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Enforcement is looking at now to see if theres some kind of a pattern that went out to a huge number of people that got sent all over the country and that may have some connection with all of these different fights, suzanne. >> sara, in light of that fact, in light of that suspicion there, do police or authorities there think they can get ahead of this next time, if theres another holiday when a lot of kids are out and about and theyre out of school, that they might be able to search through soc...

Josh, lets start off with that, that was pretty interesting, the pick for homeland security. >> yes. >> the team really having a different opinion on iraq and afghanistan in terms of whether or not we even should have gone in. what do you make of that? >> sure, well, i dont think its a deal breaker for donald trump if some of his officials were and remain in favor of the its rock war. remember, vice president pence was a proud cheerleader of the invasion of iraq, you know, still maintains that p...

What it does it sends a very strong signal. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is furious at this. most of his anger at president obama and secretary of state kerry. hes looking forward to working with president-elect trump and trumps pick for israeli ambassador whose views match netanyahus far more than the current administration. >> all right, oren, thank you. u.s. secretary of state john kerry is expected to deliver a speech on the u.s. vision for middle east peace in the next couple of days...

Know, for the second day israeli officials claim to have proof the obama administration coordinated the u.n. vote. one calling it a parting shot by the president. they say theyre going to give this information, not now, not reveal it now, but to the trump administration. so what is the strategy, do you think, behind that? >> this has always been a little bit confusing to me. the obama administration has been thinking about this and planning for this for well over a year, okay, and they dont make...

Holiday spending? what do we make of this? >> the holiday spending might be too far to draw a direct connection there between donald trump and his victory and christmas spending. but certain lay big part of the optimism in the market now is traders do feel and investors do feel that donald trump and republicans in congress will be better for business. donald trump said his administration is a sign that the country is going to be open for business. theyve talked a lot about corporate and individu...

All once trump takes office five days later? >> i personally dont think so. i think the june coming trump administration will be watching it certainly. these are a lot of u.s. allies gathering. im sure the obama administration will be represented in some way. they will lay out what they think is the way forward. they could perhaps take whats enshrined in that conference back to the u.n. security council for a resolution. but i think president-elect trump has made clear he is not interested in ne...

Returning those gives. this is what families encountered in manchester, connecticut. people there screaming. punches being thrown inside the shops at buckland hills ending with a chase and an officer reportedly assaulted trying to break up the fight. then we move on to the middle of the country in ft. worth texas. a mall there put on lockdown after a massive fight ensues near the food court. apparently there were more than 100 middle and high school students involved in that one. the madness end...

Heres what police say prompted what happened there. >> our investigation revealed how this all started was actually from social media. there was something that was going around on social media about a fight that was going to take place here at the town center of aurora which is what drew all of these people who are up to no good to our mall. >> and then theres this. not a fight but a serious scare for families in chattanooga, tennessee. police say teenagers set off fireworks and shoppers thought...

Challenges and how she deals with president-elect trumps very aggressive stance towards the u.n. >> well all be paying close attention. rebecca bird, josh rogin, thank you so much. donald trump taps a bush adviser for his cabinet and he doesnt agree with the president-elects stance on iraq. i really did save hundreds on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five ye...

Thing. were also looking at a national security council thats going to be a lot smaller than it was during the obama administration. obama expanded the white house security staff to over 400 people. trump will shrink that down to over 100 people. each one of those positions will have a lot of responsibility. this is one of those big positions with a lot of responsibility. >> not surprising the focus is on cyber security considering the obama administration was really at the forefront to deal wit...