it was to get out of playing the goddamn inauguration.eers and applause] right now, the two biggest acts booked for the inauguration are an "america's got talent" contestant-- contestant, not winner! and the mormon tabernacle choir. oh, yes! the thrill of choir music but with the edginess of mormonism. [laughter and applause] but look, when it comes down to it, we may not know who will perform, but we've just found out the theme. - with just over a week until donald trump is officially sworn in as president, we now have a better idea of the theme of his celebration: soft sensuality. [laughter] - yeah, that's right. soft sensuality. mmmm. good to know when america's getting [bleep] by donald trump, at least he'll do it gently. [laughter] - we're turning now to michelle wolf, everybody. [cheers and applause] michelle, michelle, i-- just, before we get into everything, i mean, it's, you know, two days until president trump. how are you feeling? - i feel great. how are you? [laughter] - i mean, to be honest, i'm surprised that you feel great.

i would like to be there for the inauguration. i don't think i've ever missed one except for this year. and it was a -- they asked me to do it and i said i would be privileged to do it. >> you mentioned you being pro t tem. you're third in line to be the president. you think that had something to do with it? >> it had lot to do with it i think because they sure as heck would like to have things work out. it is pretty tough to take the first and second person in line and remove them from the facility when they're holding the inauguration. yeah, it was an honor for me. it was a necessary approach that they take to really protect the country and make sure that we have a continuum succession in ways that would be very helpful to the country if some real catastrophe occurred. >> where do you go when you're the designated survivor? >> that's one of the things that only i know. and a few others who are with me. >> you can't tell. why is that? >> well, i guess they don't want anyone to know the methodologies they use. because there are re

five weeks ago we had a peaceful transfer of power, the inauguration of a new president. although when president trump spoke of carnage and decay, it was a sad day for our country. the next morning dawned with a peaceful show of power where women in their families marched for our values in harmony and with good spirit. it was organic, it was personal, it was powerful. the women, men and children who poured into the streets for the women's march, those who turned out at airports shortly thereafter and town halls in the weeks since, they honor the vision of our founders. president trump has made authoritarian choices. choices in favor of secrecy, the tool of authoritarians instead of transparency and openness, the essentials of a democracy. calling the press the enemy of the people is a cause for great alarm. and just one reason for the american to be vigilant, very, very vigilant. the american people are mobilizing. as long as republicans continue down this destructive and radical path, the public resistance will only increase. as president lincoln said, public sentiment i

but protests on the day of the inauguration. people are free to do, this but you have people acting out and warning not to go to the inauguration. congressmen and women not going. the latest trend not to show up at cabinet confirmation hearings. those that came out to say they wouldn't consider donald trump's choice for the supreme court. sight inseen. didn't know who he would choose. this is in crazy territory. >> yeah, it is. i don't think it's going to stop any time soon. we live in an age of protests and marches every weekend. i live here in the city. so i see it every weekend now that trump has been inaugurated. that's healthy. it's healthy for this to happen and democracy. again, we have a center to protect free speech because this is an important issue for not just the detractors but those that are advocates of free speech. people have the fundamental right to protest as well as the right to free speech. last night the students that wanted to attend that event were robbed of the opportunity where again, diversity of thoug

tim: they were only good on inauguration day. roughly 400 customers are requesting refunds. >> i think it is indicative of a lot of internal difficulties they have as far as providing so,ice to their customers, again, not surprising, unfortunately. it isonight, metro said aware an extremely small percentage of the cards did not make it out of its third party processing center in time to get there before inauguration day and they will be giving refunds for anyone who had that problem. live in arlington, tim barber, abc 7 news. jonathan: people in d.c. tonight, rest easy, there is not a bobcat in your backyard. bobcat missing from national zoo was found on zoo property. she was found near the bird exhibit this afternoon. hmm. by the way there were no missing birds. she is said to be ok with only a small cut on her front paw. possible she may have left zoo grounds. veterinarians will perform a full exam tomorrow, but she seems to be fine. alison: you would check the bird exhibit first, don't you think? a sweet deal bringing hundreds

