. >> anchor: big news for patriots nation. a key member of the team's defense suspended for 4 games. allen branch violated the league's drug policy. joe amorosino with the details. >> reporter: the patriots have a big hole to fill in the middle of the defensive line from a size stand point. 6'6", 350 pounds. espn's shester reporting branch's 4 game ban is for a positive marijuana test. his punishment. it's a blow to a defense middle of the pack this season. 17th in the nfl. allowing 103.1 yards per game. excuse me. branch in the 4th team in 10 seasons here was suspended a week by the patriots during training camp for unspecified reasons. the patriots traded away jamie collins. a healthy scratch against the games is enough to really disrupt this defense. joe amorosino 7 news. >> anchor: 7 news turns to your forecast. parts of new england getting a bitter blast of winter weather this weekend. snow falling in lowell this morning. forcing school closures and even delays. here in boston we've been feeling the chill no doubt. combin

. >> one of the hardests i've got hit right knocked the wind out of patriots nation 2. rob gronkowski suffered a chest injury. >> anchor: tonight the players are talking about their teammates toughness. more now from 7's dan hausle. >> reporter: the pats other big tight end talking about his teammate as he reads to kids at boston's tobin's school. i'll see him tomorrow. see how he's doing. i give guys a day off. sometimes you need a day off from your coworkers. i try not to bother my teammates on the day off. >> reporter: expecting him to play this sunday because you don't know to expect anything else. >> that's what he does. >> reporter: caught up with other patriot players building a house in freetown for a veteran. >> you heard about gr >> huh? >> reporter: that one report said punctured lung. >> you can't say that come on now. >> reporter: guessed whatever gronk's dealing with will have a tough time slowing down the pat's star. >> you'd never be able to tell that's for sure. >> reporter: bennett says he likes it better when gronk's out there with him. >> i always pr

the possible injury concerning patriots nation this morning. doug: what we're hearing from number 12. nicole: weeks after a deadly trench collapse, the new focus on safety. randy: fresh criticism over president-elect trump's cabinet picks. the new concern as more tense clashes erupt across the country. announcer: you're watching wcvb, boston's news leader. good morning. this is newscenter 5's eyeopener. randy: tuesday morning, 5:30. traffic moving along here at this early hour. good morning. and thank you for joining us today. i'm randy price. emily: i'm emily riemer along with cindy and olessa. so something to keep in mind, the commute is going to be a wet one. cindy: the morning one is okay. this evening's commute, yeah, because it's going to be raining. just getting started this morning, yeah. have an umbrella with you today. a couple of showers beginning to lift up from the south right now. i think that's all we're dealing with the next couple of hours. a few areas of showers. here's the storm to our south. as it approaches, the rain is goi

. >>> patriots nation can't help but worry about rob gronkowski. the question, how badly is he hurt. some say he punctured a lung and others say he's bruised. the team is not saying anything. >> that's the patriot way. bill belichick didn't have any report tomorrow. there have been conflicting reports on the seriousness of the injury. it's been described as a perforated lung, a small puncture and he'll miss minimal time. no matter the real diagnosis, the pats will want to play it safe, thinking of his long-term health and the big picture, folks. and even though patriots are in a tie for the are playing the raiders, and there's no need to rush him back for this one. >> give him the time he needs to heal. >>> we'll give you a preview of what looks like an uneven matchup on paper. start your sunday with patriots game day at 11:30. show. >>> newton's first medical marijuana dispensary open todd. it's called garden remedies. and the experience of going through treatment set her on a course to try to help others. >> i had breast cancer and was unable to

