and i'll have more words about president clinton in a moment. the chair now recognizes the honorable lovely warren of monroe county for the purpose of making a motion. mayor? >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to nominate the honorable byron brown of erie the honorable -- of new york county as secretaries to the electoral college. >> thank you very much. the chair now recognizes gary la barbara of nassau county for the purposes of making a motion. >> thank you, mr. president. i would like to second the motion. mr. cuomo: thank you. are there any other nominations? there being none i ask those in , favor of the election of the honorable byron brown and margaret garretto of new york as secretaries to this electoral college. signify by saying aye. >> aye. those opposed. there being none, i now declare the honorable byron brown and margaret garretto of new york as secretaries of this electoral college. will you please take your seats on the dais? let's give them a round of applause, please. [applause] having filled all the elected offices of t

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[speaking a foreign language] president clinton: to the peres family, president netanyahu the , leader of the knesset and president obama and all the distinguished leaders who have come from around the world. yesterday the prime minister did something that was unthinkable back in the dark ages when i was president of the united states, he sent out a tweet. and the tweet reminded us of a simple fact. it was israel's first day without shimon peres. he was in the knesset for 48 years, but for more than 70 of his 93 years, in one way or the other, in and out of government, he was a public servant. i was honored to share almost 25 of those years with him. first in our common efforts with prime minister rabin of blessed memory to forge a just and lasting peace between israel and palestinians. then just as his friend. someone who listened to, learned from, and laughed with him. and always was in awe of his endless capacity to move beyond even the most crushing setbacks in order to seize the possibilities of each new day. i am honored the family asked me to tell you what he meant to someone wh

that was totally inappropriate by former president clinton to make the comments de. it's time for the country to come together, unite behind president trump and bill clinton didn't do any of that, just playing into that narrative just yesterday. >> by to concussion on that personal political dynamic and who wronged him and it winds up bleeding into other things. for example, the refusal to acknowledge whatnot only people where you are but those in the intel community see as consensus the russians specifically putin the kremlin were behind the hacks that happened. the president-elect won't go near that conclusion and it seems to be his motivations are political. why do i say that? listen to what he said in 2014. >> i've been talking about china for a long time. they put on the front like we're your friend and everything and in the meantime the cash comes out of your back pocket. it's disgraceful what's going on. i think he's 100% right. it's a big problem president bush. we have that problem with russia also. you saw that over the weekend. >> russia is doing the same t

was asked about president clinton's mideast effort. here's how bush used his voice to discuss america's view on the world stage. >> would you push the palestinians and the israelis at this point to conclude a peace treaty or do you fave ter status quo? and do you favor this clinton plan that calls for a de facto division of jerusalem? >> we have one president and the current president is president clinton and our nation must speak with one voice. therefore his is the voice that needs to speak. having said that, i will tell you, i'm impressed by his efforts to bring the folks together. obviously, we hope it works. we hope it works. >> now, bill clinton's last-minute peace deal did not work and the bush administration didn't get much further on that front. eight years later when barack obama was president-elect and he was asked about the middle east, israel was three days into a ground invasion of gaza. >> with the situation in gaza i've been getting briefed every day. i've had consistent conversations with members of the current adminis

president. donald trump firing back at bill clinton after president clinton slams him in a local interview. plus, yet another billionaire added to the trump administration. >> we're going to begin with the string of violent attacks that have shaken cities across the world from the truck attack in berlin to the brazen assassination in turkey, to the shooting at a swiss mosque. there's real fear that more attacks could be on the way. in this country, heavily armed police have stepped up security in a number of cities, including new york city, boston, and chicago. we have the best team in the business with us this morning. helping you understand. i want to start with nbc's anne thompson, live in berlin. we're hearing from local media, maybe police got the wrong guy? >> reporter: well, there's all kinds of confusion here in berlin this morning, stephanie. over just who it is that police have in custody. they arrested a 23-year-old pakistani refugee last night, several minutes after the attack occurred. they arrested him close to the site of the attack. and then this morning, the interior minist

