logan act. even went so far to accuse him of treason. now this may sound familiar just a few months ago donald trompe naiad comment for the russians to release the e-mail's that is a violation of the logan act but the incident with senator cotton is a launching point natalie because it was the inspiration but the focus of the first chapter with the epilogue in keeping you here to midnight that is the small handful i will start with the l. logan act. 1798 on the brink of war france was at war with its neighbors trying to stop shipping to its enemies they were capturing sailors and now was preeminent at that point because congress in the of white house was controlled by the federalist party of the democratic republican party led by thomas jefferson was anti-war and did not have a lot they could do about it so in the midst of all of this state that they could do something about this. a philadelphia uh dr. named logan he was a friend personally of jefferson and he was a quaker and he thought if he could meet with some of leader of france he could talk them back from the edge to keep as country of war. still logan was a prominent person with that

donald trump doesn't have those boundaries. and unfortunately, i think it's necessary to bring up the logan act.st amendment issues. but the first amendment also has limits. one cannot yell "fire" in a crowd theater. and i would suggest that conducting foreign policy, pretending to have the authority to do so around the world is a reasonable limitation on one's first amendment rit. >> congressman jared huffman, thank you very much for joining us. we're out of time. sorry. . thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >> chris hayes is up next. >> let me be sort of a neutral guy. >> plus -- >> the stock market has stopped rising until what appears to be the trump rally. >> inside the so-called trump rally and the dangers of a president taking credit for what he inserts. then author rick pearlstein on the nixonian grievances of donald trump as he lashes out at president obama. and from pizza gate to vote tampering by russian agents, new numbers on

donald trump doesn't have those boundaries. and unfortunately, i think it's necessary to bring up the logan act. issues. but the first amendment also has limits. one cannot yell "fire" in a crowd theater. and i would suggest that conducting foreign policy, pretending to have the authority to do so around the world is a reasonable limitation on one's first amendment right. >> congressman jared huffman, thank you very much for joining us. we're out of time. sorry. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. >>> obama versus trump has the transfer of power in a rough patch. >>> good evening. i'm in for chris matthews. with just weeks to go before the transition of power in washington is complete, the outgoing and incoming administrations are signaling two very different policies when it document mideast peace. today accident secretary of state kerry took israel to task over its settlement construction and he warned the two state solution is now in jeopardy. earlier in the morning

the logan act may sound a little bit familiar from our recent presidential election a few go which i know seemed like an eternity. donald trump made a comment employed the russians to release the e-mails and democrats had the violation with senator treason. begin failed for senator cotten is a good lunch and play for the discussion of this boat only because it is the inspiration that because the logan act, the law he was accused of breaking is the focus of my first chapter. 12 chapters plus an epilogue in as much as i would love to get into each and every one of them no tv at midnight and i might wear out my welcome by then so will focus on a small handful and i'm going to start with the logan act. in 1798, the united states and france were on the brink of war. known as the class i work on the france is at war with a bunch of its neighbors in europe and trying to stop neutral shipping from sydney goods to it to enemies. unfortunately including us. they recaptured our sailors and were seemed pretty imminent at that point especially because congress and the white house under john adams were controlled by the federalist pa

the problem is that donald trump has acted in a way that i believe violates the logan act. you can have one president at a time and cannot have the president-elect acting as if he were president calling an egyptian leader and making threats to withdraw or pull back a resolution. republicans didn't accept this m in the last year of barack obama's presidency. but now you have republicans saying in the last month that he can't act on foreign policy without interference. that simply is not an appropriate response. >> as we mentioned, netanyahu is accusing president obama of orchestrating this u.n. security council vote against israel and the white house denying it but not just coming from the opposition just from netanyahu or donald trump, a person who's critical of donald trump in the past. senator lindsey graham. this is what he had to say on cnn. this aired on saturday. let's play it. >> he told me when it comes to the u.n., the gloves were off and i told him, that too. so i will respond in kind. 22% of the united nations budget comes from the american taxpayer and i'm going

logan live in london with the latest. kitty, thank you. >>> president-elect donald trump could have a whole lot of power over the future of the american judicial system and not just by picking a u.s. supreme court justice. he'll also have more than 100 seats to fill on the district court and the circuit court. much more than president obama did eight years ago. we'll look at what all of this could mean for some of the biggest issues facing americans. e kids to get a repair estimate. liberty did what? yeah, with liberty mutual all i needed to do to get an estimate was snap a photo of the damage and voila! voila! (sigh) i wish my insurance company had that... wait! hold it... hold it boys... there's supposed to be three of you... where's your brother? where's your brother? hey, where's charlie? charlie?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you. liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance >>> donald trump could have a lot of power to shape the nation's court system. there's a supreme court seat to fill, of course. what you may not know is there are about 100 other federal judgeships with vacancies. that

so whether the logan act applies here or not, it is highly unusual. we have one president at a time. and donald trump is really playing with fire, because, you know, lawrence, we're not talking about just donald trump and barack obama. we're talking about the institution of the presidency of the united states, and i dare say when the moment comes when donald trump isn't going to be president any longer, he will want to make sure that he gets to be president till the very last moment and will be furious to have the person who is going to follow him make decisions or try to affect the outcomes of those decisions. >> but jonathan, this was netanyahu apparently reaching out directly to trump. >> yeah, well, netanyahu, we know, for some time has essentially been a republican, an american political terms, that was irresponsible of netanyahu. i think he thinks he's getting somebody who will rubber stamp anything that he wants in the white house. and he, he will. he will get that. israel will be determining u.s. foreign policy in the region, which is not the way it should be. not that we shouldn't be i

logan, thank you. eric: the white house press secretary scolding the media for the coverage of president obama. what josh earnest says the media folks keep getting wrong. patti ann: also donaldnflict of interest birdies solving his charitable foundation. will it work? will it be enough? measure ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. . . patti ann: fox news alert. tensions between israel and the obama administration going public. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu accusing president obama and his administration of a diplomatic ambush. he blames the united states for helping to draft a u.n. resolution condemning israel for settlements in the west bank. the u.s. officially abstained from that u.n. vote instead of vetoing it as it has for many years. we'll have more on that in a moment. >>> but first, president-elect donald trump announcing plans to shut down his charitable foundation to avoid conflicts of interest. critics say the move will not to far enough. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm patti ann