despite the yuckiness that we feel this morning. >> sheena. i lick that you smile. >> i think it's all relative, it's going to be a nice day. >> sun is coming out, right? >> well, nicer than yesterday. it's going to be nicer than yesterday. >> which is all that matters. we have an upward tick in the forecast tend. outside, still reflective lights on wet roads and a lot of puddles for kids to jump over this morning. cloudy and wet and cold. a little bit of rain and snow can come to an end. it will be breezy and cool. right along the blue ridge here, we have seen a little bit of wet snow early this morning. mostly just rain drops. temperatures are above freezing, not expecting anything to stick to the roads. got this picture from one of my twitter followers. teri c.i.t.e.s. krietser in lin virginia. >> we've been

morning. a few sprinkles around, mostly rain. as we go through the rest of this morning. we're not looking at winds and drier conditions, too. we don't have that around anymore. the road are still wet, 39 degrees. feels closer to freezing. cloudy skies, 37 degrees. by 9:00 a.m., still cold. 30s you'll want the warm jacket. by noon, we're already in the 40s. but tomorrow is going to be the warm day out of the week. feels like temperatures, around freezing blower. 27 in leesburg. 33 is what it feels like in frederick. as we go through the day, though, the temperature trend bringing us into the 40s by lunchtime. later on this afternoon, the mid-40s. i'll check the roadways good morning. >> hi, still have this delay here about one mile back. that is actually growing. maybe that's reached two now that i'm looking at the nap. northbound 295. the ramp to 11

this was just issued right now, they still have that vehicle facing the wrong way. this is a bad time for this to be happening so early in the morning. i-95, dumfries, crash on the shoulder. inbound, 66, getting slow through manassas, that's typical for this time of day. overall, you can see inbound getting typically slow in the livingston road area. and 504 overall no major issues. the beltway, earlier problems out of the way. we'll have travel times for new ten minutes. we'll see you then. >> melissa, thank you. it's 6:02, one of president trump's big impact on our area. a federal hiring freeze is now in place as part of a bigger plan to reduce the federal workforce. >> news4's molette green is on capitol hill. what does this me

leaders pounced painting a picture of longer lines at social security offices and government superviervices and programs. the president with this executive order, he did exclude the military, public safety and public health. and job vacancies not filled as of january 22nd, won't be filled. business leaders say washington has failed to diversify its local workforce. and now the president's lead could signal a bigger move. permanently relocatesing tens of thousands of federal jobs, far outside of washington. >> the reality is, is that the federal government, although it has been contracting for some time, is still an enormous provider of jobs and high-quality jobs here in greater washington. if you start to lose your foundation of what your

is, you're no longer controlling the narrative of what the economy is going to be. so you have to respond. >> reporter: now, before losing office, the obama administration accelerated hiring to get ahead of this. those people not in place yet could quite possibly be left out in the cold. that is the latest live from capitol hill. back to you. >> molette, thank you. today, mike pompeo starts his first day as the new director of the cia. pompeo was sworn in by vice president mike pence. the senate confirmed his nomination after democrats forced a three-day delay. pompeo now becomes the third member of trump's cabinet. other cabinet nominees are several steps away from confirmation. >> lawmakers will try to move it ahead as senate committees will vote on elaine cho and wilbur ross. a senate panel will also vote

senator jeff sessions for attorney general. and the banking committee will vote on dr. ben carson for secretary of housing and urban development. the national resources committees has postponed a meeting scheduled for today to vote on the nomination of ryan zinke and rick perry. perry was trump's pick for energy secretary. president trump has resigned from his company and more than 400 affiliated entities. that is according to a trump organization spokesperson. a spokesperson says the president transferred title, management and authority of the company to a trust under his son donald junior and eric. it was dated january 19th. and president trump said, quote, illegal voting in the election deprived him a victory in the popular vote. two sources tell nbc news those comments came at the top of congressional leaders monday evening. the claim of

fraud has been widely debunked. breaking news about britain's plan to leave the european union. >> angie goff breaking down a premium court decision at the live desk. the prime minister must get a vote from parliament to start the brexit process. that ruling in the uk supreme court. and prime minister teresa may cannot use executive power to begin the exit from the european union. she wanted to start that process which is in fact being called a two-year divorce. this could delay that because lawmakers may be allowed to debate the bill that triggered that process. eun, back to you. lawmakers will have to do real work to dramatically raise the minimum wage. it would have boosted the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. last week, the council narrowly passed the bill on a vote.

