steve covered the white house from 2017 through 2021 as the senior white house correspond and subsequently as voa's white house bureau chief, he came to the job well prepared through his extensive global reporting. with more than 25 years in asia, reporting from tokyo, india, korea and thailand, his coverage has taken him to roughly five countries. he's reported from combat zones, uprisings and amid natural disasters. he was one of the few journalists to get access to the fukushima nuclear power plants. hot zone. recently, steve said in an interview that there is always tension in the symbiotic relationship between administration and the media. we need each other, but the goals can diverge too close of a relationship is not good for democracy. but if the relationship gets distant and hostile, that is also unhealthy for informing the electorate. herman's new book how journalists can balance that relationship and how the relationship with the white house evolved over time. before we begin, just quick reminder to please silence your cell phones. you haven't already. you'll also find cards for

white house. am looking to make progress, and i pledge to listen to those who will be impacted by the decisions i make. i pledge to listen to experts. i pledge to listen to people who disagree with me. because, you see, i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. i'll give them a seat at the table. that's what real leaders do! that's what strong leaders do. well, with those words and this crowd, they bring to an end what has been one of the most unpredictable and contentious election campaigns in this nation's history. and now it's over to the voters. statewide, we have knocked 700,000 doors. cheering. democrat volunteers have come to pennsylvania from across america, aiming to persuade undecided voters and flooding the doorsteps today to get their base out. taking voters to the polls, canvassing. you know, making sure people stay in line to vote after the polls do close or when there's a long wait. so anything and everything. and pennsylvania has been the final push for team t

to the white house. as i was walking in, they're preparing for trump's inauguration now. they've got the stands built outside the white house. just a sign of how this is about to be a historic change in power shortly. >> yeah, just to think he left the white house in 2021 as a pariah, right? and he is returning as president-elect. in such different circumstances now as we know, you know, having the popular vote, right? winning all seven battleground states. he's in such a different position now as he sits down with president biden. the two men, they will meet in the oval office and likely discuss many topics including the crisis unfolding under the world. we know that president biden wants to bring up ukraine with him as well. the question is will trump actually listen. >> reporter: yeah, they have such different views on this. biden's national security team is working and talking to ukrainian officials as they're preparing for what that's going to look like when trump takes power. i don't think anyone f

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fight for control of the house of representatives stands right now after the democrats' loss of the white house and the senate, house progressives are taking stock and taking aim at their party's message. we talked to a member of the progressive caucus this hour. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the new additions to the second trump administration. the president-elect hiring more of his loyal allies for key positions with fresh announcements possible at any time. the in an actor, katelyn collins, is in west palm beach , covering the transition for us. what have you learned, first of all, about trump's latest picks? >> reporter: it has been a busy two hours or so here in palm beach. i expect that we could get more announcements, potentially as soon as tonight or tomorrow, as donald trump is making these choices. he has been taking about for some time, certainly at least steffanik as the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. her example is one of those that he can today she has accepted that position. bu

donald trump's white house return will make - white house return will make history.on to serve as president after a jury found he'd falsified business records. but that and other criminal allegations didn't end his political career, far from it. this was his first inauguration, second time around, donald trump looks to be more powerful than ever. jessica parker, bbc news in washington, dc. let's get the latest now from our correspondent helena humphrey, who's outside donald trump's estate in florida. will mr trump's phone be glued to his ear, taking these calls from world leaders and then trying to find people to work with him here at the white house? i find people to work with him here at the white house?— find people to work with him here at the white house? i should definitely exect so. the white house? i should definitely exoect so- the _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation has _ the white house? i should definitely expect so. the nation has picked - the white house? i should defi

