Will there be an apology from the Prime Minister for the infamous sneak attack. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Well begin today with the pop culture lead and the loss of yet another icon. Actress Carrie Fisher, the wise cracking truth telling, beloved pop culture fixture died today in los angeles. She was 60 years old. Fisher was best known for her role as Princess Leia in the star wars series. I think you just cant bear to let a gorgeous girl like me out of your sight. I dont know where you get your delusions, laser brain. Laugh it up, fuzz ball. You didnt see us alone in the south passage. She expressed her true feelings for me. What . Why, you stuckup, halfwitted, scruffylooking nerf herder. Who is scruffy looking . She was much more than just an actress. She was an author and a screen writer. A relied upon script doctor. The photo here shows her handwritten notes from the Empire Strikes back screen play trying to improve dialogue. She was also a hero to millions of americans for her openness about her struggles with Mental Health issues and drug addiction, hoping to destigmatize the topics. Her death comes four days after suffering a cardiac event on a flight to leagues from london. Saying she was one of a kind. Brilliant, original. Funny and emotionally fearless, she lived her life bravely. Rolling stone last month asked fisher if she feared death. No, she said. I fear dying. If i was going to do it i would want someone like me around. And i will be there. Paul is in los angeles covering the story. Do we know anything more about the circumstances surrounding her death . Reporter what we know is last friday she was approaching los angeles, just about 20 minutes away from landing, when she reportedly suffered a massive heart attack. There were some nurses on board. They tried to revive her. She was transported to ucla, a hospital there, and she remained there throughout the weekend. There had been some talk that she was in stable condition, but she was in intensive care the whole time. And at 8 55 this morning she passed away. Carrie fisher told Rolling Stone that she was, quote, trained in celebrity. Of course, it was a Family Business for her in many ways. Reporter absolutely hollywood royalty. Think about this. Debbie reynolds was her mother. Eddie fisher was her father. At one point liz taylor was her motherinlaw because of his remarriage. She got a heavy dose of that hollywood royalty, and she talked a lot about that, openly, in her book including some of her passages from postcards from the edge, where she reckoned with the royalty, the pressures of the fame, it was quite a tale to tell. We read a quote from Harrison Ford with whom she became a star at the same time. This year fisher discovered the journal that she kept during the making of star wars. This year it was published. It was called the princess dirist. It might have been the most revealing part of all the diaries. She talked about basically being leia and han during the week and on the weekend it was carrie and harrison. She told this to nprs terry gross. How did the affair effect the chemistry onscreen . I think it made us more comfortable with one another. It made me more able to wisecrack to him. Even if i was insecure. We were having an affair, so there was something to base some security on. I dont know. We were there was chemistry there, and you can see it. So i dont know which came first, the chemistry in the film or the chemistry in the world. And, i mean, your characters end up having a child together. A really good child, dont you think . Hitler. That is sort of perfect. I think thats perfect. Harrison and i have hitler as a child. And paul fisher reporter well known throughout hollywood. Go ahead. Reporter i was going to say well known throughout hollywood for how absolutely unvarnished her opinions were. Deprecating. Open beyond belief and celebrated for that on many different levels. If you read in the book she talks about at age 19 about this rather unsatisfying relationship with Harrison Ford, even at the age of 19, talking about issues, trying to find herself. It was really interesting. She also was known as a sex symbol. There is this obviously iconic but somewhat controversial gold bikini seen from star wars. She wasnt necessarily comfortable in that role. Reporter no. I am smiling because Carrie Fisher she was absolutely funny, razorsharp wit. At one point she said something to the effect of, about that bikini. Why would i keep a stupid outfit like that. She made a lot of wisecracks about it and talked about that in the scene they didnt want to see any creases in the bikini. Lets listen. When he showed me the outfit, i didnt i thought he was kidding. And it made me very nervous. And you know, they wouldnt let me i had to sit very straight because i couldnt have lines in the side of on my sides, you know, like a little crease. No creases were allowed. So i had to sit very, very rigid straight. So did do you think there is something fay ray, king kong, about that scene . Yeah, but i you know, what redeems it is that i get to kill him, which was so enjoyable. Did you see that as like female empowerment . Oh, absolutely. I sawed his neck off with that chain that i killed him with. I really relished that, because i hated wearing that outfit and sitting there rigid straight. And i couldnt wait to kill him. She often referred to jaba as a disgusting slug. There she is coming to terms with some of the more exploitative parts of the role, but she gets to kill jabba after all. Reporter she relished that moment, as we said. She said when george