clearwater, florida, you're on the line with dana perino. >> i'm looking toward for rescue pitbull, i share your affection for dogs and i love their unconditional love, i was wondering if maybe both parties could learn a little bit from america's, you know, man's best friend and this is in no way endorsement of the insane tendency toward therapy dog's on america's campuses, all kidding aside, do you think petting a dog occasionally might incline them towards political compromise?ti >> well, i don't know about political compromise but there are studied scientific studies being around a dog. you pet aca dog that will calm your heart rate. and also we know therapy dogs clearly work not just for wounded warriors for all sorts of people, we know that they can help parents who have children that suffer from diabetes or epilepsy. i'm all for utilizing dogs as example owns and also in medicine. i would also say that if you feel like you've unfollowed people because of politics, i'm not suggesting going back to that. >> i just saw on instagram a picture george w. bush and laura bush, they went

the biggest in dallas the suspect shot five officers during police violent and officials in florida announced olney transmitted case of describear and since warmed pregnant women tomorrow avoid part of the miami ear. nearly 300 people died after app earthquake. here in the outta a series of attacks hour apart suspect stabbed ten people at a mall in st. cloud minnesota. an off duty cop later -- bombs xleeded? areas of new york city and new jersey injuring 30 people and police late area rest that us is picture is after a shootout. feds banned samsung galaxy note 7 cellphone from all ut flight. after reports the narcotic phone could they aannounceed they would stop selling that phone entirely and massive ak attack on the internet and make or web site across >> onald trump pulled off the biggest political event in history. the pillon air and former reality scar pop toreal college. >> fidel astro die the. he's owe heng calls on island puncher to improve the fovrp. >> and the year closed out with a tragedy here at home. dozens of people died after a fire broke out in a warehouse in oaklan

. >>> and the president-elect is spending new year's in florida. earlier today, played a round of golf at his club in jupiter, florida. he also left the press pool far behind. peter doocy is the with the president-elect live in florida. so peter, what's been going on? >> reporter: gregg, as you know and everybody out there watching knows, 2016 was a really good year for the trump family. and now the president-elect has a special holiday message for anybody that tried to slow him down on his way to the white house. he tweeted this today. "happy new year to all, including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do. love!" this morning, some of mr. trump's allies in congress were coming to his defense, explaining that just because the president-elect posted on social media that he thinks vladimir putin is a smart person for waiting to respond to u.s. sanctions until president obama leaves office doesn't mean his foreign policy is going to favor putin for no reason. republican congressman sean duffy says, president-elect trump has a plan.

, this is in jupiter, florida, he has abandoned the press pool several times since winning the election. the white house correspondents association calling the practice unacceptable. meanwhile trump is planning to ring in the new year at his lavish mar-a-lago resort in palm beach, florida and ryan nobody else has a bit more on that. >> reporter: suzanne, donald trump has a pretty successful 2016 so he is going to celebrate this year in style with a big bash at his mar-a-lago resort in south florida tonight. some 800 guests are expected for this party. it is sold out, it does require an admission price, $525 for members, $575 for guests which is pretty much in line with what the ticket price has been in past years. there will be some celeb brits in attendance, sylvester stallone is expected to be there, we thought quincy jones was going to be in attendance for tonight but he tweeted this morning that he's in los angeles. in the past celeb brits like regis philbin and vanessa williams have been there. the ballroom is also going to be ex decorated with an explosion of green and white flowe

. this is in ft. lauderdale, florida? >> reporter: you bet. we are on board here and we are getting ready to leave with the harmony of the seas, we are in ft. lauderdale and this is going to be quite a cruise. we are going to be cruising along on this new year's eve, we will be heading into the caribbean and at midnight we are going to be just off the coast of cuba. so it's pretty exciting. i could show you a brief tour around here. if you take a look those are some of the state rooms just so give you an idea how big this cruise ship is. as you said it's the largest cruise ship in the world. if you turn it on its tail which is considered the aft it's taller than the eiffel tower just so give you an idea how amazing this ship is. it's going to be a seven-day cruise. we're going to be to labadee, then we're going to go to jamaica and then to cozumel and eventually work our way back all the way through the caribbean back to here to ft. lauderdale, but this is going to be one heck of a party tonight. let me show you around here a little bit more. there are 6,000 people aboard this ship

