like a lot of fun! all right. we'll check back with you, peter doocy, in palm beach. >>> and in 20 days, donald trump will become the 45th president of the united states, and what a transition period this has been. for more on this, vince collinais is here, the editor in chief for "the daily caller." good to see you. happy new year's eve. >> happy new year's eve. >> so did president obama's sanctions against russia pretty much derail any possibility of a smooth transition? >> well, it's one of many factors, i think, that's thrown obstacles in the way of donald trump's taking office in a smooth way. so, yeah, both men have attempted this high-wire act. they met immediately after the election and promised that a smooth transition would take place. president obama was very clear about that. and since then, we know that both men have been speaking somewhat regularly in an effort to make that transition work, including having many people within the administration reach out to the trump transition team, to create a smooth conditions. but these foreign policy acts that the president has t

from palm beach. peter, what do we know? do we know what the president-elect has on his schedule this new year's eve, first of all? >> julie, this morning we know the president-elect snuck out for a round of golf to one of his other clubs half an hour away. and he also tweeted a holiday message that had a reminder in it that his 2016 was really good even though some people were giving him a hard time at every this. 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. tonight there is going to be an 800-person new year's eve party in one of the big ballrooms at mar-a-lago. we're told the trump family will be joined by luminares like fabio and sylvester stallone. we don't know what we will see of this party once night falls and people start showing up but i can say i saw something for the first time in many, many days here near mr. trump's property at mar-a-lago about an hour ago a helicopter flew over the causeway with the trump name printed on the tail and landed right on the back lawn. we don't know

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

doocy in palm beach where donald trump will ring in 2017. >> reporter: the president-elect is ending 2016, the way he started it, calling out the haters. he tweeted a few hours ago this, happy new year to all including many en knees. it followed a tweet that seemed to suggest the russian policy could be completely different than the current administration. the president-elect likes that russian president putin publicly promised not to retaliate against the u.s. so @realdonaldtrump has a public message, great move. it went live just a few hours after transition officials insisted mr. trump had no plans to privately reach out to putin about the new sanctions until after receiving an intelligence briefing next week about the alleged hacking. now trump allies in congress are explaining that people on the left are upset about warm attitude toward putin are missing the point. >> we understand from mr. trump, whether it's his business or his campaign or now america first. so when we have the left saying, oh, my gosh, this rip is going to be a partnership between america and russirussia, i d

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 are done with the obama years and waiting for the trump administration to get going. major developmen

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.

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 t

. >> caroline, thank you. team fox coverage continuing. peter doocy is live in palm beach, florida. peter we don't know what the president-elect plans to do with these sanctions opposite he is sworn into service, right. >> we don't know yet. he could keep the sanctions, could get rid of them after being sworn in but the incoming white house chief of staff wants to make one 'opoint clear. the next president has no interest in treating somebody who may have enter feared with the american election with kid gloves. >> i would also say this and the president-elect agrees. we agree that foreign governments shouldn't be hacking american institutions, period. so it's not like we condone the hacking of the institutions and entities and businesses in america0. of course not. >> the president-elect thinks it's time to move on and start talking boot stiff -- about other stuff. he put out a between sentence at that time said it's time for the country move on but i will immediate with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of the situation. so, we kno

trump takes office. heather: fox team coverage for you, peter doocy in palm beach, florida, and white house correspondent kevin corke live in honolulu, lucky guy there. kevin, you asked the white house why not let the incoming trump administration deal with the russians? good question, did they have a good answer? >> reporter: well, the answer was sort of what i expected which is, listen, kevin, the clock's not at zero, it's still running, and we're going to run through the tape, right? that's sort of boilerplate stuff inside washington, but i must say this, they did have an opportunity to sort of weigh whether or not they wanted to do something now or simply leave it, but they felt like given what happened in the run-up to the 2016 election, they wanted to make the russians pay. now, we have been talking at length, frankly, heather, over the last 24 hours about what the russians might do in retaliation, but we do know at least from this perspective the president has already ordered that a couple facilities be shuttered including one in new york and one in the state of maryland, makin

