kevin corke is live in honolulu, hawaii, with the latest. kevin? >> hey, my friend. good to talk to you. you're right. a lot of people, frankly, greg, in the international community were a little bit surprised by the lack of immediate response by vladimir putin, but senior administration officials tell me, listen, they weren't surprised at all. they say the move wasn't novel in any way. at best, it was nuanced. and frankly, a lot of them were telling me, they felt this was fairly predictable, because putin likes to weaken the image of the united states, so that's why he decided against immediately retaliating by sending u.s. diplomats out of the u.s. country. and that's also why president obama shut down a pair of russian facilities in maryland and new york and expelled nearly three dozen russian operatives, giving them 72 hours to leave the country. now those moves in retaliation, of course, with the alleged cyberattacks during the run-up to the 2016 election, and this is important, my friend, the continued harassment of u.s. diplomats in russia. but critics still w

we'll see you tonight at 10:00 >> today on "tmz" -- >> ivanka trump and her family spent christmas in hawaii and there were some surprises. >> her husband's body, did you know that jared had an insane body. >> he looks good. >> he looks like a skinny -- >> it's impressive to be that lean and definition. i don't care. >> van, you don't have to say that. >> kanye west out at 24 hour fitness. >> any new year's resolutions kanye? >> very engaged with the camera guy, very polite to him. >> maybe the world is changing now. >> oh, please, he is nice one time. >> he has been nice for two years. i like that sweater, by the way. >> wow, things really have changed. >> carrie fisher, very sweet tribute to her at disneyland. everybody had a lightsaber and they took a moment and held it up in the air. >> we broke

sanctions against russia for elections hacking our own athena jones and president obama is vacationing in hawaii, a working vacation, of course. give us a sense of what the president is expected to do. he's got three weeks left in office. do we think that he has more coming on the cyber hacking? >> reporter: hi, suzanne. we know from the white house when they announce those actions the other day, they said this does not represent the sum total of our response to russia's aggressive activities. that's how they put it. that means we can expect more covert measures to be taken at a time of their choosing and these are measures that we're not necessarily going to hear about and not announced. one thing we know that's coming that will be made public is this full review that president obama has asked the intelligence agencies for a full review, not just into russia's efforts to affect this past election but also, malicious cyber activity related to our election cycle in previous elections. that report which will be released to congress is expected or information we expect to get on this cyber hacking

he has taken other steps over the last couple of weeks we have been here in hawaii covering his working vacation. you will remember a couple of weeks ago him announcing plans to bar offshore drilling in parts of the arctic and atlanta oceans. he also continued to try to draw down the population at the u.s. military guantanamo bay of telling congress of plans to transfer them to other countries. he is trying to make sure that there are as few detainees at guantanamo bay as possible when he ends his presidency and announcing more clemency for people, bringing them to a new record. these are all steps that he has taken to show that he is still president up until the last moment. one more examle on tple on the policy front is secretary john kerry delivering that speech about this administration's view on the israeli/palestinian conflict and the importance of continuing work towards a two-state solution. the president doing everything he can to carry out what he thinks should be done up until january 20th. >> a lot to potentially jam in to the next 20 days. thanks so much, athena jones in ho

it felt like venice beach meets, i don't know, "hawaii five-0." did you know it was a watch company? kate: no. trevor: we were trying to make it cool in some way. i think a lot of middle america buy that california lifestyle. lemonis: so you're a california-lifestyle brand now? trevor: well, we grew up here, and so all of us -- lemonis: i grew up in miami, but i don't put pictures of miami everywhere. trevor: unless you really liked miami. lemonis: i do like it, but if i'm selling rvs, i don't put pictures of south beach. kate: the market is very crowded with people wanting to tell the california story. sometimes it can come across as very disingenuous. trevor: this is like home to me. i feel like this is part of who we are. lemonis: i saw you shake your head. brad: i'm just bummed. lemonis: what are you bummed about? brad: our story doesn't come across. ismael: a lot of brands try to infuse lifestyle. part of the problem of that is that it becomes a cacophony of lifestyle images. at the end of the day, it's like, who cares? kate: tell me more abo

