jon huntsman called to see me. i said no. he gave away our country to china. so calling him weak, a lightweight and easy pickins. huntsman in january offered a much friendlier tone. >> we talked by phone. we've exchanged thoughts and ideas. i congratulated him on the race. and i wished him the best of success. and i really do hope that he is successful, because i've got two boys serving in the military of the united states. we all wanti the best for our country, particularly during tumultuous times. >> now trump has looked past the criticism that has brought down others. like elliott abrams 96ed as secretary of state. maunts serve ehuntsman served a of the council that criticized vladimir putin. and trump manages what might be a favor for his supporter, owner hitch. huntsman who oncin tender for hatch was rumored to be a contender for that seat. >> jon huntsman was rumored as a possible opponent for president obama. what did president obama do? he named jon huntsman the ambassador to china. the joke at the time was keep your friends close and your enemies in ch

jon huntsman called to see me, i said no, he gave away our country to china. lling him weak, a lightweight, and easy pickings. after donald trump won the white house, huntsman appeared to fend minutes. >> we talked by phone. we've exchanged thoughts and ideas. i congratulated him on the race. and i wished him the best of success. >> reporter: so why pick huntsman now? the president has passed on hiring many of his critics, including elliot abrams and mitt romney. he's also opened the door to some rivals tapping south carolina governor nikki haley as u.n. ambassador despite her opposition to him during the campaign. in huntsman the trump white house gained someone with respected foreign policy chops. a two-time ambassador who's led a group critical of vladimir putin. a win for a white house opponents fear could be too cozy with russia. others say this could be politics. huntsman once interned for utah senator orrin hatch but lately was said to be considering running against him. could president trump be taking a page from president obama's old playbook? >> the j

later, trump was critical, trashing jon huntsman on twitter, jon huntsman called to see me, i said noay our country to china. trump also calling him weak, a lightweight and easy pickings. but after donald trump won the white house, huntsman appeared to mend the fences. >> we talked on the phone, exchanged ideas. i congratulated him on the race and i wished him the best of success. >> so why pick huntsman now? while the president has passed on many picks, he opened door to some rivals tapping south carolina governor nikki haley, despite her opposition for him during the campaign. and a two-time ambassador also led a group critical against vladimir putin, a white house win, huntsman once interned for u.s. senator orin hatch, but later was said to be running against him. could he be taking a page from obama? >> the joke is keep your enemies close, and china, the president needs senator orin hatch. he is with the finance committee and will be involved in all the tax reforms. so what i guess you do is keep your friends close, enemies in russia. >> hatch has helped him get his cabinets appr

jon huntsman called to see me, i said no, he gave away our country to china. p calling him weak, a lightweight, and easy pickings. after donald trump won the white house, huntsman appeared to fend mend fences. >> we talked by phone. we've exchanged thoughts and ideas. i congratulated him on the race. and i wished him the best of success. >> reporter: so why pick huntsman now? the president has passed on hiring many of his critics, including elliot abrams and mitt romney. he's also opened the door to some rivals tapping south carolina governor nikki haley as u.n. ambassador despite her opposition to him during the campaign. in huntsman the trump white house gained someone with respected foreign policy chops. a two-time ambassador who's led a group critical of vladimir putin. a win for a white house opponents fear could be too cozy with russia. others say this could be politics. huntsman once interned for utah senator orrin hatch but lately was said to be considering running against him. could president trump be taking a page from president obama's old playbook?

and jon huntsman is a two-time ambassador, who also led a group critical of vladimir putin, a win thatd cause them to be too cozy for politics. huntsman was lately said to be considering running against the president. could president trump be taking a page from president obama? >> the joke is keep your enemies close, the president needs senator orrin hatch, he is going to be very involved in all the health care stuff and tax reforms. so i guess what you do is keep your friends close and your enemies in russia. >> hatch, who said he was not going to run against him has gone to bat for trump in the past helping him get his cabinet picks approved. now as the longest running senator, his seat may just be saved. huntsman gets a big job, and president trump gets him to help him with president putin. >> you have to wonder if he is confirmed how much would his personal views and experience even play into his work when so much of foreign policy right now seems so deeply centered within the white house? anderson? >> michelle, thank you very much. we'll be right back. uh-- wha-- woof! eeh-- woof!