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he also wants to show off being at the white house.ep in mind as i talk to people close to him, he has been reveling in his win. this is his first opportunity to show himself. donald trump has essentially been behind closed doors since he won the election. he's been playing golf. he's been meeting with club members at mar-a-lago as well as various allies taking phone calls. i was told once again, this is donald trump's show. he's putting on his i am going to be president, i am the president-elect, i am now landing in washington and that's where he wants the focus to be. one thing to keep in mind, he has not weighed in on that senate leadership fight, and that is intentional. we've seen his allies trying to slam everybody. but even rick scott, built up privately, they're trying to get him to endorse rick scott. he has not done that. and we'll see what happens moving forward. >> to that exact point, you've got interns of who is up for the job in the senate. if you don't know their names, maybe this is a real test, a first fest of what's

white house beat reporters like the chief white house correspondents. and so we tried to work out a way where we could we could get some of those folks without our hand. and the president was very concerned about the press leaking it. and my is we only we only told people who were going be on that airplane and safety was as important to them as the president's safety was. and i didn't think they would i didn't they would leak it. plus, they were going to get one of the great stories of of, you know, that era. and so we air force one couldn't fly nonstop. crawford to baghdad. so we landed at andrews, the the base commander at andrews didn't know the president was on that plane. we taxied to the hangar. they hooked a tug up, told us he got off the plane went on the second plane, identical plane tug, pushed us and off we went. and when we did that interchange, a few additional got on andy card, who was the chief of staff, was not down in texas, got on the plane. dan bartlett, who was the communique director, and then some more senior reporters who were her

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gabe gutierrez at the white house.ining us, april ryan, white house correspondent for the grio, who has covered multiple administrations. vaughn, kick us off here, trump returning to the capital, where is he right now what is the latest? >> reporter: right, he's just a few blocks away from the u.s. capitol building. this for donald trump is his first flight and first trip outside of palm beach since his election night victory over one week ago. this is a notable visit, not only to the white house to meet with president biden to really begin formally this transition process for the current administration to the next incoming trump administration, but also we are told that his motorcade has now arrived here to this location where the house republican conference is meeting. of course, speaker johnson is looking at having a narrow majority here in this next session of congress, and donald trump has not been one who is quiet during his first four years to throw his weight around over what legislation, when it came to the bu

you are in the white house, in the white house.his is the reality. >> some of that, it's almost the polling you have seen where it starts to democracy. it almost means different things to different people. there are a lot of republicans especially within the trump orbit who believe that welfare has been used against those who support donald trump. so the line jonathan used to say, oh, it could be those who were indicted one too many times. if you are on drums and you are saying, it's because they were targeted for believing in me. this is for the replication of the welfare system against whether or not i believe that to be true is irrelevant to where their frame of mind is to frame what jonathan is saying more largely to what trump would believe on that subject. >> look, i think if someone is indicted and not necessarily found guilty of a thing -- i remember once upon a time when my friends on the other political side would say people should be given second chances and opportunities. president-elect is within his right to consume w

then he went to the white house. there were reporters in the room shouting questions at both him and president joe biden. he deferred to president joe biden. joe biden didn't take questions. donald trump didn't take questions. afterwards, he had an opportunity. he could have gone to the stakeout location outside the white house. there were at least dozens of members of the press waiting for him in case he came out. he did not do that. clearly setting the tone that this is a serious moment which it is. it is not just a moment that belongs to him. it belongs to both him and president joe biden. as we continue to stress, not a moment that he afforded to president joe biden four years ago. donald trump saying that he was committed to a smooth transition of power. i cannot stress enough, this is probably one of the most, if not one of the most important moments of this transition. it could have been, maybe not as peaceful of a transition of power but this is that moment that we see how donald trump is acting, how presiden

we know now the republicans will control the white house.at will mean for the party looking back at previous administrations, and how easy or difficult will it be for donald trump to get his agenda passed? donald trump to get his agenda assed? . �* , . donald trump to get his agenda assed? ., �* , ., ., passed? that's a great question- _ passed? that's a great question. on - passed? that's a great question. on the - passed? that's a great question. on the one | passed? that's a great - question. on the one hand, the question. 0n the one hand, the total control you've heard, the trifecta, as well as the senate and the white house. 0n on some level, maximising president—elect trump to try some of the real changes that he is shaking up. it's all kinds of norms and institution he is promised. the reason why is of course that is the separation of powers. the tenant has the power to block the nomination. the house can initiate impeachment of windows are controlled by the party as the president. it means much less likely that the democratic party w

at the beginning there's a little bit of imbalance between the white house -- what the white house can do it what the agencies can do. often with agencies you are left with whoever did not turn out the lights when the last administration left town after the inauguration. can you talk about that a little bit? you were not just at the white house but in the george h w bush's administration you are in the defense department and had to be confirmed. talk a little bit about the imbalance and maybe talk about a problem we do have, taking longer and longer to get presidential nominees confirmed. stephen: it is just the way you described. the tricky part, i was slated to be an assistant secretary of defense. i had not been senate confirmed what i was also part of the transition team for the george h w bush administration. the tricky part the white house wanted a direction on the future of our strategic nuclear weapons and how should we structure our conventional forces? that came over to the defense department, to the transition team which was paul wolfowitz and me and not much anybody else. y

