amid all this, top transition officials are pushing back hard on all these reports, denying their in disarray. president-elect donald trump's transition team continues to turn over now purging key members of their staff. >> sometimes in politics there are people who are in and people who are out. >> reporter: multiple sources saying trump's son-in-law jared kushner is at the center of the infighting in trying to oust all chris christie associates from the team. >> the people who have been asked to move on have some relationship with chris christie, in my case, i was hired by him. and so there's a whole series of about five of them that fit that criteria that were asked to leave in the last few days. >> reporter: kushner has a complicated history with christie. his father, charles, a real estate developer, spending a year in jail after being prosecuted by christie, then a u.s. attorney in 2004, for tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions. but a high-ranking trump insider

is dismissing reports of infighting and says the purge of christie loyalists is being mischaracterized. trump, too, is pushing back. defending the transition as very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet in many other positions. i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. meanwhile, a source with close knowledge of the transition says that kushner could likely end up with a top national security clearance as a key adviser to trump. fueling concerns over nepotism and a potential conflict of interest as kushner's wife, ivanka, will manage trump's empire. and as the waiting game continues over key cabinet slots, a potential roadblock for one of trump's top contenders for secretary of state, former new york mayor rudy giuliani. >> just giving advice. >> reporter: according to transition sources, giuliani's lucrative consulting firm is being looked over by trump's transition team. to whether his business ties with several foreign governments

would complicate his confirmation. >> i think it is worrisome some of the ties to foreign governments because that was a big complaint about many of us with hillary clinton. >> reporter: meantime, donald trump breaking protocol, again, as president-elect. ditching his press pool of reporters, slipping out for a late-night steak dinner with his family, tuesday. and president-elect donald trump continues his tweet storm this morning now going over after specific media outlets over their coverage of his turbulent transition time. trump tweeting just a moment ago, quote, the failing "new york times" story is so totally wrong on transition. it is going so smoothly. also, i have spoken to many foreign leaders. and chris that was of course in reference to "the new york times" reporting that many foreign governments and foreign leaders were having trouble getting through to donald trump on the phone and they were in essence told calling trump tower hoping to get through. >> the president-elect someone said he would use twitter very sfaringly if at all. he's been tweeting all morning in response to what's on the

morning shows. let's take a look at that. we're going to get a nice window into the inner workings of the trump transition team from republican congressman chris collins of new york. he was the first member of congress to endorse donald trump for president. he's just been named congressional liaison to the trump transition team. always good to see you, congressman. hopefully it doesn't change my access to you now that you're going to be the liaison. hopefully still have time for us. what will you do in this position? why does it matter to you? >> i'm always going to have time for you chris. you don't need to worry about that. >> thank you, sir. >> very honored to be asked by speaker ryan to be the congressional liaison to the transition team, and really, as you can imagine, our leadership, speaker ryan, leader mccarthy, are very busy on a legislative agenda, the first 100 days, and this is a coordinating this with the trump team that's something i'm not involved in but it's the

strategy that goes behind how are we going to roll out in the first 100 days, and how are we going to work through the lame duck session to make sure everything is set up. in the meanwhile, you know, we have all these members of congress, they're getting deluged with calls and resumes and people saying, i'd like to be part of this movement. this is a moment in time. i want to be part of it. how do i get my resume in. who, you know -- who do i talk to? so, speaker ryan decided it would be a good idea to have a point person, that's now me, to coordinate this with all the members and to make sure that, you know, we're getting these people in to the transition team, slotted where they want to be, to get the proper vetting -- >> right. >> -- and things of this sort. so it's -- i've got a very nitty-gritty kind of job, of making sure that the train is running smoothly from the transition side in the house. and that we're getting people feedback. they hate that black hole. i sent it in.

