of congressman cummings and sa saldwell and while they go about their dutieduties, for the unit states congress and jurisdictional committees to look in depth at not only the whats but the hows and the whys and to be able to stand with solutions for going forward. what putin is doing today in response to the president's sanctions meaning that he's not responding, make it very clear, it should be very clear, putin is a kgb, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. what he's not doing publicly in response, you can be sure they're covert or prepared to act some time later when he teals it's appropriate. right now, gaining a public applause for his demeanor and his tempered actions. that's not going to last. i look forward to better relations with all of the nations around the world if it is possible, but we as a sovereign nation owe tthe american people who don't have individual choices about the national security, we owe them an in-depth review and, yes, i believe that cyber warfare. >> i take your point. you want an in-depth review and the committees to look at this and take this seriously but to invoke

want to say words about how i feel today about having the great opportunity to serve in the united states congress, 30 years in the united states senate, 10 years in the house of representatives. and, yes, five years in the baltimore city council. i have served in elected public office for 45 years, more than half of my life has been in elected public service, but at the same time all of my life has been focused on service. i want to rise today to thank the people of maryland. i want to rise to thank them for their vote of confidence. you know, when people vote for you, it's not only that they're sending you to washington or sending you to city hall, they're giving you a vote of confidence that you will be their voice, that you will be their vote, that you will be at their side and on their side. and that's what i want to be able to talk about today. for the people of baltimore who gave me my first shot in running for the baltimore city council, when i beat the political bosses, when running for political office as a woman was considered a novelty, they said, you don't look the part. i said, this

kids, you ignore the fact that you could not use picturer that had the of the eagle in the united states congress. you shouldn't use stationary that had the capital of the united states congress. and you did that thousands of times. one, violating the law, asking people for money to do it. ,nd when the question was asked i didn't even attend the hearing. what do youthink -- think one democrat asked? what is the worst thing that congressman rangel did? his people did not keep good books and he was just too active in trying to raise money for those kids. this is not a press release, this is the public record. we brought the thing to the supreme court. thathere was no question the way things went, you were not allowed to call witnesses at thend all those things -- supreme court said that whatever the house of representatives would do it did not have to be reputable, that due process is part of the constitution but it does not in turn it self with the house of representatives. how could you exclude the taking away of reputation and say that due process ends? because we have the separation. they don't

as a member of the united states congress, i take great concern as we all do, with the individual lives of our constituents. i have had at least two occasions to deal with missing adults whose families have been in pain and those adults have been missing because of alzheimer's and out of their fright, we have sought law enforcement to be of help to look for these loved ones. the bill would amend the violent crime control and law enforcement act of 199 to re-authorize and expand the missing patient program. across our nation there are millions of children who suffer from autism as well as individuals suffering from alzheimer's disease. what is the crux of this bill? a few years ago, congresswoman waters and myself introduced to the elder abuse act which expanded the patient alert program key provisions. this department of justice program supports the use of new technology to help local communities and law enforcement officials quickly locate and identify persons with alzheimer's disease and reunite them with their families. again, mr. speaker, it is about saving lives. one in nine older

to serve them here in the united states house of representatives. when i first ran for congress, it was because i, as a small business owner, felt the government was making it harder and harder for me to put the key in the door of my small business. harder for me to hire an individual, and i think they should be making it easier for me to do those things. easier for me to put the key in the door. easier for me to hire that next individual. today, mr. speaker, too many politicians and bureaucrats in washington just don't understand what it takes to meet a budget and a payroll. we see a disconnect in so many people that are risking everything, who feel that the folks here in washington, d.c. just don't understand. they feel that washington has grown far too distant, become out of touch, and unresponsive to the real world difficulties that families are facing each and every day. too many people feel that government officials have forgotten who they actually work for. something that myself and my team never forgot. throughout my time in office , my team and i have gone to work each

