Iway have, you understand why. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. That . I think the American People are going to see a presidt inaugurated this friday who is going to keep the promise he made on election night, to be president of all of the people of this country. I have to tell you that the polls werent always right during the election year, so i have am a little skeptical about the polls going into inauguration, but i can tell you that the president elect and our whole team are ready to go to work and really just advance the kind of policies that to borrow his phrase will make America Great again. Pelley dont miss charlies interview first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. What will mr. Trump say in his first speech as president . Well, our chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett has learned some of the details and joins us this evening. Major, what do you know . Reporter scott, that slogan make America Great again, the speech i
It is inauguration day. So early in the morning. Alreadyre is i amendments to it, things in washington that are so different than anything we have seen in our lifetime. And many people would say pretty much within the modern political ear. It will be different today in washington. Nrancine like its bee different for the last six months. A busy show from the u. S. Treasury secretary and the harvard present emeritus, larry summers. Then the riksbank Deputy Governor. Secretaryato general. Lets get to bloomberg first word news. Donald trump has promised to unify america as he prepares to move into the white house. Speaking on the eve of his inauguration in washington, he vowed to carry out his campaign wages to harden the borders and strengthen the military. Mr. Trump it is a movement that started and it is a Movement Like weve never seen anywhere in the world, they say. Theres never been a Movement Like this. And its something very, very special. And were going to unify our country. And o
Success in business. But i really would like to see more of this issue of what america stands for. Your minds not made up then . No. What are your concerns for the Trump Administration Going Forward . Primarily russia right now. He continues to say things about how we can improve things with russia and putins not so bad, those kinds of things. Look, ive watched three president s, scott. All came to the presidency saying, well have a new arrangement with russia. Vladimir putin understands strength, and we have to show him strength and that the price for him to pay for further aggression exceeds whatever gains he may make. Thats how we won the cold war. John mccain. In our poll, americans are evenly split on president elect about 39 approve, 40 disapprove. Nancy cordes reports some of the nominees are getting a tough grilling. Were a compassionate society. No, we are not a compassionate society. Reporter democrats interrogated two of the nominees so intensely today, that one one of them
Leader, Chuck Schumer. Did Obama White House officials leave a trail to make it easier for congress to investigate russia and the election . Ill ask a man who would know, the former director of National Intelligence under president obama, james clapper. And President Trumps tweet claiming president obama tapped his phones. Can the white house provide evidence, or is the president just trying to get people to stop talking about russia . Joining me for insight and analysis, tom freyiedman from t New York Times. Kim strassel. Democratic polster Cornell Belcher and Danielle Pletka from the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. Its a pretty good bet that the white house hoped and expected that the big story this week would be President Trumps initially well received speech to the nation on tuesday night. Instead, almost immediately the white house was back in a defensive crouch, forced to fight off a parade of new revelations linking the
That meeting. I have recused myself in the matters that deal with the Trump Campaign. That statement by the attorney general on thursday came after the Washington Post revealed sessions met twice last year with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Sessions scrambled to clarify. In retrospect i should have slowed down and said, but i did meet one russia official a couple of times. That would be the ambassador. Sessions met with kislyak on july 18th after speaking to a group of ambassadors at the republican convention. And he met again with the Russian Ambassador at his Senate Office on september 8th, just three days after president obama took a hardline on russian sanctions in a g20 meeting with Vladimir Putin. Since the election mr. Trump and his surrogates have repeatedly denied any contact between the campaign and russian officials. I am just telling you, its all phony baloney garbage. All the contact by the Trump Campaign and associates was with the American People. So youre not aware