to ensure that even the youngest americans can have access to quality education. that are working hard to make sure the american people who don't have access to healthcare can purchase it. these are talented, committed, americans who after working to ensure the success of president obama will be just as passionate about ensuring the success of president trump. they don't do that because either president reflects their personal political views. they pursue that work because they care deeply about serving the country and they care deeply about the success of this country. in some ways i think that something most people is difficult to appreciate until you've had the opportunity to spend time working in the federal government. you see the people around you who don't get a lot of public glory. they don't get large paychecks but they feel a calling to serve. president obama often describes the u.s. government is the largest and most impactful organization in the world. that that is the organization that president-elect trump will lead. >> and 48 hour's ago president obama warned of giving donald trump the nuclear code. is

people seem to think i did a pretty good job. so there is this mismatch between this frustration and anger, perhaps the view of the american people was that we just need to shake things up. time will now tell whether the prescriptions being offered, whether brexit or with respect to the u.s. election, ends up actually satisfying those people who have been fearful or angry or concerned. i think that's going to be an interesting test. i think the policies we put forward were the right ones. the country is indisputably better off. those folks who voted for the president elect are better off than they were when i came into office for the most part. but we'll see whether those facts affect people's calculations in the next election. >> translator: you asked if i believed that angela merkel could be convinced to make necessary steps for the recovery of the greek economy. well, my answer is i'm very optimistic. this for two reasons. number one, angela merkel is a german politician and germans sometimes insist, sometimes they are disagreeable, but they insist that the agreement must be honored. and what is expected to happen with greece

and so do the american people. all right. i'm going to take just a couple more questions and then i will get out of here. nadia. president-elect trump threatened to unravel the iran nuclear deal which your administration worked very hard on. what is your concern if he alters part of it and what would you advise me considering that he says that he's open to advice? and on syria, sir, the syrian regime is threatening aleppo with massive [ inaudible ]. you fought passionately two years ago about benghazi and warned against civilians there. [ inaudible ]. h [ inaudible question ] >> iran is a good example of the gap i think between some of the rhetoric in this town, not i think there was a really robust debate about the merits of the iran deal before it was completed. and i actually was pretty proud of how our democracy processed that. it was a serious debate, i think people of good will were on both sides of the issue. ultimately we were able to persuade members of congress and the public at least enough of at the time the main a

they are the representatives of the american people. the american people have a right to know what the president-elect and the president of the united states are doing. >> yeah. i think this is something that mr. trump will grow into. maybe he didn't really understand the back lash he would get from the media. because the media has a role in making sure they tell the story of the president-elect. and i think this is just one of those growing pains that he will go through as he figures out how do i go through this phase as president-elect to president and what's the role and the relationship that i have with the media. i think it's important that presidents be frank and honest and forth right with their schedule with the media so you can tell the story to the american people of what's happening inside. i think he'll grow with that. it might have been an internal mistake. they'll figure it out as they move through the next several months. >> the travel pool, they would not have gone inside the restaurant. there are a lot of others having d

i think the american people will respond that way. so i think on a lot of issues what you're going to see is now comes the hard part, now is governance. we are going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger, a federal government that is working better and more efficiently, a national security apparatus that is both more effective and truer to our values, energy policies that are resulting in not just less pollution but also more jobs, and i think the president-elect rightly would expect that he's judged on whether we improve from that baseline. and on those metrics or things get worse. and if things get worse, then the american people will figure that out pretty quick. and if things get better, then more power to him and i'll be the first to congratulate him. >> mr. president, you had talked specifically about his temperament. >> uh-huh. >> do you still have any concern about his temperament? >> as i said, because athena asked the question, whatever you bring to this office, this office has a habi

when you get on the inside, there is a certain weight of responsibility to the american people on your shoulders. i think steve bannon is the kind of guy -- he is a patriot. he may have a different view of americans and you do, but he loves america as much as you or i do. i think he will give donald trump's best advise and ultimately, it is the president who makes the decisions. that change, that realization, have you seen that in donald trump? mr. giuliani: i think the whole world has seen it. gerard: in what way has he changed? mr. giuliani: from the moment he went to see barack obama, the way they dealt with each other, the way he is conducting himself on his attempt

