Transition team had been inappropriately unmasked and obama era surveillance operations. Tonight, chairman nunes goes further, detailing how he viewed those reports on a secretive trip to the white house compound where he met with intelligence officials who had access to a secure Computer Network who showed these things to him. It was in the executive branch documents that were the focus of that feeling. These new revelations are setting up democrat House Minority leader Chuck Schumer, who has demanded that chairman nunes be removed from this pending investigation. Chairman nunes is falling down on the job. He seems to be more interested in protecting the president then and speaking the truth without further ado. Speaker ryan should replace chairman nunes. Martha here now, one of his Republican Committee colleagues, congressman trey gowdy, who was also a former chairman of the special select committee on benghazi and a former criminal prosecutor. Good to have you here. What do you make
Says the federal government may have to step in and end the carnage. Bill bennett joins us tonight. Plus, donald trump appears to unveil his pick for the u. S. Supreme court. We have outstanding candidates and i will be announcing it sometime next week. Sean Newt Gingrich will have reaction. Hannity from our Nations Capital and the white house starts right here, white now. We are back at our Nations Capital, well take you inside the Trump White House with the chief of staff Reince Priebus. But first, real change is finally coming to washington as President Donald Trump continues to make good on his promises. Shock and awe in d. C. That is tonights opening monologue. President trump visited the department of Homeland Security to announce major executive orders on immigration. Lets take a look. For too long, or offices and agents have been allowed to properly do their jobs. You know that, right . Do you know that . Absolutely. But that is all about to change. And im very happy about it.
From the factor, President Trump defends oreilly, saying, quote, i dont think bill did anything wrong. First of all locker room tock. Rebecca tracer and gloria ryan are here to respond. Plus senator tim kaine on the democrats fight to stop neil gorsuch. And congressman Eric Swalwell on todays hearings on the trump russia probe when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A lot to get to tonight, including a remarkable president ial press conference that well get to in just a moment. But we begin tonight with news that President Trump has removed his controversial chief strategist, the website publisher steve bannon, from his permanent seat on the National Security council, which is the nations primary policymaking group on National Security. Trumps initial decision to putt bannon on the nscs Principals Committee, despite the fact he is a political operative with no National Security experience other than his time in the navy, was widely criticized as reflec
Be. My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days. Later on abcs the view he hits back this way. The crown jewel of American Security is our intelligence. [applause] and everything we do, we rely upon those 16 different agencies. And to dis them and dismiss them, it really plays into russias hand. Eric anthony, first of all, congratulations. Appreciate it, thank you. Eric talk to me a little bit about whats goingel backandforth with the Intelligence Community. I sat on this very show and said i think its been politicized. S the Intelligence Community has been politicized. Does donald trump think this is all politics . I would probably say the aspects or slices of it may be politically charged or some people who are doing things that are politically motivated. I think the president elect has an enormous amount of respect for the Intelligence Community. In his daily briefing, i think he is getting a plethora of information which he finds very useful in terms of figuring out
The election of donald trump. I think the president elect made it very clear that we have a terrible relationship with russia right now. Thats not all our own dealing. But a failure of american diplomacy. What the president elect is determined to do is destroy the possibility of bert relations. Arthel Caroline Shively is covering washington. Peter doocy is live sat trump tower in n city. What is the president elect up to this morning . Reporter his final sunday before being sworn in is being spent in part on knocking democrats. He with all the jobs im bringing back to our nation, that number will only get higher. The Senate Intel Committee does plan to probe any communications between either campaign and russia. Donald trump said he joined the campaign in the summer and all the communication was with the American People. And he denied any wrongdoing in the context of Incoming National security add advisor michael flynn. He says they did not discuss because sanctions. Arthel donald trum