it was a sigh of relief from patriots nation earlier today when tom brady returned to joins us. is he ready for the jets on sunday? josh looks like he's as ready as : he's going to be, ben. but he wouldn't say too much about his knee injury or exactly how he was feeling. we didn't get to see him throw today, just stretch, but expect brady to be out there on sunday against the jets. he missed practice the last two days following that win in san francisco, the 199th of his career. so, while he was back out there today, he is listed as questionable for his potential 200th win. >> [inaudible] >> i do not want to get it in -- get into it much. bumps and bruises like anybody else. everyone is dealing with something. part of football, you know. josh: that does not competitor he is. bumps and bruises and brady on sunday. ben: right now police are hoping to identify a woman wanted in connection to an assault. they say someone was seriously burned with a hot liquid at the dudley station dunkin donuts last monday. if you recognize this woman, you're asked to call transit police. >> you can

patriots nation getting everyone in on their mannequin challenge. fans, cheerleaders, broadcasters, everyone in between with the latest trend. the patriots posting this video to their facebook page. kind of cute. >> yeah. >> how long continue? >> good job. >> another jackpot up for grabs. >> where the powerball now stands. it's ahead in "news to go" this morning. new on the eyeopener at 5:00, saving money with a few swipes on your cell phone. >> it is time for "news to go." >> police search for a man who robbed a store in newton last night. this gulf station on beacon street. police say a man threatened the clerk with a long gun and then made off with money and the clerk was not hurt. police used police dogs to try to track down the suspect. no arrests, though, this morning. >> police are asking for help identifying this man in connection with a weston. a 10-year-old boy says the man sped toward him on sunday and got out of the car and walked toward him. he drove off when the boy screamed. police say the man was possibly driving a vw pasat. >> peopl

erika: he's at the heart of patriots nation. antoinette: tom brady talking about his future with mike lynch. >> who remains a patriot longer, tom brady or bill belichick? >> i don't see him retiring anytime soon either and i don't find myself retiring anytime years. i never want to go anywhere else. erika: we don't want you to go either. good to hear from him. antoinette: thanks for joining us. erika: we will see you back here at 4:30. >> this is an editorial by wcvb channel 5 president and general manager, bill fine. bill: where you stand? vote early are on election day? although october surprises at cost some controversy , so far that question is being answered yes by an overwhelming record margin of two to one over 2012 plus presidential contest. elected officials and watchdog groups showed the same complaint, america's voting process is broken. tuesdays are inconvenient and the number one difficulty and reason americans site for not voting. tuesday elections have their origin during the agriculture weekends were eliminated f

. >> kim: patriots nation trained today we're hearing from pats players for the first time since jamie collins was sent to 9 cleveland browns. we have the players' reaction. >> reporter: what seemed as a stun irof a deal monday may not be so surprising today. coaches and players agree jamie collegians a great person on and off the field, but they turned the page and are focused on seattle. it's the next man up for the patriots defense. af jamie collins to cleveland monday the matt patricia said the team has moved on. >> appreciate everything that he did while he was here. it's what it, we're focused trying to take this week and gelt better, look at the things we've been doing in the first games of the year, that's what we'll focus on is trying to make sure we do everything we can to win. >> reporter: the team in buying in although many shocked about losing what defensive player, this is part of the business. >> a player just left so, the standard going to be what they are. so you have to keep playing. >> reporter: possibly factors to trade collins surfaced reports say he wanted vaughn

we are working to find out what real situation is while patriots nation holds the breath. as for brady he spoke on the radio last night, monday night situation that he is dealing with after the hit in third quarter. >> i'm sore but i will be ready to go next week and treatment i get from my buddy alex and good to go. it is part of football. everyone playing with bumps and bruises this time of year and i'm no different. i will get my treatment this week and get out to practice and >> if you listen to nfl network report on this and working to get clarification on this and playing 49ers and should not prove to be too tough of match-up for the pats. >> sara: 23-year-old woman recovering after being attacked and assaulted. the suspect ran away when the woman fought back. >> randomness gives me cause for concern. >> sara: woman not seriously hurt. looking for might man and may be driving a dark-colored sedan. >> gene: messages of hate country and one of those under investigation is in natick after messages turned up in someone's mailbox. the tension motivating the attorney gener

