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Today. For three nights in a row, people took to the streets in several big cities and college campuses. Protestors wanted to make it clear they are very unhappy with the outcome of the u. S. Election. Not all of them why bay of peacefulness. In portland, oregon, quickly became violent as protestors confronted police throwing objects at police office, vandalizing local businesses and damaging cars. Police arrested at least 26 protestors. Cnn correspondent Phil Mattingly is outside trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city. Phil, trump has had a busy day so far. Tell us about whats been happening, whos inside right now . This transition process, obviously very intense . Reporter yeah. As one trump adviser told me, its crunch time now. Donald trump and his Campaign Apparatus realizing time to shift from campaign to governance meaning positions need to be appointed quickly. Key positions like chief of staff. Topline senior advisers in the white house should be coming soon, im told. Whos who of the closest inside donald trump inner circle. Jared kushner. Soninlaw throughout the campaign. Eric trump in there. Jason miller, Rudy Giuliani seen going inside and out, considered a top prospect for a cabinet official. You talk to different trump advisers and senior republicans, wolf a question how ready this Transition Team was to kick everything into gear. Im told its a smaller Transition Team than what mitt romney set up in 2012, certainly smaller than what i heard Hillary Clinton set up but a Transition Team prepared for the moment. Biggest holdup, the principal. Donald trump has to start making decisions. Something, wolf, we expect in the potential coming hours and certainly the next couple of days. We do anticipate that. What about security over there where you are . Now that donald trump is president elect of the United States, whats happening with the security over at trump tower . Reporter its ramped up in major way. Look, one of the interesting things talking to Law Enforcement officials, they havent been confronted with this before. A 57story skyscraper in the middle of fifth avenue, one of thefares in the world. A constant presence, secret service up and down the building. New barriers placed around the building. Secret service, talk to Law Enforcement officials are not comfortable with this. Prefer he be somewhere else, at least at this point, no plans for donald trump to move out of this area. How the nypd and secret Service Continue to debate these security precautions Going Forward will be Something Interesting to watch, wolf. He also started tweeting a little more actively, donald trump. Right now, laid off basically a few days and now tweeting and there seems to be some mixed messages going on. Update our viewers on that. Reporter exactly right. A couple people said, donald trump got his phone back. His twitter back. Last night tweeting about the protestors. Weve seen them all over the country, in front of trump tower the last couple of nights. A smaller presence last night bought constant presence. Donald trump saying it was very unfair. Thought they were paid protestors driven by the media. Reversing course a little this morning saying he appreciated the passion and he was going to try and bring this country together. Kind of an interesting reversal of sorts. Wolf, also underscores this is a man now confronting the biggest job in the world, to kind of talk about what hes doing. Not only tweeting a reversal, dealing with transition and calls with german chancellor angela merkel, and the french pra president hollande. Everyone inside the future administration are starting to get their heads around that fact, wolf. Phil, thank you. Phil mattingly outside trump tower in new york city. Lets discuss all this and much more with my next guest. Texas republican congressman jeff hensarling, chairman of the House Services committee. Thanks for joining us, mr. Chairman. Happy to do it, wolf. Lots to discuss. I want to get your Quick Reaction to donald trump sort of mixed message tweets about the protests first criticizing the crowd then commending them for their passion. Do you think he can stay on message right now, and what dot mixed messages say about his dee behavior in these days now that hes president elect of the United States . If you would permit me to mix a message here, it is veterans day and he is an elected official, father of two teenagers, any veteran within ear shot of this show, thank you for your service and for making our nation free. With respect to your question, wolf, listen, people have the right. The first amendment, freedom of speech, the right to petition your government for the redress of grievances enshrind in our constitution, but theres no right to riot. The president elect acknowledged that and also acknowledged he knows he has to earn support of all americans. I think that frankly i wish more of them would listen to what president obama had to say. What secretary clinton had to say, and what incoming President Trump has to say, and, again, nobody has a right to violences they dont have a right to riot, and so, you know, president elect sent out two tweets and i think the second one probably hit it where it need to be hit. Lets talk about you for a moment. You know your name has been floated as a possible treasury secretary. Have you spoken to the campaign about that . Are they vetting you . Would you accept that opportunity if officer erered . Wolf, i have a great job and one i wanted in congress. Currently my phone is not ringing at home or in the office. I would take the call. Certainly have the discussion. Since in is veterans day, thinking how can you best serve