begins right now. >>> size matters. day four. let's play "hardball." >> the trump white house held the first press conference. sean spicer criticized the media for coverage of the inauguration, specifically on the size of the crowd. he was following his boss's orders. here is president trump himself two hours earlier on saturday. >> we had a massive field of people. you saw that. packed. i get up this morning and i turn on one of the networks and they show an empty field. i said wait a minute. i made a speech. i looked out and the field was -- it looked like a million, a million and a half people. >> spicer followed up later that evening. >> we know that 420,000 people used the d.c. metro public transit yesterday which compares to 317,000 that used it for esident obama's last inaugural. this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe. there is a lot of talk about the responsibility to hold donald trump accountable. i'm here to tell you that it goes two ways. we will hold the press accountable as well. >> the numbers used by t

seats moments ago. they are in place. we are expecting to hear from donald trump sometime during this event. this is going to finish up my coverage here this hour, but msnbc's live coverage of this preinaugural concert featuring donald trump continues now with chuck todd and "mtp daily." >> thank you, steve. well, if it is thursday we're in pomp and circumstance mode already. the inauguration has been kicking off all week. officially kicks off in washington with the president-elect set to take the stage this hour. we'll bring you those remarks. good evening. i am chuck todd in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." this is a live shot of the inaugural festivities on the mall officially under way at the lincoln memorial. donald trump will deliver remarks welcoming the crowd at this event. we'll take you there when it happens. >>> down to business. just 18 hours until donald trump takes the oath of office and the trump cabinet battling confirmation chaos, raising questions about the new administration's readiness to resume power. some nominees facing ethical questions as others under

on first day as president he seems to be trumping a good story. he meeting with business leaders and congressional leaders, with drawing from tpp partnership and going ahead with the keystone pipeline, insisting it be built with u.s. steel. instead of oxygen in the briefing room at 1600 pennsylvania avenue is taking up by the false claim by the president himself that widespread voter fraud in rang of 3 to 5 million people are illegal and explains -- he spent about the first five to ten minutes talking about the campaign about how 3 to 5 million illegal voted in the election. according to the post fact-checker this is a bogus claim. the dodging numbers appears too be the conspiracy theorist appears 3 million votes illegal aliens. the report is actual lay tweet. the person who authored the tweet won't explain how he arrived at his figure. he would also not say what the data is or where it came from or what methodology he used. trump's press secretary backed him up and suggested a white house investigation could happen. >> reporter: does the president believe that millions voted ill

around the world in the united states including the trump hotel a few blocks away from the white house are sucking in these foreign cash and benefits on a daily basis. it is outrageous. that leads me to a duo question. it is stunning to hear me say that. do you think lawyers from donald trump would know this and you think the republican party hands would know this and the second part of the question, who has standing as you lawyers would say to do anything about it if they wanted to? >> you would think that the lawyers know it on the first part of the question and in fact, there has been a not to it by donald trump's lawyers because sherry dylans, she admitted to her credits. we are going to deal with it he said by stripping out the profits from the hotels. brian, what about the non-hotel properties and the massive foreign loans and the condos and apartments he sells and even in the hotels, it is never been held. the department of justice again and again, to deal with these foreign cash flows and benefits, these are monuments, you got to segregate all the revenues and not just all the

good evening, i am chris matthew in washington. president trump already made it clear that he will fight anything or anyone and friends and foes or facts. >> his interview last night shows a new gung-ho president ready to defend his presidency and his campaign with his own party's agenda. >> he does not care about the backlash that it may promote in the muslim world. >> are you concern that it will cause for anger? >> there is plenty of anger right now, how can you have more? >> you don't think it will create more problems? >> i know you are a sophisticated guy, the world is a mess. the world is as angry as it gets. the world is an angry place. >> trump refused to say he will take water boarding off the table saying this country needs to fight fire with fire. he also double down for a call of investigation to backup his charts. it is a move that many sees as an attempt to reargue of the outcome of the election of 2016. here is what he said last night. >> do you think talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country? >> not at all because many people feel the sam

change dramatically. since the election, donald trump has spoken literally out of both sides of his mouth when it comes to obamacare. >> let me ask you about obamacare. which you say you're going to repeal and replace. when you replace it, are you going to make sure that people with pre conditions are still covered? >> yes. it happens to be one of the strongest assets. also with the children living with their parents for an extended period. very much try to keep that in. it costs but it is something we'll try to keep. >> we will repeal the disaster known as obamacare. and create new health care reforms that work for you and for your family. >> so, my question to you is, what is the point of tomorrow's trip? clearly donald trump has some openness on some of the central tenets on obamacare. and i know it has come up in the private conversations between the president and the president-elect. what's the point of tomorrow's visit? >> first, the president will thank many of the members of the democratic caucus for really being with him in the fight. hant always been easy. it has been incr

." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. it has been a week since trump's inauguration. he held a meeting with teresa may of britain. it was traditional except for some trumpian flourishes. >> you said before that torture works, you want to ban muslims for coming to america and there should be punishments for abortion. for many people in britain, those are alarming beliefs. what do you say to viewers at home that are worried about your views and you becoming the leader of the free world. >> this was your choice of a question. there goes that relationship. the past week shows president trump and candidate trump will continue to battle the truth. reportedly furious over photos showing the truth, his inaugural crowd size being smaller than others, he turned it into a major battle front of his early presidency. >> i get up this morning and i turn on one of the networks and they show an empty field. i said wait a minute, i made a speech, i looked out, the field, it looked like a million or a million and a half people. >> the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period, i

inauguration and by midnight tonight eastern time it will be 12 hours until donald trump is president. here is a look at capitol hill where he's scheduled to come through the door way and appeared to the crowd there and live television audience at 11:27 a.m. his life as president begins and the obama family flies west, palm spring, california. a transformation will take place and the trump will be living in the people's house. a notion that became real for a lot of people after the imagery that we saw today. today americans got their first glimpse of donald trump surrounding by the trapping of presidency. for the first time today, he flew to washington by air force jet to a formal reception at andrews and washington hotel that bares his name. >> where is this? this is a gorgeous room. >> a total genius must have built this. >> the first official event of the day, a wreath laying at the arlington cemetery. a precursor to the title tomorrow, commander in chief of all u.s. military forces. a preinauguration concert on the steps of lincoln memorial. the artists including three doors down

before the inauguration. after noontime tomorrow, donald trump will be addressed as mr. president. with dozens of democrats vowing to boycott the ceremonies, one president's most local critics will join us here tonight. with one family on the way in and another on the way out. we'll talk with the man who's in charged of what's been called the five craziest hours at the white house. after running a campaign based on the business success, wite'l take the oat of office, the former who yfor former white house's ethics employer is standing by to talk with us. "the 11th hour" begins now. >> gone, this is the 11th hour. it is the eve of the inauguration and by midnight tonight eastern time it will be 12 hours until donald trump is president. here is a look at capitol hill where he's scheduled to come through the door way and appeared to the crowd there and live television audience at 11:27 a.m. his life as president begins and the obama family flies west, palm spring, california. a transformation will take place and the trump will be living in the people's house. a notion that became rea

conplikt in the middle east, we open war between president-elect donald trump and the intelligence agencies continues. he calls them nazis. they feel the need to share unsupported stories about him. the president-elect's dispute has driven a wedge between the u.s. intelligence community and the incoming trump administration. and yet, as trump indicated in his defiant press conference yesterday, he's still to the ready to call a truce. multiple times trump said intelligence officials were responsible for leaking information to the press and compared those leaks to nazi germany. >> they looked at that nonsense that was released by maybe the intelligence agencies, who knows? but maybe the intelligence agencies, which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they in fact did that. a tremendous blot. i think it was disgraceful, disgraceful, that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake out. i think it's a disgrace. and i say that, and that's something that nazi germany would have done and did do. >> after a conversation with trump la

11th hour" with brian williams. that's next. >>> tonight, donald trump in washington ahead of his inauguration as vladimir putin comes to his defense. and accuses the white house of trying to delegitimize the president-elect. >>> also tonight, president obama, hours away from his final news conference, facing outrage after commuting the sentence of a soldier who leaked classified documents. >>> and the no-shows. more members of congress vowing to sit out the inauguration. tonight donald trump has responded. the "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> and good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. this certainly feels like the "the 11th hour." tomorrow morning puts us just two days from the inauguration of donald trump as the 45th president of the united states and commander in chief of u.s. military forces. as the hours tick down, the president-elect got an assist today from someone who doesn't usually speak up for american politicians -- russian president vladimir putin. not surprisingly, though, in his defense of donald trump, putin also took a shot at the obama adm

