Good morning, everyone, its sunday, january 20th, im alisyn camerota. Here is whats happening at this hour, final precipitations underway as the nation gears up for the two day inaugural event and kicked off last night with a starstudded ball. Were live from d. C. With what you can expect. Look at that, katy perry is in our open. And the gun fight in washington it it be far from over, and why some are saying the president s gun proposal will not pass a lot of democrats feel the same way. When mitt romney said jeeps would be produced in china, the media called it the lie of the year. Guess what . Its going to be made in china. Yep, jeeps are made in china. Who is lying now, i ask . Whose hand was that. Youll find out when fox friends starts now. So no, no, jack, go back. Put your camera back where it was, there you go. Now, watch this, camera four, how close that is. Alisyn its up in your grill . Like somebody is in my face, like im a close talker. And brian, the older i get, the closer
Saying he had been on board a helicopter in iraq in the very early days of the iraq war, a chopper that he said came under rpg fire and he had not been on that helicopter. He said he made a mistake, he informs a following aircraft not the one that took fire. He conflatted the story with his memory. After that apology, nbc opened an internal review of mr. Wmts williams reporting. He said as managing editor of nbc nightly news, i have decided to take myself office of the daily broadcast for the next several days. He said upon my return i will continue my careerlong effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us. The nbc news review is still on going, but the breaking news tonight is the network announced they are suspending him without pay for six months. In a statement tonight, debra turness says the suspension is effective immediately. Brian misrepresented events that happened in the iraq war in 2003. It became clear that he had done the same while telling the st
Howard its permanent. We will be the judge of that. A big day indeed, the inauguration happening tomorrow, the world awaits a historymaking moment in our Nations Capital, we are exactly 24 hours from now, president elect donald j. Trump will be taking the oath of office to become our nations 40 for president. Preparations are now underway on the National Mall for tomorrows inauguration. That is where chief National Correspondent ed henry joins us live. Ed, what does it look like there . Good to see you, we are hearing all kinds of wonderful music as they plot out what they are going to be playing tomorrow in the runup to noon eastern time, when donald j. Trump will actually be sworn in as the nations 45th president. The weather is holding up good, it was a little bit chilly this morning, it is getting a little bit warmer right now, it is supposed to be relatively mild. A sharp difference, of course, from the first obama inaugural when we all remember how bitter cold it was here. There
Also on twitter, the president elect thanks himself for americas strong economy. And goes on to blast the president for what he calls inflammatory statements. Is the transition still really going smoothly . A crime and punishment. Cnn learns the Obama Administration is preparing to announce retaliation against russia for its interference in the u. S. President ial election. How exactly will the u. S. Punish Vladimir Putin . Wolf blitzer is off today. I am jim sciutto. You are in the situation room. Breaking news. In passionate and exceptionally blunt terms secretary of state john kerry today warned both israel and the palestinians that their actions are undermining chances for peace in the middle east. Kerry especially singled out israels expansion of settlements in the west bank, accused some israelis of hoping for a single state with no homeland at all for the palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu snapping right back, saying that israel does not need to be lectured
Republicans set to control the house, senate, and white house. We know the coming days are going to require hard work and cooperation from both sides. Mitch mcconnell of kentucky becoming Senate Majority leader, as the 115th skong rcongress opr business. Paul ryan of wisconsin easily reelected speaker of the house. This chamber might look the same but in the hushed whispers in the activity you can feel the winds of change. In 17 days, donald trump will join them as president. Completing the gop ascension to power. The optimistic applause echoing across the capitol will soon give way off to the challenges of governing, with republicans facing the burden of delivering on the change voters demanded. For making good on their pledge to repeal and replace obamacare, to passing tax reform and easing government regulations. Republicans are crafting a bold agenda. Speaker ryan called it a once in a lifetime opportunity. The people have given us unified government. And it wasnt because theyre fe