service. school and homes have been targeted. children have been morning the casualties, wolf. the syrian regime and russia have not stopped this. a warning from the united nations, there will be mass starvation in this city if food, water supplies and water are not allowed in very soon. >> will ripley reporting for us. thanks very much. that's it for me. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. "outfront," the breaking news, president-elect trump at this hour laying out his promises for day one. you will hear him. plus, trump's controversial chief strategist steve bannon speaking out and saying, "i'm not a racist." trump meeting with america's first self-made black billionaire. he's a democrat. how did that conversation go? he's my guest tonight. let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin

burnett. o"outfront" tonight, breaking news, trump releasing a new video, first policy statement since his trip to the white house after the election. trump breaking his silence breaking straight to camera in a somber tone laying out his priorities for day one. >> my agenda will be based on a simple corps prine principle, p america first, producing steel, building car, curing disease, i want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right here on our great homeland, america. >> trump promised action on trade and immigration. his video to the american people bypassing the press as he kept up a furious round of interviews for cabinet contenders. the parade of visitors resembling the opening episodes of a new season of "the apprentice" including introductions of the candidates with decisions on the winners imminent. to date, trump's nominations have been white males over a certain age. trump met with three women today including iraq war vet and

democratic congresswoman tulsi gabbert. in his video, trump defended his transition. >> our transition team is working smoothly, efficiently andfectively. great men and women, patriot, indeed, are being brought in and many will soon be a part of our government helping us to make america great again. >> tonight, we're hearing trump is is close to a major announcement of defense secretary, his choice believed to be the retired marine corps general james mattis. jim acosta begins our coverage tonight "outfront" at trump tower. very unorthodox, not in an interview, not anything coming out on social media to the people. >> reporter: vintage donald trump, that's one of the takeaways, erin. one of the things we should point out in the video donald trump expects in his first 100 days as an executive action is officially pull out of the

trans-pacific trade deal. that was the trade deal with a number of asian and pacific rim countries that president obama had basically failed to bring to the finish line during his presidency. that could -- that act, alone, could actually elevate china's presence in asia and actually china's president earlier today was saying that now they're going to take the leadership on trade in that region because the tpp is dead. it was also notable, erin, what was missing in that video. no mention of a wall, no mention of repealing obamacare. the president-elect understands those two pieces of business might be tougher to deliver. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, talking about veeisa policy, not a wall >> reporter: right. >> there was a lot of activity from where you are today from the transition team, jim. >> reporter: that's right. it has been feeling like an episode of "the apprentice" for the last several days at trump tower and new jersey where donald trump was meeting with a number of cabinet prospects. there were no declarations of you're hired, or you're fired, but wilbur ross, the american

investor, is at this point the top candidate for becoming the next secretary of commerce, but erin, this is obviously not fully baked yet and we are hearing rumblings that we could see his economic team rolled out tomorrow, but no word yet whether or not donald trump will hold a press conference. he hasn't done that yet since winning the election. he goes on vacation down to mar-a-lago tomorrow without holding a press conference, that means we'll be into next week before the president-elect starts taking questions from reporters, another big indication they know there are lots of questions out there for this new president. >> there are a lot of questions. right now as you say, doing it his own way via this video. thank you, jim. jessica schneider is "outfront" now. the other big announcement we're waiting from team trump, of course, secretary of state. the two top contenders are the loyalists giuliani versus what is safe to say trump's extremely bitter rival, mitt romney. >> reporter: erin, this stenc y essentially comes down to fierce

loyalists versus the lcritic ma nice. mitt romney under active consideration for secretary of state but may be hurdles to clear. sources telling cnn donald trump and mitt romney may need to reach out differences before any nomination for secretary of state could be forthcoming. mitt romney, mem bli orably in , calling him a tony and fraud. this morning in bedminster, donald trump and mitt romney meeting for more than an hour, a meeting both sides said was productive and cordial and substantive. but then, of course, there's rudy giuliani, his name continues to linger, in fact, his was one of the first names that was mentioned as secretary of state. the former mayor of new york has been a fierce loyalist, staunch advocate, stood by donald trump's side throughout this election. of course, in the past week or so, some his business dealings have come under question that maybe have diminished his prominence in that running for

