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To president-elect trump. he knows that this is an awesome challenge, an awesome responsibility that hes assumed as president-elect, and that effort to be helpful, i think, something that hes going to be very focused on. >> how do you think he would try to reconcile those major policy differences with donald trump, if asked to serve? and im not even talking about the differences where mitt romney thought that donald trump was a fraud and donald trump didnt think that. >> yeah, i think it would r...

2012 campaign. he is very serious about them. and i think that he is going to try to pass along, as much insight as possible. look, he is somebody who is driven by a sense of duty. he is driven by a curiosity about these issues. and i think he will do everything he can to be helpful to president-elect trump. he knows that this is an awesome challenge, an awesome responsibility that hes assumed as president-elect, and that effort to be helpful, i think, something that hes going to be very focused...

During his presidential race while you have to campaign in poetry you had to govern in prose and there are very serious issues. there are very serious decisions to make. and quite frankly leaning on people outside of your comfort zone is an important thing to do, to get perspective. that was something that not only did he do as a presidential candidate he also did as a, when he was governor of massachusetts. so i think he recognizes that there is that, that type of outreach potentially going on ...

In that incoming administration. kristen? >> kasie hunt, great stuff there and great getting that question to him. he did not directly answer but something to chew. youre absolutely right talking about the military and economy will be among the first priorities. thanks so much. in just moments from now, president obama will hold his final joint press conference with german chancellor angela merkel. the two leaders had a close relationship with germany being a top trading partner, a key nato al...

Spectrum news and knows a lot about whats going on in new york. great to have you on. erroll, let me go to you first, gloria borger has been reporting that all of this chris christie jared kushner bad blood, the instigator of all the christie folks, that is overblown. is that what youre hearing? >> i suspect that is overblown because they had a number of policy differences and, frankly, look, there were reports -- we had reporters sniffing around the transition headquarters weeks before election...

More breaking news to report to you. president obama just held a news conference with the greek prime minister on his last foreign trip as commander in chief, a trip that will also include stops in germany and peru. in athens, the president assured european allies that key policies and agreements like that i t nato will stay in contact and will do everything to ensure a peaceful transfer of power to donald trump despite policy differences. >> i still dont feel responsible for what the president-...

You have to live with them. and they can block things you want even if theyre in your party. so i would think that the first question is get somebody there who knows how to make it work, and that alone should disqualify people who dont have that. but, unless you have somebody who is very special, i wouldnt pick somebody whos inflammatory. >> okay. so heres a kooky idea -- >> kooky time -- >> so president obama turns out the working class, right? donald trump turns out minority groups, right? why...

Was because of barack obama and the policies he was going to push upon us, right? you know. and now california says oh, were going to cut off. its impossible. its ridiculous. that theyre even going to say that. i do think people need to grow up a little bit here, okay? there are going to be differences. there are going to be some really big policy differences come january 21st when barack obama leaves office, and donald trump comes in, and health care is changed, and tax cuts are put through. ar...

Healing. but they are genuinely good friends. >> but if donald trump is successful in undoing everything president obama spent the last eight years doing, i think they might communicate a little less. >> david, where do you think donald trump and paul ryan will find some common ground? because you know the speaker and the presidential candidate, they had their differences and they were very public. >> the differences i think is mild. paul ryan essentially accused him of making racist statements,...

Do they trust president trump to do this? >> live and die by the executive order. theyre easier to get rid of. a problem, but for his legacy, another problem. tough for her? this is tough for him. e explicitly on the trail said my legacy is on the ballot, and this is a reflection of that. >> and a much more personal investment here than in the midterms in 2010 and 2014s in all three elections during his presidency when he has not been on the ballot, democrats got shellacked. to your point. >> li...