avenue to the white house and have that meeting with president biden. let's get to alexandria hoff starting us off in d.c. near the hotel and good morning to you. >> even though there are several races yet to be determined across the country republicans do appear poised to maintain control of the house and deliver president-elect trump the trifecta he needs to move his aginned along quickly. it's something that members when they spoke yesterday say that is their priority. it will be up for discussion today what order do they want things to get done here? accompanying president-elect trump will be elon musk. a lot of excitement on capitol hill. a lot of big names around this area. jd vance at the capitol. chad was talking about there was a little debate today. it is a celebratory meetings they'll have leadership elections and some talk about

somebody trying to oppose speaker mike johnson. we know that president-elect trump said on multiple occasions for support to maintain his speakership. we hear from a conservative member of the house today that is not likely to happen. they'll do a vocal vote for johnson to keep the speakership rather than letting him assume it. along with celebrations there will be messages of gratitude in the hotel with the house members. many of these races that were won were done with the assistance of trump. those down-ballot races he talked about at the rallies. that helped propel many of the people into victory. the other thing that might be talked about, too, is the fact that even if they do assume the majority again, the margins will be tight. chad spoke about this earlier as well. you have congressman michael waltz here today ready to greet the former and future president along with congresswoman elise stefanik. both pulled to administration positions. what makes the margin tighter.

the message from house leadership yesterday they can't afford to lose anymore people and hoping the trump doesn't seek any more house members until after special elections. you gauge a president's success on their first 100 days. in president-elect trump's first 100 days he will work with the smallest majority he will likely ever have in his presidency because of these vacancies and special elections will have yet to have happened, two members pulled from the house. there will be a lot of handshakeing today before president-elect trump heads to meet with president biden at the white house. we're expecting the former future president to arrive at any moment. you had mentioned we had seen his chief of staff susie wiles. she departed out of the motorcade you are seeing there. i have not spotted the president-elect as of yet. but we do know he is poised to arrive at any moment. we won't see a whole lot of him

because of the entrance he is taking into the building. a closed door situation once he gets inside. so people and members in there can speak candidly with him on agenda items they hope to see come up first and how to help them through that. we can send it back to you as we await the arrival of president-elect trump. we aren't spotting him yet. >> bill: nice to have you on the hill. imagine or job to keep him alive knowing the threats waged against him. >> dana: absolutely. we want to bring in the trump attorney senior campaign advisor ms. habba. we await president trump and the meeting of house republicans and i think it is elise stefanik and -- president trump will applause. one of the things announced last night that has people interested is the new department of government efficiency. all actions of the department of

health of government efficiency will be posted online for maximum transparency. any time the public thinks we're cutting something important or not let us know. we have the most insanely dumb spent of tax dollars and it will be extremely tragic and extremely entertaining. one thing we know, the next few months won't be boring. over to you for some observations. >> yeah. i was there last night at mar-a-lago, saw elon and vivek. the energy is just so compelling. it is so donald trump. it is true donald trump form. the man doesn't stop and he has hit the ground running in a major way as you have seen with the appointments coming out, with this awesome new idea to cut spending where we don't need it and to do it in a transparent way. he has seen the american public get dissuade and included over the last 3 1/2 years with fake news, fake media and 0

transparency. that is something that we will see change. he has been very transparent in who he is appointing. very transparent. elon musk what he has done with twitter has been incredible for this election and the american people. we're excited to see what the new faces will be. it won't be boring i can assure you of that. >> bill: are you in line for a promotion? will you go to the white house? your name is rumored to be white house press secretary. is that something that has been offered to you? >> you know i would never discuss anything with my client. i wouldn't and couldn't. it has been quite the journey. wherever it leads me i will take in serious consideration. obviously my children are a big factor in that. i'm a north girl with young kids. i'm in new jersey right now. we'll see. it is a family discussion and i will say no matter what it has been the greatest privilege to

be his attorney and doing this >> dana: you have had your hands full and handled it very well. we show pictures of president trump shaking hands of republican leadership there and shaking the hands of the new u.n. ambassador elise stefanik as well. he is about to give a speech. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ ♪ from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee ♪ >> thank you very much. this is a very nice gathering, isn't it nice? nice to win. always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like historic kind of numbers, especially for the president but we won't get into that. [laughter] but the house did very well and i think we're responsible for

