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>> shannon: the first "100 days" ." >> bill: we can view all of the details on that as we go closer. >> shannon: do you have your coats and scarves ready? >> bill: apparently the weather will cooperate. who knows, we will catch you later. have a good day. ♪ >> jon: well, we are just days away from an official transitional power. this friday president donald trump will be sworn until office. good morning to you, i am jon scott. >> jenna: are in generally, it not as smoothly as a whole. as we get closer to inauguration day democrats will say they will skip that ceremony. at the twitter attacks on john lewis, the president-elect calling him out after lewis said mr. trump was not a legitimate president. that is where we pick up today to start off monday morning. outside trump tower with more now, peter.
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>> and a lot more this morning, general. president-elect says that he plans to start his first term at the beginning of this week trusting vladimir putin and germany. he tells london he is not sure how long that will last, it may not last very long at all. over the weekend though, one thing became very clear. foreign policy and economic policy are going to be intertwined in the trump administration. to this is what he said about trade with germany. >> it is not a two-way street. how many chevrolets do a skin germany? maybe none. okay, not too many. how many do you -- you don't see anything over there. it is a one-way street. it has to be a two way street. i wanted to be fair, but it has to be a two way street. that is why we are losing almost 800. think about it, $800 billion a year.
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>> the president-elect is now calling out one of the country's top spy chiefs presenting the possibility that he went public with an unverified document to catch trump in a bad light. he tweeted this, blasting on threats, does not understand. he added this comment, overlay, couldn't can it do much worse, just look at (red line), crimea, ukraine and the build-up of russian nukes. not good! was this the leaker of fake news?" >> the soon to be press secretary sees this whole exchange like this. >> this is an individual and somebody that the president and the president-elect should be able to trust. you see him go out there and making pretty outward comments. they do not understand the breadth and depth of the understanding of russia. to make a comment like that, clearly you do not understand who he is in the understanding of russia or the geopolitical landscape. >> on this, dr. litvack dr. martin luther king day, he
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is going to speak with martin luther king the third, the oldest son. they are set to talk about dr. king's legacy. >> jenna: peter, thank you. >> jon: fox news alert on this national holiday, honoring reverend martin luther king jr. a number of people have gathered there in washington, d.c., at the king memorial. and to the back of the head that you see there is our nation's vice president elect, mike pence, governor of indiana. he has made an impromptu stop at the martin luther king memorial there on west mason drive on during the rights leader who is honored by this federal holiday. we will keep you updated as best we can with the comings and goings of the president-elect as well as a vice president elect on this holiday. i had on "happening now." meanwhile, the president-elect says that there will be insurance for everybody when obamacare is replaced. of those comments coming in an
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interview with "the washington post." here now with some reactions, sarah westwood. at the white house correspondent. correspondent. caitlin collins is white house correspondent for the "daily caller." tell us a little bit more about what that means. we have not seen any kind of an unveiling of -- i am sorry, and obamacare replacement plan, what does it look like if everybody is covered? >> donald trump understands that he cannot repeal obamacare and leave people with nothing there. he is trying to formulate a plan that will have people covered but cost less and provide more options with doctors in additional plans. this is something that we have never seen from a republican president. one of them calling for universal health care? so democrats tried to portray him as an traditional conservative, and for him for calling for this, we see that he is really not. >> jon: sarah, the republicans say that democrats do not have
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-- a replacement plan, but tom price who was slated to be in charge of it in a term cabinets has not been confirmed yet. if so, he cannot really trot out any details. >> he cannot until he is confirmed. he spent the past few years formulating a replacement plan. it is well-known that he has the details of a plan he has put forward. more market base that is a health savings account so that people can save money pre-taxed on health expenditures. what trump is doing is laying down markers for republicans without boxing them in on policy details. he is giving them some room to figure out how to arrive at these schools that he ultimately wants to achieve. if that is having all of the people who are currently covered under the affordable care act to continue to have insurance. it is lowering the cost of premiums. he is not telling them how they necessarily need to achieve these things, he was just saying that these are the basic frameworks that you need to work with when you are putting this
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replacement plan together. >> jon: he is telling them to move quickly, right? the move in congress was to repeal obamacare and then come up with some type of a replacement over the coming years. president-elect has insisted that you have to do it essentially simultaneously. >> donald trump is promising that this will happen pretty quickly. he says that they are finishing up formulating the plan. he wants to go through committee's and be in the house in the senate within a month or two. donald trump understands health care is not made in the white house. he is trying to repeal to republicans in congress and show them what he wants his health care plan for americans to look like. >> jon: he has been criticized by democrats, especially chuck schumer who says, you cannot keep the good parts of obamacare. at the parts that people like, such as letting young people stay on their parents insurance plans to the age of 26. and banning pre-existing conditions as a block to
