administration. cnn's top reporter jeff zeleny is at trump's estate in palm beach for us. >> christine and miguel, donald trump is beginning another day of vacation here in palm beach, florida. it say working vacation, he is meeting with business leaders as he puts together his cabinet and gets ready for his administration which now starts 30 days from today. he still has to to fill. veterans administration secretary and agriculture secretary. now donald trump is hosting a series of meetings here in mar-a-lago, his resort here in palm beach including carlos slim. that mexican billionaire that donald trump railed against during the campaign, well, he invited him to a dinner here over the weekend. donald trump confirmed that in a tweet yesterday calling him a great man. clearly a sign that things will be different in some respects when donald trump becomes president. taking a softer tone in some areas, not in others. one key question is donald trump reing his daily intelligence briefing. he has said he does not need to receive it every day. he does not need to receive the same information ev

at trump's estate in palm beach. >> christine and miguel, donald trump is beginning another day of vacation here in palm beach, florida. it is a working vacation, though. he's meeting with business leaders as he puts together his cabinets, gets ready for his administration which now starts 30 days from today. he still has two members of his cabinet to fill. the veterans administration secretary, as well as agricultural secretary. other advisers could come this week. now donald trump is hosting a series of meetings here in mar-a-lago, his resort here in palm beach including carlos slim, the mexican which donald trump railed against in the campaign. he invited him to dinner over the weekend. calling him a great man clearly a sign that things will be different in some respects when donald trump prks president. one key question, is donald trump receiving his daily intelligence briefing. he said he does not need to see the same information every day. mike pence the vice president-elect is previoreceiv one. in the wake of it, his advisers would not say whether he received one yesterday o

centuries, artistic tradition has shown nails going through the palms of jesus' hands. the figure on the shroud appears to have been crucified through the wrists. jackson believes the shroud is the historically accurate version. >> you want the person who is crucified to stay up on the cross until they die. there have been experiments performed on cadavers, both with the placement of the nail hypothetically in the palm and in the wrist. these experiments have shown that the weightbearing value always settles upon the wrist, like you see on the shroud, rather than the palm. the palm would just simply tear through. >> then he's raised up. imagine the agony of being raised up after your feet and your hands are nailed in. every little movement is agony. the cross was lifted up by ropes and then dropped into a hole to keep it from falling. imagine what that's like. >> one of the difficulties with imagining crucifixion is that we've had 2,000 years of christian tradition which sanitizes the cross. we put jesus in nice church buildings and we have crosses made of gold. and it prevents us from r

-lago here at palm beach, florida. he has nothing publicly scheduled. that comes after this weekend where he spent the christmas holiday with his family. he attended christmas eve services at a church here in palm beach, florida. on saturday, he made a bit of news. president-elect announcing in a statement he plans to shutter the trump foundation. the foundation in his name. that may be a little bit easier said than done. the new york attorney general releasing a statement saying trump cannot legally shutter the foundation because an ongoing investigation. the attorney general launched that investigation over dealings of using his charity foundation to settle private legal disputes and business disputes using the charity's money. trump has not donated himself to the charity since 2008. and as not released his tax returns. there is no public record yet of how much money trump has given over the years to charity causes. democrats have been quick to pounce on trump's announcement of shuttering his foundation saying it is nothing but a fig leaf and nothing but a d distracti distraction.

live to palm beach coming up next. and as trump speaks publicly for the first time since the terror attack in berlin and the american family of a couple being held captive by the taliban responds to seeing a new video of their loved ones begging for help. video with their children we'll share that with you in just a couple minutes. > . >> reporter: the attack in berlin being an attack against christians? >> who said that? when was that said? >> reporter: i believe you said in the a press release. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: so i'm wondering how this might affect relations with muslims. >> it's an attack on humanity, that's what it is. and it's got to be stopped. >> those were the first public comments from president-elect donald trump as he's in palm beach on vacation with his family since hearing from him since that deadly attack in berlin. let's begin. we have senior political reporter manu raju from washington, also cnn's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny in palm beach and bob cusack who's the editor-in-chief of the hill so great to see all of you. jeff zeleny, you're the

