2008. there's definitely a recognition that things aren't going especially well, so trump has some time, but i don't think he has unlimited time. >> j.d. vance, great to have you with us. really appreciate it. up next, another hour of "360." the president-elect heads to his florida time after telling "the new york times" that the president, quote, can't have a conflict of interest and he could are up his business in the country perfectly at the same time. more about that meeting and the president-elect's plans, that's next. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

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of state job. more now from cnn's jason carroll, who joins us not far from mar-a-lago. two new possible cabinet appointments floating out there. one a loyalist, another an adversary, what can you tell us? >> of course you're talking about mitt romney, who used to be an adversary, now perhaps a political friend. and also ben carson, up for secretary of housing and urban development. both of these men similar in two ways. both of these men seriously considering these positions. both of these men consulting on the people very close to them, mitt romney consulting his advisers, some of his family members about this position, seriously considering it. ben carson, as well. you know, trump said of him once, he said, he's a talented person who loves people. and this is an area that ben carson cares very deeply about, urban areas. and he has also said that he has a long-term interest, quote, in urban areas and urban development. both of these men, john, said to be using the holiday weekend to

take it all under consideration. >> turning now to what's going on now at mar-a-lago, thanksgiving weekend, the president-elect arrived there a short time ago. do we know what his plans are for the next few days? is this a working vacation? >> reporter: well, there are a couple of things. i think it will be work, in part. jason miller has said that he wants, he believes that donald trump will use the thanksgiving day to have some downtime with his family, although tomorrow, there is expected to be a transition call early, not expected to have a transition call on thursday, though, so perhaps this will finally be some downtime for trump and his family. we are expecting donald trump to release a video tomorrow. you know, there's been so much talk about trump releasing these videos, going around the press, he hasn't had a press conference in two weeks or more. so perhaps what he's going to do tomorrow, we're hearing, is release a video about thanksgiving, directly to the american people. much like he did when he released that video about what he would be doing, what he hopes to accomplish in his first 100

days of office. again, that thanksgiving video expected to come out tomorrow. john? >> all right, jason carroll, not far from mar-a-lago in florida, thanks so much. before leaving down, this town, donald trump made headlines in a place where they know a good headline when they see one, the newspaper donald trump has practically made a career out of crashing. today, as jim acosta reports, it was a different story. >> repter: today, donald trump me met face to face with one of his favorite targets, "the new york times." and the newspaper's reporters were live tweeting the highlights. to all of his supporters calling for hillary clinton to be jailed over her e-mails in the clinton foundation, trump hinted he's leaning against pushing for any sort of prosecution, saying it would be very, very divisive for the country. it's a reversal for trump, who shattered presidential campaign enormous by threatening to imprison his opponent repeatedly. >> i am going to instruct my attorney general to get a

special prosecutor to look into your situation, because there has never been so many lies, so much deception. >> on his chief strategist, steve bannon, who's been accused of showcasing racist views on his breitbart news site, trump said, it's very hard on bannon. i think he's having a hard time with it, because it's not him. and trump even moderated his stance on global warming, which he once called a hoax, telling "the times," i think there is some connectivity between humans and climate change. with his inauguration getting closer, the president-elect has no shortage of flames to put out. from a new revelation in "the washington post" that the trump foundation admitted to the irs that it was engaged in self-dealing, and illegally misusing charitable donations to the mounting conflicts posed by his business affairs overseas. trump told "the times," in theory, i could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly. there's never been a case like this. >> we are facing another "ism," just like we faced naziism. >> reporter: and there are new questions about michael flynn,

who's tapped to be trump's national security adviser, after the retired general's comments on islamism, last august. >> this is islamism. and it is a vicious cancer inside the body of 1.7 billion people on this planet. and it has to be excised. >> dr. carson! >> reporter: trump also met with rival-turned-supporter, ben carson, and said he is seriously considering the doctor to run housing and urban development, even though a carson adviser just last week said that dr. carson doesn't think he's qualified to run a federal agency. trump has mostly tried to bypass the media since his election, revealing his upcoming agenda in this transition-produced video. >> my agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting america first. >> reporter: a top supporter's message to the press, get used to it. >> but now donald trump's going to, you know, make his own way with the press and he's probably going to do a lot of those videos, i would imagine. where it's straight to the american people, go around the press. >> reporter: jim acosta, cnn, new york.