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that gives them a clean sweep of the white house, and both chambers of congress. d 218 seats to retain control of the house. the final number is expected to be between 220 and 222, a narrow majority. earlier, mr. trump met joe biden at the white house for two hours today to discuss the transition of power in the united states. mr. trump thanked the president for making that transition, in his words, as smooth as you can get. it is mr. trump's first visit to washington since his election triumph last week and a far cry from what happened four years ago when controversially mr. trump refused to see you joe den face to face as he refused the election results. mr. trump has been announcing more of the names of the people who will make up the top team in his administration in january when he takes office. among them, the richest man on the planet, elon musk, is reported. from our north american editor sarah smith. sarah: he is back, donald trump savoring his victory and making a triumphant return to washington. it does all look remarkably cordial considering -- >> mr. p

will it be much more of the same or will it be trump white house 2.0?>> i think it is going to be trump white house 2.0. donald trump is who he is. he is always this person. we know some of what he will try to do in those four years. they look like the last four years, except a lot of the guardrails will not be in place. you will not have john kelly or those people who are the so-called adult in the room. you're also going to have a supreme court that is granting the presidency extraordinary new powers. so, i cannot predict -- we can take a stab that this could be a much more empowered donald trump. again, one with a party entirely unified behind them, now in power. >> in your article, you spell out all the things that make him rather unique, all the things that might discount anyone else from winning the white house, let alone winning it again. a lot happened during that first term and a lot happened in between, hence the convictions, the impeachments, and the pending cases. i hope we did not lose that signal. i will keep talking. i think you can hear

we will assess how the new white house might take shape.d, the dutch king says the jewish people must feel safe in the netherlands, after violent attacks against israeli football fans in the center of amsterdam. 62 people have been arrested. and the death toll in gaza grows. do you and condemns the high number of civilian deaths. it says 70% of victims have been women and children, says the u.n. ♪ >> we begin though tonight with news of the u.s. justice department saying three people have been charged in connection with the reunion plans to letter u.s. citizens including president-elect donald trump. we're also looking to try to order a man who has been critical of the government in iran. sumi somaskanda is in washington. what do we know so far about what the doj has said? >> exactly that, that the department of justice has brought charges against three men. one of them is in the reunion national, 51-year-old farhad shakeri. the other two are u.s. citizens. they have been detained. it is believed farhad shakeri is in iran at the moment, so

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she worked in the white house as a scheduler in the 1980s. of fixed herself in florida and has been a long time political strategist in the state. she was widely credited for donald trump's success in 2016 in this state. she went on to help ron desantis become governor. and then there was a bit of a brief pause when she didn't work for donald trump, then she did come back. donald trump tapped her specifically for his third term to lead his campaign and she did quite a job. on stage in his victory speech, he credited her, singled her out as one of the people that led him to victory. and what we saw from that speech was him at nick naming her the ice maiden, saying she is someone who usually stays in the back. but he has now elevated her to one of the top jobs. and we saw so many republicans floating her name for the job after many republicans floating her name for thejob after mr name for the job after mr trump's name for thejob after mr trump's victory, so she is someone who is widely respected and feared in gop circles. what does her appoint

so the white house party, harris and the democrats lose my mandate key based on us house elections. they lost us house elections in 2022. obviously, they lose the incumbency key. but you know, i was very critical of the democrats for viciously trashing their sitting president right out in open. i've never seen that before and i've studied our politics since the founding. i also thought they were headed for a disaster. not only would they push biden out and lose the incumbency key, but they were heading for a big party brawl and lose the contest key as well. and no white house party since 1900 has ever won re election when they lost both those keys. but somehow, maybe they listen to me. i doubt it. the democrats for one a spine and a brain and united behind harris and avoided losing the contest. key. so they're down to a mandate and incumbency. a third key they're down is foreign military failure for the middle east. it's a humanitcatastrophe with no end in sight. then there's 1/4 key that they're down. the incumbent charisma key. this is not a subjective key as people try to claim t