do our job just as the people who came here to testify did their job, expecting that the united states congress would respond to their description of their life experience and what went wrong in a foster care setting that's been established by the united states congress. it's up to us to fix it, and that's what we could do tonight or tomorrow morning, i hope, at the very latest. with that, mr. president, i thank my colleague from oregon for his leadership on this bill. i thank once again the chairman, the thoughtful chairman of the finance committee, orrin hatch from utah for his leadership on this bill. i hope over the next 12 or 24 hours we find a way to get this through the senate. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. cruz: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from texas. mr. cruz: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cruz: mr. president, on this pearl harbor day, we should learn the lesso

the audience for him moving forward, primarily, is not the united states congress or the u.s.ectly communicate with the people behind him that know the ideas of command and communicate. i hi he has a lot of people, and by the way a name that america will come to know very well, it is dap scavino. the man in charge of the social media campaign. >> all right, joe, the "washington post" was talking about who will be heading the pentagon. these are people who are very qualified, among a number of other positions. what is the problem with them just looking the part. >> don'tç think there is, dona trump televised it. he talked about people's works and calling some folks ubly, others fwufl, just the way he grades things. i think it is a factor for him. even i think he made it clear. >> i want to look to the future now. who the democrats wanted in 2020, about 60% of the people say they didn't want hillary clinton to be running. we see high numbers with all of the possible picks there, joe biden, bernie sanders,ç elizabh warren, but do they want fresh faces? >> yes, they want fresh f

congress on a secret refugee deal. refugees may be head together united states after being rejected by australia. e state department says details on the agreement are classified and our congress cannot know. some of the countries of origin, iran, pakistan, afghanistan, somalia. another was classified as stateless. president obama doing everything in the power of the executive to bring in more refugees and then some. he's raised the quota to allow 110,000 refugees in the upcoming year from 85 hours the previous years. each one of those refugees is immediately allotted 1,500 dollars from the government the minute they land on u.s. soil. it's a 73% increase since the president took office. this does not include costs associated with numerous government program including supplemental security income and assistance for needy families. welfare instead of incentivizing these refugee settlements. joining me, john hannah. good to have you with us. this is outrageous that if the united states congress cannot get if about refugees being direct into this country and taxpayer dollars used to bring them and sus

the first african-american woman elected to the united states congress. nd jewish woman elected to congress, and the first woman from the major party to run for vice president. about hurdlestalk they encountered in their political careers and compared those to what hillary clinton faced in the 2016 presidential campaign. this talk is just over one hour and a half. frequent anda jupiter to the new york times where she was a staff reporter from 2007. she was a correspondent with newsweek, where she covered breaking news and social trends. prior to becoming a

the united states congress and indeed the world are better places because of the public service. she may not be the tallest senator burr she needs the biggest shoes to fill. i want to remain a conspired to become inspired by her public service.easure to for ten years i've had the privilege to serve alongside barbara boxer on the environmental public works committee and of the foreign relations committee. a ranking member of the public works committee and chair the committee she spent the last four years in elected office, ten before in the house of representatives and six years in the board of supervisors she wan the first woman president and worked as a stockbroker while her husband attended law school- the first time she band with a seafor theseat in 1982 her campn was barbara boxer gives a damn. and 2004 she receivedenate. 6.96 million votes than most any has received in the history ofld the senate. the unabashed liberal and conservative working together for the last century. the transportation goes into thk authorizations of these bills have put millions of americans to work

. >> in my speech in front of the united states congress, i said to the taliban that one of the objectiveslease the humanitarian aid workers that are being detained against their will. we have achieved that objective. >> we are so excited to be back, and we know we're here because of the prayers of people all over the country, all over the world. >> it was an honor. it was an honor and a privilege to serve my country, and it was a collective effort. not just by the cia and afghanistan and pakistan, but of course, with our military brothers in arms. there was a very brief and intense sense of joy. >> did you meet the hostages? >> i never did. once they were rescued, i was on to the next thing. >> freedom is blank? >> freedom is life. i don't think you can really live without being free. >>> the phone call that china calls a little trick. donald trump speaks with taiwan's president, breaking decades of diplomatic protocol. >>> the somber return. brazil preparing to receive the remains of victims of the colombia plane crash. >>> two major votes loom over europe. italy and austria prepare for

