yet where rosenstein is being exceedingly smart about the way he s navigating through this or whether it will blow up in his face eventually. a lot of that still has to do with the president. how far is he willing to take this battle? how confrontational ultimately is he willing to be. what if any is the pushback on that. i think we are all interested in the next presidential tweet on this topic. matt miller thank you for bringing your expertise from your days at the justice department. much appreciate it. dan, susan and sahil you get to stick around. we will hear from a former top u.s. intelligence official who is warning congress not to politicize intelligence. also, the trump administration declares victory over the nfl players. what does it mean when only a certain type of patriotism is allowed?
justice department and its more than 100,000 employees are part of this deep state? obviously he doesn t believe the entire justice department is part of that. you know, one of the things that the president has done is appoint christopher wray at the fbi because he wants to change the culture of that agency and he thinks he s the right person to do that. again i bring this back to congressional republicans who want to talk about the economy because it is taking off and they just got through their life long goal of tax cuts. how much does this deep state stuff knock them off message? how much of it is shared? there s a lot to inpack in that tweet. the justice department has been weaponized against the presidency, there s a campaign official who has not been charged with a crime should be jailed. there s a whole lot there to unpack, but you re right. what republicans want the president to do is stick to that win on tax reform. they were riding high into the christmas and new year s
south korea to ensure a peaceful couple of weeks in pyeongchang, but president trump might weigh in here and we might see a disturbance. you wonder with senate returning to capitol hill today if we see the return of bob corker or jeff flake or someone willing to step out and say, this is not going to work. threatening nuclear war over twitter is not going to work for this party or this country, but there s also this in the 16 tweet storm that came from the president about a deep state. the president tweeting crooked hillary clinton s taid, she put pass words in the hands of foreign agents. deep state justice department. that s the part that really raised eyebrows. it s like a conspiracy theory. sanders was asked about that yesterday. here s what she said. does he believe the entire
justice department and its more than 100,000 employees are part of this deep state? obviously he doesn t believe the entire justice department is part of that. deep state justice department. the tweet comes days after the state department released thousands of e-mails some of which contained classified information. a report in the conservative daily caller said one e-mail included passwords to government systems. that e-mail was not marked classified as the president claimed. the senate back in session today as the administration tries to jump start its legislative agenda. one major issue still unresolved. the children s health insurance program. yes, health care for children. chip is popular on both sides of the aisle, but congress has still failed to reauthorized long-term funding. there s only money through march. states have already started warning that 9 million children will lose their coverage if lawmakers don t move quickly.
negotiate jerusalem that requires a larger majority to hand over any part of the holy city to a foreign entity. that would be the palestinians with the goal of tightening the israeli grip on the city. it certainly is a fascinating way to start the new year, isn t it? watching these really important matters distilled into social media. all right. thank you so much for that. and it s not done yet, christine. president trump s twitter feed also forgoted his own justice department. the president going after former hillary clinton aide as well as former fbi director james comey saying deep state justice department must finally act on them and others suggesting a conspiracy against him. here s how sarah sanders responded when asked about that tweet. does he believe the entire