Intelligence and heads of the cia, fbi and National Security agency will brief the President Elect on alleged russian meddling in the president ial election, certainly he has called repeatedly challenged. He said, well, maybe its not the case, maybe even sided with Julian Assange tweeting even last night questioning the validity of the information hes about to receive. Well, we have it all covered for you from every angle. Kristen welker, what do we expect will go down here . Reporter the backdrop to this briefing is very tense, thats for sure. You have the President Elect just last night again questioning the Intelligence Community. He was infuriated after details leaked out about the report and actually whats in the report and intelligence officials telling us that some of the details in the report include intercepts which prove that top russian officials were celebrating President Elect trumps win. We were also learning theyve identified some of the gobetweens who delivered some
of that information. The President Elect is saying why is this information leaking out . Hes been questioning these people who are going to brief him for weeks now. So this is tensions that have been building. But were also being told these are career professionals. Theyre not going in to pick a fight. Theyre going to be firm in what they know. If the President Elect pushes, theyre prepared to push back. Will things get heated, thats the other question. Is the President Elect going to actually believe the intelligence that he gets . You have experts who are looking at this situation and saying, look, its critical to National Security that he backs up his Intelligence Community. What we have is this unprecedented moment where a sitting Commander In Chief is creating a huge rift with the Intelligence Community that hes about to leave. Were also learning some new details. This meetings going to take place at 12 30 and Vice President elect mike pence is also going to be in attendance. Were going to be tracking it all, steph, the fireworks and everything else. Its going to be a party over there. I want to bring in hans nichols
in washington, d. C. It sound like moments from now were going to be getting The Public Version of this report. What do we expect . Well, The Public Version could come out any moment now. We do expect it today. My colleague is reporting it. Youll have The Public Version and the private briefing that mr. Trump will be receiving at 12 30. Intelligence officials saying both of very powerful saying russia actively intervened to influential the election for donald trump. The question really is at trump tower is whats the standard of proof, The Burden Of Proof and will donald trump sport upport. Joining donald trump will be michael flynn, his incoming National Security adviser, head of the nsc. What was important about mr. Flynn is throughout his career, hes been very skeptical of intel coming in. Look to see if theres any showdown between flynn and some of the folks that theyre briefing, namely john brennan,
seen of a Foreign Government trying to interfere with a u. S. Election. John mccain calling this an act of war. I think all of that is putting pressure on donald trump. How does he respond to it . Thats the key question. A lot of people speculating hes going to come out and say, okay, the findings do point to russia, however, this has been overhyped and overpoliticized. Remains an open question, though. Lets bring in republican strategist and member of Trumps National spanish advisory council, steve cortez and strategist david corn. Donald trump has publicly been a skeptic of these Intelligence Agencies and this information. But the fact that theres a lot of pressure there, hes meeting with the intelligence officials, now the public report is coming out. To kristens point, its been called an act of war. Nancy pelosi said the content is stunning. What is donald trump going to do . I dont know but well find
out shortly today or in the coming days. I think that skepticism of intelligence reports is okay. Publicly . Yes. Had george w. Bush been skeptical of the cias conclusion, we might never have got i Dont Know Involv gotten involved in that Awful Embroilio in iraq as we did had he taken a skeptical view. Without a doubt thats why someone becomes the president because they are the last word but being a public skeptic, goading, antagonizing, calling it intelligence. Who does that help . How does that make America Great . The reason hes had to go public is because unfortunately there have been so many leaks out of our Intelligence Commute is they chose to go public. It would be wonderful for american National Security if all of this could have been done behind closed doors. So two wrongs make a right . No, no. Hacking is wrong. We cant have it from americans, not from china, russians or anyone, if it jeopardizes our security or our economic security. I think weve been too lax about hacking. Whatever the source of the hacks, what was revealed by all indications of the truth and the truth about the Democratic Party and about Hillary Clinton and her top staffers, the truth once revealed convinced americans the more they knew about them, the less they liked hersh the less they trusted them. David . I pity you, steve, to have to defend donald trump on this matter. He has said so many things that are just outright false. Not that hes a skeptic. Thats a polite way of saying it. He said weeks ago this wasnt an issue during the election, why are we seeing this now . David, dont talk ko
condescending to me this way. I know exactly what they are. Gentlemen, were going to end this right now if you cant be respectful to one another. David . He just sort of made it up that this was a postelection issue. He said Julian Assange knows more than the Intelligence Community does. He hasnt prove i dont knn tha. He said he knew Something Special about the hacking he would tell us this past tuesday and wednesday. He didnt do that either. Hes been spinning or fabricating and saying false and misleading statements on this issue for months and it all ties into the mystifying approach he has towards russia and putin and trying to dismiss this intervention. Its what the Mainstream Media has been saying for weeks is that the election was hand. Thats not true. The dnc was hacked. Steve. Steve. Steve. Steve. Steve, im not going to let you
