are anti-trump protesters who marched through much of downtown d.c. tonight. they held signs, caused road closures. some protesters ended up outside the president-elect s downtown d.c. hotel. you see that guy holding a sign with an eye on it? some people held protest signs that had the letter i on them. that represented what they say represents the president-elect s illegitimacy as president. these protests in the street are starting as the list of democratic members of congress who plan to boycott the inauguration plans to get longer by the end of the day. those aren t the credits for the end of the show, those are the members of congress we know as of tonight aren t going. nbc news confirms at least 50 democratic members of congress have said they ll skip friday s inauguration. we don t think 50 would be a record but we do think it s the most in at least 40 years to stay away from a presidential inauguration.
kurdish boots on the ground. but the kurds are not interested in moving out of areas that they aren t going don t control or are going to control. so then who is going to be the boots on the ground in syria? we ve tried to find moderate rebels that we can support, that we can train. we saw how misably that program failed. i think there s a new initiative by putting the 50 special forces personnel in to syria to work with the locals. special forces have a core mission that we don t really talk about much, called foreign internal defense. their job is to go in there and train locals. not to be the fighters be you the train the fighters that are going to be the boots on the ground. that 50 fighters doing that 50 special forces officers doing this is not going to be enough. it will take a long time for that to happen. so we really have no good options in syria. if you look at the talks between the united states and russia, there s a possibility that we may come to some agreement and work
kevin mcccarthy. represent can ascalise admitted he spoke before a group of white supremacists connected to david duke. it is raising eyebrows that they are not going. as you mentioned, we will have two dozen rank and file republican members who will be in selma. while we have been focusing on the republicans who aren t going, i should mention that while some top house democrats are going like pelosi and others three senate top senate democrats won t be there. harry reid who is of course still recovering from eye surgery. he won t be there. neither will dick durbin and shuk schumer. it s the republicans who have more of a perception problem when it comes o black voters. it s notable they are skipping this event when the party wants to expand its base and appeal to more minority voters for 2016.
is greater than ever but there s more supply than usual because of those that aren t going. so sensitive information, what does that mean? what will the prime minister actually say. cnn global affairs correspondent elise labbit is joining us from the white house. information that has never been revealed before to paint this information as rushing into a deal with iran without briefing congress a deal that will not stop iran from being able to develop a nuclear weapon as jim said. netenyahu has not only talked to the u.s. about these negotiations but other parties in the talks. israel has very good intelligence. so the prime minister s aides say they know exactly what s in the deal. enough to conclude it s a bad one. and the hope is that congress will move to pass sanctions if the deal goes through. the prime minister has raised expectations about what he s going to reveal. and after the president and national security adviser susan
very they ve worked very hard at finding a solution and we ought to support them in that effort. at this point, sir, as far as we know with our tally, there are 30 in the house, 40 in the senate who say they will not be attending. do you know any differently? because you said most. well i think what you re seeing is the tip of the iceberg in those of us who aren t going. there are an awful lot of people who aren t going simply because they feel like it shows disrespect to the israelis or to the jewish people in their district or whatever. but i think there s a great understanding, at least on the democratic side that netanyahu is not up to any good as far as the united states efforts in driving a deal with the iranians is concerned. he is simply against anything. and in terms of disrespect, you, sir, said recently that the side benefit for prime minister