United states and wikileaks founder agrees. But as intelligence agencies wrap up a full review, Obama Administration says the evidence is rock solid. And new neighbors, close enough to borrow a cup of sugar, not far from the homes of the obamas and the clintons, could this be the swanky new house where ivanka trump and her family will be living here in washington . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. On the first day of the new gopcontrolled congress, donald trump may have let fellow republicans know who will be calling the shots. After a critical tweet from the president elect, the house gop quickly dropped a move to gut an independent ethics office. Newly sworn in republicans are eager to start working on trumps todo list, and undo key elements of president obamas legacy. While both sides say they hope for Common Ground, democrats warn they will hold their ground and hold trumps feet to the fire. In one bipartisan move, a group of senators is pushing for more sanctions against russia. Official say the intelligence communities review of election related Cyber Attacks may be ready this week. And trump will be briefed by the intelligence chiefs. While the president elect has repeatedly raised doubts about russias role in the hacking, the state Department Says the information is rock solid. And ivanka trump and her family may soon be living in the same neighborhood as the obamas just a couple minutes walk from the soon to be former president. She may also be able to call bill and Hillary Clinton neighbors. House speaker congressman add schiff, senior democrat on the Intelligence Committee and our correspondence and analyst and guests, they are all standing by with full coverage of todays top stories. Lets start with the president elect who criticized fellow republicans even as they were celebrating their control of the new congress. Cnns senior White House Correspondent jim accosta is joining us from new york. Jim, is donald trump letting Congressional Republicans know whos the boss . Wolf, he certainly did that today. Donald trump bucked his own party today after republicans in congress were poised to weaken the process for dealing with ethics violations on capitol hill. The president elect blasted that move as one of his top aids told me, law maker should not try anything that gets in the way of trumps pledge to drain the swamp in washington. This was not draining the swamp. On the very first day of the new congress, republicans and the house were set to pass a proposal to gut the office of congressional ethics. The independent watch dog that investigates allegations of wrongdoing on capitol hill. The plan which would have placed ethics probes under the control of lawmakers was yanked. Republicans suddenly reversed course after an outcry from democrat and public watch dogs. Not to mention pressure from president elect donald trump who tweeted, bad idea. All that congress has to work on, trump tweeted, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watch dog as unfair as it may be their number one act and priority . Trumps tweet seemed to undercut one of his top advisors, kellyanne conway, who cautioned she hadnt discussed the matter with the plek, but sounded warm to the proposal. Many of these people, members and their staffers who have been under investigation have complained about their Due Process Rights being violated and being compromised. But democrats were already pouncing. They said they were going to drain the swamp. Theyre distributing free swimming passes in the swamp by this change in the regulations. Trump is also going against much of his party on trade, again threatening high tariffs on u. S. Companies that shift jobs to other countries. Todays target, auto giant gm. Trump tweeted, General Motors is sending mexican made model of chevy cruze to car dealers across border make in usa or pay big border tax. He doesnt Want Companies in the United States to leave the country and sell back to the u. S. , leaving the American Worker behind. Problem is gm says trump is wrong, adding in a statement, all Chevrolet Cruz sedans are built in lords town ohio. Gm builds the hatchback for Global Markets in mexico with a small number sold in the u. S. But aids argued theyre getting results, pointsing to fords decision to scrap plans to build a new plant in mexico after candidate trump warned of consequences. Well be calling the executives at ford or whatever the company is and well tell them very nicely that if they want to move their factory or their plant to another country, they will have to pay a 35 tax when they sell their cars or their product back into the United States. Still trump and the gop are on the same page when it comes to opposing president obamas plans to pair down the number of detain ease at dwan tguantanamo. There should be no further releases from quit mow. These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battle field. It will have no impact on the current administrations plans. No, it will not. Hell have an opportunity to implement the policy that he believes is most effective when he takes office on january 20th. Now, as for january 20th, cnn has confirmed hillary and bill clinton will attend the inauguration as will former president george w. Bush and laura bush. Former california governor or lieutenant governorer a bell maldonado. According to people inside and outside the Trump Transition Team, wolf. Thank you, jim accosta reporting. The changing of the guard is well underway here in washington. Republicans are eager to push their agenda. Democrats say theyll try to hold the line. Lets go to our senior washington correspondent jeff. Hes up on capitol hill right