first time as he's been on holiday in palm beach at mar-a-lago specifically weighed in on these attacks overseas, including berlin. here's mr. trump. >> reporter: have you spoken to president obama since then. >> what's going on is terrible. i don't have the intelligence right now. what's going on is terrible. >> reporter: has it caused you to re-evaluate your plans to create a muslim registration or muslim immigration into the united states? >> you've known my plans. i've been 100% correct. nice to have you with us. >> reporter: have you talked to president obama at all, sir? >> i have not. two days ago but not recently. not since. >> reporter: mr. president, your comment about the attack in berlin being against christians, do you think this might -- >> say it again, what? >> reporter: the attack in berlin being against -- an attack against christian. >> when was that said? >> reporter: i think -- i believe you said it. >> did i? >> reporter: so i'm wondering how this might affect relations with muslims? >> it's an attack on humanity, that's what it is. it's an attack on humanity and i

palm beach with more. i almost said trump tower i'm so used to saying it. good morning to you, jeff. >> good morning. this is the trump tower of palm beach, you can see mar-a-lago behind me this morning. but as donald trump is about to finish filling his cabinet the final two appointments could come this week. he's looking ahead of course to his presidency which is coming in some 23 days. as he does that he's also looking back at the presidential campaign and taking aim one more time at president obama on twitter. donald trump is filling a critical west wing position. tapping thomas bossert a deputy homeland security adviser in george w. bush's white house to be his chief adviser on homeland security and cybersecurity. >> the government in the united states at a federal level needs to do something to address the threat. >> reporter: he will work alongside retired lieutenant general michael flynn who trump picked at national security adviser. trump aides tell cnn bossert will be on equal footing with flynn, whose portfolio is primarily international threats. boss ert's appointment ha

sunlen serfaty in palm beach. president-elect trump is spending the holiday there, mccaul and much of the republican party back president obama's actions and do not question his reasons for doing it, but that's not the case for at least one top aide for donald trump. talk to us about the former campaign manager and what she's saying. >> reporter: that's right, fred. pretty direct words from kellyanne conway who, as you know, was former campaign manager but also someone who stands ready to take over a top job in the incoming white house. here's she really calling out the obama administration for moving on these sanctions, suggesting politics are at play here. she's really speculating these sanctions were in essence a move to tie the hands of donald trump before he even becomes president on russia policy and really an attempt to undermine his win in november. here's what she said last night on cnn. >> even on those who are sympathetic to president obama on most issues are saying that part of the reason he did this to today was to "box in" president-elect trump. that would be unfortunate

palm grove. and so we see the pickup truck come up, come into the driveway of one of the houses, and as it parks in the driveway the individual gets out and an individual dressed in all black comes out of the house, walks to meet the car and greet him. >> and comes out to the edge of the driveway, looks right, looks left to make sure nobody was following abd al rahman to that site. he came kind of swaggering out in his all dressed in black. everybody, we were all standing there. we were like, holy [ muted ]. that's zarqawi. everybody's hair was up in their neck. so now it's let's make sure that everything that we do is done exacting and precise and with absolute laser focus. >> we order a part of our force, which is down in baghdad, to conduct an air assault movement by helicopter to go up and capture him. capture or kill. >> we wanted to capture him because i desperately wanted to talk to him. i wanted us to be able to interrogate him. so we went to launch the raid force, and then we get the word that one of the helicopters of the raid force had broken. which was very abnormal. almo

donald trump and his melania celebrating christmas in palm beach, florida, today. last night the trumps attended a midnight church service to celebrate the holiday. the congregation greeted the president-elect with a standing ovation. >> a bad cold kept queen elizabeth from attending christmas day service for the first time in almost 30 years. a statement put out by the palace this morning said she was staying home to help her recovery, but will still take part in the royal family christmas celebrations during the day. a short time ago her husband, prince phillip, attended the traditional christmas day church service without his wife for the first time in decades. along with other members of the royal family. >>> at the vatican, pope francis delivered his annual christmas blessing before the crowds at st. peter's square, the pope offering his thoughts and prayers to victims of terrorism around the world, he also urged an end to fighting in syria, saying far too much blood has been spilled. >>> new pictures this morning of u.s. troops in iraq taking a moment to enjoy a christmas meal. an

