Welcoming to everyone he met. And of course, he was a music legend. Take a look. Wake me up before you gogo dont leave me hanging on like a yo yo reporter global superstar George Michael launched into pop culture history in 1984 as half of the british band wham . Singing the chart topping ballot careless whisper. Time can never mend the careless whisper reporter by 1986, michael launched an incredible solo career. His number one album faith raising eyebrows with the first single. The risque lyrics and video drawing sharp criticism of those wanting to bring awareness to the growing aids epidemic and need for safe sex. I gotta have faith faith producing four number one singles. Including father figure. I will be your father figure put your tiny hand in mine reporter one more try. You reporter and monkey. Why cant you set your monkey free reporter by the 90s, michael became a more serious artist, celebrating his independence from the pop machine. Freedom, Freedom Reporter refusing to appear in the video freedom 90 which featured cameos from top models lipsynching his lyrics. But the late 90s were rough for the pop icon, he was arrested by an Undercover Police officer and charged with engaging in a lewd act in a park in beverly hills. Sp leading him to reveal in a cnn interview that he was gay in 1988. I dont feel any shame and neither do i think i should. Reporter in later years drugrelated arrests and a nasty car accident in 2010. He served a month in jail for driving under the influence of marijuana. But his career continued to flourish thanks to his powerful vocals. At nearly 50, michael once again found critical success with his sixth and final album symphonica. A creative masterpiece backed by a full orchestra. First time ever i saw your face ive been so lucky. Amazing, amazing life. I will be the one who loves you until the end of time of course, hes going to be remembered for his music. But other things hell be remembered for is his advocacy for the lgbt community, as well as aids awareness. Also, hes going to be known, remembered for being part of wham, which was the first band to perform in china after the cultural revolution in 1985. There has been a lot of outpouring of sympathies on madonna, she said farewell my friend, another great artist leaves us. So this is someone who was truly loved by fans and as well as other artists. Yes. And so young. Ian lee, thank you. Appreciate it. So many of those songs bring back so many memories for me. Yep. My first boyfriend. Oh, okay. Well we dont want to go there. But should we be talking about the 90s, and seeing all the supermodels, what is it freedom 90 fashion. It was big in the 90s. This song would come on. This is the era of the advent of the supermodel. And you would see naomi campbell, and Christy Turlington like all swinging on these big swings at the roxy in manhattan. It was a big you werent there partying. Oh, yeah. Late part of the 90s when i moved to new york city. But when you think about now, i cant tell if i like the videos or the songs or both of them equally as much. When you think about the i want your sex which is so controversial. Yeah. Then. But some radio stations wouldnt even play it. Now its no big deal especially considering what we said on our airwaves within just the last year about grabbing private parts and all those things. This is nothing. Its interesting how the culture evolved but interestingly he did not want to be portrayed as this sex symbol. Got in a big legal bat with sony he lost the rights right. And that landed the supermodels in the video. Yeah. What a voice. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. He will be missed. Well talk about a lot. Get me in trouble all right. Definitely turning to much more serious news now. Turning to politics. Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu apparently running out of patience with president barack obama, irate over the u. S. Refusal to veto u. N. Security council condemning israeli settlements in the west bank. Netanyahu indicating an interest to start working soon with the trumz. Were live in jerusalem with the very latest. Look this is nothing new but Benjamin Netanyahu not mincing his words here. Whats new here is the level of criticism. Weve known these two had a trained relationship. Its incredible to see the speed at which its deteriorating here in its final days. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu breaking effectively diplomatic protocol in his criticism, lashing out not only at president barack obama but also at secretary of state john kerry. Think about this. On Christmas Day here in jerusalem, here in the holy land, netanyahu summoned not only the u. S. Ambassador but ten countries that voted for the u. N. Security Council Resolution. But they all met at the foreign ministry. It was the u. S. Ambassador in particular who met privately with netanyahu. Netanyahu expressing his fury not only in the that meeting but also at the cabinet meeting. Over decades, american administrations and Israeli Government have disagreed about setments. But way agreed that the Security Council was not the place to resolve this issue. As i told john kerry on thursday, friends dont take friends to the Security Council. Netanyahu making it very clear hes very willing to work with president elect trump when he takes office in a few weeks. Don, the story isnt over yet. Israel is still concerned about what might be a followup resolution that would try to set paramet parameters, conditions for negotiations between israelis and