what's happening? is somebody looking at it? did i fill in all the things i'm supposed to? that's an interface we can play with rick dearborn the executive director just to make sure people know if they're looking to get a job, they're being considered, their application's in, it's filled out. >> gotcha. so you gave me a partial answer to my next question. let me give it to you in a different context. you know what the reporting is, there's unusual chaos inside the transition team, that people aren't getting vetted, that jared kushner's stirring up a lot of trouble with a lot of the establishment types. what are you witnessing inside of the transition? what can you speak to? >> i would say it's just the opposite. you know, the election was only a week ago and i suppose in a 24-hour news cycle people are looking for little tidbits of anything. but as you can imagine, this is a very complicated process, and -- and chris christie was replaced by vice president-elect pence to be in charge of the transition effort. so whenever something like that

would happen you'd expect -- >> sure -- >> -- a very normal transfer of some of the responsibilities to people. i can tell you at least from my interaction, i don't see this disarray people are talking about. in fact, it's getting stronger and tighter when it comes to now starting to, you know, once we got our chief of staff and chief strategist position -- >> why do you -- >> i think -- >> things are working just fine. >> all right. good to hear the perspective on that. why do you think chris christie got swapped out? is it the talk about how it was about the personality conflict with the son-in-law because of the prosecution and conviction of the son-in-law's father? or is it just because christie they felt resembled a little bit of an ethical issue because of the bridgegate thing they wanted him away? what was it? >> well, i can't tell you, and obviously i was not part of that decision. i just think i would point to president-elect mike pence, and he's going to be the vice president, and when you look at him being in charge of the

transition team, that makes the most sense of anything. so, you know, now that the election has occurred mike pence is the vice president-elect. i just think that was a very normal slot for him. any of the other issues you're talking about, certainly something i don't know anything about. >> mike rogers was seen as a christie guy but he's also a pence guy. they were in congress at the same time, starting out, he'd just gotten a great e-mail from the vice president mike rogers says. he gets taken off, there's a suggestion it's because, well maybe it's not because he was a christie guy, but, they didn't like that he was in charge of an investigation of clinton that showed no wrongdoing in benghazi. >> well, again, that's i think somebody looking for a -- a link that i really also don't believe is there. i think any time you have a team and certainly mike pence has a team with rick dearborn the day-to-day you're just going to make sure that you have the people that you have faith in

for different spots and at some point in time, there could be a personality issue for otherwise. but i think again people are reading more into this. than there is. so, you know -- >> i like the shrug of his shoulders. corningman sometimes the body language says more than anything that comes out in words. rudy giuliani was up for a.g. and speculation now we're hearing as secretary of state. there's pushback on the reporting and democrat said saying that he should be painted with the same brush that he painted hillary clinton with. about conflicts of interest. do you believe that rudy giuliani would be a tough sell to the republicans as secretary of state? >> i'll just say i hope not. with everything that rudy giuliani has done in his life, in his contacts, and what we know of rudy giuliani he would be a fabulous cabinet-level

official, and at some point i hope he's nominated for one of these positions. it's the senate's role then to confirm, or i suppose not confirm that individual. i would -- i would be frankly very surprised, chris, if a republican senate does stand in the way of any -- of president trump's cabinet officials. i mean we'd have to wait and see. >> right. >> but it's the job of the president to pick his advisers and his cabinet officials that he's most comfortable with, and i for one would hope rudy giuliani's one of those positions. >> the calculus is a little different. i mean obviously you have the majority. but at 52-48. so it gets a little bit more dicey but we'll have to take a wait and see on that. last question for you today, congressman, donald trump, you had said that the office will mold the man somewhat. that he is realizing the gravity of the position and what it is to be president versus an insurgent trying to be president. the tweets. he said he was going to lay off on it. that it was beneath the office,

