piece says the president isn't really being given a fair shot. they say look, this is a man that hasn't been in office a month. you feel how strong the support for the president is when you go outside cities, anderson? >> thanks very much. in the next hour on 360, president trump changing his message or at least appearing to change his message to israel and how far will the president go to punish t punish teheran. we have details on that, ahead. americans - 83% try to eat healthy.

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welcome back, topping the headlines, late day flurry and striking a different note on israeli settlements, which is surprising. cnn's elyce has details. yesterday the trump administration said they were putting iran on notice. what happened today? >> anderson, today they said that they are going to impose sanctions against iran. these are under existing executive orders on weapons of mass destruction and terrorism and you remember that president obama did this after iran launched some ballistic missile tests. this kind of comes on the heels of mike flynn, the national security advisor's warning putting iran on notice

yesterday. today, president trump doubled down on that. it's a continuation of what president obama did, but you can stop and look and see this in the context of this new tough line against iran, and president trump said he's not taking anything off the table including military action but to be fair, neither did president obama. >> the statement released by the white house on new israel settlements is interesting comes from president trump who until now hasn't in any way questioned israel's policy. >> you remember how vigorously he defend that controversial u.n. vote onset lment settlemen. the construction of new settlemen settlements, the expansion beyond the current boarders may not be that helpful in achieving the goal. president obama did call them

impedement to peace. he didn't want them building even inside those blocks, which so basically some israelis see this as president trump giving cover to netanyahu. he used to use obama as a foil against the hard liners on the right. now the right is excited about trump. this is statement that allows netanyahu to keep them in check. it's interesting to note the secretary of state rex 'ttillern spoke. >> tough talk for russia at the u.n. signs that some foreign policy recalibration maybe underway, given that it's good of time as any to talk to fareed zakaria host of "gps." it is interesting and particularly the notion that perhaps this is president trump trying to help netanyahu get some cover to push back against his own right flank? >> yeah, one can't tell because so far what you notice is a lot

of inconsistency. you know, initially there were things done, which seemed to give the signal what netanyahu did was took encouragement from some of the things trump said and went forward and very aggressively proposed some of these things and announced himself. it's unclear it's the right wing doing it. it's that he's doing it. >> expansion of settlements but also creation of a new one. >> exactly. there is this issue of expansion with an existing block, which is one thing, new settlement is a more provocative move. i wonder if recalibration is the result of some of trump's team getting more firmly in place, so mattias is now really acting as secretary of defense. he's already on a foreign trip. tillerson probably moved in in a significant way and perhaps you're having some weigh in and provide some of the professional and historical context. onset settlements for seven, ei

administrations is opposed to settlement. trump's statement was in that sense simply consistent with the continuity of american foreign policy. >> right. in terms of iran. there is a white house advisor on jake tapper's show saying look, there is a new sheriff in town and we heard from mike flynn yesterday that the u.s. is putting iran on notice and now leaning toward new sanctions. >> it's an odd series of events because iran has not done something dramatically new. it's important to remember the missiles are not part of the nuclear deal. it's as the word implies about the nuclear program. iran is a country. it has, you know, it has a military program and defense budget and develops missiles. we didnon't like that but there no consensus this is so far out iran would be sanctioned for it. the sanctions were all about the nuclear program. this is iran having a

sophisticated defense program and so i'm not quite sure what the -- where this leads. you could put in additional u.s. sanctions but you'd hope there is a strategy here because the key gain from the iran nuclear deal is that iran's nuclear program by everyone easiest mitt h has been frozen. you want to maintain the freeze on the program. >> right. i want to show our viewers some of what nikki haley said today. it did surprise a lot of people. basically, stating u.s. policy, vis-a-vis acting in which there is on going -- there is attacking and advancement. let's listen in. >> i must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. it is unfortunate because it is a replay of far too many instances over many years in which united states have needed to do that. it should not have to be that

way. we do want to better our relations with russia. however, the dire situation in eastern ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian actions. >> the u.s. saying they will not lift sanctions until russia returns control of the crimea peninsula and also the violence now stops in eastern uncrane. >> this will be perhaps the most important thing to have come out this week from the trump foreign policy for the rest of the world. it will be very reassuring to the eastern europeans. >> there was silence on advancement by russian-backed forces in eastern ukraine. >> absolutely. this was very clear. it was at the united nations. it was an official statement by the u.n. ambassador and very important to europeans. one of the great dangers of the flirtation trump was having with the idea of deals with putin was it's been very hard to maintain these sanctions against russia.

