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i'll talk to susan rice. >>> eyaufrnga's new role. her move to washington almost as highly anticipated as her father's. tonight her brothers talk to cnn about what she may accomplish. will the first daughter also be the president-elect's closest adviser. >>> peace broker. trump heaps praise on jared kushner saying he can succeed in negotiating peace deal. why does he believe jared kushner can bring them together when so many others have failed? i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with just four days to go until he becomes president, donald trump is giving a thumbs-up but not responding to questions about the multiple controversies he has provoked in interviews and twitter attacks over the past few days. after meeting with the president-elect today, martin luther king's son defended congressman john lewis, who trump attacked over the weekend as, quote, all talk, talk, talk, and no action, but also said he had a productive meeting with trump about voting rights. at the same time he is taking on domestic policy. trump

susan rice, president obama's national security adviser was shocked at trump's decision and she tweeteder feelings about all of this. rice saying, "this is stone cold crazy after a week of crazy who needs military advice or intel to make policy on isil, syria, afghanistan, dprk." take a listen to how trump press secretary sean spicer responded to her tweet this morning on abc. >> with all due respect, i think ambassador rice might want to wait and see how we handle this. so far they have an expert team of folks that have come in to understand the intelligence systems and how modernize -- >> streamlined without the chairman and without dni. >> we have an unbelievable group of folks that are part of nsc. the president gets plenty of information from the joint chiefs of staff. he gets briefed by the secretary of defense. what they have done is modernize the national security council so that it is less bureaucrat and more focused on providing the president with the intelligence he needs -- >> and steve bannon? what does he provide? >> a former naval officer. tremendous understanding of the

i asked susan rice about trump and russia. let's talk about russia. donald trump seems to have a very different view about russia, about vladimir putin. is russia a friend? an ally? or an adversary? >> it's more of an adversary than a friend and certainly not an ally. we found that it's possible on some issues where our interests overlap to work constructively with russia as we did on the iran deal for example or the new s.t.a.r.t. treat y russia's behavior is aggressive its annexation of crimea and invasion of ukraine and horrific involvement in the civil war in syria on the side of assad, where it has been responsible for mass atrocities. so russia's behavior has become more problematic. it has threatened our partners and friends in europe and around the world, and so it's very important that the united states stand very firmly against russia, when it is aggressive, and acting in ways that are adverse to our interests. >> donald trump has actually said that being a friend of vladimir putin's could be an asset. >> we have one government at a time, an

susan rice and michael flynn, they have sat down four times now. what is the purpose of those nominations? what are they talking about? about they are talking priorities the obama administration focused on. general concerns about running an agency. they will have to oversee thousands of people in a variety of different jobs. at the very least, the current appointee can help out the incoming appointee to understand just exactly what the getting into. host: when did the work begin for a transition? the electionfter was overcome a you had these so-called landing teams from the going toadministration each of these federal agencies. this: the preparation for started about a year ago. --hink it was generate 20th , agencies began to put together their briefing books. huge binders of all the n different o programs. members will work with the transition team members at that agency and they will pass on information. they will be the ones in charge of getting that information and starting to understand it. host: nicole ogrysko

i talked to susan rice for more than an hour yesterday.hip is with china and if in fact president-elect trump breaks the policy it would break decades of diplomatic norms. >> donald trump is talking about taking a new look at the one china policy. do you think it's a wise thing to do? >> i don't. the one china policy has served the united states, taiwan, and china well, and it has been a foundational element of the u.s./china relationship since normalization back in 1979. we are a friend and partner of taiwan. we adhere to the taiwan relationsing at. we provide defense equipment and support to taiwan. and that has served taiwan and the united states well. but to abrogate the one china policy or to bring it into ancillary negotiations say on an economic or trade issue i think would be a grave mistake and with whom we have managed to forge a far more pragmatic and effective relationship where we cooperate in a far wider range of areas than ever before, whether it's climate change or peace keeping or global health or nonproliferation and we m

