florida time, very nice conversation became very, very nice. twice as nice. which wouldn't be very surprising and would be consistent with donald trump and president obama's descriptions of their interactions since the election. but what makes it a bit surprising today is that donald trump's first public statement of the day at 9:07 a.m. was a tweet saying doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o. statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. no one has any idea what donald trump was talking about in that tweet because when he was asked to elaborate on it in his first exchange with reporters today in the middle of the afternoon, he completely contradicted his own tweet. >> mr. president, when you tweeted this morning that the transition of power wasn't going smoothly at least to president obama. it is going smoothly? >> very good. >> donald trump's staff refused to clarify the tweet. and donald trump's three brief chats with reporters at mar-a-lago in florida today, it was as if the tweet had never happened

that's obviously a very nice way to finish 2016, or start 2017. obviously a very nice way to finish 2016nish 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happy just being known 2016, or start 2017. i'm more than happyjust being known as andy, that's fine by me. it's been the best year of his career. it's been quite a year in terms of sport, capped by andy murray receiving a knighthood following a phenomenal 2016 for him. but we also had a european football championship, and of course an olympic and paralympic games. adam wild looks back at some of the highlights. 2016 was a sporting year quite unlike any other. brazil welcomes the world with open arms! olympic yea rs the world with open arms! olympic years a re the world with open arms! olympic years are always special but rio was truly spectacular. from the ultimate in individual performances like that of adam peaty. .. in individual performances like that of adam peaty... he's in individual performances like that of adam peaty. .. he's obliterated the world record! and mo farah, to the world rec

that is very sweet. ( applause ) this one has nice stars on the outside, and it says, "christmas is nott is a state of mind." that's a very sweet idea. but the first draft said "i'm high right now. happy labor day." ( laughter ) and we don't want to exclude our jewish friends, so here's one with a menorah, and it says "wishing you love and happiness all hannukah long." but the first draft says "this was the only hanukkah card they had." ( laughter ) ( applause ) now for the final first draft card. here's a classic sentiment: "i'm dreaming of a white christmas." but the first draft said, "make america great again." ( applause ) tova, thank you so much for being here! that's it for first drafts of holiday cards. happy holidays to you all, no matter which one you celebrate. just give people cash! they love it! back with octavia spencer! thank you so much! ♪ ( cheers and applause ) whmade plastics that tmake them lighter?rs the lubricants that improved fuel economy. even technology to make engines more efficient. what company does all this? exxonmobil, that's who. we're working on all these

very nice, she wasn't into me. >> can't marry everyone who is nice because you would be married to too many people. that's what i say when i speak >> stephen: but you're married. >> yeah, i got married. >> stephen: i'm sorry i ( laughter ) >> stephen: it really sounds like you're rubbing it in my face now. i also got married eeventually. >> we had a wedding, and there's a story. >> stephen: you went to georgetown. are you a catholic? >> yes. >> stephen: because it's a jesuit school. >> i've only gone to catholic schools. >> stephen: were you an altar boy? >> yeah. >> stephen: i was, too. how long? >> stephen: eleven years. >> stephen: wow. altar boys, pretty ceremonial, you hold candles and wear a white dress. a lot like the guy who held the umbrella for puff daddy. remember that guy? farnzworth bentley. >> stephen: that was his name? yes. so i was an altar boy and i would stand up and get $20 a wedding. sometimes the best man would tip you another $20. so i got $40. jewish started getting bar mitzvahed and i became very jealous about that because they were getting hundreds of dollars.

we saw him there saying they had a very nice conversation. we have any idea what's actually going on there? >> this reminds me of a time long, long ago starring a man named reince priebus, who was then the head of the rnc. and trump would feud with him publicly. he would say the rnc is out to get me. they're trying to undermine me. and then he would get on the phone with reince priebus, and he would say, we had a great conversation. everything is fine. so i think a little bit of this is a soap opera, and you know, when he gets on the phone with obama, everything is fine. they have a conversation, like adults, and move along. then you sa you him say what he said. i think a lot of this is for the show, for the drama. we can never forget where trump came from. i think a lot of this is intrigue. >> is it drama? is it also a tool of influence? right? is that a way -- is it sort of the carrot and stick? is it a way to kind of beat opponents into submission? >> he won. he won. he is going to be president. he beat obama's party. so i don't know what

