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Influence. >> wolf, he has more influence than virtually anyone else inside the white house, inside this west wing. this news came out over the weekend in a presidential memorandum on saturday that the president was sort of clarifying who was going to be on the principle's committee of the national security council. steven bannon, his chief strategist, who, of course, worked with him the last six months or so on the campaign is a member of that principles committee. now, wolf, a lot of republicans on capitol hill and beyond are raising questions about this. particularly because two people were...

Transition ready to go. >> has it not started yet? >> well, the transition, itself, is obviously january, but the preparation for it begins in the weeks after the election. >> they've got, like, a landing team there, you've got -- >> there's a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so they're there. we're working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. >> i was worried f...

>> they've got, like, a landing team there, you've got -- >> there's a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so they're there. we're working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. >> i was worried for a second you were saying there that you're still waiting for them, that nobody has shown up yet. >> no, no. don't want to give that misimpression. >> i was going to excus...

>> well, the transition, itself, is obviously january, but the preparation for it begins in the weeks after the election. >> they've got, like, a landing team there, you've got -- >> there's a group of lawyers quhos co who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so they're there. we're working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. >> i was worried for a second you were saying there that you...

Than clarifying, and it's hard to explain what jim comey's thinking other than he wants to cover his backside. he's very eager to do that, and he's not very good at it, but we've seen leaks from his underlings before, and he's not controlled what information has come out of the fbi, except for the very limited information he's given the public. >> we have a live shot there of huma abedin leaving the campaign plane in new york tonight. the, david corn, the, the letter to the chairman of the committees, i have to say, having worked on committee staff in the senate, hillary clinton leaving the ai...