secretary of state. so now some other considerations that's being talked about for rudy giuliani, include director of national intelligence, as well as homeland security secretary. so the question being if mitt romney does, in fact, emerge as the nominee for secretary of state, could he be, erin, the ultimate player in that team of rivals? >> all right. thank you very much. and now, carl higbie, former navy s.e.a.l., former spokesperson for a pro-trump superpac. jackie cucinich of the daily peest. and david gergen, who's adviser to four presidents including reagan and clinton. jackie, let me start with you. trump releasing a video outlining his agenda for day one. i saw him today. he is doing this his own way, not trying to go through the media, do press conferences. things like that. he's doing it very differently. not even doing a rally. straight to the camera talking about his priorities. >> it reminded me of what he used to do when he use to sit at

his desk and talk about things before he was even thinking of running. this is a medium that donald trump is very comfortable with. that's what he seems to be going with. the beginning of this -- of this whole process. things that make him comfortable. he's at trump tower. he's in bedminster, keeping everything close to vest. we don't know the results until he decides to tell us. hopefully this isn't an indication of how the rest of trump administration is going to be, a little more open, a lot more open. as you said, there really is nothing to base any of this on. >> david gergen, this is the thing, when you look at donald trump, he is doing things digit differently, he was able to evade his press pool. not taking questions, now putting out this all-important day one announcement on social media straight to camera. >> well, he's unpredictable,

that's for sure, in some ways, you know, he's unpredictable -- he's consistently unpredictable, let's put it that way. what strikes me, erin, in all of this, he's very much -- the way this has unfolded, he's very much remained in the spotlight in control. you haven't seen any announcements so far which are the traditional kind, that is the president-elect comes out shoulder to shoulder with the new nominee for state department or defense department or justice department, that is all -- people coming to bless, kiss the ring of donald trump, they leave, he does the tv stuff, and it remains -- the spot right remains on him. it's clear whoever is his cabinet has got to expect they're going to be playing a somewhat junior role. they're going to be out of the spotlight, he's running the show. >> has to be a big question for a mitt romney or general mattis who want to do things their way. >> i see it as exactly the opposite. i think there's a real chance

this becomes sort of king trump, that he appoints people. i think if he appoints romney, you'll really see this. he lets them do their thing. >> really? >> he hangs out at mar-a-lago, tweets about "hamilton" when he likes and appoints people who are qualified and lets them run the show. if you look at his history, he's not a very hands-on manager. in general, he's been happier rein licensing his name than being involved. i don't see this as -- if you're romney or mattis, you're going to have to kiss the ring then you'll get to run your department, i think. >> which would be obviously different than many people expect how this would go, carl. i mean, this, today, at least three women including democratic congresswoman tullesy gabbert met with donald trump today and said when she came out, a lot of people said, you know what, you should have refused this meeting, should not be meeting with donald trump. she said, no, i owe it to the american people to come

together. is she right about that? >> i think there's a danger in normalizing what donald trump is doing. i don't necessarily agree with the idea that his nomination suggests people who are qualified. i think the idea he's picking people who are close to him, loyal to him, are people who represent viewpoints that are anathema to what america is all about should raise some questions for us. the other thing is when we talk about this secretary of state appointment, mitt romney and donald trump working together does not sound like a formula for stability for america. it sounds like a recipe for disaster. mitt romney would have to go and defend whatever donald trump says for four years. >> can donald trump trust mitt romney? all right, so let's say that alex is right and mitt romney get to do his own thing but it has to be dronald trump's polic. can mitt romney be trusted to go ahead with donald trump's policy when he ardently disagrees? >> i think that's part of the conversation they're having in there. throughout this campaign,

loyalty to trump breeds trust. if your qualifications are your superior to your loyalty during the campaign, guess what, you still may get the job. >> over someone who's been loyal. >> potentially if your qualifications outweigh that. mitt romney made the olympics profitable. no one else has done that. this is guy who actually has -- i had big disagreements when he came out against trump in the campaign. he's my choice or the job -- >> a guy donald trump called a stone cold loser. >> who is the opposite position on him on russia, i mean -- >> i don't think they have -- >> no, what i'm saying, that's not usually what you seek for your secretary of state. it's usually someone a little more in line with where you are. i would say that maybe you're right, maybe they will -- he will let them run it. i think he will make -- if he doesn't mike what you're doing, he will make that known. we've already seen that with donald trump. >> could be publicly humilia humiliating. >> he would not be shy. >> yes. >> all right. all staying with me. next, trump businesses spread over at least 25

