let's go live to london now and bring in cnn's nic robertson. good morning, nic. >> reporter: good morning, christine. s they see eye to eye on some things. brexit and counterterrorism. the trade for theresa may. she is negotiating out of the european union. she said no deal is better than a bad deal. she may turn britain into a tax haven if she doesn't get a good deal from the eu. what better way to strengthen the hand when they do into thsh has donald trump to help her. trump said that he is am before i ambivielent if it should remain united. she is likely to say nato is important to the collective security and europe's collective security. she is likely to say let me go talk to the other nato leaders who you say are not paying their way. let me encourage them to do that. that's likely to be the nature of the discussions as we understand so far. she he may urge a little caution for him in his future dealings with the russian president vladimir putin. again, trade is the key for theresa may. >> thank you, nic robertson. >> that is a fascinating

let's go live to london and bring in diplomatic editor nic robertson., this meeting is interesting. both leaders need something from him. >> reporter: absolutely. for trump backing brexit and theresa may. he wants to defeat isis. he will find that with theresa may. she wants something. particularly trade. she wants to know when britain leaves the eu, they can have a stronger trade relationship with the u.s. she told the eu no deal is better than a bad deal. she will turn britain into a tax haven to compete with the eu. that question of nato, they don't see eye to eye. donald trump says it is obsolete. theresa may called the head of nato to discuss what message she could take to trump. clearly trying to serve several interests here. one of those is connecting with trump on trade, but also saying nato is important to both of us. >> we will watch that meeting closely. nic robertson, thank you. >>> president trump invited israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white house next month. the president called the conversation sunday very nice. the new

with me nic robertson and david swerd lick and david salazar. they'll get together and talk and appear before reporters later this afternoon. i want to talk about the optics of this, nic. theresa may is the opposite of trump. she's not flashy, doesn't tweet. she was not in favor of brexit, although she's stuck with it now. what might that meeting be like between the two leaders? >> she joked on the plane on the way over that opposites attract. this is a prime minister famous for wanting to know all the details, consider her options, consider and consult with those around her before she makes her decision. yes, this is somebody who is in many ways the antithesis of president trump's. what she's tried to do here and we heard this from her yesterday speaking at the republican retre retreat, was really detail how much britain is in step with the united states, no longer interventionalists, we only want to intervene where national interests are at stake, not for nation building. she's going to use, if you will, the common threads there, the shared bl

nic robertson. glad the call only your porsche is going off. >> i wish. >>> julian assange claimed victory. thank you to everyone who campaigned for chelsea manning's clemency. your courage and determination made the impossible possible. >> on capitol hill, the commutation from democrat was harsh from republicans. joe manchin said the shortened sentences were dead wrong. it gave a green light to hacking and cyber attacks. >> this is wrong. it's treason and espionage. should have been 35 years. >> republican lindsey graham told dana bash manning stabs his fellow soldiers in the back by releasing classified information and putting their lives at risk. president obama by granted clemency to manning, slapped all of those who serve honor aeblg in the face. and john mccain, a grave mistake that i fear will encourage further acts of espionage and undermine military discipline. and devalues the courage of real whistle-blowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountably. >> scott pruitt

thank you so much, nic robertson, ron brownstein. appreciate it.e will be right back. >>> welcome back. i'm fredricka whitfield. a u.s. service member has died from wounds suffered during a raid against al qaeda in yemen. three other service members were also wounded. president trump authorized this operation and he just released a statement saying "americans are saddened this morning with news that a life of a heroic service member has been taken in our fight against the evil of radical islamic terrorism. my deepest thoughts and how mumt prayers with the family of this fallen service member and i pray for a quick and complete recovery for service members that suffered injuries. ryan browne, what more do you know? >> this elite service member was wounded during this raid on an al qaeda in arabian peninsula headquarters in yemen. it was an intense firefight. there were about 14 al qaeda operatives killed. it was part of what's called a site exploitation raid which is an effort to gather intelligence that can facilitate additional raids and other dro

nic robertson joins us from washington, hi, nic. >> reporter: hi, carol. is bringing with her the hope for a trade deal with the united states in the future. she'll talking about strength that special relationship, how britain and the united states together have helped win wars. more than that, she's expected to say that britain and the united states helped build the world, really dip and dig into history here to create that common narrative, that common thread. this is an opportunity for her to show britain's closeness with the united states. but it doesn't come without its challenges. back home in the uk, she's facing questions about what else she's going to talk to donald trump about, not just raise, but will she raise the issue of terrorism, of torture, rather? this is something she's said she is very firm on, very clear, britain is opposed to torture. but there are implications attached to that, of course. britain's position is that it can't have security cooperation with any country involved in torture. and the security cooperation is one of the key

