what president obama is responding to is the tone that president-elect trump displayed at his event last night. and the significance of that is had to make a conscious decision about the tone he was going to use in speaking to not just his orders in the ballroom, but also the millions of americans watching on tv and tens of millions watching around the world. it is a high-stakes moment. it is an opportunity for president-elect trump to make an impression. at that moment, he chose to that seemse generally familiar to people who have been watching

president-elects at election night events. thatwould seem to suggest certain basic principles of our are likely to be upheld. certainly one of those thatiples is ensuring criminal investigations and a female justice system is not infected with partisan politics. the question is whether or not that tone will persist? obamaure that president won't be the only one watching. >> to the results of the election bolster the post presidency plan?

>> again, the election results are really 12 hours old. in those 12 hours, i am not aware of any reconsideration the president has made about his post-presidency plans. likelihood he is probably looking for to his post-presidency vacation more than ever. yes, ma'am. [indiscernible] i would like to ask you, do you think afghan people should have high expectations from the new president?

confess that i don't recall having heard president-elect trump speak extensively about his view of u.s. policy toward afghanistan. some of your colleagues in the press corps may have covered the debates another events and can fill you in on that. it is not clear to me exactly what kind of preferences or views he has articulated with regards to our policy with afghanistan. i would put this in the category of other policy decisions that the president will have to make. and to ensure that he is effectively positioned to make a good, smart decision consistent with our national interest. president obama and his national security team will ensure that president-electron and his team -- president-elect trump and his team have the resources necessary to make you to

decisions about u.s. policy in that region of the world. obviously, these are the kind of decisions the next president will make and will have a significant impact on our policy and an impact on our servicemembers serving in afghanistan countering the threats that emanate from afghanistan. the stakes of that decision is high. the kinds of decisions that have to be near obvious. the next president will benefit from the carefully considered advice from leaders in our intelligence corps that have policyry focused on u.s. in afghanistan. john decker. john: the president today in the rose garden praised the transition model that was put forward by former george w bush

and says that is the model he would like to follow. only relates to not 'sesident george h&w bush presidency model, they refrained from criticizing their successors. when president obama also follow that same model, refraining from criticizing resident trump and his policies once president obama is a former president? >> i don't think i can say anything declarative about that question. presumably, between now and get my 20th, you are your colleagues can ask him. i believe he said this in public, he is appreciated -- he has appreciated how early in his

presidency, former president first of the bush -- former was nott george w. bush a regular, active, public presence offering his critique of the new president. and the president and president obama believed that it was not just beneficial to make difficult decisions, but it also characters of our 43rd -- revealed the character of our 43rd president. i am confident in saying that president george w. bush did not agree with every decision president obama made his first year in office. disagreementsis

to himself, and i know that president obama has appreciated president bush taking that step to give the incoming president the running room necessary to think decisions to advocate for them publicly in a way that would have been much more difficult if the recently departed president was critiquing his every move. >> i wanted to ask you about the relationship. it is an unusual relationship and a way that president obama has had with the president-elect. early on in the president's tenure as president as you may recall, president-elect questioned the citizenship of president obama. a short time after that, the president famously went after

the president-elect. i realize that the election is so fresh, but has the president had time to be introspective in that hethat the person has that this unusual type of relationship with from a far, is now president? well, it is not news to observe that president-elect trump and president obama have deep, long-standing, and public disagreements on a wide range of toues, including with regard some of the tactics and rhetoric that the president-elect used on the campaign trail. the president was quiet outspoken about that in the context of the selection.

but the election is over. the american people made a decision. chose their people successor president obama's responsibility is to ensure the incoming president, no matter how significant their disagreement, can get off to a running start, and president obama, including in his capacity as a former president, will genuinely be rooting for president trump's success in uniting in leading this country. >> president obama and president-elect trump met face-to-face before, will this be the very first meeting? >> i believe they had only one other opportunity at a public event together. off the top of my head, i do not know where that is. i feel like they may have had one. have an extensive,

personal relationship. not a situation where they have had many conversations , or play golf together, or any of that business. so, i guess that will be among the many, many, many reasons why tomorrow's meeting will be interesting. the last one. >> i think there is a lot of fear among lgbt people, muslims, and immigrants, that they will face persecution under president trump. what is president obama's message to them? >> his message is that our country has benefited from a ofadfast commitment to a set democratic institutions. these institutions have been durable, even through a civil

war, through a couple of world wars, through financial , and the president has enormous confidence and faith in those institutions. in part because those institutions are made of patriotic americans. that is true whether we are talking about public servants who are employees of the federal government or the brave men and women of our armed forces. those institutions serve the american people well. it is important for our leaders to demonstrate faith in them and to rely on them. that faith in those institutions has served very well some of our country's greatest presidents. the other observation that president obama would make, and he did so in the rose garden, is country hass in our