i was in the white house on 9/11. the white house. what i saw was a government that was not well prepared to handle a terrorist attack. how much of that is due to the truncated transition we had? it's hard to say. we didn't have as many national security senior leaders in place as we could have had, had we had a full transition. the 9/11 commission, which was sort of the most important summary of what happened for our country and why, highlighted the fact that, for president bush, the fact that he had not had his top national security team in place or in place for very long, was an important contributing factor to what occurred in our country. post—9/11, there has been a recognition that we live in a very dangerous world, and that understanding those dangers is a fundamental responsibility of the leadership of the united states government. the first weeks after the installation of a new president is a period of real vulnerability for the united states. inauguration day, even as ijust say that, - i literally get chills

white house briefing room. what do you think on that looking forward, not back? guest: the whca, the white house correspondents association, they set up where everybody seats, so your seat is pretty much guaranteed. where the real challenge will come in, there is always a lot of people standing on the side who are from smaller outlets, maybe podcasters. under the biden administration, they were coming in. they were asking questions. there were a couple issues. the biden administration sought to crackdown on that bike having everyone need something to go in. or they would escort you. very limited in what you could do. whereas before, if you had a day pass, you could come in, grab a seat where the reporters sit, and spend your day working there. you really cannot do that anymore because of some changes because of some issues. so it will be interesting to see if they are more easier on who they grant press passes to, who they -- you know, outlets we do not traditionally think of news outlets coming in. on top of t

will you go to the white house? your name is rumored to be white house press secretary. is that something that has been offered to you? >> you know i would never discuss anything with my client. i wouldn't and couldn't. it has been quite the journey. wherever it leads me i will take in serious consideration. obviously my children are a big factor in that. i'm a north girl with young kids. i'm in new jersey right now. we'll see. it is a family discussion and i will say no matter what it has been the greatest privilege to be his attorney and doing this >> dana: you have had your hands full and handled it very well. we show pictures of president trump shaking hands of republican leadership there and shaking the hands of the new u.n. ambassador elise stefanik as well. he is about to give a speech. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ ♪ from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee ♪ >> thank you very much. this is a very nice gathering, isn't it nice? nice to win. always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like histori

in the white house. maybe elon musk will get an office at omd or maybe he will want one of those very big offices available in the executive office building beside the white house. he could get one of those. but it seems unlikely he will get an office in the west wing of the white house where the action really is and be able to just walk down the hall to see the president when ever he wants to. the big offices in the west wing of the white house go to the white house chief of staff and the vice president. the white house chief of staff susie wiles will no doubt use much of her bureaucratic infighting skill to keep elon musk as far away from real power as possible. if elon musk were actually going to be the head of a department, a cabinet secretary, he would have to go through confirmation hearings. which would be a televised festival of conflict of interest for a major defense contractor elon musk tacking a position inside the government that would allow him to push for more money for his government cont

the big offices in the west wing of the white house go to the white house chief of staff and the vice president. white house chief of staff, susie wiles, will, no doubt, you as much of her bureaucratic infighting skill to keep elon musk as far away from real power as possible. if elon musk were actually going to be the head of a department, a cabinet secretary, he would have to go through confirmation hearings, which would be a televised festival of conflict of interest for a major defense contractor, elon musk, taking a position inside the government that would allow him to push for more money for his government contracts, and prevent anyone from ever examining any waste that might exist, in elon musk's more than $15 billion in government contracts. the funniest part of the trump press release announcing elon musk's appointment to a position that does not exist, in which he is being forced by donald trump to work with someone else, who knows nothing about the subjects that he has been assigned, vivek ramaswamy, is that they are both going to be the first people kicked out of the trum

