tough questions, claire mccaskill very tough with him. ron wyden, ranking member, very tough.ough. but they don't have the votes, the democrats. >> no, they don't. and they understand that. but what they're trying to do is establish a narrative here. and it's a narrative that says that -- and all these nominees. first of all, this is a president who has not drained the swamp. he brought in billionaires and so he's not draining the swamp. they have gamed the system in the past. that is not new. then they're trying to say, okay, these are people who don't care about you. the whole questioning on price is about, you want to repeal obamacare, fine. where wha are you going to replace it with and who are you going to care about? are you going to care about people who are on medicaid? do you want to block grant medicaid or not? and so there -- you know, they're establishing a storyline here with all of the nominees they're going through. and it's something that's going to continue as you go through the legislative process, particularly as it applies to obamacare because the democrats

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claire mccaskill, democrat from missouri, because there is no replacement plan i voted no on repeal. this is called repeal and run. chaos is coming. there is senator casey from pennsylvania, it has been a wild day for votes and i'm just getting started to protect affordable health care for pennsylvania residents. the front-page headline in today's papers all belong to donald trump. here is some of the headlines after that press conference yesterday. trump saysk times -- , thea probably hacked front page of the washington post. trump prepares to hit the ground running, lashes out at press over fake news on russia. the front page of usa today this morning -- trump on offense amid controversy, his first news conference since winning the white house gets confrontational . we will be going through that press conference through all the headlines this morning, but we want to hear from you and get your reaction on those confirmation hearings, the press conference, last night's vote. darrell is up first in bedford, ohio, public and. -- republican. caller: i want to talk about the , donald tru

missouri democrat, claire mccaskill. >> who is the benefactor of some one about to become commander-in-chiefintelligence community. >> i received many expressions of concern from foreign counterparts about you know the disparagement of the u.s. intelligence community or i should say what is interpreted as disparagement of the intelligence community. >> mike rodgers who heads the national security agency said it could hurt morale. >> i just don't want a situation where our work force decide to walk. i think that really is not a good place for us to be. >> mr. trump tweeted to day that he is actually a big fan of the u.s. intelligence community and publicly backed up julian assange who claims the leaked e mails did not come from russian state actors. >> director clapper, how would you describe mr. assange. >> don't think those in the intelligence community have a whole lot of respect for him. >> admiral? >> i would echo the comments. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan says gop will move ahead to repeal affordable care act and insists his republican colleagues will come up with something to r

. >> claire mccaskill, one of the democrats on this senate finance committee, a tough exchange she just had with steve mnuchin. let me play the clip for our viewers. >> okay, so what i want to get a commitment from you today is that you will report to this committee what percentage of the debt against the trump enterprises is held by foreign interests. that is your job as the secretary of treasury, and i would -- your commitment that you'll report to this committee as soon as you are able to get that information from the new president. >> i am not making the commitment today to report to the committee on anything, but what i am willing to do is to the extent i am confirmed, i am willing to speak to the chairman and make sure that whatever the committee thinks it needs, i will discuss with the president. >> i can assure you the american people need to know, and you and your job as secretary of the treasury that is supposed to be determining national security interests based on foreign investment, the american people want to know how much debt that is owed by the trump businesses is owed

this is senator claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri. she was an obama supporter in '08 but friend of hillary clinton in the 2016 campaign. who was lindsey graham-plus. >> who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander in chief trashing the intelligence community? >> i think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policymakers, to include policymaker number one, should always have for intelligence, but i think there's a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> and i assume that the biggest benefactors of the american people having less confidence in the intelligence community are, in fact, actors you have named today. iran, north korea, china, russia and isis. >> the intelligence community is not perfect. we are an organization of human beings, and we're prone sometimes to make errors. i don't think the intelligence community gets the credit it's due for what it does day in and day out to keep this nation safe and secure in a number of plots and to -- just one exampl