why do you think he would tap jon huntsman for a role like this? >> i mean, i have no idea, given the level of criticism to be honest. some have speculated that it was another way to kind of diss mitt romney but that's speculation, i don't really know. what i think is serious here, really serious is how much russia has a continuing involvement -- not just in our election, not just in the months before the election but it seems that they could likely have a continuing involvement to undermine american democracy. and what i find deeply disturbing is that i have -- for a president who tweets a whole heck of a lot, he has not -- i haven't seen him talk a lot about what's happened here with the cia and wikileaks. this is a real threat to our national security and that's what the president is job is to protect our national security. doesn't seem he's as focused on that when it's wikileaks and who has an ongoing relationship with russia that we know with our intelligence community. >> we'll take you to that press conference in a few minutes. is jon huntsm

. >> more people attend the jon huntsman rally than watch lawrence on msnbc all week. which part are you laughing at? which part are you laughing at? >> i love how much he loves you. he is so fixated on you. he goes on to say lawrence is very lonely and there is no ratings and my show is going on the canceled any minute now. that was 2011. it's a lot of ratings ago. >> wow. >> jon huntsman, as you might have heard is no longer being insulted by donald trump on twitter. he is actually chosen him to be ambassador to, of all places russia. >> russia. and if his twitter insults are kind of precede how he treats people in the future, him insulting like that on twitter means you're probably up for an ambassadorship some time soon. >> who knows. that's right. the part where he says lawrence is very lonely. rachel, he used to care about how i felt. and, you know, that was kind of touching. >> i am sorry to have to say this, but i'm so glad he is obsessed with you and not me. i'm happy with this. >> it's my luck. thank you, rachel. >> well done. >> well, sometimes it only takes

more peel attend jon huntsman rally than watch lawrence on msnbc all week. which part are you laughing at? >> i love how much he loves you. he's so fixated on you. >> oceans to say he's very lonely. my show will be kanscancelled a men now. and jon huntsman as you might have heard is no longer, at least today, being insulted by donald trump on twitter. he has actually chosen him to be ambassador to of all places, russia. >> and if his twitter insults are, proceed how he had goes in the future. >> who knows? that's exactly right. the part where he says, lawrence is very lonely. rachel, he used to care about how i felt. that was kind of touching. >> i'm so glad it's you and not me of. >> well, sometimes, it only takes one. and lindsey graham might turn out to be the one republican senator who does the most damage on donald trump: >> purported details released by wikileaks of how the cia is able to turn personal at home devices into poet end eavesdropping tools. >> is the cia listening to me through my microwave oven? >> no. >> if they were, would you say yes? >

his nominee will be jon huntsman of utah.now, in 2012, donald trump derided jon huntsman's own presidential ambitions saying that as ambassador to china jon huntsman "gave away our country" to them. well, now apparently that's just the guy to give away our country again. this time to putin, though, this time the russia the russia connection is about the election. it's about what happened to our country with this last presidential election. i recognize the election is done, but it's also about who is running our government now and with what expectations and what debt and i'm pleased to say that one of the young hungry investigators who is very aggressively on this is our guest next from washington. stay with us. and now, i help people find discounts, like paperless, multi-car, and safe driver, that help them save on their car insurance. any questions? -yeah. -how do you go to the bathroom? great. any insurance-related questions? -mm-hmm. -do you have a girlfriend? uh, i'm actually focusing on my career right now, saving people