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nic, what do you know and what does it mean? it is not what the british prime minister theresa may wanted. it is not as bad as it could be. eight of the three said she must go to parliament and put the plans before parliament to vote rather than just push through the plans by herself. this is a little bit of a setback. it is not completely unexpected. this is the way the supreme court indicated they might vote. the worst scenario would be scotland, wales, northern ireland, scotland remaining part of the eu, could have veto power. it does mean she will put through a bullet-proof bill to parliament to get passed quickly. it does mean parcel mliament wiy to cut the ways into the negotiation. she doesn't want to give away anything. we are beginning to hear from the opposition. no one is expecting this to stop theresa may being able to trigger article 50 and get into the exit negotiation talks. >> every executive wants free range to negotiate the way he or she chooses. nic robertson, thank you. >>> new information about the u.s. air

will it be a friendly meeting between the two leaders this morning, nic? >> reporter: that speech by theresa may yesterday may look like it leapt off the pages of "how to make friends and influence people." she's saying britain wants to align itself with the united states. this long history of helping win wars together, the shared sacrifices together. her visit to arlington national cemetery earlier today speaks to that, that britain and the united states have lost many lives in sort of building the world in their own model, in their own way, if you will. what she wants to do and what she's saying now is that the future is a shared vision too, that britain is turning away from this international or liberal interventionism. this is how she put it. >> the days of britain and america intervening in sovereign countries in an attempt to remake the world in our own image are over. but nor can we afford to stand idly by when the threat is real and when it is in our own interests to intervene. >> reporter: so that "influence people" part of the list, we've seen th

joining me from washington, cnn's international diplomatic editor, nic robertson. let's begin with this. because president trump has signed several new executive actions just moments ago. one of them gives a deadline to his top generals to deliver their plan aimed at destroying isis. do we know anything else about what this new plan will be? because as you well know, the president was incredibly critical of the former administration's plan to defeat isis. and the generals themselves. >> well prior to the signing, we were expecting, we've been told the details would include there's a 30-day deadline for the generals to come up with with this plan. the other details we have at the moment, really what we have from president trump, i found it very interesting. he said this will be to tackle isis, in iraq and syria. as we know, isis is manifesting itself in other countries such as libya, afghanistan, pakistan. these countries as well. but he said specifically here, these were his words. isis in iraq and syria. and he has said absolutely he's going to double down, bomb i

. >> let's bring in cnn's international editor, nic robertson.sations now that all the pomp and circumstance are over. >> reporter: this is something of a coup for downing street, for theresa may to be the first major leader to visit donald trump. she wants to send a message that she can cut a trade deal with the united states. why is that so important? because, of course, britain is going through a brexit and donald trump is a supporter. we have heard him say, a supporter of britain's move to leave the european union. he said he is am biff lebivalen future unity of the european union. this is very important to theresa may. she is framing this meeting as reaffirming the special relationship between britain and the united states. >> nic, talk to us about what the president said about iraq yesterday and about the oil situation? >> yes. there was a comment donald trump made while he was visiting the cia that, in fact, implying that the united states really should not have gotten out of iraq without getting the oil from iraq. that is contrary to curr

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nic robertson, cnn international diplomatic editor and richard quest, editor at large of cnn money and "quest means business." he's in davos, switzerland. i want to give you a dramatic reading of "the new york times" today. the germans are angry. the chinese are downright furious. leaders of nato are nervous while their counterparts of the european union are alarmed. richard quest, you are at the epicenter of globalism right now. in davos at the world economic forum where the world leaders are all meeting right now. are they nervous? are they angered by what they're seeing with president-elect trump? >> terrified is the best way to describe it, mr. berman. they won't say so publicly, but they are clearly worried. i'm going to sum it up in one simple sentence. just one sentence which is unusual for me as you'll probably agree. here we had president xi of china at davos defending globalization while you have the president of the united states elect before his inauguration offending some of the u.s.' closest allies like germany. that is a tipsy topsy world that the people here cannot fath

