covering the trump phenomena. we never quit. trump never quit, no coincidence that my last words on earth, eric, never quit. have a wonderful weekend, everybody. president-elect donald trump set to meet with one of his fiercest republican critics during the election, mitt romney. could they be making up enough for the former gop presidential candidate to make a job in the trump administration? we'll see and talk about it. >> we'll take a closer look at mr. trump's national security team picks so far. the three menu see there. and find out how their views will impact the war on terror. >> president obama is on his final foreign trip in office. trying to save one of the cornerstones of his economic policy, the transpacific partnership. >> thank you so much for

spending your saturday with us. good afternoon. i'm elizabeth prann on capitol hill. >> i'm leland vittert at the white house. nice to be with you. in case you can't figure it out, we're live from washington, from america's news headquarters. >> we've been talking so much about president-elect donald trump has made three big hires this week. we've been talking about it for the better half of the week. now we're looking forward, because donald trump is in new jersey this weekend, hunkering down, meeting with a number of folks on the list. we know he'll be meeting with former presidential nominee, candidate, rather, mitt romney. he's also going to be meeting with michelle reed. big names across the board as he meets with people who could possibly impact his administration. >> our doug mcelway trying to make his way into the press pool in new jersey, and mr. trump's

golf headquarters there. we'll get a live report from him in a minute. but elizabeth, it's so fascinating, because everybody's about been trying to read the tea leaves for the past ten days or so, what does it mean, could it this be person, could it be that person for this job. you just go down the list. it is a very broad list. people you would expect for this working weekend, all the way down to tom rickets, the family that owns the chicago cubs. andy pudner, ceo of carl's jr. and hardee's. and both business folks and political folks. >> that's right. we know that they're going to be meeting especially for the better half of the weekend. we are going to be going to doug mcelway when we get an opportunity. in the meantime we'll continue on with our coverage. >> indeed we will, elizabeth. from the couple of picks that we know about right now, in particular michael flynn as national security adviser. and jeff sessions as the

attorney general. jeff sessions will have to go through a senate confirmation process. and democrats in congress are not exactly jumping onboard with mr. trump's picks so far. in fact, some are ringing some pretty serious alarm bells. kristen fischer live now in washington with what the democrats are saying, what makes them so angry. and also if there's any truth to any of their charges. kristen? >> reporter: well, leland, democrats on capitol hill were already concerned about steve bannon. now they can add his pick for attorney general to that general, jeff sessions. house minority leader nancy pelosi it like this. days after naming a white nationalist, the president-elect has chosen an attorney general with a long record of racially offensive statements and on tempt for voting rights. bannon fired back yesterday in the hollywood reporter by saying, i'm not a white nationalist.

>> he is a strong principled conservative. and we are going to need a strong attorney general to restore integrity at the department of justice. >> if confirmed, senator sessions would be very tough on immigration, which is why he was the first senator to publicly back trump during the campaign. it's really his past comments about african-americans that make many democrats most nervous. charles schumer said yesterday that just because he's a sitting senator does not mean that he'll get any special treatment. >> he's going to need a very thorough vetting. many of those statements, they're old but they're still troubling. the idea that jeff sessions is -- just because he's a senator he should get through without a series of very tough questions, particularly given those early things, no way. >> now, two other picks that democrats have a problem with are former army lot michael flynn as national security adviser and kansas

representative mike pompayo. because the national security adviser is just that, an adviser, and does not need to be confirmed, there may not be all that much that democrats can do about it. leland? >> kristen fisher live in washington. more as we drill down on each one of these nominees and picks and what it will mean later in the show. kristen, thanks so much. elizabeth? >> president-elect donald trump making three big hires, heading into the weekend, as we know. had e's not done yet. the president-elect is at his golf course vetting candidates and seeking counsel from unlikely people. he'll be meeting today with a fierce republican critic, mitt romney, which we've been talking about, the former massachusetts governor in the 2012 presidential kaecandidacy. >> reporter: we just got off the conference call that they've been doing every day now. this eannounced the first meeting here at the trump

national club will be with the former governor romney. taking place at 1:30 this afternoon. obviously this is a really interesting because of the bad blood between the two during the campaign. they're trying to tamp down speculation that romney may be the first pick for secretary of state saying yesterday to reporters, that the president-elect is trying to listen to a va are you ti of perspectives, a variety of voices. so they're keeping that down a little bit. also meeting with the president-elect will be michelle reed, a former chancellor of d.c. public schools, who is a proponent of a limited form of charter schools. she is a democrat. not generally in line with donald trump's thinking here, but it also shows he's reaching out to a variety of perspectives and wants to be inclusive in that sense. and he'll be meeting with general james mattis. he faces some problems there, because it's not been seven years since he left the

pentagon. the required duration before you can take on a position like secretary of defense. there was a very, very awkward moment last night involving the transition team when vice president-elect mike pence went to go see the smash hit "hamilton." the secret service was leaving the theater with mr. pence when during the curtain call, one of the lead actors of the show interrupted to basically lecture the vice president-elect about ininclusion and diversity and the need to, quote, protect us. this morning, mr. trump tweeted out in response to that quote, the theater must always be a safe and special place. the cast of hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, mike pence. apologize, exclamation point. in response to that, the actor, dixon, fired back with his own tweet. he said the conversation is not harassment and i appreciate mike pence for stopping to listen. there is another suggestion, another hint that there may be another cabinet pick announced late today. we'll be getting a readout from

that later today after the series of meetings happens of the we'll be here all day at trump national golf course. a beautiful facility. we'll see you then. >> doug, thank you so much. keep us posted, of course. joining us now for insight into the trump transition process is brad blakeman who worked on the george w. bush transition team. there's been so much criticism and lot of media has been talking about chaos within the transition team, which may not be unusual. there's a lot to do and a lot to take care of. i want to bring up a tweet that david axelrod wrote this week. we haven't made any major appointments at this point in 20 2008, referring to the obama administration. i don't remember being criticized for it. it is unusual that we haven't seen more positions named yet? >> no. because they're casting a wide net. thanks to david axelrod for setting the record straight. they're exactly where they need

to be. in fact, i believe they're ahead of where they should be. that's a testament to the organization and vetting process that's going on. you cast a wide net. you interview people. the good news on the republican side is we have a great talent base to pull from. they're doing exactly what they're supposed to do. they're doing it on a good timetable. i believe they're going to have all the appointments necessary about i january 20th to hit the ground running. >> pause you have done this before, not your first rodeo, can you give us insight as to the organization? what it looks like? what does the vetting process look like? we see him meeting from people across the aisle and some of his critics today. is that something that makes up a dynamic administration? >> no doubt about it. you want a diverse and talented base to pull from. they have to be loyal to the president. most importantly, they have to be loyal to the united states. this is a mission by which you're not serving a man, you're serving an entire nation. you even want people who differ with you, because you get the tension, the healthy tension that's necessary in making the