will reconsider if changes are made. and here's what he had to say in a youtube video he posted. >> an example for small businesses particularly affected around around youth. and i'm not satisfied the date is 2020. i think the earlier should be 2022. >> i hope that he will change his mind about this, because this is a very expensive county to live in. >> leggett said he wants an economic impact study done by july about this measure. and he also wants an exemption for small businesses and youth workers as he mentioned. the current is $10.75. the governor says he is hoping to go back to work and he will be in the office this morning this is all after a pretty alarming situation. >> this is the moment governor mark dayton collapsed while delivering his

he simply fainted after standing for 40 minutes. his chief of staff said he walked out of the capitol building on his own last night. this is not the first health scare. he also fainted during a crowded even and was taken to the hospital. good news for former president jgeorge h.w. bush and barbara bush. >> the former president could be discharged later this week. he's being treated for pneumonia and let out of intensive care. this is a photo from a family spokesperson from yesterday saying that mrs. bush was treated for bronchitis. >> good to see them doing better. a woman's car stolen with precious cargo inside. how the car jacker escapes while leaving the child safe and sound. plus, metro issuing

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the upcoming nor'easter. first, though, to our storm easter. i'm just making up terms now. >> i'll use that in the next forecast. >> you probably shouldn't. >> sheena is a professional. >> we're going to make aaron his own personalized forecast every day. it's going to be a little different than the actual forecast. i'll get his approval before i put it on. temperatures this morning are feeling at or below freezing. 39 in the district. 29 is what it feels like in gaithersburg, plealeesburg, frederick feeling like 33. it's still breezy but not as gusty as yesterday. here's a look at your commute this morng, 8:00 a.m., we could see a few sprinkles but for the most part, we're drying up. the roads are wet, by noon, 43, 5:00 p.m., big improvements and

take a look at the temperature trend. nice day tomorrow, looking forward to it. but colder into the weekend. new problem on the roadways, good morning, melissa. >> hi, sheena. we do have report of debris there in the right lane, sounds like it might be a large box. they're trying to get that out of the way for us. this has cleared. thankness, hopefully, these delays start to dissolve. northbound 295, the ramp. we have that crash blocking the left side now out of the way. in virginia right now, 66, inbound here, slower going 42 miles per hour from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. 95, northbound, quantico to the beltway. 38 miles per hour. going to take 30 minutes. 270, no big problems. 15 minutes, 95 to 220, remember to list to wtop.

alexandria man. the woman left her car running and she went to the atm. the man jumped into the car and started to driveway. police say when he saw the child in the backseat, he stopped and escaped in a waiting car. alexandra police are searching for that suspect. the child was not hurt. well, nonprofit has withdrawn its application to put a federal halfway house. >> this is the conversation that tracee wilkins first told us about you last week. that facility would have been a few blocks away from a playground. we're told the organization is now working with prince george's county to find a more suitable place. metro for the march for life. trains will run every eight minutes on each line between the morning and evening rush hours. that means there will be extra service every two to four minutes at the station in the downtown area. metro is also cance

encouraging participants to travel outside of the normal rush hour period. if you are one of those people who didn't receive your special metro pass for the inauguration, you're not alone. metro has already received hundreds of refund requests after some riders didn't get them in time for inauguration day. if you get them in the mail now, you can get your $10 back. all you have to do is call the customer service number on the back of your card. the rivers women's organizers say they plan to keep the momentum going. two virginia women have started an activist group saying together we will louder. they're helping people contact lawmakers about issues that are important to them. >> we have 100 days of action. and the members are engaged every day to take different types of action. most is driven through the facebook page. that's because that's our members are connected. >> to be

together we will loudoun page go to the facebook page. high winds caused by the nor'easter and widespread flooding. >> meteorologist stephanie abrams from the weather channel is live in massachusetts. tracking this nor'easter, it's looking pretty rough up there, stephanie? >> reporter: it is, it's pretty raw up here. this is the same system that caused the tornados in the south and the delaware river causing two-foot waves with the white caps. here in new england we're feeling windchills in the upper 20s. anyone from d.c. doing that commute up to boston today or into new england perhaps on a train or trying to fly, it's the morning hours when this will be the worst. it's going to improve as we head on into the afternoon and the evening hours. so people can change their plans to get up to new england later in the day, it will be much improved. the tides here are running anywhere from two to three feet above average. we will see s

