we will show you the official white house christmas tree on arrival, followed by a look at this year's holiday decorations. then, first lady michelle obama's talks to military families from the east room and joins the children for christmas craft. after that, a look at the first family at the national christmas tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. all of these events took place just after thanksgiving. ♪ 's great. should we accept it? >> yes. mrs. obama: i think we're good. these are our replacement kids. [laughter] this is what happens when you get teenagers. one is asleep -- these two are up. [laughter] it's what we got now. good job, guys. christmas begins. the holidays start. we're ready -- our last one. we're excited about it. congratulations to our award winners here. thank you, guys. all right, our work here is done. >> that was easy. mrs. obama: it's easy. the easiest part of the holiday season. all right, you guys. happy holidays. happy thanksgiving. we'll see you around. ♪ ♪ [applause] mrs. obama: hi, everybody. look how good you guys look. are you ready for some acti

room youate dining will spot the official white house gingerbread house. guys, when you see it everything on it is something you can eat. our pastry chefs have worked very hard to make this house possible. it is beautiful. they got the replica of the new white house garden with bo, sunny, and lots of cool stuff. the trees in that room, there are 56 lego gingerbread houses representing every state and territory in america. and then somewhere around the house we have supersized replicas of bow and sunny, guarding their presence. because we don't let them have their presence. i'm just kidding, they get presents. they are fine. altogether the folks who come to these halls over the next few weeks will see about -- how many ornaments do you think are in this house? 100. >> six. mrs. obama: 6, 10, 100? [laughter] 9000? , it's 70,000ou ornaments. i was pretty shocked at that. so, we can't wait. that is a lot of ornaments. we can't wait to start welcoming people into their white house this holiday season. who createdone these stunning displays, our volunteers, the

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michelle obama receives the official white house christmas tree. and see thete house decorations. the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. p.m., hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. at 9:40, attend the portrait unveiling of outgoing senate minority leader harry reid. speech errors -- speakers include hillary clinton, joe biden, and charles schumer. we will hear from representative charles wrangle of new york. at to: 10:00 p.m. from the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death walk trial where samuel ito serves as presiding judge. a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence and his new role as vice president. watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen on this -- on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" is next. ,e will take your phone calls and a look at the life and career of vice president elect mike pence. obama issued 78 pardons, and commuted the sentences of 153 prisoners this week. will get some perspective from attorney samuel morrison

join first lady michelle obama as a she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house. finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. p.m., former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in congress. at 9:40 p.m., the portrait unveiling of outgoing senate minority leader harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden, and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, we will hear from retiring representative charles wrangle of new york. then from the shakespeare theater, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial, where a supreme court justice will serve as presiding judge. and then a look at the career of mike pence. on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> tonight on c-span, former defense secretary's dick cheney .nd leon panetta and a computer crime investigator talking about your digital footpr

join michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. may christmas crafting finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. at 8:40 p.m., hear from john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. tend to portrait unveiling of harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m., we will hear from charles rangel of new york. from the shakespeare theater on l, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death law trial where supreme court associate justice samuel alito serves as presiding judge. at 6:30 p.m., a look at the careerspeakers include hillary of mike pence and his new role as vice president. watc

in the state dining room, you will spot the official white house gingerbread house.o when you see it, everything on it is something you can eat. and our pastry chefs have worked very hard to make this house possible. it is beautiful. it has a replica of the new white house garden and bo and sonny and lots of cool stuff. the trees in that room, there are 56 lego gingerbread houses, representing every single state and territory in america. and somewhere in the house we have supersized replicas of bo and sonny guarding their presents because we don't let them have their presents. [laughter] i'm just kidding. they get to have them. people who come through these halls over the next few weeks will see about -- how many ornaments do you think are in this house? six? [laughter] 10? [laughter] a hundred? getting closer. 9000? let me tell you. it is 70,000 ornaments. i was pretty shocked at that. so we can't wait. that's a lot of ornaments. but we can't wait to start welcoming people into their white house this holiday season. and to everyone who created these stunning display