out there and getting these folks consensus and build around them to be confirmed by the united states congress. >> i think a lot of these people that are put up for nominations are put good ones. rex tillerson was strategic appointment. i really enjoyed and i really think betsy devoss with school vouchers, i can go on. >> i am talking about the top crisis. this seems like an impossible test. you are going to have the opposite side and the democratic side and they're not enjoying any of the picks and they're controversial and extreme. i think that his picks has been reasonable and i don't think he will have a lot of problems getting them through. i just don't. >> what does this conversation battle looked like, or is it a battle at all? >> schumer is very smart and he's great at mouse trapping. they put out something a couple of days ago that laid out criteria for all of trump's appointees which had a whole lot of financial disclosures and of tax returns and ethics investigations. i think he's going to probe for the weak spot. you cannot refuse one or two cabinet officials. i think he's going to

want to say words about how i feel today about having the great opportunity to serve in the united states congress, 30 years in the united states senate, 10 years in the house of representatives. and, yes, five years in the baltimore city council. i have served in elected public office for 45 years, more than half of my life has been in elected public service, but at the same time all of my life has been focused on service. i want to rise today to thank the people of maryland. i want to rise to thank them for their vote of confidence. you know, when people vote for you, it's not only that they're sending you to washington or sending you to city hall, they're giving you a vote of confidence that you will be their voice, that you will be their vote, that you will be at their side and on their side. and that's what i want to be able to talk about today. for the people of baltimore who gave me my first shot in running for the baltimore city council, when i beat the political bosses, when running for political office as a woman was considered a novelty, they said, you don't look the part. i said, this

jurisdiction either, the ability for dams to be built in 17 states without additional review by the united states congress, without any other discussions. are you going to take 17 western states and just give them blanket authority now to build dams without the consultation or input from cities, counties, constituents, interest groups, river constituents, fishermen, all these people are going to bu because we have several projects we've been discussing in the pacific northwest that i've had to visit personally and talk to people. people are going very methodically through these issues and discussing them in a collaborative way because there's trade-offs here. and every community has a different opinion. so the notion that you would be foregoing your own state's ability to raise questions here in the united states senate about somebody building a dam in your state, why would any member want to forego their ability as a member of the united states senate or house of representatives to forego their input on a dam being built on a river in their state? are you aware of that provision? mrs. boxer: senator, i j

that she would come to this nation's capital and that she would serve three members of congress, one united states senator and two u.s. reps, major owens, the honorable major owens from new york's 11th congressional istrict, the honorable senator heflin and she served in my office. and this speaks to the greatness of the country that we moved light years away from some of the circumstances we had to endure in the history of this country. but notwithstanding all that has been done there is great work to be done. but tonight i want to say to you, this person born in mobile, during very difficult times, has received an indication from the president of the united states of america that he was saddened to learn of her demise. i have the letter in my hand from the president that i shall place in the record that was delivered to the family. but she has been honored by a good honorable members on the hill, including nancy pelosi, who are expressed her sympathy honorable oyer and jim clyburn and honorable becerra and honored by members of congress in many capacities. we have a resolution that has been file

ignored the fact that you could not use the paper that had the picture of the eagle in the united states congressyou should have used stationary that had the capitol of the united states congress. you know how many times you did that? thousands of times. you know how many laws that would break? you mailed each one, violating the law, asking people for money to do it. when the question was asked, i didn't even attend the hearing. one democrat asked, "what is the worst thing that congressman rangel did?" he said, "his people did not keep good books and he was just too active in trying to raise money for those kids." this is not a press release, this is the public record. we fought the thing to the supreme court. there was no question that the way things went where you were not allowed to call witnesses and all those things, it's undemocratic. but the supreme court said, "whatever the house of representatives would do, it did not have to be fair or equitable, that due process is part of the constitution but it does not concern itself with the house of representatives." how could you exclude the taki

