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 in next friday as vice president. we are honored to be joined here i

, 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

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 administered 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 saluted the new commander in chief. his inaugural address set the tone for his presidency. >> americans want great schoo

to nazis in an early 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 sexual behavior. >> does anyone really believe that story? i'm also very much a germophobe, by the way, believe me. >> reporter

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

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

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

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

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

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

damaging to trump. >> there is no basis for mr. trump to point fingers at the intelligence community for leaking information that was already available publicly. >> trump's charge coming hours after brennan appeared on national television, arguing the president-elect doesn't understand the critical threat russia poses? >> i think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can be undercutting of our national security. >> trump has spent months doubting u.t. intelligence findings that russia was behind the election cyberattacks. in a new interview, the president-elect suggesting the u.s. could ease tensions with russia. trump telling the times of london and german newspaper build, let's see if we can make some good deals. this as trump blasts comments over the weekend that the one china policy which maintains taiwan as part of china is under negotiation. china slamming trump in an editorial. quote, we were simply angry initially, but now we can't help but laugh. >> there are no plans to change the one china policy. certain

they can stay in our country 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 his 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. >> rep

, really. mr trump has barely finished his first week in office and already he is involved in this foreign policy spat with a key neighbour. and it was being played out on twitter. in the morning, mr trump tweeted, if mexico is not going to pay for the wall, then perhaps we should cancel the meeting. and the mexican president tweeted back, all right, i will not come — not those words exactly, but that was the effect. and then mr trump spoke about slapping a 20% tariff on mexican goods coming in to pay for the war. there is no sense of diplomacy here, which is really very strange. his framing it all in this big issue of economic fairness, saying it is unfair for the mexicans not to pay for the war, and going on to say, they're treating us unfairly with the north american free trade agreement, which is the thing which has the mexicans really worried, because their whole economy has been organised along the lines of that treaty, with 80% of their products coming here. it is really extraordinary to watch. are we seeing a parallel to what we saw during the political campaigns, where c

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 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 a good job, otherwise if they do a bad job, i'll say, you're fired. >> reporter: today w

collaborated several times since. as mr. trump became the g.o.p. nominee, the name o nature of te 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 over 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 the briefing with top

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

churchill. president obama removed that when he was here and mr trump has returned at. he moved the bmp trump has returned at. he moved the lamp so that reporters could get a better shot. he said it was a real honour to have him back. theresa may said it is an honour that you are glad to have him back, and i'm glad to be here. that is some of the information about what is going on inside. she brought gifts for them. for his wife, she brought a hamper full of british goods, including ba kewell ta rt full of british goods, including ba kewell tart and apple full of british goods, including bakewell tart and apple juice. for him, she brought a traditional scottish drinking cup, which is supposed to symbolise friendship and trust, and honour his scottish heritage. we are waiting to hear comments shortly. and the reaction to the bakewell tart! to pursue how the chemistry might go, i have heard from american friends, they see mrs may as quintessentially an english lady. many on this side of the atla ntic lady. many on this side of the atlantic probably see donald trump as being one of those g

." finally, he addressed the future with mr. trump in the white house. "i'm sure in the end, we'll establish normal interstate relations, responding to the interests of the people of europe, russia, and the united states," he said. earlier in the day, russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, knocked down the suggestion that donald trump had hinted at a deal for russia to reduce its nuclear arsenal in return for the u.s. lifting sanctions imposed after the kremlin invaded and seized crimea in 2014. but, lavrov went on to say, as soon as the new administration takes office, russia is ready to talk business, which includes disarmament. >>> mr. trump's nominees for defense secretary and cia director are likely to be the first confirmed by the senate, perhaps as early as inauguration day. but major garrett reports nominees to other departments, including health and human services, are being slowed down by questions from their past. >> the hip act, as an orthopedic surgeon i bear some familiarity with this area. >> reporter: that was tom price in june talking about legislation he introd

. >> 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.

across the hour, if you have questions on what mr trump said, you can use our hashtag, my contact details and the e—mail address are on screen. send as your questions, we have live reporters through the hour to give you some answers. every part of donald trump's successful journey to the white house has been passionate, abrasive, different and divisive. it's also been riveting. the same can be said of his first press conference. i'm going to take you through it. this was from mr trump's opening statement. thank you very much, it is very familiar territory, news conferences, because we used to give them on an almost daily basis, i think we have probably maybe won the nomination because of news conferences, it is good to be with you. we stopped giving them because we we re you. we stopped giving them because we were getting quite a bit of an accurate news, but i do have to say, andi accurate news, but i do have to say, and i must say, that i want to thank and i must say, that i want to thank a lot of the news organisations here today. because they looked at that nonsense that was

