i have so many friends from alabama, but to thank the people of alabama, we are really the people that love this country. we have so many people that love this country, all over. i went -- i went to a little victory tour, but, really, they were thank you tours in pennsylvania, all over, but this is alabama, and if you don't mind, we're thanking the people of alabama, and we're thanking the people of the south, because, boy, did we do well. boy, did we do well in the south. [ cheers and applause ] so i don't know if you noticed. i added that on. the people of the south. because, i'll tell you -- in fact, i said if i lost i think i'm going to move to alabama, or some place in the south. because we won -- we didn't win like okay here. we won at a record setting. nobody's ever had the numbers that we had. so i just want to thank you. this is our last stop, and i'll tell what you. there is no better place to celebrate than right here. okay? so thank you. you propelled to victory a grass roots movement, the likes of which the world, frankly, has never seen before. and you know if i was sayin

sessions' office indiets an alabama supply company. at the time attorney general sessions called the case a significant investigation. in a scathing opinion, circuit judge james garrett threw the entire case out and ripped apart the attorney general's office in the process. the judge finding that even having been given every benefit of every doubt, the misconduct of the attorney general in this case far surpasses in both extensiveness and measure the totality of any prosecutorial misconduct ever previously presented to or witnessed by this court. the case against tyco was presented as theft. in a bizarre arrangement, the attorney general's investigation was fueled by money and information from that same client, who was getting ready to sue tyco itself. the judge's order says the misconduct by the attorney general's office included refusals and failures to produce exculpatory evidence, evidence that there was no theft. the judge found a flagrant disregard of the constitutional rights of those accused, what he called completely incredibl

thank you very much from birmingham, alabama, for us. next, it's a frightening statistic. the highest number of mumps cases in a decade. we'll tell you what's causing the outbreak and how you can protect your family. sanjay gupta will join me live. and we'll get back to our breaking news. cnn learning through sources that former new york city mayor rudy giuliani has been told he's out, no longer up for that secretary of state post that he wanted so badly. lots to discuss in the political front as well today. front as well today. we'll be right back. my name is cynthia haynes front as well today. we'll be right back. and i am a senior public safety specialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. i live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. once i moved here i didn't want to live anywhere else. i love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other people's l

rich hudson joins us live from mobile, alabama. hey there. >> good afternoon, julie, and president-elect donald trump will be taking the sta

we know that alabama is a reliable red state, so why come here? this is the home of his choice to be the next attorney general of the united states, alabama senator jeff sessions. and so this is part of a thank you tour that also thanks jeff sessions for his support. what we've also been seeing is that at these events, donald trump talks about a whole range of issues. on domestic policy and foreign policy. it's been very noticeable that the script he's been using has nothing to do with russia. ♪ back in rally mode. >> merry christmas, everyone. merry christmas. >> reporter: the president-elect took his thank you tour to orlando, florida, friday night. >> i love this state. i love the people. i love -- >> reporter: donald trump ignored the controversy over vladimir putin and russia's cyberattack on the u.s. election. hours earlier, president obama urged trump to publicly support the bipartisan investigation. team trump shifted the spotlight back to hillary clinton. >> this wouldn't have happened if hillary clinton didn't have a secret server. >>

decision' office indicts an alabama supply company. at the time attorney general sessions called the case a significant investigation. but in a scathing opinion, circuit judge james garrett threw the entire case out and ripped apart the attorney general's office in the process. the judge finding that even having been given every benefit of any doubt the misconduct of the attorney general in this case far surpasses in both extensiveness and measure the totality of any prosecutorial misconduct ever presented to or witnessed by this court. the case was a case of theft. a company accuse odd falsely billing a client. but in a bizarre arrangement the attorney general's investigation was fueled by money and information from that same client, who was getting ready to sue teico itself. the judge found a flagrant disregard of the intereconstitu rights of those accused. what he called completely incredible testimony of witnesses. and intentional and deliberate misconduct or so reckless and improper as to constitute conscience disregard for the la

