For breaking covid restrictions. This could be a year for positive change. Sir David Attenborough has praised mankinds ability to pull together after a tough year, in a special new years message. Music plays and 36 years after its first release, wham s last christmas finally tops the uk music charts. Teaching unions have welcomed a government decision that every Primary School in london will now stay closed next week after the Christmas Holidays. Most of the schools were set to stay closed anyway but schools in nine london boroughs including greenwich and haringey were supposed to open. The mayor of london sadiq khan has tweeted his support for the move so has the leader of Greenwich Council but it is yet to be confirmed by the department for education. We have had a statement from the National Education union. He says it is welcome that albeit in the last minute fashion ministers have corrected a nonsensical position unjustifiable by evidence or sense. Lets speak to councillor danny t
Careless whisper and faith. Tributes pouring in for the music legend overnight. Elton john writing, quote, i am in deep shock. I lost a beloved friend, the kindest most generous soul and a great artist. Former wham bam mate Andrew Ridgely writing this heartbroken at the loss of my beloved friend. He, his loved ones the world at large forever loved. Boy george writing, he was so loved and i hope he knew it because the sadness today is beyond words. Devastating. What a beautiful voice he had. His music will live on. As a testament to his talent, i cant believe hes gone. A live look outside of michaels home in london where he passed a way. Somber scene. You can see people are going to gather a little bit later. Michael was 53 years old. Russia says pilot error or technical assault is likely to blame for a military plane crashing into the sea. 94 people are confirmed dead in the christmas tragedy. They searched for the plane through the night. They had a vigil last night. The plane was car
For us this morning in los angeles. Again, steve, just 53. Had George Michael been sick . You know, craig, there were a spat of recent Health Scares dating back to 2011. He had a touch of pneumonia that was almost near fatal. But this was completely unexpected. As you said, his longtime manager said there was some heart problems that may have died of Heart Failure. Again, this was unexpected. Police came to the home, found him dead, said that it was nothing that was out of sorts. He was just there. The investigation continues. There will be an autopsy that will be performed on him. Meanwhile people are mourning the loss of a legend. Freedom its music that made an entire generation move. Baby those catchy melodies, mixed with a little social commentary all tied together by glossy, unforgettable hooks became mega hooks. I dont need your freedom and turned George Michael from teen pop singer into an international icon. A career spanning four decades spawning 10 number one singles, selling
And remembering a pop music icon. George michael. But we start here in florida, where president elect donald trump is spending the holidays, kind of a working vacation, expected to be very quiet today and tomorrow, but picking up later in the week, as he keeps assembling the later and a potential fight. Once Congress Gets back to work. Over israeli people, folks on the start with some of the fallout here, from this rising tension clearly. President obama, i want to play you a bit of what ambassador dermer said. I dont think we have that sound at this point, kelly, but talk a bit about president elect trump here at maralago kind of get involved. They believe they have evidence that the u. S. Was behind, trying to engineer, choreography, push, that it sees as antiisrael. The Administration Says thats not true. And the results of this agreement h. Rebukes vault for the the u. S. Chose not to vote and also did not use its veto power, so that in effect allowed the he was brought in because
The president was asked that very question by his former senior adviser, David Axelrod. Late today mr. Trump responded. His tweet in a minute. First, what mr. Obama had to say. The president telling David Axelrod that a majority of Americans Still believe in his vision for the country and would have voted for it for a third time. Im confident that if i if i had run again and articulated it, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the American People to rally behind it. I know that in conversations that ive had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me, they would say the vision, the direction, that you point toward is the right one. Again, we will have direct reaction from president elect donald trump shortly. Joining our conversation now, the man who did that interview, David Axelrod. David, really a fascinating, very personal interview. You, of course, had a very personal relationship with the president. But that comment standing out saying that he,