that comes from susan rice, so perhaps david gergen, back with me now, that may not be a surprise thatement there. she said this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy, who needs military advice or intel to make policy on isil, syria, afghanistan or north korea. she's referring to the re mooufl of the dni, the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the joint chief of staff. what do you think about what has happened, about this move and then let's talk about the tweet. what do you think about this reorganization? >> well, i think you have to make careful distinctions here, it has been true for a number of years that someone from the domestic side of the white house has become a principle in the international counsel. >> steven bannon, the president's top adviser now becoming a principle in this committee. >> right. he's now becoming a principle, david axelrod serve nd that role during the obama administration. karl rove had that position in the bush administration. w administration and for a period of time, in the clinton administration, i was a principle. in the nati

former national security adviser susan rice called another executive action signed by president trumpekend "stone cold crazy." the president added white house chief strategist steve bannon to the national security council, removing the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. on abc's "this week" the white house press secretary said the move makes the council less bureaucratic and more focused on providing president trump with the intelligence he needs. >> and steve bannon? what does he provide? >> he's a former naval officer. he's got a tremendous understanding of the world and the geopolitical landscape that we have now. >> and so he's giving military advice -- >> no, it's not giving advice. part of this is analysis. the data comes in. and how we synthesize that data to make the best decisions for our country is something that's not just about intelligence. it's about the intelligence that comes in and the analysis that comes out of that. >> spicer said susan rice's comments were inappropriate from a former ambassador. >>> good news to report.

i will talk to his secretary of state john kerry and his national security adviser susan rice about thelationships with leaders around the world, his crisis management skills and what he's really like behind closed doors. >>> i traveled to washington, d.c. in november to interview secretary of state john kerry. they had their fair share of crises to confront. so, what is the president like under pressure? you've seen a lot of presidents. what are the qualities that distinguish president obama in handling a crisis? what do you think of when you think of how he handles foreign policy and particularly crises? >> well, i think the president approaches all of these choices that come with any crisis with a terrific sense of calm. of just direction. he's a tough questioner. he gets out the nub of what the stakes may be, but also what all the downstream implications may be, things others may not have thought through completely. i found him to be a very thoughtful, tough questioner of the people around him who are supposed to be making, you know, coming up with policy suggestions. i also find hi

former national security adviser susan rice tweeting this morning, this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy. who needs military advice or intell to make policy on isil, syria, afghanistan, dprk adding chairman of joint chiefs and dni treated as after-thoughts in cabinet level principals meeting and where is the cia? cut out of everything and retweeted this. trump loves and trusts the military so much he just kicked them out of the national security council and put in a nazi in their place. >> that's clearly inappropriate language from a former ambassador. look -- >> stone cold crazy. >> the comments that she made, look, the reality is that general flynn, former head of the defense intelligence agency brought significant reforms to the nsc and homeland security council headed by tom bostert. he is an expert if all of this area. we are instilling reforms to make sure we streamline the process for the president to make decisions on key important intelligence matters. you've got a leader in general flynn who understands the intelligence process and the reforms needed proba

susan rice shocked at trump's zig, tweeting this. quote, this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy. who needs mill ta advice or intel to make policy on isil, syria, afghanistan or dprk, korea, let's go to ryan noble, cnn washington correspondent. >> yeah, that's right. essentially what we're talking about is the principles committee, a permanent group of members of this national security council that brief the president on important matters related to national security and intelligence. it's this group that usually only meets when the president is present, but according to this new memo, the make up of the group is going to change a little. of that group, but they will be be -- from time to time and -- the addition of steve bannon, who is the president's chief strategist and senior counselor, he is not a military expert, all though he did serve in the navy more of a political strategist and that has some here in washington very concerned. the it's not just democrats. it's republicans as well. listen to what john mccain had to say about move this morning on cbs

