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PROBLEM: Mariah Carey  undeterred by last yearâs performance  will take to the stage once again in Times Square to ring in the new year on live TV.
The star  along with Dick Clark Productions  issued a joint statement on Friday announcing  Carey  as the headliner for âDick Clarkâs New Yearâs Rockinâ Eve with Ryan Seacrestâ broadcast.
Careyâs manager blamed the production and technical difficulties that producers knowingly failed to fix. Dick Clark Productions called the accusations âoutrageous and frankly absurd.â  Carey  eventually broke her silence on the troubled performance  saying she was âmortifiedâ and that she intended to take a break from social media.
Now it seems as though everyone is ready to put the messy past behind them.  Carey  will join the likes of Britney Spears  Nick Jonas  Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes as the world rings in 2018.
 Careyâs  forthcoming New Yearâs Eve performance will top an already merry holiday season for the star. In addition to performing her annual Christmas tour   Careyâs  famous single âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ has been played more than 100 million times this month alone  according to Forbes.

SOLUTION: Mariah Carey

PROBLEM: A massive California wildfire that has already destroyed nearly 800 structures scorched another 56   000 acres on Sunday   making it the fifth largest such blaze in recorded state history   as it ran toward picturesque coastal cities . But fire officials said as darkness fell that with the hot   dry Santa Ana winds not as fierce as expected   crews had been successful in building some fire lines between the flames and the towns of Montecito and Carpinteria . “ This is a menacing fire   certainly   but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control  ” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told an evening press conference . Still   some 5   000 residents remained under evacuation orders in the two communities   near Santa Barbara and about 100 miles ( 160 km ) northwest of Los Angeles . Some 15   000 homes were considered threatened . The Thomas Fire   the worst of six major blazes in Southern California in the last week and already the fifth largest in the state since 1932   has blackened 230   000 acres ( 570   000 hectares )  more than the area of New York City . It has destroyed 790 houses   outbuildings and other structures and left 90   000 homes and businesses without power . The combination of Santa Ana winds and rugged terrain in the mountains that run through Santa Barbara and Ventura counties have hampered firefighting efforts   and officials said the Thomas Fire was only 10 percent contained on Sunday evening   down from 15 percent earlier in the day . But wind gusts recorded at 35 - 40 miles per hour were less than those predicted by forecasters   giving crews a chance to slow the flames ’ progress down slopes above the endangered communities . The fires burning across Southern California have forced the evacuation of more 200   000 people and destroyed some 1   000 structures . Among them are residents of Montecito   one of the state ’ s wealthiest enclave and home to such celebrities as Oprah Winfrey . Emmy Leikin   an Emmy - winning songwriter who was ordered to evacuate her Montecito home at 9 a . m . on Sunday   said she fled with only her cell phone   medication   eyeglasses and a few apples . Leikin   74   said she doesn ’ t know the condition of her home and belongings but “ none of that means anything when it is your safety .” Firefighters knock down flames as they advance on homes atop Shepherd Mesa Road in Carpinteria   California   U . S . December 10   2017 . REUTERS / Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department / Handout via REUTERS WORST IN A DECADE The fires that began last Monday night collectively amounted to one of the worst conflagrations across Southern California in the last decade . They have   however   been far less deadly than the blazes in Northern California ’ s wine country in October that killed over 40 . In the last week   only one death has been reported   a 70 - year - old woman who died Wednesday in a car accident as she attempted to flee the flames in Ventura County . Scores of horses have died   including at least 46 at a thoroughbred training facility in San Diego county . Residents and firefighters alike have been alarmed by the speed with which the fires spread   reaching into the heart of cities like Ventura . Slideshow ( 9 Images ) At the Ventura County Fairgrounds   evacuees slept in makeshift beds while rescued horses were sheltered in stables .  Peggy Scissons   78    arrived at the shelter with  her  dog last Wednesday   after residents of  her  mobile home park were forced to leave .  She  has not yet found out whether  her  home is standing . “ I don ’ t know what ’ s gonna happen next or whether I ’ ll be able to go home  ”  she  said . “ It would be one thing if I were 40 or 50   but I ‘ m 78 . What the heck do I do ?” James Brown   57   who retired from Washington State ’ s forestry service and has lived in Ventura for a year   was forced to leave his house along with his wife last week because both have breathing problems . “ We knew a fire was coming   but we didn ’ t know it would be this bad  ” said Brown   who is in a wheelchair . Some of the other fires   in San Diego and Los Angeles counties   have been largely controlled by the thousands of firefighters on the ground this week . Both the Creek and Rye fires in Los Angeles County were 90 percent contained by Sunday morning   officials said   while the Skirball Fire in Los Angeles ’ posh Bel Air neighborhood was 75 percent contained . North of San Diego   the 4   100 - acre ( 1   660 hectare ) Lilac Fire was 75 percent contained by Sunday and most evacuation orders had been lifted .

SOLUTION: Peggy Scissons

PROBLEM: The terrorist came into our country through what is called the "Diversity Visa Lottery Program " a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1  2017
" Senator Chuck Schumer  helping to import Europes problems" said Col.Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1  2017
 Schumer   in response to Trump’s tweets  said  “I guess it’s not too soon to politicize a tragedy.”
In 2013   Schumer  was part of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” group that came up with a sweeping bipartisan proposal to revamp U.S. immigration laws. Among other things  that proposal called for eliminating the diversity lottery.
Doing so   Schumer  said  would help the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across the country.
After a labor policy event at the Capitol   Schumer  declared  “The terrorists can’t divide us.”
 He  declined to discuss the specifics of the diversity lottery program at the time because some details  including how the suspect entered the United States  were still unclear.  Schumer  said that  he  did not speak with Trump after Tuesday’s attack and that  he  was offered “nothing” — no briefing by the White House on the situation.
Instead   he  had to call the deputy director of the FBI on Tuesday to get updates.
Manhattan Terrorist Sayfullo Saipov Entered US On Chuck Schumer’s ‘Diversity Visa’ Program [Link] pic.twitter.com/rhsv5sNDGU — Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) November 1  2017
 Schumer  did play a key role in drawing up the program in 1990.  His  proposals eventually became part of a broader immigration package that was passed by Congress in a bipartisan vote and signed into law by a Republican president  George H.W Bush.
“You know who the sponsor was?  Chuck Schumer  ”  he  said  to which Hannity responded  “Good grief.”
Breitbart wrote that  Schumer  had “created” the program  and it referred to the visas as “ Schumer  visas.”
The program did originate in part in a bill introduced in 1990 by  Schumer   who was then a member of the House. He proposed making a set number of visas available each year to “diversity immigrants” from “low-admission” countries.
 Schumer ’s measure was absorbed into a broader House immigration bill  which was sponsored by  Schumer  and 31 others  including several Republicans. The legislation passed in a bipartisan vote of 231 to 192. The Senate version  which contained the “diversity immigrants” provision  passed in an overwhelming 89-to-8 vote and was signed into law by Bush at the end of 1990.
At the Capitol on Wednesday   Schumer  blasted Trump’s response to the attack.
“This is a tragedy ”  Schumer  said. “It’s less than a day after it occurred  and  he  can’t refrain from  his  nasty  divisive habits.  He  ought to lead.”

SOLUTION:
Chuck Schumer