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search the economist. Tonight on 360, the president-elect stands by his choice for Attorney

General, leaving its confidential files, including an accuser's

deposition or breached by a hacker and may become public. Also tonight, touting his nine daytime

Emmys, Trump pages Dr. Oz to oversee Medicare and Medicaid, which covers nearly 150 million Americans.

And the Kremlin lowers the bar for using nuclear weapons and says Ukraine fired American missiles

deep inside Russia. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tomorrow, the House Ethics Committee is

expected to discuss the fate of its report on Matt Gates, the former Florida Congressman

who's both accused of having sex with a minor and Donald Trump's choice for Attorney General

of the United States. Donald Trump shows no sign of changing his mind.

As we first reported last night, he's calling senators who will have to vote on the nomination,

including North Dakota's Kevin Kramer, standing there next to Elon Musk at today's Space X launch in Texas.

The president-elect was asked about Gates just a few minutes later.

Mr. President, are you reconsidering the nomination of Matt Gates?

No.

How far are you willing to go to get him confirmed?

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