and typically our chances are pretty low, that said, generally 20% or under, it is actually official white christmas in the city of philadelphia, even the immediate vicinity here. with that said, hey, this is good trade off. let's look at storm scan. actually had some warm air push in early this morning, actually helps bring in a very light scatter batch of some precipitation early this morning, actually sleet g very briefly as i was out here for one of my morning weather hits on the skydeck, that's all long gone, take a look, ac. not bad over achieving at the a.c. airport, at the immediate shore, little bit cooler, but currently at 50 there, and 47 in philadelphia, and the afternoon is obviously still pretty young. so we've got few more hours, with that lower sun angle at this time of the year. to actually evening out few more degrees, again, at the immediate shore not as mild as your finding in atlantic city at the airport, specifically, little further inland, but here in the city, i think we've got shot to do harmless flirtation with the 50 degrees mark today. >> obviously had snow here

in the state dining room, you will spot the official white house gingerbread house.o when you see it, everything on it is something you can eat. and our pastry chefs have worked very hard to make this house possible. it is beautiful. it has a replica of the new white house garden and bo and sonny and lots of cool stuff. the trees in that room, there are 56 lego gingerbread houses, representing every single state and territory in america. and somewhere in the house we have supersized replicas of bo and sonny guarding their presents because we don't let them have their presents. [laughter] i'm just kidding. they get to have them. people who come through these halls over the next few weeks will see about -- how many ornaments do you think are in this house? six? [laughter] 10? [laughter] a hundred? getting closer. 9000? let me tell you. it is 70,000 ornaments. i was pretty shocked at that. so we can't wait. that's a lot of ornaments. but we can't wait to start welcoming people into their white house this holiday season. and to everyone who created these stunning display

she had expressed some doubt in holding an official white house post but she left that off. watch this exchange here. and he was questioning. how is she can do it? she got creamed on twitter. not one because i don't want him to be creamed but i would say i don't play golf and i don't have a disk -- a mistress. i have a lot of time. she actually turned down the press secretary job. the bottom line what you have here is some of the candidates most loyal folks mean elevated in the white house. and that might be one of the best soundbites of all time. so the team is almost put together. they are the two cabinet spots. he has most of it in place for sure. back into the markets. we were down by just about 40 points. it's $4.8 billion deal with yahoo. and the oprah winfrey in the news. she announces she's lost 40 pounds with a new ad campaign. year. up next just three days until christmas. if you are one of those people amazon has this new service and have it available right here in new york city. so plenty of time. forget about three days. he will tell us how it all works. every d

it's illegal for them to have an official role in the white house. can't have an official role. that's been illegal for almost 50 years now. >> that doesn't mean they can't do it unofficially. >> all the communication about it has said, we want to avoid the appearance of it. >> it's interesting that all of the children are like gung-ho to do this. do you think donald trump ever thought this was going to happen? >> i don't think -- there are reports that donald wants to come back to new york as often as possible. and melania is staying until june. and now jared and ivanka are strongly considering a move to d.c. his younger daughter and son in law are probably a little more gung-ho about the move to d.c. >> and his two sons? >> yes. >> eric trump was pretty clear on one point. >> one of the fortunate things for my father, our father, he was able to step out of the company to run for commander in chief. i think he's going to rely on us more than ever. >> you'll stay up here? >> we'll be in new york and we'll take care of the business. i think we're goin

join first lady michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house. and finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. at 8:40 p.m., hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. and at 9:40 p.m., attend the portrait unveiling of outgoing senator minority leader harry reid, democrat of never neve. speakers include hillary clinton, joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m., we'll hear from retiring member of congress representative charles rangel of new york. at 2:10 p.m. from the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial where supreme court associate justice samuel alito serves as presiding judge. and a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. watch on c-span and c-span.org and on the free c-span app. >>> up next, national park service ranger lee white talks about the confed