. let's begin with cnn's jessica schneider live in palm beach, florida. >> reporter: good morning, don. for the past few days, the president-elect has staid mostly out of the public eye here at mar-a-lago. of course, late yesterday his twitter account sprung into action with those flurry of tweets. the president-elect going after president obama after obama speculated he would have won a third term if it was possible, using his message of hope and inclusion. >> i'm confident that if i had run again and articulated it, i think i would have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> reporter: trump tweeting, obama said he thinks he would have won against me. he should say that, but i say no way. then boasting, the world was gloomy before i won. there was no hope. now the market is up nearly 10% and christmas spending is over a trillion dollars. trump seemingly overlooking obama's record of cutting unemployment to a nine-year low and taking credit for holiday spending figures that aren't final numbers. trump also going after his favorite target, the media, over his

again before the inauguration. >> cnn reports from trump's resort in palm beach, florida. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump tonight clearly attempting to lower the temperature after earlier in the day he escalated his public spat with the president. tweeting today, quote, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. all this coming after president obama used his high profile speech at pearl harbor tuesday to take a veiled jab at his successor. >> even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward. we must resist the urge to demeanize those who are different. >> reporter: the escalating war of words between the outgoing and incoming president, a sharp departure from the immediate post election vow to work together. >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed. >> reporter: with promises in both sides of a peaceful transfer of power. >> i very much look forward to dealing

palm beach, florida, today. last night the trump's attended a midnight church service. they were greeted with a standing ovation from the congregation. >>> at the vatican pope francis held midnight mass on christmas eve. he told the congregation that more humility is needed, not more gifts. right now the pope is delivering his annual christmas blessing. a live picture from the vatican. >>> buckingham palace says a bad cold will keep queen elizabeth from attending a christmas day service. she's staying home to help her recovery but will still take part in the royal family christmas celebrations during the day. her grandson prince william went to church sunday morning with his wife katherine and their children george and charlotte. >>> let's check in on the christmas forecast and an update on the super typhoon bearing down on the philippines. our karen mcginnis is live at the weer center. good morning. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, alison. >>> 11 million people expecting very bad weather, very dangerous driving conditions across the dakotas, into minnesota, from montana into

pro isis network. cnn's senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is in palm beach, florida, where president-elect donald trump is spending the holidays. what is trump and transition officials, what are they saying about the attack, jeff? >> reporter: brianna, donald trump is offering his first reaction to that attack, calling it an attack on humanity. he also summoned a group of generals here to mar-a-lago as a picture of strength. as he is now just 30 days away from taking office. in florida today, donald trump receiving his first intelligence briefing of the week. two days after a christmas market rampage in germany raised new fears of terrorism around the world. >> it's an attack on humanity is what it is. it's an attack on humanity. and it's got to be stopped. >> reporter: at his mar-a-lago retreat, trump meeting with his incoming national security chief michael flynn and other generals while making his first comments on the berlin attack that killed 12 and injured dozens. >> it's terrible. >> reporter: trump's aides were sending the signal that the president-elect is k

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-elect is in florida for the holidays. correspondent jessica schneider joins us particular palm beach with the latest. tell us about the complications that might affect the president-elect's decision to try to dissolve the trump foundation? >> reporter: well, jake, new york's attorney general is saying simply it won't be that easy. they're saying that the president-elect cannot simply end the trump foundation. in particular because of the legal entanglements it's in. the spokesperson putting it succinctly in a statement saying, the trump foundation is still under investigation by this office, and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete. now, attorney general schneiderman, who was a hillary clinton supporter during the campaign actually launched this investigation in the midst of the campaign, amid allegations that donald trump had used the foundation funds to settle some of his personal business dealings. donald trump did release a statement, not referring at all to the investnvestigation, sayi would dissolve the foundation and looked to continue his philanthropy

and other things. you can tell we are here at marge larat -- mar-a-lago, a windy palm beach and they clearly want to say they're on top of this. a transition team this morning in a daily conference call with reporters says he is ready to be commander in chief. getting this information from his national security experts every day but they wanted to show us a picture of that today. >> certainly. jeff zeleny outside of mar-a-lago, thank you. >>> for more, someone inside the ongoing transition process. congresswoman blackburn a member of the team. we appreciate you joining us. i want to talk to you about something that stood out to me, which is -- a number of tweets that donald trump sent out this morning, and that was because they really didn't have much to do with what we see as the really pressing issues right now. he said -- i would have done even better in the election if that is possible. if the winner was based on popular vote, but we campaigned differently. he also said, i have not heard any of the pundits or commentators discussing the fact i spent far less money on the win than

