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>> reporter: it was an image designed to calm a nervous world t president and president elect fresh off the political battle field sitting together in the oval office calling on a divided nation to come together. >> most of all i want to emphasize to you, mr. president elect, that -- that we now are gonna want to do everything we can to help you succeed. because if you succeed, then the country succeeds. >> following his ninety minute meeting with president obama donald trump offered his own dis...

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-- is that the situation now that the president elect is making the final decisions but that those three advisors are the top people who would have his ear? people have compared it if it is the case to under ronald reagan, you know, you had ed niese. jim baker and mike deaver wh who i dont know all had the presidents ear and respect. >> the three member you mentioned rjt jared, steve and reince are all incredibly important to donald trump. during the transition and one can reasonably assume, tak...

Better. were going to a real job [indiscernible] >> phil mattingly joins me now with more on that meeting. paul ryan, donald trumps relationship certainly had been fraught during the campaigns but a campaign is one thing. governance is another. hes the president elect. how did things go today? >> well it is complicated is probably the best way to describe their relationships over the course of the last six months but what you note from the comments of donald trump and paul ryan after the meeting...

This week, henry kissinger continued a tradition that started with john f. kennedy. 55 years ago kissinger signed off as a part-time consultant to president kennedy on foreign policy. he has advised every president since up to and including president-elect trump whom he met with on thursday. he joins me now. so what was your dominant impression from the meeting? >> it was of a determined president, a president elect, who is making the transition from being a campaigner to being a national strate...

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Groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. well all come together and be proud. thoughts? >> well, obviously you know, the tone of the morning tweet is preferable from the one the evening before. i think part of the issue here, poppy, is we have to figure out are these protesters, are they -- is it an issue that theyre really passionate about. it seems that people are upset about the election. while of course people should be able to present their point of view, it seems...

This was an attack. and so the question now is how did someone get inside the taliban taking credit for it. there is very strict security at these bases. ive been at bagram many, many times. if you come in a vehicle, you are stopped well before the outside gate. vehicles are searched. people are searched. people must have id. so, its very difficult to understand right now how this might have happened. >> were going to bring you more details obviously as we get them, but we want to thank barbara ...

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Come home. and elect donald trump as the next president of the united states. >> its time to come home and come together and do everything in our power to make sure that hillary clinton is never elected president of the united states of america. and donald trump and republican congress can move this country forward. >> and joining me now, republican strategist, contributor for msnbc, steve schmidt. you can understand the fluctuations of trumps polling numbers are what percentage of republicans h...