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Propolice thin blue line american flag, look at that. no word on who hung it, the mystery continues, a lot of people saying it is a welcome addition to that wall. >> how long it will end up staying up there? >> isnt that amazing? did you notice an attractive woman sitting behind general mattis. social media is going crazy about this woman. >> youre absolutely right. general james mattis confirmation hearing but people at home couldnt keep the eyes from the blond behind him. kristin writes, who i...

Abby: no wonder the hearing went to well. >> they pop some bottles at the end and say wow. abby: totally surprised. >> this lit up social media. vice president joe biden leaving office on a high note. >> im please today award the highest civilian honor, the presidential medal of freedom. [applause] >> amazing, no one was more surprised than the vp himself and people across the country took social media to respond to that emotional moment. house speaker paul ryan, congratulations joe, appreciate ...

You thought the hillary clinton e-mail scandal was over, a brand-new twist. this time the fbi under investigation on how it handled the whole thing. >> although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. abby: that was james comey shocking republicans back in june by refuse to go recommend charges. now the justice department wants to investigate his october surp...

It. abby: acknowledging that theres a problem. here is what they put out. they said they will work with news outlets like fox news channel, more local news, visiting news room and actually talking to journalists. question, is this going to solve the fake news problem? >> here is what it will do. this is a very self-serving effort on facebooks part, why? well, a lot of people dont understand at home that for months and months facebook has been knocking on the doors of media companies trying to pr...

Regular and yes, flavored just like jack daniels old number 7 to be specific with you. theyre selling it in tennessee and then online as well. its a new type -- yeah, theres van illa, chocolate, those are my favorites. now you can have whiskey in the morning. >> leaving the fun part out, though. cheryl: just caffeine buzz. >> data dump, so much for unlimited plans, kicking customers out for using too much data. abby: really? general mad dog mattis in the hot seat, why cant social media stop talk...

Pompeo, after delays, freshman democratic senator of california pressed the cia nominee on gay rights. >> and that you will not put in place any policies that would discriminate against any members because of their sexual orientation. >> i cant imagine putting in place any policy that was discriminatory with respect to any employee. >> now, looking ahead next week confirmation hearings for betsy, wilbur ross, mr. trumps pick to run the commerce department. back to you guys. abby: thank you so mu...

>> approved legally in more than half of the country, surprise, surprise, turns out that marijuana could actually be really bad for you. prolong marijuana use can cause major health problems like schizophrenia even heart attacks. medical marijuana is legal in 28 states including washington, d.c. eight states allow recreational use of pot, anybody that wants to smoke. researchers calling more ib depth look, a lack of scientific information poses a public health risk. abby: on the yeah -- tonya tu...

Abby: about a minute to the top of the hour. house set to vote on repealing obamacare. a resolution strips the healthcare law of its funding. fbi under investigation of hillary clinton scandal. more than one million cars added to the recall. popular ford and toyota cars like the mustang and carrola. 6million cars under recall. >> time for the good, the bad and the ugly. first the good, polar bear plunge. enjoying a snow day. making them feel like home. and a winter wonderland it was. next the ba...

Huge long reset. the disadvantage, you know, pops in the car, do a take two, so we really did combination of visual effects, practical effects. >> action changed so much and what hes talking about is when the bullet hit the cars they have to reset and pull the hud off. right now they put visual effects that way they are able to recreate the scene. definitely not as strong as gone baby gone. i recommend hidden figures. most important film in 2016. >> we havent celebrated la la land winning golden...

Giga bites looks like, 39,400 emails sent or received.eaming . 98 hours of streaming video, netflix, the entire season of orange is the new black. seems a very small amount of customers are going to be affected unless you identify with what i just showed you. the small group, the people that are high up are going to -- they say affect the entire network, affect speed, efficiently but that hurts all verizon customers. other side of the story i want to give you, industry analysts are skeptical tha...