is up next. barely. >>> trumping the media. let's play hardball. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington on what was a very busy day on the capitol. president obama and vice president-elect mike pence were both on the hill today meeting with their respective parties. mike pence held a pep talk focussing on killing obamacare. the president huddled with democrats and strategizes to safe the health care law. meanwhile, president-elect donald trump continued his assault on the u.s. intelligence committee over the intelligence briefing on so-called russia hacking was delayed until friday. perhaps more time to build a case, very strange. of course even as he promised to hold a press conference next week. first and last july. trump tweeted somebody hacked the dnc, but why not have hacking defense like the ravens and why have they not responded to the terrible things they did and said? total double standard. media as usual gave them a pass. even quoted the hacker julian assange calling america media coverage very dishonest. more dishonest than anyone knows. by an american president

dividing many of the republican party. meanwhile trump administration is wrapping up it's defense. appeared to check up when talking about the president's order. >> i notice this chuck schumer with fake tears i'm going to ask who was acting woecoach, i don' see him as a crier, 5% chance it was real. but i think they were fake tears. >> outgoing presidents usually give incoming some space. his spokesperson saying president obama is hearden by the level of engagement taking place. kelly. >> greta, i can tell you this goes beyond democrat members of congress, senators and represent representative, it's many people deep in front of the supreme court. when protests are attracted here. supporters to show up. behind the camera there are protesters here, demonstrators here, those who want to have their voice heard, chanting different messages hoping that the white house will listen to them and perhaps change course. that maybe a tall order given what we heard from president trump this is a chance to try to show some unity and to try to show willingness to galvanize around issues. so many

accusations that moscow obtained salacious info of trump. u.s. spies warn prez-elect. we'll break it down and president obama's spirited farewell speech included a forceful defense of his record, an emotional thank you to the first family. >> it falls to each of those to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy, to embrace the joyous task that we've been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours. i will be right there with you as a citizen all my remaining days. >> tonight, as i'm sure you heard, there's a stunning report that's surfaced regarding what donald trump was told last week in his briefing of russia's roll in the u.s. election. the materials prepared for trump's briefing last friday included information that made damaging allegations about trump's deelgts with the russians. the officials say that the material initially circulated among opponents of donald trump and was passed to u.s. intelligence agency. the information has not been verified and the sources would not comment on the nature of the allegations. neither of the officials said that

msnbc's live coverage continues with brian williams. that's next. >>> tonight, what president trump is still talking about at the white house after his first full working day in office. plus a change in tone in the press room today after a disastrous first weekend. what press secretary sean spicer had to say. what we are now learn being how big saturday was. about how many marched and where. the 11th hour begins now. good monday evening from our headquarters here in new york. president trump's first monday in office was a busy one. it included a late meeting with congressional leaders at the white house. we see part of it there. during that gathering, two sources told nbc news president trump continued tonight to litigate his loss in the popular vote to hillary clinton by now 2.8 million. he repeated the widely debunked claim that he only lost the popular vote because of three to five million "illegals " going to the polls. that's a falsehood as the l.a. times wrote tonight. if true, it would have been a stunning development. speaking to politico, senate majority confirmed the remar

policy by twitter rule on america's relationship with one of our closest allies. and a top trump's aids says the media should keep its mouth shuts and listens. >> "the 11th hour" begins now. and good evening, once again from our headquarters here in new york. the white house revealed then walked back its plan to pay for the wall on the mexican border and it accommodated with a surprise interaction between the press and the president himself. it starts late this afternoon white house's spokesperson, sean spicer, the president will call for a 20% tax mexican imports to pay for the wall then spicer says that's one of the idea under consideration and it is not prescriptive. fast forward in the west wing this evening between the president and a few reporters, nbc's peter alexander, included. >> since there is confusion of the 20%, do you want to clarify. >> what 20% is that? >> peter responded, the 20% about mexican import tax. >> the president replied, we'll tax people coming in. look, we cannot lose our companies to mexico or any other place and have them make the products and send it acro

trump's ongoing skepticism and, again, trash talking of the intel community? are people drawing a link back to general flynn and what robert costa described as some personal animus against some of the actors? >> i think they are. you heard michael hayden say it in the interview, larger concerns whether he's the right man for the job. he's got tactical experience in a more strategic job. but i think it's a mistake to focus too much here on the mechanics of the intel community and what trump is saying about how the intelligence is presented and what flynn's role is here. zoom back and just ask why is this happening? why is trump constantly going out of his way to apologize for vladamir putin? to bat down accusations of malfeasance against vladamir putin? going back a long time, i mean, going back to -- if you recall when the passenger jet was shot down over ukraine and there was a wide consensus that russia was to blame, trump said that's not proven. the larger question is, why does trump not want to see -- >> what's the answer? what are some of the theorys? >> you asked hayden that

