Fully understand the threat russia poses for the United States. Trump firing back, suggesting brennan may be behind the recent intelligence leaks. And the president elect is also making headlines for his Foreign Policy stances, including once again calling nato obsolete, while blasting german chancellor Angela Merkels refugee policy as, quote, a catastrophic mistake. We begin with sara murray live outside of trump tower. Good morning. Reporter good morning, carol. Donald trumps fraught relationship with the u. S. Intelligence community grew apparently even more strained over the weekend. It began in part with john brennan saying that Donald Trumps attacks on intelligence are not particularly helpful. Listen to what he had to say. There is no basis for mr. Trump to point fingers at the Intelligence Community for leaking information that was already available publicly. He is going to be in a few days time the most powerful person in the world in terms of sitting on top of the United Stat
I think the russians have participated in helping this man get elected. And they have destroyed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. I dont plan to attend the inaugurati inauguration. It will be the first one that i miss since ive been in congress. You cannot be at home with something that you feel is wrong. Trump began to respond on twitter moments ago saying congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district. Late friday the Senate Intelligence committee announced it would investigate trumps possible links to russia. The bipartisan effort will also look more broadly at any russian intelligence activity impacting the United States. In a ne interview with the wall street journal, trump says he will likely keep some of president obamas recent russian sanctions in place unless russia cooperates on fighting terror and other key issues. His reasoning, if russia is really helping us, why would anybody have sanctions . Also friday, the house took a First Step Towar
Trump we came to let them know that issues of voting rights, issues of health care and equality and income inequality, issues of Police Brutality will be front and center well go live to washington for more on the protest protests in just a bit. On this same day, president elect trump firing back at democratic congressman and civil rights icon john lewis after lewis said he doesnt see trump as a legitimate president. More on that dispute in just a moment. More than 24 Million People in the u. S. Under some type of winter advisory as a massive ice storm cripples parts of kansas and missouri. That same storm system is being blamed for this accident in utah. Incredible pictures there. Watch as this snowplow veers off the road and down an embankment a few hundred feet. That driver is expected to be okay. We start with a war of words between the president elect and a civil rights icon, trump firing back at democratic congressman john lewis after the longtime congressman said this about trum
Again, without identifying the agency so no, the president is not under investigation and has not been. So the president said i am under investigation even though he isnt under investigation . That response on social media was in response to the Washington Post piece. Its that simple. The president is not under investigation. Well, i wish it were that simple but with all due respect, the president said i am being investigated in a tweet, and people take his word on that. Yes. But youre his attorney, youre saying that the president when he said that was not accurate . No, the president was it was 141 characters, theres a limitation on twitter as we all know, and the president has a very effective utilization of social media. The president issued that tweet, that social Media Statement based on a fake report, a report with no documented sources from the Washington Post. And i want to focus on that for one moment. Isnt it ironic a leak would take place by five Anonymous Sources saying the
Is the president aware of the story thats probably good if we mix it up a little bit. Yeah. Is the president aware of the congressional it staff who most recently work for florida congresswoman debbie waser man schultz who was kreenltel arrested attempting to leave the country, although he said he was not trying to three the country. Is the president aware of that particular circumstance and is he satisfied with the pace of the investigation . I havent had a conversation with him specifically about that, but i do think it is something we should fully look into and there should be a thorough investigation on that. Kristen. Since we only have one question, im going to ask you about the boy scouts. Better make it count. Chief wrote this to family members who were at the president s events earlier this week. I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric who was inserted into the jamboree. It was never our intent. Does the