the statistics are terrible. we've had 2.5 million more people become unemployed in the last few months. 500,000 american families have become unemployed. but the most important thing is that these are people, human it is afamilies, and devastating blow to a person who is able to work not to be able to work. the republicans have always felt the rest way to control inflation is to be put out of job. our top priority has to be to get our people back to work. we have to have an end to the inflationary spiral. millions ofe have people looking for jobs. our housing industry needs to be stimulated. it will cost much money but it will put an arm's numbers of people back in homes and back to work. pollution control, transportation, the emphasis has to be in the private sector. government jobs are the last resort. but people have a worker -- have a right to work in permanent jobs, but the taxpayers money does not have to be involved very much. but everything has to be a restoration of people's rights to work. imus dealer and i can get a job. >> more than half of my friends and acquaintances have been out of work for a tim

he's got heart for the american people. actor who spoke that night, that president-elect donald trump is going to be president of all the people. and i couldn't be more honored to stand with him. >> dickerson: vice president-elect mike pence, we'll leave it there, and we'll be back in a moment. hey there, hi. why do people have eyebrows? why do people put milk on cereal? oh, are you reading why people put milk on cereal? why does your tummy go "grumbily, grumbily, grumbily"? why is it all (mimics a stomach grumble) no more questions for you! ooph, that milk in your cereal was messing with you, wasn't it? try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. good, right? mmm, yeah. i got your back. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you. >> dickerson: we turn now to kentucky senator rand paul. senator, welcome back. let's start with the trump cabinet or possible trump cabinet picks. you said you would block maybe rudy giuliani or they were put forward for positions in the trump administration. why? >> i suppo

people what is it that she will do other than more of the same when three to one american people think we're on the wrong track. and i think the people are right about that. we have not represented this country effectively. she has no plan to get us on the right track. donald trump is a leader. he's a man who believes in results, not talk. he judges himself, what he accomplishes that you can see and touch. i believe he'll be a great president. i think people are seeing that more and more, and i think his instints on every major issue take a country in the right direction. >> well, i know what he has talked about in terms of his economic plan, lower taxes, roll back regulation, tap into energy, perhaps redo trade deals that are not advantageous to america, but what are the other important messages? what's most important for him to communicate to voters with these just two days left? >> i think he needs to continue to make clear that he's doing this for us, for the average american who goes to work every day and he understands our problems and the problems of decent people w

i would enjoy watching it. >> i think the american people are tired of the old press game and i thinkhey're on to the press people, they're on the bias. every poll shows that. >> why do you have to go out and talk with them every day. >> he met with all of these members of the press today which i found interesting. they're the ones who messed up. he got it right and they're the ones who messed up their analysis, got their predictions and projections wrong. i think he's showing he's magnanimous, sits down with folks from fox. most people just want to destroy him. >> and they will. >> i'm talking about all of these other -- >> cnn, nbc. >> yeah. so we know what they're about. so i'm not sure kind of what the point is. maybe this's some point to it. i don't know. maybe it's making people feel better on included. i don't know. >> dr. carson, you had taken yourself out of consideration but heard you're reconsidering whether or not you might serve. is that true? >> first of all, what i've always said is that my preference is to work outside of the government because i think there's so many

the american people have not forgotten this. i think one of the big questions still for the american people is how could it be that nobody ever went to jail over this? we had a savings and loan crisis and hundreds of people ended up going to jail over the savings and loan crisis. the idea was that he just couldn't have been running the bank when the books showed this one day and this on the next day without something wrong. that is ultimately lots and lots of folks. if we open up dodd frank, we are not going to dodd-frank saying of folks. it is 2017, a new day, nothing has ever happened before. we're going to open it up with the memory of what happened in 2008 and how a handful of people took down this economy. it is 2017, a new day, nothing then, the part we are going to remember is what happened in the next eight years as they got bailed out by the american taxpayers, got richer than ever, and left american families behind. that will be the context for reopening dodd frank. gerald: one of the things that did happen in the after

