take a guess, manaeriam webster just released a word. >> if you walk outside you might describe it as mild. 5:00 this evening bitter cold better description. what about tomorrow, >>> staying on wildfires across southern california. monstrous thomas fire hasten golfed more than 200,000 acres. and could take months to fully extinguish those flames. >>> now, change expected to be jolt so our bodies. >> news4 justin finch tells us how to get our cars ready. >> reporter: doesn't take much for us to get ready for cold weather, maybe hat, gloves, but for your vehicle could be different chblt they need extra support as we go into the colder weather at this time. so triple-a is advice that you have a cold weather plan for your vehicle. and all morning we have been asking drivers if they have weather plans for their cars and response was no, but one guy saying this. take a itself. a lot harder to start in the cold. so i think it's importance to keep up on the update. >> reporter: now here are four things to look out for on your vehicle. make sure your battery is in working order and is ready fo

marion webster's word of the year is out. can you guess what it is? we will tell you overnight. jimmy: daddy cries for tv, but billy doesn't. >> jimmy kimmel's emotional return to late-night. his son in his arms and the powerful message he had last night. veronica: and we have one quiet try front that will come through the area today. produce a little snow across our area. veronica: it is fairly mild stepping out the door this morning. want to go 43 degrees. at 43e clouds -- quantico degrees. we have cloud cover. 50 year high today at lunchtime. 49 late. watch what happens later today. maybe a sprinkle about 1:00 in southern maryland. the system moves out of here. gaithersburg, baltimore all caps on :00. late early thursday morning. some slick spots on area roads could see a light coating possibly. gaithersburg, d.c., even annapolis could see a light coating of snow, and maybe an inch or more around cumberland and hagerstown. roads delays and what will be impacted the most, julie. julie: right now, what is impacting the most in our area is 270. a 45-minute commute to travel nine

a lot of students talking about this, the miriam webster word of the year is feminism, the dictionaryor the word raised 70% over last year but this coming with controversy. james said i guess people had to look up the word because feminists have skewed it completely and made it about hating men and playing the victim. a pretty political word. >> nobody knew what joetired was. that was a good one too. thank you so much, appreciate it. time is 26 minutes after the top of the, port authority bomb squad, second attack on new york city in six weeks, the attempt eerily similar to the airport attack in his temple when terrorists strapped explosives to their body. what can we learn from attacks overseas? our next guest hundred terrorists for a living, how to combat soft target problem. ♪ heather: isis inspired bomber taking game at new york city with a failed rush-hour attack at one of america after the is transportation hubs, a senile too familiar around the world, what can we learn to crush the danger here at home? joining me is a member of his last several operations counterterrorism unit,

he's through to the semi—finals after whitewashing darren webster 5—0.et to the quarterfinals and will now face either phil taylor or gary anderson in the last four. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. goodbye for now. hello. it has been an improving picture for many of us this afternoon, plenty of sunshine round, and a few showers as well. this evening and overnight the next batch of rain pushes up from the south—west, turning to snort of the high ground of wales and certainly in northern ireland, but that will be transient, —— turning to snow over the high ground. further south, much milder temperatures, 5—7dc. this mild air across england and wales on saturday, and through sunday, where you can see the blue colours for scotland and northern ireland where it will tend to remain chilly. saturday, when the for all especially across the south and west, snow falling over the higher ground in scotland, and further rain across southern and south—western england, but in between there is a good slice of su

thanks kate lifnlt miriam webster is out with its 2017 year. the reason behind this year's choice.heir restaurant looking cheesy today there's meaning behind the word we'll explain what i is a after the break. >> let's take a look at what's trending now, former today show host matt lawrer could lose his vacation home. lawr and his wife bought a $9 million farm in see land in february. the investment office is seeking more information about those claims against lawrer saying it requires foreign investors to are of quote, good character." >> the miriam webster word of the year is femme nice am. an significant increase lookups. other top searches included dod adder which is theor young leun used to describe president trump and come police and the and confused. sean spicer is writing a book about his time in the trump administration. the book called the briefing will be release in july. spice plans to share de trails from his time as press secretary. spicer left the white house over the summer but he still hasn't found a permanent job since then. i wand wonder what he's going to say. s

