an,ra: deborah hersm thank you very much for joining us. deborah: thank you, have a safe day. laura: today president trump outlined -- unveiled his national security blueprint. he also took aim at russia and china, saying they were competitors looking to challenge u.s. power. the bbc's north america editor jon sopel reports. jon: for two years now, donald trump has talked incessantly about america first. today in unveiling his national security strategy, he sought to give the slogan flesh and bones. what he was keen to do was to stress what a break from the recent past his election represented. he was the change maker. president trump: with the strategy i'm announcing today, we are declaring that america is in the game and america is going to win. but to seize the opportunities of the future, we must first understand the failures of the past. our leaders engaged in nationbuilding abroad while they failed to build up and replenish our nation at home. jon: the document said russia and china want to shape our -- shake a world antithetical to u.s. values and interests. that is in

deborah, what do you make of that? it has long been a bugbear of the government how the advance of social media, how everyone is using social media platforms, including terrorist groups, to radicalise individuals. this is mentioned in the article, too, how companies like facebook and winging down extreme material fast enough. and despite repeatedly, to may has repeatedly talked about this, the need for companies like twitter to be much more responsible in terms of policing their own sites, and equally, whatsapp which have in printed end to end messaging and not allowing the police in a timely and marry as necessary to crack them is a really big problem and it gives you've got the minister in an interview saying, this kind of problem, in terms of this free rein for extremists and terrorists to act online is what keeps him awake at night. he says we are mobile revolt than at any point in the last 100 years. —— than at any point in the last 100 years. “ more than at any point in the last 100 years. —— more vulne

. >> the white house is not my ceiling, deborah. it's just the beginning. >> the circumstances leading up to her departure. >> i had concerns. i had some grave concerns. >> and her candid thoughts about the trump administration. >> there was a lack of diversity that i will acknowledge. and at times it was very lonely. >>> whoopi holidays. the hostess with the most gifts. throwing a festive christmas party for children in foster care with a surprise special guest. but first the "nightline 5." >> as soon as i became a parent i changed as a person. drastically. i tried hard to quit smoking. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. >> the patch with extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. >> the best thing that's ever happened to me. say thanks, nicoderm cq. every great why needs a great how. >> number one is coming up in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening and thank you fare joining us. tonight inside the often abuse-fuelled and sometimes deadly world of college fraternitie

last butç not least, deborah, tell me a little bit about your organization. so organizations around. we are six years old, and we are a nonprofit that helps homeless veterans in the d.c. metro area through quality housing and supportive services, much ofç what alicia mentioned on the supportive servicesç side. we have helped mother than 600 veterans and families get into housing and stay in housing in the last six years. >> that's incredible. how long ago did your organizations begin to be featured in the catalogue for philanthropy, do you remember? >> i've been with thrive d.c. for almost nine years and we were in the catalogue when i began, so at least that long. >> kate, do you remember? >> yes, student has been in the catalogue for a number of years. really the goal of all local nonprofits here in d.c. is to be part of the catalogue. if you're in it, to stay in it because ofç the benefits it brings but also if you're not to try to aspire to join. then you get to network with amazing groups likeç the women sitting next to me. >> sure, sur serving a

. >> the white house is not my ceiling, deborah. it's just the beginning. >> the circumstances leading up >> i had concerns. i had some grave concerns. >> and her candid thoughts about the trump administration. >> there was a lack of diversity that i will acknowledge. and at times it was very lonely. >>> whoopi holidays. the hostess with the most gifts. throwing a festive christmas party for children in foster care with a surprise special guest. but first the "nightline 5." >> as soon as i became a parent i changed as a person. drastically. i tried hard to quit smoking. but when we brought our daughter home, that was it. now i have nicoderm cq. >> the patch with extended release technology helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. >> the best thing that's ever happened to me. say thanks, nicoderm cq. every great why needs a great how. >> number one is coming up in just 60 seconds. >>> good evening and thank you fare joining us. tonight inside the often abuse-fuelled and sometimes deadly world of college fraternities. the rituals in

deborah: i believe so. ae companies are expecting difficult time in europe the first half of 2018 and when we look at the u.k. side of things, quarter three was against a difficult base because we had year on year weakening of sterling because of brexit. as we go through quarter for with 5% sales growth against a difficult base out of the u.k. and we expect that to better in the first half of 2018. nejra: going back to the heritage brands, i find this interesting, do you expect the outperformance to continue and in which brands in particular? what about burberry? that ties the u.k., sterling together. deborah: they had a difficult time to the first half of the year in 2017, coming into quarter three, just a 5% same-store sales rise. the persont perhaps leaving after 10 years could be heading to burberry. there is a lot going on for the brand. redefining their outerwear. new collaborations with good celebrities. there is a lot happening across the spectrum overall. nejra: what other brands should investors b