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"outfront." >> reporter: it started what was billed as a courtesy call, japanese prime minister shinzo abe slipping in a back elevator at trump tower to meet the president-elect. trump's daughter, ivanka, in attendance, but neither reporters nor their cameras were at the meeting which reportedly included a gift of trump of a golf ball like this one, a gold driver worth nearly $4,000. then came the two businessmen from india who have trump properties south of mumbai. according to the trump administration, it was just another social call -- >> very confident he's not breaking any laws. >> reporter: the meeting is raising questions. why it's not illegal for a sitting president to run a business, it's a question of optics and retethics. saudi arabia, china, azerbaijan. a month ago there was worry it was being destroyed by his run

from office, but since november 8th things have changed and presidential ethic experts are saying the only possible solution to end all of trump's conflicts of interest are for trump to sell it all, put the money in a blind trust, and end the trump empire. >> of course a blind trust can work. you have to sell the assets. you can't put the assets in a blind trust and pretend you don't own them. >> reporter: a large part of trump's business is donald trump. trump's partners a across the globe are buying the right to license that brand. it brings them more rent money for office space, condos and hotel rooms. the brand also comes with the trump organization expertise in design, marketing, operation, almost like a franchise. business partners buy in because it sells. and the trumps stay involved to make sure the brand doesn't get tarnished. daniel levinson, a south florida developer, took over a failing trump property and fought to keep the trump brand. because he wanted to make sure he had access to ivanka and eric

trump in almost every part of the deal. >> we wanted the association, they want the continuity of brand and that works on both ends. it's profitable for everybody. >> reporter: in a fox news debate earlier this year, donald trump said instead of selling off the brand, his solution is to pass the brand to the people he has groomed to take it over. all named trump. not exactly a blind trust. >> i have ivanka en erieric and sitting there, run the company, kids, have a good time, i'm going to to it for america, okay? >> erin, back in january before a single primary was held, donald trump's attorney told me the organization at that time was working on a contingency plan for the business should trump win. well, that attorney wouldn't get into the details then, he's not answering my calls today. i think we're going to have to wait and see what kind of businesses trump organization will be during the presidency and more importantly, erin, who is going to run it. >> all right. drew, thank you very much. of course, the all-important

we, let me bring back my panel. carl, let me start with you. trump, as we saw, meeting with two businessmen from india, they currently own trump-branded properties over there and, you know, trump, look at this, here they are with his trademark thumbs up. look, this is -- makes a lot of people uncomfortable. >> right. and you have, you know, what they've always said, the government has always said you have to avoid the illusion, not avoid conflict of interest, the illusion of. i'll say this, obviously i'm a super trump guy here. he needs to decide blind trust, kids, are his kids part of the administration, part of the business? he needs to make a definitive line on that really soon because either way, if he puts in a blind trust, his name is still on it, he's still going to want to promote it, make sure it's profitable. it his kids are in charge, obviously he wants his family to succeed. you're never going to separate trump entirely from this but can draw a very thick line right through the middle of this and has to do it soon. >> alex, here's the thing. he's going to benefit. there are some places it won't

benefit. west side of manhattan, people don't like trump, they rip his name down. around the world, you're going to have countries say, let's give them this deal, let's do that because they think it gets them in with him. >> you got to recognize, this is going to be a presidency like no other presidency. okay? whether donald trump explicitly says it or not, he's thinking like, and he probably will come out and say this at some point, the people who elected me knew i was a billionaire businessman, knew i had properties around the world -- >> they don't care if i profit off this job? >> that's right, as long as america gets better. that's what he's going to say. it they even be true. this will be a blind trusond tr a blind trust ivanka running. >> what shouldn't happen is what happened with the trump international hotel this week, you had foreign diplomats inv e invited saying we encourage you to have your delegations here. >> i totally agree. >> totally an active