flooding. but overall, we are going to see improving conditions. though it's going to be icy in the interior. and we're also going to receive snowfall out of this. overall, it's one of those raw wet days. just give me five degrees and give me snow. rainy is miserable. >> spoken like a true meteorologist, stephanie. you sound just like our chuck bell. >> that's right. yesterday was an exact copy of a year ago, only 15 degrees too warm. a year ago was the blizzard. yesterday, 47-mile-per-hour winds at national airport. almost a half issue to an inch of rain across the area. yeah, a year ago, those last 15 degrees turned it all into rain. >> meanwhile, we're saying thank you for no snow. >> fortunately for aaron, sunny and nice and tropical breezes today. >> that's not true, chuck. >> for the rest of us, this is a time line of the clouds rolling in overnight and obscuring your

time. clouds really thickened up overnight. it is a cloudy start to the day today. we even have a little bit of light rain to deal with as well. in and around the city, everybody's temperature is above freezing. so there may be wet snowakfles mixed in with but with road temperatures above freezing, not expected any traveling problems but you factor in the winds and windchills below freezing, layer up this morning, it is cold. air temperatures will eventually climb from upper 40s to around 50. 50 downtown, 52 your hometown high in manassas. 45 for gaithersburg. 44 in hagerstown. with breaks of sunshine for the afternoon. really not be damp and cold and breezy. tomorrow, the best day of the week, temperatures near 60. i'm optimistic about the weekend. noticeably colder with overnight temperatures dropping below freezing. this area of low pressure

was there in boston. interior new england getting quite a bit of snow for us, we're on the far western corner of this. higher elevation above 5,000 feet could get wet snowflakes. mid to late afternoon we should get breaks of sunshine. skies clear out overnight tonight. we'll be in the 20s and 30s. tomorrow afternoon, a nice day coming. here's your five-day forecast. breezy and more clouds than anything else. tomorrow, nice day near 60. maybe a little sprinkle of rain early thursday morning. otherwise, a cloudy day. downward we go. temperatures close to average as we head toward the weekend. let's go to melissa mollet to find out how the commute is going on. >> we still have that debris in the right lane and we're starting to see that slowdown through that area through 95. beltway looking typical. right now, 295, no matter which way you're coming from if you're headed ind,

delays, though. earlier problems on the 11th street bridge is gone. after dumfries, that crash is hanging around on the shoulder. through manassas, no big problem there. inbound 14th street bridge typical. we'll take a look at 95 in maryland coming up. it is an end of an era at the penn station, they're taking down the iconic black and white departure board. they're putting up blue and white. people used to wait under the old boards to see when their train time would appear and rush to the gate. >> i noticed the new ones were up there a few weeks ago. i kept looking at the old one. a tweet about barron trump could cost an "snl" writer about her job. a joke aboue

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deadly nor'easter from a tornado to massive flooding. we have team coverage on the impact of this massive storm affecting millions. election aftermath. president trump thinks he knows why he lost the popular vote. murder mystery. police need your help. how the victim's tattoos could help crack this case. >> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. it is 6:30 on this tuesday morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're working for you with your weather and "first alert" traffic. >> we begin with chuck and sheena and four things to know about when we're going to get rid of this cold nasty weather. >> i have a violin i've been playing for aaron all morning long. >> can you hear it? >> it's small. >> i can hear it.