bloombergg back intelligence deborah aiken. are the heritage brands doing well and they will outperform. we need a definition, what is the heritage brand? >> they have covered themselves so brands like ms, louis vuitton , there is no defined answer. guy: they encapsulate luxury and you think of the brands you think of the luxury sector and ares these lands that likely to do well rather than the up-and-coming ones. whereh: we have had years they have outperformed but have a fashion brand more discerning in terms of the discretionary spending, reacting to that for the 20's consumer. a high footprint in the u.s. where department store sales are still quite soft. guy: let's talk about the u.k.. we had the boss of harrods on before christmas and one of the things he said was the pound impact had been relatively short in terms of the way he felt. the big luxury brands have repriced. is that what we are seeing or is the pound having an effect here? deborah: it has an effect in terms of bringing in tourists. people come here and spend.

deborah, thank you. >>> next here, the white house revealing that president trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin today. earlier today, at putin's annual end of year news conference in moscow, he was asked by our chief foreign correspondent what he thinks of president trump's first year in office and what he thinks about the russia investigation into meddling. how he responded to our terry moran. >> reporter: the putin press conference, an annual spectacle, 1,600 reporters, hours of q&a. we made our way inside this morning. putin arriving to a fanfare, calling on reporters, many waving homemade signs, including us. and then, we got called on. >> abc news, please. >> reporter: what is your assessment of donald trump as president after one year? his answer echoing president trump's own claims. "objectively," putin said, "we see some serious achievements accomplished during the short span he's been president. look at the markets, how they've grown. this attests to the trust investors show in him." i followed up on the connections that investigators have uncovered between the

>> that's a question that you'll have to ask president trump and general kelly. >> and deborah with us now. amid all these reports of growing tension within the west wing between omarosa and some of her colleagues at the white house, she told you late today that she's prepared to tell all at some point in the future? >> reporter: when the time is right, david. she says she's going to share a lot about her experiences, the good and the bad. and talk about her frustrations. like her boss, the president, she's pretty good at keeping us in suspension. >> all right, deborah roberts tonight. thank you. >>> next here, the white house revealing that president trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin today. at putin's end of year news conference in moscow, she was asked by our chief foreign correspondent about what he thinks about president trump's first year in office. how he responded to our terry moran. >> reporter: the putin press conference, an annual spectacle, 1,600 reporters, hours of q&a. we made our way inside this morning. putin arriving to a fanfare, calling on reporters, m

>> that's a question that you'll have to ask president trump and general kelly. >> and deborah with us now. amid all these reports of growing tension within the west wing between omarosa and some of her colleagues at the white that she's prepared to tell all at some point in the future? >> reporter: when the time is right, david. she says she's going to share a lot about her experiences, the good and the bad. and talk about her frustrations. like her boss, the president, she's pretty good at keeping us in suspension. >> all right, deborah roberts tonight. thank you. >>> next here, the white house revealing that president trump spoke with russian president vladimir putin today. at putin's end of year news conference in moscow, she was asked by our chief foreign correspondent about what he thinks about president trump's first year in office. how he responded to our terry moran. >> reporter: the putin press conference, an annual spectacle, 1,600 reporters, hours of q&a. we made our way inside this morning. putin arriving to a fanfare, calling on reporters, many waving home made signs. and

do you want to kick us off, deborah? they have an interesting interview with ben wallace, security minister. he is talking about trying to think of new ways to make tech companies comply more with the police and security services in the fight against terrorists. we know that online, as much as the real world, is a battle space. the government has repeatedly, theresa may has repeatedly, theresa may has repeatedly been calling on companies like google, facebook to do more, to ta ke like google, facebook to do more, to take extreme material off—line. and also not provide a safe haven for terrorists to communicate using encrypted apps. he has come up with this idea that they should either do more to help the security services or face some kind of tax penalty. it is not clear how it will actually work or whether it will have any effect. the tech companies do have this balance between privacy and security. the fact is there is a big concern that if you give a backdoor to encrypted messaging apps then it could be abused as mu