>> our thanks to jim for that. back now with the panel and joining us, "new york times" conservative op-ed columnist, ross delpit, who was there inside the room, tara setmayer. ross, you were there, more than a fly on the wall, an active participant in this hour-long, on-the-record session with the president-elect, which is really more than the american people have heard from him over the last several weeks. what struck you? >> a couple things. i think jim mentioned one of them already. just that he came in and us with fairly conciliatory. there was a certain amount of time that he spent sort of rehashing the glory days of the campaign and a certain amount of time he spent complaining about his press coverage, particularly from "the new york times." but when the subject turned to public policy, he spent a lot of time saying, well, i'm open to this, i'm willing to do deals on this, and so on. and basically cast himself as he has in certain situations in the past, as a kind of, you know,

rockefeller/nixon kind of republican, someone who's going to build infrastructure and make deals and sort of goose the economy, without being sort of, you know, intensely ideologically conservative. so that was part of the story. so you could see that as sort of outreach to "the new york times," in certain ways. but the other part was that he was, again, the quotes were sort of suggestive, he was fairly, you know, nearly defiant about sort of his business and his intention to not put it in a blind trust, to have his children run it, to continue to see his children, to do things like photo opes with people who have vechinvestments with trump enterprises, the trump organization around the world. so i thought that was fairly striking. as a preview of what's likely to be an ongoing sort of, you know -- an ongoing shadow, in certain ways, on his presidency. >> when he tells you he doesn't see any conflicts of interest there. when he tells you that he can do his business and the country's business at the same time, you

take him at his word? >> in fairness, he would say, well, look, we're going to create some sort of, you know, some sort of separation between the white house and my business. but he was also careful to say, but i don't have to. right? and he was also -- and anytime anything specific came up, these photopes, the case where he was supposedly and he basically confirmed this, sort of said to british politicians, oh, you shouldn't put up wind turbines near my golf course. he wasn't apologetic about any of that. >> tara, what do you make of that? and also, what do you make of this like operoperatic meeting happened to begin with? donald trump woke up tweeting that the rules had been changed, and he wasn't going, but then he did go to the meeting with and went to "the new york times". >> i find this whole thing very telling about donald trump and his personality and his character. and this is exactly what we saw on the campaign. remember, donald trump came out, would say, oh, don't worry, i can be so presidential when we want to be. we saw a glimpse of that on

election night and we haven't seen it since. his priority has always been his own reputation, how he feels, what -- it's about him. that's part of the narcissism of hi personality. and the fact that he has rail e against "the new york times," he's tweeted umpteen times how horrible "the new york times" is. >> yesterday. >> that was like 6:30 this morning. >> but it's "the new york times" that he gives his first major print interview to. because he understands that, you know, you don't go up against someone who has barrels of ink to print. he knows his whole life has been about building up a persona in the media. and manipulating the media in s fair. so he throws a temper tantrum when it doesn't go his way, but he's also savvy enough to realize, once he takes a deep breath and realizes, i'm going to have to continue dealing with these folks, i need to massage that relationship. so, this back and forth of, you know, the tweets, the temper

tantrums, but then he goes in and he's, you know, all of a sudden everyone's wonderful with "the new york times," it's an interesting dynamic. and i think it's something you're going to continue to see. the fact that he was so defiant about the conflict of interest stuff shows you, again, where his priority is. it's still worrying about the trump organization, the trump name, and that he's going to do what the hell he wants to do, and to hell with what the conventional wisdom is or what we've done before, but if he can get away with it, we will, and the american people better be ready for the continued conflict of interest issues coming up. >> kayleigh, quick word on the conflict of interest? >> we've never had a situation like this before. we've never had someone with a $10 billion brand being president of the united states. he's trying to do everything right. i think it's unfair to suggest that we put this in a blind trust and take it away from his children. really at the end of the day, what this comes down to is donald trump will have to navigate the thickets of this and he'll do so with lawyers at his side and the white house at his side.