oncountry . Im excited about Donald Trumps economic agenda for america, fundamental tax reform, getting rid of Bank Bailouts and dodd frank. Having better competitive trade deals. I think i can do a lot to advance that agenda in the house. Listen, for some reason our president elect or his Incoming Administration wanted to talk to me about something else, id certainly have the conversation with them, but, again, the phone isnt ringing at the moment. Waiting for that phone to ring. I know youre close to the Vice President elect, mike pence. He spent more than a decade in the u. S. House of representatives. Have you spoken to him about what his role in the Trump Administration specifically is going to be . And potentially once again about your role . Well, ill trying to leave mike alone at the moment. So weve had weve had some texting back and forth. What i know about mike pence is that donald trump chose an excellent Vice President ial candidate who is now our Vice President elect and frankly has strengths where the president didnt. The president elect. The president elect has the vision, the passion, u. S. Understanding the people. Mike knows how to translate that into Public Policy into legislative language, help get it through the house, and yes, ive been very close to the Vice President. Hes a dear friend, ally when we were in the house together. Thats something i think i can bring to the Trump Administration as well and whether i do that as chairman of the house of Financial Services committee or in some other capacity, listen, thats his decision. Im happy to serve the president elect, happy to serve my nation and my constituents any bway i can to best further Free Enterprise and the country. I couldnt be more excited. Im a lot happier today than i thought i would be 72 hours ago. A lot of people surprised. If the president of the United States asks you to serve as treasury secretary, maybe some place else, you would accept . We would have the conversation if the phone rang. Like any job interview, youd want to know whats expected of you, and how would it all work out . I just want to emphasize again i just got reelected to be congressman for the Fifth District of texas and expect ill be chairman of the House Services committee and what ive worked on can if the phone rang, again, i would have the conversation, be honored. It would be a challenge, but id be happy to have that conversation. I want to talk a little about the specifics of being treasury secretary, but our jim acosta is reporting that theres been some indications of infighting in the trump inner circle. Chris christie, the governor of new jersey, head of the Transition Team, wants them to be open to selecting socalled never trumpers. People, republicans who said they could not vote for donald trump, didnt vote for donald trump. What do you think . Would that be a positive gesture to bring some of them into a new Trump Administration . Well, i dont think that im going to advise the president elect who he needs to surround himself with. I think, again, he has had a conciliatory tone. I know he knows he has to embrace all americans. I think hes off to a wonderful start and, again, i would just advise him to look at who can best help move his passion for getting government by the people back, to get the economy working for working people, and who that might be i dont know. That has to be his decision, but i hope and trust it will be based upon who can best help him move the agenda the American People entrusted him with to get the economy working for working people and make sure we have government by we the people and not them the bureaucrats that again is, we secure our nation. We cant be a nation unless we have secure borders. My guess is hes already been conciliatory and i believe hell be once again, as he looks for his cabinet selections. Got one quick question. Quick answer right now. If you were to become treasury secretary of the United States what would be the single most important issue, policy, you would want to see advance . Well, im going to cheat and give you two. Fundamental tax reform. Repeal and replace of dod frank would get the economy working for working people. It will mean Small Businesses will thrive, consumers will once again have choices, get rid of the Bank Bailouts. Nothing can say Economic Growth quite like fundamental tax peal replaces dodd frank. The chairman joining us right now. Thanks so much, mr. Chairman, for joining us. Good luck. Thank you. Coming up, the outgoing leader of the senate democrats, harry reid. He goes off on donald trump big time. Wait until you hear what he has just said. First, jane sanders joins us to talk live about her husbands future role in the Democratic Party. Well speak with jane sanders, right after this. I took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about oncedaily xarelto. A latest generation blood thinner. Then i made the switch. Xarelto® significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people with afib not caused by a heart valve problem. 