And the battle has officially begun to repeal obamacare. The first order of business is to repeal and replace obamacare. Great. But what happens next . And, a shocking video. Teens allegedly torturing, you heard me right, torturing a young man with Mental Health challenges. And they did it live on facebook, using antitrump profanities, police arresting the assailants. A city, a nation in ock. Were boing to begin today with a potentially explosive Senate Showdown over the russian hacking allegations. Thats going to take place in 30 minutes. Top u. S. Intelligence officials are set to testify for the first time after that Senate Hearing as president elect donald trump is still doubting whether russia was really involved. Senator john mccain, who you know has been very tough on russia, is set to deliver the opening remarks. Were going to take you there en it happens. And guess what, we have a team of the best reporters and analysts today, standing by, with new and latereaking details. I w
Their bombshell conclusion that moscow deployed hackers to meddle in the u. S. Election. That conclusion accepted by lawmakers in both parties. Facing new doubts and sharper criticism from their next comment in chief. President elect donald trump vowing to over all the Intelligence Community. Today some members of his own party are voicing alarm. Cnns Phil Mattingly is on capitol hill. Justice correspondent evan perez is in washington. I want to start with you, phil. Good morning. Reporter good morning. In about a half hour, well see the first public airing about russian malicious activities. The first sustained questioning from congressional officials on capitol hill in public. The president elect making very clear his distrust of this assessment, his distrust of what intelligence officials have told the media, have released publicly and told lawmakers behind closed doors. Who is going to be on the hill today . Director of National Intelligence, james clapper, the man who overseas the
The country. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Tonight more mixed messages as the Trump Administration struggles on communicate clear Foreign Policy goals. Just moments ago, President Trump and nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg stepped in front of the cameras together for the first time. During the ely presidency, presidt trum openly questions natos relevance. Tend alliance was, quote, objection least. Since taking office the president has softened those sxomts today they had to say. I said it was obsolete. It is no longer obsolete. In facing our common challenges, we must ensure nato members meet their financial obligations and pay what they owe. Many have not been doing that. Secretary general, i am honored to have you here today and to reaffirm our commitment to this alliance, and to enduring values that we proudly, and i mean very proudly share. Next week House Speaker paul ryan will be traving to europe with a bynum delegation with the goal of what they call strengt
House. But we begin with catherine. First to get exerpts of the memo. Thanks. The white house sent a letter to the House Intelligence Committee confirming the president used his authority as commander and chief to declassify the records without changing. The memo paints a troubling picture. The 4page republican staff memo makes the case that the secret National Security court was kept in the dark by the fbi and Justice Department when they sought a surveillance warrant for Trump Campaign aide carter page. The court was never told the former british spy was paid by democrats to put together the trump dossier. Christopher steele admited to bruce ohr his feelings against candidate and said, quote ohr was demoted over his contacts with steele and simpson whose Opposition Research fun fusion gps directed the trump project. Bank records show ohrs wife worked for fusion gps and began investigating trump in may 2016. Republican investigators said the court was never told about the dossiers pol
Walter reed medical center. President trum top day choosing to spend this mothers day golfing while his aides scramble to defend mounting scandals. Kelly sad letters insensitive comments about senator john mccain continue to make waves and news. Sadler said mccains opposition to the president s pick to be cia director doesnt matter because, hes dying anyway. Thats according to sources with direct knowledge of that remark. Theyre defending sadler. A source familiar says that she said i stand with kelly sadler. And that same report claims that press secretary Sarah Huckabee handers is ha sanders with the leak. They say this is unlikely to be lost on her. Nbcs jeff bennett joins me from the white house with the latest. Jeff, hope me with the strategy here. There is the comment reprehensible as it was. The white house choosing not to engage on that. It was first reported by the news service. Highlighting the naktfact that leak occurred. What are sources telling you about why the white hous