other moves this administration has made, just in the last couple of weeks that we've been here in hawaii, covering the president's working vacation, all of it points -- drives home the point that president obama has been making for a while which is he wanted to run through the tape on his administration, he wants to work up until the very end to get as much done as he can. as much of his agenda done as we can. also take some steps to try to protect his legacy. so you are seeing him employee these sanctions, he is going to be heading up to capitol hill next week for a meeting with house and senate democrats to strategyize how to push back efforts to repeal his signature achievement. obamacare. they'll be talking about that. other measures, like the steps to bar offshore drilling, the steps to continue drawing down the population of inmates at guantanamo bay. he announced plans to transfer several more detainees to other countries, these are among several steps the president is making in these final weeks, making sure he gets as much done as he can. fred? >> still a very long list with 20

they're just waking up in hawaii, stephanie. we'll give them another couple minutes, maybe a full hour. here's the key point about this story. a distinction between hacking the system of burlington electronic and the actual grid. there is a single piece, signature malware found on a laptop. that laptop was not connected to the grid. so to say there was a hack of the grid and that the russians have figured out a way to burrow in may be going a little too far. however, this is an indication they're attempting. i was speaking to an analyst earlier today and he said that's the important thing, the intent to get in. the security procedures after the white house notified utilities, financial institutions, had a long conversation on thursday trying to share information. this is one of the defensive sweeps in this defensive sweep ticked up this one bit of malware. one incident. wondering whether or not there are anymore. this is the only confirmed case and it was stopped before it got into the grid. stephanie? >> hans, quickly, we don't

obama: to americans, especially those who call hawaii home, this harbor is a sacred place. as we lay a wreath or toss flowers into waters that still weep, we think of the more than 2400 american patriots, the fathers and husbands, wives and daughters, manning heaven's rails for all trinity. -- for all eternity. we salute the defenders who pull themselves a little straighter every december 7, and we reflect on the heroism that was shown here 75 years ago. as dawn broke on that december day, paradise never seemed so sweet. the water was warm and impossibly blue. the sailors ate in the mess hall or readied themselves for church, dressed in crisp white shorts and t-shirts. in the harbor, the ships at anchor floated in neat rows. the california, the maryland, and the oklahoma. the tennessee, the west virginia, and the nevada. on the deck of the arizona, the navy band was tuning up. that morning, the ranks on men's shoulders defined them less than the courage in their hearts. across the island, americans defended themselves however they could, firing training shells, working old

nbc's tammy leitner is in hawaii. tam kn tammy, you have new details on this story. >> reporter: that's right, stephanie. the burlingn electric department has come out and said they found a laptop, and on that laptop was a code associated with russian hackers. as you mentioned, they don't believe that was used to disrupt any type of operations, but it really shows the vulnerability here of our nation's great. and it also raises a big question, are the russians trying to infiltrate our grid? vermont's governor came out with a statement. let's go ahead and pull that up. he said vermonters and all americans should be both alarmed and outrage's one of the world's leading thugs, vladimir putin, has been attempting to hack our electric grid, which we rely on to support our quality of life, economy, health and safety. now, both government officials and the utility industry regularly monitor this grid. and one reason is that it's highly computerized. any disruption could be disastrous for both our medical and emergency servic

talking to white house correspondent kevin cork in honolulu, hawaii, as the president vacations there. certainly making major foreign policy decisions. hi, kevin. >> reporter: you're right about that, my friend. listen, for most people this was a bit of a surprise. you figured the russians would retaliate immediately, but they didn't do that. if you talk to the administration officials, leland, they will say this was not novel in any way. they will say it was a little nuanced but still predictable if you believe their position on this. although they would say, listen, they've been watching his steps all along the way. that's why the president made the decision that he did, to expel those nearly three dozen russian operatives. you showed some of the pictures of a great many of them leaving our country. they have just 72 hours to get out of the usa. and that is the deal. the president also shut down a pair of russian facilities in maryland and new york. those moves as you pointed out in retaliation for cyber attacks in the run-up to the election and continued harassment of u.s. diplomat