moments in new york as bill clinton, former president casting the ballot for hillary clinton and senator tim kaine, two separate boxes, and that scene was reported in state capitals around the county, a box for hillary clinton and donald trump and a box for senator tim kaine or mike pence. a story posted today some democrats criticizing hillary clinton for not embracing an effort to stop donald trump on this day. >> some of the - you mentioned the hamilton electors who wanted to try. by choosing another candidate palatable, trying to overturn the electoral college and results. they were looking for a signal from the clinton campaign that this was an acceptable and desired outcome. we didn't see that. that's why you saw a handful of democratic electors. that's why i mentioned the three votes that colin powell got in the united states. i think there was a clear effort starting with hillary clinton's contested speech, a day after the elections, an effort to move on publicly and not mount a serious change. they only tangentially joined a recount pushed for in the three states mentioned. mich

we but in the early clinton administration president clinton tried to deviate from the established pattern but within two years he realized that was based on our common interest that requires but i believe this is needed no and i am hopeful the and will develop >> let me just say that i have told the chinese friends not to pay attention to what the candidates say about them. governor clinton said the butchers of beijing but once president-elect he took another approach. i do think the chinese has gotten used to some of the things the elected officials have said, but i am concerned because in some ways raising questions of the things that henry did with the shanghai communique and the china policy. so what president clinton and was saying that those that were arrested your modem it down by the tanks that americans always whenever i've met with the chinese with those issues to do with it to that -- tibet i had no idea what have been daily know what i read about basically questioning the issue of our relationships with taiwan. as part of the normalization we had the taiwan relations act as pa

president clinton credit for actually taking the call. didn't have to take the call. you reminded everyone it was like the ultimate indignity of the former president to have all of those accusers there. if anyone remembers the debate that year, the shots of president-elect in the audience, if his eyes and nose and mouth could breathe fire, they would have. >> thank you, ben and jonathan. >>> up next, state electors met today across the u.s. to cast their vote for president. and despite some protests, trump haste past the 270 threshold. the roundtable is next. this is "hardball," the police for politics. ♪ ♪ sleep in heavily peace ♪ ♪ sleep in heavily peace [ laughter ] >>> welcome back to "hardball." that was hillary clinton played by "snl's" wonderful kate mckinnon, urging an electoral college voter to dump trump. the "love actually" parody has gone viral. and even inspired parodies of the parody. and today the real electoral college voters certified donald trump as the 45th president of the united states. so what kind of mandate have th

robert rubin defined the clinton presidency. similarly with trump, you can imagine a scenario in which like jimmy carter her fights tooth and nail against his party. you can imagine another scenario which he gets assimilated to the kind of power brokers of his party. and maybe a third case in which he advances his distinctive nationalism and populism. you need actual trumpets in order for that to happen. maybe steve bannon is, maybe a handful of other people are trumpist, but it's not clear he has the people to staff 4,000 jobs in his administration to advance that distinctive perspective. so i see the clinton scenario or the carter scenario as the two things at work right now. >> drew: unless his perspective is whatever works at the time, and everybody is trying to get a result. >> that could be, okay, you give it to the power brokers of the party. >> dicke ask you about this deal that donald trump worked with carrier this week. he said he would punish them, but they got $7 million in tax breaks. what did you make of this at th

the goal was for president clinton and president assad that even when they thought hillary clinton would be president, but before the new american administration the fate of aleppo should be sealed. it should not be on the table for any negotiation. president of saud is trot -- a get out trying to of the rebels a peace deal. his forces will control of aleppo, the corridor. the reconstruction is a big problem. i don't think the russians will have the money to rebuild syria. borderacross the syrian in iraq the commander of the u.s.-led military coalition said it could take two months to recapture the city of mosul from the so-called islamic state. since the offensive began, the u.n. says 80,000 people have fled their homes. orla guerin now reports. the knees of the blankets, he is missing both arms. this young boy he was the victim car bomb. another wounded civilian is stitched up without anesthetic. the best they can do at the main emergency hospital. , a soldier wounded in battle against the militants. doctors say i.s. stivers have been focusing on the children. much of the suffering in