now. Jeff, after a very bitter campaign, is there any serious talk right now of compromise . Wolf, the vi tri ole of that campaign has subsided somewhat. Amid all the pomp and circumstance on the opening day, the 115th congress, talk of could have pro miez was in very short supply. As republicans were eager to point out, elections do indeed have consequences. Do you solemnly swear the new republican order is taking shape tonight in washington. For the first time in a decade, republicans set to control the house, senate and white house. We know that the coming days are going to require hard work and cooperation from both sides. Mitch mcconnell of kentucky becoming Senate Majority leader as the 115th congress opened for business. Paul ryan of wisconsin easily reelected speaker of the house. In the heat of the kind of campaign we had, you start to wonder, will the tempers ever cool . Will the system still hold . Does our old rich tradition still have that magic . Well, it turns out it does. In the end, they all dissolve in the silent and peaceful transfer of power. In just 17 days donald trump will join them as president. Completing the gops ascension to power. The optimistic applause echoing across the capital will soon give way to the challenges of governing. With republicans facing the burden of delivering on the change voters demanded. For making good on their pledge to repeal and replace obamacare to passing tax reform and easing government regulations, republicans are crafting a bold agenda. Speaker ryan called it a once in a lifetime opportunity. The people have given us unified government. And it wasnt because they were feeling generous, its was because they want results. How could we live with ourselves if we let them down . Out of power, democrats say they will find Common Ground when they agree. And hold their ground when they do not. In the house, republicans now have a majority of 241 to 194. Yet in the Senate Republicans still need democrats, with Republicans Holding 52 seats and democrats 48. Most pieces of legislation need 60 votes to pass. When you lose an election like this, you cant flinch. You cant blink. You have to look it right in the eye, analyze it, learn from it. New york senator Chuck Schumer is the new democratic leader. He told cnns dana bash, democrats werent be the obstructionists republicans were to obama. 90 to 95 of the time well be holding his feet to the fire. Were democrats. Were not going to oppose things to oppose them. The trump cabinet will be one early test. Secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson and retired James Madison visited capitol hill for their hearing. The new congress came with one old touch. Were having a conversation. Vicepresident joe biden in his former role presiding over the Senate Swearing in one final class of senators. Its one of his last official acts after 44 years in washington. Tell them in 14 days no longer vicepresident , tell them to still say hi to me. And, of course, the next president vicepresident indiana governor mike pence will be on capitol hill tomorrow talking to republicans about their agenda going forward. Wolf, he is going to play a Critical Role in the Trump Administration giving this agenda through. The house is voting right now at this hour on the first vote of this new congress, and that will include the rules package that does not include that ethics bill that was so controversial earlier this morning. Wolf, one other note, president obama also will be on capitol hill tomorrow trying to give some parting words to democrats about how to fight back against the repeal of obamacare and other rulings and laws he has passed in his eight years here in washington. Wolf . Another busy day tomorrow. Up on capitol hill. Jeff, thank you. Democrats are warning theyll try to work with donald trump, but will focus on trying to hold him accountable. Joining us now, congressman adam schiff of california, the senior democrat of the house Intelligence Committee. Congressman, thanks for joining us. Good to be with you, wolf. So, react to this about face move by republicans today on the whole ethics panel. Does president elect trump deserve credit for convincing his fellow republicans in the house of representatives to drop that plan to gut the ethics plan . The ethics panel . Well, ironically, you have a tweet from a president elect coming into office with probably some of the most profound conflicts of interest himself, that propelled a change in the gop plan in term of the ethics rules. And i think all you need to know about what this congress is going to look like took place in the first five minutes, with a dead of the night rules change, the first product of the abuse of unified authority by the republicans, push back by a president elect through a tweet and a president elect himself with these profound conflicts, i think youre going to see a lot of internal divisions between gop members, between the gop and the Trump Administration, let alone between democrats and republicans. The new Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer, the top democrat in the senate, he told our dana bash today hes open to making a deal with president elect trump if its something democrats can get behind. Are you with him, with Chuck Schumer on this . Absolutely. You know, for example, the president elect is serious about a major infrastructure build. The country could certainly use it. If, on the other hand, what he has in mind is a package of tax cuts for people engaged construction executives that are doing things theyre already planning, thats not going to stimulate the economy. Thats not going to have democratic support. There should be