Page 56 - Cnn Com News Today

Well, you know, sometimes dock will find a way to lock it up again. >> exactly. >> christina alesci, thanks so much. good morning to you. im victor blackwell in for carol costello. thank you for being with me. reaction now is pouring in after actress carrie fishers death. and while shes best known for her iconic role in star wars, capturing the hearts of many as princess leia, you remember the buns, fishers role as author and advocate had a major impact on many others as well. cnns paul vercam...

Negotiations or talks are very slim in the near future but with secretary kerry hope is that he can lay out his vision how he sees this being resolved, because at some point, he hopes that the parties will be ready to get back to the table and this could form the basis for those talks. victor? >> elise labott for us at the state department. thank you so much. be sure to head to cnn.com, check out elises new piece, john kerrys mission to save diplomacy. again thats at cnn politics there on our we...

Agencies in the process. but, in an interview with cnns jim sciutto, senator lindsey graham minced no words about his views on russias involvement and the next steps the u.s. will take in response. watch. >> there are 100 united states senators, amy klobuchar is on this trip with us. shes a democrat from minnesota. i would say that 99 of us believe the russians did this. and were going to do something about it. along with senator mccain, after this trips over. were going to have the hearings and...

Lieberman, elise labott. read more of the mission to save diplomacy on cnn.com. talk of secretary of state kerrys assertion a short time ago "the two-state solution is in serious jeopardy." our panel, hala gorani, and our other panel members. hala, stasht with yrt with you. did secretary kerrys speech do anything to change the chance of peace in the middle east or is it possible it might have even made it tougher? >> well, at this late stage perhaps in the obama administration with three more we...

So will today be the day? the market open in about two minutes, three minutes now. and right now futures are ticking up as we wait to see if the dow could finally reach that elusive 20,000 milestone. thats after an historic close on tuesday. meanwhile, december a landmark month for consumer confidence, reaching its highest point since 2001. and the president-elect is congratulating himself for that story. tweeting, thanks, donald. cnns christina alesci is joining us now. hes taking credit for it...

Tribalism is at its most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward. we must resist the urge to demonize those who are different. >> cnns athena jones is in honolulu with more on what the leaders have to say. >> good morning, victor. a historic day at pearl harbor. a day 75 years in the making. these two leaders, the u.s. president, and the japanese prime minister, coming together for the first time on the "uss arizona" to pay their respects to the dead. both leaders later delivering emotion...

Present or money from foreign governments or leaders. >> there are a whole lot of problems that i think president trump could deal with by selling off his business interests or giving them over to a trustee, in a blind trust, so the trustee can figure out how to dispose of these properties and he could focus on being president. >> reporter: a press conference intended to detail how trump will sort all this out was scheduled for two weeks ago, but that was delayed until january to give them more ...

Tweeted, "the united nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad!" as for the israelis, they did more than tweet. cnns elise labott reports. >> reporter: israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu is escalating his attack against the obama administration, clearly still angry over the u.n. vote declaring israeli settlements illegal. >> friends dont take friends to the security council. >> reporter: netanyahu summone...

Promises including bringing back jobs to coal country and repealing obamacare that won him the support of many coal miners, yet now theyre worried their votes will end up hurting both their health and their finances. cnns miguel marquez has this report. >> reporter: the coal-laden hills of eastern kentucky. >> were going to bring the coal industry back. >> reporter: trump country. neil yonts, a democrat and coal miner for 35 years, initially supported hillary clinton. but -- >> i voted for trump...

Goodbye, sugar. hello, new splenda naturals. tonight, fans are mourning the passing of british pop star, george michael, who died on christmas day at his home in england. apparently, his manager says, from heart failure. his death, though, unexpected. he was just 53 years old. more now from cnns george howell. ♪ >> reporter: its the song that had the world dancing. that hit, "wake me up before you go go." it was 1984 and they were the british duo known as wow. they had several top ten hits t...