clinton to visit. president-elect trump is also talking about having discussions directly with jim sherow moans kim jong un. does that tell you -- what does that tell you about his idea? sec. albright: we had had a lot of talks with the north koreans throughout the clinton administration. there were breakdowns with them. a lot came up in the united nations, we had the agreed framework and a number of different ways and then president clinton had asked us because things were not moving and anyway to do a complete review of korean policy and he asked former secretary of defense bill perry to do a review. and then we had some meetings president about fork in the road time. negotiate about missile limits or we are going to take some action here and they chose negotiation. what happened was, they chose the number two man in the united states to come to the united states and invited president clinton to go to north korea. we were in the oval office antes at, i might come at some point but first secretary albright has

are they the same angry men that got bill clinton elected president? and bill clinton complained why his wife was not connecting with these voters. coming up, brunell is speaking out, god bless her, back in a few. as a control enthusiast, i'm all-business when i travel... even when i travel... for leisure. so i go national, where i can choose any available upgrade in the aisle - without starting any conversations- -or paying any upcharges. what can i say? control suits me. go national. go like a pro. >> this is my america. my america. this is my america. >> bid to get electors to flip, failed. the majority voted for donald trump, hillary clinton lost votes, 5 elector switch their vote away from clinton today trump. with me now. brunell. >> god bless you, god bless america, hay, miss liz. liz: how are you. >> i am blessed. liz: you are. were you surprised about the results? >> absolutely not. i am surprised more did not flip on hillary clinton. you know, i knew that the electionors would do their duty, they would listen to the american people. and put do

foralmost arranged president clinton to visit north .orea president-elect trump is also talking aboutaving discussions directly with kim jong un. what lessons from your visit, you're dealing with them, more than any american official in decades, tell you about his idea. sec. albright: we had had a lot of talks with the north koreans throughout the clinton administration. there were breakdowns with them. a lot of issues that came up in the united nations, we had the agreed framework and a number of different ways and then president clinton had asked us because things were not moving in any way to do a complete , review of korean policy and he asked former secretary of defense bill perry to do a review. and then we had some meetings with the north koreans and explained this is fork in the road time. you will either negotiate about some of the missile limits or we are going to take some action here and they chose negotiation. what happened was, they chose -- the vice marshal came to the united states and invited president clinton to go to north korea. we were in the oval office antes --

clinton. you're president clinton. you'll say almost anything to make her feel good. what's bill going to say, he's not going to get up and say, i don't know why but my wife just failed. he can't do that. think of what christmas would be like. i give him a certain slack. it's christmas week. do what you can but none of the rest of us should take it seriously. >> you're being generous with that angry white male comment. >> it's christmas. >> but as you point out, donald trump exceeded mitt romney in the hispanic vote, in the african-american vote as well. you can push back on bill clinton a little bit. hillary clinton, what was the turning point, why did she lose this election? >> well, she lost because she didn't have the energy and the drive to go to pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. in the end donald trump outworked her. you look, he was doing five and six big rallies a day. she's doing one small rally. well that exchange rate in the age of social media, he's getting 20,000, 30,000 people with their smartphones sending stuff out on facebook. he was creating his

clinton while you'll be president clintonyou will say almost anything to try to make her feel good, and i think that's what you're seeing. what is bill going to do? he's not going to get up and say, i don't know why but my wife just failed. he can't do that. think what christmas would be like. i give him a certain slack. i figure it is christmas week, bill. do what you can, i understand it. but none of the rest of us should take it seriously. >> you're being generous. i mean, it was that angry white male comment -- >> come on, come on, it is christmas. >> as you point out, donald trump exceeded mitt romney in the hispanic vote, he exceeded mitt romney in the african-american vote as well. hillary clinton, what was the turning point, we have about 30 seconds or so, what was the turning point? why did she lose the election? >> she lost because she didn't have the energy and drive to go to pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. in the end donald trump out worked her. he was doing five and six big rallies a day. she is doing one s