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also sharing a very nice christmas letter from vladimir putin. here's mary bruce. >> reporter: today, the president-elect teeing off with tiger woods, leaving the world to wonder whether he is reigniting a nuclear arms race. it seemed to start with this. vladimir putin vowing thursday to "strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces." hours later, trump took it up a notch. tweeting, "the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes." expanding the nuclear arsenal would upend four decades of u.s. policy, and flies in the face of what trump himself said in the campaign. >> the biggest problem we have today is nuclear proliferation. >> reporter: today, newly-named white house press secretary sean spicer scrambling to explain. >> other countries need to be put on notice that he is not going to sit back and allow them to undermine our safety, our sovereignty. >> reporter: but spicer was definitive, saying there is not going to be an arms race.

and she's usually not happy or very nice and she's usually very violent. >> ortega's conviction has resulted an eight-year sentence. she is due to be transferred to prison any day now. the victim of her crime is her former boyfriend. >> basically i went out with my boyfriend and my best friend. we went to sunday brunch. which is my favorite. and i'm an alcoholic, so i have my mimosa. and then i decided it would be cool to stop at the bar, so we did that. and then i can't tell you what happened after that other than

warmest locations very nice approaching mid 60s for thursday afternoon. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. coming up forecast highs in her neighborhood and before 2016 comes to an end i think we can be tracking a few showers. will break down timing coming up in the full five day forecast. >>> coming up a boat capsize is in florida. and minutes the rescue of three california teens and the string of events that led to the incident. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums . >>> german prosecutors said they have detained a 40 -year-old tunisian man the suspect of being involved in last week's deadly truck attack in berlin. the phone number saved in a cell phone of the man believed to be behind the attack which killed 12 people. anis amri died friday in a shootout with police in milan, italy. they are now trying to determine if he had help executing and planning the attack. isis has cla

and in january 1973, a man rented one of those bungalows at this very nice hotel in santa barbara and arranged a meeting there with two men who he had never met before from the turkish consulate, the council general and another diplomat from turkey and they were basically lured out to this bungalow at this nice hotel on the beach in santa barbara because the distinguished older gentleman had contacted the con sill, the consulate, and told him that he had a gift for the government of turkey. he had come into possession of some priceless artifacts that

we had a very nice conversation. we had a very general conversation, very, very nice. appreciated that he called. >> there's a tradition of some circumspection about these conversations, after trump announced it the white house released their official statement, quote, this morning from hawaii, president obama phoned president-elect trump. today's call like the others since the election was positive and focused on continuing a smooth and effective transition. the president and president-elect committed to staying in touch over the next several weeks and agreed their respective teams would continue to work together to effectuate a smooth transition of power on january 20th. that's official speak, but it's obama's way of saying pay no attention to the man behind the twitter machine. we're good. and tonight we can tell you that worked. after whatever obama said on that private call, trump rushed out to tell the world it was, quote, very, very nice, so the two sides of this same phone call coming out pretty similar. the only other side to this call is, of course, twitter t

he is also released what he calls a very nice letter from putin, calling for cooperation. and the united states abstains as the u.n. security council votes to condemn israeli settlements. donald trump who publicly called for a veto tweets that things will be different an january 20th. i'll speak with the homeland skurs committee and our correspondents, analysts and guests have full coverage. we have two breaking terror stores. the fbi is warning that isis sim that a hate , sympathizers are calling for attacks. and we have brian todd with the fast moving events in europe. >> we're getting new information from german and u.s. intelligence fwls the chief suspect in the berlin attack now dead, we're told intelligence agencies are scrambling to find out if he had accomplices and if so corks they be accelerating plans for attacks. a video made by this killer has rais raised alarms from here in washington to berlin. chilling new video tonight of the man police say carried out the berlin truck attack. carried his allegiance to isis and its leader. in the video, 24-year-old tunisia