missouri democrat claire mccaskill: >> who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to becomemander in chief trashing the intelligence esmmunity? >> i've received many expressions of concern from foreign counter-parts about, you asow, the disparagement of the ted intelligence community, or i should say, what has been interpreted as disparagement of the intelligence community. >> reporter: mike rogers, who heads the national security agency, said it could hurt moral. >> i just don't want a situation where our workforce decides to ulk. because i think that really is not a good place for us to be. >> reporter: mr. trump tweeted today that he is actually "a big fan" of the u.s. intel community. but he has also publicly backed f wikileaks founder julian assange, who claims the leaked emails did not come from russian owate actors. >> director clapper, how would you describe mr. assange? or i don't think those of us in dme intelligence community have a whole lot of respect for him. >> admiral? >> i would echo those comments. >> reporter: the public version ne clapper's report, which

take a state like missouri where president electra carried it by 19 points but i don't think claire mccaskill is going to want to vote against that kind of overwhelming message when it comes to confirmation pics. not only are they qualified but she has to recognize that she has the answer to her constituents if she doesn't understand the change they voted for in missouri and other states around the country. jeanine: donald trump has an opportunity to continue to change the landscape of those elections going forward. sean, thanks so much for being with us. >> thank you. jeanine: i'm joined by someone calling for protest against president-elect trump. this is a debate you are not going to want to miss. then the congressman is here to talk about the incoming administration as well as his home state of california and their curious move involving attorney general eric holder. >> are you worried about the russians hacking us? >> no i'm not worried at all. >> i asked america about the russia hacking hearing. street justice i i i i i people would ask me in different countries that we traveled, what i

danielle, let me play a piece from this hearing today beginning with a question from senator claire mccaskill then you'll hear james clapper's response. >> who actually is benefactor of someone who is about to become commander in chief trashing the intelligence community? >> i think there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policy makers, to include policy maker number one, should always have for intelligence, but i think there's a difference between skepticism and disparagement. i've received many expressions of concern from foreign counterparts about, you know, the disparagement of the u.s. intelligence community or i should say what has been interpreted as disparagement of the intelligence community. >> danielle, which do you perceive it as, healthy skepticism or flat out disparagement? >> hard to answer. i think there has been -- i think there has been disparagement. i think it's completely unnecessary. healthy skepticism is exactly the right attitude. the i.c. has been politicized over the last decade, and it's a huge problem. that doesn't mean we should sa

liz: senator claire mccaskill giving her opening statements at the moment.ate committee for homeland security. we're talking about the southern border. you know these terrorists. if they can't get in the southern border -- >> they will go north. liz: they will pose as canadians. >> they're smart. they're always adapting. we haven't been generally adapting with them. senator from my home state, jon tester. liz: he is very concerned. >> 450-mile border in montana and wyoming and all the states across the top. will not -- they could use southern as head fake and go up to the north. general kelly is tactician. he knows how to plan and people. i'm sure that will be one of his major concerns up north. liz: president obama is about to take marine one, air force one, to chicago for the final speech. just about last week, i believe. he spoke before the military, who gave their traditional good-bye, the commanding forces. he brought up two of two of the events you happened to be a part of. right place, wrong time, whatever you want to look at. >> somewhere for some re

i'm claire mccaskill. can you spell it for me? i proceeded to spell it. i proceeded to give the representative my service address. i proceeded to give her the name of the account as a that that was my husband's name. she asked me what my relationship to the account holder was an asset was my husband. then the woman said ok and how can i help today? except i would like to have you removed. there is a be on here and i don't know how he got on here for a protection plan. i don't recall find that or even asking about it. i like to have it removed. now she was to have my permission about my account and my active credit card to make sure i am the person that i say i am so she goes through what credit card i have on file then she says all right so you said you are seeing a charge for the protection plan to know what it is or. i said no take it off. >> all you like to take it off? asked yes. all right but you are aware that the protection plan covers a equipment upgrade every two years and you you will lose your equipment we will place for you know charge. the wo