the power to tax and to spend is exclusively that of the united states congress under the constitution. if you want to raise taxes, or change the affordable care act, that will have to come from legislation to congress. i expected to be some kind of legislation to repeal the affordable care act in the next congress and replace it with something. unfortunately, i think they are plan, what republican congress has in mind is to go the upper -- go the opposite direction, away from single-payer and more to market-based -- i don't know what they have in mind exactly, but it would not be in the direction of what you're proposing. host: do executive orders cost a lot of money to put into place? guest: fascinating question. every time the president signs an executive order, the office of management budget should sent d to congress a report on how much that executive order costs the american people. i have looked at every single one of these reports and have yet to see a dollar figure in them because what onb says is, look, we cannot spend any money that is not appropriated by congress so all of

give her final speech on maryland senator barbara mccall ski will speak about her service in united states congress and serving on behalf of maryland and nation. her speech will be hel at 11:30. democratic representative chris van holland will takeover for senator mccall ski. >> former secretary of state colin powell is recognized today at the nootion national museum of american history presented great americans award which recognizes someone's lifetime contributions that embody american ideals and ideas. tonight. >>> as long as you in my house you put that on the end of it you eat over day. >> yes, sir. >> roof over your head. >> yes clothes on your back? >> yes, sir. >> why is that? >> because of you. >> it's a cliff from the new film "offensive" starring denzel a screening was held at the hope ra fin friday theater and washington directed a movie from the prize whipping play. >> this is specifically a story of middle lower middle class african-american family and issues they had. unversusalty of it it can happen to anyone, any color, any socioeconomic background, august wilson story telling. >>

take that job, somebody so recently out of the military will have to get a waiver from the united states congress. tonight they started the process of getting him that waiver, even before trump gets sworn in. it's a provision tucked into a draft spending bill for the overall funding of the government right there on page 27. look. exception to limitation against appointment of persons as secretary of defense within seven years of relief from active duty. that's on page 27. page 28, quote, limited exception. this section applies only to the first person appointed as secretary of defense after the date of the enactment of this act and to no other person. so in other words, congress intends this exception in the law for general mattis and for general mattis only. provided he's the first person donald trump names as his nominee for secretary of defense. this thing is written almost in disappearing ink. it's supposed to be just for mattis and to go away and glide by in a hurry again before trump is even sworn in as president. it's true that some democrats may balk at this, senator guillen brand of new

federal personnel office to this attack on our election by the russians, and i think in the united states congressneed to work in a responsible and bipartisan way so that we can respond are more swiftly and more seriously to future issues just like this one. >> was president obama too cautious in the run-up to the election? >> i would argue yes. but i'll tell you as a senator, it was perfectly clear to me that we had an ongoing challenge. back in august i sent a letter to senator cruz who chairs the oversight sub committee of judiciary on which i serve as the ranking member calling for hearings in september about the impact on our election of russian hacking. frankly, it got very little attention in the news media and although i worked with a number of my colleagues to try and elevate the issue, some of my republican colleagues simply brushed off these allegations as a partisan motivated attack before the election. i think now that the election is over and it's clear that president-elect trump will be our next president, i'm encouraged to see real bipartisan efforts by senior senators both republi

we also need to make sure, being a legislator in the united states congress, we need to set a good example and follow that. if we are not following the sxa example that we ought to, how do you expect anybody else to do anything different? it's the same thing bringing up your kids and teaching them the way to go. the examples we've seen of this president interfering with other countries and their politics, it comes back and it will bite us. i think we have to have very strong policies, very clear, succinct and direct of what we're going to do and what we're not going to do. the other thing is we don't have a cyber security policy, which is unconscionable, of what constitutes an attack or act of war. we don't have a policy that describes that, and we don't have a policy that says what we're going to do if that does happen. >> congressman -- >> it's something this administration has had eight years to deal with and have failed to do it. i look forward to donald trump coming in and straightening this out. >> because you referenced the statement from october, i'll put it up on the screen. i'll

