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You know, reporters yell and scream at press availability, photo ops and all that kind of thing and sometimes its really not very appealing. but also the deck rum of how the white house pays back, they have to be respected add varies. >> thank you so much. jeff, good luck. donald trumps feud with civil rights icon congressman joe lewis raising new questions. how will the president elect reach out to the african-american community? see me. see me. dont stare at me. see me. see me. see me to kno...

Then they merely did what the media should have done. >> top congressional republicans are signaling support for todays actions while also simultaneously attacking the obama administration. house speaker paul ryan describing todays steps as "overdue" same words by john mccain and lindsey graham who viewed to lead the effort in the new congress to imsuppose strongstrong er sanctions. asked about the sanctions last night during his press availability standing next to don king, trump said this. >> ...

Country. >> reporter: trump also on defense about how he will deal with potential conflicts of interest with his business. >> you people are making that a big deal. its actually a very simple situation. its not a big deal. we will be having a press conference sometime in early january. >> reporter: and dissolving his foundation thats currently under investigation. >> i have a foundation that has given millions and millions of dollars to people over the years and its been very well thought of and...

You know, i think that what hes doing is indicating that hes going to have a very different relationship with us. and we cant pretend that its going to be business as usual because its not. >> and basically it would be the same. let me play you a sound bite from her and get your reaction. >> this will be a traditional white house in the sense that you will have a great deal of press availability on a daily basis and a president at that continues to be engaged with the press. >> well, there it is...

Conway, judy was on gma this morning and talked about press availability in the incoming trump administration. she, of course, was the campaign manager who has been named counselor to the president. listen to what she had to say. >> this will be a traditional white house in the sense that you will have a great deal of press availability and you have a president that continues to be engaged with the press. jon: current administration, judy, as you well know promised to be the most transparent in ...

Comm among some economists. because hes been a sharp critic of china, could he help to start a trade war. those are names were tracking here from palm beach today. i spoke to one of president-elects top advisers who said that he has another day stacked with meetings. as you know, yesterday he came out and surprised all of us and had a quick press availability. no indication hell do that again today but we would welcome that. back to you. >> kristen welker, thank you very much. kellyanne conway n...

Concern there may not be daily press briefings. what is this new relationship? do we even know at this point, going to look like between the press and this incoming administration? >> it will be much more contentious than what weve seen with president clinton, president bush, president obama. theres a bipartisan for basis of having press availability. that is not something donald trump has subscribed to during the campaign so theres no reason he would now. quick example, george w. bush had more ...

Have a right to have a conversation about the issues that actually matter in their lives. and donald trump has robbed the american people of that experience in this election. we had debates where he didnt talk about climate change, jobs, immigration or education. and in these final days, were talking about something that has been litigated and already decided by the american people. and so i think when hillary clinton turns toward her positive vision for the country, which she did in that statem...

A rally later today and well see what direction these attacks go. >> reporter: hes already on a roll with his attacks on the clinton and chris christie and the new hampshire union. this is crunch time in iowa. everybody knows it. its only really after the holidays that the iowa electorate really wakes up. only five weeks away from the all-important caucuses. right near iowa. and trump tonight we dont know, of course, exactly what he will say but we know that the campaign has a goal of 28,000 cau...

>> and democrats love him, right? he wasnt successful in 2008, stumbled on the trail, wasnt helpful to his wife who was more helpful in 2012 with barack obama, kind of explainer in chief he was nen as a nickname around the white house. so, you know, well see if this works. well see how long he keeps this up. trump obsesses with things and then moves on. well see what happens with this. >> does she -- today she was on -- in a campaign event and asked this, theres no doubt she heard the question b...