donald trump has continued to question the findings that russia was behind the hacks, and clair mccaskill asked today james clapper about trump's remarks. >> who actually is the benefactor of someone who is about to become commander in chief trashing the intelligence community? >> i think there's a distinction here between healthy skepticism, which to include policy maker number one should always have, but i think there's a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> the committee's top republican, senator john mccain said the goal of today's hearing was not to question the countyium of the election, but he also said this. >> every american should be alarmed by russia's attacks on our nation. there is no national security interest more vital to the united states of america than the ability to hold free and fair election without foreign interference. >> let's begin now with msnbc's kasie hunt. kasie, break the hearing down for you. it went several hours. what struck you the most? >> reporter: it did. one of the things we learned in particular here is when this report is passed -- w

and when democratic senator claire mccaskill asked him about trump's, quote, trashing of the intelligence community which vice president-elect pence down played as healthy american skepticism, here is what clapper said. >> there is an important distinction here between healthy skepticism, which policymakers, to include policy-maker number one should always have for intelligence, but i think there is a difference between skepticism and disparagement. >> and, with an assist from the committee's chairman, john mccain, clapper also took an apparent swipe at trump for citing wikileaks founder julian assange who has also rejected u.s. intelligence on russian hacking. >> director, how would you describe mr. assange? >> i don't think those of us in the intelligence community have a whole lot of respect for him. >> all of this comes as clapper along with other top intelligence officials meet with trump tomorrow in a highly publicized but supposedly secret briefing to lay out the intelligence committee's full report on russia's interference with our election. i am joined by senator tom cotton of ar

missouri senator claire mccaskill asked director clapper why the work of the intelligence agencies woulde questioned. [video clip] mccaskill: let's talk about who benefits from a president-elect trashing the intelligence community. who benefits? the american people, them losing confidence in the work of the intelligence community? who is the benefactor of someone who is about to become intelligence and chief trashing the intelligence community? lapper: there is a distinction between healthy skepticism, to include policymaker number one, should have for intelligence. there is a difference between skepticism and disparagement. senator mccaskill: the biggest benefactor of the american people have been less confidence in the intelligence community are the actors you have named today, ira north korean, china, russia, and isis. director clapper: the intelligence community is not perfect. we are an organization of human beings, prone to sometimes make errors. i don't think the intelligence community gets the credit it it does to keep this nation secure, and the number of plots -- terrorist plot

and private sector -- >> answering questions now from members of congress, including senator claire mccaskill, an exchange saying there would be howls if others cited julian assange as president-elect has. ari schwartz, react, if you will, to senator mccaskill's comments and james clapper's response that there is a difference between acceptance of the intelligence community and disparagement of the intelligence community. >> they have to be skeptical of the intelligence community. mostly they do it behind closed doors, you don't like the answer you get, you ask for more information. the way that we've seen disparagement and public disparagement, that's very rare for someone that is very frustrated with the intelligence community being in office. someone coming into office doing that, i don't remember ever seeing something like that before. >> i was going to ask for context here, have you seen or heard something like this in the past, in your experience? >> there has been frustration with a single agency and sometimes even public frustration with a single agency but never the entire intelligen

>> claire mccaskill peppering tom price with questions.endy sherman you're familiar with a the love the issues. >> indeed. i think that senator mccaskill did a terrific job in really saying, tell us what you believe in, and we know that congressman price has wanted to take a whack at medicare, at medicaid, at patient care, and making sure that working people have the care they need in the united states and around the world is part of what we stand for and i think that's what senator mccaskill was pointing out. i think andrea we've got a big problem. even though we're going through the cabinet nominations at the state department, at the defense department, all of the undersecretaries, the deputy secretaries, the assistant secretaries are not filled out. so the president being able to move on really key national security issues, including prime minister may coming here tomorrow from great britain is really quite tough. >> a quick question. what are you hearing about the staffing of the national security council, where there are people deploy