that's what he did in his inaugural address. he's got to buy pass congress and lead, follow or get out of the away. that's what i love about trump. he's going to lead. one of the things the president said in his inaugural address is that the inner cities have just been left in the worst kind of condition. and he's he wanting to change it and he talked about that we all bleed the same blood. you know, it would be remarkable when you look at what goes on in chicago and these other places where people just die like it's a -- in some kind of battle zone or war zone. how does he -- what does he need to do right here on the home front. >> law enforcement. he needs to make it clear -- i represent an african-american police officer, a dallas. he's come forward and caught a lot of flack for doing it, but these police are on the side of the american people. they're on the side of african-americans. they're here to keep that carnae from happening. he need to make that clear because it's a question of life or death, and yesterday i saw a lo

and that is concerned and being inaugurated with 4 million cubic meters had have insurance coverage for those that provided food baskets. and for those entering in the town now the second place in the terms of scientific progress. and there are problems as people had to implement. but come on the other hand 700,000 jobs we us fifth country in the world to create 700,000 jobs in one year. but no -- now with the revolutionary people of korean. -- every and. in and with that foreign policy and also freedom and sociall freedom they should know over the past three and half years that is important with the illustration one 1 negative administration to dictate and more of that has been produced and to pay attention of the establishment to be on the watch. you should now time but with that long road ahead we know that to our nation is living in those standards. that intellectual artist andrt assemblies with an theysphere to complain about that we should join hands is not possible and we cannot achieve the progress so s still in this society we have a lot of problems problems, social problem

of this administration, for the products will be inaugurated. production in this administration has increased by 14%. our exporter and the administration have increased 4% to 6%. though we are just getting back and just think that the establishment of the islamic revolution, the iranian nation is just talking the talk and not walking the walk. they should know that the iranian nation and many fields come in many arenas are among the top 10 countries in the world. this was 38 years ago and the condition of iran 38 years ago when it was a dependent country and all of the important things at that time, create the iranian nation. in order to achieve our lofty ideals. the revolution in order to administer justice to help our roads and villages. we have natural gas to our urban areas. and the electricity to villages and urban areas. all who have more than 20 families live, all of them have electricity. at the end of the administration , but that these same families live will have the light traced to the pier today, actually our natural gas apply, more

police there arrested a man and a woman the day before the inauguration. but the investigation is expanding to more countries. secret service electronic crimes task forces based in rome and paris are now also working case. the malware that infected the cameras and servers has been identified as ransomware, which hackers have used in the past to take over computer system and then extort money from cities, companies, and hospitals. did the people behind it make any sort of demand? >> i can't speak specifically about what the secret service found with this investigation at this point. >> reporter: if they did, you can't talk about it. >> that's correct. >> reporter: in the end, the cameras were taken off line for 48 hours and reconfigure. no ransom money was paid, and, scott, the cameras were fully operational for the inauguration. investigators have not ruled out that this was a state-sponsored operation. >> pelley: jeff pegues, breaking the story tonight. thank you, jeff. winter weather is expected to storm back to the east coast tonight from washington to

the inauguration speech was very devices. the other thing is that we have had a month and a bit of him in office were there has then chaos. he has to prove he can do accomplishments as well. that requires good governing, something more complicated than campaigning. .aura: thank you for joining us it has been just over a month since president trump delivered his inauguration speech where he promised to tackle the "carnage in america." ian pannell has been to baltimore, a city where according to the u.s. census a quarter of residence live in poverty to see how difficult of a task that might be. jackson, allo to citizen of the wealthiest country the world has ever known. he is dressed in handouts. his parents cannot find work. they have no home of their own. every morning they come to the manor house charity with a poor of baltimore meet for food, warmth, and compassion. >> come and help us. instead of critiquing us, help us. we need help, bad. ian: like much of america, this is a story of 2 worlds. baltimore is something of a b

the cameras were fully operational for the inauguration. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington.

