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Facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, is told to just tweak the companys name a little bit. now there are reports they might really be changing it. of course, its one of the most well known brands in the world in tech. the website the verge which focuses on technology reports zuckerberg plans to announce a new name retitling facebook next week, part of a shift to perhaps change the companys reputation while also broadening what it does beyond social media. we always want to show our work, this is f...

That prior to publication. he knows its not a rumor. this underscores the leverage any senator can have if youre willing to buck your party, if you need all 50. manchin is in a way special, because if he talks about leaving in a state where trump won by 30 points during a year when he lost, well, its a more credible threat. hes also going out of his way to call it bs. so what life does this shed on the quandary facing democrats? why is joe manchin swearing in public? what will biden do about thi...

And when theyhe refused, he didt anyway. the white house gavee their usl response when asked about the reporting. we dont comment on security clearances. ron klain and the table are back. emily? >> this is a maddening story for me. particularly because it speaks to everything thats wrong with havingg family members in the white house and why it was illegal for 50 years, until trumps lawyers determined that it was perfectly okay to have two of his closest family members in the white ishouse. i wa...

And then all of a sudden jared gets it and we now find out from this report that john kelly and the white house counsel wrote memos saying that they were overruled by the president. they were concerned about this decision. i have to tell you something as having been a governor, i never had a staff member write a contemporaneous memo about one of my decisions. >> they dont do that on a whim. >> they just dont. >> they do that to cover themselves in a situation theyre worried about exposure on. >>...

They were concerned about this decision. i have to tell you something as having been a governor, i never had a staff member write a contemporaneous memo about one of my decisions. >> they dont do that on a whim. >> they just dont. >> they do that to cover themselves. >> exactly, right. the bad part too is ivanka went on abc and said directly that her father had nothing to do with her clearance or her husbands clearance. >> no hedging. straight faced. right to camera. >> and by the way, there wer...

Connections with his familys business and foreign governments, but we dont know exactly what the fbi and the cia, what their hesitations were about granting this clearance to them, but we know that they raised them and that there was some concern about granting him this top-secret tssci clearance. >> annie, thank you so much. this is some piece. if you havent read it yet, please check out "the new york times." its a must read. i want to bring in nbcs jeff bennett, who, of course, is at the white...

>> reporter: there are two contemporaneous memos about this, one from general kelly when he was chief of staff and one from white house counsel. i asked straight away whether or not these memos exist, take a listen. is there a memo from john kelly opposing this security clearance for jared kushner? >> ive never seen that memo. i generally dont comment on security clearances. >> reporter: why would he tell these organizations hes not meddled in that process? >> youll have to go back and see what ...

Kushner. "the new york times" say that president trump ordered his white house counsel to give his son-in-law a top secret security clearance, despite concerns of intelligence officials. and despite the promise of both the president and his family that they would not put their fi finger on the scale for jared. >> that will be up to general kelly. general kelly respects jared a lot. general kelly will make that call, i dont make that call. ill let the general who is right here make that call. >> ...

Prior to the transition, back when he was still a candidate. john dowd the presidents outside attorney is telling us we dont comment on things involving the special counsel. when pressed for more, he respectfully declined. the president is holding an extended meeting with lawmakers to talk about specifically about school safety. i can tell you our colleague julia ainsley has reached out to the special counsel, who is not commenting. not surprising given its rare for their office to make comments...

The campaign for a much longer period of time than donald trump would like you to believe, but remember, he was brought in to -- >> roger stone. >> to bring the entire campaign into alignment to try to keep that ted cruz at the convention away. manafort was seen as sort of the washington establishment. he was brought in at a crucial, crucial time of the campaign too. so hes minimizing manaforts role, clearly on purpose there. >> i think here, don, what trump is doing, though, is something that -...