now, of course that caused panic among patriots nation, but espn followed it up with report refuting that report. saying that gronk bruised his chest, yes, but injury is not considered overly serious. we are working to sort that all out. in the meantime, tom brady did get hit in the third quarter and 15-yard penalty was called after the fact roughing the passer, but he spoke on the night ahead of monday night football and had this to say about his status. >> i'm sore but ready to go next week and just -- treatment like i always get from my buddy alex and i will be good to go. part of football, everyone playing with bumps and bruises this time of year. i'm no different. get my treatment this week and ready to go. >> michael: 49ers has worst in nfc and all over the story as soon as new developments break they will have it throughout the day. live in foxboro, michael henrich, for example 25 news. >> julie: 23-year-old woman recovering after being attacked on loop trail in lebanon sunday. pushed to the ground and assaulted and suspect ran away when the woman fought back. >> randomness gi

patriots nation. getting everyone in on their mannequin challenge. the video was posted to their facebook page. trend. mannequin challenge accepted. i'll take it from here. still ahead, a heads-up as you start your holiday shopping. this year's most dangerous toys. and gronk has a message for the seahawks player who delivered this big hit. their surprising exchange. take a look at the expressway. things moving along nicely. still wet on the roadways there, so be work. the eyeopener is coming right >> one person in custody, another fighting for their life after police swarm a boston neighborhood. >> what we are the ongoing investigation. >> caught on camera and on the run. the suspect wanted in a quincy crime spree. >> thousands of criminal drug cases in jeopardy. this former state chemist to blame. >> the argument the state's highest court will hear in just hours. >> a case of road rage in a busy parking lot. the moment witnesses say set the driver off. on the eye. >> you're watching wcvb, >> just about 5:30 on this wednesday morning as we take a liv

. >>> patriots nation suggesting a surprising move the team trading linebacker jamie colins and james keller gives us that take. >>> i picked up the phone yesterday afternoon to and frantic, did you hear the news, he said? the patriots dumped jamie colins for a third round draft pick. as first i was add stunnedded as he was, he was a linebacker and 7 and 1 a situation that seems to call for dumping the key player i did a little research the patriots defense has been spotty so far with inconsistent players. he has reportedly seeking a huge contract next year that could cause the pats to lose other equally talented players. cb sboston.com, reported colins has been a problem for belichick, then i want hit me, in bill we trust. he is not known for throwing away his best chance for petty reasons he is known for the opposite a relentless the fans think when a player has done in the past, what his other players might think of it. he is ruthless, relentless and possesses the best winning record of any active coach. if getting rid of jamie colins backfires and costs the pats another title beli

sigh of relief from patriots nation. tom brady returning to the practice field on friday. he missed practice two days following that win in san francisco. while he was back out there yesterday, he is still listed as questionable for his potential 200th win. but who's counting? coach belichick says brady will be listed on that injury report tomorrow. antoinette: maybe he just needed doug: giselle is an excellent cook. brady doing the cooking. never mind. i did. i watched. i looked. doug: a special request for jetblue. antoinette: state lawmakers asking the company to make their planes more quiet. we'll have the response right now from the airline. doug: an abducted mother reunited with her family and this morning we're hearing from that family as the search for the suspects continue. kelly ann? kelly ann: another cool day in store for us. where will the rain fall? a look at the forecast coming up. antoinette: if you're just waking up this morning, we are following that breaking news coming out of cuba this morning. former leader fidel castro is dead. this photo, the last pu

