Regret recommending its elimination. When all in starts right now. Good evening from washington, d. C. , im chris hayes. In 16 hours, around noon tomorrow just a few miles from here donald trump will be sworn in as the president of the United States of america. Just hours after having received a briefing that only 11 other americans have ever gotten on how to launch a Nuclear Weapon and potentially start a nuclear war. This was the scene tonight, trump at the inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial where he took in performances from among others Lee Greenwood, toby keith, three doors down and an act known as the piano guys who did a cover of a one direction song on an open piano then performed a strong for the trump faithful called its gonna be okay. When all the singing was over, it was the president elects turn to address his supporters. Im the messenger. Im just the messenger. And we were tired. And i love you. Believe me, i love you. We all got tired of seeing what was happeni
Confirmation chaos, raising questions about the new administrations readiness to resume power. Some nominees facing ethical questions as others under scrutiny for what appears to be a lack of readiness for said agency. The Biggest Issue may be that hundreds of highlevel jobs, not the top jobs but just underneath remain unfilled which raises the question is who exactly is running this government starting at noon tomorrow. On the question of ethics, trumps treasury secretary pick Steve Mnuchin, grilled on the hill today about omissions in his Financial Disclosures. And, of course, his lucrative work on wall street during the foreclosure crisis. When pressed, he acknowledged his Company Acted improperly by foreclosing on military families. Is it true that one west independent audit firm said that it violated the Service Members civil relief act by initiating foreclosures on 54 active duty military families . Yes or no. We unfortunately did foreclose on certain people in the military. It w
Sponsor terrorism. We also have sanctions against countries that are violating our International Norms on democratic principles. Russia is top on that list. Im going to ask you questions for the record as to your views on the current sanctions and strengthening sanctions. We have Bipartisan Legislation to strengthen the sanctions, particularly with russias attack against americas democratic election institutions. But i want to make sure i understand. You are committed to enforcing the sanctions against russia . 100 so. And i think the president elect has made it very clear that he would only change those sanctions if he got, quote, a better deal than we got something in return, whether it was on nuclear arms or other areas. But, yes, senator, ive talked to you about this. In response to the questions asked about using the irs, make sure its not used for partisan reasons, you will enforce these sanctions without regard to a persons party, affiliation or office . Of course. I think terro
Here. After grilling trumps treasury nominee today. Im pretty surprised, mr. Mnuchin, im surprised you dont know these things. And rick perry learns about his government. After being briefed on so many of the vital functions of the department of energy i regret recommending its elimination. When all in starts right now. Good evening from washington, d. C. , im chris hayes. In 16 hours, around noon tomorrow just a few miles from here donald trump will be sworn in as the president of the United States of america. Just hours after having received a briefing that only 11 other americans have ever gotten on how to launch a Nuclear Weapon and potentially start a nuclear war. This was the scene tonight, trump at the inauguration concert at the Lincoln Memorial where he took in performances from among others Lee Greenwood, toby keith, three doors down and an act known as the piano guys who did a cover of a one direction song on an open piano then performed a strong for the trump faithful calle
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