>> rob schmidt in new york tonight. thank you, rob. >>> football, a part of the holiday season as much as food and shopping. but as the college bowl season approaches, the big new year's weekend, some schools are fighting off negative press. correspondent mike tobin reports from chicago. >> reporter: with multimillion dollar payouts and national prestige on the line, critics charge the pressure to cover up a dark side of college sports is running away from us. >> if we're not really concerned about who's on the field and what they've done to other students and what that says about the culture role, participating in it, i think there's a concern there. >> reporter: star running back scheduled to take the field when oklahoma plays in the sugar bowl. he served a one-year suspension for bashing a woman in the face breaking four bones. that was before the video got out and the public saw the violent reality of that assault. the coach who once supported him changed his tune. >> it was, you knows, significant penalty and disci

in the shop, so they can, kinda, coordinate that, because they only have so many hours that they can schmidt mentions the restrictions on snow plow operators... .he says they can work 16 hours, before a break is required. plow drivers say you should give them some room on the road to let them work. track the weather anywhere. just download the fox six storm center app. it's free for apple and android devices. president barack obama has ordered a full review into any alleged "malicious cyber activity" linked to the u-s elections. this comes as u-s intelligence officials say russia did election...claiming the russian government directed the compromise of emails of u-s political organizations. tonight, the trump camp dismissed the claims, saying the election is over and it's time to move on. to the recount now... a federal judge says an effort to stop wisconsin's recount was "dead on arrival" in his courtroom. that means the counting -- which is almost done -- will continue. great america pac and stop hillary pac filed the federal lawsuit last week, to shut it down. the judge said there's virtu

schmidt, jr. she accuses them among other things of violating the fair labor standards act, making servers pay for discarded silverware, even if someone else was to blame. >> weather i threw it in the garbage or the busser put it in the garbage by mistake, i'd get charged as the server? >> correct. the server would get charged for it. >> wisconsin law says no employer may make any deduction from the wages due by any employee for lost or stolen unless the employee authorizes the employer in writing. lost silverware or broken plates are considered an operating cost. >> after i spoke my voice and said, this is illegal. you cannot charge us for this and refused to pay. then, i was suspended. >> in part, the federal lawsuit accuses water street brewery of violating federal and state minimum wage and overtime laws. >> so we could work a 50 hour week, but only, but on paper it only looked like 42 hours. >> it's not just being under paid for overtime. she's also accusing them of not paying correct minimum

schmidt, jr. she accuses them among other things of violating the fair labor standards act. making servers pay for discarded silverware, even if someone else was to blame. terry: whether i threw it in the garbage or the busser put it in the garbage by mistake i'd get >> correct. the server would get charged for it. reporter: wisconsin law says no employer may make any deduction from the wages due by any employee for lost or stolen property or damage to property, unless the employee authorizes the employer in writing. lost silverware or broken plates are considered an operating cost. >> after i spoke my voice and said, this is illegal. you cannot charge us for this suspended. reporter: in part, the federal lawsuit accuses water street brewery of violating federal and state minimum wage and overtime laws. >> so we could work a 50 hour week, but only -- but on paper it only looked like 42 hours. reporter: it's not just being underpaid for overtime. she's also accusing them of not paying correct minimum wage. in wisconsin, law allows restaurants to pay servers $2.33 per hour, pl

eric schmidt will formally sign the deal monday. it will give cubans access to google's global cache network that stores content for all of google's sites like gmail and youtube. the agreement is a sign cuba is more willing to work with u.s. companies. in the past it may have been seen as a possible threat to national security. >>> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, the special bay yerevan that brings holiday score to dozens of kid -- holiday cheer to dozens of kids fighting cancer. >>> expect a respite in the rain. don't put away the umbrella yet. next, the accu-weather forecast. >>> 2016 heisman trophy front-runner has changed so many times this season, it's up for grabs. today in new york, lamar jackson, deshaun watson, baker mayfield, dee dee >>> a new state poll shows democrats and republicans agree on one thing when it comes to the rising cost of college -- the public policy institute of california took a statewide poll and found 57% of californians have serious angst about the cost of higher education. most californians agree th

