bannon has been advising trump several years. he told me when last we spoke he informally began advising trump in 2012, 2013, that trump was a big breitbart reader, that that's one of the ways that trump got locked into this idea of immigration that drove his candidacy, and i think trump is someone who feels comfortable having bannon in his ear. as we watch is chaos of trump's primary campaign unfold like paul man dopaul manafort being e settled on steve bannon, a guy he h wants in his ear and the white house the same way he did in the campaign. >> trump's leadership and management style, when he was running his businesses and working as a candidate in the last year, he seeks advice from a lot of people. he would spend days at his desk in trump tower calling people, dozens a day, getting the them to weigh in on a decision, taking their temperature, getting their advice. it's not the way a president normally operates but it's the way trump operates and he'll bring that style to the white house and i think that's one of the reasons

steve bannon is breitbart ceo.ormer new hampshire governor and white house chief of staff to president george h.w. bush john sununu joins me from new hampshire. thanks for being with me. >> good to be here. >> you came out and endorsed donald trump. you said this is the only man that will bring change to washington. this is not exactly status quo to name two men as equals as he described them as equal. reince as the chief of staff. steve bannon as senior counsel. what do you make of both of those announcements? >> rain is a great announcement. he understands politics and policy and process as people. he's got a thick skin. those are the basic qualifications that you need in a chief of staff. bannon is chief of staff. he needs somebody close to him. i think that's a good appointment. >> you think bannon is a good appointment because that's definitely the controversial appointment. this is one who ran breitbart that pushed the, the alt-right agenda that's had anti-semitic headlines, to say the least. things he says h

bannon would reject that. in the one conversation i had with him during the campaign, he said this is not a white nationalist movement. this is a populist movement. but certainly, what many americans hear this afternoon is that a white nationalist is steps from the oval office. >> charles blow, your thoughts. >> well, it's not just up to him to say it's not a racist organization. i mean, the southern poverty law center, who tracks hate groups in their april hate watch report actually spelled out what the alt-right is, and it is racist and it is anti-immigrant and it is anti-muslim and it is anti-semitic, and that is coming to the white house, right? and this idea of normalization is a real threat right now for all of america, because what trump is doing is mixing in kind of conventional conservatism in with the extreme racism of the alt-right. and not that it can be completely separate anyway, but now it is mixing all of it together to make it feel like it's normal, and that is a real threat to america and the

that bannon had been.annot imagine a role for roger stone and white house. charlie: obviously, i assume some of the things that have been talked about appeared in the article. the kinds of things we talk about are the kinds of things you address in the article. if you had to summarize steve bannon of all the things we have said, what would be the first paragraph? >> i think what bannon is trying to do is meld this hard right populism he espouses with institutional conservatism the way it has existed in washington until now. for his reputation as a bomb thrower and attacker of fellow republicans, he was a voice in the campaign towards the end urging trump not to attack paul ryan. trump's family members were bitter and stoking that along. there are mild signals bannon wants to morph into a different person and understands trump has a different audience as president, and a different set of people that he needs to appeal to. six months ago, it was great to win over 20,000 people at a stadium rally. now he has

what she says about steve bannon. >> i worked very closely with steve bannon. he has been the general of this campaign. honestly, people should look at the full resume. he has a harvard business degree. he's a naval officer. success in entertainment. i don't know if you are aware of that. and he was a goldman sachs managing partner. i'm personally offended you think i would manage a campaign where that would be one of the philosophies. it was not. >> i heard several trump surrogates on the air today almost in the exact order she said it. do you think donald trump is being tone deaf to millions of americans who are fearful about a trump presidency because of someone like steve bannon? >> i don't think trump cares at all about those people. the paradigm that steve and trump view the world through, they won the election, and the onus is on everyone else to adapt to how they think. not to them to evolve or change based on the enormity of the being the president of the united states and the cochief of staff. i think they think everyone else needs to come around, the

it's a heddy time for bannon. after years of sniping at the government from the outside, he's now as inside as anyone can be. don? >> tom form an, thank you very much. i want to bring in a former spokesperson for breitbart -- pardon m pa joel who is steve bannon, a white sellite, a massagenist. >> he's a national hero. because of steve bannon and kelly anne, they saved donald trump's campaign, they helped him win the white house, as a result of that, we're going to see supreme court appointments of individuals who will uphold the constitution. for that, america owes steve bannon a great dead of gratitude. he's not an anti-semite. you can see i'm an orthodoxed jew, i keep the sabbath, all the or dochled holidays. he's always been sensitive to jewish concerns. he's probably the most pro israel adviser ever in the white house. 23 you're going to report something, you have to get the facts right. breitbart news has nothing to do with birtherism. i can tell you that, i am the person that reported on some of that phenom

