It is a crime so shocking. Reaction revulsion has spread all the way to the white house. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Four black suspects charged with a hate crime, kidnapping and battery in the assault on a white special needs teenager. The whole thing broadcast on facebook live. While they shoulted slurs against donald trump and white people. President barack obama calls the crime despicable. But how could it happen and what breeds this kind of violence . Well get to that in a minute. But first we have news on a story that we first brought you last night. The marching band from talladega college, a small historically black college in alabama, will march in Donald Trumps inauguration parade, that in spite of protests from some alumni and students who called for the band to withdraw. Joining me now exclusively is dr. Billy c. Hawkins, the president of talladega college. Good evening. Thank you for joining us here on cnn. Good evening, don, thanks for having me on cnn. This invita
Friends for a long time. But will kanyes star pow er hp him in black america . Reporter donald trump praised tillersons contacts around the world but didnt mention his past ties to Vladimir Putin. Trump turned back to the election thanking his biggest backers, including speaker ryan. Speaker paul ryan, ive [ boos ] no, ive come to appreciate him. Speaker paul ryan. Where is the speaker . S where he . He has been terrific honestly hes like a fine wine. Everyday goes by i get too appreciate his genius more and more. If he ever goes against me im not going to say that. Hes a great guy and we have some Amazing Things in store and were going to work on taxes, obamacare, well work on things, hell lead the way so thank you. Reporter even though its been more than a month since he was elected president , trump could not resist taking one more swipe at Hillary Clinton asking this crowd in wisconsin if anybody remembers her name. Don . Jim acosta, thank you very much. I want to bring in john avl
Tillerson and praised his contacts around the world. He did not mention his past ties to russian president Vladimir Putin. He turned back to the election, thanking some of his biggest supporters in wisconsin including House Speaker paul ryan. Here is what he had to say. Speaker paul ryan, i really come oh, no, ive come to appreciate him. Speaker paul ryan. Where is the speaker . Where is he . He has been i tell you, he has been terrific. You know, honestly . Hes like a fine wine. Every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. Now, if he ever goes against me im not going to say that, okay . Hes a great guy and we have some Amazing Things in store, and were going to work on taxes, were going to work on obamacare, were going to work on things, and hes going to lead the way. So thank you. And even though its been more than a month since he was elected president , trump could not resist taking one more swipe at Hillary Clinton, asking this crowd here in wisconsin if anybod
The Michael Slager case. Well get to a grudge match between top aide at Kennedy School of politics. Zev zeleny has more. There were no conciliatory handshakes for the losers or offers of congratulations for the winners. I was there and the tension was incredibly thick. Harvard has been hosting the forums since 1972 when nixon defeated mcgovern. The trump clinton race was explosive with finger pointing and shouting each side trying to make one last argue umgt for history. A combustible mix of raw emotions and hard feelings as top advisers to donald trump and Hillary Clinton came face to face for the First Time Since the election. The clinton team bluntly accusing the Trump Campaign of fueling racism to help win the white house. If providing a plate form tore white supremist makes me a brilliant tactics im glad to have lost. I would rather lose than win the way you guys did. No you wouldnt. Thats clear today, no you wouldnt. Jennifer palmieri and Kellyanne Conway tangling over steve bann
Acosta, Brian Stelter and our chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto. A Statement Issued that the report presented to the president elect confirms cnns reporting. And confirms that he spoke directly with the president elect tonight. This is James Clapper. I want to read the statement in full, allow the viewers to make their own judgment. But it begins this evening. I had the opportunity to speak with president elect donald trump to discuss recent media reports about our briefing last friday. I expressed my profound dismay about the leaks that have been appearing in the press and we both agree that they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our National Security. We also discussed the private Security Company document which was widely circulated among the might yeah, members of congress and staff even before the Intelligence Community, that is the ic, became aware of it. I emphasize that this document is not a u. S. Intelligence Community Product and that i do not believe t