but what about trump? my guest is fred fleitz, a national security official in trump's first administration. from ukraine to the middle east to china, trump has had plenty to say, but what would he do? fred fleitz in washington, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me on. it's a great pleasure to talk to you. now, a momentous choice is now facing american voters, and it will have huge impacts right around the world. this is a time of grave instability in various different parts of the globe. why is it that foreign policy has barely featured in this us presidential campaign? well, i think it's played a larger role than maybe people are aware outside of the united states. americans perceive the world as much more unstable, much more unsafe than when donald trump left the oval office in january 2021. and i think that really hits home when it comes to our southern border. over 11 million illegal migrants have come into our country since january 2021, and this is becausejoe biden and kamala harris loosened

trump is. but matt gaetz is just simply unqualified , both academically, professionally , ethically. morley. he has no business being in this conversation. he doesn't have any leadership. in spite of the country, one thing he did he was famous for, he got in votes out of his own party, which was opposing kevin mccarthy. when he walked into the white house when i was in the warehouse, serious staffers had red flags. they look the other way and hope he wasn't there to visit them. this is just not a serious choice. this is a choice that is contemptuous. i think anyone who has served in the justice department historically, most of the people that are there today, deeply saddened by this. it diminishes the pride with which they associate themselves with the department of justice. hopefully this will be a chapter that passes quickly. hopefully it won't even get to a hearing. with regard to the discussion of recess appointments, i think the one thing that trump could have done that quashed his ability

>> i bet it wasn't donald trump. >> it wasn't donald trump, it was joe biden.are seeing this movement across the map. it's not just among latinos who are from, say, puerto rico, or cubans. it's across the map. it's across different parts of the latino electorate. donald trump simply put, doing better than he did four years ago. and you're making that comparison to four years ago. remember, eight years ago, latinos were one of the biggest trouble spots for donald trump against hillary clinton. miami- dade, he lost that by, what, 30 points, eight years ago. tonight, or last night, he carried miami-dade. we're just seeing this explosion of latino support for donald trump and the bottom line is, we've been talking about realignment, realignment, realignment among hispanics, definitely realignment. >> this is what realignment looks like. the definition of political realignment. harry enten, thanks very much. kasie, over to you. >> donald trump set to return to the white house with the support of a republican- controlled senate. control of the house is uncertain at t

one with trump in the end. i also recall just the fact that there is a lot of baggage there between them because of that 1st impeachment that trump went through over claims that he forced to. let's keep this type of pressure on that. let's keep to investigate hunter bite. and joe biden, son and his business in ukraine, so there is a kind of mounted decline there in terms of improving the kind of atmospherics between trump comp and ukraine. and we're seeing, let's keep trying to do that. and there is a hope that somehow you could just to your basic, throw all the kind of just pieces off of the board and offer some kind of new more unexpected approaches. maybe escalate help ukraine to put up the pressure on russian on the back of the feel that some see quite a kind of, you know, small hope for now. but so, you know, they're trying to look on the bright side that have a look. and so what do you create in think of a 2nd, trump presidency? here's what people in keith told us. the yeah, the actual send the don't. i t

so trump won the primary in their state. you go back to 2016 -- only about 60% of gop senators did trump win the primary caucus convention in their state. you go to 2024. look at this. 100%! 100%! trump won the primary convention caucus in all of their states. the bottom line is trump can't go too far. the gop loves donald trump, at least when it comes to the primaries and caucuses within their states. the gop senators have no real fear of facing any backlash from the voters. the other thing i will note is, for every single gop senator, except for susan collins, trump also won the general election in their state in 2024. >> he won the popular vote as well, so far as we can see. it's not just sort of the breadth, though. it's the depth of this. explain that. >> yeah, you know, so 100%. that's wide, right? but how deep does your love go? how deep is your love, as the bee gees once said. gop, who view trump very favorably. this is not just like, this is love. this is a segment about love. in november of 2016, 39% of republicans

so in that county, donald trump's overperforming 2020, donald trump, which is good news for the trump campaign. now you got to add them all up in the end. and again, the key for the democrats is here. i just want to check back on fulton county. still at 53%. there, 71% for the vice president. this one. still no math. cobb county, if that one stays red, donald trump's going to carry the state. but it's not. it's still very early in the count there. you come down to douglas county a moment ago. i was talking about rockdale county. this is one of the counties the harris campaign is tracking and saying, okay, this is good news for us. why do they say that? she's about 76% of the vote count in. she's at 66%. when you round that up. and joe biden was at 62% four years ago. so again, it's relatively populous suburban area, southwest exurban area southwest of atlanta. and you're looking at the biden number. and then you look at the harris number in those counties. and you say we're doing a little better than joe biden did four years ago. and that's good for the vice president, especially if s

