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With all of the calls that president elect trump has done. the state department is ready to provide, kind of, briefing paper, backgrounds and give the president elect a briefing on some of the sensitivities of this. certainly if the state department and the white house would notified beforehand they would recommend against it because of the sensitivities with china. and this is part of the thing. president elect trump has done very few intelligence briefings. he hasnt had any briefings by the st...

Times. that clearly is not effective. we need a leader and a policy behind it, a warrior that doesnt want to go to war but if hes tasked to go to war were going to go war to win. >> here is what he said last night congressman and what he said repeatedly while running for the white house. here is donald trump. >> i love the generals. i know more about isis than the generals do. believe me. >> they dont much because they are not winning. >> i mean, this is a totally stunning change, right? do you ...

News which was notorious for pedaling stories like these, and i am not attacking him but they pedalled stories that are false and not true and reinforced sexist, and anti-semitic notions. >> the biggest piece of fake news is that donald trump cant win, and i think the people went what affects them. >> its the fallout with the taiwanese white house, and it was not given advance notice about the call which was captured in these pictures released last night, and the president-elect is taking abreak...

Careful response. that it is committed to the one-china policy as elise was saying. and she also mentioned the pakistan call. the pakistani government -- out the call with donald trump and directly quoted him ads saying to the prime minister you are a terrific guy. you have a very good reputation, you are doing amazing work, which is visible in every way. highly unusual to see read out in like that in a phone call from the president elect. so what the white house responded to that with was that,...

>> president obama sold taiwan nearly $2 billion in weapons. something ivan talked about a moment ago. that deeplying anered china but he kept the one china policy in tact. he kind of said one thing. and did another. what is so different about trump saying guess what im going to come outlet and say. enough dancing around the issue. im going say it and put it out there publicly. is that so wrong? >> well there are different layers and degrees of whats public. barack -- president obama made sure t...

In. he and vice president elect pence have talked to about 45 or 50 leaders now or met them, hes talked to probably 80 people or so as advisers, folks offering their counsel, their experiences, their vision, whether or not they end up being an official part of his administration aside, just people want to offer their expertise as captains of industry or folks who have been opinion leaders or people who have beening aing aing a activ government and policy making. and he takes information that is ...

Shes looking for a condo for eight years in washington. mrs. devos and the president elect both agree we should be reducing the footprint of the federal government. >> shes a controversial figure here in michigan. advocate of school choice, often called an architect of michigans school system. and she has many creditics. >> when i hear her name i think about choice without quality. >> devoss husband is the air to the amway fortune. her family has donated millions to political kah causes and even...

Taiwan since 1979. the u.s. does not formally recognize taiwan as an independent state. and backs beijings claim that taiwan is a part of china. but chinese officials fear this phone call may have signaled otherwise. trump is downplaying that call. and as having any further implications tweeting this, quote, the president of taiwan called me today to wish me congratulations on winning the presidency. thank you. meanwhile, trumps senior advisor kellyanne conway says this was no different than oth...

Leaders by vice president elect pence and president elect trump all the while being sensitive to the fact we have a current president and current vice president still in office. hes having these private conversation, giving a read out here and there about them. but not trying to make policy and not trying to make waves until hes actually the president in six and a half weeks. >> i guess that is the question whether a phone call with the president of taiwan, which is a major shift in u.s. policy ...

Policy. >> the briefing materials president elect trump has used with phone calls with world leaders. whether or not hes used state department briefing booklets and information and the expertise of the people in the state department thats been available to him. can you confirm if -- if he did con summit th consult that before this phone call? >> i can confirm that he has access to those materials and he has access to diehl briefings and he has access to other information that comes to him from o...