certain abilities to enter into treaty negotiations, to impose lift sanctions unchecked by the united states congress. i think that's why many of us worry, and i use some strong words today, i said, this is how wars start, i admit it's not likely that any of these three mistakes are going to immediately lead to a war breaking out. but this foreign policy freestyling at the rate we've seen today given the law of averages will eventually lead to something very terrible happening. which is why it might be about time to get a secretary of state who knows what they're talking about in place. >> senator chris murphy, i know we wrangled you on short notice tonight when this all started happening, thanks for being here on a friday night. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> lots to get to this busy night. i have to say, i am -- i feel like i've sort of suspended all disbelief in terms of what's possible from the president-elect. this thing with lobbing this bomb at china, with apparently having no idea that it's a bomb, i am flabbergasted by this. break glass in case of emergency, somebody get me a glass. we'll b

if the united states congress blows up the deal that prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, they will have to deal with the grave consequences. thank you for indulging me on the long answer. tom wheeler announcing his departure from the fcc today -- president obama has been pleased by the service of chairman wheeler. he runs an independent agency, so we are limited in how much we can say. the president appointed him to that job because he's a good manager. thecertainly shares president's approach in dealing with some of these issues. obviously the next president will have an opportunity to choose someone who shares his view of these issues. maybe the president-elect was meeting with one of them yesterday when he sat down with tech executives from all over the country. many one of them would be interested in taking this job. we will see. andrew? [inaudible] i have seen those reports. i cannot confirm them independently from here. i think the most direct response comes from the joint declaration that was signed by all the leaders of the aussie on february. this past affirmed "the s

discuss the mental health legislation that is moving through congress and the state of mental health care funding and services in the united states. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. guest: great to be with you. host: tell us a little bit about the 21st century cures act that is moving through congress at this moment and where it stands. guest: it is a bill that is led by fred upton of michigan, which basically is a reform system for the f.d.a. for moving research through n.i.h., to make sure that positive research taken place with drugs and medical devices and not get bogged down in bureaucracy. he's worked in that for a couple of years. passed the house before and now renegotiated some things and moving it forward. as parts of that package, we also included my bill to helping families in mental healthy crisis act. it passed 22-2. but they have a whole different amendment process over there the senate which bogged down the bills. so there was a number of things that took place. the content of the bills and now, we've passed it this week including the cancer moonshoot funding that the president wanted as well.

this is the entire united states congress has come out there. there it is. it is like the summation of everything in one place. this is not a church. but it's kind of a church. this is where the sacred images, sacred moments of the past are laid out there. if you go into a catholic church, you'll find all their pieces. find stations of the cross. stations of the revolution. something like that. that ring the back wall. the declaration of independence that surrender at saratoga, surrender at yorktown, washington's resignation. there it is. and i could go on, but i'm not going to go on, one more thing here about it, i'm going to take you to the north carolina house of representatives. this is the chamber that served as the -- for the house until there got to be too many representatives and they had to build something else. this is the chamber that existed through most of the 19th century and into the early 20th century. and you see the desks of the congressmen here, the center aisle. you see the speakers -- you know, i really want to say pulpit. podium. and be

but it almost sounds like the united states congress where it's better for election reasons to blame the other side for not solving the problem, which both parties do. that is my opinion. rather than work with the other side. because if you do and you in negotiation and you are bipartisan, someone will run against you in a primary, in both parties. and so the political value politically is and not solving problems. he has that something that paradigm between israel and the palestinian authority? >> guest: yes. the code is the case on both sides, to which my response is the following. each side has a long list of grievances, wrongful actions perpetrated by the other side. and so there is a deep sense of victimization that exists in both societies. it's very difficult to overcome, but i believe that ultimately societies like individuals act out of self-interest. that the people of israel are going to make the judgment at some point that their self interest lies in separation from the palestinians, and that can only be done politically by the creation of a À la stinging state, a demilit