this was a very pro trump crowd in mobile, alabama. it was also notable that over time we have seen if anyone criticizes trump, he usually hits back much harder. he did not do that with michelle obama and yet he brought up her comments. so that was fascinating. and what we sfraw from trump wa no comment on china, no comment on russia. it seems he's still celebrating his victory and willing to pick a few fights. from the water canon salute at the airport, to a greeting from southern bells, donald trump relished his last rally of 2016. he also did something unexpected. trump disputed a widely publicized comment from the first lady. >> michelle obama said yesterday that there is no hope. >> referring to this interview with oprah winfrey. >> see, now we're feeling what not having hope feels like. >> the alabama crowd booed, and trump appeared stung by the criticism. >> i'm telling you, we have tremendous hope. >> then claimed mrs. obama just misspoke. >> i honestly believe she meant that statement in a different way than it came out. >> wh

alabama did not fit into that. this was a red state that was always going to be in donald trump's column based on history but it's the home of his choice for the next attorney general of the united states, and that's alabama's senator, jeff sessions. that's part of why donald trump will be here. as we have been watching these events unfold he talked about a lot of events around the world, and he talks about his domestic policies but what has been noticeably absent from conversations in the crowds, he's not talking about russia and the hack on the u.s. election. the president-elect took his thank you tour to orlando, florida, friday night. >> i love this state, and i love the people, and i love -- >> reporter: but donald trump ignored the controversy over vladimir putin and russia's cyber attack on the u.s. election, and several hours late earlier, president obama urged trump. in a speech to clinton's campaign donors, clinton said her past criticism of putin's illegitimate election made her his target. >> vladimir p

nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me live from mobile, alabama, where trump is set to take the stage in a couple of hours. a lot of talk about russia and hacking, an issue trump largely ignore ed last night in orlando. can we expect him to address it today? >> not largely ignored, completely ignored. both last night in orlando, earlier the week in hershey, pennsylvania, it's not a part of his stump speech post election. we've seen a pattern how donald trump likes to relive the election a bit. likes to talk about some of his plans for the new administration. likes to engage with his audiences. he talks about hot-button issues in the country and around the world but has not discussed russia. that's notable because of his past positive statements about vladimir putin. some questions raised about what the intent of the russian hacking was. president obama and others say there is no evidence that anything that russia did affected the outcome, but they do say it was russia at the highest levels of its government responsible for the hacks at the democratic national committee and a top aide to hillary c

we don't necessarily think he will veer from that today in mobile, alabama. it's the last of these thank you rallies before the holidays. it is pleasant temperature but windy and rainy. this open air stadium will be a test for those supporters who have to pick between doing their holiday odds and ends and being here. jeff sessions trump's selection to be the next attorney general. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. let's go live to columbus, ohio, and a public memorial service for john glenn, the former astronaut and former u.s. senator died last week at the age of 95. vice president biden is among the speakers. >> on display for your children and the whole world to see. you all know it. you can tell when a couple really, genuinely loves and enjoys one another. it was infectious. on behalf of president obama and the first lady, on behalf of the american people, jill and i are here because we love you annie and we love john. together, you taught us all how to love. that's not something you usually talk about when you talk about heros, especially heroes l

secretary tom perez in his first interview since announcing a run to lead the democrats and why mobile, alabama, is apologizing so donald trump can say merry christmas in front of a 50-foot tree. >> wishing you a very merry christmas. merry christmas. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening new york. i'm chris hayes. the rekouns are over, the electoral college shas spoken. in 31 days, donald trump will become the president of the united states. republicans have a message for americans frustrated about that fact. get over it. >> they have a message for cry baby sore loser left and that is donald trump won. stop chinaing. accept it already. >> the election's over. we all know it. it's time to move. >> and donald trump's victory south korea verified and a done deal, get over it. >> come on, anti-trumpers. quit wlining. >> we won, you lost. grow the blank up. move on with your life. >> democrats have not figures out in politics when you lose, you don't get a second place trophy. you don't get a juice box or therapy dogging. > hillary clinton and her team spent $1.2 billion, lost an electio

