>> this is a test of how united government is going to work. the argument is that republicans in congress, who control congress, won't want to cause trouble for this investigation, won't do things like oversight and investigate. this is often a dynamic when both branches are controlled by the same party. this will test it like no other, because of the controversy over russia that matt just spoke about. also, because of the issue, itself. the allegation of tampering in election is something that will concern many republicans. this will be the first big test of whether united government will hold or whether it will break apart earlier than some. >> matt lewis, julian zeliz echt r, thank you so much for the time on the weekend. >>> an erery confession from dylan roof while telling the fbi "i did it." or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. for millions of baby boomers find out how american express cards and services ther

so far the united states government has said no. now they're saying that he's behind the killing of the russian ambassador. turkey and russia say they know that he's behind it. and so the united states supported that assassination. the united states is behind the assassination of that russian ambassador because we're harboring the guy who they want to blame for it, who they want to blame for everything going wrong in their country. we're behind the assassination of the ambassador in that art gallery? so says our nato ally? along with russia? i mean, that's what the news was like in national security today. secretary kerry had to step in and speak with his turkish counterpart today. by all accounts things got difficult and messy around this subject. the man who is supposed to be whispering in the president-elect's ear, giving him sage advice and understanding on national security, well, he's sort of part of the mess here. he was on the payroll of the turkish government while he worked on the trump campaign this year. he ran a consulti

well, it's a deliberate strategy, even if you have united government, it's still hard to actually undo, to repeal, to get rid of government agencies so the idea instead is to appoint people who are fundamentally hostile to the mission of the agencies and the thereby lead by not enforcing the regulations that they're set up to do. >> why is this dismantling and not simple reform? any time the presidency goes from one party to another, they say this appointee is going to tear this department apart, but is this not the reform that tens of millions of americans voted for? >> well, that's certainly true and trump signaled ahead of time, even on the campaign trail, that he would support policies like rolling back regulations at epa, for example, so with someone like scott pruitt he's delivering on that promise. >> let's talk about the other piece you have out this weekend about president obama -- let me talk about first what donald trump said in pushing forward in energy and picking rex tillerson at state, picking pruitt, as we mentioned. he says that he is going to build infrastructure and

as far as united states activities in israel, no, the government did not interfere with the elections. there is news that takes place all the time to election cycles. those are the facts, that is the news. if you have fake news, which we saw in this election, that is a deliberate effort to mislead in order to influence an election. we have not done that. we think that was done by russia. another issue that needs to be investigated. greta moving on to john and : montana, an independ ant. caller: senator ben cardin. great respect to you and your colleagues. i know you have a difficult job. isn't this aler -- failure of the obama administration to come out with this after the election that the russians were hacking? my goodness, and the leaks going the cia -- that is a huge failure on the obama administration. number two, the investigation -- have any democrats called in the investigation of the clinton foundation with all of the evidence reported by the media, flooding intoney the clinton foundation -- the timbers and they spend on foreign countries and the rest goes into their lavish l

the bottom line, no payments from foreign governments to the united states government officials. then we have a whole range of other roles ranging from bribery and gratuity, which are criminal, and that would come into play if anyone started mixing discussion of trump's miss with u.s. government business in a way that implied, well, if you do this, i will do that. the problem is, the president is going to be responsible not just for his own conduct, but all of the people working for him in the u.s. government. if he chooses to keep these business enterprises, over in the trump organization. anyone going around the world trying to cut deals with the trump organization, implying they may get some paper from somebody from the u.s. government is the deal gets done, that is exactly the type of thing that could lead to an investigation of bribery, solicitation of bribes, an accusation that someone is soliciting a bribe on behalf of the president of the united states. even if the president didn't want any of it going on at all. that is one of the risks. juan: professor painter, what is