the president shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the united states. congressf the presidency. you would think that presidents would use thaws absolute power and use it a lot. a president could issue dozens of pardons a day, hundreds of pardons, thousands or maybe one a day. no president has ever come close to issuing a pardon a day. a modern presidency lives in political fear of being labeled soft on crime. and so the president's one absolute power is to put it mildly underused. president obama has issued more commutations of sentences than any other president. he has commuted sentences in 1,176 cases. that it's more commutations than any other president has granted but president obama has pardoned fewer people than recent presidents have and issued only 148 pardons. joining us now someone who receive aid commutation from president clinton and pardon from president obama. sear ren nan nunn is now an attorney practicing in georgia. thank you for joining us tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> this is astonishing story. as we know, even in case

get that waiver, there would be a lot of angry people. >> the president-elect of the united states warning congresshat he wants that waiver for his nominee to run the defense department or there will be angry people he says. >>> plans for the new air force one jet, up in the air. >> the president of the united states the national security address as commander in chief, messages seemingly meant for donald trump without ever mentioning him by name. good morning, welcome back to "early start." i'm george howell. >> i'm alison kosik. it's 30 minutes past the hour. president-elect donald trump is warning congress about blocking his pick for secretary of state. trump introduced his nominee for defense secretary, and he noted that retired general james mattis, he's going to need a special waiver to take office. and almost dared congress not to give it to him. cnn's sunlen serfaty has the latest from north carolina. >> good morning, president-elect donald trump holding his second rally here in fayetteville, north carolina. he was much more restrained, much more disciplined than that rally last week where t

and the way congress enacts and puts into place budgets for the united states. chairman price is a physician. he's represented georgia's sixth district since 2005. and since january of 2015, he has been chairman of the house budget committee. as chairman, he's been strongly committed to budget process reform. in fact, in this congress, he's held nine hearings on the topic before presenting these proposals today, which have involved dozens of witnesses. and indeed this strong commitment to budget process reform is why he is here with us today, despite having a few other things on his mind, as you might imagine. as you know, dr. price was nominated just yesterday to be the next secretary of the department of health and human services. dr. price, i know your schedule is very tight. you only have a short time with us today, so i look forward to hearing your proposals on the budget process. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, stuart. thank you all. it's wonderful to be able to join you today. i want to thank the brookings institution for hosting the event today and

the president of the united states needs to go through congress and change the law. president obama did it by executive order which was additional and wrong. he was not emperor or ki o the united states and the people of america and president-elect trump know that because certainly he came out and address it from the beginning that that was the number one issue that he was going to bring up and the rallies that was about securing our borders. we've dealt with him for 37 years. neil: yes, you did. >> it is one of my favorite opponents. nothat i got the back story, it has completed my picture. they appreciate you taking the time. >> thank you so much. neil: be well. charlie gasparino on this expanding list of possible secretaries of state. what is going on there? neil: limburg has confirmed is that had some issues with past immersed trading debt. but we don't know is how this could be affecting volume are getting trade to execute trading. investment banks that use this term and all is. i want to pick charlie gasparino's braynon not. obviously not affecting the bull mark

. >> we will present a governor weld medal on behalf of the united states congress to the honorable john. >> sreenivasan: late in life he's still being honored, receiving the congressional gold medal in 2011 along with fellow astronauts buzz aldrin, neil armstrong and michael collins, and in 2012 he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. john glenn lived out his final years in ohio after suffering a small stroke. for more on the career and life of john glenn, i am joined by science correspondent miles o'brien, who came to know glenn through his years of reporting on aviation. miles, the beginning of an end of an era. >> it is, hari. you can't help but look at a guy like that and think, one of the last great american heroes. he acceded to levels few of us can ever aspire to and all the while he was one of the nicest people you'd want to meet, despite his relentless and competitive nature. that's a hard mix. he managed to do it right to the end. he never really quit. he never retired. he always had a mission. >> sreenivasan: you got to know him

