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Spot, especially as trump has called for draining the swamp in washington. anderson? >> thank you, lets bring in the panel. lets bring in the panel which we are super sizing all week. john king, kirsten powers and gloria borger and dana bash and jeffrey lord, angela rye and matt lewis. you heard the reporting. how big a deal is this? >> it depends how it shakes out. i was texting with the transition source who said that from what they have found, this was a broker directed account. meaning, he t...

A major focal point in the confirmation hearings. they hope it will put republicans in an uncomfortable stop, as trump has called for draining the swamp in washington. anderson? >> appreciate that reporting. we will have more. lets bring in the panel which we are super sizing all week. john king, kirsten powers and glor glor gloria borger and dana bash and jeffrey lord, angela rye and matt lewis. you heard the reporting. how big a deal is this? >> it depends how it shakes out. i was texting wi...

Salacious allegations that were completely unverified. >> disgraceful that the intelligence agencies allowed any information that turned out to be so false and fake. that is something that germany would have done and did do. >> the allegations have been quietly circulating for months among politicos and reporters. senior transition source tells fox news it was "barely mentioned in passing by the intel chiefs on friday and that trump saw the substance of the allegations later." >> it is fake news...

Director of national intelligence is bloated, politicized, wants to pair it back. when it comes to the c.i.a., he wants to cut back the number of staff in langley and put more agents in the field. this morning a senior transition source told me that that report was overblown. by mid morning, it was outright false. heres what sean spicer said about it all. >> the president-elects top priority is to ensure the safety of the american people and the security of the nation and hes committed to findin...

Chuck schumer is outlining his plan of attack against senator sessions, 1 of 8 nominees he wants to slow down on their way to the cabinet room. >> and attorney general who is so anti-immigration. >> that president-elect has expressed little faith in the intelligence community. a few minutes ago, a senior transition source texted to confirm that a leading contender to come in and clean things up as the next director of national is former indiana senator dan coats. sources tower colleague that mik...

Thats a not so veiled reference to the weapons of mass destruction or the missing wmds in iraq. when i went back to a transition source about this, the message was essentially dont read too much into this that. that mike pence still has faith in the intelligence community that he still receives these briefings nearly every day from the intelligence community unlike the president-elect who does not do that, and on that transition call earlier this morning, wolf, sean spicer was asked about all of...

Stock in wikileaks founder julian assange when it comes to russian hacking in the 2016 election. now trying to explain that the incoming white house president secretary john spicer told reporters trump trusts the data coming into the intelligence community more than the analysis of that data coming from the intelligence agencies. contrast that with vice president-elect mike pence. he was told by a transition source earlier today that mike pence, quote, has a lot of faith in the intelligence comm...

Business dealings, but raises the question if he is willing to stop advocating for the trump brand when he is the next president of the united states. the man forced off a jetblue flight after harassing ivanka trump and her husband jared kushner. he said his husband was kicked off after a flight attendant overheard a man slamming ivanka and jared. another deleted tweet said his husband chased down the couple to harass them. a man sitting if front of trump told cnn the man seemed agitated and t...

Going to be part of the administration, vab ivanka. >> no, im going to be a daughter. but ive said throughout the campaign that i am very passionate about certain issues and that i want to fight for them, so you know, there are a lot of things i feel deeply strongly about but not in a formal administrative capacity. >> it seems like things have changed. i mean, clearly, child care legislations. she feels strongly about, calling members of congress this week, according to a transition source, you...

>> at worst it was the truth that came out that had an impact on the election. >> reporter: now while a transition source tells me that donald trump is indeed worried and concerned about russias hacking, at the same time his advisers are adam ant the cyber attacks did not help their side win, as kelleyanne conway put it, one of donald trumps top advisers, vladimir putin did not tell hillary clinton to ignore wisconsin and michigan and wolf, thats an argument that we sort of heard from president ...