one of trump's closest and trusted aids was highlighting that antagonist donald trump on it on twitter they certainly have not forgot about his past criticisms and another thing that we are doing is looking at when these three republicans were up for re-election, because that could depend on how willing they are when he's back in office and running the republican majority on capitol hill in the senate and looking at that. john thune was re-elected two years ago and his term is not up until 2028 and that is something that the team was looking at. republicans were technically in power and came in office the last time and now it is trump republicans who are going to be in power and it is shifting the dynamic of what the relationship will look like. trump himself is much more familiar with the inner workings of capitol hill than he ever was in 2016 when he first took office. >> i want to say one thing to that. he did it weigh in on rick scott even though he had all of these people. the maga contingency was fighting for him to say something and trying to get him to endorse rick scott. exact

president biden, hosting president elect trump in the oval office, the white house saying that trump brought a detailed set of questions to that meeting and described the talks as very cordial, very gracious and substantive. trump also visited with house republicans today, where he backed speaker mike johnson's bid to retain his leadership position. a secret ballot vote in that race is expected at any moment. trump did not weigh in on who he wanted for senate leadership, but republican senators elected john thune to replace mitch mcconnell as their leader. thune declaring that they have a mandate to pursue trump's agenda. >> reporter: senate majority leader john thune, the incoming senate majority leader after this race had been going on for roughly nine months or so, happening behind the scenes in the aftermath of mitch mcconnell stepping aside. the longest-serving senate leader of any party in history, dominating the republican conference for 18 years, but stepping aside and paving the way for john thune, who edged out john cornyn, another rival in the republican conference by a vo

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under trump.nd the massive spike up of credit card debt over $1 trillion now. one of the things i have noticed, have been traveling around the country over the last month, mostly trying to help donald trump get elected and evernote is this, i don't know if you have a, if you go to the really rich areas of the suburbs , kamala harris is all you see, kamala harris signs and the rich suburbs. working class, middle class neighborhoods, it's exactly the opposite. it is trump, trump which i find is very interesting because kamala harris keeps saying, he cares only about the rich! while the rich are for joe biden, they are the ones financing, running for kamala harris, financing her campaign. every time you go to the middle class areas, one other quick thing, i know you followed what happened in madison square garden. the most amazing thing that i saw was not even what happened into the garden, watching the motorcade to go down fifth avenue, it was like america won world war ii. of never seen so many peo

he is very much on trumps side. assuming the pick goes through, i expect him to get confirmed, but if he does get confirmed, that opens up a vacancy for a senate seat. that would give ron desantis the ability to name a replacement to the post, that would not affect the balance of power. i can expect many of them will be happy to hear the news, if it does happen. a major pick for secretary of state, someone they believe who can carry out policy on the world stage. >> we saw a senator come out and endorse this on twitter, manu raju, we are also going to talk in a minute about the national security adviser pick in mike walls, these senators inside the trump administration. on the house margin, house republicans are waiting to see if they have the majority here. it was already a pretty slim margin. what would it mean in the time it takes to call a special election, if he's going there, and if elise stefanik is going to the united nations? >> reporter: it's good news, i've spoken to a number of republicans after these ap

so it will be shaped as trumps the legacy because that's what works with trump. and don't forget trump's. in his 1st term he brought more tanks and troops to europe. uh, obama had taken them out after 2014 trump put them back in. trump was the one who agreed to to sell you train offensive and to tank weapons, which obama had been reluctant to do. so trump is a little hard part to gauge here. i think i can imagine him saying to prove to luck, you've got 80 percent of your train is not occupied, just let's stop where we are. and if you don't, i'm going to let the trainings shoot whatever they want, and i'm going to help them do it and say to the lensky lot, you know, the killing has to stop. you need serious talks with put and we can talk about what happens to the rest of your country down the road. but now it's time for a serious talk. no one's ever tried that. i don't know what makes fruit and talk seriously, but trump might be able to do it if he's willing, as he has been often in the past to go along with the narrative on the train that it's def golf country. i

be trump's economy czar. to make the economy work better, we are going to have to crash it first in order to save it. he told you, he told to get ready. elon said you will go through some hardships. you tell me what the hell what the richest man will do. >> i'm glad to see him blowing it up. >> yeah. watching your opening, we were in the home stretch and everybody's hopeful and a little broken. one of the reasons we feel that way is because the trump campaign is a project about obfuscating the choice. the harris campaign is a project about showing people the choice. they are trying to win on inflation because people remember prices used to be lower. even on the core issue, the thing trump's advisers went to talk about is bs. we know their plan is to raise costs for everybody. we had stories this week of how corporations are already planning to raise prices on consumer goods. if trump wins a second term because of the tariffs. yes we have to highlight this and we have to make sure people understand. in the hom