but his priority -- >> but to be fair, we haven't seen any of that yet. so far, his daughter has been in the room for meetings with the japanese prime minister. so far, he's been taking pictures with indian businessmen over here building a hotel. so far, he tells "the new york times" that he sees no conflict of interest and the fact that it can't exist. so when he says he's going to navigate it, we haven't seen evidence of that. >> we haven't seen the meetings that go on every day, with accountants, lawyers, how do i deal with this, and what is an unprecedented situation. we haven't seen that, but they are happening. >> carlos, it's a testament to how much other news was made that we're an hour and 15 minutes into the show right now and we haven't brought up the fact that the trump team and donald trump today basically said he's not going to go after hillary clinton. lock her up. it was such a big part of the trump campaign. he said he was going to ask for a special prosecutor right when he got into office, which, by the way, he would not have had the power to do anyway. but today he seems to say, no. he isn't going to try to launch an investigation or press any

charges against hillary clinton. what do you make of that? >> you know, besides the fact that the clintons were at his wedding and they clearly were buddies before this, and so it doesn't stoke fear of a conspiracy thoughts that they were buddies all along and this was a show? maybe. but the truth of the matter is, he's been pragmatic on some levels. certainly when you hear what he says about obamacare and climate change and you hear him backing off in some ways about how much he'll unwind nafta. how interesting how quickly he's done that. when you saw the last person do this much of it, it was ronald reagan, to some extent, but he took much longer in that regard. but i think he's getting a little bit more of a pass. i think the democrats and the press at some level have been cowed. you heard the critique about steve bannon, but what you haven't heard said enough, you don't hear many women in the running in any meaningful way. you don't hear people of color, despite the fact we heard about ben carson today and maybe harold ford jr. and i think that's a real issue about whether or not you're taking advantage of the full talent of the country. and i think that the fact that

the press and the democrats are cow willed remain interesting, including on questions of conflict of interest, and you may be right, kayleigh, that there ultimately may not be an issue and he may put in place things, but the fact that there's not meaningful monitoring going on on these other issues makes you wonder what's really going to happen. >> i don't know if you watched the last hour, he didn't get much of a pass here in the last hour. >> there was no pass. >> we were sweating in the green room. >> maria, quickly, on the hillary clinton issue, when he said that today, did clinton supporters breathe a sigh of relief? >> not really, i don't think we were afraid of it one way or another. there was never any there there, as demonstrated by jim comey himself, twice, by the way. but i will give him credit for having said that and then saying going after her would be very divisive to the country, because it certainly would have been. i wish he would go further and apply that same, you know, that same view in terms of the divisive rhetoric that he has used throughout his campaign for

the past 18 months. if he did that, if he stepped up to the plate and this goes to the whole alt-right issue, he could have so much goodwill from the people who right now are nothing less than terrified of his presidency. >> all right, coming up next, because carlos was taunting us right there, we'll return to the conflict of interest question and put hard facts tonight table to try to flesh out this picture. stay with us. i love that my shop is part of the morning ritual around here. people rely on that first cup and i wouldn't want to mess with that.

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conflicts of interest of interest between the people's business and the trump family business, as you've been hearing, he told "the new york times" in so many words that what many experts believe is a problem is no problem at all. it might not be so simple, what with the lawsuits, the tax questions, the absence of tax returns, and more, tom foreman reports. >> reporter: when donald trump opened his billion-dollar scottish resort in 2012, he had big ambitions. >> we wanted to build what we determined could be the biggest golf course in the world. >> but soon he was tilting at windmills, embroiled in a legal fight with the scottish government over a wind farm just offshore ruining the view. a fight he lost less than a year ago. shortly after his election, he met with british politician nigel farage, who helped lead the brexit movement. and did they discuss wind farms again? just today trump told "the new york times," i might have brought it up. the story embodies everything

political watchdogs are worried about. >> whether a position is abused or there's just the potential for that abuse, there's just the opportunity to abuse it, either way, it's undermining of confidence in government. >> reporter: the billionaire politician told "the times," in theory, i could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly, adding, however, he's faciphasing that now, letting his children take over. but a firewall has clearly not gone up yet, so the president of ar argentina says when he called to offer congratulations, trump's daughter, ivanka, was on the line, too. the transition team says no business was discussed, but the trump organization is working on a $100 million project in buenos aires. when the japanese prime minister came calling, there was ivanka, again, with the trump organization doing business with at least 150 companies in 25 countries, the potential for