31, helping you with 31 meaning we could have lost by quite a bit and we ended up. i guess you will be five up? are you looking at five or four, right? doesn't matter, we get used to one for a little while. when you get used to one you can get used to anything. i just want to thank everybody. you have been incredible. we worked with a lot of you to get you in and you helped me, too. and my numbers were so they say the 129 years the most important election in 129 years. that's pretty good. i said who is the 129 years, what was that? who is 129 years ago? i never looked because it started being 100. then they upped it to that. a great compliment. we won the majority by 7.1 million. which is great because republicans aren't supposed to be winning the majority, marjorie, you know that, right?

we won that and we won it every way all seven swing states by a lot and then michigan was great. couldn't be better, i tell you. michigan was great and we had a couple of people -- almost new jersey is right. just a few points. it has them very worried. they say next time if we go up a fraction of what we went up you'll win new york and new jersey and places that weren't winnable. california, too. [applause] without one speech and without campaigning at all in california i think we were up -- we lost by nine points. nine points in california and it is very doable. it would be really doable if they change the election for us. >> bill: there is that. >> dana: we'll see what's

happening. they will get that back for you. the president announcing one of the things he was talking about he didn't use the words but coattails is one of the things we talked about. when he said there were 31 races that trump's team really helped get across the finish line. without that they might not have had the majority. >> bill: that was the pool so the pool goes in and let you stay for two minutes or five minutes or whatever time and then you have to clear out of the room and that's why that stopped. >> dana: let him finish the sentence. >> bill: want to get back more on this with the trump attorney senior campaign advisor elena habba. we had a move yesterday by trump's legal team that seemed to suspend a ruling on behalf of the judge in new york. now he has asked prosecutors in new york to issue their next move or opinion by next week. what is going to happen to that case? could it be suspended for four years until he completes his term at which point he would be

83? what is likely now with these 34 felony counts against him? >> right. so we all know and i don't think i have to repeat this if you look at the polls and what happened on november 5th, the american people know it was a sham case to start with and past statute of limitations shouldn't have been brought. wasn't brought by bragg. the case should be dismissed. there are so many levels of reasons. one being the immunity decision that came out of the supreme court. there was testimony from out of the oval should never have been permitted because of immunity, because of the laws that have pre-existed since nixon v-fitzgerald. the judge made countless errors and no facts related to books and records. this was a political hack. it should be dismissed.

him punting a week all i can tell you is i think it was a weak move and i think that he should have dismissed it on tuesday like he said he gave himself that deadline. the american people need to move on from this nonsense. >> dana: i thought it was pretty weak to delay. leadership requires courage and leadership also is a decision-making experience. can i ask what you think will happen next tuesday? is he gauging reaction before he makes the decision? >> he will absolutely not get sentenced. that's already been pushed because he pushed it another week. number two, i think he will dismiss. we've said this. there are influences with this judge that should not exist. financial influences with family members that should not exist. he should have recused. when you are confused about his decisions and moves remember where the influence is coming from. and no strong leader would allow himself in that position to be influenced like that. it should be dismissed. i do believe it will be

dismissed. >> bill: think about all the picks that have gone public right now. what can the american people expect from this second term? we know we what we got the first time. it was trump time and we would pivot on a dime every single day at this desk or in washington, d.c. and the pace was set at 6:00 in the morning. went until 10:00 at night. every day for four years. >> that's who he is. that's who he is. that has been who he has been for the last 3 1/2ears. he is working for the american people. he has put aside his business, his family, his life, his beautiful, very relaxing life in palm beach to work for the american people and he fought hard to come back and work for them again. i'm excited for it. if you had any doubts how hard he would work look at what he has already done. putting together amazing cabinet and administration with transparency and the american people can trust our government and trust we'll spend the money

the way we should on america first. i think it will be epic. i think he will be able to repair a lot of the damage made before he is even into office. if you have any questions about it, look at how the response has been overseas. the calls for wars to end. not because of president trump. that is the the fear of knowing that a strong leader is coming back to the oval office and it is what we said would happen. it is happening. we'll see a lot of not only american change for the better but i think for the world. >> bill: can you confirm that trump will appoint a ukrainian peace envoy? fox news digital is reporting that. is that the case and who will that be? >> i'm going to allow president trump to make those announcements. >> bill: we shall wait for that. >> dana: we'll see. thank you so much. >> bill: thanks for your time. >> dana: ukraine peace envoy is a possibility. let me show you now. take you to the white house. president biden and first lady jill biden are delivering