he'd use it sparingly. he's all over twitter this morning taking shots at the "new york times," trying to correct things that are in the media. do you think that this is a healthy way for him to govern going forward? >> well, i can tell you this, the pressure that has got to be on president-elect trump is immense. the enormity of the job ahead of him, and so i would have to say if this is his way of relaxing, god bless him. >> relaxing? >> absolutely. if this is what he has some fun with and he finds this relaxing, and his entertainment, let him go with it. >> even if it's -- >> putting a wedge between him and the media trying to get people to believe that the media is illegitimate with its reporting? you really think that's a good time? >> at this point in time we would. i know the pressures are on an individual walking in to a role that donald trump is going to be having, i would not second-guess anything he's doing that he would use to make himself call it unwinding, relaxing, and i

think that's part of it. it's donald trump being donald trump. you don't want this stuff all bottled up. so frankly i don't have a problem with this in the least. i think america actually wants to continue to see a real human being in the white house, and i put this in to the -- you know, this is his way of unwinding, and taking some stress off. so i think it's a good thing. >> a generous assessment by any definition. congressman collins, congratulations on the appointment. looking forward to talking to you about what matters here on "new day" going forward. >> very good. nice to be with you. >> pop? >> we're following breaking news this morning in florida where two trains have collided. you're looking at live pictures. more than 20 cars have overturned. 4,000 gallons of fuel leaking right now. there are two reports of injuries at this time. looks like minor injuries. of course this is all developing. but, again, 20 overturned cars there. we'll bring you more as soon as we know. >> holy cow. did you see that? look at the zigzag of those cars. you know how long that's going

to take to fix? >> and the fuel is leaking. >> 4,000 gallons. we'll get more information. poppy gave you the head line. we've only heard of a couple of injuries. you always worry about people first. we'll give you more on that when we get it in. another story. a patron took matters into his own hands when he witnessed an apparent holdup at a pizza shop in leavitt town, pennsylvania last night. witnesses say after being pistol whipped the customer reached for his gun and shot his two attackers. one of the suspects died from injuries. the other man survived. no word on charges. police say they are investigating. he is a popular resident of bikini bottom. yep. i just said that. now -- patrick is literally the star of russia. place say vandals scaled a tower in the southeast -- in the southeastern russian city painting the soviet star pink complete with the green shorts

and googley eyes. the joke is not going over so well there. >> this is one of your big challenges as a parent, by the way. your little one is way too young. but -- >> i didn't know what bikini bottom is? >> you can say it. it's not offensive. he lives in a pineapple under the sea, sponge bob square pants. you'll know the song by heart. will you let your kid watch spongebob or not? all of these parents would tell you it's way too dirty but your kid will love almost nothing else. >> will he get -- >> yes. the way that trump attacks the media and that's a good release according to congressman collins, that will be spongebob. >> there you go. >> could democrats be looking at new leaders in the house? remember, this isn't just transition on the republican side. this is transition on the democratic side, including the woman on your screen right now. longtime democratic leader in the house nancy pelosi. will she remain as minority leader? we're going to talk to a potential competitor, next. who says i shouldn't have a soda every day?

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first thing he should do is rescind his appointment of steve bannon. as long as a champion of racial division is a step away from the oval office it will be impossible to take trump's efforts to heal the nation seriously. >> that is senator harry reid, blasting president-elect donald trump's appointment of steve bannon as his chief strategist, an equal he calls him to his chief of staff. now, more than 100 democrats are calling on trump to rescind bannon's hire. one of those lawmakers is

democratic congressman tim ryan of ohio. thank you for being with me. >> thanks for having me. >> that's not going to happen. i -- i appreciate your -- your letter and the public can do with it what they will. but it's not going to happen. so now it's going to be incumbent on you guys to work with bannon in that add mrgs. will you do it? >> well, i mean, it depends on what we're talking about. i think it's going to be very, very hard to work with him. i mean, you know, we just got through this campaign where donald trump, you know, tweeted women and minorities and people of certain religious persuasions like they were not real americans. like they were somehow un-american, and if they're going to be pushing an agenda that defunds planned parenthood or tries to kick people off their health care we're not going to be able to work with him. and i can see a scenario where there's going to be a lot of democrats who aren't going to want to be in meetings or want to work with trump if -- if that guy is in the room. >> so how is that different than -- because look the american people elected --

