caliber bullets hit jermaine blackwell as he sat waiting for his family to come home >> i ain't never did nothing to anybody. i go to work every day to take care of my family. >> blackwell has a 2-year-old daughter, 3-year-old son and pregnant wife. blackwell turned 43 last month sitting on the couch watching tv when bullets started to fly commit the wall here, there intent through the couch there and bullet hole in the ceiling and again another one here. he is lucky. actually blessed to be alive. you know what i am saying. he was shooting so much the flame from the gun looked like a headlight. >> if i had my shirt oregon anything like that, things might have gotten ugly. they tried to take my life. i have no idea what this is about. >> no idea. >> none whatsoever. >> i don't know if they are coming after my son. >> harry: blackwell says his son doesn't live with him.

that ain't cool. >> harry: jermaine blackwell

. >> i'm martin savidge in for vac tore blackwell. >> hillary clinton's campaign now says it's joining green party candidate jill stein in her efforts to recount the votes in three key swing states. >> clinton campaign says they're not contesting the results but, rather, they want to ensure that it's fair to all sides. president-elect donald trump is ripping the recount as a scan. he's accusing the green party of trying to reel in money that he believes won't go to the recount in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. stein is dismissing that she said yesterday on cnn. >> i may be creating a problem here. he himself said it was a rigged election unless he won it. the drive home here is having a secure elections process benefits us all, and i invite everyone, i invite donald trump's campaign, hillary's campaign, we've had calls out to gary johnson's campaign. this should be a non-partisan people powered effort to ensure that we can rely on the integrity and the security of our votes. >> now the recount of ballots in wisconsin is expected to begin this week. tom foreman explains. >> repor

i'm alisyn kosik in for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.ald trump is moving forward with another full schedule as he looks to fill up his administration. he says announcements could be coming today. >> in just a few hours from now trump and his transition team are going to be returning to meeting with potential high-level cabinet appointees. so far he says the process is going well. >> really efficiently. very good. tremendous talent. we're seeing tremendous talent

i'm christine romans. >> i'm victor blackwell in for john berman.rst picks for the top white house positions is getting some furious condemnation. trump has chosen reince priebus as chief of staff, but campaign ceo steve bannon as strategist. all this comes as we're hearing from donald trump on a variety of topics, including the protests against him in his first sit-down interview since election day. for the latest on the man running the white house, let's bring in chris frates. >> reporter: christine and victor, president-elect trump has named reince priebus as steve of staff and steve bannon as strategist. trump put the head of the committee in one of the most powerful positions in washington. he is balanced out by the world view in a statement about the duo, trump said bannon and priebus will continue the effective leadership team they formed during the campaign. working as equal partners to transform the federal government and making it more efficientpro. priebus has good working relationships with republicans on capitol hill. people like senato

. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. we welcome viewers from the u.s. and around the world. ♪ >> we begin with breaking news from cuba. former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. you just heard the sounds of cheering on the streets of little havana on miami. as cuban exiles escaped his regime celebrated after hearing of his death. although a lot of them are the next generation. >> very good to point out. in havana, though, take a look there. the streets are quiet. people are finding out. and as cuba's president and fidel castro's brother raul castro made the announcement. nine days of mourning started just about an hour ago. the video that you see here for his 90th birthday celebration, that was back in august. we want to go to patrick oppmann, now, he is there in cuba. and patrick, i was just talking to martin about this you are going to have an interesting place in history for a lot of these people in cuba. because i know that you've been talking to them. it happened overnight, and you ended up being the very person informing them that

victor blackwell is in recall north carolina.phanie elam, we begin with you in say tlt lake city. reports of voting machine problems. what exactly does that mean and how many are affected? >> reporter: right. this is coming from utah election officials saying that this is a problem in washington county which is in the southwest corner of the state. saying whatever this technical snafu, they didn't expand upon what it is, it's affecting all 37 polling locations in that county. very different picture from here in salt lake count the most densely populated county in the state where they're saying no problems. just checked in with the county clerk. saying they've had no issues here. she was concerned here, though, lines. take a look. lines here at this polling place, something she tried to avoid because they had mail-in ballots here. trying to get people out to do that and early voting that ended friday. they do have people coming in. you can register to vote here in utah today. then go ahead and get in line to vote. saying people ar