. >> remarks now from jean sperling, economic adviser from president clinton's campaign and president obama's handling of 2008 economic crisis was part of a recent "wall street journal" ceo and leaders forum. >> thank you very much. thank you, gene, for joining us. playing cleanup, which given events a week ago has a particularly apt meaning for you tonight. no, thank you for being with us. let's talk first, if we could, about this election. you were an adviser to the clinton campaign. as john said you were in the barack obama administration, key adviser on economics, policymaker and adviser economics. you're an adviser on this clinton campaign. you heard elizabeth warren talk about the issues. i don't want to press you for a postmortem but what went wrong in this campaign. why am i not talking to you now as the increases treasury secretary. >> i think there will be lots of considerations about campaign and strategy. i think we had an excellent person in hillary clinton. i think her misfortune and maybe our misfortune for progress i was is we had somebody who was perhaps extremely qua

if president clinton's request so i think the reason the president asked me to chair the commission beginning in 2000 was because of the experience we had together not only when i was the senate majority leader during the presidency but then in northern ireland. >> host: did that experience translated to the middle east might guess is the middle east is a very different place. >> guest: just a year ago i spoke to a large group in new york and i told them i'm about to say something i never thought i would believe or say publicly that after five years in northern ireland, i thought it was very tough. then i went to the middle east twice and now they seem very easy to work with. >> host: northern ireland and ireland is a western countr wesy into the middle east is the least. somehow i would just assume it was a much harder set of people to navigate on both sides. >> host: >> guest: important to keep in mind in discussing the israeli-palestinian issue is that it does not exist in isolation. it's part of a larger region that is itself an upheaval that affects the relationship. many peopl

did somebody say hey president clinton is outside, he wants to come in or did he just come in? >> i can say what president clinton saw or thought because i wasn't in communication with him before that. so i don't know what was in his mind. >> somebody say he's outside he wants to come in. >> we were landing and moving won our program bean to leave and about to go into our cars and move on to our evening events and it was communicated to me that he wanted to say hello. and that was all the information that we gained. >> trump campaign manager kellyanne conway told me that that meeting, president clinton coming to you, quote bothered some voters because it played into the culture of corruption, there's different set of rules for elites like the clintons. looking back, do you wish that when he came over you said we really shouldn't talk, it would really be inappropriate and hello and good-bye. >> as i said at the time i think that days after that meeting i regretted not seeing that issue and not seeing around that corner. i regret it viewing just again as a number of people who com

and then decides to call the former president of the united states, bill clinton, and, you know, sortf give a compliment to him about his wife. clearly being mindful of what that conversation might do to the former president. i mean, his wife lost the election. he took it very personally. and so while i understand former president bill clinton accepting the call from the president-elect, i'm not sure what the president-elect was hoping to get out of it. >> and it is weird, okay? i'll throw this to either one of you. donald trump's campaign trotted out accusers, women accusers of bill clinton during the campaign and tried to force bill clinton to get on stage with them and have to pass them in a debate back in october. they held this weird press conference before that debate to try to bait the president -- i mean, ben ginsburg, can you explain what could be in donald trump's mind to think he could have a chit chat as if it was 15 years snago? >> i think bill clinton is a member of the former clintpresis club. >> go ahead, jonathan. >> let's give president clinton credit for actually ta

that is former president bill clinton sitting next to new york gorner cuomo. as a former president of the united states, not as the spouse of the democratic nominee, but she a new york state elector. he will be casting his vote very shortly for hillary clinton, his wife, to be the president of the united states. he's not going to win, and neither is she. donald trump will get more than the 270 electoral votes needed to become the president of the united states, but the scene playing out here in albany is one of many being played out across all 50 states today, and the district of columbia, where all 538 electors are casting their ballots for president. this is laid out in the constitution and the 12th amendment, and this is the process at work. bill clinton apparently, reading glasses on now. reading along. got to sign six documents as an elector casting votes not just for hillary clinton. heat cast votes for vice president, he'll vote for tim kaine, the man who will not be the next vice president of the united states. why not? there are differing opinions abou

