that's something that nazi germany would have done and did do. chris: we will discuss mr. trump's relationship with the intelligence community when we sit down with vice president elect mike pence just five days before he's sworn into office and we will find out why the nation's brief on rumors with exclusive interview with john brennon, we will also ask him about the hot spots that team faces only on fox news sunday. plus, politics of why hillary clinton didn't win the election are still playing out. >> the american people are owed the truth. >> we will ask sunday panel about justice inspector general investigating fbi director james comey for possible misconduct. the head of the presidential inaugural committee on pulling off this week's big event. >> it's quite an ordeal. it's putting the olympics in 60 days. chris: hello again from fox news in washington. donald trump takes the oath of office in just five days but on the brink of his presidency questions about russia's involvement in the election won't go away. today we want to discuss that and the trump agenda with a man who will be sworn

the report concluded that mr putin tried to help mr tumble win with this campaign. —— mr trump when with this campaign. —— mr trump when with this campaign. we have to be reminded we are on the same team and mr putin is not on it. 0n the subject of that report, we have also been hearing from donald trump's incoming chief of staff, he has also had interesting things to say? he said that his boss, mr trump, accepted it was russia that was behind the hacking of the democratic party organisation. mr trump had voiced scepticism about that. i am not sure at the statement today goes much further than what mr trump said after he retrieved the intelligence briefing on friday. at that point, he was already conceding russia had some kind of role. what was not said is that mr trump except the conclusions of the report, that one of the goals of mr putin was to help mrtrump win, on of the goals of mr putin was to help mr trump win, on that, the president elect has not commented. he said that the interference had the impact on the outcome of the election, he has been insistent on that. althoug

morning tweet and later at his first post-election news conference. mr. trump accuses them of leaking potentially damaging, unproven and he says false allegations about him. it all started back during the campaign when a former british intelligence officer, acting as a private investigator, asked his russian sources for dirt on mr. trump. he collected 35 pages of it, including tales of financial and sexual misbehavior, but no evidence that any of it was true. u.s. intelligence then condensed the private eye's notes and gave them to the president. the president-elect and the leaders of congress. major garrett begins our coverage. >> it's all fake news. it's phony stuff. it didn't happen. and it was gotten by opponents of ours. it was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together. >> reporter: with that president-elect donald trump emphatically denied the unsubstantiated allegations, including one about his sexu

its 21st century voice. mr. trump said "on this day, power returns to the american people." the day was filled with tradition. it began with mr. trump and his wife, melania, attending a prayer service at st. john's episcopal church. >> how are you? >> pelley: then a short drive to the white house for tea and coffee with the outgoing president. mrs. trump came with a gift for michelle obama. the 44th and 45th presidents rode together from the white house to the capitol. ♪ ♪ and in a show of unity, three other presidents-- two democrats and one republican-- were there to witness this passage of power. and so was the woman mr. trump defeated, hillary clinton. supreme court justice clarence thomas adsterld the oath to the new vice president. >> i, michael richard pence... >> pelley: and the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, swore in mr. trump. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. ( applause ). >> pelley: the sound of 21 guns salutedly the new commander in chief. his inaugural address set the tone for his presidency. >> americans wa

toughen procedures to screen them effectively. mr trump's authorised new vetting procedures for immigrants entering the united states from certain countries, though it's not immediately clear which countries are included on that list. he said it was intended to keep islamic extremists out of the us. i am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america we don't want them here. we want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. we only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love, deeply, our people. we will never forget the lessons of 9/11 nor the heroes who lost their lives at the pentagon. they were the best of us. i'll be speaking to the american civil liberties union about what these measures could mean, a little later in the programme. donald trump also ended his first week as us president with a promise to maintain the special relationship with britain. hosting his first foreign visit with the british prime minister theresa ma

