. >> joining us via skype thank you jason for joining sfwlus thank you for having me. >> we know now it's official donald trump got the official votes needed to win election. let's joining us now the trauma that played out today this is not about donald trump but about hillary clinton. >> there was lights push that democrats wanted faceless electors in states trump won to castaway votes and switch to hillary clinton to avoid getting those 270 electoral votes it backfired and there were no electors supposed to be voting for hill hem and casting her off and voting for other candidates instead. colin powell is interesting choice and he has three faceless electors to choose him. and people like john kasich and ron fall texas. >> there was a push as always from hollywood. we had a number of celebrities come out and try to encouragep electors not to vote for trump or did the right thing this rings on deaf ears. what influence do >> that's right when you look at how electors are the candidate that wins the state is free reign of where le lec tores would win. why would someone chosen by trump

matt you are here with us via skype and you wrote this article on tuesday, what are your feelings abouts, do you think this has her racial motive to a? >> absolutely. i get to the heart of why we still have racial problems in this country. not because we have large populations of klan members in all 50 states, it's because we have people and they come in all colors and some are in elected office continue to upsets over the superficiality of the color somebody skin. >> isn't this about timing? if you want to make the comment we need a more diverse police force doesn't that start at the recruiting to get qualified applicants in the door. by the time you go through the process and you're at the final vote to get that stamp of approval, you've gone through every single hurdle and you've got there, that's probably the last point, it makes no sense for someone then to apply the race card. >> carolyn che did nothing to improve the diversity of the department during her time. my understanding is this is currently one african-american officer wasn't hired by her. chile became interested in the i

that is noble, her best friend joining us via skype.d about emily's condition. >> currently, she is in pain and restless. she tries to sit up and things but she gets headaches and everything because they had to go into her head again, but her memory is thrown off again, it's gradually getting worse as things keep happening. >> emily remembers most people and can't remember herself very well. she's not been able to recall anything about that day or months before that. now still the new brunswick police have no statements since it's an ongoing investigation, when we last reported, they said they were not filing charges. this saturday a fund-raiser is held at 7:00 p.m. everyone is invited to go. you can find the information on our facebook page, and if not, there's a gofundme set up for emily rand for her rising medical bills. >> i was going to ask you has emily seen of video of her getting punched? >> no, her family would never do that, it would spark horrible images and memories she may not want to. >> remember what about her outlook? he

and she joins us via skype from northern namibia. who better to talk to about these unhappy findings? great to have you with us on "dw news." we hear about the threat to the world elephant and rhino populations. why hasn't the threat to the world's cheetahs thin on the radar? >> i think with the issues with elephants and rhinos are so perfect. the way the poaching occurs. that is what gets a lot of media attention. although we have been working towards cheetah conservation for myself over 40 years, and many of us over the last decade in putting together the data for this kind of report that has come out to show where the cheetahs are, and the primary problem is that they are living outside protected areas. christopher: and that brings them into conflict with humans, small farmers, for instance. >> that's right. they become conflict animals with livestock, goats and sheep. they don't do well in protected areas because the areas are too small. with that, developing programs to work together with communities and real farmers as well as s

throw a big party and thousands of people there and one of the party planners davis is joining us via skype. did i say your name right fajaday. >> you did, shawn, how are you? >> thanks so much for join us. let's me ask you obviously you guys wanted to say good-bye to president obama. so it started with that and then talk about the party itself. where is this party happening? and how did it become so huge? >> so right now actually we are working and talking to different venues in d.c. as you can imagine things get pretty crazy around want it january 19 symbolize president obama last day of work. so, right now we are negotiations with a few different venues but because of inauguration there are are you know super charge. >> sure. >> we recently have been recently as this this morning launched a go fund me campaign doing well already actually. >> obviously you're awe supporter of of the president but i feel like it's one of those things you get people from both sides because there respect office of the presidency and no matter what it's a peaceful transfer of power even if you voted for the o

jessie hill joist us via skype. we're looking at the tweet right there from donald trump.om let me d ask you, that tweet set where is the announce many, what are you going to explain. just having your sons take over is not enough.gh. what's your take? >> well, to am it doesn't remove the apparent conflict ofict interest that the trump organization itself has, so just the fact that they're not going to accept any new deals during his time in office doesn'tsn't change the fact that it's still operating in multiple countries and there's still that apparente conflict of interest in many people's eyes. the other thing to take into account here is how the rolele that ivanka trump is going to play. previously donald trump signaled thattrum shep would be involvedn his company and she wasn't mentioned in that tweet.et. so we're looking forward to more details to see which of his children are involved and in what capacity. jessie, here's the deal, a lot of people who did not supportot donald trump are saying you need to inves

