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The benefit of the doubt, while other democrats signal a willingness to find Common Ground with the new president elect. Good morning, everyone. It is thursday, november 10th. Im alex witt alongside ali velshi. Well, americans across this country have taken to the streets in anger over Donald Trumps victory in tuesdays election, protesting the man many say is not their president. Thousands gathered in the streets of major cities, including chicago, houston, seattle, and oakland. Here in new york city, demonstrators took their message directoly to the president elects home, marching more than two miles from the citys Union Square Park to trump tower. This was video captured by Rachel Maddows team right outside the msnbc offices as protesters completely shut down the citys very busy sixth avenue. Then this was the scene outside trump tower as the crowd gathered, chanting slogans like donald trump has to go and carrying signs that read trump makes america hate. Across the country to oakland, california, demonstrations there took a more violent turn as Police Worked to keep those gatherings under control. One local reporter captured this video of people getting on top of Police Vehicles and smashing in the windows. Then in new orleans, protesters set fire to a pinatalike depiction of the president elect amid an otherwise peaceful demonstration. It was a similar scene in Downtown Los Angeles as demonstrators burned an efigee head of donald trump. Msnbc Production Assistant alex preston captured these photos of postit notes lining the walls of one of citys subway station, carrying messages of descent and support. The new York City Police department is faced with a unique challenge of guarding the president elect at his current residence in the middle of the countrys biggest city. A battery of concrete walls have been constructed, fortified by canine checks and heavy guns. Temporary flight restrictions are over midtown manhattan and queens and brooklyn to last through inauguration day. Helicopters and planes cannot pass through unless they are arriving or departing from heliports in manhattan. As another election concludes, so comes the transition of power. President obama will meet with president elect trump in the oval office this morning to discuss the future of the country as well as policies that could be carried over. The president has ordered that trump, Vice President elect mike pence and designated members of their team receive access to the president s daily briefing. The intelligence assessment with the nations most highly guarded secrets. Meanwhile, First Lady Michelle Obama will greet Melania Trump in the east wing residence for their first meeting. And Vice President joe biden called governor pence yesterday morning and invited him to the naval observatory for dinner. Last night biden was honored by the world jewish congress, where he spoke briefly about the election and the next administration. Theres a new transition going on, following an even more divisive campaign. One of the most divisive campaigns in modern american history. A number of my friends in the community are anxious about what it will mean for americans commitment to israel. I stand here to tell you that i have no doubt, none whatsoever, that in the Trump Administration, there will be o lack of support as a consequence of this transition. Even if the new administration were inclined to reduce commitment, which it is not, congress would never let it happen. The American People would never let it happen. All right. Take a look over here at this. Donald trumps president ial transition began its rollout yesterday, beginning with the seal. The white house on a red oval with the president elect donald j. Trump in blue on white lettering. The trump transition also included its website. Its called greatagain. Gov along with a twitter handle transition 2017 with a single tweet, working together we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the american dream. Now, last night trumps transition chairman, new jersey governor chris christie, spoke with Brian Williams about the steps theyve already taken. Weve had a team of over a hundred people working since after the convention in july to prepare for a potential trump presidency. Were ready with a whole variety of things, not just personnel, but plans on policy implementation and reviewing of the current agencies in the government so that we know we can go in to january 20th and allow the president elect and Vice President elect to hit the ground running. And names of potential Trump Administration appointees are beginning to come to light as Bloomberg Politics reports that senator Jeff Sessions of alabama is interested in defense. Michael mccaul of texas is a contender to lead the Homeland Security committee. And bob corker of tennessee and john bolton both weighed for secretary of state. Outside trump tower last night, retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn told nbc news, quote, i see myself helping donald trump in the government and our country succeed, when discussing a post in the administration. And former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was often at Donald Trumps side, is reportedly the favorite for attorney general, which he addressed on fox news last night. I see you as attorney general. Well, i sure know the justice department. Okay, thats