drugs, especially this time of year. what is the doughnut hole? that is the point each year when medicare's prescription benefit runs out for a individual, and out of pocket medication costs shoot up. the affordable care act is chipping away at it and by 2020 the doughnut hole should be for now, if you are on medicare and already spent more than $3300 on prescription drugs, like the woman cutti

founders would have made of such 140 character comments or what they would think of the nation's new tweeter in chief. lesley stahl's full hour with president-elect trump and his family tonight on "60 minutes." >> a california sheriff's deputy was killed in the line of duty sunday. deputy dennis wallace was a 20 year veteran of the stand stanislaus county sheriff department. investigators say he was shot twice in the head by a suspect in a stolen car. that suspect is now unarrest. >> a powerful earth quake shook new zealand today. magnitude 7 it appears this quake was nowhere near as deadly as one that hit in 2011. jonathan vigliotti has the latest from london. shock waves from the earthquake rattled homes and businesses and sent terrified people into the streets. phil and jane koals visiting from london were jolted out of bed. >> we thought it had ended and it kept going onioned that. so it's now just a case of wondering, you know, is there any more to come. >> reporter: the earthquake of christ chz chrch on the south island. it triggered a tsunami six feet high. the country's department of

the founders would have made of a 140 character comments or what they would think of the nation new tweeter in chief. >> a california deputy was killed in the line of duty deputy dennis wallace, a 20 year veteran of the stanislav sheriff's department. investigators say he was shot twice in the head at point-blank range by a suspect in a stolen car. that suspect is now under arrest. >>> a powerful earthquake shook new zealand today. magnitude 7.8. several people were killed, but it appears this quake was nowhere near as deadly as one that hit in 2011. jonathan viglioti has the the latest from london. >> shock waves from the earthquake, rattled homes and businesses. and sent terrified people into the streets. phil and jane kohles visiting from london were jolted out of bed. >> we thought it ended. and then kept going on beyond that. a case of wondering is there any more to come. >> the earthquake struck after midnight north of christ church on new zealand south island. the quake triggered a tsunami six feet high. defense and emergency management, warned residents along the east coast to move

. >>> there's a new poll out that suggests most americans want trump to be a leader, not a tweeter. 59% of the voters polled twitter account. 35% say it's okay to keep it. looking ahead, 59% of the voters polled said they are optimistic about the next four years with trump as president. 37% say they are not. >>> now to a developing story involving a ten-year veteran of the charles county sheriffs office. he's facing federal charges tonight accused of uploading child pornography. we're learning how investigators now from green belt. >> reporter: he didn't show emotion before the judge today. in court with his wife and father-in-law, they listened as the judge decided that sullivan could return home but under strict conditions. a charles county sheriffs deputy found himself before a judge today. alexander sullivan a ten-year veteran of the force, was facing charges of child deputies were tipped off by center for missing and exploited children. the center gave investigators a name and cell phone number of a person they believe was uploading the images. deputies immediately recognized the n

republicans could actually take the house decided you needed something to put forward and this was before tweeters and books and internet so it was an insert on the tv guide. here's the things we're going to do and hold us to account and behind them was legislative language and all. well the senate guys thought we were crazy because there was no way we were ever going to win and the white house took it as a big joke and that became the agenda of washington. president clinton had to remind the country i'm still president. i'm still relevant in this whole process. at the end of the day the vast majority. more than 80% of the contract passed into law in some form or another so the most important thing to be looking at, its right there in plain sight. it's in black and white. it's the contract of the american people. >> the point was made that you can not underestimate the power of a new president in setting the agenda. the big twist was whether the new president and we learned this a little bit, the current occupant of the white house whether he does what he wants to do or what the american people wa

republicans could actually take the house decided you needed something to put forward and this was before tweeters and books and internet so it was an insert on the tv guide. here's the things we're going to do and hold us to account and behind them was legislative language and all. well the senate guys thought we were crazy because there was no way we were ever going to win and the white house took it as a big joke and that became the agenda of washington. president clinton had to remind the country i'm still president. i'm still relevant in this whole process. at the end of the day the vast majority. more than 80% of the contract passed into law in some form or another so the most important thing to be looking at, its right there in plain sight. it's in black and white. it's the contract of the american people. >> the point was made that you can not underestimate the power of a new president in setting the agenda. the big twist was whether the new president and we learned this a little bit, the current occupant of the white house whether he does what he wants to do or what the american people wa

