: donald trump." this is gonna be great. i'm harvey levin. you're about to see donald trump like you've never seen him before--in his home, talking about his life, the high points and the low. told through treasured objects he's chosen to keep. i sat down with trump a month and a half ago in his penthouse high above fifth avenue in trump tower. [crowd chanting "usa, usa"] we want you to see the next president of the united states-- the father, the aspiring movie producer, the sports fanatic, the man who still grieves over his brother's death, and the future politician. oprah winfrey: this sounds like political presidential talk. levin: who was secretly egged on by a united states president. so, i want to tell you what we're gonna do. ok. so, you know, you get on--onstage and you do speeches every day. i want to talk about donald trump the guy who became what you are today and how that happened. but it's gonna be told through objects that span from your childhood until now. so, i'd like to start. i'm gonna go pick a picture. i'm gonna find you young and i'll be right back. trump: ok. lev

america lost an icon. president trump called trump a great pioneer of air and space. i was privileged to have interviewed him on many occasions. he was a giant of a man. our deepest condolences to his family and friends. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> next, breaking news. donald trump about to speak live in iowa as the battle between trump with the carrier union boss heats up. and trump insisting on the campaign trail he knows more than the generals. now naming three of the top hosts. is is it a good thing? and breaking news, donald trump will stay on at the apprentice while he is president of the united states. how much money will nbc be paying him? lelg let's go "outfront." good evening. "outfront" tonight breaking news. donald trump about to speak live in iowa, we're going to be taking you there. it is going to be a major campaign-style rally. it is part of his victory tour across the country. speaking as you can see there are going to be thousands there tonight. these are live pictures from des moines on your screen. it is part of trump thanking voters in

" next, ivanka trump and jared kushner moving to washington. will ivanka be more than first daughter and ceo? >>> plus a michigan judge demands an immediate recount. the woman leading the charge, green party candidate jill stein. >>> trump's adviser has a message for china, screw them. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, surprise appearance. donald trump and former vice president al gore face to face in what may be the most surprising meeting of the transition so far. gore spent decades warning about the grim consequences of global climate change, sat down with trump who, of course, has called climate change a hoax created by the cheen theinese. trump's former campaign manager kellyanne conway talking to reporters about the meeting moemoem moments ago. >> can you talk about his meeting with vice president al gore. >> a very small group of people in this country who have been president or vice president of the united states. so obviously -- obviously it would be a conversation of, you know, folks who really breathe a rarefied air at that level. >>

levin: i don't really know him. i mean... trump: let me get--i'll get on this side, maybe, if it's cool. that is the longest interview i have ever done in my life-- and intense. come here. levin: thank you so much. trump: believe me! e with -- and intense. >> thank you so much. >> believe me. >>> his campaign was unlike any other. ♪ >> when mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. >> and he was written off as soon as he began. >> the republican party is not going to nominate donald trump. >> i think this is a stunt for attention. >> yet, overlooked americans were getting on board. >> i hope he can save my job. >> we need someone to take a sledgeham tore this [ bleep ]. >> and in the end donald trump beat the odds. >> this election year's not about ideology. it is about insurgency. >> but the opposition isn't going away. how will it all play out? >> when you're in the white house, you are drinking from a fire hose 24 hours a day. >> we can work together and unify our great country. >> fox news reporti

to hand over to donald trump. >>> nuclear fallout. as the president-elect gets closer to inauguration day, there are growing questions whether he's preparing to launch a new nuclear arms race with russia. there's new proof tonight that words can indeed be dangerous when nuclear weapons are in play. >>> third term? president obama suggests that if he had run against donald trump, he would have won. is he dodges all blame for the democrat's defeat? i'll talk to the obama insider who interviewed the president, cnn's own david axelrod. >>> and pop icon. george michael's impact on the music world is being remembered tonight after his shocking death at the age of just 53. this hour, the man and the hits that rocked the 1980s and beyond. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i'm jim sciutto and you're in "the situation room." >>> tonight, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is promising his country will not turn the other cheek after a stinging diplomatic slap by the united states and the united nations. cnn has