as an american, as a christian, a person partly of african descent, born in hawaii, a place that could not be further than where shimon spent his youth, i took great pleasure in my friendship with this older, wiser man. we shared a love of words and books and history and, perhaps, like most politicians, we shared too great a joy in hearing ourselves talk. but beyond that, i think our friendship was rooted in the fact that i could somehow see myself in his story, and maybe he could see himself in mine. because for all of our differences, both of us had lived such unlikely lives. it was so surprising to see the two of us where we had started, talking together in the white house, meeting here in israel. i think both of us understood that we were here only because, in some way, we reflected the magnificent story of our nations. shimon's story. the story of israel. the experience of the jewish people. i believe it is universal. it's the story of a people who , over so many centuries in the wilderness, never gave up on that basic human longing to return home. it is a story of a people who su

once his hawaii vacation is over and the president is back in washington, he'll meet with house and senate democrats. his staff has sent out invitations to a breakfast meeting on wednesday. there, they will strategize on how to prevent donald trump and republicans from dismantling the affordable care act. the white house adds that president obama will also hold a live interview about obamacare next week with vox media. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, ronda rousey's long awaited return to the ring didn't go quite as she planned. >>> and the warriors finish off 2016 in style at oracle arena. sports is next. we dance on the salsa team together, and it's like a lot of power in what we wear. when we're practicing if i don't feel good in what i'm wearing i don't look good. t.j.maxx has that variety. i can get a lot for my money. it's like "yay t.j.maxx!" if you're feeling it, just go for it, don't wait. maxx life at t.j.maxx. final time in 2016 last night ... they hosted thes >>> the golden state warriors played for the final time in 2016 last night. they hosted the dallas

>>> also happening right now three people are missing after a small plane vanished off the coast of hawaii. the u.s. coast guard says the cessna aircraft left a small airport friday and disappeared 4 miles off the coast. rescue teams are trying to find those people and the missing plane. >>> and here's something you don't see every day a lynx wandering out onto a ski slope. many skiers couldn't believe what they were seeing when this big cat standing there they're going what do we do. only about 250 cats roam the mountains of colorado. we are in their home, we are skiing. it is their home. >> off he went. >> where's my snow board. >>> let's check in with rosemary now and get your new year's eve forecast and a lot of people are heading out tonight. >>> yes, indeed. we're waking up with a little bit of rain this morning but it's going to move out. we're going to be left with cooler temperatures today and the cooler trend is going to continue as we get into the the second part of your weekend and beyond. let's take a look at what's happening right now outside a mix of sun and clouds this morn

still probably asleep in hawaii. what we know is on thursday when the president announced the sanctions as well as the expulsion of those 35 diplomats, he also talked about defensive measures preventative measures that key u.s. institutions could take as a result of that, a vermont utility ran those operations and discovered it may have been compromised. russian hackers may have been probing for weakness in a vermont utility, according to an explosive report in the washington post. once alerted to the potential infiltration, burlington electric quickly scanned their system for the malicious code, the utility confirmed. there was an infection, but only on a single department laptop. the company saying we took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alerted federal officials of this finding. >> send a clear message to russia. >> the discovery coming days after president barack obama announced sanctions against top russian intelligence officials for alleged cyberinterference with the u.s. presidential election. as pa

he was in hawaii. and it was a very, very nice call. and i actually thought we covered a lot of territory. a lot of good territory. kennedy: according to most reports things will likely get a little -- donald trump tweeted doing my best to disregard the most inflammatory statements and roadblocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition. not. what's going on with these two. will they ever get along. >> apparently when they are talking in person. when he makes his public statements on camera he's been a hell of a lot more polite. why we are paying attention to his twitter feed. it's clear the damn thing is routed from his subject conscious. we should probably stop paying attention to that. just ignore it. kennedy: i think everything is intentional. and i break from many skeptics when i say i delight in most of what donald trump does on twitter, especially when there are misspellings and grievances. >> that's libertarian i am. i want to talk to the president. i want to see his subject conscious. this guy has a thought occurrence, b