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rubio during the election echoed some of what claire mccaskill a said in this hearing today, saying if the shoe was on the other foot and someday it might be, we would want to be standing up for republicans in this case. he sits ons foreign relations committee, which is going to have to approve rex tillerson's nomination for secretary of stat tillerson has been charming, ne well in his rounds i'm told because but if this issue explodes, it's potentially at risk. >> i want to bring in the former supreme allied commander of nato. jack reed is suggesting the russians politically left their fingerprints on this attack. why would they do that? >> what we have here is an enormously important issue. how do we defend ourselves in the cyber realm? we are trending toward vulnerabilities that would approach a kind of cyber pearl harbor and yet we're kind of bogged down in this hearing on the politics of it, what do you believe, who is in charge, when do you pivot back to thinking about the russian hacks. i think the russians must be enjoys the spectacle more than anything else. >> enjoying the sp

. >> claire mccaskill and rob portman. thank you both. i love them working together today. >> all right, stay with msnbc today for complete coverage of the confirmation hearing of senator jeff sessions, the opening statements get under way in about half an hour. stephanie picks up the coverage now. >> hi there. i'm stephanie rule. this morning, so much to do. unprecedented. that's the word of the day. the first trump nominee hearing just minutes away. and overnight, a new twist. senator cory booker set to testify against senator jeff sessions. >> but i think these are extraordinary times and they call for extraordinary measures. >> the first sitting senator ever to testify against a colleague. sessions set to be grilled over his civil rights record 30 years after battling similar charges. >> i am not a racist. i am not intensetive to blacks. >> we've got live coverage at every turn. >>> plus, the final farewell. president obama's last speech as commander in chief tonight, returning to the city of his victory speech back in '08. >> because

>> not democrats like claire mccaskill from missouri and joe donnelly from indiana, states have voteds for president-elect trump, so those of the folks you have to watch for. >> eric: we talk about those people and we may have a different day, they say, a cavity capitol hill when you compare harry reid stewardship of the senate to what we can expect from senator schumer, it's really a new day. they say the most glaring display of the shift so far as the sprawling leadership team schumer has appointed and promised to consult before making any key decisions. in contrast to harry reid's smaller, close knit group of lieutenants, schumer has made it clear he is not interested in blanket obstruction and signals he will play ball with trump when it can help the working class. do you think that some of the gridlock that we have seen in the past few years will be broken? >> well, if it is, it's going to be because of senator schumer, unlike his colleague, mitch mcconnell, who on day one of president obama's administration made it clear to all of his republican senate colleagues that they would

you saw john mccain, senator claire mccaskill opening with questions. the, border security, and the intelligence assessment about russia. those were raised. we should say, of course, this -- expected to be one of the less contentious, certainly serious and pointed questions asked, but this kelly confirmation hearing expected to be one of the least contentious confirmation hearings. on the flip side, on the more contentious, maybe even the most contentious send what is playing out right now in a different hearing room there on the capitol. that is senator jeff sessions of alabama. you're looking at him live on your screen right there. his confirmation hearings for the office of attorney general gountdsway at about 9:30 this morning. there was an extended break for lunch. there was also a short break a few minutes ago. they are back underway right now. sexes has come under intense constituteny, many of the liberal groups and openly demanded that he be rejected. again, trump's pick here for attorney general. some of the attention here has to do with the la

senator claire mccaskill, democrat of missouri, was just asking, are you in favor of block granting medicaid, and he wouldn't answer the question. being somebody who interviews people, as are you, wolf, you can sympathize with the senator trying to get a basic answer to the question. are you in favor of this step that president trump's top adviser, one of them, has said is going to happen. given this is something that will affect millions of americans, i certainly think it's relevant. but the goal for a lot of these hearings is to avoid delving into any sort of specific. even one as cogent as this. >> the other argument a lot of democrats especially senator ron wyden of oregon, that there are ethical issues he has not adequately addressed. >> that's true. whether or not he's bought stock through a broker in companies that -- that he regulates in one way or another, or performs any sort of oversight over.