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Call now to request your free decision guide. This easytounderstand guide will answer some of your questions and help you find the aarp Medicare Supplement plan thats right for you. Welcome back. With democrats out of power in the white house and the minority any both the house of representatives and the u. S. Senate, the party is in search for answers and in desperate search for new leadership. Former democratic president ial candidate howard dean is actually put his name in for the new chairman of the democratic committee. Martin omalley is also considering a run while others are backing minnesota congressman Keith Ellison including senator Bernie Sanders who was endorsed by ellison when running for the democratic president ial nomination. Who will lead the Democratic Party . Joining us now discuss that and more from vermont is jane sanders. The wife of senator Bernie Sanders. Jane, thanks for joining us. Good to be here, wolf. All right. So senator sanders says he is supporting congressman ellison as leader of the dnc, the Democratic National committee. Because, he says, it needs to be led, im quoting him now, by a progressive that understands the dire need to listen to working families. Heres the question couldnt he be that voice, senator sanders, or at least play a leading role in the dnc . Is he considering something along those lines . Well, hes playing a leading role in the senate. And i think that everybody has a role to play, and politics has to stop being the cult of the personality. We need to bring more people into the process, not people all over the country into the process. But also more voices in the establishment, whether its the political establishment or the media establishment. Keith ellison has been the cochair of the congressional progressive caucus. Hes a very influential and intelligent, articulate leader, and we think that he would be really good to lead the dnc. I think right now, wolf, we cant go backwards. We cant be looking at the moderate wing or the conservatives to try to we dont want to recreate the dnc of yesterday. It wasnt the right the right mix for this time. We need progressive leadership. Not just at the top, but in the executive board and throughout the country. The dnc has about over 400 members. We need voices that understand what the reality of peoples lives are. You dont think howard dean or Martin Omalley fits that bill . I like them both very much. Theyre both very decent people, but thats not all were looking for any more. Were looking for people that have progressive intelligent, different kinds of solutions that recognize that we need to address the pain that people are feeling out in country. 15 states that bernie won went to trump. 90,000 people in michigan voted all the way down ticket, all the other races, but didnt say anything in the general election. In the president ial race. Well see that all over country. People are hungry for new direction. I think thats why trump has won this election. They want change. The question is, what kind of change are they going to get . We need to, you know, we all know all over the country, all over the world, there are populist movements and some are very, very good, some are not so good and how america has judged them in the past is from a corporate perspective. My hope, my one hope with President Trump is he said hes going go there and hes going to represent the working people. We need to find Common Ground on issues such as trade and globalization, and jobs and infrastructure. We hope to find Common Ground with him on that. And then we need to fight him back on some of the other areas that hes talking about. Today is veterans day. Our veterans, we owe such a debt of gratitude to them. They have fought for our democracy, which means that people of all races, ethnicity, backgrounds, are equal. Nobody the less than. And theyre treated with dignity and they feel safe in our nation. So those the two common approaches we need to really fight for. Go ahead. Im sorry arrangements technical question then i want to move on. Senator sanders still i think is listed as an independent in the u. S. Senate together with angus king of maine although they both caucus with the Democratic Party. Does he now consider himself a fullfledged member of the Democratic Party . You have to ask my husband that. I am an independent. All right. Ill ask him the next time i speak with him ar that. Clearly he must have influence in the Democratic Party. He ran for the democratic president ial nomination. He will. I mean he will have im sure he will yeah. I want to play a little clip for you, jane. In my interview with senator sanders last night i i had this exchange with him, and i want to play that clip for you. Listen to this. But it never crossed your mind that you might have done better against him . You might have actually won, if you had been the democratic nominee . What good does it do now . I pressed him a few times on that. He really didnt want to get into it. Youre an honest, a very candid woman. Do you think your husband would have had a better chance of beating donald trump than Hillary Clinton did . Absolutely. But it doesnt matter. The election is over. What he has to do now is use his influence and work with people across this country to affect the change that they would have voted for had he been on the ticket, and they did vote for in the primary. Despite all the irregularitieir. Looking back so its not about us. Its not about i understand. Im sorry . Go ahead. Looking back with hindsight, it was a very, very close race between your husband and Hillary Clinton for the democratic nomination. Do you believe it was free and fair that both sides had an equal opportunity to get the delegates they need to get that nomination at the Democratic Convention . You know, wolf, thats yesterdays news. I mean, i think its pretty clear that the dnc was on second clintons side. We said that six months ago. So it was no surprise when it came out. When more information came out. That is not what concerns the American People. What concerns them now is whether or not theyre going to get jobs. Whether or not their kids are going to be able to go to college. Whether theyre going to be able to afford child care. Whether the planet is going to be taken care of in terms of climate change. I think the next few months are going to