mr. brooks, i want to start with you. senator sessions tried vehemently to say he was not a racist, to push back against this caricature of him that was painted in 1996 when he first went in front of the hearings to try to get a federal judgeship but was unsuccessful in that. has he said or done anything today that makes you feel like he has changed or he is somebody that will be a defender of civil rights in this country, a defender of the causes of the naacp. >> no. i have not heard anything to suggest that he is fit to lead the department of justice. the fact of the matter is we are not -- our endeavor is not to -- nor is our burden to prove that he is a racist. but it is our burden as attested to by the record that he is not fit, nor is he inclined to protect american citizens from racial discrimination. so when you look at the record, going back to 1986 where you had federal officials testifying under oath as to racially offensive remarks -- when you look at those remarks, that behavior, and the conduct, the legislat

mr. brooks. >> good morning, chairman grassley, ranking member whitehouse and esteemed senators of this committee. my name is cornell william brooks, i serve as president and ceo of the naacp. i greatly appreciate the invitation to testify before you today to express the deep concerns of the naacp regarding this nomination of senator jeff sessions to be as attorney general. as you well know the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the united states. particularly for such a time as this with the racial divisions deepening, hate crimes rising from sanctuary to schoolyard with state imposed racially motivated voter suppression spreading in state legislatures, as well as being struck down in federal courts with police involved shootings, reduced to hashtag homicides and videos. it is critical that this committee closely examine senator sessions entire record as a prosecutor and as a legislature. to determine whether he is fit to serve as the chief enforcer of our nations of civil

mr. brooks.good morning, chairman grassley, ranking member white house and esteemed senators of this committee. many missed cornell william brooks. i served as president and ceo of naacp. i appreciate the invitation to testify before you today to express the deep concerns of the naacp regarding this nomination and u.s. attorney general. as you know the attorney general know the attorney general is the chief law-enforcement officer in in the united states. particularly for such a time as this, with racial divisions deepening in the hate arising from sanctuaries to schoolyards with data impose racially motivated voter suppression spreading in state legislatures as well as being struck down in the federal courts or police involved shootings reduced homicide and powerless videos is critical that this committee closely examine senator sessions as a prosecutor and legislator. to determine whether he is fit to serve as the chief enforcer of our civil rights laws. based upon a review of the record, the n

mr. brooks, can you give a scorecard to members of congress? do you know what score was given to senator sessions in the 115th congress? >> the senator has received a low grade, a failing grade for years on end. >> he got 11%. what did i get? >> senator, i would have to consult the school card. >> i got 25%. >> grassley got 11%. got 11%. so you have to be determined. >> another, 14%. kennedy, not rated. what did the democrats get on this committee?

mr. brooks. mr. brooks votes aye. mr. molten votes no. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mrs. hannabussa votes no. mr. bridenstein votes aye. ms. cha porter votes no. dr. winstrop votes aye. ms. rossen votes no. mr. burn. mr. burn votes aye. mr. megechin votes no. mr. graves votes aye. mr. carbahall votes no. ms. stefonic votes aye. mr. brokwn votes no. mrs. murphy votes no. mr. knight votes aye. mr. conna votes no. mr. russell votes aye. mr. peters. mr. peters votes no. dr. dajarlay votes aye. mr. argular votes no. dr. abraham votes aye. mr. castro votes no. mr. kelley votes aye. mr. galager votes aye. mr. gates votes aye. mr. bacon votes aye. mr. banks votes aye. ms. chaney votes aye. >> clerk will report the result. >> mr. chairman, there are 24 aye votes and 28 no votes. >> without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. mr. brady. >> yes. consistent with rules i would like to assert the right of any minority to supplement views for inclusion to the house on the bill just reported. >> pursuant to house rule 11 all members are entitled to not less than tw

