At todays sessions hearing. The equivalent of being made to go to the back of the bus. Major holes in tillersons sanctuary. Were we lobbying before or against . Im a germaphobe, believe me. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. There are just nine days until donald trump becomes president of the United States. Today we were inundated with news, much of it disturbing, about what to expect when he takes office. In fact there was so much news today it is, frankly, impossible for us to fully cover what we saw and heard, which may well have been the point. We are going to aggressively cover the issues we have deemed most important and they are big ones. Among them, the President Elect evoking nazi germany to characterize u. S. Intelligence agencies, offering kind words to the russians who the Intelligence Community believe hacked the dnc and clinton campaign. Trumps Secretary Of State pick exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson possibly lying under oath at his Conf
Indication hoff significant the move could be and could adversely effect the move between the u. S. And the palestinians and the u. S. And the arab states. Thank you. Im brianna keilar. And i thank you very much for watching tonight. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront next, breaking news an International Man hunt under way. A 24yearold tunisian mandate is key suspect. And the deadly Fireworks Explosion that killed more than 40 peel. What went so horriblily wrong . Lets go outfront. Im poppy harley. A german officials identifying this man a tunisian migrate the focus of their identification. Amaris Identification Papers found inside the truck. This has President Elect donald trump makes his first Public Comments today on the attack. Listen. It is an attack an humanity, that is what it it is. It is an attackon humanity. And its got to be stopped. What more do where he know about this man . Who is the key suspect. They know dont if hes the only one. But this is who they are
By the kremlin, an important point as well in the way donald trump painted his relationship with Intelligence Agencies in this country visavis how it could be taken overseas. Right now is the start of the 1 00 p. M. Hour here in the east. Imagine the role of this man right now. This is a live picture in front of the Senate Foreign relations committee, and that is the ceo of exxonmobil, a Multinational Company so large, while its said they cant change the weather, they can forecast it. They have their own weather bureau, a sprawling organization of 70,000 employees. Rex tillerson is the nominee to be our next Secretary Of State, a job offer that came to him. Its been said in the Public Domain in part because of his relationship with russia, because of his relationship with
Vladimir Putin. Imagine all of this in light of the News Conference we just witnessed, in light of what donald trump said and didnt say about russia and putin, in light of what donald trump said about u. S. Intelligen
Difference of opinion on immigration legislation that weve put forward. Youve had different ideas. I have no doubt that as Attorney General, youll faithfully execute the office. I appreciate the answers that you have given today. Unanimous consent to submit a column written by our own Attorney General in arizona, Mark Burnovich for the hill. Without objection it will be included. Supporting your nomination. Let me talk to you about an aspect of immigration thats important in arizona. As you know, we have a large border with mexico. We have a program called Operation Streamline that has over the years been tremendously effective in cutting down recidivism in terms of border crossers. Its intended to reduce Border Crossing by expeditiously prosecuting those who enter the country illegally over a no
tolerance or Zero Tolerance policy. Its credited with being instrumental in achieving better Border Security specifically in the yuma sector along the western side of arizonas border with mexi
This picture taken in march of 2016. The man circled in this photo is george papadopoulos, who pled guilty to lying about the fbi and his interactions with russians during the campaign. Also in this picture, if you widen it a little bit you see the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who previously said he did not remember that meeting, but today. I do now recall that the march 2016 meeting at the trump hotel and mr. Papadopoulos attended, but have no clear recollection of the details of what he said at that meeting. In all of my testimony i can only do my best to answer your questions as i understand them and to the best of my memory. Martha chief National Correspondent ed henry live at the white house with the back story on todays big hearing. It also included some brandnew details about the clintons. Great to see you today. Accusations that i have ever lied. That is a lie. Let me be clear, i have at all times conducted myself honorably and in a manner consistent with the high standards