his nominee will be jon huntsman of utah. you know, in 2012, donald trump derided jon huntsman's own presidential ambitions saying that as ambassador to china jon huntsman "gave away our country" to them. well, now apparently that's just the guy to give away our country again. this time to putin, though, this time the russia the russia connection is about the election. it's about what happened to our country with this last presidential election. i recognize the election is done, but it's also about who is running our government now and with what expectations and what debt and i'm pleased to say that one of the young hungry investigators who is very aggressively on this is our guest next from washington. stay with us. >>> democratic congressman eric swalwell is a new committee member. he posted this on his web site today. it's sort of an encyclopedia. it's like a one-stop connect-the-dots reference guide lying out all the open source non-classified stuff that we as americans know right now about the russia connection to the tr

jon huntsman as ambassador to russia. smart choice? >> i think it is. jon huntsman is a serious person. he's worked with democrats, with republicans. he's got experience. his time at the atlantic council means he has depth on foreign affairs strategically. he's a good choice. >> ambassador, thank you for your time and your service, hope to have you on again soon. >> thank you, my pleasure. >>> versus fiinvestigators are link between a russian bank and the trump organization computers odd. >>> and next, he said he would be the greatest jobs president ever. will he live up to that promise? we'll be right back. treated like a trophy.els e waxed, buffed, and shined. driven to award shows, parties and across so many silver screens. we have seen the glory come, go, and come again. but a cadillac is no trophy. no museum piece. ♪ this is our future and it will inspire every car that follows. ♪ intermission is over. this is how we drive the world forward. ♪ ♪sweet, sweet st. thomas nice. ♪ so nice, so nice. ♪st. croix full of pure

jon huntsman called to see me, i said no. also calling him weak, a lightweight, easy pickings. but after trump won the white house, huntsman appeared to mend fences. >> we've talked on the phone, exchanged thoughts and ideas. i congratulated him on the race and wished him the best of success. >> reporter: why pick huntsman now? while the president has passed on hiring many of his critics including elliott abrams and mitt romney, he's tapped south carolina governor nikki haley as u.n. ambassador despite her opposition to him during the campaign. huntsman has rapid foreign policy chops, a two-time ambassador who has led a group critical of vladimir putin. a win white house opponents fear could be too cozy for russia. some say huntsman once interned for orrin hatch but then considered running against him. >> the idea at the time was keep your friends close and your enemies in china. the president needs senator orrin hatch, he's chairman of the finance committee, he'll be involved in all the health care stuff, tax reform. i guess

his nominee will be jon huntsman of utah.now, in 2012, donald trump derided jon huntsman's own presidential ambitions saying that as ambassador to china jon huntsman "gave away our country" to them. well, now apparently that's just the guy to give away our country again. this time to putin, though, this time the russia the russia connection is about the election. it's about what happened to our country with this last presidential election. i recognize the election is done, but it's also about who is running our government now and with what expectations and what debt and i'm pleased to say that one of the young hungry investigators who is very aggressively on this is our guest next from washington. stay with us. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i say there's only one special edition? because, actually there's five. ooohh!! aaaahh!! uh! hooooly mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. it's truck month. get 0% financing for 60 months plus find your tag and get $5500 on select chevy silve

after six hours of fighting, attackers were killed by afghan forces. >>> jon huntsman accepted an offer be the next ambassador to russia. two senior officials confirm the move. vetting still needs to be completed. an official tells cnn huntsman was picked because he understands what the president wants. this would be the third ambassadorship. he was the u.s. ambassador to singapore before serving as ambassador to china. >> a long foreign policy hand. >> an important post. considering all the talks of russia. >> the diplomatic post. >> they needed someone far away from all this scandal. >>> forget the record highs. forget the trump rally. the stock market has a birthday today. i meant to bring you a cupcake. i'll show you one of the most important stats of the birthday of the stock market when we come back. >> no cake, but stat. it's not q . it's my decision to make beauty last. roc® retinol, started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™ an unlimited data plan is only as