>> will be much more contentious than what we've seen with president clinton, president bush, president obama. there's a bipartisan consensus for basics like holding press conferences, and having press availabilities. that consensus is not something that donald trump is ascribed to during the campaign. there's no reason to believe he would now. quick example, george w. bush had more than 200 press availabilities during his eight years. barack obama also had about 220 press availabilities during his eight years. either press conferences or times where he could yell questions at him. that's pretty much the same whether it was bush or obama. will we have the same kind of total with trump? that's doubtful. in that time, that's doubtful. he will, of course, president obama having his final press conference tomorrow. that will be an interesting moment to see what messages he wants to replay to trump. >> phil? >> that's true. it's going to be interesting to see obama tomorrow as well because end of year press conferences have become a tradition where he stands there for a long time and takes a

and what was the specifics that president bush and clinton did. and president obama said was upon helpful and that you are note seeing done right now? >> a lot of what we it in 2008 is repeated by president obama. things he is doing we would not have is sold out one of our allies with breaking with american foreign policy. we would not have done that. but the personal willingness of individual members of the clinton- white house staff to say what can we do to make the transition smoother and the intelligence briefings that president bush received courtesiy of president clinton. bush tried to legalize that. and he got congress to pass the law to allow members of both presidential campaigns to submit 50 names in the summer of 2008 so they could get the security clearance and the candidate won and would have access to the national security clear apse. and reach out to incoming presidential staff and opened up the white house to the incoming staff. and in early january 2009. john bolton had an exercise about what would happen if there is a security inc

and i think that that showed in president clinton's first year. rbara: thoughts about how the crisis that was ongoing as you came in, as you are trying to move forward on health care reform, and other aspects of the policy agenda of president obama. chris: it is interesting between the three administrations. when president have government majority, they think it will last forever. as we quickly learned in 2009 with the recovery act we were able to get health care passed. and we were ready to go and we lost the majority of house and senate. lost in house, certainly. and then really for the last six years, we have been relying on executive actions to get our policy agenda done. we used to always joke in white house legislative affairs, at least in the first term when staffers would leave, they would print out a piece of paper that showed all the bills we had gotten past during that period of time. i don't know what they do now, the list is much shorter. [laughter] it was not only the change in policy priorities it was a , change in tactics that came

trump says the lame duck democrat would not have food a chance since he failed to help hillary clinton. presidentma campaigned hard and personally in the important swing states and lost. the voters wanted to america america great again. this coming as president elect names tom boss ford as assistant to homeland security and counter-terrorism. a special representative for international negotiations. >>> tributes continue to pour in as star wars fans mourn the loss of their princess. >> you stuck up, half witted scruffy looking nerf burger. >> who is scruffy looking. >> actress kerry fisher has died days after suffering a heart attack. jackie ibanez is here with a look back at her career. >> good morning, lisa. the news is a shock. two-days ago fisher is in critical condition she never regained consciousness. her role as princess leia made her a pop culture icon. >> i should have expected to find you holding vaider's leash. i recognized your foul stench when i was brought on board. >> the part in four star wars movies most recently in the fourth awakened she wrapped for star war's next movie. she r

the question why can't you allow this president-elect to form his government the way president obama and secretary clinton have president-elect ump true? >> i'm sorry? >> is that statement by president-elect trump true? >> well, he's been receiving information about the irregularities and about the illegal votes, particularly from sources, officials like kris kobach as i mentioned, but he is messaging to his supporters and to the rest. the country the way he feels. just the way the pretending that the scapegoat in this election is jim comey. pretending that a lack ofn economic message for those who feel that their jobs are being threatened is sufficient, a lack of a message that really gave a visionary uplifting aspirational way of looking at things in clinton's message was all lary negative. they're never asked that. we're just asked about donald trump's tweets and we're just asked about different things that he says on the trail. there is no trail anymore. is strong leadership in nominating mad dog mattis for secretary of defense. i think they'll see strong leadership in keeping those jobs in indianapol