bannon's appointment. mr. bannon has said breitbart is the platform for the alt-right. it's something he's proud of it. the alt-right is basically rebranding white supremacy for the digital age. i don't know what their bannon does in his personal life, maybe he's a good guy to his friends. all i know what is what he's done in his public life and that is to spread white nationalism and white supremacy. >> i think it's important to recognize that a major target of breitbart has been muslim, right, to headlines like man bites dog, muslim nice to non-fuzz lirnon non-muslim, how they're a ticking time bomb. america is self a bigoted organization which condemned president obama in february, which he called islam a religion of peace. the zoa, had pamela geller, and it's not surprising that the zoa, which is also islamafobic. >> the council of american islamic organizations all oppose steve bannon. hoisted high and broad, the flag proclaimed heritage, or an establishment guide to the alt-right, or read the scary descriptions of refugee by idaho refugee agency, and have a tag bl

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and steve bannon came on later in the campaign. and after he and kellyanne conway came on, the campaign seemed to really start moving. and i think that that is something that donald trump is really indebted to steve bannon for. i think that, you know, as governor sununu was saying, these people are going to have different roles, but they'll all be sitting at the same table with the president. they will all have access to the oval office. i think the chief of staff will have much more access and will also be dealing with foreign policy, et cetera, but i think steve bannon's role is not to be understated or underestimated. when you have a senior adviser to the president, you do get his ear, and i think donald trump trusts him, as he trusts reince priebus, and maybe they will -- you know, he picked them in these two jobs for very obvious reasons. reince as a bridge to congress and bannon as a bridge to his supporters, to the people who voted for him. and i think that, you know, what i'm assuming they hope is that they will work well t

steve bannon isn't reaching across that divide, symone. >> no, steve bannon has no interest in reaching across that divide. i have friends that work at the republican national committee. people that came in post trump. people came in after trump had been elected as the republican nominee. they are definitely concerned. there were real tensions between the campaign folks specifically the bannon crew and committee. clearly the people with the republican national convention want nothing more than than reince priebus to jump in and serve. there are concerns across the board. you look at the democratic side. folks like myself, democratic leadership, we are looking and watching and waiting to see what trump will do. there are many people who called again for healing. said to give trump a chance. i need donald trump, president-elect trump, to show us what he will do and picking steve bannon is a clear signal -- the clearest sign we could have of what type of white house he will run. >> eugene scott. your thoughts on the possible chief of staff? >> i think we have to remember that donald trump

dana, as somebody who knows steve bannon, worked for steve bannon, what do you make of all this?ne man described as, quote, one of the worst people on god's green earth. >> he definitely wouldn't be my pick, anderson, thanks for having me. definitely wouldn't be my pick to advise the president-elect and, you know, like so many people, i want to give voters a chance and i want to give the president-elect a chance and i think that you need to give the new administration the best shot that they have so they can hit the ground running and unfortunately i don't think it's with this choice. i was pleased to see reince prebusinespr prieb priebus, a lot of credit due to him after the victories on election night. steve bannon, there's a reason why the website has a high turnover rate there and there's a reason why i have a history with steve bannon and, of course, andrew breitbart was a friend and mentor. i have the highest regard for him. steve, it speaks for himself. >> kellyanne conway this morning denied bannon had connections to the so-called alt-right movement or would bring any of

so steve bannon really doesn't bother you? >> hell no. trump and bannon, they're-- they're not like other republicans, man. they're not hiding their racism behind voter i.d. or stop-and-frisk policies. it's out in the open now. finally, klan members won't need to hide their face. they're just going to be running around, "i'm loud, and i'm proud, (bleep)." >> trevor: forgive me, i'm so confused. >> confused? what are you confused about? it's not like this was a surprise. you shf known something was up when ben carson left. he saw steve bannon and got out of the white house like a blad blackdude in a horror movie. amarosa next. >> trevor: i don't understand why having a white nationalist in the whois could possibly be a good thing. >> because we live in a country where people don't even want to admit that racism is a thing. now we're cutting to the chase. and we know who is chasing who. now, instead trying to expose hidden racism. it's on display for everyone to see, and that's easier (bleep) to deal with. >> trevor: i never thought of it l

