give jeff mason the last -- host: just a minute or two left, i want to give jeff mason the last questionmason: just to follow-up up on anna's question about voter fraud in person, you mentioned there is good research and little evidence that there is a widespread problem. why is that viewed so differently by the different parties? how has that become a thing the republicans and democrats see differently, despite the research and the evidence you are citing. host: secretary merrill, i will you start. secretary merrill: i'm not sure. like all things in this country right now, i think it's a bit politicized. most of their case rests on the fact that they want more -- republicans seem to want more identification at the polls, in spite of the fact that there is little evidence that there is in-person voter fraud, just to be sure. i don't think it rests on the evidence one way or the other. i think it is just a sense that there are a lot more people who are not citizens, perhaps not legal in the country, and we want to make sure those people are not voting. i don't think evidence plays into it

there's jeff mason -- >> let me interrupt.a picture that just was posted from jeff mason of reuters inside the oval office. these are the first images we're now seeing of the president and the president elect sitting in front of that fireplace. we often see the president with a visiting foreign leader. there it is. you see the microphones. you see the camera crews. go ahead, jim. i just wanted to point out the picture we're getting of president-elect trump and president obama in the oval office but go ahead. >> i'm getting another readout just as we speak. the president said that they had an excellent conversation. about domestic and foreign policy. and that the number one priority is creating a smooth transition. these are comments coming from president obama. and that if donald trump is successful, it will be good for america. if he succeeds, the country succeeds. those are some paraphrased comments from president obama. and then donald trump said according to this note that he has respect for president obama. that they were

and we are joined now by jeff mason. reuters white house correspondent, to get a preview of the meeting. what is the plan this morning? what are we hearing about what this meeting will include? guest: we think it probably will be a little awkward. it is perhaps one of the first times that president obama and trump has ever actually met in person. we spoke to josh byrnes just to day, the press secretary, about that. he says he thought they had met once before but that was it. as far as what they talk about, this will be the first time that they begin laying the groundwork for a peaceful transition of power. the president will probably discuss some of his policy priorities and some of his programs. perhaps that donald trump is considering repealing or getting rid of when he becomes president. obama may use the opportunity to talk about why they were good. from his point of view. and why donald trump should hold onto them. and otherwise, no doubt just to give an overview of the job. and what will be expected of him when he

white house correspondents association jeff mason. espondent for the reuters news agency. jeff, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, wolf. >> talk about the problems. you represent the news media in dealing with this incoming administration. we know you've had a few since he became president-elect? >> yes. the biggest problem now is that we don't have a press pool what we call a protective pool traveling with the president-elect. we expect that there should be one in place. should have been one in place frankly, when donald trump was the republican presidential candidate. the fact that is not in place now following him, what he's doing, traveling within new york or outside of new york, is a problem. >> as traditionally that's always been the case. tell us why it's oh important that the president-elect of the united states, certainly the president of the united states, always have a small group of jurn journalists there watching and observing? >> important because news can happen at any time. when planned and not planned. the press ne

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jeff mason is the white house reporter for reuters. anna palmer is the co-author of the popular playbook pick sheets. repeatedlyrump has said that the system is rigged. calling into question the integrity of our elections in general. do you believe that he is sewing jeanette concerns about whether to havetions are going the right results at the end of the day? >> thank you. it is nice to be here. i would have to say about the question of rigging the election that even the question is is noctive. there evidence that there is a massive conspiracy to overturn or even change u.s. election results. the results of this claim has in thessive distrust system in connecticut and elsewhere i am having reports of hundreds of people calling in and saying how are you counting my vote, are there illegal aliens voting? the problem is that the claim is vague. when you say rigged the election, i'm not sure what he meant but it plays into the fear that people have that their vote will not be counted. just the claim alone is destructive and the fact is th

i want to give jeff mason the last question.ioned that there is good research and little evidence to support widespread problems. why is that viewed so differently by the different parties? why is it something that republicans and democrats see differently despite the research and the evidence you are citing? host: secretary merrill, i will let you start. sec. merrill: i'm not sure. like all things in the country right now, i think it's a bit politicized. most of their case rests on the fact that they want -- the republicans seem to want more polls ination at the spite of the fact that there is little evidence that there is in person voter fraud, just to be sure. i do not think it rests on the evidence one way or the other. it is just a sense that there are a lot more people who are not citizens, perhaps not legal in the country, and we want to make sure those people are not voting. i do not think evidence plays into it very much. i think it is more the sense of distrust that is now pervasive in the country about almost all inst

