Put it back on his calendar. So now hes at the New York Times on the 16th floor having this Editorial Board meeting. Its on the record. Its an hour plus long interview which means its his most extensive interview yet since being elected. And were learning about it through live tweets from reporters in the room. So were learning a lot, brooke, about what he says hell do as president. Lets get straight to it. Including what he said about Hillary Clinton, David Chalian. Let me ask you. We know earlier today his adviser said he would not pursue any prosecution of Hillary Clinton, which is what we heard, the cacophony of that on the campaign trail. Now hes echoing this. Let me show this tweet. As we know theyre live tweeting. The tweet is i think it would be very, very divisive for the country. Is this, David Chalian, a new trump . Is this less red meat . Listen, this is donald trump was keenly aware that he was about to take over a very divided country and he see this is as one way to try to begin to heal that divide. Remember, he watch his trajectory on this issue. Remember at the convention they started chanting lock her up he was trying to quiet that down and say lets just get elected. Lets win here. Then in the fall as lock her up became a rallying cry for his most ardent supporters, he joined it full force, led the way, he got the chant going. And now we see him going back on that. Hell get dinged on the right for walking back on a promise but remember at that debate, the second debate where he said he would seek a special prosecutor and how much criticism he came in for about how unamerican is and thats how banana republics run. He clearly heard some of that criticism. He clearly understands how divisive this kind of issue would be and let me read you one more thing in one of the tweets. He said my inclination would be for whatever power i have on the matter to say lets go forward. This has been looked at for so long, ad nauseam. He also says he think he is will explain it to his supporters who may question why hes walking away from this as a way to save the country. Okay, were about to speak to one of those Trump Supporters who may be none too thrilled hes walking this back. Lets listen for a moment on what he said in the past about the clintons. If i win, i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. Special prosecutor, here we come. Right . [ cheers and applause ] if i win, were going to appoint a special prosecutor. She deleted the emails. She has to go to jail. Hillarys running for a lot of reasons, one of them is because she wants to stay out of jail. Its awfully good that someone with the temperament of donald trump is not in charge of the law in our country. Because youd be in jail. Wow. Just wanted to remind everyone, well talk to a trump supporter in just a second and see how hes feeling with how now trump is responding to this. Brian stelter, the other piece of this conversation today after getting a lot of heat for his tepid response to the White Supremacist Group cheering him on over the weekend in this meeting now with the New York Times, apparently the ple president elect is saying he disavows, condemns them and says, let me quote this tweet in particular, its not a group i want to energize and if they are energized i want to look into it and find out why. A change of tone. We all know why White Supremacists have been energized by donald trump. His candidacy did cause division. It did play to some of the worst impulses some people feel about others, whether those others are immigrants or other kinds of people. So trump saying he doesnt think he nshzed those people. Hes saying hes not interested in the altright. This will come as a surprise to some of his fans. Steve bannon, whos going to be trumps chief strategist, once called Breitbart News the platform for the altright. To be fair, the altright means many things and i think its notable that in this meeting at the New York Times trump is very much rejecting that white supremacist conference over the weekend, that video weve seen several times now he says he at one point said to the New York Times reporters when they asked about it again boy, you are really into this issue. Then he disavowed them once again. Well, theres a reason for that and there had been this blanket condemnation but that wasnt enough and you mentioned steve bannon, David Chalian. He was asked about steve bannon the times, he said this is trump saying bannon isnt racist, that bannon is taking this criticism hard although its interesting because we never hear this from bannon himself. Right and i think at that moment according to the reporters in the room, reince priebus, the incoming chief of staff, chimed in to defend bannon as well and youre right, bannon is sort of pressaverse in many ways. I dont think we should get too caught up in the altright. I dont think donald trump turning to a camera on 60 minutes or offering a disavoall in front of New York Times reporters is what will be required here. If he continues to find racist, antisemitic, misogynistic supporters who in one breath are talking about their support and embracing him and hailing him and in the other breath spewing hate, its going to require more leadership, president ial style leadership, there donald trump to shut that down as unacceptable behavior in america. But brooke, i want to bring up one other thing from this New York Times interview because you are right, very, very newsy. He talked about his potential conflict of interest with his businesses. He was asked about this and i thought this was a stunning line. He said the law is totally on my side on this. He thought he was going to have to put in the a blind trust, he realizes now he doesnt have to do that and he says the president cant have conflict of interest. This language is nearly nixonian. And so its going to be fascinating to watch now as we learn that he feels very attached to his businesses even as he may hand it over in a day to day capacity, he indicated he feels no need to wall himself off from it as president. A quick followup on that because i noted that line as well and well talk more about the conflict of interest. Then who can speak up . If trump is essentially the boss and you imagine republicans on capitol hill wont, is this moot . It may be moot if somebody is not going to investigate this in terms of the republican chairman on capitol hill and im not even suggesting this may rile up american voters, i just think its one of those things because of the unprecedented nature of his portfolio moving into the oval office that will require more explanation just so the American People can have confidence yes. He talked today. His election has made his brand hotter he said in this New York Times meeting. So hes going to need to separate out, i think, his business from serving the country continually to the American People. In this interview sorry, theres just so much to get to. I want to ask you, brian, what hes talking about about Climate Change and he seems like hes walking back some of his hardline stances on Climate Change. By the way, here he is walking out of the New York Times, lets listen and see how people are