to be hearing more from donald trump obviously in the days ahead. i want to thank everybody on our panel tonight. that does it for ♪ >>> donald trump introducing general james mattis as his pick for defense secretary. the president-elect almost daring his critics to try to mount a challenge. >>> and trump insisting he sold all of his stockholdings in june, but how can he verify that. >>> the fact that people in nations do not make good decisions when they are driven by fear. >> a word of advise from president obama to his successor about fighting terrorism, but is donald trump even listening. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> and i'm george powell, wednesday, december 7th. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. donald trump the warning against blocking his pick for secretary of defense. trump hit those themes on his thank you tour, his latest rally, in the battleground state of north carolina. trump also introducing his nominee for defense secretary james maltis. he noted that the retired general will need a special waiver in order to take office and he almost

michele: i'm michele norris. donald trump tapped another retired general and a couple of business tycoons to join his administration. and president obama launches an investigation of the 2016 election. look inside the trump transition tonight on "washington week." president-elect trump: we will have two simple rules when it comes to rebuilding this country. buy american and hire american. all right? american. michele: days after striking a deal that provided millions in tax breaks to keep hundreds of jobs in indiana, the president-elect threatens to with a 35%companies tax if they transfer operations overseas. republican leaders say there may be a better way to keep jobs here. the real solution down the road is to have america be the most competitive place in the world to do business. that involves two things. a tax structure that works. not over-regulating and we don't have either right now. michele: the incoming president adds a third combat-experienced cabinet, raising concerns about the influence of the military on american policy. two unlikely cabinet choices are sparking con

race. this as the white house strongly suggesting that president-elect donald trump knew about russia's meddling, this is "outnumbered". i'm sandra smith. here today harris faulkner, meghan mccain, and look who's back, the anchor of the kelly file, megyn kelly is here. glad to have here, her book, a "new york times," and amazon best seller and today's hashtag one lucky guy former presidential candidate and former governor of the state of arkansas governor mike huckabee, he is with all due respect, "outnumbered." >> outnumbered, outclassed, outlooked. i get it. thank you. >> supreme class going on down there. >> a guy said i used to have a tie that didn't go with anything either. hurt my feelings, i am surprised i showed up today. >> chris was a hater. >> we have a lot to get to. good to have you as well, megyn. get started with the stunning developments. senior u.s. intelligence officials saying vladimir putin was personally involved in efforts to interfere with the presidential election, and that putin himself, a former kgb operative directed how material hacked from the democ

president-elect donald trump held a rally in cincinnati, ohio to talk to supporters as he begins a thank you tour in states that flipped from democratic to republican in the november election. other states are expected to be added to the tour in the coming days. mr. trump also talked about his pick to head the pentagon, retired marine corps general james mattis. ♪ >> hello, ohio. on mike pence. work, youryour hard support, and your prayers, i'm that 50umbled to say days from today with my family at my side, i will take the oath of office to serve as vice president of the united states of america. and i'm here tonight to say for electing a president who will make america great again. so thank you to the people in ,hio, the people of kentucky and i'll bet there's a few hoosiers in the room. thank you for doing your part to make donald trump the next president of the united states of america. he did it. .nd we have you to thank before i go on, let me just say from our families two years, our hearts go out to the victims and families of those who were injured in the horrific attack t

bennis of the institute for policy studies. then as donald trump wins the electoral college vote, we will look at how he controls the media. mr. trump: my opinion of the media is very low. they are terrible people. the media, look at all of those people back there. scavengers. they are like scavengers. they are scum. amy: we will speak to former labor secretary robert reich, professor at university of california berkeley. >> we've never had a president or president-elect who has taken the media on so directly and so negatively and tried to plant in the public's mind -- i think this is the real danger, amy -- trying to play in the public's mind the notion that the press is the enemy itself. amy: we will speak with the former labor secretary robert wright about trump's control --robert reich about trump's control of the media, what he feels the country needs a peaceful resistance movement. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in germany, 12 people were killed and 48 more wounded in berlin after a truck dro