kind of heady decisions that this president is going to have. more power for donald trump for reaching out and getting a diverse talent base to pull from. >> there's a lot of observations from his three picks so far. a lot of people saying he's going with people who have been loyal to him from the very beginning, when he became the nominee, they did support him. looking forward are we going to see people who perhaps didn't support him and does that behoove them to include him in the administration? >> the fact that he's interviewing him who were not for him in the primary, but when he became or nominee. we have to give credit where credit is due. and that is that the people we're seeing are diverse. the people we're seeing are differing opinions. that is healthy for the decisions that this president is going to have to make. if you have like think or group think, you're going to make terrible decisions because the people you're surrounding yourself with are not giving you

the broad base of ideas that you need to govern. >> a lot of talk about governor mitt romney meeting with him today. wouldn't we a fly on the wall for that meeting. what does that conversation, what does it entail? you know, do they have to apologize to one another? or do they just look forward on how this ecan work together on a future administration? >> it's p getting to know each other. it's politics. but more importantly they have more in common than they do in difference. we have a republican president. we have a republican senate and house. this is a great opportunity. to have somebody like mitt romney who brings such great talent, and great ideas to the table, is a testament, again, to the president-elect. he could have easily said, i have no interest in meeting with romney. but they both have an interest in meeting with each other to work together. i think if romney were to join a trump administration, he would be a tremendous asset. >> we heard from the rnc spokesman today who said we could possibly see another cabinet member named today.

do you have any predictions? do you have a crystal ball for us? if not, do you have anyone who you would like to see get named today? >> not really. what i would lake to do is get a cabinet that reflects the broad diversity. not only of our party policy and ideas, but the nation. i think you're well on the way to see that. any nominee that has been considered so far is really refreshing to me. the people i've seen going into trump tower, and who i've talked to in the transition team, i think will not only make the party proud, but the nation proud. >> are you discouraged by the fact that you're seeing reports of a chaotic scene? i am seeing the media paint a picture of chaos. fair, unfair, maybe not even true? >> tremendously unfair. but it's expected. we live in a 24/7 age of administration. the media wants it done on their timetable. there's a new sheriff in town. if they didn't learn anything about donald trump, he does it on his timetable. >> there's also twitter in town

and photographs and trump tower in town. >> it's going to be something like we've never seen before, but in a very positive way. >> we get a front-row seat and the best to come on the show. >> appreciate it. >> thank you. >> great interview. mr. trump's pick of senator jeff sessions as attorney general has democrats ringing alarm bells, and trump loyaltyists cheering a man who served as u.s. attorney and attorney general of alabama before coming to the u.s. senate about 20 years ago. for a deeper dive, former deputy attorney general robert driscoll. appreciate you being here, sir. >> thanks for having me, leland. >> first things first, the trump administration takes over january 20th, 62 days from today. it's a friday, so you figure saturday and sunday, everybody gets rid of their hangover from the inaugural balls, comes to work monday. what changes at the justice department under attorney general sessions immediately? ? well, what will happen is it will be a landing team of republicans that will literally

go in as the president is being sworn in. i think attorney general sessions would then spend his time picking subordinate employees who would reflect his values and who would implement his policies. i think most of what the justice department does is enforce the law. the law doesn't change. what can change is priorities that senator sessions may advocate for certain laws to be enforced more vigorously than others. what can change is some interpretation of law at the margins. but the vast majority of what the justice department does won't change. >> right. but still, the ag pick is seen as one that's so important because of how much power the justice department has. in that sense, you think about senator sessions and issues he's passionate about. immigration is number one on that list. what can the justice department do vis-a-vis immigration? >> well, certainly he could prioritize enforcement of administration, which is something the obama administration has talked about doing, and i think people are

skeptical of that. so i think there is -- there can be along with, dhs, how many cases in the u.s. attorney's office. if you send a directive to get out there and prosecute immigration cases, and increase deportation of criminal aliens, you can have some effect there. were that his position, i'm sure he'll testify about what his position is, and his confirmation hearings, that's one way he could have an effect. by enforcing the law as it exists and not having this kind of handsoff approach that is, you know, used for prosecutorial discretion for the existing law on a policy basis. that's something he can reverse right away. >> you can imagine there's plans to tip over the apple court that has been the last eight years. video coming in to fox news from bedminister, new jersey. the president-elect arriving at the clubhouse.

he arrived last night. now we have mike pence there, the vice president-elect heading in for meetings. they're scheduled to meet with mitt romney, the massachusetts governor, starting at 1:00 p.m. that's 45 minutes from now. as the vice president-elect and the president-elect head in for their meetings there. a working weekend, if you will, out at trump national golf club. bringing back in robert driscoll, former deputy attorney general, to talk a little bit more about jeff sessions. we go through the various departments at the justice department. how do they change? civil rights? did that department change a little bit under attorney general sessions? >> i think it certainly would. the bread-and-butter civil rights enforcement will go on, discrimination cases, disability cases, things like that. i think more aggressive interpretations of the law. the kind of things that senator sessions would view as not supported by the law, principles

skths might change. i think the position on transgender issues and public restrooms under title 9 and title 7, i would suspect that would shift. i expect there would be traditional shifts in things like voting rights enforcement and other types of cases that you see when there's a republican in charge of civil rights division. >> we certainly saw a lot of outrage over exactly what you were talking about, title 9 and jenner-neutral bathrooms, put out late last year. more on in terms of what the attorney general can do, and because of how important this pick is. interesting tweet from a republican congressman from michigan, justin amish, saying unlike the c.i.a. director, the ag has a lot of independent policy authority and prosecutorial discretion. i'm deeply concerned about sessions. that is from a republican congressman. really, how much discretion does the attorney general have? is it absolute?

>> well, i mean, he has to act within the law. but within that context, the attorney general has a lot of discretion. the attorney general ultimately decides who gets prosecuted and who doesn't. a lot of that discretion is delegated out to the united states attorneys or assistant attorney generals in the various divisions of the department of justice. i don't want anyone to think that the attorney general sits in the office and decides what individuals to prosecute. but things like, you know, the office of the legal counsel providing the advice of the constitutionality of certain programs, or eavesdropping programs or anything like that. that's probably where representative amash is concerned. because certainly, senator sessions, and i agree with him, but senator sessions is on the -- more on the law and order divide and less on the libertarian divide of that issue with respect to some of the government surveillance versus civil liberties issues.