a yes. Theres little solace for democrats who will be out of power in both the white house and senate for the first time in a decade. Hillary clinton phoned donald trump tuesday night to concede but did not address the thousands waiting for her in a new york ballroom. She emerged wednesday morning in another ballroom surrounded by tearful aides and supporters. Last night i congratulated donald trump and offered to work with him on behalf of our country. I hope that he will be a successful president for all americans. This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for, and im sorry that we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country. I know how disappointed you feel because i feel it too. And so do tens of millions of americans who invested their hopes and dreams in this effort. This is painful, and it will be for a long time. And to the young people in particular, i hope you will hear this. Ive had successes, and ive had setbacks. This loss hurts, but please never stop believing that fighting for whats right is worth it. And to all the women, i want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion. And to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. Well, president obama spoke soon after from the rose garden yesterday. Obama put his differences with donald trump aside and called on the nation to unite behind the president elect. The president also instructed his staff, including some members who are quite emotional during his address yesterday, to work for a smooth and successful transition. Now, it is no secret that the president elect and i have some pretty significant differences. But remember, eight years ago president bush and i had some pretty significant differences. President bushs team could not have been more professional or more gracious in making sure we had a smooth transition so that we could hit the ground running. And one thing you realize quickly in this job is that the presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. Everybody is sad when their side loses an election. But the day after, we have to remember that were actually all on one team. This is an intermural scrimmage. Were not democrats first, were not republicans first, we are americans first. Were patriots first. We all want whats best for this country. Thats what i heard in mr. Trumps remarks last night. Thats what i heard when i spoke to him directly. And i was heartened by that. The president called it an intermural scrimmage. He tried to put some normalcy to it, but this has not felt like intermural scrimmage. Its a lot to take in. In the wake of the e exwill, several democrats are pledging to find ways to work with donald trump. Senator Elizabeth Warren said, quote, president elect trump promised to rebuild our economy for working people, and i offer to put aside our differences and work with him on that task. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also signaled a willingness to find Common Ground, writing, as president elect trump indicated, informsing in infrastructure is an important priority of his. We can Work Together to quickly pass a robust infrastructure jobs bill. Outspoken Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, meanwhile, appeared to be wearing her dissent bow yesterday. Although, there were no decisions slated to go out yesterday. And were also following the reaction from latenight television, which had a field day with trumps candidacy over the course of the election. Heres a bit of what we heard last night. Good news is based on this pattern of me being wrong on every one of my donald trump predictions, hes probably going to be a great [ bleep ] president. Hillary underperformed among women, africanamericans, hispanics, and young voters. Really, the only place she did very well was among pollsters. They all had Hillary Clinton ahead. They were all completely wrong. They should shut that 538 down. That website should be closed in disgrace. After the results came in t donald trump gave a big victory speech. He said he couldnt have done it without the love of his life, his rock, his better half, fbi director james comey. I felt a lot of emotions last night and into today, some sadness, some anger, some fear, but im also aware that those are the same emotions a lot of Trump Supporters felt, emotions that led them to make their choice, and it would be wrong for me to think my emotions are somehow more authentic than their emotions. Were always better as a society when we have empathy for one another, so i would just say i would like to say to those trump voters, congratulations, i sincerely hope he addresses your concerns. I sincerely hope that if you felt forgotten, he wont forget you now. Well done, guys. Stl ahead, how some of the biggest players in the nba are reacting to the 2016 Election Results. 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Well, the budding administration of president elect donald trump has thousands of positions to fill as they scale up to take over the white house, but there is one that is being watched most carefully, nominating a justice for the Supreme Court to replace Antonin Scalia. Pete williams has more. Reporter its a pressing issue for the new president , nominating a replacement for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, with republicans keeping control of the senate, president obamas nomination of judge merrick garland, which languished for eight months, is now dead. Trump earlier released two lists of potential nominees, mostly federal judges, many in the conservative mainstream. Replacing Justice Scalia with another conservative wont change the makeup of the court, but there could be other vacancies coming. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 83. She turns 84 in march, though she will likely remain in a Trump Administration as long as her health permits. But anthony kennedy, a reagan appointee who has voted with the liberals on gay rights and abortion, is 80. And stephen breyer, appointed by bill clinton, is 78. In either of them were to be replaced by donald trump, the court would be more conservative and might revisit recent rulings against restricting access to abortion and favoring gay rights. With each of those, we have relatively recent decisions. So the court would have to reverse its earlier rulings, but if they had the votes to do that, im not sure they wouldnt. Reporter trump has said he thinks the core abortion rights ruling roe v. Wade should be overturned, but he might need two more appointees beyond filling scalias vacancy to have a chance at that. Still, abortion rightings advocates are worried about more restrictions. While women might technically have the right under the constitution to choose an abortion, they wouldnt really be able to exercise that right. All right. Lets get a check on your weather with wnbc meteorologist rafael miranda. I see no rain on this map. I see mild weather conditions and sun. Yeah, its unusual this time of year to see so little going on, but thats great news for travelers, if you have any plans today. High pressure dominating so much of the weather on this thursday. In the northeast, looking very nice. Cool in boston, 53. The sun returns to the big apple. Thatll be a nice mood booster here. 62 in d. C. Also warming up in florida. 81, miami. Even the midwest dealing with temperatures well above average. 62 in chicago. 66, st. Louis. As you head into the mountains, 68 in denver. The southwest looking beautiful and warm. 90 in los angeles. 62 in seattle. Even into tomorrow, not much change. Were locked into this pattern of High Pressure, controlling much of the weather in the northeast and down across the south. Maybe some rain begins to push into the northwest by friday. Thats expected this time of year. 60 in seattle. 60 degrees in denver. Plenty of beautiful weather, even into the weekend. Were going to see this stretch of High Pressure continue for your outdoor plans. Thats good news. Great. A bit of positive news there. See, now, i dont know. Even with this l. A. Girl, 90 in november, that does not seem right. Too warm, right . Itll cool down eventually. Its already been settled by this election. There isnt global warming. I forgot about that. Okay. Still ahead, patriots Quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick try to clear up their support of the new president elect. That and more coming up next in sports with louis. Simulation initiated. [beeping] take on any galaxy with a car that could stop for you. Simulation complete. The new nissan rogue. Rogue one a star wars story. In theaters december 16th. For your pet, to do the best you should know more about the food you choose. 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Yeah, i talked to my wife, she said i cant talk about politics anymore. I think thats a good decision made for our family. Coach belichick uncharacteristically spoke at length about the letter he wrote to trump, who shared it during mondays New Hampshire rally. Our friendship goes back many years, and i think anybody thats spent more than five minutes with me knows im not a political person. My comments are not politically motivated. My friendship and loyalty to donald, i write hundreds and letters and notes every month. Doesnt mean i agree with every single thing a person thinks about politics, religion, and other subjects. I have multiple friendships that are important to me. Thats what that was about. So belichick saying there no political motivation behind that letter. I wonder if tom bradys stance on politics is going to at all affect the way people perceive him and his ability on the field. Not if his wife keeps control of the situation. He was pretty clear, what i said was without her permission. Now shes in charge. Thats right. Listen to your wife. Thats a good man. Hes learning. Still ahead, were going to have more on those nationwide protests taking place overnight following the 2016 Election Results. Plus, House Speaker paul ryan, who had been a reluctant supporter of donald trump, weighs in on this president ial victory and well be right back. Speed always wins. Especially in my business. With slow internet from the phone company, you cant keep up. Youre stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. Switch to comcast business. With highspeed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. You wouldnt pick a slow race car. Then why settle for slow internet . Comcast business. Built for speed. Built for business. Welcome back, everyone. Im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. The president ial transition is now under way. The office of the president elect has launched its new transition website, greatagain. Gov, along with a new twitter handle, transition 2016. Among those spotted in and out of meetings at trump