be taking a wait-and-see attitude but questions about donald trump's potential conflicts of interest are already coming fast and furious. take his controversial call with taiwan's president, it's a breech of decades of diplomatic protocol and taiwan's media also reported representatives from the trump organization had recently visited taiwan to explore possibly building a hotel there. on saturday the trump organization denied any plans for developments in taiwan, but in a facebook post a woman who says she works for trump hotels talked about her visit to taiwan last month and specifically said she was there for work. trump says that he's going to explain how he's going to separate himself from his business operations in a december 15th news conference, his first since. election, assuming it actually happens. that gives him 11 more days to figure out the details which he's yet to provide. on wednesday trump tweeted that it's, quote, visually important that he not have any conflicts, like, for instance, his new d.c. hotel where he soon be both landlord and the tenant. trump's company l

carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. president-elect donald trump beginning a busy day at the transition headquarters inside trump tower. at any time now the lobby's trade mark gold elevators will whisk the latest candidates to meet with mr. trump. retired admiral james straf idous is said to be on the growing list for secretary of state and if chosen he would only add to concerns that trump's white house will have a heavy military influence. the president-elect has chosen three retired jeernls to serve atop his administration. can trump also coming under fire for his selection of scott pruitt to head the epa. pruitt as oklahoma's attorney general sued the epa for its regulations on the state's oil and gas industry. also trump lashes out at a union leader who criticized that deal to save jobs at the carrier plant in indiana. trump attacking the man on twitter, but not denying his claims. so, there's a lot to cover this morning. let's bring in sunlen serfaty. she's live in washington. >> good morning, carol. a slew of announcements in the last 24 hours. the president-elect

to nominate donald trump. >> i think this is a stunt for attention. >> yet, overlooked americans were getting on board. >> i hope he can save my job. >> we need someone to take a sledgeham tore this [ bleep ]. >> and in the end donald trump beat the odds. >> this election year's not about ideology. it is about insurgency. >> but the opposition isn't going away. how will it all play out? >> when you're in the white house, you are drinking from a fire hose 24 hours a day. >> we can work together and unify our great country. >> fox news reporting, the trump revolution. and now, brett baier. >> donald trump, president. a political earthquake. a lot of people still can't believe it. but we have been covering this political revolution for from the start. so while america's still catching its breath, we thought we'd explain how we got here and where we may be going next. on election day, tattoo artist bob holmes of seabrook, new hampshire, did something he had never done before. in the 48 years. he voted. >> walked in there. very awkward. i didn't know what to do, who to talk to. i obvi

tonight and late reaction live from moscow. >>> and donald trump thanking voters tonight in pennsylvania and facing new questions about all the conflicts of interest he might face once he takes office. "the 11th hour begins now." >> good evening, you are looking live at a cold and snowy night in moscow, a city increasingly part of our discussion here in the u.s. tomorrow brings us to 35 days to inauguration day and the breaking story tonight, president obama vowing to take action, as he put it, on russia's involvement in the u.s. presidential election after nbc news broke the story last night that vladimir putin was directly involved in moscow's effort to interfere in our election. here is the in the a portion of an interview that will air in full tomorrow morning on npr's "morning edition." >> i think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we at a time and place of our own choosing. some of it may be explicit and publicized, some of it may not be but mr. putin is well aware of my feel

topping this hour, breaking news on the trump transition, closer scrutiny on donald trump's two grown sons, the ones who were supposed to take over the running of his business and leave the running of the government to their father. let's go to cnn's phil mattingly at trump tower. what are you learning tonight, phil? >> there has been a lot of talk about potential conflicts of interest but also the role of the family members in the president-elect's new administration. particularly jared kushner, his son-in-law, one of his closest advisers, a constant throughout the campaign by his side. what role would he play. we're learning from sources is he will have a specific role in the west wing and he's likely to have an office in the west wing. why does this matter? there are a lot of legal issues that that would entail, including anti-nepotism laws, including jared kushner's own holdings. he has been working with a legal team to figure out how to get rid of those. we don't know of a specific title. there may not actually be one. but we do know he will have a role. this is what people