his questioners will join us in just a moment, but first, at trump tower, the president-elect answered a few questions on senator sessions by reporters, including our own hallie jackson. >> they're going great. confirmation is going great. i think they'll all pass. i think every nomination will be -- they're all at the highest level. jack was even saying, they are the absolute highest level. i think they will do very well. >> there is some concern about jeff sessions in particular. >> i think he's going to do great. high quality man. >> new tonight, the "washington post" reporting that sessions did not disclose that he owns oil interests in alabama, something that is required by federal ethics rules. with us tonight from capitol hill where candidly the democrats were working anyway as a member of the committee who will be questioning senator sessions tomorrow. connecticut democratic senator richard blumenthal, member of the judiciary committee. senator, have you determined how you'll vote in advance, and can you tell us the kind of questions you'll ask him tomorrow? >> i am going to ma

it. for the record starts right now. >>> breaking news and it is non-stop. president trump will announce to the nation his nominee to the supreme court. this will be a bruising political battle that could go nuclear. right now at the white house we are expecting congressional leaders. our cameras are watching. >>> the head of homeland security grilled by the about ha he did or did not know. >>> democrats and congress stand in the -- are they playing politics or standing up for principal. >>> tonight is the night ask we are standing by. president trump will announce supreme cou supre supreme court nominee. you're looking at picture of the white house. nbc news learned list is down to two candidates. both were given the opportunity to come to d.c. for the announcement. both will be in the room tonight. neil gorsuch and thomas hardman as candidate and president mr. trump -- >> every person i pick will be -- i think people are going to love it. i think evangelical christians will love my pick and will be represented fairlily. >> if that will happen, i'm pro-life and appointing pro-l

. besides i have a cohost now made of wax. >> the 12-hour work day helps to have a cohost. >>> the trump white house issued the first executive order about the affordable care act. we will have the details on that and much more. the dancing is already underway at the inaugural balls. the first dance is over. donald trump and the first lady appeared at the liberty ball a few minutes ago. the thanked his supporters. we are awaiting their second appearance of the evening. this will happen at the freedom ball. the president is expected to speak again. we will bring the remarks to you live when that happens. so, the trump tv series has a title "american carnage" a phrase that appeared in today's inaugural address and never appeared in any other speech by any american president in history. you can think of the presidency as a tv series, four years is successful an eight years a hit. the tv series i wrote for "the west wing" had six years. what happens is some audience fatigue sets in and the ratings turn down. that's what happens to presidents. they tend to leave at a low point in their favora

chris matthews. we're less within a week within new administration president trump made possible fight anything that stands in his way. abc news last night shows gung ho president ready to defend implement devisive campaign promises. as trump said, he intends to implement version of the plan. >> are you concerned it's going to cost more anger. >> there's plenty of anger right now. how can you can have more? >> david. i mean, i know you're a sophisticated guy. the world is a mess, the world is as angry as it gets. you think this is going to cause anger. the world is an angry place. >> despite word of the secretary of defense, trump refused to take water boarding off the table. he double down for call-in investigation to back up investigation 3 to 5 million of illegal immigrants caused him popular vote victory. 2016 election. here what he said about that last night. >> do you think that talking about millions of illegal votes is dangerous to this country? >> not at all, people feel the same way i do. >> you don't think is underminds your -- >> they did not come to me. those were hillary

over trump's claim about mills of illegal votes. the split and the facts. >>> we're inside of the oval office. what's been happening been happening behind the scenes. >>> i'll tell you why i'm hitting the road tomorrow. i have a bill date in pennsylvania whether we're looking to make some news. >>> growing controversy in the trump white house over trump telling leaders that 3 to 5 million undocumented imt grants voted in the election. causing him to lose the popular vote. spicer doubling down. >> does the president belibelie millions -- if that's the case. >> the president believes that. he stated his concern of voter fraud and people voting illegally during the campaign and continues to maintain that belief based on studies. >> there's no evidence the national association they they doesn't agree with the president's assess m. what evidence do you have. >> based on he has. if people voted illegally don't you want to restore the america's -- woobt you want an investigation of this. >> as i noted, several times, he believes this for a long time. i think he won fairly. >> the biggest