united states. when there's a government in the united states that doesn't have -- isn't pursuing things this exxon it just assumes it will outlast this government. governments come and go, administrations come and go, american interests wax and wane. >> washington is just one capital among five dozen in the world that really matter to them. and they manage it defensively, they manage it independent i had. but that example of going to russia when asked by the state department not to do it, that's an example. there was another case where the policy of the obama administration was the only encourage oil investment in iraq through the baghdad government in order to preserve the iraqi state. exxon decided to go their own way, made a deal with the kurdish regional government, didn't tell the obama government in advance, set up a conference call after they'd already broken with u.s. policy and tillerson said i had to do what was best for my shareholders. that's a business imperative that people in business can understand, but the idea of moving from that kind of sovereignty those policies that are really

caller: there is a bill passed in the united states at the last second that allowed the united states governmentto use propaganda, american propaganda against united states -- >> host: what language was in the bill? i'll have to google it, but i'm pretty sure your senator knows what i'm talking about here. >> host: senator, he said you're not

sources familiar with the negotiation say one motivating factor, carrier's parent company, united government. trumpt, for the first time, pointing to a story he apparently saw on "nightly news." >> they were going a story on carrier, and i said wow, i want to see this. >> reporter: in this story, this strong message to the president-elect. >> we want you to do what you said you're going to do. we're going to hold you accountable. >> reporter: trump saying he was using carrier as a euphemism on the trail, acknowledging it was too late to intervene. >> at first i thought, i wonder if he was it was 6:30 in the evening and i said, boy, the first thing i'm going to do is go there. >> reporter: many carrier workers relieved. >> christmas miracles, if they actually happen, we got one today. >> reporter: but just a mile down the road, at rexford, workers wondering if mr. trump can save their jobs too. >> do for us what you did to carrier. >> reporter: he's a father with two children in college. trump train. i don't know what kind of train it is, but don't let it stop at carrier, keep on rolling, let

let's assume the united states government serves a warrant on google for data associated with accounts. if some or all that data is outside the united states, facebook can respond under the second circuit court ruling. the government then goes to that foreign jurisdiction, the foreign government says we love to help you but we can. we don't have jurisdiction over the people that can access that data, you do. and the practical result is it means there's no way for law enforcement to access that data pursuant to lawrence on probable cause. so a big company like google can be structured to resolve these problems but in the short term, i think this result has to concerning side effects. first, the day location is a means of ensuring access to data. this isn't so much a trend in the united states but rulings like the microsoft hiring case devise foreign jurisdictions to mandate that data is held there in part to protect against how it's perceived as a boundary. the reality is however that in many cases the standards that those foreign governments require would be less expensive than the sta

david: do you think the united states government is better at cyber terrorism than other governmentsgainst us? eric: u.s. government has never acknowledged it plays an active role in cyberspace and is active offensively, although the people who might be our targets have certainly been claiming we have been doing it. the consensus of people that you got no one knew the details, which includes me, is america is very good at this, but other countries are as well. the one i worry the most about right now is actually russia. if you look at their actions, they have done a number of very publicized invasions, attacks and alterations which can only be understood as cyber activity and they are not shy about it. they do not mind people knowing about it. this must be part of their strategy. ♪ david: the europeans seem to not like google as much as americans do. have you resolved those issues with europe? eric: the core issue is the european governance model is not set up to build these global companies. ♪ ♪ david: a few years ago you gave up the position of ceo. you are ceo for how long? eric:

governments. larger and larger units of governments. all right? the catholic church talks about subsidy airity and how you undermine it as your lines of accountability get distended. that's happened. we have 12,000 school districts today. in 1950, we had 50,000 school districts. i actually believe when people are in smaller units of government, they tend to be more attentive to their civil societies and feel, i want to help my town. and as government becomes more distant, i think they lose that umbilical link. i think we ought to resist this regionalization trend which hud has pushed for and has been part of liberal dogma for some time. so tax policy and then that. robert: so governor engler one , of the things that we know president-elect trump talked a lot about was immigration. among conservatives, there are some who feel that tougher immigration policies are also an antipoverty policy because they reduce the competition for entry level jobs for native americans and they allow for little , tighter labor market and wages can rise and people can