things where we can find Common Ground that are in the countrys best interests and in those areas we should absolutely Work Together. Like where . Give me an example or two. I really think infrastructure is one of them. By the same token and this is not something were in Common Ground with the administration democrats and republicans and congress can find Common Ground against stronger sanctions against russia. We should work across the party aisles and send that bill to the president. So, i think both with our colleagues in congress when we find Common Ground, in common with the administration when he proposes something that makes sense, democrats ought to look for opportunities to make progress. The president , as you heard, hell be going to capitol hill tomorrow to meet with democrats to try to come up with a strategy to defend obamacare, the Affordable Health care law. What parts of obamacare do you think democrats realistically have a chance of keeping . I think we have a chance of keeping a lot of obamacare. Republicans are about to find out that making a hollow Campaign Promise is one thing. It may be enough to get you votes, but having to deliver on it, having to fulfill what donald trump said when he said, were going to have great health care, believe me, were about to find out whether or not he can be believed. My guess is republicans are going to have a lot of trouble coming up with something that makes sure people with preexisting conditions can hold onto their health care, that millions of people that have been added to the Health Care Roles through the expansion of medicaid can keep their health care, its going to be very hard for them to do that without frankly reinventing the same thing that obamacare represents and calling it something new. So, well see what they come up with, but i think theyre going to find it very difficult without casting millions of people off their health care insurance. Congressman, stand by. There are new developments emerging right now on the russian hacking of the Democratic National committee and Hillary Clintons campaign chairman, were getting new information about a briefing, thats coming up. Were going to discuss this and more right after a quick break. Dont just eat. Mangia bertolli. The situation roo were talking with congressman adam schiff, the top democrat of the house Intelligence Committee. Stand by, congressman. Were getting some new information on the investigation into the elections Cyber Attacks which u. S. Intelligence is blaming on russia. Our justice correspondent pamela brown is in the situation room. Pamela, what are you learning . Were learning that intelligence chiefs are planning to brief trump about their findings of the comprehensive review on the Russian Election hacks. Cnn has learned president elect trump will soon be briefed by leaders of the u. S. Intelligence community, including chief spy james and cia director john brennan. On the unprecedented interference of the u. S. Election system, the high profile briefing will come after months of trump publicly challenging the Intelligence Communitys assessment russia is to blame. It could be somebody else. I also know things that other people dont know and, so, they cannot be sure. It could be russia but it could also be china, could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay . Maybe there is no hacking but they always blame russia. They always blame russia because they think theyre trying to tarnish me with russia. Reporter president obama ordered the cyber review going back to 2008. And specifically the hack against the Democratic Party during the 2016 election. Expected in a public version of the report, newly declassified information laying out the evidence of the Intelligence Communitys assessment that the russian government is the perpetrator. President obama and this administration is 100 certain in the role that russia played in trying to sow doubt and confusion getting involved through the cyber domain into our electoral process. The information is there and its rock solid. Reporter tonight u. S. Official tell cnn Companies Across the country had detected ip addresses and malware that could be connected to russian hackers. Though its unclear if they penetrated the networks, the discovery comes after the fbi and dhs put out this report last week naming the russian hacking operation grizzly stet and warning companies what to be on the look out for. The Intelligence Community has also traced the hack back to specific keyboards with the text. An alphabet used by russians. Adding to u. S. Intelligence officials confidence russians carried out the hack. Today russia dismissed that evidence. A kremlin spokesman saying, characters can be used everywhere. Once again, i reject any possibility that official russia can be involved in any way. And tonight a group of bipartisan senators is preparing a bill that would offer additional sanctions against russia. Meantime, Officials Say a declassified version of that comprehensive report will likely be released to the public after this week. Wolf . Look forward to reading that report. Thanks very much, pamela brown. Back with congressman adam schiff of california, the senior democrat of the house Intelligence Committee. Congressman, as you just heard the Intelligence Committee wrapping up this new review of the ee lks hacks it will soon brief as early as this friday, president elect trump, what are you hearing about this review. Is there more concrete evidence in it proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that the russian government is behind the hacking . I think its been known, wolf, for quite sometime that the russians were