we re going to take it step-by-step, just the facts, but i m not optimistic that the trump-hating press, and that s t lot of them, are ever going to concede anything. we ll see. bob woodward. we will see. it should be taken very seriously. bill: absolutely. this is a big story.to and there s no ambiguity of, oh, we re just investigating. this is evidence allegedly. bill: we have to figure out what president obama knew, and that puts the thing in the stratosphere. directly ahead, terror in london, another horrific attack. and later, charles krauthammer will weigh in on the trump tap deal. we ll be right back. from a dry, over time it can lead to cavities and bad breath. that s why there is biotene, the # 1 dry mouth brand recommended by dentists. biotene. for people who suffer from a dry mouth.
efforts to compromise the president-elect, what exactly are you learning? that is exactly right, don, and a lot of teamwork went into this. multiple u.s. officials with direct knowledge of these briefings, told the president that they had direct knowledge presented to president obama and president-elect trump, including allegations that russian operatives claimed to have compromising, both personal and financial information, on the president-elect, and allegations based on memos compiled by a british operative. the fbi is investigating both the credibility, the accuracy of the allegations of the president-elect, made mostly from russian sources. but i should make clear it has not confirmed most of the details about president-elect trump. they were presented by four of
a washington opposition research firm that was doing work for opponents of donald trump, both republicans and democrats. and these people in washington containment up wi came up wit lot of financial information about donald trump s investments, about russia, about his trips to russia and loans from russia. and they decided they needed more investigation. they then hired this former mi-6 investigator who has ostensibly, according to american sources, great sources in russia. and he became so concerned by what he found about donald trump, again, we don t know the accuracy of the allegations given to him by the russians, he then took the information to the fbi. to the fbi station in rome in august, gave them what he had
throughout the entire speech, which is what you can do going forward and how we cannot be governed by fear. and that was so important. it was a clear message from him. my take away from it is this is a president who is very emotional about leaving office. and a little bit worried about what is going to come next. also john, giving a perspective of sort of how he sees the country and politics in america today. good and bad. and at a time when we do tend to argue over every issue and play out the debate over every issue or every little tweet, we should say, we should recognize the turning of a page and the close of a chapter of our history. this was a huge moment. it was history, he said a lot of people, the volunteers different think it was possible. back when he started to run, a lot of people didn t think he would get past the clintons, the
very real struggles for justice to the challenges that a lot of people in this country face. not only the immigrant, or the rural poor, or the transgender american, but also the middle aged white guy who from the outside may seem like he has advantages but has seen his world upended by economic, and cultural and technological change. we have to pay attention and listen. david, he is talking about donald trump s america there. well, and i want to pick up on what axelrod was just saying because i think it s so important. what i think the president spoke to tonight was the importance of standing by your democracy even when it s hard. for all of those opponents of donald trump, for all of those who voted for hillary clinton, who were barack obama supporters, now you have a new political reality. it s still a time to be engaged,