in the car one day, driving back from palm springs with the music up loud. >> reporter: fisher turned her acclaimed book into a movie stars meryl streep as a recovering addict embroiled in comic often funny mother/daughter drama. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all of those -- >> i did not lift my skirt. it twirmed up! >> reporter: fisher poked fun at about sturdies of show business life and all manners of self-medication including taking pills to control her emotions. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. whether you feel better, then you're fat. so what you gain is a loss. it's just -- it's not a good situation. >> reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor. also writing, wishful drinking, and shockaholishockaholic. seemed no lack of material. after all, elizabeth taylor became her stp mother when eddie fisher remarried. briefly married to paul simon in the '80s, later gave birth to a daughter, billie kath african her relationship with agent bryan lourd and debuted in "shampoo." >> i'm like my

over the cost of protecting the incoming first family. joining me now from trump's palm beach estate senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. jeff, good morning. tell us what is this all about? because they've been going back and forth overnight over the cost of security at the building. >>> good morning, victor. after that brief security scare you saw yesterday at trump tower it heightened already conversation that has been going on between the city of new york, about the cost of donald trump transition. and it's not surprising it played out on twitter as well. sean spicer the incoming white house press secretary tweeted i'm back at work at trump tower after a false alarm, thanks nypd. then the mayor's press secretary tweeted this back, no problem, we'll send you the bill. of course, that touched off escalation back and forth about the cost of this. and the mayor's office has estimated this is going to cost them $35 million since the election through the time of his -- him taking office in some 23 days here. they have asked the federal government for some money but they have not

sunlen serfaty in palm beach following president-elect donald trump's movements today. sunlen no reaction from trump on kerry's speech but netanyahu took notice, right? >> no formal reaction from the president-elect who is here in florida right now but he did earlier this morning give something of a prebuttal of sorts to secretary of state john kerry's speech. he took to twitter and got a tweet out there reaffirming his support of israel and pointing a finger at the obama administration accusing them of damaging the relationship with isra israel. hours before secretary kerry's speech he dweeted "we cannot continue to let israel be treated with such total disdain and disrespect. they used to have a great friend in the u.s. but not anymore. the beginning of the end was the horrible iran deal and now this. the u.n. stay strong, israel, january 20 is fast approaching." so the president-elect up with a direct message sent to israel and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu tweeted back saying "president-elect trump, thank you for your warm friendship and clear-cut support for israel. the p

report on palm beach to celebrate christmas, but he is still managing to cause a few waves when it comes to foreign policy. let's bring in jeremy diamond. jeremy, good morning to you. with that beautiful backdrop behind you, nobody is feeling sorry for you being up this early with the great weather. let me talk about the president-elect is not taking office now yet. he has another month or so but he tweeted last night as to the u.n. things will be different after january 20th. i wonder having followed the candidate and now the president-elect what you make of relationship with the u.n. thus far and how this will play a role in his overall doctrine, his foreign policy view as he assumes office. >> yeah. well clearly this was in connection to the united nations vote yesterday condemning the construction, the further construction of israeli settlements in the west bank and in east jerusalem. donald trump clearly suggesting that he wants things to change with the united nations when he gets into office, but as with many of donald trump's tweets, it's unclear exactly what he means, whet

day driving back from palm springs with the music up loud. >> reporter: she turned her acclaimed book into a movie starring meryl streep as a recovering addict embroiled in constant often funny mother/daughter drama. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all those -- >> i do not lift my skirt up! it twirled up! >> reporter: fisher poked fun at the absurdities of show biz life and all manner of self-medication, including taking pills to control her emotions. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gain sore so whether you feel -- you feel better but then you're fat so what you gain is a loss. it's not a good situation. >> reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor, also writing "wishful drinking" and "shock ay ha -- shockaholic." fisher was briefly married to singer paul simon in the 1980s. years later she gave birth to a daughter, billy catherine, from her relationship with agent brian lord. she debuted in the acclaimed film "shampoo." >> i'm nothing like my mother. >> reporter: in between the "star wars" movies, fishe

correspondent jeff zeleny is in palm beach, florida, where donald trump is spending the holiday. jeff, this wasn't unusual. donald trump taking to twitter. >> reporter: he did indeed, brianna. he condemned that terror attack in germany and then he went back to a topic closer to home. politics. he was tweeting directly at bill clinton. as brazen attacks unfold across the globe, the president-elect started off his day showing that he has no plans to move beyond his combative campaign mode. vacationing in florida, trump fired off back-to-back tweets aimed at bill clinton. bill clinton stated that i called him after the election. wrong. he called me. with a very nice congratulations. he doesn't know much. especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget, out to vote in vital swing states. and more. they focused on the wrong states. the soon to be 45th president was reacting to what the 42nd president recently told a weekly newspaper in new york. clinton saying trump doesn't know much. the extraordinary back and forth continued as clinton replied today with a tweet of his own. here is