nic, let's start with you. what is the prediction about theresa may's visit?ion is she thinks, and this is based on what donald trump said in a newspaper interview last week, that she can get a trade deal, an improved trade deal with the united states. she wants that because she wants to be able to go to the european union. as she's told them already, no deal is better than a bad deal. she's told they'll made britain a tax haven if they don't give her the exit deal she wants. she believes she's going to get the type of support from donald trump that will allow her to be tough with the european union. of course, donald trump says he supports brexit and wouldn't be surprised if the european union doesn't split up. not quite the way tereheresa ma sees all of it, but they're seeing something eye to eye on something important to her. >> let's talk about nafta, renegotiating. he's going to be having talks with the president of mexico as well as the prime minister of canada. what are the thoughts about that? >> alisyn, obviously we're here in moscow where the focus i

. >> cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me now in london. good morning, nic. >> reporter: wikileaks founder julian assange congratulate d chelsea manning. julian assange has been in the ecuadorian embassy for about four and a half years, facing charges in sweden completely unrelated to wikileaks. however, he has said -- he tweeted a couple days ago that if president obama commuted chelsea manning's sentence, he would turn himself over to u.s. authorities. his lawyer has tweeted today that jewel jan assange will stick to his word. the lawyer has tweeted that julian assange believes he can now get a fair trial in the united states. this comes very hard on the heels of wikileaks, and by implication, julian assange's connection to the russian hacking that u.s. intelligence officials believe was designed to help get donald trump elected. it's unclear if assange will leave the ecuadorian embassy here. we don't know of the specific charges that he might face if he did. >> all right, nic robertson reporting live from london, thanks so much. let's ta

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and nic robertson, cnn international diplomatic editor. good morning to both of you.avid, i want to start with the executive order that was signed by the president last night and what we heard from david mill brand, head of the international rescue committee about that order and its impact. let's watch. >> america is no safer than it was 24 hours ago. but 60,000 people who have been through the vetting process around the world are victims of terror around the world aren't able to come here. what's more, america's reputation as humanitarian leader has been lost. and a propaganda gift for those extremists who want to say america doesn't want muslims to come here. i think it is a dangerous day, a hasty, harmful -- these are victims are terror seeking haven. >> david, what do you make of that characterization of this executive order? >> many things are accurate. the key to defeating isis is to get muslims to battle them now. there are iraqi forces fighting and dying in mosul, trying to retake mosul from isis. you mentioned earlier that the president saying isis killed mor

cnn's nic robertson has reaction to trump's comments. he's live in london.ning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. certainly what donald trump has said has caused a reaction in urine. you have the german foreign minister today in brussels meeting with other european leaders saying collectively it's caused as stoppishment and agitation, what he said about angela merkel, her decisions to allowing refugees into germany was catastrophic, but also said he respected her as a leader. his answer about trump and merkel that maybe that would change, that's not clear if he was basing that on an assessment of how he hopes to strike deals with vladimir putin or reduction of nuclear weapons at the expense of possibly getting rid of some sanctions against russia. that was part of the conversation. he was also very, very critical about nato. this is what he said. >> among eastern europeans there's a lot of fear of putin and russia. >> sure. and i said a long time ago that nato had problems. number one, it was obsolete because it was designed many, many years ago. number two,

that's what she's been doing. >> nic robertson, thank you so much. coming up, protesters are growing in cities across the country tonight. you're seeing live pick dhurs coming to you from dulles, virginia. will the president's travel ban hold up under this public and legal pressure? plus, new reporting on an idea that's been kicked around by the white house, asking foreign vis tors to hand oaf the name of websites they visit, also, cell phone contacts. we're going to discuss that live in the cnn news room. special edition? ne because, actually there's 5. aaaahh!! ooohh!! uh! holy mackerel. wow. nice. strength and style. which one's your favorite? (laughter) come home with me! trade up to the silverado 2500hd all star edition and get an average total value over $11,000 when you find your tag. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. tiki barber running hambone!a barber shop?t hut! yes!!! surprising. yes!!! what's not surprising? how much money david saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. who's next? it's