and this is a message that if the united states congress blows up the deal that prevents iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, they will have to deal with the grave consequences that ensue. >> woodruff: iran says the sanctions renewal does violate the nuclear deal, and it vows to respond. >> sreenivasan: investigators in egypt say they've found traces of explosives on victims of an egypt-air crash in may. all 66 people on board died when the flight plunged into the mediterranean sea. search crews were able to recover a variety of wreckage from the sea floor. the plane had been on a flight from paris to cairo. there has been no claim of responsibility for downing the airliner. >> woodruff: back in this country, u.s. labor secretary thomas perez announced he's running for chair of the democratic national committee. he'll take on congressman keith ellison of minnesota. the state party heads in south carolina and new hampshire-- jaime harrison and ray buckley-- are also running. >> sreenivasan: as of today, recreational use of marijuana is officially legal in massachusetts. it's the first state

and ended up with a june election and on june 15, i was sworn here in this very spot to the united states congress. what was interesting, i was the last person. and today, my seniority ranks me around 50, 51-55. takes 23 years to move from the bottom slot to the top 50 in this house. it has been a very interesting experience. this truly is and i have seen it throughout all the years, a representational democracy. there are all kind of dem in congress with all kinds of issues, financial issues, family issues, it is representational of the society we live in. one thing in common, they all want to serve the public. they want to serve this country. so that service, particularly in this house, because we are representatives, we serve districts. madam chair, who was a former county supervisor as i was and we all served districts and like 435 county supervisors and we are more concerned about our districts than the whole country. that's a strength for the constituents of the district to be able to have direct access to their elected members of congress. and probably a drawback trying to draw the whole co

problem is going to be of great interest to people like your last guest and everybody in the united states congress people in government. >> we know that the president-elect has postponed his news conference to explain how he's going to deal with this at least until january. >> right. >> before the inauguration, but sometime next month. >> right. >> mark, ivanka trump apparently is now going to have that east wing office that normally goes to the first lady, as we know the first lady is staying in new york with their little son, barron, to finish out the school year. in effect, for all practical purposes, will ivanka trump be -- have the responsibilities, should i say, as the first lady? >> certainly, no doubt, and look, this is a role that we saw ivanka trump play on the campaign. there was a lot of talk about how smart she is and how accomplished she is. and quite frankly, she is. and having her near her father i don't think is really a problem. it's certainly not a problem for me, unless you start bringing in the entanglement of the family businesses. that's where the issue really lies. if his s

mulvaney, a republican from south carolina, an uncompromising deficit hawk in his time in the united states congress and it's going to be up to him to figure out how to make it work when you increase spending and try to add more to the u.s. debt, which is now hitting $20 trillion. >> rich, thank you very much. and of course as soon as trump starts to talk, we will bring it to you live. rick? >> president obama kicking back in hawaii for the holidays, the first family arriving in honolulu early this morning for their christmas vacation, hours after the president's last press conference of the year. mr. obama stopping short of blaming russian president vladimir putin for hacking the u.s. election, but he says not much happens in russia without approval from the kremlin's highest levels. kevin cork has the awful assignment of being live in honolulu with more. kevin. >> reporter: tough duty, my friend. but i figured you'd want to be here but you're such a stand-up guy, i thought, he'll work there, i'll work here. listen, the president tried to convince everybody yesterday in a final press conference bef

those votes will be then transferred to the congress of the united states and the congress of the unitedtates will actually make the decision that boat is correct and the donald trump very likely almost assuredly will become the next president of united states. we will be here at 2:00 and all often, but we're going to get kicked out in just a few minutes so they can do their security sweep and at that time we're going to try to talk to some of the electors. reporting live, ktvu fox 2 news. >> all right. tom, thank you. live for us in sacramento we'll hear more from him throughout the day. >>> today several chains of the ice cream sandwich sto called cream are raising money for the victims of the ghost ship fire. they posted this fire saying the company plans to donate 25% of the proceeds from the oakland berkeley concord and palo alto locations. >> this is a day after the victims of the fire were honored. >> we have more on those remembered who were lost and some of the survivors' concerns about their future. ♪ singing mary above . >> reporter: the last time carleta sang, it was for an a