they are joining us via skype and the picture is great and and we appreciate the time today. looking at the sound we played for our viewers, this is what you zeroed in on in your piece. it is the sudden outrage by the administration on russia. tell us more as the story progresses. >> we'll start with a question. if the russians are to blame if president obama and intelligence community argue, really believe it was the russians, why is he not punishing russians? right now, even though we read in the press reports that they identified some unidentified individuals there is no visible move to do anything against russia. it is only aimed at damaging president donald trump and the republicans. what is that about? >> and the incoming trump administration. what is the affect? >> if the russians were running what the white house was doing and this information designed to at a point and smear a president-elect of the united states. that seems to be be where this is going. if indeed the russians hacked into the election in a major way and we haven't seen the evidence on which this whol

joining us via skype in ireland the former u.s. ambassador john bruton. engineered the so-called celtic tiger economy. you have real chops here, sir. thanks for joining us. are we looking at this thing, those crazy italians changing their government for the 58,000th time? i have to ask what happened in italy concern our investor audience here in fox business? >> it does not short term. italy has a long-term problem, their economy is growing too slowly. their government debt is capable of being testified but it is too large. they have to restructure their banks but there is time to do all of those things. this would have been better if prime minister renzi was able to continue with a stable government. there will now be a period when a new government will have to be formed but his party has a working majority which will enable them to carry on until the election due in 18 months time. liz: what is the investor impact here for us? let's say people don't even own a single italian-based stock or a company that does business with italy? >> nothing very signifi

gino joins us via skype ad lib to bite "i'm from milwaukee. the green bay packers. any talk of getting aaron rodgers? we did actually that character to be dating an athlete because what would be the thing that would really turn jason bateman to envy. what would he not be able to compete with. and there's no way you could compete with a professional athlete. we just thought in the end it would be too distracting for everybody if it was aaron. but we're huge aaron fans. so we that's what brought us jimmy butler." and jason bateman got to work closely with olivia munn -- did he get to hang out with her and rodgers at al? "i'm from milwaukee of course. green bay packers. did you meet aaron rodgers? no but i talked to him a few times via facetime because olivia is very diligent about staying connected to her loved one. so often times we're sitting this close you know waiting for a scene to start and she turns the phone over. and he consistently was lying on a bed in some comfortable sweats. eating doesn't care. he's a greek god. and just enjoying life. you know i'd like

last night we had edward snowden speak to us via skype.y question, how think edward snowden's actions would be judged differently by media, especially if he had exposed same level of corruption and lawlessness from within a corporation rather than from within the government? [applause] >> i think it might be treated differently. john: some conservatives say he committed treason. people putting their lives on the line for america may die because of what he revealed. >> well i think he broke the law. i think he should pay for breaking the law. i think that is requirement under our system, that people take responsibility for breaking the law. but i also think that the law is bad the way it is written. the law should be changed. we need to allow people inside whistle-blowers come to people on the outside, like member congress. for example, snowden and others like him can not come to regular member about congress like me. they have to go through the intelligence committee. that is outrageous. they should be able to go to anyone in congress. we

a new study out by bank rate.com and joining us via skype is more on the study. it is good to be number one klaus but not on this category. reporter: unfortunately california has challenges to drivers. it has the highest rate of car thefts relative to the population of any state in the country. repair costs are high and as a lot of california drivers know there is punishing commute times. one of the worse states for commute times. >> do all of those, are they equal or is one bigger than the other. reporter: we weighs the facts. i have talked to some people that they enjoy their long commute and they get books on tape and they enjoy themselves. so we tried to keep it as neutral as possible. >> how can we step up our game? can we move up a bit? >> california is doing that already. an the state has moved towards major infrastructure and giving people alternative to driving could be beneficial to drivers because they will compete less for space on those crowded roads if people are taking other options. so california is doing the best they can and a lot of the states