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i'm ashley webster in for trish regan. welcome to "the intelligence report." the lawmakers are getting into those bus. will we see more legislative wins next year? what is next for the republican party? we'll ask presidential historian doug wead and republican congressman doug comelinesses. collins. we'll talk about the carried interest loophole. truck economic advisor, gary cohn saying if it were up to him and the president this loophole would have been closed. the question begs, why wasn't it? we have intel on that. >>> first to blake burman at the white house where in a short time from now the president will take a big victory lap. blake port port ashley, those buses pull into the white house shortly for that victory lap, 3:00 this afternoon here at the white house. the president will be sidelined or, will have alongside him rather senate and house republicans who delivered this tax bill across the finish line, we got a little bit of a preview from the president joined by his cabinet what he might say. earlier today he called this massive tax cuts and refor

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. >> that's webster of merium websters. >> oh, so they're literal dog dogs. >> do you know feminism, word right now, so where did you guys get these adorable dogs. >> those little pumps, similar to the small dogs, in the south, puppies are often at risk. and we don't have them much in our shelter. and we hardly ever see them here because spay neuter is doing such a great job. >> they look like australian shepherds. >> border collie mix. >> ,. >> the best breed shelterings, so at the armory there is weekends. annex abilitily where is that? >> the 23rd street armory, just off the schuylkill, so if anyone is not in the city it is super easy to get to, a lot of parking lots around. >> how many animals? >> over a thousand animals therefore adoption. >> can you imagine? >> okay, and then you're really careful about who they go home to obviously? >> we are. we have in the order each day of 100 volunteers and staff coming to council on adoptions. >> awesome. back to you guys. are you in love yet? are you in love yet? >> completely in love. so amazing. you know who else would love them, our j

john c calhoun was known as the great antagonizer and daniel webster was the great order. these three gentlemen really set the stage for the political battles that set up the war in the 1860's. the willard hotel was known as a place where people could get together in a bipartisan manner and discuss the issues of the day. >> peacock alley was a women's section. in the 1850's, the city of washington was growing. they decided that the dwelling should be united. the frame was torn down and a new brick facade was added. it was a good time for the willard's. one franklin pierce won, he became the first president to visit the willard hotel. it would host many presidents. in addition to having congressman and businessmen stay at the hotel, the willard's attracted foreign dignitaries, especially the japanese delegation. they were headed to the u.s. to visit with president buchanan. at that time there was no housing for dignitaries. that task fell to the willard. rooms were re-carpeted. pantries were built in and fast and entire floor of 60 rooms was given to the delegation. securit

john c calhoun was known as the great antagonize her and daniel webster was the great order. these gentlemen set the stage for the war in 1860. the willard hotel was known as a place where people could get together on a bipartisan -- in a bipartisan manner and discuss the issues of the day. daily -- peacock alley was a women's section. they decided that the dwelling should be united. the frame was torn down and a new brick for sod was added. brickterior -- and a new for sod --facade was added. --won,anklin pierce he became the first president to visit the willard hotel. in addition to having congressman and businessmen stay at the hotel, the willard attracted foreign dignitaries, especially the japanese delegation. u.s. toe headed to the visit with president you can and an.uchan at that time there were no dignitaries. -- at that time there was no housing for dignitaries. the willard took on the job. an entire floor of 60 rooms was given to the delegation. security was hired to take care of any problems. found our style of eating and clothing to be very foin but they -- to be

ashley webster knows why. what happened?> the question is what you get for $52 billion from 21st century fox. you get content and distribution. this is a massive gamble on streaming. the future. it wants to take on the internet giants like netflix and amazon. here's what they get for the $52 billion. they got fox's tv and film studios, avatar, dead pool and so on. they get the fx network, "national geographic," fox's regional sports network, a 30% state in hulu. they are the majority owner of huly. they get an interest in sky uk, and also star india. after that, what does fox keep? here's what is left behind. the fox broadcasting network. fox news channel, the big 10 network, sports, fs1 and 2, the main sports channels and the fox tv stations. it will be a spin-off company. the new fox, if you like, obviously a lot slimmer than the old 21st century fox. the bottom line, neil, traditional tv is taking a back street to streaming. disney is doing what it can to take on the big internet giants. rupert murdock spoke with maria ba