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mr. trump actually read those >> brook silva-braga in new york. thank you. >>> "face the nation" moderator john dickerson spoke with elaine quijano how the president-elect's team might react to the allegations. >> we'll see if the press conference still goes forward is the first question, because the central claim here, this is an annex to the intelligence report he was giving and the briefing, is about collusion potentially and these are allegations and this all has to be responded to and reported so that this is -- we have to be very sensitive here, but that there was some activity between the russians trying to influence the election and the campaign. asked about this in the past, i've asked kellyanne conway about it and others whether there was any connection. she has denied it flatly. the campaign has denied it flatly, that there was no campaign and anyone associated that's the big question. the question is not just on president-elect from his supporters, but this also gets into an issue of what fellow republicans do. >> well, ahead on "cbs t

mr. brooks of alabama, mr. cook, mr. bridenstine, mr. wenstrup, mr. byrne, mr. graves of missouri, ms. stefanik, ms. mcsally, mr. knight, mr. russell, mr. desjarlais, mr. kelly of mississippi, mr. gallagher, mr. gaetz, mr. banks of indiana, ms. cheney. committee on the budget, mr. tom price of georgia, mr. diaz-balart, mr. cole, mr. mcclintock, mr. rokita, mr. booedal, mr. sanford, mr. womack, mr. brat, mr. grothman, mr. palmer, mr. westerman, mr. renacci, mr. johnson of ohio, mr. lewis of minnesota, mr. bergman, mr. faso, mr. smucker, mr. gaetz, mr. arrington and mr. ferguson. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia, mr. collins, seek recognition? mr. collins: i offer a privileged resolution. the clerk: house resolution 37, resolved, that at 10:30 a.m. on friday, january 20, 2017, the house shall proceed to the west front of the capitol for the purpose of attending the inaugural ceremonies of the president and vice president of the united states and that

senior fellow in the global economy and development program at the research group brookings institution. mrtrump is mrhe hopes congress will give the money to build the wall but then will be negotiations between the us and mexico is? we are seeing a change from the campaign when he insisted he would build the wall and mexico would pay for it. essentially we are going to build a while and get mexico to rhian verse it. it is not clear how that is going to happen. i do think congress is likely to authorise the release of funds for some type of ball. paul ryan, the speaker of the house, has indicated as much. it could be a billion—dollar pricetag. as much. it could be a billion-dollar pricetag. there are have been suggestions he may raise money by a border tax, tapping remittances or demanding payment as a pre— requisite for a new trade treaty, what do you think of that?|j think treaty, what do you think of that?” think they are all possibilities. the us is a significantly larger country than mexico. they could use political and economic pressures on the president to agree to that. but the president to ag

mr. lewis today. >> hey, brooke, we should just add, just to remember, though, that the new world order in washington is one that is in full republican control, and so john lewis's participation and whether or not a relationship is forged actually, in practical terms, may have very little impact on the actual agenda setting and forward movement of policy, because republicans are in control of the house and the senate and the presidency as of next friday, and so, i do think jeff's question is a good one. how much does donald trump see a minority party that he actually doesn't need, necessarily, for the bulk of things he wants to accomplish? he may need them where he bucks his own party on the hill, but for the bulk of stuff he wants to accomplish that he doesn't need, how much does he see it as a necessity to forge a relationship nonetheless. >> true, but again, it's not some freshman, you know, member of congress. >> without a doubt. >> this is john lewis we're talking about and i'd be curious to keep an eye on somebody's twitter page to potentially react to that. let's move on. you know,

mr. trump will honor his cabinet nominees at a din they are washington tonight. -- dinner in washington tonight. brook silva-braga for cbs news, new york. >> mr. trump claims records crowds in excess of two million people are expected for the inauguration friday. homeland security estimates less than half that many will show up. >>> this morning, virginia congressman jerry connelly added himself to the democrats not attending friday's inauguration. in a statement, he writes in part -- after long reflection, i've decided that i cannot attend the inauguration of donald j. trump on friday. hiss behavior and harmful words have left the country i love with open bleeding wounds. instead of binding those wounds, he has poured salt on them. >>> a more dramatic anti-trump statement from a man who tried to set himself on fire while other protestors demonstrated in the district. it happened last night at the intersection of 12th and pennsylvania where the trump hotel is located. a man sent us this picture of the scene claiming a person set themselves on fire. authorities have yet to release a motive for the fire

brooks. mr. kohl, outlined in a number of concerns about senator sessions ranging from criminal rights to torture to religious freedom. i would like to note that in the audience today i admire mr. could see her column is with us. he's spoken about his son's combat in iraq and has submitted a letter that i think is worth review by all members. but i just met for the record if i might. mr. khan in his letter spoke about his muslim faith, what it means to be an american and what it means to have real concerns about the attorney general nominee and his commit it to the enforcement of religious liberty and protection of civil liberties. >> we leave this hearing now as the senate dabbles and for what is expected to be the last day of debate on the republican plan for appealing and affordable care act. it is included in the budget resolution which makes it easier to send the measure to committees to write legislation to repeal a law and more legislation to replace it. more than 100 amendments have been