secretary of state and press secretary cnn senior washington correspondent from palm beach florida where the president-elect is spending the christmas holiday. things are a little busy just ahead of the holiday. what do we know at this hour, jeff? >> good morning, erica. they are, indeed. with 29 days to go before donald trump takes the oath of office, he is busy filling out the white house staff, first among them as you mentioned earlier, kellyanne conway of course the winning campaign manager, the first woman to lead a winning presidential campaign, will be in the west wing, just steps away from the oval office. as counselor to the president. that is a role that is critical to sort of overseeing all the communications efforts, and also being a really a spokeswoman and a face of this administration here in keeping all the sort of new appointments together. and we are getting a new sign, particularly of economic policy and trade policy. donald trump yesterday announced that peter navarro, who is one of the hardest line critics of china, will be leading the -- his effort on trade. now tha

husband and their three children were flying from new york here to palm beach to spend this holiday weekend at mar a lago behind me here with their family, and there was an incident on a jetblue airplane. they were flying commercially. and apparently one passenger was hurtling insults at ivanka trump. reportedly shouting at her, saying "your father is ruining the country." this is based on social media accounts. and this passenger was thrown off the plane. now, we do have a statement from jetblue airlines talking about this incident that happened this morning. let's take a look at that statement. it says the decision to remove a customer from a flight is not taken lightly. if the crew determines that a customer is causing conflict on the aircraft. the customer will be asked to deplane. especially if the crew feels a situation runs the risk of escalation during the flight. in this instance, talking about the flight this morning here, jetblue goes on to say, our team worked to reaccommodate the party on the next available flight. now, john, we did talk with a trump transition official

resort here in palm beach trump receiving briefings. yet it was unclear whether it was directly from the intelligence officials or secondhand through his transition team. trump aides declined to say. >> president-elect is in regular contact with his national security team with regard to the developing situation in europe and turkey. >> transition spokesman sean spicer also vowing a quick response to such attacks during a trp presidency. >> i think it's going to be swift and fierce. we've got to be able to call it what it is and then root it out by its very -- by the bottom. we cannot be being politically correct. >> reporter: all this as trump is holding court in a series of private meetings at his resort, including a dinner with mexican billionaire carlos slim. the same carlos slim that trump eviscerated on the campaign trail for his financing of the "new york times." >> the largest shareholder in the "times" is carlos slim. now, carlos slim as you know comes from mexico. we're going to let foreign corporations and their ceos decide the outcomes of the -- you just can't do this

. intelligence community. >> jeremy diamond there along the intercoastal from west palm beach not too far from mar-a-lago, trump's report there on palm beach island. thanks so much for being with us. >>> let's talk about these comments. tom, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so first let's start with the tweets. this has become some have called it social media diplomacy and let's remind our viewers of a few that we've seen. first this resolution being considered at the united nations security council regarding israel should be vetoed, talking about the abstention that eventually came from the u.s. then there's the tweet about nuclear weapons where trump tweets the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear cape ability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nuks. we should tell china we don't want the drone they stole back, let them keep it. they come out of nowhere and auchbl we find that they were not -- now, these tweets did not follow any consultation with his advise advisers. >> yeah. well, you know what's interesting is inside d.c. th

people. and i read "the palm beach post" tomorrow the one that just came out and there was a line in the second paragraph, now it was one of the biggest crowds that i've seen. you couldn't even see the end of it. it was a field. actually a field last night, orlando. incredible. and i read "the palm beach post" today. it said donald trump spoke in front of hundreds of people. right? very dishonest. very, very dishonest. but that's okay. hundreds of people is not 25 or 30,000 people, do we agree with that. but they know. they know what they are doing. they all know what they are doing but i guess it didn't work because we're here together,ing right, folks? [ cheers and applause ] but we've been hearing and i've been hearing texas and i go to texas that would have these massive crowds. we had one crowd in texas that filled up a stadium. the line was so long and those are the people that didn't get in. the line was like 30 blocks long. it went all the way back to a highway in houston. i said how are we losing texas or tied in texas nuclear program anyway. they said texas is in play. and

