And no more alarm clock. Congratulations on the clock. Great to have you here. Lets start with politics. Top republicans are continuing to pour in and out at this hour as the president elect is looking to shape that cabinet. This morning, one of the Top White House jobs said to be offered to retired general Michael Flynn. Do we know that for sure . Lets talk to chief washington correspondents james rosen. Hes the chief washington correspondent. If anyone would know, it would be the chief washington correspondent. Let me be chief with you. Yes, we know that. Multiple sources confirmed that president elect trump offered the position of White House National security adviser to retired general Michael Flynn. No word on whether he has accepted. In a book he published this year, the field of fight, he was fired where he never once received an audience with president obama because the generals assessment of the threat from isis and radical islam did not align with the optimistic view the whit
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump is off to florida tonight for the long thanksgiving weekend, and hes trailing headlines in his wake. He sat down today at the New York Times for an extensive, livetweeted question and answer. Julie davis, who covers the white house, was one of the times reporters in the meeting with mr. Trump, and she joins me now. Julie davis, welcome back to the newshour. So this was an on again off again session, wasnt it . This was. We had planned for it to be from 1 00 to 2 00 today, and then we found out via tweet early this morning that mr. Trump decided to cancel. Shortly thereafter, within a coupl
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by xq institute. Bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president elect donald trump is off to florida tonight for the long thanksgiving weekend, and hes trailing headlines in his wake. He sat down today at the New York Times for an extensive, livetweeted question and answer. Julie davis, who covers the white house, was one of the times reporters in the meeting with mr. Trump, and she joins me now. Julie davis, welcome back to the newshour. So this was an on again off again session, wasnt it . This was. We had planned for it to be from 1 00 to 2 00 today, and then we found out via tweet early this morning that mr. Trump decided to cancel. Shortly thereafter, within a coupl
Joining me now is richard haass. President of the council on foreign relations, and once again, im pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. How serious is this . Richard this is arguably the Number One National Security Threat that faces the United States over the next five years, possibly facing the next president of the United States. Charlie why . Richard this is the most closed, most militarized society on the face of the earth. It has committed, in some ways, a slowmotion genocide against its people. They have posed a military threat for decades, i should as you know. Have the old world war ii borders on the Korean Peninsula. The division at the 38th parallel. Now, on top of it all, youve got a fast growing nuclear program, not just nuclear material, but as you said, Ballistic Missiles that could launch from a number of platforms, from land or from submarines. And they are working hard on shrinking the size of the warheads. I think it is a question of when, not if, the Nat
Submarines. Rose am Barts Chris Hill former u. S. Ambassador to north korea from 2005 to 2009. If i stack up all the problems whether i. S. I. S. Or whatever, i think north korea should be at the top of those issues, and i think we need a policy commensurate with the emerging threat. By the way, its not just a threat against us, its against our partners and allies in the region, some of whom would be interested in Going Nuclear if they see the threat unattended to. Rose also this evening senators cory booker and tim scott, two africanamerican senators, the first time two elected africanamerican senators have served in this United States senate in u. S. History. They talk about the africanamerican museum of history and culture which opens in september in washington. I hope that one of the beauties of this of being here will be an understanding and appreciation of the depth of the pain agony and tragedy of slavery. I hope that the suffering from decade to decade to decade to decade will