Committee this week, and they are still doing the investigation that was proposed and requested by president obama. So this snub is sparking quite a bit of anger from lawmakers. This violates all protocols, and its almost as if people in the Intelligence Community are carrying out a Disinformation Campaign against the president elect of United States. Its absolutely disgraceful. And if theyre not doing it, then it must be someone in the house or the senate whos leaking false information. And there should be a full investigation of this. Maria whats going on here . Peter doocy live in washington. Peter, the president elect has weighed in this morning. Whats he saying . Reporter just few minutes ago, the president elect posted a between where he continues to express skepticism that russia was involved with these hacks. He wrote this if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act . Why did they only complain after hillary lost . Republicans reveal theyve been getting their most recent updates through the news, and theyre trying to confirm with the cia what is true and what is not, but they cant get anybody from the cia to come and tell them whats up behind closed doors. So republican congressman devin nunes says this, quote the legislative branch is constitutionally vested with oversight responsibility of executive Branch Agencies which are obligated to comply with our requests. The committee is vigorously looking into reports of Cyber Attacks during the election campaign, and in particular we want to clarify press reports that the cia has a new assessment that it has not shared with us. So even if some lawmakers complain about leaks that came out of a previous closeddoor intel briefing, others want the cia to come back and brief them again. Martha. Maria were going to dig into this today. There are also new reports this morning about the extent of Vladimir Putins involvement in this whole issue and whether or not there was a hacking effort that was specifically guided to help donald trump win the election. Reporter right. He was, putin was reportedly the one looking at all the hacked files and telling russian operate9ives what to do operatives what to do with them. If that is, indeed, the way things were going, then the way the white house has been explaining its point of view, putin would have actually have been taking orders from thencandidate donald trump. Republican nominee himself calling on russia to hack his opponent. It might be an indication that he was, obviously, aware and concluded based on whatever facts or sources he was, he had available to him that russia was involved. Reporter and this morning top trump ad visor Kellyanne Conway called that comment extremely disappointing. Maria more on this to come. Peter, thank you. Bill in the meantime, brand new fox polling first ticken since the taken since the election, the majority of americans, 59 , think the russian hack did not matter while 32 think it did help mr. Trump get elected. Stephen hayes, how you doing, sir . Morning, bill. Bill so youre at 60 in that poll doesnt appear the storys changing minds, steve. It doesnt. I think theres the potential given the other results we have in this same fox news poll showing that the American People have high confidence in the cia generally. I think theres the potential that you could see more people start to believe this. But as of right now, it doesnt seem that the American People, at least those weve polled in the fox news poll, are buying the story. Bill more on that point about Donald Trumps dealings about russia. This is what we found. 50 find that he has been too accommodating. So were going to have to see where this relationship grows and goes, and either way it will be intriguing, steve. Yeah, it will be. Look, i think theres a reason that 50 of the people that we polled think that donald trump was too accommodating. If you look at his rhetoric throughout the campaign, of course, he was on both sides of many issues as the campaign unfolded, but the one place that he was remarkably consistent was in this warm, excuse me, this warm embrace of Vladimir Putin and a willingness to try to seek better relations with russia if he were elected. I think Many Americans see that as too accommodating especially given the expansionist aims of Vladimir Putin in russia over the last four years. Bill okay, but you just heard the white house. Thats an unusual thing. This honeymoon has lasted 12 hours, steve. Josh earnest is saying trump obviously knew the russian hacks were benefiting him during the election, and peter kick saying, listen peter king saying, listen, if youve got the goods, show it to us. Yeah. I think the comment from peter king is actually the important comment here. What youre having is a campaign of leaks. The nbc report that peter and martha just discussed, thats a serious allegation that Vladimir Putin himself directed the hacking to interfere with the u. S. Election. Its sourced to two senior u. S. Intelligence officials. If they have that information, it is incumbent upon them to provide it to the American People, to provide it to the oversight committees in congress. And i would argue to do it in an open session. If i were chairman devin nunes and seeking more information, i would insist these hearings take place in an open session so that the American People can see the evidence weve accumlated and evaluate it on its merits rather than relying on leaks from a cia that, i have to say, has been rather political throughout the Obama Administration. Bill these electors want to see this evidence before they vote on december 19th. Thats a fiveday window. Based on what were hearing, i dont expect it to happen by then. No. Bill if thats the case, then this drags into 2017, correct . It does. And, look, the issues at the core of this is are important enough that they should be continued to be discussed in 2017 because they matter to sort of the fundamentals of our democracy. Bill twelvehour honeymoon. Get back at it. Stephen hayes, thank you so much in washington d. C. Thanks, bill. Martha we will talk with ohio committee. Reaction the intelligence agencies. That comes up right here at the bottom of the hour. And president elect trump calling out the media on twitter this morning. He was quite active on twitter today so far. The media, he says, tried so hard to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my actually, it isnt. Meanwhile, mr. Trump naming Rona Romney Mcdaniel as the next leader of the rnc. She is the head of the michigan gop, and hes also mitt romneys niece. So theres that to keep an eye on this morning. All of this as a busy day with some of the sultans of silicon valley, telling the group he wants to, quote, help them do well, adding this we want you to keep going with the incredible innovation. Theres nobody like you in the world. Theres nobody like the people in this room. And anything we can do to help this go along, were going to be there for you. Youll call my people, youll call me, it doesnt make any difference. We have no formal chain of command around here. Bill the meetings, yeah. Martha very interesting. Bill what do you think the net worth was at that table, martha . [laughter] elon musk, hes built rockets, the head of apple, steve cook and on down the line. Martha one of the main criticisms of the Obama Administration was that they had nobody from the private sector, and now one of the criticisms the trump team is getting is they have too many people from the private sector. Quite obviously, donald trump is divide comfortable quite comfortable. Bill and i think that last comment too, listen, hes pretty much saying its an open door. If youve got ideas, come and tell us, and were going to work with you. These companies that have a lot of money overseas, theyre going to try and work to get that money back here in the u. S. , and if that happens, the dow could break 20,000. Martha theyre going to pick up the phone, no doubt about it, just based on what were hearing. Bill i think it might be a trillion net worth there. Packed show. In a moment, Nancy Pelosis daughter also a california elector making the case that hacking may have tipped the scales in the election. Neil cavuto was having none of that. I think there are several factors in winning and losing neil she lost, she lost. The russians she lost. No. No, i dont know that you can say that. Bill should the electors get a briefing on the intel before it votes on monday . Well talk to a member of the Trump Transition Team about that and more many in a moment. Martha march democrats saying they are open for a change in obamacare. The reasons behind that change of heart. Bill also a witness revealing in the dylann roof murder trial how she was able to survive the massacre that killed nine of her fellow churchgoers. Hes still in here, im afraid. Hes still in here. Where are you . Im at Emanuel Ame Church yes, maam, but where are you inside the church . See me. See me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. Im not contagious. See me to know that. I wont stop until i find what works. Discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75 skin clearance at 3 months. While the majority saw 90 clearance. Do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, you should be tested for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. 