the president obviously vacationing in hawaii. just probably sleeping in the middle of the night wondering how they're going to spend their new year's da here's what we know, we have confirmation there was some sort of breach from the utility company. but what we know is that on thursday when the president announced the sanctions, namely against those four individuals, part of that includes something called this joint analysis review, this plan that gave an indication to critical infrastructure that they could and it was almost a guide book on how not to get hacked. so when that came out, here's what the dhs and the fbi said, they said part of an ongog campaign of cyberenaed operations directed at the u.s. government and the systems. what happened then is a lot of utilities contacted by the government ran through some of these things and were looking for the particular malware. it was the vermont utility that found something. it was isolated, it was on a laptop, it wasn't on their main system. here's what the utility said in a sta

tweets woe'e getting from president-elect donald trump saying yeah smart move and the president off in hawaii for the new year. seems like vladimir putin has the upper hand making us look like a fool. >> well, certainly we have echoes here, faint chords of 1981 where the mullahs in iran, the new leaders in iran wanted to humiliate jimmy carter on his way out of the door. >> right. >> of the white house. and make ronald reagan look good. you have that sort of construct here where a foreign enemy, a hostile state in this case russia is embarrassing the outgoing president and trying to lift up the incoming one. and so here we go again. >> yeah, what do you make of where this goes next in light of it? because president-elect trump is going to have immediate interactions with vladimir putin when he is president, when it isn't about the legacy of barack obama. does this change at all how we end up working with russia or what that may look like? >> so quite intentionally and quite explicitly the united states has stepped back over the past eight years. we have seen by design the united states try to

. >>> meantime when president obama returns from his hawaii vacation next week he is expected to focus on, saving the affordable care act also known as obama care. the president will have a strategy next week with democratic lawmakers, and he will give a speech in chicago on january 10th that is expected to be his closing message as president. >>> the most powerful nor'easter in almost two years has hit northern new england, there were reports of the the thunder snow, that is thunder and lightening. the national weather service received reports of snow falling at up to 6 inches per hour, one of the hardest hit the areas is north waterboro, maine, they got more than 25 inches of snow. that is crazy, and thunder snow, rot of people get excited about that. >> lots going on in the atmosphere with thunder snow but they have 25 inches, they will be cleaned up by today. they are used to it by today. >> they are pros. they have machinery and they just move that snow. they are used to it. >> exactly. >> we're quiet. not much happening this weekend, temperatures are above average. we will see co

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so everyone flew over, which i appreciate, all the way to hawaii. by the time the show started, we had 45,000 troops and their families. [ cheers and applause ] and it was beautiful. >> jimmy: it was moving. it's moving, it's beautiful. >> yeah. >> jimmy: but it's funny. it's unexpected. it's -- >> a lot of surprises. >> jimmy: you sing for the troops. >> i do. i will do anything for the troops. >> jimmy: of course, but -- >> including singing. >> jimmy: you do -- >> let me just give you a a little context. so what i did, so elvis, who i'm a big fan of. >> jimmy: yeah. >> which we've talked about that. i know you are too. >> jimmy: yeah, absolutely. >> he put on one of the biggest shows ever called "aloha from hawaii." and i thought, "we're in hawaii, he loved the troops. we love the troops. why don't i sing a, you know, a a three song medley and perform as elvis." and -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: anything for the troops. i love it. we have a clip of you performing as elvis. take a look at this. ♪ slander my name all over the place well do

hawaii or florida? after all, it certainly seems like american diplomacy is being conducted at least in part from palm beach where a short time ago president-elect donald trump used twitter to congratulate vladimir putin for dismissing those u.s. sanctions imposed by mr. obama. the russian president said he is not really going it bother to respond until he sees how mr. trump handles all of this. leaving the president-elect to tweet great move on delay by v. putin i always knew he was very smart. we will press two key trump allies whether it's a good idea to appear so cozy with a leader in russia who rules with an iron fist. but we'll also explore mr. obama's fading power. today he was even dissed by the british with whom we are said to have a special relationship diplomatically. now apparently not so special. british prime minister theresa may unexpectedly scolded secretary of state john kerry saying it was inappropriate to spend so many time attacking israel earlier this week. that was widely seen as a

hawaii or florida? after all, it certainly seems like american diplomacy is being conducted at least in part from palm beach where a short time ago president-elect donald trump used twitter to congratulate vladimir putin for dismissing those u.s. sanctions imposed by mr. obama. the russian president said he is not really going it bother to respond until he sees how mr. trump handles all of this.