tower yesterday, Transition Team chairman chris christie, trumps former Campaign Manager corey lewandowski, and trump adviser senator Jeff Sessions. Mr. Trumps election also means he now receives the same topsecret National Security briefing as the commander in chief. Meanwhile, across the country last Night Protests and demonstrations against trumps victory. Thousands gathered in the streets of major cities like new york, chicago, houston, seattle, and oakland, while many of the protests were peaceful, there was some violence in oakland, where you see demonstrators here smashing in the windows of a police car. Speaking from the rose garden yesterday, president obama put his differences with donald trump aside and called on the nation to unite behind the president elect. The president also says he instructed his staff, some of them whom you can see emotional here during his address yesterday, to work for a smooth and successful transition. Sometimes, you know, we move in ways that some people think is forward and others think is moving back, and thats okay. Ive lost elections before. Joe hasnt, but you know. Remember, you beat me badly. Thats the way politics works sometimes. We try really hard to persuade people that were right. And then people vote. And then if we lose, we learn from our mistakes. We do some reflection. We lick our wounds. We brush ourselves off. We get back in the arena. We go at it. We try even harder the next time. Ive said before, i think of this job as being a relay runner. You take the baton, you run your best race, and hopefully by the time you hand it off, youre a little further ahead, you made a little progress. And i can say that weve done that, and i want to make sure that handoff is well executed because ultimately were all on the seam tame. Excellent conciliatory message. Anybody listening . Of course, with the republicans now with inning the white house and retaining control of congress, much of the president s legacy is on the line, including his signature legislation, the Affordable Care act. The Iran Nuclear Deal as well. The paris climate agreement as well as the temporary deportation relief for undocumented immigrants, who were brought here as children. Now, the president did speak mostly about coming together yesterday. His press secretary, however, made clear that deep differences remain. T president had used forceful language in helping people understand exactly why he was so passionate in his support for secretary clinton. And those are authentic views that havent changed. Thats not just rhetoric. Those arent just slogans. Those represent the president s actual views and preferences about the direction that hed like to see the country go. Election is over and its been decided. The American People have decided. President obama didnt get to choose his successor. The American People do that. And they have chosen somebody that president obama disagrees with on a wide range of issues. And those disagreements in most cases arent just minor disagreements but rather profound disagreements. Tuesdays election put republicans firmly in control of washingtons power structure, and now its leaders are gathering to make plans. House Speaker Paul Ryan will meet with president elect trump and Vice President elect pence today. Theyll when discussing their agenda. In a News Conference yesterday, the House Speaker addressed the elections results. This is the most incredible political feat i have seen in my lifetime. This is something you have heard me say time and again. Seven out of ten americans, they do not like the direction our country is going. Many of our fellow citizens feel alienated and have lost faith in our core institutions. They dont feel heard. And they dont feel represented by those in office. But donald trump heard a voice out in this country that no one else heard. He connected in ways with people no one else did. He turned politics on its head. And now donald trump will lead a unified republican government. Hillary clinton made her emotional concession speech yesterday. Though clinton won the popular vote, trump stunned her campaign in the rust belt states they had believed to be firmly in their column. Clinton wished donald trump well but also seemed to remind him of the values she holds most dear. We have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought, but i still believe in america and i always will. And if you do, then we must accept this result and then look to the future. Donald trump is going to be our president. We owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. Our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power, and we dont just respect that, we cherish it. It also enshrines other things. The rule of law, the principle that we are all equal in rights and dignity, freedom of worship and expression. We respect and cherish these values too. And we must defend them. Now, later in the day, clintons top brass, including john podesta and robby mook, addressed the staff. The Campaign Manager got a standing ovation from their team. And Hillary Clinton herself reportedly called in to thank them. Already the postgame analysis has begun. The Washington Post reports that the Clinton Campaign, who was well known for its use of data analytics, was set to reveal more about its sixty algorithm. According to the paper, the system had its own server that could run some 400,000 simulations