since a sanctions reform act in 2000, 13 states led by virginia, alabama and louisiana have exported to cuba limited amounts of products like soybeans, apples and poultry. those shipments topped $150 million in the first nine months of this year. at the same time, the u.s. allowed cuban imports of coffee for the first time and a greater range of textiles. but cuba's largest exports to other countries-- like rum, tobacco, exotic fruit and honey-- have yet to make it to the u.s. market due to the continuing embargo. isis salcines runs a 125-acre, or 300-hectare, organic cooperative farm called vivero alamar. 140 people work here. >> reporter: is the trade embargo the obstacle here to developing that land? >> reporter: american trade delegations regularly visit the farm, which raises cows and grows lettuce, sugarcane and moringa trees, whose leaves are packed with protein, calcium and other nutrients. >> reporter: without modern tools, the farm uses arduous techniques. for example, it doesn't have ph meters to test whether the soil is too acidic or alkaline, so workers count out 100 wor

mark strassmann is in alabama. >> reporter: rosalie, alabama, population 700, took the storm's first knockout punch at five minutes after midnight. this trailer home flipped and killed three people inside. part of a swath of destruction that runs along state highway 71. one resident told us the lights went out, and then he heard a loud growling sound, and in 10 seconds, all these buildings were destroyed and these semitrucks were flipped like tonka toys. in neighboring ider, we found 14-year-old aubrey williams. her aunt and uncle own this former daycare center where her family rode out the storm. only the bathroom still stands. >> when we took off running, the wind picked us up and threw us, and we went through walls and the roof fell down and collapsed on us. >> reporter: four adults and three children hunkered down here. four of them are in the hospital, including her mother. 100 miles north, 135-mile-per- hour winds raked athens, tennessee. mcminn county sheriff joe guy: >> we have not had a fatality at this point. i think that's something that we're very blessed to be able to sa

one candidate is roy moore who until recently served as chief justice of the alabama supreme court. governor bentley interviewed moore for the potential senate seat this week. roy moore has quite the resume. part judge, part right wing crusader. he violated the court order to stop opening court sessions with christian prayer. in 2003 he was removed as chief justice for refusing to remove a 5300 pound statue of the ten commandments he installed in the state judicial building. it's very heavy. you can see it. after winning re-election moore defied a federal order and refused to allow same-sex marriages in his state eventually arguing the supreme court's decision was immoral and tier rannical. he was removed from the bench and paid for the remainder of his term. they found he failed to uphold the integrity of the court and failed to perform the duties. and his conduct brings the judicial office into disrepute. now that guy disgraced judge who brought his judicial office into disrepute could be a u.s. senator. >>> president obama has banned off shore drilling in huge swaths of the antar

. >> later today trump will head to mobile, alabama, for the final rally of his thank you tour. and nbc's kelly o'donnell is there, and what about trump's latest pick? >> reporter: a couple things are developing now, betty. the south carolina congressman is officially now the choice of the president-elect to be the director of office and management and budget and he has been one of the most conservative house members and is considered a physical hawk. he is one of the people that has been to trump tower, and we have seen him on camera doing that, and he's the budget director for the trump administration, that will be viewed by many as a way for fiscal conservatives to have their mark, and how can they trim budgets and make policy, and trump tweeted about the place we are right now, saying mobile, alabama, today, and the last rally of the year and it suggests he could do more in 2017 before he is inaugurated, and amping up the hype about the crowd expected here today, and as the president-elect has been making stops like this, more were in places that were a surprise or essential

alabama, deeply red, always predicted to be in the trump column. but it happens to be home of jeff sessions, first senator who endorsed donald trump, and his pick for attorney general. so expect to see jeff sessions and some talk about the future trump cabinet at today's event. sheinelle? >> kelly o'donnell, good job with the theme music behind you. maybe it will follow you wherever you go. thank you, kelly. >>> joining me now is niles standen. good afternoon to both of you. niall, talking about allegations of a russian hack during his thank you tour. what do you make of that? >> i think he quite rightly sees that there is no advantage to him in dwelling on that subject. his campaign has been saying all week to reporters that they view this as an attempt to delegitimize his presidency. and, of course, if he does talk about it, he has to explain why he disagrees with the reported assessment of the cia and the fbi. so really, just -- much better politically from his perspective to simply steer on to a whole different kind of territory. >> and kathryn