responding to him. [ boos ] reporter mr. Trump, when will you hold your first News Conference . Sounds like some boos to me, brooke. Stunning. Reporter when will you hold a press conference . I just wanted to sit on this moment because i think its worth listening. This is the man who will be the 45th president of the United States who has just come from this mega newsworthy meeting with the New York Times and everyone is crowded in that lobby, it almost felt like a combination of iphones and they wanted a piece of it and wanted the photo but you heard some mixed reviews and some boos as well. Did you notice that . And to paint the picture for people, this is the lobby of the New York Times building. Its notable trump went to the times. He didnt bring the editors over to the trump tower. I think it was a sign of the times. Now hes leading through the loading dock going back to work. He was walking by a restaurant waving to the patrons but there were boos in the lobby. Those are not New York Times reporters or editors, those are other new yorkers, some work in other floors of the buildings, other offices, law firms, so people know its not reporters booing the president elect but in new york theres a lot of hostility towards the president elect even though he lives in midtown, manhattan, he hasnt been in public much since being elected so to see him even in a lobby for a moment is revealing. That mix of emotions from people in the lobby. I wanted to sit on that and all of us take it in. David, back to Climate Change. It seems like hes walking back his hardline stance on Climate Change. Let me read one of his tweets on this. I think there is some connectivity between humans and Climate Change. What do you think that means, David Chalian . That was not the tone he was striking during the campaign. We should note, immediately following that according to these tweets its hard to get the timeline of when he said what but it looked like in a subsequent tweet he also said, brooke, but as i consider Climate Change and even acknowledging connectivity to human activity i am also considering the impact on american businesses and the american economy. So it wasnt suddenly that he was joining up with the league of conservation voters or sierra club and becoming some green environmental activist. I dont think anybody would expect that. But it was softer. That acknowledgment sounded different than he did in the campaign but because he added in how hes considering the Economic Impact the jury should remain out on how he plans to proceed. Amazing. I will say goodbye for now. Theres so much to chew on. Were hanging on every word from this meeting at the New York Times. Watching him leave. Well have much more on it. We mentioned a piece of this conversation. Trump told the New York Times it is his choice not to go after Hillary Clinton and he believes that that choice will not disappoint his supporters. Lets ask one. With me now trump supporter oliver mcgee, a Senior Policy Adviser in the White House Science Office during the bill clinton administration. Oliver, nice to have you on. Thank you for having me, brooke. Im a big fan. Thank you so much. Lets begin with you just heard the news that the president elect says no to prosecuting Hillary Clinton, he said he wanted to move on and move forward. Are you disappointed in that . Well, brooke, campaigning is a brawl and the gop base nominated a brawler but also donald trump is recognizing that governing is about getting to the peace and so essentially hes essentially kind of opening the door for possibly a pardon from president clinton. The issue is that what indicates that for you . Well, i talked to my uber driver here. I asked a person on the street and she said that she said this is possibly a possibility going back to the nixon days when nixon was basically into the same type of situation ford pardoned him for all past and future malfeasance. Im sorry. Am i hearing you clearly . Hang on a second, oliver, youre looking to your uber driver for knowledge on the matter to quote on cnn . A lot of times when you basically look at people on the street, thats essentially who voted in the middle of the country. I was kind of thinking its the same way but at the same time it is telling to tell your audience because trump may be possibly positioning himself for a possible president ial pardon and that is about trying to get to the peace after the election. I think the Trump Presidency will be extremely distracted going into large amounts of disturbing the club of president s. The club of president ial candidates, we have to get to the point to where we get to solving the bigger problems of transportation infrastructure, the 4 growth in the economy that we need and getting to the point of looking at all of the issues we have to do looking at health care and who needs it and who doesnt have it. I think a lot of people, oliver, if i may jump in, on jobs and infrastructure and economy, that was on the minds of so many people, especially those i know who voted for him but what im specifically asking you about, not only potentially not standing by calling on a special prosecutor to prosecute Hillary Clinton but softening on Climate Change and other issues coming out of this New York Times meeting. Are you still a full throated donald trump supporter . Absolutely. Ive been on the record as saying this election was not about change, it was about enough and essentially when we look at the two coasts, which were blue, and the middle of the country was red the voters said we the people are responsible for we the law makers who are accountable. Even if we Start Talking about who is going to be i believe peached and who is not. But dont you want that follow through . You tell me, is one of the reasons why you voted for him is what he was saying on immigration and maybe a i dont know, a Muslim Registry or a Deportation Force and now were hearing a softening of those Campaign Promises or a lack thereof in that youtube video, thats okay for you . Yes. Its okay for all president s to do this. We saw obama do the same thing, we saw bush do the same thing. We saw nixon do the same thing and we will see the same thing in trump. Campaigning is a drawl. Youre at war but when you try to govern and see you see the issues talking amongst the club of president s, even when president obama met with donald trump, they were about getting to the peace because ultimately we are a United Nation and we have to govern ourselves together and really this once again is about we the people who are responsible we the lawmakers who are accountable. Going to trying to get to unite together through the real problems we have in this country is very, very important. I know that supporters for hillary are out marching. They will actually walk it off, walk it off and then this situation will find a way to govern somewhere in the middle having moderate right and moderate left because thats what my book is about and thats where we are right now. Time will tell, we shall see. Oliver mcgee, thank you so much. Not trying to throw side on uber drivers, i talk to cab drivers all the time. 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