after russia invaded ukraine and took crimea, there was a certain amount of pressure and it was possible to put some kind of measures in. people start drifting away. they want to do business with russia. it's the u.s. maintaining sanctions with germany. the fact that she spoke out will be important in keeping that coalition. >> we'll see if we hear more from the white house. we heard from mike flynn on iran and did not hear from the white house directly. interesting to see. fareed, thanks very much. fallout from a pair of calls between president trump and two close allies and the controversy following president trump's remarks at a prayer breakfast. we'll talk to two people who were there. ds... here... here... or here. today, there's another option. drug-free aleve direct therapy. a tens device with high intensity power that uses technology once only available in doctors' offices. its wireless remote lets you control the intensity, and helps you get back to things like this... this...

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seen between such close allies and not the only one as jim acosta reports tonight. >> reporter: with australuse tr australia. >> i love australia as a country. >> reporter: a deal cut by the obama administration by refugees in detention centers off australia that fled from muslim nations barred from sending people to the u.s. under the trump administration's travel plan. refugees the president incorrectly calms illegal immigrants. >> we had a problem where for whatever reason, president obama said they were going to take probably well over 1,000 illegal immigrants who were in prisons and they were going to bring them and take them into this country and i said why. >> sources tell cnn the

president was so upset with the prime minister he abruptly ended the call and said the president had another testy phone conversation with mexican president enrique pina neto. a source told cnn the president's hash languapresiden e president's harsh language made the staffers' faces turn white. >> believe me, when you hear about the tough phone calls i'm having, don't worry about it. don't worry about it. they have to be tough. it's time we have to be tough. we're taken advantage of by every nation in the world virtually. it's not going to happen anymore. it's not going to happen anymore. >> reporter: top republicans were spending the day reassuring a key u.s. ally. >> i don't think australia should be worried about the relationship with our country or our president for that matter. >> my view was unnecessary and harmful open dispute over an

issue which is not nearly important as the united states and australia cooperation and working together. >> reporter: those worries come as the president said he's weighing options on how to deal with provocations from iran which include additional sanctions on iranian entities. >> nothing is off the table. >> i don't know if you're democrat or republican but i'm appointing you for another year. the hell with it. >> reporter: he took the shoot from the lip style to a national prayer breakfast where he morninged arnor morninged arnold schwarzenegger. >> the ratings went right down the tubes. it's been a total disaster and i just want to pray for arnold, if we can for those ratings. >> reporter: draw thing rebuttal. >> switch jobs, you take over tv because you're an expert in ratings and i take over your job and people can finally sleep comfortably again. >> jim acosta joins us.

tell us about the cleanup effort on the call including white house meeting with the australian al bas ambassador. >> the ambassador met with chief of staff reince priebus and the chief strategist steve bannon that conveyed administration for the president. this did not include rex tillerstillers nr tillersn -- tillerson or michael flynn. >> thanks very much. it's become the question to ask after so many reports lately is this the norm or are we in uncharted territory when it comes to presidential behavior, phone calls and why are we hearing normally closely guarded inside details coming out of it seems the white house. joining me is carl bernstein.