not moved along a straight line. make in some of byse areas is characterized two steps forward and one step back. byetimes it is characterized delayed progress. the observation that president obama would make, best response to that is, not to lose hope or be cynical, or withdraw from the public discourse. it actually calls for greater engagement. it calls for more people to serve passionately and feel strongly about these issues and stand up for what they believe in. best --y clinton put it it is worth fighting for what's right. she has certainly done that let her three decade career in

public life. it is something that president obama has certainly done, not just while he has held elective office, but even before he entered elective office. showed -- i think it i will say it this way, i think secretary clinton intended that as very good advice for people who may be feeling discouraged today. and it is understandable that people are feeling discouraged because it is natural you are want to disappoint when the candidate you supported the front win. -- when the candidate you supported does not win. be used as an excuse to withdraw from the public discourse. toshould serve as motivation be involved. >> i have a firewall question.

is there anything the white house can do to protect them? >> i will speculate at this point about what president-elect may or may not do. every time the president has decision, or made a policy decision, or taken executive action, he has done so with a long-term perspective. . his approach to policymaking has been to cut effect --to become an said of the decisions -- his approach to policymaking has been to become a sent of the decisions he has been making. cognizant of the decisions he has making. that has been his approach since

his first day in office. ultimately, the approach president-elect trump will take is one he alone will determine. thanks, everyone. we will see you tomorrow. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that affect you. joining us is the

editor-in-chief for "the hill," which is next legislatively with a republican-controlled congress and a president trump. fort knox was chosen because it was america's most impenetrable location. it was the gold depository opened years prior and there had been lots of gold transferred already. secretary of the treasury gave permission to use a portion of the depository for these documents. q&a, and night on author talks about the decision to move america's most historical documents to fort knox. on december 26, 1941. >> he had to make a decision on what documents would be there. the articles of confederation,

pre-constitution, for sure. the gettysburg address, considered critical. he makes this decision very methodically on what is going to go to fort knox. these are considered the most viable documents in the country. the magna carta is the document that he has been asked to preserve. >> sunday night on q&a. on the day after the election, hillary clinton gave a concession speech in new york city congratulating donald trump on his win and reflecting on her campaign for president. she urged her supporters to give resident-elect trump the chance to lead. this is 45 minutes. [applause]

and applause] timothy kaine: my wife and i are so proud of this moment. [applause] i am proud of hillary clinton because she has been a great history maker as a civil rights lawyer, first lady, secretary of state, and she has

thathistory in a nation has made it uniquely difficult for a woman to be elected to federal office. she became the first major party nominee as a woman to be president, and last night won the popular vote of america. [applause] that is an amazing accomplishment. i am proud of hillary clinton because in the words of langston hughes, she help dreams. he was inspired by a young age age that ifg families do well, that is a

barometer is society is doing well. everything she does, she is focused on that. we have never had a president who has made their whole career about the empowerment of families and children. i was as excited about that in the oval office as i was excited to have my friend, hillary there and make history as the first woman president. she has built such a wonderful team. [applause] there is a beautiful and comical period and the new testament about a vineyard owner who hires people to work and says i will pay you this for a full day. thinking hires people at noon and says i will pay the same. thing he hires people one hour before and i will pay the same. those who started earlier said i don't like this, you are treating everyone the same.

the team that hillary has assembled over the years of who are so deeply loyal to her because she is so deeply loyal to them is inspiring, but i have seen that same degree of loyalty and compassion and sensitivity extended to the most recent folks who have joined the team, the folks who came to the vineyard with one just our to go. her loyalty and compassion to you,all, if you are with you are with you and that is remarkable. i am proud of hillary because she loves this country. [applause] nobody, nobody had to wonder about hillary clinton if she would accept the outcome of the election. nobody had to ask that question. nobody had to doubt it.

she knows the system that we have in its warts and blemishes. she accepts. it. before been in battles were if it did not go her way, she would wake up and continue. that love of country is obvious to everyone. i want to thank hillary clinton for asking us to join this wild ride. a week before, she asked if i would be her running mate and i went up to westchester and we sat down with hillary and bill and chelsea and mark and charlotte and aidan for three tors of conversation determine if he would be the right ones to be on the ticket. when we went back to the airport, i said i don't know if we are going to be on the ticket or not, but we will remember that three hours for the rest of

our life. and now we will remember 105 days we have had with this couple for the rest of our life. i will just say this, hillary and i know the wisdom and words of william faulkner. he said they killed us, but they cannot whooped us yet. [applause] because we know, we know that the work remains. dreams ofat the empowering families and children remain. in that work, that important work we have to do as a nation that is so comforting, even had a tough time, to know that is somebody -- that hillary clinton will be

battling the values that make this nation great and the values we care so deeply about. in welcomingoin me secretary of state, hillary rodham clinton. [applause] clinton: thank you. [applause] you, all. thank thank you. thank you all very much. [applause] mr. trump: thank you.

