good evening, another full hour of "ac360," breaking news, another full day for president trump, we just learned something he said about his congressional leaders, that may speak volumes where his head is. that's where we begin with phil mattingly who has the details. what have you learned, phil? >> well, anderson, what is described to me by one source as a bizarre and awkward turn, during that private meeting with the congressional members, the president recounted that between the idea that between 3 and 5 illegal million votes were cast against him during the election illegally. this is just something not true, flatly not true. no evidence presented by trump or his top associates to back up

his claim that he made in the past on twitter. and it is something we haven't actually heard a lot about from the president since those initial claims on twitter. but it was brought up in a private meeting. the context was, the president was going through a ten-minute recount of how he won the election, how the campaign went and the congressional leaders were listening intently. and then this came up. as i noted, as one source said it was a moment that the leaders just tried to move past. a source said i can't believe this came up again. it's something that the president, even though he seemed to have gone quiet over this in the past, can't seem to get over himself. >> it certainly steps on a very successful day on capitol hill for the president's nominees. what is the word on that? >> at least four of the leaders in the senate in the room today kind of helped to contribute to a very positive day for the administration on nominations. this is an issue that is cluttered up behind the scenes,

between the republicans and democrats. the dam at least slightly starting to break. first, rex tillerson, the president's secretary of state nominee, cleared by the senate today. and marco rubio, very cautious and wary of this nomination has decided to support it, almost guarantees he will be confirmed by the full senate. the president got his cia director, mike pompeo confirmed, 14 democrats voting in favor of that nomination. there are a lot of fights to go forward, but for an administration trying to get its top officials atop the agencies really to kind of get the work kicked off and get things going this was definitely a positive step in the right direction and a very good step for the trump administration in terms of their relations on capitol hill. >> there was also a private meeting between trump and speaker paul ryan, i understand you have information about that. >> in terms of meetings, this was the most important meeting,

not the congressional leadership. where everybody said it was top line, that is not the case with the private meeting with paul ryan, now the ryan office released a statement saying they talked about a number of different issues, about the agenda, an ambitious agenda they want to push through. i think it's important to note when it comes to the relationship with paul ryan and president trump, obviously it's no secret it was strained at various points throughout the campaign. but it is a crucial relationship and one that has grown in the past weeks, there was closed door meeting with paul ryan and and the mike pence and several top capitol hill leaders after the meeting on capitol hill. a real concerted effort not only to get the relationships right but also to work forward on the policies. >> all right, let's talk with the panel. ryan lizza, cnn political commentator, ryan reporting that the disproven

claim that there were 5 million or 3 million illegal votes cast which is why he lost the popular vote. it's fascinating on this day where, we're rescinding tpp. a lot of success on his nominees. he goes down this rabbit hole again. >> first of all, welcome to washington, president trump, you say something like that in a private setting with a bunch of democrats, it's going to leak out. and maybe there were some republicans that leaked it out. i think you had a lot of people in that room anxious to tell the press about this. that aside, it's also strange that he would say it in that setting. you know, sometimes i think you could say oh, well, he just makes this stuff up in front of crowds and does it for political reasons. no, he is actually saying it to the congressional leadership who obviously knows it's not true. and you start to think well maybe he really does believe it. maybe he convinced himself of this false information once he has gotten it in his head.

>> i almost wanted to replay the tape of you last hour saying he had a great victory. it was a stunning you know, historic victory. wasn't a popular vote victory, an electoral college victory and it's an amazing thing. >> we are having too many bizarre moments with this new president, as phil mattingly called it. and you want to say to the president of the united states -- you want to say to the president of the united states, grow up, mr. president. you have been elected to be our president. you want the big numbers, unite the people and be the leader of all of the people of this country. something very disturbing is going on here, i talked about the tweets being an mri of his psyche, these likewise are an mri -- it's not a very pretty place. >> kayleigh, is this much ado about nothing? >> yes, we all know he talks

about poll numbers and tweets and talks about his victory. that he'll question the popular vote. he does it, and the media goes into a tail spin, and meanwhile, the media and people watch -- >> he is saying that fraud occurred -- on the massive scale of an election on our history. >> it's false. >> there is no way to disprove it. >> it has been disproven. >> well, there is no evidence to the contrary either, you can't disprove the fact that many illegals voted. >> there is considerable evidence to the contrary. >> if hillary clinton were out there right now saying donald trump is not a legitimate president because his victory was a matter of fraud in wisconsin, michigan, and pennsylvania, what would you say to it? >> which she tried to say over and over it was the russians. then we had to have a recount. >> her surrogates have continually. >> no, hillary clinton, trying

