Good morning, carol. A lot of anticipation of this meeting just a couple of hours from now. In the oval office plaped for 11 00 a. M. We do expect to see some video from president Obama Meeting with president elect trump at the bottom of that meeting. We dont expect them to make extensive remarks. But we could hear some brief remarks. But there is a lot else going on today at the white house. Melania trump is going to be meeting with first Lady Michelle obama. Vice President Biden later on this afternoon will be meeting with Vice President elect mike pence. But a lot of the focus of course is going to be on this morning meeting at 11 00 a. M. Between two men who havent had a lot of nice things to say about each other for months, president obama has been saying he doesnt believe trump is ever going to be president. He called him temperamentally unfit, uniquely unqualified. On the trump side you have the man who led the birther movement, who questioned the president s citizenship and his legitimacy for the office. It could be an awkward meeting. But one thing the white house is stressing is that you heard from the president and his staff about how much they appreciated the professional and smooth way that george w. Bushs team handled the transition back in 2008 and 2009 and the president said yesterday in his speech in the rose garden that hes directed his staff to follow the example set by president bush. Now the white house says the White House Press secretary josh earnest said its too early to say what kind of impact trumps election will have on president obamas top policy priorities. But, carol, we know that trump has run on plans and promises to undo many of obamas legacy items. So, france, we expect trump to get to work right away on trying on repealing and replacing obamacare. He says he wants to roll back and reverse executive actions on immigration, on regulations, at power plants and the like. Trump has also said he wants to withdraw from agreements like the iran nuclear deal. The transpacific partnernership trade deal and the paris climate accord. And weve already gotten some indications from congress that tpp, that trade bill, is all but dead. So a lot to discuss as these two men get together. A lot that could change with a Trump Presidency. Carol . All right athena jones reporting live from the white house. Now lets turn to trumps top priority. The thousands of jobs that will shape his administration, Jason Carroll is outside trump tower with that. Hi, jason. Good morning to you, carol. As i stand here in front of trump tower im thinking about how we were standing here last night with thousands of protesters out here. Some of those names being thrown out that they were protesting against, some of the names that are on Donald Trumps short list for key cabinet positions. So lets take a look at what lies ahead for the Trump Administration. There are 72 days, including today, until inauguration. Some 4,000 appointments that need to be made, 1100 of those require senate confirmation. Some of the key positions that are up for grabs, chief of staff. And some familiar names on that short list including newt gingrich, chris christie, Rudy Giuliani, reince priebus. Secretary of state, another key position, senator Jeff Sessions on the short list, along with john bolton, and senator bob corker. Two of the key men who were part of helping donald trump get to where he is, governor chris christie, and former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani, speaking out this morning about being part of a Trump Administration. Would you want to be chief of staff . Would you want to be attorney general thats what is called a pregnant pause. No. You really dont think im answering any of these questions, do you . You know me better than that. The answer is i am not committed to doing anything in a new administration, or not. You know, the bottom line is that i have a job to do to help get the administration ready. If theres some role for me that i want to do, and that the president elect wants me to do, weve known each other for 14 years. Well talk about it. Do you have it in you to be attorney general . Do you feel that you have the energy . Do you feel oh, my god. The desire . I certainly have the energy and theres probably nobody that knows the Justice Department better than me. And, carol, were just getting word that trumps motorcade has just left trump tower. Hes now heading to washington, d. C. For that meeting with the president. You know, going back to governor chris christie, he said that the bridgegate scandal thats be been possible positions, that he might have a Trump Administration. You know, as we see trumps motorcade leaving, washington insiders, washington corruption, his critics already, carol looking at many of his potential picks and saying all of these people for the most part are washington insiders. Where are the outsiders . Carol . Okay. Jason carole reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. Oh, to be a fly on the wall when president obama and president elect trump sit down in the very same room. Talk about history, as in bad history. I hope he was born in the United States. If he wasnt, its the greatest scam in history. Not political history, in history. Donald trump is uniquely unqualified to be president. He is the founder of isis. You dont see him hanging out with working people. Unless theyre cleaning his room. Weve got a person in the white house thats having a lot of fun. Its like a carnival act. Hes erratic. His closest advisers dont trust him to tweet, why would any of us trust him with the Nuclear Codes . Aint american politics grand . Lets talk now. With me now cnn political