donald trump once called jon huntsman lightweight, weak and jon huntsman did not at first support donaldmp, then he did. and he withdrew that support after the "access hollywood" tapes. >> probably important to have someone who was not connected with the campaign. given all the questions about contacts with russia during the campaign. >> i think that's true and the other thing is he just needs good experienced people and they have reached out. they have cast a wide net. they found jon huntsman. he's very well respected. he will learn very quickly and engage with russia. >> a brand-new marine mission in this fight in syria. >> this is incredible. i think so few people realize how involved the u.s. is in syria. we now have 900 troops in syria. if you remember there's a cap at 500, but they've played numbers games for years. those extra 400 will only be there 120 days, so they don't count. but they are getting closer and closer to the battle, george. they really need a strategic plan. >> we've had a lot of special operation forces in the battle. first time you're having a conventional force

there are reports that the former 2012 presidential candidate jon huntsman is in discussions with the the u.s. ambassador to russia. what kind of environmental would huntsman face if he were to become a u.n. ambassador there? >> there are no great deals to be done with washington. it is back to essentially the same policies as the obama administration. that window that i was talking about before that you hear analysts here describe where there's a possibility to do something with the united states, that's still open. but you have the generals here in russia, for example, looking very closely at the announcement just in the past 48 hours that president trump is looking for a $54 billion increase in the defense budget. 10% of increase in the defense spending. that is equivalent to russia's entire defense budget. so you have the generals here who are going through their own massive military spend who are in their own fight with their own finance ministry here to get more money for that spend, looking at what the united states is doing and saying, okay, we need to spend more money too. no

. >>> former utah governor jon huntsman accepted president trump's offer to be the next ambassador to russia. this according to nbc news. he needs to be confirmed by the senate. this would mark his third ambassadorship. he was am bass bassador to sing under george h.w. bush, he was ambassador to china. he tried his hands at presidential runs. >> 2012 and failed. >> this because of the russia news and speculation, this will be an important job. >> hawaii has become the first state to file a lawsuit against president trump's revised travel ban. a hearing has been set for march 15th, the day before the order is set to go into effect. cnbc catching up with hawaii's governor late last night. >> the part of the ban that we're most concerned about is that they say they can extend it for a longer period of time, that they will be looking at other countries and looking at other criteria to prevent people from moving. that's the part that we believe can damage our economy. >> outstanding gubernatorial outfit there. >> with yas he wearing a lei? >> i have to go. >> hawaii's lawsuit says the pres

jon huntsman is president trump's pick.ran for president in 2012, ultimately losing out to mitt romney. huntsman was born and raised on the peninsula. > >>> we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. landon, good morning. >>> sam and laura, good morning to you both. wall street will try to break its recent losing streak. the dow falling three straight days. that's the first time it has happened since january. oil prices dropped more than 5% on reports of a surge in u.s. inventory. renewing concerns about a global supply threat. investors will look for data on unemployment. the dow falling 69 points to 20,855. nasdaq inching up three to 5837. china granted preliminary approval for at least 35 trademarks linked to president trump giving him and his family protection if they were to develop the trump brand in the country. the trademarks were applied for last april and registered to donald j. trump. they cover such businesses asthma sapblg pas retail shops, restaurants, bars, massage parlors. >> documents by wikil

in fact, president trump tweeted about his tenure in beijing, quote, jon huntsman called to see me. id, no, he gave away our country to china. huntsman supported trump in the republican primary but then called on him to drop out of the race, i should say, after that "access hollywood" tape surfaced you may recall. the former republican governor was also reportedly under consideration for secretary of state but the president obviously decided to go in a different direction choosing exxon ceo rex tillerson. >>> there are renewed concerns over possible conflicts of interests over the vast business empire. china has approved dozens of new trump trademarks. cnbc joins us live from london. the big question is whether the president got preferential treatment because of his position. >> reporter: that's why so many people are questioning what happened. they approved 35 out of the 39 that he applied for around a year or so ago. this has to do with everything from restaurants to construction to mining golf courses. his lawyer back in january promised that there would be no further foreign deal

