. >> joining me now to talk more about this is a -- reporter for the washington examiner. it's a difficult question, one we have to ask. could obama have done more to prevent the bloodshed in syria in. >> well, i don't think the question is if he could do more but what the nation have been willing to do more. i think that is what he is wrestling with. was there support in the u.s. for a bigger intervention, could we sustain that, if not we would have the problems we face in iraq. i'm not sure there is that much more on the table at the time. >> you -- obama also discussed russia's cyber hacking into the u.s. election saying that his administration's response to the hacking was adequate. he said that we handled it the way it should have been handled. do you really feel that way with a foreign power meddling in the democracy it was handled correctly? >> the way obama explained in the press conference, he felt there was a responsibility as the president to not instigate sort of a larger, bigger problem with russia. and you know, one of the things that obama showed yesterday i

. >>> joining us now to discuss, senior international correspondent clarissa ward and senior washington correspondent for politico, ana palmer. great to see you two. ana, i want to get your take and lean on your best knowledge of capitol hill. you now have a bipartisan group of senators calling for investigations. one of them leading the charge, of course, is senator john mccain. investigations into russia's hacking. listen to what he said yesterday. >> vladimir putin is a thug and a murderer and a killer and a kgb agent. he had boris nemtsov murdered. he's now precision strikes by russian aircraft on hospitals in aleppo. let's call vladimir putin for who he is. it's too important. a fundamental of a democracy is a fair and free election. >> john mccain is calling for bipartisan kind of investigation, maybe commission to look into russia's hacking. we just heard from senator motorcycle, though, saying to go through regular order but that also should not be a partisan issue. what is the impact of what mr. mcconnell is saying this morning on how far republicans you think are going to be g

when i landed last night in washington and i got the messages, i tell you, i was a bit sad and and a bit disappointed. i really felt that wasn't a role for president elect trump to go after chuck jones. what chuck was doing was in fact terrifying. he has a responsibility to the members of his local union. and when he heard that there were going to be 1100 jobs saved those families were excited to have a shot at some security. when he investigated that is when he found out there were 780 jobs to be saved and 70 management jobs. and he had a responsibility to get the message out. and then he got slammed. and we said very early on. we wrote to president elect trump after the election. and said on the things you want to work on weir willing to work with you. we want to replace the south korean trade deal, etc., but we also want to have the same position as the president elect. when a company fires people and brings job to another off shore country and then wants to bring those jobs back in and sell them in america, that is not right and president elect -- >> so you have a lot in common o

they believe that washington is about washington and not about them, and here comes a guy who says blow it all up. i'm different. i'm not bought. i'm going to help you. i'm going to speak to the heartland. he took repeated trips. >> the guy who said that was bernie sanders. what trump did -- he took that message but 'also added other stuff that was disturbing, didn't he? >> well, let me say this. as the white man who grew up in integrated schools, and i'd say in many ways was on the front edge of integration. there were schools that were white and then we had our first african american young man come when i was in fifth grade, and by the time, and i was in the first white class to go to bernie hills high school in athens georgia that was a black high school at the time, and by the way, i've been beat up because of my race. i have been a victim of what would be called a hate crime now. but i'm also secure in who i am racially, and i don't need donald trump or the media or whoever to define me racially, and so -- >> a representative. first of all, if you were victimized, i think that's te

for more go to cnn.com/fareed and read my washington post column this week and let's get started. >>> first kamt brexit vote which surprised much of the world, then donald trump's astonishing electoral victory in the united states. will upcoming elections in europe be a third shock to the system? let me bring in a panel to discuss the rise of this. thank you for being late. optimist guide to thriving in the age of excellence. he's also of course a "new york times" columnist. also in the times this weekend there's a great piece by any next guest, ian. it's called the end of the angle american order. he's a professor at bart college. melissa bell, before that she was the international affairs editor at france 24. welcome to you all. you know, at the end of the cold war, it seemed as though we had arrived at this kind of consensus that francis called the end of history and that, you know, the big political debates were settled, and now we see this wave of change. so what happened? >> well, the end of the cold war happened in the first place. and it was when america's prestige was at it's