remarks to the a summit. in a little bit they'll welcome president trump elect to the white house. >> bill: get the tone to this. >> close to making community college free for everyone across the country but a few senators -- i'm not going to name them -- blocked our way. but that wasn't the end. this movement continues to gain momentum. we must keep fighting for free community college. [applause] as first lady i have also focused on strengthening the pathways between classrooms and careers. nearly -- you probably all knows this but nearly 60% of graduating high school students don't go directly to a four-year degree. we know that. six out of every ten students, some will start working, some

will go to their community college. >> bill: the message on education inside the white house. outside on the north lawn is rich edson to bring us the flavor and what he is picking up right now. we should see the president in 45 minutes. good morning. >> right there what you are seeing right now is the east room of the white house. not that far of a walk over to the oval office where the action is going to happen in a little bit this morning. we're trying to figure out specifics on the schedule here. traditional meeting between the incoming and outgoing presidents when president-elect trump gets back to the white house to meet with president biden in the oval office later today. i have to tell you, you haven't seen a media footprint at the white house here really like this since president trump left office back in 2021. it will be his first time back at the white house since then. trump never extended biden the invite in 2020. the white house refuses to say what biden wants to discuss but we have gotten some hints from biden's national security advisor jake sullivan telling

cbs the president will likely urge trump not to abandon ukraine. doing so means more instability in europe. beyond specifics the white house is playing up the images we'll see in the oval office, a peaceful transfer of power. the two presidents sitting together before their conversation and really, really highlighting that the united states is still with a popular election can transfer the presidency from one party to the next after elections. you saw jill biden there, it is now confirmed that she will not have a meeting today, though she reached out to melania trump for the insight. incoming first lady melania trump will not be meeting. her office tweeted this morning mrs. trump will not be attending today's meeting at the white house. her husband's return to the oval office to commence the transition process is encouraging and wishes him great success. in this instance several unnamed sources in the media continue to

provide false, misleading and inaccurate information. be discerning with your source of news. there has been some reporting out there notably from the "new york post" that the reasoning behind melania trump not coming to the white house today is because of that summer 2022 raid on march lag yeah. the trump's residence in the documents case. the white house maintains the time that the president was not informed in the decision making to raid mar-a-lago, but melania trump or her office speaking for the first time about her decision not to attend today's meeting. still waiting for some scheduling here. the president-elect is not too far away close to the capitol to make the trip to the white house. make a similar trip january. here meeting with president biden a short while. >> bill: an interesting read someday very soon. thank you from the north lawn. good to see you. >> dana: president-elect trump meeting with house gop leaders now ahead of his white house visit with president biden. the latest from inside the room

coming up. senate republicans meeting behind closed doors to pick their leader. more on how that vote is going next.

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dad: you can talk to me. son: it's been really, really hard for me. >> bill: the cameras are turned away and turned off screen left. trump meeting with house republicans on the hill. biden live speaking at the white house. trump said it's nice to win. about susie wiles who ran his campaign and chief of staff calls her the most powerful woman in the world. he is not wrong. >> dana: right about that. >> biden is going over his term with his marks in the east room accomplishments how he sees the past four years. trump will be there in 38 minutes and we're watching. senate democrats under pressure to fast track president biden's judicial appointments before trump takes office. david spunt is watching that from d.o.j. justice department now. what do you have?

hello. >> sort of a story behind the scenes but a big story. clock is ticking loudly for democrats to get these federal judges confirmed before president biden leaves office on january 20th. judiciary chairman durbin said he only thinks they can get 15 or 20 more done. since biden took office in january of 2021, 261 judges have been nominated, 213 have been confirmed. today there are 25 in the pipeline awaiting confirmation. president can keep announcing judges over the next month or so but have to be confirmed by the senate. a democratic-led senate before republicans take over. karine jean-pierre was asked about this yesterday calling on republicans to work in a bipartisan fashion and help confirm some of the nominees before the administration signs off. future president donald trump says no judges should be approved during this period of time because the democrats are looking to ram through their

judges as republicans fight over leadership. this is not acceptable, thank you. when trump left office in january 2021 he was able to get 234 judges confirmed. senator dick durbin says maybe 15 or 17. federal judges are appointed for life meaning their tone is set for years after a president leaves. bill. >> bill: thank you, david. follow the bouncing ball from there and we shall with you. >> dana: bounce it does. >> bill: yes. for some time indeed. the house hasn't been called yet by the way. we think, however, republicans will maintain the majority. going over some of the races now. alaska may fall their way, arizona may fall their way, there are a few others in maine and ohio and a lot in california yet to be determined. we're seeing how that goes. >> dana: it matters a lot having a little margin. >> bill: the other thing on that point. if they do have the house and the senate and the white house,