doesn't it? >> we'll get it fixed this afternoon but for the morning hours it is cold. >> northwest winds 15 to 20 miles an hour have windchills back down below the freezing mark. certainly, breezy cold and wet and damp outside early this morning. we will get some improvements coming around later on this afternoon. might even get breaks of sunshine after 2:00, 3:00, looking like a wonderful day tomorrow. and then a cooling trend for the weekend. for today, morning clouds, dampness. it will be breezy. highs near 50 degrees. but the weekend is looking dry but noticeably colder. only highs of 40 degrees saturday and sunday. whole ten-day forecast coming up at 6:51. for now, it is traffic heim. >> hi, chuck. fairfax boulevard at stafford drive. report of a brand new crash. trying to get more information on this one. might be a pedestrian that was hit. 395 northbound, debris there still hangin

right lane. you can see the beltway overall looking pretty good. hearing in my ear, we have a new crash on 270. we'll talk about that. 295, finally recovering after earlier issues. 95 northbound after dumfries you can see that cleared out of the way as well. melissa, thank you. 6:32. we are tracking a deadly nor'easter. and the deadly impact. to the south, a deadly tornado to the north, coastal flooding causing problems. >> and we've seen trees down across the region after all of this rain. we continue our team coverage with the weather impact on your morning commute. >> the rain coming to an end but the roads are slick out there. s in 4's justin finch is joining us from bethesda. >> reporter: hi, aaron, we're seeing improving conditions now. the streets are not looking quite as wet as we

there's still a fine mist coming down here. traffic is moving around just fine but conditions are going to change depending on where you are, you might have slicky spots. >> justin finch live for us. justin, thank you. right now, that powerful nor'easter is slamming the east coast, it's the same system that brought devastation to the south over the weekend. >> in new york city, flooding to streets and neighborhoods. sheena parveen is tracking the damage along the coast. >> good morning, guys. this is a powerful nor'easter. high winds and flooding and snow in new england. in atlantic city, new jersey, people are dealing with a lot of coastal flooding. streets are covered with water, people are wading through, just to walk down the street it

high winds pushing that water on shore. we have learned it's an ef-2 tornado being blamed for four deaths in georgia. the tornado was a mile wide. not long. but wide. it tore through homes sunday in albany. and today, the national weather service survey team is actually going to be conducting a survey on the second half of that tornado's path. so, what we know now, the first half of that tornado's path. and now we're going to see the results of the second half of the path later on when that survey team goes out. of course, we'll keep tracking the damage and keep you updated and chuck will keep you updated on the bus stop traffic next. we have an update on breaking news we first brought you monday morning. fairfax county police need some help finding his white sedan. police say the driver shot at an officer in great falls sunday night. the officer tried to pull over that sedan on georgetown pike after it ran a red light. the driver circled down the

opened fire. the police officer was not hurt. this morning, prince george's police isind out who a murder victim is. her body was found near temple hills. investigators say she has distinct tattoos that could help identify her. they read just love, no lies. peace, the initials jls. police say the victim is between 25 and 30 years old. and is 5'6." turning now to president trump's first 100 days in office. the president and his team has kept a busy schedule. today it starts at 9:00 a.m. he will host a breakfast with n automobile industry leaders. and this is somewhat similar to the meeting with business leaders yesterday. at 11:00 a.m., he's going to sign an executive order. the president is scheduled to speak with india's prime minister at 1:00 p.m. and then turning his attention to cone

leadership at 3:00 p.m. then have a separate meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell at 3:45. the president's tax schedule comes just hours after he relitigated the campaign in bipartisan meeting. sources tell nbc news that trump spent part of that meeting talking about the campaign and how to 3.5 million quote illegals led to him losing the popular vote. >> the vacation is over for the former first couple. the motorcade for former president obama and first lady machine shell was spotted in california. it was not all sunshine. some of the trip was filled with fog and rain. we were told that the obamas were able to get in a couple rounds of golf. the president at a private club of oracle founder larry ellison.

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solutions architects. can you imagine to get to go to work and say that? >> i don't even know what that means. >> you know who is satisfied were his job, too -- chuck bell! >> hey. >> there you are. >> good to see you, buddy. >> meteorologist definitely fits into the s.t.e.m. category. science, technology, engineering and math. i do love my job. the job since i wanted at 6 years old. outside this morning, a lot of clouds and a lot of wet roads. we've seen sprinkles light rain, even embedded wet snowflakes or two. nothing sticking to the roads. afternoon highs will be up around 50 degrees. you'll need your warm coat. windchills are below freezing. cold to get you started. have your hat on. you may want to take that small umbrella. the daily grade, melissa, we're giving it a c-minus. we'll get p

later on this afternoon. westbound 50 at 202. brand new crash. fairfax boulevard at stafford drive. that is a pedestrian accident. northbound 270, buckeystown pike. germantown, top of the beltway is slow this morning. taking a look inbound 66 inbound 95. quantico to the beltway. both of those slow. listen to wtop 105 fm when you hop in the car to go. thank you, melissa. keeping jobs in america. we'll tell you about president trump's big meeting hours from now. hiring freeze. how federal workers say the plan to save money could cost more. cancer linked to burnt toast. the report that could be more

