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

." >>> 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

. 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

>>> i'm greta van susteren. donald trump inaugurated at nation's 45th president. kris jan sen with usa today. chris we have breaking news coming out of the capital behind us. >> james matt sis confirmed. that he woulding a method rateding voice in this administration and it came hours after first acts donald trump signed waiver formatties. typically you have to be out of the government, the idea preserve idea of civilian oversight of 1.9 million active military. he new secretary. >> welcome back to washington. you get to see the parade going on. there's our new president. what do you think about the new president. >> he is president. it's a joy to be here. i have been on that stage as member of congress today i was there as a governor. it's neat. the federalism that america represents, so many governors there was bipartisan groupon the stage it was great to hear president trump sworn in. his message was something that was true to his convictions. true to his message, i would have like to have seen global view in terms of assurance of allies but that will come. >> we don't agree wit

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

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

president to the next. [ cheers and applause ] i committed to president-elect trump that my administration would ensure the smoothest possible transition just as president bush did for me. [ applause ] because it's up to all of us to make sure our government can help us meet the many challenges we still face. we have what we need to do so. we have everything we need to meet those challenges. after all, we remain the wealthiest, most powerful and most respected nation on earth. our youth, our drive, our diversity and openness, our boundless capacity for risk and reinvention means the future should be our's. but that potential will only be realized if our democracy works. only if our politics better reflects the decency of our people. [ applause ] only if all of us regardless of party affiliation or particular interests help restore the sense of common purpose that we so badly need right now and that's what i want to focus on tonight, the state of our democracy. understand, democracy does not require uniformity. our founders argued, they quarrelled, eventually they compromised

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

>> 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 ople. >> 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 president 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 trump and spicer were widely disputed on sunday. spicer said the i

45th president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> chief justice roberts, president carter, president clinton, president bush, president obama, fellow americans, and people of the world, thank you. we the citizens of america are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. together we will determine the course of america, and the world, for many, many years to come. we will face challenges. we will confront hardships, but we will get the job done. every four years, we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power, and we are grateful to president obama and first lady michelle obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. they have been magnificent. thank you. today's ceremony, however, has very special meaning, because today we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another, or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from washington, d.c., and giving it back to you, the peop

, good evening a big developing story a hot one involving donald trump with the russians. prepared for president-elect included information that circulated making damaging allegation with trump's deals with the russian, neither fbi verified u.s. agencies. source would not comment on the allegation themselves. kept from washington. what is it that the russian have on donald trump? >> our sources are fot telling us. they are not discussing what the material is they are saying it's personally damaging information that presented in the briefing materials as a way of making sure that president-elect was aware it was out there. they are not saying fbi is not investigating this information or that's it's active or verified or proven, it's damage information gathered that the russian as aware of that passed on u.s. intelligence agencies and presented in the briefing materials. >> andrea, let me ask you about this. is it personal, financial or how can we describe it? >> it's unverified raw material that been leaked to the president and president-elect. the underlying allegation have not been co

twitter @great greta. "hardball" with chris matt this starts in ten seconds. >>> president trump. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matt this. the era of donald trump commence at noon today as he took the oath of office. it was capitol hill pennsylvania avenue parade. in his first word. he delivered a strong repute to the political establishment much of which surrounded him as he spoke. let's watch. >> today's ceremony has very special meaning because today we are not maerly transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another, but we are transferring power from washington d.c. and giving it back to you, the people. [ applause ] >> for too long a small group in our nation's capitol has rooeped the rewards while people have born the cost. their victory have not been your victory. that's trial have not been yours, january 20, 2017, will be remembered the day the people became the ruleers of this nation again. >> the speech was strong and stark. it problems facing the country. >> mother's and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities.

administration was really good at this and even they had some hiccups. the incoming trump administration doesn't seem to be so concerned. several weeks of reports that the vetting process has been haphazard or even nonexistent, even for high positions, this weekend there was an alarm sounded about the hearings that are due to start this week. "as the director of oge, the announced hearing schedule for several nominees who have not completed the ethics review process is of great concern to me. i'm not aware of any occasion in the four decades since oge was established when the senate held a confirmation hearing before the nominee had completed the ethics review process. this schedule has created undue pressure on staff and has left some nominees with potentially unknown or unresolved ethics issues shortly before their hearings. today, they have not received initial draft disclosure reports from some of the nominee who is are scheduled for hearings. it would be cause for alarm if the senate were to go forward with hearings on nominees whose reports the office of government ethics has not c

