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>> steve israel, congressman from new york, retiring. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. up next, president obama spending this veterans day here in the united states honoring those who served. his final message to our nations veterans as president of the united states. [ male announcer ] at customink, you can create custom t-shirts and other great products for all of lifes events. get free shipping and on-time delivery guaranteed. ♪ start today at customink.com.

Down, the only thing apparent was comey. the fbi director james comey. one thing too many. could not overcome it. lets discuss this and more. joined by the, by retiring democratic congressman steve israel of new york. he has often been a major player in the house democratic leadership. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. thanks for having me on. >> you think its fair to place a lot of the blame, the last 10, 11, 12 days, on the fbi director colonelys announcement he would tak...

Josh holmes is with us as well, former chief of staff to mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader. i understand after donald trump leaves the white house, hell head up to capitol hill. hell meet with the speak of the house, paul ryan. also meet with mitch mcconnell. relationship hasnt been that great with him either. set the scene for us, josh, how is that meeting going to unfold, because the president-elect, once hes president, hes going to rely on the republican leadership of the house and ...

They both have responsibilities right now that go way beyond their personal history. >> lets go back out to the white house and check in with athena jones. how will this meeting go down? we see the trump plane landing at reagan national airport. shes not there? i will ask wolf. im sure you know the answer to this question. how exactly will it go down? will president obama come out and greet mr. trump and then escort him into -- >> im sure what they are doing, what they have done and theres a who...

Won 52-47, 51-48, some wisconsin counties, the michigan counties, places where we knew we would do well, we had seen the surge, but sort of in a couple of the areas frankly you watched these counties flip and it really spoke to the depth and breadth of the change and movement he was spearheading. >> sean spicer, chief strategist, spokesman for the republican national committee, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. thank you, john. >> we are going to take another quick break. reme...

To any commander in chief, of course there is civilian control of the military in this country but very much the generals will be waiting to see everything they can, learn everything they can, about donald trump. >> barbara at the pentagon, barbara starr reporting. kim dozer is our global affairs analyst. there are hundreds of jobs that will have to be filled by the incoming president when it comes to national security, the national security council, elsewhere at the state department, the pentag...

I know that everyone wants to make sure we help donald trump and his team be successful and -- but its too early for any of those questions to be asked right now. >> i suspect thats a very diplomatic answer. maybe state department, maybe a role as the state department, some senior position there. we have john king with us, he has a lot of experience covering the white house over these years. hes got a question for you. >> let me echo the congratulations from wolf. i hope theres a well-deserved b...

President elect donald trump at the white house today. all the more remarkable gimpb their contentious relationship. brian, there are some years, years of bad blood between the president and president elect. >> very bitter years wolf. president and president elect trump said he and president obama have never met in person before today. interesting considering how nasty and intentionally personal the back and forth between the two men for at least five years. a contempt that showed their public s...

Nominee, going in front of a nominee since her concession speech earlier this week. and wolf, its just sort of a remarkable turn of events. one person gets t come to the white house and meet with the president. another goes for a walk in the woods. wolf? >> yeah, shes walking her dog near her home there, obviously a remarkable contrast. her opponent, donald trump, meeting in the oval office with the president of the united states. shes walking her dog meet some person there and grabs a picture. ...

President and the president-elect. reporters will then try to get a few questions in. we will see if they answer reporters questions. later the president-elect will head up to capitol hill for a very important meeting with the speaker of the house, paul ryan. sean spicer is joining us right now, the chief spokesman strategist for the republican national committee. hes been very much involved in trying to get donald trump elected president. first of all, i know you worked really hard to get him e...