so today we have obviously deborah, we have sam allen. mike crow from the arizona state university and met hood from pepsi and i wanted to start with it first category of tax. since when i woke up this morning that hotel that seems be to on the front of every newspaper and was in my smart phone. and maybe sam, i'll start with you. one of the biggest ben factors of the tax reform is corporate tax going down to 21%. i guess the question is one, how do you see that as a ceo and chairman of one of our major corporations in the globe and how istality going to help you? and second how do you think it could hurt? in our competitiveness in any way and will it actually create more jobs or more innovation and competitiveness in our country? >> well, that's the $100 question right now. it's interesting this week i've been out with our investors all over both coasts. that's one of the first questions everybody asks and we start out by saying the devil is in the details, however they end up writing it. it's not, maybe from our perspective, our tax rat

deborah roberts have more. >> reporter: abc sources say she was fired, escorted out of the white house, but she tells me a different story. so you resigned. >> i resigned. i had a conversation with general kelly, one on one in the situation room. >> reporter: in the situation room? >> well, you know, yes, that's the most secure, private place to have a conversation like this. >> reporter: was it a tense conversation? >> absolutely. i talked to him about some concerns that i had about issues, about one very urgent issue and pressing issue that would affect the president. and so -- >> reporter: an urgent and pressing -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: that would affect the presidenin dangerous way? >> in a big way. >> reporter: so what is that pressing issue? she refuses to say. >> omarosa's a good person. thank you all very much. >> reporter: their connection deep. omarosa became the highest ranking black staff member. >> at times it was very lonely, because a majority of them were white men who had their own agendas. if i were not in the room, who would raise the issue? who will fight for

that's his totally his eyes. >> reporter: for deborah, it's something she never thought she'd see again, a new picture of her husband courtesy of a truly devoted artist. >> he brought him home. his eyes are perfect. it feels like i'm looking at him. so he brought him home. >> reporter: joe fryer, nbc news, south jordan, utah. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this thursday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night.boosting patrols at the t famous san francisco landmark. the reason security is tighter than ever at the golden gate bridge. patrols at the famous san francisco landmark, the reason the security is tighter than ever at golden gate bridge. good evening, the news at 6:00 starts right now. janelle wang. >> and terry mcsweeney. raj and jessica have the night off. the boosting security at the golden gate. crowds of people pile into san francisco for the new year and nbc bay area sam brock joins us by the bridge appear and boost in patrols that's been building for a while now. >> reporter: terry, that is exactly right. brid

[applause] >> deborah, thank you for all you do. sam, you mentioned something at dinner last night that ties in larry with thepanel you were just doing. it's so hard to find information you can trust . and you mentioned michael walter cronkite. you wonder if trust in media died somewhere with walter or maybe all the way up to tim russert, maybe some died there too. larry, if you were to ask the american public would be for their grade to media it's a f. it's the lowest trust they had since gallup started mentioning this some decades ago. i'm saying this becausewhat a great organization . one of the few places you can go do you do this? if i read the new york times, we all know about that. the wall street journal but even the economist, every line i read i go what kind of angle are they trying to put on this? earlier in my life i never did that but that's one of the reasons why my firm takes so much pride in being part of this organization and all the data and having sort of a nonspecialist take on what's been doing but thank you for

that's his totally his eyes. >> reporter: for deborah, it's something she never thought she'd see again, a new picture of her husband courtesy of a truly >> he brought him home. his eyes are perfect. it feels like i'm looking at him. so he brought him home. >> reporter: joe fryer, nbc news, south jordan, utah. >>> and that is "nightly news" for this thursday night. i'm craig melvin in for lester. for all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good night. all of us at nbc news, thanks for watching and good >>> karma. maybe 2018 will be her year. >> that's how you want to do with it? >> our year end roundtable, the feuds that divided hollywood. >> this to me is the feud of the year, though. >> feud of the war. >>> "star wars: the last jedi"

i heard you, deborah. i was also contacted by a young married couple in my district who said thanks to this bill they have keeps the done the ca and they think they are going to receive a $5,000 tax cut. and they'll use that money to boost their savings so they can buy their first home sooner than they expected. i heard you. providing our friends, neighbors, colleagues, and loved ones the freedom to pursue their dreams like buying a first home or saving for college is what allows our society to improve and better itself. i encourage my colleagues to also listen to the american eople and to show that we have heard them and support this bill believe it will help provide security for families across the nation and it will help turn their dreams into their new reality. thank you. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back her time. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, beli provide security for families across the nation and ms. velazquez, for five minutes. ms. velazque

we obviously have deborah and sam allen and mike crowe from the arizona state university and matt from pepsi. i want to start with the first category since when i woke up this morning at the hotel it seems to be on the cover or the front of every newspaper and also in my smart phone. maybe, sam, i'll start with you. maybe one of the biggest benefactors of the tax reform is the corporate tax going down to 21%. i guess the question is one how do you see that as a ceo and chairman is one of our major corporations in the globe and how will that help you and second how do you think it could hurt -- you know in our competitiveness and anyway and will it create more jobs or more innovation and competitiveness in our country? >> well that is the hundred dollar question right now. it is interesting this week that i've been out with our investors all over both coasts and that's one of the first questions everyone asks and we start out by saying the devils are in the details however they end up writing it. it's not from our perspective, our tax rate today is roughly 34% normally what we pay in ab