>> not only that, of course, attorney general sessions would have control over whether or not there's a reopening of the clinton investigations as well. robert driscoll, great insight. we'll bring you back as attorney general sessions if confirmed gets to work. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> elizabeth? >> of course, keep it right here on fox news channel all weekend. tomorrow, at 11:00 a.m., howard kurtz sits down with kelly anne conway, and our own megyn kelly. and tomorrow we'll speak to the chairman congressman bill flores about the future of earmarks in the 1:00 p.m. hour. fox news sunday has mike pence and senate democratic leader elect charles schumer. check your local listings for time and channel. of course, we're keeping a close eye on new jersey, where we are awaiting some more news. we know that president-elect donald trump is having some major meetings today. and we can speculate all day long on if there is a possibility that there will be

an additional announcement today. we certainly heard from rnc spokesperson shawn spicer who said there may be an additional announcement, appointment. aside from speculating, what we do know is the president-elect is meeting with a number of folks today. he's certainly reaching across the aisle. with eknow he's meeting with some democrats today. we know he's also meeting with some former rivals. the one that we are looking at in particular, of course, former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, former presidential nominee. very much an olive branch to those who maybe did not agree with him over the past year, year and a half. >> obviously so many questions about whether those are olive branches. those are words you might say. and whether actions follow in terms of appointing people who are not the die-hard loyalists thus far. more on the picks as we have them. speaking of something that we were talking here in terms of what's been going on around the country now, broadening this out, we're going to get to the

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it felt like august just a day ago. in the upper midwest. after a week of summer-like temperatures, a sudden snowstorm has left the northern plains covered, as you can see, in more than a foot of snow. whiteout conditions, and icy roads caused several accidents. the accidents killed at least two people in minnesota, as the storm marches east. officials have advised people to just stay off the roads. the storm is continuing to push east. and is expected to bring snow to the great lakes. also parts of the northeast. president obama has a packed schedule today in peru. meeting with transpacific partnership leaders, and then sitting down with the president of china. hi, rich. >> reporter: good afternoon, elizabeth. it is the final stop of president obama's final foreign trip in office. he arrived here late last

evening to limb a, peru, and now atending the summit here in lima. apec involves 21 nations, economic focus conversations throughout today and tomorrow. the president is headed to a discussion with 11 other of those leaders who also signed on to the transpacific partnership. that massive trade deal that is now stuck in the u.s. congress, and basically dies without congressional ratification. and so congressional leaders have said they're going to put that question off to the next administration. the administration of donald trump. and donald trump is essentially saying he's opposed to that agreement. so therein lies the problem for president obama in terms of trade here. among self other issues throughout the course of this foreign trip where his administration is likely to have a markedly different position than the incoming administration of president-elect trump. while trump has essentially knocked the transpacific partnership, president obama has been defending it.

>> i made an argument, thus far unsuccessfully, that the trade deal we had organized, tpp, did exactly that, that it strengthened workers' rights and environmental rights, leveled the playing field. >> reporter: also at this summit, chinese president xi jinping, his nation is pushing an alternative to the tpp. and they're trying to coordinate to sign on to that. many nations will likely have to see what the trump administration is going to do, whether he will try to renegotiate and leave it as is and essentially kill it. while it's mostly focused on trade in these meetings, this is a broad summit. many other issues are likely to be discussed, especially with china. there's been a long and complicated relationship with president obama and the chinese. there is a statement from the kremlin that the russians are trying to put together a meeting here with russian president vladimir putin. the white house acknowledged it

had a statement from the kremlin, although there are no scheduled meetings between the two. if they do happen to meet, there's plenty for them to discuss. the u.s. administration has been blaming russia for hacking democrats and trying to interfere in the election. there's also the word syria, and new incoming trump administration. elizabeth and leland, back to you. >> rich edson reporting live in lima, peru, thank you so much. and there is president-elect donald trump arriving at trump national golf course in new jersey. a few minutes ago. along with vice president-elect mike pence. both men inside, shawn spicer inside, just a couple of minutes ago at the clubhouse there. we are standing by for former presidential candidate and longtime trump critic, mitt romney, to arrive. meeting scheduled for 1:00 in the afternoon. wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall inside that clubhouse. we'll break down what could happen at the meeting, coming up.

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live pictures right now of the trump national golf club in bedminster, new jersey. donald trump, the president-elect, taking the weekend there to work on his transition with vice president-elect mike pence. we saw them arrive a few minutes ago. reince priebus, chief of staff, inside also we're told. eric trump there as well. it is 12:30 eastern on saturday. the biggest meeting of the day is scheduled for about a half an hour from now. with mitt romney. longtime trump critic during the election. and you might remember they had a phone conversation right after the election, where mr. romney and mr. trump spoke. and then there was a tweet from mr. romney, wishing the president-elect the very best. now comes this meeting. is this simply to mend fences? is this to discuss a possible cabinet pick? all things that are talked

about, and rumored about, and there are just so many rumors coming about what might be going on behind those doors. we'll talk about what we know is going on behind those doors coming up in just a couple of minutes. meantime, more news around the world and around the country with elizabeth. >> that's right, leland. law enforcement officers are mourning one of their own today. after a 53-year-old u.s. marshal and father of five was gunned down trying to serve a warrant on a fugitive in southern georgia. we're now learning more about the suspect, garrett penny joins us now with the very latest. >> elizabeth, good afternoon. this is exactly what police were worried about for the past two months when this same suspect tried killing police officers in south carolina. now, back on september 18th, this is when police tried to arrest 25-year-old dontrell carter, after receiving calls that he had assaulted his girlfriend and then fired gunshots into a relative's home when they tried to step in to help. carter took off in a car and led

officers on a chase until he eventually jumped out and started shooting at him as he escaped on foot. the u.s. marshals have been searching for him ever since. and yesterday, the fugitive task force tracked him to a mobile home in southeast georgia. when the team went inside to arrest carter, he opened fire on the first deputy that came in. and two rifle rounds cut right through the vest of deputy commander patrick caruthers. other marshals returned fire and hit the fugitive, but it was too late for their 53-year-old teammate. caruthers and carter were both rushed to nearby hospitals and both passed away. in a statement, u.s. attorney general loretta lynch said she was deeply saddened by carruther's death, saying he served the american people with fidelity and courage throughout his distinguished career. he stayed true to his oath to the last, laying down his life to keep his community safe and his neighbors secure. caruthers was a 26-year veteran

with the u.s. marshals and leaves behind his wife, and five children. our thoughts and prayers are with him in this very difficult time, elizabeth. >> yeah, they certainly are. garrett tenney, thank you so much. >> you got it. >> leland? back now to politics. and who is going to occupy this house, 62 days from today. president-elect donald trump is casting a wide net in the search for cabinet posts, including candidates like south carolina governor nikki haley, who shared heated moments with mr. trump on the campaign trail. but so far, loyalty is proving to be a big factor in those who have already gotten big jobs. joining us live from south carolina, lieutenant governor there, henry mcmaster, an early trump endorser and supporter. we'll get to your support of mr. trump in a couple of minutes, lieutenant governor. appreciate you being here today, sir. >> happy to be here. >> so, how far -- so far, what

grade do you give the president-elect in his five big picks? >> a-plus. what mr. trump, president-elect trump is doing is trying to put together the best, strongest team for the future of this country. and we know now from the election results that he is a mighty, mighty force. and i think he's going to have a team that we'll all be very proud of and have great confidence in, and his vision of america is one that will come true. as he says, he's going to make america great again. greater than ever before. st of the people in the country believe that, and i believe the rest will once we give him a chance to get started. >> you said an interesting term there, team. goodwin coined the term, team of rivals, when talking about abraham lincoln's cabinet of this sort of very diverse group. so far, we've seen the big-time loyalists of donald trump get jobs, like steve bannon, reince

priebus, and obviously the three picks yesterday. what do you advocate here in this? are you looking for a team of rivals? would you enjoy a mitt romney or somebody like that, nikki haley coming into the cabinet, or do you like the trump loyalists-only plan? >> i think it takes a combination. and i think that mr. trump is the kind of leader who understands that everybody is not your old friend. that is, there are other people out there in this country that are enormously talented, that he may not know, or his people may not know very well that could be the very best at doing whatever job it is. it's very important to have loyalty in your administration. it's also very important to have people who know how to get the things done and willing to do it your way to get it done. and i am supremely confident that he will put together as fine a team as we've ever seen in his cabinet and all the other offices as well. >> certainly he's had a lot of meetings with a big diverse group, the word you just used.

