but cokie roberts, what a dramatic swing between the two men. >> a very dramatic swing. and i do think there's this sense of with te the people on part of a lot of voters who elected donald trump. but i think it would be very useful and wise for him to make some symbolic gestures. to go to a mosque and worship there. to have hispanic gathering at the white house. to talk in terms about african-americans where he's not talking about crime-infested inner cities. i think that he just needs to do something so that people who are feeling disaffected feel better. >> radical swing between the people. we have not seen that yet today. and really, the two electorates, matthew dowd, are also so separated. not really talking to each other in any real way. >> they stopped talking to each other and it wasn't just donald trump. donald trump was a symptom of what's going on. he wasn't a cause of what's going on, though he contributed with some of his language and actions in the course of the company. but this is the problem in america today. our democracy was built on the idea that we p

but cokie roberts, what a dramatic swing between the two men. >> a very dramatic swing. and i do think there's this sense of with te the people on part of a lot of voters who elected donald trump. but i think it would be very useful and wise for him to make some symbolic gestures. to go to a mosque and worship there. to have hispanic gathering at the white house. to talk in terms about african-americans where he's not talking about crime-infested inner cities. i think that he just needs to do something so that people who are feeling disaffected feel better. >> radical swing between the people. we have not seen that yet today. and really, the two electorates, matthew dowd, are also so separated. not really talking to each other in any real way. >> they stopped talking to each other and it wasn't just donald trump. donald trump was a symptom of what's going on. he wasn't a cause of what's going on, though he contributed with some of his language and actions in the course of the company. but this is the problem in america today. our democracy was built on the idea that we p

let's bring in abc news political commentator cokie roberts. e, so great to see you this morning. now, earlier we mentioned the president's executive order for the extreme vetting of refugees. now, his supporters will say this is exactly what politicians are supposed to do. you make a promise and you deliver. but there's been backlash all over the world even here in the u.s. as well. >> lots of backlash and lots of questions about whether it's constitutional. you can be sure there will be quite a few challenges but, you know, the truth is, tom, that many of these refugees, particularly the ones coming to the united states are children. according to unicef, the u.n. agency dealing with children, there were 8 million child refugees right now in the world and so this is going to be something that you'll hear a lot about, and a lot of screaming from congress. you already saw those pictures of the statue of liberty crying and a question of whether this is actually harmful to u.s. interests because it shows the muslim world that we seem to have a prej

associate editor of "the washington post" and political commentator for abc news and npr, cokie robertsg. glad to have you. >> you know, cokie, yesterday morning we said, wow this is one of the busiest days. we're going to have too much to talk about. and i got to say, about half way through the day we talked to each other and said we need six hours for this show. i mean the drama, whether you talk about donald trump's press coerence or littlearco who doesn't look so little anymore. >> that's nice of you. >> what a day on the hill, cokie. >> and a night. >> and a night. >> they were there all night. >> oh, my gosh. so we'll try and break it owl dawn for you. we'll begin though this morning with the fractured relationship between donald trump and the intelligence community. last night the director of national intelligence james clapper spoke with donald trump to allay the president-elect's concerns about leaks to the media regarding a report that russia allegedly has damaging material on him. clapper said in a statement about the conversation "i emphasized that this document is not a u.s

and in washington, cokie roberts. ght be good to hear what she thinks of this onslight along with willie, joe and me. cokie, what do you think? >> well, i think that he, as say, going full steam ahead. several things here to worry because, we did have, yet again yesterday, another questioning of voters and truth telling seems to be not part of what is going on. if the reports about what he plans to do today are true, i think they are extremely dangerous for the united states of america. >> which reports specifically? >> it is reports he is going to restart the interrogation tkes off shore that were started by the obama administration shutting out refuges. shutting out 8 million children in the world who are refuges. if you shut out syrian refuges at this moment, it's like shutting the jews out during world war ii. >> let's get through methodically everything we are talking about here to debate some of the policies and the theaters that still keeps distracting people from what is happening here. president trump is tweet

. >> cokie roberts, jon karl mentioned how this route is such a historic route. when presidents choose to make real statements by how they handle it. >> they do. this military presence, the security presence really started with lincoln because he was in tremendous danger when he came here and in fact, one young woman standing on the route, the parade route later wrote, one of the ladies near us said there goes the illinois ape, the app ligsist but he will never come back alive. that fear was there that day and been there for presidents ever since. so this joy that has always been mixed with this concernment. >> these motor kads, george, living in was d.c., it's never like this except for every four years, but there is never a moment when there is a motorcade that i don't turn and look. if others don't look when the president goes by, what is the matter with you? you have to look and respect that office. it becomes routine here but not to me. >> it doesn't become routine to presidents. we were just talking about george h.w. bush. i love the stories he used to tell