talked about lewis' comments about mr. trump and i would like to ask you about mr. trump's comments about lewis, the president elect called lewis all talk, talk, no action. can he really say that about the man who got his head cracked open walking across the bridge in salma, alabama on bloody sunday, all talk no action? do you think that's appropriate? >> i think donald trump has the right to defend himself when someone of john lewis' stature, someone who is not only an icon in the civil rights movement but also someone who by virtue of sacrifice on that day that we know as bloody sunday he crossed the bridge and suffered that abuse and it was -- it was through that that the voting rights act, for someone to use his stature to use terms like this is not a legitimate president, it's just -- it's just deeply disappointing to me. i hope he reconsiders it, but what donald trump was talking about there was literally generations of failed policies coming out of washington, d.c. that have failed too many families and too many cities across this country. i will tell you, donald trump is a man who

order to begin building a wall along the u.s. mexico border. mr. trump says it will begin in months. it was one of the steps he took to tighten immigration policy. more is expected today including a temporary ban on refugees from predominantly muslim countries. roxana saberi is here with more. red sox na, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. the president is promising to push forward and crack down on illegal immigration and build a wall on the border of mexico, but he'll need help to pay for his plans. president trump's sweping executive orders are likely to dominate his agenda as he meets with congressional republicans in philadelphia. >> beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders. >> among them, a directive to jump start the construction of a wall along the u.s./mexico border and add more border patrol agents and detention centers in the area. congress would have to initially fund the $10 billion project but in an interview with cbs news -- >> it will be a payment, perhaps a form, perhaps a complicated form. >> the mexican president enrique p

agency. the nation's top spy chief, james clapper, calling mr. trump and offering a public olive branch. we have more from nbc news senior investigating correspondent. >> reporter: the call came after mr. trump suggested yesterday the intelligence agencies might have leaked a damaging document about him. >> which would be a tremendous blot on their record if they did that. a tremendous blot. >> reporter: mr. clapper said he didn't think they had leaked it. i expressed my profound dismay at the leaks. we agreed they are extremely corrosive and damaging to our national security. further as we reported yesterday, mr. clapper said the intelligence community did not consider the 35-page document smearing mr. trump reliable. a summary of which was included with the top secret report on russia's influence on the election. in an appendix titled disinformation. the former commander nado says mr. trump's relationship with the intel leadership is broken and he needs his own team in place for the good of the country. >> otherwise we'll have complete dysfunctionalty in our national security. >> repo

interview first thing tomorrow on "cbs this morning." what will mr. trump say in his first speech as president? well, our chief white house correspondent major garrett has learned some of the details and joins us this evening. major, what do you know? >> reporter: scott, that slogan "make america great again," the speech is going to be about defining what that means, two big broad goals in the country in pursuit of renewal. more economic growth defined not just by more jobs but better paying jobs, especially in the manufacturing sector and on security, reducing, in possible, the fear about terrorism with a concentrated effort to beat isis, broad goals defined in action words, and as much as possible, nonpartisan and populist. the draft put together by steve miller, the policy director for the trump campaign and the transition team now being worked over by the president-elect, kellyanne conway, steve bannon, reince priebus also involved in it. runs 20-25 minutes. it's getting a bit longer because as more people contribute, speeches tend to get longer not shorter. >> pelley: now mr. tr

. >> yesterday senator sessions said that he would enforce all civil rights laws if confirmed. >>> mr. trump made more news today, saying he will make a supreme court nomination within two weeks of taking office. he said he plans to both repeal and replace obamacare at the same time, and he'll start that wall at the border before he gets mexico to pay for it. he also revealed his plan for another wall between the white house and his financial empire. here's julianna goldman. >> as the president, i could run the trump organization, great, great company, and i could run the country. i'd do a very good job. >> reporter: the president-elect has decided he will not sell his assets or place them in a blind trust, as government ethics experts had urged. instead mr. trump will move his assets into a trust controlled by his two oldest sons, who will also manage the trump organization. they will not pursue new international deals and will hire an ethics adviser to oversee new deals in the u.s. they will also not consult with mr. trump. >> i hope at the end of eight years i'll come back and say, oh, you did

first one that i miss since i been in the congress." mr trump called lewis, quote "all talk, talk, talk -no action or results." but lewis risked life and limb to bring civil rights change to america--and now at least 24 democratic members of congress say they will not attend inauguration, many citing mr. trump's words against lewis as a motivation. but lewis is just one of several targets of mr. trump's ire over the weekend: "i think mr. trump has to understand is that this is more than being about him and it's about the united states and our national security." after cia director john brennan's critiques on fox, mr. trump tweeted -quote- "was this the leaker of fake news?" and after another snl skit poked fun at the president elect, "20-million people could going to be president, we're all going to die. [laughs]" mr trump tweeted- "saturday night live is the worst of nbc." and as the inauguration team is rehearsing for friday.... so are protestors with rallies for obamacare spreading across the nation. dc is preparing for bigger protests on saturday...upping the inital estimate from 20

