fraud making the unfounded claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted in the election. voted for hillary clinton. he was promising a federal investigation into what would be, if true, the biggest case of voter fraud in america s history. again, if true, so as we mentioned, that was a week ago. made headlines subject to, you know, a lot of discussion on news and newspapers which makes tonight seem like a good time to check in on that promise. cnn s jeff zeleny has been doing digging for us on that. jeff, this executive order that president trump said he would sign last week opening an investigation into his claim that millions of people voted illegally in the election. what do we know? anderson, it was a week ago today he was supposed to sign it in the oval office and it didn t happen. at the time he said he was running out of time taking the first trip out of washington to philadelphia and then they said he would sign it on friday and saturday. it didn t happen but we do kn
tell us about the cleanup effort on the call including white house meeting with the australian al bas ambassador. the ambassador met with chief of staff reince priebus and the chief strategist steve bannon that conveyed administration for the president. this did not include rex tillerstillers nr tillersn tillerson or michael flynn. thanks very much. it s become the question to ask after so many reports lately is this the norm or are we in uncharted territory when it comes to presidential behavior, phone calls and why are we hearing normally closely guarded inside details coming out of it seems the white house. joining me is carl bernstein.
these are early days in the trump white house but it is already clear that steve bannon is a major force field in the oval office. time magazine put him on the cover calling him great manipulator. headlined is he most power man in the world. he s in the president s inner circle with a seat on the security council. nancy pelosi called bannon a white supremacist and said putting on the nsc is making america less safe. brietbart news which bannon said is for the alt-right, extreme views. in the past bannon talked a lot about views of muslims and refugees and islam.
you know, initially there were things done, which seemed to give the signal what netanyahu did was took encouragement from some of the things trump said and went forward and very aggressively proposed some of these things and announced himself. it s unclear it s the right wing doing it. it s that he s doing it. expansion of settlements but also creation of a new one. exactly. there is this issue of expansion with an existing block, which is one thing, new settlement is a more provocative move. i wonder if recalibration is the result of some of trump s team getting more firmly in place, so mattis is really now acting as secretary of defense. he s already on a foreign trip. tillerson probably moved in in a significant way and perhaps you re having some weigh in and provide some of the professional and historical context.
of inconsistency. you know, initially there were things done, which seemed to give the signal what netanyahu did was took encouragement from some of the things trump said and went forward and very aggressively proposed some of these things and announced himself. it s unclear it s the right wing doing it. it s that he s doing it. expansion of settlements but also creation of a new one. exactly. there is this issue of expansion with an existing block, which is one thing, new settlement is a more provocative move. i wonder if recalibration is the result of some of trump s team getting more firmly in place, so mattias is now really acting as secretary of defense. he s already on a foreign trip. tillerson probably moved in in a significant way and perhaps you re having some weigh in and provide some of the professional and historical context. onset settlements for seven, ei