palestinians. I want to bring in the ambassador now ron durmer, the israeli ambassador to the United States and former Senior Adviser to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu. Merry christmas and happy n hanukkah. To you, as well. Do you know anything about this meeting yesterday . The American Ambassador . Yes. Yeah, i just want to say something. The reason why the only ambassador that the Prime Minister of israel met with was the American Ambassador is thats the only country where we have any expectations to actually stand with the at the United Nations. Look its an old story that the United Nations gangs up against israel. What is new is that the United States did not stand up and oppose that ganged up. And what is outrageous is that the United States was actually behind that gangup. I think it was a very sad day and really a shameful chapter ambassador, whats the evidence that the United Nations is behind this gangup . Ive heard that a lot. We have clear evidence of it. We will present that evidence to the new administration. Through the appropriate channels. And if they want to share it with the people why not now like i said, we will present the evidence to the new administration, and if they want to share it with the American People, theyre welcome to do it. We are deeply disappointed by this decision that was made. Look, i listened and heard a lot of the talks over the last three days about what this Security Council resolution means. Very important to understand it. Because people can get lost in all the details. The palestinians are trying to wage a diplomatic and legal war against israel. They do not want to negotiate peace with us, which is why theyve avoided negotiations for eight years. Its why arafat awalked away from from Prime Minister barack at camp david. Its why abu mazen never answered to ehud olmerts offer in 2008 and why they avoided negotiations with us for eight years. What do the palestinians want . What they want is to blame israel for the lack of peace and to internationalize the conflict. To have boycotts and sanctions against israel, to take Israeli Soldiers to the ipc and what this resolution just did is it gave the palestinians ammunition in their diplomatic and legal war against israel. And the unz not only didnt stop it, they were behind it. Okay so i have to ask you ambassador, because this is only the first resolution thats critical of israel that the Obama Administration has allowed to pass. It doesnt impose sanctions on israel. Previous president s have gone further. George w. Bush allowed multiple u. N. Resolutions thats all false. Thats not false i am going to tell you the facts. My history goes back beyond brexit. What happened was in president bushs waning days of his administration there was a resolution that had to deal with the end of the war in gaza and israel acquiesced to that resolution. Were never happy with Security Council resolutions so youre saying it didnt happen . Not only youre saying it didnt happen . It did happen. No i said that it did happen but israel acquiesced to it. Look at the time what israel said in response to it, and youll see so my question is the last time for president obama when it happened since 1967, technically since 1967, consecutive u. S. Administrations starting with Lyndon Johnson and continuing through george w. Bush theyve made it clear to their opposition against the settlement. Again the question is why do were i will let you answer. Why the ire for president obama when no ire for george w. Bush or previous president s . Look, the fact that we have a difference of agreement with the United States over settlements is not new. Thats an ongoing disagreement that weve had. But this is the first resolution in the United Nations, in the Security Council, since the days of jimmy carter. 36 years ago, which by the way, also happened in december at the end of his tenure. Of his administration. So to bring a resolution to the Security Council is not just something that israel opposes, its something that barack obama opposed. In september 2011 he stood at the United Nations, and he said, these issues should not be handled at the u. N. Security council. They should be handled through negotiations. We agree on that. We have a disagreement with the administration over settlements. But you dont take, as the Prime Minister just said, you dont take your friends to the Security Council. And this is why it was such a breach of american policy. Let me ask you a question, don, does the United States government believe that the western world is occupying palestinian territory . Yes or no. Youll have to ask the United States government that. But i want well you ask them in response to what you just said before that, the Obama Administration says that this abstention is in line with Previous Administration stances on settlement activity. This is ben rhodes not since jimmy carter. And i would absolutely not, jim. The fact of the matter is bipartisan policy, the u. S. Government, for decades has been to oppose settlements. Weve seen an acceleration in the growth of these settlements. And frankly, if these Current Trends continue, the twostate solution is going to be impossible. And the peace that people say that they want, that we badly want for the people of israel, security israel living side by side with the palestinian state, that goal will become impossible. Whats your response to that . The response to that is you have to separate the issue of us having disagreement with the United States over policy, with