lucas you might have wanted to know who she was referring to when she said him. He first brought up the idea of the bikini. Well call it a worldwide phenomenon. Of course, the star wars figures. Even one who was famously, Princess Leia, in the golden bikini, being sold around the world right now. Thank you so much. Joining me now is the editor and chief of people magazine, jess cagle. Thank you for joining us. Princess leia was known for hair buns. Carrie fisher was known for being brutally, brutally open and honest and revealing, spreadeagle in terms of how revealing she was. Thats how she put it in the interview with terry gross. Here see is talking to larry king in 1990 about her struggles with addiction. You know why you were an addict, carrie . Is that explainable . No. Well, i dont know. I mean, i think my father is, or was, one. He just got out of betty ford. I was very like him in my tastes. I liked i didnt like illegal drugs. I liked legal drugs. So i liked medicine because i like the philosophy of it. Youre going to feel better when you take two or eight of these. Hmm. And i always wanted to feel better. And one of the side effects of percodan is euphoria. I thought that was a side effect that i could easily live with. Doesnt matter that the rest of them are palpitations, heart attack and death. I couldnt get over euphoria. Interesting about this, jess. 26 years ago, and she still is more open and honest about her dependence issues when it comes to drugs than a lot of people in my business, in your business, all over the world. Right. She lived her life as an open book, which was really fascinating given her background. As you have said earlier, she grew up as a celebrity. She came from the world of hollywood. But there was something about her intelligence. And there was also something about her mental issues that made her always feel like she sort of didnt belong. She was a woman who was somewhat uncomfortable in her own skin. And those two facets of her life kind of gave her this incredible outsiders perspective. So she was able to relate to us her experiences growing up the child of movie stars in hollywood, you know, succumbing to drug addiction, going into rehab, playing Princess Leia in star wars. She was able to tell us about these extraordinary experiences in ways that we could relate to and in really, really entertaining ways. In the i guess it was the late 80s when she did postcards from the edge, it was a semiauto biographical novel about a woman who was a child tv star and ended up in rehab. People were shocked that she had gone through that, that she was being so honest about it. And also people were incredibly impressed at what a great writer she was. This was the woman in the gold bikini from star wars. She was brilliant. There were so many sides to her. She really never stopped surprising us. Its been great lately having her once again sort of back in pop culture because of the new star wars films. When you think of her as a pop culture icon, you think about the star wars movies and you think about Harrison Ford and their onscreen chemistry. Here is one of their most memorable scenes. Hey warship, im only trying to help. Would you please stop calling me that . Sure, leia. You make it so difficult sometimes. I do. I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think im all right. Occasionally. Maybe. When you arent acting like a scoundrel. Scoundrel . I like the sound of that. Stop that. Stop what . Stop that. My hands are dirty. My hands are dirty too. What are you afraid of . Afraid . Youre trembling. Im not trembling. You like me because i am a scoundrel. I am in a scoundrel in your life. I happen to like nice men. Im a nice man. Ive isolated its amazing to watch the scene years later. They have such incredible chemistry. That was one of the most important love stories in film in that decade. Yeah. She was also great, great casting in that role because she could Carrie Fisher was, you know, the role might have been sort of played as a damsel in distress. But in actually, despite the gold bikini and all of that stuff, it was an incredibly strong character. And Carrie Fisher was so talented and so fiercely intelligent that she just brought a lot to it. You got a sense she could go toe to toe with anyone. Many people dont know that behind the scenes she was used a lot in hollywood until 2008 or so as a script doctor. She finessed screen plays for george lucas, the wedding singer, sister act, the blues brothers. Tweeting her notes from Empire Strikes back. Really talented and interesting to have someone uncredited but still making so much money fixing hollywood scripts. I think she made a fortune working on probably more money that she made on star wars until recently doctoring other peoples scripts. She was not only funny with a oneliner. She was great with story and character motivations. Again, it came from her wit and intelligence and talent for writing. If you go back to sister act, a movie that was an incredibly troubled production with a lot of problems but ultimately became a really entertaining, massive hit, all of the a lot of the maggie smith stuff maggie smith played the mother superior in that movie. A lot of her dialogue came straight from carrie and the way she made the character make sense and sort of likeable despite the fact that she was at odds with the heroine whoopi goldberg. She was so smart. Jess cagle. Appreciate your time today. A look at Carrie Fisher in the romantic comedy when harry met sally. Harry, you and marie are both from new jersey. Really . Where are you from . South