charles webster and company. him and charles webster came up with a plan to sell the web -- sell the memoirs door to door instead of selling them in bookstores. they would arrive and take preorders door to door. one of the thing mark twain wanted to do was provide an opportunity for civil war veterans to be salesman. he would request civil war veterans to on there -- don their uniforms to go door to door. was a focus of his time. he was a celebrity. book wasm writing a good for sales. but obviously, having a civil war veteran come up to the door, helped to sell them as well. it was door to door sales. there were many thousands of salesman engaged in this across the country. it gave them a way to make money for themselves and also to support their old commander. twain came to the cottage a few years -- weeks before he passed away. it was an important meeting. on theas checking progress of the book for grant, the most supportive thing was finding out how well it was selling. he wanted to find out if the book would

.>> angela webster is one of four people who came to the sheriff's office.>> i need you to put the knife down. excuse me, hello?>> and structures put the group through various scenarios. >> my temperature in my body went up from the simulation. i know in real life it is real intent. it gives me a better understanding as to what they go through.>> my heart is still beating.>> barbara dealt with a domestic dispute. while answering the call, a suspect reached in his back pocket asking do you want my wallet. barbara did not shoot. the suspect actually pulled out a wallet. barbara says the course was eye- opening. >> i was trying to get some other guys to come with me. how are you going to understand what is going on if you want to get involved with what they have got going on.>> this course is not everyone, it is designed for officers. the civilians that took the class today say it was extremely helpful.>> i'm going to tell them, if you put yourself in their position, what are you going to do? you are going to wait and see if they pull out a gun, or you're going to shoot them first?>> it giv

our own ashley webster has nor. everybody is asking me about bitcoin.the expert. >> yes, thank you. i'm hardly an expert, but let knee tell you, when people, you say your parents asking about it -- trish: by the way. when my parents are asking about bitcoin, could be nearing a top. >> canary in the coal mine right there. you're like, wait a minute. bitcoin down big today. the entire universe of digital currencies wiped out $184 billion today, since midnight. that is every cryptocurrency out there. it rebounded a bit. still up hundred bucks for the day. it crossed 25,000 five days ago, december the 17th. very, very volatile indeed. bear in mind bitcoin began 2017 at less than $1000. so it has gone crazy. the question is this is a good investment for you? don't use any money you can't afford to use. trish: putting it in slot machines. why is it so volatile? >> there is little liquidity in there. there are very few people owning a lot of this so easy to manipulate it. it is not easy to trade,ç stard trading on cme futures trading floor. if you have to put

. >>> miriam webster word of the year is feminism the thorough of the political -- theynding out the top three, complicit and recuse. the company said searches for each of the top news spiked during the news events throughout the year. >>> sean spicer said he is writing a book that will tell people what happened on president trump's road to the white house and set the record straight. spicer left the white house in july after a new director of communications was brought in. >> it's the time of year to eat drink and be merry. it's hard to be done when a child in your home have celiac disease. monica malpass will explain there's someone who has good advice. >> reporter: 8 years ago, a mom and her son discovered they had celiac disease. they had to eat glooten -- gluten free. >> reporter: holidays can be trickier. >> now there are so many different foods and more foods that are traditional that children cannot have. >> reporter: like the deserts from the neighbor bakery. before turning the holidays upside down, it's important to find out what your child wants. >> we try to ask the child

. >> merriam webster would the of the year feminism. it picked the word and usually does this based on what words had uptic in lookups compared to years past. and women's march and me too movement feminism is part of the national conversation and other top words searched for is doddard and complicit both in reference to the ongoing russia investigation. poll asking vote others to name the first word that comes to mind when ty president trump came up with unplattering responses. >> quinnipiac con duck the pole, equip i pea ak, quinnipiac. thank you. incompetent, liar. and top ten leader, strong and great. quinnipiac says 0 out of 48 most commonly used words are negative. in august when q uconn ducted same pole strong topped the list. >> former vice-president joe biden told crowd chicago means about him and former president obama is basically true. internet used photos of two together to make if you remember of their bromance. biden added because he's 20 years older than him he can say what he want to say. remember he said he's clean. for

