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We begin this hour with that shakeup at the white house. Reince priebus out, secretary of Homeland Security general john kelly in as chiefofstaff. The change here coming at the end of yet another tumultus week for President Trump, a week in which he continued to publicly humiliate his own attorney general Jeff Sessions. A week in which Anthony Scaramucci went on a profanity filled tirade and a week in in which republicans latest hopes died on the floor of the senate even after that defeat, thoug...

Demand as he says north korea wants to talk, and a russian sex wo worker vows to spill secrets about President Trump, a russian seductress inside thailand. Netanyahu comes to the u. S. For talks about a peace and terrorist negotiation. He made a deal with prosecutors. As for President Trump hes looking to change the focus from last weeks cavalcade here in washington. Lets go to jeff zeleny. Jeff, last week was chaotic for the president. How are they trying to change that narrative today . Report...

And the russian lawyer. Weve heard a little bit from outside counsel, what else do you think well hear from the administration on this . Well have an oncamera briefing with Sarah Huckabee sanders, hallie. No doubt shell get a number of questions about this. Heres what the Washington Post is reporting. They say that President Trump personally drafted that initial statement from his eldest son, donald trump jr. , which turn itted out to be misleading about the content of that controversial meeting...

Senators on the committee voicing concern and a handful of others also on the fence. So where exactly do things stand . What does this all mean for your tax bill . Lets get over to capitol hill first to cnns Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly there with more. Its like almost like super bowl sunday. Were almost at super bowl sunday, like on super bowl saturday well call it. Other than waiting for a food fight, my friend, where do things stand right now . Look, you kind of your tease was s...

Corker, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said this, its a shame the white house has become an adult day care center. Someone obviously missed their shift this morning. Now, corker was responding to tweets President Trump fired off this morning. And then, President Trump claims corker quote begged the president to endorse him for reelection. He said corker wanted to be secretary of state, but he turned him down. President trump then went on to blame corker for the iran deal....

Economic analyst seve radner. In washington the bureau steve julie pace is with us. Good to have you both along with willie, joe and me. This new National Poll shows a majority of voters holds doubts about President Trumps ability to serve in office. Asked in a Quinnipiac University poll whether donald trump is quote fit to serve as president , a majority, 56 , say no. 42 say he is. This as his job approval tipped up one point from august. Now at 36 to approve, 57 disapprove. On the issues, amer...

Im chris hayes. You can rail against Robert Mueller all you want but actually defying the special counsel is another matter. This morning, former Trump Campaign aide sam nunberg, you might have heard of him showed up at a federal court in washington where he was expected to testify before a grand jury in the russia investigation. It has been just four days since nunberg vowed not to cooperate with the subpoena from mueller going on a media blitz to broadcast his defiance. Im not cooperating. Arr...

And clearly the administration would love to get consensus on what to do about pongyang. Consensus, frankly, arthel, talking to white house officials, an understanding that the u. S. Will need to do what it needs to do but consult with partners here in the region before making any move on pongyang. The president is coming to apjanuary, part of an active trip to the asian peninsula. What a great day for him to be here and opportunity for the u. S. Administration. After japan, off to south korea. ...

The legal term for former National Security adviser Michael Flynn signals a change in their strategy. Tthe New York Times was first to report th, that the call fro flynns lawyer to trump attorney john dowd took place wednesday evening. Flynns attorney had no comment. Information sharing is a normal tactic for Defense Attorneys. A sign flynn could be cooperating with Robert Muellers probe or at least beginning negotiations. President trumps lawyer, jay sekulow said in a statement, no one should d...

And the nasdaq, which is home largely to tech stocks that weve been talking about a lot these days. But also to some of the Biggest Companies in america, including google and apple is experiencing very, very strong gains. Once again, the tax cuts have been influential in these gains on the market. And the prospects of lower unemployment which weve been seeing are playing out in these stock markets. So we are seeing yet another record day. The other thing, though, that ive been talking about a li...