trooper dave schmidt says the crash happened while protecting another crash scene. he says the cruiser is totaled. it is state law to move over and slow down for emergency vehicles. >> and now let's take a live look at the roads from our department of transportation cameras. you can see the snow on the shoulders but the roads are pretty clear. overpasses are the first surfaces to get slick when temperatures dip. >> recount in michigan must start by today. tim. tim: late last night, a judge rejected an effort by state officials to delay the hand counting the state's 4.8 million ballots to wednesday. green party presidential candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, said this delay would have cut the recount president-elect donald trump won michigan with a little more than 10,000 votes. this weekend she gave up her bid for an election recount in pennsylvania. stein is supposed to make an announcement about her next steps later today outside trump tower in new york. back to you. >> tim, thank you. election officials in wisconsin hope to have the presidential rec

the associated press reports chairman eric schmidt will formally sign the deal on monday. it will give cubans access to google he's global cache network. the agreement is a sign that cuba is more willing to work with u.s. companies. in the past, it may have been seen as a possible threat to national security. >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 9, expect a little respite in the rain but don't put the umbrella away just yet. weather is up next. >>> in 2016 the heisman trophy handed out in new york, five worthy candidates up for the award but only one player took it home the youngest ever to win the award. the award. we'll hear from the man the award. we'll hear from the man ♪ ♪ when you find something worth waiting for, we'll help you invest to protect it for the future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase, so you can. >>> santa claus teamed up with police officers to brighten the season for kids battling cancer. abc 7 news was at the airport when santa arrived aboard a police helicopter. the cops care cancer foundation hosted today's celebration of li

eric schmidt will formally sign the deal monday. it will give cubans access to google's global cache network that stores content for all of google's sites like gmail and youtube. the agreement is a sign cuba is more willing to work with u.s. companies. in the past it may have been seen as a possible threat to national security. >>> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, the special bay yerevan that brings holiday score to dozens of kid -- holiday cheer to dozens of kids fighting cancer. >>> expect a respite in the rain. don't put away the umbrella yet. next, the accu-weather forecast. >>> 2016 heisman trophy front-runner has changed so many times this season, it's up for grabs. today in new york, lamar jackson, deshaun watson, baker mayfield, dee dee we phil sanders, timely bible lesson the lord's way. churches of christ in the area, have you visit and worship assemblies. i hope you will. we love you. in search of the lord's way. >>> a new state poll shows democrats and republicans agree on one thing when it comes to the rising cost of col

. >> john: brian schmetzer described him as a humble steward of the club taking over for schmidt. justin morrow off the bar. stepped up to win it. hundreds of fans who traveled from seattles and the thousands watching able to celebrate the mls cup. our heineken moment of the match. roman torres. >> brad: sets up. the short run up. that's one of the moments of the match. i think there will be an a lot people congratulating stefan frei. that save off jozy altidore's header is one of the very best saves that you will see this season. in any league, john. >> john: what a night. that a victory for the seattle sounders. cup. in a 6t round penalty shootout. down to rob. we will be with you through the trophy presentation. first time in mls cup team a team failed to register a shot on goal and yet seattle wins here in the mls cup 2016. you see that pocket of fans high. in the second tier of the stands here. in the end, i am not sure they were the better team on the day. but it's a wonderful story tonight. . >> we were sitting here saying seattle will win this and pull this out on penaltie

in this calls, eric schmidt in his role in knoxville, tennessee, granted a 5-year-old boy's final wish. he shares that heart breaking experience. take a listen. >> you will like that. what itself this i hear you are going to be mr. christmas this year? yeah. i they tell me i'm bad? really,ure not going to have christmas. we know you want this for a long period arc long time. he's like, really? sure. i got it right here for you. i brought it up to him. he could barely unwrap it. you know, he just kind of looked at me and says, you know, they told me i'm dying. he kind of looked like he had that look on his face like he wasn't really grasping it. you know, i'm like, can you do me a favor? he goes, sure, he gets like this, sure, you know, that kind of thing. you get to those pearly gates, you tell them you are santa's number one elf. he's like, i am? you sure are. i'm sure they'll let you right in. they will. i know it. stands up and give me a big hug. he kind of looked up at me, he says, santa, can you help me? and that's when he passed. he was more concerned about missing christmas than

