simone sanders, and julian zell zer. princeton university his for onand lonnie chen former public policy direct for a for mitt romney, who did not vote for donald trump. and aegean hussein. thank you very much for being with me. anusha, let me begin with you. you have written extensively about that. you have said publicly you are not pleased at all with the election of donald trump. however, you also said, this is our president. we have to come together and hope basically that some of the policies and the things that he said, especially about muslims living in america, don't come to true i go. what do you want to see play out as we see many displeased americans taking to the streets tonight? >> i want to see donald trump reassure us. i mean, he it's a terrifying time to be a muslim american. not just to be a muslim american, i think just to be a minority in, he ma. seeing images of these protests poppy i relate, i reality to the latinos, i relate to the blacks, i rel to the lgbt youth who are out on the street. i relate

simone sanders, former press secretary for bernie sanders. eugene, let's start with you. i was sort of arguing with some people about this year. before these overnight pictures and we were talking about schools where kids were leaving school. i was wondering would there have been protests no matter who was the president? this is such a divided country? >> i think so. if we remember just last week we were promised a reaction from trump supporters who would have been dissatisfied with the result if he did not win. i was talking to voters in arizona who this may have been their first election. they were emotional and hurt and taken aback by this change, and they are responding much the same way as in iowa. but i also spoke with black americans, baby boomers who know what it's like to be under leadership that's in line with their views. they were hopeful. >> you can take 2016 as the year of the herd. in some ways the people feel like their wants and needs are not being heard. the results of this entire election you could argue were a lot of white noncollege educated voters in

simone sanders, a cnn politic commentator who now supports hillary clinton. cnn political commentator alice stewart, she is voting for trump. and brian stelter is with us, host of "reliable sources qus, also lonnie chen, a republican who is not voting for trump. thank you guys informing about here. alice, let me begin with you. five states. trump clearly showing his stamina. hillary clinton as well. three states. what do you make of trump's strategy any mean, you were running the ship for ted cruz. he has been in these final days making this push into michigan, into minnesota which hasn't gone red since '72. do you see this as okay, there is internal polling that shows he can crack the blue wall or it is a hail mary. >> from my understanding, their internal polling is showing there is room to make headway in some of the states. unfortunately they ran out of da daylight so they had to stop. but there are polling is showing they could make up headway there. that's what happens, you go by the polling and how does it -- where can you see you can pick thing up. cl

simone sanders, there have been a lot of alt-right types who are going to d.c. and do believe this is their opportunity to be more relevant. what do you make of that? >> you know, i think that, for that particular reason, chris, is why we need to hear donald trump specifically say i disavow white supremacy. it has no place in our culture. he needs to say these things specifically. he has said i disavow, i condemn. what do you disavow and condemn? we never heard donald trump say those words. particularly, that's my issue that i have with it. i think that's why you've seen a rise, if you will, in these hate crimes and hate groups. they have not been specifically addressed. i want donald trump to specifically address the white supremacists. the hate crimes and these neo-nazis that we see out there. >> m.k., one thing we often laer hear in rebuttal, i see that to be a very cheap ploy to avoid this situation. what is your take on that? is that the ultimate test of whether or not trump does the right thing? whether or not he's a racist or bigot as long as he can say n

with us simone sanders and andre bauer. andre is the former lieutenant governor of south carolina. he supports donald trump. thank you for being here. it's not late. it only 1:00 in the morning. >> just a little early. >> andre, let me begin with you. case closed with the fbi. we know that. that's indisputable. in new hampshire on friday, the fbi said the agency, their investigation is likely to yield an indictment. he also previously said this is bigger than watergate. that's just not the case. there were no facts to prove it then. and there certainly aren't now. as a trump supporter, are you comfortable with him doing that? >> well, there are actually fact. >> not to support an indictment. and not to support its bigger than watergate. and those are his words. >> well, and a lot of folks, including myself feel that there are. when you examine the case, and wire not going to reexamine it. >> that's not how the justice worms. >> you have a department of justice system that has over 228 people donate to hillary clinton. two of them have donated to donald trump. so you got a system --

