Mother inlaw with a glad bag, full of trash. What happens next . Nothing. Only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. Guaranteed. Even the most perceptive noses wont notice the trash. Be happy. Its glad. This just in to msnbc, video of president elect donald trump arriving in baltimore, just moments ago. He is attending the Army Navy Game set to kick off this hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us today. Im betty nguyen here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Breaking news out of the trump trance ig, nbc news learned the president elect has chosen exxon mobil Ceo Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Until trump makes an announcement things can obviously change. Tillerson has spent his entire career at exxon mobil previously serving as liaison between the company and russia. Hes known to have a close business republican with Vladimir Putin who awarded him the order of friendship, one of russias highest honors for foreigners a few years ago. Kasie hunt join
Classified secret information the reporter cant tell who it is because as mr. Gotti speaking on condition of anonymity, it should be termed im breaking the law and dont want to be outed. Sometimes. I think there are other motives but that can be one of them. Its your statement to us then that the fbi was consistent in its assessment that denigrate the u. S. Electoral process, hurt hillary and her potential candidacy and coincidentally, concurrent across all of that they intended to help trump. Thats your testimony . Correct. I yield back. Mr. King. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If you can yield a few minutes into the next round, ill start with this and make the comment. I thank director comey and admiral rogers for what i believe is the cooperation youve always given the committee. Thank you for your service. Director comey, were in a predicament here today. I understand your situation where you cant comment on the investigation and yet we have various scenarios laid out which could go on f
Include a prohibition of the Intelligence Community incidentally or inadvertently collecting the communications of an incoming administration. Yes, sir. Mr. Comey, any interception by the u. S. Intelligence community of any communication of members of the Incoming Trump administration . Thats not something i can comment on. Why not . It might involve communications with the president of the United States and classified. Both of the grounds i cant talk about it here. Have you previously discussed your conversations with president obama with this committee . I dont remember. I dont remember with the full and ranking committee. Well have to refresh your memory. Mr. Comey, did president obama ever acknowledge to you of having been briefed concerning possibly inadvertent or incidental collection or interception by the Intelligence Community of any communications of members of the Incoming Trump administration . I have to give you the same answer. Well be following up with mr. Clapper, hell
Brutal fight between now and friday nights. We have fox team coverage. Brit hume has some analysis on the situation. Mike emanuel on capitol hill. We start off this hour with kevin corke at the white house. Good evening to you. Its become a rite of spring, an annual passage in the nations capital. The battle to keep open the government. As you pointed out, white house and congress have until the end of the week to come to a solution to keep the government funded. Of course theyre going to try to figure it out or some departments may simply run out of cash. If they are worried about a shut down this week, the Trump White House isnt showing it. They are negotiating. We feel confident they understand the president s priorities and will come to an agreement by friday. An agreement with Congressional Democrats to at least temporarily from the government and avoid a shut down. With 52 republicans and a need for 60 senators to send a bill to the president s desk, both sides appear willing to
Senate, yeah, there is if you need something from your government after midnight tomorrow night, start making other plans. Again, well have a full update in the course of the hour. Its been a big day in the news today. In addition to the shutdown countdown, there was a big, big story about the most powerful Interest Group in conservative politics over the past several decades. The n. R. A. , there has always been something unexplained and intriguing about the huge spike in spending the n. R. A. Had for the 2016 president ial race. They massively increased their political spending in the donald trump president ial race in 2016. It came from a very specific part of their organization. There is always a little there has always been a little intrigue around that. Mcclatchy breaks news the fbi is looking into that financial spike that benefitted the trump for president campaign, the fbi is reportedly investigating whether that may be linked to russia. The reporter who broke that story will