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Dont forget after the intel briefing for the president today he has the big rally coming up in indiana tonight. i can imagine it is going to be a bit louder than usual. >> bill: we mention the summit in singapore. how soon with the white house confirm that? >> weve been talking to senior administration officials on the record and off the record and no one wants to get ahead of the president on a circumstance like this. i dont think there is any doubt were likely to find out before the end of the...

Staff for the once-populist president. and cohn, by the way, a registered democrat. would be a fascinating dynamic. lets be honest, the most important thing that came out yesterday in the senate intel briefing was the fact that there was a stern warning to the president, to this country that russia never went away and -- the meddling, warning about 2018. >> there should be no doubt that russia perceived that its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 u.s. midterm elections as a potential ...

>> were you surprised he cut you off before you were finished? >> were professional reporters. were trained to not have any emotional attachment and not allow any kinds of feelings interfere with our jobs so surprise is something im not supposed to be and here i am admitting on national television i was somewhat surprised. >> he says you were being unfair. he said you lied, the preface of your question said it was going to be nice and you lied about it when in fact you work hard to make sure you...

Not trust the briefings until another set of people or another body then has another type of intel briefing, then its combining and using this. not sure what the message is thats being sent or potentially whats the sketch thats being drawn out here. >> yeah, i dont think anybody is, fred, but i think the underline, the biggest message that were taking from this, and the incoming president has said this. that basely, he does not trust what they are saying. so, what does he mean by my people. it c...

>> i have not even brought it up in this conversation. >> its everywhere. to affirmatively debunk it is -- >> i get why youre sensitive about that. i get why you think its objectively wrong,i get it, the politicizing standpoint of what it was. two things. one, during the campaign, fair is fair. donald trump as candidate was saying read the wikileaks, i hope wikileaks gets her e-mails from the server, put them out. no question he wanted that to happen. he was hoping it would impact. he encouraged...

. president-elect trump gearing up for a big week. hes going to become the 45th president of the united states, but 11 days, confirmation hearings begin for cabinet nominees. hell give us first press conference since he won. theres a lot to deal with. lets discuss with someone at the center of the transition. trump adviser kellyanne conway. >> good morning. >> reince priebus says this morning, yes, after the classified briefing that the president-elect got, he does see the basis for identifyin...

You first on what has been happening before we get to the hearings themselves and that is with regards to the intel report and that which has been said about it. donald trump tweeting this morning and weve been talking about it this hour, hes saying in one of his tweets, having a good relationship with russia is a good thing, not a bad thing. only stupid people or fools would think that is bad. and then he adds onto say both countries will perhaps work together. in one of his tweets this comes l...

That shots were indeed fired and those injured as well. this situation really developing over the last half an hour, we want to point out around 1:00 p.m. eastern time. terminal 2 and 3 around the baggage claim area, some say the taxi area. at the same moment, we dont want to lose sight of what is happening in their city, huge intel briefing at trump tower, we see on ap wire that briefing is underway right now. you can see on your screen, we are watching wall street for what could be a historic ...

Jeremy, even before a president calls a great ally, there is an intel briefing on maybe what that ally is grappling with or, you know, its not all -- >> theres an intel briefing in something that we used to call a leadership profile which is really a two-pager on what makes that leader tick. what are they interested in? what are that are backgrounds. the president knows what issues to raise and what not to raise. then it can get a lot more tactical. if theres a particular threat as there was in ...

Situation. >> what do you can know that other people dont know ivlgs youll find out tuesdays or wednesday. there it is. trump will get intel briefing and he could come face-to-face with some of those 17 agencies that have concluded that the russians interfered with the elections. this morning on the today show matt lawyer asked exactly about that. take a listen. >> has she shared this information with the cia with the rest of the intelligence community because le would be talking about informa...