professional ties colliding with politics is huge. will the new president recognize the new envoy from the philippines picked just before the election? sure. it's his former business partner. lawsuits are also a worry, such as the one over trump university, which he just settled for $25 million. so are reports of questionable behavior and bookkeeping at the trump foundation. and even that fancy new d.c. hotel he so proudly opened recently, it is on property leased from the very government he will now lead. even as the president-elect promises to step away from all these entanglements, it remains unclear when he will complete that step. but one thing is very clear, he's confident this will not be a problem. telling "the times," the law is totally on my side. the president can't have a conflict of interest. john? >> all right, tom foreman,

thanks very much. more now on this, joining us, david frum, senior editor at "the atlantic" and former speechwriter for president george w. bush. so, david, maggie haberman, a "new york times" reporter who was in the meeting today, defeated that trump said, the law's totally on my side. the president can't have a conflict of interest and in theory, i could run my business perfectly and then run the country perfectly. there's never been a case like this. that's what he says of this tangle. so what are we supposed to make of this? >> you're to keep in mind the lesson that with this president, unfortunately, anything he says must be independently verified. he has a bad habit of saying things that are not true and what he said in that tweet is not true. first, the law does not say that the president can't have a conflict of interest. what the law says is that the conflict of interest rules laid down in the ethics government act of 1978 do not apply to the president and the vice president. the president can certainly have a conflict of interest. it's just that there is no

enforcement mechanism to prevent it. what there are -- there are some disclosure rules. they are, however, very, very weak. to date, the united states has mostly relied on the honor and good sense of the president of the united states to avoid wrongdoing. in the current case, relying on donald trump's honor and good sense is obviously not a sufficient protection. >> so if there are no enforcement rules to keep him from doing it, there's nothing to stop him, correct? >> well, no, no, that's the second sentence. and that's also not true. there are rules. there are rules in seeking bribes and accepting gratuities. there are a whole series of laws that are designed to prevent corrupt activity by the president. but they have some holes. for example, those laws tend not to apply to members of the president's immediate family. and of course, then, there are definitional issues. what, exactly, is a bribe? if, for example, the government of tarnlg targentina decides to on the zoning rules, about the trump tower that is rising in buenos aires, that's not a tower that donald trump owns, but a

tower that is licensed in his name, is that a bribe? what if china suddenly discovers that it needs 100 trump-branded towers and casinos, each of which pays a franchise fee to the president of the united states? is that a bribe? we will have a lot of definit n definitional issues. these could be avoided if the president did things like release his tax returns or liquidate his assets, but those rely on honor and good sense, and those are not donald trump's assets. >> liquidate his trusts or set up a blind trust, that is asking the impossible -- >> no, i'm sorry, that's not asking the impossible, that's asking the perfectly reasonable. what the president has done is redefine the possible to mean something that will not allow him to maximize the economic value of the presidency. it is perfectly possible for him to liquidate his assets. assets are liquidated every day. that's why we have financial markets for. >> who's going to enforce this, though? there are other rules that you say that do exist. there are the rules that are enforceable, some that may be are not enforceable, but who's

going to be the watchdog here? because short of congress, really, stepping in, unless you see a sign that i don't see, i don't see the republican-led congress standing up and saying, "stop," or do something about this, what's going to make it better in your mind? >> nothing's going to make it better, it's going to be worse. we are plunging into a period of crisis in the united states. we're going to have ethical crisis followed by constitutional crisis. we are going to have -- as soon as the democrats get hold of either branch of congress, or as soon as i think two or three republicans decide they can't stand the stench of it anymore and join with the democrats in the senate to authorize investigations, we are going to have a period of congressional investigation of alleged wrongdoing by the president-elect and by his family that's going to consume the politics of the united states. an honorable person, even a dishonorable person with some good sense would act now to head this off. >> he said last night in one of his many tweets, he said, it's just the crooked media talking about this. he says that his business interests were well known before

the election and people still voted him in. i should tell you that we did a poll that came out just this morning that that 59% of americans don't think president-elect trump's plan to prevent conflict of interest goes far enough. i'm not sure there is a plan that we know of. >> he has a plan to maximize his conflict of interest. a conflict of interest is the temptation to do something wrong. the issue is not that the president might be tempted to do something wrong, the issue is that the president has told us that he fully intends to do things that are wrong. these are conflicts of interest. these are outright acts of using the office of presidency to increase his wealth and that of his family. >> david frum, clearly very passionate about this, thanks for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> just ahead, more on president-elect trump's meeting today at "the new york times." the latest chapter in his long-running love/hate hate relationship with the media. hey team, i know we're tight on time, but i really need a...