police there arrested a man and a woman the day before the inauguration. but the investigation is expanding to more countries. secret service electronic crimes task forces based in rome and paris are now also working the case. the malware that infected the cameras and servers has been identified as ransomware, which hackers have used in the past to take over computer systems and then extort money from cities, companies, and hospitals. did the people behind it make any sort of demand? >> i can't speak specifically about what the secret service found with this investigation at this point. >> reporter: if they did, you can't talk about it. >> that's correct. >> reporter: in the end, the cameras were taken off line for 48 hours and reconfigured. no ransom money was paid, and, scott, the cameras were fully operational for the inauguration. investigators have not ruled out that this was a state-sponsored operation. >> jeff pegues, breaking the story tonight. thank you, jeff. >>> winter weather is expected to storm back to the east coast tonight from washington t

would you call him a racist, he would not attend even one of inaugural.this nation has got to get together. the democrats have got to figure out that they did lose. we were not happy when obama got in but we did not protest, we did not riot, we did not do all of these things. you have the democrats who really need to forget losing and go to church. that is helping. that would get rid of their stress. host: mi calling in from atlanta on the independent lineke. are you feeling stressed? ,aller: i am feeling stressed we went from a president with honor and integrity for eight years to an unqualified mentally unstable, arrogant person. systems of checks and balances with republicans controlling both houses. definitely feeling stressed and the lady from kansas, it is john lewis, not joe. host: coming up, a petition calling for an impeachment investigation of president trump was presented to congress on thursday, norman solomon, in a group from the addition will join us next and we look at whistleblower rights and protections with the project on government over

he knew when he performed at the inauguration, that was a big deal.rform then you are supporting donald trump. that was a given, that's what everyone was saying, that was a big story. >> that's never been the truth before. he performed for obama as well. >> it was such a big deal who was performing, everyone wanted to know, he had to have known it was going to cause a controvers controversy. >> tom: wasn't only a big deal because of the solid-esque tactics of the left? >> if you want to boycott ribfest and not go, if you don't want to listen to his music, boycott. >> tom: i think you were boycotting him anyway. i want to shame him for not endorsing trump. he should come out for him and be a great american. >> you just, the left, i don't know why they don't see the irony in trying to silence someone else for having an opposing view to them under the name of antifascism. i don't know how you can see that, it is really crazy to me, and very disturbing, and it feels like the entire left wing of this country has bought into the idea that if you're not on o

this one is about the transit agency's special inauguration day passes. the one-day passes worked only on inauguration day. they're now worthless. anthony defazio says he bought one of the ten dollar passes online. but it didn't arrive in the mail until monday.. 12 days after the inauguration. metro says it sold nearly 30-thousand of these passes. about 400 customers, including defazio, are now asking for refunds. coming up-- deplorable conditions at an apartment in the district. the problems so bad-- the attorney general's office is now stepping in. what this means for residents.. coming up. plus, two middle school girls expelled-- after asking to play on their school's basketball team! but-- they did get some good news. the details, coming up. groundhog day - coldest day: saturday (38) - sunday few snowflakes/rain showers (minimal impact - highs low 40s) - big temp swings next week! today: cloudy early, becoming partly sunny. breezy to windy. highs: 45-52 winds: nw 5-15 g 25+ tonight: mostly cloudy and colder. lows: 25-29 winds: nw 5 mph friday: mostly

to watch you at the inauguration with barack obama. you guys seem to get along, all right.ld that be accurate? >> it's a very strange phenomena. we get along. i don't know if he'll admit this, but he likes me. >> how do you know he likes you? >> i like him. because i can feel it. you know, that's what i do in life. it's called, like, i understand. >> stephen: "it's called, like, i understand." trump has a sense when people like him. and he doesn't find out he's wrong until the lawsuit. ( laughter ) then trump, it's called, like, continued talking about his limo ride with president obama on inauguration day. >> we drive down pennsylvania avenue together. we don't even talk about it. politics is amazing. >> what did you talk about? >> we talked about the country. we talked about the future of the country. i asked him about, "what do you think our biggest problem is?" and he told me, "i can't tell you, but it's a problem." ( laughter ) >> stephen: yes. obama said, "i can't tell you, but here's a hint-- it's sitting next to me in the limo right now." ( cheers and applause ) >>

