instead mr. trump will move his assets into a trust controlled by his two oldest son, who will also manage the trump organization. they will not pursue new international deals and will hire an ethics adviser to oversee new deals in the u.s. they will also not consult with mr. trump. >> i hope at the end of eight years i'll come back and say, oh, you did a good job, otherwise if they do a bad job, i'll say, you're fired. >> reporter: today walter shaub, the head of the government ethics office, wholly inadequate. >> the plan does not meet the standards that the best of his nominees are meeting and that every president in the past four decades have met. >> reporter: the arrangement means mr. trump could have dealings with foreign countries where he also has a financial stake. cbs news has counted at least ten countries where the president-elect has business interests. >> he needs to sell the business, free himselfs of conflicts of interests. >> reporter: richard painter was the former ethics lawyer for f

mr. trump's relationship with the intelligence community when we sit down with vice president elect mike pence just five days before he's sworn into office and we will find out why the nation's brief on rumors with exclusive interview with john brennon, we will also ask him about the hot spots that team faces only on fox news sunday. plus, politics of why hillary clinton didn't win the election are still playing out. >> the american people are owed the truth. >> we will ask sunday panel about justice inspector general investigating fbi director james comey for possible misconduct. the head of the presidential inaugural committee on pulling off this week's big event. >> it's quite an ordeal. it's putting the olympics in 60 days. chris: hello again from fox news in washington. donald trump takes the oath of office in just five days but on the brink of his presidency questions about russia's involvement in the election won't go away. today we want to discuss that and the trump agenda with a man wh

mr. trump said "on this day, power returns to the american people." the day was filled with tradition. it began with mr. trump and his wife, melania, attending a prayer service at st. john's episcopal church. >> how are you? >> pelley: then a short drive to the white house for tea and coffee with the outgoing president. mrs. trump came with a gift for michelle obama. the 44th and 45th presidents rode together from the white house to the capitol. ♪ ♪ and in a show of unity, three other presidents-- two democrats and one republican-- were there to witness this passage of power. and so was the woman mr. trump defeated, hillary clinton. supreme court justice clarence thomas administered the oath to the new vice president. >> i, michael richard pence... >> pelley: and the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, swore in mr. trump. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. ( applause ). >> pelley: the sound of 21 guns saluted the new commander in chief. his in

mr. trump's cabinet nominees, confirmation hearings tuesday for betsy devs on and interior secretary ryan zinke and former texas governor rick perry. team trump is facing more questions how to deal with recent russian aggression and whether a president trump would repeal new sanctions against moscow. he's vice president-elect mike pence today on fox news sunday. >> i think the president-elect made it very clear that we have a terrible relationship with russia right now. and that's not all our own doing but a failure of american diplomacy in successive administrations and what the president-elect is determined to do is to explore the possibility of better relations. harris: a lot to get to. team fox coverage, rob schmitt, kristen fisher are standing by. peter doocy live at trump tower in new york city, and peter, president-elect donald trump is talking about russia and future relations. >> reporter: he is, harris, and mr. trump says that if u.s. sanctions are lifted, he may be ready to make a nu

. —— mr trump when with this campaign. —— mr trump when with this campaign.re on the same team and mr putin is not on it. 0n the subject of that report, we have also been hearing from donald trump's incoming chief of staff, he has also had interesting things to say? he said that his boss, mr trump, accepted it was russia that was behind the hacking of the democratic party organisation. mr trump had voiced scepticism about that. i am not sure at the statement today goes much further than what mr trump said after he retrieved the intelligence briefing on friday. at that point, he was already conceding russia had some kind of role. what was not said is that mr trump except the conclusions of the report, that one of the goals of mr putin was to help mrtrump win, on of the goals of mr putin was to help mr trump win, on that, the president elect has not commented. he said that the interference had the impact on the outcome of the election, he has been insistent on that. although the report does not address that issue at all. in the last couple of hours, we have hea

and secretary of state john kerry said it was inappropriate for mr. trump to interfere in german politics. the president-elect called chancellor merkel's refugee policy a catastrophic mistake. >>> four days before he's sworn in as president of the united states, donald trump's comments are cause dismay in the african-american unit, causing lawmakers to boycott his inauguration. mr. trump met with the son of dr. martin luther king jr. in the midst of a heating feud between mr. trump and civil rights hero john lewis. hena daniels is here in new york. >> good morning, anne-marie. senate confirmation hearings resume today for more of president-elect donald trump cabinet nominees. this as more than 30 members of congress now say they'll skip trump's inauguration friday amid an ongoing feud between the