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donald trump's visit today to "the new york times" was out of character in at least one respect, namely, he went there instead of receiving people at

trump tower. in other ways, though, as you got a hint of at the top of the hour, it was vintage trump. more on that from cnn's "reliable sources" anchor, brian stelter. >> you have so in dishonest reporters. a bunch of phony low-lifes. the world's most dishonest people. >> reporter: the candidate who declared war on the media -- >> we have to fight the media, is not changing. donald trump is the president-elect now, but he's still acting like a professional media critic, calling the press crooked and venting about unfair campaign coverage. this morning, he woke up and announced on twitter, i canceled today meeting with the failing "new york times" when the terms and conditions of the meeting were changed at the last moment. not nice. not nice? >> "the new york times" is totally dishonest. i think "the new york times" is one of the most dishonest media outlets i've ever seen in my life. i call it the failing "new york times." >> reporter: hours later, he flip-flopped and headed cross town to "the times" headquarters.

he left the hour-long interview calling "the times" a crown jewel, proving once again his love/hate relationship with the news outlets that made him famous. back on monday, he invited executives and anchors from five major tv networks, including cnn, to trump tower. >> there's no need to mend fences. it was an off-the-record meeting, it was very cordial, very productive, genial, but also very candid and very honest. >> reporter: honest, indeed. sources say trump vented about media coverage, attack, nbc and cnn, in particular, but he also listeneded to the reporter who is argued for improved access. candidate trump always wanted the press' attention, but on his own terms. and since election day, trump has repeatedly ditched the press pool, that's the small group of journalists that's assigned to cover him at all times. >> the reason it's important to have a press pool so close is because news can happen even when it's not planned.

>> trump said, i think you'll be happy with my commitment to the first amendment. the freely blast the people who cover him >> they're scum. horrible people. >> reporter: horrible people trying to tell the truth about an unpredictable trump presidency. >> horrible person brian stelter joins us now. also with us, cnn presidential historian, douglas brinkley. doug, i want to start with you here. the transition is supposed to be the honeymoon period between the president-elect and the press. this really is, in some cases, is as good as it gets, yet there is this incredibly contentious relationship here. there's really no historic precedent for this. >> there isn't, but we have to deal with the new media environment. donald trump has 15.6 million twitter followers. hays going to inherit about 12 million that go with potus. he's going to suddenly have 25, 30 million twitter followers,

whenever he wants to go over the mainstream media, he's going to go and use twitter. he'll also use these infomercials like we saw yesterday, 2 1/2 minutes of film, talking directly to the american people. but add to that, he's got conservative media on his side. he has fox news. you know, he has breitbart. he's got drudge. he's got the "new york post." so he's kind of isolating what the elite media, so to speak, "the new york times," "washington post," cnn, and wants to play good, some days bad with them, bat them back and forth. so it's going to be a very contentious time with those news media sources, including us here at cnn, trying to cover trump. because he wants to isolate us and will play us how he feels like he needs to for expedient's sake on a day-by-day price. >> in fact, laura ingraham, who could end up as a press secretary for donald trump suggested that donald trump, the president-elect, and then pre president, will try to go around the press with these video releases, the likes of which we saw yesterday, the likes of

which we think we're going to get tomorrow. does that work even with 15 million followers? yeah, you can go on twitter, people can click on the videos, but it doesn't mean that the press and the reporting goes away? >> it only works to a point. and that's why we saw donald trump actually go all the way over to "the new york times" building, a mile away from trump tower today. you know, this was actually a show of respect to go to "the times" headquarters, even though he complained about the coverage that times gave him. even though he complained to network executives yesterday. tonight, on the other side of manhattan, the journalists were having their annual fund-raising dinner tonight. and the theme is really about press freedom close to home. normally this fund-raiser is about threats to journalism and other dcountries, but the subtet tonight is all about the united states. cnn president jeff zucker saying we'll hold this administration's feet to the fire. david remnick saying this is a crucial time to show other countries how much we value the first amendment. that's the kind of language, the kind of rhetoric we're hearing from top journalists.