and that's not all the patriots nation. trump said coach belichick is also on his side. trump said he received a letter from belichick and a call from brady. he called today and he said donald i support you, you're pry friend and i voted for you. he writes coach belichick congratulations on a tremend campaign. i have always had tremendous respect for you. but the toughness and perseverance you have displaced over the last year is remarkable. hopefully tomorrow's election results will give the opportunity to make america great again. >> brady's wife may not be onboard. she posted this picture to instagram. then shes if they were backing trump. she responded no. publicly say who he is voting for until after the election day is over. he's on the radio yesterday and on the radio he was saying he hadn't voted yet. live this morning in manchester. victoria warren 7news "today in new england." >>> across the aisle hillary clinton wrapping up her late rally last night in returning to new york early this morning. and later today she'll head to manhattan where she will watch resul

a sigh of relief from patriots nation. tom brady returning to the practice field on friday. he missed practice two days following that win in san francisco. while he was back out there 200th win. coach belichick says brady will be listed on that injury report tomorrow. antoinette: everyone's emotions hangs on whatever tom brady does. doug: two things. any more pie? is tom brady playing. a special request for jetblue. antoinette: state lawmakers asking the company to make their planes more quiet. the response coming from the airline. doug: also, an abducted mother reunited with her family and this morning we're hearing from that family as the search for kelly ann: cloudy today with a chance of showers for some, but sunshine moves in later this weekend. i'll let you know when plus the chance of rain throughout the rest of the week. antoinette: if you are just joining us, we are following breaking news out of cuba this morning. former leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. his brother making that announcement on state tv in the overnight hours. we'll bring you the latest

he's at the heart of the patriots' nation and tom brady talking about his future. randy: number 12 going one-on-one with our mike lynch, and lynchy had big questions for him. >> who remains a patriot longer, >> i don't see him retiring any time soon, either, and i don't find myself retiring soon so we'll see. this has been my home for 17 years so i never want to go anywhere else. >> he also asked brady if he has any thoughts of retiring at the end of his contract. the quarterback says he feels better than he did at 25. so no plans to stop any time soon. going. we hope he does. >> i, too, feel better than i did at 25. i am lying. thank you guys, good morning. a live look outside here at the expressway. this is by the gas tank. northbound heading to the top of the screen, and you can see some of the brake lights starting to light up. we have delays. a bit of rain here as well. let's get to the maps and i will show you what's going on if you are going a bit west of town. we have a crash here on route 2 eastbound by route 12, and then north of town, a slow ride on 93 s

doug: emily and randy, all the patriot's nation holding its collective breath waiting on word on word. tom brady was asked about gronk's chest injury last night. >> if it is the case, he'll be doing well but i won't kno more until i go into the football facility. >> it was this hit by earl suffered what is believed to be a serious chest injury. remarkably he only sat out for five plays, and was back out on the field. however this morning he has canceled an appearance in new york city and he is still questionab for next weekend's game. stay tuned. ve outside of gillette stadium, doug meehan, wcvb newscenter 5. >> president-elect donald trump is focused squarely right now o key appointment he and vice president elec pence will be discussing picks at trump to our today former mayor rudi guiliani now considered a front runner for secretary state. although john bolten, a former ambassador to the u.n. under george h.w. -- george w. bush is said to be considered, as well. and there is criticism over steve bannon. have been critical of theicans oice. the anti-defamation league says to core am

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the patriots are ranked nationally and they also were in last year's game. the two teams played on october 27th where the pats won that game 51-15. that was a lot closer than the final score. just 23-15 pats lead at the half. but basic quarterback mccalister had one of his worst games of the year. three interceptions. lib erty to a 28-0 lead. now basic needs to play a near perfect game if they want to try to pull the upset tonight. the other two games we'll be monitoring tonight are faith lutsdz travels to bishop gorman. gorman trying to make it to a state championship game. and legacy, well they visit arbor view. the big story there is the running back sam turner needs 168 yard foz ther 2,000 yard plateau for the season. all the highlights tonight on operation football. tomorrow three local teams will play for the state desert pine jaguars back in the state title game for the first time since 2014 where they lost to moapa valley. they'll be taking on undefeated spring creek from elko. the jaguars only loss was the second ranked liberty in four a. they have

