Isnt leaving 1600 pennsylvania avenue quietly, including a hardline with an old ally. Here is a fundamental reality. If the choice is one state, israel can either be jewish or democratic, it cannot be both. And payback for Vladimir PutinsElection Year meddling, but will a President Trump reverse all of obamas december decisions . Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics on the first day of the new year. Im sitting in for john king. Who could have predicted we would begin 2017 with a throw back to the cold war or president elect trump praising a great move by a very smart vladimir putin. It started when president obama hit russia with sanctions what the u. S. Government calls cyber attacks. On thursday the u. S. Ordered 35 Russian Diplomats to leave the country, demanded the russians close two compounds and sanctioned russian spy agencies individuals and companies the u. S. Government says were involved in the hacking. In a statement president obama also said that his administration will do more and all of those puts winishmenpunie made public. Here to share their insights is our panel. President obamas move to punish russia for meddling in the election are a two written sentence statement from president elect donald trump. Its time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. Nev nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, i will meet with leaders of the Intelligence Community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation. The whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly whats going on. We have speed. We have a lot of other things. But im not sure we have the kind of security you need. Karen, remarkable to see an incoming republican president seeming to reluctantly want to have an intelligence briefing in seeming so far to say theres nothing to see here when it comes to russia and putin. How did we get here well he talks about moving on to bigger and better things. I dont know how you get much bigger than this. This is a new form of warfare. It is something how did we get here . One question is why we havent gotten here sooner. This is something thats been going on for at least nine years since russia hack ed estonia. It will be a major geopolitical issue going forward. Donald trump deciding after these sanctions that hes going to hear from Intelligence Community is significant in two ways. Its possible that this will give him a way to sort of recalibrate on this, to say he has new information to quit poopooing the intelligence. The other thing it could be a reset in his relationship with the Intelligence Community which he has also been sort of dismissing. If theres any doubt about how he feels about putin, at least, he teethed on friday, trump did, great move on delay by vladimir putin. I always knew he was very smart. Because, of course, putin, the expectation was that putin would respond in kind, maybe eject some u. S. Diplomats. He didnt do that. Matt, whats your sense of how long trumps stance towards putin, some might call it a bromance, how long can he maintain that . I think were set up for a clash very early in Trumps Administration with john mccain, lindsey graham, people on the hill ready to challenge trump on some of his rhetoric on russia. So i think they are setting that up as a test of powers, really. Within the Republican Party too. The other thing going back to his Intelligence Briefings, he has been briefed on these things. For a while. Hes had the opportunity to be briefed even more. And the way that his statement came across it was as if he was doing us a favor by taking those briefings when its an obligation of the president to take those briefings. So i think thats another thing that hell be challenged more with in his respect of the Intelligence Community. Its not even going to wait until hes inaugurated. John mccain this week has a hearing that will begin looking into this. Rex tillerson will have his confirmation hearings. One of the first questions hell get is about this issue of hacking and because he has such a close relationship with vladimir putin. So before trump takes the oath of office there will be a debate within his own party and this isnt a partisan issue. Lets make that clear. But in terms of what hes saying and what you heard republicans saying last week, saying that there were too few sanctions, too little, too late. Paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, most republicans who were hawks were saying that. So they are talking past each other and at some point they are going to have to meet. Lindsey graham has been very much out front, john mccain as well. Heres what graham had to say. We believe the russians did this. Well have hearings. Well put sanctions something to hit putin and his inner circle for interfering in our elections. They are doing it all over the world not just the united states. It will be hard for trump to maintain this idea that this is a partisan witchhunt, if you will, that is what hes said, thats what some of his aides has said when its republicans who are leading the charge and certainly democrats will join. I love the phone behind lindsey graham. It was amazing. You know, i do think, though, the idea that the Trump Transition Team goes to politics first, you know i heard Kellyanne Conway earlier this week say that it was politic, you know, shes hoping its not politics from president obama but has seen that before. There are ways to win elections and there are elections and there are also things that are facts and as matt was talking about with president elect trump being able to take daily Intelligence Briefings and kind of setting those aside saying they are repetitive and now saying hell meet with them to be updated on facts. There are only two people right now who could push back against the Intelligence Community and say open up the documents, show me everything you got. If youre skeptical between