away from the confirmation hearings of donald trump's cabinet. first up, the first senator to endorse his candidacy, but the bit comes with controversy. >>> tonight, just who is jared kushner and what was he doing on capitol hill tonight? >>> on the eve of the president's farewell address, how the president plans to say goodbye. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening to you from our headquarters here in new york. tonight's broadcast, we hope, will serve as a preview, because tomorrow morning at 9:30 eastern time, not that long from now, we will already be under way. the gavel falls in the senate judiciary committee, the first confirmation hearings for members of the trump cabinet will be under way, and in the coming days, the first real pieces of the trump administration will fall into place. this will be, make no mistake, a momentous week in american politics. tomorrow night the president's farewell address. on wednesday, the president-elect's first news conference since july. almost nonstop confirmation hearings will be underway on the hill all this week where tonight, by the

>>> coming up on your business, as president trump moves down to the white house, small business owners are upbeat about what his administration is going to do to help them when it comes to deregulation and tax reform. >>> that plus two fraternity brothers who turned their partying lifestyle into a lifestyle brand. >>> and how to reach an incredibly influential democratic. millennial moms. we have that and more coming up on next on "your business." >>> hi everyone, and welcome to your business. the show dedicated to helping your small business grow. donald trump has been sworn in as the nation's 45th president. and according to a number of surveys, small business owners are excited. the nfib small business optimism index jumped a remarkable 7.4 points in december. the largest jump since the index was started in 1986. it is just one of a number of surveys showing that mainstream businesses are upbeat with the hope thaft trump administration will be business-friendly and you shaller in deregulation and tax reforms. the chief economist for the small business and interneuroship presi

starts right now. >>> trump trumps. let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. now the scene of the action. for a while now, we wondered who would call the shots. will it be the republican power base in congress which has been raring to go with its own agenda for years? will it be donald trump who takes off 17 days from now but is already governing by tweet? earlier today we got an answer. the republicans acted last night to drastically curtail the powers of the independent office of congressional ethics. bringing it in under the tight supervision. with all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watch dog their number one act and priority? focus on tax reform, health care and so many things of far greater importance. drain the swamp. that went out around 10:00 this morning, a little after. within the hour, 10:50, house republicans scheduled an emergency meeting for 11:50 a.m. at which time they decided to back off their amendment. leaving it in place as an independent body. the the question t

, those senate confirmation hearings for rex tillerson, donald trump's pick for secretary of state. they are continuing. as we speak, we are listening closely. we will bring you any news that develops for those hearings. first though, topping our agenda this hour, russia, russia, russia. >> i think it's a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public. >> donald trump defiant in his press conference today. responding to unsubstantiated claims that russia has compromising information on him. is he right that he's the victim of fake news here? lots on that. we will dive into it straight ahead. and also on our agenda, rex tillerson in the hot seat. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> well let me describe the snichgs aleppo and perhaps that'll help you reach that conclusion. >> some sharp questions already in those confirmation hearings for tillerson, including for members of his own party. now democrats would need at least three republican defectors to reject tillerson. could marco rubio be one of them. and r

moment, we're told. we will start with the latest episode from an already chaotic is 1 days of the trump administration, just moments ago the newly installed secretary of homeland security defended president trump's controversial immigration ban. here's retired general john kelly. >> this is not i repeat not a ban on muslims. this is a temporary pause that allows us to better review the existing refugee and visa vetting system. extreme vetting we're looking at various options right now. it might be certainly an accounting of what websites they visit, it might be telephone contact information so that we can see who they're talking to, but again all of this is under development but those are the kind of things we're looking at, social media. >> the intelligence and national security reporter for nbc news, ken, what else did we get from the secretary? >> well craig, the secretary spent a lot of time answering questions about when specifically he was informed about this executive order, because as you know it's been a lot of reporting, including by nbc news, that the department of homeland s

questions. >> didn't the recovery, uneach as it was, plant the seeds for the election of donald trump? >> and stirring reflections. >> you do get emotional at times. >> i do. all in all, this is a pretty shameful day for washington. >> my biggest disappointment as president. >> i think any of us african-americans in prominent roles feel this struggle am i being black enough, am i too black. do you know what i'm talking about? >> i know. >> my staff can tell you i can curse like a sailor behind closed doors sometimes. >> sounds like you'd like a do-over. >> well, no. first of all, my wife would leave me. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm the son of a black man from kenya and a white woman from kansas, and so as long as i live i will never forget that in no other country on earth is my story even possible. ♪ ♪ >> when the historybooks are written in the first sentence it will say the first african-american president. >> yeah. >> there are so many expectations, as it turned out to what that meant. did you wrestle with that? how would you articulate the expectations that were thrust upon you? >> i thin