and that's not all from patriots' nation. trump says coach belichick also is on his side. trump says he received a letter from belichick and a call from brady. >> he called today, and he said, "donald, i support you. you're my friend, and i voted for you." so he writes, coach belichick, "congratulations on a tremendous campaign. i have always had toughness and perseverance you have displayed over the past year is remarkable. hopefully tomorrow's election results will give the opportunity to make america great again." >> victoria: so brady's wife, gisele, though, may not be on board. she posted this picture to instagram and then was asked if she and brady were backing trump, and she said no. tom brady himself has said that election, and actually yesterday on the radio, he said that he had not voted yet. live this morning in manchester, victoria warren, 7news "today in new england." >> christa: vicki, thank you. the presidential election isn't the only decision facing massachusetts voters. they're also weighing handful of ballot questions. so let's go to 7's nancy chen. nanc

addressed the nation. >> remember the patriots who landed at the edge of the world in search of freedom, we give thanks to the brave men and women who defend that freedom in every corner of the world. >> the president called america to come together during the holidays during this hard-fought election. >>> so you can do what cookie roberts does, she shared this advice on "good morning america". >> you know what i've been doing this entire political season at mixed tables is talking about dogs. i think it's a great thing to do. you just talk about dogs. and it's just fine. it really does work to talk about the dogs. >> the experts that abc news talked to shared their strategy, advice on our website abc7news.com. >>> let's talk about the weather. here's live doppler 7. clouds beginning a bit around the bay area. it's still dry but maybe not for long. i go to great lengths to bring you this weather and here we go with our beach hazard advisory. wave advisory up to 15 feet. strong possibility of rip currents and sneaker waves. we have inland areas dropping to 40s already. here's a deal over

patriotic nationalism. his rating, as you can see, jumped all the way to 88%, which practically matches what was going on in 2008. with georgia. later, he stayed more or less at the same levels. slightly decreasing. at the same time, a crisis through the country, in russia, which was quite severe and radically different from 1998. this crisis,use the current crisis, unlike the one of 2008, 1998, a domestic crisis and a systematic crisis. not provoked by the international economic situation , it is not related to the drop in oil prices. crimea begann of in 2012 when the price of oil was higher than $100 per barrel. which meant that the regime ran out of resources. unefficient -- management and the growth of the -- it is sufficient to say that by the time putin came to power, controlling about 26% of all the resources. now it controls 70% or 71% in other words. sectorr words, the state has dramatically increased as the population has been increased. also people who work for the state enterprises, the governme

the british came out of the war in 1945 not thinking that somehow national independence, national patriotism had been disproved by what had happened in the war. quite the opposite. they believed that is what kept them going. that is how they held her head above water. churchill said that several times when he was over for the fulton speech. that should be recognized much more. what is the legacy of this man with regard to europe? just before i flew out here last reassembledents had and i went to the palace of westminster in the house of lords. there wasn't much going on in the chamber but it took myself to the bishops bath. you want to know why it's called the bishops bar? i've never seen the bishop in it. there was a single subject of debate, conversation. one thing was brexit. what did it mean? the other was the previous sunday's presidential debate between your two candidates for the president of the united states. thoughteft the bar i maybe we should take one of the most iconic sentences of winston churchill. great comment to the royal air force. never in the field of human conflict has

with the 49ers and they beat the patriots 41-38 and the nationally televised game and they had a big lead and they held on and a lot of fond memories. >> you know it was great feeling to go up there and get the victory and especially against a team like that. it was huge. and i think we have a similar opportunity to see a patriots team that is good and get a victory. >> frank just said it. what a different looking team that was. >> completely. >> 2012. continue the quarterback conversation. how about garrett goff. making good at cal of course but he has not played a down this year. finally the rams realized that they are going to have to get this guy into a game and he will start against the dolphins this sunday. the college coach, sunny dade of cal will be watching. and ready for his debut. >> i think they wanted to make sure that they brought him along and in a fashion that was going to give him the most opportunity to be successful and i would imagine that this has been their plan and make sure he is ready and put him in the game and let him play. >> meanwhile the quarterback conv

