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Planes have been taking off in atlanta. and people who were supposed to travel today from that airport. stay tuned. we have a live report from atlanta's airport in just a few moments. it's a very busy night of news. first, president trump saying he has no intention of getting rid of special counsel robert mueller. listen. >> no, i'm not. >> so the president's insistence, however, comes as his own transition team launches new attacks against the special counsel. it accuses robert mueller of unlawfully obtaining thousands of transition e-mails. it claims the documents were private property eve...

It is dangerous to our democracy for the president and members of congress to attack the credibility of law enforcement just because they don't like where the investigation may be heading. it's demeaning for the agents many of whom who risked their lives for the nations. we are not robots, but to suggest that fbi agents can't do their jobs because they have exercised their first amenitiment right to make political contributions, that's an offendive notion. >> let's talk about the e-mails that the team now has. the transition team and the group calling itself trump for america alleging the tr...

But you can't look at it without asking these questions about exactly what putin has up his sleeve to publicly announce with great detail exactly what the cia gave him. >> in addition, i spoke with malcolm nance, our msnbc terrorism analyst last hour, and he said it is most unusual to have the president of the united states call the president of russia or vice versa. in this kind of a regard, and to make a tip-off. this would be done through typical channels, you know, cia, fbi. they have very fast ways to get this information, so the fact that the president may have tipped him off, it just di...

Not be felt until 2018 returns are filed. time that may carry a price in midterm elections. >> so there is a lot of risk for republicans down the road. >> and of course, the tax cut package will be a big issue in the upcoming campaign season. literally we're only just weeks away from it officially being a campaign year. just to review the schedule, tuesday the house votes, the senate would then follow but that is not yet scheduled although expected to cokocome quickly and if that passes, the president would sign it into law before he heads to florida for the christmas vacation. alex? >> kelly ...

Course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. president trump and vladimir putin appear to be gaining a close relationship. today the two talked for the second time in four days. first to these transition e-mails. what are the transition team and the white house saying about this? >> reporter: the trump transition team is making the case that robert mueller obtained these e-mails unlawfully. this winds down to a dispute between the general services administration and the trump transition team over who actually ...