i want to play you senator claire mccaskill questioning omb, office of management and budget, director nominee mulvaney, about donald trump, if he would lie if asked to by the president. take a listen. >> if the president asks you to not issue real data, or asks you to alter data according to his narrative, what would your reaction be? >> thank you for that, senator. the credibility that i think i bring to this job is that i believe very firmly in real numbers. my job is to tell the president the truth. my job is to tell you the truth. >> what if he tells you to say something other than the truth? do you resign at that point? >> i don't imagine the president of the united states would tell me to lie. >> is that credible to you, e.j.? >> no, not after this week. i mean, given that he has lied. by the way, it's an honor to be with the science guy and my colleague jen rubin. i'm glad you brought up data. one of the fears i have is that the federal government is actually the provider of some of the most important and accurate data we have. and administration after administration in both pa

same thing goes for some democrats, heidi heitkamp, joe manchin, claire mccaskill. they live in states that voted overwhelmingly for trump, the more successes he racks up popularity around political capital. the more democrats and republicans alike feel pressure from constituents in trump country and trump counties to follow trump's lead and implement trump's agenda. charles: speaking of which, i believe over the next couple of weeks we're going to actually see -- of course yesterday he gave ceos marching orders, come back in 30 days with some sort of a gameplan. we'll start seeing beginning of next couple days, lockheed martin hey, we can get the f-35 under 100 million. we'll hear more and more automakers bringing jobs back to america. even if the number is 1000, 450, those kind of numbers, they're so magnified with respect how it makes the average american feel who has been left out of this economy? >> absolutely. i mean trump is picking very symbolic fight, like, for instance, air force one deal it is a deal he pointed to and said we're spending too much on air f

i know that's an important issue to you and claire mccaskill, the democratic senator of missouri, who'sioning this cause. i don't know if you had a chance to listen directly to senator sessions on this, but the gist was -- and forgive me if i'm not getting it exactly right -- that any and all matters that hurt the human condition, i will aggressively pursue. what did you make of that? >> yeah. well, i know that he, in his heart, has the concern about the trafficking that goes on, and you're right, online is where it's happening today. we just had a hearing where we talked about the fact that so much of the sex trafficking has moved from the street corner to the iphone and, therefore, these online sites are exploding the number of minors particularly who are being exploited who have been trafficked online. and i know jeff cares about that. look, we had an amazing hearing today. we were able to reveal that backpage.com which is probably 80% of commercial sex traffickers on that one site, that they actually had concealed criminal evidence deliberately to avoid having ads not run that were

i want to thank and congratulate our new ranking member, claire mccaskill, and see all of my colleagues from this point of view, it's good to see you all up there. it's a privilege to join senator mccain with whom i served during the vietnam war, and i would just say from my vantage point, john, you're a hero. and i'm proud to have served with you and proud to know you and to sit with you today. secretary gates, you're one of the finest secretary of defense we've ever had. and i am honored to be with you today as well. we're introducing a man, as you know, who needs little introduction to this committee. general john kelly, john francis kelly, and to welcome his wife karen and their daughter kathleen and her husband jake, sitting behind us, to this confirmation hearing. karen, i said to your husband yesterday, given all the years he's served and you've allowed him to serve, for you no purgatory. straight to heaven. so thank you for continuing to share with us an extraordinary man. created about a dozen or so years ago, the department of homeland security's 240,000 employees get up every

go back to general james mattis under questioning from the democratic senator from missouri claire mccaskill> understanding that none of us want any standards diminished, and that we've got to maintain the highest physical standards for the specialties in which men and women are going to serve, can you address for this committee how committed you are going forward to having both men and women serve alongside each other when they are capable of doing the work for our country? >> yes, senator, i can. i think you hit on the point that no standards are changed. the standards are the standards and when people meet the standards, then that's the end of the discussion on that. i would also add that what we're talking about here is somewhere north of 15% of our force is made up of women and the reason we're able to maintain an all volunteer force with very, very high recruiting standards is because we go to males and females. and that same application of those -- that human capital has got to show that where they can best serve that's where they go. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general mattis. let's