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election. ryan nobles joins me live now from west palm beach where president-elect trump is spending the holidays. what's going on? >> reporter: boris, hello from a sunny and warm march lag go resort. the trump transition at this point have not set whether or not they support this idea of a congressional investigation but they have said repeatedly that they are frustrated by what they are calling leaks from the intelligence community regarding this russian hack. reince priebus on fox said the cia and fbi and other organizations should be more transparent about what they know and they should provide this evidence to the public. listen to what he had to say. >> if there is some conclusive opinion among all of these intelligence agencies they should issue a report or stand in front of a camera and make the case. >> priebus also forcefully pushed back on this idea that the trump campaign was in any way connected to what the russians were doing, if the russians were even doing anything. this despite the fact that trump ally roger stone, told cbs television station back in october

zeleny is "outfront" in palm beach florida. trump is now engaging in a nasty back and forth with the former president. >> reporter: unusual question between two former questions seen on twitter. here at mar-a-lago behind me, engage wgt the 42nd president of the united states on twitter. as the sign that the emotion, the tensions of this election have not yet dissipated. now donald trump of course had other things to do today. he's still picking his cabinet. he's getting briefings from what is happening in germany and abroad. but still somehow found the time to start his day off to take a shot at bill clinton. bill clinton found the time to respond here. so a sign that these two old friend, one time golfing buddies here in florida and new york have some mending of fences to do i think in the new year. >> fence probably a word bill clinton wants to hear much about. or wall or anything like it. >> probably not. >> "outfront" now david gergen, advisor to four president, including reagan and clinton. keith boykin, whout aide and the ben ferguson. ben, starting with you, on both sides unpr

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palm beach. >> reporter: christine and miguel, donald trump making the first comments of the rampage at the christmas market in berlin. he met with the senior advisor michael flynn and array of generals trying to show a sign of strength significaaling he i top of the heightened security. >> it is an attack of humanity. it has to be stopped. >> reporter: attack on humanity. donald trump making the case his team is going to go aggressively after the fight against terrorism. giving no specifics after meeting with advisors here in mar-a-lago. trump met on wednesday with two key ceos. from the boeing company. of course, you remember this month that donald trump going after the boeing company saying they are charging the american taxpayer too much to refurbish air force one. he invite td the ceo here for a meeting. he faced the cameras and said he would try to bring the costs down. trump says this is something he wants to do when he takes office to bring business leaders in. part public relations and part negotiation. clearly wanting to make the case he is trying to fight for the a

, brooke, donald trump as he's watching this in palm beach, florida, he's already on a bit of early christmas vacation. he'll have an exclamation point on his victory, officially become the president-elect. >> that should happen in the next few minutes. professor to you, to jeff's point it has been happening for however many years but it is different because of the unprecedented historic nature of the presidency and popular vote went one way, electoral college went another and add in russia interfering and you get electoral college on the spotlight on national tv. >> this was an electoral college vote no one was sure would be as normal as it usually is because nothing was normal in this campaign. the context. russian hacking scandal raised questions about what would happen. >> how long does this date back? >> this dates back to the founding, this is the electoral college system we've had from the start. it has to be formally accepted on january 6th. >> vice president announces it. >> and congress could challenge it and members can challenge part of the vote but that won't happen. i

and beyond hope, we have such potential. >> trump now heads to his estate in palm beach, florida, where he plans to spend the christmas holiday with his family. he's not expected to make any news. but there's a chance we could learn more about appointments to his administration in the coming weeks. ryan nobles, cnn, mobile, alabama. >>> severe smog in china has forced beijing to issue a red alert. the most serious weather alert in the capital. this is beijing's first red alert of year. you can see why. the smog has affected about 1/9 of china's total land area. it's expected to last through wednesday. >>> back in the u.s., freezing rain and black ice are making road travel dangerous through a large part of the united states. look at this. this is a 55-car pileup in baltimore, maryland. the u.s. is getting hit with extremely cold temps, coupled with below zero windchill. multivehicle crashes killed at least six people in three states. let's get more on the conditions from karen maginnis. you were telling us earlier, karen, black ice is so dangerous. >> yes. we have a very healthy