to delegitimize the election, what would you say? >> she doesn't have to say it does because her sur dwats are saying it repeatedly. >> i have something to say. i have done most of my work in blue cities, blue states, urban areas. it's really, really hard to get people who are eligible to vote to go vote. it's really hard. gotv is one of the most difficult things you can do. the idea that 3 or 4 million people who are not even eligible to vote are for some reason in a blue state where it will make no difference go out and vote is absurd on its face. it just flies in the face of what actually happens. i don't need a study on it. >> i have run more studies, if and campaigns. the point you're making is valid. if he wants to reflect back on his campaign, one number, the

electoral vote, there are 218 house members, 215 senate members and that is his focus. the highlights and campaign is done, he is the president of the united states. he gets to walk in the oval office every day, and move the country forward, he will be measured in two years or four years and the accomplishments will be with the congress and the american people. no matter what he does, if he is not successful on those fronts he promised he will not be successful. >> this really goes into what we talked about in the last hour, is this just a personal security on his part -- >> sure it is, it's in his head the idea that he did not win the popular vote. the popular vote doesn't matter. we're not a democracy, we're a republic. >> the person he is making very happy right now is michael moore. michael moore is going around telling everybody call him the minority president, the minority president. it just bothers him. if he wants to make michael moore happy he will keep saying stuff like this, letting

democrats know that it is getting to him he lost the popular vote. >> and you know, when he says -- look in the mirror and say i am the president of the united states. >> like an affirmation. >> you have the most amazing powerful job on the planet. you won. >> they can't take it away from you. >> and another thing we've seen is, he peddles in conspiracy theories, it's not the first, time he's pedal -- peddled a conspiracy theory. the hash tag birtherism. you know these things get stuck in his head -- >> you know what they say about paranoia -- >> a ticking clock is right twice a day. >> he steps on it all the time. >> carl loves the tweets, as a campaign strategist i would have taken that machine away from him and thrown it away in the river a long time ago. we have to live with it. but he likes it, it's the whole new way we do it. there will be good days and bad

days. at the end of the day, the president's message is what is important. >> no shortage of subjects to bring you up to speed on, here with a look at the day the administration will set the tone, is jim acosta. >> sitting in the oval office, president trump set his ambitious agenda into motion, withdrawing president obama's trans-pacific partnership, and banning tax deals helping fund abortions overseas. and freezing the hiring of federal workers with money caveat. except for the military. warning that american companies will pay a new price if they ship jobs overseas. >> they will have a substantial border tax. somebody is going to say trump is going to tax, there is no tax, none whatsoever. and i just want to tell you all you have to do is stay, don't leave, don't fire your people.

>> in return, mr. trump offered a carrot. >> we think we can cut regulations by 75%, maybe more. >> for the white house this was a day to get back on the rails. >> they are among the most dishonest human beings on earth. >> after trump attacked the media, the reports on the size of the crowd at his inauguration. and assault on the press sean spicer tried to back up with a number of falsehoods. >> this is the largest inauguration period both in person and around the globe. >> an attempt at spin that backfired badly. >> sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. >> at today's white house briefing, sean spicer said he and the president were trying to correct an unfair media narrative. >> suspeisn't that part of what happens? >> no, look, i've been doing this a long time, you have been doing this too. i have never seen it like this.

it's a little demoralizing, because when you sit there and look out and you're in awe of just how awesome the view is and how many people are there and you go back and turn on the television and see shots of comparing this and that, it's frustrating for not just him but for so many of us trying to get this message out. >> and spicer said he appeared to tamp down expectations that the u.s. would immediately move its embassy in israel to jerusalem. >> jim joins us from the white house. for all the criticism directed toward the media from this administration, there seemed to be a lot of access today. >> as a matter of fact there was, anderson, we counted in total of around six photo opportunities today where the cameras were allowed to come in and photograph the president doing a number of different things. there was even a camera present at that reception with the congressional leaders that you

talked about earlier in the show. you're right, anderson, it sort of raises this question, where is this war on the media? it almost feels like a love fest in terms of the access we had today. but when the president is telling congressional leaders behind closed doors, saying perhaps illegal ballots were cast and that is what cost him the popular vote i can guarantee you anderson, at the press briefing tomorrow that will be a question front and center. so it goes to show you even as this white house tries to manage the message and the optics, when the president does something like this on his own he creates more controversy for himself. >> just ahead, incite from someone who has seen a lot as the white house chief of staff. later, a report from the especially hard-hit county in georgia, and a look at the punishing windstorm that just took its first life in the east and is threatening many more.