to palm beach to see what the next president donald trump has to say about all of this. he just spoke out a few minutes ago. chew over the political stakes with daniel halper. bessie woodruff politics reporter at the daily beast. daniel, start with you, the president has only 22 days in office. he dropped this stink bomb at the u.n. over israel. now. this how much of this is muddying the waters at least a little bit for president-elect trump. >> it puts president trump into a bind. he have to make immediate decision whether to continue this israel policy that president obama has put in place. we already know he has made that decision. we presume, based on his statements that he will not continue and that on the russia issue he has to make a decision whether or not to keep these sanctions and these actions in place or whether or not to roll them back. that, i think, is a little bit more up in the air and we don't know how he will act. >> betsy, today, the speaker of the house, republican paul ryan was blistering in saying, quote while today's actions are overdue way to end'5" eig

of this? joining us now from palm beach, florida, incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus. thank you so much. big important day, reince. mr. chairman, let me put that correctly. mr. chairman, big important day. glad to have you. so, the president-elect's reaction to president obama, the lame duck president with just 21 days left to go. slapping sanctions on russia. where are you guys? >> well, i mean, the president-elect put out a statement and he said, look, it's time to move on to bigger and better things. but, also, nevertheless, we're going to be meeting and he is going to be meeting with intelligence officials next week. to talk about this report. and find out the details of exactly what happened, how the investigation took place. and maybe at that time or maybe later he'll have a response. but right now we're just not in a position to sit here and respond to all of these details before we have a full blown intelligence report on this particular matter. >> so he is going to sit and look for the evidence. a lot of us on the right have been saying where is the evidence?

. and president obama said, not much happens in russia without vladimir putin. peter doocy is in palm beach, florida, where president-elect trump is spending the holidays. kevin cork in honolulu. great runup to this story. think people at home have to sort of step back for just a second and take all in. a great job by you. effectively what we're talking about is 72 hours for nearly three dozen russian diplomats to get out of the u.s. that's what the white house has been hinting at. so that news has come down today, to say nothing of the fact rich ed around reported this is also in response to high level and consistent harassment by u.s. officials in russia. our diplomatic corp has been harassed. let me share a part of the president's statement in reaction to the russian hacking and this disclosure that officials will be hitting the road from the u.s. the president saying: these dat dark theft could only have been directed by the highest levels of the russian government. and our diplomats have been harassed over the last year. such activities have consequences. today i ordered a number

reaction from jerusalem and begin with peter doocey in palm beach, florida where mr. trump is speaking out on the u.s. and israel and the american economy, peter? >> reporter: that's right, the president-elect said his administration will follow simple rules. buy american and hire american. that economic theme message dmam an instagram post and the sprint ceo pledged to bring 5000 çjob and one web, will create 3000 here. transition officials were not clear as to whether or not everyone of these jobs were new or part of the 50,000 jobs promised by the japanese company soft banks ceo a few weeks ago. the president spoke to reporters about russia last night as the obama administration prepares to punish russia for preparing for the america election. mr. trump said he doesn't get why they are talking about the election. >> i think we need to get on withç our lives. computer has complicated our lives. the age of computer make its it where no one knows what is going on. i am not sure we have the spirit -- i have not spoken with with the senator and i will be over a period of time. >>> and of

you think they're trying to undermined you? heather: peter doocy live for us in palm beach, florida. peter is the president-elect proposing a quick fix at the once he is worn in? reporter: no, heather. the president-elect is describing the united nations as an institution that causes problems instead of solving problems. he suggests this 193-member body favors america's enemies over america's friends. >> i'm very, very strong on israel. i think israel has been treated very, very unfairly by a lot of different people. look at resolutions in the united nations. take a look what's happened. they are up for 20 reprimands and other nations that are horrible places, horrible places, that treat people horribly, haven't even been reprimanded. reporter: the president-elect says the united nations is a waste of time and money unless it lives up to its potential but he says it does have potential. heather this. heather: another big issue, rush that. what thus does the president-elect think about possible punishment for russia about possibly interfering with the american election? reporter: he

