At todays sessions hearing. The equivalent of being made to go to the back of the bus. Major holes in tillersons sanctuary. Were we lobbying before or against . Im a germaphobe, believe me. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. There are just nine days until donald trump becomes president of the United States. Today we were inundated with news, much of it disturbing, about what to expect when he takes office. In fact there was so much news today it is, frankly, impossible for us to fully cover what we saw and heard, which may well have been the point. We are going to aggressively cover the issues we have deemed most important and they are big ones. Among them, the President Elect evoking nazi germany to characterize u. S. Intelligence agencies, offering kind words to the russians who the Intelligence Community believe hacked the dnc and clinton campaign. Trumps Secretary Of State pick exxonmobil Ceo Rex Tillerson possibly lying under oath at his Conf
to seek information or guidance. you have a lobby disclosure form because you are taking a specific position for or against a specific piece of legislation or regulatory action. that thing about getting information is not tenable because you don t need to do that to file a disclosure form. they were clearly lobbying against sanctions on iran, russia and other iterations of those sanction regimes. so was this fundamentally deceptive? i asked at the beginning but he says he never personally lobbied then you have your colleague saying you called me. do you feel the answers he gave today were forthcoming and truthful? no, i have serious questions as to what he answered. on the whole sanctions regime, which is part of our limited arsenal of peaceful diplomacy tools so you don t have to go to war over disputes, he had it all over the place. he has a history of lobbying against it to exxonmobil then he says they can be powerful a
you don t have to say that s why you should oppose it. absolutely. mr. tillerson said it was to seek information and guidance. well, you don t have to have a lobby disclosure form in order to seek information or guidance. you have a lobby disclosure form because you are taking a specific position for or against a specific piece of legislation or regulatory action. that thing about getting information is not tenable because you don t need to do that to file a disclosure form. they were clearly lobbying against sanctions on iran, russia and other iterations of those sanction regimes. so was this fundamentally deceptive? i asked at the beginning but he says he never personally lobbied then you have your colleague saying you called me. do you feel the answers he gave today were forthcoming and truthful? no, i have serious questions as to what he answered. on the whole sanctions regime, which is part of our limited arsenal of peaceful diplomacy tools so you don t have to go to
here s the network s latest attempt involving president obama s memoirs. government records show that the state department purchased more than $70,000 worth of his three books for use in embassies around the world. oh. sounds really sinister, doesn t it? but white house press secretary jay carney shot down any conspiracies. he said individual embassies around the world buy these books and use them as diplomacy tools. they do the same thing with president clinton s book and with george w. bush s book. but fox keeps trying. well, there s no evidence the white house knew about these book buys. the president does still collect royalties on some of these titles. so he likely made a few thousand dollars here, megan.
you need a car you can count on. here s the network s latest attempt involving president obama s memoirs. government records show that the state department purchased more than $70,000 worth of his three books for use in embassies around the world. oh. sounds really sinister, doesn t it? but white house press secretary jay carney shot down any conspiracies. he said individual embassies around the world buy these books and use them as diplomacy tools. they do the same thing with president clinton s book and with george w. bush s book. but fox keeps trying. well, there s no evidence the white house knew about these book buys. the president does still collect