putting republicans on the cusp of being in control of the house, the senate, and the white house at the same time. though republicans in the house are two seatses away from acclaiming what would be an historically slim majority in the chamber. that's where cnn wanted to come in.. >> the gop leads in just 222 house races. of course, we haven't called all of those yet. but they lead in just 222. how small is that, kate balden ? how small is it? i looked at all the house majorities that started going back to when we had 50 states. remember, alaska and hawaii were the last two added. 222 would tie for the lowest. but of course, we haven't called all those 222. i was looking at a few races in california, where republicans lead that might go the other way. if we get down to 221, that would be the lowest ever going back to since we had 50 states, and of course, it could drop even lower, given that donald trump has decided to pluck a few folks from his cabinet. so the bottom line is, we're talking razor, razor, razor-thin at this particular point, looking at what the house might look like co

stuart: informing our viewers, looking at oaks tearier of the white house and -- exterior of the white house and meeting between the president elect and president has started in the oval office. thank you very much, good stuff. lauren, you're looking at movers. what is this? lauren: it's a crypto stock that really encapsulates bitcoin and etf and it's the mining and infrastructure services and up 73% this month, in like two weeks. trump wants to mine bitcoin here in the u.s. and hold it in reserves and this is a company that benefits from both of those demands. stuart: this is a crypto rally that is bigger than the trump rally in the stock market in terms of percentages. tell me about verizon. i know they're moving 1.5%. lauren: their deal to buy frontier was approved by frontier shareholders and added spectrum allows verizon to be more competitive in more markets and cheaper to buy than build if you will. stuart: amazon. lauren: launched in beta form discount store called amazon hall. promises crazy low prices, that's a quote. most items under $10 but have to wait about two weeks to s

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they've got four long years before there's another shot at the white house. a celebrated dynasty, the trump family, minus the future first lady. they've been restored to the top of american public life, and with a mandate to remake the nation. inside mar—a—lago, the trump florida residence, plans are just starting to take shape over who to appoint to the top jobs in the cabinet and the white house, and drafting the first executive orders he will issue as soon as he takes power. leaving the white house four years ago, donald trump left behind many unfulfilled plans and ideas. this time, he wants to make sure he really can do what he wants. sarah smith, bbc news, west palm beach. so who could be in the new cabinet? well, a notorious anti—vaxxer and a convicted felon, fresh out ofjail, could be in the frame. tom bateman has this report. the road to the white house forged its way through the key swing state of pennsylvania. so now the voters have made their choice, he might be in donald trump's top team? elon musk, the owner of x, spacex and tesla and the richest

caroline: kailey leinz outside the white house, we appreciate it.ore on this growing clout elon musk has over in washington with michael sheppard. where do you think the rubber hits the road from the perspective of washington? we know elon musk, how focused he can be on stripping out cost and hone a particular issue and managed to ultimately provide. whether it be cars or rockets. what about efficiency cuts and $2 trillion worth? michael: great question. to cuts to the heart of whether this effort will actually produce the kind of results elon musk expects. maybe seeding with donald trump. the truth is, every expert who understands government spending and government performance sees a vast difference between how an agency operates and how corporate entity is run. in many ways the differences are so stark when it comes out employees are contracted, paid, what they are judged on. also simply what kind of service or good or product they are trying to provide. ed: i want to be clear with our audience. the department of government efficiency per the deta

white house, u.s. senate and possibly the u.s. house. it is close. earlier this morning trump huddled with house gop leaders and here he is just before that meeting. >> it's always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like historic kind of numbers. especially for the president but we won't get into that. the house did very well. we worked with a lot of you to get you in and you helped me and you helped me, too. and my numbers were, so they say, the 129 years the most important election in 129 years. that's pretty good. >> harris: today's traditional presidential transition meeting could be an awkward one. biden and his fellow democrats are likely still hurting from their crushing defeat in last week's election. many of them have been quite emotional. biden also threw plenty of shade trump's way in recent weeks including calling his supporters garbage. you remember that moment. we have an expert lineup of analysts ready to breakdown what we see coming out of the oval office this hour. we'll begin with peter doocy on the

