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Influence. >> wolf, he has more influence than virtually anyone else inside the white house, inside this west wing. this news came out over the weekend in a presidential memorandum on saturday that the president was sort of clarifying who was going to be on the principles committee of the national security council. steven bannon, his chief strategist, who, of course, worked with him the last six months or so on the campaign is a member of that principles committee. now, wolf, a lot of republican...

Transition ready to go. >> has it not started yet? >> well, the transition, itself, is obviously january, but the preparation for it begins in the weeks after the election. >> theyve got, like, a landing team there, youve got -- >> theres a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. ...

>> theyve got, like, a landing team there, youve got -- >> theres a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so theyre there. were working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. >> i was worried for a second you were saying there that youre still waiting for them, that nobo...

>> well, the transition, itself, is obviously january, but the preparation for it begins in the weeks after the election. >> theyve got, like, a landing team there, youve got -- >> theres a group of lawyers quhos co who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so theyre there. were working with them. a...

Than clarifying, and its hard to explain what jim comeys thinking other than he wants to cover his backside. hes very eager to do that, and hes not very good at it, but weve seen leaks from his underlings before, and hes not controlled what information has come out of the fbi, except for the very limited information hes given the public. >> we have a live shot there of huma abedin leaving the campaign plane in new york tonight. the, david corn, the, the letter to the chairman of the committees, ...

Is really about how at least at that moment, how to count ballots, right? and now theyre talking about widespread fraud, which could be alleges a dimpbls there. pam lashgs thank you so much. pamela smith, president of verify voting, for clarifying for us. >> thank you. nevada is one of the states where early voting is under way, and among the nevadans to cast their ballots yesterday was this woman. gertrude. shes 100 years old. she was born before women even had the right to vote. gertrude is ...

>> but does donald trump think shes courageous -- >> as the wikileaks -- as the wikileaks information showed on friday, hillary clinton has two personas. the public persona, and the private persona. those are her own words. and she is a defender of women, only when its about -- >> politically. >> but donald trumps message to america -- first of all, let me just start by clarifying, because it just doesnt seem to be clear to betsy or to the media, that bill clinton is not running for president. j...

Difference. the biggest step will be when congress acts. but for example, clarifying who has to conduct a background check. thats important. asking for more funds for mental health, thats important. putting more fbi agents in charge of conducting the background check, thats significant and important. trying to incentivize the industry to put into place smart gun technology, thats important. so all these measures have an effect. its not the end of the road. i mean, again, meaningful change has to...

Hour, kbu one of the clips said we will have a no-fly zone. and wolf blitzer said what if you do theres a russian plane flooiing over syria? shoot it down. during the cold war, we made a point of not doing that. he said no, were not going to go to world war iii. >> thats a hell of a debate and i thought it was a powerful exchange with rand paul sort of clarifying, you know, if you want to go to world war iii, then this is your candidate. chris christie. he tried to make it clear, this is a very ...

Trumps comments supporting a database to track muslims in the united states. hallie jackson is joining me from des moines, iowa. good morning to you. whats the latest on this back and forth? >> reporter: alex, we are hearing about it on the campaign from system of the candidates and from many of the democrats as well. were here in des moines, the seasons first snowfall means some campaign stops have been cancelled after last nights faith and family forum. the snow didnt stop more than a thousand...