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They had done very minimal transition work. christie had done the role that he was allowed to perform but basically donald trump did not treat transition particularly seriously. it wasn't because he wasn't focused on the job. he's supersticious. he doesn't look at this the same way. once it became clear that there was going to be a change in terms of he was going to be the president, they modulated their approach. i've heard from lot of of people. jared kushner and the chris christie have a notoriously horrible relationship based on christie jailing his father. from several sources. i don't th...

Change in the transition. i couldn't nail it down but this is within 12 hours of them knowing donald trump was going to be the president. they had done very minimal transition work. christie had done the role that he was allowed to perform but basically donald trump did not treat seriously. it wasn't because he wasn't focused on the job. he's supersticious. he doesn't look at this the same way. once it became clear that there was going to be a change in terms of he was going to be the president, they modulated their approach. i've heard from lot of of people. jared kushner and the chris christ...

>> this is tumultuous. no precedence for this much change. this is more activity and transition and turnover than is normal. than the last transition. >> is it ego. >> new kids in town and they are learning the ropes. >> more profound than that. of course they are going to say it is fine and say everything is normal. the impulse will be to bob the problem but the reality is less transition work was done than the romney campaign in 2012. they didn't expect top win and the person running the process got kicked to the curb, chris christie which is unusual given

I kept hoping that the next retreat i would take that i would get some knowledge that i never had before but never did. >> trump's lawyers filed the request for the delay. those documents in federal court last night, they argue that quote the president-elect should not be required to stand trial during the next two months while he prepares to assume the presidency. the time and attention to prepare and testify will take him away from imperative transition work at a critical time. students say trump's election should not affect the case. i want to talk about this with cnn presidential historian...

Elections. i can tell you that we in america wer still perfecting our democracy and struggling to make it work as effectively as possible and it goes up and down as we all know. we very well know from our own history the difficulties we had centuries ago in developing our constitution and giving it full bloom that this is hard work. it doesn't happen overnight. and it is something that takes devotion and commitment and courage. and i think today we heard from the prime minister and the president of libya their dedication to helping make this transition work. we also know that libyans did not r...