collaborated several times since. as mr. trump became the g.o.p. nominee, the nature of the russian activities changed. >> there's nothing i can think of that i'd rather do than have russia friendly, as opposed to the way they are right now. >> reporter: u.s. officials believe putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for him, and then aspired to help president-elect trump's election chances. but the kremlin still believed clinton would win, and it already put together a twitter campaign with the hashtag #democracyrip, to discredit her victory. late today, the department of homeland security declared election systems to be critical infrastructure which will give the agency greater oversight ber their cyber-security. but, scott, no one believes the russian attacks compromised the vote tally. >> pelley: jeff pegues in the washington newsroom, jeff, thank you very much. mr. trump was briefed today by the directors of national intelligence, the f.b.i., the c.i.a., and the national security agency. jan crawford has that. >> reporter: calling the briefing with top inte

the washington newsroom, jeff, thank you very much. mr. trump was briefed today by the directors of national intelligence, the f.b.i., the c.i.a., and the national security agency. jan crawford has that. >> reporter: calling the the briefing with top intelligence officials constructive, donald trump acknowledged russia, china, other countries, outside groups, and people are continuously trying to mount cyberattacks against the but he declined to say whether he accepted the intelligence community's conclusion that vladimir putin directed the attack. on thursday, director of national intecialtion james clapper, who is among top officials briefing mr. trump, stopped short of saying the hacks had an impact on the election's outcome. >> certainly the intelligence community can't gauge the impact it had on choices the electorate made. there's no way for us to gauge that. >> reporter: in a statement, mr. trump was adamant. "there was absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election, include the fact that there was no tampering whatsoever with voting machines." the briefing came as mr. t

mrtrump the trump 0rganisation, effectively making mr trump the landlord. trouble is, several of the tenants inside this building are being investigated by government regulators, and if they're found guilty of any wrongdoing, they could stop operating, which means they would no longer be paying rent to mr trump. but as president, mr trump could push for more lenient sentences or could push for more lenient sentences oi’ make could push for more lenient sentences or make the charges go away, effectively ensuring he continues to make money. if we make oui’ continues to make money. if we make our way further uptown, we find ourselves at deutsche bank, one of mr trump's biggest lenders. the german bank continued to work with him even as several of his businesses went bankrupt. deutsche bank is also facing billions of dollars in fines from the us government, stemming from the financial crisis. regulators could rule with a softer touch given the bank's history with the president—elect. we need to make one more stop on our new york tour. i've shown you two examples of potential confli

the us economy that mr trump inherited from his predecessor, barack 0bama. the unemployment rate is sitting at a 10—year low and the federal reserve was engaged in a massive stimulus programme that's kept interest rates near zero for a very long time. all of which has helped to bring us markets where they are today. i remember when it went beyond 10000 and the champagne was popping them too! so what's happening now on financial markets. let's go to our asia business hub and join rico hizon. i want to see you in one of those hats with 20,000 on it, one of the baseball hats. have you got one? you just mentioned the dow 10,000, that was aeons ago! your showing my age, it was one of my first stories! you're very young. everyone is cheering the trump jump you're very young. everyone is cheering the trumpjump in you're very young. everyone is cheering the trump jump in asia, dow, 20,000, stocks are rising here to 3.5 month highs on hopes that mr trump's economic plans will ramp up growth. this surge is the latest sign in investors are brushing aside for now worries about mr trump's trad