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counting down to the oscar nominations. hollywood's biggest stars are waking up early. >> first, president trump's new administration is kicking into high gear. >> he's expected to sign at least one new executive order today. it comes on the heels of several he signed yesterday including one on the transpacific partnership trade deal and several meetings he held with business and union leaders. >> we're tracking president trump's first 100 days. we have team coverage on impact on american jobs on the federal hiring freeze to the effort of keeping jobs from going overseas. we begin with peter alexander. good morning. >> good morning to you. last night donald trump and mike pence swearing in the conservative congressman from kansas, mike pompeo, to be the cia director. coming at a cricktical time for the intelligence

pompeo will be taking the lead of the finest intelligence gathering organization in the world. yesterday was strikingly different than days we had seen under the past administration. donald trump with as many as six several photo ops. it was part of the conversation with those lawmakers last night that is raising eye brows this morning. trump once again raised some widely debunked claims blaming what he described as illegals, undocumented immigrants for voting in the election costing him the popular vote. another thing notable about the evening, i spoke to kellyanne conway. she said unlike past presidents, president obama specifically, donald trump will be working well into the evening with his wife and son back home in new york at trump tower. he's going to be having many working dinners in the days and weeks ahead. back to you. >> peter alexander, live at the white house. be sure to check out peter's full report on the "to

freeze federal hiring will have a major impact on our area's biggest employer. >> the big question how it will impact thousands of local federal workers. we are live from capitol hill. >> reporter: and the impact of all of this could be felt right away. labor leaders, highly critical of this pointed trouble ahead. including having to hire outside contractors to come in and now do the work. now the president said he would do this right away. putting his pen to action on this executive order. we should point out this does exclude the military, public safety, and public health. job vacancies unfilled as of january 22nd cannot be filled. we spoke to the washington business journal about the federal hiring freeze and its impact on the local work force. >> it should be of great concern to all of us in greater washington because if the

agencies and move them to places that are a lot less expensive than here, it might not be the top jobs that go. it would be the mid-range jobs. >> reporter: take a look at the statement from the national active and retired federal employee's association. completely against the executive order. it says it would undermine the efficiency of government operations by creating hiring backlogs and inadequate staffing levels, and it is unlikely to save money. that's the latest live from northwest d.c. up on capitol hill. back to you. >> thank you. 6:949 now. montgomery county lawmakers will have to make changes if they want the kelley executive to improve the wage hike. it would have boosted minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. last week the council narrowly passed the bill in a 5-4 vote. he said he

include exemptions for small businesses and you. he said he thinks it shouldn't happen until at least 2022. he does say he will reconsider if changes are made. this weekend's women's march is still getting a lot of buzz online. >> one of the event's organizers said it's where she's come under attack. angie goff is here. >> good morning. linda is at palestinian-american active and cochair. what it's about she's a cofounder of that march on washington, and she says on facebook she actually asked on facebook for prayers saying islamic phobic attacks intensified since the march. after that, this is what we've been seeing. the #yhashtag. #i march with linda. it was trending all day yesterday. including bernie sanders getting in on the conversation. tan

susan sarandon weighing in saying haters will not divide us. even russell simmons wrote "she's an inspiration." a recipient of the champion of change award from president obama says that all of this response has been remarkable. aaron? >> thank you. we expected update today on the shooting at the comet ping-pong restaurant. edgar welsh is accused of opening fire in northwest d.c. in connection with a false conspiracy theory. no one was hurt in the shooting. lawyers are updating the dastat of welsh's case. he faces as much as 35 years in prison, if convicted. >> bathroom. three international students lucky to be alive after driving through a tornado. this is in hattiesburg, mississippi. they didn't understand the danger of this type of storm. they ventured out in their car