david, you've been in the oval office listening in with leaders in the past. it's rare that -- is it rare that so many details come out of them like this? >> absolutely. absolutely. very surprising. i don't see reprisals coming from the civil service and intelligence committee. they are angry and upset with the president. >> kelly anne conway saying it' not coming out of the u.s. i'm not sure -- >> it occurred on saturday and leaks on monday. transcripts got around to various people and got on the desk of the service. we said all along, the way that they were alienating various departments, state departments and others, they are going -- somebody is going to bite back. the civil service has a way of retaliating and i assume these leaks have something to do with that. >> not only the least coming out

but the reality of the tense details about the phone use d a minister. it's remarkable for a long-standing u.s. ally. >> if the president's actions and words were more thoughtful, there wouldn't be these leaks. what we've seen is steve bannon, the president's counselor telling the press to keep its mouth shut when in fact the person who ought to be choosing his words much more carefully and using the mouthpiece of the presidency is donald trump and he is undermining himself and the national security of the united states through these kinds of conversations with our allies and reckless words and actions. >> jeffrey, i get, you know, certainly a lot of trump supporters say look, this is why we voted for donald trump. we want him to shake things up and be a disruptor and rethink longly held alliances with countries like australia. the fact, though, that the white house then has to have the australian ambassador come to

the white house and meet with steve bannon and reince priebus the next day, doesn't that sort of signal that at least some folks in the white house are concerned about what the president is doing? >> anderson, there is a piece being left out of this story. on november 22nd, senator grassly and congressman bob from virginia, respectively the chairman from the house, senate and house sent letters to secretary kerry and secretary jay johnson about this australian agreement. they were very upset it was classified. they wanted to know why. they were very angry. they didn't get a response. they repeated the requests on december 2nd in another letter all of which released to the public. this has been out there long before apparently the president, president trump is now, you know, has found out about it. he was not happy about it with reason. so i mean, this is kicking around for quite sometime in the system. >> yeah, but i guess the

question is there are ways to address those things and i mean, again, this maybe just be a style thing or too conventional but there are ways to deal with an ally that don't involve, you know, ending a phone call abruptly -- >> i mean, australia is not exactly staten island. it's a pretty big place. 2400 refugees. they are not going to let these people into australia? keeping them on offshore islands. we're supposed to take -- >> i think -- i don't -- >> jeffrey, you don't hang up the telephone on the prime minister of australia. that's the real question. >> yes, you do. carl, yes, you do if you want to make a point. if you want to make a point, yes, you do. >> i think australia has taken in quite a few refugees but i don't have the numbers but just throughout history. >> let's be clear, the tradition has been if one president makes a commitment to another country, the next president is sort of bound by that and you can -- if

you want -- >> which he is. >> you've got to go back and carefully use a lot of diplomacy to do that. the australians on many occasions sent their soldiers to serve alongside -- >> vietnam. >> they spill blood to help america on many occasions. theaustralians by nature are so friendly, it's really hard to make the australians mad at you. >> that's right. [ laughter ] >> if they succeeded at that, it's a huge -- >> although, i heard somebody on twitter say to that, well, they didn't work at ""the new york post." [ laughter ] >> it's a hugeprocedure. i understand that donald trump is volcanic but when it comes to diplomacy, it is called state craft. it's not called raising hell. >> david? >> yes. >> you recall when president regan broke owl kinall kinds of

presidents. i mean, washington was, you just don't do this. that is the line that got us to end the cold war, win it. >> i hope the cold war ends between us and australia some day. >> he said tear down this wall, which is very different. >> the state department -- >> than hanging up the telephone on somebody. i think this is the reason so many republicans and depressed, keep hearing from all sources that they are questioning the stability, the moe educationemo maturity and stability of the president because one after another of these incidents keeps occur occurring. >> keeping them honest update how president trump made a week ago, he was up in arms over voter fraud or alleged voter

fraud making the unfounded claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted in the election. voted for hillary clinton. he was promising a federal investigation into what would be, if true, the biggest case of voter fraud in america's history. again, if true, so as we mentioned, that was a week ago. made headlines subject to, you know, a lot of discussion on news and newspapers which makes tonight seem like a good time to check in on that promise. cnn's jeff zeleny has been doing digging for us on that. jeff, this executive order that president trump said he would sign last week opening an investigation into his claim that millions of people voted illegally in the election. what do we know? >> anderson, it was a week ago today he was supposed to sign it in the oval office and it didn't happen. at the time he said he was running out of time taking the first trip out of washington to philadelphia and then they said he would sign it on friday and saturday. it didn't happen but we do know that he was making a big issue last week. his initiative of saying that