elected donald trump. right? you are representative paid for by the taxpayers of america. that's where your salary comes from. how is that different than mitch mcconnell saying in 2008 our number one priority is going to be to make president obama a one-term president. at some point you've got to meet in the middle over things that are important to the american public, no? >> first and foremost it would be very helpful if he didn't appoint somebody or give someone a very high position that was very sympathetic to white supremist groups. that would be very, very helpful. but look i think -- >> steve bannon said that's not me. he did run breitbart, which has run many, many stories that have nationalist headlines and anti-semitic headlines, i hear you but steve bannon would say, that is not who i am. >> well if the standard is that low these days, poppy, then we have a real problem. because i know your network doesn't promote things like that. a lot of nups, a lot of websites don't promote that kind of rhetoric or give a platform and now that platform is in the white house. the people's house. and that to me is unacceptable.

look if donald trump talked about draining the swamp. if he wants to drain the swamp, let's do it. we're in. let's publicly finance campaigns. let's get all this dark money out of politics. we'll agree with him on that. he wants to rebuild the country? get american steel, american concrete. there are things we could work with him on, but if he pushes this right wing agenda we're going to fight him every step of the way. >> let's talk about you. because you have been in the headlines a lot over the past 48 hours or so. obviously the election of the leader of the house of your party has been postponed until november 30th. politico puts it as you are, quote, cautiously weighing a bid for minority leader. do you think that your party in the house needs new representation, and so are you the guy to do it? do you want nancy pelosi's job? >> that's -- that's the conversation we're having right now. my main goal was to get the election delayed. we were supposed to have it tomorrow, and now it's delayed for a couple weeks so we can actually have that conversation. look, let me just say, i love nancy pelosi. she's an amazing woman.

she's got more energy than probably half of our democratic caucus, and the terrific fund-raiser, and i don't blame her for the past election. it wasn't her fault. we did get caught up in a national wave -- >> do you want her job? do you think you know the voters you need to tap in to being from you know one of the rust belt states that, that, that you guys lost? >> that i do. i do know the voters we need to get back into the fold and i probably know them as well as any other political figure in the country. i grew up just outside of youngstown, ohio, my buddies are working steel mills and working the building and construction trades. buddies that i went to high school with and we need to make sure that those people feel welcome in the democratic party. look, we're fighting for women. we're fighting for minorities. we're fighting all these issues that donald trump is going to try to jam down our throat. but, he did do very well with these blue collar workers, and blue collar workers should be -- >> so how are you -- so let's talk about how you're going to do that, right? because i've spent time in your state with them ahead of the election. i have life long democrats, not one, not two, not three, a

number of them say to me, i'm voting for donald trump because at least he's going to try to bring my job back. ohio has lost a third of its manufacturing jobs since 2000. people hated what she said about coal, and you said this morning on another network, no one wants to hear about job retraining. that's what clinton talked about. so how are you going to get them back? are you -- i mean because you can't say like donald trump i'm going to bring your coal jobs because that's you know that's that that is antithetical to where you stand. >> well, first and foremost i think that is the problem. people don't want to hear about job retraining. people don't want to hear about running a computer. they want to -- they want you to talk to them about how they can run machinery. or run a back hoe or sling concrete block. that's what they want to do. so we need an agenda for democrats that speak to those workers. speak to milan yams and all of that, as well, with technology jobs and new economy jobs but we've got to also speak to those folks. look, there is a real opportunity, i think, in two