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i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.e welcome our viewers from the u.s. and around the world. we begin with breaking news out of cuba. former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. his brother made that announcement. >> in havana, it is quiet. news slowly reaching people. many people waking up to this news. the cuban revolutionary to installed a communist government in the country obviously is no more. look here, though, at what you're seeing happening in miami. very different atmosphere there. cuban exiles to the state of cuba. you can hear them banging pots and pans. and many of them, we've been hearing chanting freedom. >> we have cnn's patrick oppmann in havana. he's the only american correspondent in cuba. >> patrick, i've been hearing that you have been actually breaking the news to some of these people that you've been talking to that fidel castro is dead. help us understand what that's like for you and what their reaction is, in that moment they realize he's gone. >> reporter: people are just stunned

. >> blackwell has a 2-year-old ug pregnant wife. it rocked his sense of calm. bullets riddled his house and evidence how close it came to killing him. >> if i had my shirt on or anything like that, things might have gotten ugly. they tried to take my life and i have no idea what this is about. >> harry: no idea? >> none whatsoever. no, i don't know if they are coming after my son. i don't know. 18-year-old son doesn't live with him. >> the guy who did this, listen, stay away from my family and stay away from my home. you know. because i have a lot of police friends. i have a lot of friends period. i, myself is not about to accept somebody shooting 14 times in front of my house. that ain't right. that ain't cool. >> harry: jermaine blackwell says his wife fr back and bring their family back to this house. he says for now he will leave the case up to the cops. i will leave it at that for now. getting answers in cleveland, harry boomer, cleveland 19. >> romona: just frightening. >>> tony and i take time out to discuss lebron's historic milestone and we will talk a

i'm victor blackwell in for john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. trump's first picking of a top white house aide is drawing condemnation. trump chosen chairman reince priebus as chief of staff and steve bannon as strategist. it is bannon which has people in an uproar because of his other job as alt-right breitbart news ceo. and he had the first sit-down tv interview since election day. for the men on who will be running the white house, let's bring in chris frates from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine. president-elect trump named reince priebus as chief of staff. and steve bannon as the strategist. he put priebus in one of the most powerful positions in washington. prieb priebus' insider credited is balanced out by bannon. they will continue the effective leadership team they formed during the campaign to work together as equal partners to make the government more effective. priebus is known in the beltway and has good working relationships with republicans on capitol hill. people like senator mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan.

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one of the leaders of the trump transition team, ken blackwell, joins me here next. trump domestic transition team, former secretary of state for ohio, ken blackwell. ken, it's great to have you with us. let's start with this looks like it's moving very fast. it's certainly going a lot faster than anyone in the national left-wing media's giving you all credit for. [laughter] >> yeah. you would have to have the imagination of walt disney to paint any other picture. and, you know, we, in fact, are just keeping our shoulders to the grindstone, and we're making this happen. that's because we have a decisive, clear-headed leader who, in fact, has already set records in pulling together a great campaign and bringing together a broad slice of america. and now we're going to give them what he, in fact, promised. lou: and i know you've got landing teams, as they're called, people going in to the major departments and agencies to get ready for the transition which is now 62 days distant. are you, more importantly, are you convinced that your boss, our boss soon to be is happy

victor blackwell looks at the positions already announced and what they may tell us about what a trumpresidency would mean. >> when it comes to washington, d.c., it is time to drain the damn swamp. >> it was a rally crowd favorite in the last days of the campaign. president-elect donald trump's promise to get rid of washington insiders. as he staffs his white house and top cabinet positions, many are the political establishment and so far they're also all white men and some of the choices are receiving major resistance. >> this is someone who ran a campaign on hatred and bigotry, who has since he has been elected chosen some of the most dangerous people possible to staff his white house with. >> the most recent pick, alabama senator jeff sessions. if confirmed, sessions will serve as attorney general. in 1986, the then u.s. attorney's nomination to a federal judgeship was defeated over claims he made racially charged remarks about blacks and referred to a white lawyer as a race trader. >> i am not a racist or insensitive to blacks. i have supported civil rights activity in my state. i

one of the leaders of the trump transition team, ken blackwell, joins me here next. world.or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the semi-annual sale, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! give the gift of amazing sleep. only at a sleep number store, right now save $500 on the queencse mattress with sleepiq technology. hurry, ends sunday. know better sleep with sleep number. lou: joining me now, the leader of the trump domestic transition team, former secretary of state for ohio, ken blackwell. ken, it's great to have you with us. let's start with this looks like it's moving very fast. it's certainly going a lot faster than anyone in the national left-wing media's giving you all credit for. [laughter] >> yeah. you would have to have the imagination of walt disney to paint any other picture. and, you know, we, in fact, are just keeping our shoulders to the gr