for blood or at least a bone. because we have just learnt intelligence chiefs gave mr trump documents alleging russia has compromising material on him. i think it is a disgrace that information would be let out. i saw the information, i read the information outside of that meeting. it is all fake news, it is phoney stuff, it didn't happen. a dossier compiled by an ex—mi6 agent makes unproven allegations that russia has damning details of mr trump's business interest and lurid claims involving sex workers. i am surrounded by people, and i always tell them, anywhere, i always tell them, if i am leaving this country, be very careful, because in your hotel rooms, no matter where you go, you are probably going to have cameras. be careful. because you don't want to see yourself on television. cameras all over the place. and again, notjust russia. all over. does anyone really believe that story? i am also very much a germaphobe, by the way. believe me. mr trump is having none of it, neither is the kremlin. only a handful of people had this information. the president—elect is clear who he

by the minute with john lewis leading the charge: mr. trump an illegitimate president. kristen fisher live in washington d.c. with the very latest on this. reporter: good morning, clayton. today one of the remarks back in 1963, #-number-sign john lewis of refusing to attend. at least 29th democratic lawmakers say they are planning to skip mr. thompson maturation after the president-elect lashed out for calling him an illegitimate president. in case you missed it, here's what he said on "meet the press." >> president-elect as the legitimate president. >> i think the russians participated in this elect date. they have destroyed the candidacy of hillary clinton. reporter: vice president-elect mike pence said mr. trump has a right to defend himself all incoming chief of that reince priebus said this. >> i think it's incredibly disappointing and irresponsible for people like himself to question the legitimacy of the next united states president. the president should step up and get his people in line and tell them to grow up and accept the fact that they lost the election. reporter: mr. tr

was unbelievable. tonight the times says mr trump will offer britain a quick and "fair‘" trade deal within weeks of taking office. also on the programme: of taking office. it's been revealed large numbers of cancer operations are being postponed, because of the current pressures on the nhs. because of the current you've got cancer inside you, you just really want to get rid of it. you, you just really and it's just devastating to get that type of news. a late goal earns manchester united a draw, in their big premier league clash against liverpool. a draw, in their big premier league he wanted you to say good job, son. that's all. and viola davis — the actress tipped for oscar success talks about race and hollywood. for oscar success talks good evening. for oscar success talks the us president—elect donald trump,says the uk is "doing great" following its vote to leave the eu. trump,says the uk is "doing great" he was speaking in his first uk interview, with the former justice secretary michael gove writing for the times. mr trump added he thought the uk was "so smart in getting o

seen more than enough 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 t

in the u.s. election. soon after the report surfaced last night, mr. trump tweeted, fake news, a total political witch hunt. mr. trump is set to hold his news conference here today. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. as you say, we do not know if the allegations in this report are accurate but it plays into criticisms that he's been too friendly toward the long-time u.s. rival. trump is pushing back hard on these allegations. at president-elect donald trump's first news conference since his election, he's likely to face questions about russia's meddling in u.s. politics, specifically new bombshell reports that russia gathered potentially compromising information on donald trump but chose not to disclose it during the 2016 campaign. president-elect trump and his campaign responded tuesday night. fake news. a total witch hunt. >> we should be concern thad the intelligence officials leak to the press and won't go tell the president-elect or president what it is. >> multiple government and intelligence officials tell cbs news the information yoshlg nalgly came from a credible

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

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

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

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

major investigation. mr. trump says as many as 5 million illegal ballots were cast for hillary clinton, which is how he explains her 2.8 million lead in the popular vote. mr. trump won by a total of 77,000 votes in the three states that clinched the electoral college. no state has reported significant fraud and even mr. trump's own lawyers said there is no evidence of voter fraud. >>> well, wall street reached a milestone today. the dow gained 155 points and closed above 20,000 for the first time. since election day, the dow is up more than 1,700 points or 9.5%. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. >>> mr. trump is also planning a top-to-bottom review of how america conducts its war on terror. and today he endorsed torture. here's david martin. >> we will make america safe again. >> reporter: donald trump said it as a candidate, and now he's said it as president. in his first television interview with abc news, the president declared torture works. >> i have spoken as recently as 24 hours ago with people at the highest level of intelligence, and i asked them the que

. that report comes just a day before the intel leaders brief mr. trump on russia's alleging hacking of the u.s. elections which trump continues to downplay. hena daniels has more. good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. expect russia's involvement in the presidential election to be a major topic. sources tell cbs news president-elect donald trump is considering a restructuring of the office of the director of national intelligence, the agency created in the wake of 9/11 to strengthen intelligence gathering. the potential revamp comes as mr. trump continues to cast doubts on u.s. intelligence findings that russia hacked e-mails. in an effort to influence the election. just yesterday trump focused on the attacks on dnc, writing on twitter, why did they not have hacking defense like the rnc did and why have they not responded to the things they said and giving questions to the debate with hillary clinton. >> this is not about one political party or one candidate. it's a modus operandi they've been using for years and it's an assault on democracy. >> less than 50 days before trump takes

: 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

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