. >>> joining me now is deborah hersman, former ntsb chair. thanks for being with us. from an investigative standpoint, what do you make of what we know so far? >> well, it's still really early and i think the most important thing to understand is what was going on at the time of derailment, where was the point of derailment, what speed was the train traveling and the ntsb should be able to find out the answers to most of those questions within the next 24 hours. >> when you look at the crash scene and we're seeing the pictures here, the way the cars are all piled up and a lot are disconnected from each other, does that tell you anything about what errors might have occurred here? >> you know, it doesn't. it's very typical to see at a train derailment that the cars are piled up. certainly when we see them, you know, with the speed that -- or with the energy that we can see here in this crash, it tells us they weren't going at a low speed. you always want the cars to remain upright. that's the best outcome for passengers. but in this case, falling from that bridge or go

deborah and henry, thank you so much. have a lovely new years, whatever you are up lovely new years, whatever you are up to. avoid the rose, do not go to parties. thank you for having us, joining us for the papers. coming up next it is the travel show. in the. —— india. a vast country and to over ati billion people, birthplace of the luscious civilisations and today, a fast emerging global power. that illustrious. and 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, every evolving assortment of cultures, creeds and languages. —— ever evolving. heading off the well worn tourist path, we are on a journey that spans this vast subcontinent from east to west. i am ona subcontinent from east to west. i am on a quest to find out how history, religion and politics have shaped india. is going to be an amazing journey. —— it is. for thousands of years, india found its riches and influence through international trade. and at the heart of this enterprise was the sea. and the state of gujarat, with 1,000 miles of coa

joining me now, deborah hersman, former ntsb chair. president of the national safety council. thanks for being with us. from an investigative standpoint, what do you make of what we know so far? >> well, it's still really early and i think the most important thing to understand is what was going on at the time of derailment, where was the point of derailment, what speed was the train traveling? and the ntsb should be able to find out answers to most of those questions within the next 24 hours. >> when you look at the crash scene and we're seeing the pictures here, the way the cars are all piled up end over end there, a lot of them disconnected from each other, does that tell you anything about what errors might have occurred here? >> you know, it doesn't. it's very typical to see at a train derailment that the cars are piled up. certainly when we see them, you know, with the speed that -- or with the energy that we can see here in this crash, it tells us they weren't going at a low speed. you always want the cars to remain upright. that's the best outcome for passengers. but i

abc's deborah roberts has more. >> reporter: abc sources say she was fired, escorted out of the white house, but omarosa newman telling me a different story. so you resigned. >> i resigned. i had a conversation with general kelly, one on one in the situation room. >> reporter: in the situation room? >> well, you know, yes, that's the most secure, private place to have a conversation like this. >> reporter: was it a tense conversation? >> absolutely. i talked to him about some concerns that i had about issues, about one very urgent issue and pressing issue that would affect the president. and so -- >> reporter: an urgent and pressing issue. >> absolutely. >> reporter: that would affect the president in a -- dangerous way? >> in a big way. >> reporter: so what is that urgent issue.? she declines to say. reporter pressing president trump. >> i like omarosa. omarosa's a good person. thank you all very much. >> reporter: their connection deep. omarosa became the highest ranking black senior white house with staff member. >> at times, it was very lonely. the majority of them were white men

is quite rare you know since two thousand and nine nothing in such a scale has taken place in iran deborah very you know what has spread protests in two thousand and one against the election many many people believe was ric's but they were mainly focused in the capital into rom but what is interesting distance is that reporters start to treat a how did movie star. spread to west of the country in carmel shaw in the north in sorry rashed in the center and cold today for the fred you're saying whole toast both by the program no supporters into iran but also out there on university by a group of students were excited to be dictator. and he said there are pro-government rallies as well in tehran today how significant is that shows the poor today. i mean it's quite an important moment for the program supporters because today is the anniversary of a big demonstration back in two thousand and nine which they believed and that the you know anti government protest back then and today you know they want to repeat that message again that we're not going to lower any dissent to take place in the count