of course, with the brexit vote and the emergence of movements devoted to the nation, patriotic movements, all these are essentially referendum against unfettered globalization imposed upon us. that has been imposed phenomenon peop people. >> donald trump, as i have said before, is a deal maker. and i think that could be a good thing for britain, but it could also be a good thing for europe. that's what we need to focus on today. >> now teresa may is expected to outline britain's position as a champion of free trade and a speech this evening at the lord mayor's banquet in the city of london. the u.k. prime minister will say, quote, change is in the air following donald trump's presidential victory and britain will seize this historic opportunity to play a leading goal in revamping civilization so no one is left behind. >>> the bataclan theater reopened one week after the terror attacks. the french minister called for a moment of silence iowa and said we will nleave you with this an see you after the break. >>> hi, everyone. welcome back. you're watching "street signs." i'm louisa bojesen.

of course, with the brexit vote but also with the emergence of movements devoted to the nation, patriotic movements in europe. >> reporter: now, marine le pen has an awfully long way to go. what's tended to happen is she does benefit from tremendous popular support in the first round of voting. it happened again in last year's regional elections. it's expected to happen in the spring in the presidential election. in the second round, though, the traditional parties ban together in order to keep her out of power. she believes this time the momentum is behind her, though, and she might just break that barrier. and become france's president. she believes although the odds are still long against her, after brexit and after donald trump's victory, anything is possible here in france as well. carol? >> melissa bell live for us from paris, thanks so much. >>> donald trump's children are some of his closest advisers. now he wants them taking over the family businesses. why some are saying not so fast. whoa, this is awful, try it. oh no, that looks gross what is that? you gotta try it, it's terrib

the british came out of the war in 1945 not thinking that somehow national independence, patriotism, had been disproved by what had happened in the war. quite the opposite. they believed that is what kept them going. that's how they held their head above water. churchill said that several times when he was over for the speech. that should've been recognized much more than it was. so finally, what is the legacy of this man with regard to europe? just before i flew out here last week, the week before last, parliament had reassembled under -- and i went to the house at westminster and the house of lords, and there was not much going on in the chamber, that i took myself to the bar, to the bishops bar. i don't know why it's called the bishops bar. i've never seen a bishop in it. but anyway, it was full and there was a single subject of debate and conversation. one thing was brexit and what did it mean, and the other was the previous sunday's presidential debate between your two candidates for the presidency of the united states. and when i left the bar, i thought maybe we should take one

veterans and patriotism. mr. president, right now our nation's retired coal miners -- and i know senator kaine and senator warner care about this too greatly -- our nation's retired coal miners are on the brink of losing the health care and retirement benefits that they have earned over a lifetime of hard work. it is within the power of this congress to stop this, to help the mine workers to do right by these hardworking americans. many of them are veterans. most of them wore their bodies out to give their families a better life. there is no more fitting action that we can take during this holiday season than to honor this promise that the american government has made to our nation's mine workers since harry truman made that promise. the workers held up their end of the bargain. it's despicable that we're not holding up ours and that we're preparing to leave town without lifting a finger to help these workers. the united mine workers of america health care and pension plans cover some 100,000 mine workers, 6,

patriots game on sunday. the next storm chance is tuesday of next week. david and lisa, back to you. >>> it's a big night at the garden where the sports museum is having the national event. >> steve burton joins us with a patriots legend. >> the guy next to me doesn't need any introduction. a lot of guys being honored but drew bledsoe is front and center. and good to see you. >> my wife and i grew up here, man. it's great to be back. >> and speaking of history, let's go back in time. let's talk about some highlights. >> we had some really good ones, man. when we got out here, the patriots had not been very good of guys. >> the miami game -- >> busted my finger. didn't know it was broken. >> put a pin in your finger. >> and these young guys hurt their pinkie and have to go out. back in the day we just played. we did that and we were able to win against the bills. >> and then our good friend -- won the game playoffs. [ overlapping speakers ] >> how about the minnesota game? >> that was -- i was 22 years old, man. parcells let me throw it the whole second ha