child. >> team trump rebukes a civil rights icon. >> stand up. speak up. when you see something that is not right -- >> four days from inauguration, the growing crisis of legitimacy as the trump boycott grows. then -- >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact. >> why donald trump's ongoing alignment with vladimir putin has multiple continents on edge. plus, is the trump white house actually planning to kick reporters out? >> there are reporters every day going to work in the white house. >> well, that hasn't been determined, chuck. >> and an eruption of obamacare support across america. >> this is what democracy looks like. >> as donald trump floats a balloon when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york on this martin luther king jr. day. i'm chris hayes. there are now just four days until donald trump is sworn in as this nation's 45th president. right now, he is poised to enter office amid a swirling and growing tornado of controversy that at least for any other political figure would widely be seen as creating a major legitimacy crisis. trump, o

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into the "11th hour." >>> tonight could donald trump be headed for his first showdown with republicans in congress before he even takes the oath of office? >>> also, what does donald trump know that other people don't know about hacking? and whether russia was involved? >>> and a statesman weighs in tonight on the dangers of president-elect trump's constant praise for vladimir putin. the "11th hour" begins now. >>> happy new year, i'm nicolle wallace. brian has the name off. same year, i'm sorry, new year, same donald trump. he's confident in his own assessment of what is widely believed to be russian hacking of the dnc over the summer, leaving us in suspense tonight about why. when it comes to russia, two men who often share a news cycle rang in the new year in two very different ways. here's donald trump on the hacking scandal l on new year's eve at his florida club, mar-a-lago. >> i know a lot about hacking and hacking is a very hard thing to prove. so it could be somebody else. and i also know things that other people don't know. and so they cannot be sure of this situa

maybe donald trump can pledge wager with lewis, he can invite congressman to celebrate no matter who wins. that's one thought. end of the show. chuck will be back on monday. ford with greta start right now. >>> "for the record" tonight critical cabinet picks. >>> we are monitoring two votes and take you to the senate floor. >>> president trump busy with the pen today. on trade and abortion. will democrats respond and how. >>> press secretary sean spicer taking when he blasted the media. >>> you are looking at live pictures of the senate floor as we await critical vote for congressman mike pompeo to lead cia. this comes trump first full day. he signed three executive orders including withdrawal from tpp trade orders. >> we just officially terminated tpp. [ applause ] >> we're going to stop the ridiculous trade deals taking everybody out of the company and taking companies out of the country and it's going to be reversed. there's going to be lot of companies coming back. >> trump is behind closed doors with speaker of the house paul ryan. >> how is the meeting going mr. president?

new year the same donald trump back in new york and back on twitter attacking the media, various media outlet going to lose the election. wrong it came together in the last week and i thought and felt i would win big easily over the 270, 306 is what he ended up getting. they new and so did i. it's that election that is at the center of a heating international controversy. 17 intelligence agencies concluded that russia was behind hacking the election with vladimir putin personally involved because of a ven detective cyber hearing thursday saying this was an act of "war." the trump team sl disputing a different point whether it's clear russia is bep hind the attack. incoming press secretary saying this. ke a listen. >> the question is whether he open to it it's whether whether or not intelligence suggestion he is the response the administration has give is in response to what it has taken. >> he knows more about this than others. take a listen. >> i want them to be sure because it's serious charge. and i want them to be sure. if you look at the weapons of mass destruction that was a disa

this be aimed at donald trump, and i think people who want him to take on the president-elect are going to be sorely disappointed. and it's not going to be just aimed at the people who are disappointed in the outcome of the election. so i think it's going to be a surprisingly optimistic speech, in many ways having echoes, brian, of his first campaign, telling people that you need to get out there, you need to get involved. >> veteran white house correspondent chris jansing tonight from our chicago bureau. chris, thank you so much. we'll look for you tomorrow night. >>> that's our report for tonight. my thanks to nicolle wallace for sitting with us last week so i could get away with my family. she'll be back with us later this week, but for now that's my broadcast for tonight. "hardball with chris matthews" featuring a surprise celebrity guest starts right now. >>> streep targets trump. this is "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington where the action is. i come to you tonight in the aftermath of a stunning political event. it was last night's devastating crit