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thank you, henry mance and deborah haynes — you'll both be back at ii.30pm for another look at the stories making the news tomorrow. coming up next, rebecca jones presents meet the author. the thriller writer david bout that she, his first book, absolute power became a bestseller and it was turned into a film. his latest is called the fix. it is about the detective amos decker who witnesses a seemingly senseless and random murder outside the headquarters of the fbi in washington, dc. david, i would like to start by rewinding the clock back to your childhood when your mother gave you a notebook in which to write stories. had you always wanted to be a writer? i was at the reader, i was a writer? i was at the reader, i was a kid who never shut up, i was telling tall tales all the time, usually to get myself out of trouble. my mum bought me a journal. my trouble. my mum bought me a journal. my pen head the paper and an epiphany went off in my head. i can ta ke epiphany went off in my head. i can take my imagination and put it down on paper and people can read what i am thinking about, this is

remember life preservers only work when they are on.>>> deborah was at rodeo beach. out in the heavens by the number sensor. the waves were not that big. the swells are northwest. solid 15-18 foot swells. those pictures might have not given you the impression it was huge. it will be big again tomorrow. eventually bringing us rain. the storms bring the wind and they generate big sur. for us on land it will be cool. this was last night. tomorrow morning will be like these. maybe chillier in some cases. overnight lows in some cases cooler. we had some showers in the northeast part of the state. they have died down. we are headed for a day tomorrow a lot like today. except towards the end of the day we would end up with increasing clouds to the point where by dark it should be getting mostly cloudy. tomorrow is a transition date. cool start. mild day. clouds fill in after the sunset. by saturday a chance of a shower. we will talk about your weekend.>>> we have an update on a stolen tricycle designed for students with special needs. we told you it had been stolen. yesterd

about two hours in from now deborah does. let's take a look at herpes talking about checkpoints.>> reporter:'s. we will move on. it authorities investigating a deadly workplace shooting. a man walked into a law firm where he worked in shot two-man -- it happen in north long beach not far from the airport. they got the call at 2:30 pm. dozens of officers including members of a s.w.a.t. team surrounded the law office. the gunman killed himself after opening fire. one of the victims died. a second man who was wounded drove himself to the hospital. cell phone video from a neighboring building. it will show people running from the law office in terror. officials are not releasing the names of the people who were killed until their families are notified. police have not provided in the. any information or motive.>>> three people dead in a workplace shooting in houston. a former employee at an auto shot -- shop talk -- shot two employees. the shop was busy with customers and workers when the shooting took place. the motive is not kn

deborah bull tell you that i'm sure in a minute. but in my conversations notjust in conservative circles that universities but with labour and lib dem friends, it is not the hot topic of debate at universities. it is mainly towards brexodus tuition fees. so do you mean that people think about it but not at the top, or do not talk about it at all? really not at all but i do think having said that what michael gove said today will be able to unite students whether it is recognising that animals can feel pain or good news for animals about how sentences for maximum abuse... well this is interesting, in university talking about these things and yet we are told that the stories that went viral during the election, that is the story about not fulfilling the pledge on the ivory ban and this one on the sentience of animals, how are we getting this wrong. to say is not the hot topic is the understatement of the century, it has never made more than 1% of the issues... as any people tell you you have a small number of people who care a lot abo

deborah is live in antioch with what we are learning about the suspect.>> reporter: he is a 37- year-old homeless man and he is known to antioch police. he is facing four counts of arson +1 arson attempt. this floral shop one of the properties torched. for months antioch a street core door has been targeted by one firebug or more -- dumpster fires mostly. some of them out before engines arrived. but not these.'s. there are the pictures.>> reporter: last week's overnight fires raise the stakes. even a homeless -- a home with a family in it. in this floral shot with a long history left in ruins. -- shot.. it suffered the most amount of damage of the fires he has been charged with.>> reporter: he is a local transient.>> he has five charges against him. one charge is attempted arson.>> reporter: charges filed wednesday. he has been in jail since last friday. arrested for an unrelated charge then arrested for multiple arsons. a fire that did not take health investigators zero in on him.>> a fire that never really got big enough to call the fire department. it was discovered after the fire was