honoring martin luther king jr. and less than a week before donald trump is inaugurated. your perspective? >> it does feel we are traveling back in time to a period in time activism and civic activism and civil rights activism was kr critical. donald trump has vowed to do things that are troubling to people who care about civil rights and human rights whether it's deporting, mass deport iin people who are undocumented in this country or going after our muslim neighbors and banning people of the muslim faith from coming into the united states or surveilling their mosques and neighborhoods. and on and on and on. he's nominated jeff sessions who has spent much of his life as an opponent of civil rights, whether that's voting rights or things like consent decrease which help mitigate police brutality. i think the difference, though, you're going to have that activism on the street. when john lewis was out there marching and when reverend al sharpton was a little kid coming up under king, at that time they could look to the federal government as kind of the last line of defense. >>

uniform. >>> let's get to it. busy day on capitol hill moments ago conclude. donald trump choice to run homeland security. fbi director jam comey wrapping up. earlier refusing to stay investigating the trump or clinton campaign as part of the russian hacked probe. >> did you answer nor question there's an investigation underway as to connections between the political campaign and the russians? i didn't say one way or another. we never confirm or deny a pending investigation. >> i'm not -- the irony of your making that statement here i cannot avoid, but i'll move on. >>> >> democrats in the senate judiciary committee taking whack as record. sessions himself making big news on a range of topics. >> would you support a law that says you cannot come to america because your muslim? >> no. >> congress has taken an action now that makes it it absolutely ip prop and illegal to use water boarding. >> the proper thing for me to do reduce myself from any questions involving those kinds of investigation that secretary clinton that were raised during the campaign. >> just a short time ago, he qu

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

think trump will bring down that level in our country in the next couple of years, unfortunately. >> obama said protecting our way of life requires more than our military. democracy can buckle as we give in to fear. we zits citizens must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are. let's be vigilant but not afraid. our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted. again, all couch in what ended up being the end of the arc of this speech, which is that democracy -- the constitution is paper without us. that democracy needs you, not just when there's an election, not just when you want something but as a lifetime project of everybody in this country. >> what i like -- i watched the speech and it got me thrilled as everybody laughed at me, because it did get me thrilled physically. but the speech in 2008 where he was soaring. it was as good of a speech as this but it was before and this is after. it is much harder to do it after. you have been thru the wars, the scar tissue and the fighting and failures. he's able to give a speech this soaring at the e

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

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

can call it a developing country but they treat each other with civility. i think trump will bring down that level in our country in the next couple of years, unfortunately. >> obama said protecting our way of life requires more than our military. mocraccan buckles we give we zits citizens must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are. let's be vigilant but not afraid. our democracy is threatened whenever we take it for granted. again, all couch in what ended up being the end of the arc of this speech, which is that democracy -- the constitution is paper without us. that democracy needs you, not just when there's an election, not just when you want something but as a lifetime project of everybody in this country. >> what i like -- i watched the speech and it got me thrilled as everybody laughed at me, because it did get me thrilled physically. but the speech in 2008 where he was soaring. it was as good of a speech as this but it was before and this is after. it is much harder to do it after. you have been thru the wars, the scar tissue and the fighting and fa

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.

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

washington, d.c. and president-elect donald trump met with martin luther king iii at trump tower. the holiday comes amid the feud between trump and civil rights leader john lewis. so this al began when congressman lewis told chuck on friday that he does not consider trump to be a legitimate president. citing, russian involvements in the election. trump shot back by tweeting the congressman should quote spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape. and that lewis, quote, all talk, talk, talk, no action. they tried to answer questions, there were more reverberations since this initial dust-up. at least 27 democratic lawmakers, including john lewis now say they will not attend trump's inauguration. some republicans are standing with trump and congressman chris collins of new york. >> to hear john lewis, a man that i served with, that i respect to question the legitimacy of the election and to say that donald trump will not be a legitimate president is deeply disappointing to me. and also hear that he was not going to attend the inauguration this friday. i