, president-elect trump announcing this massive plan to create thousands of jobs. he stood right next to softbank founder and ceo masayoshi son announcing he secured $50 million in businesses and 50,000 jobs that relate to mr. son. two stocks spiking on the news we're about to show those to you in a few seconds. this is donald trump's second surprise business move of the day. trump slammed boeing's $4 million for air force one calling it, quote, out of control. this is the search for the highly coveted spot for secretary of state continues coming through the door into the golden elevator, the biggest one of them all ceo of exxonmobil who went around the back way quietly meeting with the president-elect. with us live the trump insider fresh off his own meeting at trump tower, in his first meeting since the interview, richard grunel gives us a sneak peek what happens when you get off the golden elevator and what donald trump is looking for in his next secretary of state? >>> boy, did we hear from this man when he called the trump administration disastrous, what they now say will send the m

mitt romney who is under consideration for secretary of state met with trump and be reince priebus over dinner eating frog legs and scallops. in his remark the former trump critic struck a notably deferential tone. >> it's not easy winning. he did something i didn't do. he won the general election. >> not too long ago romney was singing a different tune. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as degree from trump university. >> last night the trump transition team announce think that he has announced the director and steven mnuchin to serve as treasury secretary. with his thank you tour. he said he had reached a great deal with carrier corporation to keep roughly 700,000 jobs. in exchange, carrier will get roughly $700,000 a year in state tax incentives. the president-elect said he would leave his business amid mounting pressure to separate it. but he said he wouldn't say how he would do it and said he wouldn't make the official announcement for another two weeks. until december 15. you're a political guy. i used to be one. one thinger you have to judge

written off as soon as he began. >> the republican party is not going to nominate donald trump. >> i think this is a stunt for attention. >> yet overlooked americans were getting on board. >> i hope he can safe my job. >> we need someone to take a sledge hammer to this [ bleep ]. >> in the end, donald trump beat the odds. >> this election year is not about ideology. it's about insurgency. >> but the opposition isn't going away. how will it all play out? >> when you're in the white house, you are drinking from a fire hose 24 hours a day. >> we can work together and unify our great country. >> fox news reporting, the trump revolution. now, bret baier. >> donald trump, president, a political earthquake. a lot of people still can't believe it. but we have been covering this political revolution from the start so while america is still catching its breath, we thought we would explain how we got here and where we may be going next. on election day, tattoo artist bob holmes of seabrook, new hampshire did something he had never done before in his 48 years. he voted. >> walked in there, was v

days before donald trump is sworn in as president as he appears on the verge of choosing america's next top diplomat and using incredibly undiplomatic language towards america's experts. for that matter, china. having written off a cia report russian hackers sought to meddle in the election but help trump win, the presidentpresident-ele and tweeting early. who was doing the hacking? why wasn't it brought up before the election? well, it was, and they were caught in the act. lots to unpack in those two sentences and doing it throughout the hour. i also want to let you know donald trump officially announced his pick for homeland security secretary. as cnn and others reported dlaft week, he's got retired marine general john kelly, former held of the u.s. southern command, former aide to defense secretary leon panetta and gold star father having lost a son in afghanistan nofor that pick. secretary of state, trump favoring ex ceo of exxon/mobil, rex tillerson. if selected, expect to hear a lot about his ties with vladimir putin. and over to trump tower. when do you think we might hear a

president elect tapping a former rival governor rick perry and energy secretary as mr. trump gets ready to host the biggest name of silicon valley for a tech summit. i'm jenna lee. >> hello, everyone, i'm eric sean for jon scott. former texas governor now with same department that he famously forgot in the presidential debate. all this comes as the ceo's of some of america's largest tech companies like apple, facebook, amazon and tesla heading to trump tower to meet mr. trump. jenna: here elevator. geelden elevators at this point. john roberts is live at trump towers in new york city. no winter coat compared to yesterday, i'm sure it feels positively warm here. >> high 30's today, basically a beach walk. you mentioned that rick perry was a former rival, not just a former rival but called donald trump a cancer on conservatism but donald trump reaching to rivals wanting to put them in cabinet. well versed in the energy sector and invested in fossil fuels and he was saying four years ago he we wanted to abolish the department he is running in with ryan zinke expected to be secretary.

