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replacement in sight. repeal and replace is going great. and racial bias, excessive force and reckless shootings. today s doj report on the chicago police department when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. there is just one week to go until donald trump becomes the president of the united states. he has not even taken office yet and already trump is historically unpopular. his transition, arguably clouded by more serious scandals and controversy than all eight years of the obama administration combined. as questions mount about the circumstances of trump s election and his alleged ties to a foreign adversary. democrats appear to be reaching a breaking point. in an interview with chuck todd, georgia congressman, civil rights icon john lewis became the first to declare openly what i believe many lawmakers have until now only suggested. i don t see this president-elect as a legitimate president. you do not consider him a legitimate p ....
but when you compare director comey s testimony yesterday, which was quite compelling, believable and composed to the ways the president conducted himself today at the rose garden, i think james comey is going to win any credibility contest. what is your problem with how the president conducted himself today at the rose garden? this is a serious investigation, he was standing in quite a prestigious place, the rose garden and was asked if there were tapings, he sort of swintimated there were and said that investigation could be coming soon. there is not a reality show. this is the president of the united states with allegations of obstruction of justice taking place. the president did say he was 100% willing to testify under oath. will you call on the special counsel bob mueller to depose the president of the united his side will be more believable? jeff sessions apparently was in the room, jared kushner was in the room. and apparently there s more to hear from admiral ....
he hasn t been charged with anything yet. but it would be standard procedure, and a special counsel investigation, to look into any financial here s what jared kushner s lawyer is saying in a statement tonight. we do not know what this report refers to. it could be standard practice for the special counsel to examine financial records to look for anything related to russia. mr. kushner previously volunteered to share with congress what he knows about russia related matters. he will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry. what s your reaction to that? it may turn up nothing. but this is part and parcel of this long drawn-out investigation that we re in for. the idea that any one of these little new additions of information is going to be the body blow that, you know, unravels this whole mystery or takes down the administration, that s not going to happen. on the other hand, the idea that any one of these stories on its own is going to vindicate ku ....
we re going to continue our breaking news live coverage of this. i wanted to amplify for you what andrea was just telling you about the wadirector comey former director comey found out about this, the new york times account of this is just stunning. he was addressing a group of fbi employees in los angeles when the television in the background flashed the news that he had been fired. in response, mr. comey laughed. he said he thought it was a fairly funny prank. and then his staff started securing around in the background, told mr. comey that he should step into a nearby office. mr. comey stopped addressing the group. he proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been speaking to and he stepped into a side office where he confirmed that he had been fired. at that point, he had not heard from the white house. shortly after that, rachel, after all of that, it s been on television, a letter from the president was delivered to the fbi s headquarters just 7 blocks from ....
less than 48 hours ago we found out how far democrats in the highest law enforcement agencies, allegedly non-partisan offices would go to couch for the obama administration. you remember that meeting on the tarmac between attorney general loretta lynch and bill clinton, outed only because a local reporter happened to be there. the f.b.i. wouldn t allow photos, pictures or cell phones. there were no reports made. but the highest ranging law enforcement official in this country was approached by the spouse who was being actively investigated in the most of important investigation in the history presidential politics. it was followed by an investigation of hillary clinton and we know her subject subsequent exoneration. the fbi and the department of justice to both colluding to allow hillary a free pass. but we didn t know how deep and dirty the collusion really was until 48 hours ago. in response to a dream of information application to both the fbi and the d.o.j. by jay sekulow ....