. ♪ emily: be a leader, not a tweeter.t voters want from donald trump now that the election is over. a quinnipiac survey found that 59% of those surveyed think they should close his personal realdonaldtrump. -- ng for 140 president obama was the first president to use twitter, and his administration outlined a transition plan for trump to otus handle on@p inauguration day. however, trump's account has more followers than the potus account. hedge fund manager steve cohen is turning to tech to give his pundit match. cohen recently disclosed his stakes in startup companies. the chief marketing officer joined daybreak america and explained his interest in tech and startups. >> if you want to know what is going on where innovation is happening, it's important to know about startups, and that's what we are trying to do, get to know those companies in the space that are relevant to asset management, which is really a diversified asset management firm. we are really excited to work with those companies to both be a climate -- a cl

but tweetering does not replace a news conference. al ironically for all of trump's complaints about hillary clinton's absence from the media, trump hasn't had a press conference in four months. >> thiez are interesting times here. is he likely to remain this way. >> it'serard to fehay have to grow into the job. but presidents need public support for their initiatives and that comes from the press. trump's decision to tweet rather than meet with the press served him cell leading up to the election because i had a world of difference between campaigning and governing. the question is how successful trump will be making that transition. >>> twrubl a new tv. a man tried to get them to honorer his warbty. they say they're turning the tables on potential thieves. the city of campbell is taking steps this busy holiday >>> okay. they're turning the tables on potential thieves. they're taking steps to stop thieves from stealing your packages. campbell police calling it a bait program. pretend or bait pack nls will be placed at homes and busin

kellyanne goes on this morning, says it is not happening, then, we're told by "new york times," tweeters, that maybe it will. look, i think we'll see a lot of this, we saw it during the campaign. trump in a couple of sentences said the opposite things in the same comment, that will be confusing for market and public. i hope that he does prosecute hillary clinton in a perverse way, it would be made clear once and for all there is nothing she did that was culpable criminally it would be an embarrassment to him and the justice department to do that. it would cost legal fees but i know there there would be nothing at the end of the day. liz: trump met with 5 news yesterday. >> here are some of the -- defiant trump blasts tv news in private meeting, trump meets with news executives and anchors so he can berate them in person, can there be a reset? >> it would be healthy. he spent large parts of the campaign playing his supporters to look at people in the press, giving them the finger, people in the pri press were scared. calling people out by name, that people should criticize them rather kin

>>i'm not a big tweeter. but they hit home and they have to something that you think crossed a line, will you tell him? >>yes i tell him all the time. >> reporter: all the time? >>and i think he hears me, but he will do what he wants to do on the end. he's an adult, he knows the consequences, and i give him my opinion, and he could do whatever he likes with it. >>by the way, the president-elect said he will not be taking the $400,000 salary that comes with the job. >>> a boston city wants to make boston the state's 6th sanctuary city. boston could slow a sweep of illegal immigrants frustrating law enforcement in deportation efforts. when asked about president-elect donald trump immigration plan he said "that is not what our city is and not what our tax dollars should be used for." >>> president obama leaving for the outcome of the election heeding to greece, germany, and pursue. -- purr rous. -- peru. >>> swedish officials will interview asang at the embassy today where he has been living. he denies any wrong