. >> when he died his wife deborah was pregnant with a son who never got to meet his dad until now. in this portrait he is drawing two sets of eyes. they don't know this is what's coming. they think it's a picture of donald. once finished they travel 200 miles to utah where after 14 years, the may family finally has a picture of father and son. within seconds their eyes are drawn to his. >> it looks just like him. that's his totally his eyes. >> reporter: for deborah it's something she never thought she would seguin. a new picture of her husband, courtesy of the a trulyev artist. >> he brought him home. his eyes are perfect. it feels like i'm looking at him. so he brought him home. >> reporter: joe fryer, nbc news, south jordan, utah. >> wow. such a meaningful thing to do. >> boy ks y, you heard her gaps she saw the picture. >> truly amazing. >> as we step outside today, a little bit warmer than yesterday, but boy there is not much relief in sight. >> yeah, tell us how to prepare for the rest of the night. >> just wear everything you have in the closet at one time. 28 degrees right

two years ago, at georgia tech, deborah smith joined me in announcing that the national science foundation had awarded a grant to the council on competitiveness to launch the exploring innovation frontier and initiative. the eif i we call it was organized as a series of national dialogues on how to drive u.s. competitiveness in the decades ahead. so we had, at all of the venues, the dialogues around the country representatives from industry and academia and national labs and research institutions, we had labor leaders, key opinion leaders all gathered together. let us through clearly the transformative models to meet global concerns. dialogues touched on fostering environments conducive to discovery on ensuring diversity and inclusion in america's future talent base of events inventors and analyzing specific technologies to help drive innovation. i also had the opportunity to attend the opening dialogue in atlanta, as i mentioned, and the final event in st. louis. i want to take a moment to think our host sites, university of california riverside, texas a&m and washington university in st.

listening and for that deborah hook up we speak your language to tell you about them. for content in dari pashto and order prospects for returning our web special refugee journeys of life in germany and the prospects for those returning home. and join the discussion on t w dot com and on facebook. prospects for returning. d.-w. maybe for mines. through the window i could see cola and tootle walking to the cottage to don in front ramrod straight looking very stern color behinds looking down. they came in when i call a stood back looking away to walked right up to me took my shoulder and send his dad. if you. the. three. yo got that long i think the law is everything ready to go along with a little i was waiting for you ok. i thought i thought i was late. i thought it's already getting called. little oh my grampa what a lovely sky. i love that red you know man. build your he was a very well adjusted and calm person an easy child you could say. want to go baby oh so yeah he was a very inquisitive and creative child he kept an imaginary fox in sylar who was his best friend

deborah hersman, thank you for your expertise in this field. >> thank you. have a safe day. >> you too. >>> a growing number of americans oppose the republican's tax reform bill, a new poll shows, as the house is set to vote on the measure today. president trump's numbers also at an all-time low in our poll. david chalian live in washington with the numbers. what do you see? >> good morning, chris. that's right. only about a third of americans favor this tax bill that the house of representatives are poised to pass today. take a look at our latest numbers in our cnn poll. at the opposition to the plan, 55% of americans, a majority of those polled here, say they are opposed to the tax plan and that opposition grew ten points in the last month. that's quite a big jump. and if you look at it by party, chris, opposition grew among republicans, independents and democrats. you see it there from 7% to 13%, among republicans up 12 points in opposition, among indies. it's not that all republicans are opposed. we see opposition growing across all categories. of course

on the island of mindanao or thirty's are trying to confirm reports of a farming village buried by deborah tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes over the last week as the typhoon season reaches its peak palestinian president mahmoud abbas has appealed leaders to play a bigger role in peace efforts following the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital meanwhile two more palestinian protesters were killed by israeli forces in the latest demonstrations over the decision. u.s. says it will provide ukraine with what it calls enhanced defensive capabilities in its battle against russian aligned separatists in the east of the country the decision marks a significant increase in american support for ukraine weapons are expected to include antitank missiles congress will still need to approve the sale once president donald trump signs off on it it's strange prime minister mariano rajoy has refused a meeting with the deposed catalan president following thursday's regional election colors called for immediate talks after three pro independence parties won a

this is "20/20" and here tonight deborah roberts. >> meet paris dillon, a 23-year-old aspiring model with a big social media presence. >> follow me. >> some of your photos are kind of racy. >> >> i like to communicate the sexiness. i like taking pictures where you could feel it. >> reporter: 29,000 twitter followers, 135,000 facebook fans, 412,000 instagram groupies, she's quite the sensation. but paris might be a little overexposed, because she is entangled in one of the most mind-bending internet intrigues of all time, an elaborate catfish scam. before it's over, there will be vicious threats, blackmail, warrants, and an international criminal investigation. >> this is probably one of the most complicated, confusing catfish stories i've ever heard. >> reporter: what exactly does catfishing mean? >> a catfish is someone who uses internet profiles to interact with people online, usually pretending to be either a version of themselves or someone entirely different. >> reporter: nev shulman knows better than anyone. he was a famous victim of a catfish and even made a documentary about