that is the american people have lost faith in the press. according to the gallup poll trust in the press to report news accurately and fairly is at an all-time low. according to the pugh poll only 5% of the american people have confidence in the media. the press has lost the very people it needs to rely, to view them and keep the president in check. the press brought it on themselves. i think donald trump would be smart to diversify the press. bring in different groups of people, foreign reporters, business writers. i would love to see one time liberal and conservative dom comes in the briefing room together asking questions. >> what do you think, laura? >> i think you should be in the briefing room every day, sean. i would love you asking questions, tough questions. i think ari has a point. i don't know should sort of throw it away and say we're not doing briefings anymore, but i do think when it comes to reporting, real straight reporting, there are networks and i think you named one, cnn, sean, that is so far in the tank for the democrat

>> it matters to republicans they matter to the american people. we can't rob our children and grandchildren of their future that problem hasn't gone away just because we elected a new president. at the same time, we've got to juggle these priorities. tell you, a few days after the election, precisely these areas will be done. ut i believe there is a commitment to tackling healthcare challenges right away. commitment to getting started on securing the border right away. trying to t to haven't enhanced efforts at nfrastructure, reforming our tax code and some of those issues can work hand in glove. for example, if we do a better of rebate tri ago, there may e a way to help pay for those infrastructure investments. to have to going figure out how to do both, and here in the few days right after election there is a lot of excitement about the fact that we now have the opportunity to it's going to be hard work. we'll have to roll up our easy.es and it won't be >> just about the immediate challenge, which is funding the december 9, do believe it's a bett

about the unfairness of the tax system than i did in a year and a half because he went before the american people and he said i have mentioned all over the world, i don't have to pay any federal income tax. and he told the american people just how unfair our tax system is. if i have anything to say about it, they will start paying their fair share of taxes an if we hae to move to prevent corporations not only in our country but from all over the world from costing the government all over this world trillions of dollars. >> i would like to take the chapter. last time i checked you had 7 million or so followers on youtube and facebook and that sort of thing and does you no, there's been a discussion about big news on the site and in fact there was a story this morning that says in the final three months, the top performing news sites on facebook outperformed the stories on legitimate websites come in "new york times" and others like that. facebook is a 320 billion-dollar company in the larger then ge and wal-mart and a lot of american corporations. first, are you concerned about the fact and second

the american people do. they've spoken. >> a lot of people took what he said very seriously and therefore voted for hillary clinton based on some of the things that he has said. and they're nervous rgs anxious. so what does he say to that? >> he says to them that the institutions of our democracy have been in place for 240 years. and our democracy has been buffeted by great challenge. some of which originated inside the united states, some of those challenges originated overseas. but by relying on our institutions and democratic traditions, demonstrating a faithful commitment to the will of the american people, our democracy hasn't just survived, it's thrived. and the president places great faith in the american people and in our longstanding democratic traditions and institutions. he places great faith in the people who make up those institutions, whether that's the united states military, our men and women in law enforcement, the millions of american patriots that are civil servants that serve in our federa

he went before the american people and said, i'm a multibillionaire. i have mansions all over the world. i live in the lap of luxury and i don't have to pay any federal income tax. and he told the american people just how unfair and how stupid our current tax system is. if i have anything to say about it, donald trump and is billionaire friends will start paying their fair share of taxes. we have to move to prevent corporations, not only in our country but from all over the world, costing governments all over this world trillions of dollars in needed tax revenue. >> chuck? >> i would like to take your corporate media chapter into a postscript this morning. the last time i checked, you had 7 million followers are so on 2 twitter accounts, 5 million likes on facebook, that kind of thing. there has been discussion since the election about fake news on social media. buzz feed is out this morning with the store this has the final three months of the u.s. presidential election, the top-performing fake election news sites on facebook outperformed the 19 legiti