back to you. >> ashley webster, thank you very much. i want to bring in former prosecutor david bruno and troy slaton, good to see you both. how much trouble do you think michael flynn is in? >> flynn is giving up rights to a trial. so yes, he has exposure like we just heard. it's one to five years pursuant to the federal code. what happens if an individual cooperates is that the government at the time of sentencing will issue a 5k letter, advising the judge of the cooperation and the departure from the standard sentence. so depending on what he gives to the government and how valuable it is they get. they'll be recommending a departure from prison time most likely. >> that's where it gets dangerous, you can understand why somebody is tempted to give what is necessarily true in part. >> absolutely. >> they themselves, and that's one of the fears. i've heard alan dershowitz say this over and over, troy, they're on a witch-hunt expedition and fears you take someone like general flynn who has lied before and you put him in a position where

neil: so much we don't know but ashley webster knowing everything about it. he is in for trish. ashley: thank you, neil. finalized version of republican tax bill a few hours from now. lawmakers making last minute changes, specifically the child tax credit, following senator marco rubio's to vote no on the bill if the credit is not expanded. it is unclear if this is enough to secure a yes vote from rubio. we'll talk about that. uncertainty over tax reform having little impact among the markets. we have a nice rally. dow up 156 points, 24,664. remarkable. good afternoon, everybody. i'm ashley webster. in today for trish regan. we begin now with "the intelligence report." republicans can only afford to lose two gop senators if they want the tax bill passed. there are a few on the fence. mike lee, bob corker, what about jeff flake? the question is, can they get it done? we'll ask former utah congressman jason chaffetz. president trump clam slamming the fbi handling of the hillary clinton email scandal and he called it rig. that he has not seen anything like this before. adam shapiro

a commonwealth, according to webster's dictionary, is a form of government which relies on the consent of the people, on rule of law, and lawmaking for the greater good of the population at large. every year in january where we have a session. 100 senators of the house are sitting here at their desks and their chairs, and we listen to the presentation of the governor of virginia. this is also the go two room for other joint sessions of the legislature when we receive important guests from other parts of the world. we held a joint session to receive sir winston spencer churchill who came here in his capacity as a private citizen. it was just two days after his famous speech in missouri. mr. churchill: in greed for nothing, but in defense of those causes which we hold dear. not only for our own benefit, but because we believe they mean the honor and the happiness of long generations of men. mr. greenough: in more recent years, we have received in joint session margaret thatcher. ms. thatcher: mr. speaker, mr. president, governor allen, members of the general assembly. thank you for that

that was the name of his nephew, so it was called charles webster and company. him and charles webster were, came up with a plan to sell the memoirs door to door instead of selling them in bookstores. so they would arrive and take pre-orders from folks door to door. now, one of the things that mark twain wanted to do was provide an opportunity for civil war veterans to be salesmen. so he would actually request that civil war veterans to even done their uniforms or their grand army of the remix uniforms to go -- republic uniforms to go door the door. grant himself was a focus of his time. he was a celebrity, so, you know, having him writing the book was good for sales but, obviously, having a civil war veteran come up to the door as well helped, you know, to sell them as well. so they -- it was door-to-door sales, and there was many, many thousands of salesmen engaged in this all across the country. so it gave hem -- them a way to make money more themselves and also to support their old commander in his final hours. twain came to the cottage a few weeks before gr

. >> we know it's been a year fill ed with buzzwords and miriam webster is out of for the word of the year. femme nice am, because the word is often misunderstood. there was a 70 percent spike in people look ing up the word especially during the events like the women 's march in washington, d.c. tonight also marks the first night of hanukkah. the jewish holiday lasts ate days and earlier this evening thousands of people gathered on the ellipse for the lighting of the me nora. the national lighting ceremony dates back to 1979 when president carter was in office and it has been lit every year since. i just got a name for the title. here we go the spice objection to the form that wasn't me. whoever told you -- that was the voice in my ear. i liked it. announcer: today on "tmz" -- >> no doubt everybody has a lot of love for keaton jones but suddenly the murky issues with his mom has $60,000 swinging in the wind. somewhere there was a gofundme page put up in keaton's name and they had to put it on hold. hey, we need to see where this is going. >> people saw the gofundme and said i'm going