. >>> our correspondent for the financial times joins us via skype. there must be a massive operation going on in berlin and around germany. and possibly poland as well right now. but we're not hearing anything from the security services. >> no. there were interviews with police officials yesterday on german television who were saying basically that they're confident they can make breakthroughs in this investigation because there is a lot of evidence. they have loads of witness statements and fingerprints from inside the cab. they have dna evidence from the truck. they also have evidence from the gps system of the vehicle as it was traveling between poland and germany, so there is a lot to work with. so they're pretty confident they can make progress on this investigation, but it could be also like finding a needle in a hay stack. the guy just slipped away, and obviously all the attention was focussed on the pakistani man arrested in the immediate aftermath, and now he's been released. >> reporter: and so they're on the back foot, because they're inte

. >>> the national committee from the red cross joins us via skype from amman, jordan. our reporter there saying that your agency is optimistic about resumption of evacuations. can you tell us about that. >> yes, indeed. we hope that the evacuations will resume today. we only have the choice or the option to remain optimistic at this stage for the fate of the people and the civilians who have suffered and continue to suffer in the eastern portions of the city. what is very important today is to be able to evacuate the remaining people who wish to leave the quarters of the city to western rural aleppo. we have been able to successfully transfer over 10,000 civilians from the eastern quarters of city in the past few days when the agreement was respected by all parties. and moreover, we were able to evacuate hundreds of severely wounded civilians through the eastern -- sorry. through the western aleppo countryside. what we hope for today is that the evacuations resume, that the agreement is respected and we have dozens of ambulances ready to transfer the second wounded to t

for joining us via skype from aspen. we so appreciate it. >> okay. very good. liz: listen, his voice is so important we moved heaven and earth to even get a shot. on a day like this, at least that is the guy, one of them to hear from, david stockman. moments ago federal reserve chair janet yellen made an eye-catching comment about federal funds rate projection, fed fund raid projections, not what she did today was raise a quarter of a point. answering questions from the press following release of today's fomc decision, if you didn't catch it, that's why we're here. listen. >> some of the participants, but not all of the participants did incorporate some assumption a change in fiscal policy into their projections and that may have been a factor that was one of several that occasioned these shifts but i want to emphasize the shifts that you sigh here are really very tiny. liz: oh, boy, let me just say the tape just lit up on that very tiny. she is so unbelievably cautious, and that's why we're calling her tiny dancer, very tiny. we're joined by the man who knows

he joins us via skype from florida.oker is incredible, isn't it? because a lot of people are talking in terms of debbie reynolds having died of a broken heart. and there is a syndrome -- it's called broken heart syndrome which obviously a lot of health issues play into that, but talk to us about that. >> i think what to look at is when -- even when a spouse dies often when the wife dies it's not uncommon for the husband to die soon after that. while we can look at the idea of a broken heart, which there is proof this can cause we have to look at the neurochemicals released in stress conditions. stress can be a precip tant to those outcomes. they had repaired their relationship in years. sometimes i teal people sometimes people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. i often teach parents their child is their greatest teacher and i think they both learn from each other. but the impact of what debbie may have learned from carry and her life experience they may have in some ways may have felt they complet

for more on large market trends we have a macro strategist joining us via skype. u for joining us. thee showed the chart in last segment, people who think the stock market is going to go up next year, the biggest jump in one month since 1998. are we in new territory with how people see the market? what is your read on sentiment here? >> i don't think we are in euphoria territory but there has been a change over the last few months. this coupled with where you see the previous trends, the example of the consumer confidence index released today, the spread between the percentage of consumer bullish equities versus bearish is at the highs level since february of 2007, which should be fairly significant. i don't think we are headed for anything like what we saw in 2008-2009. put a nailer try to ahead of a 40% move like that. i think that sentiment is starting to get properly bullish after a bull market that has climbed the wall of worry consistently for over half a decade now. speaking of that, stocks have done just fine, thank you, even though sentiment has been prett

she joins us via skype. i want you, both of you syou, l at, this is debbie reynolds talking about her bond with her daughter, carrie. >> are you proud of your daughter. >> are you proud of me? >> i'm very proud of my daughter. she's wonderfully gifted and a very special daughter. she's a great talent. no wishful drinking here. no wishful drinking. >> nischel wlr erks lrksnischels and douwns. they were really close. they got it together in the end. >> they did. one of the things i was talking about yesterday when we were talking about carrie fisher passing was the statement debbie reynolds put out and in the end, she signed it, carrie's mom, carrie's mother, fisher's mother. i thought that was beautiful, that's how she signed off and celebrated her daughter. and today, of course, we are talking about her, but yet, you know, they fought for each other. they fought for a good relationship. you know, we did see carrie fisher write "postcards from the edge," made into a movie loosely based on her life. at the tim