you, mr. trumpd, to disrespect an icon of the civil rights movement on dr. king's weekend. you, mr. trump, have made yourself the anchor of fake news. >> pfleger asked the audience to take up dr. king's cause and become lobbyists for the poor. >>> "people" says president and michelle obama visited the family shelter that's now the home of their daughters' old swingset. they greeted children playing on the set during their mlk day of service. the obama's donated it to the d.c. shelter earlier this month. >>> still to come, white house celebration. president obama hosts the chicago cubs and delivers a message of unity. hosts the chicago cubs and delivers a message of unity. new friskies tender and crunchy combo. tasty textures cats gotta have. friskies. for cats. by cats. befi was active.gia, i was energetic. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. he also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive ner

. >> there is no basis for mr. trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly. >> trump's charge coming hours after brennan appeared on national television, arguing the president-elect doesn't understand the critical threat russia poses? >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can be undercutting of our national security. >> trump has spent months doubting u.t. intelligence findings that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. in a new interview, the president-elect suggesting the u.s. could ease tensions with russia. trump telling the times of london and german newspaper build, let's see if we can make some good deals. this as trump blasts comments over the weekend that the one china policy which maintains taiwan as part of china is under negotiation. china slamming trump in an editorial. quote, we were simply angry initially, but now we can't help but laugh. >> there are no plans to

mr. trumpy are your immigration policies better than secretary clinton's? >> because she wants open borders, and that is crazy. i mean, people are just pouring into this country from mexico, and a lot of them are very bad hombres. >> oh! bingo! bingo! i got bingo! sorry, sorry. i've been playing all year, and i got it. i have "bad hombres," "rapists," "miss piggy," "they're all living in hell," and "if she wasn't my daughter." >> congratulations, secretary clinton. mr. trump, please continue. >> i have a fantastic relationship with mexico, okay? i have personally met with the mexican president. i forget his name. i think it was something like mr. guacamole. i'm sorry. excuse me. señorguacamole. i also met his beautiful wife, taquito... and their twin children, chips and salsa. >> chris, here is the truth. donald said he was gonna be tough on mexico, but when he met with the president, he choked. >> wrong. trademark. >> he's also said that he's gonna be tough on russia, but he's basically putin'

an editorial monday said if mr. trump doesn't back down, beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves. locals say he's both helping and hurting taiwan. do you like trump? >> yes. >> why? >> he have power. >> i think he will, you know, make the china angry, maybe it's not good for us. >> reporter: bill stanton, who ran the american institute, our unusual embassy here, says taiwan shouldn't be used as a bargaining chip with china. >> he needs to avoid doing anything that's going to upset the status quo in the taiwan strait. >> reporter: taiwan's already feeling the pressure diplomatically. just last week, china offered nigeria a $40 billion investment after which nigeria agreed to move taiwan's trade office out of its capital. many here fear that if as president mr. trump uses taiwan as bait, their future could be on the line. new pantene doesn't just wash i wiyour hair, it fuels it.gain. making every strand stronger. so tangles don't stand a chance. because strong is beautiful. it says you apply the blue one ok,

mr. trump's comments about mr.is and i want to put up this tweet, because in response, the president-elect called him all talk, talk, talk, no action. can he really say that about the man who got his head cracked open walking across the bridge in alabama on blood he sunday do you think that's appropriate? >> mike: i think donald trump has the right to defend himself. when someone of john lewis' stature, someone who is not only an icon in the civil rights movement, but also by somebody who by virtue of his sacrifice on that day that we know as bloodied sunday, he suffered that abuse and cross that bridge, and it was true that the voting rights -- for someone of his stature to use terms like this is not a legitimate president. it's just deeply disappointing to me, and i hope he reconsider reconsiders, but what their was literally generations of failed policies coming out of washington, d.c., that have failed to many families and too many cities all across this country. i will tell you, donald trump is a man who is pr

mr. trumpecame the g.o.p. nominee, the nature of the russian activities changed. >> there's nothing i can think of that i'd rather do than have russia friendly, as opposed to the way they are right now. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for him, and then aspired to help president-elect trump's election chances. but the kremlin still believed clinton would win, and it already put together a twitter campaign with the hashtag #democracyrip, to discredit her victory. late today, the department of homeland security declared election systems to be critical infrastructure which will give the agency greater oversight ber their cyber-security. but, scott, no one believes the russian attacks compromised the vote tally. >> pelley: jeff pegues in the washington newsroom, jeff, thank you very much. mr. trump was briefed today by the directors of national intelligence, the f.b.i., the c.i.a., and the national security agency. jan crawford has th