he didn't do it during the inauguration or the campaign, and does he need to do it now? >> he may not need to. the president will have two goals tonight in the speech. one will be to speak to the american people, and that includes the more than 50% of americans who right now do not approve of the job he has been doing. he needs to try and sell his message, sell his priorities, to those americans who are still deeply skeptical of his presidency and that might need an optimistic message, and on the other hand his other priority is going to be making this a pep rally for lawmakers in congress, and getting them behind his agenda, and getting them excited to pass health care and tax reform, and he has not really done that to this point. usually you see presidents come in and really make a strong push in congress right away and he's behind the ball on that and we are seeing republicans expressing reservations about the health care plan out there, and the republican study committee, they are saying they may not be able to support it. they need to sell this to be public. >> they

the second inaugural is not his shortest speech. in the third paragraph he addresses the question directly. fervently dohope, we pray that the mighty scorch of war may speedily pass away. yet if god wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by 250 years of unrequited toil's will be some end until every drop of blood shall be the by another drawn with sword, as was said 3000 years ago, so still it must be said, the judgment of the lords are true and righteous altogether. the first thing that struck me about that paragraph when i came to write about it was the map. math.t -- the map in that gettysburg 1776.ss equaled the second inaugural was jamestown, the first colony to import slaves. the founding fathers disappear from this speech. the only major speech in which there is no mention of them. they are a dimensionless point into identity years of the national sin of slavery. the other thing that struck me about this is how far lincoln has come from thomas paine. had been revolted at the thought that god could kill his own son

we are talking about the inaugural stand in front of the white house. stephen tschida went looking for answers. stephen: they prayed for our democracy in the shadow of the presidential reviewing stand and they wondered why is it still standing. >> it's odd. stephen: we spotted a handful of workers who appeared to be removing pieces of the stand but slowly. >> they don't want it taken down. the people in the white house don't want to take it down because they feel safer or something. stephen: those who have worked in this part of the city saying after other inaugurations the stands come down sooner. >> i see it still up. it would seem to me that you would take it down in a couple of days. this has been weeks. almost a month. stephen: we checked with the national park service and it responded for the permitted of the reviewing stand is good it's the same as the other inaugurations. no confirmation on whether the dismantling is going more slowly than after prior inaugurations. >> why is still up? could it be the hiring freeze? don't have enough workers? st

on february 17th, four weeks from his inauguration, he signed a bill which saved or created 4 million jobs. he had already signed, lily leadbetter signed schip, the children's health insurance program. by the time he had his first address to the join session, the first speech, he could say this is what i asked for. this is what we have done in the first four weeks. what has the trump administration done from their inaugural address, where they talked about decay and carnage? they've done nothing, except put wall street first. make america sick again. instill fear in our immigrant population in our country. and make sure russia maintains its grip, its grip on our foreign policy. >> you saw sarah sanders say, they're going to talk about obamacare on tuesday night. would not say the president will guarantee. >> it can't guarantee. the republicans have been baying at the moon for seven years that they have a better idea. they've come up with nothing. they say repeal and replace. that has alliteration. that's all it has going for it. they don't have a replacement. what they have put forth

he accompanied lincoln on his inaugural train trip to washington, d.c. as ellsworth was running up the stairs to tear down the rebel banner, he was shot and killed by the owner of the hotel, who was in turn shot and killed by a second in command. at the end of 1861, another friend of lincoln's from illinois, edward baker, is in a battle. baker was a weak man in weak politics. lincoln named one of his sons after him. baker had moved to oregon, become a senator, and he is the man who introduces lincoln to the crowd from the podium at his first inauguration. but baker serves in the battle of balls bluff in december of 1861 where he is killed. lincoln is described at baker's uneral as weeping like a child . in 1862, william mccullough, another illinois man, had asked lincoln's help getting into a regiment at the beginning of the war. the reason he had to ask for lincoln's help was that he was 50 years old and he had only one arm. he had lost an arm in a farming accident. but he still wanted to fight for liberty and his country. so lincoln helped him. he beca

