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Absolutely scottsdale. welcome back. live from washington. donald trump on the eve of becoming the 45th president of the united states. let's discuss now. cnn political commentators, andre bower, jeffrey lord, andy dean and bakari sellers. this is the panel everybody is looking for. congratulations big night for your guy, tomorrow he becomes most powerful person in the world. here's what he said at inaugural concert earlier tonight. >> we're going to unify our

Business interests around the world in a way that avoids potential conflicts of interest. trump has said he will outline that process but the details of that plan won't be revealed until after the new year. as you mentioned, this all comes at a time where trump is dealing with a bit of a staff shakeup. he had intended to appoint jason miller, who worked for him during the campaign, as the next white house communications director, but miller on christmas eve putting out a statement saying that he's decided not to take that powerful job because it would be too demanding for his young family. so ...

General najames "mad dog" matti is his pick for secretary of defense. >> ryan nobles, thank you very much. let's talk about more about this. andre bower, former lieutenant governor of south carolina, and he is a donald trump supporter. good to see you, andre. and cnn political commentator tara setmyer, good to see you, as well. andrew, let's begin with the phone call with the taiwan president. what do you believe the motivation is behinds taking the call when for 40 years a u.s. president hasn't done so? >> well, first, i got a wake-up call for washington and the media. donald trump is not g...

Powers. he 's felt strongly that under president obama's watch he stripped power away from the constitution, away from the lendi legislative branch of government. we want to reset it so that people in the constitution are rightfully restored. >> this interview on "60 minutes" tomorrow. andre, is that a microcosm that the gop in general is behind donald trump as unconventional as he might be, but that there is real coalescing and that paul ryan's views my represent that? >> i don't know that paul ryan represents the views of a lot of folks who feel like they haven't -- he represents the views o...

Take. i've been in elected officers many times. people that weren't necessarily my friends call to congratulate me. it is just an olive branch being bestowed that says we wish you well in your new role. to bend this into something more is wrong. it shows the polarizes of america. and the media instead of saving this is refreshing -- when nixon sent kissinger to china he was criticized, as well. we extended the olive branch, and are better off for it. >> tara, is it simple as that? this is breaking with protocol, this is not winging it as some critics call it, but instead this is refreshing, sa...