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trump gained 13 points. looking at that from four years ago as a democrat, how do you explain the shift to yourself even though there's trump talking about mass deportations and he has people making fun of puerto rico at one of his last rallies. what do you make of that shift in how they voted? >> there's the undernow of anxiety with people worried about feeding themselves. they'll look past a lot to get to that point on the economy. i was really blessed to work on a lot of races this year. for example, ruben gallego who out performed kamala harris by 8 points. you want to know why? he talked about working class values, he's a marine veteran. he showed up at rodeos, going to work sites before they open. this is what the democratic party has to return to, an honor of work. there's something that ties us all together, and it's the dignity of sanctity of work. we have to root it back in that and providing for your families. >> i've been talking to people saying two years before the midterms four years before an

loyalty to trump drives him. loyalty to trump, let's be clear. as the cast of sart knight looking put it this way. >> now thanks to the supreme court, there are no guardrails. >> nothing to protect the people who are brave enough to speak out against him. >> we would like to say to donald trump, we have been with you all along. >> out front live where the trump administration hopefuls and those hoping to influence his picks are flocking to mar-a-lago. the deja vu of it all, what is the latest you're hearing about who is there and what is happening? >> that's right. that island behind me where mar-a-lago is, also the hotels, the different potential rental properties. that's the epicenter of where everything is going on. many are booking the rental properties, trying maneuver their way in with members already of mar-a- lago to get their way in, to appear in front of donald trump. one to get their name in front of him for these potential roles but also to influence him. i think your point about loyalty is so crucial. from every single pick we've see

president trump to texas. cornyn himself and thune both tried to align themselves more with donald trump in recent months and perhaps that will pay off if donald trump decides to hold off and not endorse anybody in the contest but endorse them before this key vote wednesday. >> thank you so much for the update. >>> let's discuss with cnn senior political analyst mark preston and gloria borger. glad to have you. first, ask you about elon musk and influence over a second trump administration. posted up at mar-a- lago since the election but not taking on an official role. what do you make of that? >> if i was him i wouldn't take on an official role. all you need is have donald trump's ear we've seen covering him in his first term. all you need the last person to get to him in his ear. that's not just a donald trump problem. a lot of politicians are that way. listen to different people and the one they listen to last persuades them. because of muskal wealth and global power, but not just musk that has his ear. lik

we really, really support trump does too. >> or trump wants a deal. >> or trump wants a deal. >> no,g to do a deal. we have to move into a position where our armed forces are capable of stepping up and go it alone, without your support? well, no, with us support, but with our army, you know, in a in a bilateral and also what trump's done, we have to learn from he's built a really big working class coalition against globalisation, against this domination by a liberal elite. and so i think i, you know, i take this as opening up the space for to labour really find its way. the us—uk relationship is absolutely vital to our national interest. >> could we energise that special relationship? >> oh, i think it's going to pushitin >> oh, i think it's going to push it in that way. yeah, because there is some i mean by the way, this really got on my nerves. this thatcher guy, i mean, what the meaning of thatcherism is, is that she basically empowered the chinese communist party. she put all the capital that we'd inherited over 150 years into china, because they didn't have any free and democrat

trump.big return to washington echoed his rallies on the campaign trail. ♪ walk up song and all. the president-elect spoke to house republican leadership for the first time since his victory last week, declaring gop control of the lower chamber. that is within reach but it has not been called yet, with more than a dozen house races still uncertain. >> we worked with a lot of you to get you in. and you helped me as well. >> most of the meeting was behind closed doors. >> it was a replay of his greatest hits. a reminder to hang together and get things done. he intends to move pretty quickly. >> in the room was elon musk, reportedly greeting with a standing ovation one day after trump named him and vivek ramaswamy to lead a brand-new department of government efficiency. despite its name, it is not a entity or agency. those in attendance welcomed musk to the party. >> they acknowledge his presence and they want him to be part of the administration moving forward that helps make our government mo