behind the hacking and there was very high confidence in that assessment. Over the weeks and months, i think weve continued to gather further intelligence that cements that assessment, and i imagine what the Intelligence Community is doing among other things is trying to figure out how much of this can they make public without compromising sources and methods. How should they conduct that briefing of the president elect to convince him to stop saying they dont know what theyre doing, to stop den grading the Intelligence Community . I think well find out. Is the president elect someone who has the character to admit when theyre wrong or is he nonetheless in the face of these facts and the the face that of intelligence going to continue to maintain that we have no idea who is responsible. U. S. Officials as you just heard are telling cnn Companies Across the country have now detected ip addresses that could be connected to russian hackers, but will this new evidence that is presumably going to emerge directly link all of this to president putin . Well, you know, part of what is going to be important is when do they find the evidence of the code or the origin, the ip addresses that have now been made public by the u. S. Intelligence community. Are these people who are now spoofing or trying to mass ka raid as russian intel, or were these things that were detected earlier that we can now go back and say the russians were involved in this . This is part of the problem when you do go public. That is, it makes it easier now for the russians to hide. It also makes it easier for others to create mischief, but i think forensically there are a lost ways to track down when and where the russians have been. As you know back on october 7th, head of the director of national intelligence, the secretary of home land security said only russias senior most officials could have authorized these actiflvities. Does that mean putin . It does mean putin. The president was asked during the press conference, he said look, its hard to imagine that you had people in russia, in the russian government, in the kremlin who were freelancing when it came to interfering in the Democratic Affairs of the United States. That would be i think unthinkable in the russian hierarchy in a system where putin controls everything. Basically when youre pointing at senior level of the kremlin youre pointing to putin himself. Julian assange said he doesnt think its the russian government. Do you find his credible . I dont now. It only impedes his credibility more. Donald trump is warning president obama on another key subject not to release more prisoners from guantanamo bay. From the prison there, tweetsing, let me read it to you, there should be no further releases from gitmo. These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battle field. Is he trying to tell president obama what to do . He is trying to tell the president what to do. Hes also making a political statement. He knows well he is not going to dictate the president s actions during these last couple weeks. I hope when he gets the Intelligence Briefings hell come to understand guantanamo continues to be a recruiting tool of jihadis. We can keep the terrorists detained in maximum Security Prisons as well as other terrorists. I hope he listens to the briefing, theyll leave their mark. Given what the president elect has been saying up till now i dont have a great deal of confidence. He tweeted this about north korea yesterday. Quote, north korea stated it is in the final stages of developing a Nuclear Weapon capable of reaching parts of the United States. It wont happen, exclamation point. Do you think this kind of rhetoric in a tweet potentially could provoke the north Korean Leader kim jung un . Well, i think the Korean Leader needs very little provocation. Hes a dangerous, belligerent erratic leader. Nonetheless the president elect shouldnt be using his twitter account to talk about icbms, nuclear arsenals. In fact, i think the adults on his team need to take the twitter account away from dad. This is just not the way to be conducting major Foreign Policy decisions. And i think it will get him in trouble if he persists this way. Congressman adam schiff, thanks very much for joining us. Thanks, wolf. Coming up, is this swanky house in an exclusive area of washington, d. C. , the future home of ivanka trump and her husband Jared Cushner . Stand by, we have new details. Now i have nicoderm cq. The nicoderm cq patch with unique extended release Technology Helps prevent your urge to smoke all day. Its the best thing that ever happened to me. Every great why needs a great how. [vo] quickbooks introduces he teaches lessons to stanley. And thats kind of it right now. But rodney knew just what to do. He got quickbooks. It organizes all his accounts, so he knows where he stands in an instant. Ahhh. Thats a profit. 