travis is joining us "ri minute" via skype. g, travis? >> good how are guys? >> great.o be injuries after this. you rolled your car. >> miraculously i had zero injuries not even as much as a scratch on my arm. >> no kidding. now, your car rolled. we didn't see airbags, nothing went off. >> since it was a roll all the damage happened to the sides and top of the car and airbags only hit the front end of the car. >> when you watch it back how's it make you feel? >> for a while it made me sick to my stomach to watch it but now honestly i've watched it so many times, it's funny. >> what were you singing? >> i was singing "my life song sings." >> that's a religious group. singing about god. >> probably a good thing. >> when your friends and family saw this video, what was their reaction? >> my mom and two sisters wouldn't watch it the first day. my dad was the only one to watch it. he laughed instantly. my oldest sister still is not willing to watch it. >> what are people saying about your video online that you've shared it? >> a lot of people seem to be driving that fast in

. >> joining us now via skype, dave archambault, also with us by phone, shailene woodley, she's beening the pipeline, made several visits to the location since the protests have started. dave, tell us what it was like yesterday, how you got the news and how you told everyone there about the news. >> i got a phone call from assistant secretary darcy, and she informed me that the corps of engineers was not going to grant the easement and they would come out with the firm notice in a couple hours. so it was a relief. and i wanted to be at the camp and make the announcement to the people, but before i even made the announcement, people were already aware and walking up to me, asking if the news was true, so i would just say yes, and then, you know, it was an overwhelming feeling of relief, because it feels hike the first time in the history of this country that native-americans have been heard. >> and talk about that, dave. this is a group that has, that has been accustomed to, over the centuries, treachery in dealing with the american government and here they were in a protest that, as

via skype. >> these companies allow isis to use their sites as an instrument of terroristic operations. >> reporter: the fbi has said the pulse night club shooter pledged allegiance to isis during the attack. and investigators say he was radicalized by terrorist propaganda online. >> take the social media aspect out of it, it may very well have been that mr. mateen would not be radicalized. >> reporter: our community standards make clear that there are no place for terrorist activity. we take swift action to remove this content when it's reported to us. while the lawsuit moves forward in federal court, some business ethics experts say this is one of many cases of customers demanding more responsibility from social media sites. >> consumers are being quite clear that they expect companies to consider the collateral damage. >> google has not responded to to hequest.

host: general cleveland joining us via skype this morning. general, how many american men and women are on the ground in afghanistan? guest: sure. we are in the middle of a transition. than 9800d not more americans here, but by the first of january, we will be down to 8400, so we are in the transition right now. by the first of generic, we will be at or below a thousand 500. host: here is a story in the new -- it was written on december 2 and they write the afghan security crisis is stealing more opportunities and al qaeda. there is a concern that the original mission in the country, removing its use as a terror haven is at risk. is that true? guest: friendly, that is overstated. if we look at the total numbers of al qaeda -- there is a component that is core al qaeda, which is the historic al qaeda, but there must be sent franchise is al qaeda in the indian subcontinent. there are probably around 300 or so and that is a rough estimate. we continue to keep very significant pressure on them. most recently, as announced by the pentagon, we took

. >> fred is joining us now via skype, again, we have not gotten an official response from kremlin yet. assuming when it comes to these 35 diplomats being expelled, is it reasonable to expect that there will be a san francisc-- have 35 americans ex ppel from russia. >> this is mathematically predicted. this reminds of a big, cold war mass expulsion and there is issues where you would get large number and soviet diplomats expelled and they would retaliate with the same number of identical posts. it is all -- someone has calulatca calculated the way to do this and you watch it unfold. this is the biggest and i have been in moscow since 1986. i think there was a big one in the late '80s but i cannot remember an episode like this in the interim. this is a huge deal. it will result in a mass expulsion on the russian side and other retaliatory measures as well. >> do you know anything at all fred fr fred, of these four individuals who have been named by the state department? >> no, i don't. i think they'll have and as they do on both sides they have lists of diploma people who are considered