mr. ambassador, welcome back. >> thank you, brooke. >> first on the manhunt, as this counts as they're look for this man, looking at the region, how confident are you that turkey will find him? >> the border between turkey and syria remains porous, to move isis supporters in and out of turkey, i don't know how successful they're going to be to crack down on that. >> we've talked about the rise of attacks before in turkey, how does the president handle it? >> he is facing threat from the pkk which attacks authorities not civilians, but it's now focus on international trade and economy, he's got a military force that's pushing against the isis forces which is why isis is reacting against him, he's trying to defeat isis, but paying a high price for it. >> you had the attempted coo, then the power broker in syria, why the rise in attacks? how is the kribtdicontributing? >> between him and the turkey, and bases in iraq and aligned with the pyd, but he has non-military functions, so that's a possibility. with isis, we have got to destroy isis, he's put tanks and troops on the ground to go after i

mr. obama struck the deal over strong objections from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, adding to tensions between the two over other issues. brookingstitution scholar shadi hamid credits mr. obama for the iran deal, but says: >> i don't remember ever hearing a real, live arab say that iran's nuclear program was their number one concern or priority. >> reporter: he also believes the apparent trade-off-- making the u.s. reluctant to enter the fray in syria where iran was helping assad-- wasn't worth it. >> in the middle east, we've learned everything is interconnected, and if we do one thing in one area, it can come at the cost of something else. >> reporter: one week from today, dealing with that web of conflicts will fall to a new commander in chief. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner. >> woodruff: for more on this part of the president's foreign policy legacy, we turn to three guests with deep experience managing national security policy, and in some cases, fighting the united states' wars. retired general david petraeus commanded american forces in iraq, in afghanistan, and for the entire middle east. he also served as pres

mr. trump will honor his cabinet nominees at a dinner in washington tonight brooks silva-braga for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> be sure to stay with "eyewitness news" for complete coverage of the inauguration of the president donald trump. our jessica dean will be reporting live from washington d.c. tomorrow and friday. we will have complete coverage on line at cbs philly.com. >>> meantime president obama is leaving the white house on a high note with american voters, new cbs news poll find 56 percent of people surveyed approved of the president's overall performance, that is second highest, actually highest since his reelection in 2012. 36 percent of those surveyed disapprove of the president's overall performance. >>> later this afternoon president obama will hold his final news conference as command inner chief. president is expect to be asked about the record number of commutations he has granted over the last eight years. white house says more are coming tomorrow. you will see president's final news conference live here on cbs this afternoon and we will have complete coverage later

mr. ambassador thank you for your times, i know you are at tufts now. >> thank you, brooke. >> you were -- i mean you were president pena nieto chief pollster, have known the man for three decades, i understand here you have president trump saying this meeting was cancelled this was mutual that it would be fruitless. >> okay, i hear you laugh but it would be fruitless for the mexican president to come. why are you laughing, mr. ambassador? >> because mr. trump was suspecting the mexican government to pay for his silly wall he is completely wrong. on top of that, the wall is just a pr strategy of him because not really function that could perform as you well know but of course the negative impact what he's doing to the mexican relation, that's a real thing, the wall is not a real thing but the damage that he's doing with the relation is very real. >> the damage is important to talk about but so is context mr. ambassador, i want to bring our viewers's attention to it was a big day on the campaign trail last year, when mr. trump accepted the invitation to mexico city. they met and there were

brook farms. >>> we are less than two hours away from learning president trump's supreme court choice. mr. trump plans to announce the nominee tonight during an 8:00 address to the nation. nbc news has learned there are two, neil gorsuch and tom hardiman. hardiman is based in pittsburgh. >>> are you sick of all the political debate on your facebook feed? >> some people told us they're losing sleep over the constant social media bickering. nbc 10's tim furlong gets doctor'sed ed advice. >> reporter: we're starting to see more posts like rachel's. >> i'm so sick of all things election. >> reporter: facebook fatigue from all the political stuff. and please start posting vacation pictures the and kids pictures and dog picture. i don't even care. >> reporter: many of the people who reached out to me on facebook say they do care deeply about the country and do have thoughts on the political situation, they just don't feel they need to constantly see everyone's opinions, including mine, yours and everyone they know on facebook. you wouldn't walk up to someone on the street but on facebook everybo