>> i saw president-elect trump say, russia, go ahead, hack hillary clinton. that's what he said. >> that is not what he said. >> that's exactly what he said. >> i wonder if we can get -- >> deleted e-mails. >> he clearly -- i don't know what you are trying to do here. he was clearly in touch with the idea russia was hacking. >> do we know they hacked? >> here is what we know. in the last week, "the washington post" and "the new york times" have said the hacking was done to swing the election to trump. >> based on what? >> secondly -- can i finish? >> with no evidence of voter fraud. >> nbc and abc are saying that they have sources with direct access to the information that indicate that with a high level of confidence vladimir putin was involved. what you are saying about the congressional committee and how intel, they have been told by the director of national intelligence, we're still finishing up our report. we're not going to give you an interim report while things are not fully formed. we are going to wait until the end. >> that's not accurate. >> you ha

amy: we will be back with uc berkeley professor robert reich, former labor secretary under president clinton, in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and

one more tame president by hillary clinton supporters to delegitimize trump's president. >> this is one last ditch effort to turn around the election results and make them what everybody said they were going to be because they missed the data and who america and what they want for their president seechlt>> donna brazil meantime was asked whether trump would have won without any outside medd meddling. >> he cracked the blue wall. this country deserves the head of cyber security experts involved to make sure our home land is protected. >> what does the president elect say to all of this. he tweeted this my many supporters acted and threatened people like those who lost the election are doing they would be scorned and called terrible names. >> the blame game underway as they battle reports of hacking in elections. the big western somewhere do we go from here. we are live in washington, d.c. with where they stand. >> that's a perfect question. where do we go from here. for some in washington are saying investigate, investigate. the alleged russian hack is serious enough four u.s. senators a

when president clinton was elected, republicans came in big in the next election. when president bush was next election. when president obama became president, the republicans came in big in the next election. >> dickerson: i guess me question is: the republicans reacted to their losses with a big revolution and a change. they have a very new president at the top of their party now. you have somebody like agricultural secretary tom vilsack saying the democratic party is like a tree that looks healthy on the outside but is in the throes of a slow and long-term demise. >> i have enormous respect for the secretary optimistic about the strength of the democratic party, and what i would say, because you talked about these numbers, some reasons to be hopeful, because it's necessary, because this is about policy, it's not about politics. it's about politics for some, but for us it's about protecting medicare, social security, good. >> paying jobs, america's workers, protecting a woman's right to choose, issues that unify us. but let me just say this any change in president

clinton in 1992 when president clinton moved into the oval office. f president obama is to write such a letter to president trump, elect trump, what would that say? what would you suggest that letter say? >> i don't get politicians advice. i'm sure president obama, you know, i have been critical of him at times because as it turned out, amazingly enough, he doesn't like politics and that gets in the way of doing politics. because politics is the art of persuading people who don't want to go along with you to go along with you. but i will say i traveled with him to cuba, and i was very proud that he was my president and that michelle was my first lady. [applause] >> and i think they are the most amazing parents ever, and his girls are a wonder. and i'm sure whatever he does will be classy. and you know, whatever no tea leaves, because he is the epitome of class, you know. and i think as the days go on people are going to miss that. >> maureen dowd, ladies and gentlemen, from the "new york times." [applause] >> thank you both for a marvelous evening. [i

clinton news network, cnn. the company is filled with board members who have worked were president obama and clinton's campaign in the past. and that's not all. the left is also using extreme tactics to try and influence these electors, including threats of violence. look at what's been happening to a michigan electoral college voter in that state. >> i've been inundated with hundreds of letter to my house, facebook messages and some of the messages were death threats. i've had people threatening to put a bullet in the back of my house, throw myself in front of a bus. >> and crazy lefters like the washed up keith 0 berman, they're coming out of the woodwork. >> all of our politicians will do is promise reviews and committees who words will be too measured and too late. the voters have guaranteed themselves, slavery, defeat, economic disaster and the need to save this nation and restore freedom by extra daicatining ous by a trump regime. >> imagine if i said the same thing back in 2008 after barack obama had won the election. now democrats, they're being total hypocrites. ever since clinton lost, president obam