. >> on the domestic front, trump will be in mobile, alabama, in just a couple hours for the final stop on his post election thank you tour. let's go now to nbc's kelly o'donnell in mobile today, ahead of trump's event. what's the latest from the trump camp today? >> reporter: good to be with you. a couple news events have come out today. first, a paper statement as we like to say, the official announcement that south carolina congressman, mik oil dany is being topped to lead the budget office, the office of management and budget, filling out the cabinet. in addition, trump has date of birth done a little tweeting today. not talking about russia. today he talked about via twitter, china taking a u.s. navy drone, an underwater drone, a glider is the term for it. and raising the stakes there. this is a couple weeks after trump himself received a phone call of congratulationses from the taiwanese president, something that broke decades of protocol in the u.s./china relationship, where china sees only one china, meaning taiwan is not a separatenty. so trump is using that as a way to communi

could be a shutout. 28-6 game. >> have alabama games become boring for you? >> yes, they have. >> you know it's bad when you lose to ole miss 24-3 at halftime and i'm yawning and joey calls me up, we're going to win. we've seen the movie before. they'll wear them down. you notice the fourth quarter they're always running the ball downhill. they hand the ball to fill in the blank. and it's like they are running downhill. >> no other team can score against them which helps. you have an nfl defense. >> when is the last time the team scored against alabama? >> could alabama beat the cleveland browns. >> you guys just wasted an entire block. >> up next, eugene robinson -- >> i'm not done yet. you know i went to florida too, did you know that? >> do you feel torn at all? >> i don't. >> are we going to talk about dartmouth football? >> we're terrible this year. the hockey team is great. >> dartmouth won a couple games. >> keep your eye on number 22. he's a star. >> mika is into dartmouth hockey. i don't know why. she really is. it's very funny. can we tell them what

and governor wallace of alabama refused to obey them and therefore the kennedy's have to send the national guard down which they did and imposed the desegregation orders in the schools. this is a little bit more personal than that. okay? it will being there to see if president trump tries to make an example of san francisco and new york city. and tries to go in hard and say this is what you are going to do and if you don't do it, say goodbye to your federal money. interesting to see. i don't know whether he will or not. >> well, i think, bill, have you got to be careful. when you are looking at new york and chicago and san francisco, they have tried to pull the wool over people's eyes and pretend to be much more liberal in this regard than they really are. if you read those statutes huge loopholes created by lawyers to allow the federal government to arrest and apprehend people in those places. so rahm emanuel and chicago. >> you know the county of san francisco being sued by the steinle family because they flat out refused to hold the man who allegedly killed kate steinle, all right. even

secretary tom perez in his first interview since announcing a run to lead the democrats and why mobile, alabama, is apologizing so donald trump can say merry christmas in front of a 50-foot tree. >> wishing you a very merry christmas. merry christmas. when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening new york. i'm chris hayes. the rekouns are over, the electoral college shas spoken. in 31 days, donald trump will become the president of the united states. republicans have a message for

stay with us, coming up on the newshour: building a memorial for victims of lynching in alabama. and an intimate look at what makes bruce springsteen a rock legend. but first, it's time for politics monday with tamara keth of npr and amy walter of the "cook political report." and welcome to both of you. a lot going on today. >> yes. >> woodruff: namely, as we just saw in that report, amy, that donald trump is over the top, the outcome is not surprising, but there were a lot of protests, a lot of noise made around state capitals around the country. is the electoral process in any danger? >> no, i don't think so. there were a lot of protest bus at the end of the day there were nor defectors on the democratic side than the republican side. one in minnesota, one in maine who wanted to vote for bernie sanders. state law doesn't allow that. they ended up both casting an alternative clast for hillary clinton. but for in washington state, that she carried, that voted for someone other than hillary clinton. i don't think we're seeing a breakdown of the electoral college but any measure, b

tennessee and alabama. the fires and then the tornadoes right on top of it back to back. >> really tough. thank you so much. we'll keep you will of them in our thoughts and prayers. still ahead on "morning joe" this morning from the house republican leadership, we've got congressman tom cole and we'll ask him about the washington insiders that donald trump is going to bring to the white house. plus the great doris kearns good wy goodwin will join the conversation. >> i want to jump in. i know it's thursday and for the kids to like the rock 'n' roll, there's something going on with prohibition tonight? isn't there some handsome -- there it is. i've been there. i have to say for kids and grown-ups alike, surprisingly good this mr. scarborough. he's actually really good. >> i don't know that kids consider you and girlfriends that you bring and with emphasis on girl. it's kind of -- are you going to be there tonight, donny? >> yes. everyone will be proof for age so it's all good. >> i was going to say please do