ways, one is with the renewable energy economy. building wind mills, building solar panels -- >> -- talked about there -- >> i don't think we talked about it enough. there are 8,000 component parts to a windmill. there's gear shifts, hydraulics. these things need manufactured. and if the united states of america says we're going in to a clean energy economy, and we are going to manufacture those products, in coal country, in youngstown, ohio, in the industrial midwest, in the great lakes regions, i mean, that is what we do, in that region. we make those so we need national policies that are going to allow us to get there. we spent hundreds of billions of dollars on defense spending. that spending should be spent in the united states, tier one, tier two, tier three suppliers. you ask me the question so i want to answer it, poppy. there's a lot of money that gets spent that could be put into american manufacturing that gets outsourced. we need to drive that money back into these regions that are getting killed by nafta and killed by trade with china.

>> all right. dnc chair, there's a number of names being floated. howard dean, who do you like for that job >> i got a lot of respect for all of them. i don't have a horse in that race just yet. we've been pretty focused on the house of representatives, and what's happening here. that race i think is not until february. so -- >> but it matters a lot, because it matters for the direction of your party, a party that doesn't have -- sure does. no it sure does. that's going to be a huge pick for us -- >> yeah. >> look the obamas are gone. the clintons are gone. the bidens are gone. harry reid's gone. there's no one at the dnc now. we've got to -- we've got to say, what's america 2.0 look like, poppy? and how does the democratic party get policies, and proposals to help us get to that new iteration of -- >> america -- >> -- of the -- >> america 2.0. >> and democratic party 2.0. >> i got to leave it there. >> we've got to re-evaluate what we're doing as democrats especially in the congressional

campaign. >> i've got to leave it there america 2.0, do you want pelosi's job no answer yet we'll see we'll watch thank you sir appreciate it. >> good sumup, pop. i got it all there in like eight seconds. donald trump had plenty of company at dinner the other night. you know who he didn't invite? the press. oh, is this just a media whining again? what happens if something happens when the president is out without the press? not a god forbid. but something good that happens, and you don't know about it. david axelrod gives his opinion next.

yep there he is. >> yesterday i voted in an american election for the first time and i broke america.

president-elect donald trump tweeting this morning, taking on "the new york times," calling its reporting on the transition false saying it's a failing paper, saying that the media is unfair. this comes just hour after trump ditched the press pool to head to dinner. joining us now with the bottom line is cnn political commentator and former chief strategist for president obama david axelrod. let's tick these off one by one. congressman chris collins says he's okay with the tweetings, because it's a good release for the president.

i said to him a little bit joking that's a good release, trying to get people to feel the press is illegitimate. he just shrugged his shoulders. that's what he wants to do. what's your take? >> i try yoga. i think that would be better. but listen, i think that we all ought to get our arms around the fact that donald trump got elected by essentially ignoring all the norms of campaigning, and i think that he's not going to stop now. he's going to continue to do what he wants to do, including this. and i -- you know, he may find it relaxing. the danger is, when you're president of the united states, i've said this many times with you and others, the things you say can send armies marching and markets tumbling. and you know, you have to find another way to relax, because the consequences of a ill-worded tweet are much more -- are much more grave when you're president of the united states than when you're running for president of

the united states. >> david, i think you bring up an interesting point, because we thought we were seeing that in the early morning hours on wednesday when he was named the next president, dow futures were off 900 points. they bounced back right when the market opened the next morning. so you know, we haven't seen those consequences play out. i wonder if you think that gave donald trump perhaps a little bit more confidence like, all right, nothing happened, markets didn't tank like everyone said they were going to -- >> i think the markets came back -- i think the markets came back because there's a perception that trump with a republican congress means tax cuts, means deregulation, and these are things that business wants. they may have taken some solace in the -- some of the kind of more conventional things that trump has said since election day. but, you know, i don't -- i don't think abeing toing "the new york times" is going to impact the world and the