it's illegal for them to have an official role in the white house. id, they can't have an official role. that's been illegal for almost 50 years now. >> that doesn't mean they can't do it unofficially. >> all the communication about it has said, we want to avoid the appearance of it. -- of a conflict of interest, which is the most trump reality television move and motive. >> it's interesting that all of the children are like gung-ho to do this. do you think donald trump ever thought this was going to happen? i'm not sure he wanted to move from the tower on fifth avenue to -- >> i don't think -- there are reports that donald wants to come back to new york as often as possible. and melania is staying until june. and now jared and ivanka are strongly considering a move to d.c. it's sort of interesting to me. i understand donald is a 70-year-old billionaire who lives in a triplex on fifth avenue. his younger daughter and son in law are probably a little more gung-ho about the move to d.c. >> and his two sons? >> yes. >> in that 60 minutes conversation we

we will show you the official white house christmas tree on arrival, followed by a look at this year'siday decorations. then, first lady michelle obama's talks to military families from the east room and joins the children for christmas craft. after that, a look at the first family at the national christmas tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. all of these events took place just after thanksgiving.

join first lady michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house, and, finally, the tree lightening ceremony on the national lawn. at 8:40 p.m., hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump president si and his time in the congress. at 9:40 p.m. attend the portrait unveiling of harry reid. speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden, and charles schumer. on sunday, at 12:30 p.m. eastern, we'll hear from retiring member of congress representative charles rangel of new york. at 2:10:00 p.m. from the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, we take you to "romeo and juliet: wrongful death?" mock trial. at 6:30 p.m. a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence. watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> defense secretary ashton carter on the future of defense innovation and defense organizations, organizational structure, and military personne

read in conjunction with the official white house logs which can now be followed online at the fdr library'swebsite. the dairy supplies the music for the president's last months, a kind of up and down in hopes, worries and calculation find telling highly variable expression. these and similar late discoveries now made it possible to adopt professor donald and book about the period in his life and presidency and the war for roosevelt's point of view to explain his thinking rather than judge him. in simplest terms, to tell a story. in reviewing the choices with which he was confronted through his eyes or i should say in attempt to go review his choices through his eyes, it seemed clear to me they didn't really present themselves to him as choices. at the end of 1943 on his return of tehran he appeared to be in radiant good health and everybody commented on how great he looked and the photographs revealed that. .. >> he couldn't -- carrying on was a more obvious choice than getting out. in a real sense, i think, he was trapped. he told himself and a few others that he could always resign if it

corruption. >> reporter: three key components of trump's plan include a five-year ban on white house and congressional officials lobbying after they leave government. a lifetime ban on white house officials lobbying or bow half of foreign governments. it may be easier said than done. of the thousands of influence peddlers in washington, one is only a registered lobbiest if 20% or more of one time is spend lobbying. nobody measures that. it's on the honor system. >> that's where the gray line becomes, you have people in the public policy arena or the pr arrear na who say i do some -- maybe some lobbying but most is pr and that's not lobbying. i don't have to register. it's people skirting the system. >> reporter: it's that skirting of the system that allowed the obama administration to hire people who did lobbying work after it vowed it would not. the same test awaits the trump administration here in the swamp, which operates by a maze of rules so complex it often takes a swamp dweller to navigate through it all. >> thank you. >>> monday our sixth installment in our 15-part series turns to foreign policy. the pr

would she act as the official white house host tes.he author of the book -- good to see you. it's kind of awkward and strange and weird but maybe it's kind of the new things that we're referring to first lady roles but we're talking about his daughter, ivanka trump. so how will she kind of assume some of those roles or will she be, you know, a more powerful force in terms of policy making or influence? i. >> i think she will be a more powerful force, senior adviser, aide, kind of beyond what we've seen with first ladies who are typically, even someone like michelle obama, very highly educated woman who was a real mom and she took on very traditional issues, was very effective doing that. but i think this is kind of redefining how we see a first lady, do we need a first lady to live in the white house. i mean, it's pretty incredible that melania will be spending the first few months in new york. she will still be involved and active first lady from new york. >> and she has said that cyberbullying is going to be something she wants to re

joe biden and at 8:00 p.m., christmas at the white house with michelle obama she receives the official white house christmas tree, tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house and finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. at 8:40 p.m., hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in congress. at 9:40 p.m., attend the portrait unveiling of senate .inority leader harry reid speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden, and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, we will hear from retiring member of congress, charles wrangle of new york. at 2:10 p.m. from the shakespeare theatre on capitol hill, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial were supreme court associate justice samuel alito atves as providing judge and 6:30 p.m., look at the career of mike pence and his new role as vice president. watch on c-span and www.c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> military forces one of the thi