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you pass about -- i'm doing this by memory, two pictures of jefferson, three of washington, two of both roosevelts, you have a room next to you called the roosevelt. the nobel peace prize. can't we just put a tyler in there, a pierce in there? you walk by all these oil paintings of the icons. what president doesn't want to swing for the fences? i think what may make him slightly different is what personal political price he's willing to pay for that public -- what he believes is a policy priority where other people would -- not that they wouldn't do it, but they woulden in decide we're going to go x percent. i think swinging from the fences, every president, every one of us in public life share that ambition. i say that in a very positive way. they want to leave their thumb mark, that's part of life. >> that was rahm emanuel. now mayor of chicago, of course. next i want to play you a bit of my interview with the president. listen in. >> was there a moment or a period that you remember thinking to yourself with that background, with that name, with the way you look, the american people c

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is still quite divided. almost one month after donald trump defeated hillary clinton, officials from both campaigns are still raw and emotional, bitter and angry, more offended than introspective. hillary clinton won the popular vote white donald trump easily surpassed the 270 electoral votes needed to win the white house. today we're going to bring you something rarely seen. both major presidential campaign managers sitting together, doing a joint interview, discussing how we got here. a conversation both enlightening and contentious. trump's kellyanne conway and clinton's robbie mook, each dedicated their lives to the singular task of seeing the other have a bad night in november. i sat down with them at harvard university's institute of politics to go behind the scenes of one of the most unprecedented and ugly campaigns in modern history. >> robbie, i know there are a lot of people here, especially here at harvard, who are wondering, what happened? what went wrong. obviously hillary clinton won the popula

let's talk to two people in the room, the two jeffs, jeff zeleny is back with us, washington correspondent and bernie sanders campaign manager jeff weaver. so great to have both of you on and my goodness, where to begin. jeff zeleny, to you first. i mean, i know this happened over the course of two days last nig night. when did things take a turn for the worse. >> well, brooke, that clip you played right there was around the conversation of steve bannon, of course the chief strategist at the end of the campaign for the trump campaign who is the former executive for breitbart news. it was at that point that jennifer palmieri decided to make her argument about the elephant in the room. up until then it was a civil discussion but one thing to keep in mind. it may look like emotions were running out of control. that's partially true but the clinton campaign team came in there with a purpose of trying to be the last time to defend hillary clinton. this is viewed as a first draft of history, i've gone to the last five of these since the bush v. gore one in 2000. i can tell you this was much more

hier in washington. 8:00 p.m. in damascus, syria, and wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >>> up first -- president-elect donald trump gets back to transition business after a rousing campaign style rally. trump and vice president-elect mike pence made the first stop on their thank you tour in cincinnati, ohio last night. trump used the rally to tout his victory, bash the news media and double down on campaign promises. he also made a major campaign announcement. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis -- [ cheers ] -- as our secretary of defense. but we're not announcing i

>> wolf, we had tremendous response to senator sanders' piece at "the washington post." i think he effectively served notice he wants to be one of the leaders of the loyal opposition to president-elect trump, and i think in the long-term, his message might be successful. this idea that company after company might come to the administration and ask for handouts or tax breaks in order to not move their jobs overseas. but in the short term, i think it's going to be a tough argument for democrats, because right now you have president-elect trump take thing victory lap saying however small or unorthodox, he was able to save a thousand jobs of the people in indiana. >> that's going to resonate politically, of course. jeffrey toobin, trump did a bit of gloating today, bragging about when he won the indiana primary. during his election night victory speech, he pledged to be the president for all americans, even those who didn't vote for him. should the president-elect strike right now a more conciliatory, unifying tone, instead of that relitigating the campaign? >> you know, may

