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Transition. that's 44 points lower than president obama back in 2009. it's also lower than presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. how do the disapproval numbers compare to the poll numbers he had immediately after the election? >> right. you just showed historically the other presidents at this point at the inauguration, he is not measuring up well at all. measuring up against himself post-election, take a look at this, wolf. we asked that question immediately after the election in november. 45% disapproved of how he was handling the transition in november. that's up seven points now. 52%...

Basic rights in this country. that's the deeper question, and that's the deeper source of tension between the intelligence community and the national security community and donald trump. and we need to ask ourselves, why is donald trump defending vladimir putin in russia in this scenario, so consistently? it's pretty much the only thing he's been consistent about through the entire election and post-election. >> does paul ryan and mike pence have to k theelves this question? they've aligned themselves with donald trump, who's basically saying, uh, intelligence, m-intelligence. >> everyone make...

On that type of language and rhetorical skill but you can expect him to have lines that try to appeal to broad swaths of the country. >> you wonder how optimistic this speech will be. you remember the convention speech you wanted to hide under your bed. it was very dark. he has the same people working on this speech. he said he's writing a lot himself but also steven miller who is one of jeff sessions close aides is also working on it. if he puts in levity and light. >> post-election he tried have that unifying message to say this is something that the country needs to do to be able to come to...

This is a snippet of what this relationship has been like. >> mr. president it was a great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many more times. >> president obama who by the way i've gotten along with so well -- no, no he's doing great. he's been so nice. >> i've shared previously private conversations i've had with president-elect. i will say that they have been cordial regardless of obvious deep disagreements about policy. maybe i can transmit some thoughts about maintaining the effectiveness, integrity, cohesion of the office. matt, that is all post-election. where d...

Be briefed, in "the new york times" it was said it's not that putin and trump were colluding, but the russians were trying to elect a lap dog. it's very much unknown whether there was collusion. i think russian diplomats have said post election that they were talking to the trump campaign. roger stone in august foreshadowed the fact that they had hacked my e-mails and those would be forthcoming when he said he was in touch with wikileaks. carter page, one of trump's foreign policy advisers went to russia before the republican convention and met with a person in the russian hierarchy who was re...