government. toi i want to turn back here, the u.n. as well, when you hear the president of the united states saying the "highest level of russian government," what do you mie make of that? >> i think he's pointing fingers at putin. >> it is not unprecedented. it is an enormous move. it is something the u.s. government has done before and maybe being left on the table. >> of course, now, we await for the response of the russian government to the sanctions. if you were in your old job and releasing these sanctions totda. what are you waiting for and looking for in response? >> any sanctions that the russian government would take into action would not be effective. if they are going to add more government official sanctions is laughable at this time. to other kind of covert and deceptive moves. i think that begs another question and that requires the united states government to take stronger steps to protect our cyber system. >> thank you very much, just to reset here of new sanctions at this hour from the united states government from president obama directed in his words of the highest

to have a united government with republicans and democrats in the seat of power but across the country, that's really big. kennedy: it can be disastrous. my worry is the limited government approach. are they just going to find new ways to spend money regardless of mitch mcconnell's warnings? they want to go back to their districts and say look what i delivered for you. >> as a person that worked for george w. bush and the knock against him bother republicans was he was too big a spender. now you have donald trump, this popular president-elect who says i will double it but i'll be able to get a rate of return on it. but when it gets down to brass tacks and you have to put those numbers to paper, it gets harder. kennedy: i hope it gets harder and they figure out, i have got a whole analogy about family vacation. i want to talk about this new fox news poll. 5% of respondent say donald trump is more of a divider. 42% say he's a uniter. are you surprised by that or is that closer than you thought? >> i think it's about right. if you think about the election, it was five weeks ago. that matc

high court decision last month ruling that parliament and not the prime minister, not the government of the unitedgdom carries the power of negotiations to invoke the famous article 50. case, it's about whether the law freely means of the government can trigger that or whether there needs to be a vote in parliament. there's a very strong feeling and parliament and indeed across the country about this. remember that the brags it vote was in june. it was a 52% vote in favor of brexit. we've been hearing the case put and now alsoment by those who want in the high court saying it should be parliament. wales has their word to say. it is all going to be very complex, but do not expect a ruling from all 11 judges on the supreme court until mid-january . a lot more details to come and certainly that momentous decision by the supreme court, whether it is the united kingdom government of theresa may going through this rocky time over her strategy of exit or whether it indeeded parliament who will be able to give the green light to the government to trigger article 15 at ma 50 next march. wherenow to indones

let's assume the united states government serves a wart on google for data associate with a particular account. if some or all of that date is outside of the united states, google can't lawfully respond. but if he is government then goes to the foreign jurisdiction, the foreign government says we would love to help you but we can't, we don't have jurisdiction over the people who can access that data. you do. and the practical result is that means there's no way for law enforcement to access that data even pursuant to a warrant based on probable cause. a big company like google can restructure to resolve these problems but at least in the short term this is the situation we're in. i think this result has two concerning side effects. first it encourages data location mandates as a means of ensuring access to data. this isn't so much a trend in the united states. the rulings like a microsoft ireland's case further incentivize foreign jurisdictions to mandate that data that is held there in part to protect against what often is perceived as the big bad reach of u.s. law enforcement. the re

united states government will continue to be protective of our interest. one and our circumstances around the world. >> so with uh chinese policies? >> i can speak to why china may or may not have made this decision but until we can figure out that position makes it hard. >> would ever that motive may have bent but what about the u.s. companies against chinese policy quick. >> so the of longstanding u.s. commitment is a policy governed by a legislation signed into law by democratic and republican presidents live has been observed over 40 years. china considers their relationship with taiwan to be a highly sensitive issue. so to signal potential changes in that policy will have widespread ramifications with national security so it has the opportunity to consider what they believe is in the best interest of the united states might think that these suggestions americans would have is that they would think carefully before acting and in this case he took the call based on and now word or to notice and this is one illustration of how important the role of the p

interests of israel for the status quo to continue. >> all signs point to the israeli government though not trusting the unitedtates government. sort of an erosion of the chilly relationship under the obama administration between him and prime minister netanyahu. when i asked if he believed john kerry was lying basically refused to answer. >> i heard. >> israel continues to insist that the united states has orchestrated the u.n. security council resolution. you know the united states denies they have anything to do with it and you heard it from john kerry today. what are the broader implications of that? >> we certainly didn't orchestrate that. israel itself is deeply divided. benjamin netanyahu is on the very far right. he didn't get more than 50% of the vote in his election. he pieced together a coalition with groups to get there. there are many in israel who think prime minister netanyahu is going down the wrong path. a belligerent path that will force israel into a situation where they either have to be an occupying power that doesn't give the palestinians the right to vote or if they do give them the righ