every day about how that race might unfold, which helped guide decisions about how to use resources. Yet, for all that, the Clinton Campaign ended up losing states it thought safe, like wisconsin and perhaps michigan, which is right now leaning towards trump, louis. And alex, senator Bernie Sanders has released a statement in response to trump winning the election, though he offered no congratulations. He wrote in part, to the degree that mr. Trump is serious about pursuing policies that improve the lives of working families in this country, i and other progressives are prepared to work with him to the degree he pursues racist, sexist, and antienvironmental policies, we will vigorously oppose him. While Hillary Clintons run for president may be over, the probe into her use of a private email server will apparently continue. Representative jason chaffetz, chairman of the house overnight and government reform committee, says he still has a duty and obligation to investigate the former secretary of state regardless of the outcome of tuesdays election. It would be totally remiss of us to dismiss the email investigation because shes not going to be president. He added hes not out to get her but rather to find the truth. Meanwhile last night, potential attorney general Rudy Giuliani said he did not believe in political payback but that clinton was another story. You got a big choice there, and i dont know the right answer to it. Theres one tradition in america, right, election is over, we forget about it. Theres another tradition in america, which is equal justice under the law. It would depend on how bad the violations are. There has not been so youd have to take a fresh look . Well, the fbi is still investigating the clinton foundation. President elect trump last month said he would appoint a special prosecutor to examine clintons use of a private email server. All right, louis. Lets talk about financial markets. Tuesday night in afterhours trading as voteds were being counted, there were big drops in asian markets that were open for trading. In u. S. Stock futures. This had to do with the suddenness and unexpectedness of a Trump Victory, as is the likelihood that markets in asia were the only ones open. Typically, when something sudden and unexpected happens, investors sell their stocks first and ask questions later. That selling sent the japanese stock market down about 5 in the end. As the reality of a Trump Victory sank in and experts had a chance to analyze which stocks and industries would do well under trump and which wouldnt, the losses got smaller and smaller until when u. S. Markets opened on wednesday morning, yesterday morning. There were no more losses. Even a slight gain initially. Ultimately, investors figured it out, industries that would benefit. Like those involved in infrastructure and those that would benefit from less regulation. Pharmaceutica pharmaceuticals, utilities, telecoms, even coal. They bought lots of these stocks, causing a sizable gain by the time markets closed yesterday evening. Following yesterdays u. S. Rally, asian shares are gaining again this morning. Cnbcs louisa joins us from london. Good morning. How are you seeing this play out around the world . That was a great run through. Its exactly as you described, what happened. Now today were just seeing more of the same. So that little bit of positivity that started, which turned into a lot of positivity overnight for the asians, thats continued here through to the europeans in todays trade. Worth noting also that in asia you saw the nikkei up by almost 7 . The topix up 3 . Were seeing a lot of green across almost all sectors. Really, a lot of positivity from the financial and from at least the shortterm trade perspective. Of course, youre also asking questions. We need to digest and figure out what does it mean for the longer term. Now people here are asking, is he going to be held to a lot of the promises that hes given us in the run up to the election . For example, with regards to people who have supported him on less regulation in the drug industry, for example, thats brilliant for the people investing in drugs in terms of buying stocks, but as a little person at home, do you really want your drug prices to go up . And is there going to be pushback on some of these things . People are questioning whether youre going to see the regret, regretting the breck, whether youre going to see a retrump in some ways. Good distinction. Whats important to the market and investors may not be important to citizens. Louisa, thank you. Alex . I dont know how we spell that pp im going to work on that. Anyway, still ahead, reaction from around the world to Donald Trumps victory, including a live report from russia and a closer look at the next first family. Melania trump will not be the first model to serve in the role of first lady. What about his children . What kind of role could they play . Thats next. Listerine® kills 99 of bad breath germs for a 100 fresh mouth. Feeling 100 means you feel bold enough to. Assist a magician. Or dance. Listerine®. Bring out the bold™ trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax constipated . Use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcolax, designed for dependable relief the white house will soon have a new first family, perhaps one unlike one that has ever lived there before. Nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden gives us a look at the news residents of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. Reporter donald trump marches to the beat of his own drum, surrounded by a small band of intimates, many of whom hes related to. He thanked them. I love you, and i thank you. This was tough. This was tough. Reporter and while theyre not a traditional family, melania is his third wife and the kids have three different mothers, a first in president ial history, there is clearly a deep bond between them. You cant fake good kids. How about his amazing children . Arent they something . Reporter the glamorous mrs. Trump speaks five languages, grew up behind the iron curtain, and will be only the second first lady to be born abroad since louisa adams. Shes not the first model to fill the role of first lady. Both pat nixon and betty ford were models too, though more demure. What does history tell us about the role that Melania Trump might play . History usually says that a first lady comes into this job and by the time she leaves, shes a very different person doing things that she never imagined. Reporter and mr. Trump has said many times he will turn over his business to his three oldest children while hes in the white house. I have ivanka and eric and don sitting there. Run the company, kids. Have a good time. Reporter but hes also implied he might call on them for his administration. Everybody would say, put ivanka in. Reporter but family appointments are tricky. A 1967 law prohibiting nepotism was passed after Robert Kennedy served as the attorney general for his brother. The white house will again have a child in residence. 10yearold barron, who was the same age as malia obama was when she moved in. So goodbye threestory penthouse in trump tower and hello, white house. And our thanks to nbcs Cynthia Mcfadden for that interesting report, taking a look past and to the future. All right. A check on weather now. I wonder whether theyre the first family ever to sort of really think, boy, were really going to be slumming it, living in this white house. Its a little small, the view is not that great. Probably, right . Think about it. The view is i dont know. Kennedys. Its interesting. The view is going to be fine today, by the way. Raphael miranda from wnbc joins us. We need this today in the northeast. So gloomy yesterday. We had the drizzle, the cloud cover. All that is gone today. Sunshine from boston to d. C. Great traveling weather. High pressure in the midwest, where its mild. In the 60s for chicago. Tomorrow for your friday, we see rain moving in. A storm moves into the northwest. Showers in places like seattle. Lets talk about the weekend. You want to make some outdoor plans. Looking good. High pressure just dominating the weather from coast to coast. 51, chilly on saturday in the northeast. Probably the coldest day of the season so far. Then we warm up a bit as you head into sunday, back to near 60. The sunshine just goes on and on. Alex and ali, over to you . Rafael, the creators of south park are known for turning their episodes around on a tight deadline to stay up on under events. But the late Election Results yesterday morning left creators matt stone and trey parker jammabling as their team had to rewrite last nights episode. According to esquire magazine, the show had been written for a Hillary Clinton victory. Well, i dont know about you guys, but i sure am excited. America is going to be great again. Arent you excited, gang . No, im not excited. It sucks, dad this countrys going to suck for four years. Oh, come on, shelly. Weve learned that women can be anything, except for president. I guess they were able to turn it around. Toosoon. All right. Still ahead, World Leaders from moscow to mexico city are all reacting to the election of donald trump. Nbcs Ayman Mohyeldin is joining us to talk about the message its sending to allies around the world. What are you doing . Getting your quarter back. Fountains dont earn interest, david. You know i work at ally. I was being romantic. You know what i find romantic . A robust annual percentage yield thats what i find romantic. This is literally throwing your money away. I think its over there. That way . Yeah, a little further up. What year was that quarter . What year is that one . 98 thats the one. You got it nothing stops us from doing right by our customers. Ally. Do it right. Lets get out of that water. Tensions have been running high between the United States and russia. This morning russias foreign minister made it clear theyve had differences with the obama administration, and theyre looking forward to working with the Trump Administration. Nbc Foreign Correspondent lucy joins us from moscow. What are we learning about this . Reporter good morning. Well, the russian Prime Minister also weighing in this morning, echoing comments made by lavrov and putin, saying if the Trump Administration was serious about cooperation with russia, then the country would follow suit. One thing that i found interesting, both medvedev and putin pinning the blame on the bad state of the relations between the two countries squarely on the obama administration. Though, of course its worth keeping in mind that things really started to go sour over russias annexation of crimea, its actions in ukraine and syria. But i want top show you some of the front page headlines this morning, just so you can get a sense of