show a lot of things to us. It will depend on what cabinet officials president elect trump decides to put in. I mean he said he was coming down here to drain the swamp. And he was going to not let the corporate elite run the country anymore. Our hope is that that part of his promise is true. That she not going to go and bring in all of the same old same old faces, but that he will be i dont know whether thats going to happen. The same with the dnc. Quickly. The dncs future very quickly, jane. Balance. Would you be open tore senator sanders runs again for the democratic president ial nomination in 2020 . See . Thats exactly the wrong question, wolf. Nobody cares, except the political pundits. He is not hes concerned about 2017. Hes concerned about our Muslim Population in feeling great fear right now. Were hoping that president elect trump will give them a reason to not feel that any more. Hes concerned about the fact that people are hurting, that the Water Systems in flint are still not repaired. Those are the things hes focusing on, and what happens in 2020 will happen in 2020. Well talk to you in 2019. How that . Well see. Seems like a long way down the road. You know what . Not too long no, no. Well talk to you every day well talk to you every day on the issue, wolf. Every day, if you want us. All right. Every day well continue this conversation. Best regards to senator sanders as well. Jane sanders, thank you. Thank you, wolf. Coming up, donald trump reportedly at odds with his family inner circle over who should be named as his chief is staff. Whos he considering . What would each pick say about the next four years . Stay with us. New information coming in. Or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. Find out how American Express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open. Com. Ive never been 1 in anything until i put these babies on. Find out how American Express cards and services now were on a winning streak and im never taking them off. Do i know where im going . Absolutely. Were going to the playoff. Allstate guarantees your rates wont go up just because of an accident. Starting the day you sign up. So get accident forgiveness from allstate. And be better protected from mayhem, like me. The Senate Minority leader harry reid wrapping up a 30year stay in the u. S. Senate way stern message for washington newcomer president elect donald trump. Harry reid saying, let me quote him very, very tough words. White nationalist Vladimir Putin and isis are celebrating Donald Trumps victory while innocent law abiding americans are wracked with fear. Especially africanamericans, hispanicamericans, muslimamericans, lgbt americans and asianamericans. Watching while nationalists celebrate while innocent americans cry tears of fear does not feel like america. If this is going to be a time of healing we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs at the feet of trump, a sexual predator who lost a popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate. And bring in david gregory, and Gloria Borger and others. Gloria, ever seen a Statement Like this from the leader of on opposition in the u. S. Senate an the incoming president elect of the United States . After a legitimate election, no. I dont think we have. I think at this moment in the country when you have protestors and everything else, you would think that a leader of congress would kind of try and put a lid on it and say, this is a transition period. We disagree. Were going to disagree in the legislature. Were going to were going to, you know, do what we need to do, and then were going to elect democrats next time around, and this is our fight. Instead, i think hes delegitimizing him to a great degree and that is exactly what democrats were complaining that republicans were trying to do before the election. Its in marked contrast of what we heard from the president of the United States, right behind us. In marked contrast to what we heard from Hillary Clinton. Both of whom were very gracious in their words upon the defeat. I walked to one senior aide right after the statement and he said that harry reid is alarmed at its rush to normalize donald trump which is the one reason why hes putting out this very, very aggressive statement. Of course, harry reid not known for one to pull punches, visually attacks donald trump for months and months. Hard for him to turn around and say that everything is okay. Clearly, reid speaks to, i think, a lot of democrats that probably privately feel this way. Reid, the fact hes retiring can say these things, a lot of elected officials, chuck schumer, the president , also leaving office, and nancy pelosi not saying these things. Politically, they want to look like theyre going to work with the new president. And nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, new minority leaders in the senate. Very gracious as well. Not that they are going to look like theyre work wig the president elect. But believe in the democracy and intend to work with the president so government can be as effective as it can be. The contrast is striking. What you heard from the president and Hillary Clinton was a real love of our Democratic Institutions even after such a crude and divisive election that they could say, look, weve got to come together, weve got to van open mind. Its important. On the other side, theres no question that donald trump has to be accountable for the kind of campaign he ran, what he contributed to, to devolve and debase political discourse. He does have accountability now as the president elect to speak to those elements of society who are afraid. Who are not just in disagreement ideologically but fear the consequences of him are. Looking