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Martha he is charged with 33 counts in the shooting that left nine churchgoers dead. If convicted, he will face the death penalty. This is really about finding out the truth about neil so you would do the same if it were reversed . Youd do the same if it were reversed . If it was reversed, neil, you know and i know the Congressional Republicans would already have held hearings first thing monday morning. Neil i dont know that, but you would be urging the same meeting of electors to study this information . We have to find out the information. We have asked for declassification of neil youre not answering my question. You would have the same zeal and robust attitude about getting this out i would want to know, if they hacked the election on behalf of im for more transparency. Bill thats how it went. That is california elector christine pelosi, leading the push for an intel briefing, the daughter of the House Minority leader, nancy pelosi. Wants to know whether or not russia was behind the hacking of the dnc. Some democrats believe it cost Hillary Clinton the election. Marsha blackburn, republican from tennessee, also a member of Trump Transition Team, with me now out of tennessee, and welcome back here to americas newsroom. Do you want to know if russia meddled in our election . Everybody wants to know if russia meddled in our election. We know they have not been our friend for a long time. We know we need a better relationship with hem. But, you know, bill, i think everybody wants to know what they were doing, and i think one thing that you cant deny they say, well, there were all the emails, and the russians were behind the hacks. No, the russians didnt make these individuals write those words in those emails, and so while we do want to get to the bottom of what has transpired, i think we do have to realize, you know bill when democrats say it cost her the election, what do you think . I think that is another of their justifications in a long list of justifications of why they lost. And they need to start learning from why they lost. They completely misred the American People misread the American People. They were out of step, and they had a candidate that the American People did not like and didnt want to vote for. Bill so how does this story end though . Where does it go . This story yes. This story is going to end where it ought to end. The house, chairman nunes, has said they are trying to get their investigation, they are trying to find out why there is a difference of opinion between different agencies. Theyre frustrated with the lack of a briefing. What we have to realize is this will go through regular order and through the proper channels to get to the bottom of what has or has not happened. It also will, hopefully, lead us to appropriate legislation for data security, increased cybersecurity and putting in place the safeguards the americans need. Bill thatd be a big change. Yes, it would. Bill we did a big poll that came out last night. One of the many findings, you ready . Yes, you believe trump truly will do the following. Number one on that list, 68 , repeal obamacare. Yes. Bill as you know, repealing and replacing can be two different things. Theres a story suggesting today that democrats would support replacing it after it is repealed. Now, just to refresh be everybodys mind refresh everybodys mind, six years ago not a single republican voted for obamacare. How important is it for republicans to get some democrats and you can put a number on it, if youd like onboard when it comes to if they dont vote to repeal it, they will join the effort to replace it with Something Better . I think youre going to see democrats work with us to both repeal and put in place a workable Health Care System for insurance, for health care delivery, for Health Care Access and for appropriate Health Care Payment to providers. And all of those components are going to have to work together. We have to get it repealed, give the market time to begin its adjustment period, get a product into that marketplace that is something people are going to afford. Ive had democrats talk to me about my legislation, the across state line purchase of Health Insurance, opening up the Health Insurance marketplace. And theyre looking forward to supporting that. Ive talked to many bill okay. So claire mccaskill, senator from missouri, saying if it makes sense, i think thered be Many Democrats who would vote for it. There are 25 democrats on the ballot in 2018. 10 of the 25 are in states that donald trump won. Do you think that gets a little bit of attention on the hill . It is going to when it comes to tax reform, when it comes to obamacare, when it comes to jobs and the economy, and people want to see economic growth. And they want the trump bump that theyre seeing in the economy right now to become the trump economy, and they want to see this long term, bill. People are tired of wage stagnation. They are storied of not having more they are tired of not having more money at the end of the month. They want more money in that paycheck, and they are ready to get the wheels turning on economy. And theyre, you know, theyre ready to, theyre ready to get to work on this. Bill see you in washington. Thank you very much. See you soon. Merry christmas. Bill live back in her home of tennessee. Thank you, Merry Christmas to you. Martha a live look at aleppo where syrian state Officials Say the devastated city is now being evacuated. There have been calls to get the civilians that remain out after relentless bombing that is coming from the assad forces backed by russia and iran as well. Untold humanitarian disaster here. Critics of the Obama Administration now pointing back to several moments, 22 times, in fact, where he said that something must be done and that we would work on it. Remember this . A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. That would change my calculus, that would change my equation. Martha that line was crossed repeatedly, and thousands of people especially children have died since. Did they pay the price for americas failure to act . The civilians are stuck in a very small area that doesnt exceed two square kilometers with no safe zones, no lights. Save aleppo. Save humanity. Martha there is, as you know, a growing humanitarian crisis in syria at this hour. Evacuations are apparently beginning. They have been too long in coming, and thousands of people are already dead, as you know. Is so thousands of civilians are trying to get out. 50,000 is one of the numbers from eastern aleppo. Watch this. All right. The live pictures are sort of coming and going this morning, so well bring that shot back when we get it. In the meantime, a ceasefire was meant to help bring injured civilians to safety, and that fell apart yesterday. A United Nations official says that the continued raids are likely a war crime. Really i dont know what to say. I hope really i hope you can do something for people, for my daughter, for the other children. Martha too late for most of these people and too late for a lot, but there are growing questions over whether the Obama Administrations failure to act in syria led to the genocide, and its one that no doubt the administration will be asking themselves for some time. Lets bring in retired fourstar general general army army general, excuse me, jack keane. Fox news military analyst. Jack, always good to have you wuss. Good to be here. Martha i want to play a sound bite from josh earn yesterday in the Briefing Room and get your idea. The idea that you would target a playground and bomb kids hoping that you would then convince people to give up because youd killed their kids . What kind of a sick mind comes up with a strategy like that . And what kind of severallized country is going to civilized country is going to support those tactics . Thats what russia has done. Martha so how i cant believe he can stand there and make a Statement Like that. Of course its true, assad has been systematically targeting civilians since the outset of the war. The war has always been to break the back of the civilians and, therefore, separate support for any rebels whatsoever. Thats been genocide and a human catastrophe from its outset. Russia now joined that, and after 15 months of struggling to retake the territory that they thought theyd be able to do easily, criticisms starting to build at home, putin makes a decision and its this im going to annihilate aleppo similar to what i did in chechnya in 2000. Block by block, building by building, i am going to bomb it and target civilians and destroy it. That is what he and Assads Air Force has been doing. Targeting civilians to the extent that theyre doing it is a war crime. Assad has been committing war crimes for a long time. They followed