that's to invest in the american people and not fort wealthiest americans in the corporate world. i pledge to continue to do that as ranking member on the budget committee. and we're going to be very, very aggressive in our communications strategy to make sure the american people know the stark contrast between republican budgets and democratic values. so thank you very much for this great honor. leader, it's great and looking forward to the next congress. >> i failed to mention earlier john as well. john is one of the most quietly appreciated members of our caucus. people have profound respect for him as a legislator. we really couldn't be more proud to see john in this capacity i want to make that statement as well. so we will open it up to a few questions. >> in 2010 when you ran, shuler picked up 43 votes. this time there was 63 for paul ryan. what accounts for your view for the one-third of voters for your caucus voting for ryan. >> i always said, if anybody paid attention, i would have two-thirds. with all due respect to previous opponents i have had, one of them has waged an

congratulate president-elect donald trump, vice president elect mike pence, but most importantly the american people on an historic victory at the ballot box. make no mistake, this election was a resounding rejection of the status quo in washington, a revolution at the ballot box. the american people are sick and tired of open borders, run away federal agencies, unconstitutional executive orders, a weak foreign policy, a sluggish economy, and a federal government that simply no longer listens to them. now under president-elect trump and a republican congress we have the opportunity to change that and achieve bold new steps that will put america on the path to a more secure and prosperous country. i look forward to working closely with the trump-pence administration to help advance these goals and a conservative agenda that rebuilds our military, secures our border, ends the failed obamacare experiment, and creates jobs and protects the unborn. mr. speaker, the american people have spoken loud and clear and it's now time that we turn this historic moment into action. thank you. i yield back. the spea

president. [ inaudible question ] what choice do you think the american people make? and if there is still a chance of what you call a direction before the europeans take some of their choice. >> i think the american people recognize that the world has shru shrunk. it is interconnective. the american people recognize that their careers or kids' careers are going to be more dynamic than they may not be working at a single plant for 30 years. and get more education and plight have to retool or retrain. they want to make sure the rules of the games are fair. what that means is that if you look at surveys americans' attitudes on trade, the majority of the people still support trades. they are concerned about whether or not trade is fair and whether we got the same access to other countries or they have with us. it relates to the bottom when it comes to wages. i made an argument thus far unsuccessfully that the trade of strengthen workers' rights and environmental rights and level the plainfield and consequences will be good for american workers and businesses. that's a com

president. [ inaudible question ] what choice do you think the american people make? and if there is still a chance of what you call a direction before the europeans take some of their choice. >> i think the american people recognize that the world has shru shrunk. it is interconnective. the american people recognize that their careers or kids' careers are going to be more dynamic than they may not be working at a single plant for 30 and get more education and plight have to retool or retrain. they want to make sure the rules of the games are fair. what that means is that if you look at americans' attitudes on trade, the majority of the people still support trades. they are concerned about whether or not trade is fair and whether we got the same access to other countries or they have with us. it relates to the bottom when it comes to wages. i made an argument thus far unsuccessfully that the trade of strengthen workers' rights and environmental rights and level the plainfield and consequences will be good for american workers and businesses. that's a complex argument t

the american people have spoken. they decided in spite of these things, in spite of what he said, in spite of the rhetoric, that he -- that they wanted him to come to washington and shake things up and they decided that he's going to be president. and so he's got to begin to pull and create some unity in this country so it can even govern correctly. host: this is michael in newman, georgia. democrats line. hi, michael. go ahead. caller: yes, representative, i st want to know, how can the republicans water down the religion, the evangelicals of this country that's important? in his own words, i know it's good to forgive but would y'all forgive a democrat if they were doing the same thing that he was doing? guest: yeah. that's a really good question. i'm an evangelical christian myself and i struggled with this. i even wrote an op-ed in "the christian post" talking about that very issue that you're speaking of that i was a bit flum exed that evangelicals were moving toward somebody that had difficulties. i was surprised

