Joins us from trump tower. The president elects soninlaw, what are you learning about his plans to avoid conflicts of interest . And is he even legally allowed to take this position according to antinepotism laws that are in place . Reporter those are the Big Questions, anderson. Donald trump made a major announcement today, tapping his soninlaw Jared Kushner to be a Senior Adviser to the president. There was a lot of discussion about this for several weeks, but officials held a Conference Call with reporters and laid out the case that they believe yes, Jared Kushner is legally able to serve as a Senior Adviser to donald trump despite the fact that he is the president elects soninlaw. They say he does not violate federal antinepotism laws, laws put in place in the 1960s after john f. Kennedy tapped his brother, bobby kennedy, to be attorney general. Later, congress and lawmakers decided that that was no longer something that should be done in this country, so laws were changed. But acc
Murder in court and facing the death penalty. Today new details about his Mental Health history and how authorities once took his gun and then gave it back. Plus, ready to launch . Kim jong un making a birthday threat to fire a missile at the u. S. , and the pentagon is saying it is ready. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead. Im a jake tapper. Well begin today with politics. In 11 days donald trump will be taken the oath of office right over there on capitol hill. But in many ways his presidency really gets rolling this week with confirmation hearings for some of his top cabinet picks beginning tomorrow morning, including senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, retired general john kelly for Homeland Security and the president elects first News Conference comes smack in the middle of it all on wednesday morning. Se going to be competing with the hearings of his own nominees. All of this as mr. Trump continues to dance around a direct acknowledgement and specific condemnat
They are the absolute highest level. I think theyre going to do very well. Theres some concern about Jeff Sessions in particular. No, i think he is going to do great. High quality man. Confirmation hearings begin tomorrow for senator Jeff Sessions. Trumps choice for attorney general and retired general john kelly who is picked for Homeland Security secretary. On wednesday hearings get underway for secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson. Transportation secretary secretary nominee elaine chow along with congressman mike pompeo for cia director and education secretary nominee betsy devoss. Thursdays hearings include retired general james mattis for defense secretary, wilbur ross for commerce secretary, and dr. Ben carson for hud secretary. Also this week president elect trump holds his first News Conference in six months. He is expected to talk about separating himself from his huge business empire. He is sure to face serious questions about russian hacking during the election. Presiden
The house, representative paul ryan. Our thanks to George Washington university and to all of you at home for watching and participating. Good evening, thanks for joining us. A big night tonight and a big week for president elect trump. About an hour from now, a cnn town hall with Bernie Sanders. Chris cuomo has the honors. The audience just arriving. The Incoming Administration certainly to be a topic. The Transition Team late today making it official, naming trumps soninlaw, Jared Kushner a Senior Adviser to the president. The first of many headlines to come this week. The president elect also called an actress with three oscars and 19 nominations in total overrated. More in the hour ahead. We begin with jim acosta. So the president elects soninlaw. What are you learning about his plans to avoid conflicts of interest, and do we know, is he even legally allowed to take this position according to antinepotism laws. Reporter donald trump made a major announcement, tapping his soninlaw J
That well get up to 7 nominees on day one. Just like eightyears ago. Thank you for spending part of your sunday. Great to have you. Well enjoy the hour. Welcome to americas news headquarters. Fox news alert, netanyahu says the terrorist who killed four, may have ties to isis. At least four people died and more than a dozen injured. It is the latest, by palestinian using cars and trucks as weapons. John huddy joins us live. Well, this is the first major terrorist attack here in israel. It is among the deadliest after about a year of violence. Mostly stabbings, and, been awhile since we saw a vehicle ramming. This has been a mode of terrorism thats been used. That said before we show you the video of what happened. I want to warn our viewers that it is disturbing. It shows the moment that a commercial truck plows into a group of cadets, that just got off of a bus. Mowing them down and throws it in reverse and back those to crush those and then you see the chaos. Four people died. 3 femal