. >>> the official white house photographer pete sousa is releasing his final year in photographs. these are pictures he considers his best from all throughout the year. they show a lot of sides of the oval office and the first family from the president playing with the white house press secretary's son on halloween -- do youemember that? to sasha and malia obama attending their first state dinner. vice president joe biden showing he's just a big kid at heart being sprayed with super soakers over the summer. >>> the u.s. coast guard and the royal canadian air force are joining the search in lake erie looking for a small plane tha vanished off the shores overnight. it was leaving burke lakefront airport after a cavaliers game. an air traffic spokesperson said they lost control with the plane. three adults and three kids on board. officials aren't making their names public. >>> potential problems in syria with the nationwide cease-fire that took effect overnight. russian and turkish authorities helped put together the agreement between the syrian army and rebel fighters. military off

the servers were hacked and led to leaks of party officials' e-mails. the white house deputy national security adviser pointed to vladimir putin's involvement in an interview with msnbc on thursday. he said he doesn't think things this big happen in the russian government without putin knowing about it. he also said russia had been carrying out cyberattacks in europe in a bid to sway election results. washington is considering countermeasures. white house spokesperson josh earnest also addressed the issue. >> russia was engaged in malicious cyberactivity. >> in response to these emarks president-elect dopled trump tweeted if russia was hacking why did the white house wait so long to act? >>> now on to business, tokyo stocks extended their rally on the stronger dollar. more on that and other headlines. >> investors in tokyo are in a buying mood following the u.s. federal reserve rate hike. marked the ninth day of advances. more from the tokyo stock exchange. >> the dollar's rise accelerated after the fed said it could raise its key interest rate three more times n

and the official white house response, as you know, stephanie, is he didn't want to be seen as meddling in this and he had a private conversation with vladimir putin at a big international meeting. having said that, it's no secret what the clinton campaign believes happened in this election. remember that harvard session between the obama folks and the trump folks that got really loud and out of control and basically, you know, robby mook and jen palmieri at harvard talking about how if comey had not released the e-mail information that he had, if he had not gone back and said we're going to check this out again, the outcome of the election would have been something different. so this in many ways is just an extension of what we have been hearing from the clinton campaign since their loss in november. >> thanks, chris. i want to broaden out the conversation and bring in msnbc political analyst and former rnc chairman michael steele. also with me, kasie hunt. good morning, michael. i want to start with kasie. president obama, he's going to strike back. he's already spoken to vladimir put

will have to really go to the northern poconos to see the inch or snow on the grounds to see the official white things have to come together to get snowstorm here in the delaware valley. people don't realize that, 21, for the win chilled value later this morning, into the afternoon. doesn't get better, still feeling like mid and upper 20's, factor in the winds. tomorrow morning, still windchills, into the lower 20's, upper teens. for today, below average, 35 degrees, sun, clouds, very cold tonight. twenty-five, with mostly clear skies, next new days, quiet, increasing sunshine, warming to up mid four's, first day of winter. weekends dry christmas eve, 48. fifty for christmas day. maybe some rain later christmas day night. meisha, what's up? >> all right, justin, good morning to you. good morning to all of you at home. well, what is happening? let's take a peak, looking pretty good here at the vine on 95. kind of pretty birdseye view for you. see how many vehicles are out there. and what we really have been looking at is this 95. our friends 95, between southbound direction, throws curve ball at

