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>> you are always welcome here. >> i want to go back to kelly odonell. >> well, i am told that there were no staffers inside the meeting with the president elect and senate majority mitch mcconnell. thats a sign of how important the meeting is that it is private and it is a chance for them to connect. the meeting in washington do include with staffs. thats an update, they have been in there for a period of time. we did see the vice president mike pence and his team passed right behind us here in...

Resident staff. and usually the chief usher is involved, too, and meets the first lady elect and discusses with her what kinds of furniture there are that she can draw on, there are two briefings books. i dont know if she got them today or that will be done later but there are a couple of briefings books that have pictures of the items in the collection that are in a white house so that if they wanted to they could simply choose furniture from that and not have to bring anything into the white h...

Go with the protesters. look its on us. we have the privilege of being able to be here and share our perspective. and we have a responsibility to do what the president did and hillary clinton and maybe when you think donald trump didnt do in the campaign. thats right. were all here. but he hasnt done anything yet as president elect. youre going to laugh, people say you campaign in poetry, govern in prose. that may not have been poetry but we have to see what hes going to do. >> campaign in tweet...

Norms of what we expect when we cover a president elect. it is expected a pool of reporters is kept abreast of his movements at all times. that did not occur in this case, wolf. but donald trump simply left the city without anybody in the media knowing about it. wolf? >> yeah, thats unacceptable. theyve got to fix that. the president elect and the president, a pool of reporters should be with him on a trip like that. thank you very much, jim acosta, for that report. one final question before i l...

They did not resolve all their differences. i also feel confident in telling you they didnt try to resolve their differences. what they sought to do was lay the foundation for an effective transition from the obama presidency to the trump presidency. this administration at the direction of president obama has been preparing for this moment and this meeting for the better part of a year. and, you know, this obviously was an important early step, having the president sit down with the president el...

In the high backed arm chairs at the end of the room and both men spoke briefly. theres no indication here as to whether or not they took questions. we were talking about this earlier. sort of goes to jonathan martins point a little bit. when donald trump is asked a question, it is often very difficult for donald trump not to answer that question. and so if we saw the president and donald trump make some prepared remarks, seeing some pictures there right now. theres jeff mason -- >> let me inter...

President clinton in 1992. these were deep outsiders who did not have -- trump faces the same kind of challenges in the coming days and weeks. can he build relationships not omnivore across the isle but with his own party. >> we see the past presidents struggling with this. >> in this path, you have to work with others. >> when you talk about those examples, they had government experience before coming to washington dc of a foundational knowledge of how to get things done. they did not have prop...

Government that hes never concede or see it existing. >> the capitol is opened for business. there are tourists who are watching this all unfolded and theyre being kept back. >> as we take a look now at the president elect motorcade pulling up. they are peeking in and trying to watch the action. we are in front of the peoples house in congress. the capitol is a place where the public is welcomed and encouraged to visit. you know, sam. >> one of the points that i think as we walk right now, house...

This is live footage from the streets of los angeles tonight, chanting, burning some trump -- burning effigies of the president elect. you see tossing around like a pinata. profanity written on the signs here. people voicing their displeasure with what has happened through the process that this country goes by. much more of this ahead. donald trump spent the past year slamming president obama. later today, these two men will meet together at the white house to talk about that peaceful transfer o...

President-elect with the president of the united states, barack obama. they will meet in the oval office. it might last an hour, could last two hours based on historic precedent. they will have an opportunity to discuss all of the history that is unfolding right now, and the president, president obama, clearly wants to do as much as he can to make this a smooth transition. we know from president obama he was very grateful to president bush eight years ago, when president bush warmly welcomed him...