donald trump and barack obama the only two people who could do that right now and passing up that opportunity seems strange. And one of the things we also saw this week in terms of the contrast between this administration and the incoming administration, on foreign policy, was on israel and john kerry the outgoing secretary of state commented on two state solution. Heres what he had to say. Despite our best efforts over the years, the two state solution is now in serious jeopardy. Friends need to tell each other the hard truths and friendships require mutual respect. Matt, you have covered john kerry. Why did he give this speech . Some people saw it as in some ways a eulogy for the two state solution and also about his legacy as well, john kerrys legacy. I interviewed him two weeks ago and it was very clear even this this was much on his mind, exiting the administration, seeing tends of his career in office. And i think what led him here feeling the two state solution was slipping away and they wanted to do something to put this back on the agenda and he got ridiculed in congress. But talking to the state department they feel comfortable they put this back on the radar where israel and its settlement policy is very much in the news, in israel theres a fierce debate going on right now and internationally there is. So they are about to give up the reign reins of the state department and Rex Tillerson if confirmed will go in a different direction with israel but they set it up. Certainly signaled that trumps nominee for ambassador to israel is very friedman. The hinge point of u. S. Israeli relations and u. S. Involvement in the middle east Peace Process and that speech is the hint. Maybe you wouldnt have seen as strong a comment from secretary kerry if Hillary Clinton had won election, lets say, because you have such a stark difference as karen is pointing out in policy between what barack obama has done and what donald trump wants to do as far as a two state solution or mid east peace that i think the Obama Administration and people like john kerry want to point out this has been fairly consistent 40 years of policy to say they are against settlement expansion. And that jerusalem should be, you know, is up for some negotiation for who runs which parts. You know, i think the Obama Administration wants to put a stamp on that and go out legacy wise to say, you know, this is breaking with u. S. Precedent over the last 40 years. You have to say, you know john kerry better than i do, but this also was very personal speech. Very emotional speech for john kerry. So as much as it was a legacy play this also was kerrys legacy in a speech he wouldnt have had to give had Hillary Clinton won and if im remembering correctly he wanted to give this speech earlier and they said no, no, they put it off because they thought Hillary Clinton would win. Youre seeing this in realtime calibration from the Obama Administration trying to rush and hurry to get everything done that they thought would be golden. Youll see, matt, like lin congress some efforts to undo trumps obamas legacy even on this u. N. Resolution, congress slipping in to slap this down and sort of say they dont agree with this u. N. Sanctioning or u. N. Vote on israel. Yeah. I think thats very much in play. Funding for u. N. And things like that are under threat. To jackies point i do think there was a personal aspect about this for john kerry. He spent the first year in office as secretary of state trying to get these two parties together, you know, do don quixotelike. But he path lot on the line to get them together. The last few weeks he talked about the ripeness of diplomacy and very frustrated that the conditions were there, that he felt like to give these parties to talk but he couldnt force them to come to the table. Jackie, trump has talked about the israelipalestinian conflict resolving it and it would be his ultimate deal, if he was able to do that. What would that look like . Do we know . No. It wasnt too long ago he said he was neutral in the dispute which obviously can you not be. Particularly when youre a world leader. I dont think we know that. I dont think we know that yet. A lot depends on his ambassador. But what his ambassador is supporting right now sort of negates if he decides to support settlements, if they move the embassy to jerusalem this will be a nonstarter on the other side. So well have to see. There are a lot of open questions on what his policies will be because he didnt start with any. It was sort of made it up as he went along. Up next trumps economic mantra. I did that. The good news the president elect says belongs to him and why he claims theres much more to come. But first a politician say the darnest thing flashback. When then candidate trump met toddler trump. Whats your name . Name. Now, hes supposed to look like donald trump but hes actually much too good looking. You are really handsome. Wheres your daddy . And your mommy, right . You want to go back. Do you want to go back to them or do you want to stay with donald trump . Donald. President elect donald trump hasnt even taken office yet but he claims the country can already see and feel what some of his aides have called the trump effect on the economy. There was this tweet monday, the world was gloomy before i won. There was no hope. Now the market is up nearly 10 and Christmas Spending is over a trillion dollars. Then this on tuesday, the u. S. Consumer Confidence Index for december surged near lie four points to 113. 