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The gop leadership backed off from a plan to gut the independent office of congressional ethics after trump criticized the move on twitter earlier in the morning. And im quoting the president elect now. With all that congress has to work on, do they really have to make the weakening of the independent ethics watch dog as unfair as it may be their number one act and priority . Focus on tax reform, health care and so many other things of far greater importance. Lets bring in our political experts. Start with the former congressman mike rogers. React to this. What does it tell you about the president elect, soon to be president s relationship, his attitude towards House Republicans . Well, i think he fired the first shot today. And probably rightly so. Doing this in a rules package which in order to change it, youd have to do it in a rules package. There was no advance notice. Im going to guarantee you theres a lot of members of congress didnt even realize they were going there in this rules package change. What he did is probably caught on to what he was hearing in some rebellious members of congress saying this is a bad idea. By the way, even the speaker thought it was a bad idea to put it in the rules package to move forward. I think he took advantage of it to his own political he and Kevin Mccarthy, majority leader, did think it was a bad idea but they were overruled by the other republicans. But then this morning the speaker issued a statement defending it saying we could live with this, were going to work with it and then very quickly they abandoned it presumably in part lets say because of trumps tweet. A couple things. I talked to the Speakers Office today and they said that that statement was not defending the measure. It was explaining it. It was explaining how it came top. Certainly sounded like a defense to me. Look, i think you could make the argument that some members saw trumps tweet and said, why are we going to bat for this when the president elect doesnt even want it . Were supportive of trump. But you could also say that they were listening to the media mail strom over this that happened very early this morning. Their constituents, and they decided completely independently of donald trump to go back on this. And as chairman rogers points out, paul ryan, Kevin Mccarthy made this very clear last night, their opposition to this. They presented alternatives. They were overruled. Theyre not dictators. They couldnt force their members to do to do what they wanted. So, i think this happened the way it should. Members reacted to constituents and the way that this whole thing got sold in the press, and they changed their mind. Those things are all connected, though, right . I think donald trump was also reacting to the media mail strum. I think the constituents were calling maybe because donald trump tweeted and that helped up the constituent phone call. All the things were playing together. He had dts, drain the swamp. Thats been a big issue for them, drain the swamp. This issue overnight, House Republicans didnt sound like they were draining the swamp. He did the drain the swamp rally in the campaign. There is an uptick from him in this particular point in the post election phase, his rallies, his thank you tour around the country, he made this a real center piece. Having Something Like this was just completely off kilter from how he wanted to roll out of the gate. Dana . Go ahead. Can we point out, donald trump didnt come out in his tweet and say lets remove speaker ryan. He didnt come out with his usual sort of, you know, mach ism o and vengeance. He made his opinion clear and i think it was echoing a lot of what the members were already thinking and the public was thinking. Just the opposite of that. What i find so fascinating is that the speaker and the majority leader who were very wary of donald trump to be their nominee in the first place, never mind president , found not only a friend and a partner in the white house, but somebody who can help them finally with their rank and file. Certainly im sure the calls to constituents from constituents were a big part of this, but you remember being in those meetings when president obama was in the white house and the leadership was trying desperately to control the rank and file. And there was no way they could do it and thats why john bainer is no longer speaker. Now all of a sudden they have somebody who won very well in all of their districts saying, excuse me, dont do this. And theyre like, okay. The one interesting thing is this wasnt the rank and file backed ventures pushing this nish tich. They had been around a while. Good point. This was the chairman, the split between that younger paul ryan faction saying, hey, we need to do things a little better and other folks who said, this is a problem. By the way, there are some real issues with the committee. There are. But the way they handled it was so poor, when that tweet came up it ramped it up. Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee pushed for it. He was the one leading that fight for it. He got himself he has some great points on how to fix it. That got lost in the entire debate, by the way they handled t. Everybody stay with us. Theres a lot more coming up. Well take a quick break. Well be right back. Allstate. With accident forgiveness they guarantee your rates wont go up just because of an accident. Smart kid. Indeed. Its good to be in, good hands. Were back with our correspondents and our political experts. Dana, you had a fascinating interview today with Chuck Schumer, the new democratic minority leader in the u. S. Senate. Let me play a clip. He knows donald trump from his days in new york. Watch this. Ive known you for a long time. You love a deal, not unlike the president elect. I find that hard to believe that you dont want to heres the problem. The republicans in the senate and the house have been run by a hard right group on an almost tea party group. They are so farah way now they have a deal make her in the white house just like you. Look, were going to look at the specifics of what is proposed and on the overwhelming bunch of them, particularly given who hes chosen as his cabinet people, were going to have to oppose him because we just disagree in principle. Of course id like to make a deal. You know, if we could get together on immigration and have a path to citizenship, just as i was happy to work with john mccain