now we look back to south carolina primary night, february night i'm sure you remember well, donald trump up on the stage with you. and he said, we have a wonderful lieutenant governor who backed us very early in the process, up on the stage with you. all right governor of south carolina, i'll take him over the governor anytime because we won. there you are waving behind to thunderous applause. based on that, one would think that you're on a short list for something. number one, would you want a job in the administration, number two, has anybody talked to you about it so far? >> yes, there's been some conversations here and there. i'll do anything that i can to help donald trump. i think he's a big man, he's a strong man, he's got the right vision for this country. and i'll help any way i can. i'm not eager to live in washington, d.c. i've got to be frank. because after all, i live in south carolina, which is paradise, if you ask me. but i'm determined to help. and i look forward to any way i

can. >> paradise, you might call it god's country when it comes to eating down there in charleston. >> that's right. >> mr. lieutenant governor, appreciate your time, sir. >> come see us. >> well, you come see us in washington. if you do, we'll have you on the show. thank you. >> all right. good to see you. president-elect donald trump will have his one-on-one with hopefuls and outspoken critic mitt romney. we'll have the latest on what we know on that meeting. picks could have big impacts on foreign policy. of course, getting opposition from democratic lawmakers. we'll break it down right after the break.

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you can see riot police out, texas state troopers. it appears they also have some state troopers on horseback as white lives matter protesters in austin are clashing with anti-white lives matter, no surprise, anti-donald trump protesters in there. these demonstrations followed following the dedication of an african-american memorial this morning. just before noon in austin, just before 1:00 here in washington, d.c., a demonstration against what is commonly known as the alt-right at the ronald reagan building. that's about four or five blocks away from the white house. being led by what they call the d.c. anti-fascist coalition is leading the protest there at the reagan building. >> all right. moving on to our top story of the day, donald trump's top picks are getting strong

reaction. here for insight into trump's choice to lead the cia, congressman mike and national security adviser, lieutenant general mike flynn. here is judith miller, covering foreign affairs and the middle east for decades. judith, thank you so much for joining us. obviously you have expertise when it comes to this. i'm glad you're able to break down these picks for us. i do want to break down both of them, but i want to start with general flynn. he's been very outspoken in the past saying the u.s. is engaged in a world war against radical islam. how do you think that will dictate the way he's going to be advising president-elect donald trump? >> well, i think what you see and what we've seen is what donald trump is going to get. it's what donald trump wants. and that is, not only in general flynn, but also in the other picks for law enforcement and intel. these are the top positions. we've seen so far all like-minded loyalist men who are

committed absolutely to fighting terrorism, to never shirking away from the use of radical islamic terrorism, who believe in border control, and who are absolutely in sync with their commander in chief. there is no diversity here. these are people who are committed to a position that is by now very well known and should be very clear that it's the opposite of what barack obama was doing. >> so, would you feel as if with him meeting with the others on the other side of the aisle, and perhaps republicans who disagreed with him in the past, do you think it would be better if he had a more diverse staff, is that what you're implying? >> well, i want to look at the advice that he's getting, and what general flynn in particular brings to the table. remember, this is a position that doesn't require confirmation. he's going to be the last word that the president will hear.

and general flynn by all accounts is a remarkable intelligence collector. the questions i've heard about him involve his experience as a kind of strategist. does he have the bandwidth as some people say. does he have the temperament to be very, very calm with a very temperamental and excitable president. those are the concerns i've heard. but clearly, donald trump likes him, relies on him. of course, democrats are profoundly opposed to him, given his leaving of the chants at the convention, his outspoken position. he has made some statements on islam that i think blur the distinction between radical islam and religion itself, which could be very problematic in dealing with our allies, our arab-muslim allies who are indispensable to the fight against terror. he will have to walk some of

those back, statements back if he wants some cooperation from the saudis and the egyptians and the others upon whom this fight depends. >> okay. you mentioned that he does not need congressional approval. one person who does need congressional approval is the head of the cia. he has been a strong critic of iran and the iran deal. what do you think is the vision for him as a head of the cia, and also surveillance methods? civil liberties, people are concerned about that. >> right. there will be a lot of pushback on this. and not just from democrats. let's remember, john mccain is still a senator who is is going to vote yay or nay and raised hard questions about whether or not torture as it's commonly defined is in the interests of the united states. and given what mr. pompao has already said, he's going to get some tough questioning along these lines, and not just from

democrats. mr. pompao is very experienced and smart. >> i'm so sorry, i wish we had more time. i would rather interrupt you than the computer to do so. >> thank you. i do, too. >> much more after the break.

. welcome back to the white house on this saturday. we press on with the man who will be occupying this house in 62 days from today. loud booing and a curtain call lecture is not what typically happens on broadway, but that is exactly what vice president-elect mike pence faced last night as he watched the hit musical "hamilton." now president-elect donald trump is demanding an apology. brian live from new york with what happened and the ensuing tweets this morning. hi, brian. >> hamilton is the hard it's ticket to get for anyone. mike pence managed to get orchestra center seats friday night, and this was the not so pleasant reaction when he arrived at the theater. [ booing ]

>> it's hip-hop to tell you the story of alexander hamilton. there are male and female actors of color playing characters who are all white. at the end of the show actor brandon victor dickon, who plays vice president aaron burr decided he wanted to take a few moments to send a message to mr. pence. >> we are the diverse americans who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and to hold our inalienable rights, sir. we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our american values and to work on behalf of all of us. >> pence had left his seat before the message, but heard it from the hallway. he waved to a crude, including protesters as he left the theater. now president-elect donald trump is deened maing an apology saying our wonderful vice president vp was rars harassed

last night by the cast of "hamilton." cameras blazing. this should not happen. he then said the theater must always be a safe and special place. the cast of "hamilton" was very rude last night to a very good man. mike pence. now, _#boycott hamilton is now trending on twitter as people debate whether or not this was appropriate on a night at broadway. >> more on the debate with the political panel next hour. brian yenneth live in new york. thanks, brian. we press on as well next hour, elizabeth. >> moments away waiting for the arrival of mitt romney to meet with president-elect donald trump. we'll have much more after the break.