, thanks very much. >> thank you, julie. >> fly to florida and stay there. you don't have to worry about traveling and connecting and wintry spots. >> no kidding. except in hurricanes. >>> as millions of people flock to new york city's times square this hour to ring in the new year we will be talking to our own kennedy and jesse waters for a preview of our special coverage beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. ♪ i'm worried i can't find a safe used car. you could start your search at the all-new carfax.com that might help. show me the carfax? now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. show me used minivans with no reported accidents. boom. love it. [struggles] . . . . >>> only a few hours left in 2016 with the clock winding down, ticking down as we speak. as much as 2 million are expected to gather in time square to watch the ball drop. >> i think most of them are there already. fox news channel bringing you a actual action as we bring in the new year. kenny and jesse waters. >> can you see them in the crowd? find them? >> jessie blends right? >> hey guys. >>

group from florida. they were here at 7:00 a.m. if you want to get here, you should probably get here very soon. things are tightening up and closing up for that big show at midnight. s suzanne. >> how cold is it out there? i see you are all bundled up. is it freezing? how are you doing? >> it is not bad. it could be a lot worse. it is about 42 degrees out here. that's pretty good. a bit of wind, a bit of a chill. it is amazing how hearty these people are. i'm a bit chilly. they are the ones standing here. >> we'll hang in there. we'll be with you every hour. it should be pretty awesome. thanks again, jessica. i appreciate it. don't forget this new year's eve. expect the unekts pxpected with anderson cooper and kathy griffin. let's take a live look at baghdad, live new year's pictures. we are back in a moment. my family tree, i discovered a woman named marianne gaspard... it was her french name. then she came to louisiana as a slave. i became curious where in africa she was from. so i took the ancestry dna test to find out more about my african roots. the ancestry dna results wer

florida. he will head back to new york tomorrow. then, really begins in earnest the preparations to be inaugurated on january 20th. >> 20 days away. ryan nobles, thank you so much. >>> a look back at 2016. the biggest international stories of the year. as a control enthusiast, i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges. what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. >>> from political scandals to the growing refugee crisis, 2016 was a momentum year. clarissa ward takes a look at the top ten international stories. >>> we begin our top ten with brazil, a country whose roller coaster of scandals and triumphs made news the world over. a mosquito born zika virus outbreak leading to a speight of rare birth defects. then, a political vice sis that rocked the corridors of power. the senate removed dilma rousseff as president. all this a back drop to brazil's moment in the sun. >> the whole world will be watching brazi

eve in palm beach, florida, where he's hosting a private party. peter doocy is live outside mr. trump's estate. what can you tell us? >> reporter: uma, that party is supposed to go late, but the president-elect was up early. his staff passed along word that he left mara lago early this morning to go and play golf at one of his other courses about a half hour away from here. he will be back later tonight. he's also been tweeting today a new year's message for everybody that tried to slow him down on the way to election day. he says happy new year to all including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly and don't know what to do. he signaled again his russia policy may be 180 degrees different than the obama administration's. after hearing president putin won't respond to sanctions by the u.s. government for allegedly interfering with the u.s. election, until he sees how the next administration treats him, mr. trump wrote, quote, great move on delay by v. putin. >> i don't think donald trump has any illusion about helping to make russia great again, but