bringing something to the u. N. Security council. This is totally against american policy, as it was enunciated by president barack obama himself. I dont believe that this administration, publicly will say that they think the western world has occupied palestinian territory. But they just didnt veto a resolution that says precisely that. I dont believe that this administration will say publicly that they support boycotts and sanctions against israel. But this resolution actually encourages that. I dont think this administration will say publicly that israel should return to the 1967 line. But this Resolution Says that. I dont think that this administration will say that settlements are illegal. You know what last week the administration pulled back from when their own spokesman misspoke at the state department, they pulled it back and said no we think settlements are legitimate not illegal and theres a difference in International Law but yet they did not oppose it. This resolution was against american policy and guess what . Were not done yet. What you have right now with the administration is a runaway train when it comes to israels policy and we may see another u. N. Security Council Resolution against israel before january 20th. You say its a runaway train, but in september the Obama Administration offered israel its biggest military aid package ever, 38 billion over ten years. This is the most military aid given by america to any country. Is that action as administration is that an unfriendly act against israel . No of course not and we expressed appreciation at the time. But this act is an unfriendly act because it gives ammunition to our enemies waging a diplomatic and illegal war against israel. And we hope very much that the administration will not do more damage to israel before they leave. And i want to say something, we do not believe that this action represents the will of the American People. The president elect donald trump opposes, he publicly called to the administration to veto it. Members of congress of both parties, democrats and republicans, were against it. And i dont believe the American People believe that the recent brookings poll finds that nearly twothirds of americans favor u. N. Resolutions demanding a halt to settlements. Thats a majority. Democrats, republicans, that there should be some sanctions toward israel to bring about peace. Why dont you do a poll and see what percent of americans think the western world has occupied palestinian territory . Were celebrating hanukkah this week. 2200 years ago the maccabis were lighting that menorah on the temple mount. And now all of a sudden, 2200 years later the United Nations is going to say that were on occupied palestinian territory. This is absurd. Look if people thought that this resolution was going to make israel capitulate and go down on its knees theyre sadly mistaken. Israel will stand taller than its ever been and we will respond to this action by the international community. You saw what the Prime Minister did yesterday but i think thats just the beginning. Benjamin netanyahu said hes going to review his ties with the u. N. Do you think hes going to pull out . No i dont think that were going to pull out. I think we want a seat at that table as biased as the u. N. Is, we are a member of the community of nations and we will fight for our rights there. But i hope that the new administration will have the comprehensive review of policies at the u. N. Not just towards israel but also towards the United States. The u. N. Is a cesspool of antiamericanism and antiisrael activity. I hope the new administration with bipartisan support in congress will look at those programs, and not simply give a blank check to all of the antiamerican and antiisrael hostility. Ambassador, thank you. Appreciate your time. Thank you. All right. Japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe preparing to write a new chapter in u. S. Japanese relations with a visit to pearl harbor. Abe arrived in hawaii today ahead of a joint appearance with president obama tomorrow. On board uss arizona memorial. More than 1,000 americans were killed in the japanese bombing back in 1941. This meeting comes just months after president obama visited hiroshima with the u. S. Dropped a nuclear bomb in 1945. A magnitude 7. 7 earthquake off the coast of southern chile. You can see it chopped up this road. A tsunami alert was issued afterwards. But has since been pulled. At least 5,000 people by the coast evacuated as a precaution. And fortunately, there were no deaths reported. Fortunately no deaths reported poppy. Look at this. This little boy melting hearts oh. Around the globe. This is a picture of michael taken after he was adopted. Just look at that pose. Look at that smile. The picture taken after more than 800 days in foster care. The 3yearold found his forever family, and became an internet sensation. At last check this picture has more than 57,000 retweets, and more than 142,000 likes. Oh. What do you say after that except for aw . And congratulations to the forever family. Dont cry on me. Im not crying. Pretty cute kid. I love the hug. Congratulations to the family as well. They have a great kid there. In the meantime donald trump says he will dissolve his Charitable Foundation to avoid any conflict of interest. But will he separate himself from his far bigger problems that should be his business conflicts there . Were going to ask one of his supporters in congress next. Terw the markets change. At t. Rowe price. Our discipline