zbliefrmt we're taking a live look. this is former governor of massachusetts mitt romney arriving there. you can see this is his first meeting with president-elect donald trump. of course, says he was very critical of president-elect donald trump when he was the nominee running for the highest office in the land, and, in fact, after president-elect donald trump did, in fact, win the presidency, we know that mitt romney sent out a congratulatory tweet, and he also had a phone call with the president-elect. this is their first one-on-one meeting. in fact, donald trump, mr. trump, is meeting with a number of folks throughout the day, but a lot of focus on mitt romney and what role he could possibly play in his administration. of course, nova scotia a meeting we're not sure how long it's going to last, but it, again, is their first one-on-one meeting. the two of them meeting in

bedminister, new jersey. of course, we will continue to watch this meeting as it unfolds, but we're seeing him really reach across the aisle. not only with folks that have been critical of him during the past year, year and a half, but also with some democrats. a lot of surprise meetings today, and, of course, throughout the weekend. as we know, there's 62 days before president-elect donald trump takes the helm. >> elizabeth, nice to be with you. nice to be with you all at home, as we have this special mesh's news headquarters from both ends of pennsylvania avenue. what's striking about the picture we just saw is the optics. by my memory this is the first post-election meeting with either a key advisor or a potential cabinet member in which donald trump and mike pence, president-elect and vice president-elect met the person in view of the cameras. that was not a mistake or an oversight by the advanced people there at trump national golf club in new jersey. they wanted that live picture there of president to be,

president-elect donald trump there meeting mitt romney. for more on this, we bring in doug mckelway, who is outside of trump national golf club there in bedminister, new jersey. doug, what's going on in there? is this a make-up meeting? is this a job interview? what is it? >> it could be any and all of the above is my speculation, but it's only speculation at this point. i was just getting ready to tell you that there's no sign of mr. romney here at all. it was interesting to me, as you suggested, how mr. trump and mr. nuclemike pence came out tot him in front of the cameras. there's an important component of that, symbolic component that this is reconciliation, healing in the aftermath of this very, very abrasive campaign in which both men hurled pretty vitriolic and vicious accusations at one another. there has been speculation to

some extent that mitt romney might be offered the secretary of state job. yesterday the transition team was tamping down that talk, to a certain extent, to the extent that there are other candidates who are under consideration here. they also said that mitt romney wants to hear from a variety of voices and a variety have perspectives. following the mitt romney meeting today we're expecting mr. trump to meet with the former chancellor of d.c. public schools and an advocate for unlimited implementation of charter schools. also meeting with him today james -- prospect for secretary of defense. there are some questions whether he could serve in that capacity given that he has not been out of the military for the required seven years to take on a defense job. also on tap is robert woodson, the senate for the neighborhood enterprise. he has been a long-time advocate in washington for such things as more local control in inner cities, a resident management, ownership of public housing, for

example. mr. trump will spend the entire weekend here at the trufrp national golf club in new jersey. another series of meetings slated for tomorrow. >> doug, as we go ahead and take a look sort of broaden this out in terms of what we've seen this weekend. obviously, we have the highly scripted moments as we saw the arrival of mitt romney, and then we had that highly scripted moment last night when the actor in the hit broadway show "hamilton" comes out at the curtain call. mike pence is there. the vice president-elect. all of a sudden the actor pulls out a cue card and starts lecturing the vice president. folks there, the trump folks, talking about this? >> nobody here is talking about it yet, although they did -- they did not address it in the conference call this morning. they did talk about how mr. trump is trying to be more and more inclusive here and sending signals like the one that we just saw here. you're right. this is an important point you just made about this being a scripted event last night. he pulled out that paper and

read from it during the curtain call. it was at the moment that vice president-elect pence was leaving, being escorted out before the rest of the audience left, as is common practice when you are under secret service guard. he talked to mr. pence about how he needs to be more inclusive and how he needs to be more protective of people of color and minorities, things of that sort. mr. pence stood there and acknowledged it. it was followed up by a tweet from mr. trump this morning in which he said -- and i'm quoting now -- theater must always be a safe and special place. the cast of "hamilton" was very, very rude last night to a very good man. mike pence. he finished it with apologize! . nixon, the actor who read to mr. pence last night, responded late this morning saying, "conversation is not harassment, sir, and i appreciate mike pence for stopping to listen."

back to you. >> and i think we have that video, doug, as you stand by for a memt. we see mitt romney pulling up there in a car. rather pedestrian car. certainly not a motorcade that he was used to in 2012. arriving there to meet with donald trump and mike pence. >> we certainly said that it was no mistake that this was optics that were provided to us. as we mentioned before, you can see him there shaking hands with president-elect donald trump. you can see on his right-hand side, left-hand side, rather, vice presidential-elect mike pence. certainly no mistake that we are there to witness this. there's many entryways to the building, but we're here to see it front and center. obviously very cordal. this is the first time they've met in person. they had talked on the phone briefly, and, of that former goy sent out a tweet congratulating president-elect donald trump, but before the language was quite hostile. this is the first time we have seen them meet one-on-one. of course, that's politics.

we assume that's all behind us, and now it's water under the bridge, and they're looking forward to the next administration. we also know something that the president-elect has also put under the bridge is that he has agreed to settle lawsuits tied to his now defunct trump university. mr. trump agreed yesterday to resolve the cases, which he vowed to fight during his campaign. today he tweeted, "i settled the trump university lawsuit for a small fraction of the potential award because as president, i have to focus on our country." he added, "only bad thing about winning the presidency is that i did not have the time to go through a long but winning trial on trump u. too bad." lawsuits allege the university defrauded students who paid up to $35,000 to enroll in programs that promised to share trump's secrets of the real estate industry. >> as donald trump is there at bedminister, new jersey, elizabeth, obviously trying to work on his cabinet and waiting,

we do know one pick for his cabinet, and that being his pick for attorney general. senator jeff sessions of alabama. we take a little bit closer look at exactly how attorney general sessions is confirmed. may steer the justice department. joining us now, a man who has held the top spot of doj himself, former attorney general and author of the memoir "true faith and allegiance, alberto gonz le gonzalez." good to see you. >> good morning. i'm glad to be with you. >> give us a sense, and obviously you walk into the a.g.'s office in the middle of an administration, but give us a sense of what attorney general sessions, if confirmed, can essentially do on day one? what are the powers of the attorney general? how can he change the eric holder, loretta lynch legacyf the past eight years? >> well, he is going to have the benefit of having -- which is the oversight committee for the

department of justice. he is very familiar with the issues and challenges of the department of justice. he also is familiar with some of the leadership in the department. obviously, says there will be new leadership brought in by president-elect trump, but senator sessions does have some advantages, and it is a very big job. the good news is that you have 110,000 people that work there, and there are only about 400 political appointees, so there are career individuals that know all the issues well, that know how the department should be running, and they will be there to assist the new attorney general. it should be a very nice transition for senator sessions, if, in fact, he is fortunate enough to be confirmed. >> we bring you that big question of confirmation. i want to play chuck schumer and chris wallace -- chuck schumer being the incoming senate mierpt leader who might have a few things to say possibly about the confirmation hearing. take a listen. >> will he have any problem getting through the senate now, and this was because of his record and statements and actions on civil rights?