but but trump has interviews lined up throughout the week but of course, trump being trump, he could make a decision at any time one name that does appear to be out of the running for now is the man running his transition howard lutnick we don't need the money. >> obviously it's not the money issue so we can save the taxpayer some money we're able to raise plenty of money on our own and it's not going to be an issue. we are ready for the transition, for trump-vance. we are so ready the job that was so obvious it could prove fatal for his chances of becoming treasury secretary. >> i'm hearing from several people in trump's inner circle that he grew irritated with blatant lobbying for the role, and essentially, the jockeying that has been playing out between howard lutnick who saw there and another contender for this position scott bessent. and i'm quoting from what i was told here, could end up as a murder suicide with neither of them ultimately getting the position. this all comes as trump is scrambling to save a position he almost every cabinet pick, his attorney general. cnn has le

now he's under fire for consulting women who support trump and work with trump.ot to be oblivious to the long line of strong intelligent women living alongside him weathers his wife for his daughter-in-law or susie wiles who runs the place, many were in atlanta today so will the comments sway undecided female photos were people think trump needs a lot of help? michaela montgomery back with us" of women surrounding trump and that he would be the perfect candidate to run the country again. what are your thoughts about when he said -- what were you thinking? >> i immediately thought of myself because i am around trouble the time in the women who also share space with me around president trump. lack of engagement director, black media director and one of his to friends the past 16 ye years. ms. meredith, susie wiles, there's plenty of them, amazing women i've met personally in my six months since being on the campaign so i cannot believe somebody would get on the internet, the national television and say this when clearly they haven't met half of us. >> is a little f

trump has ushered it in. i hope is good to be successful, he's got a lot of challenges to get this done well and write. that's the direction he wants to go. >> sean: to what degree does he have to worry about rhino republicans that may be want to get in the way? maybe they like the bureaucracy also? you can argue at times we have a one-party system where they tend to agree with each other and they like the system as it is and they don't want to change it >> it could be. this victory was so overwhelming, and so stunning, so much a shock to the entire system, i think the democrat party is completely stunned. there's a part of the republican party that is completely stunned. if you look at it, the democrats only improved in three areas. nonreligious people, people who make over $100,000 a year, and people who have graduate degrees. they lost across the board and people like joe and mika, there problem is a couple things, won his ratings. in 2016 there were all over donald trump. he could call into any show he wa

cnn has more now on the next steps for donald trump. >>> president-elect donald trump's transition is already underway , even before the election actually took place, the heads of the transition team were already trying to get potential candidates for high-level administration posts. i am told that all day today, donald trump was fielding calls from allies, donors, as well as advisors , all people trying to get in his ear , either to pitch themselves for administration posts, or to pitch people that they knew . it is now turning into an all out knife fights between trump's orbit , as they try to prove who has been the most loyal to him and who deserves a spot on his cabinet were within his administration . one place to look at and fill in these administration posts is project 2025. obviously, as we know, donald trump has sought to distance himself from roger 2025 this campaign cycle, particularly the policy. even though they want to separate from the policy, they also had project 2025, a smaller, lesser known about personal filing system , run by donnie my can see, still a close trump

trump in exile . thanks to both of you, have a great saturday night. >>> iran is dining any involvement in a plot to kill donald trump after the justice department announced federal charges against three people. they plotted to the now president-elect before the election. >>> elon musk's big bet on trump. been hundred $20 million to get him elected, so what could be the return on his investment . >>> some democratic for supreme court justice sonia sotomayor to retire before trump return to the white house. we'll talk more about that in the cnn newsroom. >>> in the selection billionaire tech entrepreneur elon musk but on donald trump donating more than $118 million to help him retake the white house. jason carroll looks at how that support could pay off in big ways for musk and his companies. >> a star is born, elon. matures for the president-elect and the richest man in the world who helped get him there. elon musk. >> i'm not just maga i'm dark maga. stomach he spent $119 million to help get trump el

does donald trump? thank you for joining me. >>> what does it say about the media that a three-hour podcast with joe rogan may have been more consequential than a network interview. we are going to take a deep dive into the role the media played in this election, next. . >>> in the wake of trump's selection win, questions are being asked of how the media covered this election but it's worth asking, what exactly is the news media these days? particularly when right wing podcast like joe rogan drove the news cycle as much as traditional outlets. as the atlantic charlie wars all put it, the legacy media has been competing for attention and reckoning with the truth that many americans don't read, trust, really care all that about what happens papers, magazines or even cable news have to say. a media correspondent for npr, david, i'm glad you are here. do we need to rethink with the news model is as we are seeing the right-wing echo chamber gain more and more prominence. the rise of the mannose fear. univisi

