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A very long time is they would love him whether he won or lost. that, he found, was grounding for him as he went through these very challenging eight years. >> david axelrod, thanks very much. >> happy holidays. >> you can listen to the rest of that conversation between axelrod and the president by downloading "the axe files" podcast from cnn.com. and as we said, donald trump gave his response tweeting it out a short time ago. "president obama," he wrote, "said he thinks he would have won agains...

Might mean to miners who are applying for black lung benefits. >> reporter: linda adams husband, tony, died three years ago. shes now applying for black lung widow benefits. you supported donald trump from this election. >> i did. i did. >> reporter: but if obamacare goes away? >> if obamacare goes away, im going to be in a world of depression. >> reporter: today adams devotes her life helping others apply for benefits she hopes will apply even if obamacare is abolished. her enormous expectation...

But with a hollywood desperate to bring attention to the aids epidemic and the need for safe sex. michael would later say his lyrics were misunderstood. by the late 1980s, george michael was a bona fide superstar, garnering awards, hanging out with celebrities and royalty, and delivering more hits, like "father figure" ♪ >> reporter: and "one more try". ♪ ♪ >> it can be said the 1990s werent quite as kind. april 7th, 1998, michael was arrested by an undercover male police officer charged w...

Trump, with his unorthodox approach, may be, and they hope he will be the u.s. president to finally make that deal. and the old administration, the one thats leaving on january 20th, will be laying out its vision for what it wasnt able to accomplish. we understand secretary of state john kerry is going to lay out the administrations approach, how they see a mideast peace process maybe later this week, and its really interesting how secretary kerry worked so hard on this, now is handing it over t...

Charitable than most and perhaps is breaking the law to boot. more on all of that now from cnns dana bash. >> reporter: the president-elects team is frantically trying to figure out what to do about his vast business interests, even trump-owned properties like mar-a-lago where hes staying for the holidays, but theyre off to a stuff start. >> a little bit of a dance. >> reporter: a christmas eve transition announcement about shuttering the trump charitable foundation hit a road block. the new yor...

Now no credible threat here in new york city and you can see that people here feel safe doing their holiday shopping, brooke. >> its the holidays, enjoy yourself, but any cop would tell you to be alert. brynn, thank you so much. up next, inside the home of an assassin. what turkish state media say they have turned up on the suspected gunman who killed russias ambassador to turkey in the art museum yesterday. also, cnn interviewed the photographer who managed to take these stunning photos of th...

Through this from the new york stock exchange. you spend all of your hours watching these numbers, trying to understand whats happening with the markets. how did we get here, and when, paul, will we hit 20,000? >> thats a great question. could be tomorrow if we get good earnings from nike after the close in a few minutes. nike is the worst dow stock this year. theyll be reporting results. if theyre good, maybe it finally pushes us above 20,000. we have had a ferocious rally because of bank stock...

Piece on cnn.com. paul, too you first, language matters here and in this case when you read. its a word isis is claiming it inspired the attack. how does that differ? does that differ from isis officially claiming responsibility? >> yes. i mean, theyre claiming it was a soldier of the caliphate but responding to the calls they put out to launch attacks in the west against the anti-isis coalition. so theyre claiming a certain amount of ownership over this attack but theyre not explicitly saying t...

To coordinate incoming administration staff with outgoing staff at the state department, defense department, justice department and national security council. however, all the most senior national security leadership positions remain unfilled. and today the campaign added a new requirement. all hires will face a lifetime ban on working for a foreign government. that rule, however, is only forward looking. as it would disqualify candidates such as giuliani who cnn learned kept the serbian governm...

The cuff in the white house if he won the presidency? >> not only are they thinking it, theyre counting on it. many people at this rally and others think if he made it to the oval office, he would be very similar to the other men and women who hes battled for nomination and the presidency over the last 17 months. >> thank you very much. you have some reporting on this. >> im working on a story for tomorrow morning for cnn.com. to that exact point i was talking to a source, one of the sources clo...