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December 18, 2016
>> well, news flash for many of the democrats and those in the mainstream media, the elections over. hillary clinton lost. now president-elect trump and vice president elect pence are focused on going to work for the american people. whether it was this nonsense about the recount or nonsense about the popular vote. you have to win 270 electoral votes to be elected president and president-elect trump actually got 306. this is all really just an effort to delegitimize the win. thats not going to s...
December 18, 2016
All around the world. youre watching "cnn newsroom." im natalie allen. here are our top stories. its unclear when thousands traps in freezing temperatures will be evacuated from eastern aleppo. the red cross hope the evacuations resume in a few hours. the syrian government confirmed a new evacuation deal thats according to reuters. the last evacuations were suspended on friday. a suicide bombing killed more than 40 yemeni soldiers in aden. it happened sunday morning on a military base. two secur...
December 18, 2016
Rejected that idea and said there isnt evidence of that? >> i dont know that. i havent seen his taxes. i think if we ever see his taxes. >> if you see his -- whats going to happen tomorrow when the vote happens? is donald trump going to be president of the united states? >> i wish i could predict what was going to happen tomorrow. >> i can predict it. and i think the electoral college -- its probably going to do its duty and elect donald trump. well see what folks like you do. any last minute no...
December 18, 2016
Surveys in waters facing china. the chinese have said the research vessels like bowditch have been spying on chinese activity in the south china sea. what most experts who tell you when the chinese dook the drone out of the water, they likely knew they would be sending a message to the united states. that message being, they are not happy with u.s. naval operations in that part of the south china sea. back to you. and coming up, china will have to deal with donald trump and he was quick to wei...
December 18, 2016
Interpretati interpretation. >> it will last until the first supreme court nomination. >> how are they misreading? >> they could exercise discernment in an extraordinary case between the general election and when they vote, something that was not known to voters and render someone unfit for the presidency. thats a very high bar and the framers never intended for them to be second guessers to look at this and elect whoever they wanted. >> otherwise the question would be why hold an election at al...
December 18, 2016
Moscow and the russians? they said there was no contact in terms of the elections, that it was dangerous and that it wasnt true. would that be off the table? >> i think the only way to do that is to have an outside independent commission look at it. right now the president elect is already denying that russia was even involved. the question is who was responsible and did they have a preferred candidate? if the evidence leads us any further i want the commission to have the ability to go there. >...
December 18, 2016
Associated press called an extraordinary move, the defeated republican governor, pat mccrory, signed the legislatures bills into law. the new gop-crafted laws scale back the team that the democratic governor elect can bring into office, required the senates approval for top administrators at state agencies and erases his ability to shape election boards state wide. >> reverend barber, this is extraordinary. afrx we have seen happen over the past week or so. were you surprised having dealt with h...
December 17, 2016
In -- >> director -- to be clear what the fbi and cia are saying is that the russians did more than try to hack into the campaign. they hacked into the dnc. into john podestas e-mail. they didnt hack into the actual voting machines and voter counted. but at a minimum they hacked into the dnc and john podesta. that is getting into this campaign. the one person who hasnt said he agrees with it yet is president elect donald trump. isnt it important for him to address this head on? >> he can address...
December 17, 2016
Education and all members of the board of trustees for the university of north carolina system. cooper beat out the incouple bant by 10,000 votes, he claimed fraud and challenged the outcome before conceding four weeks later. >> this is majority rule, we have elections. >> leaders say they will continue to be relevant in the state, democrats call it a power grab, makes for what it will be more turbulent transition for the successor. >> this is fascinating to watch this. how are democrats expecte...
December 17, 2016
To focus on the fact that the president elect did something highly irresponsible. because he sent a signal to the russians that all is forgiven. when he said without looking at the material, the intelligence, i dont believe it. thats what effectively mr. trump said. he was sending a signal to moscow that president elect trump would choose the word of the kremlin over that of the non-partisan intelligence community. what we need to do is restore trust in the intelligence community. i would hope t...