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
New polling tonight. Significant gains it seems for trump. What exactly is changing . It is tighter, anderson. And we should not be surprised. Remember the country weve live in the last 20 years. It should not be surprising if this race gets tight into the end. A new poll Shows Hillary clinton up just three points. When you average out the most recent National Polls we have Hillary Clinton with six points leading. Down from eight or nine just a few days ago because the new polls coming out show a tighter race. Some of the state polls get more interesting. And you say does donald trump have a chance as we have 12 more days essentially of campaigning . Look at these numbers in florida. Other polls have shown secretary clinton ahead in florida in recent days. A new poll trump up. Does seem to indicate some trump momentum. In a state he absolutely has to win. And anderson when you look closer into this bloomberg poll, tells you a lot about the challenge for candidates heading into the fina
Give you last word. Antiwar candidate he criticized iraq and afghanistan war. He was reluctant to get into another war. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for all of his efforts. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for watching. Hard ball starts right now, chris matthews. The coming of trump. Lets play hard ball. Back in washington the start of a busy month. In 18 days donald trump will be
sworn in like it or not as the 45th president of the United States. Today President Obama returned from vacation in hawaii with the goal of trying to protect his legacy which is an Endangered Political Spe sees. Address last week interest chicago. President elect trump returned from his vacation. He tweeted. 2,762 this past year. He criticized what he called Media Outlets for suggesting he himself thought he was going to lose the election. Well talk to newly appointed kellyanne conway. What is donald trump know that we dont what does donald trump know that President Obama and
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And glove with the president on selling the healthcare plan, the president sends out four tweets about Predecessor Wiretapping him. Did that help or hurt . That was not part of the campaign trail. How far off course did that take you . I think it was theres really often into new territory. There is part of what the Intelligence Kmo Committee is investigating. Late today, the Justice Department told them it immediate more time to review the request. The Spokesperson Sean Spicer said the president made the stupid charge. Spicer dodged some of the
wiretapped him. Now they are trying to weasel out of it. I think the grown up here is mccain who saying Put Up Or Shut up. They have gotten away with the fantasy that there were 3 million fraudulent votes casts. This president does not get called into account for putting out false statements. Even though it involves something of historic magnitude an it doesnt seem to stick
with donald trump when he fly out lies. I think there are people who bel
Today and something the president himself highlighted at the Press Conference. Take a listen. I think a lot of his views are going to be shaped by his advisers, the people around him, which is why its important to Pay Attention to these confirmation hearhearings. This is a job of such magnitude you cant do it by yourself. You are enormously reliant on a team. How you put a Team Together to make sure that they are getting you the best information and they are teeing up the options from which you will ultimately make decisions. Thats probably the most useful advice, the most constructive advice ive been able to give him. Personnel is policy, in other words. Especially for a Chief Executive who for the first time in the history of this republic has zero experience in Public Service of any kind, not the government nor the military. With policy positions all over the map, even changing from one day to the next, its nearly impossible to predict just what
trump will do as president. The only