Doctors if south korea say the u. S. Ambassador will spend the next couple of days in the hospital after a vicious knife attack. Mark lippert needed more than two hours of surgery and 80 stitches to close the wound on his cheek. He was slashed on the face and hand just before he was to deliver a breakfast speech in seoul. Translator if the injury had been one or two centimeters deeper it could have caused damage to an artery and could have been life threatening. Thankfully though the worst Case Scenario of avoided. Were told lippert is in good spirits. He sent out a tweet, you see it on the the screen saying hes doing well. He says hes deeply moved by the support and will be back asap. The suspect was also injured. State media says he was angelburyangel angry about joint south korean u. S. Military exercises. Christopher hill says seoul is usually considered a safe place. Take listen. When i was ambassador here, yes, i had security but often i was able to walk outside by myself. Occasi
Get elected. And they helped destroyed the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. I dont plan to attend the inauguration. It will be the first one that i miss since ive been in congress. You cannot be at home with something that you feel is wrong. The president elect fired back against lewis comments about his legitimacy on twitter today. And the Democratic Party of georgia also weighing in. Kelly odonnell is outside trump tower for us. Get us up to date about the back and forth here. Reporter well, this has been a very volatile back and forth because john lewis is revered in the Democratic Party, hes got a persona that goes beyond politics because of his contributions to civil rights. Hes also a sitting member of congress for 30 years. And to say that a president who is going to be sworn in next week is not legitimate is a very serious charge. And you heard in his comments his basis for that, looking to the russian hacking as being an influence that interfered with the election. Donald trump,
They have no idea. At least he didnt say a 400 pound guy sitting in a bed. Also coming under friendly fire before his nomination made official. The head of exxonmobil scrutinized over his ties to russia and a seemingly close relationship with Vladimir Putin. Some gop senators suggesting theyre a no for confirmation. Its not like Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson are pounding down vodka, theyre not Close Friends but anybody in president trumps cabinet, particularly the secretary of state, the fourth highest ranking person in our government, that person will be advancing the interests of the u. S. Everywhere. Not like theyre pounding back vodka at the nearest bar. National correspondent Peter Alexander is covering the trump transition. How deep are the rifts within the inner circle for and against Rex Tillerson . Save the pounding back vodka for the rest of us. Donald trump was filled with praise in terms of comments about Rex Tillerson, both on twitter part of the fox interview saying he
To lead the department of Homeland Security. And a vote by the way expected in the house this hour could help trumps choice for defense secretary, general james mattis needs a waiver from both chambers to be eligible for the position. So far, president elect trump has filled more than half of his cabinet and top level positions. Today, hes on the road once again. He continues whats called his thank you tour with a rally later tonight in des moines, iowa, and in grand rapids, michigan, tomorrow. Youre looking at live pictures of Donald Trumps plane in new york city. Will soon leave for columbus, ohio. Cnn political reporter sara murray is in new york for us. Our senior political reporter manu raju is up on capitol hill. Sara, tell our viewers, first of all, why the president elect is visiting columbus, ohio. Well, wolf, most of the stops on Donald Trumps agenda, as you pointed out, are part of this victory tour. Theyre uplifting events, ways for him to thank the people who delivered him
Reform will go nowhere until they see the president s tax returns. The administration pushed back on that today. Will the president release his tax returns so that the president has released plenty of information and has given more Financial Disclosure than anybody else, i think the American Population has plenty of information. Right there. Right there. Other people have the right to ask questions. According to our estimations in the 2005 returns out there, getting rid of the alternative minimum tax would save him, he would only have paid 5. 3 million in federal income taxes. So your response to those citizen hikes say could it benefit his own businesses. Let me comment, what this is about is creating jobs and creating Economic Growth. And thats what massive tax cuts and massive tax reform in simplifying the system is what were going to do. It is just another example of a third complicated set of rules. Democrats were also swift to react to all of this. Chuck schumer said the presiden