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we'll send things to washington, d.c. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thank you. donald trump is getting the band back together. "the lead" starts right now. donald trump taking a victory lap at a factory that he helped save before laufrninching his t you tour. will he be playing the hit like build a wall or will his supporters here a new tune from the now president-elect? >>> no fuel. total failure. new chilling audio from the final moments before a plane crash nearly wiped out a beloved soccer team. >>> plus, descending into hell. a u.n. official pleading for action in allepo before the city becomes an even bigger graveyard as tens of thousands starve or die from russian and syrian

note, it is 50 days before he officially places his hand on that bible in washington and becomes the next president of the united states. i'm talking about trump winning back a thousand jobs in indiana that had been on their way to mexico. any minute now trump and his vice president-elect, mike pence, who you will remember as the governor of the great state of indiana, they're scheduled to tour the carrier air conditioning plant in indiana but as trump and pence take a victory lap, taxpayers could lose out and critics including conservatives say trump may be setting a dangerous precedent. a source familiar with the negotiations tells cnn carrier will get $7 million in state incentives and tax breaks over the course of ten years in exchange for keeping those thousand jobs where they are. meantime this carrier tour kicks off a day of celebration for trump. later on he will begin what his team is calling a thank you tour starting with an event in cincinnati, ohio. first we begin in indiana. se cnn's suzanne malveaux is in indianapolis. has his plane arrived. >> reporter: we know the pla

we heard from bernie sanders earlier today in an op-ed in "the washington post," very harsh criticism of this. saying that trump has signaled to every corporation in america that they can threaten to offshore jobs in exchange for business-friendly tax benefits and incentives. even corporations that weren't thinking of off-shoring jobs re-evaluating their stance. the statement saying they are getting business incentives from the state. that could be in the form of tax breaks or business opportunities. we're not exactly sure. the details of that. we may get that later today. i did have a chance to talk to a lot of the workers at carrier to get a sense of whether or not this is a good thing for them. they are very excited. and even talking to some employees of other companies. one right up the street. they're losing their jobs to mexico. and they want trump to step in and get involved. here's what one of them said to me yesterday. >> how much credit do you really give him? >> i mean, he -- what he said is happening. whether it's the state, everybody collectively coming together to do it

"the washington post" says it's the richest cabinet in modern history. it's ten times the cabinet, initial cabinet of george w. bush. actually, read this. this is good. >> george w. bush's first cabinet in 2001 is estimated to be the entire cabinet, estimated to have a worth of $250 million. adjusted for inflation, christine. i know you are wondering. that's roughly one-tenth the wealth of trump's commerce secretary nominee. >> so romans, there are people who say look, this is just the swamp, more of the same, lot of goldman people. you make the point these are folks who had a little bit of different world view. >> yeah, they do. these are contrarians, people who see value in the wreckage, people who question the conventional wisdom. wilbur ross is somebody who for years automatically questioned the conventional wisdom. you could argue washington has been about conventional wisdom for a very long time. convexal wntional wisdom that globalization will help more than it hurts. >> these are wall street outliers, not people who are populists. there is a real

the parent company hard, talking about offshore jobs and this morning, in an op-ed in "the washington post" here's what he said. he said trump has endangered the jobs of workers who were previously safe in the united states. he says why, because he has signaled to every corporation in america that they can threaten to offshore jobs in exchange for business friendly tax benefits and incentives. i talked to the workers here at carrier and other companies and quite frankly, they don't really care about like how this happened, how the sausage was made. they care about the results. so they are disagreeing with sanders this morning because they are looking at their own interests. they are looking at their families and what this means to them. i had an opportunity to talk to one of those workers. here's what he said. how much credit do you really give him? >> i mean, what he said is happening so whether it's the state, everybody collectively coming together to do it really doesn't matter. it's being done and it's wonderful. >> reporter: carol, that is john fletcher. he's a new grandfather, h

what do you make, bernie sanders publishes this op-ed in "the washington post" slamming mr. trump's efforts in indianapolis. in the meantime, workers in indianapolis couldn't be happier. >> yeah, carol, so that's a piece that actually ran in my section of "the washington post." "the post" everything section, and i think it's a strong piece by senator sanders showing essentially that he's going to be out there, as the loyal opposition to the way that president-elect trump is doing business. he makes his economic case that this is a way essentially for businesses to hold up the government for tax incentives in order to not shift their jobs overseas. on the other hand as you said, carol, right, there are 1,000 people who according to the details we have so far, are going to have jobs in indiana because of this deal and i think that the administration may be more so governor pence, or vice president-elect pence, as the sitting governor of indiana, more so than maybe president-elect trump himself should be able to take credit for negotiating with the company to stay and provide i

