no signs of going wobbly and while he doesn t 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: he s 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, it s 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. it s almost as they come out of there, they have to say something nice, al gore, kanye west, people who wouldn t have anything nice to say. martha: brilliant, right? on that regard it s brilliant because he has the press all set
remember for trump hooking into the camera and saying, russia, if you re listening, please hack and get e the missing 30,000 e-mails from hillary clinton. be interesting that that s 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 it s all going to break down and where they re going to, you know, put up that wall between the white house and the business of donald trump. martha: yeah. i mean, his background s so unprecedented that it does merit some more reflection and some pretty careful transparency on the part of those involved. so, bret, thank you. there s a lot of polls to go through this morning. we ll get to some of them later, but it s good to see you. have a good day. martha: you too. bill: all on the web site now. last minute power grab now
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 don t 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 administration s failure to act in syria led to the genocide, and it s one that no doubt the administration will be asking themselves for some time. let s bring in retired four-star 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
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 they re 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: we ve seen it everywhere. it s 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:
raised a certain amount of money based on their savings, and that savings was depleted badly because of fed policy. right. bill: now, it s only a quarter point. does it matter? it does matter because the ball starts to move north. it s 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, they ve 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. it s 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 you re buying american these days. it s a beautiful thing. bill: thanks, charles. see ya, bill. martha: the u.s. oil industry hoping this new administration will make it ea