orange. Haddonfield. Oh. So, what are we going to order . Well, i am going to started with the grilled ra dickio. She orders the best thing on the menu. I think rose tries to become too important. I agree. Restaurants are to people in the 80s what theater was to people in the 60s. I read that in a magazine. I wrote that. Get out of here. No, i did. I wrote that. Ive never quoted anything from a magazine in my life. Thats amazing. Dont you think its amazing . You wrote it . I also wrote pesto is the quiche of the 80s. Get over yourself. I did. Where did i read that . New york magazine. Sally writes for new york magazine. You know, that piece had a real impact on me. I dont know that much about youre smart. You already knew that. But its also great for finding the perfect used car. Youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. Now youre even smarter. This is truecar. Wevand here. Here. And here. The answer is 8. Bottom line, life is hard. Thats why godaddy created Website Builder. It makes creating a website. Easy. Build an awesome mobilefriendly, website. And its free to get started. Plus with the money you save, you can hire a math tutor. 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Lots of decisions being made by donald trump and the Transition Team having to do with National Security. Thats right. Few white house jobs are as important with regard to National Security and have as much pressure on them than Homeland Security adviser. Its a relatively new position created by george w. Bush after 9 11. Well, donald trump reached back to the bush years for his counterterrorism adviskeptic m hesitant or negative on donald trump these are the kind of hires donald trump makes that are reassuring. His position will be elevated in the trump white house, on par with the National Security adviser, michael flynn. With bossert in george of domestic security and a special focus on cyber terrorism. Government in the United States, at a federal level, needs to do something to address the threat. And flynn on international issues. We must regain our ability to truly crush our enemies. Because although Security Issues intersect so often, obama officials tell cnn they think it could lead to confusion in the Trump Administration and unnecessary turf battles. Thats right. Lock her up. But declaring that bossert will be on kwoequal footing to flynn is also intended to be reassuring even to many republicans who see the retired general as an unpredictable and controversial figure thanks to statements like this. Islam is a political ideology. It is a political ideology. It definitely hides behind this notion of it being a religion. What wont change from the Obama White House is people in both positions will have direct access to the president and seats at the principals table at the president s National Security meetings. Here is how the current Homeland Security and counterterrorism adviser, lisa monaco, described the job earlier this month. When i go upstairs, about 50 paces from my cave office in the west wing up to the oval office, the president knows its because something bad has happened, quite frankly. Domestically usually, or to u. S. Persons abroad. That is my focus, and he knows it. Now, it is a reminder that president s must be surrounded by people like that to help deal with crises which unfortunately happen, large and small, on a regular basis. What republicans here and around the country are pleading with donald trump to avoid are distractions like the one that week with the Trump Foundation which he said he would dissolve which, of course, jake was only met by the new York Attorney general saying, no, you cant because i am still investigating. Thank you. President elect donald trump is saying the media is not reporting the good his foundation has done. David fahrenthold may take issue with that. Spending months diving into the foundation and documenting hundreds of calls to charity after charity to find any who had benefited. He joins me now by phone. Thank you for joining us. President elect trump tweeted, 100 of my foundations money goes to wonderful charities. What does that statement gloss over when it comes to what the money has been spent on . This is a really important point. Its sort of the most basic thing you learn when you start a charity, which is, if you are the charitys president , as trump is, you cant take the money out of the charity and use it to buy things for yourself or do things that benefit your business. There are a number of instances where trump spent money from his charity to benefit himself. He used it to buy two very large portraits of himself, including one that is hanging in one of his sports bars. He also used it to pay off his businesses legal obligation. His businesses were in lawsuits and as a result had to pay money to charities. He used his charity to pay the bills and saved his businesses money. Even if the cases where the money ultimately goes to the charity, he is still violating the law. I think thats something most people who run a charity get on day one. He also tweeted, quote, i gave millions of dollars to the donald Trump Foundation, and raised or received millions more, all of which is given to charity and media wont report. You looked into this. What did you find out about the philanthropic giving by him . This is an unusual foundation. Most of the times when a rich person sets up a foundation with their name on it, the understanding is its their money. They give to the foundation and the Foundation Gives it away. Not true with the Trump Foundation. He has given over 6 million. Others have g