but as fox6's brittany shannon reports, to those who knew him he was so much more to the racine commu "it's emotional, you know" brenna freeman looks longingly at the front of her church. and a reminder of her pastor... "felt like i needed to be here. this is where he would have wanted us to be" the racine woman's pastor, mark gates, a fixture here at christ chapel... "he would have given his coat to somebody that needed it his shirt off his back if you needed members learning their pastor had passed away. gates worked as a racine sanitation employee. he was struck by a car while collecting recyclables wednesday morning. he was flown to froedtert where he died. "you expect your pastor to be here and not to be taken away in some tragic accident" gates meaning so much to so many. racine mayor john dickert calling him a "highly respected and dedicated employee" "a deeply faithful and caring pastor" also reminding people to slow down. a similar message from fl washington avenue. "we out here every day trying to do the job for the community just slow down" now...a void for the people of ch

. >> but the nationshtional commu and the foreign policy community very much worked against donald trump'sabout, you know, trump always has these feuding power centers under him. but when he thinks someone's a kindred spirit, he is willing to go to bat for that person. >> and it's someone who's been with him since the very beginning. not just a lot of loyalty, but like-mindedness there. >> but if someone is taking too much heat like manafort and corey did, he basically dissolves himself from them. is that enough right now, i think they're aligned. >> this story, there's too much separation from trump himself for it to be a real problem. >> i will say this. i feel like mike flynn has -- he's accumulated enough baggage where if they feel as if the heat's coming on them, he becomes the first sacrificial lamb. >> yeah. >> like, you know, you have to feed the washington wolves sometimes and you just wonder, has he set himself up for that. >> the nice thing about a presidential administration is you have literally hundreds of sacrificial lambs -- >> that's true! that's a warning for anybody -- a

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you have the republican chairman of the symbintelligence's commu feeling he has to defend the president and his own party. we are entering a crisis phase here in this clash between the highest office of the land and the intelligence agencies that work for the highest office in the land. it's going to be momentous to watch. >> certainly will be. thanks very much, jim sciutto, nic robertson, michelle kaczynski. appreciate it. >>> a trump transition source, by the way, saying the president-elect is concerned about the russia hacking report, but transition officials think the issue is being used to try and delegitimize his election victory. earlier today the president-elect tweeted this, i'm quoting. "are we talking about the same cyber attack it was revealed the head of the dnc illegally gave hillary clinton the questions to the debate." and meeting with jeh johnson, one of the key agencies responsible for cyber security in the united states. congressman chris collison of new york is a member of the trump presidential transition team. joining us now from lancaster, new york, just outside o

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and china which is the one-china policy where washington commu communicates with beijing which is whyall had been prearranged but we do not know why the call was arranged. the readout from the taiwan side was that this was a discussion of policy. donald trump quickly took to twitter defending his decision saying it was a congratulatory call and said it is interesting that he should not talk to the president of taiwan when the u.s. sells millions of dollars of equipment to taiwan. this led to speculation that perhaps president-elect trump wasn't aware of this long-standing policy that his transition team was uninformed on matters regarding taiwan. this is something that kellyanne conway quickly shut down speaking to anderson cooper on "ac360" saying that he is fully aware of the long-standing policies between the u.s. and taiwan. >> we just heard beijing's reaction there. beijing was not happy and they let the u.s. know about it. what does this incident tell us about possible future relations between the u.s. and china under the trump administration? >> reporter: beijing did react much

. >> now we're going to sign some bills here. [ applause ] >>> tonight on the commu communicators, purchase of aol and proposed acquisition of yahoo. discussing the need for massive fiber buildout, which could be part of the infrastructure program being considered by president-elect trump and congress. he is interviewed by john mckinnon, technology reporter for the "wall street journal." >> the wireless signals are traveling a shorter distance. that means when we talk about the wireless networks, 90% is fiber. you mentioned internet of things and cities, look what cities are trying to do. you need a massive fiber infrastructure to d that. >> watch the communicators, tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. >>> president electors will have coverage as they cast their ballots for president and vice-president beginning at 11:00 eastern, springfield, illinois, harrisburg, pennsylvania, lansing, mitch ganl and richmond, virginia. claire clear. >>> c-span, will history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. that is brought to you by tod