. >> given these properties are owned by the president-elect, does the united states government have any special obligation as regard to other american companies? >> i don't know. >> tim johnson is watching. >> cybersecurity experts speak about what causes them to lose sleep at night, is often an attack on the financial sector. i would like you to talk about legal restrictions, responsible for protecting the commercial enterprise like the financial sector. and what needs to be done to ensure we don't wake up and see the bank balance is 0. >> from the standpoint of the federal government's responsibility, what we have done in that regard is look at critical infrastructure. we talked about it before and financial infrastructure, is included. what we have done is prioritize our approach to protecting critical infrastructure and providing services and information to critical infrastructure holdings. several years ago the president, directed by executive order, the creation of a framework that was developed with industry in partnership with a set of best practices the critical infrastruct

>> the first activity that was seen in this story against the dnc was seen by the united states government. nobody will tell us exactly who saw it but it seems likely it was picked up by intelligence agencies. passed on to the department of homeland security and fbi. then the fbi had a fairly low-level special agent call the dnc and try to alert them to what was going on. he got the help desk like you and i do when you have a problem with your pc. eventually he got routed to a young cyber security consultant who had been hired by the dnc which is run pretty much on a shoestring budget -- >> but david given the history we've seen hacking. president obama himself knows first hand what chinese hacking looks like. why was this handed down from a low-level homeland security person to a low-level person at the dnc? >> great question because as you indicated in 2008 the chinese and russians got into the elections of president obama and senator john mccain. it was president obama's homeland security advisor who was then at the justice department who had first called dennis mcdonough to warn him of

and as we begin this new era of united republican governance, we can't afford to miss it now. we have an incredible opportunity in front of us to remind america that our approach will deliver freedom and opportunity to all citizens regardless of race, gender, or where they were born and raised. that is what drew me to the republican party. and what drew my parents to america. my parents left a wealthy lifestyle in india with just $8 in their pocket to come to america to start over. why would they do that? because even in 1969 they understood that no amount of money, no lifestyle can compare to the opportunities we have in america. only here can you be anything you want to be if you're just willing to work hard. only here do the circumstances of your birth not define your future. only here is anything truly possible. that is jack kemp's republican party. that is my republican party. and that at its core is the american ideal. i'm not an academic. i'm not a philosopher. i'm a wife. i'm a mother. and a governor of the state who took a chance on me more than six years ago. i have

russian airstrikes, the syrian government has retaken control of the city of aleppo after four years of fighting. russia calls it a victory against terrorists. the united states has the syrian government siege of aleppo represents a modern evil. we will look at the crisis in syria and u.s.-russian relations at a time when the cia is accusing moscow of helping donald trump when the presidency. we will speak to professor stephen cohen, who writes for the nation, and kenneth roth, head of human rights watch. then donald trump nominates former texas governor rick perry to have the energy department, a department perry once opposed to abolish even though he could not remember the department's name. >> it is three agencies of government when i get there that are gone. commerce, education and the -- what is the third one? >> you can't name the third one? >> the third agency of government, i would do away with commerce,ion, the -- and let's see -- i can't. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. donald trump has chosen former texas governor rick perry to be energy secretary. gov

to provide the approval of the raymond for the government of the united states and the government ofy concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. this will call i negotiate agreement with norway to the common effect in advance of the completion of the 90-day congressional review period which occurs after we have adjourned. absent this agreement that mr. shall complete a trilateral service agreement with norway and the iaea which is not subject to congressional review or oversight. this committee has reviewed the agreement in a hearing in this boundary agreement not to be objectional. we wish the administration as i'm sure senator markey will echo the retransfer and reprocessing of spent fuel. will also consider h.r. 4939 u.s. strategic engagement of 2016. want to thank representatives engel and ros-lehtinen for their work on this legislation but i think senator cardin for working with us to streamline the spell and assured focuses on encouraging nations to seek partnership in the united states h.r. 4481 education for all act of 2016 is also on the agenda. this resource agrees roland