mr. trumpo interfere in german politics. the president-elect called chancellor merkel's refugee project a mistake. and causing lawmakers to boycott his inauguration. mr. trump met with the son of dr. martin luther king jr. in the midst of a heating feud between mr. trump and civil rights hero john lewis. hena daniels is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. senate confirmation hearings resume today for more of president-elect donald trump cabinet nominees. this as more than 30 members of congress now say they'll skip trump's inauguration friday amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect and democratic congressman tom moore. >> reporter: just days before the inauguration president-elect donald trump rift with john lewis is far from resolved. >> to describe donald trump as our president -- we would welcome that as well. >> reporter: tensions escalated after mr. trump lashed out at the civil rights hero calling his presidency legitimate. prompting many democrats

instead mr. trump will move his assets into a trust controlled by his two oldest sons, who will also manage the trump they will not pursue new international deals and will hire an ethics adviser to oversee new deals in the u.s. they will also not consult with mr. trump. >> i hope at the end of eight years i'll come back and say, oh, you did a good job, otherwise if they do a bad job, i'll say, you're fired. >> reporter: today walter shaub, the head of the government ethics office, called the plan wholly inadequate. >> the plan does not meet the standards that the best of his nominees are meeting and that every president in the past four decades have met. >> reporter: the arrangement means mr. trump could have dealings with foreign countries where he also has a financial stake. cbs news has counted at least ten countries, including turkey and united arab emirates, where the president-elect has business interests. >> he needs to sell the business, free himself of conflicts of interests. >> reporter: rich

bear out. just a couple of questions here, firstly from alex, watching in manchester — do we know mr trump'sdency? be pool c trump as a radical, they disapprove of his attitude towards the press, they see him as dangerous. that is not representative of all attitudes in europe, but i do not see mr trump as someone europe, but i do not see mr trump as someone he does pay attention. he ca res a lot someone he does pay attention. he cares a lot about what people think of him. when he was over in the uk right after the brexit folk, took that as a sign for a possible victory for him. so he was obviously paying attention to the brexit folk. i think he sees ideological soul mates in some of the nationalist movements in the uk and in continental. so i would not be supposed if he is at least somewhat aware of it. obviously, he has a close relationship with nigel farage, so there will be some information traded there. but as far as the average person on the street thinks in europe, i don't think he ca res thinks in europe, i don't think he cares that much. thank you, anthony. just very quickly, the tim

mr. trump blamed the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the u.s. for taking jobs from american workers and driving up crime rates. the day he announced his candidacy for president mr. trump singled out mexican immigrants. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. and some, i assume, are good people. >> reporter: with the exception of one year, illegal border crossings into the u.s. reached a 30-year low in 2015 according to homeland security, but drug-related violence in central america has triggered a surge of undocumented migrants. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> reporter: while mr. trump has long said that mexico will finance the wall, its government has balked. the white house proposal does not include a cost estimate, and it will be up to congress to fund the project. today the president told abc news that u.s. taxpayers may have to front the money. >> all it is is we'll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we

the people who put mr. trump in office, of course, will be expecting results, and anna to ser has been talking to some of them in kannapolis, north carolina. >> i never knew what it was not like for the city to revolve daound a textile mill. and then in one day, it's gone. >> reporter: pastor dean hunter remembers the day 14 years ago when the largest sheet and towel rlnufacturer in the world shut down. it was the end of an era, more than 4,000 jobs vanished, along with the mill itself. >> there's a lot of people that lyver really emotionally recovered from that. >> i miss them days. >> reporter: like dan johnson. he worked at the mill over 30 hars. so when he and his wife, vicki, heard donald trump say this... >> we're living through the greatest jobs theft in the history of the world. as reporter: ...it resonated. >> i just felt like he was going to help us. >> well, as long as he's done what he said he would do, like him, i would be very happy. >> reporter: already, they think they've seen progress in the trum

mr. trump's briefing on friday, the head of the fbi, james comey, told mr. trump about the existence of unverified allegations against him and also told him that a summary of those claims was included in the addendum to the top secret report. lester? >> thank you. >>> major drama on capitol hill as senate republicans took the first step to repeal obamacare by passing a budget resolution overnight as many americans slept. it goes to the house where it could pass as early as tomorrow. the full senate also passed an exception that will exempt retired general james mattis from a law requiring ex-military to be out of the house for seven years. the house votes tomorrow. >>> russia is pointing a finger at the kremlin for cyber attacks. inside russia's presidential offices our bill neely sat down with vladmir putin's spokesman who rejects those hacking conclusions. >> reporter: tonight there is no doubt how donald trump is viewed in the kremlin. >> does president putin like what he sees so far? >> i have no doubt that, yes. >> reporter: putin spokesman tells us trum