>> bannon. >> pardon? >> i would imagine bannon. certainly the guy who is guiding the trump campaign all along. i think priebus is probably a moderating influence and as chief of staff, he can be an emissary to the traditional gop. i interviewed trump about a week after he won the nomination in may, and he told me that he had given reince priebus a nickname, mr. switzerland, because he was a neutral party who could kind of serve as emissary between the trump wing of the republican party and the paul ryan establishment wing of the republican party. i think that's the role that he's going to play in a trump administration going forward. as far as the tone and the focus of trump's administration, i think that's going to be more or less bupure bannon. we'll have to see. >> in terms of nicknames donald trump has come up with in the last nine months or so, mr. switzerland is a big win for reince priebus. >> you're right about that. >> josh green of bloomberg business week. >> we have to take a break. next, despite a recent change in tone,

bannon is redeemable.at when people show you who they are, you should believe them. what i found interesting about this campaign is that every time another vile rant would come out of mr. trump's lips, there was always someone on the right, and indeed, let's be honest, some folk on the left who would defend donald trump saying that's not the donald trump i know to which lawrence o'donnell and tavis smiley and others kept saying will the real donald trump please stand up. they said he is saying these things just to get elected. that's not really who he is, and when he gets in, he's going to moderate. i caution you, they said the same thing about clarence thomas. my point is this. at this point, we are getting to see who the real donald trump is. and to my mind, there are only two ways to judge the real donald trump. you judge him by his posse and his policies. you judge him by the people he's placing around him and his priorities. the in a couple months, we will see what his budget has to say about his prio

bannon, less so. as i noted, it's important to note as we watch hires come out over the next couple days, donald trump was very close to his internal campaign apparatus. the expectation is most if not all of those folks will make their way into the white house, steve bannon leading the way. >> phil mattingly live from washington. president obama will hold a news conference today and will open it up to reporters' questions. kind of unusual, right? let's head to washington to the white house and cnn's athena jones. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is the president's first chance to really respond in a long and more thoughtful way to the results of last tuesday. we did hear from him in the rose garden the day after the election. we heard from him briefly after that meeting on thursday with president-elect donald trump but this is the first chance to answer questions about many of the things he's feeling about the results of the election and also the impact it could have on his legacy, on man

bannon's appointment. mr. bannon has said that breitbart is the platform for the alt-right. something -- he's proud of it. the alt-right is basically rebranding white supremacy for the digital age. i don't know what mr. bannon does in his personal life. maybe he seems like a good guy to his friends. all i know is what he has done in his public life and that is to spretd white nationalism. >> major target as been muslim like man bites dog. how muslims devastate community and are ticking time bombs. it is not surprising that organization that is a bigoted organization condemned president obama in february when he called islam a religion of peace. it's not surprising the zoa, who is also islam phobic would endorse it. >> the religious action center of reform, council of islamic american organization oppose bannon. these are the headlines that peter mentioned. breitbart headlines. the confederate flag proclaims a glorious heritage or an establishment conservative guide to the alt-right. the site has a section of articles under the tag black crime. how can you separate the man fr

i worked closely with steve bannon. he's been the general of the campaign and people should look at the full resumÉ. >> as you know, titles don't mean everything. it seems these are partners to appease two different sides and satisfy two different republican constituen constituencies. in fact, outside the party pretty much steve bannon. let's also talk about what donald trump said on policy to leslie staal on "60 minutes." this lot goth-- got a lot of attention on abortion. watch. >> will you appoint, are you looking to appoint a justice who wants to overturn roe v. wade. >> i'm going to -- i'm pro life. the judges will be pro life. >> what about overturning -- >> couple of things. they will be pro life. having to do with abortion, if it ever were overturned it would go back to the states. >> some women won't be able to get an abortion? >> no. it will go back to the states. >> by state -- >> perhaps they have to go to another state. >> perhaps they will have to go to another state. that was the whole issue in texas with

