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during james rosen's piece we asked you if the u.s. should retaliate against russia for interfering with the election. >> wane watson tweets no. he hasn't been proved russia has anything to do with the hacked e-mails. >> about wallace put sanctions back into putin's -- we asked you what the u.s. should be doing there. etr 55 going after sad managing humanitarian assistance and exterminating isis, did i miss anything. michelle indicates, perhaps the most relevant answer might be what should we have done in syria? help set up safe zones instead of sending out refugees. and lukas we asked you what threat is greater, china or russia? gene gilbert thinks china is the biggest threat. neither if handled properly. let's say greater area of concern, the answer being china due to economic ties and newness on world scene. >>> and that is your friday feedback. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this special report. fair, balanced and unfrayafraid ta tucker carlson starts tonight. special guest and that is the you order y

we begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen at the white house ahead of mr. obama's press conference. hi, james. >> reporter: with president obama vowing to retaliate for a deliberate effort to meddle in the united states election. russian president vladimar putin unphased was on the other side of the globe in tokyo concluding talk and aimed at expanding economic ties between their country s and back in moscow a top aide challenged the president obama to document the hacking claims between the democrats and jon podesta. stop talking or produce evidence. otherwise, he added it begins to it look unseemly. in an interview, president obama referred to an assessment by the central intelligence agency that it was tilted for donald trump and the u.s. will inflict on moscow retalitory action. and the president made clear he was not suggesting that mr. trump and the kremlin were deliberately cooperating in the hacking. >> keep in mind those statements inspector the context of everyone now acting surprised by the cian assessment that this was done purposely to improve

i'm james rosen in for bret baier. where donald trump boasted of knowing more than the generals, tonight as president-elect he is surrounding himself with retired military leaders, with all indications that he is planning to name a third general for a key position in his administration. this occurs as "time" names mr. trump its person of the year. c correspondent peter doocy is outsiou outside trump tower. >> reporter: good evening. that's right, the president-elect has another general in mind for a key cabinet post. he is telling us as well that the secretary of state sweepstakes is almost over. president-elect trump asked john kelly to run the department of homeland security. that according to the retired general. kelly said this afternoon he would consider it an honor. oklahoma attorney general scott pru it, who says he is not sold on the science of global warming, is the pick to run the epa. linda mcmahon is trump's choice to top the business administration and terry branstad is the nominee for u.s. ambassador to c

i take a back seat to nobody in thinking james rosen is a sketchy, suspicious guy. [laughter] >> he's actually a friend of mine. but it doesn't matter what your partisan affiliation is when it comes to the things that the obama administration has done under the espionage act and other, you know, laws to go after journalists to try to shut down journalists and i think that if donald trump translated what is essentially his harmless attitude on twitter into actual policy of going after journalists with the power of the state, then that would be a, really, really bad and b, invitation for a spectacular hypocrisy on all sides, it's the liberals who defended barack obama for doing this stuff and conservatives who denounced barack obama would defend the administration. jon: fascinating times coming up. we will be watching it and reporting on it certainly. heidi and joana goldberg. jenna: district attorney asking for special dna search on the murderer of a new york city jogger. what that might tell about the killer next. that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm no

as james rosen reports, the questions surround the people who surround donald trump. >> reporter: experts, including some previously critical of donald trump, told fox news they see an intensifying seriousness of purpose on the part of the president-elect and his family to separate the white house from their business empire and charities. >> there seems to be either a learning experience or an increasing sensitivity to if not actual conflicts the appearance of conflicts. i think it's been heartening to see that development. >> reporter: in the weeks since he postponed a news conference on the issue, pressure has mounted on the trumps to addresç it. >> they need to set up arrangements where they divest themselves potential conflicts or put it into a blind trust. >> reporter: this week, eric canceled an auction for a chance to have coffee with his sister that was raising money for saint jude's childrens research hospital. he told "the new york times" as unfortunate as it is, i understand the quagmire. separately, family withdrew their names from a fund-raising appeal that was offering dono