government. that happens in the united states , not ireland. n the targets is a us citizen and the government has probable cause . this happens for at least three reasons, first the slowness of the legal assistance process can be too long to be useful. second, the united states only has legal assistance treaties for about a third of the world's countries. it may not have a workable means of accessing government together and third, not all companies are structured like microsoft which has a relatively location driven approach to how it accesses data. companies like google and facebook are constantly moving data around and make it sometimes hard to ascertain where particular data is located at the particular moment a warrant was served or importantly, a company like google or example has trusted its operations so that it's data can only be accessed by law enforcement teams in the united states. let's assume the united states government serves a warrant on google for data associated with accounts. if some or all that data is outside the united stat

government. that happens in the united states , not ireland. n the targets is a us citizen and the government has probable cause . this happens for at least three reasons, first the slowness of the legal assistance process can be too long to be useful. second, the united states only has legal assistance treaties for about a third of the world's countries. it may not have a workable means of accessing government together and third, not all companies are structured like microsoft which has a relatively location driven approach to how it accesses data. companies like google and facebook are constantly moving data around and make it sometimes hard to ascertain where particular data is located at the particular moment a warrant was served or importantly, a company like google or example has trusted its operations so that it's data can only be accessed by law enforcement teams in the united states. let's assume the united states government serves a warrant on google for data associated with accounts. if some or all that data is outside the united stat

united states while president obama was in office. >> now, carrier did not say whether the many government contracts of his parent company united technologies was a factor in making its decision. 10% of the revenue of united government contracts. and that helped it make a $4 billion profit last year. >> okay. thank you very much, dean. all the people care about there is they get to keep their jobs. whatever it takes to do that. thank you very much, dean. as a candidate mr. trump was quick to criticize wall street, but that's where he found two key figures for his economic team. he chose former goldman sachs partner steve mnuchin to be treasury secretary. and billionaire investor wilbur ross for commerce secretary. the appointments raise questions agenda, above and beyond helping manufacturers. major garrett is covering the transition for us and joins us once again with the latest. major, good morning. >> good morning. let's talk about carrier for a second. the economic degrees behind that deal is pretty conventional. promises of tax cuts and possibly contracts but the timing and the political benefits are hardly convention. . carrier gives

hamas, a group the united states government categorizes as a terrorist organization governs gaza. if the west bank had elections tomorrow, there is fear that hamas would win the elections. the question for a lot of voters would be, why are you focusing on the israelis? >> jake, we've given israel $38 billion in defense assistance in the last ten years. we defended israel when they went to war in gaza twice to stop the rocket fire coming from hamas. time and again we've supported their right to defend themselves. the resolution condemned incitement and violence. that's one of the reasons we abstained because it had that balance. secretary kerry today condemned incitement, condemned violence. this is not a question of whether or not we've called out palestinian sectarianism. we have. and we've saved israeli lives with our defense for the iron dome missile defense system that has shot down rockets coming from gaza. the problem with the settlements that people need to understand is that this is building deep inside of the west bank. and what you hear in the united states often is rhet

let me ask you a question, don, does the united states government believe that the western world is occupyingo. >> you'll have to ask the united states government that. but i want -- >> well you ask them -- >> in response to what you just said before that, the obama administration says that this abstention is in line with previous administration stances on settlement activity. this is ben rhodes -- >> not since jimmy carter. and i would -- >> absolutely not, jim. the fact of the matter is bipartisan policy, the u.s. government, for decades has been to oppose settlements. we've seen an acceleration in the growth of these settlements. and frankly, if these current trends continue, the two-state solution is going to be impossible. and the peace that people say that they want, that we badly want for the people of israel, security israel living side by side with the palestinian state, that goal will become impossible. >> what's your response to that? >> the response to that is you have to separate the issue of us having disagreement with the united states over policy, with bringing something to th