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. >> susan rice, national security advisor, told me this week it would cause a real negative reactionm some key allies, including friends of israel like jordan, and egypt, for example, if the israelis, if the u.s. were to do so. >> unfortunately i think our frnds in jordan and saudi arabia are more focused with dealing with the fall outs susan rice helped craft with obama than they are where the embassy is in israel. >> i know they're upset with iran if you want to add that to the equation. >>> let's move on and talk about the decision to repeal and replace obamacare, the affordable care act. do you understand, does the president-elect really have a plan in place right now to repeal it and replace it with something specific almost simultaneously as he says? do you understand how he's planning to do that? >> i don't know if he actually has legislative text he wants to submit to committees and congress to have a vote on t but i have a good idea he wants to take it and the direction we want to take it. look, obamacare has failed in many ways. premiums are up, deductibles are up, it's not

it's not just susan rice, robert gates came out and said something.t gates, who the white house has been touting this is the guy who has given the seal of approval to rex tillerson, robert gates has said this isn't kosher. >> a friend of mine said to me the other day do you think mike pence has a chance to be the most powerful vice president in history and i said in less than two weeks steve bannon is the most powerful vice president in history. when you have dick cheney making comments about the travel ban, you know where we are with this thing. bannon has become more than the chief head banger in this administration. he's obviously an influential guy. it's not just the media. guys like bannon have come after this profession for a long time, but he seems to hate everything and everybody who doesn't look at the world the way he does. >> many are saying steve bannon is the puppet master inside the white house, but sean spicer said that's not the case, david axlerod was part of many of these kinds of meetings. >> there's two things going on here that we

downgraded the role of the chairman of joint chiefs and director of national intelligence, a move susan rice called "stone-cold crazy," questioning the restructuring in several online posts, senator john mccain also voicing his strong concerns. >> the appointment of mr. bannon is something which is a radical departure from any national security council in history. >> and on the diplomatic front the president also engaged in talks with many world leaders for the very first time. speaking to russian president vladimir putin, the white house said the hour-long conversation did not include any discussion of sanctions. chancellor angela merkel, accepting her invitation to attend the g20 summit in germany later this year. also on the call list, the leaders in saudi arabia, united aaron emirates, south korea, australia, france, and japan's shinzo abe, who president trump invited to the white house next month. >>> this morning a new miss universe begins her reign. >> here we go. the new miss universe is -- france! >> the 24-year-old dental student from paris beat out 85 hopefuls to take the crown. e

. >> rose: susan rice for the hour, next. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: several days and counting for you as the national security advisor to the president of the united states. are you ready to leave? >> very mixed feelings, charlie. it's been an extraordinary privilege to serve our country again and serve particularly under this president. i love the work that i do. i love the team that i work with. so i will be very sorry to leave that. on the other hand, after eight years either as national security advisor or u.n. ambassador and, frankly, two years prior to that supporting president obama's election, ten years intensity working on some of the most intractable and challenging problems, there is a real part of me that's looking forward to getting a rest. >> rose: what have you learned close to power, the national security advisor, the person who pr

. >>> susan rice, president obama's national security advisor, also the former ambassador to the unitedions. she just sat down with andrea mitchell, talked about president-elect trump and russia. >> russia has been sanctioned now by this white house for trying to interfere with the u.s. election. on the side of donald trump, against hillary clinton, expelling 35 diplomats, yet vladimir putin responded by not only not retaliating, but inviting american diplomatic children to moscow far christmas party. what's the deal there? i've never in all of these years seen alleged spies expelled and no retaliation from the other side. >> well, andrea, as you'll recall, it was much more than expelling 35 spies. it was also shutting some of their facilities here in the united states, sanctioning the russian military intelligence unit and other elements of the russian intelligence agencies. it will responsible for this and the individuals behind it. it was also putting out great detail the forensics behind the attacks and how they conducted them. and then has been said, there are things that the ameri

