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Security advisers with head-strong presidents get in battles with their cabinet officers that the tendency to want to centralize when you have strong people at state and defense affects every administration. the meetings in the situation room with this team will be a shakedown cruise. it's going to take a while before they learn the language and president says he doesn't want to be briefed by intelligence agencies. just wait until he has his first real crisis. the idea he'll say i don't want my intel briefing, i don't think so. but they're going to have -- it's going to be a bumpy process. adm...

Influence what the electors will do, and we assume that they will vote for hillary clinton, but the question is whether there are 37 republican electors who think that either they are open questions or that donald trump based on everything that we know about him is really unfit to be president of the united states, and if they dox they le throw it to the house of representatives. >> there are certain supporters of yours say that the best route is to have the hillary clinton supporters to call on john kasich or mitt romney or mike pence in order to lure the others over. >> and the question, is ...

Those demanding. the bipartisan's letter raises grave in moments we'll be joined by representatives of both campaigning. but we begin with trace gallagher reporting our from our west coast newsroom. >> hi, shon non. the ten members of the electoral college say it's not their duty to rubber stamp the results but to instead investigate, discuss and dlib ra rate. they sent a letter to james clapper asking to be given an intel briefing before they cast their votes on december 19th, writing, quote, the elector is required to know from the intelligence community whether there are ongoing investigati...

We have to keep diplomacy going. why? we have 100 businessmen in cairo trying to do business when this happened. you know will come in the area we lose our prestige there, the little we've got? chinese. then we'll all be ruined. >> kimberly: they don't fear or res special us. the administration of the united states has been weakened. we no longer have the strong hold we had under bush and cheney. that's a fact. not respected by the people. now obama can -- >> bob: listen -- [over talk ] >> greg: again, i don't like using the phrase hurt feelings, but i'm with dana on this. she has a job to do,...

Americans watched yesterday, the director of national intelligence, dan coats, was candid with andrea mitchell. some officials close to the president concerned it could rub president trump the wrong day. what are you hearing? pull back the curtain. what are they saying in the west wing? >> reporter: president trump doesn't like to be criticized and certainly not publicly. alas, dan coats won't be at the white house for the intel briefing. he is sending his principal deputy to do the briefing with president trump this morning. in the past, coats has been one of his main briefers. peter? >> hans...