. >>> and abc news has now confirmed that former utah governor jon huntsman has been tapped to be the next u.s. ambassador to russia. huntsman was a vocal critic of candidate trump during the campaign. he served as ambassador to singapore under the first president bush and ambassador to china under president obama. >>> fbi investigation is under way to track down the source of that massive leak of cia documents posted by wikileaks. officials believe whoever was responsible had the highly classified u.s. spy networks, the files revealed alleged hacking tools used to break into computers. cell phones, as well as smart tvs. phone manufacturers like apple and google believe their devices are no longer vulnerable. jim comey is making it clear he intends to serve his entire tenure term. during a conference at boston college comey said you're stuck with me for another six years. there was speculation comey might resign after he rejected president trump's claim that president obama tapped his phones. >>> meanwhile, two senators are working from across the aisle to get to the bottom of that ex

late today a source close to former utah governor jon huntsman tells nbc news that huntsman was offered and has accepted the position to be the next u.s. ambassador of russia. joined by u.s. congressman joaquin castro of texas, serves on the house select committee on intelligence. also here, ken vogel who wrote the story, chief investigative reporter for politico. congressman, you're in there and i guess my question is, we know an awful lot thanks to the 17 intelligence agencies about the way russia wanted hillary to lose and if it could be really lucky, get trump to win. how they wanted to undermine our democracy. that's all on the record. we also have a lot of other things on the record. how trump romanced or bromanced the russians all through the campaign. said wonderful things about their little instrument called wikileaks, said wonderful things about vladimir putin, about everything over there, how he's going to be their allies in the world against isis, et cetera, et cetera. seems to me a lot of information is out there about the symbiotic relationship between trump and the russia

the president named a former critic jon huntsman as his ambassador to the creme ling. lana zak, abc news, washington. >> vice president mike pence is heading to kentucky this weekend to make the case for the gop plan to dismantle obamacare. >> the health care bill did make it through two house committees after 27 hours of debate but still facing oppositions. complaining that its being rushed through. house speaker paul ryan pressing ahead. >> this is something we as conservatives have been dreaming about for decades. this is the chance and the best and only chance we'll get. >> legislation considered over the last 24 hours simply has too many flaws. not going to bring down the price of insurance or give people more control or choices about their insurance. >> house republican leaders want the bill passed by the easter recess in a few weeks which is just a few weeks to get it through the budget committee and to the floor for a vote. >> rex tillerson is recusing himself from the deliberations on the keystone pipeline decision. there were concerns of conflict of interest

a source close to jon huntsman confirms he was offered the job as ambassador to russia and has accepted. the former utah governor had been a big critic of the president during the campaign. lester? >> thanks, hallie. >>> there's a growing death toll as wildfires explode out of control across several states. over a million acres scorched as crews work overtime struggling to contain the spread. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in the fire zone tonight. >> reporter: it's an all-out firefight from the ground and from the air. >> lock it up and get in! >> reporter: dramatic dash cam video posted from a kansas highway patrol trooper, capturing a heart-pounding escape. >> this scale, this is more unprecedented when it becomes this large. >> reporter: today, 22 million people were under threat with red-flag warnings across seven states. so far six people have been killed. including this truck driver in kansas. powerful wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour, fueling the flames. kansas alone, more than 700,000 acres scorched. >> low humidity are hampering the efforts. >> reporter: in oklahoma, more than 800,0

have word president trump has chosen former utah governor and republican presidential candidate jon huntsman to serve as the u.s. ambassador to russia. huntsman previously served as ambassador to china during president obama's first term. >>> thousands of people have been displaced as deadly wildfires rage in the center of the country. fueled by hot weather, strong winds and low humidity, the wildfires have already swallowed dozens of structures and millions of acres in kansas, texas, oklahoma and colorado. so far they have killed at least six people. authorities say the fires in oklahoma and kansas were the largest in the history of both states. the worst may be yet to come. millions in denver remain under an elevated fire risk warning. the national weather services predicts the severe fire conditions will continue through sunday. >>> two people had a scary moment at sea when their yacht started to capsize. the australian maritime safety authority rescued the pair about 240 miles off the coast of sydney. they ran into trouble when their boat's rudder broke and they found themselves stuck in