mr. and her husband. one of the thingngi've s shared with president brooks, and i hope you'll do today, when you testify,ave her there or have somebody from her family there. put a face on this extremism. pololiceg about brutality and criminal justice reform. have some of those mothers there that have lost their sons. then in that context say to him, this is not just about individual rural cops. systemico dismiss racism as systemic problems that has been proven whenever the justice department has gone in and done a clear analysis of police department's like in ferguson, for instance. they found a systemic problem. but what sessions is trying to do and what oftentimes folk like committed to do, because i do not want to do with systemic racism comee is to suggest this as an individual, not a systems problem. on other matters, it is a systems problem. when it comes s to health care, they say we have a bad system. obamacare is a bad system or our taxes are a bad system. when it comes to racism they say, oh, it is just one bad apple. is, when we have unarmed african-american men and the women, boys, and girls

brookings institute. please come back again. i have a feeling we will have reason to talk many times in the future. >> thank you. goodbye. >> tonight rumors about mr. trump and what you might be up to. marie le pen has responded. she was not there to see the president-elect. one witness posted this photo of her sitting at a cafe. she refused to comment as she entered an elevator in the building. she is seen as a contender to win the french presidency later this year. you're watching dw news. good news for the german economy. kristof will explain why 2016 solve the strongest performance in years. we will be back. >> make your smart tv even smarter. the dw smart tv app. what you want when you want it. up to date, extraordinary. in depth. you decide what is on. find out more. >> one out of eight people is suffering from hunger. join the fight. >> live from berlin, our top stories. donald trump's choice to head the cia has taken a tough stand against russia. russia acts aggressively around the world and he said it is clear that russia interfered in the recent u.s. elections. the new u.n. secretary-general says a deal on unifying cyprus is close. after

mr trump's presidency. sahar aziz is professor of law from texas a&m university school of law and a non—resident fellow of brookings people may still find it difficult to back president trump. i think it is difficult to do that if you have a president who, for example, uses the term, we will unite against radical islamic terrorism. he goes out of his way to make that point in an inaugural speech, which is code for crusades. this is the same kind of talk you would have heard in the past with ma nifest would have heard in the past with manifest destiny and god's people and god looking out for us and fighting evil islamic terrorists. and those types of messages, at least for muslim americans, signalled that he may very well follow through on his promises to create a muslim registry and stop muslims coming into the country. he also made no effort to make sure mexicans feel part of the american public and the people he represents, notwithstanding he called them rapists and criminals. he clearly made no effort to at least signal to the public that whatever harmful things he may have said during the campaign season, thing

brooke from alabama thank you for being with us. >>> senate leader chuck schumer had a sturn warning for mr. president-elect. >> if there's one part of my speech that i hope you listen to and take to heart is this one, i mean it with the best of intentions. if you abandon change and simply imbraceard right pro-elite policy opposeds to the campaign theme tha help you win and get you elected you're presidency will not succeed. we democrats will hold you accountable. >> that was incoming house -- senate leader minority leader chuck schumer. adam smith from washington state. thank you for joining us. i want to get your take in terms of how it played out today. were you surprise and shock that the 180 degree change from last night until this afternoon. >> not really. it's odd way to do it. most people understand how the ethics committee works. i have heard all day long that the republicans were disband the committee. that's not what they were proposing to do. they were opposing to disband -- this is not something you do the night before the vote and spring on everybody and the public reaction let

mr. trump is expected to address conflict of interest as well as his son-in-law jared kushner named a senior white house adviser. brookilva-braga for cbs news. >> a russian government spokesman says that the latest allegations are completely false coming them another attempt to harm relations with the u.s. >> yes, we can. [ applause and cheers ] >> yes, we did: yes, we can. thank you. [ applause and cheers ] farewell address in chicago. the president spoke for about 50 minutes, saying its his turn to say thanks to the american >> president obama arriving home overnight after his address in chicago. the president spoke for about 50 minutes saying it's his turn to say thanks to the american people for the last eight years. >> you were the change. you answered people's hopes and because of you by almost every measure, america is a better stronger place than it was when we started. >> president obama has invited president-elect to the white house before the swearing-in on inauguration day. they will ride together with their wives to the u.s. capitol for the ceremony. >>> time now 4:45. roberta is here. it's not a question