millions of people took part on >> and miriam webster say the the mye too movement has resulted in aches for feminism. >> kim jong un's description of trump, deotard. >> covfefe not in there? >>> we'll check out new the birds have largeife as a boy band member. on tour with 98 degrees. they're teaching me their one dance move. >> doesn't look like you're doing so well. >> we'rekstage with them literally and on stage wit them. wait until security finds out about it. you're watching "world news breathe freely fast with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! i can breathe ag vicks sinex... breathe on. if you have medicare parts a and b and want more coverage. guess what? dicare supplement insurance no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. aarp medicare insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare and plement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay.t. e decision guide. the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. rates are competitive, plans of their kind end

merriam-webster's word of the year. this year, searches for the word increased 70 percent. feminism was at the forefront of big events like the women's march on washington to the "me too" movement that helped bring down powerful men in media, politics and entertainment accused of sexual harassment. runners up included - complicit, empathy and recuse. also new this morning - jimmy kimmel making his return to late-night.. and he had a special guest by his side. you could see kimmel - trying to hold back tears from the moment he started his monologue. his son billy who was born with a heart defect had a follow up operation last week. in his r again pleaded congress to restore and improve children's health coverage. coming up - netflix is watching! the tweet that's creeping people out this morning. and we're getting ready for the cold.. eileen live tease here's a look at your traffic watch travel times. the festival of light runs eight nights. tonight - thousands will gather on the ellipse to light the national menorah. u-s air force band.. family activites... and of course the

the west side business association had a tiny ribbon cutting recently for this fairy door on webster street. >> alameda is a very warm and friendly town. we love all kinds of people big and small and teeny tiny. >> reporter: next month the business association will hold a contest to see who can find all of alameda's fairy doors by posting the pictures on instagram. no fairy sightings yet, but if they show up they've got lots of little places to hang out. in alameda cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> that is cute to see. and i don't know if we have any installed on the set here. >> that's a lot of fun. >>> speaking of knocking, the rain is coming. >> finally we need, it as much as we can get. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> right now you can count the drops. but at least we're getting is some rain. let me show you live doppler 7. we do have some light returns. some of this is falling below the radar beam. so as we take you into street-level radar to the north bay you will notice very light returns right now. spencer lane, yellow jacket ranch road. very light ret

it happened early sunday morning on webster street in the japantown neighborhood. the victim was in his home when he heard gun shots outside... then he realized he'd been hit in the leg. the victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. no suspect information was immediately available from (darya)the names of the father and child who drowned at goat rock beach in sonoma county ... have been released. 31-year-old omar hernandez and his six year old son axel medina died on sunday.they were playing in the water ... when a big wave swept the child into the ocean.the father went after his son ... but also got caught in the waves.the father died at the beach ... and the son died at the hospital. (darya)the aquatic cove in san francisco will remain closed to swimmers through wednesday. the closure comes after three swimmers were bitten by sea lions last week.park officials say ... thre sea lions have been spotted in the area following the attacks.they say the seals are swimming near the aquatic park cove entrance. they're urging swimmers to stay out of the

calhoun was known as the great antagonize her, and daniel webster was the great orator. these gentlemen set the stage for the civil war in the 1860's. the willard hotel was known as a place where people from both sides of the aisle could get together in a bipartisan manner and discuss after a busy day the affairs of the day and have to move forward into the future. marie: now we are in peacock alley, the name coming from new york city. at the time, wonderful ladies of society would go down the hallway connecting the two hotels and people who came to watch called them peacocks. when the manager from the waldorf astoria can down to manage the hotel, he decided that this hallway would be called peacock alley. in 1850's, the city was growing and the willard decided to keep pace. they decided that the two-story dwelling should be united. so the frame of a solid was torn down and new bricks were added. it was painted white and additional stories were added and the interior was enlarged. in 1850's and 1860's, it was a good time for the willard. henry willard backed franklin pie

the west side business association had a tiny ribbon cutting recently for this fairy door on webster >> alameda is a very warm and friendly town. we love all kinds of people big and small and teeny tiny. >> reporter: next month the business association will hold a contest to see who can find all of alameda's fairy doors by posting the pictures on instagram. no fairy sightings yet, but if they show up they've got lots of little places to hang out. in alameda cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> that is cute to see. and i don't know if we have any installed on the set here. >> that's a lot of fun. >>> speaking of knocking, the rain is coming. >> finally we need, it as much as we can get. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> right now you can count the drops. but at least we're getting is some rain. let me show you live doppler 7. we do have some light returns. some of this is falling below the radar beam. so as we take you into street-level radar to the north bay you will notice very light returns right now. spencer lane, yellow jacket ranch road. very light returns. uk