jon huntsman, the former governor of utah is trump's pick. he ran for president back in 2012. before that he served as ambassador to singapore, and to china. huntsman was born and raised on the peninsula. >>> an epidemic of home burglaries in the san francisco neighborhood has residents and police on edge. but what those burglars got away with during today's heist has investigators alarmed. i'll tell you about it. >> also on the prowl, the busy bay area spots this mountain lion turned up and how this wild encounter was caught on camera. >> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri. a milder night, 56 right now in san jose and mostly clear. but we are tracking fog developing near the coast line. i'll let you know who has the best chance of fog tomorrow morning and who hits 75 tomorrow. that's coming up in about nine minutes. (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the all-new subaru impreza. mor

. >>> in 2012, donald trump tweeted jon huntsman called to see me. i said no. he gave away our country to china! now president trump has tapped jon huntsman to give our country away to russia! we will explain that ahead on "morning joe." here's to the wildcats 'til we die... this i gotta try bendy... spendy weekenders. whatever kind of weekender you are, there's a hilton for you. book your weekend break direct at hilton.com and join the weekenders. it's my decision ito make beauty last. roc® retinol, started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. and the longer i use it, the better it works. retinol correxion® from roc. methods, not miracles.™ announcer: get on your feet for the nastiest bull in the state of texas. ♪ ♪ huntsman to be the next u.s. ambassador to russia. a veteran diplomat who is known for reaching across the aisle. this will be his third ambassadorship. he represented the united states in singapore under president george h.w. bush and more recently served as president obama's ambassador to china. president trump tweeted about h

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. >>> one person paying close attention to the developments is jon huntsman.e is in talks to become the u.s. ambassador to russia. huntsman has spoken with rex tillerson about the job as top vers advisers. he ran for the republican nomination in 2012. >>> the white house working to keep up momentum from the speech tuesday night as news about jeff sessions starts to dominant the news sicycle. the president is selling his vision for america. his first stop comes in a state he failed to win in november as he pushing for the military boost. we have cnn's jeff zeleny with more. >> reporter: christine and dave. trump traveling to newport news, virginia, delivering a speech on the deck of the "uss gerald ford." he will deliver the speech in a blue state. a state he did not win last november. he will target this and talking about his build up of military spending. he wants to increase the military budget. of course, not much resistance among republicans on capitol hill to this. there is questions to his overall agenda on health care and tax reform and infrastructure.

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he's jon huntsman. he grew up in salt lake city.untsman was president obama's ambassador to china. he called for candidate donald trump to drop out of the race after he was heard on tape bragging about being able to sexually assault women. >>> president trump discussed immigration today with lorain. so far no details of the meeting have been released, powell is a critic of the ban, her late husband's biological father immigrated to the u.s. from syria. >>> exactly three years ago today, malaysian airlines 370 took off from kuala lumpur. >> malaysian 370, good night. >> good night malaysia. >> none of the 239 people on board have ever been found. two years ago, debris from the plane washed ashore off of three islands off the coast of archery ka. crews scoured 36,000 square miles of ocean. making it the most expensive and complex search in the history of aviation. >>> there was a close call for a couple in florida, a giant cruise ship appeared to head straight for their waterfront home. here's eva pilgrim with the story. >> reporter:

fox news has come armed utah governor gop candidate jon huntsman has except to trump software. as the ambassador to china during the apartheid evisceration in considering a run for the senate in 2018. the thing that comes as members of the tribe administration faced questions about contact with the russian government. critical of triumph during the presidential campaign, even called on him to drop out of the race after the release of the recording in which trump made some good comments about women. >> the 9-1-1 emergency system was down. at&t said some wireless customers in 14 states plus washington d.c. were not able to call 9-1-1 for a few hours. officials do social media for five hours last night to warn people across the country about the destruction. at&t said at 10:30 last night the problem is fixed if they did not say what caused the problem or how many customers were a day. w-whiskey of conduct in the global market action. we've been talking about oil the shanghai composite index down three quarters of 1%. the hong kong hang seng was down 1.1%. reese kospi lost a quarter

in the u.s., president trump selected former republican presidential candidate jon huntsman to be ambassadorssia according to a white house official. he is a former utah governor previously was ambassador to china and singapore. he would be going to moscow at a time when the fbi is investigating russian interference in the election. filings for unemployment benefits rose after hitting a 44 year low. jobless claims were up 20,000. that is consistent with the trend of historic low claims that signals a tightening labor market. a february jobs report comes out tomorrow. angela merkel was among the eu inders gathering or a summit brussels. it's a show of opposition to the trump administration's protectionist ideal. index rose atrice an annual rate of 6.8%. passse exporters expect to on the higher cost to consumers. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. chairmanmorgan chase and chief executive jamie dimon believes president trump will get at least part of his agenda done. he may come as today as part of an ex

i'm pleased jon huntsman has been selected for the ambassadorship.e going to have to make it clear that our relationship with russia has to change unless they change their behavior in places around the world including the u.s. elections. the investigations are now ongoing and we'll see how that plays out. congressman darrell isaiah, thank you. as you get behind the closer is the capital of the committee see how that works out. thanks for joining us. >> will have much more adjustable way. we will be right back. arthel: checking weather. snow in the southeast this morning. partisans to make its way up the coast where millions are preparing for a blizzard. adam is live in the weather center with the forecast. what is going on? spring doesn't start on march 20th, but the winter is hanging on. >> the last hour sleep and you are thinking of must be spring. not the case yet. dealing with winter storms in the southeast about to run its way up the east coast. everything you see in the blue but if i take you in on the great shaded area, that is a blizzard watc

jon huntsman to be the new u.s. investor to russia.es say trump called huntsman on monday to offer him the job. he previously served as ambassador to china and singapore. thousands of women around the u.s. and the world marked national women's day by going on strike, they skipped work and refused to spend money to show how vital they are to the economy. others took to the streets to protest. wednesday's marches however, drew much smaller crowds in the women's march following president trump's inauguration. a major scare for the university of michigan's men's basketball team. a plane carrying the team slid off the runway into a field in michigan after the pilot was forced to abort takeoff due to high winds. the plane was damaged but luckily no one was injured. i'm jackie ibanez, now back at two "red eye." for all of your headlines come along onto fox news.com. your watching the most powerful name and news. ♪ >> tom: americans keep losing jobs to foreigners, and samuel l. jackson is sick of it. the new movie "get out" looks at race relat

this is jon huntsman. news reports say president trump asked huntsman to the next ambassador to russia. he is very well thought of as a diplomat. he is former ambassador of taiwan and china. he puts country over party, friends say. he got grief when he ran for president trump as republican because huntsman worked for barack obama as he represented america in china. who gave him grief? donald trump in 2011, the lightweight used my name in a debate for gravitas. it didn't work. sad. he called to see me. i said no. he gave our cup away to china. congress considering investigations into russia's interference into our election and any connection with the white house. two officers, lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse have asked the white house for proof that donald trump was tapped. they say they will use a subpoena if they need to. >> looking at tweets, policies, executive orders and speeches throughout the first 100 days on today in the bay. we would like to hear from you. share your thoughts on twitt twitte