this, martha, on ground with Iranian Quds Force be, hezbollah and also Regime Forces to systematically go into the buildings and kill whatever surviving civilians there are there, murdering families. Martha people being burned alive and horrific reports. We went back and looked at times, because we all remember the times that president obama said were going to train the kurds, were going to train some of these moderate rebels, were going to not be on the ground with them, but provide them enough support so that they can be strong because there was a point, which you documented many times with us, where it was believed if you supported some of those moderates, that assad would fall. There was a tipping point. But what happened in 2014, and president obama talked about it 22 times. But those references dropped off dramatically as soon as russia entered the game. We stopped talking about it from the white house. Does that line up with what you have seen . Yeah, absolutely. Youre so right. The opportunities to assist the regime i mean, excuse me, to assist the moderates were many. Particularly the moderates had the momentum in 2011, and then the iranians came in, and they were worried about assads air power, his artillery, they wanted weapons from us to help. They said we dont need your troops or air power, we need your weapons. We said no. Then again in 2012. Then the chemical red line gets crossed, and obama never understood it was less about the chemical weapons. He violated an international order. Obama had the right to respond, to use military force to do what . To take down assads air power which was the killing machine. And what did obama do . He saw he was paralyzed by the fear of adverse consequence that could happen from that. He never looks at what doing nothing, doing nothing actually means. Theres consequences of doing nothing martha standing by does not exonerate you in this case. And Francois Hollande of france, he wanted to take out the syrian jets that assad had on the tarmac. He said theyre all lined up, or lets take them out. And we said, no, correct . Absolutely said no. Thats why i take issue with the hypocrisy of the president s press secretary there, you know, condemning the genocide and condemning this human catastrophe when this administration helped enable in this human catastrophe. And that is so tragic. This is the United States of america, and wheres our sense of morality when people are asking for help and we deny them help . All we needed to do initially was provide them weapons and then, certainly, we had complete justification to do something after the chemical red line. Martha all right. More to come on this compelling story. General jack keane, thank you very much. And go army, congratulations on the big win in the big game. [laughter] it was a long time coming. [laughter] martha all right. Thanks a lot. Bill 15 years, in fact, congrats. Fox news alert, members of Congress Asking to see the evidence about Russian Election interference. That briefing has been can canceled. Well talk to a house member on intel on that coming up. Markets about to open, in fact, they opened one minute ago. Interest rates were raised for the second time in ten years. How will the street respond . How can you make money . Different world . Stay tuned. Bill mentioned this right before the break, markets are open for business the day after the fed made a move on Interest Rates for only the second time in a decade, wow. Dow up now at the open. 20,000, what do you think . 150 away. Martha within reach. Bill the fed raised about a quarter point, stocks have been soaring since election day, optimistic returns for perhaps a tax deal, Corporate Tax reduction and on and on we go. So well watch it for you. 9 35 now in new york city. Martha back to one of the big stories of today, some lawmakers on capitol hill are fuming today after a briefing on the russian hacking was snubbed by the briefers. The heads of the cia, the fbi and the director of National Intelligence refusing to provide the latest information they have on this whole russian hacking thing in a room with closed doors to the committee. They said, cant do it, its an ongoing investigation. New york congressman peter king, not so happy with that. Watch. Who is the cia . When they say the cia has made this conclusion, who . Is that brennan . Whos done this . There is no finding that weve gotten, no assessment that weve seen. If they have something, they have an obligation to show us. This could be a house of cards. I see it as disinformation to discredit the incoming president elect. Martha joining me now, congressman Brad Wenstrup who also sits on that house intel committee. Congressman, good morning. Be. Good morning. Thank you. Martha give us your take on how all of this went down. Well, as you know, we were supposed to have a hearing today, a briefing behind closed doors as you said and as peter king referred to, and we were snubbed, basically, by the agencies who denied us the access to their information today and to come and speak with us. Look, this is something that we have been concerned about for quite some time. This isnt new. But whats come out in these anonymous reports out of the cia are not consistent with the public statements coming from the agencies, nor are they consistent with what weve been hearing in our briefings over a long period of time. So we want to get to the bottom of it, we want to do it in a nonpartisan fashion, and i think its a concern to all americans, and it should be. But what were seeing thats being put out there anonymously remains to be validated or not. Martha well, thats the issue. I mean, youve got all of these stories, the latest one coming out saying Vladimir Putin personally oversaw which pieces were going to be released from this hacking, and the charge in the last couple of days that there was a direct connection, according to some sources at the cia, between the hacking and donald trump winning the election. So those are very, very, stark, dramatic proclamations. And yet the sourcing is very light. You guys wanted to actually go to the source anonymous, behind closed doors and get some answers to that, right . Yeah, we do. And, you know, its interesting because even the White House Press secretary, Deputy Press Secretary has said that the election is over and we know who won. Its not who the president supported, but we know who won. And the president has now ordered a deep dive into this through clapper where we should get all our intelligence agencies together and see what actually took place. Lets face it, theres a lot of lessons to be learned from this and to know how theyve been able to do this, why they have done it and clear up some of the accusations that have been made through this anonymous report. Martha yeah. They according to devin nunes, they have a constitutional responsibility when you call upon them to brief you. Does that, you know, does that lay out what the timely manner issue is on that, and have they given you an indication of when they may do this . You know, it certainly doesnt. We have a constitutional duty to provide the oversight, and they have a constitutional duty to respond to us. We were willing to fly back from our homes to be there to get this done, to get the process underway and to try and clear this up, and so theres grave concern as to why they denied us access to them and their information. This is our job, and its their job as well, and the American People deserve the transparency that comes with it. As do, does anyone thats running for high office. Martha do you want to speculate as to why they wont show up . I cant speculate as to why, but we have written a letter, made it very clear that we expect some answers. And the American People expect some answers. This isnt something you brush under the rug. This is something that needs to be addressed and addressed right away. And were willing to be there to have them explain themselves, and we want to get the truth out to the American People. And, certainly, to the intelligence committee, we want to know the truth and whats actually going on and what intelligence they may have. You know, i also have a concern martha go ahead. Go ahead, im sorry. Martha i just want to ask about the electors, and they have to verify the outcome of the election on monday, so im assuming theyre not going to get the intel briefing they requested if you guys arent getting one. Is that a correct assumption . Well, i think itd be difficult to get the remember to haves cleared electors cleared for intelligence reports, and the white house says this election has been decided by the people, and that is not an issue at this time. The issue is how they have done this and what were going to do moving forward. And i think that thats what we need to focus on. Martha yeah. I think everybody wants some answers, and this hacking stuff is not going to stop anytime soon, so we to need to have a far better handle on how any role that any Foreign Government might be playing in any of this. So thank you very much well martha go ahead. Quick comment . Youre welcome, thank you. Martha Merry Christmas yeah, if i could add something to that. Thank you. Martha go ahead. If i could add something to it, i think its important that members of congress and members of the government are aware of how they can prevent attacks on their own servers, etc. , and i dont think we do a good enough job like we do within the military. Martha great point. Thank you for getting that in. See you next time. Bill 20 minutes now before the hour. Some hollywood celebrities calling on electors to cast their votes for someone other than donald trump. Did you hear this . Republican members of the Electoral College, this message is for you. As you know, our Founding Fathers built the Electoral College to safeguard the American People from the dangers of a demagogue. Bill so what do you think about that, america . Sour grapes and how much does america care . We will debate that, fair and balanced. 