they cite, for example, the alabama senator had not submitted copies of speeches he delivered on behalf of trump during the campaign as well as public remarks dating back to 2003. he also did not include materials from when his judgeship was deraed concerning remarks about racism and african-americans. but key pieces of information were not in that. what do you make of it? >> i think some democrats will oppose senator sessions regardless of what he turns over. i'm not sure dianne feinstein is one of them. she's the ranking democrat on that committee. it's not unprecedented for a new president not to get their pick for attorney general. judge kimba woods was turned down. but senator sessions is probably the most qualified person in modern times. united states attorney, state attorney general, he's won four statewide elections for united states senate in alabama. if they haven't found anything serious against him, tamron, this all those races for the senate, they're not going to find it now. it may be sparky but it will be confirmed. >> the allegations made in 1986 that derailed his feder

judge pryor in alabama. judge sykes in wisconsin, and donald trump during the campaign singled out both of them. you know, it's interesting you talked about what a big decision this is. think of how different this is than these cabinet picks we're saturdaying to see, wolf. those are for four years, possibly eight at the most. these are individuals who will be on the supreme court now for life. so they would have an affect on all of our lives long past donald trump's tenure in the white house. >> yep. in their 40s, could be on the court 30, 40, maybe 50 years, depending on their health. but in the short term, joan, what are some of the big decisions the court is expected to hear right now in the next couple of years? >> that's a great question, because these individuals will take on what we've got now and also what could come down five, ten years. think about transgenocider rights. back in 2015, the court for the first time declared a right to same-sex marriage. and we've had other issues come up from that. s

host: jason is in alabama. you are next. caller: i just want to ask about all of the protests, was that fakeness when they were crying -- fake news when they were crying after hillary lost? yout: i am not sure what were talking about. i am sure that people were upset. i am not sure about that story. host: rico in michigan. caller: i am more concerned about the fake and news from the mainstream media because they are pushing their own agenda. i will give you some examples. keep pushing the message and they israel approves the iranian .eal and a totally do not they claim hillary was leading in the polls and unemployment at an all-time low and 95 million people are not working and are not looking for work. newsare using an important and claiming that global warming is caused by people and there has always been global warming climate change for millennia. host: ryan, good morning in there.d, hi this morning? you are on with our guest. news versus the real news, the major networks, owned by democratic much as other media outlets

last night in alabama, trump completed his so-called "thank you" tour of some states that voted for him. but today, the 2008 republican presidential nominee-- arizona senator john mccain-- renewed his call for a single, special congressional committee to investigate russian interference in the election, specifically the hacking of democratic party and clinton campaign emails. >> the responsibilities for cyber is spread over about four different committees in the senate, and each doing their own thing, frankly, is not going to be the most efficient way of arriving at a conclusion. >> stewart: incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus said today the president-elect is waiting to see the final report from the fbi and cia about russian interference, and denied there was any contact or coordination between the trump campaign or trump associates and the russians. >> of course, we didn't interface with the russians. i mean, this whole thing is a spin job. and i think what the democrats ought to do is look in the mirror and face the reality that they lost the election. and they lost th

his choice for attorney general, alabama senator jeff sessions, has long opposed the justice department's attempts to block state laws that impose voter i.d. requirements. his proposed environmental protection agency administrator, oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt, is a skeptic of man-made climate change and an ally of the oil, coal and natural gas industries. his proposed education secretary, michigan activist betsy devos, is a strong supporter of charter schools and deeply critical of teachers' unions. and his choice for housing and urban development secretary, dr. ben carson, has called public housing desegregation rules failed "mandated social engineering schemes" and likened them to communism. trump's pick for labor secretary, andrew puzder, is a foe of the obama administration's expansion of eligibility for overtime pay and of raising the minimum wage. what this means is that once his cabinet is in place, it could represent as clear a reversal of federal policies as any in recent memory. an even more dramatic arena for change is the supreme court. in reagan's time, justices wo