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just a short time ago at mar-a-lago he said it is going smoothly and he and the president had a very nice conversation. he spoke for less than two minutes starting with an announcement about jobs. have a listen. >> we just had. so very good newspaper news. because of what's happening and the spirit and the hope, i was just called by the head people at sprint. and they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the united states. they are taking them from other countries. they are bringing them back to the united states. and mos is a and others were very much involved in that. i want to thank them. and one web is going to be hiring 3,000. very exciting. a combination of sprint for 5,000 jobs and that is coming from all over the world and they are coming back into the united states which is a nice change. and also one web, 3,000 jobs. that is a new company. and it was done through mossa, terrific guy and we appreciate it. >> did you speak with president obama today? >> i did. he phoned me. we had a very nice conversation. a general conversation. the secretary's speech really spoke for itse

very nice. that is very helpful.ride and prejudice is now pride and really really prejudice i censored myself a of a bit. that actually stays the same . and finally this makes me sad the cat in the not apparently now grab them by the policy. i did not say that it is not a bad word. let's do with. that was a clean joking just sounded dirty. and wasn't going to use that but billy bush told me to so this will be a fun night i love books of the fact that we celebrate books that may be the only evidence of a civilized society and some point. so anybody who has read a book or edited republish or who has supported books. [cheers and applause] and a quick story i wrote about this last year and i will tell you quick the family that could not afford the books there are a port in madrid family and in the summer i left them there in one of the things that changed my life to do the things in life. we need books. and now chairman of the national book foundation. [applause] >> good evening on behalf of the national book foundation

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he had a very nice confirmation. we had a very general conversation. very nice.ppreciate it that he called. >> this all taking place the same day trump escalated his war of words with president obama once again. writing this on twitter this morning. doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o. statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. but just hours later trump telling reporters this. >> -- can you elaborate on that a little bit? is it going smoothly? >> very good. >> there you have it. all clear. right? sunland surfati "outfront" tonight with the president elect. what is the latest? >> reporter: earlier this month trumpers really diving much deep entire that public spat with president obama with his really antagonistic tweets today. but at some point this afternoon, likely after that phone call that we now know he had with president obama it did seem that trump really tried to hit the reset button and do a little course correction and back to what his transition team is doing here at mar-a-lago. and that cam

he was very nice, very nice in terms of his remarks afterwards. it was very good, we have terrific people to come. trump telling sean hannity that he will announce nominee for supreme court pretty soon. reuters is considering her for either interior positions in cabinet. nicole: that's making democrats nervous. later today indianapolis donald trump toured a plant which the company plan today move to mÉxico. swref jeff behind me donald trump meeting workers. a speech where he thanked the ceo of united technologies which is, of course, the parent company of -- of carrier. he called in personally he says and made a pitch. he said he didn't offer anything except his promise to make business friendly environment in the u.s., the ceo of united technologies would certainly appreciate and donald trump repeated his threat against other companies that might be thinking about leaving. >> i just want to let the other companies know that we are going to do great things for businesses. there's no reason for them to leave anymore because your taxes are going to

i don't think we are ever going to have to use it, and that would be very, very nice. ica first. very, very nice. , my administration will focus squarely on the vital national security interests of the united states, and that means crushing isis and defeating radical islam x terrorism -- islamic terrorism. we are going to defeat it, quickly. to be a strong nation, we must also be a wealthy or a rich nation, and some people say, mr. now they say mr. president-elect, can you believe it? just call me donald, folks. they say mr. president-elect, it doesn't sound good when you say rich nation. i say we have to be a rich nation if we are going to rebuild our military, if we are , we havebuild the wall to be a rich nation. if we are going to repeal and replace a obamacare, we have to know what we are doing, and we have to be a wealthy nation again. cars,r it is building producing steel, or curing disease, we want the next generation of innovation and production to happen right here, right here in america, and right here in the great state of pennsylvania. and i have to tell yo