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cnn's nic robertson joins us. what will she look for on this trip?ng reference to, you know, real history here. she'll say, look, britain and the united states have won wars together, have essentially helped build the world together. she wants to get support from president trump for better trade with britain as it pulls out of the european union. she's under pressure back home, though, to hold president trump's feet to the fire on issues such as torture and nato and the european union. there's a host of things, she's got to be a nimble diplomatic dance here, if you will. she wants things but she can't sort of tar britain's image at the same time. >> it will be interesting to see how she reacts. we just learned they will hold a joint press conference tomorrow, the president and prime minister. they'll both face questions and they both have to play to their constituencies. >> that will be on full display when they hold their press conference tomorrow. great to see you, nic, thank you. >>> those millions of illegal votes. donald trump says it happened b

i want to bring in cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson who was in london today. this is a post-brexit world for theresa may. how important for her is it to forge a strong relationship with president trump and vice versa? >> hugely important for her. i mean, she wasn't for brexit originally, but now she's said we're going to have essentially what people call a hard brexit. she had a major speech last week. and she basically said to the european union, you know, no deal is better than a bad deal. and if you guys can't light up and let britain out of european union on good terms, then i'm prepared to kind of cut it short, lower taxes in britain and become some kind of tax haven. okay, that's great. big strong talk. but what she hopes to get from president trump is guarantees of trade deals in the future. so she can offset any losses of getting out of the european union. but more importantly, so she's got something to back up all that strong rhetoric when in a couple of months she begins that really tough negotiation, two years of talks about 27 countries to get the

nic nick we spoke about the we question.do you think that you should have the right to disconnect from not working? or do you check your work e-mail when youa go home. time. > did somebody make you doom that.eb >> no, i think my i'd actually be worried that he didn't want't to support my e-mail. > you missed the question. q the question is do you thinkou that you should have a right to not check work e-mails when you go home at night. ni france just passed a law thathat says you don't have to do it. >> i am not a fan of working soi i would agree with that. tha > i've got a family over hereee enjoying a lovely meal and we ad were chatting about this a a little bit before, what do youo, this think about the right to disconnect from those e-mails? i know your situation a littleyr bit s unique. >> yes, i'm my own boss so i try not to disconnect. > probably if you start answering your own e-mails maybe there's another bigger concern.c >> i have to send in e-mails too remind myself of what to do. i need to respond to those. > how

host: our correspondent nic conley in kazakhstan on the story for us. thank you very much. here is a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the world health organization is worried about the potential bird flu pandemic. it says more and more strains have been spreading across asia and europe. the who says some of the strains may be able to spread to humans. there has been heavy snowfall in morocco, which has been experiencing and usually -- unusually cold weather. the weather service is reporting lows down to -11 degrees celsius. chinese authorities have demolished 19 buildings at once using five tons of explosives. look at that. the demolition took place in the city of wuhan in central china. these images were captured using drones. you don't want to get too close to these buildings. the area will now be turned into a business district after the dust is cleared. more than a dozen people have died after tornadoes tore through the southeastern united states. the state of georgia was hardest hit with at least 14 people killed in severe weather su

. >> nic robertson is also with us. is that how it is around the globe, the u.s.sually a leader as global matters are concerned, but today, the point that maybe this is sending a different message now with that america first mantra and this kind of executive order? >> possibly the message that the united states inadvertently intentionally is ceding the moral high ground here and i think in europe, we've discussed here the implications for the middle east but in europe, it sends, what for them is unsettling and disconcerting message and not that the white house may be worried or concerned about that, certainly, we've heard president trump be ambivalent towards the european union to say that the brexit and leaving the european union is a good thing and it's good for britain and britain should be right to be concerned about controlling its borders but the message and we've seen it today picked up on by nationalist leaders in europe. perhaps the most popular politician in holland at the moment tweeted that he supports this, that this should be extended to other muslim

what you saw with the women's protests you nic are seeing a very large reaction to president trump. a law of physics that i believe applies to politics which is for every there's an equal and opposite reaction and you are seeing the majority of americans oppose the donald trump unconstitutional orders and action. oppose it?o you guest: it is a religious test and in america we don't have a religious test. let me say having served on to have duty in the united states air force when it comes terrorism we need to hunt down terrorists and kill them. ut we are also taught in the military to defeat our enemy we need to know or enemy and they terrorist groups like al qaeda and isis. they are not women, children and fleeing those groups. that is what the facts have shown. refugees from these seven countries he banned you know how many engage in attacks on u.s. soil that killed anybody? zero. the cato institute your changes foreign areled by a in america is 1 in 3.6 million. chances of being struck by lightning 1 in 700,000. host: you call it a religious test on twitter. used the hash tag mus

