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Needs mike pence to sign necessary documents to keep the transition moving forward. until pence signs off and replaces christies signature, which is still on the documents, the white house says the transition process at this point is essentially frozen. jim. >> they need some time. thanks very much. joining me now, louisiana congressman and house majority whip steve calise. thanks for being here. we saw you showing off the make america great again hat. i want to run through some of donald trum...

The policies that was make good on campaign promises. i would hope she would not be a disruptor of the transition process and give it a chance to work. the markets are actually responding very positively to the fact that president-elect trump and vice president-elect pence have, in fact, reached out to both sides of the aisle in congress. they have worked within the party and they have said to the people and a lot in the media referred to as -- country that you matter, that you are not going to ...

Your "new day." alisyn is off and poppy is here. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. donald trumps face to the world. the top political advisors and the people dealing with the media and the other elected down there to create change in this country. reince priebus is in there as the chief of staff and then comes the real story. steve bannon. he is a promoter of the alt right. he has just been named a white house top strategist. >> yep. and in donald trumps announcement he said the two me...

Into the camera and address the audience in that way. i dont know if that will be the end of this conversation for donald trump, but it was certainly the beginning of a new phase of him talking directly to try to put a stop -- i also think, wolf, as were seeing the anti-trump protests, it was a moment for him to say, im going to speak to the people who claim to be supporting me in the way that im going to need help from hillary clinton and barack obama and others to speak to the people who suppo...

Into the d.c. establishment, he wants someone whos a weathered washington handle to be there to perhaps balance out his inexperience. we see choices like this on the hill when a new member comes in. he or she will often pick an experienced hand to be chief of staff. that said, trump will get some pushback in large part because the theme of his last presidential campaign was drain the swamp. folks are going to say how can you when you have someone like reince priebus running your staff. well see ...

President-elect is set to receive his first two top level intelligence briefings. trump will learn about the nations most secretive intel gathering programs and u.s. spying operations overseas, but the timing of all of this is playing a part in trumps ongoing legal woes. his attorneys in the trump university lawsuit have asked a federal judge to postpone this months scheduled trial until after he his inauguration. his attorneys argue the trial would take time away from trumps quote critical and ...

Spokesperson tells cnn they expect to operate a traditional pool for reporters and theyre asking for patience as they navigate the transition process. fredricka? >> thank you so much, brian. lets talk more about this. the impending relationship between president-elect trump and the media. cnn political commentator, ryan lizza, is with us. were also joined by cnn politics reporter, eugene scott, and the university of kansas journalism professor, jonathan peters. good to see all of you. okay, so r...

Administration. the team leading up to tlerk el, im told they were in a pretty good place. he decided to shake up the transition team. chris christie, the new jersey governor has been leading the team. as of today that is no longer the case. vice president-elect mike pence will take the reigns of it. im told it is like 2000 when dick cheney came in and exerted more over the process and when asked why republican officials say mike pence is a crucial ability to outreach, and maneuver with washingt...

Governing is giving people a leadership role that makes people say to congress, do what the president said. >> reporter: media watchers say its an open question whether donald trump will be more receptive to the media and allow them more access to the president. a trump spokesperson tells cnn they expect to operate a traditional pool for reporters and theyre asking for patience as they navigate the transition process, poppy. >> brian todd, thank you for the reporting, we appreciate it. when we...

Will take that roll, will take the reigns of it. im told it is like 2000 when dick cheney came in and exerted more over the process and when asked why republican officials say mike pence is a crucial ability to outreach, and maneuver with washington and the governors in the states, thats why hes taking on that role, but no question about it. chris christie, taking a step back. mike pence moving in to kind of the most powerful role in the transition process. >> all right. phil mattingly, thank yo...