three to 5 million people voted illegal illegally. he tweeted about it, as well. take a look at this. he said i will be asking for major investigation into voter fraud including those registered to vote in two states. those who are illegal and those who register to vote are dead in many for a long time. depending on results, we will strengthen up voting procedures. so that was supposed to be followed by an executive order or memorandum calling on the department of justice to investigate this. well, simply it hasn't happened yet so we asked today why it is. >> did they say anything? do we know if action will be taken any time soon? >> a senior administration official said it's not the president's priority at this time and looking further talking to other people, quite frankly many republicans here at the white house and capitol hill have been urging the president to change the subject and stop talking about this. a, they think it's a waste of money and b, they think he won't find anything. for the time being, he is not

planning on signing this executive order in the coming days. now, they won't rule it out entirely because he believes there was voter fraud. so possibly when his new department of justice is up and running they might revisit it. many republicans are hoping he forgets about it. >> we should point out people register in multiple states or a dead person being on the rules is not voter fraud. it's fraught if somebody votes illegally. what the president claims is 3 to 5 million people voted illegally. that's the largest voter fraud in america history a scandal of massive proportions. the idea he believes that and not calling for an investigation is kind of amazing or he's -- this is suddenly just kind of disappeared. >> without a doubt. it's disappeared as quickly as it came up last week. he first mentioned anytime a meeting with congressional leaders and reporters asked if he really believes this.

this should be an epic scandal in voting in county after county across the country. the president came out and called for that investigation but he really was being urged by people inside the white house to move on. so yes, he may still believe it but again, no evidence of voter fraud and there are republicans and democrats who say it just simply didn't happen. certainly to that extent. >> all right. jeff zeleny, thanks very much. >> thanks, anderson. just ahead, more on president trump's approach to the annual national prayer breakfast. what he said in front of a room of religious leaders. shocked by your wireless bill every month? additional fees. tacked on taxes. come on! with t-mobile one, taxes and fees are now included! get 4 lines of unlimited lte data for 40 bucks each. that's right - all unlimited. all in! and now, for a limited time save more than you pay in taxes on all smartphones. so switch to t-mobile and save hundreds vs. the other guys. it's better than a tax holiday! and it's only at t-mobile.

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as we said president trump in washington, thursday he did not follow the usual script. >> thank you, as well, to senate chapman berry black for his moving words and i don't know chapla chaplain, is that an appointed position. if you're democrat or republican, i'm appointing you for another year. we'll talk to them. your son is here. your job is very, very secure.

okay? >> among other things, president trump talked-- celebrity apprentice ratings asking the audience to pray for arnold schwarzenegger. trump vowed to overturn the johnson amendment. the risk of losing tax-exem exe status. we wanted to know how this went over with religious leaders listening in the room and elsewhere. joining us is executive director for catholic social justice. founder and chairman of the joshua fund and author of thriller without warning. thanks for being with us. president, how did the celebrity apprentice, how did it play out? >> people enjoyed it. there was a real sense how

refreshing it was for somebody to be talking about religious freedom, affirming the values of christianity and other faiths important of coming together and being unified. if you're judging on individual moment moments. >> any of us expect not to be who he is. but i would also say overall the speech or if you watch it the tone is measured. he's being very geniagaigenerou talking about peace-loving muslims and want to bring people into a country and be careful and safe. actually much better trump i want to see as president with a few moments. >> it's interesting because when i woke up and was looking and

reading stuff throughout the day, a lot of coverage online was about the celebrity apprentice line but interesting to hear your perspective. i understand you feel differently. you thought some of the president's comments were -- well, what did you think? >> i must say that i felt like he was off the mark. he really didn't address the issues of faith, and for me at the heart of faith is the pope francis' and jesus' urging to welcome the immigrant. so at the heart of faith is that for me and he -- the president trump basically skirted that issue and to have done it just in the face of instituting the muslim ban, of stopping refugees from coming in, of devastating so many families around the world, well, that made me think he's totally tone deaf but he also didn't understand what's at the heart of our faith, that we're the best when we are