happened. >> host: greg in florida, good evening from booktv, you are on the air. >> caller: good evening, andrew bacevich. my question to you is why the united states is to get involved in every military action outside of our borders? why is it we cannot just protect our borders and be done with it? >> guest: great question but i don't know where this cough came from. >> host: we will give him a cough drop and show you the cover of the book one more time but we are not ignoring you, we're just letting andrew bacevich get a chance to take a cough drop, sip of water. "america's war for the greater middle east: a military history" is the cover of the book, a military history. he is going to answer your question i promise. we are not you. >> guest: great question. >> host: we will give you a chance, we are going to come back to that question. we will not forget. just because of this cough, let's hear from david in west linn, oregon as well as getting to answer both questions. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for your service. my question has to do with saudi arabia. a year ago i heard a report

resort in florida. bring in cnn ryan noble. so ryan, what more do we know about how the president-elect spent his day and perhaps almost solo? >> reporter: i guess he probably never travels solo any more. we're told about 25 secretary service agents were with donald trump this morning, but the press was not when he made an unannounced trip to his golf club in jupiter, florida, which is about a half hour away from the resort for a morning round of golf. now, this is something that has become a bit of a pattern, where he takes off and goes somewhere without the pool accompanying him. that may not seem like a major deta detail but it is a precedent. any time a president or president-elect goes anywhere there is a small group of jounlists in case something happens or be sure we know where the president-elect is at any time. his -- he is expected to be back for this big party he has planned at the mar-a-lago resort. there will be some 800 guests in attendance at this event. here is some of the details of what we can expect at this party. this is something that you have to pay for, this is a

florida, waiting for two chicks to hatch. and today it finally happened. one of the two baby eagles broke free of its shell earlier this morning. and it could be seen chirping away as an eaglelette would do. the debut has been much anticipated since the hatching process began thursday, in north ft. myers. mama eagle is known as harriet, and her mate called a lessen deering n-15. the new offspring is e-9. definitely needs a better name. the other eagle could hatch any day now. we'll be back with some of the new years celebrations from arounded world. arounded world. darounded world. . >>> welcome back. i'm stephanie gosk here at msnbc world headquarters in new york. at the half hour, here's what we're monitoring. here's the latest live look at times square. the big bash is about ten and a half hours away. but it already looks pretty crowded. weather will be on the side of the revelers today. give the time the ball drops, the temperature is expected to be in the mid 40s. and there's very little chance of rain. lucky them. >>> and weather not cooperating in other places. millions from

year's eve at his resort in mar-a-lago in south florida. some 800 people are expected to be in attendance at this party. which does require admission. tickets are more than $500. there will be some celebrities in attendance, including sylvester stallone. initially the transition told us that quincy jones, the recording artist and producer was going to be there. jones tweeting he'll be in los angeles. he won't be in florida. fred, donald trump expected to return back to new york tomorrow evening. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> straight ahead in the "cnn newsroom," republican john mccain says russia must pay for hacking the u.s. election. >> when you attack a country, it's an act of war. >> the political fallout and vladmir putin's message to the u.s. >>> then in new york, tight security for tonight's times square new year's eve celebration. a live report. >> a lot you will say and as per usual a lot you will not see. >>> welcome back. while russian president vladmir putin and president elect donald trump bothi dismiss accusations that russia interfered in the y u.s. election.

year in style at a big party at his resort in florida. he heads back to new york tomorrow. rebecca burg is a national political reporter for real clear politics. happy new year. >> thank you. >> good morning. >> ryan, i want to start with you, because president elect trump is already tweeting, almost sounds like a tongue in cheek tweet this morning, take it away. >> perhaps the president elect attempting to extend an olive branch to some of his detractors, it doesn't come easy for donald trump. so he tweeted this morning, a new year greeting and he specifically pointed out those who fought against him in this past year. let's read the tweet. happy new year to all. including those who have fought me and lost so badly. they just don't know what to do. and then he ended it with love. and an exclamation point. you talk about the big party they have planned at maur ltoni. it's something you have to purchase a ticket for. the tickets cost more than $500. there are celebrities that are expected to be in attendance, quincy jones, the recording artist and producer, he was thought to be ther