stuart: mr. trumpn typical fashion on twitter of course, outgoing cia chief john brennan blasts president-elect trump on russian threat. does not really understand, oh, really, couldn't do much worse and buildup of russian nukes not good. was this the leaker of fake news? now, colonel, you've been very critical of mr. trump's relationship with russia. what do you make of the spat with the cia? >> well, i do wish that president-elect trump would stand up for the united states against putin instead of standing up for russia against our intelligence agencies. just this weekend, stuart, president trump made the ignorant and foolish remark that nato is obsolete. nato is the most successful peace time alliance in history. it is a bargain for the united states. and putin wants it broken up. trump's people raised the issue well maybe we could do something, some kind of trade on nukes with russia. the kremlin spokesperson already rejected it this morning. the russian papers are absolutely rejecting it, but they

speaking of phone calls, mr trump spoke to the leader of mexico today.y discuss the contentious issue of financing the contentious issue of financing the border wall, hoping to sell the behind closed doors with their diplomatic teams. exactly. and the fa ct diplomatic teams. exactly. and the fact that they are not discussing it publicly does not mean it has gone away. it does mean that perhaps it will sort of drop down the headlines a little bit because it was becoming so a little bit because it was becoming so toxic. the idea that the mexican president will cancel a trip to see the incoming president of the united states when these two neighbours are just so important towards each other‘s economies and have an important strategic relationship, including for cross border security and the drug war in mexico that is partly funded and armed by guns from the united states travelling south. money travelling south from drugs sold in the united states, there are so sold in the united states, there are so many issues for these two gentlemen to disgust and things

mr. trumpwhy are your immigration policies better than secretary clinton's? >> because she wants open borders, and that is crazy. i mean, people are just pouring into this country from mexico, and a lot of them are very bad hombres. >> oh! bingo! bingo! i got bingo! sorry, sorry. i've been playing all year, and i got it. i have "bad hombres," "rapists," "miss piggy," "they're all living in hell," and "if she wasn't my daughter." >> secretary clinton. mr. trump, please continue. >> i have a fantastic relationship with mexico, okay? i have personally met with the mexican president. i forget his name. i think it was something like mr. guacamole. i'm sorry. excuse me. señorguacamole. i also met his beautiful wife, taquito... and their twin children, chips and salsa. >> chris, here is the truth. donald said he was gonna be tough on mexico, but when he met with the president, he choked. >> wrong. trademark. >> he's also said that he's gonna be tough on russia, but he's basically putin's puppet

mr. trump took three executive actions: formally withdrawing the u.s. from the trans-pacific partnership, or t.p.p. former president obama had pushed the 12-country trade pact but congress never voted on it. the president also froze federal government hiring, outside of the military, and he revived an on again, off again ban on federal funds going to international groups that provide abortions. but the theme of the day was clearly meant to be trade, business and jobs. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> it's nice to see you. >> yang: the president had breakfast with business executives, talking tax cuts and cutting government regulations. he made clear he wants to keep u.s. jobs from moving overseas: >> we are going to be imposing a very major border tax on the product when it comes in, which i thnk is fair, which is fair. so a company that wants to fire all of its people in the united states and build some factory someplace else and then thinks that that product is going to just fl

i think we have seen more than enough of mr. trump to show that analysis is pretty much on the mark. one would have to understand that my primary concern with donald trump is not ideological, although i am a conservative and he is not, and that worries me. i think he is ideologically rootless. my concern about him has always been temperamental. i think his temperament and character are deeply problematic. i think you see also the manifestations of it. you saw it during the campaign. i think he is a man who is compulsive, the addictive, and impulsive. he does not abide by norms or standards. i think everything for him comes down to him. is erratic, and that is dangerous to have in a president. that is fine in a reality television star. that may help the ratings. when you are president, you have a lot of power. i do not see a man who is reflective or has any kind of self-restraint. i do not even see the people around him have the capacity to restrain him. he won an election that was is historic. i am willing to give him the fact that he

mr. trumpit will begin in months. it was one of the steps he took to tighten immigration policy. more is expected today including a temporary ban on refugees from predominantly muslim countries. roxana saberi is here with more. red sox na, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the president is promising to push forward and crack down on illegal immigration and build a wall on the border of mexico, but he'll need help to pay for his plans. president trump's sweping executive orders are likely to dominate his agenda as he meets with congressional republicans in philadelphia. >> beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders. >> among them, a directive to jump start the construction of a wall along the u.s./mexico border and add more border patrol agents and detention centers in the area. congress would have to initially fund the $10 billion project but in an interview with cbs news -- >> it will be a payment, perhaps a form, perhaps a complicated form. >> the