mr. rogers. >> i like you. >> woodruff: and i like both of you. mark shields, david brooks, thank you both.t week, an exclusive conversation. i sit down with vice president mike pence at the white house. that is tuesday, january 31, right here on the pbs newshour. >> mora: finally tonight, a look at the subtle ways our society often equates being white with what's "normal." it comes from peter kim, who was a member of chicago's famed second city comedy troupe. it is the latest edition of "#i.m.h.o.: in my humble opinion." >> when you hear the phrase "white supremacy," what picture comes to mind? maybe it's adolf hitler screaming into a microphone? maybe it's white-hooded figures marching around a burning cross? for me, it's a lot less dramatic and lot more commonplace, so if i may, i'd like to offer an updated definition of white supremacy: it's the idea that white is the ideal, and we are all consciously and subconsciously working to achieve whiteness. for example: i'm an actor, and once i was telling a fellow actor, who happens to be white, that i keep getting called out for roles casting

brookings institution. a great walk-through of mr. trump's non-options on the affordable care act.to everything else where he has not nearly the wiggle room he thinks he has? >> not really. we don't know what he is going to try to do. he does not happy with the room on certain issues that have to be adjudicated by congress. it cannot do much about obamacare or unilaterally on taxes. ,e can on immigration and trade so that is what people are going to watch. tom: what is he going to do with this important meeting with prime minister theresa may? >> they are going to try to make nice. theresa may would like to have some sort of trade deal in progress. if she has something in progress, some sort of informal understanding, that gives her a lever to use against the european union in their talks. they will probably look at the idea that since we trade things already with each other, we can eliminate tariffs on that. easy to do except for in agriculture. the hard work to do is in harmonizing regulation between the countries. tom: what meetings in washington will occur between capitol hill

mr. trump in the campaign. david brooks, you listened to the inaugural address, what did you think?w.w. it was not a traditional republican speech, it was not a free market speak. you go to charles lindberg, covering pat buchanan when he ran for president and the new hampshire primaries. it's notha the traditional republican party but it's something that donald trump loosened and we're going to see the representative and the administration's very different than any previous republican certainly democratic administration. this is very steve bannon oriented speech and we'll see if that kind of popularrism very angry very aggressive. that's the biggest challengeig he's going to face. >> you advised donald trump oven the campaign. not a republican speech.t >> yes. i think it was a new republican speech, right. it's very difficult from the last 50 years at least but that's kind of where the people are these days. there were a lot of people lieuu have been left behind, forgotten across america in small towns and cities. i think -- i think the media in the end were more traditional, in the

mrs. obama are going to enjoy not being in the white house. >> bill burton, thank you. safe travel to chicago. >> thanks, brooke. >>> all right. along. hour two. you are watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. 11 days until donald trump's inauguration. many, many, though are considering though this week the real launch of his president presidency. the president-elect has several major events over the course of the next couple of days including significant confirmation hearings for nine of his cabinet nominees. one, if not the most contention nominee is up

mrs. obama are going to enjoy not being in the white house. >> bill burton, thank you. safe travel to chicago. >> thanks, brooke. >>> all right. we roll along. hour two. you are watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. 11 days until donald trump's inauguration. many, many, though are considering though this week the real launch of his president presidency. the president-elect has several major events over the course of the next couple of days including significant confirmation hearings for nine of his cabinet nominees. one, if not the most contention nominee is up first. attorney general nominee jeff sessions. that happens tomorrow. when you talk to critics they would tell you that the senator from pam bam has showed racial incense tifts in the past. certainly we'll be hearing some of that tomorrow. looking ahead to wednesday, mr. trump holds his very first news conference in nearly six months. earlier, gave a bit of a tease at trump tower to the press after meeting with one of china's richest men, alley baba founder jack mah. >> they are going great. confirmation is going great. i think they will all pas