do you keep it after two years? because the map favored republicans in the senate in this election. it favors democrats in 2026. we'll get karl in here. >> dana: president trump won't forget rick scott was the head of the nfc during the 2022 mid-term where republicans didn't do as well. that will be on their mind. voters will expect results from the election and i'm sure they intend to give them as well. want to bring you the election for the next senate majority leader is underway right now. just checked with somebody who said doors are closed and they're voting. republican senators john thune and john cornyn and rick scott are vying for the top spot. want to bring in our panel. the author of a newsletter. and a senior political pores upon dent. let's go to chad pergram first for an update. >> good morning, dana. they've been in the room for an hour right now. they have to go through nominating speeches first and let me tell you who is

nominating who here. for rick scott his nominators are marco rubio and bill hagerty. john thune it is mike rounds and steve daines, and john cornyn did not say. one thing that struck me last night i was amazed at how many members said they were uncommitted or said they were trying to make up their mind or said i have a better idea. they had a candidate forum last night and listened to all three give presentations why they should be the next majority leader. a lot of people were keeping close counsel. something that was another under current they didn't want president-elect trump to weigh in on this. >> dana: hans and molly, listen and respond. two different viewpoints. >> the american people have presented us with a challenge and we must answer the call. we have to look at what we did right, what we did wrong, and

what we didn't do but should have done. >> washington democrats appear to recognize they are on the losing side of a legitimate, crystal clear mandate. >> dana: end of an era with mitch mcconnell but who ends with a win for president trump handing him a 53-set majority to make a significant difference. schumer is calling on republicans to be bipartisan now. how will that go down? >> it comes down to the filibuster and whether or not. a lot of calls during the biden era to remove the fell buster and a couple of democrats held the line. i suspect the script will be flipped a little bit this time. calls to remove the filibuster and we'll see whether and which republicans decide the filibuster preserves the senate's power of the minority not to get rolled. you still need to get 60 votes. that hasn't really come up yet. the bigger question right now is who will be the leader and chad

is down there trying to figure this out. people are trying to text the senators to get a sense of what's happening in there. the big point here and the thing that people are worried might happen and didn't, that is that donald trump didn't weigh in. and so that is a signal that he is fine with any of these three leaders and now it's up to the senators. it's a secret ballot. >> dana: i listened to somebody this morning he said he thinks president trump couldn't lose with any three of them but a changing of the guard to mcconnell to whoever wins this election. >> that's right. as hans has said all three of these candidates have pledged to facilitate the trump agenda. trump in the room earlier taking credit for the republican victory in the senate and the house. so all of the republicans in that room realize that they are there to some extent because of donald trump and they want to see him succeed. it is still going to tell us a lot how the next four years are going to go who emerges as the

leader. and how many votes rick scott gets even if he doesn't actually win this position. because he has spent years building this conservative caucus like the freedom caucus in the house that wants to see more ability for individual senators to make a mark and so how much of a vote of confidence that view gets will tell us how much infighting we'll see among republicans in the senate versus how much of a backing there is for the republicans to be more institutionalist and more traditional and in the vein of a mccon all without the antagonism between mcconnell and trump. >> dana: i was thinking how all of us watching, everybody is interested and i remember during the trump -- first trump administration there was a saturday where i took a nap for 20 minutes and three news stories broke during that 20 minutes and when you were saying, bill, that we've had a

sleepy four years i'm thinking yeah, it feels exciting and i'm glad to have the three of you with me today and with bill, of course, as we go through a very historic day in washington, d.c. thank you all. >> thank you. >> bill: we called it going back an trump time changing the clocks. president-elect donald trump is back in our nation's capital screen left. moving down pennsylvania avenue and we're watching every step. meeting with republican lieders before his audience with president biden. as we say, each and every movement we will watch in washington, d.c. on trump's tran trance -- transition back into the oval office. that goes up with the market. their gains lock in, and when the market goes down, they don't lose money. forward with their money, never backward. and we do it for our clients every day. if you have at least $100,000 to invest, get your investor's

