his supporters. this moment no. different with just three days before his inauguration. he s trying to change the narrative about these polls which are casting a little bit of a cloud over his swearing in, steph. i do remember during the primary he was pointing to polls for us when they were in his favor. sort of depends. i want to talk though about cia director john brennan. things are getting aggressive between the two of them. they are. and i think it underscores this unprecedented moment where you see these tensions between an incoming commander in chief and the intelligence community he s about to lead. out going cia director john brennan slamming the president-elect in his exit interview in the wall street journal categorically denying that he is responsible for any leaks. remember, the president-elect accused him of potentially leaking information. and let me read you what he had to say about the fact that the president-elect has called in to question some of their latest
did lead to that arrest. thank you very much attorney general loretta lynch. we greatly appreciate you joining us for this final exit interview and we wish the best for you and to you. thank you, tamron. and thank you for watching this slightly extended version of msnbc live with tamron hall. let s turn over everything to andrea mitchell reports. andrea? and tamron, congratulations on that interview, thank you. right now on the special edition of andrea mitchell reports live on capitol hill. as washington readies for a transition of power, backlash, more fallout today after congressman john lewis comments to chuck todd on meet the press and donald trump s response tweeting the civil rights leader who was almost beaten to death in selma is all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. i don t see this president-elect as a legitimate president. i think the russians participated in having this man get elected, and they have
congress. no reference to donald trump in the back and forth with the president elect that started a few days ago when our own chuck todd spoke with congressman lewis and at that time the congressman said he does not believe that donald trump is a legitimate present. donald trump took to twitter to attack the civil rights icon saying he was all talk and no action, some believe he was unaware of congressman s background. nevertheless, no reference at this dinner. coming up, though, attorney general loretta lynch s final exit interview. we ll get her thoughts on the future of civil rights in this country and the incoming administration. it s her final exit interview right after the break. 100% of our food is 100% clean. no artificial preservatives, sweeteners, flavors, or colors.
media is reporting. you guys hang here for a moment. we have now confirmed peter alexander confirmed monica crowley has stepped back and will not be the spokesperson for the nfc. there had been plagiarism accusation answer major concerns about her back ground. up next the exit interview, my conversation with national security advicer susan rice, next on andrea mitchell reports and then back here on capitol hill. with jonathan and anne. boost it s about moving forward
june, the much reported meeting between you and bill clinton. you talked about it many times now, in reflection in this final exit interview. what would you have done differently that day? well as i said, i viewed it as a courtesy meeting, one of many that i had over the years in my time here in office, and other times, and certainly i wouldn t have viewed it in that light so i ve said that before, and i would still hold to that. you ve talked a lot also about police brutality and your concern regarding some key investigations. i know that during your tenure, you called for an investigation, a review of the death of eric garner, the new york man who was choked on video. we ve not seen a conclusion of that investigation. the timing was not on your side, necessarily, but here this now potentially turns over to the next attorney general jeff sessions who expressed concern about police being judged unfairly and publicly wary of some of these investigations. what does that mean for your