i think he's the host twitterverse -- first post twitterverse tweeter to be elected president. as a journalist, what did you think of watching it unfold in real-time? when george bush would have supporters in, they would come in, they would do their interview and have to go and write a story, file it. this was different to me as a communications professional. we got to experience it in real time without any sort of try organizing. -- proritizing. -- prioritizing. president-elect trump has put twitter at the center of his communication strategy and in doing it this way, in arranging this meeting with the "times" editors and having a private press conference, he sort of forces them to use his medium of choice to report on what he was using theher than normal television camera and broadcast. i would love the see the transcript of the whole thing. but it seems to me that in almost every way apart from trashing the "times" and the way he started yesterday with network anchors, kind of criticizing him for the way they had treated him unfairly, in every other way he seemed to be tryin

this was before tweeters and facebooks and the internet. there was an insert in the tv guide. the 10 things we are going to do. and hold us to account to this. and there was legislative language. we weresenate guys but crazy because there was no way we were ever going to win. the white house to get as a big joke. it was not well known around the country, but what it did all of a sudden, republicans grabbed washington, and that agenda became the agenda of washington. there was this moment that president clinton had to remind the country, hey, i am still resident and still relevant in the process. at the end of the day, the vast majority, more than 80% of the contract past into law in some form or another. so, for washington, the most important thing to be looking at about what the new president's and thest will be focus is right there in plain type, black and white. it is the contract with the american people. >> the point was made and i would like to get everyone involved, you cannot underestimate the power of a new president in setting the agenda . the big twist is if the new

the tweeter in chief unleashed again and raising constitutional questions. >>> isis soldier? authorities believe the ohio state the university attacker was inspired by terrorist propaganda as isis goes a step further and claims he was one of their own. >>> and crashed dreams. three soccer players among the survivors. the plane disaster on the way to an historic game. what went wrong and why only a handsful of people came out alive. we want to welcome our viewerser from the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> breaking news, new evidence that terrorism was likely a motive in the car and knife attack at ohio state university. sources say investigators believe he abduler artan was inspired by isis propaganda. we're told he never communicated with any terrorist group although isis is claiming he was one of the soldiers. in the trump transition, the president-elect is making more choices about his cabinet including two of what is called the washington, d.c. swamp. trump tapping tom price as health and human services secretary.

trump is a notorious tweeter we know and gave his social media skills some of the credit for his victory during that interview with lesley stahl. he won't commit to locking hillary clinton up despite promising he would appoint a special prosecutors to put hillary clinin trump's stance softened. one of the other bullet points that came up, even melania thinks he goes too far sometimes. one diner said he did vote for donald trump. we asked him what he thought was donald trump going a little softer on some of these issues, especially about putting hillary clinton in prison. >> he's indelicate and insensitive when he speaks a lot of times. i don't know if i ever really took 100% seriously what he said i'll take it with a grain of salt. the message is specifically that resonates with me is just the person of him was a little more important. >> denise: so he was not disappointed that trump was not necessarily saying he would put hillary clinton in prison. i also told you earlier to tweet at @dzarrella19. tell me what you t what you heard during that interview last night with donald trump. i go

>>i'm not a big tweeter. but they hi get a point across. >> reporter: if he does something that you think crossed a line, will you tell him? >>yes i tell him all the time. >> reporter: all the time? >>all the time. >> reporter: and does he listen? >>i think he hears me, but he will do what he wants to do on the end. he's an adult. he knows the con conferences, and i give him my opinion and he could do whatever he likes with it. >>> stay with wbz and wbz this morning for the latest of power to president-elect donald trump. >>> massachusetts democrats are looking to pick a new leader for their party. the committee is scheduled to meet today to pick a new chairman. jockeying for political position is political consultant gus bickford who was at one time the executive director. steven kerrigan and teacher tompkins. >>> developing this morning in natick. ce a resident received two threatening letters on his doorstep, one thursday and one friday. both contained racial slurs. the police chief says the behavior doesn