as she receives the official white house christmas tree. toward the white house and see this year's decorations. see craft projects with military families visiting the white house and finally the tree lighting ceremony on the national lawn. at 8:40 p.m., hear from john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. at 9:40 p.m., attended the portrait unveiling of outgoing senator minority leader harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton, joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, we want hear from retiring member of congress charles rangel of new york than a 2:10 p.m. on the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death among trial were supreme court justice samuel alito serves as presiding judge and his 6:30 p.m., a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence and his role as vice president. c-span.orgspan and and listen on the free c-span radio app. announcer: next, a profile of the next senate democratic leader charles schumer of

join first lady michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. ward the white house and see this year's decorations. see craft projects with military families visiting the white house and finally the tree lighting ceremony on the national lawn. at 8:40 p.m., hear from john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. at 9:40 p.m., attended the portrait unveiling of outgoing senator minority leader harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton, joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, we want hear from retiring member of congress charles rangel of new york than a 2:10 p.m. on the shakespeare theater on capitol hill, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death among trial were supreme court justice samuel alito serves as presiding judge and his 6:30 p.m., a look at the career of vice president-elect mike

. >> as president barack obama's presidency winds down his staffers had a bit of fun with the official whiteorations. friday white house photographer pete sousza snapped photos of their attempt to prank the president with a set of decorative snow men if you see it over his shoulder there. in the last three weeks they have been on display in the rose garden but some staff members moved all the snow men so each one was peaking through a different window in the oval office. one photo shows the president signing end of the year bills as a snowman peaks through the one dough. another photo the president realized the prank and had some fun with it. what makes the prank even better is that the president admitted earlier this month that he thought those snow men decorations were a little bit creepy as far as where they were located. >> on the other sifted world even wild animals are getting into the holiday spirit. these two tasmanian devil babies at the australian reptile park had some fun in a especially built winter wonderland in their enclosure and the video is going viral. park officials gave t

white house. electoral voters officially gave trump the 270 votes needed to win. bill clinton is weighing in on all of it telling a paper trump doesn't know much. one thing he does know is how to get angry white plen to vote for him and accusing james comey of costing his wife the election as democrats regroup some are looking to michelle obama. >> would you ever run for office? >> no. >> no kind of office? >> no. that's one thing i don't do. i don't make stuff up. i'm not coy. i have proven that. i'm pretty district. if i were interested in it i would say it. i don't believe in playing games. >>> now, putting might not be his strong suit but mr. obama is not complaining. he gave a tip of his cap to onlookers that showed up yesterday. the first family is on vacation there. before this round he was briefed on the russian assassination. >>> new at 11:00 the rock and roll hall of fame announced indu inductees for 2017. here they are. pearl jam, electric life orchestra, journey, tupac. >> pretty good list. >> i think so. >>> up next, 90 years strong. he celebrates his

join first lady michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house and finally the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. at 8:40 p.m. hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress. and at 9:40 p.m. attend the portrait unveiling of outgoing senate minority leader mary reid. speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern we will hear from retiring member of congress representative charles rangel of new york. then at 2:10 p.m. from the shakespeare theater on capitol hill we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trials where supreme court justice samuel alito serves as presiding judge and at 6:30 a look at the career of vice president elect mike pence and his new role as vice president. watch on c-span and cspan.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> 11th sirk you w

. >> as for trump's call to the taiwanese official, the white house was not told about that call until after it happened. also late this evening, president george w. bush's press secretary is warning, quote, china will go nuts. lester? >> peter alexander in washington, thank you. >>> more now on that surprise announcement from the president-elect at his rally last night. james mattis is his pick for secretary of defense. and now a battle is brewing over law that bars him from running the pentagon. >> reporter: for president-elect trump, a sneak announcement. >> we are going to appoint "mad dog" mattis as our secretary of defense. >> reporter: 41 years as a marine, retired general james mattis served tours in iraq and afghanistan, earning four stars and a reputation for blunt talk. winding the adoration of his marines with battlefield bravado polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. like the new national security adviser michael flynn, another general forced out by the obama administration. but he's oppose said to shredding the iran nuclear deal, at odds with

as she received the official white house christmas tree. two or the white house and see this year's decorations. make crafting products with children of military families and finally, the tree lighting ceremony. at hear from former house 8:40 p.m., speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in the congress and that 9:40, attend the portrait unveiling of outgoing minority leader harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton joe biden and charles schumer. on sunday, we hear from retiring member of congress, representative charles rangel of new york. at 2:10 p.m., from the shakespeare theater in capitol hill we take you to the romeo , and juliet wrongful death smock trial where supreme court associate justice samuel alito serves as trust us. -- as presiding judge. then a look at the career of mike pence and his new role as my -- as vice president. watch on c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> >> >> we will have a live discussion on the presidency of barack obama and we will take your phone cal

