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Place to keep the press aware of a president-elects actions, the norms transparencies, part of the constitutional broader balance of power, have been frequently discarded. theres not been a presidential press conference, as is traditional for a president-elect. that is notable. and i think thats a, a troubles, thats a troubling sign. look, weve got to remember, and folks at home need to appreciate, that the constitution doesnt mention political parties, but it does mention journalists, freedom o...

Since a very tough election. in other words, give us a break. >> yeah. >> theres always turmoil when theres a transition. lets be honest about that. mark, what can you tell us about the transition and where it stands right now? >> we are talking about different power structures trying to come together. first of all, you have steve bannon, who is obviously, what was described as the general behind the scenes, whos putting his mark on the transition. you have mike pence coming in as the vice presi...

Far as its tactics and its targets. up until recently, isis was the organization that focused on the near targets, more of a near target operating focus. and actually, after what has happened in egypt, as you point out, saudi arabia, kuwait, the most recent thing in paris, they are making a statement. they are going after the far targets. and rather than focus on shia and local power structures, they are going after the international community and soft targets to make their point. very dangerous...

He started talking about power structures on wall street. he knew everybody. he had all of that bluster going on. but he said the people who really make wall street work, the smartest ones, the ones that dont always make the most money, but the ones who make it work, the people you never see, those are the people i know. and he looked out in the audience. he said, you, would you stant up for me? it was some shrub actor. he said, whats your name? gave him his name. this guy, i dont know who he is...

Anybody who wants to ask me at this moment in time but that free advice wont last forever. >> diplomat rick wade, great to see you. thank you, sir. now we move on to the security situation of the campaign trail and the department of homeland security has received requests from the trump and carson campaigns for secret service protection. now, its a shift for ben carson, who has said he wasnt interested in receiving that extra protection. >> i dont feel the need for it, quite frankly, but the s...

Really doesnt subscribe to all the traditional power structures is probably going to be a target. >> pretty incredible statement. trump maybe takens its political, claiming he would have already had the protection if he was a democrat. i want to go to michelle kusinski, whos been looking onto this today. then senator barack obama received protection in may 2007. five months earlier than where we are right now at this point in the cycle. in terms of ben carson, hes being told, he says, by secret ...

Track. the power structures that were damaged and a lot of neighbors out here there has been a briefing by the mayor. senators casey and toomey here. we have had all sorts of activity and, of course, the most important part, the ntsb doing their investigation. we still dont know why. we know a lot of details but we will learn more because we do know that the black box or the recorder box has been recovered so we can expect in the next 24 to 48 hours to learn more. greta? >> griff, thank you. ton...

Between the two, mychal? >> the idea of diversity and tolerance is what we have been taught. representation matters so much so if you have a social group, a friend group or your classroom or your workplace special stifts of people of color, then thats the end of the conversation there. but were not talking about the structures of racism whereby, okay, well your workplace is diverse but why is it the black people are the first fired when layoffs come down why are they not getting the same money a...

He was meeting with the qatari amir, he talked again about how -- i think what kerry probably was trying to say is you need to work with the power structures inside of syria. >> no doubt and probably hoping there were more legitimate actors in and around assad, if not him himself. brian katulis, always good to see you. thank you for your time. >> thank you. well have more after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪ "here i am. rock you like

But there are still some big gaps that have to be filled. >> for the latest, i want to bring in correspondent frederik pleitgen live in tehran. the president says it is not likely but the closest they have been and there are still big gaps. iranians have to move further. >> reporter: they certainly do. it is something where there is a great divide here among politicians here in iran and somewhat within the iranian society, but within the power structures here. there are those who say there is st...