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

sentence, transrights in prison, that's a huge deal. that's not something trump can do overnight. >> there are people who are going to condemn and say there is no excuse for this. a lot manufacture reaction is going to be coming in. the breaking news, president obama on his way out of office offering a commutation to chelsea manning. that's going wrap up our coverage for this hour, but we continue with mtp daily, now. >>> if it's tuesday, our new poll numbers, give us a hint of just how short the trump presidential honeymoon could be. >> tonight, what americans expect of a trump presiden and what do they think of the president-elect so far? we have our brand new nbc/wall street journal poll. health check, could accusations of insider trading, not just derail the president-elect's hhs secretary, but could it derail obama carrey placement? >>> and the closing of the show on earth tells us about where the country could be headed. >> we need that a little bit because we have to build up the image of our country. >> this is mtp daily and it starts right now. >> good evening, i'm chuck

." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews. a huge transition in america. donald trump will take the oath of office and be sworn in as 45th president of the united states. a day of protests more than 50 house departmemocr will be no show themselves. just moments ago he spoke a welcome concert at lincoln memorial where he promised to unify the country. >> this journey began 18 months ago. i had something to do with it but you had much more to do with it than i did. i'm the messenger. i'm just a messenger. we all got tired of seeing what was happening and we wanted but we wanted real change. that last month of the campaign we knew that something special was happening. the polls started going up up up but they didn't want to give us credit. because they forget about a lot of us. on the campaign, i called it the forgotten man and the forgotten woman. you're not forgotten any more. >> earlier today he spoke at leadership lunch on his own hotel on pennsylvania avenue where he praised paul ryan. let's watch. >> legislation he has so much legislation to write e never had this. he going to have so

, check. >>> "for the record," my special one-on-one, and a rapidfire news day from president trump. what does speaker ryan say about president trump's call for major investigation into voter fraud despite a lack of widespread evidence? >>> also trump's controversial border wall promise. speaker ryan speaks out. does he support it? >>> and who does speaker ryan think will pay for it? >>> and they had some tough words for each other before the election. hear what speaker ryan says about working together and how often they talk. >>> good evening. live from independence mall in the great city of philadelphia, where the republican retreat is under way just blocks from here and they have a lot to talk about. and so does speaker paul ryan. i sat down with him today and asked him about all the news and some of the controversies inside the trump white house. mr. speaker, nice to see you. >> great to have you back, greta. i'm glad you're back on the air. >> it's fun. i'm glad. this is an adventure. always fun to start a new job. >> absolutely. >> i want to ask you a few questions about news of the

the future trump cabinet especially on obamacare. we talk to senator rand paul, medical doctor who has his own plan for health care. also, there's breaking news tonight. reports of a joint federal investigation into the russia election hack including claims of a secret money trail into the united states. we're going to talk about the who reporters who broke that story. all that plus patricia arquette in our studio, oscar winner, activist, public face of the women's march on washington. >>> oh, make no mistake about it, this is going to be really different. historic changes under way right here in washington. in less than 48 hours you will have a new president. and you are looking at president-elect trump's motorcade moments ago outside the trump tower in midtown, new york. the president-elect heading to the airport, he's going to fly 200 miles south to washington for the start of the inaugural parties. and today, lots of action just behind me on capitol hill. four more cabinet hearings and then there's this. look at that picture. that is presidential-elect donald trump preparing fo

. and now it remains to be seen if there will be an anti-trump movement during this next presidency. but we're starting to figure out what at least the first shoots of it might look like. >> all right, guys, we just came from visiting congressman goodlatte's office. we had 12 people, we delivered new year's cards. it was easy, it was fun and hopefully he will hear our demands that he represent us and our issues going forward here in roanoke. >> you do not recognize these people because these are not famous people. this is three people from roanoke, virginia. because they're from roanoke, that means their congressman is republican congressman bob goodlatte and he is the republican congressman who wrote that amendment this week to gut the independent ethics office. there's been this big controversy this week as the first order of business for the new republican-led congress, bob goodlatte's amendment would have stripped the office of this power. and when these constituents of bob goodlatte's, when they heard about what he had done, that it was their congressman doing it, they did some

. >> thanks so much, mika. donald trump twitter, never heard of it. hey, there. look where i am, live right here in washington, d.c. where in three days, three days, right behind me, donald trump will be sworn in at the 45th president of the united states. but the thomorning there is a l happening. massive boycott taking place, moving 40 democratic lawmakers now ditching the inauguration completely in a protest. >> some of us who will be working to try to resist the agenda that president-elect trump put forth, one that's divisive based on bigotry. >> as more cabinet nominees are getting grilled on the hill. his pick for educaon sretary is set to come under some serious fire. >> it's time to make education great again in this country. >> betsy devos, is he a disrupter of destroyer of the public school system? and hitting back hard. the head of the cia blasting the president-elect in a new interview say hg we crossed a line and disgraced the memory of those who lost their lives in the agency. we have got the latest. and breaking this morning, the trump effect, general motors announcing