brook and seeking to embarrass old and the national government. church hill rallied the king writing him letters, seeking to boost his morale and urging him to be discrete with mrs. synthesis. he tried to -- my exzif hate might lead him to make the wrong decision and in the hope to give it time and chance, he might put it before. >> because they're off ratification. it's important to stress, given what period we're in the second half of 1930s. what we're champing. church hill deeply own reputation untold harm with the the public, politicians and with the court. and period of mounting tension and anxiety. hez plea for extra time was divided by many, unrealicly. he failed to give up the thrown he pleaded for extra time he was essentially shouted down. after witnessing, winston admitted, you were right, i see, now, the other one who would not have done. he published in an article on the new magazine, the main idea. but it's important to notice, as a kwens of having supported ed woord -- he was scarcely to do where the new king george 6 hth. that scene in the king's speech which some of you may have seen where church hill is seen cozying up to george the sixth and u

i can just tell you brooke marco rubio just left a closed door session in a room right behind me with cia nominee mike pompeo. and i asked if he was going to meet with mr. tillerson and he said i got nothing more to add. i asked him if he feels any different than last night. take a listen. >> we're still working through the process. >> are you feeling any better right now about rex tillerson? >> well, we're still working through it so we'll have a decision here soon. >> today? >> i don't know what the timing is, but certainly before the vote. >> people respecting the bush administration believe you'll take a hard line on russia. from what you heard yesterday do you side with those folks for like leeza rice for instance? >> very noncommittal. because there's only one seat on that foreign relations committee and let's say all vote know and marco rubio decide to vote know, he will not have the votes to over come the committee. and at that point they need to make a decision whether to bypass and is really frowned upon and so a lot of problems for mr. tillerson if mark ryco o decides to vote no. >> next, a late night stage set for an obama showdown. we will

. >> well that column by david brooks, by the way, just days coming after times columnist paul krugman wrote that it's an act of patriotism to call mregitimate president. first of all, the tweeting. wait a second, he doesn't like it? >> peter: first of all, that is a modern means of communication and -- >> should a journalist not cover it? >> of course they show, they should definitely cover it. if they want to criticize it, that is their right. but that is a means of communication, just the way radio used use to become a teln now. >> it would appear to me that as a journalist saying he is not going to do his job. a >> peter: i don't think you can walk away from that. >> it is direct statements coming from the person who is going to be president of the united states. at the same time, i feel like the idea that is going to cover or focus on what he does, not what he says, because actions do speak louder than words. maybe if you had one reporter that committed themselves to not talking about the talk and only talking about the action, i mean that is an interesting little niche if you labeled yourself as that reporter, you could have a

mr. trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly. >> john brennan is clearly firing back at this, brooke. the question is four days from now when donald trump inherits this intelligence community john brennan will be gone, of course. but the community still exists. so that is what is a potentially worrisome prospect here when the new leader the new president is really at war, at odds with his intelligence officials. it's something we have never seen before, brooke. >> jeff zeleny thank you. joining me now, steve hall, and david andleman, editor emeritus at the world policy journal, cnn opinion contributor and columnist at u.s.a. today. great to have both of you on. david let me begin with you, just on the fact that the tweets from mr. trump implying that john brennan may have the one behind the leak. how -- how dangerous is that? certainly as jeff pointed out, it's unprecedented? >> it is unprecedented. no question any time donald trump tries to drive a wedge between himself and the cia and his intelligence officials that's really bad. but that's only one of a series brooke, of this week

brookings institution where schaub spoke a couple of days ago. ambassador, when i saw the headline flash by that jason chaffetz had summoned mr.aub to come up and talk about donald trump's business plans, i actually thought, i assumed it was to ask him what he thought of the plans from the president-elect. but that doesn't seem to be the case. the question is, has he been too tough or acted inappropriately towards the president-elect? your take. >> john, thanks for having me. i do not think that walter schaub has done anything out of the ordinary here in terms of his views. there is a broad bipartisan consensus, republicans and democrats alike, that the trump plan is inadequate to solve his conflicts. schaub was just the latest to join that consensus. and what the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, mr. chaffetz, is doing is wrong. he wants to have a secret star chamber style tribunal to hear privately from schaub. the democrats are saying, why can't we have a public hearing, which would be the normal way to do these things. we're not in the middle ages here where we haul people in that way. and he's prejudge