i would test it with a nic test to see if it comes back positive for amphetamines. the paper turns brown right away, it's a positive test for amphetamines. if it had gone through, they eat it like that or heat it up and the dope comes out. they take it off there and use it. more than likely, chop it up and sell it, piece by piece. his argument will be he didn't know it was coming in. it's coming in off the streets. that's all he has to say, i didn't know it was coming in. this is an actual address. we'll turn over to squad and let them know it tested positive and it's up to them to see what they want to do. >> acting on an inside tip about contraband continuing to come through the laundry facility, on corcoran's "b" yard, the sergeant and his team launch a surprise search. >> this is our level three general population facility. basically it's a medium security facility. this is the laundry room where they pass out inmate clothing. we're doing a check of the area, letting the dog do his thing and see what he comes up with. >> maybe pick up odor. >> pull the boxes dow

. >> and with me, my guests, nic robertson, diplomatic editor and paige patriot, a constitutional attorney. selena, let me begin with you. we're hearing all kind of words such as it is infectieffectivin dangerous, deplorable. what are you hearing on the potential consequences of the executive order? >> this morning i went out and talked to people. people that voted for him had that sort of wait and see attitude to see exactly what it means. they're not quite sure they understand what the cope of the executive order is. so they have more of a wait-and-see attitude. what was interesting to me when i talked to people that sorted clinton or gary johnson and jill stein, they're mad at us because they think that our profession has created so much noise they don't understand what they should be worried, what is outrage and what is not. that's the commentary across the ohio and pennsylvania area. >> ryan, these lawsuits now, so far about three that we have talked about specifically on our air this morning, calling this ban unconstitutional, also calling the practices of the detainment unconstituti

indeed the consequences are holding the islands to become strategically vital and so he throws the nic leash. on june 19, 1944, the great marianna shoot takes place and it requires the nickname for the aircraft pilots to claim in battle 380 japanese planes were shot down on june 19. why, it has more to do with the mastery of the air search radar and the transition between the ships and squadron commander in the fighter direction teams. it's just the right altitude. the pilots have plenty to left to engage through the day. this takes care of any possibility that the japanese power could have identified as an effective force. the admirals see the mission accomplished in a different way. without aircraft with good are the aircraft carriers so one of the pieces that follows the next day but does authorize strikes of course we are still testing search planes and they manage to make sightings the sunken on the 19th but they are roaming out there to the west. the reason it is a problem is that his late on the afternoon. the recovery has the so-called d eternaso-calledturn on theso-cas takes o

nic robertson also with us. this gentleman has been a translator working with the u.s. abroad there in iraq. bob underscored the importance of that kind of relationship, particularly as we continue to have u.s. military in iraq. iraq is one of the seven nations. yemen, sudan, somalia, iraq, libya and sudan are part of this order. your concern for any of those people working for the u.s. in any of those nations? >> britain as well have not been as lenient for putting their life on the line. and in syria where there are u.s. special forces on the ground in syria, there will be people there, whether they're in their local tribal militias, they also will be considering their lives on the line. they'll do it for fl own national interests, their own tribal interests, their own family interests been p but also they know they're partnering with the force they believe supports them. if the ground shifts and isis takes over and comes after and threatens their families as we've seen isis do time and time again, for instance, rounding up large numbers of police and their family ins

i can tell you that in these countries who escaped the commune nic communism they are leaving again intate of anxiety in front of this dominant russia and with this failing alliance. what does a world without american leadership look like? will it be a self-help world? >> yes. it very much will be. we are moving back to a world of competing great powers. it is one of the countries breaking out of the old world order. 120th of the west size of the economy. it feels threatened and challenged by us while we continue to view it as a threat. it seems to me quite an important piece of business for the west as we move into the new competitive order isn't going to be about russia. it will be between the united states and china. it becomes an important question to ask, whose side do we want russia to be on. our competition with russia, challenging russia, threatening russia as with ukraine and syria requires some rethinking in this new global context. >> pleasure to have you on. this debate about russia will continue. next on gps, the united states has been the world's largest proponent of libe

joining you now is cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson.oris johnson and donald trump eye to eye on the brexit, but not much more. >> reporter: i'm smiling. boris johnson carries a lot of baggage with him whatever is said. boris johnson was the mayor of london at the time donald trump talk about it. he said i would not go to new york for the risk of running into trump. another time during the campaign where donald trump talked about keeping muslims out of the united states. boris johnson's reply to that was donald trump is is not fit to lead the united states. so he arrives in the united states in new york with the explicit purpose of meeting with people from trump's campaign. steve bannon and jared kushner. the reason is simple for johnson. he wants britain to have the strongest possible relationship with the united states. british prime minister theresa may to be one of the first world leaders to come to the united states and meet with donald trump once the inauguration has happened. he wants brings atain to have a strong trade deal. the

