Appointees. Those include mitt romney, who earlier this year called trump a phony. The president elect is also taking to twitter to defend his decision to settle three lawsuits against Trump University for 25 million. Im going to start with cnns Jessica Schneider who is standing by in bridgewater, new jersey, near where president elect trump is holding the transition meetings today. Jessica, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, victor. You know that meeting between mitt romney and president elect donald trump a highly anticipated meeting. It will happen later this afternoon at the Trump National golf club, just a few miles from here in bedminister, new jersey. These men have had quite a contentious relationship, their war of words reaching a crescendo during the primary season when mitt romney stood on a stage for 20 minutes and blasted donald trump as a fake and a phony. All eyes will be on their meeting this afternoon. On the docket this afternoon, could it be that they could work on mending fences or coit also be that theyre discussing the secretary of state slot. Mitt romney has expressed to Close Friends if he would get back into the government he would be interested in taking the position as secretary of state, but one close friend has expressed healthy skepticism that mitt romney would ever take a post in a trump administration. Of course, their contentious words well known. How will it play out today . Well be keeping an eye on it when they meet later this afternoon. Jessica schnieider reporting for us, thanks very much. They are the stars of the hottest ticket on broadway. He was the star of the Winning Ticket of the 2016. We should say support role because the star is the guy at the top of the ticket. Last night they collided. Vice president elect mike pence, that is who we are talking about. He was in the audience of hamilton last night on broadway. As he entered the theater with his Security Team in tow, there were boos and there were cheers. Listen. Okay. But then after the show, the stage it turned into a platform, a political platform, for the shows cast and creators. One of the lead actors read this statement addressed to pence who was listening in the hallway. You know, we had a guest in the audience this evening, and Vice President elect pence, i see you walking out but i hope you will hear us just a few more minutes. Theres nothing to boo for, we have a message for you, sir, and we hope that you will hear us out. I encourage everybody to go home and tweet and post because this message needs to be spread far and wide. Vice president elect pence we welcome you and truly appreciate you joining us here. We, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our families, children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. We truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American Values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us. [ cheers and applause ] again, we truly thank you for sharing this show. This wonderful american story told by a Diverse Group of men and women of different colors, kreeds and orientations. All right. Reading that statement was brandon dixon. He plays the role of aaron burr. So the reviews are already in this morning about that statement. Were hearing from the president elect himself right on twitter. Donald trump tweeting this. Our wonderful future vp, mike pence, was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of hamilton, cameras blazing. This should not happen the theater must always be a safe and special place. The cast of hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man. Mike pence. Apologize should he . Joining us by phone, patrick healy, a Political Correspondent for the New York Times and he was in the theater at hamilton last night covering mike pence. Patrick, you caught wind that the Vice President elect was going to be there. You were sitting in the theater. Do you think that was harassment . It was really unusual for a cast of a broadway show to make the kind of statement that they made from the stage. However, it was a very polite, deeply felt appeal from the cast and the creators and the producers of hamilton to Vice President elect pence. Now, this is not really unusual in a political context, because hamilton is the most successful and hottest and critically acclaimed broadway show in many years and it is a political show. President obama and Hillary Clinton have both held fundraisers around the show. Vice president dick cheney, republican, and his wife lynne said that they loved the show. A lot of politicians have been there. The cast and creators are very Political Group of people on twitter. They have made their feelings known, many of them supported Hillary Clinton. I have to say inside the theater, you know, the cast members on stage were polite, professional. They felt that they wanted to take this chance to Say Something directly to Vice President pence. There was nothing harassing in the language that they used on the tone. While the statement was unusual, it was a chance for people who wouldnt otherwise have a chance to Say Something to mike pence face to face. Okay. But this is a show that is celebrated for its diverse cast. Do you think that in this case mike pence was kind of walking into a hornets neflt or is this a situation which by the way he went with his nephew and his daughter that he should just be able to go to a broadway show and sit and enjoy it . Well, hes Vice President elect in the united states, so hes not an average ticket holder. The secret service was all around the theater. People knew that he was there. He was getting cheers as well as boos from audience members, so hes not a normal kind of guy. What was unusual was that the creators and cast decided to kind of seize the day and take this chance to Say Something. They said, look, this election was extraordinary for so Many Americans who were horrified or were thrilled by donald trump being elected president , and they felt like they should take this chance. Again, its very unusual for this kind of statement to be made, but heres the thing. Were only about a week and a half away from an election that, you know, really has shaken a lot of americans, a result that sort of stunned them, including these folks at hamilton. So i dont think, having known some of them and talked to some of them, they saw this as a sign of disrespect. They didnt get up there and start saying, you know, cruel and nasty things to Vice President elect pence. To his credit, you know, he was getting up and leaving the theater as politicians usually do when the curtain call is under way so they can get out quickly and safely. But he stuck around in the wings and listened to the full statement Brandon Victor dixon told me, and then he left. He was photographed smiling and leaving the theater, so smiling as he left the theater. All right. Patrick healy, thanks so much for your perspective. So this morning donald trump is standing by his decision to spend 25 million to settle the Trump University lawsuits and stay out of the courtroom. About an hour ago, trump was on twitter again. I settled the Trump University lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as president i have to focus on our country. He went on to then after tweeting about focusing, he tweeted the only bad thing about winning the presidency is that i did not have time to go through a long but winning trial on trump u. Too bad. The settlement covers about 6,000 former students of trumps now defunct real estate seminars. They say the courses promised to teach Real Estate Investing techniques they could use to get rich, but instead the students say they were misled with deceptive claims. Joining me now is cnn political analyst and reporter for realclearpolitics. Com, rebecca berg. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for having me. Is there some irony here in trump on such a busy day with these potential cabinet picks tweeting about how he doesnt have time to focus on trump u. But he has all this time to tweet about it . Well, certainly a tweet takes a lot less time certainly. Than a trial, so given the choice, i think donald trump, for him there was really no question that he needed to settle this case and just kind of explain that to americans as opposed to going through the process of a full trial. And remember, this wasnt just one case, we had a case in new york, a case in san diego that was set to come to trial later this month, and so by settling all of these, trump is able to really clear the decks and move forward with his transition, move forward with his presidency. Certainly it doesnt look great for him because donald trump said in the past regarding this case in particular that he wouldnt settle, that he looked forward to fighting this, and now of course hes taking the opposite course of action. But judge curiel, the judge who famously donald trump insulted during the primary, during the general election, saying that he would not give him a fair trial because of his mexican heritage, well, judge curiel even recommended that he settle this case because of the presidency now hanging over his head. Donald trump said several times during the primary and the general that he doesnt settle. Well, now he has. But i wonder what this means for the dozens of other civil cases that donald trump is involved with. Id imagine this would be just far too an expensive proposition to think hes going to settle these cases for potentially millions of dollars one after another. Thats true. This one was unique because he was going to need to appear in person, he was going to need to give his side of the story. Some of these, you know, youre able to go through depositions privately, as we saw with the restaurant lawsuit regarding his hotel here in washington, d. C. He already gave that deposition, so even though that has not concluded, his role is finished. And so it will depend. If you have a situation where hes going to need to appear in court, certainly i would anticipate you dont want the president elect or the president , once hes sworn in, to be taking that step. But if hes able to sort these out privately, certainly thats the best course of action for him at this point. 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I want to set aside the personal attacks between these two men that weve talked about this morning and go to the heart of world Foreign Relations here. If donald trump offers the position of secretary of state to mitt romney, i want you to listen to what mitt romney said about donald trump on the world stage. Lets start in that context. Lets watch. This is a very dangerous world and requires a person who is thoughtful, knowledgeable, curious intellectually, willing to listen to other people, to change their mind based upon the advice of other people, and i havent seen those qualities to the extent id want to see them in a president in mr. Trump to this point. So why then if hes offered the position would mitt romney work for donald trump . Well, victor, i think its important that we step back for a minute. The two gentlemen, mr. Trump and governor romney, theyre getting together today because governor romney is going to provide mr. Trump, the president elect, with some perspective on a whole range of issues. I think its very difficult for us to make presumptions about what might be offered or what he might do if hes asked to serve. Really this meeting is about getting the two people together. I think it was good for the president elect to reach out to governor romney because hes got good perspective on the very issues governor romney expressed concern about. What we just heard from mitt romney is that this is not a person who, as im quoting here, thoughtful, knowledgeable, curious intellectually, willing to listen to other people, change their mind based upon the advice other people had. How is he going to offer a man who has those qualities advice . Well, i think the hope is, now that mr. Trump has been elected and hes the president elect, you know, hell be open to taking perspective from people like governor romney who have a lot of perspective to offer. Ultimately the ball is in the president elects court. Hes the one whos got to be able and willing to accept now the thoughts and opinions and recommendations of republicans and democrats as he begins to govern. Lets listen to what donald trump had to say about governor romney. Romney let us all down. He was a very poor campaigner. Mitt is a failed candidate, he failed. Romney choked like a dog. He choked. He went he was begging for my endorsement. I could have said, mitt, drop to your knees. He would have dropped to his knees. Poor mitt romney is sad. Hes going around oh, oh, hes a sad case. I have a lot of friends by the way, mitt romney is not one of them. You know, youve been mitt romneys political opponents say hes a principled man. Would mitt romney, who has questions about Donald Trumps quoting here again, character and integrity, why would he want to work for a man who had those things to say about him . Those were not nice things, theres no doubt about it. But look, i think, first of all, governor romney has thick skin. Hes been through the political battles before and understands. But ultimately i think the one thing that defines governor romney perhaps more than anything else is that he is a patriot fundamentally. I know him well enough to know that its not just talk, he truly is. And i think the question now is Going Forward what can he do to help the president elect be successful. He has said publicly, governor romney has said several times he wants to help the president elect be successful as he begins to govern. So i think the question now is what does the president elect potentially want from governor romn romney . Governor romney now believes we need to move forward as a country together. There is no offer on the table, according to the reporting, but potentially what theyre discussing would be secretary of state. We also know that former new york mayor Rudy Giuliani has dropped some notsosubtle hints that thats a position that he wants. Is there, from your perspective, another role that mitt romney could play in a trump cabinet . Oh, i dont know, victor. Look, i voted for governor romney again this year even though he wasnt on the ballot. I think he would be tremendous in any president ial administration. Hes got a variety of different policy areas where he knows a ton. He knows a lot about the economy from his time in business and as a candidate. He knows a lot about our Foreign Affairs and our military. He would be great in a lot of different positions but any administration would be fortunate to have him. Lahnee chen, thanks for the perspective. So how does a president elect build his White House Team . Well talk with someone whos gone through this transition and hes going to walk us through this massive process. Thats next. they tell me im wrong to want to stand alongside my, my love whoa, talkin bout my love tif you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isnt it time to let the real you shine through . 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