he hopes russia works with washington in fighting terror. putin made the remarks in the address of two chambers of the russian parliament. >> a lot of scrutiny with what russia is doing in syria and prove indicativocations in ukra. >> fascinating. >>> police officer shot and killed in tacoma, washington. right now, the gunman apparently keeping police at bay. we are following the latest on this standoff which continues right now. >>> we are following breaking news from tacoma, washington. a police officer shot and killed and the bearricaded suspect in standoff. police were responding to a domestic violence dispute at the home. and did not make it.ough surgery the authorities describe the scene as active. you see the police presence. there are reports of gunfire from inside the home. we are monitoring and we will br bring you details. >>> protests in charlotte, north carolina after the d.a. decision not to charge officer vinson in the shooting of keith lamont scott. we get more from cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: will and christine. protests

. >> "the washington post" said president-elect trump has only received two classified intelligence briefings since his election and turned down many daily opportunities for briefings. is this true? has he turn down the opportunity to get classified intelligence briefings? >> so he is receiving classified intelligence briefings and the president-elect is receiving information through his personal and on the phone meetings with over what's now 41 world leaders. in addition to meeting with 60 men and women who could serve in his government but certainly without the promise of any formal position -- >> but has he turned down classified briefings? >> i can't discuss that publicly. what i can tell you is that he is the most engaged individual i've ever met and brilliant to boot and he is certainly availing himself of the information as provided to him from a number of source including those intelligence briefings. >> we understand and we know just in recent history president obama, president george w. bush they all as soon as they could received daily intelligence briefings to immerse themselves o

anna novarro, i want to talk to you about the washington post report that says russian propaganda outlets played a rule in these anti-election, i know this is hard to gage. i certainly we heard from a lot of people that believe these accounts, how much do you think it influenced voteders? >> that can be a hard answer to give. how much did it influence voters? did it influence some voters? absolutely. we saw a lot of these fake news pedalled around the internet over and over, particularly in the last few months of this election. we also know because it has been reported that the russians were probably the ones behind the hacking at the dnc. i think that regardless of partisanship, every single american should be right now demanding that congress and our government fully and thoroughly investigate what is going on with these russians. the fact that they have been able penetrate our election system. which is one of the most sacred bastions of american democracy should have all of us demanding action from congress at every level of the u.s. government and that is why it is so important that s

in washington, 6:00 p.m. in london, 9:00 p.m. in baghdad. wherever you're watching from around the world thank you for joining us. >>> up first, the trump administration taking shape. learned more about donald trump's choices for key positions as well as some top contenders. a tweet from dr. ben carson imflied he's poised to accept a role in the trump white house tweeting an announcement is forthcoming in my role in making america great again. pretty clear. carson originally saying he didn't want a cabinet position but donald trump asked him to consider becoming head of housing and urban development. we've learned donald trump nominated south carolina governor nikki haley as ambassador to the united nations. a vocal opponent of donald trump during the campaign before reluctantly supporting him. the trump team was asked about the choice of governor haley during a conference call this morning. >> she's done a fantastic job with the state of south carolina in helping to improve the economy, included a number of overseas traded business recruitm

they don't so much like having this imposed on them from folks in washington. i think it's going to be a really fascinating question. you will see democratic activists wrestling with president obama's preference, somebody they like and really in some ways love, but at the same time, looking for a new face, looking for fresh blood and recognizing that the last eight years haven't been great for their party writ large. >> let me ask you for your take on a couple developments quickly. number one, overnight people who are doing the counting, our friends watching this very closely, say hillary clinton's lead in the popular vote is now over two million. you and i both know this gets her nothing and that's not how campaigns are run and won in the united states. still, two million is a pretty significant margin. >> yeah. it's going to be the widest popular vote margin for a loser going back over a century and a half. it makes this even tougher for democrats. it makes the question of rebuilding even more complicated, because they are now grappling with well, how big is

