Topping this hour in 360. In washington, new security restrictions on certain flights coming into the country. The reason behind them, theyll take effect tomorrow. So what exactly is this new ban involving . Officials telling me that the Trump Administration is preparing to make this announcement that specific flights from certain regions, namely the middle east and africa that have direct flights to the United States will have new security measures, and were told that will mean that passengers getting on board those flights will not be allowed any electronics larger than your cell phone in the cabin of the plane. So you have to check the bags. If you have a computer or anything larger than a cell phone or tablet, you would have to check that. Right. It would have to go into the belly of the aircraft. This is for flights coming from very specific countries in the middle east and africa with direct, nonstop service to the United States. Do we know what prompted dhs to make the change .
Meeting with him over russian hacking. Some say what happened behind closed doors is making them question whether comey is fit for office but theyre in a tough spot. Do the same democrats want donald trump to pick the next head of the fbi . Well have more on that in a moment but and the Civil Rights Movement and 1965, louis was almost beaten to death while fighting in selma, alabama. His comments calling trump illegitimate in nbc news. Listen. Do you plan to forge a relationship with donald trump . I believe in forgiveness. I believe in trying to work with people. It would be hard. It would be very difficult. I do not consider president elect a legitimate president. You do not . Why is that . I think the russians participated in helping this man get elected and help destroy and i dont plan to attend the inauguration and would be the first one i missed. And you cannot that you feel that its wrong. Going to send a big message to a lot of people in this country that you dont believe hes a
Close to donald trump were in constant communication during the campaign with russians known to u. S. Intelligence. Multiple current and former intelligence Law Enforcement and Administration Officials tell cnn president elect trump and barack obama were both briefed on details of the Extensive Communications between suspected russian operatives and People Associated with the trump campaign, and the trump business. Now according to u. S. Officials familiar with the matter, both the frequency of the communications and the proximity to trump of those involved raised a red flag with u. S. Intelligence and lfraw enforcement. The communications were interpreted targeting russian officials and other russian nationals known to u. S. Intelligence, among several trump advisers communicating with russian nationals, and then Campaign Manager Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. Manafort joined the campaign and was then out. Flynn stayed on and resigned as Trumps National security adviser last night.
Investigated. It will all come out. I will be proven right. His press secretary calling on congress to investigate whether executive powers were abused during the campaign and meanwhile, weve just learned that Congressional Democrats are now demanding answers about whether there may have been improper contact between the Trump White House and the Justice Department. So, clearly, a lot going on. I want to bring in cnn crime and justice producer shimon. What can you tell us about this letter that the group plans to send out tomorrow and what youre learning about the fbis request . You know, pamela, it just seems like every hour theres something new happening and it seems like there are more and more investigations coming and more and more peopling can for more information. Within the last hour, members of the judiciary, democrats on the judiciary on the hill say theyre going to ask tomorrow theyre going to ask the lawyers at the white house, the counsel for the white house to release com
Topping this hour, a story you will only see here. Cnn has learned that investigators now believe russia tried to use trump advisers to infiltrate the Trump Campaign. Pamela brown broke the story. She joins us with details. Explain what you know. We know, were learning from our sources, u. S. Officials familiar with the investigation that the fbi gathered intelligence last summer that suggested russian operatives tried to use advisers including carter page and others to infiltrate the Trump Campaign. Carter pages critical speech of u. S. Policy against russia in july of 2016 at a prominent Moscow University is one factor, is part of what raised concerns that he may have been compromised by russian intelligence. This new information adds to the emerging picture of how the russians tried to influence the 2016 u. S. Election. Not only through the email hacks and propaganda referred to commonly as fake news but trying to infiltrate the trump orbit. The intelligence led to a broader fbi inv