President-elect Donald Trump opened up about plans for his inauguration day and said “it’s going to be a beautiful event.”
During the president-elect’s first press conference since he won the election, Trump spoke to reporters from Trump Tower about the talent expected at his inauguration on January 20th in Washington, D. C. and said he expects it to be an “elegant day.” (RELATED: New Details Have Been Released About Trump’s Inauguration Plans)
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“I look very much forward to the Inauguration,” Trump told the room full of reporters. “It’s going to be a beautiful event. We have great talent, tremendous talent.” (RELATED: Celine Dion And 7 Other Celebrities Who Are Refusing To Perform At Donald Trump’s Inauguration [SLIDESHOW])
“And we have all of the bands, or most of the bands, from the different segments of the military,” he added. “I’ve heard some of these bands over the years, they are incredible. We are going to have a very,very elegant day.”
“The 20th is going to be something that will be very, very special… very beautiful,” he continued.” And I think we are going to have massive crowds because we have a movement. It’s a movement like the world has never seen before. It’s a movement that a lot of people didn’t even expect.”

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Sen. Cory Booker , D-N. J., delivered unprecedented testimony today against the nomination of his Senate colleague, Sen. Jeff Sessions , R-Ala., for attorney general, saying that his « conscience » outweighed Senate tradition.
“I know that some of my many colleagues aren’t happy that I am breaking with Senate tradition to testify on the nomination of one of my colleagues, but I believe, like perhaps all of my colleagues in the Senate, that in the choice of standing with Senate norms or standing up for what my conscience tells me is best for our country, I will always choose my conscious and country, » Booker said.
Booker said he believed President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general has « not demonstrated a commitment » to a central prerequisite of the job — to demand equal rights and justice for all citizens.
« In fact, at numerous times in his career, he has demonstrated a hostility towards these convictions, » Booker said of Sessions.
The New Jersey senator said he was « deeply motivated » by the many issues the next attorney general will influence, especially the crisis of mass incarceration.
Booker said that while he and Sessions disagreed on the issues, they have always exercised a « collegiality and a mutual respect.  » In fact, Booker spoke of legislation that he and Sessions co-sponsored to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to the « foot soldiers who marched at Selma. « 
It was an emotional plea in which Booker said that those marchers in Selma inspired him as a young lawyer to seek justice for all in New Jersey, and begin representing black families looking to integrate white neighborhoods who were turned away and denied housing.
« I am literally sitting here because of people, marchers in Alabama, » he said.
Booker said that his colleague’s record « indicates that he won’t » pursue justice for women, defend the equal rights of gay and lesbian and transgender Americans, defend voting rights or defend the rights of immigrants as attorney general.
This was the first time a sitting senator testified against another sitting senator in a cabinet confirmation hearing, according to Booker’s office, which contacted the Senate Historian’s office for the records.
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, who helped lead the 1965 march in Selma, and Cedric Richmond, D-Louisiana, leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, also expressed concern about Sessions’ nomination at today’s hearing.
« It doesn’t matter how Senator Sessions may smile, how friendly he may be, how he may speak to you, but we need someone who is going to stand up, speak up and speak out. For the people that need help for people who have been discriminated against, » Lewis said.
He told the senators that after decades of progress, many Americans are concerned that some leaders want to return to the « dark past, and the power of the law will be used to deny freedoms protected by the Constitution. « 
« We need someone as attorney general who is going to look out for all of us and not just for some of us, » Lewis said.
However, others on today’s panel came to the Alabama senator’s defense.
« A lot has been said about Senator Sessions’ character. We have seen people who have never met Senator Sessions claim to know him and know his heart. We have seen members of this body and members of the House of Representatives just now who have worked with Senator Sessions and praise him for his work and now attack him. This should not be, » said Sessions’ former staffer William Smith.
Smith, the former Chief Counsel on the Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee, said that his former boss had fought for civil rights and against the Ku Klux Klan and fought for people regardless of the color of their skin.