our host of reliable sources with with us antsz simone sanders and press secretary for bernie sanderslet us dive in to see bannon first. he's the won getting a lot of attention tonight over reince priebus. this is a surprise announcement to name two men as equals. this is a controversial pick. why? >> uniquely controversial. a lot of our viewers at home, this is frightening to themg. i think we should knowledge this. this may feel like a national emergency. why? steve bannon has been described as a white supreme assist. these are not random people saying this. these are people like anna navarro. his ex-wife alleged that he said he did not like jews. he denied that. there are friends of his who say they have known him for years and have never heard a racist word or action from his mouth. all that said, bannon is uniquely controversial. john weaver saying the racist, facist extreme right is represented footsteps from the oval office. >> why do you disagree? >> when somebody quotes an ex-spouse, i think it's worth responded to. ex-spouses rarely say complimentary things. >> even if you w

my panel this time around is cnn commentator simone sanders and served as the sanders campaign press cretary. robert jones joins us. welcome to both of you. thank you for coming on. simone, break it down for us. what happens on the hill between now and that vote on friday? >> democrats are coming back. they'll be trickling in tomorrow. will be some lobbying going on. just recently we have seen that congresswoman marsha fudge who is the former chair of the congressional black caucus and congresswoman from ohio just came out for congressman ryan in this fight for the leader of the democratic caucus. there will be folks lobbying. nancy pelosi will be suring up her side. wednesday there will be a vote. i think nancy pelosi will hold on to the minority leadership but not without a fight. >> that fight is coming from her challenger tim ryan of ohio. let's listen to what he said. >> i want to ask the question to my colleagues, how many seats do we have to lose before we make a change. we have lost 68 seats since 2010. is it 80 seats? is it 90 seats? what's the number that forces us to do thi

simone sanders, tom lo bianco, thanks so much. >>> those in new mexico don't know if pat mccrory willrth carolina voters are still waiting to find out who won the race for governor. you got republican governor pat mckrorry is not conceding, despite trailing challenger roy cooper by several votes. >> suzanne malveaux has detailed. >> reporter: republicans are now filing challenges not just to just a dozen counties but now 50 counties that is half the number of counties in this state. governor mckrorry says he knows of instances where ballots were cast by dead people, felons and those who voted twice. democrats say he is just getting desperate. >> i love this country. >> reporter: north carolina delivered donald trump an easy victory over hillary clinton on election night. but left its republican governor in limbo. >> we're going to fight for every vote. >> reporter: his democratic opponent eked out 5,000 more votes than he. just one tenth of one percent ahead. the race was declared too close to call, but the democrat cooper announced himself as the winner. >> because of your hard work,

week and here to discuss, former republican congressman, former senior advisor to trump campaign, simon sanders, and psychologist wendy's walsh. thank you, let's discuss and hopefully we can have a conversation to help people get through this. so, wendy, why do you think people feel emboldened in some instances to commit these acts? explain what is at play here. >> well, i think two things. social media has made this safe space for people to express things that are completely disrespectful, and in many ways egregious. and so they've now become accustomed to being trolls on line and so they figure they can do it in real life, but don you have to remember that all anger is a mask for fear and there's great deal of fear on both sides right now, whether it's fear that somebody you don't trust has their hands on the nuclear codes or whether there's been fear there's been so much social change, transrights, gay rights, the black lives matter movement. there's fear. if we can get past the fear and understand that we need to get along with our brothers and sisters here, we're one country and we're all

taking aim at donald trump using his own words back with me now van jones, kayleigh mcenany, simone sandersjack kingston. van jones you were making a point because jack kingston was saying basically the next person if it's donald trump, would have a magic wand or wizard and is what's going to fix everything. so what was your response? >> look, i mean i admire all the trump surrogates for trying to make this case and they have a case to make in that there is a bunch of discontent in the country. it is in fact the case, and i think there has been a bipartisan failure at the top of the both parties that has let a lot of people down on trade, on these dumb wars, on prisons, too many prisons, deregulating the banks. all that stuff is true. the problem is that at the end of the day you can't just have a message, you have to have a mesz ed messenger, and where donald trump has let himself and his own party down he's just now figured out after 18 months that if he can just read the teleprompter and not shoot himself in the face, it might help his campaign that. is not a lesson that should be hard t