bannon is opposed. good for him. >> except, in what you just said, by the way, look, the way you just said it is fine. people will agree and disagree. but what breitbart does whether they're targeting me or targeting other people in the media is they deceive, they distort context and they do it to advance an agenda that the media is against you. and that everything is the left. and that the system is the left. and that this is about a race war and about white america being put down. and now you have that guy in the white house speaking for all americans. is that good? >> chris, i mean, i just disagreed totally with your picture of steve bannon. i mean, i read breitbart every day. i mean, it's conservative. you're not going to hear much difference out of breitbart than you are from rush limbaugh. >> you think that rush limbaugh would be a good guy to have as a president's top strategist. with him spending all his time trying to divide this country? >> well, chris, chris, here's the trick that the left al

steve bannon is guilty of none of that. i would recommend an article written by kent sternen, "vanity fair" just in august where he said on his radio show, bannon consistently pushed back against any suggestion of racism. and always was trying to keep the forum level and balanced. but i do agree with you, gloria. i mean, part of what somebody like that does, he's a james carvell, a paul begala, a david axelrod who sees things strategically. as a house member, karl rove would say to us, you have to do medicare part "d" in this form because once it gets out of control it's going to cost more money. a practical blend of politics. >> with all due respect, the conservatives who have left breitbart after steve bannon took over talk about how he made business decisions to make breitbart a site that was hospitable to that kind of warped thinking. whether it was a business decision or whether it actually reflects his ideology, this is a real concern. it's not just put forward by liberals. it is conservatives out there who have worke

i think the same is true for steve bannon.ove or hate him. >> i know you support reince priebus and think he would be great. do you think bannon both because of the things that breitbart has said about minorities and things he has personally said about minorities, but also because breitbart has gone after republican leaders, by name, even the speaker. that could hurt donald trump's ability as president. >> i think chief of staff matters more than anything. bannon was in charge of the campaign. he's going to be in the administration. i think, you know, there's nothing surprising about that. and he's going to play a role. i think the person who's the chief of staff really matters because they're overseeing all of these things. they're bringing all the people together to enact. president's agenda, to hire the staff, the cabinet, all those sorts of things. look at the decisions we're already seeing president-elect trump make. he's already named a transition team as we mentioned. reince priebus is listen to as chief of staff. membe

bannon himself. in july, mr. bannon wrote a piece for breitbart in which he accused his political opponents of a -- quote -- "plot to take down america." by focusing on the need to improve relationship -- the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. that was the plot to take down america. the article opened with mr. bannon explicitly and baselessly winking the man responsible for shooting police officers in dallas, texas, to the black lives matter movement. mr. bannon wrote -- quote -- "five police officers are murdered in dallas by a # #blacklivesmatter type activist turned sniper. there's no question that the dallas shooter was a troubled man who harbored hate in his heart, a man who investigators determined was himself motivated by racist ideologies, but there is no evidence suggesting that the shooter was a member of black lives matter, a movement born in opposition to violence and hate. he was not a -- quote -- "activist turned sniper" a phrase mr. bannon crafted to suggest that the two

steve bannon is his chief strategist. bannon's appointment has rattled a number of civil rights groups. he wrote breitbart served as a hub for pro-trump, anti-immigration and especially anti-muslim. gabby giffords, the gun involve human shield. planned parenthood's body count under richards is up to half a holocaust. and young muslims in the west are increasing with radicals, terror. the adviser to john kasich said the right has represented footsteps from the oval office. be very vigilant. bill crystal wrote is there precedence before bannon? the naacp also criticized the movement hiring ban non. let's watch his response. >> it would not be appropriate for me to comment on every appointment that the president-elect starts making. the people have spoken. donald trump will be the next president, the 45th president of the united states. and it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. it takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. hopefully it'

bannon a polar opposite. a man who's operated on the republican fringe of executive chairman of breitbart.com. one with a known talent for riling up the grassroots while maintaining close ties to the alt-right movement in which anti-semitism is pervasive. bannon's appointment drawing sharp condemnation. the spokesman for harry reid saying quote it is easy to see why the kkk views trump as their champion when trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of white supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide. the ceo of the anti-defamation league calling it a quote, sad day. the executive director of the council on american islamic relations says the appointment of bannon sends the disturbing message that the anti-muslim conspiracy theories and white nationalist ideology will be welcome in the white house. as thousands across the country protest against trump for the fifth straight day, trump addressing his supporters who have harassed minorities in his first tv interview. >> i say stop it. if it helps, i will