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we're watching everything on a day that we probably won't forget. >> dana: we will not forget. president trump plans to make sweeping changes to the education department including targeting woke curriculum. >> donald trump says he wants to eliminate the department of education but some warn that would take congressional support. some are already suggesting that perhaps slashing the department's near $240 billion budget could gain more support. we're seeing these proposed changes in store are already worrying the unions. the president of the american federation of teachers randi weingarten reacted after trump's re-election writing it means we must fights for the means and agency to secure a better life and public education and growing labor movement are more important than ever. trump's vision to eliminate the

department has some support among some state leaders including oklahoma superintendent ryan walters. >> it is clearly the path forward here. president trump laid out a vision to say if you do away with the department, send it back to the states. the states will find solutions for their problem. >> another piece of trump's policy is empowering the states and parents by expanding school choice nationwide. that's a movement that has gained traction over the past four years. 12 states now have universal school choice, trump wants to make that an option for every american parent with tax credits available for private or homeschool, he says. send it back to you. >> dana: thank you so much. appreciate it. >> bill: all eyes on d.c. right now. president-elect trump preparing for an historic meeting at the white house with president biden. we're watching all of it. want to bring in new voices kellyanne conway is here, joining us again karl rove and

trey gowdy. good looking folks here. kellyanne, you were there in january of 2017. i think it's the most appropriate question to ask you now. how much different it will be for this time around and how he understands washington, understands government and will manage as commander-in-chief. >> it's a great question. it could be different. i believe it will be different. when president-elect trump and president obama met in the oval office they were both very gracious and in front of the cameras they both discussed how they really hadn't met each other before and meeting that was meant to last ten to 15 minutes went on for 90. they reflected. president obama said anything we can do for a peaceful transfer of power. if you succeed, america succeeds. a few short weeks later on

january 5th, 2017, they had the famous oval office meeting talking about golden showers and russia collusion. next day jim comey and others in the intelligence community came to trump tower and comey pulled trump aside at the end of that meeting when you say how are the kids, will it snow tomorrow they weren't seated. it wasn't necessarily official and mentioned this to him and so i -- excuse me if we were up against a wall of resistance from the moment we got there. subpoenas, flying. mueller investigation. i hope that will be different this time. the country needs that. yes, president trump is returning to the job he had for four years, for short years later and even some of these early appointments suggest that he is going to have people who are both outsiders and insiders. folks who know their way around washington, know the federal government but also have been doing things outside of washington in a great way. the other thing is i'm hearing from people inside that meeting,

that congressional meeting the president is buoyant, is happy. talking about the border and economy and giving kudos to susie wiles and j.d. vance. mike johnson has no opposition reported as speaker of the house. conservatives of the freedom caucus won a recorded vote. mike johnson is whispering to president trump can you please stop poaching talent with the republicans in the house? excellent picks with waltz and stefanik. so you have to keep that majority. it is slim and keep it tight. i'm hopeful. i can't pretend that the big organs of the swamp and government aren't going to snap back a little. i'm hopeful the president can get things done with swiftness. >> dana: for as tough as the campaign was, martha, and a lot of things said between the two of them, one of the things this

meeting shows is the immediate visual of a peaceful transfer of power which america does very well. >> absolutely, dana. i think that is a moment that the whole country will watch for that reassurance. kellyanne so accurately points out the undercurrents that were happening during the last time president trump was transitioning into the white house, it is a very new day. his victory, a landslide in all the battleground states, a popular vote victory puts him in a very highly significant, strong position to walk into these meetings with house representatives and senators and say look, let's get to work. we have a unique opportunity here and i think what we're seeing right now is a move when you look at these picks of cabinet picks and other appointments that is an effort to shake the foundations of

washington, d.c. i guarantee you that every career politician in that town right now is wondering if they should be packing their bags and selling their house. this is a shake-up moment that we're witnessing. how successful it will be we can hang on and go along for the ride and watch this and report on it honestly and openly throughout the course of it. it is a moment in washington we have not seen in a very, very long time. >> dana: panel, stick around. we're watching washington as president-elect trump prepares to meet with president biden and have much more on all of this. you won't miss it, we promise. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ over 600,000 usps employees working in sync to ensure everything sent on its holiday ride ends with a moment of joy.