. the national debate his comments have inspired and reaction this morning from donald trump's incoming chief of staff reince priebus, plus growing concerns about donald trump's coziness with vladimir put snien do you think the russians were behind hacking into our election? >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> should we ignore our history with vladimir put snin. >> dianne feinstein joins me to explain the probe into the probe into these allegations. >> and with the fbi's email investigation now under investigation itself, democrats go public with their anger at director james comey. >> the fbi director has no credibility. >> joining me for insight and analysis are rich lowery of the national review, helene cooper of the new york times and jeffrey goldberg of "the atlantic" and danielle pletka." welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning on this martin luther king jr. weekend and the last sunday of the obama presidency. even before john lewis' explosive statements denying donald trump's le

me as well. one week from right now, donald trump will officially be president of the united states. but did he win as fairly and squarely as he claims? in focus, fbi director james comey now eyed by the justice department's inspector general. in question, how he handled the clinton e-mail investigation and why he broke protocol and went public. were politics at play? >> it's not like you can throw your challenge flag on the field and get a do-over because the ref made a call. >> it's clear the inspector general is carrying out a political investigation. >> comey felt the heat on the hill today as he and other top intel chiefs held a classified briefing with lawmakers on russian hacking. democrats angry over comey's actions not holding back moments after that meeting. >> all i can tell you is the fbi director has no credibility. >>> obamacare, will it stay or go? the senate -- the senate has laid the groundwork and in 45 minutes the house will have its turn with one question still unanswered. what will replace it? >>> let's start with the intense scrutiny surrounding the fbi and its

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

trump will be announcing his choice for the supreme court, which is yet another -- >> another battle, which we will covering here tomorrow morning. and it will be another exhausting day. this is nonstop. it just keeps coming at you, doesn't it? >> it does. >> it just keeps coming at you. >> that does it for us right now. heather mcghee, thank you very much. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> thank you, guys. hi there. i am chris jansing in for stephanie republican bresteph. breaking overnight. president trump fires the acting attorney general after she refuses to enforce his travel ban. >> she was fired because she would not enact, pursue the executive order on the belief that it was illegal. >> a new acting attorney general now in. >>> taking to the streets. mass protests across the country. police in ohio using pepper spray to push back the crowd. >>> supreme battle. the's pick for supreme court justice coming tonight. two names now top the list. sure to spark a fight. >>> plus, botched raid? brand new details on president trump's first military action, a cove

from donald trump's incoming chief of staff, reince prieb priebus. >> growing concerns with donald trump's coziness with vladimir putin. >> should we ignore the less sons of history and our relationship with vladimir putin. >> dine feinstein joins me to explain the scope of the first congressional probe into these allegations. >> and with the fbi's e-mail investigation under investigation itself, democrats go public with their anger against james koemy. >> the fbi director has no credibility. >> joining me is rich lawrie of the national review, he lean cooper, jeffrey goldberg of the atlantic and daniel pletka of the american enterprise constitute. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good nday morning on this martin luther king jr. weekend anth last sunday of the obama presidency. even before john lewis's explosive statements denying donald trump's legacy of president, monday president-elect trump in effect challenged decades old laws against nep tich by hiring his son-in-law. embarrassing but unveri

sitting for his first confirmation hearing to become trump's attorney general, a confirmation hearing that lasted over ten hours and is still going, as i understand, and republican plans to repeal obamacare facing new hurdles and new directives from the president-elect. but tonight just as president obama is preparing to take that stage in chicago an explosive new report concerning trump's briefing on russian hacking. two u.s. officials with direct knowledge tell nbc news that briefing materials prepared for the president-elect included information which initially circulated among trump opponents and was passed to u.s. intelligence agencies making damaging allegations about his dealings with russians. the sources would not comment on the nature of the allegations. neither of the officials said the fbi was actively investigating investigation which has not been verified by u.s. agencies. this comes on the heels of another report claiming that intelligence chiefs who briefed the president-elect presented him with allegations that russian operatives claim to have compromising personal an

