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Deal with, peoples lives are at stake, but i also have to start thinking about building a legacy and what is actually achievable in a political environment. yes, the republicans have all levers of government for at least the next few years, but we dont have 60 votes in the u.s. senate. so how do you build this? hes always claimed that hes a deal maker, he can accomplish things. it looks like hes thinking that way now. so give him an opportunity. >> president obama says he thinks donald trump is ...

Get rid of all of it is not a dramatic change from what he said during the campaign. the wall part could be more concerning because that was something that was very definitive for him and for his supporters. but i think the fact that hes going to learn more about policy, learn more about the details of policy, is going to require some adjustments and thats just the nature of getting more informed, more perhaps deep in terms of the types of details that will have to fill in some of the broad stat...

08. >> i think thats why were hearing reports that he wants to put off the trial for trump university, he wants to pay full attention to what is happening on his transition team, and to kind of learn the ins and outs of what it takes to reside over a country. and so it is challenging. i think someone with no political experience is -- has quite a bit of catching up to do. i think thats an understatement. >> all right. amy, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. so what role should democ...

>> fundamental tax reform. small businesses will thrive, consumers will have choices, nothing can say economic growth like fundamental tax reform and repealing and replacing dodd frank. he says repeal and replace? >> who was that? >> that was congressman hensarling. >> i dont agree with that last part. you have to get rid of regulatory craziness, but i do not think that repealing dodd frank is an answer. i will tell you that in 08 it happened -- a lot of the problem was a result of not having ba...

Okay. >> and pennsylvania. donald j. trump. its the data. michael? >> thats right. you have to accept that millions of people who voted for barack obama some of them once, some of them twice, changed their minds this time. >> uh-huh. >> theyre not racists. they twice voted for a man whos middle name is hussein. thats the america you live in. even though this country is only 12% black, the vast majority of this country especially its young people, if you remember, it was really the only white dem...

So now its like, im also not depressed because we have got -- im leavingsi here to go march trump tower. >> i want to go through some numbers really quickly with you, robbie, because you talked about those brexit states. wisconsin, white voters in 2008 went 54% to 45% for obama. this time it was reversed. it was 42% for hillary clinton. you go to ohio, same thing, complete reversal. you had donald trump win 61% of the white vote in ohio whereas barack obama managed to get 46% in 2008. and a majo...

Barack obama came to washington. that never happened in 2008 with john mccain and barack obama. but what i just described is exactlyy how day one went for president-elect donald trump. that exact thing just happened on day one. todays headlines were dominated by this. present obama has been unusually aggressive in planning for the presidential transition, the white house started planning it a year ago because they wanted to make sure to get it right no matter who the next president was going to ...

Of them twice, changed their minds this time. >> mm-hmm. >> theyre not racist. they twice voted for a man whose middle name is hussein. thats the america you live in. even though this country is only 12% black, the vast majority of this country, especially its young people, if you remember, it was really the only white demographic he won in 08 was 18 to 35-year-olds. they poured out in record numbers. they made that happen. but if you put people through another eight years where you havent -- th...

I mean, it turns out its not how barack obama came to washington. storytime is over. that never happened in 2008 with john mccain and barack obama. but what i just described is exactly how day one went for president-elect donald trump. that exact thing just happened on day one. todays headlines were dominated by this. president obama has been unusually aggressive in planning for the presidential transition, the white house started planning it a year ago because they wanted to make sure to get it...

That exact thing just happened on day one. todays headlines were dominated by this. president obama has been unusually aggressive in planning for the presidential transition, the white house started planning it a year ago because they wanted to make sure to get it right no matter who the next president was going to be. its interesting. its going fast, too. when george w. bush invited president-elect obama to the white house six days after the 08 election, that was seen unusually fast for a first...