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Have the same authority the last guy did. how the judge ruled. welcome to "the lead." im jim acosta in for jake tapper today. bewe begin with the world lead, the u.s. senate taking action against russia for election year hacking. the chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain, will hold a hearing on cyber threats thursday and russian hacking is likely to dominate. the news comes as the clock ticks for russian diplomats, suspected spies and their families to get out of the u.s...

Point. im leland vittert. this is "americas news headquarters" hour two from washington. >> president-elect donald trump vows to dissolve his charitable foundation. but democrats say its not enough. well look at the potential conflicts of interest mr. trump faces as the clock ticks toward inauguration day. millions of people around the world are celebrating christmas day from holy mass in rome to beautiful light displays, gifts and holiday music. well take you around the world to all the days fe...

Organized process is taking other positions." adding with a note of suspense "i am the only one who knows who the finalists are." this follows what some describe as a purge of chris christie allies from trumps transition team. former congressman mike rodgers night. know, in the palace intrigue there are people who are in and people who are out and the people who have been asked to move on have some relationship with chris christie. >> rodgers also said the problem inside trump tower is that its ...

Shots. >> i think theres some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. hopefully theyll get settled pretty soon. i think theyll need to do it. as this clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important and you have to make them sooner with a little more authority and a little more forward thinking to make sure she dont bump into anything. >> the former rival, senator ted cruz of texas, is being considered for attorney general. when it comes to the top cabinet po...

The finalists are." this follows what some describe as a purge of chris christie allies from trumps transition team. former congressman mike rodgers described his exit on cnn last night. >> sometimes in politics, you know, in the palace intrigue there are people who are in and people who are out and the people who have been asked to move on have some relationship with chris christie. >> rodgers also said the problem inside trump tower is that its not clear whos calling the shots. >> i think ther...

Establishment figures who work with donald trump and the nontraditional figures, the insiders and the outsiders. of course, they say, no, it is not a purge. >> no, it is not a purge. all right. mike rogers says there is some confusion about the chain of command at trump tower in new york where vice president-elect mike presence is now in charge of the transition team. pences presence was seen as reassuring to republicans but rogers told cnns anderson cooper that it was, quote, absolutely the cam...

So theres a whole series of about five of them that fit that criteria that were asked to leave in the last few days. you know what, thats absolutely the campaigns prerogative. i think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. hopefully they will get that settled pretty soon. i think they will need to do it because as this clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important. >> reporter: that word confusion really caught my ear, because here we are a ...

Security expert. he goes there to meet with the transition team and he says this. after exchange with trump transition team changed my recommendation. stay away. they are angry, arrogant, screaming you lost. that is also known as the winner, but mike rogers, cnn analyst, former congressman, very tight with mike pence and chris christie just got dismissed from the transition team. he had this to say. >> they clearly wanted to make a change in this regard and, so, it came down that it was time the...

According to a source familiar with the transition rogers got the news over the phone. he had been working for months on the pre-election transition team under chris christie. mike rogers joins me tonight. chairman rogers, there are differing accounts as to what led to your exit from the transition team. some are saying it was your choice, others are saying you were forced out. can you explain what happened? >> the timing is probably right, if they wanted to make a change they clearly wanted to ...

Command coming out of new york. hopefully theyll get that settled pretty soon. i think theyre going to need to do it, because as this clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important and you have to make them sooner, with a little more authority and a little more forward thinking to make sure that they dont bump into anything in the future. i think theyre going to get there. im an optimist about that. >> when you talk about confusion coming out of new york, what do you mean? is it a dif...