Had their dreams come true. New years, i watched it here in new york city, it was unbelievable this year. The weather was so cooperative, the entertainment was unbelievable, and its exciting to get onto 2017, and in about three weeks its going to even be a little more exciting. I feel like im in a locker major giving us a little pepto. Lets get started. On capitol hill, lawmakers set to be sworn in and members expected to reelect paul ryan as speaker of the house prayed once that is done, republicans who will be soon in charge of both the white house and congress for the first time in a decade say they have an order of business to be able to who repeal and replace obamacare. Lawmakers will also take a look at overhauling taxes and reversing obama era regulations. And the senate will start vetting president elect Donald Trumps cabinet picks, who Many Democrats say they plan to target. Chief congressional corresponded, our friend mike emanuel, joins us from the hill. Busy guy. Hey, mike.
International uproar and condemnation from two American Allies as the president shared antimuslim videos posted by a fringe nationalist group. Theresa may issued review for the statement. Speaking of the political party. Trump we tweeted may said britain first seeks to divide communities in its own narrative. This causes anxiety to lawabiding people. British people overwhelmingly reject the president s rhetoric of the far right which is the antithesis of what this country respects. It is wrong for the president. Last night you can imagine trump tweeted a response intended for may, writing theresa may, dont focus on me, focus on the destructive raid later retweeted. Also responded to the president s retweet. The embassy tweeted out to the president. Facts do matter. Theyre a prepare traitor of the violent act born and raised in the netherlands. He received and completed sentence under dutch law. Meanwhile the white house defended the president s words despite the fact whether its a real
joining us now, jacqueline klein. politico reporter. talk to us the about what ayman was discussing which is flynn. and the fact he may be cooperating. how is the national security community reacting to this. this is definitely a big development. it s just we re kind of waiting, waiting to see what comes next with the russia investigation. i don t think we ve seen the end of this for sure. there s still a lot left to be done. people are saying we don t expect this investigation to wrap up this year. some people are saying the end of this congress so we could have another year for more revelation of this to come out. let me ask you quickly about the senate relations committee convening a panel to discuss the president s nuclear authority. there s been some concern about how that system of directing an order of nuclear strike would play out. what were some of tv key take was during this conversation on the hill. some senators expressed some concern that president trump has the auth