. >> nic robertson, cnn, london. >>> severe weather across the u.s.e killed 14 people in georgia. >> the governor declared a state of emergency in seven counties. a rare high risk alert for southern georgia and northern florida. this is the first high risk alert since june 2014. >> our meteorologist is joining us more on this deadly weather. >> incredible pattern over the last several days. some of the images occurring southern georgia and homes flattened and trees debarked and you look at such damage, once the dagsnational service makes way there, we can see the damage anywhere from ef 3 or ef 4. it tells you of the significance of such a storm system and incredible rotation of our water imagery here. when across into the state of georgia traditioncentral -- a l thunderstorms and some 300 lightning strike s over the pas 24 hours. a tornado watch in effect for 7 million people fort lauderdale and miami, and napels. the storm system migrates to the north and south. >> as we track the storm system to the north, we expect gusty winds and wet weather arou

nic robertson is with us, the times magazine releasing their interview that they did with the president-electtake a listen of what the president said when he was asked who he trusts more, angela merkel or vladimir putin. >> we'll trust both of them at first and then see what happens. we may not trust either of them at all. >> reporter: he talked as well about the possibility of doing a deal with vladimir putin, that he was open to try to get a deal done that, he believed that the number of nuclear weapons should be reduced, and he said let's see if that's possible. and perhaps that was the caveat there between the angela merkel, do you trust merkel or putin, and the indication there, one would assume is that if putin doesn't come good on making deals, and he talked about how important it is for the united states and russia to get along and the united states is suffering under sanctions and the outcome of those meetings and that will perhaps change his mind about who he can trust more merkel or putin. >> he didn't seem to support russia's actions in syria. >> reporter: no, he didn't, he said h

joining us now is diplomatic editor nic robertson.interesting when you talk about boris johnson. they got the brexit, but since then, so much uncertainty. they voted for it, but now what? >> reporter: now what? that is the big question in britain and what boris johnson is trying to do is make sure that the united states that donald trump and all the republicans are in play. lined up to know that when britain gets out of the european union, it wants to do business with the united states more than ever before to make up the deficit of economic income for the uk it may lose with losing business with the european union. that is the political play. boris johnson coming to new york to meet with steve bannon and jared kushner, a big political deal. boris johnson carries so much political baggage. during the election campaign when donald trump talked about the streets of london aren't safe or no-go areas for police. boris johnson was mayor of new york then. he said i would not go to new york for fearing into bumping into donald trump. then jo

and nic robertson, overseas in london and other places, a friendly tone with theresa may. there are serious differences as well. >> theresa may on the issue of nato, very keen to get that point across in turning to president trump and saying, yes, we agree a hundred percent you support nato. it is interesting to -- >> watch this video, by the way. holding hands. >> cute moment. they have to know they are on camera and doesn't that make them look close and doesn't theresa may take that home and speaking of this relationship today just before meeting but to a point you are saying, theresa may, interestingly shut down, you know, british press there a feisty bunch when it comes to questions she shot them down asking questions about syria and russia because she said we will be talking about those together later. so those are two issues where there are differences. big difference on climate change and difference in tone and maybe substance on their view on iran and difference on the issue of torture absolutely. that came up. that was part of the conversation today. there are dif

on the big screen he got a standing o and joined the fans in an eagles chant. [ crowd yelling ] >> nice steelers-chiefs game tomorrow has been moved from 1:00 to sunday at 8 lone 20. it's been flexed because of an ice storming to kansas city. it will show flyers-capital at 1:00. also on csn. >>> flyers goalie came in for steve mason in the third period thursday night. mason has had some ups and downs. he struggled thursday night and it looks like he may start in boston. he was asked if the same goalie could play both games this weekend. >> i wouldn't rule anything out. i think we've done that before. back-to-back are always tough so i don't think i would lean in that direction. >> and the flyers coming off that win thursday night. good seeing mark streit back in practice. hasn't played over a month. flyers had to waive gordon to make room for his return. >> great to be back. i missed close to a month. so i just want to help the team and try my best. >> a lot of good sports this weekend. i'm john clark. we just moved into this house and didn't realize how difficult it was going to be to

