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Let me read you the other part that donald trump having finally gotten this far to get intelligence briefings isnt taking them very often. he has received only two since the surprise electing victory. a frequency that is notably lower than his predecessors. officials note pence taking them more often. does that matter? >> its hard to say. in some ways you can judgment and say he is not taking this seriously. but he is also in the middle, as he says, of filling all these cabinet position, in the ...

He won the election. it is anticipated a president-elect will get daily briefings. vice president-elect mike pence is getting briefings. whats in these briefings? most closely guarded secrets inside washington. they someone whos a novice like donald trump, these could be absolutely critical in terms of getting up to speed. others saying, wait a minute. this is a transition. give it time before you make broad conclusions. but take a look at what his predecessors have done. trump during his transi...

President-elect mike pence is looking at these briefings. i think donald trump is making a judgment that he needs to be doing the briefings instead of filling the positions. >> there is nothing to say that he cant be doing both, of course. and i think what is especially troubling about the fact that he has reportedly shown very little curiosity about getting up to speed on what is going on in the rest of the world in what his duties and challenges might be as they lie ahead is that he showed ver...

On the other hand, hes taking these briefings at a lower rate than his predecessors. he has a higher hill to climb because he doesnt have any experience in this stuff and hes made throughout the campaign several statements downplaying the value and veracity of these briefings. he actually called the intelligence officers out for not giving him their honest opinions based on basically nothing. theres a lot of skepticism in the intelligence community that donald trump is going to respect their ana...

Only had two briefings and far fewer by his predecessors by this time. a black teen was gunned down on monday night. william pollium shot him twice in the stomach. pollium faced first degree murder charge. >> nbc ron allen is joining me live from washington. where does this investigation stand? >> reporter: well, there is a murder charge and there is a court date after the holiday. police are convinced that this was murder. the teenager was unarm and there were some sort of altercation between t...

>> there is nothing to say that he cant be doing both, of course. troubling about the fact that he has reportedly shown very little curiosity about getting up to speed on what is going on in the rest of the world in what his duties and challenges might be as they lie ahead is that he showed very little curiosity and interest in getting up to speed during the campaign as well. so arguably, he is starting out with a much greater deficit of awareness and of fluency in many of these foreign policy i...

Circle of loyalist. he has done that with the pick of nikki haley and even betsy da voss was someone critical of him initially. but a lot of folks think if he were to choose a mitt romney, it would be a real counterpoint to a michael flynn who is his national security adviser. but these tweets from kellyanne conway suggest she may be looking in the other direction. have i spoken to transition official who is suggest rudy giuliani right now is at the top of the list. so, when will we get an answe...

Conversations are going to be had within the next 24 to 48 hours and well have o sto see. not a bad image to project party unity after the brutal campaign and images of mitt romney and president-elect trump speaking together. perhaps not a bad thing this holiday weekend. >> kelly jane, lets talk about the intel briefings. nbc news confirming that president-elect trump has taken only two briefings since winning the white house. far fewer than nearly daily briefings that most of his predecessors h...

Withhold judgment until he actually assumes office. >> kristen walker, palm beach, florida, on this thanksgiving. always good to see you. >> im joined by gop strategist, former aide to george h.w. bush, joe watkins and from los angeles, democratic strategist, chris kofins waking up early. >> good to be here. >> joe, lets start with these daily briefings. why not take them? one would assume you could take the time to take the daily briefings like your predecessors have. >> i assume in time he wil...

And going on sale, but really, this is a story about the retail season and about getting you in the door and what they can do to get you in. so i dont know, craig, what it would take to get you to go shopping on thanksgiving day. >> nothing. nothing is going to get me there. jolene kent there. you be careful. >> thank you. up next, donald trumps skipping out on daily intelligence briefings, only doing two so far. far fewer than many of his predecessors. what kind of information is he missing o...