legislative priorities. she was the third campaign manager. came in, really helped turn around the shift of the campaign. a lot of people credit his win in part with kellyanne conway. helped him to improve the outreach with women voters and the first female to be named the campaign manager of a republican presidential campaign, so she is going to be right by the president s side when he enters the white house and talks about the fact she plans to move her family from new jersey to washington, dc. she s someone, as you said, has been a constant presence on tv and i anticipate that will continue into the white house. one more point in that release today, the president-elect talked about the fact that she shattered the glass ceiling. that has some democrats ranged because they associate that with hillary clinton. but a strong presence in the white house, steph. either way, the more strong and successful women we have out
reporter: significant because those comments reach a much broader yen erer audience. i wouldn t expect he ll abandon the position that christians are under attack. that s something we heard him repeatedly reiterate and as president-elect but the president-elect hasn t held a news conference since july yesterday. he held that short press avail which allowed him to get a couple of questions but it wasn t the robust back and forth with a full blown press conference. the transition officials say. he hasn t held a press conference but kellyanne conway in the news almost every day now announced she ll go from the trump campaign, and officially named counselor to the president. what is that role going to be? reporter: this is a big deal, steph. she s going to help him with messaging, with promoting his
i don t want to get into the purpose of that. [ laughter ] [ dramatic ] she s become a soap maker. stephanie: somebody had a big weekend. well healing nicely, here she is in the current news center, jacki schechner. good morning, everybody. attorney general eric holder is going to testify before congress today, now facing two different inquiries. one is likely to be the issue of the i.r.s. admitting it paid particularly close attention some conservative organizations seeking tax-exempt status. the other is the justice department s secret subpoena of the associated press s phone records over the course of two months. as for the latter, holder claims he recused himself from the national security leak investigation that led the d.o.j. to ask for the a.p. a calls. the government is looking into what may have leaked information pertaining to a foiled terrorist plot that the a.p. reported back in may of 2012. holder said it was out of an abundance of caution because o
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the next 30 minutes will be your cram session. there will be a lot going on today including new details out of syria where activists claim as many as 200 were killed by government forces. we ll have an exclusive report that takes us inside the massacre. that s it! further evidence that we need a parliamentary system here in the united states, at the very least for entertainment purposes. we ll explain what she was getting really excited about later in the show. but first, let s get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. mitt romney travels to nevada today to cam pan alongside one of his toughest opponents from the republican primary, texas governor rick perry. it was perry who suggested seven months ago that romney s record at bain capital could be a fatal flaw in his presidential bid. there s a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. venture capitalism we like. the fact of the matter is he s going to have to fac