here with me now, utah representative jason chaffetz. it's good to see you.nks for being here. >> good evening. >> you're slamming president obama why? >> it's terribly arrogant. he's taking 1.35 million acres with than's more land than there is in the entire state of delaware and redesignating it as a national monument. if you're living there, a rancher, a cattleman, if you have resources there, guess what, the president just changed the whole equation on you unilaterally with the stroke of the pen. there's not a single person in utah in any elected capacity that supports this. a locally elected democrat from the navajo nation, she's opposed to it. so there is not a single person in any elect official that represents the area that's in favor of it but the president did it any way. >> he's completely in his right to do so as you heard from doug, this falls under the 1906 antiquities act which gives the president the power to designate national moniments without approval from congress. but why now, do you think? what is there, just 20 days left in the term. >>

jason chaffetz who accuses the administration of spending too much and taking too long. now the next secretary of state will have to determine whether or not to construct surrounded by glass will soon exceed its billions in projection. >> i feel very misled by the state department because he hif are not opening the doors in february, the cost is about $100,000 a day in a facility that we used to own. >> that facility will be used to house our personnel until the new london embassy is ready. accounts for a $22 million cost increase. the house oversight committee found that arguing over a glass wall in indonesia cost tens of millions of dollars in change order requests. and nearly $3 million was spent on u.s. art at the embassy in pakistan, one of the biggest bills came from mexico, where the u.s. paid for a 15 acre lot and $56 million on the mission. yet. chaffetz, who visited the site, said it will cost millions. >> something has to change, they're building them slower, coming in over budget, they're not necessarily secure. >> so for the next secretary of state, is this

jason chaifetz is joini jason chaffetz, is joining us. can the president-elect really take credit right now for this japanese investment, this japanese businessman, the ceo, goes over to trump tower, trump brings him down into the lobby, says he is going to invest $50 billion in the united states -- excuse me -- billions of dollars in the united states and create 50,000 jobs. what do you think? >> i don't know. but between that and carrier and ford motor company, i mean, as long as it keeps happening every few days, it bodes well for the american worker. so i don't know who to give credit to. the reality is it's actually getting done. >> is he getting ahead of himself, though? this japanese company, softbank, as it's called, it owns sprint, who had an attempted merger with t-mobile that was blocked by the obama administration. there is already some discussion out there, if this japanese businessman is simply seeking to curry some favor with the president-elect in hoping that maybe he would green-light this merger. >> i don't know. wolf, i

especially the jason chaffetzs, the people who have oversight interest in this?en mr. gallup and mr. pugh tell them the public is concerned. it is a test, not just of the people on capitol hill but the citizenry. this can either be one of the worst moments in american history or one of the best, depending on what we all do. >> david from, thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >>> msnbc's coverage continues into "the 11th hour with brian williams." that's next. >>> tonight, how the latest stop on the thank you tour went as donald trump tries to stay mostly on script. also the president-elect prepares to take public transportation but objects to the cost. what he did on twitter that threw the aviation world into a tailspin. and in history going to be made the day after inauguration day. what millions nationwide may be planning for a cold day in washington, "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> and good evening once again from our headquarters here i

especially the jason chaffetzs, the people who have oversight interest in this?will, when mr. gallup and mr. pugh tell them the public is concerned. it is a test, not just of the people on capitol hill but the citizenry. this can either be one of the worst moments in american history or one of the best, depending on what we all do. >> david from, thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. >>> msnbc's coverage continues into "the 11th hour with brian williams." that's next. >>> and good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. tonight donald trump continued his thank you tour with a stop in fayetteville, north carolina. earlier today, trump took to twitter and caused a fortune 500 stock to briefly plummet. he also watched a member of his inner circle come under increasing fire for passing on fake news stories. but first, donald trump tonight in north carolina. he quoted a former president

why do you think jason chaffetz thus far has been reluctant to do that? t's incredible, chairman chaffetz who i happen to like personally and the republican majority on the committee kept investigating and reinvestigating hillary clinton and we're already gearing up for investigations assuming she'd be president-elect. but now when donald trump has enormous conflicts, especially those that involve entanglements between his private businesses and foreign governments. suddenly you hear a lot of quiet from the chairman and from those who are on oversight committee. they need to do their job regardless of party. i'm deeply concerned that one example, the gsa bans any person with the federal government from having a business stake in that lease on pennsylvania avenue for the trump hotel. trump is going to be the ultimate federal employee. he's going to be president of the united states and yet he's still going to be owner of a hotel that now foreign governments feel they need to send their people to in order to stay. that's wrong. and this is a very serious iss