nic robertson in white house. athena jones at the white house. that's where we'll begin. athena, what is president trump expected to discuss with the world leaders today? a lot of issues on the table. >> reporter: good morning. there are a lot of issues on the table. we expect a lot of these conversations to be somewhat preliminary, sort of untro du introductory conversations. this is the first opportunity for him to really begin to develop the beginning of a relationship with these world leaders. of course, the conversation that's getting the most attention is the noon phone call, the phone call scheduled for noon with russia's vladimir putin. this is someone that president trump for a long time has been calling smart and strong. the big concern on the table among some is the concern about sanctions, whether the president will choose to left sanctions on russia for its incursion into ukraine. here's what he had to say about that when asked about it yesterday during the press conference. >> as far as the sanctions, very early to be talking about that. but we look to have

. >> nic miles for us. it's been a pleasure.hank you so much. >> absolutely. >> that's great. >> i like that little personal mobility vehicle. that's nice. >> there you go, yes. >> college football national championship set for tomorrow. let's go to tampa now and coy wire is live there. i know he's excited. >> reporter: alabama has won four of the last seven national championships, but as head coach nick cbsan outsmarted himself this time. he got rid of his offensive coordinator six days before the game. we'll take a closer look at who is taking over the reins after the break. when heartburn hits, fight back fast with tums smoothies. it starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue. and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. ♪ tum -tum -tum -tum smoothies! only from tums that's why i use excedrin.n hold because of a headache. it has two pain fighters plus a booster and for some, headache relief starts in just 15 minutes. now moments lost to headaches are moments gained with excedrin. [heartbeat] >>> so after the unexpect

nic robertson has the details. >> reporter: this is a huge deal for theresa may. we can't underestimate it at the moment. what she wants to do is to get a better relationship with the united states, to kpsate for an loss with the european union. but really she has to go in and her negotiations have to go into those brexit meet thags begin in a couple months and say clearly and firmly precisely no deal is better than a bad deal. she was threatened the leaders with saying she potentially turned britain into some sort of tax haven. if she gets the nod from president trump, if you will, that there is a a trade deal with the united states, that it is a good one, that can really embolden her negotiators for those leaders. what she's is saying a at the moment is she's coming to improve and strengthen the special relationship between britain and the united states. >> there will be many issues for us to talk about. the special relationship between the uk and u.s. has been strong tr many years. you'll have opportunity to talk about a trading relationship. >> she doesn't see

what you saw with the women's protests you nic are seeing a very large reaction to president trump. law of physics that i believe applies to politics which is for every there's an equal and opposite reaction and y

. >> thank you very much, nic to you now, prime minister of britain, teresa may, she will travel to washington, she will meet with president trump on friday, what is she hoping to get from the meeting and by the way, this is fascinating that she is now the first that he will meet with, given the fact that some saw it as a dis to her that he meet with nigel farad and that that's already happened. >> and that she wasn't the first through the eighth person in line to get the phone call. this is very important to teresa may, hugely important. she wants to get a better agreement with the united states, she wants to get a trade agreement with the united states, why? simple for her, she wants to take britain out of the european union. she wants to back it up with what she may get with president trump. but here's the real power for her in building a strong relationship here, she is -- she has told the european union leaders that no deal is better than a bad deal, she will essentially turn britain into a tax haven if she doesn't get what she wants, but she needs something in her back pocket before she

are you comfortable with him having a seat on the nic? >> yes, i am. i'm comfortable with the president of the united states putting anyone in an agency in a position with a counter. you don't need yes, men. you need people who still stand up to disagree. that is someone like steve bannon will say to them, i don't agree with that, talk him into changing his mind as there's 6, is it, 10 people debating an issue. i support him surrounding himself with people whose advice he trusts. >> there's no question that bannon has influence with the president. when you say his opinion should be valued? on what basis? what is his pedigree to put him in the room with our intelligence and military leaders as a self-described leninist who wants to destroy the state? >> i think it comes down to the fundamental strengths of someone like a steve bannon who can listen to differing opinions, can sometimes very succinctly bring those back into the proper points and not go off on tangents. i just think he's a brilliant strategist who, you know, it going to be one more voice i