.>> reporter: his bursa, schmidt is that because drivers test and getting a license. friends started online fundraiser to help he and his wife get a car and pay for a little rent. they raised almost $5000 in two weeks.>> i miss my family a lot it's very hard to be far away.>> reporter: while his wife mrs. hope, your mother says living here comes with a welcome dramatically different life. >> for neck -- is a big change to move from afghanistan, i feel much more secure and safe in my daily life. in afghanistan when lives in fear. >> reporter: no longer in fear they look to the future. she plans to learn english and he is working on his ged and hopes to become a police officer. in san jose maureen naylor ktvu news. >>> this is a big getaway day for holiday travelers with lots of folks heading out. your heading out to an airport, sal is keeping an eye on roadways. we have some rainfall it but will folks be okay? >> a lot of people have already gone and that will help us. we have seen that getting away for the last few days. i'm not said that getaway is still not on, ther

schmidt, jr. she accuses them among other things of violating the fair labor standards act, making servers pay for discarded silverware, even if someone else was to blame. >> weather i threw it in the garbage or the busser put it in the garbage by mistake, i'd get charged as the server? >> correct. the server would get charged for it. >> wisconsin law says no employer may make any deduction from the wages due by any employee for lost or stolen

schmidt, jr. she accuses them among other things of violating the fair labor standards act. making servers pay for discarded silverware, even if someone else was to blame. terry: whether i threw it in the garbage or the busser put it in the garbage by mistake i'd get >> correct. the server would get charged for it. reporter: wisconsin law says no employer may make any deduction from the wages due by any employee for lost or stolen property or damage to property, unless the employee authorizes the employer in writing. lost silverware or broken plates are considered an operating cost. >> after i spoke my voice and said, this is illegal. you cannot charge us for this

in this case, eric schmidt in his role as st. nick granted a terminally ill 5-year-old boy his final wish. he shares that heartbreaking experience. take a listen. >> you have to start up the jolly voice. what's this i hear you're going to be missing christmas this year. yeah, they tell me i'm dying. really? you're not going to miss christmas. the elves have your present made. we know you wanted this for a long time. he's like, really? sure. i got it right here for you. brought it to him. he could barely unwrap it. he kind of looked at me and said, they told me i'm dying. i says, he looked like he had that look on his face like he wasn't really grasping it. you know? can you do me a favor? he goes sure. just like, you know, sure. that kind of thing. i said, when you get up to the pearly gates, you tell him you're santa's number one elf. he was like, i am? sure are. i'm sure they'll let you right in. he goes, they will? i said, i know it. he came up and gave me a big hug. he kind of looked up at me and said, santa, can you help me?

. >>> capitals, american players, niskanen, orpik, schmidt, oshie hosted 135 surviving military kids, and adults, loved ones who have found healing through tragedy survivors. >> nothing like some lifting spirits. nothing like ice therapy to really get everybody's spirits back up. >> you got it. we'll be rig ♪ ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪ ♪ in your heart. (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. >>> now to a little girl with a big voice. >> her rendition of the song "hallelujah" has viral. this video has gotten more than 700,000 views on youtube and 1.2 million in a single facebook post. listen. >> ♪ >> that's 10-year-old kaylee rogers of northern ireland. she lives with autism and adhd. she doesn't talk much but her teacher says when she sings, all of that changes. >> she's amazing. >> that's beautiful.

google's chairman eric schmidt signed a deal with the state telecom provider yesterday in havana. it will allow google to install servers on the island that will store much of the company's most popular content. but the deal doesn't expand the number of cubans who have access to the internet. some analysts say only around 5% of the country's 11 million citizens have access to the worldwide web. >>> time is 4:56. even before san francisco announces a new police chief, the city is debating where that new police chief should live. when we come back, the proposal being debated today by the board of supervisors. >>> and a major new development, an alleged hate crime killing in the east bay. what we're learning about the second person who's now been arrested in that case. >>reporter: good morning. we still have a look at a commute that is not bad as we take a look at the bridge here. traffic on that bridge into san francisco and actually out of it also, looks good. >>> a lot of cloud cover coming through the almost full moon. it will be full at 4:05 today. you can see some of the moonli