at an outright conference in washington, one of the leaders, richard spencer, offered this disturbing take on the president's elect catch phrase, "make america great again." again, hail trump steve o'bannon is still being pressed on the sometimes racist and arnlt. breitbart is the most pro-israel sight of the dean of america. he described ban no one as a nazi in an interview with a complicated. . then the senior adviser isn't a nazi. >> well. it's been reported in the last several days, wolf, that a pair of indian businessmen moet with donald trump last week and that trump also talked about his business. the trump transition team put out a statement saying trump did not have that discussion about his business interests with the argentinian president, and they say any reports otherwise are completely untrue. we should also point out, wolf, i talked to a couple sources close to mitt romney earlier today. that speculation that he's up for secretary of state, one source cautioned me on this saying, it could take awhile between trump and rodney. so don't forget an announcement right away,

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joining us, cnn political analyst, washington bureau chief for the daily beast, jackie kucinich. princeton professor julian selzar and cnn political director david challian. there's a lot to discuss. i covered two of his presidential campaigns, mitt romney, the former massachusetts governor, former republican nominee, former harsh personal critic of donald trump. had a meeting in new jersey yesterday and over the last 24 hours, no one has done anything to knock down the idea that mitt romney could end up as secretary of state. >> that's right. you remember before the meeting, a lot of folks in romney's most inner circle sort of said well, this is going to be very difficult for mitt romney to sort of get to the pleaace of saying something like this. we haven't seen anyone knock this down yet. we knew a lot would hinge on how that meeting went. the fact that after that meeting, from the trump side which clearly they would like this, they would like romney on board with this idea of being secretary of state, pence went out yesterday and said how active and real the consideration is

in addition "the washington post" reported the trump hotel in d.c. is pushing itself on to foreign diplomats. we learned the president-elect met with three indian business partners who are building a trump branded luxury apartment complex south of mumbai all within the last week. as white house chief of staff you're supposed to look out for any political or ethical mine fields. is it seriously the position of the trump transition team that this is not a huge caldron of potential conflicts of interest? >> look. donald trump has been very clear from the very beginning that his family is very important to him and i think that while it's unique it certainly is compliant with the law. obviously we'll comply with all of those laws and have our white house counsel review all of these things and we'll have every i dotted and t crossed. i can assure the american people there won't be any wrongdoing or undue influence or any decision-making. truth of the matter is in a can just tell you this even from the four days or five days or so that i have been in a diff

republicans back in washington are happily waiting. they soon will control the white house, capitol hill, they have a supreme court pick on the way. >> we intend on delivering and we're going make sure this is the most productive congress we've seen in a long, long time. they have given us this unified government. >> meanwhile the democrats are regrouping after losing the white house in underperforming by a lot every where else and losing breetse ing breeds acrim. nancy pelosi facing a challenge from within. >> we have the lowest number in our caucus since 1929 and we lost over 60 seats since 2010. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and you keep getting the same results. so time to move on, i think. >> back now with our panel. i want to start with the republicans, if i can, because one of the things that was notable during this election was the republican divide in regards to donald trump. and marco rubio when he announced for senate his announcement was i'm going stand up to whoever is in the white

. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: but pence and the transition are vowing to clean up washington with now restrictions on lobbyists joining the administration. >> governor chris christie folks was unwlooefl. >> reporter: part of the criticism with chris christie is he had too many lobbyists on board leading trump loyalists to question what happened to drain the swamp. trump himself seemed resigned to working with the lobbyist he blasted on the campaign trail. >> you don't like it but your own transition team filled with lobbyists. >> only people you have down there. >> reporter: on saturday donald trump will be meeting with the governor of massachusetts, former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, at trump's golf course in bed minster new jersey. a location where trump held debate prep over the summer before the debates with hillary clinton. and as for the coming weeks we should point out after thanksgiving, trump aides are telling reporters they are going to be planning a "thank america" tour. and trump will go out and thank americans for supports hill. i also suspect he'll be talk ab