congressman jason chaffetz said construction will make the cost of the project. margaret brennan has the numb >> reporter: good morning, the well, the investigation was led by that utah republican jason chaffetz who accuses the obama administration of taking a risky approach to building embassies. taking too long and spending too much. now the next secretary of state will have to decide whether to build fortress-like installations or architectural jewels. it comes with a sizable price surrounded by glass will soon exceed the $1 billion projection according to house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz. >> i feel very mislead by the state department because if we aren't opening those doors in february the cost to the tax is about $100,000 a day to stay in that facility. >> reporter: that facility will be used to house our personnel until the new london embassy is ready. a six-month lease agreement for a $2 billion cost. found quibbling over the glass wall in indonesia cost tense of millions of dollars in change order requests and nearly $3 million was spent on

oversight committee chairman jason chaffetz has thoughts on it. >> he has accused them of taking a riskyroach to building embassies, taking too long and spending too much. now the next secretary of state will have to determine how to build the fortresses. >> reporter: a striking building in london has a sizeable price tag, the building will soon exceed its more than $1 billion projection, according to house chair jason chaffetz. >> i feel very misled by the state department, because if we are not opening the doors, the cost is high for staying open. >> the existing u.s. embassy will be used to house our personnel until the new london embassy is ready. according to a new release, they account for a $22 million cost increase. the house oversight committee found quibbling over a glass wall in indonesia caused tens of millions and change over the request, and millions spent over art in pakistan. one of the biggest bills came from mexico, where the u.s. paid hundreds of millions on the lot and 56 million on the mission. chaffetz, who visited the site, said costs will cost more than the $93 mi

utah congressman jason chaffetz is here live to react. >>> and could the growing risk between the u.s. enisrael be having a similar effect on the democratic party? we'll ask brooke gold stooern and larry kosh about that next. >> this is the reason why we don't have peace. there's another coalition. the coalition to have palestinian authority with hamas which is a terror organization that is openly committed to israel's destruction and who has israel's destruction and who has chartered calls for the isjust wanna see ifa again? my score changed... you wanna check yours? scores don't change that much. i haven't changed. oh, really? ♪ it's girls' night they said business casual. i love summer weddings! oh no. yeah, maybe it is time. maybe i should check my credit score. try credit karma. it's free. oh woah. that's different. check out credit karma today. credit karma. give yourself some credit. >>> breaking tonight, open revolt inside the democrating party as we're witnessing some of the most high profile names on the left bristle at president obama's recent handling of israel. remarks th

we played some sound of your colleague, the chairman of your committee jason chaffetz essentially completely reversing course on his attitude towards presidential investigations. there's been a letter that was sent by democrats demandings that chaffetz open up investigations into donald trump's finances. americans across the country have flooded our offices with thousand of calls in strong support of this investigation jamming our phone lines with more calls than we've ever received in response to any issue. do you have any expectation, sir, that congressman chaffetz will change his mind and decide that he does in fact have an interest in investigation donald trump's conflicts of interest? >> i don't think he's going to change his mind any time soon and it's amazing that we've had silence. it is interesting, joy, that when it came to hillary clinton there was no allegation too small for him to investigate and now with donald trump there's no allegation too big for him to investigate, he -- he -- he doesn't want to go there, but we need to go there. any time you have somebody like donald trum

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soon exceed its more than $1 billion projection, according to house oversight committee chair jason chaffetz. >> i feel mislead because if we aren't opening doors in february the cost is about $100,000 a day in a facility that we don't use. >> reporter: that facility, the existing u.s. embassy will be used to house our personnel until the new london embassy is ready. a six month leases agreement according to chaffetz accounts for nearly $22 million cost increase. the house oversight committee's two year investigation found quibbling over a glass wall at the embassy in indonesia cost tens of millions of dollars in change order requests. and nearly $3 million was spent on art at the u.s. embassy in pakistan. one of the biggest bills came from mexico where the u.s. government paid $120 million for a 15 acre lot and 56 million on the design of the diplomatic mission but nothing has been built there yet. chaffetz, who visited the site, says costs will climb above the $943 million estimate. >> something has to change because they are building slower, coming in overbudget, they are not necessarily

jason chaffetz said this about the move bite president.f painstaking negotiations, utah had a comprehensive bipartisan solution to it protect the bear and provide a solution. instead the president's midnight proclamation dizz regarded economic development and ç multiuse provisions for a balanced compromise. >> i want to share this with you. senator mike levy tweeted an arrogant act lie a lame duck president p will not stand. it will go down in the history that did more to set aside land and water for environmental purposes. whether or not congress takes a shot at that we'll have to wait and see under the trump administration. >> kevin cork, thankç you for that. >>> new investigations in the deadly berlin terror attack. what we are learning about the suspect. and the u.s. expected to it slap sanctions on russia for the alleged hacking on election. it doesn't mean russia was in the tank for donald trump. the real gift isn't what's inside the box... it's what's inside the person who opens it. give ancestrydna, the simple dna test that can r