i think what the american people are looking for is results. to get results in the senate, it requires some democratic participation and cooperation. we were able to do that during the first obama tenure in the deals for example that i negotiated with biden on three different occasions. we are going to be looking for bipartisan support. and i think overreaching after an election is, generally speaking, a mistake. >> one of the items that has been on the president-elect's agenda has been congressional term limits, which in my memory, is not something you have been a particular fan of. what would you say on whether or not that would have any chance -- senator mcconnell: we have term limits now. they are called elections and they will not be on the agenda in the senate. >> any chance that now the republicans control all the aspects of the government that you might reconsider the earmark moratorium? senator mcconnell: i don't think so. >> we have a bipartisan issue that has support on both sides of the aisle, do you think that is something you can l

the american people are smart. they know who writes out the check and they know who appropriates the money. it is the congress. and by 2-1, congress is blamed for these deficits and the answer is to discipline both the executive branch and the congressional branch by holding the line on taxes so i'm pledged to do that and those that say it can't be done i'm sorry i have a fundamental disagreement with them. >> your one minute response. >> it isn't worth the paper it's printed on. if we continue with the policies plflt bush is talking about this evening, a flexible freeze. some describe it as an economic slurpee. he says he's not going to raise taxes though he has broken that pledge repeatedly. he says he wants to give the wealthiest 1% of the people in this country a five year $40 billion tax break and we're going to pay for it and he has been proposing all kinds of programs for new spending costing billions. if we continue with these policies this trillion and a half dollars worth of new debt already added on the b

the american people know no one is above the law. we commend the fbi for following the facts and reopening the investigation. but i think this is part of the way the american people need to count the cost in this election. do we want more of the fast and loose ethics of the clintons over the last 30 years, or do we swamp in washington, d.c., have fundamental ethics reform, and rebuild our military, revive our economy, repeal obamacare k and have appointments to the speak court that will uphold our constitution? this is all part of the equation that i think explains why you see such tremendous momentum in this campaign and why our campaign is literally expanding the map. we're on offense. clinton campaign is literally on defense, trying to shore up blue states around the country in the waning days of the campaign. >> investigations and draining the swamp, two of governor chris christie's top aides were convicted of fraud and conspiracy friday in the bridgegate case. and given the fact there was repeated testimony in that trial that chr

, the majority of the american people support trade. but they are concerned about whether or not trade is fair. whether we got the same access to other countries's markets as they have with us. it's a race to the bottom. i made an argument that was unsuccessful that the trade deal we organized did that. it strengthened workers's rights and environmental rights and levelled the playing field and as a consequence would be good for american workers and american businesses. that's a complex argument to make when people remember plants closing and jobs being offshore. part of what i think this election reflected was people wanting that course correction that you described and the message around stopping surges of immigration and not creating new trade deals that may be unfair. i think those were themes that played a prominent role in the campaign. as we shift to governing, my argument is we do need to make sure that we have an orderly lawful immigration process. if it is orderly and lawful, immigration is good for our economy. it keeps the co

that is that the american people have lost faith in the press. according to the gallop poll, trust in the press is at an all-time low. the pugh poll, 5% of american people have a great deal of confidence in the media. the press lost the people that it needs to rely on. the press brought this on itself and i think donald trump will be smart to diversify the press, bring in different groups of people, foreign reporters, business writers. i'd love to see one day liberal and conservative dot-coms in the briefing room. >> what do you think, laura? >> i think you should be in the briefing room every day. i'd love you asking questions. ari has a point. i'm not sure i would throw it away and say we're not going to do the briefings anymore. but i do think when it comes to reporting, real straight reporting, there are networks and i think you named one, cnn, sean, that is so far in the tank for the democrats, so far in the tank for political correctness -- do you know how pathetic they are? i just got an e-mail from some kid, i guess he's a reporter for cnn