alex chicone joining us "right this minute" via skype. >> hey. >> you have been working on this a longt was the most challenging part of it. >> it's been a crazy video to film. not just because i'm using one hand to drive the drone and another to drive. it was the laws and regulations in each one of these countries, that was the most important part of making this a legal video. >> did you just do it and ask for forgiveness after. >> regulations are being implemented, sometimes you have to shoot and figure out later, sometimes you have to prepare beforehand. >> you've been off gallivanting around the world for 30 years. for the people at home who want to have your life, what's the best way? where do they start? >> i'm going to say that my website conquer the world.com is all about your guide to epic adventures, epic droning, epic lifestyle. >> how do you top this? >> what is next? i don't know. i started from the ground, i had the the air, i think the space or underground is next. >> satellite. >> how much did nick pay you to include a couple seconds in your video. >> nick got really lu

host: general cleveland joining us via skype this morning.eneral, how many american men and women are on the ground in afghanistan? guest: sure. we are in the middle of a transition. than 9800d not more americans here, but by the first of january, we will be down to 8400, so we are in the transition right now. by the first of generic, we will be at or below a thousand 500. host: here is a story in the new -- it was written on december 2 and they write the afghan security crisis is stealing more opportunities and al qaeda. there is a concern that the original mission in the country, removing its use as a terror haven is at risk. is that true? guest: friendly, that is overstated. if we look at the total numbers of al qaeda -- there is a component that is core al qaeda, which is the historic al qaeda, but there must be sent franchise is al qaeda in the indian subcontinent. there are probably around 300 or so and that is a rough estimate. we continue to keep very significant pressure on them. most recently, as announced by the pentagon, we took s

travis is joining us "right this minute" via skype. how are you doing, travis?how are you guys? >> great. there had to be injuries after this. you rolled your car. >> miraculously, i had zero injuries, not even as much as a scratch on my arm. >> no kidding. now, your car rolled. we didn't see airbags, nothing went off. >> since it was a roll, all the damage happened to the sides and top of the car and airbags only deploy if you hit the front end of the car. >> when you watch it back, how's it make you feel? >> for a while it made me sick to my stomach to watch it, but now honestly i've watched it so many times, it's funny. >> what were you singing? >> i was singing "my life

. >> ed's family joins us via skype. good morning. >> there's my mom. >> hello. >> hello.tmas, abby, steve and -- >> did santa come to the henry house? >> actually, we're waiting to you guys so we don't make a mess. >> can you ask my sister colleen. >> he definitely came, we can't ask for more in the living room. >> i brought gifts to dinner last night and my sister didn't bring any for me and the children. are there any gifts there? >> maybe, we'll see. >> okay. christine, you came on on thanksgiving to make one of your famous potato dishes and ed is said you've been basking in facebook glory ever since. >> yes, also, i have to apologize to you, everybody told me you tried to kiss me and i didn't kiss you and it looked bad and i didn't mean that. i was a nervous wreck, i didn't know where i was supposed to go. >> i will forgive you this time. >> christine. >> i'm getting letters and nice comments on facebook, they said fox should give me a cooking show. >> we'll talk about that. that's a pretty good pitch right there. >> christine and ed, tell us what young ed henry was l

talk more about this, we bring in now jillian wong from the associated press in beijing live via skype with ust of all, let's talk about whether this could be a shift in policy or whether it's a blunder and the implications if it is indeed a shift. >> it's actually the number one question on many people's minds right now. i think china probably hoped this was something of a plunder rather than signaling an actual shift in policy. but, you know, it's definitely raising concerns. one of the most well-known international relations scholars in beijing -- >> i apologize, we're going to have to come back to you. we're having an audio issue. i just want to make sure that we hear you very clearly. so our teams will chat with you and we'll hopefully bring you back in. but thank you so much. >>> in allepo, they say they have a new alliance to take on regime forces. it appears to be a last ditch effort though aimed at repelling and crushing government assaults. fred pleitgen has more from damascus. >> reporter: another day, more violence in allepo. the youngest suffering the most. this video from the syr

to tell us more, we have shelly brown, the editor of the knot via skype right this minute. welcome to the show, shelly. quite the destination now? >> i mean, i'm actually not as surprised. i think social media is so important to couples now. i think the more people want to share their lives on social media, the more they want to make their proposals a moment that's shareable. so one of my favorite videos is michael at bryant park. he coordinated this "grease" it was very special for both of them. i don't think couples should feel pressured into doing something over the top. it's more important to do something meaningful. >> what's the biggest trend in proposal videos? is there something new now? >> i think the ring selfie has taken off. most brides report they take a ring self-yie and post it to social media within 24 hours. where does this all end? >> i don't think it does. i don't think that's a bad thing. it's always nice to try and be included in joyful moments in other people's lives. we don't see it coming to an end any time soon. >>> many of us now have smartphones.