. >> we are going to washington, d.c. and we are going to drain the swamp! >> reporter: advisers say trump will enact a five-year lobbying ban after executive branch appointees leave office. and a lifetime ban on representing foreign governments. >> it's a major campaign promise that donald trump is already delivering on during transition as the president-elect. >> reporter: but it's unclear how they will define lobbyists and whether people will skirt the rules by choosing not to register as lobbying and labeling themselves as consultants instead. after chris christie presented trump a transition memo peppered with lobbyists and establishment hires, he was dismissed and mike pence stepped in. one question is where his son-in-law will fit in the mix. it's unclear whether his role will be formal or informal. as trump works to flesh out his government from new york, pence was on capitol hill for meetings with members of congress, including nancy pelosi. and house speaker paul ryan, who is already tempering expectations on another of trump's campaign promises. >

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bernie sanders speaking right now in washington. he's already been tapd for a key leadership role within the party. last night sanders said democrats are willing to work with republicans but that trump's feet must be held to the fire. >> mr. trump said a whole lot of things, a whole lot of things. sometimes i think they would just come off the top of his head. and toward the end of the campaign, he was actually using the term that many democrats use. he was saying that he was going to be the champion of the american working class. that's what he said. well mr. trump we have a list of everything that you said. and we are going to hold you to account. >> hillary clinton also in the spotlight last night in her first public speech since her concession speech. clinton said showing up wasn't easy, but encouraged her supporters to press on -- oh, let's head back to washington for just a second. we'll let you hearhillary clinton in just a moment. you see the vp mike pence walking and talking to gop leaders in the house and the senate. and

you have more than anybody else by far. >> the "washington post" david -- is joining me now. you see a breakdown of how trump operates behind closed doors and how he responds to some compliments, even basic things about the size of his crowds or poll numbers. >> yes, that's right. bannon often begins interviews by complimenting, you said his poll numbers or negotiating skills. he said i know you are a great opportunity of military history or strong, tough guy, you deal with the toughest people. that's something we have seen stern do and a good way to get trump talking and ingratiate wours. it works better with him than most people. >> i remember in the early days when i interviewed trump, he would -- if they didn't start off by asking or pointing out the poll numbers or crowds he would be annoyed and he would bring up the poll numbers. i remember once i started about asking about the latest poll number that wasn't as good as a poll number that had come out earlier that day and he pointed out i was focusing on the newer opposed to the better number. >> that's right. you see in

all right, after a break, we're going to take you back to washington, d.c. there's a big leadership thing going on there. republicans are going to elect their new leaders. democrats want to postpone that thing. we'll take you live back to capitol hill next. you got it. just say show me millions of used cars for sale at the all new carfax.com. i don't want one that's had a big wreck just say, show me cars with no accidents reported pretty cool i like it that's the power of carfax® find the cars you want, avoid the ones you don't plus you get a free carfax® report with every listing start your used car search at carfax.com >>> gop leaders will speak at any moment. they'll hold a press conference just hours before they pick their leadership team to serve under president-elect trump. minority leader nancy pelosi announcing house democrats will now vote thursday on whether or not to delay their elections. manu raju, jeff zeleny, both on capitol hill this morning. what do you got, manu? >> good morning, carol. actually, paul ryan going to be facing a vote this a

. >> remember career included stints at the washington post, "the new york times," nbc news and pbs. ifill a pioneer for women and african-americans in journalism. >> when we talk about race in this country, we always talk about african-americans, people of color. i want to talk to you about white people. >> becoming the first african-american woman to host a major political talk show as moderator of pbs's washington week in review in 1999. >> i'm gwen ifill of the news hour and washington week on pbs. >> and in 2013 once again making history, co-anchoring news hour with judy woodruff. >> good evening. i'm jude bring woodruff. >> and i'm gwen ifill. >> the two women, the first to jointly lead a national nightly news broadcast. ifill taking on the challenge of moderating two vice presidential debates and a 2016 democratic primary debate. >> she not only informed today's citizens but she also inspired tomorrow's journal lists. >> while covering this year's presidential election she was diagnosed with endo meet tree al cancer but she chose to keep that diagnosis private. she was 61 year