inauguration speech were fine speechers. most viewers agreed with that. the press labelled them as negative and dower. but the fact is 750 million people on election day thought we werette heading in the wrong direction. that's been turned around. most people think we are going in the right direction now that donald trump is president. if he is smart, and he is smart, he will give them more reasons to think he can take the country in the right direction. if he gives a convention speech and a inauguration speech pointing out what's wrong with america, it won't work. the window is up on his presidency. it's his time now. he needs to be optimistic. that's what his staff said he would do. >> part of his success, ari, i don't need to tell you this, was this whole idea that his advisors would let trump be trump. that's work for him. but approximate white house is obviously a different animal. there is a report in politicoout out right now talking about how his national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster is pushing back on one tmhat d

one of the most vocal critics was the teenager that sang at his inauguration. stephanie ramos has more. >> reporter: it's just a few weeks that we learned that ivanka trump and her husband talked their father out of a move that would limit lgbt rights. now the white house went in different directions. they took their clients straight to the white house. in a late night announcement, the white house reversed the initiative by president obama. to use the bathroom of their choice. >> it was gross overreach when they issued this directive. candidate trump says people should use the bedroom that they feel is appropriate and indicating support for caitlyn jenner. >> the president made is clear he is a firm believe in state rights and issues like this are not best dealt with on the federal letter. >> they condemned this. and says it's not confusing. >> jackie yvonne -- who sang at the inauguration. whose sister is a transgender. you gave me the honor to sing at your inauguration. give me the honor to talk. fort fatally her school is supportive of the status. >> i hear

jonathan: it has been over a month since the scenes were playing out after the inauguration. the protest turning into chaos, hundreds arrested. the question is did officers do the right thing using pepper spray in making arrests. tim barber has the report card reacted. what kind of grades are they getting tonight, tim? the office of police complaint say most officers did the right thing on the streets that day, but the report shows some of the officers abused their powers. roxanne teargas, rowdy inauguration day protesters clashed with the police. the result was chaos. protesters,lice and 11 members of d.c.'s office of police complaints. the report raises serious concerns about the actions of several police officers. one is accused of hitting protesters, others seen using tear gas without warning or cause. one of the biggest concerns is people who were arrested even though they were not rioting. the board is looking into potential department violations. department is standing by its officers, saying they made reasonable decisions during extremely volatile circumstances. inves

that is what lifted my spirits, the women's march, certainly not the inauguration. reporter: regarding rex concerned now you that he has been confirmed that there will be moves by the white house and the state department to lift sanctions? rep. pelosi: i would be concerned about it. i don't know. what the president has to understand is that when you are president of the united states, your words weigh a ton. so even with your administration putting out that we are going to review that is staggeringly dangerous. because the sanctions on russia and their aggressive military behavior are very important to us, our allies in europe, and to global security. i visited the countries, talked to members in the e.u. about this, and this would seriously undermine our nato alliance as well. these sanctions have to be multilateral. and hurtful to the europeans to -- who have have proximity. but the fact is they're necessary. there should be no doubt in anyone's mind as to where we are on the sanctions. somebody said if they reduce their nuclear arsenal, then we'll lift the sancti

it involves metro's special inauguration day passes. the one-day passes worked only on inauguration day. they're now worthless. anthony defazio says he bought one of the ten dollar passes onl in the mail until monday.. 12 days after the inauguration. metro says it sold nearly 30-thousand of these passes. about 400 customers, including defazio, are now asking for refunds. new this morning.. a man is in custody, after two teens were stabbed in northwest d.c. a fight broke out late yesterday afternoon at the intersection of 14th street and park road. police found one of the victims at that location.. and arrested the suspect. officers were called to a home on georgia avenue northwest near randolph street, where they found the other victim. there's still no word on the victims' conditions. happening today-- an virginia man will be sentenced for sexually assaulting two young girls. last year-- luis fernando ore was arrested after police say he followed the girls into a bathroom at the elevation burger assaulted them. ore has already served p