this afternoon, he appeared in mobile, alabama, a state where he won 63% of the vote. last night, mr. trump told a crowd of 11,000 supporters in orlando, florida, as commander- in-chief, he'll deploy the u.s. military sparingly, though not when it comes to the islamic state in iraq and syria, or isis. >> for too long, we've been moving from one reckless intervention to another, countries that most of you've never even heard of before. it's crazy, and it's going to stop. a trump administration will focus on the vital national security interests of the united states, and that means crushing isis rapidly and defeating radical islamic terrorism. >> stewart: today, mr. trump announced his pick for federal budget director: republican congressman mick mulvaney of south carolina. an ally of house speaker paul ryan, mulvaney has served in the house since being elected as part of the tea party wave in 2010. he advocates deep spending cuts and was willing to shut down the government over raising the nation's debt ceiling. president-elect trump calls china's confiscation of an ame

michael is in alabama, democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. it has been months since i was able to talk on c-span. in-depthe been several surveys. these are the two main concerns are have of any president and you hit it. this wonderful journalist or historian hinted at one of orse, the cabinet members partisan or even more partisan of that president. i see most residents choosing yes men or women, yet, they seem -- when they claim to get things done, it is usually by, one hand watches the other, you do what you have got to do. , evend fight rahm emanuel though he is a fellow christian, the secretary of the interior under reagan, the first one, and ed manes is connect sample and i'm too young to remember the corruption of vice president iiro agnew under nixon but heard his name so much on the evening news when i was in kindergarten and elementary paull, and countless wolfowitz, and the last george w. bush administration and education secretary who gave us, what i call, although she meant well, no standardized test leave which did not flexibilit

well, low temperatures, certainly subzeros in the northern plains, the 20s in mississippi, alabama, and georgia tonight. by saturday morning, we could be seeing 20s all the way down into north florida. so freeze warnings will likely be needed there. at the same time, another winter storm moving into the northwest, and this one right now not bringing just mountain snow, but low-land snow. we're getting snowfall into the cities of seattle and portland this evening. and, scott, as we look towards next week, another blast of cold, and it might be even colder than what we're seeing eight now. >> pelley: eric fisher of the great wbz. eric, thanks very much. today, donald trump made another cabinet appointment that shows he is turning america in a new direction. he is nominating a labor secretary who believes that wages are often too high. this comes a day after naming one of the e.p.a.'s biggest critics the agency's new administrator. also today, dean reynolds reports the president-elect got into a twitter battle with a labor boss. >> reporter: the president-elect vede his second visit to ohi

from alabama. m guest: i have a couple of tim's point. he brings up a very important point around the education system. at the five promises from america's promise people need young caring adults, quality ducation, safe spaces, and one of those main pieces. one of the focal points around increasing graduation rates, e're not going to be a healthy driving nation if we're failing to educate large portions of our population. not all young people have education.ess to and i think the piece brought up around racism. up in a it came previous caller. we need to begin to have a real conversation, a hard a nation, around the topic of racism. the mayor of boston one or two weeks ago began to have a conversation around the racism. again, i want to emphasize that we need to have at the table. host: your report was very so rehensive, identified many areas where people of color feeling unstress or safe. do you get started considering how massive the be? lem may guest: great point. i think there were so many in the hat came up report and where do you be

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host: that was janice from alabama. here is the story from the front page of the "washington journal." it is a look at the performance of the stock market over what he 16. at the start of the year, it -- over 2016 trade at the start of the year, it felt about a thousand points. since then, it has rallied significantly. it overcame its worst start of the year, and the dow jones posted its best finish since 2013. we are taking your phone calls on the biggest news stories of the year. aaron is up next from minnesota on the independent line. aaron, good morning. caller: good morning. the story you are looking at that says putin will not retaliate. i am assuming that is on how we -- what a bunch of would they be? obama said we need to get the --sian to get terry's oh dignitaries out of our country because of the hacking. saident on the air and putin did the same. i do not know if they even retracted that story. comey and clever said that there said that there was no evidence of hacking impacting the u.s. election. the one th