trump swiping at the intel community via twitter, including one tweet that appeared to defend wikileaks founder julian assange. >>> the sentencing phase of dylann roof's phase begins with the convicted killer facing off with the families of his victims. what roof said in his opening statement. we'll get to that. first, we begin with today's clash at the capitol over obamacare. the president and the vice presiden president-elect squaring off on the hill. governor mike pence is in a lunch with senate republicans. we're expecting him to come out of that meeting and see if he makes in his remarks. if he does, we'll cover it live. the vp-elect came to the hill today with a message for the gop -- obamacare is gone on day one. while president barack obama met with the democratic caucus in an effort to preserve his signature legislation. both parties trading fire after those meetings. >> donald trump said he will not cut social security, he will not cut medicare, he will not cut medicaid. >> obamacare is a story of broken promise after broken promise after broken, followed by failing

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

criticism over the new and highly controversial order. earlier today president trump tweeted only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. big problems at airports were caused by a delta computer outage. protesters and the tears of senator schumer, secretary kelly said all is going very well with very few problems. make america safe again. one obvious problem with that explanation is that the detentions began immediately after the orders were released on friday but delta's outage didn't happen until last night. the administration is hot to defend its charge this is a "muslim ban" and pointing a finger at former president obama. >> these seven countries were identified by the obama administration as countries of particular concern. >> we're going to do a fact check on that. the ban covers iran, iraq, libya, smoomalia, sudan. not owl administration supporters are on the same page whether this is a muslim ban. former new york mayor rudy giuliani is trump's adviser on cyber security issues and saturday night he said it is essential will i a muslim ban implied trum

sort of need political red zone. you have trump's pick for attorney general. senator jeff sessions continues to face a grilling on capitol hill. donald trump's pick to run the department of homeland security, general john kelly, he's also testifying right now. in just a few hours, president obama will deliver aun usual farewell address. he'll not do it in washington, he's doing it in chicago. farewell address to watch in msnbc and moments ago, we learned that the jury that convicted dylan roof of killing nine black men and women in a south carolina church has now sentenced that 22-year-old to death. all of them are major stories today. we begin with the prospect of what may be the biggest of them all, an fbi investigation into the trump campaign. was there coordination between russia and the trump campaign during the election? and how active is this investigation? as putin engaged in interference campaign to help trump win according to u.s. intelligence, the question is, did he have help? this weekend republican senator lindsey graham told me that he believed there was -- that the

of trump. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews. back in washington. well, we're at the start of a very busy month politically, of course. a transformative one for the country. in just 18 days donald trump will be sworn in like it or not, actually, as the 45th president of the united states. get that into your head. today, president obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the obvious goal of trying to protect his legacy which is now an endangered political species. the white house announced the president will deliver his last major address next week from chicago. president-elect trump returned to new york today from his vacation and he continued tweeting today. suggest there might be a role for the federal government in combatting chicago's soaring number of murders. 762. this past year. and he criticized what he called media outlets and pundits for suggesting he, himself, thought he was going to lose the election. well coming up in the show, i'll be talking to newly appointed counselor to the incoming president, kellyanne conw

. government. so if you're the incoming president, donald trump, presumably you can't wait to get that guy out of the white house, right? >> isis is honoring president obama. he is the founder of isis. he's the founder of isis, okay? he's the founder. he founded isis. >> last night you said the president was the founder of isis. i know what you meant. you meant he created the vacuum, he lost the peace. >> no, i meant he's the founder of isis. i do. he's the most valuable player. i give you the most valuable player award. >> but he's not sympathetic to them. he hates them, he's trying to kill them. >> i don't care. he was the founder. >> so if president obama founded isis and he hired his hand picked guy to run his so-called war on isis which, of course is not really a war on isis because he founded it and he's all in favor of it, boy, once you got a chance you would want to get that guy out of there really fast, right? that guy's got to go. right? unless you don't have anybody else in mind to do that job. unless you don't have anybody lined up. actually, you don't have anybody lined up

. affects his hands, he covered trump in the 80s and met with him and first name basis for years. here's what trump said about him and shows. you be the judge. >> right after a couple of good paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i don't remember, he goes i done remember. maybe that's what i said. this was 14 years ago. they didn't do a retraction. >> special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the direction politics is heading right fou. what did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someone's disability? >> i thought she said what she said beautifully. it's easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the presidency let alone any pt respectful person. what we need more is kindness and common decency. and what he did how he reacted how he needs -- he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesn't agree with him, that's pretty disgraceful. >> what do you make of the critique that meryl streep