alison: a bad year in many ways, but women's rights have been in much so that, so merriam-webster hased feminism their word of the here this year. -- of the year this year. thanksachieved in part to kellyanne conway, because she declared at one point last year that she rejected the term feminism because she sees it as antimale. this is a good time to rosa just remind yourself that it is the theory of political, economic, and social equality of the sexes. long, we do still have a long way to go. in portugal, you found a story about how a woman's independence was used to argue against her in a domestic violencnce case. alison: it's a crazy story. a court in portugal recently acquitted a manager missing violence charges because it decided that a woman who is not reliant on her husband can't be a victim of directing violence. judges in this court said if she was so strong, she should have just left the house. an extreme case of victim blaming. they report that news outlets in portugal were furious over this and they pointed out that the judge's ideas in this case were riddled with stereot

merriam-webster has announced "feminism" as its word of the year.( james ) merriam-webster defines feminism theory of the political... economic... and social equality of the sexes"... and the "organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests."( darya ) the sometimes- controversial word was the most looked-up word in merriam- webster's online dictionary. it says the term generated 70-percent more searches than last year.( james ) those spikes were tied to several major events... including the women's march in washington and the "me too" movement. ( james ) coming up after the break... a realtor puts his detective skills to the test. how he busted a woman who was looting from a fire zone. (rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break. he's a nascar champion who's faced thousands of drivers. she's a world-class swimmer who's stared down the best in her sport. but for both of them, the most challenging opponent was... pe blood clots in my lung. it was really scary. a dvt in my leg. i had to learn all i could to help protect myself. my doctor and i choose xarelto® xarelto®... t

you didn't make any difference to his darts because he was beaten by darren webster.ill take to the roads and railways as the great christmas getaway begins. this evening is expected to be the busiest day period for holiday travel. 0ur reporter kathryn stanczyszyn is keeping an eye on the roads from the rac‘s headquarters in walsall. what is the situation today? they are gearing up for a busy day here at the nerve centre of the rac, the place where they manage all their patrols. this is the eastern team, knights team who swapped quite soon. but the eastern team has been quite at the moment, hasn't it? we don't use the cute word. because that all the workload in quickly. what is going to get you through today? team spirit, and working together and some christmas treats. and then we break for 12 days. there you go. lots of people are saying it will be an extremely busy day. 3 million motorists on the road today. a bit ofa motorists on the road today. a bit of a double whammy going on because as well as people finishing the christmas weekend and heading to are over they

there was a tiny ribbon cutting on webster street. a very warm and friendly town so we love all kinds of people big and small. >> reporter: a contest to see who can find all of the doors by posting on instagram. no fairy sightings yet but if they show up they have lots of little places to hang out. in alameda, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >>> yeah. let's get over to mike nicco. >> look at you. >> take a look at what's going on outside. a couple things to know, this is a steady rain over in san francisco. the winds are starting to pick up and that will help dry the ground a little bit. the heat it creates will help dry things out, also. the later you leave for the morning commute, the easier it's going to be as far as navigating wet roads and we'll turn from steady rain to some scattered showers this morning and then the chilly breezes for the afternoon hours when you need the sunglasses. freezing cold valleys the next few nights. and our christmas storm is starting to fade. the cold air plunging in behind this system that's going to h

and webster's has chosen "feminism" as its word of the year.says the number of searches for the word was up 70% from last year. with interest sparking a women's rights marches like this one in washington in january. policyminism to foreign -- yesterday rex tillerson seemed to be holding out an olive branch to north korea, an offer of unconditional talks. today, though, a very different message from the white house. according to reuters, a senior official says that now isn't the right time, and pyongyang needs to improve its behavior. will talks happen or not? for more on this, my colleague katty kay spoke to ambassador former u.s. ambassador to south korea, christopher hill. katty: we seem to be getting mixed messages from the white house -- secretary tillerson yesterday saying that talks can go ahead without preconditions, and then return the national -- word from the national security council press person saying not so fast, they are not behaving well enough, we cannot talk to them yet. which is it? are we talking or not talking? mr. hill: i