. >> reporter: trump now heads to his estate in palm beach, florida, where he plans to spend the christmas holiday with his family. he's not expected to make any news but there is a chance we can learn more about the appointments to his administration in the coming week. ryan nobles, cnn, mobile, alabama. >>> let's continue with tom lobianco and errol lewis. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> errol, i want to start here with china and president-elect trump did not talk about china last night but, again, he has gone to twitter to talk about this drone that was snatched out of international waters by the chinese. he tweets this, we should tell china that we don't want the drone they stole back. let them keep it. there has been this policy that there's one president at a time when you have a president-elect on deck. president-elect trump now weighing in here, and it seems as if this is going directly to his phone without going to any of his advisors. >> well, that's right. and i think we can expect a lot more of that. it will be interesting to see if that continues after the ina

from palm beach. donald trump now on location at his mar-a-lago resort. he did name a very critical position to his team yesterday. thomas bossert. he's a former adviser to the george bush administration. he's going to have a similar role domestically to what retired lieutenant general michael flynn has for foreign threats and international affairs. that is a key position in the west wing. now, there are two cabinet positions also remaining and cnn has learned that could come as early as this week. they are veterans affairs and agriculture. both cabinet level positions could be nailed by donald trump as early as today, or before the week ends, i'm told, joe saand alison. >> okay. with that, let's bring in cnn political reporter eugene scott. listening to the piece there. let's talk about thomas bossert, not exactly a new phase. do want to talk to us about him? >> yeah, not a new face at all. he was in the bush administration and one of the things he focused on while there were cyber security,s which is something he's expected to pay attention to in the trump white house. one of the

obsession. i think of that as sort of the edge, and i thought of it in the car driving back in palm springs with the music up loud. >> reporter: she pushed her book into a movie starring meryl streep. >> remember my 17th birthday party when you lifted your skirt up in front of all these -- >> i did not lift any skirt. it twirled up. >> reporter: fisher poked fun at the absurdities of show business life and matters of self-medication. including taking pills. >> any mood stabilizer is a weight gainer. you feel better but you're fat, so a gain a loss. it's not a good situation. >> reporter: fisher spoke about being bipolar and often turned pain into humor. also writing, wishful drinking and shock-o-holic. there seemed no lack of material. after all, elizabeth taylor became her stepmother. fisher was briefly married to paul simon. years later she gave birth to a daughter from her relationship with agent brian lord. she debuted in the acclaimed film, "shampoo". inbetween the "star wars" movies, fisher landed movie roles. some stinkers, "under the rainb rainbow". "hollywood vice squad ".

? >> like a palm tree in the middle of the desert. >> you're ready? >> i'm ready. absolutely. ♪ >> wow, you're beautiful. >> you ready? >> yes, i am. wow. mm. >> the ceremony is held in an attorney booth in the visitation room. officiated by chaplain peterson. >> good afternoon. we are joined together today for the marriage of jerome and taquita. >> despite the humble circumstances, it's as moving a wedding as any i have attended. >> i jerome take you taquita. >> i jerome take you taquita. >> to be my wife. >> to be my wife. >> i taquita. >> take you jerome. >> take you jerome. >> to be my husband. >> to be my husband -- again. >> jerome, please take taquita's ring. put the ring on her finger. >> it fits. >> love you. >> i love you. wow. >> we're together. >> the marriage process is a human process. it takes a strong family to make that transition back into society. to become a better person. it can bring love and light to an otherwise dark place. >> ready? one, two, three. >> for two short hours jerome and taquita can linger in the visiting room. it's the closest thing they will get t

prime target for democrats during the campai campaign. jeremy diamond is live right now from west palm beach florida with a pretty nice christmas duty there. let's talk about this story. explain to our viewers what this means and the idea that dissolving the foundation really could be easier said than done. >> reporter: well, it's interesting because the foundation actually has no employees, it has no real active fundraising operation to speak of so it should be relatively easy to shut it down but the problem is, the trump foundation is currently under an investigation launched by the new york attorney general and the new york attorney general's spokeswoman told me in an e-mail, "the trump foundation is still under investigation by this office and cannot legally dissolve into that investigation is complete." so despite donald trump's to shudder the foundation, he can't do that legally just yet while the investigation continues. that investigation is related to a number of things, including accusations of self-dealing that donald trump used the foundation to settle personal, private bus

cnn's jessica schneider live in palm beach, florida. >> reporter: good morning, don. for the past few days, the president-elect has staid mostly out of the public eye here at mar-a-lago. of course, late yesterday his twitter account sprung into action with those flurry

someone else who apparently popped by palm beach, david koch, fellow billionaire who hasn't been friendly to trump during his campaign and the "washington post" is reporting it was an informal, impromptu meeting in florida where they talked about the campaign plains for the administration. can you just remind everyone of their tenuous relationship and how they could work together? >> these are two men who have been critical of each other and the koch network which has been one of the most powerful fund-raising networks was not involved in supporting trump's campaign so the fact they spoke at mar-a-lago tells that mar-a-lago is becoming the new power center for politics going forward. it's part of an effort by republican establishme mment pls like the kochs to come to terms with the fact that donald trump will be the party's leader for the next four years. what that means about the kochs putting money behind efforts to back trump's agenda or support lawmakers in line with him is a whole other question we don't have answers to right now. >> 29 more days until the president-elect becomes pre