the eagle's nest in north fort myers, florida. two american bald eagles, "harriet" and "m-15" are caring for their first born and waiting for the other to arrive. the camera was launched in october 20-12 - allowing more than 16-million viewers back then to watch eagles ozzie and harriet raise their two eaglets. here's a live look at eagle cam. we are still wating for the 2nd eaglet to hatch. you can watch the progress on a live stream on the kron 4 facebook page. live look outside.sutro tower. >> rebecca: night to cut the san francisco and watch the fireworks show. on the bay area you can see the for the on forecasts. , off four or zones and a pay bridge still wet from overnight rains. many state pleasanton the size and senate drive there. downtown san jose looking at lots of sunshine we do have a lot of cloud cover of course a lot of sunshine and a late four areas will. 374 0 and we're looking at the upper 40's for its debt concord to watch forties' everywhere else we will see another chilly morning for us things will warmups from the afternoon hours we will see temperatures most

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apparently in style with a big party at his mar-a-lago resort in florida. he heads back to new york tomorrow. cnn's ryan nobles is covering this. ryan, i understand donald trump already up and tweeting this morning. go ahead. you take it away. >> reporter: yeah, he is, kristy. he is sending out his new year's greetings to the american people today, but he did it in typical trump fashion with a little bit of a hit on his enemies and we'll show you that tweet now. donald trump saying -- happy new year to all, including my enemies and those who have fought me so badly. they just don't know what to do. and then he ended it with love and an exclamation point. as you mentioned, christy, donald trump will spend the new year's eve holiday at his resort in mar-a-lago. big party planned today and then he'll head back to new york tomorrow. of course on his plate is all of this new information related to the relationship with russia. and this is something that trump as matthew pointed out has continued to work toward an effort of a warm relationship with putin and the russian government. and so

florida, north carolina, wisconsin, early voting period was cut down to mere days. and in your state, 400,000 registered voters were purged from the roles without notice. so what are you keeping your eye on in 2017? >> well flatout shame. my republican colleagues have been trying to strip away voting rights across this country. the gutting of the vra, that is not the way a representative democracy should perform. and that certainly is not how people who are elected, who depend on people to vote for them for a living, should respond. and so we got to continue to push. i'm hoping that democrats will continue to push and also some republicans who believe that the vra needs to be strengthened. we have to do that. many of these things, this is an omni partisan. the whole notion we have one woman, one man, one vote, is an omni partisan issue. and the democracy that all of those beautiful words, how we praise the foundations of this country is really based on every day women and men in this country being able to exercise their right to vote, being able to express their wheel through the pow

palm beach, florida with more. >> reporter: good morning, sheinelle. happy new year. donald and melania trump will ring in the new year at a fancy party with dinner and celebrities dancing. part of the new year's eve bash at the mar-a-lago club. trump finds himself in the middle of the drama with russia and it is unclear where the president-elect stands. as obama and putin faceoff, trump tweeted on friday praising after he decided not to expel american diplomats. trump wrote, great move on delay by putin. i always knew he was very smart. trump's flattery toward putin issued a spy novel drama where 35 russian diplomats ordered out of the u.s. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling because of the things the russian government did. >> reporter: at consulates in san francisco and washington, d.c., russian staffers scrambled to get out quickly. the state defendapartment took control of compounds in maryland and long island, new york that many neighbors were not known russian hideaways for families and secure meetings. >> there has been a

estate. kelly o'donnell will join us from florida and the trump campaign in just a minute. welcome back, everybody. thank you for joining us today. lexus december to remember sales event get up to $2500 customer cash on select 2016 and 2017 models for these terms. see your lexus dealer. >>> hello, everybody. thank you for joining us today. i'm pbetty nguyen. at the half ho, here's what we're monitoring for you today. the stage is set at new york's times square for the world's most famous new year's eve party. up to 2 million people are expected there to ring in the new year in about 15 1/2 hours to be exact. security will be tighter than ever as you can imagine with a force of some 7,000 police officers and armed counterterrorism units to keep everyone safe. happening now, the washington post is reporting another russian hack targeting the u.s. within the system of a electric vermont utility. the report comes days after the obama administration leveled new sanctions against russia over its alleged cybermeddling in u.s. elections. lucy cavanaugh is in moscow this morning. any reaction fr