we go to birmingham, alabama. good morning to gilbert. thanks for waiting. gilbert in birmingham, go ahead. caller: yes, good morning, merry christmas, and happy new year's. as i sit and watch you read about jeff sessions and the marion three, i had not heard of that before, but it is no different in birmingham and across alabama. the oppressions we suffer, it seems like they have gotten more covert than they were over here. as i follow janet yellen and her increased interest rate and give guaranteed interest rate three times before the year 2017 is out, and as i watch the differences between america and china, i can see on the horizon another crash like 2008. people are not going to be buying houses if the interest rate gets out. this thing with china, we do not make things in america anymore, but we get into a trade war with them. once again, merry christmas. host: here is audrey in rome, georgia, on our republican line. caller: hello. host: good morning. caller: i have several comments. i don't think the u.s. could survive another four years as things are

trump told those supporters on saturday at the final thank you tour event in alabama, the foundi ining fathers had them i mind when they set up the electoral college. >> at the time, they didn't want everybody going to boston and new york and everything else would be forgotten. now it's the same thing. it's genius. >> reporter: we learned the president-elect had dinner saturday night here with carlos slim, the mexican billionaire that mr. trump once accused of bankrolling attacks against him that were published in the "new york times." slim said he thinks trump's policies could benefit mexico's economy. trump aides say it was an effort to turn the page. >> peter, thank you. >>> up next, for all the talk, some of the reasons hillary clinton really lost the election in key states coming up. >>> first, here is what some of our affiliates are covering tonight. charlotte, as north carolina outgoing governor confirms he will call a special session so legislators can repeal a law limiting protections for lgbt people. today the charlotte city counsel repealed an ordinance that republicans blam

in front of tens of thousands of supporters in mobile, alabama. the city that ignited his campaign and set him on a path to winning the white house a little more than a year ago. welcome to a brand-new hour inside of "america's news headquarters," i'm arthel neville. >> and hello, everyone. and i'm eric shawn. mr. trump hitting on familiar themes during the rally. he took aim at a long list of detactors from the pundits who underestimated him and the media and offered a message of hope for the start of his term. >> this is truly an e

. >> president-elect donald trump held the last of his nine victory rallies in mobile, alabama on sunday. the tour only included states won and he said he may continue doing such rallies as president. joining me now, robert reich, who's latest opinion piece in "newsweek" and robert i'll start with you. you argue -- i mean, i'm sort of torn about these rallies because they seem like something new and i wonder how it's being refrakted through the perception of trump himself. why do you find it om news if he continues the rallies as president. >> because the pattern and practice of donald trump, whether it's the rallies or this deal with sinclair or the tweets has been the same, and that is to try to communicate, especially with his followers, communicate a lot of lies, bold-face lies without any contradiction, without any press. there's been no press conference since july. i mean, trump has not wanted to face a lot of questioning reporters. and that is dangerous for a democracy because it means that bold-face lies, such as that he's told during the rallies, you know, 45% increase in homici

host: lucy in alabama, democrats line. caller: good morning. my question is in reference to government, the governor of alabama. what chances would he have of getting a pardon from president obama? well, that is another case where i do not represent governor siegelman so i do not have any information but i know he has a pending petition. he is a lot like governor okoye bench. -- governor bogor is it. host: there is no limit to how many pardons a president can issue? guest: that is correct. caller: i just want to express something to america. i am a veteran, for it an elite force, air defense force. after spending my military career i got out of the military and into gaming. i have supervised games for 20 plus years. i have also been a manager of walmart. i have had a number of jobs where i had fbi background. hometown, chicago, and tried to get a job in gaming. made a mistake of walking by a vehicle, a 1999 caravan with no engine, no wheels, and a for sale sign. at 12:00 on broad day i was accused of attempting to break into this vehicle. i hav

like alabama, like arkansas, like kentucky. they would say wow, donald trump is doing fantastically with the evangelical christians. he is doing fantastically. but i knew. we did even better in the general election. so we had the all-time highest vote in the history of elections with evangelicals, right? our goal is to bring back a very beautiful graz. do you remember when we were young, some of us, some of you are or so you don't remember because you sr. so young already. we have a young audience. do you remember we had stamped on to cars and stamped on to equipment made in the u.s.a.? right? made in the u.s.a. [cheers and applause] right? even the young people like it. and, frankly, if it said made in japan or made some place else, it wasn't considered good. it wasn't considered good. we're going to bring back "made in the u.s.a." and we're going to have a lot of jobs come back. we're going to have a lot of jobs. and you know what? if companies leave and fire their workers, they leave pennsylvania. or they leave indiana. or t