donald trump has asked former utah governor jon huntsman to be the next ambassador to russia.huntsman is considered tough towards russia. he has been ambassador to taiwan under george h.w. bush and ambassador to china under barack obama. well thought of putting country over party. he got some grief when he ran for president himself as a republican because he worked for barack obama as he represented america in china. who gave him that grief? donald trump. he used my name in a debate for gravitas and it didn't work. sa sad. he called to see me. i said no. he gave our cup away to china. congress considering investigations into russia's interference into our election and any connection with the white house. two officers, lindsey graham and sheldon whitehouse have asked the white house for proof that donald trump was tapped. either the was not being truthful or he was tapped and that's because trump was suspected of wrongdoing. here's sean spicer. >> there is no reason to believe he is the target of any investigation. i think that's very important point to make. the one question d

." >> the former utah governor, jon huntsman has accepted president trump's offer to serve as the united states ambassador to russia. this, according to nbc news. huntsman served as the ambassador to china under barack obama and as the ambassador to singapore under george hubert walker bush. he also ran unsuccessfully for the republican nomination for president in 2012. huntsman will need to be confirmed by the senate. on a programming note, cnbc will speak to scott pruitt, the president appointee to lead the country's environmental protection agency. that's at 14:40 cet. >>> a top republican lawmaker in the house and senate have said they plan to introduce their own versions of legislation to repeal the affordable care act. this as house speaker paul ryan said he is confident the bill will pass the house of representatives. hallie jackson has the latest. >> reporter: after campaigning on his "art of the deal" -- >> everybody wants me to negotiate. that's what i'm known as, a negotiator. >> reporter: -- the ultimate test now of whether he can close one. president trump hard-selling healt

. >>> president trump has asked former utah governor jon huntsman to be his ambassador to russia. huntman is expected to accept the offer. he previously served as the ambassador to din china under president obama. >>> and $6 billion in cuts to the department of housing and urban development. according to preliminary documents obtained by "the washington post," nearly $2 billion will be cut from public housing. and ant anti-poverty program eliminated. >>> and the jewish community center in new castle county yesterday, a threat came in just after the jcc opened for the day. following the search of the property, investigators determined the threat was baseless. meanwhile in chester county eight jewish organizations are coming together to stand against hate. nbc10 was there as dpon straight demonstrators packed the steps of the county courthouse. they want to be part of the solution. >> i think it's important if you try on children and for students i speech to speak up for democracy. and same for members of our community being targeted. >> six jewish community centers in our area are

has learned president trump has tapped the former utah governor in 2012 presidential candidate jon huntsman junior to be the new united states ambassador to russia. sources say president trump called huntsman, who was the ambassador to china in the obama administration, ambassador to singapore under bush 41. offered him the job and huntsman excepted. he will go through the vetting process and he will be off to moscow. as the president uses his top man in moscow to deal with vladimir putin, he is putting the hard sell on his health care plan to skeptical republican conservatives. the president invited leaders of some of the most prominent conservative groups opposed to the american health care act. >> the president is proud of the product we've produced. we are in full sell mode talking about how this is the best way to solve the problem the american people face. >> the groups have labeled the new health care bill obamacare lite, a warmed over substitute from government run health care. the president's senior counselor indicated it was at least some room for compromise. >> >> the president h

trump challenged t the department of for the psi minus target ofny reacting to the rolled his eye jon huntsman, going"access holld fences, wit relationship. mr. trump was mocking huntsman on twitter and as weak. he sailed through the process easily before. in 2009, he was president obama's ambassador to china by unanimous consent. >> a lot of complicated relationships in washington these days. peter alexander at the white house. >>> there was a dangerous situation overnight when tens of millions of americans found themselves unable to dial 911. this was a massive nationwide outage for at&t customers. and authorities were not happy about it. this morning, the fcc is investigating the cause. and nbc's jo ling kent is on the story for us. good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah. good morning. last night, at&t wireless customers couldn't get through to the 911 services from the sell pho co cell phones. when at&t wireless customers tried to dial 911, they got a busy signal instead. some areas may have been without the emergency service for more than three hours. it quickly became evident that was a