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health care policy. chuck schumer says you cannot do those things without also taking on the bad parts of obamacare. the things that people do not like. i don't know that that is necessarily true, but give us your take from the white house correspondent's position. >> the single biggest stumbling block to a replacement plan for obamacare is how do you keep insurance companies from distinguishing against people with pre-existing conditions once you get rid of the individual mandate? then you have a situation where these people who are already sick, already have conditions are not able to secure health care plans from insurance companies unless that is written into the law that insurance companies have to do that. so, there has to be a way for republicans to find -- to be able to marry third desire to have the market based solution to the health care problems that keep costs down, but keep insurance expanded to the
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millions of people who received it under the affordable care act. that is the two ideas that a lot of ways conflict with each other. republicans have to find some sort of way to marry them. the problem for republicans in the amount that they have no plan, but that they have too many players. they have to settle on one approach. >> jon: sean spicer, the spokesperson says it's a matter of applying some business. listen to this. >> i think that what you see from donald trump is using his successful business command. he brought down the 35, brought town air force one, he knows how to negotiate great deals. he is going to bring people like the pharmaceutical industry into the table and figure out how to instill competition in terms of drug prices, but also additional competition across state lines. that in itself both will top dn costs significantly. the idea that he continues his bigness skills and tech negotiating skills to bring down the costs to allow greater access for all americans is
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something that was sorely lacking the last eight years. >> jon: what about it, a little bit of arm-twisting from the pharmaceutical companies, can that help? >> well, i think they are trying. they save it is not broken, don't fix it. but obamacare broke it. why are democrats saying that it is impossible for donald trump to take an idea and make it better. i think they should be willing to give him a chance. donald trump is doing what he promised to do. he promised to have something in place if he repealed obamacare, now he is trying to work for all americans like he said he would on election night. i don't understand how he is being criticized for that. >> jon: what about the fear that if you take obamacare a new brigade, all of the sun and it becomes a republican issue or republican problem must mark how big is that concern on capitol hill? >> trump alluded to that and his press conference last week when he said that politically speaking it would be easier for him to just leave obamacare intact and the left democrats on
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the mess on the horizon. but republicans are going to try to fix it. that is part of the strategy of repealing and replacing. not doing that simultaneously, that was a strategy aimed at putting pressure on democrats to have to accept republicans alternatives, or be in a position where they could take the blame for americans losing their health insurance or this uncertainty and turmoil that came to the health care market. now, donald trump and congressional republicans are saying that they want to pick up the pace. they want to do repeal and replace at the same time. they do run the risk if the replacement plan creates more problems than it solves. republicans will know on that mess instead of abruptly back democrats. >> jon: it will be interesting under a new administration, all starts next week. thank you. are, only a few days away. president trump will take the oath of office and become the 45th president. some lawmakers are choosing to
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stay at his inauguration out. so far at least two doesn't members of congress are not attending it. he says that the language and actions undermine the democracy. others are trying to make a decision. we have more live from the l.a. bureau are on this. >> well, each congressman or woman represent 7000 americans, but many will not have the representative at the inauguration. the 28th nationwide, 12 congressman from california say that they will not be going to washington. some because their constituents do not want them to. others are offended by donald trump's comments and his cabinet choices. she was not in the mood to celebrate, ted lu said he would be watching on television. george hoffman said he would be attending a local march against trump. >> and if the president says we need to come down and meet, i will go down and meet with him. but i will not stand at the inauguration.
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>> luis gutierrez of chicago disagrees with the immigration, five lawmakers say that they are undecided. of san diego, why be a hypocrite and pretend i respect him? on facebook, bass asked for advice. >> i know what my heart tells me, and i know what my head tells me. but i want to know what you tell me. what do you think? should i participate in the inauguration? what should i do on that day? >> so far almost every elected leader from california from the governor down has pulled out their brass knuckles, saying that they are more interested in protecting california's progressive agenda on immigration and climate change than reaching across the aisle. plenty at stake as california continues to poke the bear. a third of the state's budget, $90 billion comes from the federal government. $200 billion to cities and counties. being a sort loser carries a risk, but california has already hired the former attorney
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general to humor and harass the trump administration in court. i will say that eight years ago no republicans boycotted the obama inauguration. back to you. >> jenna: please, thank you. >> jon: a new twist to tell you about, and the relationship with the media. with four that the trump administration is now considering moving the white house press corps out of the west wing. our media panel weighs in with on that. plus the battle heats up with iraqi special forces going against isis, but civilian casualties are on the rise. we are live with that.