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presidencies. in the case of josh, bush 41 and bush 43, chris, currently deputy secretary of labor in the obama administration, and elaine of the clintoninistration. we represent four presidencies. we want to dive right into the subject of today, particularly as bill announced, the title of the panel is first years and first principles. all of you had the amazing experience of being a part of a presidency in the first year. some of you after that as well. we want to start off today with that very intriguing question. how does a president-elect go from being a campaigner to a short window of opportunity of being president-elect, then start the first year of his presidency? we will start with you. >> i can say in one would they -- word, they do that poorly. democrat or republican, it is not a partisan statement and i will explain it with statistics. there are just over 4000 jobs the president has to appoint in the federal government. of those, only a little over 1000 are the big ones confirmed by the senate. even that is a big number. it is really the 700 to 800. a couple hundred of those are part-time appointments to boards and things l

citizens and oneoss the state very special new yorker who we all call friend, former president william jefferson clinton. it is my honor to welcome him here today. [applause] >> the balloting for the president and vice president of the united states, let it begin. we may now proceed to voting. i invite president clinton to join us in casting the first ballot. [applause] >> just one of the moments in out in a, new york as bill clinton casting the ballot for hillary clinton and senator tim kaine. two separate boxes. that scene was repeated in state capitals across the country. a box for hillary clinton and said -- and tim kaine. in politico.tory some democrats criticized hillary clinton and her supporters for not embracing an effort to stop donald trump on this day. stephen shepard: you mentioned the hamilton electors who wanted to try by choosing another candidate who may also be palatable to the republican electors try to overturn the electoral college results. they were looking for a signal from the clinton campaign that this was an acceptable and desired outcome. we did not see that. that is why you s

it's now long since gone, but the fist time i was asked to go there was by president clinton and it was following the effort in northern ireland where i had spent five years initially at president clinton's request, so i think the principal reason the president asked me to chair the international commission beginning in 2000 ending in 2001 was because of the experience that we had together not only senate majority leader during presidency but then in northern ireland. i think that was the principal reason. >> host: did that experience translate to the middle east? my guess is the middle east is a very different place. >> guest: far more different, far more difficult. just about a year ago i spoke to a large group of irish americans in new york and i told them i'm about to say something i've never thought i would believe or ever say publicly but after five years in northern ireland, i thought it was very tough. then i went to the middle east twice and now the irish seemed very easy. >> host: difference with ireland and northern ireland is a western country. the middle east is the middle

it was president clinton who called president-elect trump. but, look, this has republicans concerned. why is he tweeting again as he's holding the meetings. most relating to his transition. shouldn't he be focused on staffing up his administration, the fact he's going to be in office in about 30 days from now. the trump team saying, look, the tweets speak for themselves. they are not going to weigh in. this is how he operates. he is putting the focus on national security, meeting with the national security adviser michael flynn and a number of other top officials briefing him. he is receiving a briefing today. >> thank you, kristen welker. >>> investigators in mexico searching what remains of a fireworks market outside mexico city for clues into what sparked a blast that killed at least 31 people. dozens more injured. another 12 missing. the vast majority of the market's 300 stalls were completely destroyed. local officials say the site was inspected last month. they didn't find irregularities. this is the third time in over a decade there ha

clinton drew back. amy: i want to go to that interview that i did with president clinton and asked him about clelemency.t was back in 2000. many of leonard peltier's supporters had high hopes that outgoing president bill clinton would pardon him before the end of his second term. on electioion day, november 7, 2000, i got a chance to question president clinton and i asked him if he had any intention of issuing a a pardon for leonard peltier. what is your position on granting leonard peltier, the native american activist, executive clemency? >> well, i don't have a position i can announce yet. i believe there is a new application for him in there. when i have time after the election is over, i'm going to review all of the remaining executive clemency applications and, you know, see what mayor dictates. i will try to do what i think the right thing is based on the evidence. i've never had the time to sit down myself and review that case. i know it is very important to a lot of people, maybe on both sides of the issue. i think iowa to them to give it an honest look. part of my responsibilities in the last