Second statement. Hillary clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it. I finished it. You know what i mean. President barack obama was born in the United States period. Now, you win if you have been paying attention over the last ten years of president obama in office. You are well aware which unof those statements are the truth. Trumps other two statements are quite simply a lie. A widely discredited talking point that birtherrism org fated with Hillary Clinton in her 28 president ial campaign. In fact the earliest reported incidence from a public figure about president obamas origin can be traced back to 2004, thats when he first reached National Prominence at the Democratic National convention that year. Our very own chris hayes tracked down the source of that claim for the nation. You may also have heard some Trump Supporters reference a secret memo that supposedly exposes the truth about the Clinton Campaign ties to birtherrism. The document the
Bombs. Welcome to the lead. Im jim sciutto in again today for jake tapper. Donald trump sounding triumphant in indiana. He stopped in indianapolis and toured the carrier plant, the one that announced it had struck a deal with the Incoming Administration to save jobs that were about to be shipped off to mexico. President elect says this is proof that his administration is already giving voice to the forgotten workers in the rust belt. He also said that manufacturing jobs wont move overseas, at least not anymore. Not without repercussions. Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Not going to happen. Not going to happen. Trump also going to be in ohio later tonight. Another stop and thank you rally. What has the Transition Team told but tonights event . Reporter well, transition Officials Say that this is something that trump himself really wanted to do, that he has really been nearly hold up here in trump tower for the last three weeks since he wo
To recently fired Chris Christie. And sources say trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner is at the center of the infighting. All of this unfolding just 65 days away from trumps inauguration. Jason miller the Communications Director of the Trump Transition Team is standing by live right beside me in the studio. Lot to talk about just about a minute. Jason, thank you. But first, mr. Trump is back at work today, at his transition headquarters inside the trump you toer, and thats where cnns Sunlen Serfaty is this morning. R good morning. Good morning to you, carol. A lot of pushback this morning from top transition officials disputing the notion that there are transition has been at all turbulent. Including this morning, joining into the chorus of pushbacks, president elect donald trump who took to twitter to say quote very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are. Trump also taking issue over twitter with some
Proposed. What trump said during the campaign was he wanted to focus particularly on applications of asylum for people coming from countries with high terrorist activity, which strikes me as perfectly sensible. But new comments from trumps top advisers raise more questions than answers. Well lay out for you the twists and turns of Donald Trumps potential immigration policy. Plus a new scathing report from the House Intelligence Committee calls Edward Snowden a serial liar. Lots to get to today, but we begin with our top story. Donald trump calling for an expanded Nuclear Program today. Tweeting earlier this afternoon, the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. Trumps tweet comes just hours after Vladimir Putin made up his own vow to beef up russias nuclear readiness. Here in the studio is our own hall hallie jackson. Hallie, what is this about . Its not like there was a big discussion hap
The Great Lengths some are going to protect whats theirs. Porch pirates beware. And good evening. Im tom llamas, in for david. We begin tonight with the Winter Weather blast hampering the trip home for millions on one of the years busiest travel days. A blizzard slamming into the plains states. More than a foot of snow, you see it there, in some spots. Highways shut down. And that system now moving east, with icy driving conditions expected tonight in the northeast. And it was a standstill at many major airports. The average delay in minneapolis, more than two hours at one point. Today, approaching an hour at l. A. X. More than 330 cancellations coast to coast so far. And underscoring the power of the storm, straightline winds destroying this building in nebraska. And a freak Christmas Day tornado reported in kansas. More on the forecast in a moment. But first, linzie janis gets us started tonight with the Holiday Travel mess. Reporter tonight, treacherous travel for millions coming ho