. >> member to have my data back with claire mccaskill a believer's questioning and. sword every litigate donald trump's business folder. that probably will be a theme going forward for democrats. neil: by the way, i was looking up these remarks. but what is the role of the treasury secretary when it comes to our reporting. who owns that? no such obligation there. he obviously will convey that in the details, but is under no obligation to answer to the committee. the >> that is fascinating. a couple weeks ago he was on maria bartiromo's show where mnuchin said we wanted to get thin and friday off from government control. what the market perceives those comments, which investors shouldn't have because we discussed this on your show a few times with danny and freddie were going to be released, but the government asked that enjoyed all those great years that led up to its implosion was going to remain and that's why people bought the stock. it's known as recapping release. what he said today as we are not going toputthe taxpayer on the hooklike in the past. that's why a

claire mccaskill in between votes, senators have to say coast the floor. here she is showing off her grandson as they face time. other senators are more interested in sports. keeping tabs on cleveland cavaliers basketball game. meanwhile they are having some fun off the floor as well. graham literally struck up a conversation. on a more serious note, the the meeting today with general james mattis, saying it will be a privilege supporting his nomination. a reminder his nomination is coming up for consideration tomorrow before the senate armed services committee. we will have live coverage beginning over on c-span3. you can follow it on c-span.org or stream it on the c-span radio at. now we will take you back to the hearing from earlier today. tillerson, former ceo before the senate foreign relations committee person eight hours of testimony as he has been nonnative by donald trump to be secretary of state. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioninin

>> i think claire mccaskill is on the committee and i think somebody you should keep an eye on and alsoern about the lack of knowledge of these picks? >> we can say bringing a business person to washington could be a good thing and bring their set of skills. >> absolutely. >> if you look back at history people coming to washington without a senior level like mnuchin and without having any prior washington experience have generally not worked out very well. it's simply a different experience. you're going from a command and control ceo type of role to a much more collaborative ko l leth lethal. you have to get the politics of it and theater is involved and it's a different set of skills. >> some of the deal making, joe, you would know, is behind closed doors. it's not lobbed out in the public. sometimes you never hear about certain deals that are made and why votes are cast. >> completely different skill set. there is a reason why generals that look like they are going to be a great candidate for president go out and usually by about the third day, everybody is grimacing going, ew. our c

that is right, few democrats, including claire mccaskill, took up the point of view that the treasury secretary, under his authority to oversee foreign investments securityt have competitions for the united states should be overseen donald trump's personal business conflicts with foreign lenders or investments he is doing overseas. it may be upt is thingshin to chair these on the committee on foreign investment. oliver: has that been a part of the secretary of treasury's role in the past? what has been the history here where mnuchin can argue i am obligated to this, or i am free from this? they include secretary of state and national security forces, but they have never had to think about a businessman president before. this is uncharted territory. typically, when you see them get chinese -- let's say a or russian company wants to acquire a u.s. asset. they review it and see if there are national security applications. if it is blowing, they will reject it. ben companies that might involved in technology, they might deem it to be too close to affecting national security. scarlet: it l

a couple of democrats, then cardin -- then cardin and the missouri senator claire mccaskill waiting for the starting of the -- start of the hearing to get under way. the vice president-elect is speaking to reporters right now and we are covering that on c-span 3. announcer: at the doorway is finance committee chairman of utah. members are filing at the room. the finance committee considering the nomination of mnuchintion, -- steve and it should yet underway shortly here on c-span. we want you to know on this day before the inauguration day, pre-inauguration events. at 2:45 we will cover donald trump and mike pence laying a wreath at arlington national cemetery and it will head over to the grounds at the lincoln memorial or a welcome event put on by the presidential inaugural committee at 4:00 eastern and both of those events will be live here on c-span.