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>> bill: a couple of things we're learning behind closed doors. senator rick scott is making his pitch to his fellow republicans as to why he should be majority leader. that's going on right now. in another room in washington, d.c. president-elect donald trump is endorsing mike johnson to remain as speaker. those two men have grown close. johnson expects to be in florida this coming weekend. they will spend a lot of time together. thinking about speaker johnson, that speakership came his way and he wasn't looking for it. it fell in his lap. as a result in all likelihood he will continue that. >> dana: president trump doesn't

want drama. he wants mike johnson and that's who it will be. president-elect trump will meet face-to-face with president biden and we'll bring back our panel. and we appreciate everybody sticking around. trey gowdy give a thought from you here as president trump is about to meet president biden. in a way that's a mouthful. it hasn't happened since the 1890s and no videotape to show everybody. >> i'm sure they will be cordial collegial. really important issues around the world. i want to pick up on one thing kellyanne said. she is exactly right. they were talking about impeaching donald trump before he even actually was inaugurated. having said that, president trump kept jim comey and he replaced jim comey with chris wray and picked an a.g. to had

to recuse himself when we most needed an a.g. to say no. he has to do a better job of vetting people this time around than whoever did it the first time around. >> bill: we're also getting the, too, trump is announcing his white house senior staff. if anything, this man had a plan, okay? >> dana: so did susie. >> bill: within seven days he has been largely quiet in florida. we haven't seen him on camera but firing off alerts on x and truth social. dan scavino will go back to the white house assisting the president deputy chief of staff work closely with susie wiles. stephen miller, james blair, who was really a big part of his campaign will serve as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for legislative, political and public affairs. point being on all this getting his team together. marie, what do you think so far

as we get ready for president trump to go back to the white house and shake hands with president biden? >> well, president biden is an institutionalist at heart and believes in the rituals of american political moments like this. i don't think there was any chance that president biden would not have this meeting today with president trump. i would note a luxury not afforded to him by president trump just four years ago when donald trump didn't stay for the inauguration. it was a very different transfer of power. many people would not call that one peaceful. this one, of course, is peaceful indeed. i also think that president biden will raise a number of issues today with donald trump in addition to the pleasantries. i think he will raise america's standing in the world and role in the world. likely will talk about supporting ukraine in the face of continued russian aggression. likely talk about the middle east and talk about our allies and how important those

alliances are. they have defined joe biden's time in public service and deeply cares about them and is concerned what will come next. i expect some of that to be discussed today. as kellyanne said this meeting could go on longer than any of us think. both men like to talk and have a lot to talk about. interesting to see how long the meetings goes, in anyone else is in it and the read-out coming out of it. >> bill: getting word now red alert sirens are activated in tel aviv. we got an alert yesterday around this time. see what comes of that. plenty to discuss as you point out. another time-out here. president-elect trump will be there momentarily at the white house and we'll be there for it. let's get a quick break right now. back to d.c. wrapping up his meeting with house republicans. senate republicans are still underway. who is to say how long that goes? we'll wait and we'll try to read the tea leaves as we get some indication based on text messages and emails coming out

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visit purple.com or a store near you >> harris: historic day unfolding in our nation, president-elect trump to meet with president biden at the white house. it could get very interesting giving all the pointed political jabs during the collection. i won't bring up the garbage comment. whole bring you all of that, the meeting and the president-elect today meeting with house republicans. our all-star panel is here. "the faulkner focus" top of the hour. >> dana: moments from now president-elect trump and president biden will meet at the white house. we saw the motorcade is underway. this is happening. really enjoyed being with you all as we go through this historic day and karl rove is still with us and as the drive

happens, there is anticipation on both sides. >> absolutely. this is an important moment for the country. we need to see these two men meet. we need to hear that they have had a cordial conversation. be nice to see both of them even briefly afterwards. this is an important historic moment that is vital to our democracy. the peaceful transfer of power when it began in george washington giving it over to john adams was a unique moment in the history of the world and that we have done it since that time is really remarkable story. >> bill: it is not a mandate but it is becoming tradition. >> it has become a tradition and look, it is a relatively recent tradition. it began in 1920s or 30s, i believe. before that the two men generally went to the capital together. john adams was the first guy to

bail out on that with thomas jefferson. he didn't want to go to the capital. think of the 1893 inauguration of grover cleveland after being defeated by benjamin harrison and they have to go to the capital. they didn't like each other very much but understood the importance of the symbol to the united states. >> dana: it is a symbol to our allies and adversaries. we have a different foreign policy situation now that president trump will inherit in just about two months. >> bill: there is the motorcade as we wrap up our coverage here and hand off to our colleague harris faulkner and continuing coverage. see how long the meeting goes and watch for the tone and words once that meeting concludes. >> dana: you know what we like about these people? the they're on time. harris faulkner is next. >> harris: together this hour we have a front row seat to history.

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