he doesn't seen bannon that way. he sees him as someone that he has confidence in, that helped him secure success at the ballot box last tuesday. and will be a part of his administration. i just took note of the fact that he referred to bannon and trump as, excuse me, and reince priebus, as equals. and there is no equal to the chief of staff in the west wing. but now there is. so, that should be something that people also need to pay a lot of attention to. i know a lot of folks in the party are, because they don't know what that means. but as far as donald trump is concerned, bannon is his main guy. it's his muse, someone who is in his head, that he listens to, that advises him. he's his consigliere. and unless there's something that i think is very overt, maybe what our friend, mr. corn has written, gets publicized and more of this narrative is out there, then we'll see how donald trump deals with it. >> let's get back to the reality of the oval office and how it works. president of the united states gets up in the

if trump wants bannon, he gets bannon. no one anyone can do about it. trump's children also his son in law have been intimately involved in his campaign. they will have certainly tremendous influence behind the scenes even if there is no official titles. they are key players. we await potential job assignments. rudy giuliani is suggesting maybe he is interested in secretary of state. john bolton's name is mentioned as a potential secretary of state. jeff sessions was the first senator to endorse donald trump. bob corker is being mentioned as a potential addition to the administration. here's an interesting one. cory had been trump's campaign manager who was moved out and went to cnn and he now left cnn. speculation about what potential role he might play and then who is out. the answer is chris christie had the title of the head of the transition in the campaign. that changed last week. mike pence in. christie moved to the side. it being los like people who are aligned with christie like mike rogers from mitch gchigan who i now as well. i want to bring

as somebody who worked with steve bannon.e any of these horrible charges that keep coming up and this is what we heard when he got on board. oh, the campaign is going to turn into a racist outfit, horrible organization but the rhetoric all happened presteve bannon. >> cnn's harlo talking to former trump advisor. >>> donald trump recently spoke to chinese president on the phone. trump says the two country's relations will be stronger than ever under his leadership, even though he repeatedly criticized china throughout his campaign. and matt, what all do you know about what mr. chi and mr. trump talked about? >> reporter: well, this was very much an introductory phone call along the lines of lots of the other phone calls president elect trump has had since his victory in the u.s. in terms of this call, we have received statements from both sides. chinese state media saying president chi has said it is proved that to cooperate is the only right choice. while president elect trump released a statement saying that he believes the

bannon has.et me ask you this question -- a lot of people seeing what has been happening have suggested it would be a good idea for donald trump to do something symbolic like visit a send a symbolic all of branch to the islamic american community. do you think that would be helpful for him to do that or without be seen as a token gesture that would do nothing to alleviate concerns on how he campaigned in his proposals? zainab: we know last night donald trump did publicly tell his supporters to stop the hatred and racism. unfortunately, words have to be backed up with actions. the damage that has been done over the last 18, 19 months will somedone just by soundbites. it will take concrete action. i think the message that was sent especially to immigrants and minority communities across the nation by the appointment of mr. bannon sends a signal that he is not ready to unite the country. he is not ready to heal some of the wounds that have been inflicted over the past 18 months. reaching out to the

and steve bannon backlash. a risky hire of the man who runs breitbart news as senior v strategist sparks outrage from muslims and the jewish community and other groups who say this is a bad pick. >> good morning, i'm tamron hall live from our msnbc headquarters in new york. so this morning, nearly a week after he was elected, we're getting a clear picture on where president elect donald trump stands on a number of critical issues. and in his first televised interview since the election, the president elect on "60 minutes" appearing to be backing away from the positions he touted during the campaign including repealing obamacare, deporting 11 million illegal immigrants and quote, locking up hillary clinton. now trump is also telling what that wall along the border would look like. >> are you really going to build a wall? >> yes. >> they're talking about a fence in the republican congress. would you accept a fence? >> for certain areas, i would, but certain areas, a wall is more appropriate. i'm very good at this

steve bannon is the best example. highly criticized since he was appointed chief strategist on sunday night. we heard from people who believe his web site has white supremacist views. that is a few that breitbart and bannon reject. he says the movement that supported trump and led him to victory is a populous victory. he says there may be fringe elements who hold racist views, but it is not what it is about. bannon is on board and another i issue on the way. laura ingram. we had talk radio host was the job before. tony stone was behind the podium for about a year. ingram would be different. i critic of the press corps. if she is chosen, so far she hasn't confirmed or denied it. sources seem so suggest it is happening. if so, this is another example how the press corps are in unchartered territory together. >>> thank you. at the top of the short list for treasury secretary, steve mnuchin. in may, he joined the trump campaign as finance chairman. sources tell cnn he made it known early he wanted the post. he is already