. >> well, there is no official response from either the white house or the state department. one u.s. official told me there were some surprised that there was not a retaliation by russia because we had the choreography. the foreign minister is recommending the 35 americans to be expelled and putin does not do that. he sends a holiday invite, inviting children to a party at the kremlin. he spoke to the same officials and he did say that there is an indication that this maybe an acknowledgment that russia knows their cyber interference crossed a line. we'll continue to call our sources and figure out what the u.s. is expecting. yesterday afternoon, they were expecting retaliations, american diplomats to be expelled from the country. we'll continue to follow up and see what they are expectingnd what putin's next move will be. >> kelly, walk us through that inner play as we see republicans are weighing in on this sunday hill? >> a little bit of a tough territory for the new president, fellow republicans take a much sharper approach towards russia than we have seen from donald tru

white house tonight. a full review... that's what president obama is ordering u.s. intelligence agencies to conduct.. into hacking activity aimed at meddling in the 2016 election. lisa monaco said intelligence officials will deliver a report to the president, which then will be sent on to members of congress before he a review, that white house officials say will enable them to take stock of cyber defensive capabilities and reduce future threats... schultz soyt we are committed to ensuring the integrity of our elections and this report will dig into this pattern of malicious cyber activity timed to our elections script: wikileaks' release of committee and the hillary clinton campaign... plagued the former secy of state throughout the election cycle... clinton and it could be us tomorrow."the obama administration has accused russia of conducting many of the hacks that surfaced during the run-up to the election, but denied there was any impact on the actual vote. asked about it at the apec summit in late november, the president said the topic didn't come up in conversation with russian president vladimir putin.. obama sot i had already made very clear to him our concerns around cyberattacks, generally,

final votes tonight, giving president-elect donald trump the 270 electoral votes needed to officially win the white house. but throughout the day, a divisive backdrop. demonstrators out in force, from arizona, to north carolina, and pennsylvania. >> stop trump! >> reporter: all hoping to dump trump, energized by charges russia tried to interfere in the u.s. election. but once again, mr. trump couldn't be stopped. >> donald trump and mike pence will be working to make america great again. >> reporter: what was perhaps most striking today, more democrats breaking away from hillary clinton, like in washington state, where colin powell got three votes, and native american activist faith spotted eagle got one vote, although two texas electors did defect from trump. all underscoring trump's win was decisive, and now official. >> it would have been a divided country no matter who won this election. and so it's incumbent on our leaders to be able to bring the country more together. >> reporter: in a statement just moments ago, president-elect trump reacted to the attack in berlin, calling it a part of a gl

the majority of the gang members here belong to white supremacist gangs. prison officials suspect that asatru might be a front for white supremacist gangs. marcus murray denies that. >> there has never been anything in my studies that says one race is more dominant over another one culture. nor one religion dominant over another. asatru believers believe that our religion is fine, your religion is fine. >> guy radcliffe who has been practicing asatru for several years here. said there's one group that is not welcome. >> if we found out someone in the community was a child molester, he would be banned from the community. he cannot participate. it's a bylaw, you cannot be a sex offender and be in asatru. >> radcliffe also defended the fact that some members have swastikas tattooed often their bodies. >> the swastika was around long before adolf hitler came along. okay? now, i don't have nothing against uncle adolf, but he took something from my religion, which was a sun wheel and made it part of his party. it goes back to ancient civilizations. they had a swastika in persia,