attend the upcoming syrian peace talks in kazakhstan. >>> meanwhile, mr. trump's comments on nato and the european union have foreign leaders on edge. the president-elect trump called it obsolete. the german foreign minister said the comments caused astonishment. and secretary of state john kerry said it was inappropriate for mr. trump to interfere in german politics. the president-elect called chancellor merkel's refugee policy a catastrophic mistake. >>> four days before he's sworn in as president of the united states, donald trump's comments are cause dismay in the african-american unit, causing lawmakers to boycott his inauguration. mr. trump met with the son of dr. martin luther king jr. in the midst of a heating feud between mr. trump and civil rights hero john lewis. hena daniels is here in new york. >> good morning, anne-marie. senate confirmation hearings resume today for more of president-elect donald trump cabinet nominees. this as more than 30 members of congress now say they'll skip trump's inauguration friday amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect and democrati

be that this trade was illegal. >> reporter: mr. trump's nominee to lead the labor department, andy puzder, has drawn protest over his labor practices at his fast food restaurants. transition officials say he has growing reservations about enduring a confirmation hearing. and montana congressman ryan zinke, mr. trump's interior secretary nominee and a former navy s.e.a.l., has drawn criticism for improperly billing the government for travel expenses in the late 1990s. zinke is also skeptical of manmade climate change and clashed with vermont senator bernie sanders at his confirmation hearing today. >> there's a lot of debate on both sides of the aisle. >> well, actually, there's not a whole lot of debate now. the scientific community is virtually unanimous. >> reporter: the trump transition has also been stymied trying to name a nominee for agriculture secretary because it's looking for more diversity in a cabinet dominated by nominees who are wealthy, white nominees. transition officials now concede they lacked a diversity strategy when this entire process began. >> major garrett,

you're doing great. and we'll be reporting on reaction to mr trump's criticism of germany, of nato, and the eu. also tonight. the inquest into the killing of 30 british tourists in tunisia hears that the security forces delayed their response to the attack. in northern ireland, the power—sharing executive has collapsed. there'll be new elections to the assembly on march the 2nd. no one should underestimate the challenge faced to the political institutions here in northern ireland, and what is at stake. rolls—royce will pay nearly £700 million to settle allegations of bribery and corruption. they‘ re quite naughty, rebellious books, i suppose. there are a lot of naughty, rebellious children around. and tributes to the children's author and illustrator babette cole, who's died at the age of 67. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: andy murray gets off to a winning start in melbourne as the world number one sets his sights on the first tennis major of the year, the australian open. good evening. theresa may has been finalising her long—awaited statement on the government's

, congress is considering to prepare more of mr. trump's cabinet nominees, confirmation hearings tuesday for betsy devs on and interior secretary ryan zinke and former texas governor rick perry. team trump is facing more questions how to deal with recent russian aggression and whether a president trump would repeal new sanctions against moscow. he's vice president-elect mike pence today on fox news sunday. >> i think the president-elect made it very clear that we have a terrible relationship with russia right now. and that's not all our own doing but a failure of american diplomacy in successive administrations and what the president-elect is determined to do is to explore the possibility of better relations. harris: a lot to get to. team fox coverage, rob schmitt, kristen fisher are standing by. peter doocy live at trump tower in new york city, and peter, president-elect donald trump is talking about russia and future relations. >> reporter: he is, harris, and mr. trump says that if u.s. sanctions are lifted, he may be ready to make a nuclear arms reduction deal with russia, and that's

. >> when he questioned john lewis, they crossed the rubicon. >> reporter: mr. trump slammed congressman louis as all talk and no action after he said he did not consider the trump presidency legitimate. maryland congressman anthony brown said, his twitter tirade showed a discard for the office you will soon hold and demands my absence from your inauguration. it's a turnaround from the campaign when it was mr. trump suggesting that the outcome of the election might be illegitimate. >> i'll look at it at the time. >> reporter: republicans like north dakota's john hoeven argued inauguration day should be above politics. >> regardless of who wins, we all need to support our constitution. >> reporter: but most of the boycotting members come from overwhelmingly democratic district where's they're unlikely to get much blowback. >> so what do you think i should do, go to the inauguration or not? >> reporter: when congresswoman karen bass polled her los angeles constituents online, 84% said she should stay home. >> some people are telling me i shouldn't just focus on trump. i need to focus on th