will he have any trouble getting through the senate now? >> many statements are old, but they're still troubling. the idea that jeff sessions just because he is a senator, he should get through without a series of very tough questions, dw particularly given those early things, no way. >> all right. so no way he is going to get off easy, according to chuck schumer, but essentially the way the law works now, thanks to the democrats, you only need 50 plus one votes to get through the confirmation hearing. >> well, it's not a law. it's a senate procedure. listen, you know, we just went through a very bitter election. racism and there was a focus of part of the election. there are segments of the american society that are concerned about the trump presidency, and so it is legitimate to ask these kinds of questions. i never had any issues with jeff

sessions. he was fair and tough with the department of justice. he and i had disagreements from time to time, but, again, with respect to what i know of him, you know, i am fairly confident about his ability to lead the department of justice. it's certainly legitimate to look at what's happened in the past, and that is a role of the senate judiciary committee, a role of the senate to insure that the chief law enforcement officer of the country is going to enforce the laws evenly and fairly. >> based on what you know about senator sessions and obviously your interactions when you were attorney general and he was on the senate judiciary committee, give us a sense of what's important, what matters to him, what changes can he bring about at the justice department? how will it affect ordinary americans? >> a lot will depend on what it is that president trump wants to have. people need to understand that all of the attorney general is the chief law enforcement officer of the country. he also wears a different hat. he is part of the president's team, part of the president's cabinet, and his job is to promote the president's law

enforcement policy and priorities. those will be set forth by the president. of course, attorney general sessions, if he is confirmed, says will have his own set of priorities as well. obviously we'll look at terrorism. that will continue to be a big issue. also have to lock at the role of the justice department with respect to immigration policy enforcement am of immigration of laws. some of the things that we heard during the campaign, championed by president-elect trump are going to be priorities for sessions, if, in fact, he is confirmed. >> last question for you quickly as it relates to the clintons. there's been a lot of calls on capitol hill to continue the investigation either into the e-mail serber or into perhaps the clinton foundation and the allegations of pay to play. is that something that is up to attorney general sessions? can he reopen that despite what we heard from the fbi director and from loretta lynch in days and weeks and months heading up to the election? >> well, of course, congress can do whatever they choose to do

going forward. with respect to the attorney general, yes, it would be appropriate. certainly within the power -- maybe not appropriate, but certainly within the power of the attorney general to look at the information, to look at the evidence gathered by the fbi director and make his own independent evaluation as to whether or not there's enough there to move forward with the prosecution. whether or not that is good for the country, that is a question that has to be answered by the department of justice and by the white house, but in answer to your question, yes. it certainly would be within the authority of the attorney general to take a second look at the information gathered by the fbi. >> we've already seen president-elect trump sort of back off putting hillary clinton in jail as one of his top priorities. a big campaign topic for him. so far not that much that we have heard about it. mr. attorney general, alberto gonzalez, appreciate you being here, sir. great to have you and your insights. >> thank you. >> all the best. >> elizabeth.

>> in case you missed it, we just wanted to let you know that governor mitt romney has arrived in bedminister, new jersey. we can see him there just noemts ago getting out of his car there and meeting with president-elect donald trump, and we also see him greeted by vice president-elect mike pence. this is their first one-on-one meeting, and we are certainly standing by. doug mckelway is there. we obviously know our spokesperson sean spicer said that there may be an additional appointment announced today. whether or not that has anything to do with this meeting now, obviously, we don't know. there's also meetings tomorrow. it's a busy weekend for president-elect donald trump, but as you can see here, a very cordial meeting they had just moments ago, and if we have any developments, we will bring them to you. aside from speculation, that's buck what we do know. we know that donald trump's party will control both chambers of congress. the president-elect swerved from the party line on key issues during the campaign. mr. trump has set an am birns agenda for his first 100 days.

capitol hill republicans and the president, will they be on the same page? we brought in our fox news senior capitol hill correspondent who we go to for just about everything when it has to do with the hill. i want to break down obviously both parties today, but i want to start with the gop. not only do they have a new president, they have majority on both chambers, and they also have a lot to do. debt ceiling looming. rallying around the president-elect donald trump. can you give me a timeline of what the next couple of months look like? >> the first thing they have to do is keep the government open. that will be a temporary spending bill which will pass by december 9th, and it will probably keep the government funded until about march. now, says march is going to be what we call march madness. you mentioned the debt ceiling. that's the total amount of red ink that the federal government can carry at any one time. that's going to be a conflagrati conflagration. donald trump, republicans, and even democrats, they don't want to be seen as adding to the

debt. this is one of the most own russ votes that a member of congress can take. what the debt ceiling and this possible, you know, refunding of the government come march presents is an opportunity. paul ryan always says this is when we get deals. maybe a deal on taxes. maybe a deal on bringing down entitlement spending, medicare, medicaid, social security. the biggest drivers of the debt. that's what's going to happen in march. that could be the first potential crisis that donald trump faces. >> you see people chofmping at the bit to replace obama care and repeal. not that easy. >> not that easy. they did that -- the president vetoed it this time. i want to give you a vocabulary term here. budget reconciliation. it's a way that you can sidestep senate filibusters. you can go from 60 to 51. you need 60 to cut off a filibuster. if they bring the garden variety repeal and replace bills to the floor, senates will filibuster that. if theyco do it through a budget reconciliation, they can bring

that bar down to 51. the trick here, elizabeth, is they have to pass a budget in the house of representatives. that gives you the entree to get to that stage of the game. guess who didn't pass a budget in the house of representatives this year? house republicans. you know, you could also go another route here. you have a lot of democrats up in 2018. >> i was going to say, are they going to wait two years if they don't filibuster? >> it's not going to take that long, and i don't think the public will stand for it. you have heidi highcamp in north dakota. you might be able to get some of them to go along because voting against obama care or to repeal in some form and replace it with something else might be a good organization option. they don't want to uncertainty, though. they can't just repeal and not replace, and that's going to be the tension between the sides. you know, they can't have uncertainty. the insurance industry is not going to stand for that either. they have to be very careful to bounce the political expectations with the parliamentary realities on capitol hill. >> okay. i have to ask you about 15 more questions, but i do have to move on because there are another party that we need to discuss. obviously, democratic party. a lot of criticism and some

voices are saying that there needs to be new leadership and that perhaps we need to see less of minority leader pelosi. that's also not an easy thing to do, and is it true that there are reports that she is sort of going along the beaten path? good thing or bad thing? >> that's the criticism that some people think she should have come in and said we need to recalibrate here. we're going to have a leadership vote on november 30th. the fact that they are protracting this might give some time for tim ryan, the democratic congressman from ohio, to get some support. the other thought is they should have done a surgical strike and voted this past woke. at the end of the day there's going to be 198 total democrats. sitting members plus the nonvoting delegates from the territories. the magic number is 100. nancy pelosi is hard to beat. you can see with a lot of disaffected -- tim ryan representing the mahoney valley where donald trump did so well. he might have a shot here. >> i wish we had more time, chad. i hate having to say good-bye to