i'm victor blackwell. a busy day for president-elect donald trump. >> donald trump is agreeing to pay $23 million to settle three lawsuits against the new defunct trump university. three students are part of the settlement that say promised real estate techniques they could use to get rich. instead, the students say the program is misleading them. earlier in the year, trump struck a defiance tone. >> i'll win the trump university case. i can settle that case. i could have settled it i just choose not to. in fact, when you ran, why didn't you settle that case? i didn't want to settle that case. >> settlement also means that the president-elect will not have to testify at a trial later this month. here's how one of his lawyers described the deal. >> we feel very confident in our position. but at the end, president-elect donald trump was prepared to set aside his personal trusts and focus on the monumental tank that he faces in bringing this country together, and fighting for the important issues and all the

. >> i'm victor blackwell. starting with breaking news.utrage terms violence. >> right now, police are searching for a gunman after one person was shot at what we're looking at here, an anti-trump protest movement. >> here's what we know, the suspect is out there, after the shooting happened after a confrontation with one of the demonstrators. >> police say the suspect ran off after firing several shots. >> it's still going on in some places, such as los angeles. even forcing highways to a standstill in some. >> in miami, protesters had this message for the president-elect. >> donald trump is not -- >> here's what it looks like in georgia. take a look here. this is near the state capitol. two protester lighting fire to an american flag. >> a pinata was dragged through the streets. police made an arrest. it's still unclear how many people were taken into custody on the streets. >> all of this happening as donald trump supporters wait for the new president-elect to turn some promises into policy. >> trump now appearing to be open to, let's c

. >> victor blackwell. obviously, all eyes on north carolina.t seems to be the watershed state this time around. what are you seeing? >> yeah, this is the big battleground county. wake county here in the battleground state. of the last six elections, democrats have won three times and republicans have won three times and the big story here is also early voting. wake county smashed the records of 2012. this cycle with more than 300,000 early votes cast in 2012 about 360,000 votes cast. let me put that into context. more people here in wake county have voted than the total number of registered voters in north carolina's 100 counties. but the candidates will be back to clean up the rest of it here in wake county and xrooacross t state. former president clinton will be in greensboro to the west and tim kaine will be in wilmington on the coast and the clintons. hillary clinton, bill clinton and chelsea clinton will be back here for a midnight rally in raleigh tonight. >> all right, victor blackwell, thank you very much. it's certainly going to be a b

ken blackwell, good to have you here. thank you very much, sir. >> good to be with you. trish: all right. the liberal media in total meltdown mode over donald trump's election. take a look at the daily news here. can you believe this? this is their cover. house of horrors. and they're not the only ones warning of some kind of horrible future. howie kurtz, your favorite media critic, is here. he will weigh in on the media and how they just got it so darn wrong and just can't bring themselves around. that's next. when a moment turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas for pulmonary hypertension, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. side effects may include headache, upset stomach

i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you.er than 48 hours, yes, we are counting hours, not days now until election day and the polls open 6:00 a.m. on -- in some states. the candidates and their surrogates are blitzing the battleground states. >> they are trying to persuade every single voter now to get that vote in because it matters. here's why. i want to give you the latest cnn poll numbers because they have changed since yesterday. this shows the race even closer in the home stretch. hillary clinton leading donald trump 46% to 43% nationally. that's a three-point difference. yesterday it was a five-point difference. >> yeah. again, we're so close here. far more than 36 million, probably 36.9 million, i think that's the number we have, they have already cast their ballot across 39 states. >> anywhere from 50 to 80 million may as well have cast their ballots on tuesday and in these final days that are remaining we've got evangelicals, a lot of them, trying to determine who they would like to vote for. this is a motivation o

were speaking with member ken blackwell on the number one domestic plan donald trump to tackle first. it matters to anyone who has healthcare needs. they may be stepping into water station. we have a second straight win. what is a few points away. we've made it to friday let's start the condom. -- let's start the countdown. there seems to be very jittery trading and the bond market. selling pressure sending it to one year highs in the yield on track for the biggest two week increase in years. and we are hearing courtesy of the national alliance of a large black sellers. people want to get rid of this but only smaller buyers to be head. this is something you need to be aware of. to the nasdaq the earlier touch a new lifetime intraday high. it would be a fourth straight session. it's down about nine points. they hit the record high. many of the big technology companies had lost some serious ground. netflix losing about 8%. facebook and some of these are of course social media. tesla has lost about four and a quarter percent. small and mid caps on pace. we are there right now because we

