Incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus and two top intelligence experts, former cia director ambassador James Woolsey and former acting cia director mike morell. New jersey senator cory booker will tell us how democrats plan to fight republican efforts. And we will have plenty of political analysis too. It is all ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation, i am john dickerson, we are here thon very chilly morning with senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell who is making his first appearance on the sunday show since the election, welcome, mr. Leader. Good morning. Dickerson lets start with the russian efforts to medal in the u. S. Efforts. Yes. Dickerson you strongly condemned those efforts, why do you think donald trump hasnt . The way to look at his attitude towards the russians is look at the Incoming National security leaders, general mattis, general kelly, congressman pompeo, senator coates, none of these are people who are in any way conflicted about th
Incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus and two top intelligence experts, former cia director ambassador James Woolsey and former acting cia director mike morell. New jersey senator cory booker will tell us how democrats plan to fight republican efforts. And we will have plenty of political analysis too. It is all ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation, i am john dickerson, we are here thon very chilly morning with senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell who is making his first appearance on the sunday show since the election, welcome, mr. Leader. Good morning. Dickerson lets start with the russian efforts to medal in the u. S. Efforts. Yes. Dickerson you strongly condemned those efforts, why do you think donald trump hasnt . The way to look at his attitude towards the russians is look at the Incoming National security leaders, general mattis, general kelly, congressman pompeo, senator coates, none of these are people who are in any way about the view that
Colors. I think that the evolution of his views is really quite clear. I think he started out with one set of views and they have evolved as he has learned more. I think a lot of people were enlightened by the 25 page memo that the Intelligence Committee put out, and made it a lot clearer how involved the russians have been. I have been saying for some weeks that disinformation, otherwise known as lying is more or less a permanent fixture of the russian propaganda system, and that is something that they have now transitioned over into using it or adopting that technique with cyber, not just with publications and so forth as thats have for the last 50, 60, 70 years. Dickerson how should people understand the level of certainty here . I mean, with this report as they think about how to interpret this and donald trump has been skeptical, so how tight are the findings here . When you read the report, it seems thin in evidence. It is mostly the assessment. Here is what we think. The evidenc
As a panel discussion, questions, expertise. We would like to thank the city of charlottesville during question and answer portion we ask you please wait for a microphone to be brought to you so you may be recorded. Stay tuned. And i want to introduce a wonderful panel of authors. Ottet these are some of the top reporters that delve into politics and we have a panel for you today. I want to start with our friend frank sasso, the power of question to open doors, uncover solutions and to spark change, hes a former White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau chief and is now the director of the school of mediao Public Affairs at George Washington university and has interviewed dozens of leaders including five u. S. President s. I believe it might be sick with this one. Wi [laughter] of is also the creator of planet for it. Nd lets give him a round of applause. [applause]. Tallness next, the author of the death of expertise, professionaa of National Security at the the Naval College an
And make America Great again. Meaghan well talk with former speaker of the house and Trump Transition Team member newt gingrich, and after a thorough defeat, democrats look to rebuild. Well sit down with former president ial hopeful senator Bernie Sanders and talk about that and his new book. Well also hear from our Politics Panel and sit down with cbs news journalists you dont normally see on camera, our 2016 embedded campaign reporters. What did they learn from voters along the way . Its all ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation. Im john dickerson. President elect donald trump sat down with 60 minutes lesley stahl on friday. She asked mr. Trump which Campaign Promises he expects to keep. Lets go through very quickly some of the promises you made and tell us if youre going to do what you said or if youre going to change it in any way. Are you really going to build a wall . Yes. Reporter theyre talking about a fence in the republican congress. Would you