. >> the former national security adviser, susan rice, calls it "stone cold crazy."n's jim sciutto joins us with more. what could we actually know? >> reporter: one, it's not just susan rice, who of course worked for a democratic administration, but bob gates, who worked for both bush and obama, called it a big mistake. you have the elevation of steve bannon who is a strategist to the president, not senate confirmed, a political adviser, really, being added to a principals committee meeting that under both george w. bush, under obama, under previous presidents, those kinds of advisers have been intentionally excluded to make it just national security and intelligence voices, so those decisions, for instance, there was not a karl rove on george w. bush's principals committee, there was not a valerie jarrett on president obama's for that reason, keep it not political, make it intelligence and military. so that's one thing, his elevation. the other thing is not so much the demotion but perhaps the selective exclusion of the director of national intelligence and the chai

two, national security council under susan rice actually for the first time really since brent scowcroft said, let's look at what is the right size of this organization. they have taken a very serious look at how many people do they need. and they cut the staff quite dramatically, particularly on the policy side. so it is now under the soon-to-be mandated 200 policy professional staff. they have also tried to figure out how to streamline the process by which decisions are made including principle meetings and deputy meetings which were overtaking the day-to-day responsibilities of principals and deputies around the departments. third point, just to echo matt's last point, the more people you have, the more busy they will be on issues they shouldn't be busy on and, you know, the core thought that everybody should wake up with from the national security advisor until the lowest policy person is, that is what i am concerned about, something the president ought to be or is interested in. the answer is no, then don't worry about it. let somebody else figure it out. you have an entire bureaucr

susan rice wrote, this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy. who needs military advice on intel to make policy on isil, syria, afghanistan or dprik? some republicans are sharing her concern. >> i am worried about the national security council, who are the members of it and who are the permanent members? appointing mr. bannon is a radical departure from any national security council in history. remember karl rove when he sat in on one? and axelrod when he was supposedly -- look, that is role of the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff that has been diminished i understand within this organization. one person indispensable is the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in my view. >> the director of central intelligence and the dmi and the chair of the joint chiefs of staff. i think pushing them out of the national security council meetings, except when their specific issues are at stake, is a big mistake. >> well, what they have done is modernized the national security council so that it is less bureaucratic and more focused on providing the pres

national cable satellite corp. 2017] [applause] >> at that same event, national security advisor susan rice talked about the foreign security accomplishments under the obama administration and lieutenant general michael flynn outlined security challenges and priorities. >> ambassador rice is our 34th ambassador. she served on the clinton administration and as assistant secretary of state for african affairs. before her current position she was the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. please welcome ambassador rice to the podium. [applause] ambassador rice: good morning, everyone. i think it is still mourning. almost. , and, steve, thank you so much. nice to beit's reminded that there is life after being national security advisor. i also want to thank the u.s. institute for peace for inviting me, and more importantly for the incredible work that we do. it's always good to so -- to see so many great friends and colleagues and i want to welcome my successor, lieutenant general michael flynn, not only to this conference, but to his new position. mike, i imagine you will soon appreciate why in

it may well be that susan rice didn't know that her statements were lies. and if she didn't know, they aren't lies. but just falsehoods. we don't know. but it's an interesting representation. and it still brings us back to the fact that in certain countries in the world, we don't have adequate information to check individuals coming in against. d when the f.b.i. director says, no how much his credibility may have been harmed last summer when he came out and made a totally political move that hillary clinton basically committed a crime, but no reasonable prosecutor would pursue this, that's my interpretation of what he said basically and those who have prosecuted -- i have prosecuted, you know, there were a lot of prosecutors. but he made the statement and so i figured that was pretty political. but despite that, when he says, you know, look, we had some information from some of these countries we got from their governments so when we see their passport, we see this information, we can check it against their government's records. what do you have on this per

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susan rice was stunned. this is stone cold crazy after a week of crazy.ho needs military advice or intel to make policy on isil or syria? or sean spicer called the comments inappropriate language from a former ambassador. >>> a raid in al qaeda in yemen resulted in the first deaths for u.s. members under president trump. we are told 14 al qaeda members were killed. three described as senior leaders. the u.s. defense commission says it was authorized by the president. donald trump said the raid yielded important intelligence. >>> global stock markets reacting. slumping as investors weigh the impact on the president's travel ban. will the concerns hit wall street? we have a check on cnn money stream next. >>> president trump spent a good part of the weekend working the phones. he talked to saudi king salman. they agreed to protect refugees with safe zones, but no mention of the refugees by the saudis. then there was the anticipated conversation with president trump and the russian president vladimir putin. what was said? how did they get along and most impo