new york and washington don't understand, they speak different languages. i think some of the criticisms of donald trump hiring d.c. insiders or thinking about d.c. insiders is actually off the mark. i think he needs d.c. insiders to understand how this town works and clearly, there's going to be a learning curve. he's never served as a politician, elected politician. without a doubt, there is going to be a lot of work to be done and the transition team really needs to get in gear. they really didn't accomplish much before the election. >> was that surprising? the fact this much reporting is coming out of what was a meeting between two men, then advisers meeting? >> it's a meeting between two men and they are certainly in a very small club, the presidents or soon to be presidents club but there's not a great history here. >> "wall street journal" is now reporting obama is ready to spend more time helping him make the transition. >> because he cares about the republic. look, you could see it all over trump's face in that brief meeting when they brought the c

priebus the intumlt washingttim washington insider. and bannon a man who operated on the executive fringe on brei breitbart.com and containing close ties for the movement. bannon's appointment drawing sharp condemination. saying in a statement, "it is easy to see why the kkk views trump as their champion when trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers." the executive director on the counsel of islamic relations says the appointment of bannon sends the disturbing message that the anti-muslim conspiracy theories and white nationalest ideology will be welcome in the white house. as thousand s across the countr protest against trump for the fifth straight day, trump addressing his supporters who have harassed minorities in his first tv interview. >> i will say it right to the cameras. stop it. >> reporter: trump also appearing to -- >> they're talk about a fence in the republican congress. would you accept a fence? >> certain areas of the wall is more appropriate. i'm very good at this. called construction. >> reporter: addressing his sup

hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is in transition. donald trump is now president-elect trump and the world is watching with baited breath to see just what he has in store for america. protests against his election, of course, continued this weekend across the country, most of them peaceful, although the mayor of portland, oregon, is asking protesters to stand down in wake of violence against police in that city. there are some reports of violence against trump supporters in connecticut. two men were arrested for allegedly beating a man holding a trump sign. meanwhile, civil rights groups in school districts across the country report an uptick in incidents of intimidation and harassment of minority groups an girls an women. graffiti in north carolina reads, black lives don't matter and neither does your vote. this was wript in a high school bathroom in minnesota. tensions are high. and tempers are flaring across the concern. the country, of course, may be divided, but the government in washington, d.c. is not. republicans now control t

country, of course, may be divided, but government in washington, d.c. is not. republicans now control the u.s. house. the u.s. senate, and soon, the white house. so what is on the trump agenda and how quickly can it get done? joining me now from jasonville, wisconsin, house speaker paul ryan. thanks so much for joining us, before we begin talking about legislation and moving forward, i'm just wondering, there are millions of americans out there as i'm sure you know who are frankly terrified about what this america under president trump will mean for them. is there anything that you, as speaker of the house, one of the leaders of the nation, want to say to them? >> sure. first of all, i hate it that people feel this way, and second of all, they should not. people just rest assured. america is a inclusivistic country. i think people should put their minds at ease. we're going to get to work on solving the big country's problems. getting this economy growing, fixing our national security. you know, fixing our health care problems. getting our budget put together.

conservatives on edge by considering washington insiders for big jobs and talking openly of keeping big piece of president obama's health care law. democrats still reeling and nervous he'll quickly reverse financial regulation and much, much more as we start the conversation if you're keeping count at home. this is the 45th president of the united states, just 6. days away. and we don't know what we're going to get. that's the fascinating part. the sunday after the election. he is a republican president. he will have a republican house, republican senate, if you look at his history, he's also a deal maker and he has been on the democratic side of many issues. and that's why this town is more on edge than any election i can think of, light? >> we don't know what to expect as someone wrote today. we really don't though. trump is coming into this, it's not that he's been on all sides and he's a republican president. my colleague jonathan mart nl wrote a story that was quite accurate, basically ran as a third party candidate, but used the republican brand. he is very in favor of preserving

