fired james comey and then he decided to have the russians in the oval office. that was sam nunberg, the former adviser to then candidate donald trump who swore he was not going to testify before the grand jury in the russia probe. guess where he is right now? there he is, walking into the district court in washington, d.c., we believe him to be testifying before the grand jury as we speak. jessica schneider outside right now. jessica, give us the latest. reporter: well, john, as you saw there, in a week that started off with a show of defiance from sam nunberg, he has in fact come here to the district courthouse and he will he is appearing before a grand jury this morning. he walked into the courthouse, just shortly after 9:00 a.m. he walked in with his attorney, patrick brakly. but everything that happens before the grand jury will be done without his attorney present and will be done in secret. so the question is, what exactly will sam nunberg tell this grand
point, especially at the beginning of his soon to be presidency, he said everything is up for negotiation. all right, jessica, thanks so much. appreciate it. we re hearing more about this senate investigation into russian meddling. in last year s election, the intelligence committee is promising to look into russian cyber activity. it will also veinvestigate any activity associated with u.s. political campaigns. cnn s senior international correspondent, matthew chance, is joining us now from moscow, so matthew, we have heard about this report from the intelligence community on russia hacking. how is that resognating there and what is being said perhaps from the krim lynn on what their expectations are on the swearing in of donald trump just days away. in terms of the kremlin we response to hacking, they ve
swearing in. the it was john lewis questioning the legitimacy of trump. zpl i don t see it as president-elect as a legitimate president. now to cnn s jessica schneider outside trump tower. so, jessica, what more is the president-elect saying? well, two tweets appeared before 8:00 this morning. the president-elect taking to twitter resorting to personal attacks against congressman john lewis, after representivity lewive lewis said he does not view donald trump s presidency as legitimate because of the russian hacks during the election cycle. donald trump fired back this morning in two successive tweets saying this. congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in a horrible shape and falling apart, not to mention crime
in terms much tof taiwan that g back to 1979 recognizing beijing as the seat of china as opposed to taiwan. when that happens from the president-elect, that s major. that s substantial. while china s public statements have been very measured, saying well, this is a trade relationship that has benefited both sides, i have heard and i think this is quite credible, that inside china s foreign ministry, inside the chinese embassy down here the street from us in washington, d.c., there is genuine concern about what s next with the u.s. that s significant. richard, from your perspective, when you saw the tweet, jessica read the tweet trump sent out over the weekend directed at china, saying several things, how do you describe the relationship between the united states and china? let s say over the last eight years under obama and what this kind of do you think just these words are likely to change that relationship? oh, yes. it has all the potential for doing that. you have to understa
that donald trump has filled as of this morning. his former rival turned supporter is now his nominee to head up the department of housing and urban development. ben carson becomes the first african-american nominated to donald trump s cabinet. vice president-elect mike pence talked about carson moments ago. we are excited to have dr. carson as our intended nominee for housing and urban development. we are looking forward to another very productive week to the transition that s setting a historic pace. let s go live for more to cnn s jessica schneider outside trump tower. let s go back to china real quick. what is the transition saying this morning about the president-elect s comments? reporter: well, you know, they are not saying much. we can glean alone from donald trump s conversation with the leader of taiwan on friday as well as his subsequent tweets, of course, that controversial call, ten-minute phone call on friday, then a slew of tweets over the weekend criticizing