the obama administration, a short time ago president obama's former national security adviser, susan rice, tweeted this overnight, saying "this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy, who needs military advice or intel to make policy on isil. syria. afghanistan. dprk?" we expect more protests to pop up nationwide today, all in opposition to president trump's executive order temporarily banning immigrants coming in from seven majority muslim countries. nbc's sarah dallof is at one of the nation's busiest airports in atlanta, where 11 travelers were detained last night. brief us on the update of their status or any other people that have been detained and also about the protests today. >> reporter: well, hi there, thomas. according to atlanta's mayor, all 11 of those detained travelers have been cleared today after they were held for hours yesterday. now that group includes a grandmother in her 70s and a family of three, legal residents, green card holders, who were returning from seeing their family in iran. now, they were held in question, that family was, for about six hours yesterda

beginning, something that as the president has said and i have acknowledged, john kerry has said and susan ricemething look for options and outcomes every day. but, what we also know is that the question of whether the got more deeply involved militarily. as being the best possible outcome. charlie: the president has spoken, i remember at the time of the afghan surge, he was certain, he was searching for alternatives at that time and het like it was said that was perplexed by not having more options. true or not true? denis: i think that's true. charlie: here you have a situation that it's either 100,000 plus troops or what? ?as there no alternative you clearly searched hard. you understood what was happening on the ground. you understood the united states was the most powerful country in the world. was it only the fact that you didn't think you could make a difference that you didn't do more? denis: first question is what was the objective? the first objective was stopping the use of the chemical weapons arsenal. charlie: and we achieved that. denis: the question often debated is whether we sh

susan rice took the team to task on twitter describing the move as she says quote stone cold crazy. >>> stone cold crazy has the trump stock market turned cold. will we see more losses today? does the chaos over travel de y delays overshadow the rally? more next. >>> welcome back to "early start." i'm george howell. the controversial refugee and travel ban struck a nerve with many americans, but gained share of supporters. we get more now from martin savidge in atlanta. >> reporter: good morning. i spoke to several people most support donald trump on the immigration executive order. among them were two immigrants. they all stressed one point. that is national security and immigration in our modern and troubled world go hand-in-hand. donald trump is carrying out his responsibility to the american people. >> how can you agree with our president that so many people are left at the airports? i'm saying there is a human side of it, which i think we could have done differently. but the intent, i think the intent is right. >> i walked the same street in nice where the truck ran over those pe

remember, national security advisor susan rice, just one scandal. >> what sparked violence was airingternet of a hateful video that has offended many people. liz: with me now, judicial watch president tom, -- judicial watch has sued government many times over scandal, first the ones that did not get brought up, benghazi. and nsa surveillance, and money for iran an hostages. >> she is dishonest or dilllusional. i think this is a swipe at trump. suggesting he has something to be personally embarrassed about. i have no doubt that president is not embarrassed by those scandals, but they are scandal, government prescriptioprup corruption at forefront of america's concerns. a big reason is because of what president obama was doing withs irs abuses and benghazi and "fast and furious," which is still a major, with americans. this is nick ownian in -- nixonian in terms of scandal he has been involved? liz: new york times have picked up on too, president obama, they called him tourist in chief, he has done more than any other. some say, than any other president, his personal bucket list or tour

susan rice and michael flynn, they have sat down four times now.hat is the purpose of those nominations? what are they talking about? about they are talking priorities the obama administration focused on. general concerns about running an agency. they will have to oversee thousands of people in a variety of different jobs. at the very least, the current appointee can help out the incoming appointee to understand just exactly what the getting into. host: when did the work begin for a transition? the electionfter was overcome a you had these so-called landing teams from the going toadministration each of these federal agencies. this: the preparation for started about a year ago. --hink it was generate 20th , agencies began to put together their briefing books. huge binders of all the n different o programs. members will work with the transition team members at that agency and they will pass on information. they will be the ones in charge of getting that information and starting to understand it. , thank youe ogrysko for explaining all that. we apprec