. breaking news at the classified intelligence briefing presented to president-elect trump and president obama damaging material the russian government has on trump. it's the lead story in wednesday's usa today. the document includes accusations that moscow obtained salacious info of trump. u.s. spies warn prez-elect. we'll break it down and president obama's spirited farewell speech included a forceful defense of his record, an emotional thank you to the first family. >> it falls to each of those to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy, to embrace the joyous task that we've been given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours. i will be right there with you as a citizen all my remaining days. >> tonight, as i'm sure you heard, there's a stunning report that's surfaced regarding what donald trump was told last week in his briefing of russia's roll in the u.s. election. the materials prepared for trump's briefing last friday included information that made damaging allegations about trump's deelgts with the russians. the officials say that the material initial

d.c. across the country and around the world a day after donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. according to the organizers, the goal was to send a message the crowds were largerer than organizers expected and they remained peaceful. they really did and joining me by phone is kntv's karen and give us a sense of that event in beautiful san francisco. oh, well, we're looking at the pictures. let's go to nbc's hans nickholl. >> hi, chris, how are you. here's what we're seeing this evening. this protest is just wrapping unin washington. you see a sea of signs here. now behind me, as you know very well, that's the white house. when president trump wakes up tomorrow morning, his second full day in office, he can see all these signs. here's one of them still not my president, resist is another. we can't show all of them to you because not all of them are family appropriate. some of them have a feline theme to them. but when things have been wrapping up, there have been conversations and 84 arer right to recognize how peaceful it has been and there have b

course the first full week of the trump presidency. that is going to do it for this hour. i'm steve kornacki here in new york and mtp daily starts rig now. >>> if it's monday, president trump gets to work. tonight, just the facts. the white house begins it's bold new agenda while facing a crisis of credibility. >> sometimes we can disagree with the facts. >>> plus a matter of ethics. is president trump already violating the constitution? we'll talk to one of the attorneys suing the president. >> we are going to need to see the president's tax returns. >> later, we'll look at the democrats road map in the age of trump. this is mtp daily, and it starts right now. >>> good evening, i'm in new york for chuck todd. and welcome to mtp daily, and welcome to an unusual and sometimes wild day at trump white house following a weekend of new beginnings, new controversies, and of course, a memorable new phrase from trumpland on meet the press, alternative facts. now in it's first full workday, two sides of the trump white house were on display. an ambition to shake up a washington as promised,

, d.c., hold on to seat trump has different version. no show mutual decision but it is. >>> also, trump top adviser blasting the opposition and say the press should keep its mouth shut. do not answer that question. >>> the president yelling at republicans we'll tell you what happened behind the scene at today's gop retreat. >>> president trump moving ahead at breakneck speed taking a trip to filly. speak about can sellings with the -- the president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel the planned meeting schedule for next week. unless mexico is going to treat united states fairly with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. we have no choice. >> hours later at the republican retreat a different foreign leader showing up from london. british prime minister theresa may. >> -- is good for the world. an america strong and prosperous at home is a nation that can lead abroad. but you cannot and should not do so alone. >> she'll meet with president trump tomorrow. trump getting warm reception as he ticked off his agenda. >> nice to win. do we

live look at the white house this hour day eight of the trump administration. and in about two hours, the day's drama begins with president trump expected to make a series of overseas calls to foreign leaders. good morning, i'm keir simmons in new york at msnbc world headquarters. it's 7:00 a.m. in the east, 4:00 a.m. out west. president trump's first call goes to shinzo abe of japan. a couple hours later, it's angela merkel. and then he's expected to speak with vladimir putin. perhaps the most anticipated call of the day. two more calls later, one to french president hollande and the prime minister of australia. sandwiched between all these calls, president trump is expected to sign more executive orders. no word yesterday on the nature of them. and he's projecting ahead to next week when he's slated to name his supreme court pick. >> very strong, but we have all 20 are fantastic people. before the election, i said these are the people i'll pick. and i think that the person that i pick will be a big, big -- i think people will love it. i think evangelicals, christians will love my p