deborah roberts have more. >> reporter: abc sources say she was fired, escorted out of the white house, but she tells me a different story. so you resigned. >> i resigned. i had a conversation with general kelly, one on one in the situation room. >> reporter: in the situation room? >> well, you know, yes, that's the most secure, private place to have a conversation like this. >> reporter: was it a tense conversation? >> absolutely. i talked to him about some concerns that i had about issues, about one very urgent issue and pressing issue that would affect the president. and so -- >> reporter: an urgent and pressing -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: that would affect the president in a -- dangerous way? >> in a big way. >> reporter: so what is that pressing issue? she refuses to say. >> omarosa's a good person. thank you all very much. >> reporter: their connection deep. omarosa became the highest ranking black staff member. >> at times it was very lonely, because a majority of them were white men who had their own agendas. if i were not in the room, who would raise the issue? who will fig

deborah talk to the fire department about whether the collapse is a threat to the water.>> reporter: the mess of a collapsed peer which crumbled into the oakland estuary at desk and took more than 100 feet of shoreline with it.>> it doesn't appear to be environmental concerns. the incident has stabilized.>> reporter: opened fire responded. no workers were injured. turning to the pollution hazard. for metal shipping containers 53 feet long tumbled into the water.>> they only contained building materials. they will take on water and sink and stick into the mud. we don't have concern of them floating into the waterway at this time.>> is part of the peer was scheduled to be demolished. we are working down that way over the next 12 months.>> reporter: the developers that the failure is in phase 2 of the five phase construction project that will bring more than 3000 housing units and 32 acres of parks and trails south of jack london square. it is a 1 1/2 billion dollar project.>> when you are working with these old peers in the old materials you do have to take it in stride.>> reporter: so

which i'd like to he's seen the numbers of women seeking help in a truck in just a year but you me get deborah nice to meet you unless you've got pretty eyes. and he's on crutches because last year he lost a leg to the flesh eating bacteria that exists here still every day he's out inviting new arrivals to his shelter because he knows just how bad it gets more than two thousand people on the streets forty nine square blocks of skid row it's the worst that we've ever seen aadhaar just a good idea you really need to look down that street there's not one open spot or summat sidewalk. or i'll be a half a mile down that way. elvis's tiny houses are designed as an option to avoid sleeping on skid row. because here the increasing numbers of women and children a sleeping alongside drugs crime and the mentally ill. and police are the only source of protection such a pretty constant ending yes day and night. by. the maintaining order here can be struck running with and. commanders running with us through this yes. i'll spend one night every once in a while and streets and i can't sleep because. it's so

they say deborah and winholts lit several fires on october 8. she faces 11 count of arson. -- counts of arson. investigators say she didn't start any of the devastating wildfires in napa, sonoma and lake county in october. >>> no deal in oakland. city workers set to strike for the third day in a row again tomorrow. joe vasquez shows us the toll it's taking on the city. >> reporter: the lights are off and nobody is home at the city offices. the unions representing 3000 non-emergency city workers are in day two of their strike. already trash is piling up in the street, and other city services are getting ignored. this homeless encampment is blocking an entire lane of traffic. the city told the folks who live here they were going to be by today to clean it up. >> they told people that live here they had to be gone by today, but the city's on strike so that would be those workers that would enforce it, i guess. >> reporter: the unions want a guaranteed # percent raise over two -- 8% raise over two years. the city is offering a 4% raise over two year

deborah johnson assuring a photo, making the most of her front lawn to show her christmas spirit. >> we invite you to share your pictures and videos with us. >>> we explores -- we expose affordable housing. after our reports, the mayor vows to crack down. >> in about that this type of abuse will stop? >> they will pay for it and i want them to be punished. >> expect original reporting from kpix5 news. expect more. "..." ahead at six... tough enough to find street parking in san f >>> cbs evening news is up next.>>> up next we will lead the broadcast from the fire lines. the latest on evacuations and danger as well as how the firefighters are doing. >>> the president is planning to move the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. >>> russia is banned from the 2018 olympics. plenty of reactions coming up.>> ahead of 6:00, it's tough enough to find street parking in san francisco. >> it could cost you more money. we will be back in 30 minutes. see you then. captioning sponsored by cbs >>> wide receivers break out. 10s of thousands have been forced to leave in california. >> half hours ago, this neig

which would like to be seen the numbers of women seeking help in a truck in just a year but you me get deborah. to meet you unless you've got pretty eyes. and he's on crutches because last year he lost a leg to the flesh eating bacteria that exists here still every day he's out inviting new arrivals to his shelter because he knows just how bad it gets more than two thousand people on the streets forty nine square blocks of skid row it's the worst hit that we've ever seen aadhaar just a good idea you really need to look down that street there's not one open spot or summat sidewalk. or i'll be a half a mile down that way. elvis is tiny houses designed as an option to avoid sleeping on skid row. because he is the increasing numbers of women and children a sleeping alongside drugs crime and the mentally ill. and police are the only source of protection such a pretty constant yes day and night. by. the maintaining order here can be struck running with handcuffs. commanders running with handcuffs through this yes. i'll spend one night every once in a while and streets and i can't sleep because it's