he did with carrier. he's not president yet. we'll play some sound from palm beach. >> i was called by the head people at sprint, they are going to bring 5,000 jobs back to the united states. they are taking them from other countries. they are bringing them back to the united states and also one weft, a new company is going to be hiring 3,000 people. that's very exciting. >> your take. >> did you see me raising the roof when i walked in? >> i saw it. >> it's called the tome from the top and it's driving liberals crazy. people are calling donald trump saying, okay, are you making special deals? i don't know, he's probably saying, no. i'm going to get my tax cuts through. that's what's causing businesses to keep jobs here and bring jobs here. i think the tone from the top, you've seen it, you mentioned about consumer confidence. the stock market that's revealed it. business heads are calling him. it's because of the positive tone from the top, not the negative tone from the top. >> i want to find out where you are going to be on new year's eve. with those moves, i want to be that's an

me they are doing 5,000 jobs. >> talking to reporters in mar-a-lago palm beach, florida where he is spending vacation with his family. 5,000 will come from telecommunications company sprint which is owned by japan. his son visited trump tower earlier this month and seems to have orchestrated this move. of the 8,000, 3,000 jocks will be created a new company called one web. trump also bringing up the deal he made with indiana based kr carrier that created an uproar when they were planning to move 1,000 jobs to mexico but instead is keeping 1,000 jobs here at home. he is saying quote they are coming back to the united states which is a nice change. back to you. >> thank you so much, cheryl. appreciate it. >> now a major winter storm brewing down in the northeast right before the holiday weekend. >> janice dean here with more on if our new year's plans are in jeopardy. >> we will get this storm system out of the way before the big celebration on new year's eve. look at the current temperatures 36 in new york, 34 boston. you have the cold air sunk southward and along that jet stream the

-lago in palm beach, florida. we're awaiting a possible appearance from president-elect donald trump that could come later this hour. earlier he commented on the economy as well as his anger at the united nations over that anti-israeli resolution. will the president-elect weigh in more directly on israel? we'll find out and take you there live as soon as we get more definitive word. in the meantime prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not mincing any words do not need to be lectured by president obama and his cabinet. now the war of words is growing a little bit more personal tonight. netanyahu posted this to facebook a photo of then senator obama wearing a yawm can a and praying it at the western wall when it helped him politically. 2008, presidential candidate barack obama at the western wall. 2016, u.n. calls the western wall "occupied palestinian territory." seriously? the post concludes, that post came just after searing remarks from the prime minister blasting a long speech today by u.s. secretary of state john kerry. >> now i must express my deep disappointment with the speech

in for tucker. you are looking at mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. we're awaiting a possible appearance from president-elect donald trump that could come later this hour. earlier he commented on the economy as well as his anger at the united nations over that anti-israeli resolution. will the president-elect weigh in more directly on israel? we'll find out and take you there live as soon as we get more definitive word. in the meantime prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not mincing any words do not need to be lectured by president obama and his cabinet. now the war of words is growing a little bit more personal tonight. netanyahu posted this to facebook a photo of then senator obama

." i'm ed henry in for tucker. you are looking at mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. we're awaiting a possible appearance from president-elect donald trump that could come later this hour. earlier he commented on the economy as well as his anger at the united nations over that anti-israeli resolution. will the president-elect weigh in more directly on israel? we'll find out and take you there live as soon as we get more definitive word. in the meantime prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not mincing any words do not need to be lectured by president obama and his cabinet. now the war of words is growing a little bit more personal tonight. netanyahu posted this to facebook a photo of then

