Good morning, everyone. It is friday, december th, im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. Amid adding new cabinet selections, president elect donald trump went to des moines, iowa, last night where he and Vice President elect pence sell blated their victory. It was the same city as his First Campaign event for his official announcement, as well as the state he nearly lost in his first contest. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in iowa over nine points and a crowd of over 5,000 greeted him in des moines. Im here today for one main reason, to say thank you to the great, great people of iowa. You went out and pounded, i mean pounded the pavement. I also want to take this opportunity to thank your great senators. They are tremendous. Two tremendous people. They never wavered. We had some people, they would waver, right, waver, and as long as they came back some time prior to the vote, they are all right, but we dont like people that waver, right . Those two didnt waver. Preside
Her and asked this chilling question. Did i shoot you yet . Shepherds tearful 911 call was played out in court a warning some of you might find this disturbing. 911, whats your emergency . Please Emanuel Baptist church, people shot down here. Please send somebody right away. Emanuel church . Theres people shot . He shot the pastor. He shot. Please come right away. Nick valencia live in charleston with more for you. Good morning, carol. Court is expected to begin in just about 30 minutes. It has been an emotional week of testimony as shooting survivors have recounted in horrific detail what they witnessed last year. For his part, dylann roof has been emotionless, expressionless, showing no remorse for what hes accused of. I had to do it because somebody had to do something because, you know, black people are killing black people every day. Reporter before his trial began dylann roof confessed saying he was willing to plead guilty to all charges on the condition that prosecutors removed
Highest level of government, and we are considering what responses can be taken. Two Senior Intelligence officials with direct access to the information tell nbc news that Vladimir Putin authorized the hacks to interfere in the u. S. Election. But was he trying to elect donald trump or was there some other motive . That is just ahead. And also on the agenda, the Trump Campaign responds. People seem to think that were not upset about it. We are very upset about it. Trump transition adviser telling us theyre upset by the attacks and with the secretary of state pi breaking news outf South Carolina. We have a verdict in the trial of the man charged with carrying out that massacre at a miss tortor Historic Black Church in South Carolina last year. Dylan roof found guilty of firearms and hate crime charges of nine people in a bible study session in june of 2015. He still faces trial on state murder charges. He could be put to death. Were joined in charleston. Obviously you have followed this
The agency he would lead. Hes also lobbied for Energy Companies and publicly doubted Climate Change. We have reaction from both sides of the aisle. In georgia, a manhunt expanding as officials search for a man in a fatal police shooting. Said to be armed, dangerous, and on the loose for over 24 hours. We want him to turn himself in peacefully. We want a peaceful resolution to this situation. If he turns himself in, he has nothing to fear from us. Jury foreman in the Walter Slager trial is speaking out why there was a mistrial in the case against the former Police Officer who shot an unarmed black man. Were learning more about the jury and what it took to get to that point. The majority of the time, it wasnt any racial attention or anything like that. Of course, it came up. We discussed it, but it wasnt, in my opinion, one of the major deciding factors. Dylan roof motioned for a mistrial because of the emotional testimony from one of the witnesses. Well have the judges response and what
Inauguration. Our team is covering all the angles this morning. Lets begin with cnns phil mattingly. Get red did for a whirlwind week on capitol hill. Nine co confirmation hearings over three days. Thats part of the cry that this is happening way too fast. When it comes to the hearings themselves, expect democrats, at least according to advisers ive spoken to, to take two tracks. One, attack the no knee, but also attack the president elect and try to get the nominee to take shots at the president elect if they can. Before the hearings start, right now its been the speed with with republicans are moving to get these confirmation hearings through. According to a letter sent to the office of government ethics to Senate Majority leader chuck schumer, theres great concern about how republicans are moving through. I want to read a piece of that letter saying, it has left some of the president elects nominees with un2340e7b or unresolved ethics issues shortly before their scheduled hearing. E