i classified dick as mike schmidt. dick would want the know if the record was selling. my first record was called kissing time. so was it selling in detroit? was it selling in washington? in other words wow get three men on base and he knocks it over the wall for a grand slam. like she just said, 3:30 to 5:00 every day kids want to know what the kids were wearing, what's the new dance, so on and so forth. it created such a great image for everybody. unfortunately we with were talking backstage, it's gone. that era is over unfortunately. >> the police had wondered where are all of the teenagers? everybody was inside their houses, shades pulled down and watching the stand. >> yes. >> we have some great footage there. >> yes. >> tell us abiliout the party tonight and what you're looking most forward to. >> you can't get your youth back but it's nice to see youth dancing. i wish i had the lungs and i have put on a lot more weight than when i was a dancer. today the dancing is a lot more acrobating. it's fun to see dwrouyouth. i get a little jealous. we'll cut a few steps ou

schmidt. >> please welcome 20-time grammy winner vince gill. ? i like the way your sparkling earrings lay ? >> do you miss him? >> yeah. sure. >> do you? >> yeah. in these past several years we haven't been around each other that much. i miss him, and i miss knowing that he's just on the planet. ? you better let somebody love you ? ? let somebody love you ? >> can you imagine the eagles continuing in any form? is that something you even think about? >> not at this point in time, no. it doesn't seem feasible to me. glenn was such a pivotal part. i mean, he was the leader of the band. looking for balance in your digestive system? try align probiotic. for a non-stop, sweet treat goodness, hold on to your tiara kind of day. get 24/7 digestive support, with align. the #1 doctor recommended probiotic brand. (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's

trooper dave schmidt says the crash happened while protecting another crash scene. he says the cruiser is totaled. it is state law to move over and slow down for emergency vehicles. look at the roads from our department of transportation cameras. this is weatherwatch 12. crews are on the scene of a crash at 43, 13th street here. a little extra time there. travel times are looking the weather watch 12 forecast with you. just download the wisn 12 news app. it's free for your smartphone or tablet. there you can also keep an eye on road conditions. melinda: new this morning, a recount in michigan must start by noon today. tim elliott is in the wisn 12 newsroom learning new information from overnight. tim. tim: late last night, a judge rejected an effort by state officials to delay the hand counting the state's 4.8 million ballots to wednesday. green party presidential candidate jill stein, who requested the recount, said this too close to the december 13th deadline. president-elect donald trump won michigan with a little more than 10,000 votes. this weekend she gave up

wikileaks revealed google's eric schmidt had been working with hillary clinton's campaign since 2014. tesla's elon musk said mr. trump is not the right guy for america. and amazon's jeff bezos publicly dueled with the president-elect. >>t' thas not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave. >> you know, it's amazon. he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it. that's not dorsey was not invited to the round table, even though mr. trump is a famously avid tweeter. that led some to assume the trump team is nursing a grudge after twitter reneged on an agreement to provide a special emoji to go along with the hashtag crooked hillary. in a statement twitter said they ultimately decided not to permit this particular format for any political advertising. so the conference table was only big. >> reporter: rnc communications director sean spicer insisted there was no attempt to shut twitter out. >> if you go down the list of the top tech companies i guarantee you you'll find additional ones that weren't there. >> reporter: and twitter is smaller than the oth

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differently which is a strength of the american military has fostered one way we are doing so as with eric schmidt. one of the recommendations is the senior adviser for the innovation activities such as building software platforms that the human network for the driven innovation across the dod and the class we are building the force future to ensure in the technological and labo the labor market changes, we continue to attract and retain and develop the most talented people of america has to offer for the military. in total expands the career of the service member from recruiting those that join to caring for and developing them into consulting successfully transitioned those that want to move on into these initiatives include expanding the reach of the program that marks its anniversary this year making commonsense improvements to the talent management and officer promotion, giving compliments the authority to directly hire civilians on college campuses and recognizing the survey data indicating family life through retention and bear in mind our forces. by expanding the to demonstrate the logic o

the latest from fox's rob schmidt. >> reporter: a christm military plain carrying members of the army's choir crashed into the black sea. 94 people is disappeared from radar sunday morning minutes after taking off, departed from sochi where russia has a military presence for a concert for new years eve. >> all in all over 3,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operation >> vladimir putin expressed couldn't dole lenses and. >> >> everything will be done to support the family of those killed. >> reporter: many brought flowers and candles. dr. liza as she referred to was on the plane to accompany a humanitarian cargo is shipment to a local hospital. nine journalists from a tv station in russia remembering their lives and holding a vigil night. >>> no major weather patterns were present. investigators have not ruled out any possible causes including terrorism. it could take days, week to figure out what brought that down. fox news. >>> we have breaking news just into the newsroom. we are confirming now the death of signature george michael, of course, the lead singer of the 80's