very, very nice. appreciated that he called. >> mr. president, you've been critical of the u.n.ately. do you want the united states to leave the u.n., are you considering that? >> the u.n. has such tremendous potential, not living up to its potential. there's such tremendous potential. when do you see the united nations solving problems? they don't. they cause problems. if it lives up to the potential, it's a great thing. if it doesn't, it's a waste of time and money. thank you very much. >> we're joined now by presidential historian douglas brinkley. he met with president trump today. sunel serfaty and david schwaltlig here with me today. douglas, can you tell us what president-elect trump said in that meeting? >> well, he's very relaxed, very comfortable. all that picking people for his cabinet seems to have been d dissipa dissipated, so his spirits are high. i spent my time talking about veterans issues. i think he really wants to get the health care plan for veterans under way. he talked about nasa and going to the moon and that it helps the spirit, john f. kennedy's moon sh

cold airdigging in the celebrations, very nice indeed. does mean the england and wales on new year's day it could be a pretty disappointing day. that rain pushes into the south—east corner and behind it will turn quite wintry. for a time colder with some showers developing. four orfive for a time colder with some showers developing. four or five degrees for a time colder with some showers developing. four orfive degrees in the north, 79 degrees in the south. that's it, happy new year. welcome to bbc news. our top stories: as the us expels 35 russian diplomats, president—elect donald trump praises the russian president's response not to retaliate. after 2a hours syria's ceasefire is generally holding. the guns have fallen silent but all sides remain on alert. china vows to shut down its ivory trade. it could bea shut down its ivory trade. it could be a lifesaver for elephants on the brink of extinction. and it is the last day in the office for ban ki—moon as he prepares to step down as the head of the un. millions of people will be watchin

he said a very nice letter from vladimir putin. his thoughts are so correct. i hope both sides are able to live up to the thoughts and we do not have to travel down an alternate path. another warning in that, chris. one thing is certain. it seems under president trump the united states' relationship with russia which has been frosty under president obama is going to change, transform in some way, shape or form. what direction will it take remains an open question. >> kristen welker who is down with the trumps in florida, thank you. i want to turn to the executive director of the arms contr association darryl kimball. i read your tweet calling the president-elect's comments reckless and irresponsible. you look at the let around the response to the letter. it sounds like they are looking to do a relationship that's both constructive and pragmatic. what's your concern? >> well, first of all, president-elect trump shouldn't be communicating a complex subject such as u.s. nuclear weapons policy through a 140 character tweet. this requires precision. it requires bei

i am your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) very nice, very nice. i suddenly am very affectionate toward you, too. now, there's no getting around it, today, donald trump was named "time's" person of the year-- unless, jill stein honor. "time" is america's premiere magazine about things we're running out of. ( laughter ) and let's face it, trump dominated the news this year. the only person who came close was hillary clinton, who sadly had to settle for the cover of "upstate woods wanderer." that's good. she looks happy. she looks rested. she's she's going to be fine. check out trump on "time's" cover. i can understand why he distrusts the media. it looks like they snuck up on him to take that photo. plus, "time," don't think we didn't notice that you put those devil horns right on his head. it's true. i don't think that's a joke. i think that's true. ( applause ) of course, angry about it as well, especially angry that the caption resident, "president of the divided states of america," and he shared his feelings this morning on the "today" show. >> w

very nice. back to work from a long thanksgiving break. is it safe to still be eating turkey 11 days after thanksgiving? [ laughter ] a lot of things happened to me over the last two weeks. i got a tummy tuck, they still give those. i had my eyes done. and i think they look great, right? i also went todrybar, i got an updo, i had my whole body done. i read online in february i'll be hosting the oscars. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: very nice. thanks for the music. you know, the producers and the academy went through a long list of names and they decided that since i'm already right across the street from where they do the show, i was the closest person to host. [ laughter ] so i guess i have to get a tux now? or maybe i'll wear jean shorts, has anyone done that? we have to shake thins up a little. i'm going to need you to help me february, i wonder -- maybe you can pass some of that out on the red carpet. >> guillermo: that would be great! >> jimmy: before the show. then we just see what happens. my goal is to somehow get arrested duri