our victor blackwell reports how others are raising questions about some of the nominee's backgrounds when it comes to washington, d.c., it is time to drain the damn swamp! [ applause ] >> reporter: it was a rally crowd favorite in the last days of the campaign. president-elect donald trump's promise to get rid of washington insiders. but as he staffs his white house, many of the president-elect's picks are part of the so-called political establishment and so far, they're also all white men. and some of the choices are receiving major resistance. >> this is someone who ran a campaign on hatred and bigotry, who has -- since he has been elected, chosen some of the most dangerous people possible to staff his white house with. >> reporter: the most recent pick, alabama senator jeff sessions. if confirmed, he will serve as attorney general. in 1986, the enu.s. attorney's nomination to a federal judgeship was defeated over claims he made racially charged claims about blacks. >> i am not a racist, i am not insensitive blacks. i supported civil rights activity in my state. i have done any job

i'm victor blackwell. the white house is behind us. we're in washington.he final weekend before election day. the latest poll of polls shows a tightening race in the home stretch here. yesterday at this time there was a five-point lead for hillary clinton. it's now down to 3. 46-43 nationally. >> yesterday on the trail donald trump renewed his criticism of a battle to retake the iraqi city of mosul. here's what the republican nominee said about the u.s. officials behind that operation. >> one of the reasons we're going to mosul is we want to get the isis leaders, we think they're staying in mosul and we want to get them. well, before the announcement is over they're gone. whatever happened to the element of surprise, the element of surprise? what a group of losers we have. >> so who do voters feel can best handle the war on terror? here's the recent abc news washington post tracking poll here gives hillary clinton a four-point edge over donald trump, 49-45. let's talk about this with our panel. we have cnn political analyst and national political reporter

. >> i'm victor blackwell. this morning president-elect donald trump is moving forward with another full schedule as he looks to fill up his administration. he says announcements could be coming today. >> in just a few hours from now trump and his transition team are going to be returning to meeting with potential high-level cabinet appointees. so far he says the process is going well. >> really efficiently. very good. tremendous talent. we're seeing tremendous talent for people that, as i say, will make america great again. these are really great people. these are really, really talented people. >> some notable names today, chris christie, the new jersey governor who was recently removed from trump's transition team. also meeting with trump today, rudy giuliani and robert johnson. >> there was one name, the meeting with mitt romney yesterday. >> they called each other almost every name in the book during the primary season. it was brutal. but now as trump looks for a secretary of state, perhaps they're finding

i'm victor blackwell, happy to be with you from washington, d.c.he candidates and their surrogates are blitzing the battleground states. >> that every voter, their vote matters. this shows the race is getting even closer in the homestretch. hillary clinton leading donald trump just 46% to 43% nationally. >> when we started this show yesterday, it was a five-point gap here. now down to three. for the trump campaign, their latest efforts include getting out his wife, melania trump back on to the trail. she made a second appearance in one week yesterday in wilmington, north carolina. melania defending her husband's character. listen. >> donald is a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. he's strong. he's determined. bold and decisive. he's also compassionate, thoughtful, giving and loving. donald cares -- [ cheering ] >> the campaign is hoping melania trump can persuade undecided women voters and that's especially important in the battleground states. of course, pennsylvania. >> the latest cnn poll showing that trump is losing the women vote by do

i'm christi paul. >> ike victor blackwell.ald trump, hillary clinton, crisscrossing the battleground states making those last stitch appeals to voters, trying to pick up, if there are still some undecided voters out there. trump is in florida, north carolina, nevada and colorado. clinton starting the morning in florida and finishing up in pennsylvania. >> here is the news this morning. there has been a record number of early voters. particularly in the las vegas area. in nevada, more than 57,000 people cast their balance lot in clark county yesterday. that broke the single day record there. it had been at 48,000. brings the total number of early voters in the county up to 500,000. >> the state department has released what is likely to be the final line of hillary clinton's e-mails before the election. no big headlines there but this drip, drip, drip of e-mails, a consistent reminder to voters of this fbi probe and internal investigation there at the state department. >> let's bring in phil mattingly and steven colin son. so gr