charlie: president obama tom donlon and then susan rice. michael: yes.harlie: now it is michael flynn. michael: i don't think he compares. charlie: because? michael: i don't think mike is a strategic thinker. mike was a really and tactical intelligence officer. charlie: what does that mean? michael: mike worked for standard crystal -- stanley crystal in iraq thing together to go afterckages individuals every night. literally, multiple individuals every night. he was masterful at that. that's a very tactical job. he was very good at that. strategically, i don't think he compares to condoleezza rice. charlie: washington gossip is mike flynn has lost some of his -- underlying washington gossip, i'm not sure anyone in the administration has said this off the record manner that the reason steve bannon, a political advisor and seemsgist and someone who to be inside donald trump's had and crucial to him -- he made him president or chairman of the campaign and kellyanne conway became manager of the campaign and has been put on the principals committee. resistanc

let's look at what susan rice was saying on twitter yesterday. really quite angry tweets. erything. it's not just susan right from the obama administration and served both bush and obama saying this is as well and keep in mind those are people that sat in on those meetings in trying times for this country alarmed by the changes. >> let's talk about who has sat in on those meetings because it's been pointed out that he played the role of steve bannon was not in there so how unusual is this for a political advisor to have a seat there. >> they weren't there today and looking back to george w. bush that was a constant decision not to have a political advisor on the national security council meeting so there's no question that that is unusual. and james clapper i know he had a seat every time in those principle meetings so that's different. now to be clear i have spoken to others and spoken to people in the cia for instance that said that while they won't have that regular seat that they're not being excluded. they don't feel they're being excluded. they feel that when they hav

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the former national security advisor, susan rice, tweeting "this is stone cold crazy after a week ofrazy, who needs military advice or intel to make policy on iso, syria, afghanistan, north korea? "back with a panel. she is referencing the chairman of the joint chiefs and the director of national intelligence technically not listed there, but they are according to the white house welcome at any meeting. they may just not be a part of different topics on homeland security, et cetera. >> i think at first blocked, this story was deeply concerning on a few different levels. sean spicer came out today. i think he was a necessarily superfluid at the podium. but he came out with three documents. he held them up for the cameras. he said, here is the one document under bush, the '09 document under obama. these are virtually identical. a tiny handful of words that aren't all that significant. he said this freak out i'm expecting is overblown. i think he made a pretty good case on this front. but on the band in question, why was steve bannon, the political figure, not just allowed into the room

national security adviser susan rice says that would be a terrible idea. >> to scrap it when it's workingtside of the bounds of what is an international agreement so it's a win/win for iran. our allies and partners are furious at the united states and their nuclear program can proceed unabated. it doesn't serve our interests. >>> next up, my thoughts on the legacy of barack obama. ♪ ♪ >>> in may 2010, "time" magazine tells us barack obama invited a group of america's most distinguished presidential historians to dinner at the white house. he was searching for ideas, examples and lessons from his predecessors. but as the conversation progressed, "time" reported it became clear to several in the room that obama was most interested in the accomplishments of ronald reagan. reagan on first glance was an unlikely role model. an arch-conservative, actor turned politician, better known for his anecdotes in humor than analysis and intellect, but obama saw that reagan had been a transformational president. >> go forward, america, reach for the stars. >> someone who, as he said while campaigning in

the cia, led by one of my mentors, david petraeus, provided the talking points that poor susan rice was inflicted with. hillary clinton had absolutely nothing -- the state department security service had absolutely nothing to do with benghazi. i've written this like three times. and yet this myth is perpetuated. and i, you know, i guess this is a depressing way to end this, but this is what i'm most scared about. i'm most scared about the fate of the truth. and, you know, i can criticize hillary about an awful lot of things and an awful lot of policies, but the idea that someone could have that happen to them in this country where you are accused of murdering people and you had nothing to do with it and the press doesn't call you, call those people on it is, to me, the most terrifying thing out there right now. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you all very much. i'll be signing books out back. >> me too. >> you too? >> yeah. >> we'll both be signing books out back. >> okay. we have book signings. we have joe klein, daniel menninger and rachel pushner out here in the lobby si