. >> cokie roberts, talking about how much things have changed. it is a different washington. president obama would bristle when people said oh, if you would only have them up for coffee more, go out for drinks with more republicans you might get more done. he scoffed at that and we really don't know yet what the person interaction between president trump and the congress is going to be like. >> it will be interesting to get a report out of just this lunch because it was the first time they were together. it is true, president obama should have done more of it. it couldn't have hurt but he said republicans didn't want to come to the white house, didn't want to have their pictures taken with him because it would get them in trouble at home. i was listening to some pieces i did when the martin luther king holiday was established in 1983 when it passed both houses of congress and it was southern democrats and republicans but white southern democrats and northern republicans like -- well, moderate republicans like bob dole who got it through. george h.w. bush coming through to sho

i want to bring in cokie roberts. we saw president obama's final tweet right there.writing that note that he's going to leave for the incoming president. >> and we have seen thanks to the national archives the notes of other presidents to their successors and it's a gracious move although terry just showed me a note that jimmy carter left for ronald reagan that said so it's not always of great moment but it could be of importance to someone hearing the squirrel in the wall. but it is -- this transition, we keep talking about it because it is so remarkable. i think the other moment when the president realizes it is when the marine band which has played at every inauguration since thomas jefferson, ii will strike hail to the chief for him and that is something where they realize goose bumps emerge and they think, oh, here it is. >> it is coming. >> i'm it. >> you mentioned that letter that president george w. bush left for president obama. we want to show it as we bring in mark. that letter vintage, george w. bush. >> absolutely. george w. bush was so gracious and so k

. >> cokie roberts, jon karl mentioned how this route is such a historic route. when presidents choose to make real statements by how they handle it. >> they do. this military presence, the security presence really started with lincoln because he was in tremendous danger when he came here and in fact, one young woman standing on the route, the parade route later wrote, one of the ladies near us said there goes the illinois ape, the app ligsist but he will never come back alive. that fear was there that day and been there for presidents ever since. so this joy that has always been mixed with this concernment. >> these motor kads, george, living in washington, d.c., it's never like this except for every four years, but there is never a moment when there is a motorcade that i don't turn and look. if others don't look when the president goes by, what is the matter with you? you have to look and respect that office. it becomes routine here but not to me. >> it doesn't become routine to presidents. we were just talking about george h.w. bush. i love the stories he used

cokie roberts is making a statement, assuming that it's the united states obligation globally to takeall the refugees. making that statement about the jews. it's absolutely unbelievable to me because the two are completely dissimilar. it's an overstatement, exaggerating to make a point and then fails ultimately by doing so. why is it a problem to actually do come again, what he promised as a candidate, to say he's going to be a little bit measured and circumspect in terms of who we allow in this country. there's absolutely nothing wrong from a national security perspective to be able to actually determine who is coming into the country, what is their background. what is their real identity? as we know, in the middle east, they are not able to fully vet and verify the identity, let alone the age of some of the people coming over. why do we have to have an open door? >> dana, your thoughts. >> i think it's important to point out it's a moratorium, not a band. the wording is important. the moratorium allows you some time to figure out, who do we have coming in and also deal with somethin

cokie roberts, your thoughts?le kept asking me can he change any minds and my answer was no, he can't change minds but he can ease minds. i don't think he did that. i think that he did not ease the minds of people who are nervous about what comes next in this presidency mainly because of the america first echos but also a sense of blij rens. i think that, yes, voices want to be heard. this vote was for change. we know that. but to get something done, you can't be that belligerent with this congress. >> mark, echos of any other presidents in that inaugural address? >> not that i can think of, george. this is a very populist speech. it was fiery, hyperbolic at times, downright distoep yan, sure for the core trump voter. i'm not sure he reached out to those folks who didn't vote for him, to bring them into the fold. he also didn't send a conciliatory message to congress which surprised me. he has to work with them going forward. there wasn't any vision that he had for what they will do going forward. >> much more of

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. >> we bring in cokie roberts for more on the inauguration and how president-elect trump is preparing for this historic event. always good to see you, cokie. >> wonderful, robin. >> he will keep it short, he said, the speech. that's probably a good thing, you say. >> a good thing to do. a long speech, nobody wants to listen to. it gets very cold and, you know, the truth is i was thinking back of all the inaugurations that about and i can only remember four speeches and two were lincoln, i was not there. but kennedy, ask not what your country and franklin roosevelt, you have nothing to fear but fear itself, so other than that, they're not exactly memorable. >> well, what are you exactly expecting from donald trump? his tone and his word, what are you expecting. >> i expect him to try to be unifying. to put people to, you know, who are concerned to try to put their fears to rest. yeah, election night we heard him give a speech that was along those lines. i think it will be the same thing but probably better. >> and he -- he tweeted out a picture of himself saying over the holidays that