markets. >> right. >> it may raise questions about his relationship with the media, but those questions i think are pretty -- pretty clearly out there anyway. so i don't know, you know, i wouldn't look for market reaction to every tweet. but i know this, when he takes office, it will be -- it's going to be very concerning if he does top of mind kind of tweets any time someone tweaks him or he says or does something that he doesn't like. >> hmm. the transition. you guys went through one of these. and the story with yours in the first few weeks was, they're not nominating anybody yet, what's going on? why are they so deliberate? but this is all about dysfunction. this is about chaos. this is about drama. do you buy this as just the norm on display? or do you think we're seeing some peculiarities? >> i think within every transition there's some jockeying for position. this seems a little bit more pronounced and i think it's a function of the fact that until about 8:30 on tuesday night on

november 8th i don't think donald trump really expected to be president. i don't think he focused very much on transition until that moment. and so you see the sprint here. and you know, you've got a guy who's coming here with not -- with no experience in government, not a really well formulated philosophy of governing, and so you see people trying to rush in and fill the vacuum, and there's jockeying between the sort of alt-right faction and the regular republican conservative faction that pence leads. obviously the children are playing a role. i was relieved to see that he said that he wasn't asking for security clearance for his children. i thought this was going to be kind of the gift for the kids who have everything, right? the holiday gift for kids who have everything. not a good idea. i'm glad he moved away from that. but, this is, you know, there is -- it is fair to say that it -- one should not expect all these positions to be filled immediately.

and -- and he has a point when he says it's unfair to suggest that he should have to. but underneath the surface there clearly appears to be more turmoil than is normal for a transition, and it's a function of lack of preparedness for the fact that he was going to be elected. >> let's look ahead to your party. because tonight, hillary clinton will make her first appearance in -- since losing the election. i'm not sure why she's on the bahamas. i would probably be on a long way vags. she will make her appearance tonight and the question becomes, who is the future of the party? who is the next state senator from illinois who will take the stage and wow the american public? >> you know, it's a really good question. and i would only say that five years, you know, well what would be in 2004, early in 2004, before he won the primary for the u.s. senate in illinois, no one would have identified barack

obama as a guy who could be a candidate in 2008. in fact, even after he was elected it, you know, that seemed like a remote thing. so, i don't think we know. we know there are some people who could emerge as candidates here, elizabeth warren's name has been mentioned and other people's names have been mentioned. we don't know who the sleeper is out there who might emerge. i do think it's a challenge for the democratic party. there are some talented people. but when you get wiped out on governors, which is usually a wellspripg for candidates, that's problematical. there's not a deep bench at that level. i think there are a lot of talented young people in the party, some people were elected to congress in this election, who i think are very promising. but whoever it is, poppy, i think they need to review what just happened, and review what's going on in this country. there's a huge economic, you know, revolution going on. and it has been for a couple of decades that is driven by

technology, automation, obviously globalization is a piece of it. but a lot of people have been displaced in that. and we haven't really had a national strategy for how to deal with that. and we didn't address it. hillary clinton had 100 great ideas about what to do about it, but it was all trees and no forest and what was communicated to a lot of voters in this country is, you're not part of our coalition, and therefore, we're not folk using on you. and donald trump took advantage of that. democrats need to speak to the entire country -- >> he did it -- >> -- elections. >> make america great again. he did it with four words. >> yes. >> that's the point. you don't have to worry about who you have. you have to worry about what you are and that's where this party is stuck right now. democratic party. let me ask you about the electoral college. we hear about this whenever there's sour grapes and there's no question that we're the only developed democracy to have something like the electoral college. but what's your guess as to whether or not it ever goes anywhere which would require a constitutional amendment, maybe a federal law, probably not, or all of the different states -- not all of them, but different

states deciding to apportion their votes the way nebraska and maine do? >> well, i don't think the electoral college is going away. you know, it's so interesting we always kind of talked in the abstract about the genius of the foundi ining fathers but they'v created some enduring institutions. that one was created to keep large states from overwhelming small states, and that's still the case. i, you know, and i don't see there being that kind of unanimity of opinion or near unanimity of opinion that's necessary to do away with the electoral college. i noticed the other night newt gingrich said without california, trump would have won by 2 million votes. well, yeah, but california is kind of a big part of this country. so, but for that reason the small states will never accept large states -- >> but what if california -- >> -- power. >> we'll leave the audience with