. >> but not as nic nice as that sounds. >> slow from this point past oaks into 202. delays on the eastbound schuylkill because of a crash near gulph mills now on the shoulder and westbound on 422 in pottstown, there's still construction blocking one of the two lanes. just a couple regional rail delays this morning. most around 10 to 13 minutes. not a big deal on the mass transit front. karen. >> yeah, and as you noticed as you scan all those traffic cameras in and around philadelphia you're looking at 9-mile visibility not bad but you go to reading it's only a mile. fog is more of an issue in lancaster .3, 2-mile in atlantic city, one in dover so you're kind of driving in and around it bit in the city itself it's not quite as bad there with 9-mile visibility. the showers have moved through, little drizzle going on right now in trenton. satellite6 and action radar slowing the real rain has left us but lots of clouds some showers near the region so it feels damage to start this morning. by 7:00 a.m. lots of clouds and still some fog and 40. by 9:00 a.m. -- by noon, it'

. >> martha: give everyone a sense of what the role is at the nic and with the national security councils all about i. >> it is good that you ask that. people think about foreign policy and they think there is the state department, the defense department. the intelligence community, there is somebody that brings them altogether. that is with a national security council does. it acts as the honest broker between all of these different agencies, understanding that american foreign policy is not just a diplomatic issue or a military issue or an intelligence issue or an economic issue. it is all of those. so, the national security council, and my role within it, is to take advice from all of these different parts of government and presented to the president for his own decision. >> martha: so, the nsc was in the news quite a bit over the course of the weekend. it was primarily about the principles council, which is the inner circle of the national security council. and the news was that steve bannon, chief strategist for their president, would be in all of those meetings. the director of nat

the weather is nice.is nic. >> feeling a little congested. >> personally. >> otherwise i'm great.ther is going to be going to beautiful.be today will be the nicest day of the week. still forecasting rain showersgs for tomorrow. we'll talk about that. >> ifl ta only we could is a swp >> yeah, that would be a lothato better with everybody outsideoue tomorrow but today will turnl into a beautiful afternoon.fter. we'll be right back into theighc mid to upper 50's.50' yesterday we hit 60 degrees.ree. who knew? we only hit it foritr a few minutes.ew 43 at reagan national, 44 dulles and 44 up in baltimorebam at bwi marshall. those temperatures already warmer than our averageege daytime highs this time of timef year, so -- >> oh. >> oh. >> -- >>> you know where we'reu know e headed in a warm directions.rec. temperatures will be a goodd almost 15 degrees above normalen later this afternoon.r this aft a little cloud cover out toernoo the west.the wes we will not be concerned with. w that we'll be in for a partly sunny day and it should be ae dry afternoon for us. . so, if you want to go out

how about that in the state rep behind the bill is nic, and he joins us now.y prompted this? i understand you found out the story of a woman trying to get to the mayo clinic and she couldn't because of these protests. >> exactly. i heard from a woman who has very ill and couldn't get answers and had appointment for the mayo clinic. it was three months out. on the morning of her appointment as she tried to drive through minneapolis, a grouch protesters decided that their first amendment rights, which i don't think exist on the middle of a freeway trump her right to move freely. so they blocked the road for hours. she missed her appointment. when she called the mayo clinic, she was told that she could get back in for another appointment. in another three months. brian brian when you do with these people convicted they go to jail. they are also going to get an invoice of how much it costs people. you are saying don't protest but do it in a way in which does not inflect damage, correct? it seems logical. >> hey, this bill will only impact you. you have to be convi

but the best one is nic joy. >> one and done. >>> speaking of love and joy, i think you guys will bee man with the roses. please let us welcome right now the new bachelor, nick viall, come on out! [ applause ] why thank you. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> you too. >> all right, nick. everyone is talking resolutions on this new year. happy new year. >> happy new year to you. >> did you make any resolutions this year? >> not anything specifically. i try to stay away from sugar. i have a sweet tooth. i'm at the point in my life where if i eat too much sugar the next day i feel terrible. >> i like how you couch that, i wish i could. >> i'll try but it won't happen. until something is in front of me, and >> my resolution is to watch more bachelor. i watched bachelor in paradise. tonight is the season premiere of the bach lore. one of the ladies you'll meet tonight already had a close encounter in the past. take a look at the clip. >> it's just a fun night. hi. >> hi. >> i am definitely nervous and i'm curious to see if he kind of figures out who i am and remembers what happened that