. >> well, elijah cummings has called on jason chaffetz, during the campaign he said we're going to go whether she wins, we're not going to stop any of this. elijah cummings has written letters and called saying can we look at some of these matters and silence, crickets. nothing coming from there. i think we may have to wait for a teapot dome scandal. i think we're going to see a lot of possible corruption. and that may change the equation for some republicans. >> most of these voters believe politicians are innately corrupt. and so far he's not turning out to be very different. it's a cabinet full of billionaires and folks close to vladimir putin, and his voters are going to see that and understand it and it's going to be a problem for them. >> thank you. >>> coming up, some members of the electoral college now want an intelligence briefing for the electors who will cast their votes for president on december 19th. they want to hear what the cia knows about the russian hacks. [burke] hot dog. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmer

a few days after the bill was approved, the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, close down the investigation into flint. why? guest: he issued to letters kind of -- two letters kind of summarizing his findings. he said the situation in flint was a result of failures at all levels of government. he singled out the state of michigan, the department of environmental quality. he said there were serious problems there in terms of misleading the epa. he said there have been significant problems with the epa, which had dragged its feet and not acted for seven months before issuing an emergency order in january of this year, 2016. so he also really came down on , the epa for not having updated its lead and copper rule, which is outdated and has not been revised for a number of years. host: so if the congressional investigation is over for now does that mean water problems in , flint are fixed? guest: unfortunately not, no. residents continue to drink bottled water, use filters on their taps, and it will take many years for them to try to get the lead pipes out of the gr

jas jason chaffetz say that. do you think they will do that?imagine back to january of 2009, if there was the obama hotel on pennsylvania avenue, how the republicans may have reaccused republicans, if it turns -- the issue turns against them may in fact start looking into this more closely. but right now they are more worried about challenges from the right than from the left. and right their base -- >> people are going to be watching all of this very, very closely, guys. thanks very much. we have much more news coming up right after a quick break. you tell your inthey made a mistake. the check they sent isn't enough to replace your totaled new car. the guy says they didn't make the mistake. you made the mistake. i beg your pardon? he says, you should have chosen full-car replacement. excuse me? let me be frank, he says. you picked the wrong insurance plan. no. i picked the wrong insurance company. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. call and if you have more than one liberty mut

house oversight chairman jason chaffetz saying "even before we get to day one, we have two years of worth of material already lined up. "another, trey gowdy, chair of the longest running congressional investigation of all-time, the select committee on benghazi which had inadvertently morphed into the issue of hillary clinton's private i mail server. the sunday before the election when fbi director james comey said a review of additional e-mails warranted nothing new and did not change conclusions about a lack of criminality on the part of clinton, gowdy wasn't satisfied. >> clearly this closes the book on the question of criminality insofar as the fesds are concerned and her e-mail. does it not? >> oh, i don't think so, megyn. i think it closes the book based on what they know now. the investigations are never over unless a statute of limitations expired or unless jeopardy is attached so this investigation is over based on what they know, but they don't know what they don't know. >> investigations are never over. congressman gowdy was not ready to close the book. despite the fact the comm

we reached out today to the house oversight and government reform chair jason chaffetz to see if he would investigate flynn for risking classified information as vigorously as he did clinton. we did not hear back. this is not the first red flag for flynn that has stated his views. he tweeted about clinton's involvement in sex crimes involving children. jeanne shaheen and richard blumenthal have requested an official review of flynn's security clearance citing today's report in a separate incident in which he disclosed information to pakistan and that he, and i'm quoting, had technicians secretly install an internet connection in his pentagon office even though it was forbidden. he's become the main funnel for security information to a president who you'll recall has been skipping his intelligence briefings because, as trump said, i'm like a smart person. joining me now, michael steele, former chair of the republan national committee. the lock her up thing, i mean, it's amazing the parallels, right? >> yeah. >> so hillary clinton does this thing that violates protocol. she's investigating.