obama officials were growing confident that the russians were deliberately trying to hurt the clinton campaign and therefore trying to get donald trump elected. now, at the same time the white house officials were worried that publicly outing russia would appear to be an effort to help clinton, and they were also sure that trump was going to lose. so they were worried that giving him any excuse to call the election results into question would play into his hands. now, months later, democrats are now angry because they now see the elections results and they blame the white house for not to go something earlier. we now know the white house officials are preparing a range of options for president obama, hopefully for him to have something to do about this before he leaves office in january. all right. thank you very much. >> let's talk about russian hacking. donald trump's choice to be secretary of state is with us. dana bash, do you get a sense that democrats are frustrated, angry at the president for not speaking up more directly, more assertively? >> not yet that it is directed at the president per se. but i'm guessing more people who hear what evan is reporting, the more t

join the first lady as she receives the official white house christmas tree, tour the white house and see this years decorations. make christmas crafting projects with children of military families see visiting, and finally the tree lighting ceremony on the wall. at 8:40 p.m. hear from former house speaker john boehner on presidency andp his time in the congress. at 9:40, and tenant -- attend the portrait revealing of harry reid. on sunday at 12:30 p.m. we will hear from retiring member of newress charles wrangle of york. at 2:10 p.m. from capitol hill we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial. where samuel alito p.m, all of the career of mike pence and his role as vice president. watch on c-span and c-span.org and listen on the free c-span a discussion now on what education policy might look like during donald trump's presidency. from today's "washington journal," this is just short of 40 minutes. n chavous, executive council for the american federation for children, former d.c. city councilman. thank you for joining us this morning. guest: good to be with you. ta

. >>> the election was last month, but it was today that donald trump officially won the white house. melissa kane is in sacramento where california's electors met this afternoon. >>reporter: the electoral college vote is usually a formality. here it was packed with media and onlookers. even in a state like california there was still drama. before the vote hundreds of protesters turned out the plea with electors to vote for someone, anyone besides donald trump. >> this is not a day that i say anything except never trump. >>reporter: voting got underway around 2:30 pm. the chamber held its breath as the secretary counted the ballots, not sure if one or more what has california systems by voting for someone other than clinton and kane. -- kaine. the secretary of state gave a big smile when the final numbers came in. so far no maverick has risk jail by voting against the results of the general election. today the presiding officer reminded us when california first became a state there were only four electors. today it took almost 2 hours for the voting to be complete. >> do we know if an

officials are trying to figure out if it is the same man who pulled off a heist about a month ago. >>> white house officials are confirming it does appear that russia has interfered with our presidential election and implied putin himself was behind authorizing and directing it. moscow is denying the accusations. white house said trump knew about the interference and encouraged the effort. president obama said russia should pay a price publicly or privately. >> if you have been outside last night you're saying it's worse right now. >> reporter: we're bottoming out with temperatures right around now over the neck hour or so, the winds are going to die down today, but right now they are having an effect. storm tracker 6 live double scan at least we are dry, taking a look outside we have sky6 live hd we're expecting sun up over the ben franklin bridge, not that it's going to help a whole lot. it is cold and windy this morning. here's the temperature, 16 degrees, this is as low as we've been in philadelphia in 8 years. winds out of the west/northwest dieing down down right now. we have a windchi

8:00 p.m., christmas at the white house -- join first lady michelle obama as she receives the official white house christmas tree. see this year's decorations. make crafting projects with children of military families visiting the white house, and finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. at 8:40 p.m., hear from former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency, and his time in the congress. at 9:40 p.m., attend the portrait unveiling of outgoing senate minority leader harry reid -- and speakers include hillary clinton, and charles schumer. member hear from retired of covers come represented charles rangel of new york to the net 2:2 and -- 2:10 p.m., we kicked to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial, where supreme court justice samuel alito serves as deciding judge. and then a look at a career at -- a look at the career of vice president-elect mike pence and his new role as vice president. c-span and listen on the c-span radio app. putin criticized the obama administration the democratic party for blending the russians for interfering in u.s. elections. he a