as an american, as a christian, a person partly of african descent, born in hawaii, a place that could not be further than where shimon spent his youth, i took great pleasure in my friendship with this older, wiser man. we shared a love of words and books and history, and perhaps like most politicians, we shared too great a joy in hearing ourselves talk, but beyond that, i think our friendship was rooted in the fact that i could somehow see myself in his story and maybe he could see himself in mine, because for all of our differences, both of us had lived such unlikely lives. it was so surprising to see the two of us where we had started, talking together in the white house, meeting here in israel. i think both of us understood that we were here only because, in some way, we reflected the magnificent story of our nations. shimon's story, the story of israel, the experience of the jewish people. i believe it is universal. it's the story of a people who, over so many centuries in the wilderness, never gave up on that basic human longing to return home. it is the story of a people who suf

all day i've been thinking about hawaii. between the weather eand the weather. i'd really love to be here. >> and it's going to be bitterer cold. >> can we share your miles? happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >>>ast r astronauts are taking mannequin challenge to a whole new level. they pour formed it while floating in the space. this was just posted by french astronaut. some were clinging to foot holds and hand holds. others just stayed ridged as they floated in zero gravity. our family took on the mannequin challenge. it's hard to do with the baby that doesn't want to freeze -- doesn't respond well to commands, but it's a fun thing to do and they did a great job in space. >>> you don't have to like that. and especially through the 7-day forecast. outside it's not all that bad. we got temperatures in the 50s and we're seeing the clouds thicken up. you have the beacon atop the transamerican tower. as you can see mostly cloudy. a little mist west of downtown san francisco. nothing too chilly about the numbers in the santa clara valley. 43 degrees, low 50s i

. >>> president obama has been in hawaii. president-elect donald trump in florida. members of congress are home at their districts. but the period of holiday calm in washington is about to come to a screeching halt. carry caifa looks at what to expect in the busy first few weeks of 2017. >>> in the early weeks of 2017 republicans will assume control of the white house and capitol hill. the quartet is the same, ryan, mcconnell, pelosi and now after harry reid chuck schumer. in tandem with the trump administration, a massive overhaul of the nation's tax code, movement on a trump nominated supreme court justice and their top goal, repealing and replacing obama. on friday january 6 electoral votes will be counted leading up to friday january 20. donald trump's inauguration as the 45th president of the united states. preparations are already under way for the pomp and procession and also the protests. the emotions of the 2016 election still raw. at some point before inauguration day we expect a farewell address by president obama and after inauguration day, he and his fa

when president obama returns from his hawaii vacation next week, he planned an all-out press to save obamacare. chip reid is traveling with the president in honolulu. chip? >> reporter: one of the president's biggest worries in his final days of his presidency conghat the republican congress red the soon-to-be president donald trump will follow through on their promise to repeal obamacare. so next wednesday, the president will go to capitol hill to strategize with congressional esmocrats on a plan to save the law. the white house says since it was signed into law in 2010, obamacare has provided health coverage to 20 million americans, but the law has infuriated some americans and republicans in congress, who say it's made coverage for many unaffordable. a key part of the president's strategy will be to try to convince the american public that repealing obamacare without replacing it would throw the entire health care system into chaos. reena? >> ninan: chip reid traveling with the president. thanks, chip. well, kennedy cousin michael skakel could be headed back to prison for a 1975 m

