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Other classic republican support i think its clear absent there being some real criminal misdoing or something that looks so bad it will retard his efforts, hes going to take his chances and be unconventional. >> it is interesting how it seemed that -- how important loyalty is to donald trump. >> yes. >> weve seen this time and time again. we learned this on the campaign trail. were seeing it. rudy giuliani was an early backer of donald trump. and part of any transition is rewarding those people...

Well? is it a lack of loyalty? because win mean, he was an early -- he, he turned around to support trump. is it the bridgegate stuff or is it the relationship between him and kushner and what happened with kushners father long ago? >> well, as always, its who you talk to, right, who explains to you what the motivation would be for purging folks who were close to chris christie. some say its because donald trump was not impressed with chris christies loyalty or lack thereof, in the wake of an "a...

>> more of a policy than personal. >> lets talk about the transition right now. because the reports have been that there is turmoil in the trump world. mike rogers was axed from the transition team. maybe because he had ties to chris christie. is there real turmoil that will keep this transition from getting its job done? or are those just growing pains, josh? >> well, im sure in the end, theyll come up with a team, the question is what tone do they set, what message to they send, as they go thr...

Transitions. we should point out it was three weeks until president-elect obama named a cabinet official. its not as if not having named anybody a week out is symbolic of anything at all. >> well, right. it just -- there is a lot of palace intrigue here, though, right? the other thing is i feel like i am at a balloon festival. there is a new name every day. some make sense, some make no sense whatsoever and we vet them all. it does seem like were being thrown off in some ways. and only, you know...

Focused on preparing the white house and the staff cabinet agencies until a week ago because he and his team did not think they would necessarily have to. in the last week weve seen many reports on infighting and back-stabbing as the team reshuffled the transition leadership. mr. trumps son-in-law jared kushner is said to be purging anyone affiliated with governor chris christie who used to head the transitio team. this stems from the fact that in 2005 when mr. christie was a u.s. attorney in ne...

Drain the swamp. and this will be an interesting transition, anderson. because while drain the swamp is certainly a catchy campaign phrase, its difficult to do that at the outset. you still need people who understand how government agencies work and how to run a government. and so i think were seeing these sort of two philosophies hit heads right now, as theyre trying to map out their transition team. what we do know is that mike pence was here with donald trump today. they were going over diffe...

Cabinet positions, going over how to proceed. and mike pence will be in washington, d.c., tomorrow. hes actually going to be visiting their d.c. transition offices. so that could potentially give folks there a little bit more clarity on how to proceed. but in talking to people who have been working on this for months, they do say that this effort has essentially stalled amid all the shake-ups. >> so sara, can you just explain the purging of -- maybe "purging" is too soviet a term, but what happe...

At times. and if the president-elect asked me to do something in his administration, that would be an honor, but i have no plans yet. >> that was former trump campaign manager, corey lewandowski, speaking to nbcs british partner, itv. there was a lot of news coming out of the trump transition team these days. and bloombergs senior national political reporter, jennifer jacobs, has been tracking all of it. she joins me now from washington, d.c. jennifer, one of the things i love about having you o...

African-american president. i think we need to see what happens on tuesday. the latino vote may end up being a critical part of the story line tuesday night. if it really does increase, latinos make up a much bigger share of the pie than they did four years>> i just want to com you on the lack of enthusiasm. just take two states. north carolina, you all have been reporting that the african-american vote was down. why was it down initially was because of voter suppression. they closed down 17 cou...

Purging, illegal purging, and the courts have basically said the gop keeps scheming and the court keeps speaking and say,ing, what youre doing is illegal, unconstitutional, racist and wrong. >> and what is your advice to voters going to the polls now in north carolina who thought they were purged from the roles? . >> were getting the message out about these thousands but we need them to go to the polls. thats the first thing. go. if you have any problems call 1-888-our vote. this was done by the...