7. The highest level in more than 15 years. Thanks donald. On wednesday the president elect announced he was personally responsible for bringing 5,000 jobs back to the u. S. I was just called by the head people at sprint and they are going to be bringing 5,000 jobs back to the united states. Taking it from other countries. They are bringing them back to the united states. One web, a new company will be hiring 3,000 people. Thats very exciting. So, if you look beneath the headlines and beneath what hes saying there in that press conference, this was a deal that was made in october. It really doesnt have anything to do with trump. He had already announced it was basically based on a japanese banks financing that he had already taken credit for once. He was double counting. Seems to be good for the companies to get these kinds of headlines and certainly good for donald trump even if its not quite true. What it really speaks to is hes promised change. Hes promised progress. Hell be under a lot of pressure to produce it in very tangible ways. Its going to be his effort and i think well see this every day, him getting up and sort of pointing to something tangible, however small, however, you know, tangental to whatever hes doing and to give people the sense that things are changing, that they are moving in a way that these big broad Economic Statistics as barack obama learned the hard way dont. Dont really tell the story and obama was never very good at selling even when there was relatively good Economic News he would sort of say theres still more work to be done. This approach makes a lot of sense from a Brand Marketing standpoint. Like we were talking about, when barack Obama Took Office, you know, they pointed to a lot of Economic Statistics to say how things have improved or changed. People dont really feel or get that. They understand carrier because they might have heating or air conditioning unit or understand a bank name because they might be there or not. So thats what trump is trying to do. Its incumbent on us look below the surface, make sure those things that add up whether or not they go to real statistics and do wind up going to make real improvements. I think its important to have a sensitivity benchmarks from 2009 when barack Obama Took Office to 2017 when Donald Trump Takes Office and maintain some consistency for comparative sake. What kind of bench marks, jackie, for trump should we be looking at. He doesnt come in promising a certain number of jobs. Hes only said that he would be the best job creator that god ever created i think is what he said. Hes talked about growth as well, promising maybe as high as 6 growth. What are the metrics here . Checking the facts carefully, its going to be very important. You mentioned carrier. He was inflating the numbers of carrier and we know that because i spoke to a work who are said thats not the number thats coming. So thats going to be critical. But in terms of benchmarks and hes talked about manufacturing. Manufacturing coming back. Hes talked about infrastructure. Hes going to need Congress Help with that. Bringing the coal industry back as well. Look at the industries hes spot lighted which a lot of this is gone because of globalization. Right. Globalization. Weve been wrong in the past. Maybe key do it. Beyond globalization which he has spent a lot of time blaming that on trade, the majority of manufacturing jobs that have been lost have been lost to automation. Right. Productivity has gone up which is difficult to reverse. But also some of the trade policies that hes talked about could actually hurt some of his goals. Things like auto parts. They are not manufactured in the united states. American cars american cars are put together here but the parts come from somewhere else. He could be shooting himself in the foot with these other policies hes talking about implementing. He has to find a balance. One thing hes talking about and instagramed this on thursday kind of a slogan, i guess. He said my administration will follow two simple rules, buy american and hire american. Matt, what do we think that actually looks like in terms of a policy . Is it about, you know, he only has American Products in the white house or in these different agencies, american tvs, whatever it is . He wont have ivanka trumps products in the white house. His own things are made overseas. As a businessman he made decisions and his daughter whose businesses are successful by some standards have, you know, relied on overseas manufacturing, overseas labor to make those products. So i think, you know, hes talked about apple, for example. Apple has huge manufacturing facilities in china. And does he penalize apple somehow and force them, to you know, levy some tariffs. Some of his businesses filed to bring Foreign Workers here. Hire american, buy american both sound like great slogans but how does he deliver on that. Thats what were talking about. Thats something that you have to, you know, hold him to account for. How do you bring those jobs back that youre suddenly promising and how do you get people then to hire folks. Sean it nonunion labor, for example . Thats one thing that democrats have been worried about when you watch the increase in car manufacturing, for example in a place like alabama. One of the things were also waiting for him to talk about is his businesses, how hes going to extricate himself from those businesses and be more transparent. Heres what he had to say. Not a big deal. You people are making it a big deal, the business. Number one, when i won they all knew i had a big business all over the place. In fact, i reported it with the federal elections. Its a much bigger business than anybody thought. Its a great business. But im going to have nothing to do with it. I dont have to. Because, as you know, i wouldnt have to do that bylaw but i do want to do that because i want to focus on the country. Whats the hold up in terms of this press conference. It was promised december 15th and then his aides said it was complicated. Even though in that clip he said its simple. Whats your sense . Whats the hold up . They want to make sure all the is are dotted and ts are crossed. This is complicated. Hopefully they will have a press conference. Theres a lot of questions. He hasnt had a press conference