very supportive of donald trump and simone sanders, cnn political commentator, supported hillary clintond was national press secretary for the bernie sanders campaign. great to see you both. another interesting moment dovetailing off of what you saw dave chappelle talking about is during the "60 minutes" interview, donald trump was asked about racist incidents that have popped up since his election and here's his message. i want you to listen to this, then we will react. >> do you want to say anything to those people? >> i would say don't do it. that's terrible. because i'm going to bring this country together. >> they are harassing latinos, muslims -- >> i am so saddened to hear that and i say stop it. if it helps, i will say this, and i will say it right to the camera, stop it. >> simone, your take on that? very clear message from donald trump to his supporters. >> you know, i need donald trump to put some action behind those words. i remember during the primary where our campaign, the bern saunders campaign, talked about how hillary clinton talked to wall street and told them to stop

commentator and mitt romney's former public policy director, lahnee chen, hillary clinton supporter simone sanders, donald trump supporter carl higbee and joshua green. guys, thanks so much for being here. first, to the big news we heard just off the top that jim sciutto was laying out for us. president obama, he speaking for the first time since the bomb shell letter went from fbi director james comey to members of congress, to key members of congress, about reviewing, reopening, taking a look at these e-mails as it relates to hillary clinton's e-mail investigation. jim put it really well. he said they have tried to walk a fine line. you could argue that president obama here crossed the line because he went from not commenting on any justice investigation to commenting. >> well, i don't know particularly what line he crossed. it seems pretty clear that the fbi, whether this is intended or not, is having a pretty meaningful and measurable effect on the election and the direction of helping donald trump. if you look at how the polls have closed in the past couple of weeks, how supporters of trump h

with me that discuss this extraordinary political day, simon sanders, ana navarro and kaleigh mcenanyiously we all want the nation to succeed. what do you think about the steve bannon pick? >> do you have a match somewhere so that i can set my hair on fire? look, i think -- >> you don't approve is i am guessing what that -- >> i don't approve and i suspect a lot of republicans in congress don't approve. it's a very important first sign of what kind of president donald trump is going to be when he takes over. and the chief of staff job is incredibly important. it sets the tone. it really is. >> what's wrong with mr. bannon? >> do you know steve bannon? what's wrong with him? okay. he is polarizing. he has been incredibly critical of so many republicans, even in congress. he has led breitbart news, which has been savage on folks. and i think it sends the message that he is not going to be a unifying president. it is his choice. right? chief of staff, white house staff don't have to go through confirmation. it's absolutely the president's choice. but if he chooses somebody of that ilk, i

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cnn political commentator simone sanders, press secretary for bernie 2016. steve cortes, julian zelizer and alice stewart, cnn political commentator and former ted cruz communications director. thank you for coming in on thanksgiving and being part of our panel. we really really appreciate it. julian, i want to start with you for context. i was just talking to jason carroll, is it significant that trump is skipping his top secret intel briefings? >> i think it is significant. obviously within the recent years where the story focuses on, he's receiving fewer briefings than before and we are talking about a president-elect who had much less experience in this realm than some of the others, both in government and obviously in national security. so given the kinds of challenges we face, this was one of the things his supporters and opponents were hoping for that there would be a lot of information coming his way. >> but couldn't the argument be made that he's president-elect, he's not president yet, he's busy putting people in his cabinet and making sure he buil

let's discuss now with cnn political commentator simone sanders.ood morning and happy thanksgiving. >> good morning. >> john, let me begin with you. let's throw up on the screen. multiple examples of potential conflicts of interest. he has more than 500 business interests and more than a dozen countries around the world. does this raise red flags for you? >> i'm worried about a million different things this morning. i'm worried my aunt is going to forget the pecanpie and i'm worried about e-cigarettes blowing up and this is one of the things that i'm not worried about. we still have two months to go before he puts his hand on the bible and takes over the country as president of the united states. >> what do you think he'll do between now and then? >> well, he's figuring out what everyone's role is going to be both within the administration and then i'm sure he is going to figure out what is going to happen with the company. at some point someone not named donald trump is going to be running that company. whoever it is running that company is not go

let's bring in cnn political commentator and former national press secretary for bernie sanders simone sanders editor for "the federalist," molly hemingway. thanks for being here. molly, let me start with you. from the names that have been floated so far for secretary of state, attorney general, for secretary of defense, for deputy chiefs of staph, are you okay with the number of women names that have been floated? >> i imagine that donald trump is looking to fill his cabinet with people who will advance his agenda. if we're speculating about the sex or sexual orientation or race of the makeup of that cabinet, to me that's much less interesting than the actual views of the people he's considering. take someone like richard, who's being considered for a u.n. post. it would be more interesting to talk about his foreign policy views, what he thinks about america's posture globally and the fact he worked for president bush and also mitt romney, suggesting some kind of continuation. to me, those are much more interesting questions than who he sleeps with. >> got you. so you want to get to the subst