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important when you have senior advisers, sort of without portfolio, that they have marching areas and areas they focus on. otherwise things -- a president can get kind of pulled in a lot of different directions. do you see that at work in the trump administration right now? >> i think it's too early to see whether the adviser, steve bannon, kellyanne conway, if they have no portfolio then they have no responsibility and they tend to disrupt the process of getting the president ready to make decisions. i'm hoping they'll be given specific responsibilities and people will understand them. but i also want them to understand the process of developing policy recommendation. it's important for that to happen because the president should never make an easy decision. that means by definition this should not be a consensus. and when you are making a tough

decision you want to have the best process in place to make sure that you minimize the number of unintended consequences to the decision you make. there are always unintended consequences. >> one of the things i have been reading lately is just the difficulty of a candidate who becomes a president. making the transition early on from candidate to president of the united states. i'm wondering -- one of the things you said about president trump is that he needs to make quote, presidential decisions. obviously saturday he was at the cia in a speech that was supposed to be about building bridges with the cia and seemed to get sidetracked into other issues about the crowd size and the media and things like that. how difficult is that transition, these early days? >> i think it is particularly difficult for somebody who has not been in a role of so-called governing. he has been in a leadership role he was kind of a dictator as the

president of his own company. but a leader has to govern and get people around your organization that will respect how you made a decision, how it could be understood. and then implement it. and governing requires partnerships with congress and also requires partnerships within the executive branch of government. the vast majority of people who work in the executive branch, and donald trump is in charge of the entire executive branch of government. the people on the trump team now, many of them did not vote for him. they're career public servants and want to take his direction, but they want to make sure that their knowledge, their wisdom, has a chance to creep into the discussion of policy so that you don't make decisions that are obviously not going to work. >> so how do you kind of explain day one and day two for the trump administration where donald trump went to the cia, seemed to get sidetracked.

then there was the press event with sean spicer that -- the statement he made that he tried to clean up today. what is your reaction today? >> well, i was impressed with sean spicer today, he did a really good job today. at the, quote, first official briefing. i thought he had a mini bit of crow about not doing so well yesterday but i think he recovered well and did a good job. with regard to president trump's visit to the cia, i understand the passion and the excitement that he had. but i don't think he appreciated where he was when he was saying it. i know he is excited to be there. obviously, the people that work at the cia are excited to see the commander in chief and the president come. so it was less about what he said but more about where he said it. >> the trump team still has a lot of cabinet posts yet to be confirmed. obviously, a lot of republicans

are pointing fingers at the democrats for delays, does the delay in the senate confirming key position, does it hamper them from getting things done, or is this how politics happen? >> well, it's not politics as usual, this seems to be a bit unusual. i blame the democrats, not the trump administration. i think the democrats were over-reaching in some of their objections but hopefully they will get the team in place. it's very important to have the president's leadership that understands the commitments that he has made. i say that because the bureaucracies themselves want to know what they're supposed to be doing. and that leadership comes from the secretary, the deputy secretary, the assistant secretaries and it's very important that the senate confirmed the president's nominees to start the job. >> that is fascinating, good to talk to you.

>> thank you for having me on. >> the his point about the confirmations and administering the oaths. pompeo was confirmed late tonight. >> just ahead, donald trump cutting ties with some business interests, we'll talk with one of the attorneys who is now suing him. [john] hey, here's an idea. what if instead of waiting weeks for your tax refund?