the patriots in caps came here and today cowboys nation up. >> that's not fun to watch. it was today's game. another loss for the browns. if you have them pulling off the upset, you have to try it again. if you had the +7 in vegas, you lose. another familiar sunday as the cowboys crush the browns by 25 points. just like cub fans inside progressive field, dallas fans packed the stadium it was a treat. browser of 3-0. but it didn't was up 7-3. the pride of the buckeyes, now the cowboys rookie could not be stopped. second quarter, he gets the outside trouble out that it was 14-7. press get to a wide open beasley another touchdown 21-7 dallas. the browns only touchdown, cody kessler to terrel prior coming up 12 yard toss to make it 21- 10. cowboys but to more on the board, elliott with 92 yards rushing and two touchdowns and a little dance for the buckeyes coming up and you have to wonder what jimmy haslam is thinking right now. i would love to know. >> prescott 21-27. guys are just wide open all day. how do you get so wide open? >> 35 tren, cowboys take the lead and win by

. >>> is he an unpatriotic patriot? >>> he across the country. tonight the nation coming to grips with the fact that quarterback colin kaepernick didn't vote. he never planned on it. why? he tells sports illustrated it doesn't matter who got elected. >> he's criticized donald trump and hillary clinton but people are asking what's he really doing to evoke change? what kind of message is he sending about our duty to vote thought? he's hinting that he will press on with his message about racism and police brutality. the 49ers play the cardinals this sunday so everybody will be watching. >>> unless you were living underground for the past year it would have been pretty hard not to know when election day was. but nick saben has been aboveground so it makes this interesting. >> to be honsz honest with you i didn't even know yesterday was election day. so it was so important to me that i didn't know it was happening. we're focused on other things here. >> people blasting him on social media. saying with all the students that look up to him he should be

moments ago, he warned about the, quote, darker forces of nationalism. why can't patriotism be okay to say? why can't it be america first? what is so wrong with that? our own blake berman is in washington with more. hey, blake. blake: news conference between president obama and angela merkel was dominated by president elect trump. one example here, when asked if he should ensure german counter part that sanctions would continue, he knows successor likely won't follow blueprint but also said he hopes the president elect does not cave into cutting bad deals either. >> i hope that he does not simply take a real politic approach and suggest that, you know, if we just cut some deals with russia, even if it hurts people or even if it violates international norms or even if it leaves smaller countries vulnerable or creates long-term problems in regions like syria, that we just do whatever is convenient at the time. blake: president obama also asked about the protestors here at home taking to the streets in the the after math of election. the president did not c

addressed the nation. >> remember the patriots who landed at the edge of the world in search of freedom, we give thanks to the brave men and women who defend that freedom in every corner of the world. >> the president called america to come together during the holidays during this hard-fought election. >>> so you can do what cookie roberts does, she shared this advice on "good morning america". >> you know what i've been doing this entire political season at mixed tables is talking about dogs. i think it's a great thing to do. you just talk about dogs. and it's just fine. it really does work to talk about the dogs. >> the experts that abc news talked to shared their strategy, advice on our website abc7news.com. >>> let's talk about the weather. here's live doppler 7. clouds beginning a bit around the bay area. it's still dry but maybe not for long. i go to great lengths to bring you this weather and here we go with our beach hazard advisory. wave advisory up to 15 feet. strong possibility of rip currents and sneaker waves. we have inland areas dropping to 40s already. here's a deal over