. knocked up in the air and intercepted. what a football game. a one-point thriller won by florida state! ♪ welcome to the weekend, everyone. i'm anthony mason along with reena ninan. welcome. alex wagner is off this morning. >>> we have a lineup of guests including martin freeman who is taking audiences from the office to middle earth and hear from him as he brings back his most fame role in the hit series "sherlock." >> chef jose andreas is known for his big culinary empire and. tight. we will join him for a special new year eve's dish. >> gallant is going up against beyonce and rihanna next month. a far cry from his early days in music. we will talk to him about his newfound success and he will perform in our "saturday session." >>> we begin with our top story. another cyber attack in the united states with possible ties to russia. the target is an electric utility in vermont. burlington electric says malware code associated with a russian hacking operation was found in one of its computers. the company said it discovered the possible breach after the department of homeland se

infrastruck stcture is protecte. >> thanks. >>> let's go now to west palm beach, florida, where kelly o'donnell is at the president-elect's estate. kelly, what is the latest from the trump camp on this tension with russia? >> reporter: good morning. we're a couple of miles from the trump residence here in florida. what we know is they will have what many americans will have, which is a new year's eve party. it's an annual bash. there will be dancing, celebrities. all of that against a backdrop that hans was talking about with the new tense relationship with russia. one big question is where does donald trump stand? as obama and putin face off in a high stakes chess match, donald trump tweeted his way in between them friday praise ing the russn president after he held back and decided not to expel american diplomats as expected by other top russian officials. trump wrote -- trump flattery followed a spy novel-type drama where 35 russian diplomats were ordered out of the u.s. by president obama. part of the punishment for russian hacking. >> the obama administration is expelling these d

google. we're hearing now from you. what do you think of the top stories of 2016. joe is in florida. he is calling as an independent. what you think this morning? brexit. it's not like here. hacked.t be we need to abolish the electoral college. gerrymandering, we need to get rid of voter suppression and electronic machines. it can be attacked by any country. we need to go back to ballots like england. you shocked that in england cannot hack. it leaves a paper trail. that is what we need. it, ity that russia did can be anybody. host: that was joe in braden 10, florida. karen, oh ahead. caller: i just want to say my whenst present of 2016 was donald trump one. we don't need to get away from the elect tory college where none of us in the middle of the country have a voice. i am so tired of getting up every morning to go to work and turn on tv and i have to be mad at something. now they've got a picture up in the capital. this is so maddening. report from the government how many refugees in illegal aliens they are placing and nancy pelosi's backyard or how many obama is sponsoring. that is

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with their son kevin. what made it worse, they just arrived in florida and were hundreds of miles away when they checked their phone. >> and there were all these voice mail messages. and text messages from all of our children, all of our kids. who said, call us, call us, call us. >> reporter: they tried desperately to get home. but it took three days. >> it was a horrible, snowy deep frigid winter, and we couldn't get a flight out because the previous days, everything in and out of new york, cleveland, the whole northeast was all cancelled. >> reporter: when they finally got home, kevin's death still felt like a mystery. >> when they said he died of quiketoacidosi ketoacidosis. i said, what? i have no explanation for that other than he was noncompliant. he wasn't taking his medication. >> reporter: you see, kevin had diabetes. but judy said he was faithful about taking his medication. the news made no sense to his big sister amy either. every day she says she feels a part of her died with him. >> we were just so much alike. everybody says that if they didn't know better, they woul