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more breaking news tonight, information about an investigation regarding mr. trump's national security adviser, mike flynn, and our russia's ambassador to the u.s. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto joins us with the latest. >> officials tell me and my colleague, evan perez, tell me that they're looking into phone calls between michael flynn and the russian ambassador. in late december. a couple key points here. one, the investigation continues. it has not reached a conclusion. two, they're looking at the fact that not only did the phone

calls took place, but also the content of the phone calls raised potential concerns. i should add, however, that so far they have discovered, or established no wrongdoing by general michael flynn. >> and the focus of -- was u.s. intelligence listening in to the russian ambassador? >> this is routine intelligence gathering, u.s. will listen to russian and other foreign officials, particularly those based here in the u.s. just as you would expect russia and other countries to do to officials posted abroad. so to be clear it was the conversations from the russian ambassador, it just happened that michael flynn was on the other line. he was not a target of the evesdropping, but the calls as and what was said as well. >> and as recently as yesterday he spoke to flynn about this. he said flynn told him there were only two calls, one on december 29th. the other a few days ago, why is december 29th important? that is the same day that obama

announced new sanctions. two, he says that there were a lot of topics discussed. exchanging holiday greetings and discussing setting up a call between putin and trump. if one administration is enforcing sanctions and another is talking about a different view of sanctions, that would be material. the trump team is saying that wasn't discussed. >> some documents from a bipartisan ethics watchdog. in a moment we'll speak one of the attorneys, a republican taking part in a civil action. first, dana bash has more. >> my two sons who are right here, don and eric are going to

be running the company. >> one day before he was inaugurated, president trump made that official according to this signed document provided to cnn by the trump organization. which reads in part, i, donald trump, resign from each office and position, and concluding my resignation will be effective immediately. dated january 19, 2017. >> again, i don't have to do this. they're not going to discuss it with me. >> it is true that most conflict of interest laws requiring federal government officials to divest from their businesses do not apply to the president. yet a group of ethics attorneys argue that president trump still has an interest in his companies which violates the constitution. that group filed a lawsuit against the new president. >> why isn't resigning from his companies enough. >> because he has a financial

interest. it's not a blind trust. his name is on the buildings. he has his names on the buildings, everyone knows he profits from it. >> at issue is the clause of the u.s. constitution, which says no person holding any office can quote, accept of any present, emolument, a title from any king, prince or foreign state. >> what amazes me about the constitution is what the founders understood and it would be a real problem if elected officials had financial entanglements with foreign governments. so they put a very strict rule in the constitution, you cannot accept payments from foreign governments. they say when someone uses a trump ballroom or rents office space in a trump property, it may violate the constitution. earlier this month, trump's lawyers said any profits made from his hotels would be donated to the u.s. treasury, but insisted it is not mandatory. >> these people are wrong.

this is not what the constitution says. paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present. and it has nothing to do with an office. >> this part of the constitution has never been tested in court. it's unclear if a judge will hear the case. citizens for responsibility and office in washington, a left leaning watchdog. the president responded this way. >> without merit, totally without merit. >> dana bash, cnn washington. >> well, joining us now, somebody who clearly believes there is merit to the lawsuit. one of the attorneys attached to the lawsuit. richard painter would -- who served during the bush administration. you saw donald trump officially resigning from his companies. you say that's far from enough. in fact, you're part of the group of lawyers suing him in federal court.

why do you think this has merit? >> i want to say it's not a left leaning group. i wouldn't have anything to do with it if it was. i think americans of all political persuasions ought to be very concerned if the president is taking payments through his businesses in violation of the constitution. >> this prohibits not just presents but emoluments. it comes from a latin root. we don't use the same language today. it basically means pay, benefits from dealings with foreign governments. the president cannot accept these payments, neither can anybody working for the united states government, in a position of trust accept benefits from dealing with foreign governments. this includes loans with the bank of china and foreign-owned banks and renting space and

office buildings. diplomats staying in the hotels, parties put on by foreign governments in the hotels. none of that is permitted. we have been talking about this for two months, urging the president to take action to clean the foreign governments payments out of his businesses. no action has been taken except the very minimal, minimal step of turning profits from the hotels. >> that is what we were discussing. saying there was never an idea that paying your hotel bill was profit from a foreign state. you say this goes well beyond the hotel bill. >> it goes well beyond the hotel bills. we don't even know where the financing is coming from, from a lot of the trump business -- we have no idea where it's coming from. >> don't you have to prove injury from some kind for this case to move forward and for

your saesht associates have standing as plaintiffs? >> yes, and i think we do have standing. the group, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington has been focusing on corruption for a long time. we have spent a lot of time and money addressing the campaign finance connection. corruption. the revolving door. the goldman sachs goes to washington phenomenon. lobbyists and the rest of it. and now we are confronted with this new avenue of corruption, one anticipated by the founders, but we've not had a serious problem with foreign government payments to u.s. government officials for a very long time. and now we have to confront it and we have a president who is not willing to assure us even that russia has not put russian government money into his business enterprises. he has given us no assurances whatsoever about emoluments, this is something we have been spending a lot of time and money looking at it. we feel a judge needs to look at it now.