they watch it and they believe it and that is the real putin base, this sort of national is stick, patriotic group that the media caters to. so my first question is, do you agree? the second related question is, when i am in -- i have to say, i'm not a russian speaker. others around the table are. at least i have been exposed enough to know and see what the russian media machine has produced is really quite remarkable. i have to ask myself, where did this come from? we all know that in the soviet period, russian propaganda was horrible. it was laughable. i ask myself how, in a relatively short period of time, did the russians become so adept at doing this, both with their own population but also with r.t. and other channels they have into the west. >> who wants to go first? >> for the first question, i really believe that it depends on your own critical ability to think critically and experience because when you say the people who remember the soviet era. i remember the soviet e.r.a. as well in the '90s as well. this is the ability to judge by your experience. the youngsters here, they are j

as he works to complete the national security team fox news with the latest. president-elect on trump is working to assemble a new administration any with former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and cancer secretary of state chris, among others. he is preparing to be the president of all the people of the united states of america the president-elect begin filling key administration positions last week picking alabama senator for attorney general and kansas representative mike general michael flynn was also selected for national security advisor. we will pursue policies to temporarily suspend immigration from areas that harbor and train terrace and tell better vetting this put together mitt romney is considered a key contender to become the nation's next secretary of state and retired marine corps general james mattis is a possible pick for defense secretary. at think change in the important we get someone had of the state department that understands what don trump set over and over again. an economic summit and prove present obama working to reassure world le

hundreds gathered there today to share stories hear patriotic music and to stroll through that hallowed grounds. more than 10,044,000 men and women who fought for our country and their spouses are buried at the florida national cemetery. in fact our own steve jerve ceremonies. >> it's a very solemn place to visit. and contemplate the men and women that have served our country. today is veteran's day of course we have memorial day but we are there to honor the veterans very good turn out great group of vets as always. >> you always say the same thing every year. the 11th months the 11th day 11th hour. >> aramis takes day eventually became fought in europe. >> it looked like a beautiful day. >> it was a little cool this morning. when i got out there early i saw some due on the grass there. so we might see some of that. also the night sky is fantastic. guilty back to that graphic. guess i'll have to do that later. some great night sky watching. skies clear there's a conjunction. you are an us and moon. 80 degrees for saturday, 81 cool morning chiller start. temperatures below normal. right

he's the advisor on national security and foreign policy. >> the idea of patriotism is not a dead thing. >> flynn talked about american history, shared words of encouragement, and addressed the election. >> what we just went through, it was like warfare at times. >> most students and community members appreciated flynn's said more on national security like they expected. >> i think it was important that he tried to portray a vision for the future. >> he's kind. he seems like a smart person, but he didn't talk about anything of substance. >> i think it was kind of weakly formulated, but i think that with his experience, i think there's a lot more behind the speech that we didn't hear. >> reporters were not allowed to ask questions tonight, but the audience was. we couldn't record the q and a, though. at that point, photographers were asked to shot off their cameras and turn them around. coreen zell, tmj4. >> he was hired from the defense intelligence agency. earlier flynn tweeted the fear of muslims is rational. critics say he's too close to russia and that he recently spent time with vl

obviously respecting our nation's most important patriotic symbol, the flag, is important. but we can't do it in a way that violates our basic first amendment rights. >> well, we've got a very busy time ahead of you with confirmation hearings that will definitely be landing in your lap. senator, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, kate. >> thank you. >> all right, before he ramlmed his car into his classmates, he allegedly ranted against the united states on facebook. new details on the ohio state attacker. >>> plus, absurd, reckless, inappropriate. some state election officials are now hitting donald trump, the president-elect, over the unfounded claims of serious voter fraud in the election in key states. the backlash now ahead. i'm done. done with figuring it out for myself. i'm done with surprises. i'm done with complicated. if you're on medicare and ... ready to be done with complicated... turn to unitedhealthcare and our medicare advantage plans... like aarp medicarecomplete. these plans can combine your hospital and doctor coverage, with prescription drug coverage