were yesterday morning as well. two egglets set to make their grand review. fort meyers, florida, a hole appeared in one of those shells giving everyone a peek as the bird start to break out. the bird can hatch any minute now. obviously keep a very close eye on it if it breaks. >> sometimes you put live shots in the bottom right-hand corner of the team eaglet watch. >> remember when president obama said this back in november? >> my number one priority in the coming two month is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president-elect is successful. >> his number one priority was a smooth transition. but are the president's latest actions with russia and israel trying to sabotage the president-elect trump instead? we're going to debate it next. ♪ by the time you head to the bank and wait to get approved for a home loan, that newly listed, mid-century ranch with the garden patio will be gone. or you could push that button. sfx: rocket launching. cockpit sounds and music crescendo. skip the bank, skip the waiting, and go completely online. get the confidence that comes from

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florida and you hope everything works out. it's always watchable. we have people spread out around the country but the real energy is going to be when we're walking around talking to people in the country. you'll have some escorts, the nypd. they're fantastic. they care of kg when she's down there. >> it will be good. find someone for you to get cozy with at home, get sko cozy withc bolling and i, our all american new year's eve coverage. live in sometimes square, kennedy and jesse watters get the party started at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> coming up next on "hannity." president obama sanctioning russia as the to foreign policy decisions president-elect trump will have to deal with. lieutenant colonel ralph peters is here next with reaction. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "hannity." some are second-guessing the timing of president obama's decision to punish russia with sanctions. but this isn't the only foreign policy decision that's happened other the last eight near. the white house has also freed terrorists from gitmo, struck a nuclear deal with iran and failed to act with bashar

-elect trump vacationing in florida injected himself into the debate with tweets slamming the obama administration. we cannot continue to let israel be treated with total he disdain and disrespect. used to have a great friend but dot dot dot not anymore. and now this. stay strong israel. anuary 20 is fast approaching. why did john kerry make this speech with 30-something days left in the obama administration? >> he only has three weeks left in his job. on john kerry and middle east peace, in his first year in office, john kerry made no less than 11 trips to the middle east and a number of more trips to european capitals with the purpose to negotiate and have talks between the palestinians and israelis. i was with him on those trips and he worked his tail off trying very hard and obviously it failed. the larger question here is u.s. approach to the middle east peace. and for 20 years, u.s. has been trying to get sort of the big deal, the home run, solve everything at once, come to agreement on everything, refugees, status of jerusalem on absolutely everything, peace and security and

for that. peter doocy is in florida. we begin with kefb kevin cork i honolulu with a reaction to the crackdown on russia. >> reporter: you are right. yesterday was the kremlin and the white house going back and forth about those accusations of cyber intrusions, trying to influence the u.s. election. today it was the russians pulling punches. it was a scene that unfolded from coast to coast. from washington to san francisco. nearly three dozen russian operatives working to leave the united states ahead of a deadline imposed by president obama in retaliation for what the white house called russian cyber intrusion during the runup to the 2016 election. >> it's all together 11 people, including three kids. they have to pack and leave within hours. >> reporter: even as the administration closed russian facilities in new york and maryland, russian president vladimir putin fired off what could best be described as his own when they go low, we go high statement. saying although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy but will plan further ste

. donald trump sings putin's praises for that. peter doocy is in florida. we begin with kefb kevin cork i honolulu wh

past president obama. so where is that one president? hawaii or florida? after all, it certainly seems like american diplomacy is being conducted at least in part from palm beach where a short time ago president-elect donald trump used twitter to congratulate vladimir putin for dismissing those u.s. sanctions imposed by mr. obama. the russian president said he is not really going it bother to respond until he sees how mr. trump handles all of this. leaving the president-elect to tweet great move on delay by v. putin i always knew he was very smart. we will press two key trump allies whether it's a good idea to appear so cozy with a leader in russia who rules with an iron fist. but we'll also explore mr. obama's fading power. today he was even dissed by the british with whom we are said to have a special relationship diplomatically. now apparently not so special. british prime minister theresa may unexpectedly scolded secretary of state john kerry saying it was inappropriate to spend so many time attacking israel earlier this week. that was widely seen as a sign that even the british ar

