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Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In 29 days donald trump will become the president of the United States, but until then barack obama still holds the job. In the waning days of his term, hes making what appear to be several different efforts to trumpproof the white house. Today moving to block one of trumps biggest priorities dating back to the early days of his campaign, the creation of some kind of Monitoring System for muslims in the u. S. Yesterday we played you trumps response to attacks this week in germany and in turkey given during a 72second q a with reporters. Has it caused...

Heavy military influence. The president elect has chosen three retired jeernls to serve atop his administration. Can trump also coming under fire for his selection of scott pruitt to head the epa. Pruitt as oklahomas attorney general sued the epa for its regulations on the states oil and gas industry. Also trump lashes out at a union leader who criticized that deal to save jobs at the carrier plant in indiana. Trump attacking the man on twitter, but not denying his claims. So, theres a lot to cover this morning. Lets bring in Sunlen Serfaty. Shes live in washington. Good morning, carol. A slew...

Good evening again. Were just about 24 hours from the precise moment when you falla sleep on the sofa. Thankfully, theres plenty happening tonight including new names for Donald Trumps cabinet, sharp new criticism for one big league frontrunner, mitt romney, and a great look at how families divided by the election will cope tomorrow. Lets begin with cnns jim acosta. Reporter as donald trump settles in for the thanksgiving weekend, the president elect is making room at the table for picks. For starters, his ambassador for u. N. Nikki haley. The South Carolina governor and daughter of immigrants...

During a 72second q a with reporters. Has it caused you to rethink or reevaluate your plans to deal with immigration in the United States. You know my plans all along. Ive been proven to be right, 100 correct. Whats happening is its not clear which plans the president elect was referring to over a year ago in an interview with an abc reporter. He expressed support for a database to track muslims in the u. S. That was followed by his call to ban all muslims from entering the country. After the massacre at the pulse nightclub by a man who pledged allegiance to isis, a demand for surveillance of ...

And held for questioning. Yeah, why such a fuss . That was the official line from the white house. Wasnt that many people, why did everybody make such a big deal out of this. Were talking about a universe of 109 people. There were 329,000 people that came into the country, 109 of them were stopped for additional screening. Uhuh. That was monday, that was bull pucky. On tuesday, badgered by recorders, the press secretary said okay, the 109 number was referring only to people initially detained but he gave no more numbers of who else got stopped or stranded thereafter. Thats the only number they...