what did you think of the inaugural address? >> e liked many parts of it but mourn conserve teff it didn't capture the optimism that i think a lot of his supporters have going into tomorrow. >> dr. larry and i got together and listened to it on my radio show and he made me listen to it and read reagan first inaugural when reagan took over from carter inflation running along at 14 pblght and language he used c word carnage but a lot of words about destruction, destroy wealth people optimism, dark speech. four years later morning in america so i listen it that and then i also thought about moonlight. have you seen moonlight movie? win the best picture i think it will win. i hope it wins. it is begs movie i've seen in many years about an eight-year-old african-american child with a crack head mom who is sexual orientation is up for grabs, gay and doesn't know what that means and bullied and terrible he lives in a drug infested neighborhood. make me want to see it because you're not -- >> how to survive and takes one like me to a wo

the day after the presidential inauguration we know that was that huge women's march in washington, we know there were protests around the country, even around the world that day, sister marches, right? even knowing that, i was still taken aback to learn that the number of people who turned out that day in montana for the montana women's march at their state capitol the number of people who turned out was 10,000. what? there are only a million people in the whole state, 10,000 people came out and protested at their state capitol that day. i mentioned that montana has a democratic u.s. senator in john tester and also have a republican senator steve daines. since the election steve daines is finding when he comes home his airport greetings from his constituents are not what they used to be. to we have that footage? >> you work for us! you work for us! you work for us! you work for us! you work for us! you work for us! you work for us! >> senator steve dainesgreeted t used to be greeted at the airport in montana. like many members of congress and senators around the country, senator daine

only it's inauguration gets a higher security designation than that the super bowl. the super bowl is number two. but they're very tight lipped about any, giving out numbers. we have not heard numbers of protesters and no real number of law enforcement officials but the rumor is expected to have about 10,000 law enforcement official. s we all know that lady gaga has been out spoken and vocal against immigration executive order and some are anticipating that she could rile up the crowd. >> real quick. who you got for the game >> i'm going to with atlanta, i'm a giants fan. i live in dc. i have to go with atlanta, anything but the patriots. >> thank you. have fun >> thank you. >>> coming up, we're going to take closer look at one of america's most iconic tour sites >> a popular retail chain is ending its relationship with the first family. 5at630 will be right back. great price on this boneless chicken! yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. >>> nordstrom a dumping iva

after speaking of the carnage in the inauguration address. senior official say president trump would like a compromise immigration bill and he may make mention of that tonight. the officials says the legislation may allow undocumented immigrants to stay without worrying about deportation but concedes it will take a softening on boeing sides to make a deal. republicans are already divided how to handle obama a care, and there are deep differences as well over the president's budget. one key republican senator says it will be dead on arrival because of the proposed cuts to the state department. democratic lawmakers may be inclined to give the president the cold shoulder, but house minority leader nancy pelosi has urged them to show utmost dignity tonight saying they can't be outclassed by donald trump. i'll speak with democratic senator chris koonz and courts, analyst ands guests are standing by with full coverage of today's top stories. let's begin with senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny. what can we look for? >> announcer: it is t >

like you said before the inauguration and before the election.ople in the house and senate with different opinions on where the next step is. some don't want an investigation at all. some want to see an investigation into the leaks only coming from the intelligence community. what we have seen is that they were all asked to put a hold on their communications on all of the information that could suggest they were in communication with russia before the investigation is complete. >> you are talking about the senate intelligence committee saying do not shred documents. what do you make of that? that's a really hefty order. >> i think that is about we have seen concerns it wasn't just michael flynn. there were trump associates. that includes people on the campaign and people in the business world related to the trump family. we know there are people in congress who were trump associates during the election and campaign. it is not just limited to people in the white house. it can stretch into congress. >> i want to mention we are watching the vice pre

