else does change. i think that is a great point because during the campaign we were talking about how this was going to be it. this is where he turns the corner. now i will say in the final couple of weeks he was on the teleprompter for a lot of the speeches but clearly his first indication is that s not going to be where he is. i looked at his twitter account that he said wow he made it for 24 hours without a tweet that has an upset anyone than i thought maybe this was a new president and then he goes to the cia which i think was the good-natured move a smart move but we are talking about his comments in the media. i think sean spicer that performance that he just gave was a challenge for all of us, and they wind he gives his first real briefing. he said something that was demonstrably false that this was the largest inauguration ever. i don t know how he measures that. maybe television ratings but it
that foundation. there were reports that some charitable money went to trump s campaign. even for personal purchases like, well, a six-foot painting of himself. the spokeswoman for the a.g. says the president-elect cannot close the foundation until the investigation is concluded. democratic party officials call trump s move a wilted fig leaf. those are their words. the cover-up of other conflicts of interest, they said this in a statement. the trump foundation also has a pitiful record of service and instead has served as a slush fund for trump to bribe elected officials, attack his political enemies and buy portraits of himself. we are glad that he is shutting down this corrupt enterprise. though questions remain about how this shutdown will accommodate the investigation into the foundation. and they also called for the president-elect to put all of his assets in a blind trust.
law and that, of course, clearly afternoon act that s infuriating the chinese government as they say yesterday. stooen, if i could turn to you, we know the u.s. ambassador to china was summoned. do we know any more about that meeting, any details emerging? well, ambassador bach got a severe dressing down from the china foreign minister, but the missage was very similar to what the ministry said publicly, that the u.s. action endangered the life of those on the islands and also the chinese side considers this move a se streer provocati provocation and beijing asked washington to correct its mistakes and come back to a track of more dialogue and consultati consultation. the word of this mission leaked out some time ago, and chinese
were two explosions, bombs put in a crowded public place and like in boston it was caught on camera this time people were protesting for peace lirveging ar linking arms when the explosion went off. one person describing the aftermath as a sea of blood. turkey goes into three days of mourning the pope held a minute s silence and called this a massacre while presidents obama and putin have offered turkey their condolences. out on the streets there are fresh demonstrations, fresh clashes with police as turkey which borders syria descends into recrimination and anger. jonathan? that was nbc news keir simmons. oncht chaos within the republican party, a party still searching for its leader in the house. paul ryan is contemplating his next move a move a growing number of republicans will include running for house speaker. the position is vacant after
he swam to the deepest place on earth the mary anna trench and never was seen again. he had a meeting with producer jerry bruckheimer who introduced him to another famous seal. sources say the pair are now developing a new game show for nbc called seal or no seal. the legendary performer called the move a no brainer. when somebody asks you to be a part of something so wonderful it is an invitation you can t resist. congratulations to both seals on the project. we discuss a guy who s name rhymes with donald trump. yes, ronald clump my opthalmologist. wonderful guy.