bryan stelter is with us. bryan, you say not seeing this coming was one of the biggest media failures of our lifetime. >> it was. it is a collective failure, something we have to spend a lot of time figuring out. i think that process is just beginning today. you think about why virtually all journalists on all sides were convinced clinton was going to win, why was trump convinced clinton was going to win? why was clinton convinced she was going to win? why was wall street convinced she was going to win. this is a failure of elites, among journalists, a failure of imagination. >> we're taught to look at the facts and report the facts, and every single fact from every single poll that's been pretty spot on for decades was wrong. >> the polls were off by a few percentage points. i would say the national polls, though, were within the margin of error. >> but this was a wave that was not reflected in any numbers. >> the size of the trump wave was not measured well, and that's partly because the state polls were in t

let's bring in our analysts, bryan stelter, and ellis hennigan. thank you for being with us this morning. >> who are the cubs of the campaign? that's the question. >> that's a good question. hillary clinton is a cubs fan. >> born in chicago. >> however, trump has a building there. >> you could say the cubs winning is like hell freezing over and which candidate winning would be like that? >> someone no one expected a week ago suddenly pointed out in the last minute. >> you can make both argument. last night donald trump was in pensacola, florida. a state that cnn now shows hillary clinton with a slight lead, although ssessentially ti in the last week or so. and donald trump warning himself almost to stay on message. let's listen. >> it's feeling look it already, isn't it? we have to be nice and cool. nice and cool. stay on point, donald. stay on point. no side tracks, donald. nice and easy. nice. because i've been watching hillary the last few days. she's unhinged. we don't want any of that. >> it's a little bit like john berman during the commerci

senior media correspondent, bryant stelter, michael wolf, scottie nell hughes, and douglas brinkley. good evening to you gentlemen and lady. >> good evening. >> bryanwo president-elect tweets. >> i'm not trying to get top-level security for my children this was a typically false news story, then another one says the failing "new york times" story is so totally wrong on transition. it is going so smoothly, also i have spoken to many foreign leaders. for 17 months almost every day donald trump has called the media the most dishonest people. he's been president-elect for a week and doesn't seem to be changing much. >> megyn kelly pointed out 70-year-olds generally don't change. this is a 70-year-old man who loves twitter, who loves speaking his mind. he reads the print paper in the morning. he gets outraged and he grabs his phone. i would just point out his words are going to have so much more weight in a few weeks and it's incumbent upon his age and family members he can move markets. he can affect governments in a way that he couldn't before. >> do you want to respond? >> i think this has been incredibly effective for him, so why should he stop? i m