i think the american people spoke loudly they did the. like what they were seeing -- that they did not like what they were seeing and they want washington networks. part of our biggest priorities over the next several years will be to show this panel can get serious about solving problems of everyday working americans. mike: now that you control congress and the presidency next year, there is a non-amenity about policies and republicans, including the speaker, have sort of rebuked trump during the campaign for some policies, banning muslims, deportation, things like that. won most ofump the red districts, can republicans push back against trump? well, itative messer: was clear about places i disagreed with trump and i was clear about that. be tok the key would focus on areas where we agree, and those include the border, getting rid of obamacare, working through major tax reform, trying to find a way to build better infrastructure and find a way to fund it. we agree that we need to get rid of the obama administration's rules and host of si

in the last two years we've had 2.5 million more people become unemployed. in the last four months alone, 500,000 american families have become unemployed. but the most important thing is that these are people, human beings, families. and it's a devastating blow to a person who is able to work not to be able to work. the republicans have always felt that the best way to control inflation was to put people out of a job. so our top priority has to be to put our people back to work. and we'll never have a balanced budget as long as we have 7.5 or 8 million people out of work looking for jobs there are many things that can be done. our housing industry needs to be stimulated. it won't cost much money. we can put enormous numbers of people back in homes and also back to work. research and development funds, pollution control, transportation. the emphasis has got to be in the private sector. government jobs as a last resort. but as a main thrust, people have the right to work in private jobs, permanent jobs. for the taxpayer money doesn't have to be involved very much. but the emphasis has to be on restoration

donald trump continues to be at the forefront of what the american people are thinking. at's why he won the election and why people continue to grow and support him, because he is willing to take on issues like that, speak his voice and understand where the american people want this country to go. >> you think that as president he will take steps to revoke someone of their citizenship or send them to jail for a year if they burn the flag? >> well, i think clearly he stated his position on twitter. he is going to look into it. and we'll figure out the legislative strategy going forward. it's good to know that we have bipartisan support by people like hillary clinton, who as i mentioned introduced the flag protection act that had a fine, up to a year in prison for the act. i think the majority of americans will probably agree with him and most members of the house and senate. as you know, there are times when we can override, have a constitutional amendment. there are ways to address this in other ways where the legal teams can look at ways to craft something. i think he'll

i think with the american people are looking for is results. to get results in the senate, it requires some democratic participation and cooperation. we were able to do that during the first obama tenure in the deals i negotiated with biden on three different occasions. we are going to be looking for bipartisan support. i think overreaching after an election is, generally speaking, a mistake. >> one of the items that has been on the president-elect's agenda has been congressional term limits, which is not something you have been a fan of. what would you say as to whether or not that has any chance? senator mcconnell: they are called elections, and they will not be on the agenda in the senate. thehs that now that republicans control all aspects of the government, you might reconsider the earmark moratorium? senator mcconnell: i don't think so. >> criminal justice reform is something that has supports on both sides of the aisle. is that something you look at in the new congress? donald trump has not talked about law and order on the but it has not

authenticate this election and to move forward.with the things the amerco people --e said we want the te and move forward with the things the american people said. we want the tax code fixed and i think we will do those things quickly. host: we see donald trump talking about preserving some aspects of it. do you think a total repeal of obama care is necessary? guest: i do not think a total repeal is necessary. there are some elements of it that i like. i think you will have a hard sell with members of congress if you >> that conversation from this morning's "washington journal" and indeed paul ryan has been nominated, selected by the republican conference as their choice for speaker of the house. a look live here outside of the meeting room where the conference is under way. on capitol hill. they are making their way through the leadership ranks. they have also selected -- re-elected unanimously kevin mccarthy for the 115th congress. they are on the majority whip nominations. they'll go through the conference chair and the vice chair. and we hope after that to be hearing from members of the conference and perhaps leadership itself.

