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>> lucas, great reporting. thank you, sir. as 2016 winds down, we reach a very sad milestone. the number of migrant deaths in the mediterranean has surpassed 5,000. around 100 people feared drowned on thursday as the italian coast guard continued recovery operations. they're asking for reform of policies to stop this migration across dangerous seas. so far 360,000 have made it across the sea this year alone. the soob-to-be first family made waves when mel layne yeah trump said she wouldn't be moving into the white house right away and ivanka would take up some traditional first lady duties...

>> which gets back to your earlier point. and i know this is a real frustration for the families. all our hearts go out to them particularly at the holiday to have something like this happen. hopefully the experts are able to speed up the process and we'll know soon what happened to that asian flight. thank you both for being here, anthony roman and john mcgraw. up next as 2014 winds down jeb bush and hillary clinton are the front-runners for 2016 but there's a danger to being the leader this early and that's ahead. this is "hardball," the place for politics.

Cruz, padres short stop he have raet crabera and johnny parotla. 14 players in all have been linked to the florida clinic bio genesis that's alleged to have provided the players with performance enhancing drugs. brewers slugger braun went for a suspension the rest of the year admit to go using the performance enhancing drugs less than two years after denying it and winning his appeal. major league baseball has been investigating this florida clinic for awhile now. we've been reporting on it. tomorrow or friday we could finally hear the details behalf -- of what they uncovered. jenna: we could ...

>> reporter: 2012 also marked a milestone in implementation of president obama's health care law. in a 5-4 decision back in june the u.s. supreme court ruled the major crux of obamacare, the individual mandate is indeed constitutional. >> i'm happy. i'm pleased, to see the supreme court put the rule of law ahead of partisanship and ruled that the affordable care act is constitutional. >> reporter: the decision was the result of lawsuits brought by 26 state attorneys general against the federal government who claimed mandated participation was a violation of american's freedom. >> republicans w...

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