by the kremlin, an important point as well in the way donald trump painted his relationship with intelligence agencies in this country vis-a-vis how it could be taken overseas. right now is the start of the 1:00 p.m. hour here in the east. imagine the role of this man right now. this is a live picture in front of the senate foreign relations committee, and that is the ceo of exxonmobil, a multinational company so large, while it s said they can t change the weather, they can forecast it. they have their own weather bureau, a sprawling organization of 70,000 employees. rex tillerson is the nominee to be our next secretary of state, a job offer that came to him. it s been said in the public domain in part because of his relationship with russia, because of his relationship with
vladimir putin. imagine all of this in light of the news conference we just witnessed, in light of what donald trump said and didn t say about russia and putin, in light of what donald trump said about u.s. int
hearings today. secretary of state nominate rex tillerson, jeff sessions and transportation nominee elaine chao periods we sing life fox news coverage, standing by on the rex tillerson confirmation hearing but we begin with john roberts life at trump tower in new york city. good afternoon to you, quite a scene as hundreds of journalists packed into the lobby to hear donald trump give his first press conference since being elected president back on november 8th. very much a combative press conference, wide ranging one but focusing mostly on these allegations that russia has been compiling a dossier of confirmation, compromising insulation information used against donald trump to blackmail him. he pushed strongly against it not just him, but mike pence, his running mate and incoming press secretary at sean spicer, calling it disgraceful, not worth the paper it is written on, saying it is all fake news and calling a lot of news organizations who published that, specifically b
overseas. and the and the state department really needs to focus we have been listening to rex tillerson s confirmation hearing before the senate foreign relations committee. i m kate snow joining you now at 3:00 eastern time/noon out west. we will continue to listen in on that hearing and bring moments to you as warranted. let me get to kelly o donnell who s been watching this entire hearing all day now. kelly, big headlines. anything in the last couple of hours that might derail the nomination? reporter: going that far is a challenge. that s a really high bar. when you have a voice on foreign policy like that of marco rubio, who ran for president, challenging rex tillerson on matters of russia, that is very notable. we heard from senator bob menendez of new jersey who was bringing up one of the more famous quotes of donald trump from announcing his candidacy, derogatory comments of mexico and rex tillerson separated himself from those words and talking about the str
in his first news conference in some six months, the president-elect was asked about new allegations, allegations that russian operatives claimed to have compromising information about him. multiple sources tell cnn the allegations were presented to mr. trump in a two-page summary along with the intelligence report on russian hacking. the president-elect dismissed this as fake news. here are some of the heights ig of what he said about that and a wide range of issues during his news conference. i think it s a disgrace that information would be let out. i saw the information. i read the information outside of that meeting. it s all fake news. it s phony stuff. it didn t happen, and it was gotten by opponents of ours, as you know, because you reported it and so did many of the other people. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. during your visit to either moscow or st. petersburg, you engaged in conduct that you now r
testified today. the naacp chief, cornell williams brooks. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf bliter and yzer and yo the situation room. this is cnn breaking muse. donald trump acknowledging that he believes russia was behind the election-related cyberattacks. in his first news conference in six months, the president-elect denied allegations that moscow has compromising personal and financial information about him. trump calls it a disgrace if u.s. intelligence agents leaked the allegations adding to his tensions with the intel community. an exclusive cnn report revealed that trump and president barack obama were presented with classified documents on this matter last week. trump was offering new details about the plans for his business wu once he is president. he says he is putting his holdings in a trust that will be run by his two sons as they take total control of the company. trump says he won t sell his stake in the