, hoping they can get to some kind of accommodation with mr. trump here it -- mr. trump.your recent publications calling international politics taking bizarrowadays in a world, the fictional planet from d.c. comics, so what does it take to get the upper hand in this new political environment? .> it is very hard what i said in that article in the financial times is that we are seeing the opposite occurring all over the world, the opposite of what you would expect to occur. the brits normally vote in their own self-interest, and they voted against their self-interest with brexit. in the u.s. elections come you would think that everything mr. trump had done would make him appear unfit for the presidency, and yet he has won this historic victory. things are very topsy-turvy. just as the international legal community gives a crystal-clear view on the legalities of the south china sea, the philippines of alexa a president who steps back from that and looks like he's moving towards china, so things are very unpredictable and the chinese would be feeling that at the moment. they

last night mr. trumpeeted, fake news, a total political witch hunt. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," u.s. ambassador to the united nations, samantha powers, joins us in the studio on the future of the u.n. under the trump administration. >>> and actor jude lawtells us about his new series "the young pope." >>> plus -- >>> there used to be so many theories an how to drink whiskey. >> you definitely hold it this way. not this way. definitely not this way. >> that was then. this is now. that's coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> unprecedented in american history. >> well, new reaction as a you this bomb shell report, surfaced that russia gathered potentially compromising information on president-elect donald trump this morning how mr. trump is responding. >>> every day i have learned there you, that may be a better president, and ma

mr. trump: i think she made one very cap traffic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals. brent: and it's not jujust angea merkelel's migration policies, e is also skeptical on the future of nato and the european union. we will get reaction from right here in n berlin. and coming up, a cargo plane crashes into a village in kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people. the turkish and 737 was trying to land in fog. helena: and reporting live from the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos with a trump presidency and brexit looming large, local economic leaders have a lot on their plates. brent: good to have you with us. in just five days, donald trump becomes the 45th u.s. president and already, he's pulling no punches when it comes to criticizing one of the u.s.'s closest allies. in his latest interview, trump says the german chancellor, angela merkel, was wrong to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees into germany, describing them as illegals. trump says merkel possible open

mr. trump's home is new york city. eft mayor bill de blasio will hold an anti-trump demonstration in the city. will be a big one, with celebrities right before the inauguration. and the media, pouring on the contempt for trump and that is an accurate word to use, contempt. the editorial pages and broadcast networks are full of hostility, yes, contempt for our next president. and anything, any one who says anything favorable about trump is harshly criticized and yes, ostracized. steve harvey went to trump tower. that is all he did. he says the reaction was fierce. everyone has the constitutional right to protest, but is our democracy undermined when the legitimacy of mr. trump's presidency is questioned? my answer is yes. in a large bloc of politicians says the election was not legit and the media condemns him with contemptuous concerns, the democratic process begins to fray. media supporters and left don't do any good with this cooler heads should prevail, like vice president joe biden, albeit reluctantly, the election,

mr. trump says as many as 5 million illegal ballots were cast for hillary clinton, which is how he explains her 2.8 million lead in the popular vote. mr. trump won by a total of 77,000 votes in the three states that clinched the electoral college. no state has reported significant fraud and even mr. trump's own lawyers said there is no evidence of voter fraud. >>> well, wall street reached a milestone today. the dow gained 155 points and closed above 20,000 for the first time. since election day, the dow is up more than 1,700 points or 9.5%. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> mr. trump is also planning a top-to-bottom review of how america conducts its war on terror. and today he endorsed torture. here's david martin. >> we will make america safe again. >> reporter: donald trump said it as a candidate, and now he's said it as president. in his first television interview with abc news, the president declared torture works. >> i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with peopl

