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Is not concerned with what theyve said or done in the past if their commitment is about the future. >> he has already brought into the fold? >> meeting with a tech industry he sat down with 25 tech titans. i think you look at some of the individuals he met. i dont think some of the individuals, i wont get into some of the past statements theyve made. if you start googling youll find folks that may have been focused on him or another candidate. again i think its shown through his actions in terms...

Jobs, reinvigorate our manufacturing base. hes not concerned with what theyve said or done in the past if their commitment is to the future. >> reporter: is there anyone hes already brought into the fold? >> he had an entire meeting with the tech industry, sat down with 25 tech titans. some of the individual, im not going to get into the statements they may have in the past made. and again i think its shown through his actions in terms of who hes appointed, who hes met with, this is about moving...

Democrats deserve a seat at the table with president-elect trump. >> i would argue not so much because of their office but president trumps goal is to unify the country and bring everybody together who wants to help the country forward. you saw that when he met with tech titans, facebook, google, amazon am a people who oppose him but at the end of the day he understands the importance they play in creating jobs and moving economic growth forward. he wants to bring people forward whether they opp...

You talk to sources on both sides, don, they said, look, theres a recognition that both sides need one another, its a relationship they have to have over the course of the next four years. this was the first stop of this process. there are going to be disagreements and there certainly are on issues like immigration. some issues on taxes. but this was the start of a dialogue that will happen, quarterly from here on out, don. >> phil, there is a lot of discussion about the role of donald trumps ch...

Jr. sat in on the meetings and interviews over the interior position and eric trump was involved throughout the state department process. this comes as trump prepares to turn the office of the first lady into the office of the first family. one where his daughter ivanka will have an office, sources tell cnn. >> his sons, his daughter and son-in-law have played an important role and will continue to provide counsel to him. ultimately he is always the decider. >> phil joins us now. what are you le...

Today? >> reporter: the president-elects team put out kind of a long list of things that were discussed. one source with direct knowledge of the meeting said there were three focuses. jobs, immigration and policy as it pertains to china. now, these are all issues that over the course of the general election campaign most tight inns of silicon valley and tech titans disagreed with donald trump on. some people who were in the meeting, said theyre trying to figure out a way to bridge the gaps. in t...

Further, i think we need to be more actively engaged. we are actively engaged in fighting isis now. there is an ongoing assault against mosul and soon raqqa and the american military is now much more actively engaged in the fight against isis. but i think we need to hold firm against assad. hes committed crimes against humanity and the russians and the iranians have actively participated now for years in the torture, in the murder of thousands of civilians in just unspeakable crimes against peop...

Relationship continue? he is taking heat and soar trump sons for attending that meeting, donald trump jr and eric trump because they are supposed to take over trump organization. and he says the boys will run it but if they are going to run it what were they doing that meeting and shouldnt he more clearly draw the lines between the political side of the trump organization and the business side? >> i think thats an unfair accusation toward the trump adult kids. they can sit in a meet wrg their ...

Else. quite frankly, donald trump himself has said, look, theres no laws that prevent us from doing anything, but dont worry, i will take care of it. thats the issue. the fact that we actually dont have real laws on the book that would prevent something like this from happening. im surprised and shocked and, look, clearly congress needs to do something about it. >> yesterday donald trump invited all these tech titans to the white house. they had a big meeting around a big board table. and these ...

Over the course of the next four years. this was the first step of this process. there are going to be disagreements and there certainly are on issues like immigration. some issues on taxes. but this was the start of a tie log -- start of a dialogue that will move forward. that will happen cardly from here on out,son. >> phil, there is a lot of discussion about the role of donald trumps children in this meeting. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: jared kushner was in the meeting, ivan...