Much for being with us. I think everybody around the set this morning has concluded it was remarkable speech yesterday. But equally remarkable to us is the fact that donald trump, who contributed to your campaign and said wonderful things about you not so long ago, is now calling you a bigot. You went to his wedding. You said he was a fun guy. But now youre talking about him stoking the flames of racism. Do you think donald trump is personally a bigot or a racist . Because he said you are. Well, joe, all i can do is point to the evidence of what he has said and what he has done, and from the start he has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia. And its deeply disturbing that he is taking hate groups that lived in the dark regions of the internet, making them mainstream, helping a radical fringe take over the republican party. He questions the citizenship of president obama. He has a disturbing pattern of courting white supremacists. He has been sued for housing discrimination agai
Kremlin calling. Trump and vladamir putin speak by phone, with the russian president congratulating the president elect on his white house win. Their discussion covering shared threats, economic issues, and the u. S. Russia relationship. Are frosty ties between washington and moscow about to thaw . Trump change. The president elect is apparently shifting his views on some of his most controversial policy proposals. From immigration to abortion to samesex marriage. What change is he planning to push for . Clearance controversy. Cnn learned that president elect trump wants his Adult Children to have clearance for access to classified intelligence and wants his soninlaw to be able to see top secret government information. So what role will the trump Children Play in his administration . We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. The breaking news tonight. President obama speaking out about the man who will replac
Possibly the two most important jobs in that white house, and both of them have zero experience in government. And thats the nicest thing you can say about one of them. The president elect tapping as his top strategist, steven bannon. In is a historic decision in a bad way. Bannon has a clear tie to White Nationalists. Clear tie. Jewish and muslim groups and a slough of democrats infuriated. He wanted breitbart to be a platform for the altright. The guy that i know isnt any of those things. Hes a nightmare. Keep reminding yourself, this is not normal. You have to prepare for life to knock you off course. And even though i know what went wrong, ill stand before the lord of song with nothing on my song but hallelujah. We are all on one team. We are americans first. Nobody said democracys supposed to be easy. Its hard. Real change comes from people who make up their minds that if they Say Something they will do something. Hallelujah im not giving up, and neither should you. The next white
And tired of hearing about your damn emails. And is donald trump really cured of his birtherism . He was born in the United States, do you confirm that . I confirm that. Tonight the evidence of the contrary and a reminder of how donald trump launched his political career with an obama conspiracy theory. The fact is, he doesnt have a birth certificate. Why doesnt she show his birth certificate . Im starting to think he was not born here. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. As u. S. Russia relations have taken center stage in the president ial race, tonight we have breaking news. Secretary of state john kerry and a Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov have announced a breakthrough agreement on syria, including a ceasefire beginning monday. Unhindered access to areas like aleppo. These appear toor concrete steps taken by the Obama Administration and russia to Work Together to end the syrian civil war, to combat isis, although assads fate remains und
Continues to take shape. The search for secretary of state narrowed down to these four candidates. Close trump adviser Newt Gingrich hammering mitt romney after his highprofile dinner with trump tuesday night. You have never, ever in your career seen a serious adults wealthy, independent, been a president ial nominee suck up at the rate that mitt romney is sucking up. Reporter trump also facing blistering criticism from the left over his newly appointed economic team. Elizabeth warren slamming trumps pick for treasury secretary, former Goldman Sachs Steve Mnuchin who made big money off the 2008 housing crisis. He promised when he was running for president that he would break the connection between wall street and this congress. And then what does he do . He turns around and picks a guy who had actually been one of the people who helped do all of those lousy mormortgages. Reporter the president elects team defending the pick. Take someone like steve who understands how the system works