his network reported unsubstantiated and false allegations about mr. trump. mr. tr question, but the reporter wouldn't shut up. never seen anything like it before. this morning, the media as hostility is clear. they're outraged at trump not the behavior of some members of the press corps. more fallout. mr. trump called out the drug companies and he said, we buy their products here, but often don't make them here. that will change, he said. and drug stocks went down and down big. some of them are still down today. and then there was the hearing for rex tillerson as secretary of state. he ran into opposition from some republicans, especially senator marco rubio. democrat senator cory booker making history, testifying against his senate colleague jeff sessions along with congressman john lewis, he questions sessions' commitment to civil rights. so the state of play this thursday morning. the left plans disruption at next week's inauguration. democrats ramping up their harsh attacks and the media remains intensely hostile and disrespectful to the president-elect. we h

well, mr. trumpk time out gom his transition meetings today to give an hour-long deposition under oath. the president-elect is suing restaurateur jose andres, who p nceled plans to open a spanish-themed restaurant at the new trump hotel in d.c. andres objected to candidate trump's characterization of some ideocan immigrants as rapists. and today, president obama called the video showing four african americans beating and tormenting a mentally disabled icite man despicable and e rrible. part of the attack in chicago were shown live on facebook. and today the four suspects were charged with hate crimes. dean reynolds has the latest. and we do caution you, the video is quite disturbing. >> reporter: the 18-year-old victim, described as mentally faclenged, had been missing for two days when he turned up tuesday on facebook and in trouble. >> drink the toilet water! >> reporter: forced to drink from a toilet, he's also seen being kicked, choked, cut, and cursed, all of it streamed live on facebook. >> sma

of controversy for mr. trump yesterday. mr. clapper saying he shares mr. trump's dismay over the leaks. >> president elect decided to deal with the story by doing what he did best. blasted the media finally conceding that russia was behind at the election hacks. all of this as senate republicans move forward with plans to dismantle obamacare despite not having a plan in place to replace it. we have it all covered. let's begin we van perez live in washington. >> good morning, director of national intelligence james clapper is trying to diffuse a feud between the nation's next president and the u.s. intelligence community. he called president elect donald trump last night to assure him that the intelligence agencies were not the force of leaks about a dossier with allegations against mr. trump they claim to have information on mr. trump part of our obligation is to ensure that it's the fullest possible leader. it was the first confirmation that trump's briefing documents did include information on the opposition research the fbi and intelligence agencies hadn

mr. trump's ego is at play here. here signs that democrats and activists are trying to weaken the presidency. how exactly does donald trump fight back if not for how he fought back over the weekend? >> well, wow. i definitely would not think that we should advise donald trump to pursue any of the courses of action that he or his team pursued over the course of the weekend. in a matter of 72 hours he frustrated cia officials and former officials at the cia. over the weekend we learned of i guess a foe press conference because the real press conference will be today and kellyanne, of course, defending said press conference for using alternative facts which at one point used b to just be lies. i don't know that the democrats have an obligation at this point to engage with someone who is still very much trying to find their way, even their way to the truth. i think right now it is the obligation of democrats and all wise folks who are kind of more on the resistance side to ensure our voices are heard, that he pursues an a

mr. trump and i would like to ask you about mr. trump's comments about lewis, the president elect called lewis all talk, talk, no action. can he really say that about the man who got his head cracked open walking across the bridge in salma, alabama on bloody sunday, all talk no action? do you think that's appropriate? >> i think donald trump has the right to defend himself when someone of john lewis' stature, someone who is not only an icon in the civil rights movement but also someone who by virtue of sacrifice on that day that we know as bloody sunday he crossed the bridge and suffered that abuse and it was -- it was through that that the voting rights act, for someone to use his stature to use terms like this is not a legitimate president, it's just -- it's just deeply disappointing to me. i hope he reconsiders it, but what donald trump was talking about there was literally generations of failed policies coming out of washington, d.c. that have failed too many families and too many cities ac

that's the first time mr trump has explicitly said that russia carried out hacking during the presidentialn to talking about his potential relationship with vladimir putin. if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. we have a horrible relationship with russia, russia can help us fight ices which, by the way, is, number one, tricky. this administration created isis by leaving at the wrong time. the void has created, isis was formed. if putin likes donald trump, guess what, that is an asset, not a liability. i don't know that i will get along with vladimir putin. i hope i do, but there is a good chance i won't. and if i don't, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me? does anybody in this room really believe that? give me a break. let's bring in the bbc‘s anthony zurcher from washington, let's bring in the bbc‘s anthony zurcherfrom washington, dc. when donald trump won, the media in the us did a lot of hand—wringing about not seeing it coming, it has had quite a few weeks to get ready for this press conference but did not land many p