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But it should certainly be someone you consider especially competent especially competent to serve as president of the United States of america. Bill our group of hollywood celebrities with that video to members of the Electoral College for monday, pleading with them to vote against well, vote their conscience, lets put it that way. Doug schoen, tony sague, good day, gentlemen. I saw martin sheen in that video, i saw noah wyle who played dr. John carter in e. R. And played tom mason in falling skies. I dont know if hes walking the red carpet at the oscars every year [laughter] does america care . Its even more than america cares. America cares that people like that selfappointed spokespeople whose only real credential is celebrity basically get off the stage, go back to what they do for a living which is to act and stop trying to tell people how to influence and otherwise undermine bill but, doug, and tony, they are convinced their opinions can change minds. I hope it doesnt. And worse for them, to feel that your opinion is so morally superior that you should tell these deplorables, right, that they voted the wrong way or they should vote or agree with your perspective, this is what was rejected en masse this past election, bill. And i understand arizona blist and clist actors are always looking for work, but you have to accept the peaceful order of transition to a different administration. You cant question it, call it into the legitimacy into question without undermining our constitutional system. Thats what theyre doing. Bill but you heard them, they said theyre not telling you to vote for Hillary Clinton. No, no, theyre saying do not respect the will of the people and the vote of the Electoral College because we, who are prominent actors, are telling you to. Bill i get it. This is supposed to be a debate well, this is our system. Its too obvious. Bill its too obvious. Perhaps this is not as obvious to okay. Bill and maybe america cares about this, and that is the take of Mainstream Media on the Trump Administration that raised the attention of bill oreilly last night when he said this now i think what has happened is these people are so overwrought that almost every fairminded american doesnt listen to them anymore. Bill every fairminded american doesnt listen to that anymore. Well, lets put it this way, bill. As a highlevel trump transition figure explained to me, he said, look, the ten Major Networks are not with us. Weve got one network that is mostly with us, otherwise were on our own and, you know what . The Election Results prove that the people really dont care. Bill so youre agreeing with im saying oreilly is basically right, otherwise we wouldnt have a trump presidency. Bill its a remarkable thing, just to go new the feed every day, tony. Look, what bill oreilly said bill headlines day after day, i made the comment to steve hayes 45 minutes ago, this honeymoon lasted about 12 hours. And one of the bigger points oreilly made was this is not about media bias which we all skip is somewhat baked into the accept is somewhat baked into the cake. Among the Mainstream Media, the animus bill you believe that . Its obvious. The attacks are are so perm. Theyre all about his character, and they try to somehow present it as some objective news. You had on a sunday morning news show someone from salon. Com somebody say in a sense this election was illegitimate, making that claim on a major sunday show. Not on a blog, on some sort of tertiary news source, and this is, unfortunately, what the left accepts as common practice. One quick point. Look, i didnt vote for donald trump, i had my problems with secretary clinton. First and foremost, im an american. What i was brought up to do is to pull together behind the president elect, especially as may be the case were facing unprecedented attacks from the russians, when they destabilized the election or not is less important to me. They are our enemy. And why and how do we allow ourselves to be divided constantly when we face unprecedented bill your point being the media look at what russias doing globally thats much more important. And what was confirmed in these leaks with wikileaks, that the media was colluding with Hillary Clinton. They were exposed and embarrassed during this process. Bill howard kurtz is to have a very busy 2017. Martha a billion users compromised, thats billion with a b. Are you one of them . This is a huge breach, well tell you about out when away come back. When we come back. Bill we are now learning two juveniles charged with starting those devastating fires in tennessee could face life in prison if convicted. Now, they already face charges of aggravated arson which carry ares up to 60 years behind bars. Those charges could be expanded to include firstdegree murder. Its not clear if theyll be tried as adults. The fires killed 14, destroyed 2400 structures. East tennessee native dolly parton has created a fund to help families get back on their feet, and a lot of them need that. She also headlined a telethon that raised nearly 9 million. Martha so yahoo revealing a major bombshell, claiming a billion of their users have been hacked. Chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt live in los angeles to tell us what is going on with this one. Hi, jonathan. Reporter hey, martha, yeah, this is crazy. One billion accounts targeted in this hack. Email addresses stolen, birth dates stolen, phone numbers stolen, security questions and answers all stolen, and in some cases passwords too. Now, yahoo says no Financial Information was accessed by these hackers, but other outside experts say that the information those hackers got might well provide the doorway to other online financial accounts, and thats the danger. Listen here. Being able to access that information is probably whats most critical, because its a steppingstone into other sites. So even if that person doesnt keep their Financial Information or medical information online, by having the credentials and logging in, its easy to spoof that person, act as that person. Reporter now, these one billion accounts were targeted in 2013, martha, a year and a half later another 500 million yahoo accounts were hacked. The advice from the experts to all of us, as usual, is dont use the same passwords for multiple accounts and change all your passwords frequently, martha, which i know you do, of course. Martha not really. Anyway, we try, right . They force us too sometimes, which helps. What does it mean for yahoo , for the company . Reporter well, its certainly not good news for yahoo either. Remember, verizon did an agreement to buy yahoo s digital operations for 4. 8 billion earlier this year, and experts say at the very least verizon has got to be rethinking the price theyre willing to pay for this. In a statement verizon said partly, or quote we will evaluate the situation as yahoo continues its investigation. We will review the impact of this new development before reaching any final conclusions. And experts tell us, martha, that this is really just the tip of the spear. A lot more of this kind of action is coming. Martha . Martha weve seen it everywhere. Its just incredible, part of life. Jonathan, thank you very much. Bill so we are now hearing from president elect donald trump, sounding off on the alleged interference by russia in the election. Why mr. Trump is pointing the finning or right back at the white house pointing the finger right back at the white house. Bret baier joins us live as he lurks in the shadows. Maria look at that. Bill how about it . Martha president elect trump firing back at allegations of russian interference in the election, asking the white house if its true, why didnt they get on this whole thing sooner, which is an interesting question there as people Wander Around in the lobby waiting for their turn upstairs. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to a brand new hour of americas newsroom, im martha maccallum. Bill ive often thought our lobbies was one of the most interesting in new york martha it used to be. [laughter] bill president elect trump pushing back on the notion that russia and reportedly Vladimir Putin himself intentionally tried to sway the results in trumps favor. Quote if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act . Why did they only complain after hillary lost . David lee miller live outside of trump tower with more now. Good morning. What else is mr. Trump saying already today . Hello. Reporter good morning. Well, most notable, this is the day that the president elect was scheduled to hold his first News Conference since winning the election. On monday he said it was going to be postponed because he was too busy with cabinetlevel appointments. The president , nevertheless, has tweeted president elect, i should say, has tweeted four times today not just on the subject of alleged russian hacking, but a number of other items. Among them, he tweeted, and i quote the media tries so hard to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my business so complex when, actually, it isnt. Now, the focus of that postponed News Conference was supposed to be how mr. Trump was going to sever ties with his best interests. He has since said his children and executives will be in charge, adding that they will not be make any new deals. Now, about those other tweets, the president elect said in one that its a great honor to be named the person of the year by the Financial Times as well as time magazine, and he also slammed vanity fair magazine and its editor one day after the magazine said a restaurant, in a restaurant review, that trump towers specifically, the restaurant in trump tower, the trump grill served and i quote what it described as garbage. Bill . [laughter] bill so whats planned for later today, david lee . Can you hear me . How about the schedule later today, david lee . Try and get that connection reporter bill . Bill gotcha. Go ahead, fire away. Reporter all right. Little communication problem. I presume you were asking me about later today. He has a number of meetings scheduled, among them with peter hegseth, a potential candidate reportedly for secretary of veterans affairs. He is formerly the ceo of concerned veterans for america, and he is now a fox news contributor. And later today, bill, we expect that president elect trump is going to travel to hershey, pennsylvania, as he continues his thank you tour. He was in hershey, pennsylvania, the friday before election day. At that time he told the 10,000 or so people in attendance that he was going to carry the state of pennsylvania, and indeed he did. He is the first republican president ial candidate to do so since 1988. That rally gets underway at 7 00 east coast time, and in addition to the president elect, we are told hes going to be joined by the Vice President elect, mike pence, as the thank you tour continues. Bill winter is here, by the way, in manhattan. Right, david lee . [laughter] thanks a lot. Martha he also brought us a piece of news that its snowing outside as part of that report. So a brand new fox news poll is also in the mix today, the first fox polls since the election show a somewhat hopeful country. 59 now, these were just adjectives that got thrown out, and you could pick the ones that sort of describe how you feel, so thats why they dont add up to 100 . Hopeful at 59 , relieved at 50 , embarrassed at 45 , and it goes on down from there. Id just throw in that 41 used scared, 37 used angry, so a bit of a mix out there. Bret baier, anchor of special report, good morning to you. Good morning, martha. Martha whats your reaction after you look at peoples feelings after the election . Listen, theres a lot of things stirring around after this election, 59 being hopeful is something that donald trump and his new administration can tap into. I think that there is a sensitivity about polls, theres a sense that polls got it wrong, and, you know, how much weight are we going to put in it. That said, our final poll actually at election if you think about the margin of error was pretty close. And you just get a sense of where peoples feelings are. Its a mixed bag though if you look at all of these questions, and i dont think the election and the postelection has really settled down for people. Martha no. Theres still definitive camps that are out there, and theyre very much reflected, i think, in the numbers that we have seen here. It says in terms of the cabinet selections, do you approve or disapprove, 44 said yes, 46 say no, and its interesting to note, bret, im sure within the numbers of those who dont approve, youve got some republicans in there who are happy or unhappy with this pick or that pick, so its not necessarily down party lines here. No, or thats right. And were going to get into the era of confirmation hearings, and that is always interesting because anything can happen. Think about all the confirmation hearings that happen for both parties and their nominees. And all the things that popped up out of nowhere. The nannies, the help that wasnt paid for, the Social Security taxes. I mean, all these things are going to dominate. And it comes down to whether the president elect, soon to be president , trusts these people and whether they have vetted these people up until in this process. I think that the American Peoples perception of them will likely change as they get to hear more from them and their plans. Martha yeah. We all expected that today there would be a big News Conference and a discussion from the president elect about how he was going to divide his business interests and how he would create a wall between his work as president of the United States and the business that he built over the course of a lifetime. So heres what the poll says about that. Are you concerned that the wall will, that he will place business interests ahead of the American People, is the way this was worded. 52 say yes, 47 say no. So sooner or later, hes going to have to put peoples minds at ease or attempt to on this, bret. Yeah. He tweeted about that today saying its not as complex as the media makes it. Youre right to point out that the press conference the last one was july 27th. Hard to believe. July 27th was Donald Trumps last press conference. It is one that most people remember for trump hooking into the camera and saying, russia, if youre listening, please hack and get e the missing 30,000 emails from Hillary Clinton. Be interesting that thats what happened at that press conference. But there are a lot of calls for more press concernses, more press conferences, more transparency and reporters to ask questions about the business ties. They are trying to figure out, according to tour to sources according to our sources, how its all going to break down and where theyre going to, you know, put up that wall between the white house and the business of donald trump. Martha yeah. I mean, his backgrounds so unprecedented that it does merit some more reflection and some pretty careful transparency on the part of those involved. So, bret, thank you. Theres a lot of polls to go through this morning. Well get to some of them later, but its good to see you. Have a good day. Martha you too. Bill all on the web site now. Last minute power grab now. President obama pushing through a rule to protect planned parenthood saying that states cannot deny federal Family Planning funds to Health Clinics that provide abortions. The mandate takes effect january 18th. That is a wednesday, two days before Inauguration Day. Kevin corkes live on the north lawn of the white house. Is that something that can be reversed kevin . Reporter well, frankly, bill, it can be undone, but its important to point out for the folks at home its not as easy as, say, a stroke of a pen. Its a little complicated, because what the president s done is fairly consistent with what weve seen him do before; that is, get his legal team to take a deep dive to find the most effective way to institute a policy that in the end becomes fairly difficult to undo. Now, according to the department repealing this rule would require a new rulemaking process or a joint resolution of disapproval by house and the senate with the concurrence of the new president. And make no mistake about it, my friend, that is certainly a possibility. Bill so you have a federal law that prohibits funding for abortion except in case of rape and incest or to save the womans life. How does the white house get around that ban in order to enact this new rule, kevin . Reporter okay. Its a little inside baseball, but ive got to walk you through it really simply. Inside washington we call this title x money. You may have heard title ix having to do with sports and opportunities for women, but this is title x, and it has to do with the federal Family Planning program and setting aside money for that sort of ties into what the white house is effectively doing here. Because by requiring states to distribute dollars from title x of the Public Health service act without taking into account whether or not the recipient clinics do abortions or not, this edict lets the states be protected by tying the money to the larger, broader federal programs. And in