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Thrown objects from riders. please have come back with us pepper spray and grenades, money charged with felony rioting. no reports of a jailhouse ball tonight. president donald trumps inauguration is the biggest event of the week here in washington. in fact, in the country. its not the only event. tomorrow, the wall will see the womens march on washington. sometimes on the president of his first day in office. its open to women of all backgrounds, that pledge does not extend to all women, actual...

Turned off of the fact they knocked over news racks. your thoughts. >> they are not helping the cause. i was at the capitol and close to where donald trump was getting ready to speak and you can hear protesters there over by the capitol what they did besides the pictures that you saw was it they added an atmosphere of contention behind the trump event. to some extent, the trump speech itself felt like a hostile takeover of washington. thats what his ne yoe jacksonian speech is about. in the back...

Elites in washington, and nicole highlighted that as one of the strengths of the speech, certainly an interesting point. i wonder if you hear any historical parallels there, to him talking about elite in washington, they celebrated their own successes but their successes were not your successes, that the politicians and the political elite win things for themselves and the rest of the country, should be posited against them. does that echo have any historical echoes for you. >> one would be andr...

Wanted to eliminate it, he wanted to eliminate it. >> he does say now that regrets saying that. >> of course. thats an easy thing to say. im sure he will say that today. look, a lot of people coming to these jobs with a learning curve. so that is not as much of a concern. but the bigger concern is you have a president-elect with a huge learning curve and then you have all these people who were supposed to be the people that were going to surround the president-elect as policy experts with a huge...

We will also make america the best place for companies to do business. sensible regulation is a necessity for healthy markets. however, i saw firsthand how regulatory excess can inhibit lending by financial institutions, resulting in a lack of access to capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs. alexander hamilton remarked that wealth of a nation may be promoted by, quote, multiplying the objects of enterprise. hamilton knew the unique value of entrepreneurial activity to a thriving economy...

Like farmers who worry about the death tax wiping out the family farms or workers who are nervous whether their retirement accounts will be safe from ruin. one of the greatest reasons i was drawn to president-elect trumps campaign was it was predicated on a commitment to stimulating prosperity for americans of all backgrounds, whether they live in the inner city of detroit, rural north carolina, the coal country of ohio, or west virginia, or nip in between. i share the president-elects goal of e...

>> all right, walking through what im doing next. >> sure. youre going to the east room for the press preview and come back down to flotus office for prep. >> all right. see you in a bit. >> ill put your book in flotus office. >> this is my eighth christmas at white house. this is the time to thank people who have done a lot of work for our initiatives. its busy time and exhausting for everyone but knowing its our last time doing it is bitter sweet. >> the first lady, mrs. michelle obama. >> and...

This is not a legitimate president, who say they have a problem. they are worried, scared. what do you say to this people on friday? what does the president-elect say? >> i think what the president-elect said the night he was elected he meant. he set it straight from his heart. wrote those lines. i have seen him put that into practice every day since the election results came in. met with a broad range of people in that office in new york. he has assembled this extraordinary cabinet of people wi...

Am proud to say that we did our very best to make americans of all backgrounds and walks of life feel comfortable and welcome. we truly wanted to make the white house the peoples house. particularly during the holiday seasons. and has been one of our favorite white house traditions. it reminds us of what matters. our military families, i want to honor you for your service and your sacrifice and your love of this nation. its a love that my family and i share along with you. i want to wish everyon...

Thats what you have the senate there to confirm for. i dont see where the senate democrats are slowing this process down. some of it is rather complicated backgrounds of some of trumps picks that is just taking longer for the ethics office and places to digest. you have to figure out the conflict of interest. and ethical issues before you put these people in these jobs. >> all right, well leave it there. alex and michael, thank you. good to see you both. >> thank you. >> more coverage on the way...