host: you can read jeff mason's work online at reuters.com. thank you for being with us.his is the headline from "the washington post." i want to follow up on an earlier tweet -- share your thoughts at c-spanwj . lafayette, louisiana. independent line. caller: thank you for taking my call. that we all come together as americans and come to realize that politicians are liars. we see ryan hating trump during the campaign. mitch mcconnell, we even see trump with his infrastructure to big-timeg to go contractors that all liars. is in the presidency. republicans will regret this. americans will regret this. he is about trump. republicans will vastly regret this. they already know they will. this will be the worst presidency ever in the history of presidents. host: this is a photograph yesterday with kellyanne conway and other senior staffers from the trump team and meeting with the members of the new york times editorial board along with columnists like him freemen. .- tom friedman ann is joining us from new jersey. democrats line. caller: good morning. i want to say that we'v

. >> the white house correspondents association jeff mason called this unacceptable and said the same thing after trump did not take a protective pool with him to his trip from and to dc last week. this is no surprise given his turbulent relationship with reporters during the campaign. why should access matter now? the public moves of the top servant is america's business. >> for the american people to be aware physically come up here and watch their president every day or a press pool needs to be available to gethem the information. >> for the now, i'm mike sacks. >>> the radio television news association sent a letter to donald trump calling on him to commit on having a protective press pool in order to ensure openness and transparency. >> the press pool dates back to the franklin delano roosevelt have got a story a lot of people had a problem with. >> the mosaic sinkhole. >> he literally has stacks of emails they come. >> this is what i spent my day doing looking through these emails about 1000 documents. we got our hands on this. the communication between state leaders, the govern

jeff mason, john, thank you both. >> thank you. >> we have a plan, we have been working with the policy group. we are already sitting down and discussing with congress and this is going to be something that happens absolutely within the first 490 days of this presidency. we are going to have a major tax reform. biggest tax reform since reagan and it's not just going to be a cut in corporate taxes but it's also going to be a very large middle-income tax cut that's going to help this country. >> we know you want to hear more about that. the former goldman sachs executive indicating he and the commerce secretary wilbur ross will work to reshape the economy . let's bring anthony scaramucci. anthony, good to have you back on the program as i was listening to the interview with maria bartiromo on fox business, it would be a very significant middle-class tax cuts. what specifics can you tell our viewers what they will see in the years to come? anthony: listen, they'll be four rates, the highest rate 33 and the middle-class 12 to 25% zone, but jenna, the real important thing about this is full

jeff mason, what will this meeting include? the meeting is probably going to be a little awkward. this is probably one of the first times that president obama and president-elect trump have met in person. said hes secretary thought they had met once before but that was it. as far as what they were going to talk about, this will be the first time they begin laying the groundwork for transition of power. the president will probably discuss some of his policy priorities and his programs, perhaps the donald trump is considering repealing or getting rid of when he becomes president. obama may use the opportunity to talk about why they were good from his point of view and why donald trump should take it or hold on to them. otherwise no doubt just get sort of an overview of the job. and what will be expected of donald trump when he takes over on january 20. ast: this is sort of traditional meeting between the outgoing president and the president-elect. how are these things orchestrated? how are they put together by the staff in order to go smoothly? guest: that's a good question. the pre

. >> i was asking the head of the white house correspondents association jeff mason for an update this. we can put on screen what he said to me. >> so, ben, we have seen some access this weekend, president-elect donald trump greeting visitors to his golf resort. do you think this is a positive sign, something we should actually be acknowledging and thanking him for? or this is the kind of bare minimum, the bare minimum acceptable standard for access to the president? >> well, look, i think the expectation that he's going to make himself available to the press is a good one and i hope that he does do that, especially after he becomes president, i think there may be some different standards for president elect than president, but ann would know that better than i would. beyond that, you know, the fact is that the press access for the last eight years has been terrible and many members of the press have complained about this. the white house was releasing its own photos and tapes of events and not allowing the press to cover it in the way that the press wanted to cover it for years, the d

jeff mason is with reuters, anna palmer is with politico. a busy week for you coming up as well. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> election night on c-span. -- the results and be part of the national conversation about the outcome. bl location of the hillary sitesn and donald trump and watch live on c-span on demand at c-span.org or listen to live coverage using the free c-span radio app. >> now, a debate for the race for the u.s. senate seat in alaska. the candidates discuss abortion, foreign policy, and health care law. it's about an hour. ♪ >> alaska public media presents debate for the state: election 2016. the race for the united states senate. >> good evening. welcome to alaska public media's debate for the state. tonight is the final face-off among candidates for u.s. senate. republican incumbent lisa murkowski is the chair of the senate energy and national -- natural resources committee. democrat ray metcalfe is