people seem to think i did a pretty good job. and so there is this mismatch, i think, between frustration and anger, perhaps the view of the american people was that you just need to shake things up. time will now tell whether the prescriptions that are being offered, whether brexit or the u.s. election ends up actually satisfying those people who have been fearful or angry or concerned. and i think that's going to be an interesting test because i think i can make a pretty strong argument that the policies we put forward were the right ones, that we've grown faster than just about any advanced economy. the country is indisputably better off and those folks who voted for the president-elect are better off than they were when i came into office for the most part, but we'll see whether those facts affect people's calculations in the next election. >> translator: could angela merkel be convinced to make, but which are the necessary steps for the recovery of the greek economy. my answer is i'm optimistic for two reasons. number one, angela merkel is a german politician and germans sometimes insist, sometimes they are disagreeable but th

president, two years ago the american people entrusted americans with the senate majority. at that time, things were in a bad way here in the senate. under democratic control, the legislative process had almost ground to a halt; important bills weren't getting passed; and those that did get passed were frequently drafted behind closed doors with republicans and many rank-and-file democrats shut out of the process, which of course means that the american people's voices were shut out of the process. when republicans duke control, we know -- when republicans took control, we knew that getting things working again had to be our first priority. we opened up debate so senators from both parties could make their voices heard. we started drafting legislation in committee again so that bills were the result of discussion and compromise instead of being dictated by democrat party leaders. and we got the senate passing real substantial legislation again: a bawrkts appropriations -- a balanced budget, appropriations bills, the first major energy bill since the bush administration, the

. >> somebody say something that may not be great politics, and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about jur damn e-mails. >> thank you. me, too, me, too. >> pelley: you talk about leveling with the american people. have you always told the truth? >> i have always tried to.

i know it served the american people well. because i made a promise to the american people that i could not fall into some of the familiar habits of washington, that i wanted a new kind of politics, this was one indicator and at the end of the eight years i think i can say the american people i delivered on that commitment. with respect to cyber, the nsa, admiral rogers is a terrific patriot and has served this country well in a number of positions. i generally don't comment on personnel matters here. i can say, generally, that we have spent a lot of time over the last several years looking at how we can organize our cyber efforts to keep pace with how rapidly the environment is changing. our critical infrastructure, government data, financial systems are vulnerable to attack. in both and nonh-state actors ae getting bet r and better at it. it's becoming more and more rapid. it's inevitable that we'll have to modernize and update, not just the tools we use to defend those assets and the american people, but also how we organize

call the coarse direction some pole ma-- people made. >> i think the american people recognize that the world has shru shrunk, that it's interconnected, that you're not going to put that genie back in the bottle. the american people recognize that their careers or their kids' careers are going to have to be more dynamic. this they might not be working in the single place for is on 0 years why. they might have to retool or retrain. . they want to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. and what that means is physical you look at surveys americans' attitudes on trade, the majority of the american remember, americans still enjoy trade. but they're concerned before wlr fair. we've got the same access as what they might have relating to us. i made an argument, thus far unsuccessful unsuccessfully, that the trae ga gark. >> we have compiled what we think would be good for american businesses and american practices. but thaet a big. part of what i think this election reflected is peopling sfp -- people stopping circles of immigration, not creating new trade deals that may be unfair.

and so do the american people. all right. i'm going to take just a couple more questions and then i will get out of here. president-elect trump threatened to unravel the iran nuclear deal which your administration worked very hard on. what is your concern if he alters part of it and what would you advise me considering that he says that he's open to advice? and on syria, sir, the syrian regime is threatening aleppo with massive [ inaudible ]. you fought passionately two years ago about benghazi and warned against civilians there. [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible question ] >> iran is a good example of the gap i think between some of the rhetoric in this town, not i think there was a really robust debate about the merits of the iran deal before it was completed. and i actually was pretty proud of how our democracy processed that. it was a serious debate, i think people of good will were on both sides of the issue. ultimately we were able to persuade members of congress and the public at least enough o at the time the main argument ag

there is a desire to advance the interests of the cuban people and the american people by focusing on the future. and the president put into place the policy that has deep and and strengthen the people and economic ties and way that we think will have positive long-term benefits for the cuban people. of 90% why upwards actually support this policy and greatere the engagement. they welcomed the increased remittances that were provided. they welcomed the increase in by american citizens to cuba. is a lot to offer. and the cuban people benefit from that kind of greater engagement. that is why the president pursued this policy and it hasn't even been in place for two years. the president believes it is showing more promise than the failed policy that was in place for nearly six decades. harbor day coming up, the 77th anniversary of that day. thehere any reason why president wouldn't consider it important that he be there, be in hawaii to mark the occasion, in particular given his trip in the previous months to japan. >> i am confident president will mark that anniversary. obviously there