mr. mcgovern: i want to point out a couple things. first of all according to the brookings institute, without the a.c.a., insurance premiums would be 44% higher. and the other fact i point out for my colleagues is that health care costs are growing at the slowest rate in the last 50 years. families are spending over $3,500 a year less than they would have without the -- because of the a.c.a. i would say to my colleagues, yeah, we want to do better. but let's work to address some of the shortcomings of the a.c.a. rather than repeal it and put in danger all these health care protections people have. i now yield 1 1/2 minutes to the the gentlewoman from new jersey, mrs. watson coleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman new jersey is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mrs. watson coleman: we're in week two of this 115th congress, as promised my colleagues and i are here to stand up for this good nation. unfortunately, house republicans cannot say the same. last night they decided the nursing home coverage for millions of seniors, comprehensive health care for young children,

mr. trump. what are cnn sources saying about the information that trump himself did receive after that intel briefing last friday? >> well, our sources tell us, brooke, that after that meeting with the intel chiefs last friday, that james comey, the director of the fbi, pulled trump aside to brief him on the two-page synopsis of the allegations that were included in that 35-page memo about trump and russia, unsubstantiated allegations, i should say. we're told that it was decided among the leaders that james comey would be the best person to have this sensitive discussion because the fbi was investigating -- is investigating those allegations and so it was decided that james comey would be the best person to do this. our sources tell us that that discussion was cordial and that the leaders felt it was important to brief the president-elect because essentially they didn't want it to come as a surprise to him if this memo were to surface later on when he was in the white house. >> so, he was the one to do that with mr. trump. we also know that jim comey, gloria, you know, is facing this review. we talked about this 24 hours ago, over his handling of t

>>> hi there i'm brooke baldwin breaking news on cnn beginning with this border wall blowup, president trump has confirmed he will not meet with the president of mexico. this is what mr told republican lawmakers moments ago during their annual retreat. >> i've said many times that the

brooke baldwin. the standoff between president-elect donald trump and the intelligence community just got a whole lot more intense here because the outgoing cia chief john brennan told fox news mrtrump should trust his agency when it comes to matters as we were discussing like russia and that trump's words can affect national security. he also didn't care for the president-elect comparing the intelligence agencies nazi germany. >> what i do find outrageous is equating an intelligence community with nazi germany. i do take great umbrage at that. and there is no basis for mr. trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly. >> the president-elect firing back suggesting that director brennan may have been behind the leak of the unsubstantiated doesier about him. tweeted, quote, unquote, not good. was this the leaker of fake news? the president-elect is also ruffling feathers on the global stage, hitting nato once again. trump called it objects lead, his word, in this incredibly revealing interview with german newspaper billed. he was also asked who he trusts more, russian president vladimir putin or german chancellor

brooks lunges backward. struck by some invisible force. it didn't work. utah fans not impressed by the performance. >> is this soccer or basketball? >> that's a dive. >>> let's say good morning to mr. roker and get a first check of your friday and your weekend forecast. >> ow. let's show what we've got. lake-effect snow, big story this weekend. and the reason for this, it's awfully warm and we haven't seen a lot of ice over the great lakes. arctic air comes down out of canada. comes across the great lakes and picks up the moisture air. usually by this time, you see the snow buildup. but it starts to get cut off because we have more lake freezing over the ice. that, of course, cuts off the moisture that's available. normally, we would have 50% covered by ice. this year, 1% to 10%. that allows a lot of moisture. look at the amounts we're going to be seeing this weekend. anywhere from 12 inches in western pennsylvania and new york, to up to three feet around the tug hill plateau. we'l (vo) data plans aren't one size fits all. and since most people use less than 5 gigs, the last thing you want is to end up paying for data you don't use. now verizon introduces the one plan that's right

mrs. obama made a quip about heels. i don't know exactly what she said but she said something about heels. it's so easy for us guys, right? you just go to brooksmewhere and say give me a black tuxedo. but the ladies have to really change every single time. >> in service to and respect -- >> the fes tichies are beginning at the armed services ball as well. let's listen in. >> vice president mike pence, let us pray. our father in heaven, look down upon this most significant occasi occasion. look upon this assemblied brotherhood and lay your divine blessings upon each and every soul. without consideration of rank, office, or privilege. and our father, supreme overall, patron of order, fountain of justice, protector in all ages of the world of virtuous liberty, continue your blessings upon this nation. we ask you, father, to include those absent in death from this gathering, those who freely answered your call as we read in isiah 6:8 -- and i heard the voice of the lord saying whom shall i sinned who will go for us, then said i, here i am, send me. in that most holy assembly, i include my son, an army ranger. i include every soul for whom a gold s