his role in the incoming administration. we will >> today donald trump is expected to announce his election of exxon mobil chief executive office, rex tillerson, for secretary of state. it is an appointment that democrats are ready forcing concern about. it comes a day after republicans and congress say they supported investigations into reports of russian cyber attacks. we begin our program by asking our viewers how d think the incoming administration should approach russia? do you think they should work for closer ties or should america try to further isolate the government of vladimir putin? the lines are open this morning. you can catch up with us on social media. a very good tuesday morning to you. russia in the headlines of today's newspapers. here is a front-page of the "financial times" with their headlines. to the front page of the "washington post." to the front page of "usa today." congressional leaders said monday that two committees will investigate cia allegations that russia deployed hackers to disrupt the american presidential election to help donald trump. mitch mc

appreciate it. >>> welcome to the "journal editorial." i'm paul gigot. president-elect trump announced his pick for secretary of state. the choice of rex tillerson is met with skepticism from top senate republicans who are questioning his close ties to russian president vladimir putin amid the continuing controversy in the kremlin's role in hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign. here is south carolina senator lindsey graham on fox this week. >> it comes down to this with mr. tiller son for me, i want you to be briefed by what russia did in our election and what they're doing all over the world, and i want you to come forward and say whether or not you believe they interfered in our election, interfering in other democracies. if you say they're not, i will be troubled by your judgment. >> joining the panel, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, bill mchearn and mary kissell and joe rego. >> choice of rex tillerson unconventional to say the least, not a member of foreign policy establishment, a ceo. what do you think? >> by and large, i like the pick. rex t

for chris matthews. once upon a time bill clinton and donald trump were friends -- or at least friendly. they golfed together, trump donate money to the clinton administration, he defended bill clinton in the press. bill and hillary were guests at trump's third wedding to melania. then came an election where donald trump attacked hillary clinton as crooked, dishonest, unstable, unhinged, a criminal, a nasty woman and, oh, yeah, the devil. he paraded out a series of womn who accused bill clinton of abuse. yesterday it was announced that bill clinton and donald trump spoke by phone. clinton was surprised that trump acted cordial on the call like it was 15 years ago. for clinton, raw feelings remain. in reference to trump he recently told a local newspaper in westchester county with the he doesn't know much, one thing he does know is how to get angry white men to vote for him." this morning trump did what trump does, he hit back heating -- bill clinton stated i called him after the election. wrong. he called me after the elections. he doesn't know much, especially how to get peopl

>>> good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin with the president-elect donald trump tweeting just moments ago about a story that aired just moments ago on cnn. namely erin burn et's interview. here's the tweet chuck jones has done a terrible job representing workers. no wonder companies flee country. just explain what was going on here. this man was on erin burnett shoes ee, and a short time after donald trump is tweeting about him. >> right. donald trump is one who obviously wants -- watches the media closely. chuck jones was saying that he was grateful for the 800 jobs that trump was able to save, but he felt he was misleading in the major announcement he did last week which was to say 1400 were saved. well, the real math, and we talked about this last week, anderson, the real math doesn't add up that way. it's 730 union jobs saved. total 800 saved. he was saying essentially it was bait and switch by the president-elect and vice president elect saying they were saving more jobs than they were and carrier still getting rewards in the form of tax breaks even though hundreds o

at your favorite bookseller and as an e- book. a live look at the lobby of trump tower in new york city. we do not expect much political activity with president-elect trump going to baltimore for the army-navy football game at 3:00 p.m. eastern. the president-elect is expected to spend one half with army fans and the other half with navy supporters. a common tradition for presidents that have attended such games in the past. the president-elect continued his thank you tour. one included fayetteville, north carolina, where he announced retired general james madison as his pick to head the defense department. this is 50 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the president-elect of the united states, donald j. trump. mr. trump: thank you, thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. wow. thank you. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: thank you. >> trump! trump! trump! [cheers and applause] mr. trump: so, the weather was really bad, really bad, and they said, you know, these are great people in north carolina, they won't mind. [cheering] mr. trump: they said they won't mind i

>>> donald trump taking a victory lap. this is cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. the president-elect kicking off what his campaign is calling the usa thank you tour with a rally in cincinnati tomorrow night. no details yet on plans for any other events but trump says he's heading to indianapolis tomorrow to officially announce a deal with carrier to keep roughly 1,000 jobs from moving to mexico. a big win for him. what will it mean for other companies in the same boat? plus election day was more than three weeks ago, but an ugly battle is raging in one key state where the republican governor is refusing to concede even though he trails by thousands of votes. we'll discuss all of that. >>> let's get to mark preston and ryan lizza and kevin maddon. trump has named his economic team. >> let's start off with the treasury secretary donald trump would like to take over. he is steve mnuchin. he's a finance chairman. he helped raise the money for the presidential campaign. he bought indy mack. the most interesting thing about him is he's a hollywood movie producer and produced films like the