we're live in florida and hawaii and in moscow. >>> two russian compounds here in the united states shut down, but what went on inside? new reporting on that straight ahead. >>> and incoming white house chief strategist, steve bannon, speaks out. what he's saying this hour about deplorables? all of that, that's straight ahead. >>> but we begin with that breaking news. president-elect donald trump praising russia's vladimir putin. trump tweeting, great move on delay by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. now, the official twitter feed of the russian embassy in the united states also retweeted it, as you can see it, it's circled there, at the very top. trump was praising putin's response to president obama's sanctions. putin saying, quote, although we have the right to retaliate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy, but will plan our further steps to restore russian/u.s. relations, based on the policies of the trump administration. now, vladimir putin essentially saying, he'll wait to deal with donald trump and let a cold relationship with president obama pla

tonight on cbs begins with "macgyver" followed by "hawaii five-o." joined by rick neuheisel and brian jones. all hail, king solomon. >> brian: don't tell me these games don't matter. hear wasolomon said about playing for those guys in the locker room? that was beautiful. everything he said. even more so his play. >> rick: i couldn't agree more and by the way, stanford has won 10 games or more. six of the last seven years. this is not your grandfather's stanford. >> adam: trubisky, great passes. needed one more at the end much let's get you caught up on bowl action and the s.e.c. a bounce-back day after entering 1-4 in bowl games, >> brian: jacob eason looking for sony michel, sony michel looking for someone to tackle him. they help him get in the end zone. kenny hill. nice grab there. but too much nick chubb and that running game for georgia, 248 on the ground for the dogs. >> adam: offensive studs for georgia coming back next year. nick chuck and sony michel said so. tren thompson three of their five sacks. the music city bowl. >> rick: tennessee tr

tonight on cbs begins with "macgyver" followed by "hawaii five-o." joined by rick neuheisel and brian jones. all hail, king solomon. >> brian: don't tell me these games don't matter. hear wasolomon said about playing for those guys in the locker room? that was beautiful. everything he said. even more so his play. >> rick: i couldn't agree more and by the way, stanford has won 10 games or more. six of the last seven years. this is not your grandfather's stanford. >> adam: trubisky, great passes. needed one more at the end much let's get you caught up on bowl action and the s.e.c. a bounce-back day after entering 1-4 in bowl games, b.j. >> brian: jacob eason looking for sony michel, sony michel looking for someone to tackle him. they help him get in the end zone. kenny hill. nice grab there. but too much nick chubb and that running game for georgia, 248 on the ground for the dogs. >> adam: offensive studs for georgia coming back next year. nick chuck and sony michel said so. tren thompson three of their five sacks. the music city bowl. >> rick: tenness

hawaii or florida? after all, it certainly seems like american diplomacy is being conducted at least in part from palm beach where a short time ago president-elect donald trump used twitter to congratulate vladimir putin for dismissing those u.s. sanctions imposed by mr. obama. the russian president said he is not really going it bother to respond until he sees how mr. trump handles all of t

we have a section of books on hawaii, to books on watch making. i think we sold those, by the way, but all these on secure categories. it captures, in a sense, the diversity of the genius of people throughout history. >> dinam books was started in 1964 by my parents aaron and rufte cohen. they wanted to open a western history and civil war books store in scottsdale and the first store was on main street, and there's a story that when somebody saw what was going in, they told my father well, you're only going to be here six months and it's now been over 52 years that we've been in scotts dame. dinam books is to what i believe libby custard, george's wife wrote three books after she was traveling with her husband and one of the books was following the guidon. father was a great custer collector. my mother loved the civil war but was very enamored with women in the west. we have books on western history. we focus a lot on arizona. of course, the southwest indians, apatchies and navajo history. a lot of people enjoy reading earp tombstone, the wyatt a

