Nuclear forces and putin held end of the year conference. We have live Fox Team Coverage from London Bureau but we begin with peter ducey in west palm beach, florida. Peter. Peter jon, president elect is playing golf with tiger woods, not far from maralago where he stays down here and woods ed a game according to transition officials. Hes obviously one of the most famous athletes in the world but mr. Trump has a message for anybody trying to say that his upcoming inauguration is going lack star power, he says this, quote, the socalled alist celebrities are all wanting ticks for inauguration, but look what they did for hillary, nothing, i want the people. He is concern not just about russia but also about terrorists and rogue nations and mr. Trump is also saying hes ready to move on from the notoriously expensive f35 Fighter Jet Program tweeting that he wants boeing to come up alternative. He did meet with boeing and lockheed. Seems like the boeing meeting went better than lockheed meet
Resolution that demands israel stop set. Ment construction in ethers bank. Critics call the measure antiisrael and the u. S. Chose to abstain from any vote. David lee miller has more. Reporter the meet having the Security Council still taking police. A live picture of the security couple. This an historic day the first time in nearly four decades the United States did not use its veto power to stop a u. N. Resolution addressing the issue of israeli settlements in the west bank east jerusalem. Before the vote the United States would not disclose publicly but many israelis did fear there was going to be what they referred to as some type of Obama December surprise. The relationship between president obama and Prime Minister netanyahu has been very strained over the last few years, and many feared consequences that could be what happened here. Samantha power, the u. N. Ambassador, spoke before the council after the vote, she said that what took place was not to diminish support for israel
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. With just 38 hours to go until former fbi director james comey appears before the Senate Intelligence committee, details are coming from multiple news outlets about what we may hear tomorrow and on thursday, including this report tonight from the New York Times with the headline james comey told attorney general sessions, dont leave me alone with trump. The president is preparing to go it alone on what could be the most consequential day of his presidency. All the tv networks are airing that hearing live starting thursday at 10 00 a. M. , and the whole country will be watching as the fbi director the president fired speaks publicly for the first time about being dismissed abruptly last month and about the president s alleged efforts to interfere in that russia investigation. The president was asked about comeys testimony today during a meeting with congressional leaders. I want to thank everybody very much for being here, and lets get to work
Not discussed sanctions with the russian envoy. Flynn later admitted the issue may have come up. Earlier monday, Kellyanne Conway senior white house advisor said flynn has a full confidence of President Trump. While sean spicer told reporters that the president was monitoring the situation and it was speaking to the Vice President and others on his team about flynns future. Following flynns resignation, President Trump may retire Keith Kellogg as the acting National Security advisor. Kellogg who advised mr. Trump during the campaign was previously appointed the National Security Council Chiefs of staff. We are told that President Trump is also considering his former cia David Patraeus and vice admiral Robert Harbert the navy seal. The Justice Department warned the Trump Administration that flynn could be in a compromised situation due to the conversation. The conversations were picked up by u. S. Intelligence as part of routine monitoring. Foreign officials to medications in the u. S.
Administration currently has were sessions fault. Theres a New York Times report just out tonight that says james comey told attorney general sessions that he, comey, didnt want to be left alone with donald trump. And just tonight, a story from the Washington Post saying the president s brandnew director of National Intelligence, former longtime Indiana Republican senator dan coats, was approached by the president to try to make comeys russia investigation go away. The intelligence director, coats, is due to testify tomorrow before the Senate Intelligence committee. Its not known if, as a sitting cabinet member and the keeper of our National Secrets easy going to be willing to comment on any of this. He was reluctant to say anything damaging the last time he testified in an open hearing. A spokesman for coats just released this statement, in fact, quote, director coats does not discuss his private conversations with the president. However, he has never felt pressured by the pressure or