>> right. >> jeff mason, thank you so much. and it's going to be an interesting four years. >> oh, wow. >> to say the least. you brought up the greatest point in the world, and what do i always say to you? >> she's the smartest and the best person on the show. >> why are you making fun of me? >> what have i told you the show should be called 1,000 times. >> morning mika. >> am mika. >> this is going to -- let's go to break. >> you bring up the great point, trump, trump, cnn invented trump, and trump invented trump. >> "morning joe" invented trump. no, we're not that powerful. joe, if we elected trump all the trump voters would be watching and we would have the morning show in the world. >> we do, don't we? >> no, we don't. we're not even close. >> and if you count in, arms forced radio, and that's another 87 million. let me get to my point. i miss regis. let me get to my point. everybody is fixated on obama, and who was the celebrity bigger than britney spears, and who was the person that the media followed around, and little h

about to vote for populati and the mormon population from the mormon pioneers also jeff flake was a mormon. the mayor of mason arizona was a mormon and a congressman who is also a mormon.so, so what seems programming for that mormon community. of this eastern suburbs of phoenix. >> what about the overall turnout on tuesday? >> sold there is a lot of engagement with those big names surrogates added to the excitement and it willll be a big turnout spec national political reporter for the arizona report -- republican phoenix. thanks for your time. in arizon >> key campaign with a 2012 candidate irani they spoke to supporters just outside of phoenix. this is 15 minutes. [applause] >> thanks for coming. with that typical arizona evening. [laughter] the same wave that the chicago cubs last night that is remarkable. and also in the east valleyarkad and that is remarkable and wonderful. one of the great privileges and have had as a man of principle who understands what this country is all about with national security. in the house of representatives pinkie forr the great job that you do all because we have this great

jeff. well, stock prices soared today in an election eve rally. the dow gained 371 points. and anthony mason is with us now. anthony? >> reporter: they were calling it the "hilla-rally" on wall street, sox. stocks began soaring after that news broke yesterday that f.b.i. had cleared the latest batch of clinton e-mails. the rally broke a nine-session losing streak for the s&p 500, its longest losing streak since 1980. markets hate uncertainty, and wall street had an anxiety attack last week when polls began the tighten. funds are now holding nearly 6% of their the most since the aftermath of 9/11 back in 2001. and foreign investors have been even more skittish. foreign-baseed funds pulled nearly half a billion dollars out of u.s. stocks last week, the seventh time in eight weeks there has been a net outflow as investors have chose on chosen o play wait-and-see on the sidelines. the mexican peso also rallied on the f.b.i. news. whatever wall street thinks of clinton's politics, investors status quo for the financial community which prizes predictability, scott, a clinton victory would simply c

jeff. well, stock prices soared today in an election eve rally. the dow gained 371 points. the standard and poors 500 was up 46. anthony mason is with us now. anthony. >> calling it the hilla-rally on wall street. stocks began soaring after the news broke yesterday that the fbi had cleared the latest batch of clinton e-mails. the rally broke a nine-session losing streak for the s & p 500. its longest losing streak since 1980. markets hate uncertainty. and wall street had an anxiety attack last week when polls in cash the most since aftermath of 9/11 back in 2001. and foreign investors have been even more skittish. foreign based fund pulled more than $500,000 out of u.s. stocks last week, the seventh time in eight weeks, a net outflow as investors chosen to play wait and see on the side lines. stocks weren't alone in bouncing back today. mexican peso rallied on the fbi news. when whatever wall streets thinks of con viewed as the status quo for the financial community which prizes predictability. a clinton victory would simply come with fewer unknowns. >> thank you. >> a fun fact it was 100 years ago today that the first woman was elected to

jeff, is the full name jefferson? >> when i was looking for a job below the mason dixon line it was definitely jefferson.> doesn't work as well there. thanks for joining us. >> you can tell he has been asked that before. >>> president-elect trump has vowed to replace and repeal obama care and his pick to the health and human services secretary one of obama care's fiercest critics. we will look at winners and losers from potential debt of obama care. >>> noted market watcher tom mcclellan says investors should beware of the trump rally. why he says we could be in for a rough ride. he warned the stock market was suggesting a trump victory and he was right. that was right before the election. you are watching cnbc, first in business world wide. the heirloom tomato. when you cook with incredible ingredients... you make incredible meals. fresh ingredients, step-by-step recipies, delivered to your door for less than $9 a meal. get $30 off your first delivery blueapron.com/cook. >>> very excited about the announcements today for health and human services. another announcement before the dinner hour is forth com