right now on the economy. you're looking at a live picture in palm beach florida. he will be speaking there at least coming to us in some way, shape or form and coming white house press secretary saying that the news should be very positive for american workers, so we'll see what it is he has to say. we've already heard him step in to help save some jobs at carrier, we saw him go and cut costs at boeing on the new air force one and of course pressure lockheed martin to reduce cuts for its fighter jets. what can we expect now? we're going to bring you that statement just as soon as we get it. welcome everyone. this is your world. peter doocy is there with the president-elect and peter, what are you hearing? >> reporter: trish, the president-elect has already shown us these meetings have the ability to move markets because the ceo came here for a sit down with the next president and left without making a deal to lower the costs on the f-35 program that came later. so we don't know exactly what today's announcement is going to be, but it is said to be positive for american workers and it

an election. peter doocy live in palm beach, florida. do we know, peter, how often trump and president obama are actually in contact? >> reporter: apparently, despite everything that you just read off there, the two are still talking pretty often. that is, of course, even though the current president obama has been putting new focus on a hypothetical and impossible election victory over mr. trump for a third term. and mr. trump has been calling president obama out for failing to excite voters in swing states for his preferred successor, hillary clinton. but transition officials say, mr. trump knows there's only one president at a time, that the current one is allowed to do whatever he wants for the next three weeks and change. the president-elect has had a pretty full schedule here in florida today, though. his first day back in the swing since christmas. sitting down about the open secretary job, meeting with a group of executives from some of america's best hospital groups including johns hopkins, the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic. dr. toby cosgrove from the clevelan

meantime, we have team fox coverage. our folks have been following this, peter doocy is live in palm beach, florida, where president-elect trump has been sounding off on israel and is about to make a major economic announcement. ri rich edison, let's go to you. >> reporter: this was a speech, heather, that was billed as a way forward that the obama administration wanted to give. secretary of state john kerry spent much of the speech criticizing the israeli government for settlement building. he's not saying that's the only impediment or roadblock to peace, but he did spend most of his time explaining why the united states blocked a unity nations security council last week that condemned israel for the construction of those settlements. he says israel's settlement building, among other problems, are preventing peace in the region. >> some seem to believe that the u.s. friendship means the u.s. must accept any policy regardless of our own interests, our own positions, our own words, our own principles. even after urging again and again that the policy must change. friends need to tell

characters or less. correspondent peter doocy is in west palm beach, florida, reporting on the soon to be tweeter in chief. >> reporter: the president-elect plans to keep sounding off even after his swearing in. president @realdonald trump will not give up his platform to reach world citizens and world leaders and the person who will have to explain what the next president did or didn't mean with his tweets says it's exciting. >> he has this direct pipeline to the american people where he can talk back and forth to 17 million people on twitter. >> reporter: that means mr. trump will still have a way to defend himself like with this post. "i gave millions of dollars to djt foundation, raised or received millions more, all of which is given to charity and media won't report." it means mr. trump will also have a way to go on offense when he wants to like he did after american diplomats ignored his advice and let an anti-israel resolution pass. it said "the united nations has great potential but it's a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad." that comes as promi

is something that needs to be revisited. peter has more on that part of this story from west palm beach. >> the united state e united na their job seriously. boast on the ability to take action of issues confronting humanity. the next u.s. president doesn't think their job is that complicated. twitter the united nations has such great potential. right now just a club for people to get together, talk, and have a good time. so sad. that's not the only shot he's taken at the international organization since american diplomats sat silently by while others on the security counsel passed a resolution that hurts our closest allies in the middle east. israel. the president elect suggests he has the power to slow administration down, but not stop them t. big loss yesterday for israel and united nations will make it much harder to negotiate peace. too bad, but we'll get it done anyway. now conservatives see an opportunity to draw upon his experience with manhattan real estate. >> it's an organization that exacerbates tensions. i think that's good in real estate in downtown new york city and