. >> reporter: david oh and jamesy bla blackwell are listed as getting tickets.even though the tickets might go to a good cause, city law says gifts worth more than $200 must be reported. councilmembers reynolds, brown, and oh all received tickets below the reportable limit. but councilman johnson got $300 worth of tickets. why didn't you ask the circus yourself for those tickets? >> normally because it's part of his individual district. it's just normal that he will have more support from that particular circus. so it was protocol. >> reporter: he told us he didn't report it because the tickets weren't for him, they were for his district. counc councilwoman blackwell says she has no record of the tickets jones says he gave her. did you get these tickets? >> not to my knowledge. >> reporter: why isn't it written down? >> i have absolutely no idea. >> reporter: barry kaufman runs common cause pennsylvania. he's been trying to get rid of gifts to pennsylvania.g]r politicians for years. >> everybody who gets one of those tickets is going to be at least psychological

. >> iim'victor blackwell. trump appears on the verge of selecting his chief of staff as the person who will help shape trump's white house and his poll say -- policy agenda. >>> we're following a weekend of nationwide protests against the president-elect from trump tower in new york to los angeles. tens of thousands of demonstrators hitting the streets and venting their anger. okay. what you're looking at there is overnight in las vegas where protestors were marching from the strips to the step of the trump hotel. >> also new this morning, lawyers for donald trump have asked the judges to postpone this month's trump university trial. it will take away from trump's critical and all-consuming presidential transition. >> donald trump's transition is set to take another step forward as he prepares to pick a chief of staff. cnn's sunlen serfaty has more on what we're looking forward to. >> good morning, christi and victor. president-elect donald trump looks like he'll make a choice on who will be part of his incomi

blackwell was in breckenridge were local shopowners destined to get a little bit nervous. >>> shopowners say tourism on the weekends is still very strong is it slow during the week you can see it's like a ghost town. some of them are putting up christmas lights with what seems like a heat wave. we're told last year shopowners are putting up christmas lights in a blizzard while like keystone and brack and others find open this weekend and say they aren't concerned about a dry november. we had a group from the texas who planned a ski trip on to get here to find no snow. >> no snow, but we have ice cream. we're still enjoying the city. >> here's the problem, we had this jet stream pattern to the north for several weeks keeping us warm and dry. things are shifting and the jet stream of dip south as well as specific moisture over the next couple days. less snow expected on the planes. this be a fast-moving storm. it will trek across colorado quickly thursday into friday. that tends to here and will turn into a big blizzard on the northern plains. they will get hit with over a foot of snow. de

help people create jobs and, in fact, gets people back to work again. >> ken blackwell, thanks for joiningill let you head back to your offices. >> thank you. >> coming up, more on the pli political odd couple reince priebus and steve bannon. we'll ask one of the key members of the george w. bush transition team after the break. is clean w! it added this other level of clean to it. 6x cleaning* my teeth are glowing. they are so white. 6x whitening*á i actually really like the 2 steps. step 1, cleans. step 2, whitens. every time i used this together, it felt like leaving the dentist office. crest hd. 6x cleaning*, 6x whiteningá* i would switch to crest hd over what i was using before. crest. healthy, beautiful smiles for life. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. >>> the executive chairman of breitbart steve bannon has been named donald trump's chief strategist. signalling the president-elect sticking to the outsider instincts in the white ho

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning to you.e have new details on breaking news from afghanistan. four people killed after a deadly attack on a u.s. base. >> u.s. officials say an enemy device was indeed detonated at bagram air base. cnn's barbara starr is going to joining us with details just a little bit later. here in the u.s., anger boiling over in portland. police are searching for a gunman after one person was shot during an anti-trump protest. >> this is outrage after the donald trump presidency intense ties. let's start in atlanta. protesters lights fire to the state flag outside of state capitol. >> and then miami, demonstrators had this message for the new president-elect. >> donald trump is not welcome. go happily. >> trump supporters, though, have a different message, give the president-elect a chance. cnn's polo sandoval has more. polo, we understand there was also a shooting in portland. >> major american cities we have seen the numbers grow, as you mentioned, victor, some have grown in intensity as well. >> report