at exit poll data seeing people who voted for him felt he wasnt fit or qualified is something to really get your head around. Hes got obligations and i think that he been trying to do that in some of the things hed said. Certainly in the oval office, generous to the president of the United States. You think in this public states hell do more of that now to try to heal the country . Certainly thats the task before him. Hes being mag in a mones, showing we can come together, Work Together and harry reid, a famous pugilist, boxer in college, playing the bad cop. Letting democrats still in office, still being elected, still need to work with donald trump say, okay, well extend and olive branch. Harry reid saying theres a huge amount of work to do here. Youve got a long way to go to convince people that youre going to be good at working with us and actually be sincere and sending an olive branch. Youve got a lot of work, buddy. A lot of tweeting. Donald trump said great passion. Turn this around. To the protestors. Sore sor sorry. Professional protestors. Very unfair. K kellyanne conway, strikes me as the right got ahead of his wait aho twitter feed later. This is what were going to try to protect and do. Maybe we can work with donald trump on Something Like transportation and we can rebuild our bridges and our roads. But were going to protect obama care. Were going to make sure people keep their coverage for preexisting condition and keep their older kids on obama care, but this just kind of i understand why harry reid did it. He feels strongly, living in an alternate universe right now, but there was an election, and you have to respect that. It wasnt a military coup. Exactly. The whole notion of early appointments that the president elect will make usually in a transition they announce who the white house chief of staff is going to be. Critically important job. Were going to get an indication from donald trump about his direction once he makes that announceant. Right. And the people under consideration will give a big indication what direction he wants to take his presidency, if he chooses a steve bannon, of course, tied to breitbart, so aggressively attacking all sorts of people, including Republican Leaders here in washington, if he twhaent route. It could cause a lot of problems within his own party. Reince priebus, seen as a leading candidate, yes that could help with people in washington and maybe democrats, too. What about donald trump thing being an outsider, draining the swamp, the rnc, chief of staff a big question or maybe a Newt Gingrich. Someone with a lot of reships with republicans on the hill but polarizing among democrats. The people i talk to put bets on Reince Priebus, and might be out of their own selfinterests, honestly, think theyll be able to deal with him. Think back to the campaign when donald trump wanted to pick Newt Gingrich as his Vice President ial pick. His family did an intervention say, no, no, no. Should be mike pence. Dont pick mike pence and they prevailed. Not is not unlike what is going on now, however, i do believe the one question that donald trump has about Reince Priebus is, whos his loyalty to . Is it to paul ryan . Or is it to me . And i think thats a big question. Hes going to have a big inside outside game. The ultimate outsider, but i think trump wants to be careful about now appearing disorganized in starting the government. Its okay to be a little disorganized and pull it off in the campaign. Here hes running the government and wants to be organized and is the ultimate change agent from inside. Meeting now in trump tower. We should know fairly soon. Im guessing wirth dth day, thee house chief of staff. Stay with us. Turning to one of donald trump promises. Repealing and replacing obama care. More than 100,000 americans signed up under the Affordable Care act on wednesday right after donald trump was elected president of the United States. Thats the most in one day since open enrollment kicked off earlier this month. President elect trump has said many times that among his first initiatives would be to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act shortly after he assumes office. Our chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta joins us. How many are enrolled in obama care Affordable Care act and what would happen to them if. Were repeopled and replaced . The first part of that question is easier than the second part to answer. First part, look at xristrict number. 17 Million People or so through exchanges now have Health Care Insurance. Probably a few million more young people, for example, who stayed on their parents insurance now up to age 26. So the number 21 million valley what people attribute to the Affordable Care act. Obviously people also have gotten insurance because of states that expanded medicaid programs. The second part of the question, wolf, is harder to answer. You could say, well, its that number of people who would be at risk of losing their Health Care Insurance, but its more nuance than that. As you were talking about with your panel. People who got Health Care Insurance and otherwise couldnt have because of a preexisting condition. A big group of people who would be in jeopardy as well if Something Like this was repealed. And promising hes going to take steps quickly on this Affordable Care act, obama care. Well watch it closely. Theres lots at stake across the board. Sanjay, thanks very much. Coming up, after a bruising loss this week, Democratic Leaders plans a Major Overhaul of the dnc. The Democratic National committee. We discuss with congressman steve israel of new york. You see him. Got lots to say on this sensitive issue, right after this. I work round the clock. I want my blood sugar to stay in control. So i asked about tresiba®. Tresiba® ready tresiba® is a oncedaily, longacting insulin that lasts even longer than 24 hours. 