experts.in our deborah, good to see you. season is upon us. luxury is everywhere we look. what do you make of his comments? he is talking about the chinese. it's incredibly important to all of their successes. >> i think across luxury goods generally and high-end beauty and cosmetic makers, we are hearing from q3 and heading into q4, expecting the same kind of thought process. double-digit growth across china for so many of the high-end brands. the traveling chinese is also incredibly important as well. their potential to come to london, paris, and there is that debate about currencies and what happens at 2018. how important is currency to the plan? very important and especially links to digital and the millennial consumer. are three areas for growth it's millennials, digital, and retail and they are all linked. going back to china, 12% of the global travelers. they rose by 7% and they're spending rose by 10%. context, theyto are 30% of luxury spenders. ofry company in the high-end the overall portfolio of luxury needs to get it right with the chinese consumer. they're the

[applause] >> please welcome the president and ceo of the council on competitiveness, the honorable deborah l. wynn-smith. [applause] >> wow, that was fantastic. our last session after lunch of these vignettes has really been superb. i'm going to be very, very fast. and, first of all, thank you all for coming, staying with us for the day and participating. i thought i would return to my favorite game of alliteration. so i've come up with a ten-point policy platform that kind of summarizes what we discussed today and the path forward. so the first, we're all about people with potential, with purpose and perception who are prioritizing problems, producing progress and productivity, propelling prosperity, pleasure and pride. so all of you join this party -- [laughter] be part of the promotion, participating in the year ahead and all the work of the council. and so thank you so much for your participation, your support. and please take the clarion call and promote it in all your activities and look forward to working with you over year and, of course, anything we can do at the council to help y

the speakers are deborah raphael and donnie oliveira, liore milgrom-gartner, and john knox, planning and programmers manager for sustainable streets at the san francisco municipal transportation agency. the explanatory document is the staff memo resolution filed 2017-08coe and the san francisco transportation demand management plan for 2016-2020. this item is for discussion and action. >> what is wonderful about the transportation department and the municipal agency, the county authority and our department working together to do the potentially herbing herbing herculean task of getting people out of the cars. and just like there is reduce, reuse, recycle, there is a hierarchy and thegetting people. and just like there is reduce, reuse, recycle, there is a hierarchy and the transit of walking and biking is the collaborative effort to put the best thinking together and reach out to the community and effect behavior change. as you also know, that is no small task. with that, i will hand it over to donnie oliveira who will introduce not only himself but our speaks. -- but our speakers. >

deborah cheek the duck was his first creation. to me the puppets that i'd seen before and more traditional puppets didn't really have the same kind of fluidity and gravity as you're able to attain with stop motion so the result of stop motion was kind of my starting point and i just think i was thinking how can i make a live action puppets have the same sort of realism as stop motion character. the special thing about fun of these puppets is that though they are built around he's handsome they aren't glove puppets. he's latest character is manu. barnaby can perform intricate movements that look amazingly lifelike. bonamy often spends time in his workshop perfect thing his puppets the joints are made of metal the bodies are made of a combination of resin silicon and plastic. he buys all his materials online. one of the main challenges in building these puppets is you've got kind of two starting points one that is the kind of ideal puppet they want to create but then you also have to accommodate your own hands and a symmetry in the

extra checkpoints and extra officers >> deborah is live in san rafael were saturation patrols are on duty.>> reporter: they are saturating areas of known to have elevated arrests and crashes. we are downtown where a lot of nightlife is -- hopefully the next few weeks don't rival thanksgiving.>> is starts at thanksgiving. >> reporter: one of the happiest times of year is also the most deadly on the road.>> which is why san rafael sergeant takes no chances on a car with his headlights off.>> he pulls the driver over. the driver has not had anything to drink he is just absent- minded. but better safe than picking up wreckage later. he recalls a drunk driver who recently crashed through a fence in a neighborhood.>> four times the legal limit. an amazing that he was able to stand and even have a conversation.>> reporter: he did not hurt anyone that time. for 18 you days law enforcement will use patrols and checkpoints like this one in the bottle. against a rising tide of drunk driving. 37,000 traffic deaths nationally last year one third were alcohol-related. more than 1000 were in califo