>>> and good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. tonight donald trump continued his thank you tour with a stop in fayetteville, north carolina. earlier today, trump took to twitter and caused a fortune 500 stock to briefly plummet. he also watched a member of his inner circle come under increasing fire for passing on fake news stories. but first, donald trump tonight in north carolina. he quoted a former president before then seeming to take credit for the obama economy, before thinking better of it, and then returning to his deal to save half of those mexico-bound jobs at carrier. here it is. >> as abraham lincoln said, as our case is new, so much must we think anew and act anew, my plan begins with bold structural reform to create millions of great paying jobs and you've been seeing what's been happening over the last couple weeks, and we haven't gotten there yet. we haven't gotten there yet. we were very proud of saving 1,100 jobs in indiana, with the help of mike pence. >> as has been widely reported in reality, it looks like that 1100 jobs will be

today. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: hi, kate. good afternoon. donald trump president-elect here is going through his cabinet and other top appointments checking them off the list one by one. another key appointment was made earlier this morning, as you said. his name, thomas bossert, going to head up the homeland security counterterrorism activities inside the white house. a very key position, as you know. someone who will work on all national threats and work closely with retired lieutenant general michael flynn largely focusing on international threats. kate, this is a central position here, of course, given the moment that we are living in with the strikes that we saw just less than two weeks ago in germany. the homeland security is one of the key spots. so this is a -- a gentleman with years of experience, worked in the george w. bush administration, a proponent of the iraq war. also interesting. donald trump was a critic of that war as we know. he came here at mar-a-lago for a final interview that apparently went well because he was named here today. donald trump is also filli

donald trump's children as they attend the president-elect's meeting with tech leaders. cnn has learned trump's sons were involved in his cabinet picks. why is trump turning the office of the first lady into the office of the first family? >>> trump, quote, obviously knew -- that's what the white house says -- adding there is evidence trump was aware of russian interference in the election long before october and encouraged it. lawmakers from both parties are calling the cyberattacks an act of war. was moscow trying to benefit donald trump, undermine hillary clinton or both? >>> turning our backs. suffering on a massive scale in syria's second-largest city. as the ceasefire collapses in less than a day. air strikes pound eastern aleppo right now, stalling evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians. how many will survive what's being described as a slaughterhouse? >>> and turning a corner. the u.s. touts mounting gains in the war against isis, claiming 50,000 terrorist forces have now been killed and isis territory cut by more than half. top deputies have been eliminated. is th

thinks she can work with president elect donald trump and why she says her side lost the election. first we begin with how the trump administration is coming together. still no word on who will be the secretary of state. but other appointments are coming in. jim acosta joins me with the latest. jim the last time we spoke with you were in a new york city restaurant whispering to me on the phone while watching a meeting between romney and trump. what is the latest on last night's meeting. >> we did pay our bill, just for the record there. but it looked like as they were picking up their forks, they buried the hatchet at this dinner last night. as you were hearing us describe it, it was a very warm and friendly exchange. and the question now is whether or not this was enough to get mitt romney the job of secretary of state. i talked to a source who described the meeting as a net positive. if you calculate how things went last night and subtract all of the negative comments mitt romney has had to say about donald trump over the past year. but anderson, i think the other thing importan

coast. you're watching msnbc live. and it's a crude awakening. donald trump's oil man for secretary of state, already getting a chilly reception from even republicans. also, the fight for the future of the democratic party, a new candidate could turn the dnc into a battle between allies of president obama and bernie sanders. also, trump's bait and switch with the media, from late-night tweets to many shiny distractions, what should reporters do when a fact check fails to shame this particular politician? all of that this hour. donald trump, though, we begin with the story that donald trump isn't known for diplomacy and neither is his new pick for top diplomat. rex tillerson spent his career at exxonmobil. he's never conducted foreign affairs, but he's now trump's pick to be secretary of state, and it's tillerson's perhaps most notorious foreign relationship, a long-standing business set of dealings with vladimir putin that has many lawmakers throwing cold water today. republican senator marco rubio says he has, quote, serious concerns here. senator john mccain also saying he's conce