schmidt. >> please welcome 20-time grammy winner vince gill. >> reporter: they also watched a tribute to glenn frey. ♪ i like the way your sparkling earrings lay ♪ >> do you miss him? >> yeah. sure. >> do you? >> yeah. in these past several years we haven't been around each other that much. i miss him, and i miss knowing that he's just on the planet. ♪ you better let somebody love you ♪ ♪ let somebody love you >> can you imagine the eagles continuing in any form? is that something you even think about? >> not at this point in time, no. it doesn't seem feasible to me. glenn was such a pivotal part. i mean, he was the leader of the band. and it would be pretty strange going forward without him. from the first moment you met it was love at first touch and all you wanted to do was surround them in comfort and protection that's why only pampers swaddlers is the #1 choice of hospitals to wrap your baby in blanket-like softness and premium protection mom: "oh hi baby" so all they feel is love wishing you love, sleep and play. pampers rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. wit

. >> reporter: he was already wanted on kidnapping charges when officer smar and schmidt responded to that call. >> they were both heroes, in my opinion. they were there together and they were there together through it and even after the shooting they were together throughout the whole ordeal. >> reporter: and we are told there is body cam video from the shooting, which is now considered evidence as this investigation is continuing. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> a boy who was shot in reno, nevada, is still in the hospital. he is recovering and will likely pull through. video of the incident shows the teenager weielding two large knives. the officers shot the boy after he refused orders to drop the weapon. >>> snowy weather hitting the midwest prove deadly in lansing, michigan. police are blaming slippery conditions for a pile-up that caused closure of the freeway in both directions. >>> a marathon 17-hour surgery to separate conjoined twins is being called a success today. >>> meet the bay area team behind the surgery and hear what the family is saying. >> i'm spencer christi

rob schmidt is here with more. >> reporter: some of this video is scarey, violence erupting at shopping malls all over the country after a very quiet weekend. people coming out after christmas and young teens and young adults mock these malls. some of the best video is here in ft. worth, texas. there appears to be in connection between the fights. this video recorded near cleveland, ohio. it shows more of the same. teens meeting at the local mall and a fight erupting, pushing, shoving, punching, running sending shoppers fleeing for exits. >> i seen a girl get trampled over. it was scarey for real. >> reporter: at an outlet mall in new jersey the sound of a chair hitting the floor during a fight sent shoppers into a panic. people thought they heard a gunshot. around eight people were hurt in that one. people screaming shots fired in a mall on long island sent everybody running are fo tfor t there. >> police say some of these fights were apparently coordinated on social media? >> reporter: they're saying that two of them were coordinated on social media, but they're not all connected to e

rob schmidt is live in our new york news room with more on this one. what can you tell us? >> brawls at shopping mauls all across the country on the day after christmas. some of the most compelling video we were able to find here. steens starting to throw fists. recorded by a shopper's cell phone. police responding to gunfire. you can see they were jumping in to stop this. although there appears to be no connection between all of these fights. >> the small fight erupted at which time slamming a chair down. another patron called that shots were fired. fox valley mall in illinois had fights break out there. two individual fights may have been coordinated online including this one in aurora, colorado. toons starting to fight. there were five arrests, no mall customers were able to do their returns or shopping. >> for more on this, let's bring in our league panel. troy slaten is a former prosecutor. i can't remember a weekend after christmas like this with so many fights breaking in and out so many different malls around the country a dozen states, at least, and they all seem t

great alex ovechkin and nate schmidt were some of the players that turned out. caps players mingled with kids and districted gifts and painted arch work auctioned off december 9 and tha will benefit treacy's kids a pediatric art therapy organization. >> some of the players also picked up a paint brush and tried their luck as well. >> even up to the kids. >> yes. >> the choice for awad of the year sulz up 2016. you can guess what it is. >> the word of the year. >> there's a few with election and all there's so many possibilities. answer when the news at 5 returns. (my hero zero by lemonheads) zero really can be a hero. get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first month's payment on select volkswagen models. right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. >> a big celebration at stewart hopson in washington that's where news conference captured awarding of 2017 d.c. teacher of year. gcps officials interrupted her class and surprised reading interventi