has been tweeting about it. from his mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida. that's where we find the man on the scene fox news correspondent peter doocy joins us live now from the sunshine state. good to see you, peter. >> good to see you too, ed. there was quite a seen up closer where you are in midtown manhattan today. a suspicious package at trump tower. the package sent tourists frantically running to safety turned out to be a bag of children's toys. trump tower is, of course, where the president-elect lives and works at least for the next few weeks. but this is the most dramatic evacuation that we have seen at trump tower since it became the center of the political universe a few months ago. but the place is always packed with very visible law enforcement presence. they responded quickly and determined there was no threat in just a few minutes. right around the same time, the nypd was trying to give tourists and residents and employees an all clear, the president-elect offered his latest response to the president obama comment that if he was allowed to run for a third term i

attorney general michael flynn. >> looks like a nice day in west palm beach. enjoy it. >> reporter: they're all nice. >> yeah. >>> donald trump promises to bring down the cost of taking care of kids and elderly relatives for millions of americans. analysts say child care can cost more than college tuition in many states and nearly half of people over 55 do not have any money saved up for retirement. we are live with more. how does the president elect say he plans to help people in this situation? >> reporter: one example, john, president elect trump says he wants families to be able to make the decision, to be able to afford to make the decision whether or not they want to stay home and take care of their kids. same goes for taking care of an aging relative. we have bullet points on child care. the president elect wants mother who don't get paid leave from employers to receive six weeks guaranteed ma ternty leave. those under a certain income ceiling could deduct expenses up to a certain amount, this includes stay at home parents and for low-income families the government would pro

do you think if the palm administrationment today do this. they're saying it will make peace tougher to achieve. >> slously, because it is so incomprehensible. it was not a rational decision, but irrational, and i quite frankly cannot explain. >> thank you for joining us this evening, we'll keep a close eye on what happens next. shoppers across the united states duking it out and it's not even black friday. what is behind the brawls? one teenager girl getting a lot of attention for her birthday. why it then tended in tragedy. >>> welcome back, a washington woman missing since christmas has now been found dead. . she was found in her car with signed of ka that. she missed a christmas dinner on saturday. police say they have someone in custody. it was employees -- he was arrested this morning after the car was found. >> several people were injured, police had to evacuate some of those malls. so people go kra crazy for sale but this? >> yeah, large groups oop seens and young adults mobbed the local mall. teens started throwing fists at a small in text, police arrived after calls of gunf

israel. john: we begin with peter ducey live in west palm beach. what did we just learn about how the president-elect will be communicating with americans from the white house? >> reporter: the president-elect will keep signing into twitter even after he is sworn in as president. sean spicer told a rhode island affiliate that we should expect to see mister trump expressing his thoughts 140 characters at a time even after january 2, '02. he has been targeting president obama and the united nations we for his predecessor mister trump doesn't think mister obama should be claiming hypothetical victory, president obama said he thinks you would have won against me, he should say that but i say no way, isis, etc.. the president-elect exposing frustration about the anti-israel resolution the united states let pass with another tweet. he says the united nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad. there is apparently a lot more where that came from on twitter for the next four to eight years. john: and there is

weeks. meanwhile, peter, what is mr. trump doing today? >> here at mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida and with top-level staff meetings as he try to fill out the rest of government and cabinet. two cabinet-secretary level -- for cabinet level jobs in total and top, level tip dippic visit. congo president will drop by today, we expect to get a longer guest list. >> thanks, peter. >> more on president obama's comment that he could have won again. let's go to john mccormick, a weekly writer. a lot of trump voters say they don't love trump, their vote for him was a rejection of the obama gained. doesn't that make defeat for obama as much as it was for hillary? >> i think that's true. when obama says he could have won, that's speculation, when the election comes down to less than one percentage point. if a stronger candidate than hillary clinton, could someone have squeezed past trump. that's certainly possible. what obama is doing right here is evading his own responsibility for hillary clinton's defeat and more broadly the defeat of the democratic party which up and down the ticket, all

southern transition headquarters mansion in palm beach, florida, that's where we find fox news correspondent peter doocy. some staff intrigue to say the least, peter. >> a lot going on here in palm beach. [lost audio] >> okay it looks like he had a little difficulty down there in florida, obviously we will try to get back to peter in just a moment. it's now less than a month until ne inauguration day. some wonder whether president obama will actually leave. this is what he told axelrod the ax files. >> the majority does buy into the notion of a one america that is tolerant and diverse and open. i'm confident that if i -- if i had run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> he thinks he could have won. democratic strategist jessica erhlick joins us tonight from florida. it almost sounds trumpian, if i ran again, you would get tired of all this winning. i'm barack obama and i would keep on winning. i think the president has been saying that last eight months. did he have as president. i think he has been ve