solicitation, i gerks uess if, fact, it was. >> i think we're going to have to put up with this stuff. >> do we? >> there are laws against this. they're in danger of violating the laws. i think the trump administration needs to do three things. first they have to release his tax returns regardless -- >> not going to happen. >> i'm just saying if you want to have any -- >> keith, that was a big pile-on -- >> it needs to happen. the idea we think it's not going to happen and think it's accessible is -- >> i don't think it's acceptable at all. >> he's got to release his tax returns, release his tax returns first, divest his holdings. >> it's not going to happen. >> requires he does that or get an exception from the united states congress. and therird, he's got to have a blind trust that is separate from his family members. if we don't hold him accountable for that, we're allowing the most corrupt potential administration in history to

take office. >> the only way to have a conflict of interest is to put it in a blind trust. the chances of happening -- >> the chances are close to zero. he should stop laughing at ethics laws and the rest of us as americans. it is -- it's absolutely clear. just as he conservative friends are saying, the "wall street journal" has editorialized, he ought a liquidate his total interest. once he's liquidated it, put the assets into a blind trust. peter schweitzer wrote clinton cash. you know, very tough book on the clint clintons. he's urging him to do it. the danger here, once again, we're being asked to normalize something that is abnormal and improper. i can't believe 24 hours after this alt-right conference ended in washington, d.c., you know, and breitbart and bannon said breitbart is the main platform of the alt-right. what do we do? we have a conference in washington, d.c., that is overtly racist, overtly anti-semitic and basically is white supremacy. and we're all sort of saying, well, that's just donald trump,

that's just bannon. >> no. we wrote about that at the daily beast. absolutely not. >> there i agree with you. that he's got to disassociate himself from. >> half of the things donald trump has done in the past week, the entire establishment and the media would be eviscerating her. why are we letting donald trump get away with this? he's in danger of violating the constitution and laws of our country. >> are you saying it's okay or going to happen? congress is going to hold him accountable? >> he's not going to get impeached over any of this. he doesn't run a defense company, doesn't run an oil company. >> he's going to benefit every day from this. >> his name on fancy hotels. >> his value is going to rise in certain parts of the world. >> if you thought that wasn't going to happen join voted for him, you're crazy. people knew ma they were gwhat getting. >> he said he was going to have all these ethics rules, drain the swamp. >> we were not supposed to take him seriously. >> did you take him seriously. >> of course i didn't.

apparently somebody did. he got elected. we have to hold him accountable. >> once he takes office, he needs to actually separate these and needs to start doing it soon. the fact is hillary clinton did far worse than this when she was in office. he hasn't done anything wrong yet. >> that is patently false. we have a president-elect -- >> i don't want to talk about hillary clinton anymore, she lost. >> he brought it up. >> thanks -- i will say there is only one way to do it, if there's not going to be a conflict of interest. sell the company and put the proceeds in a blind trust. "outfront" next, trump's team so far all white men. he did meet with america's first african-american billionaire. what did trump say? i'll ask my guest, b.e.t. founder bob johnson. breaking news. arrest in an execution-style killing of a police officer in texas. we're going to go to the ground. t every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. with the united mileageplus explorer card, you'll get a free checked bag,

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breaking news, president-elect donald trump? denouncing racism from the alt right. the white nationalist movement cheered trump at a conference this weekend using anti-semitic language and even getting the nazi salute. >> hail trump. hail our people.

hail victory. >> the trump transition team just responding to that alt-right conference saying, "president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind and he was elected because he'll be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds." steve bannon is fighting back against accusations that he supports white nationalists and anti-semites. brian todd is "outfront." >> reporter: he says darkness is good. he says dick cheney, darth vader, satan, that's power. >> because we are very focused. >> reporter: steve bannon, the rumpled 62-year-old who headed breitbart news has the ear of the president-elect and many worry he will push the platform of the so-called alt right. >> we in our history have never had someone like steve with a platform that he has had at breitbart come into basically be

the co-chief of staff, you know, running the white house and running the agenda of the president. >> reporter: civil rights groups like the anti-defamation league say the alt-right movement is just code for white supremacies and anti-semites. the southern poverty law center says bannon has to go. bannon pushes back telling "the wall street journal," "breitbart is the most pro-israel site in the united states of america. the reporting of young jerks wish students being --" bannon told the "hollywood reporter," i'm not a white nationalist, i'm a nationalist, an economic nationalist. >> what bannon says is he is anti-globalist, anti-elite, a t anti-establishment and he's an economic populist because he believes that the system has hurt and hindered the little guy. has nothing to do with race, religion or anything else. >> reporter: bannon jumped on the trump train early on. telling trump last year he was a