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five blocks from where i sit is the new trump hotel in washington, d.c. to my knowledge, 24 hours a day, but certainly seven days a week, there are protesters out there saying, boycott trump. and they've been out there now, ever since it opened. so if he was only worried about his financial well-being, he would not have been running for president. i think he's proven that he is willing to risk downside to his business, for the name of running for president and being the country's leader, so he is a guy who realizes that he may have to liquidate some assets. he, i think, the blind trust is a natural route for a lot of this. and there's just some things that he's going to have to get out of. but he knows that. and we have seen that example where, you know, an elected official really has to have a strong firewall. >> let me bring cristina back in here. again, we're talking about this blind trust. is that realistic for an empire the size of donald trump's? >> he can do it. and, you know, all of the experts that i've spoken to are not just talking heads, they

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she writes no washington insider regardless of who it is should serve as trump's chief of staff. pointing reince priebus for any position would make it much more difficult to achieve what the people voted for. it's time to drain the swamp and not the people beholdingen to that. you chuckled, why? >> because that's not true. to be tempered to look out and say i want to get different views for different people. reince priebus, personally, i can tell you he's someone who deeply cares about this country. i think that's the number one responsibility of anyone in that job, to put country first. time and time again, he was able to navigate a primary with multiple factions in a way that only the democrats wished they had. people had left the democratic national chairmanship. in a term that's he's been one. >> and it looks like reince priebus is going to the front of that line that he should have an official role in the administration? >> he's something that president-elect trump looks to i think people like mr. bannon have an opinion or view need to be included. he shouldn't lock anybody

trump who was shocked when he won the election might spend most of the week in washington, much like members of congress and remember to trump tower or his golf course in new jersey or mar-a-lago estate in palm beach for the weekend. first, how realistic is that? and if he were to go back to trump towers or his business headquarters that would obviously present a conflict of interest or at least the possibility of one? >> i think that's just speculation at this point. i think donald trump will soon realize that this job entails a lot of working on the weekends. and a lot of that went be either be in d.c. or new york. it will be international as well. a lot of this reminds me at the trump tower, he made it clear he was going to get to d.c. by any means necessary. the reality is he would have less time in trump towers than before. >> quickly, errol, any chance we will see trump living in the white house part time and going home to the properties on the weekends? >> i think it's unlikely. he will spend as much time as his predecessors. the obamas were going to be running back and forth

chris christie is a governor from outside washington. i think he'll have an important role and important job, but pence is the right guy to be running that show right now. >> but chris christie was the first one to come aboard and -- meh. >> this is saying donald trump has some judgment to say, yeah he may have been first in but he is not best guy with the job. >> especially with what happened with bridgegate and the indictments in new jersey. is it a good idea to put your kids on the transition team, the same ones running your business in a so-called blind trust? >> i mean, this is the -- this is the issue that frankly the press just did not focus on enough during the election, is the massive conflict of interest that we are going to have between what trump claims to be a ten-billion dollar organization, and a new government in washington. when journalists asked questions about this, we were told that it -- the -- all of trump's assets and finances and corporate entities would be put into a blind trust. that phrase was not accurately us

dana bash, cnn, washington. >> and back with the panel. joining us tonight, jonathan, christine quinn, jeffrey lord, and andre bauer. both men obviously very different. they come from different, i don't know if it's wings, necessarily, of the republican party, but different sort of vantage points. how do you see each contributor? >> again with the caveat that i don't know, that ultimately it will be one or the other. it's a personal choice, something that didn't come up in the transition talks to date that were held prior to the election. reince priebus, as dana said, is, you know, an establishment guy. he's close to movement conservatives like mike pence and like paul ryan. that will set up a certain wing of government that would be heavily involved in helping a president who's new to washington figure things out. >> which is something, by the way, trump always said he wanted from his vice president, which he's gotten with mike pence. >> exactly, exactly. and look, mike pence turned out to be, i think, the perfect choice for him in a lot