rob schmidt has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: a christmas day tragedy in russia after a military plane carrying members of the choir crashed into the black sea near the city of sochi. the aircraft carrying 92 people including 84 passengers and eight crew members disappeared sunday morning minutes after taking off. it departed from sochi headed to syria where russia has a large military presence for a concert ahead of new year's eve. all in all over 3,000 people are taking part in search and rescue operations. >> reporter: vladimir putin declared monday a national day of mourning. a thorough investigation will be carried out. >> reporter: many flowers and candles were brought to honor those lost. along those on the night dr. lisa commonly referred to in russia who had a charity fund and was on the plane to accompany a cargo shipment. also on the flight nine journalists from the tv station in russia remembering their lives, holding the vigil outside their office sunday night. no major weather patterns were present. investigators have not ruled out any possible causes inc

. >> eric schmidt with the "new york times," thank you. on afghanistan, this 40% or so of the territory that's either contested or held by the taliban. to what extent are you concerned that regional or international terrorist organizations are taking advantage of that contested space to take over, be it al qaeda, isis or some other groups? >> i'm very concerned. i think as you look at -- you look at the 98 violent extremist organizations that our department of state has identified and has designated terrorist organizations out there. and as you look into the afghanistan, pakistan region, you'll find 20 of them. 13 of them are specifically present in afghanistan. i think we have to be concerned about this. and the taliban pulling together and cooperating and collaborating with other terrorist organizations is something we should be -- we should be concerned about. i am concerned about that. i am concerned about how these voids are filled. and how we address and provide the pressure and incentives for them not to grow roots in these particul

on the guest list tim cook, sheryl sandberg, jeff besos, elan musk and larry schmidt. donald trump has called out many of these countries including accusing bias against him. yesterday donald trump met with bill gates at trump tower. >> we had a good conversation about innovation, how it can help with health, education, impact foreign aid and energy. a wide-ranging conversation about the power of innovation. >> joining me now news editor of tech republic, connor, thank you very much for your time. >> thanks for having me. >> what's your analys of donald trump's relationship with the tech world? he called for the apple boycott february 19 of 2016 when apple didn't want to provide information at unlocking the cell phones of the san bernardino shooter. he said boycott all apple products until apple gives cell phone info to authorities regarding radical islamic terrorist couple from cal. >> absolutely. his relationship with tech has been strained, to say the least. there were a host of technology leaders in silicon valley that signed an open letter calling him a disaster,

. >> rob schmidt in new york, thanks. >>> today jews around the world are celebrating the second night of hanukkah. a ceremony was held today in washington, d.c. to light the 30 foot tall national hanukkah menorah, the annual event outside of the white house dates back to 1979 during president jimmy carter's administration. the eight day jewish holiday known as the festival of lights commemorates the rededication of the holy temple. >>> right now, millions around the world celebrating christmas including in aleppo where government forces recently regained control. how people there are participating in the holiday after years of civil war. and a christmas blizzard is complicating holiday travel in parts of the country tonight. how much snow could fall across the plains and the western states? we'll tell you. and what forecasters are telling folks who plan to hit the road. >> i'm senior for then berry and i want to say hi to my mom, dad, my wife emily and my son tucker and i want to say i love you guys and i can't wait to see you >>> those pictures from a mass in the syrian city of alepp

eric schmidt was close with the clinton campaign as revealed in some of the e-mails, it hints at this idea that a lot of these big tech companies, google, amazon, microsoft, they were so against trump and prepared to have a clinton presidency, now they're all scrambling to do things like hire conservative experts. >> just the lobbying community as a whole were positioning themselves to be closer to the democrats and "b" trump doesn't want lobbyists to have any influence at all. >> it will be interesting to see how president-elect trump deals with the tech community versus campaigner trump who did go after tim cook at apple for sending jobs overseas, amazon for a no moply. >> not much tech representation. >> true. >> swartzman said he did ask bill gates. my must read, martin wolf's column, more perils lie in wait for the eurozone. he writes the combination of weak aggregate demand and huge post crisis divergences in economic performance has turned the eurozone into an accident waiting to happen. yes, we're not facing an in/out european referendum, but i think the positivity post the re