he brought steve bannon in because deeply -- steve bannon reflected his views. he has not pivoted despite his words after the election and he is continuing to embrace bannon. i wish you would change. -- i wish he would change. amy: richard cohen, as president of southern poverty law center, i ask you first about bannon. what about donald trump and his election and what this means and the report you put out, richard, through the southern poverty law center of the number of the attacks this week on the vulnerable people? overall, your response? >> you mention 200 attacks. the number is well over 300 now. they are happening everywhere. a lot t are happening in school. we're seeing them in places like walmart, starbucks, at traffic stops where people of color are being harassed by people who are passing them and screaming "trump." an ugly thing. lastst night, donald trump was n "60 minutes" and he said stopop it. he also said, it only happened one or two times. he terribly downplayed it. trump needs to say more than "stop itit," he needs to speak t forcefully agains

joining us now, a guy who is the only reporter you can get steve bannon him and -- steve bannon on theord. josh green. then and knows he is controversial. what is in it for him to take such a big job and become a lightning rod in this administration? josh: benin safeties himself a revolutionary, as you know. he thinks he is -- then in -- bannon thinks of himself as a revolutionary, as you know. he was swept into the white house. i think he views himself as trump's karl rove, so it is only appropriate that now that trump is in the oval office, that bannon will be right there with him, advising him on strategy. mark: is he doing it because he is loyal to trump? is he doing it because it is a fun and interesting job? ish: i strongly suspect it all three of those. if you look at what breitbart news has done over the last few years, they have tried to lead this revolution in the republican party and drive out the old guard and bring in new people like trump and basically succeeded in doing that, so i think that what bannon sees himself in doing is formalized that victory by taking a powerfu

but steve bannon's name is coming up. he is expected to be a major player. >> the thing about steve bannon people don't understand is that in this campaign, he's been the general, and he's worked very closely with reince priebus and the rest of us as part of that small core team. we couldn't have done it without priebus or bannon. i can say that unequivocally as the campaign manager. >> there are strong signs that action on health care could be a first priority for the administration, but whether it's outright repeal or replace or an amendment of obamacare remains to be seen. >> it would do what obamacare doesn't do, let you guy health insurance across state lines the way you can buy auto insurance and other goods and services, block medicaid to the states, create health savings accounts for individuals, which is a free market solution that works in the private sector in many places. >> reporter: conway said the president-elect will call for a joint session of congress which he will lay out his plans for obamacare and wha

the story is bannon. bannon is not a journalist. he's not a political operative. he is not conventional in any way. he runs an attack site for the alt right. >> it's not about steve bannon himself, although that is somebody who will get more press attention. i don't know if it will be favorable to him but what breitbart has represented. describing his own organization. those are his words. not people putting something on him. what is the alt right? you start to look at it and you start to look at what it has meant and where it is going and what the people themselves say. the members of the alt right or the activists in the alt right. what they, themselves, say they are doing. it is very disturbing. for the southern poverty law center and for others to say this is unacceptable, nobody voted for this. this is not about trade policy and getting more jobs in the industrial midwest. this is about something entirely different. and, you know, look, we see the attacks, the swastikas or the alleged attacks and some of those will turn out to be hoaxes. this is a movement th

bannon is a flamethrower. he led breitbart, tried to lob grenades at house speaker paul ryan and members of the establishment. priebus the opposite of that, a member of the republican establishment as head of the republican national committee. his office is steps from capitol hill. while the two may have had diametrically opposed view points when it came to viewing the d.c. insiders, they both did in the end work toward a common cause which is getting donald trump elected as president of the united states and they were successful. donald trump tends to put people together and let folks fight it out. we've seen that in his campaign. possible by having a variety of viewpoints in the west wing that trump believes that is a way in which he'll get sort of better decisionmaking. what i'm curious to see is how the rest of the west wing fills out, who comes proefr the rnc, who doesn't, who from the campaign comes over, who doesn't. who ends up over by the rnc running that branch. so there's stale lot of dominos thatav

then the choice of steve bannon. bannon has been, before he became a formal part of the campaign, has been the heart and soul of the campaign itself. he was sort of channelling so much of these issues that drove donald trump to victory. >> we will talk more about bannon in the sec pel and some of the reaction we have seen. on this day, when you see the president coming out, defending his legacy, but also saying that people who didn't vote for donald trump need to give him a chance. your thoughts on what turned out to be a pretty long news conference this afternoon. >> right. president obama is in this delicate situation where he has to ensure the peaceful transfer of people. he is about to go overseas and assure people things are fine, things are peaceful in our country. but he is facing the prospect of having his main legacy items unravelled by republicans who now will control congress and the white house. that's something that the president did not expect. that's something that democrats in washington did not expec