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. >>> charges of unfair treatment at twitter not of workers but of users, i'm scott bud man, the tweeters who feel singled out. >> i'm jeff ranieri, clearing skies right now in doppler radar, beautiful day. that will lead to cold temperatures for tomorrow morning. we'll have more details in this frost advisory, plus weekend rain chances in about six minutes. ♪ life. you never really know what's coming. life just... happens. just when you think you know where it's going, sfx: (ambulance sirens) it takes you someplace else. and that's why covered california is here. to help californians who need health insurance get it. so you'll be ready next time life happens. because it's more than just health care. it's life care. >>> twitter and facebook played a central role in our elections. sometimes tech and politics are a volatile mix. twitter now shutting down specific accounts. our bay area business tech reporter scott bud man joins us now. >> like you say, it's been a rough week in general for social media today. new charges aimed at twitter, some say the company is unfairly banning certain acc

>> tweeter -- i think he tweeted it. >> what have people been saying about donald trump's plans to put a waterbed in and a mirror on the creeling in the bedroom? some people saying it's cool, some people saying it's gone too far. if he likes to get down and get a little freaky and want to look at himself on the mirror, bounce around on the waterbed, so be it. >> melania actually did this sketch using an architect in mongolia. what do you think about this, people gathered around the spire? >> that looks like a rendering of mecca where muslims do their pilgrimage -- >> no, no, no, no. of course donald trump wouldn't be the first person to renova t and i'm sure you remember jimmy carter put the outhouse out back. caught a lot of flack. but everybody loved the outhouse. >> that was neat. >> the president of france came over and he wanted to use the outhouse, everybody wanted to use the outhouse. do you remember margaret thatcher got locked in the outhouse? >> i don't remember that. i heard about it but i don't remember what happened. >> he went on at length about the white house christmas

i think he's the first post-twitterverse tweeter to be elected president. to read it as it was going on, what an interesting -- i mean, as a journalist, what did you think of watching it unfold in real-time? in the old days, when jim -- when george bush would have reporters and, they would come in, they would do their interview and have to go and write a story, file it. this was different to me as a communications professional. we got to experience it in real time without any sort of prioritizing. no one picked the lead. we got to read it as it was happening. that in and of itself was remarkable. john: in some ways, mr. trump has put twitter at the center of his communication strategy and in doing it this way, in arranging this meeting with the "times" editors and having a private press conference, he sort of forces them to use his medium of choice to report on what he was saying rather than using the normal television camera and broadcast. that's interesting. it seems to me -- i mean all of these -- i would love to see the transcript of the whole thing. th

. >> and one tweeter user's high school captured the fad in impressive fashion with a frozen group posetends across virtually the entire campus. even celebs are getting in on the action or inaction. kevin hart and his workout squad busted no moves during a gym workout. >> and check out steph curry and his wife at her pop-up restaurant. look at this, at international smoke in san francisco over the weekend, oh, literally everybody is frozen mannequin style. look at steph. pretty good. we're used to seeing him moving. >> he has good moves. and the abc 7 morning crew got into the act today post iing th video on twitter, this video of them frozen in time. >> i kind of want to shoot a bow -- it's a cute pose. and look at jessica there, jessica castro and then alex a smith all frozen mannequin style. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 -- >> people are coming in taking pictures, proudly wearing their stickers. they want to be part of the process. >> long lines as people get out the vote ahead of tomorrow's big election. >> plus, new details on that outrageous kidnapping and murder case in sou

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>> melania trump: sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn't-- >> trump: i'm not a big tweeter. i mean, i don't do too many, but they hit home. and they have to get a point across. >> stahl: if he does something that you think crossed a line, will you tell him? >> melania trump: yes, i tell him all the time. >> stahl: all the time? >> melania trump: all the time. >> stahl: and does-- >> melania trump: and-- >> stahl: --he listen? does he-- >> melania trump: i think he-- he hears me. but he will do what he wants to he knows the consequences. and i give him my opinion. and he could do whatever he likes with it. >> stahl: did you ask melania sort of, for permission, in a way, to run for president? did you get her approval? >> trump: well, i actually sat down with melania and my whole family and we talked about it. don, ivanka, eric, tiffany. barron to a lesser extent, but barron too. because in a way he's affected maybe more. >> stahl: maybe more? >> trump: and-- so we all had a dinner and i said, "i would like to do this. i think i can do a great job." and i wanted to get, number