case youre wondering, yes, planned parenthood says the fights still not over. Heres what Cecilia Richards is saying about it, the ceo, she says it protects birth control, cancer screenings and other health care for millions of people, and she goes on to say this fight is not over. We are deeply concerned about the future of health care is access in this country with extremists like, again her words with extremists like mike pence and tom price at the helm, of course, tom price over at hhs. No question, bill, gop leaders on the hill will take a close look at how to undo this. Bill certainly will. Thank you, kevin corke, from the north lawn. Martha. Martha some new information on how a plane that fell out of the sky did so. What investigators are revealing about the crash that killed 66 people onboard with. Bill also back here at home democrats blaming a litany of things on the election loss, but our next guest says that list is way off base. Karl rove makes his case on the real reason for the partys stunning defeat. Martha and a House Intelligence Committee request for more information on the russian were going to get reaction from senator lindsey graham, right now heres trumps senior adviser, Kellyanne Conway. Lets roll the tape leading up to election day. How many people were talking about this as interfering in the election . They were talking about what they were going to do in the west wing, that the path was closed, we can never win. Nobody talked about this. Bill we have new developments on egypt air flight 804 crashed in the mediterranean back in may. 66 people onboard were killed. Egypts Civil Aviation ministry now says traces of explosives have now been found on some of victims bodies. Its now launching a criminal investigation. You might remember that plane left paris, france, intended for cairo, egypt. No claim of responsibility. Martha the democrats have been giving a laundry list of reasons for their loss in last months election. Party leaders have pointed the finger at the fbi director, james comey, and said that his statements got in the way of a clinton victory, and the russian hacking is the most prominent story out there right now that they believe threw this election in Donald Trumps direction. My next guest has written about this this morning in a wall street journal editorial. He writes, quote democrats refuse to face the truth. They lost the presidency principally because voters demanded change. Mr. Trump promised it in abundance while mrs. Clinton represents the status quo. Her main selling point . Her qualifications and experience showed how out of touch with voters she was. That is according to karl rove in this mornings paper. He is former White House Deputy chief of staff to george w. Bush and a fox news contributor. Karl, good morning. Good to see you this morning. Morning, martha. Martha its always important for a party to take stock and to figure out why you didnt reach enough people. So you went through this point by point this morning to figure this out for the democrats, and whatd you find . Well, they offer up a lot of excuses. The biggest one tended to be earlier the Electoral College. If we just didnt have the Electoral College, we would have won. Well, weve got the Electoral College. And its not the founders fault that Hillary Clinton failed to get africanamerican turnout occupy up to the numbers she needed in philadelphia and pittsburgh and detroit and milwaukee. Its not the founders fault that the democrats lost support of rural democrats in great lake states like wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania. So, you know, the great the really weird one is Jennifer Palmieri at the harvard conference of managers looking at the election said, well, its white supremacists. Then put it in an oped. Thats an incredible insult to the 55 million whites who voted for donald trump. You only voted for him because he made an appeal to the white supremacists. Even more than that, it doesnt make sense. If he made an appeal to white supremacists, youd think thered be an even bigger black turnout, yet Hillary Clinton got fewer votes and a smaller percentage of the africanamerican vote than barack obama did while donald trump did better among nonwhites than mitt romney did across the board. So they keep offering up excuses, but they dont bear out over, under some scrutiny. Martha yeah. You know, its interesting, when you go through the different groups, and i think back to Reince Priebus coming out right after the last election that mitt romney lost and saying, look, we need to do a forensic investigation of what happened here. Of we need to figure out why were not resonating with hispanic voters, why were not resonating with africanamerican voters. And you look at the fact that donald trump won with evangelicals, he moved those numbers higher with africanamerican voters, as you say, and his panek voters as well hispanic voters as well, marginally but higher. When we look at all of that data, you know, what do you believe that democrats need to do, and i know this isnt the hat that you really want the wear, but if you were giving them advice, what would you say . Yeah. Well, first of all, i think they had they couldnt represent change because theyre so stuck in believing that the answer is a Big Government solution, and this was a year in which voters wanted change, not more of the same. The second thing is that they really are a coastal party. They can do well appealing to people in San Francisco and cambridge, massachusetts, in washington, d. C. And los angeles. Theyre not good at appealing to flyover america, and thats why they lost counties that the republicans have not won in over 0 years and in some 20 years and in some instances 30 years in places like wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. They ought to be thinking about why they failed to have a message of change in an election in which it was clear right from the beginning that people wanted change. And their answer and its indicative of the weakness of the corrosion inside the Democratic Party that they wont confront that. I mean, weve got harry reid saying, well, jim comey did the election, and then he said, well, it was the russians and the wikileaks which was worse than 9 11. Really . Really, senator reid . 3,000 americans died on 9 11, and youre saying the wikileaks is worse than that . And then david brock whos sort of the uberdude for the democrats says the problem was hillary apologized for the email server, she should have simply said it was permitted. Really . People knew martha she did say that. She was lying about it. Martha yeah. I think its incumbent upon donald trump to keep the promises that he made to people in terms of returning jobs especially in the rust belt states that he won, which is going to be his challenge. Yep. Martha karl, thank you very much. Great piece this morning. You bet. Thanks, martha. Bill 20 minutes past now. The fed has made a move, and this is rare, raising rates for only the second time in a decade, and the markets responding. The dow just crossed 19,9 a moment ago. So then how you could profit off this rate hike and more. We expect the economy will continue to perform well with the job market strengthening further and inflation rising to 2 over the next couple of years. Yeah, so moms got this cold. Hashtag stuffy nose. Hashtag no sleep. I got it. Hashtag mouthbreather. Yep. Weve got a mouthbreather. Well, just put on a breathe right strip and. Pow it instantly opens your nose up to 38 more than Cold Medicine alone. So you can breathe. And sleep. Shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. Breathe right. Bill so now the fed has made a move for just the second time in ten years. Interest rates have been raised. Janet yellen, chair of the federal reserve, saying the expects the economy to continue growing, signaling more rate hikes in 2017. That mark, by the way, bumped up about a quarter point. How could this affect you and your retirement and your wallet . Important stuff. Charles payne, host of making money with Charles Payne on the fox business network. How are you, sir . Im good, thank you. Bill so the fed bumped it up because why . They have the economy starting to show real signs of life, and at this level, they just cant keep it down. Bill whats the evidence of the signs of life . Wages, corporate earnings bill had some numbers today about home forget about it today. Ive been talking to these animal spirits, two more signs of it today, one from manufacturing, one from housing. National association of Home Builders, their sentiment, their reading soared, its the highest level its been since january of 2005. Bill whoa. In fact, this is the biggest onemonth jump in 20 years. All over anticipation that donald trump will get through his policies, slice these regulations. Youve got to realize for the Home Builders regulations have gone up almost 30 in the last five years alone. So, you know, you start to get that out of the way, helps the Home Builders ors firsttime home buyers and everyone in this economy. Bill manufacturing