clinton: thank you, thank you so much. very rowdy group. friends, thank you. you so very much for being here -- thank you so very much for being here and i love you all, too. congratulated donald trump and offer to work with him on behalf of our country. i hope he will be a successful president for all americans. this is not the outcome we wanted or worked so hard for, and i am sorry that we did not win's selection for the values we share in the vision we hold for our country. [applause] gratitude pride and

for this wonderful campaign that we built together, this fast, diverse, creative unruly energized campaign. you represent the best of america and being your candidate has been one of the greatest honors of my life. [applause] i know how disappointed you feel because i feel it, too. and so do tens of millions of americans invested their hopes and dreams in this effort. this is painful. and it will be for a long time. but i want you to remember this -- our campaign was never about one person, or even one election. it was about the country we love and about building an america

that is hopeful, inclusive, and bighearted. we have seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. but i still believe in america, and i always will. and if you do, then we must accept this result, and then look to the future. donald trump is going to be our president. we owe him an open mind and the chance to lead. our constitutional democracy enshrines the peaceful transfer of power. and we don't just respect that, we cherish it. things enshrines other -- the rule of law, the principle that we are all the wall in rights and dignity, freedom of worship and expression, and we respect and cherish these values, too, and we must defend them. [applause]

and let me add, our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time. do all be can to keep advancing the causes and values we all hold dear. work forr economy everyone, not just for those at the top, protecting our country, and protecting our planet, and breaking down all the barriers that hold any american back from achieving their dreams. we spent a year and a half bringing together millions of people from every corner of our country to say with one voice that we believe that the american dream is big enough for everyone. for people of all races and

religions, for men and women, for immigrants, for lgbt people and people with disabilities. for everyone. [laughter] [applause] so now, and responsibility as citizens is to keep doing our part to build that better, stronger, fairer america we seek. and i know you will. i am so grateful to stand with all of you. i want to thank tim kaine and anne holten for being our partners on this journey. [applause] it has been a joy getting to know them better, and it gives

me great hope and comfort to know that tim will remain on the front lines of our democracy, representing virginia in the senate. [applause] two barack and michelle obama, our country owes you an enormous debt of gratitude. [applause] we thank you for your graceful determined leadership that has meant so much to so many americans and people across the world. chelsea, mark,

charlotte, aidan, our brothers -- my loveire family for you means more than i could ever express. you have crisscrossed this country on our behalf, and lifted me up when i needed it most, even four-month old aden who traveled with his mom. to theways be grateful creative, talented, dedicated men and women, and our headquarters in brooklyn and across the nation. [applause] you port your hearts into this campaign. for some of you who are veterans, it was a campaign after you had done other campaigns.

some of you, it was your first campaign. i want each of you to know that you weren't the best campaign anybody could have ever expected or wanted. [applause] and to the millions of volunteers, community leaders, activists, and union organizers who knocked on doors, talked to neighbors, posted on facebook, even in secret private facebook sites -- [laughter] i one everybody coming up from behind that and make sure your voices are heard going harvard -- your voices are heard going forward. [applause] to everyone who sent in contributions as small as five dollars and kept us going, thank you, thank you from all of us.

and to the young people in particular, i hope you will hear tim said,have come as spent my entire adult life fighting for what i believe in. i have had successes, and i have had setbacks. sometimes really painful ones. many of you are at the beginning of your professional, public and political careers. you will have successes and setbacks, too. ,his loss hurts, but please never stop believing that fighting for what's right is worth it. [applause]

it is. it is worth it. so, we need you to keep up these sites now and for the rest of your lives. and to all the women, and especially the young women, who put their faith in this campaign and in me, i want you to know that nothing has made me prouder than to be your champion. [applause] i know we have still not shattered that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but someday, someone will, and

hopefully sooner than we might think right now. [applause] and to all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable, and powerful, and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. [applause] finally, i am so grateful for our country and for all that it has given to me. i count my blessings every single day that i am an american. deeplytill believe, as

as i ever have, that if we stand together, and work together, with respect to our differences, strengthen our convictions, and love for this nation, our best days are still ahead of us. [applause] because you know, i believe we are stronger together, and we will go forward together. and you should never, ever regret fighting for that. scripture tells us, let us not grow weary in doing good for in due season, we shall reap if we do not lose heart. a my friends, let us have thing each other, let us not roguery, and let us not lose heart, for there are more

seasons to come, and there is more work to do. honored andbly grateful to have had this chance to represent all of you in this consequential election. may god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. [applause] [cheers and applause]

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