>> athena jones with the president in hawaii, thank you. even before donald trump's tweet praising putin, one of his top aides suggested it was a domestic political ajep da behind the obama administration's decision to sanction russia now. cnn international correspondent suzanne malveaux has more on that. they're really saying this is all democratic politics. >> trump and his transition team are in lock stem with the talking points, the main one being u.s. blaming russia, president obama specifically, faulty and incomplete. despite the intelligence briefings trump has received, he continues to express skepticism over russia's involvement and at the same time lavishing praise on putin. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: donald trump tonight praising russia's vladimir putin, tweeting, "great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart." trump applauding putin's remarkable move the wait for trump to take office before responding to president obama's decision to expel russian diplomats and new sanctions. >> i think we ought to

in world war ii he spent three years in the stopping in hawaii before serving in the south pacific. since becoming the oldest living veteran several years ago he's been given. former governor rick perry visited him on his porch. >> honor to meet you. >> honor to meet you. >> i wanted to come by and visit with you. >> he received high honors from president obama in washington, d.c. at 110 he's doing just fine. smoking cigars. >> i smoke about 12 a day, maybe more than that. less than that. i ain't got nothing else to do report roar drinking a little whiskey. >> i don't drink it. i just put it in my coffee. little water sometimes and drink it. it's good. >> reporter: the time has come for overton to have 24/7 care. he doesn't want to go to a nursing home or assisted living. he's live in the same house since 1945. his third cousin points out overton really is doing just fine. >> his health is so unique it causes problems. and the problem is, as far as getting him care now he doesn't need -- he's not disable. he's not home bound, but he needs someone to just be with him to make sure eve

we're live in florida and hawaii and in moscow. >>> two russian compounds here in the united states shut down, but what went on inside? new reporting on that straight ahead. >>> and incoming white house chief strategist, steve bannon, speaks out. what he's saying this hour about deplorables? all of that, that's straight ahead. >>> but we begin with that breaking news. president-elect donald trump praising russia's vladimir putin. trump tweeting, great move on delay by vladimir putin. i always knew he was very smart. now, the official twitter feed of the russian embassy in the united states also retweeted it, as you can see it, it's circled there, at the very top. trumwa

he will have just come back from hawaii, has a couple weeks in office. he's gotten so involved in the issue of israel and the settlements and now this very bold move on russia and he's going to go up next week and kick um a dust storm over obamacare. does he need to chill a little bit? >> i wonder what kind of reception he'll get because he was never someone who really fostered a lot of good will with democrats other than the fact he was the president and he is a democrat. there's not a lot of love there for him right now. he's never been able to transfer his popularity and his coalition to anyone else but himself. so i wonder how many democrats are going to be like, oh, hey, welco welcome, and really not be too thrilled with -- >> now what? >> please tell us what to do, you know? >> right. strategy on getting obamacare patsdsed didn't pan out that well for congressional democrats so, you know, repealing it, he might not be the best source to go to for that kind of advice. jiangie, susan, michael, thank you very much. we appreciate it. more on our world

and we'll go to white house correspondent kev cannin cork who is traveling with president obama in hawaii, hello. the foreign minister of russia calling the obama administration embittered and dim-ç witted foreign policy losers. not my words but the word of the foreign minister in russia. this comes after president obama punished the russians for what his administration alleged cyber intrusions in the run up of 2016 elections and the including of three dozen russian operative and closing of two russian facilities that is not the sum total of our response. we'll take a variety of actions in the time and place of our choosing andç some of which wi not be publicizeed the russian foreign minister said the country would retailiate and putin chose patience. as it perceives from international practice. we have the right to retailiate, we will not resort to irresponsible kitchen diplomacy. i don't know what that means but will plan further steps to restore russia and united states based on the policies of the trump administration. some on capitol hill areç skeptical of president obama's mot

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i want to go to tammy lightener, in hawaii where the president is vacationing. i know you've been getting the administration officials' take on the situation and walk us through the sanctions specifically and what the real impact is. >> reporter: sure, peter. it is unprecedented for the u.s. to retaliate against russia in this way. it's also very unusual for the u.s. to make public the names of these top russian officials who are involved. now let's go over the sanctions. as you mentioned 35 russian diplomats are being kicked out of the u.s. along with their families. they're closing two russian compounds in new york and maryland. they are sanctioning two russian leading intelligence agencies along with the three russian companies that are said to have supported these hacking efforts. they're also naming four top officials and two others. this is really interesting. they're naming two others who are suspected of having some involvement in unrelated cyber activities and also, stealing more than $100 million from u.s. institutions, univerties, government instituti