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following the story live from our bureau. connor. >> hey, i said continues to fight back. and insurance since now are losing ground. it appears they are losing some of their ability to resist even losing some steam in their terms of their tactics. now iraqi commander say that they have seen a change in isis tactics in the last few weeks. so jim set out suicide bombers and nonarmored vehicles. it is extremely easier for iraqi soldiers to stop as they tried to attack government troops. also in the last few weeks, iraqi soldiers have captured 3 out of the five bridges. and they control almost all of the eastern city of mosul. but soon beginning to cross the tigris river, and that divides mosul. at the three-month operation has
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taken longer than some military analysts expected. there has been some complaints that the operation has not gone as fast. both iraqi and u.s. commanders say the important thing is that progress is being made. one of the ways that they know there is progress being made, not only in terms of the land and territory that isis is losing, but reports are that a lot of senior isis commanders have fled mosul, and some lower ground fighters right there. of course we are also hearing that there were a lot of civilian casualties put hundreds more, more than 100,000 or so have fled the area. many, many more are still stuck in the isis held territories. a big concern for iraqi and u.s. commanders as these iraqi troops move into mosul. if they are trying to limit the deaths and injuries. but isis has put the booby-traps, trying to slow the iraqi advance. this is the big concern. something that unfortunately they say cannot be fully avoide avoided. >> jenna: connor, thank you.
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>> jon: statements from the trump staff, sparking some controversy and controversy. cut the press be facing a white house eviction after the inauguration? plus a recent tweet stirring up another feud between the incoming administration and the intelligence community. we will dive into that. [ male a.
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♪ >> jon: i think he has to be mindful that he does not yet have a full appreciation and understanding of what the implications are of going down that road. mr. trump has to understand that solving russia of various actions that it has taken in the past number of years is a pro did that he i think needs to be very, very careful about. >> jenna: that was outgoing
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cia director john brennan on fox news sunday, addressing the accusations that the intelligence community was responsible for leaking information to the press. stepping back on twitter suggesting that brennan himself could be responsible for the league. this is where we pick up today. senior fellow at "atlantic council." all things national policy, gray tabby back in the program. what do you think of what has transpired over the last 24 hours between the outgoing cia director in the incoming president? >> well, the outgoing director is a political opponent of mr. obama, very close to obama. at the worldviews are very, very close. similar. but the process of politicizing intelligence is best for america. it's really scares me. it scares me when they insert themselves into a political debate, their job is to keep the
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homeland saved to prevent russian shenanigans such as they were with the hacking. this is not just of the dnc, the democratic national committee, but also the door and in of other important institutions. of our country. so, what did obama administration do when they knew for a long time that the russians are hacking, that the russians are using fake news in russia today? the tv channels, nothing was done. they were asleep at the switch. and they were behind the curve as they were in syria, and iraq creating this vacuum that isis moved into. the list is long. >> jenna: we are going to get into that as much as we can. but i would like to go to the politicization of the intelligence community.