go to peter doocy in florida with more on president-elect trump's answer. >> >> reporter: one of his top priorities in the first week of the new year is to great briefed by high ranking officials about the evidence that they have that makes them so sure it was russia and not somebody else trying to impact the november result. mr. trump agreed to hear these officials out a day after dismissing intel about russia insisting instead that in the age of computers nobody knows what's going on. and just weeks after he said people pushing a story line about russian hackers trying to throw the election in his favor were embarrassed about hillary clinton's loss, trying to explain that away. transition officials said this morning that the president-elect has no plans to privately reach out to mr. putin about the obama administration's punishment until after he gets the intel briefing next week. but he has publicly reached out to the russian leader giving him a hat tip for pledging not to retaliate against the united states until he takes the temperature of the next president's attitude toward hi

their safety. >>> president obama has been in hawaii. president-elect donald trump in florida. members of congress are home at their districts. but the period of holiday calm in washington is about to come to a screeching halt. carry caifa looks at what to expect in the busy first few weeks of 2017. >>> in the early weeks of 2017 republicans will assume control of the white house and capitol hill. the quartet is the same, ryan, mcconnell, pelosi and now after harry reid chuck schumer. in tandem with the trump administration, a massive overhaul of the nation's tax code, movement on a trump nominated supreme court justice and their top goal, repealing and replacing obama. on friday january 6 electoral votes will be counted leading up to friday january 20. donald trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the united states. preparations are already under way for the pomp and procession and also the protests. the emotions of the 2016 election still raw. at some point before inauguration day we expect a farewell address by president obama and after inauguration day, he and his family wil

before the big annual party at the cross roads of the world, visitors like this group from florida seem undaunted. >> we want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleep. >> reporter: as they put finishing touches, they say saturday night visitors will be able to relax and enjoy themselves. >> we'll have one of the best policed well protected events in the entire world. >> reporter: hoping to prevent a run away truck attack like what happened in france and germany. they'll use 65 bucks with sand as barriers and another 100 vehicles as blockers. a record 7,000 officer in uniform and undercover will watch over the celebration. >> everybody knows the eyes of the world are upon time's square on new year's eve night, there will be no complacency. >> there is no place like it. >> reporter: police have visited more than 3,000 truck rental agencies reminding them to watch for suspicious activity. there is no specific credible threat to the new year's eve countdown. >>> a frequent flyer account wiped clean. nbc bay area responds to a man's complaint and what we can all learn from his mistake.

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monitoring the eagle cam in ft. myers florida. >> that's american bald eagle waiting like we are for her eggs to hatch, like we are. we'll keep monitoring. >> that's the news at 4:00. "abc 7 news at 5:00 ""begins now. >> having somebody take advantage that have is disheartening. >> taking their fame in fraud. the fraud alert the alameda county food bank just trying to do some good. >> diplomats start to leave the russian consulate. why the consul general says the situation is inhumane. >> from fireworks to crowd control, what the city is doing to get ready for new year's eve celebrations. >> as 2016 comes to a close we'll look back at a year we won't soon forget. >> breaking news at berkeley where several workers have been taken to the hospital in an apparent list of carbon monoxide poisoning. workers fillel at san back low and fogler avenues near the city limits. the workers were power washing inside the billing that's under construction when they were sickened. >> three have been taken to the hospital and two others were treated at the scene. cal osha has been notified about the incide