issue to the president with this image on the cover and joining us now to talk about all of this, cokie roberts kristen soltis-anderson. cokie, let me start with you. let's talk about this women's march on washington this morning. do you imagine the message of the marchers is likely to have a real impact on president trump? >> well, it's not entirely clear what the message is, and i think that's a problem. obviously there are a lot of women, hundreds of thousands of them, who want to say we're disturbed, we're angry, we're unhappy, but there's not a goal going forward. i mean, if they said something like, let's elect 100 women by 2020 and then tomorrow morning wake up and go out and start working on that, that's one thing. this is a little more amorphous than that. >> and, kristen, you know, there are moments of outreach during the president's speech yesterday, but it was largely tough, uncompromising, a lot of populist undertones. do you think he should have done more to unify? >> i think it's going to take more than words to unify. i think it's going to take action. his speech sounded in many

cokie roberts counts herself an admirer and a friend. >> donald trump needs to spend time reaching out to the americans who did not support him. and an argument with john lewis is not the way to reach out. >> reporter: tomorrow, as a kickoff for inauguration week, donald trump was scheduled to tour the new smithsonian museum of african-american heritage, where several of the exhibits feature lewis prominently. you know, the very exsis tense of that museum is a testament to the fact that john lewis is not all talk. he fought hard to have it built. trump is also wrong in suggesting in his tweets that lewis' home district is full of urban decay. georgia's fifth district is the headquarters for ococa-cola and delta and has one of the busiest airports in the u.s. >> and emory university as well. >>> at the heart is the issue of russia. the reason the congressman says he can't support the new president is he believes russia helped get trump elected. with congress poised to investigate possible or alleged contacts between the campaign and the kremlin, alex marquardt has just arrived in moscow

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cokie roberts, veteran journalist, syndicated columnist and senior news analyst for npr and author, you better get this book if you've got kids "ladies of liberty," the women who shaped our nation. and ron plain former chief of staff to joe biden. i want to start with these polls. does donald trump have an argument to make here? saying, fine, 40%. whatever. did you see the polls a few months ago? you all had it wrong. >> of course he's got an argument to make. and the truth is as you said at the beginning, in couple of days he will be right there taking the oath of office. and so polls shmolls. he will be the presidented. and is it tough to go in with these kinds of numbers, yes. is he the kind of person who cares much about it? no. >> but does he need to? because he's also got a bunch of congressmen under him and they need to get reletted in a couple of years and he needs them to stay on his team. >> donald trump is coming to office with the most negative approval of any president. compare it to george w. bush who also had a very contested, hard fought election. i was part of that batt

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45th anniversary of the march on selma, mike pence calling him a legendary civil rights leader, coky roberts called him a admirer and friend. >> donald trump needs to reach out to the americans who does d not support him. an argument with john lewis is not the way to reach out. >> reporter: tomorrow as the kick off tore inauguration week, donald trump was scheduledded to tour the new smithsonian museum african american heritage where several exhibits feature lewis, prominently. >> this week with george stephanopoulos will have more on the upcoming inauguration, trump's in coming chief of staff and bernie sanders will sit down with george stephanopoulos. president-elect donald trump will be sworn in this friday. we'll bring you live coverage from washington. >>> the cost to cover the healthcare for four firefighters injured in a fatal fire last year is expected to reach $9 million or even more. the september 24th fire killed 3 firefighters, city funding will pay for the injured firefighters hospital bills. wilmington leaders say the city does not have workers compensation insurance because of

cokie roberts. our chief political analyst matthew dowd.blican strategist alex castellanos. democratic strat just stephanie cutter. hard to begin, jon karl. you saw my back and forth with kellyanne conway. i am the first person to say i don't care about crowd size either. we had these speeches yesterday that were just not factual. >> look, on his very first appearance in the briefing room, sean spicer went in and uttered at least three things that were demonstrably false. he left without taking a question. i have never seen a white house press secretary do that. that said, i think we need to be careful as reporters and as journalists not to take the bait and get into an end less discussion about issues that are trivial. how many people were there? the crowd size, not important. he had a huge crowd. >> telling the truth is important. >> especially from that podium. sean is not an rnc spokesperson. a campaign spokesperson. he's a spokesperson for the white house. credibility matters. >> in "the new york times" people suggesting donald trump t

. >> it was cokie roberts on our show. she was like, please, it's all theater. as cringe worthy as one is -- >> the presence of your own party want to give deference to the president. >> marco didn't want to do that but his donors did, give deference. >> long-term politically a safer place to end up. he has questions about tillerson but so does mccain. mccain is voting for him. >> why is that? mccain and lindsey moving towards -- they are supporting him now. >> they are voting yes for three reasons. one, lots of people support him they respect. jim barracker, two, deference to the president of their own party. three, lo he didn't show it to everybody at the hearing, he's an impressive guy. i think he was able to convince them in the room privately that he's not going to be as warm to russia. >> let's go to senior writer polit co-and co-author of "the playbook" jake sherman. you've got a lot of different things you're covering in the playbook including valerie jarrett's next act. >> she signed with caa, the big hollywood talent agency, which is making a big push