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again, our breaking news for washington, president trump's pick for cia director, mike pompeo, confirmed. it happens shortly after confirmation hearing. the first days of the trump team had been busy, a controversial day, protesters turned out in huge numbers, women's marches all over the world. he is the first president who has not released his tax returns, and his business, which he still owns, made a point of controversy. we talked to bernie sanders about all of this. here is part two of the conversation. there is a tweet on your page questioning whether president trump is in violation of the emolument clause, which deals with money coming from foreign governments. in this situation the questions about trump family businesses

and a lot we don't know because we haven't seen the tax returns. do you believe the president is in violation of the constitution? >> well, i think that is exactly what has to be looked at. as you know there is a lawsuit filed today making just that case. look, we want a president who is going to make decisions based on the needs of the american people. not based on foreign investments in the people who own his debt. and i think this is an issue that has to be looked at very, very thoroughly and i do have serious concerns. >> the president says he resigned now from more than 400 entities. is that enough? >> no, how many entities is he involved in? this is a billionaire who has enterprises literally all over the world. the bottom line here is we want a president to concentrate on the needs of the american people, not on profits that may accrue to him or his family. >> let's talk about where the democratic party goes, i mean, you talked about the protesters, the huge turnout not only in washington but around the country and cities all over the world. where does that go from here?

how do democrats and others try to harness and make that a jumping off point? >> i think what those protests and rallies are the beginning of is making mr. trump aware that throwing 20 million people off of health insurance, for example, without a replacement is not something that the american people want. is that de-funding planned parenthood and denying two and a half million women the quality health care that they're currently getting is not what the american people want. on issue after issue, mr. trump's position is at variance with what the majority of the american people want. and with those demonstrations, what they were about is telling mr. trump listen to the american people and start responding to their needs. >> but the message you know -- obviously, there was huge

attendance, but in a lot of places rust belt states where white working class women voted for trump. that message doesn't necessarily resonate. or the message of that march, "the new york times" had an interesting article in some rust belt states where people slugged off the march, didn't know much about it. the democratic party clearly has those marchers. >> first of all, the democratic party for better or worse did not organize the marches. those marches were organized by a small group of women who came together i think it was just a few weeks ago. it really was extraordinary. but the bottom line is what the rallies showed is that there is huge opposition to an extreme right-wing agenda of mr. trump and his attacks on women's rights. whether it is de-funding planned parenthood, whether it is taking away a woman's right to choose. whether it is not supporting equal pay for equal work.

>> do you know, though, how to harness that energy, that enthusiasm, that opposition? >> well, i think as i have said many times that the democratic party has got to do a whole lot of re-thinking, and they have to establish a 50-state strategy. it pains me very, very much that in states where poverty is very high, where wages are very low that working people are voting for right wing republicans who will take away or not provide the health care that they need, will not raise the minimum wage to a living wage, will not provide pay equity for women. and i think we've got a lot of work to reach out in those states and this those areas. >> senator sanders, i appreciate your time always. thank you. thank you. >> many of the protesters who turned out at this march to support women's rights carried signs in support of planned parenthood and the affordable care act. president trump plans to de-fund

planned parenthood and repeal obama care triggering a backlash in some parts of the country. miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: the fight to save obamacare. starting to look a lot like the fight to kill it six years ago. >> you can take this bill and shove -- >> then, concerned issues derail conservative anger nearly derailed the bill. now, nationwide protests over obamacare is back. this time, in favor of it. in colorado. constituents flooded a meeting of republican congressman mike coffman, he spoke with some of them, then made for the exit. at a trump hotel in new york it was a cough-in. followed by a protest, followed

by a police escort out. >> it's time we got our national priorities right. >> bernie sanders headlined an obamacare rally in warren, michigan. thousands showed up. >> i'm pushing 50, i'm diabetic and scared of what is going to happen. >> reporter: the worry, the generalities from the president on down. >> it will be repeal and replace. it will be essentially simultaneously. >> reporter: but so far, few details on replacement, even as repeal moves ahead. >> the majority party has refused to fix anything. they have refused to discuss it. all they have done is to say no. well, now they own the problem. >> reporter: even in ultra-conservative west virginia, where trump got 68.7% of the vote in a state that has benefitted from obamacare like