« I’m not testifying to someone who just met him yesterday. I’ve known his family, I’ve dined at his house. We’ve eaten Johnny Rockets burgers together, » Smith added. « I’ve been in every political situation with him. Senator Sessions is unquestionably qualified for the job for which he has been nominated. He is a good Christian man, and a good family man. He is a man who has dedicated his public life to service. « 
ABC News’ Hayley Walker and Ben Siegel contributed to this report.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — In his first news conference since July, President-elect Donald Trump strongly denied reports that Russia obtained compromising personal and financial information about him.
“It’s all fake news, it’s phoney stuff, it didn’t happen,” Trump said during the press conference Tuesday morning. “It was a group of opponents that got together, sick people, and they put that crap together.”
Trump thanked some news outlets for not showcasing the reports, but blasted CNN for publishing the information, and refused to take questions from one of their reporters, Jim Acosta.
“I’m not going to give you a question, you are fake news.” Trump told Acosta.
He defended his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“If Putin likes Donald Trump, guess what folks, that’s called an asset, not a liability,” said Trump. “Do you honestly believe Hillary would be tougher on Vladimir Putin than me? Does anybody in this room really believe that? Give me a break.”
Trump also outlined plans to divorce himself from his extensive business empire by forming a trust to turn control over to sons, Don and Eric. According to the President-elect’s attorney, Sheri Dillon, the two will be responsible for making decisions for the duration of the presidency without any involvement from their father.
The company will continue to expand its domestic business by not participating in any deals abroad. Additionally, Trump vowed to move quickly to not only repeal, but also replace, Obamacare.
“Obamacare is the Democrats’ problem,” Trump said. “We’re going to take the problem off the shelves for them; we’re doing them a tremendous service by doing it.”
Trump also promised to build a wall along the Mexican border and eventually make Mexico pay for the project.

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President-elect Donald Trump held a free-wheeling, hour-long press conference at Trump Tower Wednesday morning — the first formal press conference he’s held since winning the presidency in November.
Though the motivation for the news conference was to outline how he will deal with his complex web of business interests once he’s in the White House, much of the press conference ended up focusing on Russian election interference and on reports Tuesday that the intelligence community’s classified report on Russian hacking had an addendum with unverified details of potentially compromising information that Russia has gathered on the president-elect, and that Mr. Trump was briefed on last week.
Here are some of the highlights:
Mr. Trump said he’s not allowed to discuss information that was presented during his intelligence briefing — but confirmed that outside the briefing, he did in fact see the memo in question on compromising information, calling it a “disgrace.”
President-elect Donald Trump slams reports that Russia has potentially compromising information about him.
“I saw the information, I read the information outside of that meeting. It’s all fake news — it’s phony stuff, it didn’t happen and it was gotten by opponents of ours,” he said. “It was a group of opponents who got together — sick people — and they put that crap together.”
Asked whether he accepts the intelligence agencies’ conclusion that Russia actively worked to influence the 2016 election, Mr. Trump said he believes Russia was responsible for the hacking — but stopped short of saying he believed they had an influence on the campaign.
“As far as hacking, I think it was Russian,” he said. “But I think we also get hacked by other countries and other people and I can say that when we lost 22 million names and everything else that was hacked recently, they didn’t make a big deal out of that, that was something that was extraordinary.”
Asked if he had a message for Putin about future hacking activities, Mr. Trump replied: “He shouldn’t be doing it, he won’t be doing it.”
President-elect Donald Trump talks about his potential relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I’m leading it than when other people have led it,” he said. “You will see that.”
He said he considers Putin’s praise of him to be “an asset, not a liability,” though he doesn’t yet know whether he and Putin will “get along.”
“Now I don’t know that I’m going to get along with Vladimir Putin,” he said. “I hope I do, but … do you honestly believe that Hillary [Clinton] will be tougher on Putin than me?”