-elect in palm beach, florida, tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. the president-elect is saying he thinks the u.n. made it harder to negotiate mideast piece. elaborating with a tweet that says -- the 44th president is making life hard for the 45th president on purpose. >> the president has deliberately tied the hands of his successor. it's going to make it harder for president trump to bring about peace. >> reporter: s as the foreign policy team sees this, his domestic team is looking at courts across the country where there are more than 100 zu dish vacancies, double what president obama got to fill. dozens of the open benches are referred to as judicial emergencies because they've been open at least a year. the administration has a big opportunity to defend its upcoming initiatives on immigration, gun control and abortion from democratic challenges before they ever have a chance to rise to the supreme court. where there is also an opening for the next president to fill. part of a tweet posted by counselor to the president kellyanne conway says, quote, judges were sleepe

live in west palm beach, florida, where the president-elect is spending the holidays. peter, what's the latest from this? >> reporter: gregg, as you know, there's been a lot of pressure from democrats and liberal groups for the president-elect to untangle the financial obligations he has with charity work and his business dealings. now, the transition team continues to insist that at some point in january, before the inauguration, the president-elect is going to have a formal press conference where he lays out the plan for withdrawing himself from the trump organization, from all of his real estate holdings and any other investments that he has. so that's still upcoming, but now he is doing kind of a slow process of withdrawing from some of these charity organizations and something that is notable about his statement about his own charity, he points out all the good work that he thinks they do which is the same kind of thing that he said about his son, eric trump, on friday when eric trump announced that he was going to also step aside from fund-raising work from the eric trump foun

doocey warmer in west palm beach, florida than new york. >> and the u.s. is on defense after the u.s. abstained for a vote in the united nations. this the u.s. had used veto to protect israel. and there is strained relations between the president and prime freedom netanyahu. what is happening behind the scenes, kevin? >> reporter: you are right. the administration takes great um braj at the suggestion they were behind the orchest traiting the u.n. security vote. here's what we received from the white house press secretary mincing no words. the u.s. did not draft the resolution nor did the u.s. introduce the resolution. egyptians are the ones who serbingulated an earlier draft of the resolution. he said the egyptians moved it forward on friday and we took the position we did when it was put to a vote. israeli leaders are criticizing the u.s. for the vote. critics in the u.s. call it undemocratic. >> we have iron clad from sauerses in the arab world or internationally it was a push by the united states and that helped to create the resolution in the first place. and so it is deeply dis

. patti ann: peter doocy live in palm beach florida, where mr. trump is spending the holidays with his family. peter, is the president-elect saying he is actually done with all charity until after his presidency? reporter: no, patti ann, what the president-elect is saying he will start pursuing philanthropy in other ways. over the weekend he put out a long statement why he is going to shut down that charitable foundation. he says this in part. the foundation has done enormous good works over the years contributing millions of dollars to countless worthy groups, supporting veterans, law enforcement officers and children. however to avoid appearance of any conflict with my role as president i have decided to continue to pursue my strong interest in philanthropy in other ways. democrats though say they have a problem with the timing of this announcement with a dnc spokesman saying this, there is something richly symbolic, donald trump choosing christmas eve, to shutter one part of his financial empire could in theory have positive impact on people's lives used in the right way. that goes