minutes' late to today's meeting after -- in her words - two guys "tried to run up on her car" on blackwell street. she believes they were targeting her for having a clinton-kaine sticker on her car. cole-mcfadden left the council meeting... visibly she says she has since pulled the sticker off her car. 'two days' after the 'historic election'...the "traditions of transfer" -- are now underway. 'president obama' and president- elect "donald - trump"... meeting at the 'white house'. trump saying -- he's "looking forward" to president obama's "counsel." ....following his meeting with the president... house speaker "paul - ryan" showed trump -- 'where' he'll be "sworn in" -- as the '45th president' -- of the united states. and "michelle - obama"... continued a 'white house tradition' -- by hosting 'incoming' first lady "melania trump" -- for 'tea' today. they 'talked about' raising kids in the white house.... and took a 'tour' -- the 'executive residence'. this was the 'first time' -- the 'two' have met. new tonight -- gearing up for a legal fight. the "pat - mccrory and "roy - cooper" campaig

. >> i'm martin salve ij in for victor blackwell. we begin with breaking news out of cuba. former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. his brother and cuban president raul castro made that announcement on tv. this video is from his 90th birthday celebration back in august. >> the streets are quiet in havana. the news is slowly reaching out to the people this morning. the cuban revolutionary who installed a communist government in that country has died. [ cheers and applause ]. >> obviously very different scene in miami there. cuban exiles who escaped his regime, they're cheer, they're smiling, waiving cuban flags, they are chanting freedom and they're banging on pots and pans, making their feelings known this morning. >> cnn patrick oppmann is live from havana, the only u.s. television correspondent in cuba. >> so patrick, talk to us about people's reactions because what's extraordinary here is the fact that overnight you were the one who inform some people when you wanted to ask for what their reaction was, they were hearing from you for the first time that

>> victor blackwell, thank you so much. a key toss-up, now to boris sanchez outside a polling location in high lee aleah, flo. what are you seeing there, boris? significance lost on no one. >> reporter: good morning, kate. turnout so far has been somewhat slow at this location right behind us. about three dozen people lined up outside this morning when polls opened. now it's kind of quiet out here. but we're expecting things to get heated up as we get later into the evening. so far more than 6.5 million people have voted in the state of florida. that's more people than voted in the entire 2000 election, and the big story is turnout in the latino community. we're up 89% from where we were in 2008. that has major implications for both candidates. for republicans, hoping that a lot of that turnout is here in miami-dade county, because cuban-americans, here in the city of progress hialeah, florida, tend to trend towards the gop. further north in orlando, they tend to trend towards democrats. those are puerto ricans. they're hop

ken blackwell, very good seeing you again. >> always good to see you, sir. >> he has a good sense of humor. on cities across the country, in fact, a lot of countries protesting president-elect trump but flip it around and imagine if it were trump loyalists who were doing that if hillary clinton had won. just saying. after this. (man) hmm. what do you think? ♪ (stranger) good mornin'! ♪ (store p.a.) attention shoppers, there's a lost couple in the men's department. (vo) there's a great big un-khaki world out there. explore it in a subaru crosstrek. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. with toothpaste or plain water.an their dentures and even though their dentures look clean, in reality they're not. if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. that's why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. you're a smart s

i'm christi paul. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.a the mood somber and sad over the death of fidel castro. as people wake up and learn about castro's death. this is the last official picture taken earlier this month. >> take a look at what's happening in little havana, miami. people are celebrating in the streets. they've been waiving flags and cheering all night over night as they heard of his passing. >> even for cubans who have long since fled their homeland, fidel castro and his rule over that country remains a very emotionally charged issue. >> ed lavandera sat down with two generations of a cuban american family to get their take on a castro regime. >> reporter: it's dinner time for this family. we asked the family to sit down for a conversation about fidel castro and cuba to capture how cuban american families have evolved more than 50 years after castro rose to power. when jorge came to the united states in 1960 at age 19, he had hopes back then of crushing fidel castro's dictatorship. >> i was adamant at that time. now, you

i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.ald trump headed back to new york today. got a very busy schedule ahead tomorrow. he's meeting eight potential picks including sheriff david clarke. >> he's tweeting about the green party and democrats teaming up to push for vote recounts. democrats when they incorrectly thought they were going to win ask that the election night tabulation be accepted. not so anymore he says. hillary clinton's team said they plan to join efforts to push for recounts with green party candidate jill stein. donald trump calling stein's plan ridiculous and a scam and there are some people who certainly have something to say about it. ben ferguson and robert zimmerman, a democratic strategist who has supported hillary clinton. gentlemen, thank you so much for being here. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you as well. okay. so, robert, does donald trump have a point here? and i want to read his latest tweet that he just tweeted a few minutes ago. he said this morning, hillary clinton conce