. >> i put out my statement on bannon.he things he said are reprehensible. and we're going to keep a really careful eye on the president and on him. we're going to go after them in terms of pig gbigotry. [ inaudible ] >> -- happen today? >> stay tuned. >> -- elections reflected in your -- >> we needed a much sharper bolder stronger economic message. we needed to let the american people understand what we all believe, that the system's not working for them. and we're going to change it. >> the supreme court, where you're going to draw a line in the stand? >> again, first, we're deeply disappointed the way our colleagues were treated. merrick garland. and i'll underline we did not change the rules for supreme court because we thought on something as important as this there should be some degree of bipartisan agreement. last question. >> you talk about the merit of feinstein moving to judiciary and -- >> dianne feinstein has rouge respect in the caucus. she will be a superb ranking member. she's going to have a very important

here's who steve bannon is.s somebody who has a lifelong success, worked with people of all backgrounds and necessities in business, in politics, in media, instrumental in organizing trips to detroit, to flint, then-candidate donald trump made, as well as the meeting with the president of mexico, as well as the meeting with the president of egypt and the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu. steve bannon has been nothing but amazing to me, supportive, far from what he's been described by the democrats who really crying into their soup right now and all this is sour grapes. we're so excited to form a government, so excited to unit this country and truly make america great again which is not just a slogan but something we're going to be working every day to do. >> you hear boris say this is sour grapes. what's he so wrong about? >> entirely wrong from beginning to end. the reality is steve bannon has led breitbart news into becoming one of the major racist, anti-immigrant, anti-muslim, gay bashing, website

steve bannon. less so in terms of enthusiasm both on the left and those being honest with you, republicans as well. long a target for steve bannon. paul ryan first among them. his influence inside the white house is drawing a lot of concern, ringing alarm bells and defended by trump advisers. listen to what kellyanne conway had to say. >> i think it's a great team and will continue to work close with them in some capacity to be decided. they complement each other, both have the most important thing which is the ear of the boss. >> and criticism of steve bannon because of breitbart and some of its articles and headlines. what's the resporsponsresponse? >> been the general of this campaign and frankly people should look at full resume. a harvard business degree a naval officer. he has success in entertainment. i'm not sure you're aware of that and certainly was goldman sachs managing partner. brilliant technician. >> brianne narcs the defen, the hearing. a tight-knit group that led donald trump to a

bannon the polar opposite. a man who has operated on the republican fringe as executive chairman of breitbart.com. one with a known talent for riling up the grassroots while maintaining close ties to the alt-right movement within which anti-semitism and racist troeps are pervasive. bannon's appointment drawing sharp condemnation. the spokesman for harry reid saying quote it is easy to see why the kkk views trump as their champ when trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of white supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide. the ceo of the anti-defamation league calling it a quote, sad day. the executive director of the council on american islamic relations says the appointment of bannon sends the disturbing message that the anti-muslim conspiracy theories and white nationalist ideology will be welcome in the white house. as thousands across the country protest against trump for the fifth straight day, trump addressing his supporters who have harassed minorities in his first tv interview. post-election.

that is balanced off by bannon. trump said this, bannon and priebus will win the effective leadership team they formed during the campaign working as equal partners to transform the government and making it efficient and effective and productive. priebus is known in the beltway and has good working relationships with republicans on capitol hill. people like senator mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan who has been a long time friend of priebus. those relationships and priebus's knowledge of how washington works could be key in helping trump pass legislative agenda. bannon, the trump campaign ceo, ran breitbart news. that news site has been accused of racist and sexist and anti-semitic audiences. and both men will advise the next president, president-elect trump. victor and christine. >> thank you, chris. a hate watch dog group are slamming steve bannon as chief strategist and adviser. the anti-defamation league released this statement. it is a sad day when a man who presided over the alt-right group of is sla