constitution. this is for all the members of the committee. as has been widely reported, and people know this, a software is used by not hundreds of thousands but millions of americans. to each of our witnesses, i would ask, would any of you be comfortable with that software on your computers? a resounding no from me. no. no, senator. no, sir. no, senator. no, sir. on the director pompeo, on venezuela, which was mentioned in director coates s statement, as all of you are aware, armed civilian groups, these militias in the street have been armed by the regime for purposes of defending, for lack of a better term, the regime from protest protesters. we are all aware of the cozy relationship with hezbollah, a designated terrorist organization and links to
i see it s raining and it hasn t stopped the crowd. reporter: hi here in a very wet washington, but there are definitely thousands of people still here. and to give you a sense of the vibe here, ooifit s definitely celebration, a lot of people celebratiing science, tents wit astrophysics and chemistry lessons. but on the political end, we ve heard mentions from the stage behind me about alternative facts obviously referencing kellyanne conway s note of alternative facts a few months ago. and of course the idea that the administration is defunding things like the national institutes of health, cdc, things like that that promote research and disease control, that is definitely front of mind here for a lot of the protest protesters. but i want you to give a listen to folks that i talked to, sandy and gene.
protest protesters. a different tone than the campaign. he said as they were led away, they are with us. they just don t know it yet. john and alison, that is the challenge and burden for donald trump as he makes the pivot from campaigning to the governing reality. he is about finished naming his cabinet. he will name secretary of state next week. the cabinet will nearly be complete. a supreme court justice and break for the holidays and january is when it begins. john and alison. jeff zeleny, thank you. new world that president-elect trump remains executive producer of nbc s celebrity apprentice while in the white house. he hosted it for 14 seasons. arnold schwarzenegger picks up the hosting duties next month. a spokeswoman says mr. trump has a big stake in the show and conceived of it with mark burnet.
supporters. that message throughout the campaign really lasting. the biggest protest saturday night here in new york city, 25,000 people on the streets, organized by facebook, sort of two different categories. the big cities, new york city, los angeles, philly, san francisco, and portland. portland is where we have seen continued violence. 70 people arrested there saturday morning. a shooting in the early hours of saturday morning. a motorist shot by, it appears, protest protesters, unclear if it s related to the protest, but it spurred continuing protests in portland over the weekend. facebook also targeting some small cities. springfield, massachusetts, saw protests. erie, pennsylvania, saw protests. in florida, ft. lauderdale. the question will be, of course, will protests continue? this message, as you said, a little anger, but a flat rejection of donald trump s election. take a listen to what some protesters said. this election is very personal for many people. he did not win
he is alive because of that. martha: racial discrimination protests are flaring up around the country now. many of the protesters sparking questions about student activism and free speech on college campus. things got heated at yale where protest protesters sit on the people headed in the free speech conference. sending out that e-mail goes against your position. i don t agree with that. who the beep hired you? martha: i have a different vision than you. sterling beard is editor and chief for campus reform. sterling, welcome. good too to have you.