together and when we do welcome in the immigrant. >> i think a lot of people, of you -- obviously see things through their own lens. it sounds like some of your thoughts on what he said, though, are based on a disagreement over policies that the president is elaborating on. is that fair to say? >> given the one example the policy example did say about overturning the johnson amendment and that's the prohibition for churches to endorse candidates, and what people may not think about is the fact that if that's overturned, that means that churches can use their charitable contributions, which are tax deductible to the donors for political advertisement and quite frankly, the issue is is the fact that churches get this tax benefit then they should be

limited in their participation in physically that political process. individuals can use their voice but not in their church perspective. it's that mixing of church and state that i think is problematic. >> right. mr. rosenburg, i should point out you were a never trumper until about a week before the election and i think mike pence and made you decide to support the ticket, so it's interesting that you felt that early on but the lens to which you're seeing what the president said tonight or this morning was different and clearly, you feel differently about that amendment. >> yeah, because look, i was. i was never trumper through 16 different candidates. i readily can see that. his choice of governor pence to be vice president caughty attention because i've been a friend of mike and karen for a long time, or the vice president and second lady and i really

like his style and when i watched him more and more sort of embracing the way pence approaches things and putting more involved than policy, i like that. now to be clear, i think there is a difference between being a cynic and being maybe a skeptic or, you know, look, looking at it, this was a marriage i wasn't sure should happen but now that it's happened, i want the president to succeed. i think cynics -- i'm not speaking of the sister but unable to hear anything good that the new president is saying. he's saying we want immigrants in our country. we need to have a process to do that right and we will fight radical islam, he didn't use that term but we need to help muslims dying and christians dying and of course, the king of jordan was right there in front of him and it was actually an excellent speech overall. >> jill rosenburg, appreciate your perspective and sister

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the ceo the latest to break today dropping out of president trump's advisory counsel. there is a battle raging over the impact, not just on the ubers of the world, either, over the question whether it's counter protective. we wanted to talk to it with author of "radical." thanks for being with us.

there was an advisor, deputy assistant to the president on jake tapper's show yesterday saying look, this argument that isis, you know, we shouldn't be upset about this ban or worry about how this ban is being seen odd used by isis because they want to kill americans anyway. it's not as if we should be concerned it will be a propaganda tool for isis. what do you say to that? >> if we don't control the narrative, of course, isis will be able to use anything we do and don't do as a propaganda tool and also use angela merkel's open door policy as a propaganda tool. we cannot get away from the fact they will certainly use this as a propaganda tool and being received and heard by muslims as a muslim ban because of the way trump campaigned and called it this in his campaign. >> so even though this is a, you know, now saying it's not a ban, this is just thuis temporary to

and for the near future, that message still it's being received overseas among muslim communities you think as this is a ban, this is america against islam? >> well, and the reason is because of the incredibly -- look, everyone knows what trump says he was trying to do but it was an incredibly clumsy way of rolling this out and of seven countries, we've discussed enough the seven countries named didn't mention saudi arabia where 15 of the 11, 15 out of 19 of them came from saudi arabia. it didn't mention pakistan where u.s. says biggest terriorism threats come from or britain or france last year at france by french citizens, by the way or britain where richard reid the shoe bomber ate ee eer attempte. he's the reason we take our shoes off at airports. there are two prominent voices that i know are challenging extremism within muslim

communities. one happens to be somali and the other is iraqi. both would have been banned by trump's measure. >> it is interesting because the -- really one of the few people that directly came from overseas involved recently in on attack was the wife in the san bern bern d-- san bernardino ats from egypt. >> the other two, people are wondering why this list was -- why these seven countries in particular were compiled and the answer is, these countries happen to be unstable. we can't vet ref fuf geugees. if ref fugees and people fleein war, where should they come from? stable countries where there is law and democracy? >> in terms of fighting the narrative, when can the trump administration do, the narrative being put forth by isis and

others? >> we need a very clear understanding we're engaged in ideology struggle. the previous administration is there is too much emphasis on military approach and illegal approach. we need to start engaging in the ideal logical struggle and islam extremism. you can't challenge idealism and distinguish it from islam. the other thing i'm concerned about having conceded that trump is relatively okay on naming the ideology is if he's going to change the extremism strategy at the state department and name it challenging radical islam, where does that leave us with right wing or white supremacist? we've seen the six that lost what seems to be a white supremacist. we have to use a name that includes all forms of extremism and under which is the most extremism, as well. >> thank you very much. the man whose been so associated with travel ban, how

