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Heading the transition process and that was then changed to mike pence who is vice president elect. well continue to watch the door as you can see lots of people coming and going there. back to tammy leitner on this same process that were looking at here as donald trump is moving forward, youre seeing calm in front of that door, not so much calm where youre at. >> reporter: no. as i mentioned, theres been hundreds of protesters. as weve seen since hes been elected out here protesting against him...

Process is very interesting. weve seen this procession in and out of bedminster, the gulf resort. we saw this procession of people in and out of trump tower. its a very strange, unusual transition process. the last two transition processes, the obama and bush transitions were much more buttoned down. we didnt see a trail of people having their picture taken with the president-elect. it reflects donald trumps style in many ways. >> i was reading an article in "the new york times" how donald trump...

And he has enormous popularity coming out of his presidency, almost record popularity. it will go up even more if history is any indication after he leaves office so hell have a lot of political capital to work with in helping democrats. >> and also from this article, it says dozens of liberal advocacy groups which have received a flood of donations and new members in the chaotic days are gearing up for years of clashes with mr. trump. mr. trump seems a bit combative by nature, right? we have se...

Diversity. right now it seems weve got five white men being either nominated or considered. where is the diversity that we want and hope to see? >> thats a great question, martin. certainly weve seen presidents during their transitions in the past use the transition process and the nomination process to send signals about how inclusive their administrations will be. in 2000, george w. bush, his first pick for his cabinet was colin powell as secretary of state. part of the calculus for them was t...

If trumpism is represent something intellectually and historical historically coherent, its bandons job to do that. >> here was a guy who has a vision, a coherent vision, who is there for a reason, who believes in something and has a plan to get it. >> i was looking for the part -- i dont think i had it outlined but i told you in the commercial break where you were talking about the headline in the new york times and the media is saying oh, my goodness, theres chaos and you were -- you didnt see...

Organization. do they get on the same pang? >> i think it is clear the rhetoric drumpg used on the campaign trail reflects a different view of the world. thats truch the question is, is the policy going to be dramatically different. i think the one area where there is some concern and conflict is over the notion of cooperating with syria. cooperating and dealing with the syrian crisis. i think clearly that is the one policy pronouncement i would be concerned about. a lot of the other stuff seems...

Is there for a reason, who believes in something and has a plan to get it. >> i was looking for the part -- i dont think i had it outlined but i told you in the commercial break where you were talking about the headline in the new york times and the media is saying oh, my goodness, theres chai chaos and you were in the oval office and you didnt see nikkei yos? >> i thought it was extraordinary. the media doesnt see what they are doing and i spent the better part of the day in trump tower, seeing...

Now to our political commentator bill press, supported hillary clinton in this election, and mike shields, former chief of staff are the republican national committee. you also support eed bernie sanders? >> in the primary and then hillary. >> just wanted to point that out. i am fascinated, donald trump having all of these meeting, going thru this transition process is meeting with mitt romney. so outspoken about him. lets talk about that and listen to the back and forth we saw between these gen...

Trump has made the offer to general michael flynn asking him if he wants to be his national security adviser. source isnt telling us whether flynn has accepted. it would be a natural fit. he sat with donald trump through his national security briefings and has been right there with him throughout the transition process. he was seen as the lead candidate for the job, so it would be difficult to see him turning it down, don. >> we also know that donald trump and mitt romney, sarah, will be meeting...

He has been a close adviser throughout the campaign and throughout the transition process. in many ways its not a surprise. but just because its not a surprise doesnt mean its not going to generate controversy. first of all, flynn has tweeted plenty of inflammatory things sure to get increased scrutiny now that donald trump has indicated he wants this man to be his national security adviser. he has also faced scrutiny on a couple of occasions how he handled classified information. on top of that...