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i'm james rosen. good night from washington, d.c. ♪ ♪ >> well, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," the show that is the sworn enemy of lying pomposity, smugness and group think. "time" magazine just reminded it exists by naming president-elect donald trump as person of the year. fair enough. hard to think of anyone more news worthy this year than donald trump. but to many on the left "times'" cover is a reminder that trump is indeed going to be a president and was therefore a trigger. here is one person who feels that way a congressional democrat from california. thanks for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> a tweet you sent out after seeing the cover on "the today show" this morning and you wrote. this adolf hitler was

host: thank you, jeffrey rosen. lou, a republican. talk about the bill of rights, the most important one to you. caller: first of all, i'm a democrat. i called in to the wrong number. host: we will let you go this time. guest: to me, the most important me, the most important amendment is the ninth amendment because i guess the framers realized they are human beings and they could have made a mistake. and left out a very important right, so they put in the amendment that says that we have rights even though they are not enumerated in the constitution. we still have those rights, which i thought was a brilliant move on their part. host: we will apply that to today how do you think, what does that mean? caller: i like reading the constitution, and the word "privacy" is not even in the constitution. there are some words that say privacy in a different way, but there is no right to privacy stated in the constitution. so for example, if a woman feels like she needs an abortion or wants an abortion, the ninth amendment gives her that right.

james rosen's story about trump's unconventional ways we asked you what you think they will continue after he takes office. swim bike run 11 let's hope. i didn't vote for status quo. retired navy 93 why not? it has worked for him so far. that's what we voted for. him being unconventional. and dr. tweets have you seen anything thus far that makes you think there is anything conventional about this man? and that is your friday feedback. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. make it a great weekend. see you monday. and here comes tucker. >>> and welcome to "hannity." so the alt-left radical left are becoming unhinged. kel kellyanne conway will be here with reaction. first, tonight's opening monologue, liberals, the mainstream media are losing their minds over the fact that donald trump is going to be the next president of the united states. last night the harvard institute of politics, they held a forum with on tperatives from both political campaigns. kel kellyanne attended and had this

policy to donald trump, cnn national security analyst juliette kayyem and political contributor hilary rosen. this is going to be an interesting conversation. i want to start with you, carter. you were former foreign policy adviser to the donald trump team. how do you think the president-elect sees the hacking story? president obama essentially said today vladimir putin was behind these attacks. >> don, really the big story -- my main insights was spending time with the -- all the people over there, but in the -- across business communities and even a few people in government as well and the media. they laugh at it. there's no basis for it whatsoever and so although i haven't had any discussions with the team recently, it's consistent -- >> so the president-elect -- i said the president-elect, he's in some ways brushing it off for lack of a better way of putting it saying maybe there's not enough evidence or bigger concerns. is that how you see it? is that what you think his assessment is? >> absolutely and i think there's a lot of basis for that. you look back at the end of the clinton admi

the report of the chinese investment in us real estate published by asia society and the rosen consulting group just last may showed that over us$110 billion were invested by chinese into the us real estate between 2010 and 2015. more than one third went into california. a lot of it went into san francisco so mayor sleight again, congratulations. >>[applause] it is well-known that san francisco is a city of [inaudible] hotspot of investment in a new center of renovation. it's name in chinese means >>[foreign language] old gold mountain. which is derived from the gold rush and with good hope of fortune creation. today we are here to witness groundbreaking of the ocean wide center. when it is finished it will be the second [inaudible] building in san francisco and it becomes a good model to show the city prosperity and the relationship with china. today, when i entered this i saw the model. this model, i think it is wonderful. it is a well-designed. the architecture is very beautiful. mr.-, at the beginning he would wanted to build the building, the height, much higher. it would be the tall

more now with cnn political commentator and hillary clinton supporter hilary rosen. also, former campaign adviser for donald trump steve cortis. in recent years, you heard elise talk about this because pakistan has come under fire, not doing enough to fight terrorism within its boarder, especially after te s.e.a.l. raid that killed bin laden within its borders. trump said this, when will pakistan apologize for providing safe sanctuary to osama bin laden for six years? some ally. what do you make of this phone call, in light of the things we've heard donald trump say about this country? >> well, brianna, first, let me say, as i think you've alluded to, this is an incredibly complicated relationship with pakistan. which is certainly at least officially an ally of ours. but at times a troublesome ally. in a place that has produced a lot of violence frankly for us in that part of the world and at times even in this part of the world, in the united states. the ohio state terrorist for instance the other day who is somali by origin came here from, i believe, pakistan. very

the policy is the same. >> hillary rosen and brian robinson, i'm sorry we ran out of time. thank you so much for taking the time to talk with us. glad to have you here. >> thank you. >> take care. >> you too. >>> not the only surprise, we weren't supposed to find out until next week -- >> uh-huh, but then donald trump told the crowd at his victory rally who he has chose on the be his defense secretary. next the challenge james mattis could face and how he could influence the president-elect. what if a company that didn't make cars made plastics that make them lighter? the lubricants that improved fuel economy. even technology to make engines more efficient. what company does all this? exxonmobil, that's who. we're working on all these things to make cars better and use less fuel. helping you save money and reduce emissions. and you thought we just made the gas. energy lives here. try theraflu expressmax,nd flu hold you back now in new caplets. it's the only cold & flu caplet that has a maximum strength formula with a unique warming sensation you instantly feel. theraflu. fo