i'll christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. we have live pictures here for you. florida. donald trump speaking to voters in tampa, hoping to pick up some undecided voters and motivate his base to get out and vote. this state could of course decide who wins the presidential race. we've seen the implications of a political vote before. this is the fist of four stops for donald trump today. early voting data shows the latino voter turnout has been much higher than previous elections and in the latest cnn/orc poll of of polls it shows the two candidates in a very tight contest. also, we've got the long lines in charlotte, north carolina, this morning. the other battleground state that is a must win for presidential hopefuls. we've been saying this this morning, more so for donald trump than hillary clinton. this the final day of early voting across the state of north carolina. >> look at that line. >> yeah. >> three hours and waiting. >> gary tuchman is there speaking with people who have been there for hours today and the line just stretches along that building. we'

. >> i'm victor blackwell.the final weekend of the campaign, donald trump, hillary clinton putting it all on the line, going across all the battleground states this morning. the polls are tightening and new battlegrounds are emerging here. >> hillary clinton slipping just a bit in our latest electoral battleground maps. she is below 270 for the first time donald trump is above 200 for the first time as well. the biggest shift, though, is in ohio. it is now moving to lean republican. take a look, if you would, it's moved from lean democrat to toss up. >> hillary clinton and her surrogates are blanking these battleground states. she'll kick the day off in florida and head north to pennsylvania. >> donald trump meanwhile is making four stops today -- florida, north carolina, nevada and colorado. >> we've also updated the cnn poll of polls this morning showing now hillary clinton with a five-point national lead over trump, 47-42. let's stay with ohio for a moment because it's leaning trump, as we said, but hillary

ken blackwell. >> always good to be with you. david: melissa. melissa: donald trump and his family giving the press the slip last night to go out the dinner. mainstream media, oh, up in arms calling foul on this 21 club snub. really something. david: meanwhile president obama greeted in greece by mild protests. >> look at that. david: greece riot police fighting back with tear gas, stun grenades. former ambassador of the united nations on trump's short list on possible secretary of state, john bolton ways in on that. melissa: non-violent anti-trump protest taking place nationwide with thousands of students walking out of school. their teacher canceling classes. one iowa lawmaker had enough, what he is doing about. >> life, there is winners and losers. in life when your car breaks down, kids get sick and take a second job to pay off mortgage, you don't get to go to a cry zone or pet a pony. you have to deal with it. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved t

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cnn's victor blackwell, he is live in raleigh. in the county that is the battleground within the battleground which you said very well earlier. what's the situation? >> reporter: well, the line has gotten even longer now. hundreds of people in this line. started about 5:30. let me give you a look here. it stretched all the way back into the parking lot here. this is a county that inside the state that set a record for early voting, wake county set a record for early voting with more than 300,000 people casting those early votes. let me put that into context for you. more people cast those votes early than the total number of registered voters in 97 of north carolina's 100 counties. so the expectation was that quite possibly there would not be these long lines with the voter turnout already before the polls opened today of about 43%. but we see that the people here in this community of bedford on the north side of raleigh are in line. this is going to be what we expect, i guess, for the few hours starting this day. polls open until

. >> i'm victor blackwell. 10:00 here on the east coast. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. and we're starting with donald trump transitioning into power as democrats, they're doing some soul searching. both parties turning the page after this historic, stunning election. >> trump's team hunkering down, working to fill critical staff positions now. in fact, they're so busy, one trump insider who was booked on our show had to cancel. >> plus, vice presidential -- president-elect, i should say, mike pence now leading the charge on trump's transition team. >> and as both parties work towards unity, democrats are asking the critical question, what went wrong and idea do we go from here? senator bernie sanders writes this in a "new york times" op-ed. trump won the white house because his campaign rhetoric successfully tapped into a very real and justified anger, an anger that many traditional democrats feel. >> meanwhile, another day of protests planned after a third night of tense demonstrations. anger here boiling over in portland. let me tell you about one person who was shot

