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President than as candidate. >> everything that has happened from turkey to germany, it presents a very complicated, complex world. it would be a lot for a president elect coming in. >> a degree of conflict that we have not seen. some of the leaks that have come out, you much discomfort the media can make for a president. his secretary of state, with no experience. a national security adviser who has been at odds with most of the intelligence. the defense secretary is taken with respect. its a v...

Thats tough. do you think there was a message there for the president elect? >> i think there were lots of messages for the president-elect throughout this interview. one of those is to take this seriously, the second message is, this isnt just about you, this is as much about you as it is the people around you, and the folks close to you. i think she got that across well. the last thing i want to know is, michelle obama does not want to be a political figure if you will, she has taken very good...

Terrorist. in a statement the president elect said this, isis and other islamist terrorists continue slaughter christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad. these terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth, a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners. there were terror attacks in germany, swift land, turkey and it is only getting worse. the civilized world must change thinking and this...

Vincent viola who has made a lot of money on wall street but who also graduated from west point and trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer. that was the action today. we have also learned that over the weekend the soon to be most powerful man in the world had dinner with the sixth richest person in the world carlos slim, the mexican billionaire he accused of using the "new york times," which slim is a big investor in, to smear him during the campaign. the two had a back and forth a few m...

President. donald trumps formal election is pretty much foregone conclusion. although there is drama behind the vote than there has been in generations. trumps opponents have been lobbying electors to convince to vote against the man they are pledged to elect. this as the trump transition fights back against the assessment that russian hacking was to help trump win. for latest, lets bring in ryan nobles in mar-a-lago. >> reporter: after wrapping up the thank you tour, the trump family is here in...

Of what they wanted electors to do. so we believe it is our constitutional duty, and it actually keeps the system we have in place going. >> jeffrey, do you think that the electoral college makes sense in the world that we know and live in today? >> yes, yes. poppy, the name of this country is the united states of america. the states elect the president. were talking here about the federalist 68. the wall street journal looked at federalist 68. i want to quote here that they talk about -- alexan...

Know that your name has been in the mix but i want to get your thoughts about vince viola, a billionaire but also someone who has deep military background as well. >> yeah, i love him. ic he will do a great job. i understand what the secretary of the army does and he bringing a great mix of not only business military experience to the table, somebody who is a regular guy who earned the stripes obviously being a charger. with regard to the va, the toughest job and also the one the president elect...

Electoral college. it is almost unimaginable 35 elector tors would defy this. there is a call to delay the vote to learn more about the russian e-mail hacking. >> he is only president elect. it was just the will of the american people hillary clinton would be president elect. >> i think it was distorted by the russians. >> foreign adversaries directly intervene into our democratic constitution and try to tilt the election to donald trump. >> it is clear at this point all indications this vote wi...

Appointment with the officials. >> again the story of the yolanda bound for the united states. you can see this story tuesday its all part of the freedom proje project series. still ahead here on "newsroom" a close friend of south koreas president finally has her first day in court. what this means for the countrys corruption scandals still ahead? plus donald trump calls chinas seizure of a u.s. drone unprecedented. how china raekted to the u.s. president-elect? youre watching cnn "newsroom."

If he did it legally and it was in the ordinary course of business, then, you know, you have to say that hes allowed to do that. if he was doing it to make a profit off of it and he charged more than he was supposed to have charged, than there is a problem. >> and thats hard to tell. congressional laws on campaign financing are not regularly enforced. so whos going to find out, for instance, if that $94 tab at trump cafe was extreme profiting or just an average cup of coffee or a $607 tab at the...