james rosen's story about trump's unconventional ways we asked you what you think they will continue after he takes office. swim bike run 11 let's hope. i didn't vote for status quo. retired navy 93 why not? it has worked for him so far. that's what we voted for. him being unconventional. and dr. tweets have you seen anything thus far that makes you think there is anything conventional about this man? and that is your friday feedback. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. make it a great weekend. see you monday. and here comes tucker. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the show that is the sworn enemy of lying pomposity, snugnessmugness and group think. speaking of the "new york times" the paper has been under fire for the last year and a half 2016 presidential race. it isn't the usual gee the "new york times" has gotten liberal talk have you heard from conservatives for four decades. this is full throated outrage from many readers who believe the paper abandoned journalism and became

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james rosen has more are on how the celebrities are taking a leading role. >> republican members of the electoral will college. >> martin sheen who played president on the west wing urges gop electorses to with hold their votes from donald trump who was elected president. and a pop up group with a impressive pedigree invokes alexander hamilton upon that the college was designed to block unqualified people from president. >> don't vote for hillary clinton. >> top officials in the republican national committee. >> we don't expect them to flip. >> they bind them under state law largely untested in the courts colorado is one of sdmem democratic electors are unboinding themselves. >> i am a former united states marine. i am putting my country above my country. >> and colorado will secretary of state vowed to it make electors sign a pledge before monday's pledge so faceless electors can face perjury laws. >> the follow the law. >> michigan went for trump pence. >> my morwill imperative is to do what the voters in michigan indicated and that is to support donald trump. >> i don't know what mor

we begin with james rosen and where the voting stands right now. >> reporter: good evening. two faceless electors cast votes against donald trump. it was the lone star state that put the president-elect over the top. around 200 protesters in harrisburg braved freezing temperatures and tall odds in their quest to deprive president-elect trump of the votes he needed. >> i'm here today because i feel like it's last chance we have to really save this country. >> reporter: inside, amid jeer, pennsylvania's 20 electors cast their ballots for the republican who last month flipped their usually blue state to red. >> the vote for president of the united states was 20 votes for donald trump and the vote for vice-president, 20 votes for pence. >> reporter: so it was around the country with small protests in each of the 50 capitals doing little to slow the trump juggernaut. the first ten states he won that participated in the electoral college balloting, none witnessed any defections. the first so-called faithless elector popped up in maine, to switch his vote to bernie sanders. one tex

james rosen is here with more plus donald trump secretly loading up his cabinet with libertarians. what does the heavy metal world think of the president-elect? turn off the lights it's time to rock. that's it, the washed up haggard and irrelevant celebrities have spoken. they are not happy with the outcome of the election so someone went to hollywood's professional graveyard

here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: rex tillerson started out as an engineer with exxon mobil in 1975, taking the helm of the energy giant 11 years ago. >> incredibly impressive that tillerson has been at exxon for 41 years, employs 71,000 people, is in charge of a $320 billion global corporation. we need to stabilize the middle east, and we need somebody, the fourth highest ranked person in our government to go around the world and advance our u.s. interests. >> reporter: under tillerson's leadership, exxon has backed a carbon tax and the paris climate accord that trump has vowed to walk away from. ti in march, he expressed interest in doing business under the right conditions with iran. >> a lot of our european competitors are in working actively. i don't know we're necessarily at a disadvantage. the history of iranian foreign investment in the past, their terms were always quite challenging, quite difficult. we never had large investments in iran for that reason. >> reporter: but it is tillerson's long ties to moscow that are occasioning concern. by some es

hilary rosen and the director of black outreach for president jovrch w. bush. thank you for joining us. hillary, you first, as we have been talking about president-elect trump is taking over the white house with a world in turmoil right now. this week alone has to be sobering for anyone. what do you think the biggest challenges will be facing him? >> well, you know, i think keeping control of his twitter finger seems to be the biggest challenge, although he seems to be the only one that doesn't see it as a problem right now. first of all, as a practical matter, we have one president at a time in this country. so reacting to events in germany may come to conclusions about the cause of a terrorist attack before the german government even says anything, while they are still looking for the suspect is reckless. i think that donald trump is, you know made a mistake in doing -- in jumping the gun that way. president obama showed more restraint. he called german chancellor, how can we help? what can we do? and gave them the leeway we would want in the united states if