-- you think palm trees and you think sipping coconut drinks on the beach. they actually serve pineapple powder is what they call it. it's a pretty cool sight. we want to bring you that sight. because, we work in television and a visual medium. here it is, a view of hawaii on the big island. that's snow on top of one of the peaks they ski down. here's the weather. the latest radar. not too active at the moment. but what i do want you to see is the general flow is coming from the south. what's happening is this moisture plume is just south of the big island. that's going to allow for rain to really pick up across the lower elevations of the big island and into maui, oahu and kauai as well. the liquid variety changes over to the frozen form. that's why the national weather service has issued winter storm warnings right on the peaks of the big island. of course, that's indicated with a shading of pink there. the majority of hawaii just at the moment under a flash flood watch. that's valid from sunday morning right through the evening hours. something interesting to talk about at t

settlements and on his money, it appears. jeff zeleny is following the president in palm beach today. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: hi, kate. good afternoon. donald trump president-elect here is going through his cabinet and other top appointments checking them off the list one by one. another key appointment was made earlier this morning, as you said. his name, thomas bossert, going to head up the homeland security counterterrorism activities inside the white house. a very key position, as you know. someone who will work on all national threats and work closely with retired lieutenant general michael flynn largely focusing on international threats. kate, this is a central position here, of course, given the moment that we are living in with the strikes that we saw just less than two weeks ago in germany. the homeland security is one of the key spots. so this is a -- a gentleman with years of experience, worked in the george w. bush administration, a proponent of the iraq war. also interesting. donald trump was a critic of that war as we know. he came here at mar-a-lago for

. cnn, palm beach, florida. >>> we will have a discussion of our own now with the vice chair hoff the california democratic party and republican strategist luis alvarado. many issues brought up daily in the transition process, economy, foreign relations. let's start with the economy. listen to what donald trump said when it was announced sprint would be bringing back 5,000 jobs to the u.s. >> we had good news. because of what is happening and the spirit and hope, i was just called by the head people at sprint. they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the united states. they are taking them in other countries. they are bringing them back to the united states. >> luis alvarado, republican strategist, seriously, do you think that donald trump can take credit for thousands of jobs in the u.s. before he is even in office? >> let's be specific. donald trump's claim is he received a phone call from sprint, not that he initiated the phone call. there is something to say about wall street, it's all about giving the sense of prosperity versus negativetivety. donald trump has an effect.

in the forecast for los angeles, for san diego, for palm springs. this is wonderful news. you get above the higher elevations in the sierras, it is important to note 30% to 40% of the drinking water for the state of california comes from sierra snow melt, and we know how dire it has been as far as not only not getting rainfall but the transition into snow, i say snow is like money in the bank because it melts and melts gradually so you can tap into it later in the warm season. if you don't get any in the cold season, you have little hope, and at least we're getting some now. >> that's good news. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >>> all right. we end the hour with some good news. tennis star serena williams is getting married. >> game, selt, match. she is engaged to alexis ohanian, the cofounder of reddit. he popped the question while they were vacationing in rome. and williams posted this cartoon proclaiming, i said yes. if the diamond was that big, i guess. >> i guess yes. the former number one champ has dated ohanian about a year. no word on a wedding date. >> new power couple. >> i

christmas in palm beach, florida. they're celebrating today but last night as you see the trump's attended a midnight church service. they were greeted by a standing ovation for the congregation. >>> buckingham palace says a bad cold will keep queen elizabeth from attending a church service. she's staying home to help her recovery but will still take part in the royal family christmas celebrations during the day. her grandson prince william went to church on sunday morning with his wife katherine and their children george and charlotte. >>> at the vatican pope francis delivered his annual christmas blessing before the crowd at st. peter's square. the pope offered his thoughts and prayers to victims of terrorism around the world. he also urged an end to fighting in syria saying far too much blood has been spilled. >>> christmas has returned to one iraqi town after years of isis domination. the terror group seized bartella in 2014 but was driven out in october. muhammad lila has more now on how christians there are celebrating. >> reporter: it's a moment that many at this historic church tho