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ukraine. and with vladimir putins new and intense missile barrage. in kyiv, a fragile calm shattered by bomb after bomb after bomb. air raid sirens sending residents sprinting for shelter. wide ranging attacks striking at least ten cities across ukraine in the countrys west. the south, the center and the east. and it killed civilians, 11 right now, that we know of. and knocking critical infrastructure offline. in kyiv, motels like this, a pedestrian bridge engulfed by an explosion. sub...

But the russian hacking. president obama was very adamant and very tough on the kinds of questions that have been coming out of the president-elects team and the transition aides and the president-elect himself when it comes to questioning whether russia was actually behind this. that was a source of tension that we see here. its a push and pull, but there are only a little under 30 days left of this, then donald trumps going to be the president and president obama will try to navigate his way t...

There, sources are telling us. meanwhile jared kushner sources say appear bound for the west wing. the east wing is interesting because this is usually where we see the office of the first lady. but under a donald trump white house, aides are already plank for this to be an office of the first family. so that leaves the question of what happened to donald trump jr. what happens to eric trump? well they are supposed to be the ones who are taking over the business. but, not only were they in this ...

Transition aides calling it the "office of the first family." this as ivanka and her brothers don jr. and eric today sat in on a meeting between the president elect and silicon valley leaders billionaire. as you see jeff bezos there. tim cook from apple. cheryl sanberg sitting next to mike pence from facebook. the presence of the family at that meeting further blurring the lines. don jr. tonight tweeting about his involvement in the tech meeting. honored to have sat in. the most impressive group...

>> well, weve learned that don jr. was involved. but it doesnt just stop with don jr. eric trump sat in on one of the meetings between donald trump and mitt romney and were learning when donald trump does head to the white house, the office thats normally seen as the office of the first lady and called that is going to become the office of the first family to make way for ivanka to play a role in the white house. we know both jared kushner and ivanka trump are expected to head to washington, d.c...

Such a move could help address conflict of interest concerns something donald trump is expected to address in a news conference next week. conflicts of interest are main thing people are ringing the bell out. with six days until the press conference we here on msnbc are asking a new question each day for the president-elect. we certainly hope he answers them. will donald trump provide proof that he sold all of those stock positions? i want to bring in john harwood. this is rich for president-ele...

Lap yesterday in pences home state of indiana, then ohio. in cincinnati, the president-elect reignited the boyce truss enthusiasm that catapulted him to the stunning upset. one unscripted bombshell. trump wants retired general james mattis to become his defense secretary. already a potential obstacle looms. phil mattingly has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. some hurdles for that pick. ill get to that in a minute. but you noted, carol, last night was a victory tour. hess camp...

2013. you need tube removed from the military for seven years to be eligible to run the defense department. ive talked to trump transition aides, they said they did not believe they would have a problem getting a waiver. george c. marshall was able to get that waiver. we already saw one statement kirsten gillibrand, new york senator, strong voice in democratic caucus last night announcing that she would oppose the waiver because, again civilians leadership a principle of american democracy. not ...

Mr. trump. i want to share what she said. >> people feel betrayed to think that governor romney, who went out of his way to question the character and the intellect and integrity of donald trump now our president-elect would be given the most significant cabinet post of all, secretary of state. >> okay. people are saying kellyanne conway has gone rogue here. donald trump is furious. hold on a second. kellyanne conways middle name is strategy. she has said from the get-go, loyalty to mr. trump is...

Sneaky. >> reporter: all of this is how democrats call into question trumps lease agreement with the u.s. government for his new hotel just blocks from the white house. >> as soon as hes sworn in on january the 20th, he will have violated the law. >> reporter: citing trumps lease, which says no member of the government can share in any part of the agreement. now donald trump is not in the white house yet, and its premature to determine whether donald trump will, in fact, want to follow up that l...