no other. the percentage of uninsured here fell a huge 58.7%, the fight for obamacare bubbling from the ground up in mountain states. dr. jessica mccauley has seen the health care of her patients mostly women and children improve under obamacare. >> people are using their community health centers and going to the doctor. >> reporter: the stakes for those who rely on obamacare never higher with its likely demise imminent, the effort to save it getting critical care. miguel marquez, cnn, charleston, west virginia. up next, we have breaking news, a search for six people including a young boy. missing after tornadoes struck georgia. gary tuchman is there.

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pounding areas. all because of nor'easter. over the weekend, most came in georgia and across the south, after 41 tornadoes hit the region. six people are missing in georgia tonight. gary tuchman is there with search and rescue teams and the survivors. >> reporter: it is, sadly, a life or death search. a 2-year-old boy missing after a tornado in south georgia. members of the u.s. civil air patrol, along with civilians, are looking for the boy. hoping and praying he might still be alive in these woods. >> it's my honor to be out here helping these people. >> reporter: the missing boy was with other family members when the powerful tornado plowed through a swath in georgia on sunday afternoon. unfortunately, the family hadn't evacuated their house next to those woods. his father. >> i've been crying. i don't want to cry in front of the camera.

>> reporter: i understand you don't want to cry in front of the camera. it's okay. it's so sad. you have a lot of people out there working hard. >> i appreciate it, man. >> reporter: i hope you know how hard they're working. they want to find your boy. >> i appreciate it, man. >> reporter: multiple people have already been confirmed dead in this county. the damage is widespread and devastating, mobile home parks among the most damaged. >> it looks like a nuclear bomb went off. >> reporter: the chairman of the commission, shot this video shortly after the tornado came through. that commission chairman -- >> when you hear a mother screaming for a child and she can't find her child, you see someone that has a nail that is shot into the bottom of their foot and you see that mayhem. it's -- i mean, it's a lot of pain, a lot of hurt, our folks are really hurting right now. >> reporter: one of those hurting is faye sheppard. i got you.

you're not going anywhere, faye. >> this is the only way that you can get in the house, is through the window. >> reporter: that window over there? >> that window right there. >> reporter: faye's mobile home was virtually destroyed. she had evacuated, but was afraid her chihuahua named girlfriend wasn't going to be allowed in the shelter. so, the dog stayed in the house. inside a small alcove that stayed intact. when you picked her up and saw her, what did you say to girlfriend? >> you're alive. thank god. >> reporter: the warnings that the people received here were very specific. the bulletins declaring that a large and destructive tornado was on its way. with the potential for catastrophic damage. and that is exactly what happened. now many like faye don't know what to do next. she's not sure if she has insurance to cover this. >> that's my home. and i don't -- i really don't know yet where i'm going. i look at my daughters that's

right across the street, and hers is even worse than mine. >> it's hard to imagine. gary joins us from georgia just outside of albany. what's the latest on the search for that 2-year-old child? >> reporter: anderson, at this hour, the little boy has not been found yet. it's a very difficult search because it's a heavily-wooded area. the search was suspended when it got dark tonight. but it will resume at first light tomorrow. this is a relatively small community anderson, and hundreds of homes have been devastated, demolished, damaged. people have lost all their personal belongings, and a lot of people are in dire financial straights. the united way of southwest georgia is helping out people here. if any of you would like to care to donate, we'd like to show you the website address. unitedwayswga.org if you'd like to help the people here who have

been devastated by this storm. >> i appreciate you giving that address out, our thoughts and prayers are with the people there. especially the family looking for their child. gary, thanks so much. we'll the right back. and now, i help people find discounts,

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again, at the bottom of your screen. it's unitedwayswga.org. they clearly need a lot of help there right now. that does it for us, thanks for watching. "cnn tonight with don lemon" starts now. day four of the trump administration and the president is getting down to business. this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon, breaking news to tell you about, mike pompeo confirmed by the senate. and sworn in by vice president pence. the president signs executive orders on trade, abortion and a federal hiring freeze. meets with congressional leaders and ceos at the white house. apparently turns a page on those so-called alternative facts about the size of the crowd. sean spicer saying, quote, our intention is never to lie to you. meanwhile, the fbi is investigating preinaugural phone call