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how do you think the administration over the last eight years has set the precedent or not with politics into the intelligence community intertwining? >> well, the intelligence community has to outline all of the threats to collect the information from human intelligence from signal intelligence from images. this is why we have the inexpensive, massive 16 services intelligence community. and overall they are doing a great job. sometimes the political directors, the political bosses prefer to ignore and not to see what the intelligence community brings them. but in this election. mack, there was a criticism of intelligence because a lot of stuff that they are putting now on the table and opposing sanctions on russia after the
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election. where were they three months ago? six months ago? five years go? all of this notion of the reset that obama tried with putin failed spectacular bailey. i had conversations in the white house. i do not want to mention names right now with people telling them that this was going to fail. i published five memos warning them about the failure of the research. and here we are today with russia hacking. >> jenna: are you sure you do not want to mention the names? >> i am sure. >> jenna: a quick follow-up on that. but the sanctions is something that is getting a lot of press today because donald trump gave an interview and really talked a lot about what is happening in europe, and our viewers may not realize that there were sanctions imposed on russia because of the annexation of crimea that has been extended, they were extended into this year. he earned donald trump in this review just recently said that he was going to take them under
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advisement. in generalizing, but he was not sure if he was going to continue them because he wanted to continue negotiations a little bit. what do you make of that, ariel cohen? >> i think he is walking into a very, very difficult political landscape. just think about it. part of the republican party, senator mccain, senator graham and others, they are in favor of harsh sanctions against russia. the intelligence community is now involved more than before. at the military has a different position, we saw secretary designates hanging that they are a threat number one. and then the european allies are going to be screaming "uncle" after these interviews. i was talking to europe today. i was on television this morning earlier, and europe is shaken and stirred because of mr. combs
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back -- mr. trump statements. the europeans have to pay more for defense, that is what mr. trump said many times, this is brilliant. if this is an abandonment of nato, and the european link that served america well for many years, this is a geopolitical revolution. the ones that will benefit from that are the russians. mr. putin as we heard, when trump won. but i just hope that this is a negotiation situation of mr. trump warning that the europeans have to pay much more for their defenses. >> jenna: wow, a lot of paths that you put out. we will wait until he is in the office to see where we go. but just to finish up here, something i've been thinking about. a general question that i will ask the guests this week, whether you are for or against, something new for this country. i'm curious when it comes to your matter of expertise,
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foreign policy or national security. as you look ahead to the horizon, what is your wish for america? >> i wish for america is that we have a leadership that takes under advisement and really take seriously the strong ties we have with europe that we have in the euro atlantic space both with nato and key european states. not just great britain, but france and germany. the threat that is coming to us is that more pro-american leadership in europe will be replaced by people who are not friends of america. and of course the challenge to us is how we handle china. how we handle the midi back -- middle east. this is truly the end of the post-cold war world. it is a beginning of the brave new world. we will see if it is going to be
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better or more dangerous, what does it mean for us? but keeping america's dominance of the world also contributed a lot to our posterity. we should not forget about that. >> jenna: we look forward to having you back on the program. thank you so much. >> jon: with the inauguration still just days away, and 1 million plus spectators expected. if security preparations are in high gear. we are live with more on that. and a new administration could mean some big changes for the white house press corps. why they might get evicted from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. an in-depth discussion just ahead. ♪ by the time you head to the bank and wait to get approved for a home loan,
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>> jenna: breaking now on the preparations for the inauguration, more than a million spectators expected. people are extremely busy making sure everybody stays safe. law enforcement workers are now assessing threats and coming up with an action plan. kevin harris just sat down with the fbi field office. the elite agency on these counterterrorism efforts. we look forward to what you have learned. >> good morning, the field
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office has a primary responsibility for running down intelligence leads. and in terms of the threat picture, there is more concerned this year about the use of drones and vehicles as weapons. fox news toward the fbi command center with paula base, said that that her job as a cook assessing the credibility and pushing out the information to other agencies. there is going to be a very close communication with secret service on the day. >> we have seen that shift away from sort of the large overseas directed more complex type of terrorist attack to the idea of the loan after the inspired individual. they are not directly connected to a terrorist organization, but goes out and causes harm. they commit acts of violence. >> the homeland committee secretary said that 28,000 officials are dedicated to security during the inauguration. this year that will include national guard troops, you will also expect to see fences,
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magnetometers, and a perimeter including trucks with concrete, that is our response to isis attacks where trucks were used as weapons. >> when we were at the w fo, they talked about when other concerns being unknown. and the lone wolf, how is that factored into your planning? >> we have a security plan that we are confident is he taking into account what ever event there is out there. any threat that is out there. for example, a lone wolf, but there are methods or means to attack the inauguration, hopefully and we will. i am confident. we have it plans already in place. >> it's important to note that drones are kind of the big game changer from four years ago. and they are barred in d.c. airspace dated the fbi told us that they have technology can lead detective drum if it is found in the air. there will be consequences for those who bring it to the event. >> jenna: catherine, thank you thank you. >> jon: an already strained relationship between the media and the president-elect couldn't