i think it foreshadows the more adversarial relationship. whether that's the intent or not on the journalist's part, trump is trying to set the media up as his opponent, as his adversary. >> the trip to "the new york times" today was fascinating. an hour-long on-the-record discussion with a group of reporters is terrific, it's the kind of thing any news organization would welcome and it's good for all of us and good for the american people to see that kind of conversation. donald trump hasn't done a full press conference, doug, in inlgs, i think since july. and it is certainly something previous president-elects have done during the transition period, certainly by this time during the transition. >> yeah, i was very surprised when he was rolling out his new cabinet selections, that he didn't show up with a press conference, introduce them, have a little bit of a give and take. he's really kind of been in hiding, in some ways in trump tower, now down in florida. so i don't think we're going to be getting the john f. kennedy treatment of press conferences

with the give and take. with that said, you know, the great poet, walt whitman famously said, so i contradict myself. by and large, i contain multitudes. that's donald trump. he think he's so large, that he can contradict himself. one day he can say, loser, "new york times", scum, the next day they're the crowned ju. and he'll go back and forth, because it keeps the press confused. and in confusion, he seems to be able to excel. so we'll have to find new ways to cover him and the key is going to be does he break the law, conflict of interest. it's really about finding illegal activities like david frum was suggesting in your previous segment, that the press is going to excel in the area of trump. >> well, the press will keep on working. in fact, david fahrenthold of "the washington post" today said he had a report that the trump foundation admitted it broke some rules over the past several years. the press continues to work hard. thanks so much. just ahead, president-elect

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president-elect trump has made no secret that he's a fan of nigel farage, the interim leader of britain's populist anti-immigrant uk independence party, but the president-elect raised eyebrows on both sides of the atlantic when he tweeted many people would like to see nigel farage represent great britain as their ambassador to the united states. he would do a great job. just one small problem. britain already has an ambassador to the u.s., which a member of parliament pointed out, getting in his own dig at donald trump. >> although there is no vacancy, would the foreign secretary think it's extremely generous of donald trump to suggest who should be our ambassador? and in that measure of

fraternity, might he suggest that the best person to fill the vacancy for the ambassador to the united kingdom next year would be hillary rodham clinton. though i suspect the last thing she'd want to do is to be associated with the incoming administration. >> gee, nigel farage, you'll recall, was a staunch backer of britain's withdrawal from the european union and an outspoken supporter of donald trump during the campaign. cnn chief international correspondent christiane amanpour, has had a front row seat to british reaction to the u.s. election and she joins us now. >> so, christiane, this tweet from president-elect trump about nigel franlg. first of all, the uk already has an ambassador to the united states. but second of all, how unusual is it for a president, let alone a president-elect to dabble like this in another nation's foreign policy? >> it's obviously very unusual. but we live in an unusual world

right now. politics, dploeps, the press. all these relationships are being turned on their head. and so what nigel farage is doing is much like what he did during the brexit campaign, much like how he sort of enabled donald trump to do during his campaign. in other words, do an end run around the establishment and seek to make your own relationships. and because nigel farage has led a populist revolt in england and was the first british political leader, although he's not an elected entity in england, he was the first to meet him. i met him in cleveland. they have a very close relationship and i guess they both feel they have this personal connection, it's just outside the realms of diplomacy. >> the reaction was, this isn't how it's done. this just doesn't happen like this. yeah, exactly, that's donald trump. >> you know, i think that we're all in, again, a very, very unusual political dynamic right now. none of what's happened is very

usual. that's why people have been so surprised by the brexit win in england, by the donald trump win here. people were surprised. it took people by surprise. and so, a lot of the sort of, what goes into making a presidential campaign or a transition or relations with foreign governments, all of that is now being done on a different basis than what we've been used to. >> nevertheless, these european leaders, no matter how unusual it is, they're all going to have to deal with president trump after january 20th. what are they saying about that? >> well, look, ever since november 9th, when it was clear what the result was, i interviewed a whole panoply of them from my perch in london. and they all gave the pro forma response that they should. we respect the american democracy, we respect the choice of the american people, we look forward to working with president-elect donald trump. some of them add addendums. for instance, chancellor angela merkel, who you know, has had a

very, very close relationship with president obama, believes in the, you know, u.s. european global alliance. she actually said that, yes, i will work closely with president-elect donald trump on the basis of our shared values. and went on to list the shared values of tolerance, of gender equality and respect, of all sorts of orientations of respect for refugees, all the different things that make up the global and universal values. and that was quite interesting to see her put that kind of conditional offer on the table. in europe, we face a populist uprising, much the same as happened here. as happened in britain. there are elections coming up in germany and in france, there are, you know, elections and referendums coming up in austria and in the netherlands and in italy. and all of those could really end up turning the status quo on its head. that's why everyone is very carefully looking at what is actually happening in public space right now.