use of force. mitchell spoke to the benefit crowd from his hospital bed via skype thanking people for their support. in cedar rapids jessica being selected --- presentation of the evidence followed by deliberation is expected to start before the end of the year. in a kwwl follow up -- as an area man has very close ties to a deadly brazilian soccer team. here's a look at the crash in colombia earlier this week. the pilot of the plane told air traffic control that the plane ran out of fuel -- and was in electric failure. the plane was carrying the team and a group of journalists on their way to a tournament. a cedar rapids coach used to play for the team. played for chapecoense for six years-- that's where he began his professional soccer career -- he now coaches cedar rapids rampage. he says he's still in shock about the tragedy in colombia. "i'm still in shock. i can't believe i lost 35 good friends that i played together, i worked together for like six years and know when i'm going to believe this." several players on the cedar rapids rampage-- are also from brazil. -- a cell phone repairman calls

us in moscow. matthew, thank you for the reporting. now let's bring in scott lucas, a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham, live via skype. scott, good to have you with us for our u.s. and international viewers. let's talk more about the situation that we just heard here. donald trump is deferring now -- rather, russia is deferring to donald trump. trump slamming u.s. intelligence saying that, you know, you think back he says to the misjudgments that were made with weapons of mass destruction. it does seem that russia has an ally within trump on this topic. >> yes. this is extraordinary. i mean, you have the president-elect effectively serving moscow's interesting and trash talking the intelligence community that he'll be leading from january. let's be clear here. this isn't just an anonymous source. this was several intelligence officials who said with high confidence, now that's cia jargon for near certainty that the russian government is behind attacks not only on the democratic national committee but the republican national convention. there's some disagreement from the fbi who aren't ascertain as russian government

us election. we interviewed the bay area congressman a short time ago via skype about the allegations . >> the first world adversary that was able to influence our elections, hack into email accounts into statewide database is concerning. >> since president-elect donald trump is discounting us intelligence reports about russia there is a need for outside experts to examine the issue and make a final determination on exact would happen and the extent of any hacking. >>> at the summit that donald trump help protect leaders yesterday he told them they already have one thing to think him for -- thank him for , the uptick in stocks. >> i am very happy about the bounds so right now everyone in this room has to like me at least a little bit. >> among those attending the meeting yesterday apple ceo, amazon ceo and google cofounder. most of them supported hillary clinton in the presidential election. the president-elect told them that he wants to help their companies do well. you promise to negotiate fair trade deals and make it easier for them to do business with other countries. >>> bay area drivers are al

to tell us more about that and how close she is to getting her certification, we have kirsten via skype right this minute. welcome to the show. >> hey, guys. thank you for having me? >> do you have your certification or are you almost there? >> i finished my aff, so i'm now on solo skydiving status. i'm still a student but about five jumps away from getting my a license. >> what does that mean. >> that means i can go to any drop zone in the country and jump on my own with friends and have a go ahead time. >> can you explain what the surgery did to your back and what limitations you had, if any. >> i don't have any limitations. at all. i can sky dive as you can see, i paraglide, i high altitude hikes. i surf. i paddleboard. there are no restrictions. the only restrictions were, you know, the first couple years after the surgery, i had to be in a brace and i couldn't do any contact sport, which for me, was just such a hindrance. during that time it really made me think like this isn't what i want to do. i want to go out there and explore and get active and do everything in life. it's that

politics at kings college in london and director of the lao china institute live via skype from england. good to have you with uskerry. first of all, i want to get your thoughts. this is a big deal, this is a shift in protocol after many decades. what were your thoughts when you heard that this happened? >> well, i think it's indicative of the surprises we probably got in store with mr. trump. and i think in beijing the government of the people's republic were expecting surprises. he's a businessman, not a politician. i think that they knew there were going to be unexpected things. this is on their list probably the least that they wanted and the most inflammatory. as you said, since 1979, no american president or president-elect has had direct contact with the president of the republic of china on taiwan. and so this is a very, very big break in protocol. no preparation for it. and i think it happens even before mr. trump has become president. so it will set a really difficult tone to a relationship between the first and second biggest economies and the biggest strategic partners. this is pretty extreme. this i