and the united states government wouldn't go. he could. they didn't prevent him from going. but he put exxon's interests over and above the united states. do you understand why that would unnerve some people about the idea of him as america's chief diplomat? >> well, it might unnerve people who think the best route for our country to go is to ignore people and to have an enemy list and adhere to that list. i just don't believe and neither does the solving the world's biggest problems are best done by ignoring people and having crummy relationships across the globe. we just don't believe that talking to people and having relationships is a bad thing. >> should we expect that sanctions -- >> i would venture to guess that rex tillerson doesn't agree with that either. >> should we expect regardless of who is secretary of state that one of the first orders lift sanctions against vladimir putin. >> not at all. i wouldn't go to any conclusion. the only conclusion you should have is that talking to people is something that president-elect trump is going to do. it doesn't mean that he

working here and that half is, you know, the efforts that we've done, the efforts of the united states government all those people and organizations that have been supporting us but it was extremely comforting and -- uplifting. >> uplifting. >> to hear and for the office of the special presidential envoy and the united states government to hear that they say their assessment is he's alive, we have every reason to believe he's reasonably well so we continue to press that there's every reason to do everything possible, keep doing everything possible to bring him home. >> so hard to imagine what these past four plus years have been like for those parents. they know the statistics all too well. according to the committee to protect journalist, once again in 2016 syria was the deadliest place in the world for reporters. that's been true for five years in a row. these parents hoping for a much happier outcome for their son, hoping 2017 can be the year they will be reunited. fredricka, back to you. >> all right, thank you so much, brian stelter. >>> coming up, what the u.s. senate is planning to do in r

sure we keep jobs in america and so if mr trump talked abiltiy to contract as much with the united states government if they are sending carrier jobs to mexico, i think that's fair game. house speaker paul ryan also praised the carrier deal, even though he doesn't know the details of the agreement. "i'm pretty happy that we're keeping jobs in america. aren't you? i don't know the details of the carrier arrangement, but i do know ? that mike pence is still the sitting governor of indiana. probably had a hand in helping this. and this is what do." both ryan and duffy are promising tax plus changes to rules and regulations to help the trump administration keep more jobs in wisconsin and across the country. coverage of the trump transition continues at 5:30 on the n-b-c nightlnews with lester holt. milwaukee county finds out it owes its own workers more than 17- million dollars for underpaying into their pension fund. the issue dates back to error in how it was paying into the plth reported the error to the i-r-s. it took until this summer for the i-r-s to give the county the final bill. county board pr

the united states government has been the saudi—led coalition‘s strongest backer, providing intelligence dollars of us weapons sales have been approved. after the funeral bombing, the white house announced an immediate review of us support, expressing serious concern about how the conflict is being waged. despite this, we've learnt that the us air force refuelled coalition jets the day after the airstrikes. in a four week period since then, us tankers flew over 87 missions, refuelling 386 aircraft with over 1.7 billion litres of fuel. indeed this is slightly higher than the monthly average support given by the us since the aircampaign again. there's also been growing pressure in congress about assistance. this representative serves as a colonel in the us air force reserves. he's been following the campaign closely. we're flying our tankers with us pilots, we're refuelling these jets of the saudi led military coalition and then they're dropping bombs. but if you look at the law of war in international law, you can be guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes, so if you're in that direct mi

of the united states and the president elect don't get to do this without anybody in the united states government knowing about it. >> in taiwan, obviously it is enormous. they want full diplomatic relations restored with the united states. >> they are relatively isolated and the taiwanese crave official recognition. and the chinese news agency has already interpreted this phone call declaring a historical dialogue. first time in nearly 40 years. so there is a important symbolism here. how will the chinese react to this? will they see this as a gaffe? or will they see this as a deliberate provocation a step on chinese sovereignty. since they see taiwan very much as part of their state. even throe the taiwanese view themselves as a separate country. >> cnn reporting that a trump transition advisor who supports the independence who's involved or at least in the past helped facilitate it. which it is not a impartial state department employee. what do you make of that potential involvement? >> i think ivan is exactly right. this is very thorny territory. china believes taiwan is a protons. province.