how closely russians are paying attention to the election. The moscow times obviously has putin on the front page. Now, this is the most popular paper here in russia. The headline asks, will trump recognize crimea, get rid of those crippling sanctions, and become buddies with putin . Now, one of the opposition papers here, its quite interesting actually, raises the point, all right, everyones expecting a thaw in that friendship a resurgence in that friendship between the u. S. And russia. This paper says, is putin actually ready and willing to get rid of that antiamerican stance . Keep in mind that antiamericanism has been useful in keeping russians united around a common enemy and keeping putins ratings high. So some interesting questions being raised this morning. Ali . One of the most complicated questions of this new administration. Lu lucy, thanks so much. Lets bring in Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin. Youre following reaction from around the world to the election of donald trump. What are you hearing . When it comes to global diplomacy, theres always the art of subtlety. In this case, that subtlety has gone out the window in some of these examples. Lets start with some of the european kpunt ris, close allies. You had the Prime Minister teresa may. She came into power on the heels of that brexit vote. She congratulated trump saying shes looking forward to working with him. Across the channel in germany, chancellor Angela Merkel a little more subtle but not as warm, some are saying, in her welcoming of donald trump. In fact, she said that she would work and offer her cooperation personally and with the government to donald trump so long as he commits to values of dignity and respect of Sexual Orientation and all these other liberal values that germany holds dear. So she sent a subtle message there. If you move across, down to the middle east, you get a lot of welcoming messages, popularly from the egyptian president , a person considered to be a strongman in the region. He welcomed Donald Trumps election, saying that hes looking forward for more cooperation between egypt and the United States. A subtle dig, if you will, against the outgoing president , president obama. They havent had the best relationship, particularly about human rights issues. One of the most pressing issues, that of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Donald trump campaigned on wanting to tear that nuclear day up. Day one. His voters expect that. The Republican Party said it wasnt a good deal. The iranian government cameut with some strong words, saying to donald trump that this deal cannot be undone by one government, that the election of donald trump is not going to change the policies of the islamic republican. Theyre staying very committed to that nuclear deal. It will be interesting to see how the new Trump Administration walks the fine line between all of these various countries and commitments and positions hes adopted as a candidate that hes now going to have to adopt as a president. One interesting point, the French National front, theyre up for e lerlections next year. Theyre hoping to ride the same populist wave donald trump rode here in the United States. A very interesting comment. She said, this is not the end of the world, the election of donald trump, but it is the end of a world. So shes trying to tap into that populist sentiment. She meant that as a compliment. Ayman, thank you for joining us on this one. When we come back, were going to look at the day ahead. Why am i so devastatingly handsome, im in a fragrance. Ad, and my sweethearts gone sayonara. This scarf, all thats left to remember. What she washed this like a month ago hows a guy supposed to move on the long lasting scent of gain flings. Trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax constipated . Use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. Dulcolax, designed for dependable relief all right. Before we toss it over to morning joe, lets get a check on the stories youll be hearing about in the day ahead. President elect trump will begin his transition into office with a meeting with president obama at the white house. The two spent much of the Campaign Season trading harsh criticisms of each other but will now look to make a peaceful handover of power. And president obama will also welcome the 2016 nba champion Cleveland Cavaliers to the white house. That team, of course, beat the Golden State Warriors back in june, bringing the city its first championship in over 50 years. And the holiday spirit will start making its way to new york city. Crews are set to cut down this years Rockefeller Center christmas tree, a norway spruce from new york. Its scheduled to arrive here at 30 rock on saturday. That time of year again. Its crazy. That does it for us on this thursday. Im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. Morning joe starts right now. Sometimes, you know, we move in ways that some people think is forward and others think is moving back and thats okay. Ive lost elections before. Joe hasnt but, you know, so ive been ive been you beat me badly. Thats the way politics works sometimes. We try really hard to persuade people that were right. And then people vote and then if we lose, we learn from our mistakes, we do some reflection, we lick our wounds, we brush ourselves off. We get back in the arena. We go at it. We try even harder