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
Administration taking shape before your eyes on capitol hill right now. Look what you see on your screen. As were awaiting weve got senator Jeff Sessions being questioned about the executive branch privileges. That is the power donald trump will have as president. And in this hour, in 29 minutes, retired marine fourstar general john kelly will take the stand in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. President elect trump asked a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan to be the face for some of his most controversial policies, border control, mass deportation. We could see some fireworks on both those issues. That is now in 28 minutes. Of the white house, president obama getting ready to make his grandfatherwell speech tonight. Adam shapiro is right there to tell us what you should expect to hear. We have two huge interviews to talk about all. A fox business exclusive. Billionaire bond king, Jeffrey Gundlach is one of the most respects voices across wall street and main s
Taking the questions, the rapidfire from a wide range. One of the things my predecessors have suggested is to sit down at a podium and pretend reporters ask you real questions to try to make sure you understand the depth and breadth of what will come your way on a daily basis. But its making sure you get up to speed on some hot button issues. Sit down with some of the key players who will be playing key roles in the administration to develop those relationships to get a better understanding of the issues and also, getting used to the rhythm of taking the incoming questions in the way they do at the podium. Host you talked to josh earnest. Any advice, anything you took away from that conversation and also touring his office and the west wing . Ms. Conway josh and the Communications Director were generous with their time and counsel. They shared with me some of the challenges they face and some of the ideas they had. And a lot of it was just me asking questions about procedurally what th