is birth control. >> and we're off to the races. let's talk immigration. mr. trump, why are your immigration policies better than secretary clinton's? >> because she wants open borders, and that is crazy. i mean, people are just pouring into this country from mexico, and a lot of them are very bad hombres. >> oh! bingo! bingo! i got bingo! sorry, sorry. i've been playing all year, and i got it. i have "bad hombres," "rapists," "miss piggy," "they're all living in hell," and "if she wasn't my daughter." >> secretary clinton. mr. trump, please continue. >> i have a fantastic relationship with mexico, okay? i have personally met with the mexican president. i forget his name. i think it was something like mr. guacamole. i'm sorry. excuse me. señorguacamole. i also met his beautiful wife, taquito... and their twin children, chips and salsa. >> chris, here is the truth. donald said he was gonna be tough on mexico, but when he met with the president, he choked. >> wrong. trademark. >> he's also said that he's gonna be tough on russia, but he's basically putin's puppet. >> liar.

aim at germany plus chancellor. mr. trump: i think she made one very cap traffic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals. brent: and it's not just angela merkel's migration policies, he is also skeptical on the future of nato and the european union. we will get reaction from right here in berlin. and coming up, a cargo plane crashes into a village in kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people. the turkish and 737 was trying to land in fog. helena: and reporting live from the annual meeting of the world economic forum in davos with a trump presidency and brexit looming large, local economic leaders have a lot on their plates. brent: good to have you with us. in just five days, donald trump becomes the 45th u.s. president and already, he's pulling no punches when it comes to criticizing one of the u.s.'s closest allies. in his latest interview, trump says the german chancellor, angela merkel, was wrong to allow hundreds of thousands of refugees into germany, describing them as illegals. trump says merkel possible open-door policy was a catastrophic mistake. reporter: a familia

: mr. trump took three executive actions: formally withdrawing the u.s. from the trans-pacific partnership, or t.p.p. former president obama had pushed the 12-country trade pact but congress never voted on it. the president also froze federal government hiring, outside of the military, and he revived an on again, off again ban on federal funds going to international groups that provide abortions. but the theme of the day was clearly meant to be trade, business and jobs. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> it's nice to see you. >> yang: the president had breakfast with business executives, talking tax cuts and cutting government regulations. he made clear he wants to keep u.s. jobs from moving overseas: >> we are going to be imposing a very major border tax on the product when it comes in, which i thnk is fair, which is fair. so a company that wants to fire all of its people in the united states and build some factory someplace else and then thinks that that product is going to just flow across the border into the united states, that's not going to happen. >> yang: f

the inauguration will actually happen. last night. [cheers and applause] >> there he is, mr. trump made a quick visit to dc for two dinners and dropped by the trump ohio tell for surprise. much of his inaugural address is written but he didn't give away any hints when he tweeted a picture of himself. this from twitter account, writing my inaugural address in mar-a-lago three weeks ago, looking toward to friday, #inauguration. at least 68 democrats from congress won't be there to see the speech. >> what message would you send to democrats to better demonstrate the peaceful transfer of power in. >> with respect to the inauguration, i'm not going to comment on those issues, all i know that i'm going to be there. >> well, the vice president shall we say stuck a slightly different tone. >> he is determined to be president of all of the people of the united states, we respect the opinions of every mesh and their right to express their opinions. i hope those folks will turn to the president elect's words in that inaugural address and give us a chance. >> well, talking about it for a while and

in the east wing on sunday. during his remarks, mr. trump held up the letter that former president barack obama left in the office. >> we won't even tell the press what's in that letter. >> reporter: saturday, the president's press secretary slammed the media's coverage of the inauguration. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> reporter: many eyewitness accounts say they were not as big as in the past, official estimates are not taken anymore. kellyanne conway attempted to clarify the claim. >> he gave alternative facts to that -- >> wait a minute, alternative facts. >> reporter: president trump posted dualing tweets that exceeded attendance. later he shifted his tone, calling the peaceful protests a hallmark of our democracy. president trump has a full schedule in the days ahead, meeting with world leaders here at the white house. aides say mr. trump spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu by phone sunday and discussed ways to advance peace and security in the region. the president is scheduled to meet with leaders from canada an