to help him with his transition and make progress on the mandate that's been given to us by the american people are confident about moving forward and the transition and we are excited about getting to work for the american people. >> [inaudible] >> those decisions are being made with the transition team. we are sitting down with the trump administration and waiting along with our colleagues to come up with our game plan for lame duck and our game plan for 2017. it's very exciting. we have a lot of work to do and we are having constant conversations about how to do that but we haven't made any decisions yet. >> [inaudible] >> look, i'll let the transition team couple with all those things. look at this. donald trump is a multi-billion air successful businessman who surround himself with good people. he's a man who made great successes, created tens of thousands of jobs because he gets good advice from people around him. we'll do everything we can to help him be as successful as he's going to be. we have an exciting agenda. we have a transition team and we are excited about getting to work for t

and i would hope we would rise to the occasion to say we can do better. american people deserve better of what they are getting coming out of washington and the only way we can turn this country around is to listen to what the american people arey telling us and that we are not happy with the direction of the country but to make these kinds of speeches that i heard a moment ago, is disturbing and disappointingo bt and we can do better than at and we must if we will weri gain the confidence of the american people that we are worthy of their support as we try to pass laws that improve the quality of their lives by growing the economy to make a possible for people to find work who once worked to provide for their families to make sure the american people are safe and secure, provide for common defense. those are the sorts of things we should be focused on an so it is distressing to walking into the chamber that used to be known as the world's greatest deliberative body with the personal attacks and the name-calling from the senator from massachusetts.t, the reason i came to

the answer to the question is the american people overwhelmingly not only do not -- not only do they t want to see social security cut, not only do they not want to see social security privatized, but what the american people want is see social security expanded because they know that disabled veterans and acceptory citizens and people with disabilities cannot make on 10-11, $12,000 a year. i'm not going to cut social security an medicare but what i know and i think you know is that in the republican party right now you have all kinds of people who are salivating at the prospect of cutting social security or privatizing social security, of converting medicare into a voucher program. i tell you we are going to do everything we can to rally the american people not to cut social security, medicare and medicaid. many people live in poverty, can't afford prescription drugs and we are not going to cut programs that are life and death to so many americans. >> from our revolution, senator, this is a sentence that donald trump would agree with. our infrastructure is crumbling, one of the most

>> i think the american people recognize that the world has shrunk. that it has interconnected and you're not going to put that genie in the bottle. the american people recognize that their careers or their kids careers are going to have to be more die nam i believe. they might not be working at a single plant for 30 years but thcareers. they might have to get more education. they might have to to retool or retrain. the american people are game for that. they want to make sure that the rules of the game are fair. and, what that means is, that if, if you look at surveys around americans attitudes toward trade, the majority of the american people still support trade. but they are concerned about whether or not trade is is fair. and, whether we have got the same access to other countries markets as they have with us. is there just a race to the bottom when it comes to wages and so forth. now 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

and senate that we're going to lift the extraordinary burden of obamacare off the backs of the american people and off the backs of american businesses. repealing obamacare will be the first priority in a session that will be characterized by tax reform, rebuilding the military, infrastructure, ending illegal we're focused. >> dickerson: here's the question for a candidate that worked so hard and made such a strong point about draining the swamp, about the the washington culture of self-dealing. you'd expect brighter lines in terms of the private business and a presidency. if a foreign country, for example, does business with the trump industries, would we expect to see that notified... a notification of that? because you could imagine somebody trying to do business with the trump family as a way of getting g trump president. >> john, what i can assure you and all of your viewers is that all of the laws pertaining to his business dealings and his service as president of the united states will be strictly adhered to. and he's set that tone from the very beginning. but the other part is just, yo