told us that they will comply with this tradition for public transparency. they are again not doing that today. how did we find out? people at the club tweeting pictures, talking about the fact that the president-elect is playing golf today. that is part of the reason this pool exists so that if he is out among members of the pin, there are observers there available to cover stories that may come up, give the president or president-elect access to the media, and also so we know at all times where the leader or future leader of the free world is located. so donald trump says he likes to break with tradition and he s doing it again today. that s right, the last time he did that was here in new york city, he snuck off to dinner. kelly, thank you very much. 2017 has arrived, at least a long way from the u.s. this is tokyo, ringing in the new year with the traditional release of balloons into the night sky. in just about ten hours, up to 2 million people are expected in new york s times
the white house are very clear unless they get a bill funding the government that s clean or with no strings attached they re not going to deal. they re going to reject it and they insist that they have the votes to do that. oh, boy. we ll be watching. you will be as well, dana. thank you, standby. we want to get to the white house right now where president obama has promised not to approve anything that will defund obama care. friday the president issued a stern warning toib republicans, here it is. past shutdowns have disrupted the economy and this shut down would as well. it would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy at a time when those gears have gained some traction. that s why many republican senators and many republican governors have urged republicans to knock it off, pass a budget, and move on. let s get this done. let s get this done. senior white house correspondent jim acosta at the white house. we know the president is out playing golf today, but can we
kim jong-un. not the first choice to go. really? michael jordan, his former rival in the bulls. i m a bulls fan, so this is really i totally get why you would pick michael jordan first. michael jordan, the first choice. don t know why he would turn down a free trip to north korea. maybe on a golf course. i m playing golf today, sorry. and dennis rodman may want to roll back the pr strategy. not number one. interesting. let s talk about james lipton the pimp. are you okay? not at all. favorite story of the week. this is definitely a talker. james lipton was a pimp in paris in the 5 00s. and not just any pimp.
bystander, playing golf today. like nemo fiddling when rome burns. i don t think this is anywhere are near rome burning. this is where republicans will get in trouble is overplaying their hands. the change in poll numbers. zero. president obama remains a popular president. for all of the churning and talk about rome burning politically it has been a nonstarter all of these scandals. let me come back to the irs thing. people are trying to parse what the president said and didn t say. he said he didn t know he about it until the inspector general. he said he didn t know about the report. very different. no evidence when people who are i guess looking for are conspiracies. not an answer you give unless you prepared it. geraldo: we have to leave it there. very interesting. thank you so much. your welcome, geraldo. geraldo: up next, a benghazi whistle blower you have not
bystander, playing golf today. like nemo fiddling when rome burns. i don t think this is anywhere are near rome burning. this is where republicans will get in trouble is overplaying their hands. the change in poll numbers. zero. president obama remains a popular president. for all of the churning and talk about rome burning politically it has been a nonstarter all of these scandals. let me come back to the irs thing. people are trying to parse what the president said and didn t say. he said he didn t know he about it until the inspector general. he said he didn t know about the report. very different. no evidence when people who are i guess looking for are conspiracies. not an answer you give unless you prepared it. geraldo: we have to leave it there. very interesting. thank you so much. your welcome, geraldo. geraldo: up next, a benghazi