worse tonight. cnn's national correspondent keyoung law has the story for us. >> reporter: don, these appointees have been described as hard liners, but muslim and african-american activists go further, calling them a potential threat to minorities. >> the assistant attorney general for national security -- >> reporter: the wait is over for these muslim activists who say they now see the real president-elect trump. his appointments sounding alarms from d.c. to los angeles. >> whether you're talking about widespread surveillance or detentions or deportations or denaturalization. >> reporter: this becomes more real? >> yes, absolutely. we have to accept their rhetoric. we can't wait until the policies are rolled out. these people represent that mentality. >> reporter: al mariotti is talking about trump's national security appointments, most concerned about retired army