before we go, steve, you basically said or as i understand donald trump has done this in response to all the leaks that are out there. But if you could help me understand why is it that donald trump continues this tweet storm, today alone going after Arnold Schwarzenegger and The Apprentice and ratings. This is the President Elect. Doesnt he have anything better to do . Of course. Listen, no one can doubt his work ethic and how hard hes been working at this transition. Yes, you can. The President Elect is a very unique politician, right. Hes our first please answer my question. He didnt come from the military please answer my question. I am. Part of what makes him unique is the way he speaks so candidly and such authenticity to the american people. About trivial matters. And he has an extensive past as a television celebrity. Its important to him and important to his brand. Its part of what made him hes not a grownup. Its part of what made him run for president in the first
place. The media thinks he doesnt talk like a politician so going after the ratings of The Apprentice. The guy in charge of our nuclear codes, who is being briefed on whether the russians intervened, he has Nothing Better to do than to sort of go on this sort of im better than you tweet storm against Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hes not speaking to you. Hes speaking to the american people. He needs to grow up. Hes not speaking to washington, d. C. Or new york, hes speaking to the American Worker who has been forgot i dont know forgotten. And if you live in new york, you count, too. Well have Michelle Obamas final speech as first lady. Her last public address before the transition to trump. But first, four africanamericans charged with streaming the attack of a white teenager. Theyre going to appear in court
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authorities are calling a hate crime. The video shows the 18yearold victim tied up, slashed with a knife and forced to drink toilet water. The ordeal, according to police, went on for hours and it was posted to Facebook Live for all to see. [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. The actions in that video are reprehensible. That, along with racism, have absolutely no place in the city of chicago. Anybody seeing it is both its sickening and sickened by it. But this morning the victims grandmother tells nbc news she hasnt seen it and wont. I dont think i could handle that. I dont want to watch him suffer. I know he did. Reporter investigators confirm the victim went to school with one of his alleged assailants, jordan hill. He met up with hill at a
mcdonalds on new years eve. What began as a sleepover lasted for several days. Police found him disoriented tuesday afternoon. They then located the house they believe he was being tortured in about a block away. It has caused condemnation by black leaders. Our community is embarrassed by the actions of these young men. Their actions are very barbaric and we are outraged. Reporter as for the victim his siblings say hes doing as well as can be expected. Some of the charges these four are facing here today are hate crime charges. Theyre also facing unlawful restraint, battery with a Deadly Weapon and kidnapping charges. If theyre convicted on kidnapping, they could serve up
to 30 years in prison. Joining me is a criminal and civil tone. Eric, that video is awful, awful. Were completely shocked by it. We havent seen anything like this. How common is this type of thing . Its common. And i hate saying that and giving the world the information because so many of these children are doing crimes, committing crimes for attention. They do it on Facebook Live, they record it, they take pictures of themselves, whether its a jewel thief or a burglar or a robber, theyre trying to get attention and likes and that is the fuel behind Something Like this. The fact that it was recorded, that theres a 28minute video, does that make it a Slam Dunk Case . It does in certain aspects. The only potential issue is the hate crime statute. You have to prove that it was because of race or his disability at that it was a hate crime. On the surface it definitely appears that way, which i do expect the prosecution to start
making offers and deals, this is almost a race to the Prosecutors Office for them to get their client a deal before the others. Is there where theyll turn on one another and point the finger at the ring leader . Absolutely. The canaries are going to start singing very shortly. You may be my best friend but if were going to prison, i need to get the best deal for me. Could this video get thrown out . I doubt it. Of course the Defense Lawyers are going to challenge the video except they are the ones that put the video out there. They are. I believe this would be admissible in court. I dont see a reason why it would not be admissible. But the Defense Attorneys will try to keep it out, benefit their client and get them the best deal. This is a Slam Dunk Case because these Young Children were on camera doing this crime. Can i say one thing . They dont get to be called children. Theyre adults. Theyre 18. Theyre 18. Old enough to know better. And i agree with that. This is the type of thing that society one of them is 24 years old. I think the others are 17. If youre 17 or 18 years old, i hope to heaven that you know better than that kind of behavior. Absolutely. Thats where we have to get to the home values and the things we teach these children. This is not acceptable by anyone regardless of where youre from or what you do. This is sick. This is sick, this is what it is. Were going to take a break. Just in, a brand new interview with donald trump answering questions about the u. S. Intelligence assessment of russias hacking. He is calling it a political witch hunt. What else did he have to say . Plus my colleague Andrea Mitchell just sat down with outgoing Secretary Of State john
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information prevented in the public side of this report. As we always reveal, our roaring tactics, we need to find michael sheer, get his cell phone and he likes to play poker, maybe we can get his cell phone. Sheers a great guy. I love that, hans nichols always working i want to stay on donald trump but Something Else that he is up to, all of this very, very serious business, hes in a different kind of twitter battlea twitter war with former california governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. I cant even believe were talking about this, the Terminator Versus the donald with the President Elect about to be briefed on the potential russian hacking. What is he doing . These tweets went down as the gang of eight were briefe