Secretary of defense here tonight. We know last week he made a Surprise Announcement at his first thank you rally saying yes hes indeed choosing general james mattis for defense secretary. But the fact that two will be up on stage together, certainly notable, especially given that is the military friendly town. So donald trump hoping to cash in on the energy here almost to validate his pick for Secretary Of Defense. And we know trump has many thank you tours and rallies ahead. Just two this week alone and thursday hell be in iowa and friday in michigan. You heard him taking credit for what he said is a 50 billion investment by softbank. What are you learning about this . Reporter i have to say not a lot of detail coming from the Trump Transition Team or the company tonight. But certainly a little
showmanship on the part of the president elect today really trotting out on the ceo of the company and trump towers there before cameras gathered. Contours of the deal are 50 billion investmen
And we know how that turned out. God, you may want to intervene here. I want to just pray for arnold, if we can, for those ratings. Im not worried about arnolds ratings. Im worried about what are we going to do about iran. Im in favor of additional sanctions against iran. Nothing is off the table. Reporter officials in the u. S. Military raising Major Concerns over President Trumps hastily approved Ground Strike in yemen. He doesnt make executions like that glibly. He did make the call at dinner, right . I cant reveal where he made the call. President trumps enemies within the administration continue an unprecedented level of leaking for a presidency that is not yet two weeks old. There are new leaks tonight about the president s role in launching a mission in yemen in which u. S. Navy s. E. A. L. William owens became the First American killed in yemen. Counsel of different people. There were other people around the Table Including his secretaries and generals. So he did make the call
Spoke with Sergey Kislyak last july. It was during these conversations, im told by j. D. Gordon, they talked about improving relations between the u. S. And russia. It was dur thag time, erin, that j. D. Gordon says he went to the convention, Advocating On Behalf of the campaign for language in the gop platform that advocated against the arming of the ukrainians in their fights against the prorussian rebels. That is something the Trump Campaign denied they were doing at the time. It denied it was advocating for that language in the gop platform. Flash forward to december and according to a Senior Administration official, the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner and the former security adviser, Michael Flynn, wret with the ambassador during a previously undisclosed meeting. James comey was making the rounds with house members. Democrats were not happy when the top democrat, adam schiff, who believes comey was not forthcoming on key details in the investigation into russia and the contact
And lockheed loves him. Intel building a 7 billion plant in arizona that they took off the shelf during the obama years. So, yeah, lots to talk about. Thanks to hugh and our guests. That was the scene from a town hall earlier tonight with arkansas senator tom cotton. The mood is indicative of what were seeing at town halls across the country. We have news tonight from this new administrations continued Whiplash Pattern of radical changes in course. Tonight the Justice Department, which is now led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that they are reversing the Obama Administration policy on the rights of transgender students in american schools. We have known that the white house intended to roll back lgbt rights. We thought they might first take aim at kids. Weve been waiting all day for the official notice. Here it is. Very high turnout election. It was an unusually long ballot in montana this year, because they had a bunch of stuff to vote on in the state, but all in all, usu
Be in the top five things that he accomplishes. An abc news poll, Washington Post also part of the poll, showing the president has just 42 approval overall, and an nbc news and Wall Street Journal showing he has just 40 . But look at this. Only 2 of the americans who voted for President Trump say they regret it. His voters are still with him. Nina, is that a bad sign for democrats if they Arent Making Mor more inroads and even what you listed doesnt seem to be intacting them very much. Well, his team he cant continue to fworch with just the people who voted for him. He is the president of the United States and the president of all people, so that is a snapshot. What this means though, We Shouldnt Be Playing Politics either way with the needs of the American People. They want leadership and they want people to do things that really are in their best interests. So this is not sustainable just because his team, the people on his team support him. He has the worst Approval Rating in modern