big admirer. >> i said, look, people are leaning forward in these audiences when he was talking. of course we were mocked and ridiculed. >> reporter: now it's bannon who's mocking and ridiculing the mainstream america, failed to recognize the frustration of americans left behind in the global economy. "it's just a circle of people talking to themselves who have no fing idea what's going on. if "the new york times" didn't exist, cnn and msnbc would be a test pattern." kurt, who quit breitbart, feeling it'd become a mouthpiece for trump, is critical of bannon. he says the darkness is good remark as chilling. >> that's how steve used the world. the worst emotions among us can be weaponized and used to advance an agenda. a lot of what you'll see going forward is tapping into anger and fear and hate to try to move their agenda forward. >> the trump transition team did not respond to our numerous requests if response to that particular criticism and steve

bannon did not comment for this story. erin? >> all right, brian todd, thank you very much. "outfront" now one of the people who met with the president-elect trump as he decides key administration positions. bob johnson, founder of b.e.t. you can see johnson shaking hands here with the president-elect before their meeting at trump's golf club in bedminster, new jersey. bob, thank you much for taking the time. good to talk to you again. i want to start with the breaking news if i could here. trump denouncing racism from the alt right. "president-elect trump continues to denounce racism of any kind. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation." is this enough? do you believe him? >> well, erin, i'm glad to be here with you. i had a very positive, and i believe, frank and candid discussion with president-elect trump on issues that i believe are important to african-americans and obviously any charges of racism are important to african-americans. i came away from that meeting

understanding that president trump is committed to reaching out to african-americans in a way that i expressed to him when i said, you know, president-elect trump, don't say to black americans what do you have to lose? say to black americans, what do you have to gain by a trump presidency? and in the course of my conversation with him, we talked about a number of issues if implemented by president trump and his administration will demonstrate that african-americans have something to gain by establishing a common ground with the -- with president-elect trump and his administration. >> you know, i think it's fascinating to have this conversation with you. we saw a moment ago, i'll replay it quickly, what happened at this conference which i want to make it clear, the trump administration, trump campaign, has just come out and very clearly said that they denounce this, but here is the group that was out, you know, championing

them, supporting them this weekend. let me just play, again, this nazi salute. >> hail trump. hail our people. hail victory. >> does it disturb you, how do you getarm get your arms aroun fact withdrew hayou have people supporting him, and you had a candid meet and think he's reaching out? >> as an african-american who's been in business and had to grow up from someone who was the first to go to college, to create successful businesses and create wealth for myself and a number of other african-americans, i know that there are people like that in america, it's been that way ever since slavery existed in this country and they're not going to go away tomorrow or the next day. and so as a black american, i

put those people in a certain corner and i put the president and the people who work for him in another corner and that means to me, they got to show me what they're going to deliver to make those kinds of silly, you know, nazi behavior irrelevant to black america. and the proof is in the pudding. if you want to demonstrate to african-americans that you totally reject that kind of behavior, which i believe donald trump and his administration does, then the next question is, okay, we understand that, show me how you're going to help african-americans gain economic growth in this country, jobs, access to capital, and all the things that make you successful in this country and so, you know, that information doesn't bait me to put it on the back of donald trump. >> and when you had your meeting with him, was it just you and

donald trump? was his son-in-law also there, jared kushner? who was else in the room as you had your conversation, bob? >> yeah, i don't want to throw names around, erin, but i will tell you it was the -- it was a group of people who he most respects and brought those people to the table because i think he wanted to have a candid conversation with me to talk about how he can better reach out to the african-american community, particularly on business matters. i approach this thing with the focus on business solutions and social problems. i'm not a politician. i'm not a community leader. i'm more involved in business. donald's in business. i think that's the reason we had a very positive, i believe, and productive conversation. >> and before we go, you are a democrat, of course, bob, you supported hillary clinton. you're talking very positively now about donald trump. was there any talk about you working with donald trump in his administration? >> no. i -- well, i told him that i had