-hour service. we are live in palm beach, florida with more. this church has a lot of significance for the president-elect, as we understand it? >> reporter: absolutely, gregg. in fact, this is the same church that he and melania were married in in 2005. it is the same church where his son bar ron was cliftened and where he attended mass on christmas eve the last two years. and he is no stranger there to the congregation, the bethesda by the sea and last night he was among the people there for the mass -- late night mass. and the christmas message from the reverend james harland was about making room for the savior in our lives and doing so by letting go of the resentments that we hold on to. and following the two-hour service which ended after midnight, the reverend said mr. trump's presence had no bearing on his sermon. >> i hope that i what i said applies to everyone universally, whether it is the president-elect or someone off the street. we have the opportunity to know god in our lives and we pile up resentment and hurts and things that get in our way and i hope we can let tho

the beltway at donald trump's mar-a-lago club in palm beach, florida, where the president-elect is spending the holidays with his family. our next guest, jerry falwell jr., is president of liberty university and a member of mr. trump's evangelical advisory board. mr. falwell, merry christmas and welcome to "fox news sunday." >> merry christmas to you, chris. thank you. >> last january, donald trump spoke at your liberty university. here's a clip. >> we're going to protect christiani christianity, and i can say that. i don't have to be politically correct. >> now, you were one of the first prominent evangelicals to endorse him, and for the rest of the campaign, other leaders of your faith as well as a lot of students or somestudents, i should say, at liberty university criticized you, especially after the release of that "access hollywood" tape. but you never wavered. how come? >> i just saw in mr. trump someone who really loved the american people, who was for the working man, the common man. i saw that early on. he spoke at liberty in 2012 as well, so i had gotten to know him over

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here in palm beach, florida where the president elect and his family are celebrating christmas and one of the big questions is santa, stay tuned. >>> president elect donald trump isn't sworn in yet but there isn't a shakeup. jason miller decided not to take the white house communication job after being named to the position earlier in the week. garrett penny has the latest from outside where donald trump is spending his holiday. hi, garrett, merry christmas. >> liz, merry christmas to you, as well. this announcement does come as a surprise. throughout the campaign and through the transition, jason miller is one of the most visible spokespersons for donald trump and just two days ago, the transition team announced he would come on joining the trump administration as the white house communications director. miller and his wife are expecting the birth of their second daughter in january and last night in a statement, he said after spending this past week with my family, the most amount of time i've been able to spend with them since march of 2015, it is clear they need to be my top pr

night, he and his family went to the church of bethesda by the sea in palm beach by the breakers hotel. >> where he got married to melania in 2005 and has a lot of meaning for him. he got a standing ovation. >> we have video for him when they walked in. [ applause ] >> that's nice. a nice feeling. >> i wonder if everyone knew he was coming or a surprise? >> i bet shay saw -- they saw st service. >> there was chatter as he was there last year wondering if he was back. t >> the reaction was different than when vice president mike pence went to see "hamilton." thinking of a more positive reaction. >> where he stays, everybody wants to get a look. >> have you been to that church? >> i have not been inside but drove by it. he's in palm beach and you can drive by if you want to see where he is and what he's been up to. >> has it changed? you know that area pretty well. >> people around there just love donald trump right there in palm beach. they want to see him. he obviously has been at mar-a-lago for years. people like what he's done with the place, cleaning it up and fixing it up, i should

the mar-a-lago club in palm beach. levin: 2005? trump: yeah. that was very nice. levin: what attracted you to melania? trump: well, she's a very, very good person. very kind. great mother. unbelievable mother. and we had a very immediate attraction, absolutely. levin: she is stunning. but there's gotta be more than that for it to last this long. trump: look, beauty is, you know, a very nice thing, but after the first hour, you still have to talk to somebody. but no, she's been--she's been terrific. levin: she is kind of a traditional wife... trump: totally. levin: and it seems like that suits you. trump: i think it does. it does. but she's very traditional. would rather stay at home than, you know, anything else. you know, she's very traditional. i think that's good. levin: and, you know, i hear she's incredibly involved with barron and drives him to school every day. trump: she takes him to school. she's very involved with him. she--she loves family. i mean, her whole thing, and her parents are here every once in a while. they'll come over from europe and she loves having th