and raise his hand and take the oath of office. reporter: meanwhile, an investigation by propublica found that the inauguration paid the trump organization for rooms, meals and event space at trump s washington hotel and that ivanka trump, the president s daughter and then a senior executive at the trump organization, was involved in negotiating the prices at above market value for venue rentals by the inaugural committee. a spokesman for ivanka s lawyer told propublica that ivanka said discussions should be at a fair market rate. and it isn t just about the money. the washington post reports that certain attendees at the inauguration also reportedly caught the attention of counter intelligence officials at the fbi. those it s unclear which attendees. the paper reported that victor vexleberg, a tycoon closely aligned with putin s government, attended inaugural events along with natalia vessel knit skyia, the russian lawyer whose meeting
is honestly what they put in a letter. offer yourself up to do some painting, some carpentry work for your landlords. i mean these are professionals with college degrees in many cases, who have a specific skill set that they are basically using for the american people. what does this say about the optics of this shutdown for the trump administration? it s terrible. because it was a nice day in washington today, i spent part of my day going to some of the art museums on the national mall because those are going to be closed later this week. that s obviously not the most serious thing in the world, but it is serious when you re having to face financial decisions based on mortgages and other things like that, and the government is basically telling you to take odd jobs and become a handyman because the government can t function. that s ultimately the problem is we want a functioning government. i as a republican, as a conservative, want it smaller and more effective than big and bloated
the police department is retiring the dog because as the chief put it, the singh family shouldn t have to lose another family member. sara sidner, cnn, los angeles. in just five days, democrats take the house gavel in washington, ready to take the fight to president trump. what does that mean for him and the russia investigation? we ll talk about it next. (burke) parking splat. and we covered it.