the president to elect donald trump at the white house. so the, to government, the, they, the 2 governments have become, have, have started rather this hand over uh, between their administration. so these are the latest pictures that we are getting from the white house. as these 2 men have been meeting, let's spring and kimberly how could once again, joining us from the white house. so kimberly were looking at the pictures. what have you heard on your ends about how that meeting went? the oh well i, i'm looking at the pictures to i haven't been able to get much of a pool report, but what i can tell you is that on 1st glance, donald trump seems to be a lot more to do then. he normally is what i can tell you is that uh the quote i'm getting from the meeting is that donald trump said politics is tough and in many cases it's not a nice world, but it is a nice world today. so i guess he's enjoying himself a little bit. what we're seeing there is the man, you know, donald trump, a bit restrained from what we normally see. he can be a little bit

what will his return to the white house mean for the us climate policy?licy? thanks for having me. there is no sugar-coating - policy? thanks for having me. there is no sugar-coating it. | there is no sugar—coating it. trump returning to the white house is a serious blow to federal action climate change. but at the same time, the transition to a clean energy economy is well under way in the united states due to the economics of clean energy and the incentives that have been put in place over the last four years. so we saw in the last years. so we saw in the last year $284 billion of investment in clean energy manufacturing and deploying wind and solar. those investments are going into states led by republicans, as well as states led by democrats. and i believe that any attempt to roll them back will face a bipartisan opposition in congress. that would be — opposition in congress. that would be encouraging for people like yourself, things that are happening within the united states. but on the international stage, what does it mean for other countries if t

on day one, when the biden administration got to the white house, you know, they presented already a comprehensive immigration bill to the house. on day one, president biden struck out maybe 90 plus trump executive orders, having to do with remaining in mexico, with border policy. in other words, that's on day one. they're able to do a whole lot. and undo a whole lot. and so, jen, what is the process now, not between these two gentlemen, but between the organizations that each one of them are going to have to transfer to the -- one to the other? >> i think what you just raised in terms of executive actions is obviously not a process that would be worked through the transition, because that -- those are policy decisions. would you like me to stop? will they talk? you want me to keep talking? >> no, no, yes, this is -- this is -- >> i didn't want to talk over them, jose. all right. i didn't want to talk over them. okay. i would say in terms of just to pick up from what vaughn said, this is really important for people, i think to understand how it normally works in a transition, when it

donald trump swept them and that secured the white house for him.cent one to be called, michigan. let's take a quick look inside the state. this picture is happening across states. you can pick any of these red rural areas, look at the trump lead, 70% there, 66% of the votes. 71%. these are a smaller number of votes but that added up. traditionally democrats, kamala harris doing better in urban areas. detroit, 62% in favour of harris but that wasn't enough to overcome these types of numbers and the more rural areas. this isn't a story of huge swings. donald trump effectively keeping his vote at around the same percentage point, increasing a little, and kamala harris not being able to match joe kamala harris not being able to matchjoe biden kamala harris not being able to match joe biden from kamala harris not being able to matchjoe biden from four years ago, that led to the results we see there. all this blue for democrats turning red for donald trump. let's take a quick look at what else we are waiting for because as well as the presidential electi

with trump in the white house? >> trump is able to tank a legislation simply with a truth social post. that is the reality. he has republican leaders on both sides who are a lot more trump friendly. he has more ideologically aligned senators and then in terms of if they get control of the house they are going to have more funding for things like those mass deportations. more money for ice. expansions . the might potentially restructure the affordable care act. you go down the this. there is a lot they can do. you still have these characters in the house and mike johnson will continue to have to wrangle them. they have found a way to coexist and have worked on the relationship. there is a lot more that you can do. trump sums it up himself. he said that last time around he knew nobody in washington. he did not know how it worked. in a recent interview he said i know everybody. i can dialup anyone. >> so what are your greatest concerns and fears about a second trump administration? >> i have a lot. i would say the num

in now be reentering the white house. ., , ,, now be reentering the white house. . , ,, , house.ld be made a lot _ house. in that process could be made a lot easier— house. in that process could be made a lot easier if— house. in that process could be made a lot easier if the - made a lot easier if the republicans when the majority of the house of representatives — and we will find out that detail in the next few days. yes, republicans are hopeful of taking the house. we don't have the results yet, but they've taken control the senate, and if they win control of the house as well, that means they have the presidency, the senate and house of representatives — and house of representatives — a real clean sweep donald trump. and donald trump will now be in a more powerful position than he's ever been before. why? because the potential control of both houses by the republicans, then as well, if you remember when he won in 2016, it was a bit of a surprise — it seemed as if his camp wasn't actually quite prepared for that transition. this time, it's very different. the people around him