in the state dining room, you will spot the official white house gingerbread house.en you see it, everything on it is something you can eat. and our pastry chefs have worked very hard to make this house possible. it is beautiful. it has a replica of the new white house garden and bo and sonny and lots of cool stuff. the trees in that room, there are 56 lego gingerbread houses, representing every single state and territory in america. and somewhere in the house we have supersized replicas of bo and sonny guarding their presents because we don't let them have their presents. [laughter] i'm just kidding. they get to have them. people who come through these halls over the next few weeks will see about -- how many ornaments do you think are in this house? six? [laughter] 10? [laughter] 100? getting closer. 9000? let me tell you. it is 70,000 ornaments. i was pretty shocked at that. so we can't wait. that's a lot of ornaments. but we can't wait to start welcoming people into their white house this holiday season. and to everyone who created these stunning displays, all our

a letter this month, -- earlier this month, white house officials rushed to contain the backlash after the first call with taiwan since 1979. the white house said that it would be badly hurt is the situation deteriorates further. >> let's start with other news around the world. in egypt, a funeral service has been held for the 24 victims of the bombing attack on the cathedral. some say authorities should have done much more to protect the community. the cushing c&d has been targeted -- the christian community has been targeted before. >> also, a major comeback for the party after being forced from office for a correction schedule. but with no candidate for prime minister, political uncertainty continues. >> u.s. president-elect donald trump has chosen retired general john kelly to head of the department of homeland security. mr. kelly's longtime military service, trump says, make an ideal. he formally headed guantanamo bay detention center. still to come, the awards season hops up with the announcement of logan globe -- golden globe nominations. don't forget, you can always get dw news

. >> reporter: the chancellor and other senior officials laid white roses at a makeshift memorial toictims. they toured the market for a firsthand look. ordinary berliners paid their respects, laying candles, flowers and messages of sympathy. many said they believe this attack marked a turning point for germany, especially as for most of the past 24 hours, they were under the impression that the massacre had been perpetrated by an asylum seeker admitted under chancellor merkel's open door refugee policy. >> i definitely want to see stricter border control in germany and the european union. i want to see more cooperation between the countries of the european union and regarding refugee policy because at the moment it's out of control. >> i think it's not yet the day or time to think about the consequences for the refugee politics. i think today it's a question of sadness and come here see people come together and bring flowers. that's the most important. i think we have a good system of asylum seekers. >> reporter: chancellor merkel warned against letting the attack change germans' wa

officials at the white house are still finalizing the retaliatory measures but we're told to expect newions and diplomatic measures. they are expected to name individuals who are associated with the russian disinformation operation that u.s. intelligence officials say was at least partly focused on harming hillary clinton's presidential campaign. and then there are convert actions we may never know about in which the u.s. says it can take when it chooses, jim. >> russia i assume is responding to the threat of sanctions? >> oh yes. lies and misinformation is what the russians say the obama administration is up to. a kremlin spokesperson says quote if washington does take new hostile steps, they will be answered. any action against russian diplomatic missions in the u.s. will immediately bounce back to russia. and we're likely to see this remain in the diplomatic sphere. not an escalation of cyber warfare. >> which they are concerned about escalating further. when the trump administration takes over in january, what happens then? are these the kind of steps that a president trump could re

joined first lady michelle obama as a she receives the official white house christmas tree. tour the white house and see this year's decorations. make projects with children of military families visiting the white house. finally, the tree lighting ceremony on the national mall. age: 40 p.m., former house speaker john boehner on the trump presidency and his time in congress. p.m., the portrait unveiling of outgoing senate minority leader harry reid, democrat of nevada. speakers include hillary clinton, vice president joe biden, and charles schumer. sunday at 12:30 p.m. eastern, retiring member of congress, representative charles wrangle of new york. two: 10:00 p.m., from the shakespeare theatre, we take you to the romeo and juliet wrongful death mock trial where justice judge.erves as presiding 6:30 p.m., the career of vice president-elect mike pence and his new role here and watch on c-span and c-span.org, and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> ben and jerry's cofounder talking about the origins of his vermont-based company and its socially responsible mission. he was ke