kushner is resigning from all other jobs. he is transferring some, but not all assets. one is the new york observer to a family trust. he will work in the white house for no pay. as for the nepotism issue, his lawyer who worked in the clinton administration, is seen as someone friendly to democrats. she says the president-elect or when he will be president, he has sweeping authority to pick advisors. the nepotism laws don t cover the white house. it covers agencies. trump has yet to explain how or if he will separate interests from the presidency. he might do that tomorrow in the scheduled fuss conferennews con. he spoke to reporters briefly yesterday. it is simple. easy. been ready for a while. very easy to do. have you started that process? yes. very much. it is simple process.
4 inches of rain and expect at least another 4 to 10 inches on top of what they already had. so flooding is a big potential. also landslides are going to be triggered likely in the coming s days as we add more moisture. snow pack will increase areas of the sierra could pick up a few more feet on top of what they already had. then on the eastern half of the country, we are talking the temperature change. atlanta from 55 to the 70s by friday. d.c. in the 60s by thursday. allison, thank you. so they agreed on the brexit, but not much else. now the united kingdom, boris johnson is in the united states meeting with trump s team and top republicans. we will tell you how that is going next. but it doesn t cover everything.
be questioned about his business ties. bob corker says he does not think tillerson s views on russia will be a problem. i don t get the sense his views on russia are out of the mainstream at all. look, obviously on both sides of the aisle, people will ask that question. manu raju tracking down corker there. wait, there s more. senior officials, including the heads of the cia and fbi will testify about russian hacking. they will focus on the u.s. armed forces. it is noted that two of trump s senior cabinet nominees are recently retired generals. james mattis and john kelly. for the latest on this, let s bring in ryan brown live in washington for your early start debut. reporter: that s right. the first time the leaders of
welcome back to early start. i m john berman. i m christine romans. 31 minutes past the hour. word that new jersey senator cory booker will take the unprecedented step of testifying against the confirmation of another sitting senator. this doesn t happen. booker has been added to the witness list for senator jeff sessions hearing on wednesday. the second day of session hearings which begin today. booker says he is concerned about trump s pick for attorney general. especially what he calls sessions failure to defend civil rights, minority and lgbt americans. he said i do not take lightly the decision to testify lightly. the immense powers of the attorney general and this nominee is a call to conscious. the attorney general is required for the fair administration of justice. i lack confidence that sessions can honor this duty. also set to testify against the confirmation is senator john
as for the nepotism question. kushner s lawyer argues that the president-elect has sweeping authority to pick advisors he chooses. the white house is not an agency is one of the ways they are trying to look at this. mr. trump is scheduled to address his own potential conflict of interests tomorrow. speaking to reporters on monday, trump talked about divesting. all i can say it is simple and easy. get ready for a wow. very, very easy to do. have you started that process? yes, very much so. a lot of it is a simple process. cnn will have full coverage of the news conference. his first in nearly six months. tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. confirmation hearings for the president-elect s secretary of homeland security nominee. general john kelly. this as the confirmation hearings for secretary of