via skype for the economist. jeremy, thanks for being with us. quite a weekend to watch what goes on. let's start in austria. if hofer prevails, what might signal? >> the story isn't completely new in austria. while we're living through a wave of pop list advances around the world, he's been a major player for many decades, it was founded in 1956. you have to take that back story into account. we're possibly on the cusp of seeing europe's first democratically elected far right head of state. just the symbolic importance of that i think would be enormous. it also has a practical importance. although the presidency -- it carries certain powers. it could dissolve particle: the president has the right to attend european summits. mr. hofer has suggested he would start using the powers that previous presidents have not exercised. he could be a relatively significant figure in european politics. >> what about the fact that austria is one of europe's most wealthy economies, what impact could that have if mr. hofer prevails? >> it all really depends what happens next? the president can't sudden i start making policie

i understand her mom gave an interview via skype to nbc news. what can you tell us, cal?o symbolic of the struggle that so many syrians are facing in the other urban areas and spoke as her daughter slept and it was the first time in a long time we've been able to see her daughter sort of sleeping in a safe place. her mother said that she's sad to be leaving as so many refu e refugees are, take a listen. >> she is very sad because she left her home and school and her garden. but even they were bombed, but they, she had some feeling, she is very, very, very, very, very sad and she's saying, mom, we shall ever come some day. >> so many children and so many vulnerable orphans, people like bana are now headed, as you heard bill neely say, to idlib, to the west of aleppo. unfortunately, the government is starting to sort of close in on that area as well. and all of this is sort of turning into a swap for those who remain alive in syria. you have government supporters living in rebel areas and rebel supporters living in government areas and these are turning into sort of these m

. >> editor in chief of the german news site bild -- joins me via skype from his home in berlin. thanks for joining us. what's your understanding about who they're looking for here? >> [ audio difficulty ]. they're saying they're confident they will be able to find the actual perpetrator of these attacks quite soon. but there is not a lot on who the person may really be. again, they arrested someone right after the attack. they had him in custody for something like 35 hours. they questioned him. they had to release him because they just couldn't tie him to the attack, couldn't tie him to being the driver. and now they're looking for an entirely different person. from what we hear, he may have shown a high level of professionalism in preparing this attack. he may have shown a high level of professionalism in scouting out the road and reconnaissance and all that, plotting this attack, but so far there's very little on the background. there's not a description of that person. there are about 500 leads from calls, tips from the public. but the police has been very restrictive about releasing any of those

via skype from lake tahoe. contributor for access hollywood live. and thanks to boechlk you for big with us here.cult conversation. another person lost in the entertainment world. fans and friends across the globe trying to come to terms with the loss of debbie reynolds just one day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher, tragedy of the family loss so hard to fathom. what has the world lost with the passing of reynolds and how are people mourning? >> first of all, think you for having me. wish it was better circumstances. hollywood has lost royalty. for someone like me, introduced to her on "will & grace" where she played debra messing's mom but many knew her from "singing in the rain" actress so iconic, legacy stretches decades. entrepreneur who knew to collect memorabilia and sold for a tidy profit. a mother, a grandmother, a woman who embodied class and dignity and fierceness and just was ferocious in her comedy and her singing and dancing. we lost true hollywood royalty. and it saddens me that my kids to come won't get to be introduced to her like i was unless i start breaking out old

tuck will start doing programs via skype to other countries like italy and india. >>> now that the election is hyped usnges are coming to the nation's capitol. people are moving in. people are moving out including the families of the vice-president and vice president-elect. so what's it tike keep the naval observatory running smoothly. >> lauren of veeps gets exclusive access to the home of the vp and sits down with the man that you could call the official party planner. >> it really is a front row, you know, in history. >> reporter: carlos is a self proclaimed perfect any of the. you have to be in cure playing all social events for the second most powerful man in the united states. >> i had dark hair when i star started. [ laughter ] >> reporter: whether it's hosting ire lapped's prime minister for the annual saint patrick today's day breakfast a party for d.c. public school kids or wounded warriors for thanksgiving dinner. >> it's up to me and my team to make sure the stage is set. it's like a ballet. as soon as the curtains are drawn, it's show time, you know. and there's no -- there's no turning ba