>> you know, american elections are always important around the world. this one, maybe in particular. >> very much so, that's why everyone is looking very, very carefully who the national security, the state, and defense officials for donald trump will be. very, very carefully. >> what about that? rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york city, rumored as one of the two maybe possibilities for secretary of state? >> i would say, and i haven't asked them, but i would is a i based on there -- what's probably likely, that he wouthed prefer it to be, if the other is one in contention is mitt romney, that they would prefer mitt romney. they know him better, that it might be more of an establishment, you know, get together kind of candidate. >> interesting. rudy giuliani is not exactly anti-establishment. he's been part of the structure of government for decades. and not completely unknown. >> no, but doesn't really have foreign policy leanings. >> christiane amanpour, thank you very much for being with us. >> thank you, john. coming up next, we're going to update you on the investigation into that horrible

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a community in chattanooga, tennessee, is in shock and grief after five children died in a

school bus crash. the bus full of elementary school students had just left school yesterday afternoon, no students had been even dropped off yet when this crash happened. now the ntsb investigation has just begun. martin savidge reports. >> a school bus flipped off the roadway. it is occupied children. they believe there are ejections. >> reporter: a drastic accident. according to his mother, that's how she described the school bus. >> in the back i can see an arm moving. >> the driver, 24-year-old johnthony walker, has been arrested and charged with vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. authorities' key focus now is speed. >> the police are aware of a following car, so that witness we have but we are looking for other witnesses who may know not only about this event but also we talked about previous behavior of that driver. >> reporter: according to a newly obtained arrest affidavit,

walker was traveling on a narrow winding road, driving the bus at a high rate of speed, well above the posted speed limit of 30 miles an hour. >> he was going real fast and he has hit a garbage bag and he hit a mailbox and then he flipped over. >> reporter: witness statemented and evidence indicating the bus flipped off the road, hit a mailbox then swerved again, hitting a telephone pole and tree as it overturned. >> broken ribs, broken legs, broken arms, bleeding kidneys. our hearts have been going out to these families. >> reporter: 37 school children ranging from kindergarteners to fifth graders were riding the bus with walker when it crashed. a dozen remain hospitalized, some being treated in intensive care. >> there are no words that can bring comfort to a mother or a father and so today the city is praying for these families.

>> reporter: one father told abc news he'd had concerns about the bus driver before. >> there has been times where i've seen him going a little faster than he probably should be going. that's when i tried to be there in the mornings when he's pulling up so i could get a rhythm for what he was doing. >> reporter: i the driver's mother told cnn her son was "terrified" when he called her after the crash saying he tried to pull children from the wreckage. she says he is the father of a three-year-old son who worked two jobs and has never been in trouble before. the national transportation safety board is now investigating the incident, hoping to use video and informational boxes on board to find out what just happened on this bus and whether it could have been prevented. >> martin savidge joins us from chattanooga. martin, what are you learning about the conditions of the children injured in the crash? >> reporter: john, there are still 12 that are hospitalized, six in critical condition tonight. there were 19 other children at one time that they treated as the walking wounded. so crowded in the e.r. and so

many families converged to find out if their child was okay, they had a problem with identification because many children couldn't speak. they were so traumatize sod they began using photos. photo miss family members had on their phone. they would match the photo with a child in the back of the e.r. until they had one family that they had a photo that they knew there was no child back there. it was a very, very hard night. >> we're thinking about those families tonight. thank you so much for being with us, martin. we'll be right back. has an all-around stretchy waistband. and superior protection. so you'll see fewer leaks. and they'll see their first underwear. new pampers easy ups. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla (apremilast). otezla is not an injection or a cream.

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that does it for us. "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts now. donald trump changes his tune, that may not sit well with some of his supporters. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. one of the biggest things a during the president's off again/on again meeting with the "new york times," he said he's not going to press charges against hillary clinton. donald trump says he likes president barack obama and he may be considering offering mitt romney the secretary of state job. plus, is this america today?