cupp, john phillips and simone sanders. welcome to all of you. so i'm really excited to have this conversation because i do think this sort of conversation will be happening across the country at thanksgiving day tables everywhere. s.e., i just asked you about that. you have a rule already in place. >> not in my house. no. >> no talk? >> we just went through this really difficult, whatever side of the aisle you were on, whatever outcome you were hoping, this was difficult. this was tiresome. i would encourage other families to have those conversations at thanksgiving, just not my family. i need a break. >> that's not very courageous of you. >> it's not, but i need a pause. we are all still trying to unpack this and i just, i need my family thanksgiving to be a safe space. >> on the other hand, you force people to talk about this. >> i force everyone to talk about trump. i'm like talk to me about trump. i'm obsessed with it. i need an intervention, no doubt. it is shortening my life expectancy, this trump election. i thought we would be done with

former bernie sanders press secretary, simone with us. brian stelter with us. ell ellis hannigan.e, people don't get to hear our conversations during the breaks. but christine romans was wondering if you're going to campaign, what do you do now? people are voting, you worked for bernie sanders in the primaries. what is going on right now? >> you go vote. you take your candidate, the press, you vote. the candidate addresses the press, gives a little wave and it is great. sometimes they go to breakfast with family, friends, any special surrogates or notable celebrities in town. you hit the streets, probably a barber shop, a beauty shop, maybe outside of a school. not close to a polling place because you don't want to violate laws, and then you go away. so your candidate goes down for a bit of the day because he or she needs to prepare and get ready for the evening. but regardless whether you think you are going into the day winning or losing, you have to get out there today. you get out there and you just give it your all because this could be your last day as a candidate. >> what i

. >> i want to bring in symone sanders, a former bernie sanders campaign press secretary and clinton supporter. simone for joining us. good morning. >> good morning. >> you are watching these live pictures along with us. you know, we have a right to protest, but, you know, when you start destroying property, not the most productive way, many think, to express your views. what are your thoughts on what you are seeing? >> so, yes, i want to under score that pro testing is a vital part of the american fabric. we achieved this country via protest, and it was not necessarily a peaceful protest. so while i always call for peaceful protests, we all have to understand that there are people out there in america right now tonight or this morning, wherever they are, that do not feel peaceful. they feel like their lives are in danger, they feel threatened. we are in a new time really when you have steve bannon who has given a platform of alt-right being floated as chief of staff for the white house, for the people's house, you're going to see unrest. what you are seeing in the streets right now, what we're seeing

wanted to mention was that my favorite ad of the season was bernie sanders add, which i think going back to the reagan ad. the one with the simon and garfunkel background, very effective at. host: do you know the ad question mark -- add? yes, really effective. there are a number of ads that were not officially put out by the center's campaign that were made by individuals with editing software that went viral as well. in a lot of cases, we are starting to see the internet being able to democratize this kind of ad type message making. host: line for democrats, go ahead. i just wanted to bring up the clinton campaign ad that andrelated to the generals former bush advisers that were not supporting donald trump. i thought that was a powerful ad . i thought it was a bit reminiscent of the 1964 ad by the johnson campaign. i am familiar with the 60 -- and the ability of clinton to bring forth officers on her behalf. of course, we have also had trump bringing forth his former generals. some people are a little concerned about the extent to which we are seeing some politicization of military officers in this case. one more add that when

i want to mention my favorite ad of the season was bernie sanders ad, which i think harken back to the reagan ad, the one with the simonarfunkel background, very effective ad. host: patrick meirick, do you know the ad? guest: yeah, you know i do. really pretty effective. in fact, there were a number of ads not officially put out by the clinton campaign made by individuals with editing software that went viral, as well. and and in a lot of cases we're starting to see the internet be able to democratize this kind of ad type message making. host: to pat, baltimore, maryland, line for democrats. go ahead. caller: hi. i want to bring up the clinton campaign ad that was related to the generals and former bush advisors that were not supporting donald trump. i thought that was a powerful ad, a bit reminiscent of the 1964 ad by the johnson campaign, like confessions of a republican. people are concerned about the extent to which we are seeing po liticization of military officers in this case. host: for the viewers, one more ad went viral this cycle. an ad that contributed to a lot of attention being focused on this race, import