President elect and House Republicans. You wouldnt have guessed wed have that right off the bat. The plresidentelect is responding to House Republicans, the vote they had last night to gut the office of independent ethics. The president elect tweeting with all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watch dog, as unfair as it is, the number one priority . Kasie, explain this to me. What exactly happened last night . So, steph, what happened was republicans met yesterday behind closed doors to set the rules for how the next congress is going to operate. Theres a lot of frustration among rank and file members about how this Congressional Office of ethics has operated. A lot of them feel stung, a lot of them can become public and create a pr problem. And that may be true, even if it doesnt result in charges or wrong doing. But the leadership spoke out against this, Kevin Mccarthy, paul ryan said this isnt the right time to do this.
Day one. Mitch mcconnell as a message for democrats based on his own experience. He says it is time to grow up. The democrats are frustrated they lost the election. I know how it feels when youre coming into a new situation when the other guys won the election. What did we do . We confirmed seven cabinet appointments the day president obama was sworn in. We didnt like most of them, either, but he won the election. Martha a spoonful of sugar on that one. John roberts live a trump tower. Quite a week, john. Indeed. This is going to be a very big week for the Incoming Trump administration. Nine of his cabinet nominees are up for confirmation hearings scheduled for them this week. Dont know if all of them will come off. Two of the thorniest is Jeff Sessions for attorney general. That one is scheduled to get underway tomorrow. Rex tillerson as well for secretary of state expected to begin wednesday. Democrats are complaining when it comes to trumps richest cabinet picks some of them dont ye
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The new opinion page editor for the Washington Times ill be taking autographs from him later charlie hurt is here, hes outnumbered. [laughter] boy, theres a lot going on in the world. Oh, my goodness, its incredible. Everything out of turkey and berlin, its just really, reallier terrifying. Harris a good time to have a great editor onboard. Thanks for being here. The Christmas Market in berlin where two americans were injured in mondays attack is reopening today under tight security. And more chilling details emerging about the refugee from tunisia who is europes most wanted man. At one point he was scheduled to be deported, but a mistake with paperwork kept him in germany. His brothers are speaking out, urging the suspect to give himself up. Watch. Translator im shocked, like every tunisian citizen, who heard about it. When the police came to the house to take my mom, we knew it was my brother. Translator if he is watching me now, i just want to blame him for what he has done. Harris
To worship according to our own beliefs. That is why i will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution, i will do that, remember. Jenna we will talk a little bit more about that, in the meantime President Trump is grappling with confirmation battles over several nominees, also follow from a reportedly tense phone call with one of americas closest allies. And pushback from iran, after tough talk from the white house on that countrys band missile test, lets go to our chief White House Correspondent john roberts, who has nothing to talk about these days. John, if you can, what is the latest . Good morning to you, yes, also something to talk about, lots to talk about here. The president and the National Security council are in the deliberative process we are told at the moment, trying to figure out how to best respond to irans provocations with the missile test. The possibility they could inclu