our own rob schmidt is in new york with the very latest on heightened security steps. hi, rob. >> reporter: hey. cowardly threat by isis calling for attacks on soft targets like churches over the holidays is being met with impressive show of security by law enforcement. the fbi issued a bulletin telling state and local law enforcement to watch out for these types of attacks through the new year. at st. patrick's cathedral in new york city, security airtight for last night's christmas eve mass. there were beautiful uninterrupted services inside but outside, security as you can see in the video was tight. more security around churches and synagogues will be seen nationwide in response to that bulletin. this follows monday's isis inspired truck attack on a christmas market in berlin. 24-year-old anis amri stole a tractor-trailer, killed the driver and ran the truck through a crowd killing 12. he was killed by italian police much to the relief of those in berlin, the city that remains tense with a terrorist on the loose. this style of attack appears to be a new trend of at

the innovation board is chaired by google alphabet's eric schmidt, and its membership represents a cross-section of america's most innovative industries, organizations, and people, people like amazon's jeff bezos, linkedin's reed hoffman, code for america's jennifer palkam, mike mcquaid from united technologies, and retired admiral bill macraven, now chancellor of the university of texas. i've charged them to help keep dod imbued with the culture of innovation. the people in our defense enterprise were willing to try new things, fail fast, and innovate, and to make sure we're always doing everything we can to stay ahead of our competitors. at the outset i gave them the very specific task of identifying innovative private sector practices that might be of use to us in dod. along the lines of our hack the pentagon pilot program, which invited hackers to help us find vulnerabilities in our networks and report them to us, similar to the bug bounties that several of america's major companies already routinely conduct, while this approach to crowdsourcing super security is fairly widespread in the pri

. >> by the way, i love you in the unbreakable kimmi schmidt but i've been watching on loop "30 rock" at the gym. i can't stop watching it. let's just watch one just for fun. >> what's too old? >> that's a very good question. how old are you? >> 29. >> what year were you born. >> 1977. >> when did you graduate. >> why 94. >> when do you durn turn 40? >> what movie did you lose your virg virginity? >> movie or drive-in. >> what's a drive-in? >> characters. he memorized all the wrong hours. >> did you love that show, by the way? >> oh, my god. it was like once in a lifetime great times. we had the best cast, the most fun. i haven't gone back and looked at any of it. that's a little weird. it's like looking at your high school photo. >> you need time to let it soak in? >> did you all have fun holiday parties? >> we had great parties on that show. >> were they like sweaty dancing kind of fun parties or just regular holiday parties? >> no, no, our final party for the series end was one of the greatest parties i've ever been to. they got the band from snl to play an it was -- it was like al

this adorable photo comes from viewer cindy schmidt. from the wisconsin humane society ozaukee campus. she is only 6 months old and loves the christmas tree. >> cutie petooty. >> can cats and christmas trees coexist i saw that article the other day. >>> if there is someone with two legs or four you think would be need to see on tv email us at pictures@themorningblend.com. gift the person who set going the gift pretty much knows it's a book. this is a book. >> for years our next guest has been coming up with creative ways to pair other gifts that coordinate that book you are wrapping and everybody knows it with giving. english professor, author, book reviewer extraordinary carole barrowman is back. this is one of my favorite segments i look forward to every year. >> it's getting harder and harder to be creative, but it's onof i start saving things like now for next year. that's why i have actually got a lot of the props we were looking at while you guying were chatting. >> i like it. >> i love to do this because, it seems like everybody

in new york, rob schmidt, fox news. >>> tennessee officials still searching for one of the six inmates that escaped on christmas day. investigators now know how that escape happened. the inmates managed to remove a toil set and get through the narrow passage where the plumbing was. officials say the inmates were probably aware of previous maintenance issues. >> we've had multiple issues with the facility concerning water breaks and sewage breaks, deterioration of the facility. and it's -- it's a never ending task to try to keep this place and the facility operational. >> county officials say there are have been other jail breaks there but never had many escape at once. the one inmate still on the loose is considered the most dangerous of the group. he was in custody for robbery and possession of a weapon. >>> law enforcement agencies across the bay area are increasing efforts to curb drunk driving throughout the holiday season. saturation paroles will be out in full force this weekend. officers will being looking and checking for drivers who are behind the wheel under the influence. kt