into high winds and flying debris. a circuit box hit the back of the car and badly damaged it, but those students are okay. >> look at the dent in the back of the car! they're very lucky. lesson learned. >> knowledge is power. you have to know what is going on before you go outside. you are always safest to stay put and stay inside. if you're not aware of how bad the weather is, that's when you should stay at home the most and try to be safe. >> a little rain will keep me inside. >> yesterday what a crazy day. 47 miles an hour winds and a sideways rain yesterday! still kind of breezy and cloudy and cold and wet outside this morning. but there's an improving weather picture coming our way. 39 now. northwest winds averaging 15 miles per hour. as the windchill is below freezing in the metro area. area temperatures and

nothing is sticking to the roads. that's good news. windchills below freezing. put your winter coat on. afternoon highs today generally in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees. to prove there are snow flakes that picture was sent of 2 inches of fresh snow. part of the big nor'easter which has a lot of bad weather. philly and boston and new york impacted. better news coming our way for tomorrow. here is sheena with that. >> sunshine finally in the forecast. when we get past today, maybe some breaks in the cloud cover later on today. when you compare it to yesterday, it will be much nicer today and then it just goes on for the rest of the week. a nice warm up in the forecast, too. as we go through the afternoon, though, clouds will hang around. here is a look at future weather. the clouds might be stubborn to get out of here. by 4:00 we could see clearing to the west and breaks of sunshine clea

for the wednesday, take a look at the south wind developing. unseasonably warm temperatures. talking about 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. thursday we go into early showers in the forecast and a difference with the temperature. tomorrow look at that 60 degrees! plenty of sunshine. nice and mild. look at the temperature trend. we go from 50 today to 60 tomorrow and back down to the 40s normal high 44. let's take a look at the weekend, chuck. >> thank you, here is the ten-day forecast. breezy and cloudy for the morning. highs near 50s today. as sheena mentioned closer to the weekend turning seasonally cold. afternoon highs only around 40 degrees. overnight lows back down below freezing. might kill some of those pesky bugs that are ready to spring out for springtime. now first 4 traffic. >> fairfax boulevard at stafford drive. a pedestrian that was hit. we're following this pretty closely getting updates on the news

westbound 50 at 202 crash on the left shoulder. northbound 28 after frying pan road. crash there. 66 and 95 overall actually looking pretty good this morning. northbound 270 it's on the ramp there a crash blocking two lanes northbound. southbound not terrible through that area. gets a little sticky as you're heading even further south there near shady grove road. south hampton drive at ames road brand new crash reported. rest of the beltway overall is looking pretty normal. top of the beltway and outer loop seeing the typical slow downs. >> melissa, thank you. you may have seen a study popping up on facebook about toast causing cancer. >> we're working to separate fact from fiction. a certain compound is produced when starchy foods are roasted, fried, or grilled for too long at high temperatures. the compound can increase your cancer risk. however, the study has only been

conducted on animals. still the version of the fda suggests carefully following cooking instructions and avoiding burning foods. it is 6:56. four things to know before you head out this morning. president trump has a day full of meetings. a writer for saturday night live is suspended indefinitely for a tweet about the president's son. katie rich wrote "baron will be this country's first home school shooter." rich deleted the tweet and later apologized. you can watch the nominations for the 89th academy awards live on the "today" show. a powerful nor'easter is slamming the east coast in new york city and new jersey. the storm is flooding streets and neighborhoods as water continues to rise. >> indeed. there's your five-ay

maybe sprinkles around early this morning. improving weather picture later today and for tomorrow. as we mentioned, turn a little colder by the weekend. . >> we have the problem at stafford drive. trying to get an update on the pedestrian's condition. westbound 50 at 202 crash on the shoulder. overall beltway looking pretty good. >> thank you. we appreciate you waking up with us. the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes. until then, enjoy yo

good morning. good morning. a powerful nor'easter slamming the east coast this morning. heavy rain and near hurricane force winds causing wide spread damage and flooding. the threat not over. facts and falsehoods. during his first meeting with congressional leaders, president trump repeats a widely debunked claim that millions of illegal voters cost him the popular vote. this as his choice of secretary of state clears a major hurdle and his pick to run the cia is sworn in. can he calm the tension between trump and the intelligence community? we'll ask former cia director and defense secretary robert gates in aiv