numbers up too . Significantly. The best number since january 2015. Expectations for the next since months have gone through the roof, doubling bill okay, so, charles, are those facts, or is that a feeling . What is it . Well, its a kind of feeling that gets the ball moving. In other words, its a feeling, but its not a feeling from a whole bunch of people at a trump rally. These are professional Home Builders. So they have to actually base their business on this. So that means they go out and start to buy more land and build more homes. These are manufacturers. You have to be prepared. If you think manufacturing is going to make a big move up, then you start to do things. Yesterday, for instance, u. S. Steel had an idle plant well, it wasnt idle, but a big part of this plant in granite city, illinois, was idle. They brought back 220 workers. Now, it looks and sounds small, but this is the kind of thing. These workers were let off earlier this year, in january. These are the sort of seeds beneath the surface that youre starting to see percolate bigtime. With. Bill wow. Housing, manufacturing and, of course, the federal reserve. Bill bring it back to the fed now. Janet yellen signaled they may raise rates three more times next year. They said it before, and it did not happen. Heres my question for you. For years, you and i have been talking about retirees trying to live off a system where they raised a certain amount of money based on their savings, and that savings was depleted badly because of fed policy. Right. Bill now, its only a quarter point. Does it matter . It does matter because the ball starts to move north. Its not going to make a significant change in their lives overnight, but perhaps some of these cost of living adjustments will come along with it. Certainly, theyve gotten the short end of the stick, retirees and people who saved their money have been decimated by fed policy over the last 30 years, to be quite frank. Its a move in the rights direction. It helps savings, annuities. By the way, pension funds, federal, city, even corporate severely undervalued. The market keeps going up like this, people can rest easy that their pensions are safe as well. Bill wow. I get the sense youre buying american these days. Its a beautiful thing. Bill thanks, charles. See ya, bill. Martha the u. S. Oil industry hoping this new administration will make it easier to supply americas growing energy needs. Well talk about that. Bill so there are claims Vladimir Putin himself was behind this effort to undermine the u. S. Election. That is the report. One of the lawmakers who wants to get to the bottom of all of this is live next. Putin has not been a friend to the United States. Putin has not been a friend to freedom and democracy and western values and competition. I mean, thats just not who he is. I thought i married an italian. My lineage was the vecchios and zuccolis. Through ancestry, through dna i found out that i was only 16 italian. He was 34 eastern european. So i went onto ancestry, soon learned that one of our ancestors we thought was italian was eastern european. This is my ancestor who i didnt know about. He looks a little bit like me, yes. Demanding answers and so far the answers are elusive. New report showing that Vladimir Putin personally directed efforts to interfere with the u. S. Election. But the heads to have intel agency refuse to brief the House Committee about russian hacking. They want some answers, they want evidence so far its not forthcoming. After saying for months theres no proof the russians are trying to help a certain candidate. Here is peter king. There was nothing ever told to us. They said that they couldnt prove it that it was an attempt to favor one candidate than the other. Now, we have this as far as i know there is no decision by the cia, theres no consensus opinion. Bill wow, South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Theres a lot to get through, are you ready . Yeah. Bill what do you think is going on with the russian thing . How much is legitimate and how much is hyperbole. They are all to no good all over the world trying to destabilize democracy. Here at home im a hundred percent certain that podesta hacked into dnc and most of the information that was released was unfavorable to clinton not trump, i dont know what their motives other than create discontent an discord and undermine democracy. Im not challenging the Election Results, donald trump won the election. Theres no defend that they tried to change how ballots were cast, the russians. They may be doing that in other places and even here. My concern is if we dont push back against russian scenario election, we are inviting inviting the chinese and iranians to hack us when trump gets tough with them. Bill okay, let me slam on the brakes in one second. He said this, mr. Trump, by the way. Why did the white house wait so long to act . Go ahead and answer it. There would be no strong putin with weak obama. Why didnt he act when russia when assad crossed the red line, hes been weak in the face of dictators all over the world but here is president trumps dilemma, what are you going to do . If you dont believe that the russians were involved in interfering with our election, then im troubled by that because i have been briefed. I dont think anybody who has heard the briefings doubt that the russians were interfering in our election. Whatever their motives were, i dont think. We cant tolerate it. If you let the russians with it, i hope trump takes on china and iran, they are capable of doing the same thing. Now where was obama . Obama has been awal on the face of election. Trump obviously knew the hacks were benefiting him. Thats from the podium in the Briefing Room, sir. All i can say that trump called on russians to release emails of clinton. I never particularly liked that. All i can say that the election wasnt decided by the elites from wikileaks in my view, he was a lousy candidate. They did hack into to political systems in the United States, theyre doing it all over the world and if trump doesnt push back, theyre going to keep doing it and the russians excuse me, iranians and chinese are going to size us up and ive had eight years of weak, i dont want four more years of weak. Bill your name was in the news the other day along with john mccain. M marco rubio. Do you have concerns or not . I have concerns with the relationship with putin. Bill being friendly with someone doesnt necessarily dictate a friendship . Thats exactly right. I would add admit that hes a good decent man, highly respected in the business world. The people who are singing his praises are Close Friends of mine and it comes down to this with mr. Tillerson with me. I want you to be briefed with the fbi and cia about russia did in our election and what theyre doing all over the world and i want you to come forward and say whether or not you believe they interfered in our elections, they are interfering in other democracies, and if you say they are not, i will be trouble by your judgment, if you say they are, what are we going to do about it. We should sanction putin as individual and inner circle because this could not have happened without his blessing. Even though you oppose santions as exxon because it was bad for exxon, im glad we did sanction russia and we need to sanction them again. Do you realize what russia is up to here and all over the world and are you willing to do something about it, do you support new sanctions, and if he doesnt, itd be very hard for me to vote for him because you have giving a green light to this behavior. Bill will you fight it or approve it . Well, i will vote yes or no. The bottom line is we are not going to filibuster because the fill filibuster was taken away. He will need 50 votes. Hes a qualified business leader, his business experience can be an asset. Do you understand that russia is a bad actor all over the world, they interfered in our elections, you opposed sanctions in the past. If you opposed sanctions in the future you are letting russians get away with it. Bill thank you for all of that. Im out of time. To be continued. Bill indeed, lindsey graham, thanks. Martha hot topic, bret baier brought it up earlier. Lets take a look at what doctoral, masters and bachelors donald trump said about russia and the elections, watch this. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press, lets see if that happens, thatll be next. Martha that was . A joking manner, nobody could find those emails and perhaps the russians could find those emails and then you heard what josh ernst said with reference to all of that yesterday in News Conference and on and on it goes. More on that as we get it. President elect trump plan to go roll back regulations in fossil fuel industry to create jobs which could be radical change in energy policy. Hi, william. Well, martha, instead of a focus on climate change, trump wants energy independence. Theres a rig back there. The pacific, parts of alaska, fracking oil oil and gas in federal law and reviving the coal industry. Fire. Its not just the coal itself, its the down stream value of that to our economy, to our people, to our community. The friendliest town around, its anything but for the coal industry. Well, this is empty. Yeah, this used to be a quilt store. It closed just this year. Mayor saw two mines and 1200 jobs close in one year. They estimate five to seven jobs down ballot. The shutdown of a lot of the coal fire plants in the loss of market is due to regulations that have restricted emissions from coal fire plants. Under my presidency, we will accomplish a complete American Energy independence, complete. To do that president elect trump promises to lift and support offshore oil drilling and open federal lands to fracking oil and gas. Im excited and nervous at the same time because its not going to be as easy as some people think. Thats because trump cant simply unwind the clean power plant and the Paris Agreement which restrict u. S. Carbon emissions. I hope unleash promises to almost everything. Thats because the green lobby will likely fight anything to make isle, gas more cheaper. As for wind and solar, i dont expect the trump to be enemy. Because theres a lot of jobs and renewables, trump will likely support that as well. Martha william, thank you. Bill we know hes stirring things up. Members of his own team say, you have not seen anything yet. Theres going to be a stack of illegal and unconstitutional executive actions or actions that hurt the economy and workers and theyre going to be gone. How many, 2,000 . Its a long list shop martha more than a month away from ip Inauguration Day and yet president elect trump taking serious heat for not doing things as they have been done in the past. Michael goodwin writes this. Trump era of disruption, saying, quote, the whole world looks to be having a nervous breakdown over early actions and many wondering if the wheels are coming off the train. The good news is that they hope. No signs of going wobbly and while he doesnt always keep calm, he does carry on. So an evaluation of how things are going so far, Michael Goodwin joins us now. Thank you. Martha hes put himself out there in the way that people in the past have not necessarily. We are watching the whole transition process. Has he sort of asked for the scrutiny before he takes office . This is part of the course with donald trump. The trump tower auditions, really, its like a casting call. People go in and out and they have to stop and talk to the press and bill gates the other day comparing him to jfk after his meeting. Its almost as they come out of there, they have to Say Something nice, al gore, kanye west, people who wouldnt have anything nice to say. Martha brilliant, right . On that regard its brilliant because he has the press all set up and if you walk by them and dont say anything, the story will be, gee, i guess that didnt go well. For both sides to Say Something positive. It is truly fascinating to watch all of it play out. You say in a way it remind you of ed who we new yorkers remember quite well. He was a great disruptor himself. He enjoyed the headlines and stirring the pot. I dont get ulcers, i give them. Trump is like that. He likes driving opponents crazy. He is a great disruptor. Hes going the change the way everything is being done. Hes changed political campaigns probably permanently the way he ran despite not spending the most money, despite just being out there himself, not having a huge ground game, but just working to death the issues and being everywhere in front of huge crowds of people, having momentum, starting a movement. Look, i think that government, you have the major media, you the leaders really of both parties, big businesses, theres a status quo that people want to protect. I dont think donald trump is trying to blow up the world, but hes really trying to significantly change it and that is not easy because there are a lot of people what are invested in the status quo, they want to keep things as they are, they like the gravy train they are on. He wants to take them off the train. But there is no doubt, even though people on both sides of the aisle will come out of thett really well, theres plenty of indicators out there that theres going to be relentless action against him. Sure. They will try to make sure that he cannot complete any of the things to the greatest of their ability. We should not underestimate the difficulties he had. Even without the obstacles that people will throw, legal obstacles over the environment as you just reported on, things like that. There these are difficult problems. If they were easy problems, they would have been solved already when it comes to the economy, jobs, immigration, its not as though nobody else try today tried to fix them, he has fresh ideas. Now to implicate implement them is not going to be a miracle, hard workday in and day out, building colalitions and support. I think the thank you tour is a stroke of genius, he should continue doing that because it is his way of dealing with reluctant republicans and democrats and the activists on both wings. He has to keep the majority americans behind him and get them to push politicians as well. Martha in the old days you had no choice but to be in the room with a populist everywhere you went as president an he puts himself in that room when he goes to rallies and gets pressed on things like the wall and issues that he promised when hes there and a fascinating thing to watch and you documented it so effectively with your column. Bill good morning, jenna. Jenna perry to be secretary of energy, what greg abbott thinks about that and whats the latest on mr. Trumps plan to build the wall. We will talk to the governor. Opioid addiction hitting americans from every walk of life. How to treat those that are suffering with people that you do know very well . Murder for hire trail depends miss trial. Upcoming third trial for a woman accused of trying to have her husband killed. All of that in the top of the hour. Bill thank you, jenna. Nasa has a warning. What to do request an asteroid is hitting planet earth . We brought in an expert to tell you. What you need to know next bill d or comet will be a very bad day. Corey paul, good day to you. Good day. Bill are you here to scare people . Whats this all about . The risk is real but it is the risk is real but its small. We have seen asteroids hitting the moon or jupiter. We know this happens. The risk of specially like what they are talking about an extinctionlevel events these are millions of years apart, the likely for it to happen in your lifetime and mine is minuscule. If you really want to understand what we are up against, you really want to understand what we can do about it to protect ourselves, the things you do are actually the same bill drill down on that . What do you do, what are the ideas . First of all, you want to know whats out there. Its very hard to see a comet coming because they come out of the dark. You want a really good set of survey telescopes, watch all the asteroids and comets coming in. This is great science. This will tell you about the solar system at the same time that youre learning a lot about what are the risks that you have Early Warning system at the same time. Thats part one. Bill comet is one thing, asteroid another . Would you develop something that could intercept said asteroid . I would, that technology is already in motion also. Nasa has a mission called a cirus rex. Theres another mission, European MissionAsteroid Intercept Mission that currently lost funding, nasa can work with them. The point is we have the technology to run with an asteroid, intercept the asteroid, aim a argument at the asteroid that moves asteroid. We know how to do these things. If you wanting to and Start Building technology in space, thats the same technology. Bill there was this asteroid that hit jupiter 20 years ago, right . Right. Bill you could see a period before 18 months before collision . Right. Bill would we be able to see an asteroid a year and a half in advance and react . I can tell you that almost next hundred years no major asteroid is headed our way, very high likelihood. Comets, i cant tell you that. They come out of the dark. This is why you want to be able to see the small stuff. You want to see the distance stuff. You want eyes and ears and the cost of one f35 jet plane, one of them would pay for that wheel Observation Program and five of them would pay for the whole program of how you bill point taken. I believe we are going to wake up tomorrow, would you give me that . Probably. As a scientist i have to say probably. Bill thank you. Martha. Martha all right. Well donald trump is asking why the white house waited so long to take action if they really thought russia was behind an effort to influence the election bill i dont expect a comet overnight so i will see you more than afternoon inference jenna major controversy onnations capitol after canceling briefing on assessments that russia interfered in president ial election because of intelligent agencies didnt take part. Nice to be with you at home. Im leland in for jon scott