pleading and why did the white house went so long why did they on the complaint after hillary clinton lost schmidt raise concerns about the very issue in early october hillary clinton and played in on the russian hack said hack was payback for criticism of the 2011 election. >>will tran: police looking for a bank robber will tell you where it happened in show you police are looking for. driving cars on the road after being told not to. hear mayor ed lee is responding.çáááadvanceáááÑ çááárebeccaáááÑ james weather tease.çáááadvanceáááÑ çááárobináááÑ robin traffic tease. . . high wind advisory for the bay bridge, san mateo, rich/rafael & golden gate. reduce you speed heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. >>darya: he is a job. >>rebecca: a lot of cold weather especially in this year we're getting snowfall a lot of rain fall just to the sou

among those reportedly to attend, eric schmidt, amazon's ceo, apple's ceo tim cook, facebook coo sheryl sandberg, and the intels of ibm and cisco are expected to attend. >>> in other news, bill gates is heading a $1 billion fund on fighting climate change. it's called the break through energy venture response. all together nearly two dozen of the world's most successful business leaders will invest in the fund to aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to almost zero by financing clean energy technology. >>> now to this week's wall street agenda, there's plenty of information on the docket. tomorrow we import prices with the two-day fed policy meeting. on wednesday look for november retail sales and the ppi. the fed decision at 2:00 eastern on wednesday. >>> along with members' latest economic outlooks, on thursday it's the cpi and the philly fed survey. finally, friday, housing starts. we'll look at the stocks to watch today. major sky shareholders are voicing displeasure with the fox takeover bid with one calling the $14 billion offer, quote, far too low. on friday rupert murdoch stock

jeff bezos of amazon came to trump tower, eric schmidt and larry page of google, cook of apple, musk of tesla, cast of oracle, ceos of whom backed hillary clinton welcomed by president-elect trump. >> we're going to be there for you and you'll call my people, you'll call me, it doesn't make any difference, we have no formal chain of command. >> reporter: the ceos for tech-savvy immigrants that silicon valley counts on. peter thiel of face boonk abook others are advising trump. cyber security is one issue and its links to vladimir putin, still rex tillerson could overcome his ties to putin and exxonmobil job and win confirmation. >> it's very hard to see the ceo of a big oil conglomerate as secretary of state, but we'll see. he may surprise us all. >> reporter: democrats charge trump as a ceo has a conflict in washington. his new hotel where foreign diplomats and businessmen admit they're going to curry favor with trump. not legal, say democrats. >> every one of those dollars that hits the hotel come january 20th will be in violation of the united states constitution. >> reporter: tru

rob schmidt is in our new york newsroom with more. rob? >> yeah, there's a lot of work to be done. this project almost 100 years in the making. new york city's 2nd avenue subway line days away from hoping phase one to the public. just the first phase of a project that cost $4.5 billion. this phase did. this line will someday service manhattan's entire east side. now phase one covers the upper east side. it's critical infrastructure. such an interesting time for this first phase completion as president-elect trump won the white house by selling the vision of american infrastructure first. mr. trump critical of billions of dollars going overseas. american dollars that could be usesed to rebuild our failing roads, bridges, airports, and trains. this is an area that the president-elect and some democrats appear to have a common goal. the devil will be in the details as to where money for this kind of spending, a lot of money, could come from and how to prioritize which projects would come first. new york city and much of the northeast needs a lot of attention with bridges deteriorating

after the close-door meeting and executive chairman and ceo google's parent company, alphabet and eric schmidt and larry page. more on this meeting coming up. >>> the future for the dow, stocks snapping a seven-day streak of records raising questions whether or not the fed's rate hike is bump in the road or signal that investors are getting tired of the trump rally. nah. gary kaltbaum of kaltbaum capital management, a fox news contributor. veronica daguerre from the "wall street journal" as well. gary, start with you. a little bit of a selloff. is that an opportunity or beginning of a trend? >> i think you have got more to go. look any market that needed to pull back is this one. it has been en fuego since november ninth, especially financials and industrials. markets do go down. it's a normal course of business. too far too fast but a little more to go. melissa: veronica? >> goes to fact, investors, average folks should never time the market. some people out there we're saying we hit 20,000 today. guess what? it didn't happen. don't try to time the market. stay to long term financial plan and