. >> to hilary rosen's point, the idea of the symposium today was to look back. instead of looking forward. so now, let's come to the future, back to the future. >> now to taiwan. >> exactly. let's talk about the news of donald trump's call to the taiwan president. foreign policy experts have been worried about donald trump's off the cuff casual style in talking with foreign leaders. what do you think the fallout is going to be. first, hilary? >> i'm about to shock john phillips here. >> uh-oh. >> i don't really care if he up ends our china strategy. you know, i don't think that 40 years of a single policy is sack row sank. what bothers me more than his desire to have a different policy is a lack of respect for some of the -- in the daily intelligence briefings -- [ overlapping talking ]. >> so i think that kind of showing respect to some of the professionals to our president, to our state department would be a nice thing to do before you go in and simply up end something because a guy on your transition team has long had a bug up -- you know for taiwan. which is

james rosen is here with more plus donald trump secretly loading up his cabinet with libertarians. what does the heavy metal world think of the president-elect? turn off the lights it's time to rock. that's it, the washed up haggard and irrelevant celebrities have spoken. they are not happy with the outcome of the election so someone went to hollywood's professional graveyard and duck

here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: rex tillerson started out as an engineer with exxon mobil in 1975, taking the helm of the energy giant 11 years ago. >> incredibly impressive that tillerson has been at exxon for 41 years, employs 71,000 people, is in charge of a $320 billion global corporation. we need to stabilize the middle east, and we need somebody, the fourth highest ranked person in our government to go around the world and advance our u.s. interests. >> reporter: under tillerson's leadership, exxon has backed a carbon tax and the paris climate accord that trump has vowed to walk away from. ti in march, he expressed interest in doing business under the right conditions with iran. >> a lot of our european competitors are in working actively. i don't know we're necessarily at a disadvantage. the history of iranian foreign investment in the past, their terms were always quite challenging, quite difficult. we never had large investments in iran for that reason. >> reporter: but it is tillerson's long ties to moscow that are occasioning concern. by some es

joining us now is jeffrey rosen. scholar who wrote that piece. he runs center in philadelphia. he should visit it if you can. >> thanks for having me. congrats on the show. >> i just burst into hearing bill richardson ohio like. states rights on to something. spent my entire lifetime the left has derided that idea and now embracing it? >> you are absolutely right it seems like the new thing for the left. but in fact has that quote for jeffersonian ends suggests from the time of the founding until the new deal, it was the democrats who were the party of small government, of jefferson of farmers and producers. and it was republicans who were the party of big government and hamilton and financial oligarchy it wasn't until the new deal period that the positions got switched in the 1960's. democrats especially became suspicious of states rights because they thought it was used to resist desegregation efforts and they really forgot this tradition of economic populism and starts with jefferson and goes through jackson, woodrow wilson and my hero who talked about the states of democrac

theme is the preview of the we the detectives, it was a joint exhibition between the library and the rosen back museum l feature exhibitions on clever criminals, daring detectives. proceeds from the gala will help the library. >> several local animal shelters are teaming to give more than 1,000 animals a home for christmas. day two of the mega adoption event got underway in philadelphia, "eyewitness news" was there at the armory. event is free, and for just $20, you can adopt an animal. brandywine valley spca is organizing the event. apparently a lot of people were out there, according to our floor director deb. still to come on "eyewitness news" this morning, get ready for another chilly one. and maybe a little snow? depending on you live. we will tell but t the pain of wallet isn't the only thing hurting. how experts say you can get >> weather wise, plenty nice day today, temperatures where they should be this time of year, quiet, light wind, but tonight different story. bring back moisture, little rain, snow, for part of the region. this morning, though, temperatures nothing terribly co

james rosen looks. it is a first with the president-elect. and there was a boisterous public ralliyy and departure of practice and a surprise for the staff. >> my people over there are probably saying you weren't supposed to do that. >> this is the way donald trump communicates with people. >> even though bar ark obama, the 24th president discharged with deverance to white house tradition. and historians call it wearing the suit. >> an individual takes on the mantel of high office and changes the demeanor and approach and style. and that does happen in most cases. but if there were an exception, it is going to be donald trump. >> from the highly choreographed visits from cabinet member and release of a video and outlining his first hundred days. direct intervention in a manufacturing plant. and he wants some to do some things differently. >> they say it is not presidential to call up massive leader was president. i think it is presidential. if it is not, it issac. >> can the republic survive a president that is not presidential. >> is it pres

chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at how one big deal could loom very large for determining secretary kerry's legacy. >> reporte >> we were crystal clear we would not accept anything less than a good deal. >> reporter: how good of a deal you think the iran nuclear accord is likely determines how good of a secretary of state you think john kerry was. five our world powers signed on including russia and china. kerry was the driving force. his legacy largely rests on the deal's success going forward. >> we now have a deal in place. and it's being implemented. by all sides. that will preclude iran from ever, ever achieving nuclear weapons capability. >> reporter: in exchange, iran received tens of billions in sanctions relief. sometimes in massive infusions of cash. critics charge the deal should have forced iran to dismantle its nuclear program, not preserve it, that some military sites have been closed off to u.n. inspectors and that the deal is actually strengthened the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >> kerry did not have a sound strategic judgment. of course, iranian nu

here's chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> reporter: president-elect trump said the biggest surprise in his experience as a politician thus far is his discovery that business leaders are more apt to cite regulation rather than taxes as the biggest drag on growth. >> since about six years ago, 260 new federal regulations have passed. 53 of which affect this, 53 new regulations, massively expensive, and probably none of them amount to anything in terms of safety or the things that you'd have regulations for. >> reporter: in farct, the exclusive branch is on pace to enact more than 3,700 acts. the white house said president obama's directive to review red tape issued in 2011 has purged more than 70 notable regulatory provisions and saved americans $37 billion. >> the regulatory work that's being done in this administration is not going to be characterized by a last-minute rush on the way out the door. i think what it will be characterized by is a continuous and persistent effort to complete the work that's already been started. >> reporter: items currently in the pipeline range

his name is michael rosen, it was his first time at the warehouse. michael, you described the place as a tinderbox. can you tell us more about what you saw inside. a ton of kind of wooden elements to the space, there's literal rooms that were kind of constructed out of antique wood. it was just very clear that the space was very much constructed of wood, very much kind of, you know, primed for something, if something -- if a tragedy were to happen, the elms were in place for it to happen, yeah. >> michael, you and your friends stepped outside for a little bit erupted but you were on the second floor in the loft where so many of the victims were found, the roof had collapsed. how tough was it to get up that staircase to the second floor? >> yeah, i mean, it wasn't, you know like climbing a mountain or something but, yeah, it was certainly an unstable experience. it's a very steep incline and there wasn't much to latch your feet on to. >> gives you a sense of how difficult it may have been for people up on the second floor to get down and out in time.

chief washington correspondent james rosen reports. >> reporter: born in iran, an accomplished lecturer and the author of three books in he sees some prospects under the next president for improved relations between washington and his ancestral persian homeland. >> if nothing else, mr. trump, he does represent american pragmatism. he will cut deals. he will sit down with friend and foe and try to come up with the s. >> reporter: in the years since the iranian regime -- the united states along with five other nations implemented a deal, including huge infusions of cash. at the same time iran's military has harassed the u.s. military. ramped up ballistic missile testing, intervened to prop up the assad regime in syria, continued funding hamas and hezbollah and reaffirmed undying hostility to the nation it calls the great satan. most analysts believe in his first 100 days in office the next president will make swift demonstration to his changing the relationship. the nuclear chord at the heart, never having been ratified by congress, is at once the easiest thing to change and the most far

tonight, chief washington correspondent james rosen explores the possible motivations behind the news media treatment of these post-election pseudo-events. >> all of this dampening what was otherwise a very bright day for donald trump as he crossed that 270 electoral vote threshold, the last ceremonial hertl p hurdle from preventing him to coming to the white house. >> reporter: the electoral college vote was seen as anything but ceremonial. >> is there any scenario where this could change the outcome of the election? >> so the electors could be doing their patriotic duty on monday by voting against trump. >> reporter: suddenly everyone was an expert on the federalist papers. >> a glimmer of hope on the constitution. >> reporter: at "the new york times," the drum beat began december 5th with an op-ped by a texas elector planning to defect from donald trump. the next day the paper explored how would the electoral college dump donald trump and published a letter to the editor entitled "a plea to the electors: vote your conscience." explained why gop electoral college members can vote ag