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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 take another look at Hillary Clinton email server issue . Well, i think he bears some of the responsibility. I was in clinton headquarter as few days before the election, and we were looking at data that was very favorable. The comey announcement had kind of turned that data in a different direction. I can tell you specific congressional districts where Hillary Clinton was ahead of donald trump. After the comey announcement, donald trump went ahead of Hillary Clinton. Lots of factors and i think comey was one of them. The most important factor in my view, a serious conversation we democrats have to have with one another, is this how do we tap in to the historic, the acute, intense conversions of anxieties on middle class and working class voters and how do we do it constructively so that republicans dont continue do that destructively . One of several serious conversations that we have to have as democrats about our future, and about winning elections again. A cnn reporter, treporters talked to trump voter. Why they voted the way they did. Listen to two of them then well discuss. Alone, just for me, look at almost 360 buck as month. 65 years seen a lot go on and so i just thought that theres this, maybe the first time ive seen snag we could actually change. Got a notice the other day saying my Social Securitys going up 3. 65. Oh, boy. I can get a loaf of bread now. I worked all those year, all that money went into Social Security and im not benefiting really from it. You understand their concern, their anger. Their frustration, and as a result, why they voted for the oirt outsider, donald trump . Absolutely, wolf. What you just heard says it all. We are witnessing a perfect storm. Convergence of anxieties i mentioned early. The economy is changing dramatically in front of their lies, local supermarkets disappearing. Complete and historic breakdown in all institutions not just government but sports and religion and wall street. Personal concern about peoples safety, beheadings, what happens at the local Movie Theater and a sense that democracy has sold out the American People. You put that all together and it should be no surprise we witnessed the kind of anxieties that played out in this election. I remind people Hillary Clinton still won the popular vote and we had record low turnout. So majority of americans do not agree with Donald Trumps agenda. He tapped into that anxiety and in a very effective and destructive way. Weve got to tap into that anxiety, listen to it understand it and then weve got to have specific and Proactive Solutions tore the two voters that you just heard from. Would you like to be chairman of the Democratic National committee . Would i like to be chairman of the Democratic National committee . Wolf, i was the chairman of the Democratic Congressional committee four years and grew about 4,000 new gray hairs. Look, weve got a bunch of people who are jumping into this. Heres what i think we need to do. We need to take a deep breath and do some deep thinking. We need to think about how were going to resonate with those middle class and workingclass americans. Also we need have a conversation how we pivot back to local elections. Weve got to learn how to win again in states and local elections and do what the republicans did. They invested in local elections, seized control of state houses and goober in a tomorr gubernatorial elections, build a firewall. We have to play why in playbook and those are the conversations to have before we decide who the dnc chair is. Weve got to decide what are our strategic itmperatives, we shoud be focused on that. Are you open to being the chairman of the dnc . I want to focus look, i want to help my party. Im retiring from congress as a democratic congressman. Not retiring as democrat. I want to continue to have a voice on those issues, make my contribution. I havent decided where or how. But i want to talk about those things i just enunciated, winning add the local level. 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 tshirts and other great products for all of lifes events. Get Free Shipping and ontime delivery guaranteed. Start today at customink. Com. President obama visiting Arlington National cemetery on this veterans day here in the United States, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns before delivering his final address to the nations veterans and their families as president of the United States. Present arms [ taps playing ] on veterans day we acknowledge, humbly, that we can never serve our veterans in quite the same way that they served us, but we can try. We can practice enkindness, we n pay it forward, we can volunteer, we can serve, we can respect one another. Wherever the world makes you seek true humility and selflessness, look to a veteran. May god bless all who served and still do. And may god bless the United States of america. President elect donald trump tweeting this, let me put it up there today we express our deepest gratitude to all those who are is served in our armed forces thankavet. 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Yes, we live in a divided nation and yes we have just witnessed one of the darkest president ial races of our time and even though i know so many of your emotions are still so raw in matter where you stand on the outcome, were all americans and were grateful to the men and women who serve and sacrificed for us so i wanted to take a moment to thank you for all