instead, he's thought of as more of a political expert and stat gist and susan rice, who was of coursenational security adviser herself in the obama white house, she really went off on the trump administration for this decision to add bannon to the permanent committee. let me show you what she said on twirt. she said, quote, this is stone cold crazy. after a week of crazy, who needs military advise or intel to make and also critical of the fact which outline is how the permanent committee will work in the national security counsel allows for president trump to not be in attendance and for mike pence to take his place and rice said in another tweet that that never happened in the obama white house. she said pence may share meetings in lieu of potus and that never happened under obama. so this is shaking things up, but it's important to keep in mind this national security counsel is president trump's counsel and he can set it up any way he chooses. >> so, some will point out that david axelrod occasionally was in this meeting, although he wasn't i guess a regular sitting member as wer go

in terms of policy staff, as you have written the national security council under susan rice has for the first time really said let's look at what the right size of the organization. they've taken a serious look at how many people they need and have cut the staff quite dramatically particularly on the policy side. so it is now under the mandate of 200 policy professional staff. they've also tried to figure out how to streamline the process by which decisions are made including principal meetings and deputy meetings that were overtaking the day-to-day responsibilities principles and deputies from the department. the third point to echo the last point is that the more people you have the more busy they will be on issues they shouldn't be busy on. and the core thought that everybody should wake up from the national security advisor into the lowest policy person that is what i'm concerned about, something the president ought to be reason interested inches if if the answer is no then don't worry about it. you have an entire bureaucracy that exists for the very purpose of worrying about th

. >> the white house took strong exception to susan rice's language there, saying this re-organizationstreamlining the intelligence process to help the president make key decisions. they also say they're fortunate to have, in general mike flynn, an experienced hand to lead the national security council. david wright, abc news, the white house. >>> critics say the executive order is unconstitutional and discriminatory against muslims. protesters celebrated as the aclu won a temporary injunction against part of the ban. a federal judge in new york temporarily blocked the government from deporting people with visas who arrived after the ban took effect, saying it would likely violate their legal rights. and a federal judge in los angeles ordered the return of an iranian man, who was sent back to tehran when he arrived at lax to see his son and wife. >> world leaders are weighing in on the travel ban. the prime minister of britain making it known they disagree with the approach and will not be following along. germany's angela merkel, reportedly reminding the president during a tense phone

two, in terms of policy staff, as you have written, karen, the national security council under susan rice has actually for the first time really since brent scowcroft said, let look at what is the right size of this organization and have taken a very serious look how many people they have no and have cut the staff dramatically, particularly on the policy side. so it's now under the soon to be mandate of 200 policy professional staff. they've also tried to furring out how to streamline the process by which the decisions are made, including the plant principals meeseing and dep -- meet examination the dep tide. third point to echo mac's last point can the more people you have, the more busy they will be on issues they shouldn't be busy on. and the core thought that everybody should wake up from the national security adviser until the lowest policy person is what i am concern about something the president ought to be or is interested in? the answer is, no. then don't worry about it. let somebody else figure it out. you have byron bureaucracy that wores about what president shouldn't worry ab

two, in terms of policy staff, as you written, the national security council under susan rice has forhe first time sense brent, said let's look at what's right size of this originals. has have taken a look at how many people they need and have cut staff dramatically particularly on the policy side. it's now under the soon to be mandate of two hundred policy professional staff. they have tried to figure out how to streamline the process by which decisions are made including the principals meeting which were over taking the day-to-day responsibilities of principles and deputy around the department. third point, just to echo max last point, the more busy you have on and the core thought that everybody should wake up with from the national security adviser to the lowest policy person is is what i am concerned about something the president ought to be or is interested in. don't worry about it if the answer is no. you have a entire bureaucracy that exist to worry about what the president should worry about. staff should worry about the things that president is or should be underscore should