that was broken by donald trump and melania trump during the 2020 election, when he was claiming it was falsely stolen. there was no extension to president biden . they are seeking to reverse that and make clear and emphasize they are committed to a peaceful transition of power. i should note, one source did say, it was a dazzling conflict for donald trump. it also could be insight into how melania trump will take on the first lady rolled the second time around, maybe less involved than the first time around. >> we will find out. katelyn collins, west palm beach, florida, not far from mar-a-lago. katelyn will be back tonight at 9:00 p.m. and eastern to anchor her program, "the source." we will be watching. >>> let's break all of this down with our experts here in "the situation room." given the list of appointees so far, what do you see going on? statement of the old adage, once burned, twice shy. he does not want to repeat what happened in 2016, when he appointed people he really did not know well, whom some of them turned out to not be loyal to him, he felt. now, he is taking people h

yesterday in a trump truth social post, trump demanded the next majority leader agree to recess appointmentsstration positions without the senate's confirmation. trump did not endorse anyone for the post, but the lawmakers vying for the position all appear to agree with the idea. senator rick scott of florida wrote on x, "i will do whatever it takes to get your nominations through as quickly as possible." john thune of south dakota responded with, "all options are on the table." senator john cornyn of texas noted the constitution allows the president to make recess appointments. several republicans are throwing their support behind senator scott. he's secured endorsements from rand paul and tommy tuberville, as well as hagerty, seen as a contender for the state department. elon musk, who has trump's ear, announced his support for scott and called thune a, quote, top choice for democrats. the upper chamber is scheduled to elect a new leader on wednesday. joining us now, msnbc political analyst brendan buck, who knows a thing or two about congressional leadership. he was communications strateg

so what could trump do?is much bipartisan support, it seems like there's a very narrow path for a president to do much of anything, but i also wouldn't count trump out. he might be able to persuade a large portion of the members of congress who voted for the bill to reverse their stances. he could also issue an executive order, and he could also, you know, if the law is signed, he could tell matt gaetz if he becomes the attorney general to not enforce the law and sort of, you know, get around the ban in that way. >> help us understand this flip-flop or this shift in his perspective because trump used to have concerns about tiktok. he tried to ban it, in fact, in 2020. now he's stacking his cabinet with picks like marco rubio, mike waltz and elise stefanik who are proudly china hawks, so you would also think that would be more aligned with banning tiktok, but are the national security risks tiktok poses today any different than they were four years ago? >> no. they are definitely not any different to my knowl

so it will be shaped as trumps legacy, because that's what works with trump. and don't forget trump's. in his 1st term he brought more tanks and troops to europe. uh, obama had taken them out after 2014 trump put them back in. trump was the one who agreed to to sell you train offensive and to tank weapons, which obama had been reluctant to do. so trump is a little hard part to gauge here. i think i can imagine him saying to put to look, you've got 80 percent of your train is not occupied, just let's stop where we are. and if you don't, i'm going to let the trainings shoot whatever they want and i'm going to help them do it. and say to the lensky lot, you know, the killing has to stop. you need serious talks with put and we can talk about what happens to the rest of your country down the road. but now it's time for a serious talk. no one's ever tried that. i don't know what makes fruit and talk seriously, but trump might be able to do it if he's willing, as he has been often in the past to go along with the narrative on the train that it's def golf country. its

trump fights for trump. kamala fights for you. ff pac is responsible for the content of this ad. when we started feeding bogie the farmer's dog, he lost so much weight. pre-portioned packs makes it really easy to keep him lean and healthy. in the morning, he flies up the stairs and hops up on my bed. in the past, he would not have been able to do any of those things. . >>> to elect donald trump would also be to choose the weirdos in his orbit. and that will be a nightmare scenario for america, but especially for american women. among the weird men encircling trump, you have his would-be vice president jd vance who would be one broken hip away from the presidency. sharing this extremist junk on joe rogan's podcast. >> have you seen all these studies that basically connect testosterone levels in young men with conservative politics? >> oh, yeah. >> maybe that's what's going on. >> the moment where i started to get red pills on the whole vaccthing is the sickest i have been in the last 15 years by far is when i took the vaccine. some