i don't want daddy here. - well now, that's not a very nice thing to say. - i don't care. i don't have any fun with burgess when daddy's home. i think i'm just an excuse so he can come over here and see daddy. (laughter) - oh, i'm sure that's not true. - well, i gotta find out for sure and the only way i can do that is to be alone with burgess and not have daddy here. so may i have the party wednesday? - i guess so. the party's all set. it'll be wednesday night. can you come? - sure, i'll be here. hi, mrs. anderson. - [margaret] hello, burgess. - is your dad home yet? - no he's not. - well, when does he get home? - not until very, very late. now, what do you want to do? - anything, except look through that microscope of yours. - well, whatever you do cathy, i want you to change into some play clothes. - okay, you wait here, burgess. i'll be right down. i'll read the paper. (quirky music) would you say no to a lot more money? [excited scream] you just won a million dollars! no thanks. nice balloons, though! or no to more vacation days? janet, i'm giving you an extra week's

he's been very nice. r the other night. there was a good chemistry. really good chemistry with him and also with president obama. it was amazing. we were supposed to sit down for ten minutes, but ended up being 1 half hours. we had a great talk. we're going to pick our secretary of state. we have some other announcements coming up literally very soon, and people are loving our choices so far. we're going to have an amazing cabinet. >> no more announcements this week you said. what about next week? >> we'll start next week bigly. they will be starting next week bigly. we have tremendous people coming on. we're getting credit for having one of the great cabinets ever picked. these are people of great distinction, great success. negotiating with people. you can't have people who didn't know how to get there. and we have tremendous people joining the cabinet and beyond the cabinet, so you'll be seeing almost all of them next week. >> the thank you america tour, why is that important to you? >> well, we're in o

but he seems very nice.s very nice. >> jon: very nice guy. >> stephen: now, yesterday, donald trump was in wisconsin, hiding from his intelligence briefing, and he surprised the crowd when he talked about how he felt on election night, about all the polls that said he would lose. >> i really assumed i lost. you know, look, i believed that these things are supposed to be correct, so i sort of thought i lost, and i was okay with it. >> stephen: yes, i was, too. ( cheers and applause ) i was okay with that. i was okay with that. >> jon: i saw that, i saw that. i was there, too. >> stephen: that idea did not upset me. then trump shared a very personal moment. >> i go and see my wife. i said, "baby, i tell you what. we're not going to win tonight." >> stephen: that is actually my favorite sinatra song. ( laughter ) hit it, jonny! ♪ ♪ ♪ baby we're not gonna win tonight ♪ the crooks on the news were right ♪ it would'a been a thrill to lock up hill ♪ but, baby we're not going to win tonight ♪ ( cheers and applause )

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that was very nice. levin: what attracted you to melania? p: well, she's a very, very good person. very kind. great mother. unbelievable mother. and we had a very immediate attraction, absolutely. levin: she is stunning. but there's gotta be more than that for it to last this long. trump: look, beauty is, you know, a very nice thing, but after the first hour, you still have to talk to somebody. but no, she's been--she's been terrific. levin: she is kind of a traditional wife... trump: totally. levin: and it seems like that suits you. trump: i think it does. it does. but she's very traditional. would rather stay at home than, you know, anything else. you know, she's very traditional. i think that's good. levin: and, you know, i hear she's incredibly involved with barron and drives him to school every day. trump: she takes him to school. she's very involved with him. she--she loves family. i mean, her whole thing, and her parents are here every once in a while. they'll come over from europe and she loves having them here. she's a very good pers

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and it was a very, very nice call. and i actually thought we covered a lot of territory, a lot of good territory. >> are you satisfied with the transition thus far? >> well, our staffs are getting along very well. and i'm getting along very well with him. other than a couple of statements. and i responded to. and we talked about it and smiled about it. and nobody's ever going to know because we're never going to be going against each other in that way. so but he -- it was a great conversation. >> mr. president-elect, senator graham today said that they're putting together a sanction to go after putin personally. will you back that? >> i don't know what he's doing. i haven't spoken to senator graham. as you know, he ran against me. and i haven't spoken to him. >> you have to admit he shocked the world. nothing else to say, he shocked the world. >> senator graham ran against me. i haven't spoken to him. >> what do you think about sanctions? >> i think we'll get on with our lives. the whole age of computer has made it wher