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these are early days in the trump white house but it is already clear that steve bannon is a major force field in the oval office. "time" magazine put him on the cover calling him great manipulator. headlined is he most power man in the world. he's in the president's inner circle with a seat on the security council. nancy pelosi called bannon a white supremacist and said putting on the nsc is making america less safe. brietbart news which bannon said is for the alt-right, extreme views. in the past bannon talked a lot about views of muslims and refugees and islam.

>> nine months before steve bannon joined trump campaign had this to say about screening refugees from syria. >> what do you mean vet? why stop. why go through the cost on vetting. >> vetting is important. >> only vet -- commander only vet to let them in. why let them in. >> his concerns over immigration and islam apparent in hours of interviews conducted by bannon for brietbart radio show. >> i think most people in the middle east at least 50% believe in being shariah compliant. >> harshly criticizing former president george bush calling islam religion of peace. >> only the second dumbest comment that one of the dumbest presidents. shrub, made the dumbest that islam is religion of peace.

>> views of islam leading to views of what he terms a war against the judeo christian west. >> people with 9/11 saying what happened, why do they hate us? been fighting us for decades, look at runup. they want to know why donald trump and nigel are on the rise, elites in this country are too gutless to face the enemy that's trying to destroy us. why is it that president barack hussein obama went to university hailed by mainstream media as brightest most brilliant guy ever to sit in the white house, how can he not see we're fighting a global war. >> continually raises conspiracy theory. >> fifth column in the government and media?

president of the united states, mrs. clinton, when i criticize islam, get the sense that media in the west is almost working under shariah law right now. >> nod ending with muslims in the u.s. but cautions about all immigrants. >> looked other way on this legal immigration that's overwhelmed the country. 20% of the country is immigrants, is that not a massive problem? >> a problem as he sees it and something the white house where he holds position of influence has wasted no time in addressing. gary tuckman, cnn, atlanta. >> joining now tim o'brien. obviously just heard bannon's comments on immigrants, muslims, islam. sean spicer the other day said the views of bannon and president are different when it

comes to islam but bannon is his top advisor, has president's ear perhaps more than anyone else. >> and they can try to parse the difference between their views of muslims but all takes place ultimately in policy. trump allowed bannon so roll out executive order banning immigrants from seven mostly muslim countries and put it in play. if there's any daylight between them wouldn't know throw the order and it's order in many ways profoundly 11th century. 25% of the population -- >> they say it's temporary. remains to be seen. >> it's expressing a world view and you can expect things like this to continue to come out of the administration. >> criticism that trump levelled against hillary clinton was consult advisers before making

any decisions and his selling point, he's a decision maker. but hearing this role that bannon and other senior advisers, seems to fly in the face of that. >> he said be into the white house as great deal maker and business manager. but historically never been a great manager. never liked process, short attention span and not disciplined. seeing that surface. >> talking about the employees but pretty small. >> it's never been big. only big thing he oversaw was the casino business and drove that into the ground. same thing in the white house he relying on tight group of advisers. jared kushner and ivanka, he will speak to and other talented

people won't be in the mix like mattis. >> you wrote a piece, donald trump doesn't like other people getting a lot of attention. maybe fine for a little while but after a while. christie and giuliani disappear from the screen. will that happen to steve bannon if he continues to be on the 0 cover of "time" magazine? >> bannon is a survivor, stayed in the background. but had a coming out because of the executive order and powerful role on the nsc. i think he's now very visible. on the cover of "time" magazine. trump likes advocates and loyalists and people who advocate his viewpoint but not people who get more air time and attention than he does.

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all right so time to hand over to don lemon or "cnn tonight." see you tomorrow night. >> president trump's warning for iran. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. president planning on additional sanctions against tehran, refusing to rule out -- nothing is off the table. after firestorm with australia and complaint about that country's handling of what he called tough