this is a gop that really does work with trump, seems to like trump so you are likely to see that approache the leader of what the frozen party. >> at the same time, we are waiting the results for several house races at this time. it is not as easy or discernible last night. you been on the clock for quite a while now. i understand it could be a pretty long while before we look -- before we know what that will look like. >> it just -- even going to the map last night, i had my legal notepad out. it was interesting because democrats would win a seat in new york and then lose a seat like michigan. democrats were playing more defense last night than they anticipated. republicans are having some success. there have been redrawn seats in north carolina. republicans, democrats, it is easy to see a path for both of them. it will come back to the california seats. those can take a while to decide. >> we talked a little bit about how the senate is looking a certain way. it is more favorable for trump presidency. do you believe the same thing applies for the house as well? it is a more gop trump cen

is a trump loyalist and election denier and a nato critic who echoes trump's skepticism of supporting ukraine. earlier today, trump selected elise stefanik for u.n. ambassador. she's a moderate turned total maga loyalist and will fill the job that nikki haley had during the first trump administration. the guy rumored to be in the running for cia or fbi director is cash patel. the atlantic wrote even in an administration, loyalist, patel was exceptional in his devotion. each of these choices tells something about trump's vision of a second term because of what they have in common. they are pure loyalist and maga devotees. people who will carry it trump's well this wishes without a second thought. beyond that, there people who share trump's king-like view that executive power should be limitless. do you remember the thing stephen miller said at the beginning trump's first term? we do. >> the powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned. >> his power will not be questioned. just to recap the situation in washington, d.c. we are watching t

"the wall street journal" reporting trump's transition team is considering an order to give trump the power to oust three and four- star generals. according to a draft of this order, which was reviewed by the wsj, trump would appoint a so- called warrior board. and that board would have the power to fast track the removal of generals and admirals that are found to be "lacking in requisite leadership qualities. " the u.s. military is so powerful in part because decisions about generals are made and promotions by a military structure. yes, as the commander in chief the president has authority to fire any officer, but this board would circumvent the pentagon's system in place. this talk of trump ousting generals at will is consistent with what trump has said. >> are you going to fire those generals? >> the woke generals at the top. >> yes, i would get rid of them, yeah. but see now i know them. i didn't know them before. i came in, what did i know? i was a new york real estate person. but i would fire them. you can't have woke military. >> thank you for saying you would fire those few wo

. >> cool thing to vote for trump.preneur vivek ramaswamy who is now backing donald trump. good to have you on the program. thanks for being here. >> morning, kasie. >> i don't think anyone would argue with more beer. my question for you big picture though. a majority of voters in america are women, straight up. if donald trump's going to win this election he needs men to vote for him in greater numbers than women vote for harris by greater percentage. is trump going to be able to do that tonight? >> i think he is. that's one way to cut. i also look at other demographic groups that have historically gone for democrats that are coming our way this time around. greater portions of the black vote and hispanic vote no doubt. you put your finger on an important one. where i have traveled college campuses, met with young people across the country and especially in swing states. and i think decisively we're going to see a greater shift in gen z towards voting for donald trump this time around. principally motivated by staying

position, and i don't think trump wants to show weakness. so this is a dilemma trump has. he has the campaign rhetoric on one side, but on the other side the possibility of flagging weakness to the russians and others around the world. >> yeah, it's going to be a fascinating situation to see how he handles it once he does have the oval office back in his hands. colonel, thank you as always for your expertise. >> you bet. >>> and as tonight we are awaiting more hiring picks from the president-elect for his new white house team, we'll talk to one of the ones from the former time that survived only 11 days about potential chaos and what it's like to work inside donald trump's west wing. your business needs a network it can count on... even during the unexpected. power's out! power's out! -power's out! power's out! -power's out comcast business has you covered, with wifi backup to help keep you up and running. wifi's up. let's power on! let's power on! let's power on! -let's power on! it's from the company with 99.9% network reliability. plus advanced security. let's power on!

trump. >> felony charges against donald john trump.iz: okay, all of the democrats lawfare attacks against trump deserves fell apart. jack smith will resign instead of getting fired by trump and now house republicans are gearing up for a full blown investigations of the doj's bias lawfare attacks. they are demanding the biden administration save all documents and communications, so is this why trump named matt gaetz, us attorney general to clean out the house? tomi lahren will take it on. could there be criminal cases coming? also this story. >> the trump campaign signage fema always preaches avoidance first and then deescalation. liz: a fema supervisor who was fired speaking out, we're going to show you why she says fema not going to the houses with trump signs after hurricanes in florida. why that practice is more widespread than realized. also, tonight, this story. the kamala campaign fallout continues. why was msnbc host al sharpton paid half a million bucks but then he did a softball interview with kamala harris? talk radio host ja