and lyndsay graham, ill be happy to work with donald trump. But he hasnt even come close to talking about that so were going to end up opposing him on those issues. Later in the day in his speech of the senate, first speech as the minority leaderer he said the United States could not afford a twitter presidency. A nice lip swipe over there at donald trump. What was your bottom line . Can these two guys Work Together . Yes, oh, yes. Look, he cant admit it in public right now, and i believe him its not like theyre best friends. He said we never had a meal together. But theyve known each other for decades. He didnt say that it was wrong when i told him that trump talks about the fact that he believes that he was one of if not the first, one of the first donors to a Chuck Schumer campaign back in the 80s or even before that. And he has continued to do that. I mean, Chuck Schumer called him up when he was at the head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign committee running it trying to get Democratic Senators elected, doing a fundraiser, can we do it at maralago, theyve run into each other. Thief different in most ways but similar in that they have the same kind of brash get things done street smart new yorker sensibility. We call that new york charm. We call that new york charm, absolutely. Just like new jersey charm. But hes in a very tough spot. He wanted to walk into the building today, the majority leader getting ready to work with president clinton. Hes neither of those things, he has neither of those things. He is now suddenly in hes opposition leader. He said to me, look, its not as fun but its much more important. Its true. Going to be briefed by the National Director of intelligence, head of the cia. Do you think they will finally convince him that russia is, in fact, responsible for the Cyber Attacks . I hope so. You dont have that level of intelligence commitment to a position without having some substantial information. I very rarely see the Intelligence Community rally around an issue where they all believe. Now, at the same time there are some holes in the story they presented publicly that theyre going to have to fill. I think if they do that and present it in a very thorough way and give an up brief about how the russians operate they are very aggressive spies all across the world, including the United States, both in collection with people as well as cyber. I think if they layout that case on friday, at least it might change the tone. Hes allowed the president elect is allowed to have his position on trying to do something with russia, just as every other president has done. I think thats good. This public fight between obama and the president elect on if it was or if it wasnt and the level of discussion, its really quite troubling to me. A lot of this should have happened behind closed doors, including, by the way, the president of the United States, barack obama should have never laid out a case like this and talked about the things he was going to do. I thought all of that was not only unnecessary, i thought it was a little dangerous. It sets up the next president in an already starts out in a bit of a hole no matter youre a former chairman of the house Intelligence Committee. Why do you think donald trump is so reluctant to acknowledge what the leaders of the u. S. Intelligence community and the fbi have now asserted . Look, the obvious answer is that hes got a relationship with russia that he wants to kind of protect. But i think this is kind of par for the course of donald trump, undermining these institutions, that the American Public have largely sort of given some credibility to like the Intelligence Community, for example. He said early on he might not even listen to them. Them as a body. It was remarkable. And, so, i think its very much in his nature to keep undermining these institutions so that the executive, the office that he now holds, has the most sort of consolidated power. So, its very much in his personality. David, he keeps saying they got it wrong on weapons of mass destruction. He brings that up all the time. I dont think its necessarily a bad idea to not just blindly accept what the Intel Community says as pure fact. We have seen in the past that there are some mistake. I think theres probably some reception and understanding among the people across the country as to donald trump questioning it. I think as the chairman was saying, though, when you speak with such a unified voice that theyre speaking on this issue, it seems to me donald trump is going to find some way to acknowledge that and still question in the future that were not going to buy intelligence wholesale, hes going to want to press and prod and challenge. Nothing wrong with pressing and prodding the Intelligence Community to make sure they have it right because while they do it you can confirm there is some great stuff and they had great successes, a lot of that very, very quiet there has been some major failures over the years. Right. As well. Stand by. Everybody. Coming up, questions are being asked about a man who appeared on stage with donald trump at a new years eve party. Why was trump with a convicted felon . And could this be ivanka trumps new home when she and her husband and family move here to washington . See me. See me. Dont stare at me. See me. See me. See me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. Im not contagious. See me to know that. I wont stop until i find what works. Discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. Proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75 skin clearance at 3 months. 