and, you know, it's hard to say what happens with this underwater vessel is related to the tit for tat that has been going on between china and trump, but he seems to be okay with escalating the back and forth and i don't personally see much of a strategy behind it yet. >> i have to leave it there. ryan, betsy, nice to have you both. thanks so much. coming up, president-elect donald trump set to speak live this hour in alabama. the latest stop on his thank you tour before inauguration. it is the last time that he will be wrapping up the thank you tour. and also trump's business partners, some with checkered or even criminal past, one of them called notoriously corrupt. our investigation into that. and the u.n. secretary general says allepo is now a synonym for hell. just ahead, what is happening to the cease fire and the fate of the thousands still trapped,