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Committee's investigation of russian interference in the 2016 election. mr. nunes under heavy pressure for going to the white house before he briefed his fellow committee members on surveillance information that he was given. joining us from arlington, virginia, former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. he knows how these things work. were you surprised nunes stepped aside? >> i was. i talked with him today. he has a good rational reason, he doesn't want his fellow members to go home and spent the next two weeks answering questions about him. so, he simply stepped to one side. that puts trey...

He did name a very critical position to his team yesterday. thomas bossert. he's a former adviser to the george h.w. bush administration. he's going to have a similar role domestically to what retired lieutenant general michael flynn has for foreign affairs. that's a key position in the west wing. now, there are two cabinet positions also remaining and cnn has learned that could come as early as this week. they are veterans affairs and agriculture. both positions could be named as early as today or before the end of the week, i'm told. president-elect donald trump continuing his twitter war ...

Of trump tower in new york. >> reporter: outside of trump tower where it's all clear now. last night as we were standing out here, there were thousands upon thousands of protesters standing in front of trump tower, many of them shouting some of the names being considered in a trump administration. the trump camp for its part moving forward with the transition. let's look at a breakdown of what lies ahead. some 72 days including today until donald trump's inauguration. 4,000 plus appointments up for consideration, 1100 of those require senate confirmation. some of the key positions being looked...

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Letter asking for climate surveys because i want to know how widespread it is that the analysts don't feel that their information is being properly vetted up the chain. and when the president isn't getting in his daily briefings unvarnished information, we've got a serious problem. >> absolutely. to your point, one the allegations is that the analysts went to the inspector general claiming to that evidence that superiors had doctored the reports to show greater progress from the u.s. air strikes. what would be the motivation there? as you pointed out, we do not know and the pieces are still fa...