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For white house counsel, which i thought was interesting. what was your read on him referring to mitch mcconnell and mcconnell saying, we are going to make you a one-term president. he said in terms of the president-elect, give him a hearing. give him time. >> that was very, very important. he is -- many people in the democratic party in this country are upset about how the election played out. president obama has been clear, we need to give president-elect trump the opportunity to do what he wi...

>> gang members often use such codes to trigger criminal activity like drug deals or even hits on rival members. so officer rodriguez decides that all of perales mail will be further examined for further additional codes or incriminating information. >> its very possible that she may have some negative involvement in the letters shes receiving but at this point its too early to tell which way were going on this. so well continue the investigation and see how far we get. >> coming up -- >> accord...

Nationalist forts in both.countries that want neek lou here weapons. the president of the united states must be absolutely clear that we do not want them to do that. that is not the path for security in asia. >> we asked the trump transition security team to clarify trumps position. we havent heard back. now some critics say theyre absolutely scared about him having the nuclear codes. >> i would bomb the [ bleep ] out of them. >> if your closest advisers dont trust you to swede, how can you trus...

Responsible for the united states nuclear codes that a has some of his national security critics on edge as brian todd explains for us. >> it was -- >> in about nine weegs, donald trump will take hold of americas nuclear codes. and now there are serious concerns about whether trump wants countries like japan and south korea to have nuclear weapons. as a candidate, trump said this. >> wouldnt you rather, in a certain sense, have japan have nuclear weapons when north korea has nuclear weapons? >> ...

Can you trust him with the nuclear codes? you cant do it. >> trump told nbc hell be responsible with the codes. >> i will not be a happy trigger like some people might be. i will be the last. but i will never, ever rule it out. >> the moment he is sworn in, trump will have several potential nuclear crises to deal with. tensions between vladimir putins forces and nata ao are escalating. kim jong un already has nuclear weapons that can threaten his neighbors and tens of thousands of u.s. troops in...

On that, sort of. >> japan should have nuclear. thats what i said, supposedly. i didnt say that. i would rather have them not armed. but im not going to continue to lose this tremendous amount of money. and frankly, the case could be made that let them protect themselves against north korea. >> anti-nuclear advocates say the uncertainty is dangerous. >> japan is in crisis. south korea is even in a more severe crisis. there are ulttra right forces in both countries that want nuclear weapons. the ...

In a way he couldnt before. >> do you want to respond? >> i think i want to say this has been incredibly effective for him. so why should he stop? i mean -- i mean, the man won. as he seems to be saying to everyone at every opportunity. but the point is true. this works. and it works in a powerful way. it speaks to people who i suppose have thought that no one has spoken to them in quite a long time. >> douglas brinkley, the question is whether its behavior thats worthy of the oval office. i thi...

>> do you want to respond? >> i think this has been incredibly effective for him, so why should he stop? i mean, the man won, as he seems to be saying to everyone, at every opportunity, but the point is true. this works and in a powerful way. it speaks to people who i suppose have thought this no one has spoken to them in quite a long time. >> douglas brinkley, does it question behavior of the oval office? because on the campaign trail they said does he have the temperament and a tweet can distu...

Abe, the first foreign leader to visit donald trump since his election. the meeting comes at a crucial time for american strategic interests in asia. brian todd joins us. what are you learning? were hearing fresh concerns tonight about how donald trump will handle nuclear weapons in asia and elsewhere. national security experts openly worry tonight about whether president-elect trump will allow countries like japan and south korea to get those weapons. and there is more concern about trumps pers...

>> well, i think two things. social media has made this safe space for people to express things that are completely disrespectful, and in many ways egregious. so theyve now become accustomed to being trolls online, and so they figure they can do it if real life. but, don, you have to remember that all anger is a mask for fear, and theres a great deal of fear on both sides right now, whether it is fear that somebody you dont trust has their hands on the nuclear codes or whether it is fear that th...