in." >> the president-elect specifically said to the russians, hack hillary's e-mails. >> trump tapped exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. a man who's cozy with vladimir putin. >> when he gets the friendship award from a butcher, frankly, it's an issue that i think needs to be examined. >>> plus, the new energy secretary who wanted to end the department of energy. >> i can't, sorry. oops. >>> then, the president-elect takes his thank-you tour to wisconsin where we spoke with trump voters yesterday. >> because there's so many illegals in there, i can't get the pay i should get. >> tonight, tanahazi coates on why he believes trump won and his new cover story on the obama presidency. >> could i imagine a donald trump without a barack obama as president? no, i cannot. >>> and trump cancels his first planned press conference in over four months. punting on the single biggest issue of his presidency. >> well, i don't know if it's a blind trust if ivanka, don and eric run it. is that a blind trust? i don't know. >> "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new y

] today, secretary of state john kerry speaks about middle east challenges for the trump administration at the brookings institution's annual saban forum, live at 1:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. "in death,"ok tv's we host a discussion on the attack on pearl harbor on the 75th anniversary of the attack. program, steve twomey. eri hotta. nelson. donald stratton. your questions and comments live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern. thursday, the president-elect and the vice president-elect spoke in cincinnati as part of their thank you tour in states that helped elect them. during the speech, the president-elect named retired marine general james mattis to be the next secretary of defense. [cheers and applause] mr. pence: hello, ohio. i'm mike pence. because of your hard work, your support, and your prayers i am deeply humbled to say that 50 days from today with my family at my side will i take the oath of office to serve as vice president of the united states of america. [cheers and applause] mr. pence: i'm here tonight to say thank you. i'm here tonight to say thank you for electing a presi

being considered for secretary of state. trump says the former new york mayor withdrew from consideration. did he really just tell giuliani he wasn't getting the job? russian investigation. after months of complaints president obama orders a full review of immediately by moscow. i'll talk about it with a key member of the intelligence committee. a man suspected plotting an attack is taken into custody in a port city. recovering an assault rifle, ammunition. where was he planning to strike? cnn has learned u.s. special operations forces were on the verge of capturing or killing the leader of isis last year. a source says baghdadi was within u.s. reach in the isis capital in syria. so what went wrong? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're following breaking news. rudy giuliani now out of the running for secretary of state. and other posts. sources say the former new york city mayor was told he was not being considered earlier this week but tonight giuliani says it was his decision. we're also following an investigation into rus

donald trump takes the oath of office. president obama oesrders a new intelligence review aimed at alleged efforts to influence the 2016 election. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm sandra smith in for megyn kelly. the reviews comes after the dnc and the clinton campaign had embarrassing e-mails released to the public. the obama administration suspects that the russian government was behind the dnc attack. the review is scheduled to be completed before president obama leaves office. as for mr. trump, he was in michigan tonight as part of his thank you tour but did not address the controversy. in moments, we will talk to mr. chris stirewalt about the political implications of all of this. we'll be joined by governor mike huckabee. but we begin with kevin cork reporting from washington. >> good evening. a full review, that's what president obama is ordering his intelligence agencies to conduct into the hacking activity in the 2016 election. now this review comes after the administration has already accused russia of conducting many of the hacks that surfaced during the runup to the ele

. >> reporter: what president-elect donald trump introduced as had he economic plan included this: >> we're bringing gdp from 1%, which it is now, we're bringing it up from 1% to 4% and i actually think you can go to 5 or 6%. >> reporter: wall street economists, having plugged those plans into their models, aren't nearly so optimistic. they don't see 6, 5, or 4% growth. they don't even see 3. the average of 13 economists polled by cnbc sees gross domestic product coming in at 1.7% this year, rising to 2.3% in 2017, then 2.5% in 2018. there are some gains but not nearly as much as the president-elect estimates, at least not in the first couple of years. some economists say they don't have enough info to make a detailed forecast or that the programs won't have the size or the bang that trump expects. >> tax and spending only. we had an add to basis points 20 per year. even if you take the whole thing, in our opinion it doesn't -- it doesn't add up to a whole lot. we can revisit the number if the plans turn out differently than what were projected. >> reporter: virtually all economists point o

