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Martha: more than a month away from ip -- inauguration day and yet president-elect trump taking serious heat for not doing things as they have been done in the past. michael goodwin writes this. trump era of disruption, saying, quote, the whole world looks to be having a nervous breakdown over early actions and many wondering if the wheels are coming off the train. the good news is that they hope.

The head of apple, steve cook and on down the line. martha: one of the main criticisms of the obama administration was that they had nobody from the private sector, and now one of the criticisms the trump team is getting is they have too many people from the private sector. quite obviously, donald trump is divide comfortable -- quite comfortable. bill: and i think that last comment too, listen, hes pretty much saying its an open door. if youve got ideas, come and tell us, and were going to work ...

Refuse to face the truth. they lost the presidency principally because voters demanded change. mr. trump promised it in abundance while mrs. clinton represents the status quo. her main selling point? her qualifications and experience showed how out of touch with voters she was. that is according to karl rove in this mornings paper. he is former white house deputy chief of staff to george w. bush and a fox news contributor. karl, good morning. good to see you this morning. >> morning, martha. mar...

So we want to get to the bottom of it, we want to do it in a nonpartisan fashion, and i think its a concern to all americans, and it should be. but what were seeing thats being put out there anonymously remains to be validated or not. martha: well, thats the issue. i mean, youve got all of these stories, the latest one coming out saying vladimir putin personally oversaw which pieces were going to be released from this hacking, and the charge in the last couple of days that there was a direct con...

150 away. martha: within reach. bill: the fed raised about a quarter point, stocks have been soaring since election day, optimistic returns for perhaps a tax deal, corporate tax reduction and on and on we go. so well watch it for you. 9:35 now in new york city. martha: back to one of the big stories of today, some lawmakers on capitol hill are fuming today after a briefing on the russian hacking was snubbed by the briefers. the heads of the cia, the fbi and the director of national intelligence ...

On down from there. id just throw in that 41% used scared, 37% used angry, so a bit of a mix out there. bret baier, anchor of "special report," good morning to you. >> good morning, martha. martha: whats your reaction after you look at peoples feelings after the election? >> listen, theres a lot of things stirring around after this election, 59% being hopeful is something that donald trump and his new administration can tap into. i think that there is a sensitivity about polls, theres a sense th...

And what did obama do? he saw -- he was paralyzed by the fear of adverse consequence that could happen from that. he never looks at what doing nothing, doing nothing actually means. theres consequences of doing nothing -- martha: standing by does not exonerate you in this case. and francois hollande of france, he wanted to take out the syrian jets that assad had on the tarmac. he said theyre all lined up, or lets take them out. and we said, no, correct? >> absolutely said no. thats why i take is...

Martha: president-elect trump firing back at allegations of russian interference in the election, asking the white house if its true, why didnt they get on this whole thing sooner, which is an interesting question there as people wander around in the lobby waiting for their turn upstairs. good morning, everybody. welcome to a brand new hour of "americas newsroom," im martha maccallum. bill: ive often thought our lobbies was one of the most interesting in new york -- martha: it used to be. [laugh...

Over, under some scrutiny. martha: yeah. you know, its interesting, when you go through the different groups, and i think back to reince priebus coming out right after the last election that mitt romney lost and saying, look, we need to do a forensic investigation of what happened here. of we need to figure out why were not resonating with hispanic voters, why were not resonating with african-american voters. and you look at the fact that donald trump won with evangelicals, he moved those number...

Next time. >> you bet. martha: get more from chris, go to the fox be news.com/fox news fist. eric: yeah. a lot more on the maccallum corollary. martha: i like that. eric: wait until you see this, a massive explosion that was caught on tape. wow. flames, smoke, sparks, as you can see, shoot into the sky. what happened and where? martha: plus, a former cia official accused of misleading lawmakers on benghazi. this is a story we brought to you a few weeks ago. theres more on the push to get him to ...