you. i appreciate you bringing your expertise, and we'll have you back. thanks. >> well, and we are still waiting word from bedminister, new jersey, elizabeth, about this meeting between donald trump and mitt romney. obviously as we look at the video all smiles when donald trump, mitt romney, and mike pence all are there in bedminister, new jersey, and, boy, what a change of fortunes. it was in 2012 that mitt romney worked very hard for the endorsement of donald trump, and back then donald trump said it's my honor, real honor, to endorse mitt romney, calling romney tough and smart. he is not going to continue to allow bad things to happen to this country. it is now mitt romney showing up at donald trump's golf course, as mr. trump is now the president-elect and coming up he doesn't have his hat in his hand, but you can imagine for mitt romney that is an awfully humbling experience as the

tables have turned. >> it absolutely has. the tables have turned. of course, we are -- we have our own doug mckelway there. i will say that donald trump has a slew of meetings. not just today, but also tomorrow. he is meeting with people who we have seen him discussing before. rudy giuliani and governor chris christie. he is meeting with a surprise, mitt romney, and michelle reid. he is meeting with a number of folks. of course, we'll talk more about that and, of course, the iraqi forces closing on the isis stronghold of mosul. we'll be discussing the fighting that is intensifying. how iraqi forces are pushing forward. coming up. plus, immigration reform drove voters to the polls, but leaders of sanctuary cities say they are not going anywhere. why they're digging in their heels. >> but i also think it's important to remember one of the reasons trump won was a commitment to the rule of law. you know, we're not venezuela. we're not a country we get to

randomly pick and choose. that's part of why hillary clinton was repudiated. i would say to the mayors, they don't get to pick which federal law they obey.

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like it or not, a big part of legacy will be his fight against or his lack of fighting against isis in iraq. the fight for mosul is intensifying as iraqi troops backed by u.s. airpower are pushing into eastern mosul. the iraqis are facing stiff resistance from the islamic state. john huddy following this from our middle east bureau. hi, john. >> well, you are right. iraqi forces are gaining ground, albeit slowly and cautiously, because isis is putting up a fight on the eastern front. the eastern sections of neighborhoods of key districts of eastern mosul. having said that, take a look at some of the latest video that we've been getting in. iraqi special forces moved into two more neighborhoods in eastern mosul after taking control of a district, an area called the -- in northeastern mosul yesterday. the fight started overnight thursday into friday morning by

yesterday evening they had full control of that area. it's been a tough fight as isis continues to launch suicide attacks on iraqi troops. we've been seeing that along with sniper and mortar fire as well. one of the biggest challenges and concerns is about protecting the civilian population. while we've seen thousands of people escaping the war zone in the combat areas, thousands more, we know, remain trapped in areas where fighting is heaviest, in particular in eastern mosul along the eastern front with isis militants using people as human shields. that has been the case in other major battles. ramadi, the fight for ramadi comes to mind as well. another problem, according to iraqi military commanders, is isis militants blending in with the civilian population. basically either trying to escape, hide, or acting assist scouts and spotters for suicide attacks for mortar fire and rpg attacks on advancing troops as

billion. iraqi troops are gaining more ground, and they are proceeding cautiously in some areas. only a couple of hundred meters at a time, again, to protect the civilian population and minimize the civilian casualty rate. as we've seen, sadly, men, women, and children have been killed in the crossfire. back to you. >> so many killed and so many more in isis's way. john huddy live in the middle east. thanks, john. liz. >> back here in the united states, mitt romney and president-elect donald trump meeting behind closed doors in bedminister, new jersey. of course, woulder going to bring you the very latest from that chat coming up.

>> you are looking live at trump's national golf course in bedminister, nnl new jersey, where we know that president-elect donald trump is

meeting with governor -- former governor of massachusetts mitt romney. he arrived just about 30 minutes ago. a very cordial meeting. this is the first time these two have met in person. certainly they've talked over the phone. it's a very symbolic thing of the fact that the rrn party is moving farld. you see there them shaking hands in just a moment. you see an establishment figure meeting with the outsider who is now president-elect. very much so that the party is moving forward. of course, we have doug mckelway there. as soon as we learn more of what that meeting entailed, we will bring it to you live. >> already 30 minutes into that meeting, elizabeth. now, pictures from outside of the ronald reagan building here in washington d.c. as tensions remain high as two alt right protests here in washington d.c.

you can see some of the signs, at least the ones we can show you. an arrest just took place. video now of the arrest as it happens. we're going to get some details perhaps on why that person there is being put down on the ground. it looks like a young man who is being handcuffed there. those are department of homeland security police officers that guard the ronald reagan building. more details on that arrest. conceivably an anti-trump protester who was arrested. more details on that when we get it. now, to austin, texas.

a little percent pengtive here. these demonstrations started following the dedication of a nearby african-american memorial earlier this morning. you can see a lot of heavily armed police, and then also texas state troopers there, and also some on horseback as well. we'll monitor that as it happened. >> yes, we will. absolutely. democratic lawmakers now are already digging their heels against some of donald trump's cabinet picks. chrissy fisher joins us now with the very latest. i want to start with the senator of alabama jeff sessions. obviously he needs to get approval from congress. >> democrats see him as a kind of attorney general that will turn back the clock on civil rights, voting rights transgender issues, immigration. senator sessions is pro life. he is on opposed to same-sex marriage. he has even been called

amnesty's worst enemy, and so democrats are coming out with some very forceful laij against him. none more strongly worded than house leader nancy pelosi. she put out this statement yesterday. i want to read you just a part of it. days after naming a white nationalchief strategist, the president-elect has chosen an attorney general with a long record of racially offensive statements, skrim discriminate other golds, and contempt for voting rights. the record that pelosi was referring to, it actually dates back to the 1980s when sessions was denied a federal judgeship while he was a u.s. attorney because he was accused of joking that the kkk wasn't all that bad until he learned that some of the members smoked marijuana. he was also accused of calling a black assistant u.s. attorney a boy. sessions either denied making those remarks or said they were

out of context. that's what a lot of democrats have a problem with. there are critics of him. what are some of the democratic lawmakers saying about his choice in that advisor? >> well, they're also concerned and frankly for similar reasons. i mean, here you have somebody who, again, is very experienced. served in the military for 30 years. former director of the defense intelligence agency. democrats have a problem really with three things. his consulting work with turkey. he is perceived as having a pro-russia stance. he has made several appearances on russia television, and he has

taken a allot of heat for a calling fear of muslims rationale. ron widen, he said this yesterday. his statements about muslims are profoundly unamerican. he has indicated an openness to torture and the destruction of an entire city. both of which are clearly illegal. not to mention immoral and destructive to america's global leadership. as an advisor, he doesn't need the senate confirmation. >> we'll get you a ponytail next time. thank you so much. for more insight on the pick and the trump transition let's go to angela mcgowan and blake rutherford, democratic strategist. welcome to "fox news." now, you get to start. it's your first time.

>> yeah. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> we'll see if you thank me afterwards. come on. really calling jeff sessions a racist and going after him, is this the beginning of bipart zplanship that the democrats now who are in the minority should take on? >> it's certainly not the start that we had hoped for the trump presidency. he had a bumpy transition. you know, these picks that we can talk about senator sessions certainly we're looking at something in his past. i think there's -- that's the purpose of confirmation. i think the democrats are right to explore that, to scrutinize it, and then we'll see what happens. certainly political -- there are political shots cast on both sides here. >> you know, you think about rhetoric. obviously with a heated election, but bh president obama and president-elect trump said, hey, let's all come back together. it's an intermoourl contest. president obama said.