retaliate. donald trump sings putin's praises for that. peter doocy is in florida. we begin with kefb kevin cork i honolulu with a reaction to the crackdown on russia. >> reporter: you are right. yesterday was the kremlin and the white house going back and forth about those accusations of cyber intrusions, trying to influence the u.s. election. today it was the russians pulling punches. it was a scene that unfolded from coast to coast. from washington to san francisco. nearly three dozen russian operatives working to leave the united states ahead of a deadline imposed by president obama in retaliation for what the white house called russian cyber intrusion during the runup to the 2016 election. >> it's all together 11 people, including three kids. they have to pack and leave within hours. >> reporter: even as the administration closed russian facilities in new york and maryland, russian president vladimir putin fired off what could best be described as his own when they go low, we go high statement. saying although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible ki

the world, visitors to new york like this group from florida seem undaunted by the threat of terrorism. >> we want to wake up in the city that doesn't sleep. >> as workers put the finishing touches on stages and barricades, city leaders say saturday night, visitors will be able to relax and enjoy themselves. >> going to have one of the most well policed, best protected events at one of the safest ven venues. >> taking unprecedented steps to keep revelers safe, hoping to prevent a runaway truck attack like what happened this year in france and germany. they'll use 65 trucks loaded with sand as barriers and another 100 vehicles as blockers. a record 7,000 officers in uniform and under cover will watch over the celebration. >> everybody knows that the eyes of the world are upon times square on new year's eve night, so there will be >> visiting for her tenth time, rose says fear would never keep her away. >> no place like it. >> police have visited more than 3,000 truck rental agencies reminding them to watch for suspicious activity. right now, there's no specific credible threat to the ne

imposed by president obama. we're live in florida and hawaii and in moscow. >>> two russian compounds here in the united states shut down, but what went on inside? new reporting on that straight ahead. >>> and incoming white house chief strategist, steve bannon, speaks out. what he's saying this hour about deplorables? all of that, that's straight ahead. >>> but we begin with that breaking news. president-elect donald trump praising russia's vladimir putin. trump tweeting, great move on delay by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. now, the official twitter feed of the russian embassy in the united states also retweeted it, as you can see it, it's circled there, at the very top. trump was praising putin's response to president obama's sanctions. putin saying, quote, although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy, but will plan our further steps to restore russian/u.s. relations, based on the policies of the trump administration. now, vladimir putin essentially saying, he'll wait to deal with donald trump and let a cold relati

, by donald trump who tweeted himself from his estate in florida saying, great move in delaying this by vladamir putin. i always knew he was very smart. so vladamir putin must be very happy with his work today. >> let's look through all the theater here, that serious statement by the foreign minister who had to have known what his president was going to do afterwards, reaching out. this is really a russian leadership knowing that they ear going get a much friendlier president in three weeks' time. >> yeah, and it's also the russian leadership that knows donald trump faces a lot of head winds from his own party, the republicans that want to crack down harder on russia and establish more sanctions. this was perhaps an attempt to disarm them and to help donald trump in maintaining his stance. because they need a friendly white house. they need donald trump here in the kremlin, because they want sanctions lifted. they want the united states to get involved with the peace process that they've established in syria to bring an end to the conflict there in russia's favor. they want all sorts

o'donnell in florida covering the trump transition. what is the latest where you are? >> good afternoon. we know that donald trump held four meetings with announced guests who came to talk about issues that could relate to cabinet positions that remain open. meetings in total with staff and others taking phone calls. the work of setting up the administration going forward. on the issue of russia, i said the tweet you read speaks for itself not offering context or clarification about what donald trump is saying and to bring about sanctions and to expel russian diplomats. they are letting the president-elect to use twitter to be a way to keep this issue open and in fact raising more questions by again praising vladimir putin in the wake of what is taking place about his decision not to expel americans from russia. now that we are upon another holiday weekend, our best estimate from talking to advisers is there is nothing planned on the president-elect's schedule to do anything in addition about this issue. he is going to commit to that meeting with intelligence officials and i'm told that

putin says he will not retaliate. donald trump sings putin's praises for that. peter doocy is in florida. we begin with kefb kevin cork in