if trump gets to replace these two. he will have, as you pointed out, picked a record five justices, a record since fdr, since the existence of the two-term limit for a president. it wouldn't shift the balance of the supreme court. it would still be 6-3. these are conservative justices. it would make it much, much harder, and force democrats to wait a lot longer to have any hope of cutting into the majority. >> it could be 20 more years of conservative rule, if not more on the supreme court. there's a report right now, as we have been speaking, sahil, that senator j.d. vance, the vice president elect is on capitol hill. this was confirmed by a senate side spokesperson. any idea what he could be doing there? >> he is actually downstairs, one floor from where i'm standing right now. in his russell senate office building. we don't have full details on what he is doing. he is, of course, the vice president elect. here's currently the senator from ohio until he's sworn into that job on january 20th. his team is holding their

president trump actually did it. i got a message, to the illegal aliens that are in our country in violation of federal law, you better start packing now. >> as we wait for that announcement to come in the next few days, i should also note that on this wednesday there will be a remarkable meeting taking place at the white house between president-elect donald trump and president joe biden. it is a tradition, after elections, but it is one that did not happen in 2020, when trump was falsely claiming that he had one to the election, and that joe biden had not. but, tonight, we are learning new details about what this meeting will look like, and what president biden plans to say when he is behind closed doors and it is just the two of them in the office. the biden administers and says it is committed to the peaceful transition of power and that the two men will go through top issues, foreign and domestic, and exchange views on that i'm joined tonight by anthony sara machi, of course he spent a few days as trump medicatio

bush, jimmy carter, trump himself, in 2020. what is less remarked upon , is that even when an incumbent president who is facing a high level of disapproval chooses , or has do not run for re-election, his party has also lost the white house. truman in 1952 went to republican dwight eisenhower. johnson in 1968 went to republican richard nixon. george w. bush in 2008 went to barack obama. i mean, the discontent with biden's performance , not the only factor in the selection, obviously in any election there are many things that matter, but by and large, by far the most important factor. you know, 60% of voters in the exit polls said they disapproved of biden's performance, and over 80% of them voted for trump. 70% of voters said they were to satisfied with the economy and over 70% of them voted for trump. that was a headwind which, in the end, was probably impossible for any democratic candidate to overcome and in many ways, 2022 sent a false signal to the party, a sort of false positive about the degree to which it would be possi

donald trump won the blue wall. donald trump won georgia , arizona. the only difference would be hillary clinton in 2016 didn't carry nevada. donald trump leads there right now when we come back to 2024. sorry. 2024. let me come appear and do this and hit this and you go there. 2024. that is the one. it is just a dramatic change when you come here. donald trump is remaking the map again at the moment. the question is, is there any way for harris to come back? we have given donald trump north carolina. let's see where we are in georgia. donald trump also carries georgia, the vice president cannot afford to lose pennsylvania. yes, nevada is out there. arizona is out there. 19. i will show you what i mean in a minute. can she come back in georgia to stop that from happening? if he wins in georgia, her past is so limited. it is 118,000 votes are now in a state the size of four years ago by 11,000 votes. donald trump , 93%. that is an important number. ahead by nearly 120,000 votes. you are looking, this is where they would have to be. you can put your vot

carolina projected for donald trump. pennsylvania for donald trump.. i feel very worried. i'm not super surprised but, for me, it's disappointing. i'm only hoping that this goes better than last time and that there are the checks and balances system that we have in place works this time around. time now to 10s of your reaction to the us election. it's not great for women's rights. trump is clearly the dominant politician. we obviously don't see what the majority of i the americans feel like. let's see what will happen over the next four years. bye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm will perry. coming up on the programme... a defeat for arsenal in the champions league as inter milan edge past them at san siro. aston villa lose in belgium after a bizarre penalty incident. and imane khelif, the olympic boxing champion at the centre of a gender scandal, takes legal action. good to have you with us. thanks forjoining us. there were nine games in the champions league on wednesday and defeats for the two british sides in action, aston villa and ars

and in these elections that are so close, all trump had to do, and we seem trump having a long history with this is just chip away. a couple of percentage points here. and there are women of people from various latino backgrounds and people from various black community backgrounds to get to the results that we saw today. let's digging deeper with this. i mean the math is pretty easy and is a trend here. we're talking a loss of roughly 10 percentage points from almost every traditionally democratic voting. blog keeping in mind that the nuance that you just reference there. how did that happen to i mean, trump has been saying this was much as it was going to happen. and he was right and, and we have seen this trend towards a more nuanced electorate that these traditional estimate groups and only viewing people as their ethnicity or their skin color and not bringing in. as i said, education class, these kinds of things is a big liability. for the democrats and they are going to need to really rethink what does diversity look like in america? because they've always gone on this assumption