30 years ago a gop senate rejected at senator sessions judicial nomination affirming no compromise of racism, no negotiation with hate. she went on to urge the senate to not confirm mr. sessions as the attorney general. it doesn't really sound like a coming together that president obama talked about. >> the bottom line is you have several senators that will be up in 2018 that i believe democratic senators that are going to cross the aisle. look at joe mansion. he has already said that sessions would make a great a.g., and he would support him. the bottom line is chuck shuker said just because he is a senator, you know, doesn't mean he is going to have smooth sailing. i believe that session wills make it through. i'm hopeful he will bring up the fact that he will cross over and supported dick durbin and changing crack cocaine laws for

black men in jail. you have a lot of black and brown men in jail. he vowed to pass the laws of mandatory minimum sentencing. he has done a lot of things that will help for civil rights. i believe that egs ises will get through. >> sessions was somebody who voted for eric holder, one of the very few republicans who crossed the aisle on that. is there something to be learned there? >> i think, again, when it pertains to jeff sessions, this is an easy situation for him to come with. you have to address the problems if his past, and then begin to describe how he is going to run the justice department. certainly the concern here for democrats is how he is going to approach issues like civil rights. voting rights. >> you know what's great, though -- >> i think he will and he should. does he get through? i think that's certainly likely considering now that it only takes 50 plus one to confirm a cabinet nominee. i think he gets through, but he support going to get through, you know, without some scrutiny

because of his past. >> that your new administration will not protect us. >> all right. those of you who couldn't hear it exactly, the actor said we are a diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your administration will not protect us. if the roles were reversed andhill hillary rodham clinton won and she showed up at the hockey game, and all of a sudden a hockey player grabbed the mike and issued a lecture to the president-elect clinton at that point, don't you think the left

would be awfully outraged by that? perhaps rightly so. >> i think that's exactly right. is that the most important e appropriate forum? i leave it to others to really decide. i think where we are is trying to move an agenda forward heal the country a little bit after a very emotional and divisive election. i think democrats have a responsibility, but i also think president-elect trump have the responsibility to step up and to describe how they're going to move a respectful agenda forward. i think that's their opportunity. >> let's get back on jeff sessions. the bottom line is this. you are the a.g. you only -- you are the chief law enforcement officer. sessions cannot change the law. congress changes the law. the president works with

congress. a.g.'s are supposed to actually work with congress and actually enforce the law that's already on the books. people whoid, i don't know why. >> always good to see you, sir. thanks for joining us. we'll have you back. angela, good to see you as well. >> thanks for having me. >>. >> still ahead, more from new jersey. donald trump sits down with mitt romney. they are in that meeting right now. we'll have more after the break. ugh. heartburn.

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>> we appreciate you coming on. thank you very much. you are a vocal after the election. you said there were certainly some warning signs before the election, and you said it happened in town halls and happened in really just small town america. do you regret not speaking out, and what have you learned from that? >> at any place that i spoke the last 18 months, i told people that michigan was a competitive state, and quite frankly, it wasn't only brooklyn that was -- a lot of the media. >> what we didn't understand as a party is that we do have to include everybody. we have to fight for everybody and protect everybody. working women and men don't think that -- haven't connected with what a lot of the policies are here. it's been very clear that they just want to make enough money

so that they can live in a safe place, put food on the table, be able to go to the doctor if they need to, afford their medicine and educate their kids. for too many of them they feel like it's beyond them now. >> foels are critical of the fact thathill hillary rodham clinton had a platform of equal pay for women. some people are saying i'm not even made what i made years ago. i need a job. did you hear those voisces before, and was it leadership not hearing you or listening to you? where was the disconnect? >> i think there was a des connect for a lot of people that they didn't understand. there was an op ed written in "the michigan daily" written by one of the kids at the university of michigan who said that you can do both. you can fight for progress si caucus, but there was a big voice speaking loud for working men and women on the election day. and there's a large part of this country that just wants to be able to get a job.

seniors are frightened about their medicare where, how do you appeal to those voters? how do you change leadership from the top to bottom, especially when there are people critical that some of the leadership on the democratic side of the aisle is an age willing skbrring generation, and i say that respectfully. >> i think every member of congress has to be part of being that leader, and i think we're a very different caucus. i can't -- it's not just the midwest voice that has to be heard, which, by the way, it does have to be heard. it's not either me or you. it's us. it's me. i do think that nancy pelosi understands that better than -- denney hoyer understands that better. we also need to develop the next generation of leaders. >> i wish we had more time. a couple of more questions for you. thank you very much. we appreciate you coming on the show. thank you.

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you are looking at live pictures of donald trump's national golf course in bedminister, new jersey. it's been 53 minutes before we saw the former governor enter, greeted by president-elect donald trump. he also shook the happened of vice president-elect mike pence. you certainly see the symbolism of a establishment figure meeting with the outlier who is now the president-elect. it's going to be a busy weekend for the president-elect. we heard from rnc spokesperson sean spicer who said there may be an additional appointment announcement later on today. that doesn't necessarily indicate that that will have anything to do with the former governor of massachusetts because the president-elect is also meeting with a number of folks on both sides of the aisle, both today and tomorrow. so there's a lot of meetings and a lot of speculation. what we do know is they're

meeting right now and have been meeting for the better half of an hour, leland. >> one hour there. you think about the optics of that, how well choreographed that was, donald trump and mike pence being there to greet mitt romney upon his arrival. i think that's the first time we've seen the president-elect and vice president-elect meet someone together. now come the questions, what are the optics on the way out? does mitt romney come out and talk to the reporters. our own doug mcelway is there. does donald trump and mike pence walk out to wave good-bye to mitt romney. all these things are carefully scripted, those things to watch for. you think about the history these two men have together. mitt romney in 2012 asking for donald trump's endorsement for president, all of a sudden trashes him during the primary and now congratulating president-elect donald trump. >> that's politics.

that's water under the bridge. he's meeting with members of both sides of the aisle. stay with us. america's news headquarters continues at the top of the hour. they'll be more news after the break. hello. i'm uma mem raju, coming up, join me as we continue to follow development on this working weekend for team trump. we'll see if a truce is coming up amongst a rivals. you'll hear from mike huckabee and herman cain and take a look at the security nightmare in the big apple as the secret service protects mr. trump. stay with us.

it's a busy working weekend for team trump with lots of buzz on a big powwow between two men who bitterly opposed each other during a recent contentious presidential campaign, ankely d small new jersey town against widespread speculation about what lies ahead for president-elect trump and mitt romney. hello everybody. i'm uma pemmaraju. the setting, bedminister, new jersey, 50 miles outside of new york at donald trump's golf resort where we're keeping close watch on developments at this hour. some are suggesting plchlt romney, the 2012 presidential nominee and a vocal spokesman for the never trump movement m