will not meet with the president of mexico. this is what mr. trump just told republican lawmakers moments ago during their annual retreat. >> i've said many times that the american people will not pay for the wall. and i've made that clear to the government of mexico. the president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. we have no choice. >> that was mr. trump. let's go straight to mexico city to layla santiago, can you tell us more what the president was thinking and if in fact this was a mutual decision? >> reporter: i can tell you that the mexican president is not backing down from his stance

officials about russia's alleged med willing in the u.s. presidential election. mr. trump tweeted having a good relationship with russia is a good thing not a bad thing. only stupid people or fools would think that it is bad. the president-elect went on to say both countries should work together to solve some of the world's most pressing issues. >>> republican senator rand paul says president-elect trump supports his plan to repeal the affordable care act but only when there's a viable alternative ready to replace it. senator paul says he talked to mr. trump directly about the issue. some lawmakers warn it could take years to develop a replacement. >>> coming up next it's really filling like winter out there, glenn. >> oh, yeah, that's right. cold and wind. get ready for a cold sunday but i am tracking a warm up for next week. that's next. the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet. so in the 3.7 s

and wreak havoc. >> reporter: mr. trump has blamed the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants already in the u.s. for taking jobs from american workers and driving up crime rates. the day he announced candidacy for president mr. trump singled out mexican immigrants. >> they're bringing drugs. they're bringing crime. they're rapists. and some, i assume, are good people. >> reporter: with the exception of one year, illegal border crossings into the u.s. reached a 30-year low in 2015 according to homeland security, but drug-related violence in central america has triggered a surge of undocumented migrants. >> who is going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> reporter: while mr. trump has long said that mexico will finance the wall, its government has balked. the white house proposal does not include a cost estimate, and it will be up to congress to fund the project. today the president told abc news that u.s. taxpayers may have to front the money. >> all it is is we'll be reimbursed at a later date from whatever transaction we make from mexico. >> reporter: scott, mexico is america

hallie just mentioned that angered the pleblth. u.s. spy chiefs did not tell mr. trump about it regarding the briefing. cynthia mcfadden explains what we know. >> reporter: tonight, this question, does u.s. intelligence have proof the russians hold compromising information about mr. trump and did they brief mr. trump about it last friday? the answer, according to multiple intelligence officials, is no. a senior official tells nbc news that there was indeed a two-page summary accompanying that classified report on russian interference in the u.s. election which dealt with explosive and unsubstantiated claims that russia had compromising personal information about mr. trump. last night, it was widely reported that mr. trump was himself briefed on the material. but multiple sources, including those involved in the briefing process, tell nbc news that is simply not true. >> i was in the room and the first i heard of any of these wild accusations was when someone printed it off of the buzzfeed website. >> reporter: the friday briefing at trump tower was verbal and led by the director of nation

of mr. trump to show that analysis is pretty much on the mark. one would have to understand that my primary concern with donald trump is not ideological, although i am a conservative and he is not, and that worries me. i think he is ideologically rootless. my concern about him has always been temperamental. i think his temperament and character are deeply problematic. i think you see also the manifestations of it. you saw it during the campaign. i think he is a man who is compulsive, the addictive, and impulsive. he does not abide by norms or standards. i think everything for him comes down to him. is erratic, and that is dangerous to have in a president. that is fine in a reality television star. that may help the ratings. when you are president, you have a lot of power. i do not see a man who is reflective or has any kind of self-restraint. i do not even see the people around him have the capacity to restrain him. he won an election that was is historic. i am willing to give him the fact that he is able to tap into certain things in the american public. i just think what he is tap

times this morning, mr. trump is called to letcher and his election tainted. countless celebrities refuse to perform at the inauguration and there will be attempts to disrupt it yet today, mr. trump will meet with martin luther king iii at trump tower. here comes another confrontation, with china. beijing says it will take the gloves off over trump's support for taiwan and they're name calling. mr. trump, they say, is a rookie. tomorrow, leader ping speaks as a leader according to the chinese news agency. mr. trump has engaged in some confrontation, too. told the drug companies that medicare and medicaid will negotiate drug prices, lower drug prices and going off bmw importing from mexico. yes, it's confrontation week. one last headline. the debt will hit $20 trillion just before president obama leaves off. politics and money, it's still very intense and "varney & company" is about to begin. ♪ >> today, the markets may be closed, but fox business is open for business. bringing you the insight and analysis you need and can't get anywhere else. while cnbc is showing reruns, we'll s