Though Mr. Trump asserted that he would have been able to continue running his business from the White House if he wanted to, he said his two sons, Eric and Donald Jr., along with Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, would take over his businesses while he’s president.
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“I could actually run my business … and run government at the same time,” he said. “I don’t like the way that looks but I’d be able to if I wanted to.”
The stacks of manila folders on the table next to Mr. Trump at the podium were, he said, “some of the many documents I’ve signed turning over complete and total control.”
Mr. Trump introduced Sherri Dillon of Morgan Lewis, a lawyer who has been working on the plan for the Trump business empire.
Dillon said Mr. Trump’s business holdings and investments will be put in a trust before Inauguration Day to be overseen by sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg. Mr. Trump also said that his two adult sons will run the company. Ivanka Trump, whose husband Jared Kushner is set to become a senior adviser to the Trump White House, will have “no further management” role in the company.
There will be “no new foreign deals” made during the duration of Mr. Trump’s presidency, Dillon added, and domestic deals will be subject to “severe restrictions.”
To people who suggest Mr. Trump should sell his business, Dillon said that would only “exacerbate” the possibility for conflicts.
Additionally, in order to ensure that “it is the American people who will profit” going forward, Mr. Trump has directed that all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels will be donated to the U. S. Treasury.”
At the start of the press conference, Mr. Trump thanked news organizations that did not run stories on Russia’s alleged compromising information about him.
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“I want to thank a lot of the news organizations, some of whom have not treated me well over the years, a couple in particular, and they came out so strongly against that fake news,” he said. “I have great respect for the news, I have great respect for freedom of the press and all of that, but I will tell you there were some news organizations … that were so professional, so incredibly professional.”
Later on, he called BuzzFeed, which posted a document which it says is the dossier about the Russian information, “a failing pile of garbage,” and also criticized CNN for publicizing the reports on Tuesday.
CNN reporter Jim Acosta attempted to ask a follow-up question, but Mr. Trump repeatedly shut him down.
“No, not you, your organization is terrible. Quiet. Quiet,” he said. As Acosta continued trying to ask a question, talking over another reporter, Mr. Trump continued: “Don’t be rude. Don’t be rude. Don’t. Be. Rude. I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news.”
After the exchange, he called on CNN digital reporter Jeremy Diamond, CBS News’ Arden Farhi noted.
Donald Trump ripped the intelligence community after a dossier was leaked regarding unverified, potentially compromising information held by the …
On a question about his proposed wall along the U. S.-Mexico border, Mr. Trump said Mexico will “reimburse” the U. S. for the wall because he doesn’t want to wait to build it until a deal can be made with Mexico.
“I want to get the wall started,” he said. “I don’t want to wait a year and a half until I make my deal with Mexico.”
As for the form that reimbursement will take, Mr. Trump said it’s more likely it will be through a “tax” than a “payment.”
“They will reimburse us for the cost of the wall, whether it’s a tax or whether it’s a payment,” he said. “Probably less likely that it’s a payment.”
In response to a question from CBS News’ Major Garrett, Mr. Trump said he plans to announce his pick to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia “within two weeks” of taking office.
During his first news conference as president-elect, Donald Trump talks about his plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
“That will be probably within two weeks of the 20th,” he said. “So within about two weeks, probably the second week.”
Asked to discuss his administration’s plan for dealing with the Affordable Care Act, Mr. Trump declined to give any specifics but said, “We’re going to get health care taken care of in this country.”
He did say, however, that the ACA would be replaced “essentially simultaneously” with something “far less expensive and far better.” As soon as his health and human services secretary nominee, Rep. Tom Price, is confirmed, Mr. Trump told reporters “we’ll be submitting a plan” to repeal and replace Obamacare.
“Obamacare is a complete and total disaster,” he said, citing increased premiums and high deductibles. “… Frankly, we could sit back — and it was a thought from a political standpoint — but it wouldn’t be fair to the people.”

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