no interest in working in a government, but let me say that you're absolutely right, i'm a tremendous fan of hillary clinton and president clinton, known her them for over 30 years. i'm also a believer that as african-americans, we should not have what one congressman who started the black caucus said, no permanent friends, no permanent enemies and no permanent -- we only should have permanent interests and if black americans can turn the republican party into a friend, they should do it. if they can keep the democratic party as a friend, they should do it. our interests should focus on our self-interests and not be locked in one party or ignored by the other party. and as president obama and hillary clinton said, if we can find common ground with president-elect trump, we ought to do it in the best interest of african-americans, best interest of the country. >> very good to talk to you, bob. i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thanks, erin.

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breaking news, governor chris christie of new jersey breaking his silence over the rumors that he and donald trump are now at odds. christie says, nothing could be further from the truth. >> there's never been a cross word between us in terms of our feelings toward each other. >> so all this stuff where he was disappointed in you because of bridge-gate, angry at all -- all of that, none of that ever happened? >> crap. >> it comes as president-elect trump finds himself at odds with "saturday night live" and the broadway show "ham"hamilton" hammering both in a series of tweets. bri brian stelter is "outfront." >> reporter: that's "hamilton star" brandon dixon responding to donald trump's twitter fight with the most acclaimed show on

broadway. ♪ not throwing away my shot >> reporter: trump lashed out at the cast tweeting they harassed future v.p. mike pence. after dixon delivered this message following friday night's performance with pence right there in the room. >> we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us. >> reporter: with the president-elect back in firm control of his twitter account, he's not letting go of any perceived slight. calling the cast rude and writing, "the cast and producers of "hamilton" which i hear is highly overrated, should immediately apologize to mike pence for their terrible de hb r behavior." >> they were very inappropriate. >> google what is isis? >> reporter: after "snl" portrayed him as in over his head, trump fired back on twitter. "it is a totally one-sided biased show. nothing funny at all. equal time for us?"

alec baldwin what plays trump respond "equal time? election is over. there is no more equal time. you t you try to be president and people respond." his campaign manager says his tweeting is a nonissue. >> who's to say he can't do that, make a comment, spend five minutes on a tweet? you're assigning malice, you're assigning wrongdoing to him where it doesn't exist and i think we all should have learned a lesson from the election that that doesn't fly with the voters. >> reporter: some media watchers are worried trump's tendency to lash out could over time hurt free speech. others say a thicker skin would just serve him well. >> he's going to be made fun of as he should be. any president will be and should be. he's got such a thin skin he can't just shrug a tough. >> reporter: shrug it off is exactly what mike pence did after the stars of "hamilton" spoke up. >> i wasn't offend i by what was said. i'll leave to others whether it was the appropriate join to say it. >> reporter: whether trump can take a cue from his v.p. and

tone down his reactions remains to be seen. now this "hamilton" debate shows the trump divide in action. his critics say he's being unpresidential by tweeting his complaints. other love that he's sticking up to his v.p. and sticking it to the elites. the culture war rolls on. erin? >> thank you very much, brian. "outfront," sally cohn, host of the "ben ferguson show." sally, let me start with you. president-elect trump says mike pence was harassed at the broadway show, deserves an apology and should never happen in a place like theater. >> two points to be made here, one, the deep irony, not only is trump demanding an apology from anyone else, but mr. i ran against political correctness and safe spaces suddenly wants a safe space for his vice presidential, you know, running

mate, like that's just sad. the bigger thing here, though, this, i do believe, whether it was orchestrated or taken advantage of by trump in order to distract from the trump university settlement, news of his meetings with indian business executives, this just seems like a massive distraction orchestrated by mr. trump. >> ben? >> sally, the fact that you'd have to have mind control over the "hamilton" group that decided to chastise the vice president, incoming vice president, in a classless way showing no respect for the voters of this country, showing no respect for the office and showing no respect for not only just a man who came to be entertained. this was not the right venue for this and to say that somehow this is a distraction from other issues is hysterical because they couldn't control the classlessness of the "hamilton" cast and decided to say, hey, get your cell phones out and tape this, let it go viral. they obviously got punked at