and in a letter to jason chaffetz, chairman of the house oversight committee, democrats are demanding a review of trump's potential conflicts of interest. one of the congressmen who signed that is representative brendan boyle of pennsylvania. he's joining me now. good to see you, congressman. >> good to be back. >> i'd love to get detail on the letter you sent. let me ask you about your reaction to this accepting of a phone call that trump did with the taiwanese president. what's your view on that? >> yeah, and in addition to being on the oversight committee, the other committee on which i serve is the foreign affairs committee. so obviously we deal a lot with our relations with china and with taiwan. i thought the part that was most disturbing wasn't so much the call. the foreign policy analysts can debate the merits of that. his two tweets after the call were the most disturbing. you know, when one thinks the call is a good idea or not, this is the first time an american leader has spoken to a taiwanese leader since 1979. clearly this call is a big deal. the fact that he tweeted, we

let me share a bit of what jason chaffetz is say ising about this.not very happy about what the president has decided to do. he says in a statement, look, after years of painstaking negotiations with a diverse coalition, utah had a comprehensive, bipartisan solution on the table that would have protected the bears ears and provide ad balanced solution. there is the words you want to focus on a balanced solution. instead the president's midnight proclamation cherry-picked the public lands kegs r division and disregarded the economic development and positions necessary for a balanced compromise. mike lee of utah said this is arrogant act by a lame duck president. in case you're wondering, no, the fight is apparently not yet over. back to you. leland: won't be until january 20th, kevin corke live in honolulu. thanks, kevin. heather: race against time for the obama administration. with just weeks remaining in the president's term, what the administration is trying to get done. we were just talking about thate president-elect trump takes the white house.

host: have you gotten a response from jason chaffetz? guest: i don't think so.lijah cummings asked for that and a letter we agree to on the democratic side. we are waiting. said, president himself the impact on the nation is more important than his personal holdings. host: why is it important? explain that to the american people. why is it not sufficient if you just hands over control to his two sons? guest: i'm a former a small businessperson, i've been elected to office for almost 30 years. to put onrequirements your statements what your holdings are. there are other restrictions. you want to make sure there are not conflict of interest. because the president-elect has such an extensive global empire, financial empire, we all recognize it is going to be difficult. it is all the more important that the american public make his decisions are not to make more money for himself and his family. it is externally important for him to get the confidence of the american public. the president-elect does not have a lot of confidence in -- this trustworthiness is an impor

a few days after the bill was approved, the chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetzclose down the investigation into flint. why? guest: he issued two letters kind of summarizing his findings. he said the situation in flint was a result of failures at all levels of government. he singled out the state of michigan, the department of environmental quality. he said there were serious problems there in terms of misleading the epa. he said there have been significant problems with the epa, which had dragged its feet and not acted for seven months before issuing an emergency order in january of this year, 2016. so, he also really came down on the epa for not having updated its lead and copper rule, which is outdated and has not been revised for a number of years. host: so if the congressional investigation is over for now, does that mean water problems in flint are fixed? guest: unfortunately not, no. residents continue to drink bottled water, use filters on their taps, and it will take many years for them to try to get the lead pipes out of the ground. it is a monumental t

utah congressman jason chaffetz is chair of the house oversight committee. >>> good morning, the committee on oversight and government reform will come to order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we have an important hearing this morning, examining the cost of overclassification on transparency and security. sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant without knowing what our government is doing, we can't ensure it is operating efficiently and effectively. it's also important to remember that the american people pay for the federal government. it's -- the federal government works for the american people, it's not the other way around and so it is, you would think, logical to make sure that we are as open and transparent and accessible as possible but this is always a running battle. we always have to find the proper balance between safety and security and openness and transparency. but we can't give up all of our liberties in the name of security and so we have this hearing today with four experts, people who've poured their time, effort, talent,

our chairman of the house oversight committee, jason chaffetz, has expressed his support for modernizing our government's aging systems, calling it a vital part of infrastructure that we need in order to have a fully functional government. i couldn't agree more. we don't need to shortchange these agencies when it comes to delivering a safe cyberprotected i.t. infrastructure. let's talk now more about last -- last night i talked about the administrative state, the growth of regulation, the cost of regulation, exceeding that of all the revenues of the tax system, let's talk about what we can do to rein in regulatory costs. the house passed the separation of powers restoration act in 2016, which would amend the administrative procedures act to require the courts to decide all de novo relevant questions of law, including the interpretation of the constitutional statutory provisions and rules. this bill would eliminate the chevron deference, which in my view is blocking common sense being used and direction of this people's house and the senate over our regulatory body. not a new topic, mr. s