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take another hit. with that the term administration is considering moving the white house press corps out of the west wing. jeff mason, president of the white house correspondents association met with sean spicer, the press secretary. and expressed concerns about any move saying that excess in the west wing to senior administration old is critical to the journal's ability to do their jobs. describing the nearly two hour meeting as constructive. he is also the white house correspondent. he joins us live. along with the national correspondent from npr, and a fox news contributor. she has a press pass for a quarter of a century or so. thank you both of you for being here. so, jeff, tell us a little bit about that meaning. you called it because you are concerned about these requests or reports that the press is going to get moved out of the white house? >> well, the reports were that the press team of
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president-elect trump is moving the briefing out of the briefing room and into another larger facility on the white house complex for the regular briefing sessions that sean spicer would conduct once he has press secretary. we wanted to get some more information about what his thoughts were about that, because the broader consideration is moving out of the press room could precipitate a broader move of the press corps out of the west wing. and as i said in that statement that you read to, it is extremely important to the interest of the press corps to maintain the position they are so that we have access to people like the press secretary and other senior administration officials. i would advise the president to make the news and policy. >> jon: that looks pretty impressive in television, but in person it is small. 49 seats. it just might understanding that they are saying, look, if we get a bigger operation, bigger room, we can put more people, more
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journalists in the room and allow more people to ask questions of the press secretary. is that essentially what he said? if so, what do you think about that? >> it is what he said they are focusing on right now. i understand that part of the white house correspondents association supports having as many reporters who want to come to a briefing being able to come to a briefing. we made sure that's at the briefing room is open right now to any journalist who is accredited and requests access. also that even though there is a whole lot of interest in the trump administration in the trump white house right now understandably. that does not necessarily translate to the same number of people being on a phone form ct the press team holds now to showing up her briefing. there is also a distinction between the briefing that a press secretary will give him the press conference at the press and i will give. there is ample precedent for holding press conferences in the east room here at the white house or at an auditorium
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and an executive office building. we are supportive of that. >> jon: give us your take. as a working journalist, how important is it for you to be right there in the west wing when you are getting ready to file a story? >> first of all i just want to say that jeff mason is our fearless leader. he is doing a great, great job as the head of the whca. he is doing a great job. every administration does something a little bit different with the press, but i think that jeff made overly important distinction. for me is working journalist, it is really important that we have work space in the west wing for the secretary and the assistant press secretaries are. we can walk up the ram, we can go ask them a question. sometimes it takes less than one minute to ask a question and get an answer. that is what helps us serve the public. we get them in the information they need about what the president is doing, why he is doing it. that is quite different as jeff just explained with holding press conferences or briefings in a bigger venue.
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maybe across the road at -- if they are going to be a lot more reporters coming to those briefings. that is really different. we are talking about the basic day-to-day work space in the same place as the white house press staff. now, there are a lot of other questions that have been raised, are they still going to have the daily briefings on camera? if they don't, that is going to change the dynamic. i can guarantee you that there are many, many journalists who will not want to come to a daily briefing if it is not on camera. i am not one of them. >> jon: what about that? did you talk to you about the prospect of the televised daily briefing, jeff? is that still going to happen? >> that is something we have been talking about for a couple of weeks actually provided they have committed to doing some things on a daily basis. i think they are still mulling over whether that something, that briefing will be televised every day. they are committed to at least briefing the press in some way on a daily basis. just unclear how exactly that would be transmitted.
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>> jon: so, you said that the proximity to the decision-makers in the west wing is important. i am sure that the president-elect would make the argument that oh, you could email your sources. you could pick up the phone and call from another building. give us your comments. >> must be really precise. we do not have proximity to decision-makers. we do not go up the ramp can talk to the policy aide or the president himself. for the national security advisor. we are talking about proximity to the white house press and communication staff. that is who we are able to go up without an appointment, pop our heads in or sometimes we make an appointment to talk to them if we want a longer conversation. that is what we are talking about. especially when there is so much going on, donald trump is going to be an extremely activist president. some people call them hyperactive us. we need to be able to go and make sure that we understand
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what he is doing, why he is doing it. and in as short a time frame as possible so that we can transmit that to our listeners and readers. >> jon: i know you are an deadline, do you have a couple more minutes with us? if you can just stick with us? us >> sure, she is absolutely right about the access to the press staff. we do not just get to walk around the west wing. speaking to anybody we would like to. but the proximity has an additional access for the administration and the press. at that is if the president wants to speak, he can come out to the press room right away. we are right there. or if he is having a meeting with a foreign leader or somebody else in the oval office at the press is right there. if they can get in for those last-minute sprays, they call them. you can report the news and get the message out that they are trying to get out. there is a win when they are in proximity as well.
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>> jon: donald trump made no secret of his dismay during the campaign season, will that carry over into the white house? we will ask these two as our media panel when we come back.