chief washington correspondent james rosen reports. >> reporter: born in iran, an accomplished lecturer and the author of three books in he sees some prospects under the next president for improved relations between washington and his ancestral persian homeland. >> if nothing else, mr. trump, he does represent american pragmatism. he will cut deals. he will sit down with friend and foe and try to come up with the best deals. >> reporter: in the years since the iranian regime -- the united states along with five other nations implemented a deal, including huge infusions of cash. at the same time iran's military has harassed the u.s. military. ramped up ballistic missile testing, intervened to prop up the assad regime in syria, continued funding hamas and hezbollah and reaffirmed undying hostility to the nation it calls the great satan. most analysts believe in his first 100 days in office the next president will make swift demonstration to his changing the relationship. the nuclear chord at the heart, never having been ratified by congress, is at once the easiest thing to change and the

done it gal a the theme preview of we the detective, a joint exhibition between the library and the rosen back museum. exhibitions on clever criminals, and daring detectives. proceeds from the gala will help support the library. >>> and, visitors of the philadelphia zoo celebrated young birthday, but this was no regular beer. "kyw news radio" was there. >> ♪ happy birthday ♪ >> visitors sang happy birthday to kayla, the four year old. she turns in january. they unwrapped present to find honey, peanut butter, and make birthday cards. >> i came to wish her happy birthday. >> what do bears eat, do you know? >> cake. >> lauren, the read bear keeper at the zoo. >> so we want these volunteers, to see the behaviors they have in the wild. these guys are really good at digging, tearing, so we give them things to dig into, they have long snouts because they eat bugs and termite mounds. >> considered ville err recall in the law. >> you know, we have them here, kind of like our ambassadors to their wild cousins, see what animals they are, they'll want to try and help do, what they can to help sav

chief washington correspondent james rosen has that part of the story tonight. >> george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. >> reporter: and with that, vice president al gore, democratic nominee and winner of the popular vote in 2000, serving as president of the senate, certified that the electoral college had awarded the presidency to republican nominee, george w. bush. now the never-trumpers, remember them? the electoral college which donald trump also won without capturing the popular vote as the final arena for blocking the president-elect from taking the oath. 30 members of the electoral college including one republican citing the conclusion of the central intelligence agency that russia actively interfered to sway the outcome of the election have written to director of national intelligence general james clapper seeking a briefing on the underlying intelligence before the electors cast their votes december 19th and leading the charge is a california elector who is the daughter of house minority leader nancy pelosi.

chief washington correspondent james rosen has that part of the story tonight. >> george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. >> reporter: and with that, vice president al gore, democratic nominee and winner of the popular vote in 2000, serving as president of the senate, certified that the electoral college had awarded the presidency to republican nominee, george w. bush. now the never-trumpers, remember them? the electoral college which donald trump also won without capturing the popular vote as the final arena for blocking the president-elect from taking the oath. 30 members of the electoral college including one republican citing the conclusion of the central intelligence agency that russia actively interfered to sway the outcome of the election have written to director of national intelligence general james clapper seeking a briefing on the underlying intelligence before the electors cast their votes december 19th and leading the charge is a california elector who is the daughter of house minority leader nancy pelosi.

chief washington correspondent james rosen has that part of the story tonight. >> george w. bush of the state of texas has received for president of the united states 271 votes. >> reporter: and with that, vice president al gore, democratic nominee and winner of the popular vote in 2000, serving as president of the senate, certified that the electoral college had awarded the presidency to republican nominee, george w. bush. now the never-trumpers, remember them? the electoral college which donald trump also won without capturing the popular vote as the final arena for blocking the president-elect from taking the oath. 30 members of the electoral college including one republican citing the conclusion of the central intelligence agency that russia actively interfered to sway the outcome of the election have written to director of national intelligence general james clapper seeking a briefing on the underlying intelligence before the electors cast their votes december 19th and leading the charge is a california elector who is the daughter of house minority leader nancy pelosi.

who said they took punitive actions against journalists including by the way this network's james rosen and "new york times" reporters as well. so this is pretty universally mocked, not just by republicans and conserve activitieses but by mainstream, liberal-leaning outlets. patti ann: josh earnest made the same comment back in august, you may recall. he was responding to a column speaking of hillary clinton, that said that if hillary were elected, quote, her administration would continue the administration being more secretive than the one before it. the obama white house has achieved just that with its abysmal record on fulfilling freedom of information act requests and record of prosecuting whistle blowers who have shared national security information with the press. brad, journalists have been complaining about a lack of transparency for this white house for a while. >> there are a couple of things i will say to this. number one, this has been the most transparent administration in the history of our republic. they have released thousands and thousands of data sets that the u.s. gov