their own game. let me say this about donald trump. donald trump is not going to be orthodox. we all know that. he can get it off his chest and say what he thinks. his supporters love him for doing this. without having a press conference. because let's be honest, he was going to be asked about this by the media. so preemptively, he says, here are my thoughts on "hamilton," the way they treated my vice president. he might deal with it a different way, i'm going to exactly what i think, people love him for it. >> first of all, the cast of "hamilton" is classless? mike pence very well knew what he was getting into. in new york he could have -- he could have seen -- he could have seen "the lion king" and gott gotten -- >> he said it was a good play, reviews do say it is, ben, even though trump says it's not. >> the larger issue, to say the cast of "hamilton" was not classy -- >> when you go to a play, you don't expect they're going to turn political on you and the audience. let's be clear, when he goes there -- sally, sally, sally,

let's be honest here. when you go to a play, whether you're barack obama, michelle obama, or mike pence or donald trump, you're not expecting for the entire cast to come out and say, hey, everybody in the audience, get your cell phones out and start tweeting this because it's about to get good and we're going after that guy in a political statement. that's absurd. >> that's classless, but when donald trump talks about, you know, women as fat pigs and grabbing them by the -- that's classless. let me take a point, that queasy feeling that we're all feeling right now if you're feeling it -- >> not all of us are. >> the queasy feel is the tail of donald trump wagging the media. this is three days later. we're still talking about this. we're not talking about his questionable business -- >> we are, we actually have already done that this hour. >> we are. >> not we generally, but when you look at the google searches of what actually was trending in searches and conversations across america, across the public, driven by media but

other dynamics -- >> sally, if you don't like it -- >> ben, he managed to get this conversation to trump, conversations about his university, his debacle settlement. so, come on. >> sally. >> he's playing us. we're playing into it. >> if you don't like it -- >> final word. >> if you don't like it, then maybe you should look at the cast of "hamilton" and say, this was a bad mistake. this was a bad idea. and when people come to a play, show a little bit of class and respect for the office. if someone did this to barack obama or joe biden, i would condemn it because it's not the place to do it. >> just because one is classless does not mean someone else has the right to be classless. >> pretty classy statement. >> all right, thank you, both. "outfront" next, breaking news, a horrific school bus crash in tennessee. and texas police making an arrest in the execution-style of a san antonio police officer. we'll go to the ground after this. what powers the digital world. communication. that's why a cutting edge university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected.

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and we're following breaking news at this moment. a deadly bus crash in chattanooga, tennessee. authorities saying tonight there are at least six children dead. it was a single-vehicle crash. horrible tragedy. that bus carrying as many as 35 children from kindergarten through fifth grade. you can see that bus here. the roof partially crushed. the bus driver cooperating with police. the blood bank reports the line of donors to help injured children stretches out past the door. we're following breaking news out of texas, police have a

man who shot and killed an officer. benjamin marconi was writing a ticket in his police car, doing his job, and shot execution-style twice in the head. marconi one of four officers shot in this nation in the span of 24 hours. dan simon is "outfront," in san antonio tonight. dan, this had been a manhunt. obviously just an absolutely horrific thing to imagine someone could do something like this. what do you know right now about the suspect who was arrested? >> reporter: well, erin, as you can imagine, there is unbearable sadness here in san antonio, but there is also relief that the suspect has been caught. he has been identified as 31-year-old otis tyrone mccain. police tell us they quickly developed some surveillance and they actually executed a traffic stop inside the vehicle. there was mccain as well as an adult female as well as a child. a 2-year-old. police say he was arrested without incident. this is what police had to say just a short time ago.

>> there are many facets of the case which still need to be investigated. this investigation is by no means over. the motive or the capital murder is still unknown. >> reporter: so while this active manhunt is over, we still don't know why the suspect targeted this police officer or if he actually did target this officer. was there some kind of personal grievance? or was there a grievance against the police department as a whole? that we don't know, erin, but as the mayor said tonight, at least the city of san antonio can breathe a little easier. erin? >> in that sense, finding him obviously crucial. it's awful to imagine the pain his family is going through. and dan, four shootings of officers in just 24 hours. any sense as to why all of this in just one day? >> reporter: it's really a mystery, and it's really sort of unprecedented. we haven't seen this really in quite some time or even ever to

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