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>> would you suggest he fully divest. >> divest is the easiest thing to do and thats clean and sympt simple. there are a lot of laws that do apply including the constitution and he has to get guidance as to what that requires. >> lets talk about the fact were being told by the transition team the president-elect trump is getting about one intelligence briefing a week whereas normally presidents-elect is getting one roughly every day. does it matter and if so, why? >> presidents have treat the pr...

>> bernie sanders was also offering support to chuck jones. and encouraged donald trump to work with chuck jones to try to save jobs all across america. danny glover also posted a video message saying he too was standing with chuck. so chuck may be well known even if it is because a tweet of the president elect. "outfront" now. chuck jones heads up the local branch of his union. mr. girard. trump tweeted twice about the appearance last night. do you think what trump did was appropriate in any ...

Of the united states, president obama. do you think personally meeting with the president in the oval office just after he won the election changed donald trumps thinking as far as the president is concerned? as we know, for years, he even questioned his birthplace. >> well, im glad that hes come to the conclusion, i think a great many of americans have with respect to president obama, namely that hes an honorable and decent man, and someone who has demonstrated a great deal of grace. that being...

Up. were not -- in the south that he just given up on the south and its a shame. theres a lot of fine people here who believe in social security that the democrats created, who believe in medicare, who believe in a minimum wage, who believe in the gi bill. theyve just pretty much put all their ducks in one basket up in four or five states, and when they lost, they lost. >> for some democrats though who are not in charge of the dnc or the democratic senate campaign committees, they have been spea...

Unprecedented call with u.s. president-elect donald trump. possibly up-ending in a possibly dangerous fashion americas relationship with nuclear-armed china. now, we dont know why trump did that, but is it possible he did it because he wants to further his business interests in taiwan? who knows. we cant be sure, and we can jonnot be sure unless he divested interest in his company. joining me, former chief white house ethics counsel to president obama, along with george w. bushs former chiefs et...

And a similar question now faces trump. does he knowingly ignore this intel or does he not know the difference between random information he comes across and the insights of the.s. intelligence apparatus. joining me now for more, david crease, a former intelligence officer and daily cia briefer for several presidents, as well as navy hertzberg and former white house speechwriter for president carter. david, what is the pdb. >> the presidents daily brief is the daily document of top-secret intell...

Governor, for senator, for dog catcher, whatever, for president. and do it without messing with the constitution and do it in a way that we could try it for a few cycles and see how it works. >> right. polly, what do you want to say to hillary clinton, if shes listening, or the voters who support her and feel frustrated with this outcome? >> well, quite honestly, i would -- first, i want to applaud rick and say, hey, go for it. thats great. and secondly, i, of course, with my first preference wo...

Not some candidate. the president elect of the united states, who is tweeting to 12 million or 16 million followers criticisms of individual whose dare correct him, dare to speak out about what the president elect of the united states is doing. this is something new. we have not seen this before. and it does pose a huge potential danger. not just to companies. yes there will be a chilling effect on individual ceos who will not want to speak out against president elect donald trump for fear hes g...

Use of twitter. im just looking for it right now. it was asked about his use of twitter earlier today in a interview with matt lauer. and let me quote i think i am very restrained and i talk about important things. that is a modern day communication. i get it out much more faster than a press release. that is what he -- >> right. and you and i have talked about this before. it is either strategy or naivety and foolishness. there is not a lot of middle ground between these two. if it is strategy ...

What i cant think of. and jeffrey is a good student of history. is a time a president elect or a president has reached all the way into the heart of middle america. and frankly the very profile of a trump voter. this is what is the most troubling thing about this. in the main is mr. jones is able to come on your broadcast. in the main hes not able to defend himself. hes not. and donald trump with one buttons 16 million people. and chuck jones cant defend himself. and that is whats sew chilling. ...