morning at blair house where he slept with his family overnight. we know he's up and tweetings overnight. he'll later to go to church at st. john's and later meet with the obamas over sea. >> sunlen, thank you. a couple hours in now president-elect donald trump will meet with president obama at the white house before both men travel to the u.s. capitol together for mr. trump's swearing in. the outgoing 45th president penning a good-bye letter to the american people. cnn's michelle kosinski is live at the white house with more. what a tradition, michelle, what we'll see play out this morning. >> reporter: it's something we've seen before. we've seen this peaceful transition of power, and president obama has absolutely tried to abide by that. in the lead-up to this, there have been ugly words exchanged on both sides. president obama has made an effort and tried to remind others that this is supposed to be smooth, supposed to be orderly and it's supposed to be a part of our democracy itself.