cnn's victor blackwell is there. hi, victor. >> hi, carol, good morning, we're here in north raleigh, this is bedford, this community where these voters are lined up. let's take a look at the line here. there's been a significant and constant line here. we saw what we would expect on an election day, that rush of voters who come in to vote before they go to work. but this line has stayed long. let's show you how far it goes back. now, wake county is where we are. this is a county that votes every election cycle -- in 2012, the national average was -- voter turnout i should say was 58%. here in inconorth carolina, it 68%. in wake county, this battleground of tax, 75% voter turnout. we've seen the line here in the community of bedford all morning long, 3 1/2 hours into voting. let me take you next door. we have had some reports from the durham county board of elections and i got some information from the north carolina state board of election that there had been some problems with the polling check-in system there, com

something strange happened to rick berry and his roommate philip blackwell when they went shopping in this carytown drug store last night. berry asked the employee for one thing. "sliced cheese. i just, yeah, all i asked was for sliced cheese and she told me that they didn't carry it." berry said before he knew it.. the two employees just vanished. "we looked around for about, i want to say 30 or 45 minutes and we couldn't find anybody." a third customer was also in the store. "he was actually in the store before we were. he had a bad tooth, all he wanted was some orajel. that's all he needed. and then the employees disappeared and we all just became part of some weird event." eventually bery says police showed up. customers and the police worked together to find the missing employees. "he was laughing with us cause, you know, we were like this is how weird movies start. weird apocalyptic movies start. just joking about it." berry shot his own snapchat video that shows officers trying to find the employees. "someone called the cops on us." eventually the officer took another phone cal

ken blackwell. the world on her shoulders that he handled that with a good sense of humor. the president elect a son-in-law a lot of attention because quietly, some would say just ruthlessly working behind the scenes to clear the decks of non-loyalists and those who would not have his father-in-law shirts at play. real clear politics national reporter, you know that color editor in chief. so, if you are watching this and you're watching the quiet rule of the son-in-law who we are told was first and foremost to jettison for chris christie and all of his lieutenants on the transition team. you first of all by that? >> i do. jerry kushner and chris christie have a rocky relationship. a long history that tolerated each other throughout the campaign at the request of donald trump. now that that is over, there is a combination of things that happen. donald trump goes to the white house companies to the president. all of a sudden the trump transition team becomes aware that the task of taking a break gover

blackwell than probably the rest of us.rump talks about draining the swamp -- no question there are a lot of things here that need cleaning up. one thing trump intends to do with this ban on lobbyists he brought aim, bunch of lobbyists and initially to help with some of these transition issues and when mike pence took over the transition team, these lobbyists were given the boot. that, at least according to some people who might know more about this than us, seem to think it will be hard for him to attract the right kind of talent to come and work for him when people know they will be banned from going lobbying -- i'm not sure i agree with that view. there are a lot of counted, dedicated people who understand the value of public service. he will find enough good people to work for him. host: historian politico with more information on that -- three lobbyists have left president-elect trump's team after they imposed a new ethics policy that would require them to drop all their clients -- let's turn to henderson, nevada. lee

mayor jim kenney and councilwoman jannie blackwell were on hand today for the ribbon cutting. >>> the span that connects mansion avenue and popular street replaced a deteriorating span. >>> today is cyber monday, the day to turn to your computer for some serious online shopping. and even though retailers are offering online sales over a wider period of days now, cyber monday still sees extraordinary volume. here is more from new jersey correspondent nora muchanic. >> reporter: forget the crowds at the mall, today is cyber monday which means from the comfort of your couch or your desk you can shop until you drop and never have to move more than your mouse. >> go right through my apps. everything is right at my hands so it's just a click away. >> i think it's much more convenient and i can get them right away you know instead of waiting or especially standing in line. >> reporter: it's the big effort day of the year for online retailer amazon.com. business is booming at the amazon fulfillment center in robbinsville where over four though employees in the warehouse are picking packing an

board members for c.l.a.s.p., i saw names like peter edelman and joe onic can k and angela glover blackwell and sarah don in a cooper, all of whom i have great admiration for so i couldn't be more thrilled to be here. i'm going to tell you what i hope to do today. one of the things i'd like to do is sort of set out the historical context for this conversation that we're having right now and to help you appreciate that we are actually operating in a moment of history, and why this is such an important moment for justice reform and for poor people in this country. i want to explain a little bit about why paying attention to breaking the cycle of incarceration through some of the things that wayne just spoke about, a broad array of education and training for people in prison and then leaving prison is essential and a critical issue, and then finally, i want to focus specifically on post secondary education in prison, and i'll describe what i believe is an opportunity for all of us to do something really big. but before i get into that, i want to show you a short film, so if you would just turn