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Presidents to the white house to meet president-elect obama. they had a luncheon and they all stood in front of the resolute desk. it is one of my favorite pictures. i thought, it is just amazing how he showed the world over and over again what kind of country we are. >> bill: we want robust debate, loyal opposition. were you there in that meeting? >> i got to go in for the photo op. i saw the reporters going on and i with robert gibbs in the press secretary's office going through transition stuff, and i said, we could go to this meeting. so we tucked in behind and stood by the grandfather clo...

Beginning of this segment, russia and turkey are negotiating a cease fire in syria. we've been thrown out of the middle east by russia. donald trump faces a huge challenge. it's got nothing to do with barack obama's failures, though they are many and we could talk about them forever. i think the reset that's coming on the 20th will be complete, i just don't know how it's going to impact russia. >> and from the respect of the obama white house, how it views the transition. donald trump was upset in the morning, he spoke with the president, everything seemed to be resolved by the end of the day....

The head of the gsa, hire a new head of gsa if they make a determination he doesn't like. >> what happens, because we also see the conflicts of interest seem endless, that we're hearing about. donald trump jr., turns out, was actively involved in interviews candidates for the interior position. heard other instances of eric and ivanka being in conversations either with foreign leaders or involved in transition stuff. when does this come to a head? is it something we might see in the courts, do you think? >> potentially, but you know, the trump transition was supposed to get out in front of thi...

State saga continues at trump tower. mitt romney meeting again with the president-elect for what appears to be a second round interview. john bolton, bob corker, rudy giuliani, general petraeus, all of them still holding out hope that it will be them. nbc's hallie jackson covering all of it for us joining us live from trump tower. let's get this transition stuff in a moment. i understand you've got some new reporting on a so-called thank you tour. >> reporter: yeah, and we've been reporting on the transition in the cabinet appointments, craig. lcome back, by the way, and let's start with the t...

Going through the primary process becoming president for that reason, i'm not sure he's excited to say "you guys no better than we do." but there are folks, pence in his orbit, the heritage foundation, a conservative think tank has been working on transition stuff as it did for reagan. the question is who has his ear. i think kellyanne conway has earned it. other people in his circle, he's mercurial. we don't know who he listens to. >> one possibility, and we'll have an entire conversation about transition, but you could have a reince priebus as the chief of staff, you could have paul ryan han...