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senator for a grand total of three months, elected in 1948, sworn in on new year s eve. and then he dropped dead in march. a that was it. that was his whole time in the senator. and before people got used to the idea they had a senator named joseph brotten, the voters didn t get to replace him. the governor got to replace him. it was an open seat. the governor of north carolina decided to look to a very prominent north carolina citizen to take brotten s senate seat. he decided to give it to the president of the university of north carolina. and the president of the university of north carolina at that time, 1949, was a really interesting guy. he came from an academic background, he had been a history professor, but was a very politically skilled guy. when he became president of unc, he got lots of funding and made a lot of impacts. there was previously a quota of the number of jews that they would accept at the school. but when he came president, he drafted the jew quot ....
direct campaign to interfere in our election process. dni head james clapper making it crystal clear at a congressional hearing yesterday that all 17 u.s. intelligence agencies believed russia meddles with the u.s. election. i do think that public trust and confidence in the intelligence community is crucial. and incorrectly calling out trump for his repeated attempts to undermine his conclusion. but i think there s a difference between skepticism and discouragement. but trump continues to strike a tone tweeted it was supposedly hacked by russia. how and why are they so sure about hacking. what is going on? and retired general martin dempsey breaking his rule not to comment on politics tweeting intelligence is hard thankless work. fortunately we have dedicated patriotic and courageous men and women on the job. thanks. grow up donald. grow up. calling trumps comments dangerous. for a president not to have confidence in to not be prepared to listen to the ....
mitt let us down. he let us down. mr. trump is a con man, a fake. he choked, like a dog he choked. a preview of tomorrow s trump/romney meeting. there are some things you just can t imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. all in starts right now. he choked. good evening from new york. i m steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight. donald trump making three major picks for his national security team. the head of the cia trump tapping representative mike pompeo, a kansas republican who serves on the house intelligence committee. former army officer who supports the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques and opposing closing guantanamo bay. best known for his aggressive questioning during the benghazi hearings of hillary clinton, accusing her of failing to act when american lives were on the line. come payo has to be confirmed by the senate if he s going to take over the cia. on the other side there s no confirmation necessary when it co ....
and before people got used to the idea they had a senator named joseph brotten, the voters didn t get to replace him. the governor got to replace him. it was an open seat. the governor of north carolina decided to look to a very prominent north carolina citizen to take brotten s senate seat. he decided to give it to the president of the university of north carolina. and the president of the university of north carolina at that time, 1949, was a really interesting guy. background, he had been a history professor, but was a very politically skilled guy. when he became president of unc, he got lots of funding and made a lot of impacts. there was previously a quota of the number of jews that they would accept at the school. but when he came president, he drafted the jew quota. he was unexpectedly vaulted into the united states senate when he was asked to fill that open seat the seat unexpectedly died. when frank porter graham was given that seat in 1949, in north carolina, ....
joins us from trump tower. the president-elect s son-in-law, what are you learning about his plans to avoid conflicts of interest? and is he even legally allowed to take this position according to anti-nepotism laws that are in place? reporter: those are the big questions, anderson. donald trump made a major announcement today, tapping his son-in-law jared kushner to be a senior adviser to the president. there was a lot of discussion about this for several weeks, but officials held a conference call with reporters and laid out the case that they believe yes, jared kushner is legally able to serve as a senior adviser to donald trump despite the fact that he is the president-elect s son-in-law. they say he does not violate federal anti-nepotism laws, laws put in place in the 1960s after john f. kennedy tapped his brother, bobby kennedy, to be attorney general. later, congress and lawmakers decided that that was no longer something that should be done in this country, so ....