play "hardball." tru trump's trump. good evening. in washingtons which is the scene of the action. who call shots republican power base in congress which has been raring to go with the own agenda for years or donald trump who takes office 17 days but is governing by tweet. the republicans acted to curtail office of the ethics under tight sup vision of congress themselves this is until president-elect tweeted following. with all congress has to work on do they have to make the weakening of the ethics watchdog their number one act in priority. focus on tax return and health care and other things that's important. drain the swamp. that went out within the hour at 10:50 a.m. they schedule a emergency meeting at 11:00 a.m. at which time they backed off their amendment leaving the oc in place as an independent body. i'm joined by hallie. would the republicans stop their effort to gut the office of congressional ethics had not trump tweeted? >> i do think that the tweet in the president-elect in weighing in on this issue starting the night before did have some part in this. i would be he

until the inauguration of donald j. trump now facing new questions on the subject of russia and intelligence gathering. the departing 44th president reveals what it would take for him to speak up during a trump presidency and reminds his fellow democrats this is not the end of the world. >>> tonight an unlikely group of voters who delivered the white house to the president-elect. those who went for obama twice and then trump where and how did the democrats lose them and what do they expect from the new guy? >>> plus the latest from houston where the former president and former first lady are both hospitalized. the 11th hour begins now. >>> once again, good evening from our headquarters here in new york, for weeks we have been counting you down to the inauguration in terms of days. for weeks euphemistically we've been saying we've reached the 11th hour in this long campaign season, well, midnight tonight, east coast time, puts us 36 hours from donald trump being sworn in of our 45th president and commander in chief of the u.s. military. tonight, the president elect was in washing

around the country on the first full day of the trump presidency. chris matthews is up next. >>> millions hit the streets. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. the marches continued today including a massive protest in the streets of san francisco. millions took to the streets in washington, d.c., across the country and around the world. it came a day after donald trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. according to the organizers today, the goal was to send a message to the new administration and the new president. the crowds were larger than expected and demonstrations remained peaceful. they really did. joining me by phone in san francisco is kntv's sharon kitsuda where the rally is still under way. give us a sense of that event in beautiful san francisco. we're looking at pictures. let's go to hans nichols who joins me from washington, d.c. here in this city. hans? >> reporter: hi, chris. how are you? here's what we're seeing this evening. this protest is just sort of wrapping up here in washington. wrapped up a co

million or a million and a half people. >> donald trump accuses the media of lying about the size of the crowd. but the photos comparing friday's crowd with obama's first inaugural tell a very different story. and that inaugural address that was a call for renewed american strength, and a dark portrait of the nation that president trump now leads. >> this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. my guests this morning, kellyanne conway, chuck schumer of new york. joining me is chris matthews, kristen welker. hugh hewitt, and elliana johnson. welcome to a special edition of "meet the press." >>> good sunday morning on this most remarkable of inauguration weekends. hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the washington mall to celebrate. the big stories turn out to be the massive demonstrations and then the head scratching decision by president trump to pick another fight with the press. two million people, mostly women, took to the streets to fight for women's rights and to rebuke president trump. some had to cancel marches. the crowds rattled the white house. sean s

involving president-elect trump, and compromising intelligence in the hands of the russia. our special "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening in new york. we are having one of those moments of events of the farewell address of the two h-tm 44 president of the united states and now an expensive story having to do with the president-elect trump. nine days before the inauguration and it involves the russians. later in this broadcast where tonight we have the president speaking to a crowd of 20,000 here. first, the story that's breaking tonight. this starts out with intelligence briefers who delivered the sensitive information to the president-elect trump. those same briefers shared with both men participaseparately ofd tru trump, a report that russians have compromising information of donald trump. the president-elect trump says this on twitter, "fake news, a total political witch hunt" f." for more lets turn to our andrea mitchell and our reporter ken delaney and our 35 years veteran in the trades and of homeland security and the author of a very timely new book of the plot

size of the crowd. he was following his boss orders. here is trump himself o saturday. >> we had a massive field of people. you saw them, packed. i get up this morning, i turn on the network and though an empty field. i said wait a minute, i made a speech. i looked out the field looked like a million, million and a half people. >> spicer followed up later that evening. >> compares to 317,000 that used it for president obama last inago raul this was the largest audience to within inauguration period. in person and around the globe. there's a lot of talk to hold donald trump accountable. it goes two ways. we're going to hold press accountable as well. >> the numbers used are disputed. today spicer said information about ridership was given to him by the inaugural committee. reporters were courteous and orderly. spicer himself was well prepared it made news on a number of fronts. when the matter of size came up again. let's watch. >> you stand by yourself that was the most watched inaugural address. >> it was. when you look at one network alone got 16.9 million online. there were ten