moth here's what he said in alabama on saturday. >> michelle obama said yesterday that there's no hope. but i assume she was talking about the past, not the future. because i'm telling you, we have tremendous hope. and we have tremendous promise, and tremendous potential, and i actually think she made that statement not meaning it the way it came out, i really do. because i met with president obama and michelle obama in the white house, my wife was there. she could not have been nicer. i honestly believe she meant that statement in a different way than it came out. >> no, she didn't mean it in a different way. here's what michelle obama said tonight about the next president. >> as i've said time and time again. words matter. and they matter most to our kids. our young people. and the words that we say moving forward, all of us, it matters, which is one of the reasons why barack and i are so supportive of this transition, because no matter how we felt going into it, it is important for the health of this nation that we support the commander in chief. wasn't done when my husband took off

ten confirmed twisters in parts of alabama, louisiana, mississippi and tennessee. it happened just as firefighters started to get control of wildfires in tennessee that killed seven people and wiped out more than 150 homes and businesses. >>> dozens of protesters taking to the street of charlotte, north carolina after prosecutors cleared a police officer in the shooting death of an armed black man. so far the demonstration has been mostly peaceful but several people have been arrested. the family of 43-year-old keith lamont scott, the man killed, say they are disappointed but are calling on protesters to stay peaceful tonight. i'm jackie ibanez, now back to "hannity" for all your headlines. log on to fox news.com. >> welcome back to "hannity." mike pence was on capitol hill holding meetings with mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. the trump transition team is still hard at work filling pogs. there was good piece on fox news.com where you describe president-elect trump's three greatest chael gre greatest challenges. >> this came dpr from my experi in the house and workin

the three biggest jobs in the cabinet are attorney general, that willy alabama senator jeff sessions, secretary of defense, we learned that james mattis and canada, attorney general, secretary of defense, after all the attention to the romney thing, giuliani, petraeus, tonight msnbc reports that the secretary of state search is no longer confined to those candidates that have been previously named by the trump folks. believe it or no, msnbc reports there are two new men being considered for the secretary of state job. are you ready? recognize either of these two guys? if you don't, the good news is that even though you are going to have to memorize their names, you're only going to have to memorize one job title between them because msnbc reports tonight that the two new people in contention for secretary of state are the current ceo of exxonmobil, rex tillerson, and the former ceo of exxonmobil, lee raymond. really? joining us now on short notice, i should say, because we just got in this news. tom stier is president and founder of nextgen chimt. thank you for your time particularly

saturday, scheduled stop in mobile, alabama. let's bring in our senior white house correspondent jim acosta, he's in new york city. our cnn international correspondent matthew chance is joining us live from moscow. jim, the white house has said the president-elect knew about the russian hack benefiting him. what more can you tell us about trump's response today? >> that's right, wolf, some pretty sharp words being exchanged between the president-elect and the white house. we haven't really seen this kind of back and forth since the election between the white house and donald trump. they were sort of making peace as you'll recall in those days after november the 8th when the president said he wanted to help donald trump bring about a smooth transition of power. earlier, just a little while ago, at the white house press briefing, josh earnest, the press secretary, sort of went back at donald trump. after trump tweeted earlier this morning if russia or some other entity was hacking, why did the white house wait so long to act. josh

one of those guys is a guy now knocked to be the president-elect's attorney general, alabama senator jeff sessions. in 1986, rachel has reported on this, he was not confirmed by the senate as a federal judge after the senate judiciary committee reviewed allegations against him that he said racially insensitive things as a prosecutor, which he denied. a republican-controlled senate, though, effectively blocked his nomination. and now here he is back up for a cabinet position. his confirmation hearings begin less than two fwreex now. how hard will it be? and how many other trump nominees will actually have trouble getting confirmed by the senate, something that is so rare? joining us for context is amber phillips, a "washington post" reporter who wrote about the four trump nominees that are potentially headed for the most trouble. amber, what is the scorecard? >> hey, well, yeah, like you said, it is super rare. not only for cabinet nominees to get blocked, but for members of one party to block their own president's nominees. the last time that happened was in the 1920s in the calvin c