the spirit of hawaii and a lot of cool things on that float and a 28-foot volcano and flames shooting out of the an air and sea turtles. they are pain steaking apply akeing applying the seeds and flowers and the great examples of what they are going and this is one i am sure you will like this is real california milk. it is a legacy of generation and celebrating the dairy farmers in california and they are using some almonshells to create -- almaund shells to create texture and. >> sorry to -- you mentioned the materials. it is rule rules they have to follow. >> they have to be 100% all natural ingredients. every squareench of material must be -- --square inch of material must be cover said there is several types of glue they are using. and the nuts and seeds and flowers and i am thinking this goes into a been on tuesday. >> what happens to these? >> funny you should mention that. because miracle grow's float is going to compost all of the materials on their float. so, lot of this stuff winds up being reused or repurposed or recycled and that is a wonderful thing. >> all right. james

obama's out on the golf course in hawaii right now, and by not, by not kicking out or doing the tit for tat, it is laughable. here in the last, this is a guy who obama started by telling mitt romney that, you know, the '80s are calling, they want their foreign policy back, and now he's ending his last 20 days like this big, you know, foreign policy, you know, cold war warrior. it doesn't make any sense. dagen: we've spent eight years under the obama administration i kowtowing to russia and doing absolutely nothing whether it was ukraine, in syria, this. to quote charles krauthammer, the point of being a superpower is to show your strength and to put another superpower in its place when need be. and if putin respects anything on earth, it is strength, and we have showed nothing but weakness over the last eight years. you know what? we should expose his money and the money of all his borscht buddies because, again, the russian people might not care about corruption, but the world banking system surely would question doing business with these corrupt individuals. sandra: and responding to

thank you for that, lucy and tammy leitner joins us live now from hawaii where president obama is spending his vacation. so tammy, obviously, a big time difference. still very early out there, but what is the initial reaction here from the president, from his team when it comes to vladimir putin saying, hey, no response here? >> reporter: good morning, steve. u.s. official is telling nbc news that the white house is surprised that russia is not expelling u.s. diplomats. other than that, we are not expecting a formal response from the white house today. let's go over these sanctions. the u.s. is expected to expel 35 russian diplomats suspected of being buy spoospies, close two compounds in maryland and new york expected to have russian activities and sanction two leading intelligence services, sanction three russian companies that supported these hacking operations, they also will be penalizing four top officers at the organizations. also, two russian people who have been named in unrelated cyber activities and those two people are suspected of stealing $100 million from u.s. financial inst

on his final christmas vacation in hawaii as president mr. obama made history meeting with the prime minister of japan at pearl harbor. >> i hope that together we send a message to the world that there is more to be won in peace than in war. >> reporter: it wasn't the first time president obama has taken time out of his vacation for official business. >> we will not rest until we find all who were involved, and hold them accountable. >> in 2009, the president addressed the nation after umar farouk abdul ma tal unknown as the underwear bomber tried to detonate a bomb aboard a flight to detroit on christmas day. in 2012, president obama returned to washington just five days after arriving in hawaii, to deal with a congressional stalemate over the budget. crisis known as the fiscal cliff. >> the democrats and republicans in congress have to get this done but they're not there yet. >> reporter: a week later an agreement was reached, and he rejoined his family. his trips to hawaii have included a number of constants. >> merry christmas, mele kalik

>> white house is still sleeping in hawaii. i touched base with folks in the pentagon and the state department. usually the state department takes longer to filter everything through and have the proper diplomatic speech statement. i suspect we'll get background comments and then an official statement at about 12:53, give or take a couple 20 seconds. >> that's a very specific prediction. thank you so much. joining me from moscow, moscow correspondent fred weir. why do you think putin decided not to retaliate? what's going on here? >> well, it is a remarkable departure from diplomatic tradition. i mean, i can't think of a single case where an expulsion like that wasn't met with a mirror image, tit for tat expulsion. i don't think it's ever happened before. so putin is clearly making a calculation. that he doesn't want to poison the well, build up the acrimony, which of course, any kind of mirror image response would do. he wants to keep the field clear. maybe he's handing donald trump a victory, because trump can say, see, i'm s