state kerry. >> the israelis do not need to be lectured by foreign leaders. amy: donald trump, we cannot allow israel could be treated with total disdain and disrespect. there may be a confrontation between the outgoing and incoming strayings with our panelists. >> this is "washington week." q ing is provided by x institute. ♪ ♪ >> additional funding is provided by boeing, new man's own foundation, donating all profits from new man's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. the ford foundation. the ethics in excellence journalism foundation. the u.n. foundation committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and contributions from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, amy walter. amy: good evening. the obama administration has delivered punishment and proof that russia was behind the widespread hacking of the u.s. election. joint report from the f.b.i. and department of homeland security detailed how intelligence invaded government, political and private agencies ahead of last month'

mad that president-elect trump talked to taiwan's leader. >> he's the busiest guy on the planet but aspect is fully engaged. >> a holiday gift from the outgoing president, the lowest unemployment rate in more than nine years. and wow, a usually polite post election tradition turns testy, the trump and clinton campaign teams fight on. >> more americans voted for hillary clinton than donald trump. >> hey guys, we won, you don't have to respond. >> "inside politics", the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters, now. >>> welcome to "inside politi politics." seven weeks until donald trump's inauguration. three questions to frame the latest news and lessons from our president-elect. question one, is mr. trump breaking tradition and speaking with taiwan's leader looking to pick a fight with china even before he becomes president? >> without a coherent message, it's very easy to wander off the highway and in a sense say things by omission and co mission that can get you into a lot of trouble. >> the campaign is over but will the trump rally tour about a staple of his governing style?

in the first fox news polls since donald trump won the election. this is "special report." good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. americans have not yet made up their minds about what to think of president-elect donald trump. that is the takeaway from our brand new fox polls, our first survey since trump upset hillary clinton to win the white house. 59% say they are hopeful following the election but 31% believe donald trump's presidency will be one of the worst in history. the president-elect appears to be closing in on some of the empty spaces in his cabinet tonight, and he is coming off a summit with some of the people who were his strongest detractors during the campaign. senior national correspondent john roberts is outside trump tower again tonight. good evening, john. >> bret, good evening to you. it was the highest profile summit yet at trump tower, which is directly behind this bus behind me, and also the highest dollars. donald trump played host to high-tech billionaires, most of whom actively campaigned against him in the election. >> well, i just wan

quarters" starts right now. >> president-elect donald trump to land in indianapolis any minute now to tout a deal with carrier to keep 1,000 jobs right here in the u.s. i'm shannon bream. they will tour the carrier plant and meet employees, then take off on a thank you tour of sorts if we have fox team coverage. melissa francis and charles payne are standing by been what can you tell us about what is in this deal? >> we're finally learning the details of this. first reported by the wall street journal and confirmed by john roberts. and governor of indiana mike pence. they will give $7 million in tax breaks to united technologies, the parent company of carrier, and it covered 800 workers at this stilt. they were going to move 1400 workers over to mexico, so that means they still plan to move 600 jobs to mexico and will also continue with their plans to close a second manufacturing facility in near by huntington, indiana. that has 700 jobs moving to mexico. the incoming trump administration says this is the brukt of making good on a campaign promise and negotiating on deals like this. a

complex chapter in u.s. and russian relation. a few hours ago donald trump release add letter received from russian president vladimir putin. the letter dated december 15th and putin writes, put it on-screen. i hope ah after you assume the position of president we will be able acting in a constructive and pragmatic manner take steps to restore the framework of bilateral cooperation as well as bring relations to a qualitatively new level. trump calmed it "a nice letter" and agreed russian president's view. compared to a quote we heard on msnbc. reporting from trump that he said, "let it be an arms race between the u.s. and russia." that was trump's response when asked to clarify a tweet yesterday where he called on the u.s. to "greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability." bring in senior international correspondent matthew chance and pentagon correspondent brash starr. matthew, what did vladimir putin say about this letter and the suggestion of a new nuclear arms race? >> reporter: yeah. he didn't mention the letter. something that came out, the trump transition team in florid