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♪ >> jon: big changes could lie ahead in covering the trump white house. there is talk of moving the media out of there work spaces in the west wing. and perhaps big changes for the daily briefing. and jeff mason, president of the white house administration, also white house correspondent, morrow eliasson is also with us. npr news, and fox news contributor. jeff, peter boyer's article in esquire outlined some of the proposed changes. he spoke to an unidentified senior official in the trump transition team who told him this, the potential relocation reflects the view within the administration that i'm sorry, what has been the transition
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team, the coverage of term has been so hostile as to indicate that the press has abandoned its role as a neutral observer. how do you respond to that? >> i guess my response is that there is always going to be some tension between the right back white house press corps in the administration that it covers. that is a long historical fact. yes, there were certainly tension on the campaign as well. and we are hoping to have a constructive relationship and a new start with the administration when it comes into office on friday. the way to do that obviously is to have discussions about any changes that they want to make. and sean spicer committed that they will have discussions as they make additional changes. but they are focusing just on their on the briefing itself. obviously we have articulated here, the broadest concern is any effort to move the press out of the west wing, because of our need to and responsibility to report on the administration and to do so vigorously. at the way to do that is to have
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access. there are jackets warm precedence for having allowed that access and transparency. and the white house association will continue to piper that. >> jon: many words hurled at the press during the campaign rallies. he was describing the media as disgusting, pick your terms, there were others. but after won the election, there seem to be a moderating of the tome. is that over? is it going to be sort of warfare between the trump administration and the media? >> look, no president is ever completely happy with the press coverage that he gets. that being said, the media is not one monolithic thing. there are outlets that i'm sure he is happier about it and others. we know that he does not like buzzfeed, he called it a feeling pile of garbage. he likes breitbart. i think that the press is a big
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fractious group of news organizations. that's how it should be. we have a big bro best marketplace for news and information and ideas. and i do not think that you are ever going to have a completely smooth, kumbaya a relationship between the media and an american president. there is always going to be tension. our job is to try and explain what he is doing and why he is doing it and bring as much information as we can to the people who read in and listen d watch our news product. his job is to get his message out, properly unadulterated if he can. he certainly has found a new medium to do that in. that is twitter. i do not think that is different from other administrations. you heard president obama complained about fox. you heard other presidents complain about "the washington post" in "the new york times." i just think that we are in an era where we have a president-elect who has been able to dominate certain forms
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of media like nobody else. so, that is what makes it new and different. >> jon: from npr and fox, jeff mason from the white house press association. thank you both. more than just a moment. definitely doesn't have that... you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™ liberty mutual insurance
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hashtag #oneluckyguy. it will be a good one. >> meghan: >> jenna: , the pox s alerts, the wife of the terrorist, alleged terrorist who carried out the terror attack in orlando, florida, is now under arrest. this is the picture that we have. and apparently she was taken into custody by the fbi this morning. she will appear in federal court tomorrow. the charges again according to the reports are obstruction. she in the past has said that she knew nothing of the desire to commit terror. and that was the story that she told the fbi. she also talked to the press about. she also talked about domestic abuse inside their household. but now as we turn to the story, she is currently under arrest in california, will be appearing in court tomorrow. the charge is obstruction. that is the latest from "the new york times." we will get you posted as we hear more. at least five people dead, 15 injured after a shooting at a popular tourist resort in
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mexico. police say that the shooting happened early this morning at a nightclub inside the hotel just south of cancun. the events part of a musical festival. saying four people have been arrested, but it remains unclear if they include the shooter. jonathan with more. jonathan. >> the first gun shots ring out in the early hours of this morning sparking panic inside the blue parrot nightclub, unknown side beach side venue. very popular with tourists and was packed last night of the final day of a ten day music festival. we were told that five people were killed and more than a dozen wounded. organizers at the festival said that it is with great sadness to share that the police have confirmed report of a lone shooter outside the blue parrot mount nightclub. the security team balsam plastic while trying to protect patrons inside the venue. no word yet whether any americans were among those wounded or killed.
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>> jenna: thank you very much, we will be back with more "happening now" ."
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>> jon: we will see you back here in one hour. >> jenna: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> kennedy: pox news alert, the world pauses -- civil rights icon john lewis, and all just two days before mr. trump is to be sworn in as america's 45th president. this after the democrat questions of the legitimacy. mr. term, not holding back. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith here today, meghan mccain is here. and kennedy, #oneluckyguy, though former senator, senator scott brown. he has outnumbered, good to see you back, sir. >> scott: good to see everybody.

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