a question. imagine if california passed as a state law that all of its delegates -- its electoral votes went to whoever won the overall popular vote. then you'd have a big swing right there all by itself. david axelrod, thank you very much. appreciate it. >> okay, chris. >> poppy. >> there is a lot of breaking news going on right now. we'll show you some pictures. a live picture derailment in florida. two different trains involved. what went wrong? we have new information. next. your path to retirement may not always be clear.

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time now for the five things to know from your new day. number one, not a single new cabinet appointment from president-elect donald trump yet but four members of the team have been fired. trump insisting things are progressing in a, quote, very organized manner. outgoing senate minority leader harry reid calling on donald trump to rescind his appointment of chief strategist steve bannon. reid said it will be impossible to take trump's efforts to heal the nation seriously as long as quote a champion of racial division is a step away from the oval office. hillary clinton, what happened to her? she's about to make her first public appearance since

conceding the presidential election. she's going to be honored tonight by the children's defense fund in washington. breaking news out of florida this morning where two trains have collided about 30 miles outside of gainesville, more than 20 cars there overturned. 4,000 gallons of fuel leaking. two rail employees we know suffered minor injuries. snapchat's parent company confidentially filing for an ipo. the wildly popular messaging app now a step closer to becoming the biggest stock debut since 2014. the company could go public as soon as march. the valuation? $20 to $25 billion. >> it all started with making those pictures disappear. pretty incredible. all right, for more information, more on the five things you need to know go to newday.cnn.com for the latest. >> all right some celebrity chefs are wrapping up a special way of giving back this thanksgiving. wait until you see what they're planning to serve. >> but first, she watched her

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next week, families across the country will sit together and celebrate thanksgiving. there is so much about food that connects us. this is something outside of politics. it brings us all together and a new special unichef, uniting through food airs tomorrow night and takes a look at how three celebrity chefs are using their skills to give back. >> it all starts with food. it's the way that, you know, we as a family got together. got through our problems. expressed love for each other. we do it through our food. >> we do it through our food. joining us now, president and ceo of the u.s. fund for unicef

philanthropist. so nice to talk about something so wonderful bringing people together this morning. first tell me hillary where the idea came from? >> actually it was on a field trip with carol and i. we were in senegal, and the idea that food unites us in so many ways. it's how we heal, how we bring families together, communities together, and who knows more about that than these incredibly talented chefs. so the idea was to get a large group of them together with recipes, multi-ethnic, multicultural, and all the benefits from the book would go to unicef. so from that book we wanted to go a little deeper and talk about these wonderful lives of these chefs and what motivates them and enspires them to also help others. while also providing plenty of wonderful recipes. >> right. >> and the show is actually focused on all the ways in which they get involved with a wonderful organization. giving back. >> one of the things, 100% of

the proceeds will go. it's rare, often times there's a lot of administrative costs this is a big deal -- >> this is a really big deal and it's thanks to a really amazing friend. you know, as hillary said we were sitting in a van in the middle of nowhere senegal. >> literally. >> when the idea came onto us. it's really a phenomenal thing because almost one in four children around the world is malnourished and at the same time we all use food as a means to express love, to bring us together, and so the marriage of this book with unicef is a wonderful fit. >> and if people need a reminder, to us here at home, i did a big series last year on you know, bridgeport, connecticut, about an hour and a half from here, where you've got a fifth of the children in america are living on food stamps in bridgefor the it's 40% of the children. this is an issue that hits home. >> it does hit home. and one of the other things that we do which is donatella, one of our chefs you just saw there, she does a lovely work with city harvest which essentially rescue

