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Transition. thats 44 points lower than president obama back in 2009. its also lower than presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. how do the disapproval numbers compare to the poll numbers he had immediately after the election? >> right. you just showed historically the other presidents at this point at the inauguration, he is not measuring up well at all. measuring up against himself post-election, take a look at this, wolf. we asked that question immediately after the election in november. ...

Basic rights in this country. thats the deeper question, and thats the deeper source of tension between the intelligence community and the national security community and donald trump. and we need to ask ourselves, why is donald trump defending vladimir putin in russia in this scenario, so consistently? its pretty much the only thing hes been consistent about through the entire election and post-election. >> does paul ryan and mike pence have to k theelves this question? theyve aligned themselve...

On that type of language and rhetorical skill but you can expect him to have lines that try to appeal to broad swaths of the country. >> you wonder how optimistic this speech will be. you remember the convention speech you wanted to hide under your bed. it was very dark. he has the same people working on this speech. he said hes writing a lot himself but also steven miller who is one of jeff sessions close aides is also working on it. if he puts in levity and light. >> post-election he tried hav...

This is a snippet of what this relationship has been like. >> mr. president it was a great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many more times. >> president obama who by the way ive gotten along with so well -- no, no hes doing great. hes been so nice. >> ive shared previously private conversations ive had with president-elect. i will say that they have been cordial regardless of obvious deep disagreements about policy. maybe i can transmit some thoughts about maintaining t...

Be briefed, in "the new york times" it was said its not that putin and trump were colluding, but the russians were trying to elect a lap dog. its very much unknown whether there was collusion. i think russian diplomats have said post election that they were talking to the trump campaign. roger stone in august foreshadowed the fact that they had hacked my e-mails and those would be forthcoming when he said he was in touch with wikileaks. carter page, one of trumps foreign policy advisers went to ...

Was, because it did give people concern, make people wonder, is it going to affect the investigation thats going on. and thats not something that was an unreasonable question for anyone to ask. and my view is, and always has been, that when you are in public life, or even in private life, and you make the mistake, you own it. >> despite her remorse over the meeting, lynch continues to insist there was nothing inappropriate about the time she spent with president clinton. more on russia now. cl...

Whether or not there was any kind of collusion involving the trump campaign. let me play for you what john podesta said on "meet the press". >> i would argue that theres, its very much unknown whether there was collusion. i think russian diplomats said post-election they were talking to the trump campaign. so i think, really, not what mr. trump knew but what did trump inc. know and were they in touch with russians? i think those are still open questions. >> do we know what the trump campaign kne...

Attorney general lynch said that the investigation isnt even over. and then you said that the electoral college needed to be briefed on the intelligence. president obama said its up to them. do you feel as if the obama administration sort of is abandoning your efforts? >> i think the obama administration is doing what it thinks is the right thing to do. thats their judgment and their call. >> are they making the right call? >> when i said that 70 members bipartisan members of the electoral colle...

I think russian diplomats have said post election that they were talking to the trump campaign. i think really not what mr. trump knew, but what did trump ifr inc. know? >> do you think that there was collusion? >> well, john podesta is right in that there were statements made by russian government people that there was contact, if i recall correctly. its a pretty explosive charge. i dont have nearly enough information to be able to address whether that is true or not. is it a possibility? of co...

Important vicious, violent, screaming, "wheres the wall? we want the wall!" now youre laid-back, youre cool, mellow, right? youre basking in the glory of victory. [ cheers ] and were already getting to work. >> that was president-elect trump last night in florida. the latest stop on his post-election thank you tour. hell lead to mobile, alabama, to wrap up the six-state swing. lets bring in joe watkins, strategist and former aide to p. george h.w. bush, and rick tyler, former national spokesman ...