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Thats joseph, aka, joey nosocks convicted of a felony in 1989 for art theft, celebrating next to the president elect on new years eve. Thank you very much, its great honor. Reporter his current owner insists the art was legally owned but the Supreme Court says he pled guilty in his conviction still stands. He was given a conditional discharge and served no jail time. Chunk and cunque go way back, the American Academy of H Hospitality sciences, an organization over the years trump has been listed as ambassador extraordinary, children served as Honorary Trustees on the board. The current board is made up of several trump friends and business associates. In 2009, trump was given awart ward by cunque. Has no meaning whatsoever, but donald trump proudly hangs at least 19 awards in his golf courses. Youll notice theyre signed not just by joey, theyre also signed by donald j. Trump as chairman of the board. Reporter yes, trumps signature is on some of the awards. Its like trump giving himself an award. Id especially like to congratulate and thank joe chunque, head of the economy, for the unbelievable job that he does. Theres nobody like him. Hes a special guy. Theres just nobody close. Reporter in 2008, they shared a stage at the Miss Universe contest. Trump calling him joe. By the way, joe is probably one of the most important men in the Hotel Industry are. Reporter and at last years maralago new years eve celebration. Thank you very much, joe. The American Academy is an amazing place. Reporter again, the president elect front and center with joey chunque. Last may trump told the Associated Press he didnt know him well and wasnt aware of his conviction. Lets assume donald trump doesnt know who this guy is. Wow. Donald trump is so unaware and doesnt have people around him to warn him that you are standing next to a convicted felon who credibly claimed to have a relationship with john gaudy . Thats astonishing. Reporter david k. Johnson for 30 years covered trumps rough and tumble rise, mostly for the new york times. His new book the making of donald trump pulls no punches. Heres the, in my mind, the most fundamental aspect of this. Youve been elected to the most powerful office in the world, all sorts of people want to cozy up to you, and there are all sorts of opportunities for people to make money off of some relationship with you. Why would you connect yourself in public with a convicted felon . Reporter the secret service says it is their job to protect the president elect and president. Physically the agency doesnt control who was on the guest list referring cnn to the Trump Transition Team who declined to comment on the relationship between trump and chunque. We reached out to him and he did not return our calls. Miguel marquez reporting. Cnn also learned ivanka trump and husband, Jared Kushner, picked a new home here in washington, d. C. Cnns brian todd has been working his sources. Brian, what do you know about their choice . Wolf, tonight a d. C. Realtor confirms to cnn that he helped ivanka trump and Jared Kushner found a property in washington. He could not confirm the location or whether it was a purchase or a rental. Now, washingtonian magazine citing real estate sources reports the house is in washingtons upscale neighborhood, not far from the house where president and mrs. Obama will live when they leave the white house. The house was recently renovated. Youre seeing images of it here. Has six bedrooms. 5 1 2 baths. Five wood burning fireplaces and a large foray. A gourmet chef kitchen. Woodrow wilson lived in this neighborhood. Hillary clinton owns a house nearby. This house was sold last month for 5. 5 million according to real estate listings online. It is not clear, though, who the buyer is. We have called and emailed the realtor and we have tried to contact the couple who were listed as the owners as of october. According to a deed that we obtained. We have not heard back from any of those people. Ivanka trump and Jared Kushner, husband and her family, move in, the secret service presumably, theyre going to have to take charge and do some renovations of their own. We talked about renovations. The secret service is going to that their own renovation. A former secret Service Officer i spoke to back in may when president and mrs. Obama made arrangements to move in that particular house theyre going to move into in that same neighborhood, he said the doors to the president s house would have to be converted to being bulletproof, have to be ballistic panes placed in the glass behind the windows and secret Service Officers would be posted all the the time outside the president s house. You can expect the same kind of arrangements for ivanka trump and Jared Kushner. That neighborhood is a fancy neighborhood in washington. The president of the United States, president obama and his family, theyre renting a home right in that neighborhood. Hillary and bill clinton have a home in that neighborhood as well. So theyre going to within a few blocks of each other. Theyre going to have good neighbors. Thanks for that report, brian todd. Coming up, after a scolding tweet from president elect trump on this the first day of the new congress, House Republicans drop a move to gut an independent ethics watchdog. And investigators have fingerprints and selfie video of the istanbul massacre suspect but is time running out to catch him . Cmohappy birthday i survived a heart attack. Im doing all i can to keep from having another one. And im taking brilinta. For people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. Brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. 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