barack obama's inauguration. you had the president of the united states on his first full day in office go to the cia and say that the news media was once again coming out to get him and that he had a million to a million and a half people down on the mall watching the inauguration. that's not true. sean spicer came out and berated the news media. this is my point. this is my point. it is up to each and every one of us to determine what the truth is. as consumers of the news. the president of the united states does not get to decide what the truth is or what is true. we frank. >> how does the media regain the trust of the public, jim, that's the question. >> we get to decide what the truth is, not we the media. we the people. that is important. frank, i don't think that can be lost in any of this. consumers of news media can decide where they can turn for their news. now, you're asking me what does cnn do? >> yes. >> i think what cnn has to do and we've heard this recently from our news president jeff zucker, had

the incredible progress since my inauguration. i don't think there's ever been a president-elected who in this short period of time who has done what we've done. a new rasmussen poll, in fact, because the people get it, much of the media doesn't get it. they actually get it, but they don't write it, let's put it that way. new rasmussen poll came out and it has our eye profl rating at 55% and going up.

that was the inauguration. today ten of people were charged with turning inauguration their attorney says that the clients now are scared but they like their odds. >> make a decision whether or not they would put felony convictions on the young people for donald trump. jonathan: some 230 people were arrested in d.c. on inauguration day. 11 were indicted on felony charges just yesterday. prosecutors say more indictments are expected as evidence in the case continues to roll in. michelle: just in tonight, a taller, stronger, fence is coming to the white house. the national capitol planning commission just gave the 11'5" fence a green light. a series of people have jumped the fence in last few years and construction begins next year. secretary of state rex tillerson called for unity in his first day on the job. he spoke with employees in foggy bottom today saying he knows the election was divisive. >> i want to us be honest with one another. we are on the same team. we honesty will undergurd our foreign policy. mi

he referred to his first unarguable -- inaugural address. what i think is the most signature line is jefferson's comment. he asked the people in the audience, we have so many advantages, a great population, an abundance of resources, what remains to the closest of our felicity's. a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, but shall leave them alone in their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouths of labor the bread it has earned. this is the sum of good government. jefferson is saying is that, the government should be minimalist. the government should protect people's rights. for the most part, the national government could leave them alone. when jefferson became president, he was the only president who promised to do less than his predecessors. he immediately got to the work of cutting the government. he laid off a number of tax collectors. a defeat made possible by the fact that he repealed all internal taxes, including that whiskey tax that led to the whiskey rebel

knew what and when about the true nature of flynn's conversation with the russians before the inauguration. the white house said today president trump asked for flynn's resignation calling it a matter of trust over flynn's misleading accounts of his dealings. but it didn't fully explain why now, weeks after the president was warned that flynn, who was privy to the nation's top secrets, might be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. our team is working several angles to this story. kristen welker leads us off with late details. >> reporter: tonight mounting questions at the white house after national security advisor mike flynn was forced to resign late last night after misleading the president, the vice president and others about discussing sanctions with russia's ambassador before the inauguration. >> this was an act of trust. whether or not he actually misled the vice president was the issue. that was ultimately what led to the president asking for and accepting be resignation of general flynn. >> reporter: the key questions tonight, what did the president know, when did he know it an

as white house communications director replacing jason miller who stepped down before trump's inauguration. the president on the attack during a wild news conference yesterday at the white house. >> the russia stories are fake new then the media is dishonest. those with a running teams during the hour and 15 minute news conference by president trump at the white house, the president insisting there are no mysterious connections between his administration and russia. i asked the president of you might want to reveal any information that might dissuade those who don't believe the multitude of russia storylines of fake news. >> i don't think they believe it was one of the reasons i'm here today is to tell you the whole russian thing is a ruse. by the way it would be great if we could get along with russia just so you understand. tomorrow, donald trump wants to get along with russia, this is terrible. it is not terrible. it is good. the esidt bashed many members of the media as dishonest, took direct aim at the new york times and cnn. >> the leaks are real, the news is fake because so much of