initialment. and secretary of state john kerry said it was inappropriate for mr. trump to interfere in german politics. the president-elect called chancellor merkel's refugee project a mistake. and causing lawmakers to boycott his inauguration. mr. trump met with the son of dr. martin luther king jr. in the midst of a heating feud between mr. trump and civil rights hero john lewis. hena daniels is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. senate confirmation hearings resume today for more of president-elect donald trump cabinet nominees. this as more than 30 members of congress now say they'll skip trump's inauguration friday amid an ongoing feud between the president-elect and democratic congressman tom moore. >> reporter: just days before the inauguration president-elect donald trump rift with john lewis is far from resolved. >> to describe donald trump as our president -- we would welcome that as well. >> reporter: tensions escalated after mr. trump lashed out at the civil rights hero calling his presidency legitimate. prompting many democrats to boycott fri

the war will be, mr trump is putting between $8 billion and $10 billion, he says that mexico will pay back in time. absent surprisingly the mexican president is not very clean on that idea. —— perhaps not surprisingly. "it is evident that we have some differences with the new government of the united states, like the topic of the wall that mexico, of course, will not pay." we have a corresponding to mexico city, | we have a corresponding to mexico city, i spoke to him earlier. in fa ct, city, i spoke to him earlier. in fact, he is he alive, i thought i was going to be playing one of your reports, and here you are, that is great. tellers about how the mexican government is indicating it will play this challenge? i think you made the point that the mexican president and his whole cabinet, and a very large portion of this country, are on one single message to mr trump, they will not pay for this wall, not at the time of construction or in the future. there is a very serious conflict to be resolved. obviously mr trump has suggested that federal funds united states will be used initial

operatives claim to have compromising personal information about mr. trump. >> they're produced by a former mi6 operative with great experience in russia and the soviet union. >> it is something that's being taken very seriously and they will have to get to the bottom of it. >> sean: cnn cannot get enough of it. but today, he had to correct some of the major allegations about michael cohen, who will join us later from the trump organization. take a look. >> michael cohen, trump's lawyer, has been out there because in report, it talks about michael cohen, trump's lawyer making a trip to the a czech republic. my reporting suggests that people did try to run that down and that they concluded that it was a different michael cohen. it was a michael cohen with a passport from another country, the same birth year, different birthdate.rt >> sean: wow, another michael cohen in the world. imagine that. once again proves my point that journalism in america is dead. i've been saying it on the air m since 2008. when it comes to the alt radical left liberal press, there is a massive double standar

as donald trump became the 45th president of the united states. mr. trump delivered a short speech aiming to unify the country. >> what truly matters is not which party controls our government but whether our government is controlled by the people. [ applause and cheers ] >> january 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: thousands traveled to the capital to watch the transition of power. one man even giving away tickets to make sure others could take part in the experience. >> rather than have them go unused we want to make sure that people that are here for the inauguration will be able to enjoy the festivities. >> reporter: one company who moved from san francisco to pennsylvania was among those who received tickets. despite not voting for mr. trump, it's still an emotional day. >> now that the dust is beginning to settle we have to figure out how to move forward and i think we have to move forth together. >> reporter: mr. trump's former political rival hillary clinton attended the inaugura

this. >> now, may i call you america? i foe you and mr. trump are in the honeymoon phase and i know it seems like it will last forever but having a pre-nup is smart. seems like mr. trump is into the relationship now but we all know he has a side thing with russia, so if he hooks up with putin it will cost him money. and he must consummate his relationship for a year in the form of a conference of satisfactory length and breadth. you get to keep the white house but he's insisting on custody of paul ryan's balls, supervised visits only and you get a billion-dollar bonus if you elect him to a second term. >> sorry i'm late. >> this is mr. trump's lawyer. >> lawyers are scum, not a lawyer. no offense. >> none taken. >> we have demands ourselves. >> say no to everything till we have time to discuss it. >> first, mr. trump is unhappy with america's signs of aging -- drooping roads, sagging bridges -- so we ask america consent and fund any kind of cosmetic enhancement mr. trump deems necessary. >> look, we're a beautiful country, just a matter of maintaining. >> yes, we request complete de