families -- >> the restaurant -- >> it's unbelievable. >> and over a million new yorkers are fed every year through the leftover food and maeve also featured in this special works with family reach. they help families get through the debilitating costs of cancer, treatments for children. they help pay the bills while the family is going through it. so the fact that these chefs can galvanize support for these organizations is another reason why we want to -- >> -- to sit down if you haven't let your children watch the election right -- >> to watch -- >> sit down and watch with your kids tomorrow night. if you could both speak to that first you in a time where america is divided no matter which side of the political spectrum you're on this is something that brings them together. >> it definitely is. first of all the diversity of the chefs on the show, the diversity of the chefs in the book, and i think all of the various perspectives, and the thing that unites them all is that all of them care deeply about something other than their

protection, and that they're all choosing to use their podium to help the world. >> what struck you most hillary about these people? >> what struck me is their commitment and passion to doing something beyond themselves. in other words they're not -- they're not self-serving at all. they have this enormous capacity to give, and to share, as their work shows you. they're preparing, they're doing something that is a way to show love, and connection, and as human beings, i think we are wired. we need that especially now to find a way to bridge divides, and to connect, and find common ground. carve out some time to have a lovely thanksgiving, for example. you don't need a moderator or a debate to enjoy that. just an appetite. >> who's cooking? >> bryant gumbel is cooking at my house. >> i'm going to my niece. >> i'm going to minnesota. i'm going to make a turkey. i'm going to try. guys we're looking forward to seeing it. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> poppy, again it's tomorrow night.

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donald trump's preparation efforts for becoming the 45th president are creating intrigue. comics, taking on the transition in late night laughs. here's a sample. >> donald trump is reportedly asked for his adult children to get top level security

clearance, so that they can see classified documents. and explain them to him. explained why today vladimir putin asked trump to adopt him. >> instead of living in the white house trump would like to do what he's used to, which is spending time in new york so he can wake up in his own bed in trump tower. >> boo! >> listen, this is the first president who considers living in the white house slumming it. donald trump has announced that as president he'll take a salary of $1 a year. yeah. and, he promises he'll earn every penny. president-elect trump tweeted that he would have won the popular vote if he had campaigned more in new york, florida, and california. yeah. trump explained i just got tired and ran out of terrible things to say. so. >> president obama announced this week that after meeting with donald trump he plans to

spend more time with his successor than presidents typically do in order to help ease the transition. when asked how long he thought the transition would take, president obama said about four years. >> what did you like best? >> i like fallon. but you know mean tweets? >> oh, yes i do. >> he's got mean tweets. so do you think we're going to see president trump going out reading mean tweets? that would be kind of odd. >> i don't know. he had not shown that kind of tolerance for criticism. you have to be okay with what's being said in order to -- >> maybe he will surprise us. >> well -- >> legendary television. >> it would be nice to be pleasantly surprised. that's for sure. you know people are talking about him not living in the white house. >> i don't buy it. >> but look, he can do whatever he wants. one of the reasons if you live in new york city you'll be like oh, tell me about it. security. they can secure the white house. he lives outside new york city you can secure a home in a suburb. the city creates a huge security

problem, even if he's in trump tower -- >> mad about the traffic. >> you know who would hate it? donald trump. if that happened with somebody else trump would be all over it. >> he's going to live in the white house. time for "newsroom" with carol costello. >> what do you think does he live in the white house full time? >> i don't know. our question will be answered right jason? >> thank you. >> thanks, carol. >> "newsroom" starts now. see you. and good morning i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. donald trump on a tear this morning, pushing back against reports his all-important transition team is in turmoil. trump tweeting this attack on "the new york times" just a couple of hours ago. he said the transition is going so smoothly. but his -- but his latest firing not likely to soothe the nerves of establishment republicans. mike roger the former chairman of the house intelligence committee was booted from trump's transition team. rogers telling cnn h