he will do whatever trump wants.ate, it's a cushy and secure job relatively speaking. you run only every six years, people say senator and follow you around, respectful to you. that's not going to be true anymore. he's an employee at will now. and that's not, i mean for a guy, i don't know where he goes from here, if he loses that job. >> perhaps his way of appeasing the maga right as he sharpens his tools for another potential, i don't know, presidential run in 2028? who knows anything about what is happening. vivek ramaswamy and elon musk offered jobs in a fantasy football league. >> a nondepartment. >> department of efficiency, nothing has been more orwellian in title. can they bring it into existence by force of will? what is the plan here? >> first of all, it's not a governmental department, as i understand it. there are actually rules and statutes that the federal advisory committee act talks about, regulating people coming in from ethics standpoint people coming in to consult how to run the government. we're g

is the fallout from donald trump's _ trump is not victory?he comments to face questions from a newly elected leader of the conservative party. just ahead of their first comment is taos, keir starmer gave his reaction to last night's result. flan taos, keir starmer gave his reaction to last night's result.— to last night's result. can i begin by congratulating _ to last night's result. can i begin by congratulating president - to last night's result. can i beginj by congratulating president elect trump on his historic election victory? is the closest of allies, the uk and us will continue to work together to protect our shared values of freedom and democracy. i come to the leader of the opposition, _ come to the leader of the opposition, kemi- come to the leader of the i opposition, kemi badenoch. come to the leader of the opposition, kemi badenoch. kemi badenoch said _ opposition, kemi badenoch. kemi badenoch said she _ opposition, kemi badenoch. badenoch said she would be a constructive leader of the opposition, but herfirst constructive lea

trump but trump. unwavering loyalty to trump might earn you an endorsement or a place in his administration or even a presidential pardon after serving a few months in jail for things he did in trump's service. but money flows in one and only one direction, towards trump. and now there is another trump world figure learning that same lesson. yesterday multiple news outlets reported the trump transition is investigating long time trump aide boris epshteyn for trying to personally profit off of trump's presidency. according to the times, several people who mr. trump trusts had alerted him that mr. epshteyn was seeking money from people looking for cabinet appointments. the trump transition team then conducted a review which found boris epshteyn had sought payment from two people, including scott bessent who mr. trump recently picked as his nominee for treasury secretary. scott bessent reportedly decided not to pay epshteyn a reported $30,000 fee for the promotion of his candidacy around mar-a-lago, acco

georgia al presidente trump, trump 270. >> pero con pensilvania. >> con pensilvania.e todavÍa no se ha cantado oficialmente georgia, pero estÁn en el 96%. en cualquier momento va a pasar. y la posibilidad de pensilvania estÁn un porcentaje de creo 77%, y estÁ adelante trump. >> y estÁn contando muchÍsimo mÁs rÁpido de lo que esperÁbamos. >> si, que es interesante. se los quiero mencionar rÁpidamente. acordamos que en esa oportunidad habÍa una ventaja de trump al principio y despuÉs llegÓ el voto anticipado, esto es lo que pasÓ hoy. en aquella oportunidad el voto anticipado era del cerca del 69% de voto anticipado, pero en los diferentes estados, esta vez se vio algo que me parece interesante. miren la participaciÓn de voto anticipado republicano. nevada, en los diferentes estados, pensilvania, esta fue tal vez la excepciÓn pero los demÓcratas no han llegado al porcentaje, pero la mayorÍa de los estados el voto anticipado se lo tomaron en serio, hubo una mayor participaciÓn republicana. >> una pregunta, si harris gana arizona, que arizona estÁ muy reÑido, y gana nevada

well, in frank, donald trump's lawyers are arguing that donald trump's defence team had been attempting to have this case thrown out. that isn't what has happened, but instead, the sentencing may now not happen until after donald trump's presidency — questions as to whether it will actually happen at all. both sides have to submit their argument by early december, but even before that, donald trump was calling if this is in fact a nation - of laws and a jury of his peers found him guilty, there needs to be some accountability- or that entire experiment, . i think, comes into question. thejudge in donald trump's criminal hush money case has ordered that sentencing be delayed indefinitely, following mr trump's re—election to the white house. the president—elect had been scheduled to be sentenced next tuesday, but that's now been suspended. australian teenager becomes the sixth person to die and suspected methanol poisoning in laos. president to lindsay is now calling for air defence systems. lawyers for mr trump have argued that his conviction should be dismissed on the presidential immun