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
continue. it s absolutely shocking. ambassador norm eisen and richard painter, gentlemen, you have been really, really helpful in understanding and navigating all this and i thank you for your time tonight. thank you, chris. still to come, filmmaker michael moore with his reaction to the slights, vendettas and unanswered questions from the president-elect s first press conference. as that press conference was going on, we got our first chance to hear trump s pick for secretary of state and his somewhat inconsistent views about russia. we ll dive into the rex tillerson hearing ahead. let me ask you this question is vladimir putin a war criminal? i would not use that term. well, let me describe the situation in aleppo and perhaps that will help you reach that conclusion. (vo) maybe it was here, when you hit 300,000 miles. or here, when you walked away without a scratch. maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore.
or not. how can we know they re doing what s in the best interest of the united states? the founders were very concerned about that. they put this in the constitution and donald trump is allowing all of that to continue. it s absolutely shocking. ambassador norm eisen and richard painter, gentlemen, you have been really, really helpful in understanding and navigating all this and i thank you for your time tonight. thank you, chris. still to come, filmmaker michael moore with his reaction to the slights, vendettas and unanswered questions from the president-elect s first press conference. as that press conference was going on, we got our first chance to hear trump s pick for secretary of state and his somewhat inconsistent views about russia. we ll dive into the rex tillerson hearing ahead. let me ask you this question is vladimir putin a war criminal? i would not use that term. well, let me describe the situation in aleppo and perhaps that will help you reach that conclus