germany would have done and did do. >> chris: we will discuss mr. trump's testy relationship with the intelligence community when we sit down with vice president elect mike pence just five days before he is sworn into office, and we will find out why the nation's spy chiefs briefed mr. trump on the russian rumors and an exclusive interview with cia director john brennan. we will also ask him about the hot spots the trump team faces from isis to china. john brennan, only on "fox news sunday" ." plus, the politics of white hillary clinton didn't win the election are still playing out. >> the american people are owed the truth. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the general investigating fbi director james comey for possible possible men conduct. and our power player of the wee week. >> putting on the olympics in 60 days. >> chris: all right now on on "fox news sunday." if and aloe again from fox news in washington. donald trump takes the oath of office in just five days, but on the brink of his presidency, questions about russia's involvement in the election won't go away. tod

pass without a tweet from mr. trump. "with all the jobs i am bringing back into the u.s., even before taking office, with all of the new auto plants coming back into our country, i believe that people are seeing big stuff." but automakers have stressed that their hands were not forced by the president-elect, and that the only cause-and-effect connection appears to be his repeated claims of credit for their decisions. in gm's case, officials said today's move was years in the making. 1,500 new or retained prodution jobs, 5,000 positions, primarily in engineering and information technology, plus 450 blue collar jobs brought from mexico. economist diane swank. >> these are long-term plans. you don't decide where you're going to build a manufacturing plant overnight. >> reporter: and yet, on january 3, when ford killed plans for a new plant in mexico, mr. trump suggested the company had done him a favor. "thank you to ford," he tweeted, "for scrapping a new plant in mexico and creating 700 new jobs in the u.s. this is just beginning." but ford said the decision was based on demand for the

congratulate mr. trump and mr. pence doing a good job. i do not understand all the left-wingers protesting when our country is in danger and we do not know who is coming into the country. i think he is doing a good job mexicang illegal i immigrants and illegal foreign immigrants as well. . just want to congratulate him very proud to be an african-american voter who voted republican and will remain to be a republican voter. i will vote for him the next four years. and i will stand up and fight with this country just as well as he is fighting for our protection as americans. >> let's go to texas next. john joins us on the independents line. what do you think of mr. trump's first week as president? >> well, i mean, it's been one week. everything he says sounds good, but nobody is saying nothing about god. the laws of this land are supposed to be god's laws. you don't get to vote on what's right or wrong. you're supposed to do right, period, and that is the end of it, no matter what color a man is. all men, not just white men or black man or brown men. we need to get with god. mr. t

concerns. but mr. trump says the projects will create jobs, including in america's steel industry. our north america editor, jon sopel has more. , mr. trump: i am, to a large extent, an environmentalist, but it's out of control. jon: the keyword seems to be "but." another day brings another set of executive actions that are not exactly music to the ears of the green lobby. pres. trump: from now on, we are going to start making pipelines in the united states. we build it in the united states. we want to build the pipe. it will put a lot of steel workers back to work. jon: and for former vice presidential candidate sarah palin, this tweet, drill, baby, drill. these two pipelines will stretch over 1000 miles. one goes from canada in the north down to the gulf coast in the south. the other would stretch across four states to illinois and would create thousands of jobs along the way, a major boon for the oil industry. when barack obama was president, there was a huge amount of handwringing over what to do about the keystone xl pipeline. the president trying to balance is green credentials w

declares the house until noo mr. trump: an went to various firms and ordered a very, very strong hacking defense and they tried to hack the republican national committee and they were unable to break through. wreef to do that for our country. it's very important. reporter: attempts to build a better relationship with president putin. mr. trump: president putin put out a statement today this fake news was indeed fake news. this totally never happened. of course he's going to say that. i respected the fact that he said that. i'll be honest, i think if he did have something they would have released it. they would have been glad to release it. had they broken into the republican national committee, i think they would have released it just like they did about hillary and all the horrible things that her people like mr. poe desta said about her. what he said about her was horrible. if somebody said about me what podesta said about hillary, i was the boss, i would have fired him immediately. what he said about her was horrible. but remember this, we talk about the hacking. hacking's bad and it