jackie kennedy, in doing white house restoration, jfk and his staff did not want her doing the white house restoration effort because they thought it would further add to her elitist effort, and she went ahead and did it and then he was very pleased when she won the emmy and became a big success. so those are three very specific examples of how you can be empowered or not empowered in doing things. >> and leaving some great legacies behind. the example of jackie kennedy, who pushed through despite her husband and his advisers not wanting her to focus on this. the white house historical association which is now in its 63rd year at the private funding arm for the white house to maintain the museum policy -- quality that she believed deserve. not to mention the emmy that she got for showing the restoration, engaging americans into really appreciated, embracing and loving the fact that this is an important symbol and that it belongs to the people's house. i think that is a great example. i'm glad nancy mentioned. >> so my final question for all three of you, what are your final thoughts o

that's something the white house has said. i have to tell you, craig, overall this was such a stinging defeat for the vice president and for democrats. last night the mood started to shift pretty intensely. it became a very dower situation, and today it will be notable to hear from the vice president and president about their message to the country and urge all americans at this moment to accept the results. hoda. >> monica, thank you. let's go back to the big board and national correspondent, steve kornacki. we still have a couple states outstanding. 276, and trump already over the top and the numbers could go up. >> the question is how high will they land. most immediately, it's michigan where just about all the votes are in, and the lead is 90,000, and we are trying to get clarity on how much is left. it does not look like there are that many votes left, would have to win all to overcome a gap like this. you might see where this is going but not officially there yet. in nevada, 93% of the vote. one thing to keep in mind, vo

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here are tran11 pictures of the white house rose garden. any minute president biden will address the nation for the first time since his party's defeat at the polls this week. he spoke with president elect donald trump yesterday to congratulate him and invite him to the white house. the speech comes as democrats grapple with the future of the party and many of harris's allies placed some of the blame on biden for not dropping out sooner. a lot of finger-pointing here this morning. as we await the president speech i'm joined by our guests. president biden's message will be straightforward. tell us more about what we are expecting to hear. >> this will be the first time president biden is speaking publicly since voters decided to send donald trump back to the white house. expected to reflect on the election results and talk about the country coming together in this moment. president biden also will be talking about the transition. advisors have insisted that he wants to ensure there is a peaceful transfer of power. that is something that was

a lot of docking to make the cut for white house. with donald trump taking his first job announcement naming his top political aide susie wiles as his white house chief of staff. she will be the first woman to ever hold that post. alayna treene is here with more. what should people know about susie wiles and what her pic means potentially, for how the white house will operate this time around. >> reporter: chief of staff was always going to be the first announcement he made and it is massive. particularly, when you know how donald trump operates and how he ran the white house the first time around, some chief of staff did not have as much power as they have had in the past. with susie wiles at the helm, it shows that she will have a big role in whatever happens moving forward with regard to the transition and to operations overall. one key thing to keep in mind is she has been incredibly loyal to donald trump. loyalty is one of the things that donald trump values most and the people he surrounds himself with. really, she stuck by him

and needs to know everything going on in the white house. so to have that level of confidence put in her is really a demonstration that the president is going to depend on her. and i think it is, you know, it's a great chapter in white house history to have a woman finally serving in this role. i will give one shout out to nancy reagan who as first lady, only had men as her chief of staff. it just shows you, things are constantly evolving a the white house. >> indeed. aneeda mcbride, always good to see you, thank you so much,. >> thanks fredricka. >>> still ahead, he spent more than $100 million to get donald trump elected. now elon musk takes part in meetings as trump builds his cabinet. what the world's richest man could gain next. >>> billionaire tech entrepreneur elon musk bet big on donald trump in this election, donating more than $118 million to help him retake the white house. and now that support could pay off in a big way for musk and his companies. cnn's jason carol explains. >> a star is born, e lon. >> reporter: cheers for the p