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Will be welcome in the white house. chinese state media report that president, whi chi hopes tt with him soon. both leaders say they hope to establish a close working relationship going forward. tom switser is a senior fellow at the united states study center at the university of sidney in australia and he joins us by phone. thank you for talking with us. so, president elect, donald trumps choice of priebus as his chief of staff will keep establishment republican hapies but the same cant be ...

Politician celebrating trumps victory. the leader of the far right french party is also praising the u.s. president elect in an interview broadcast sunday on the bbc, she said trumps win may be a good omen for her own presidential ambition next year. >> translator: he made possible in what had previously been presented as impossible. its the victory of the people against the elite. so, if i can draw a parallel with france, yes, i wish in france also they overturn the table in which the elites ar...

Trump and said its about finding people who have confidence and character and implement the vision of donald trump. he was also asked interestingly if he saw a role as the peacemaker between paul ryan and donald trump and pences response was sort of very politically astute, if you will. saying the president elect was grateful for ryans support and pointed to the great meeting they had last week. the focus for him is working with leaders of both houses and hes humbled as he moves forward in that ...

>> obviously, roe v. wade is settled law as well. positions in conflict on the two topics right there and vis-a-vis and got into a fierce back and forth during the primaries in iowa. remember, he was in support of abortion rights for much of his public life before in time hes indicated opposing abortion so its a wait and see and most important will be the justices he puts in place and positions they hold firm. >> lastly, going back to same-sex marriage puts him in conflict with some of the decis...

Are enthusiastic behind this trump win. is the enthusiasm of president elect trump or more of controlling the white house? >> well, i think just both. and we saw what was like the republican house and senate, we got bill after bill to the presidents desk. it was the keystone pipeline or the repeal of obamacare. obviously, we are not going to have a situation like that. we got an opportunity t make dramatic progress and frankly, i think the american people will demand it. well pay the price forwa...

With president elect. nigel farage is the head of the uk independence party and a long-time trump supporter. heres what he told richard quest on thursday. >> i think the big battle of 2016 that has come to a head. what has happened in 2016 is weve seen the brexit event and now this huge event of trump winning the presidential campaign. and really what its all about is do you believe in nation state democracy or are you happy where decisions taken elsewhere? i believe in controlling borders. i be...

Spokesperson for the nation. but, the influence and the work that we have, is the results not just as a president, it is the results of count less of interactions and arrangements and relationships between your military and diplomats and our diplomats and intelligence officers and development workers. and, there is enormous continuity, beneath the day-to-day news that makes us a dispensable nation when it come to maintaining prosperity in the world. in my conversation with the president elect. h...

Me. >> lets play a quick clip of donald trump. >> what we are going to do is get people who are gang members and drug dealers, probably two millions or three millions, we are getting them out of the country or incarcerated. we are getting them out of the country legillegally. what is your reaction to that from the president elect? >> most of the estimates i indicate that there are --sthe number is closer to 800 or 700,000. >> to the extent that he prioritizes those deportations, there is some su...

Talked about? >> reporter: well, this was very much an introductory phone call along the lines of lots of the other phone calls president elect trump has had since his victory in the u.s. in terms of this call, we have received statements from both sides. chinese state media saying president chi has said it is proved that to cooperate is the only right choice. while president elect trump released a statement saying that he believes the two will have one of the strongest relationships for both co...

He wants to focus on more domestic issues, maybe theres a chance for china to freely exert its will in the south china sea if president elect trump does focus on more internal problems in the united states. so economy and geo politics two different sides of the coin. theres going to be a lot going forward. >> and we know you will by watching it very closely. live from bejing where it is 3:38 in the afternoon. iraqi forces have declared another victory over isis as they push deeper into the key...