commentator and assistant editor of the washington post, david swerdlick, rebecca berg is here a cnn political commentator and National Political reporter for realclear politics and heidi p presbella sprinkle some vowels. I know, i wish i could. Senior politics report for usa today thanks to all of you for joining me this morning. Thanks, caring. So heidi, do you think the i mean, will the two men sit down and say, hey, hows the wife and kids . No. No. We wont be there for that part, though. You know, we will see a small portion of this at the end. Which president obama will do justice to the institution itself. And i think thats the way that he maybe gets through this moment. Because this has been so personal. Between these two men. Weve seen that trump, if there was one person that he had gone after even before his unlikely rise in this election, it was trying to basically delegitimize the president. Based questioning his citizenship. And secondly, just the efforts and his First Priority is going to be to try to basically roll back the president s significant legacyite tell which is obamacare. Its questionable how much theyre actually able to do that. I studied this when i was in congress and this reconciliation measure, which requires a lower number of votes to get things done, using that you can only peel back certain portions of obamacare. And so you cant really theres its its really a false equivalent to repeal the whole law. Were going to get into that much later. I want to go back to this initial meeting because both men have been so gracious in their remarks after trump was elected president of the United States, right . So, will this meeting sort of be, you know, president obama will talk to donald trump and say you know what . Heres what you can expect. And heres what i think your top concerns ought to be. You know, based on my experience. Eight years in the white house in his remarks yesterday, we should all rally behind trump and be rooting for him to succeed. And i think president obama genuinely does want president elect trump to succeed when he is sworn in, because president obama, anyone who is a lawmaker in this country, clearly cares about what happens to the country, and so i think president obama wants to give him as many tools as possible, as many pieces of advice as possible to bring that reality. To make that happen. That said, i mean, you cant suddenly, you know, have president obama trust president elect trump as, you know, someone who can necessarily be a good steward in the white house. Theres still a lack of trust between these two men and still some skepticism certainly. But be that as it may, they both sort of want the same thing. And thats where the country to be in a good place, and so they want we hope so. So i think today were going to see a meeting thats probably professional, an exchange of ideas, and there will be a photoop, right . And afterwards maybe the two men will Say Something publicly. Yeah, absolutely. And thats part of that peaceful transfer of power that we were talking about. A lot of the country is sad about the election of donald trump. A lot of the country is happy about the election of donald trump. But the job of the president and the president elect clearly is that peaceful transfer of power. I think that president obama like rebecca said and donald trump are skeptical of each other, but also both have incentives to try and have a constructive conversation and work together. So the protests overnight. Clearly were a divided country. One half of the country is enthusiastic and excited and full of hope and the other half of the country is quite frankly scared. So, you would think that the two men would talk about that in their private meeting. And find a way to bring the two sides together. And i think the democrats from their part have made that clear from the very beginning. Very beginning meaning right after the election, Hillary Clinton, in her speech, which is giving a lot of lauded, for the fact that very early on, First Priority she made clear is that we need to as americans honor the time honored tradition of a peaceful transfer of power. But carol, no matter how much you know, theres limits to leadership messaging at this point. Because people are so angry. And you know, this is now from a democratic point of view, the second major election that we have had where a republican has taken over, even though a democrat has won the popular vote. So you are now going to see that rage at the institution that we have seen and the republican side channeled, i think, through a grassroots democratic upraising potentially. I am seeing people already this morning pushing back on the whole notion of the Electoral College system. Because now we have had two elections like this, and i think theres a lot of questioning about the system that youre now going to see on the left. Right. I think, though, the salient point is that these two men have to try to figure out a way to bring this country together, because i mean thats the way politics works. Law of the land. People voted for trump. So, perhaps, one of the things that could be done to draw the two sides together is to drop this i dont know what to call it against Hillary Clinton, but you know to prosecute her in some way its still on the table. In fact, chris cuomo asks Rudy Giuliani about that again this morning. Heres what he said. I think that somebody should review that very carefully, as to how bad is that evidence, and if it isnt as bad as some of the exaggerators think it is then maybe the best thing to do is to forget about it and move on. If it is really bad, then somebodys got to look at it who is independent. Okay, so republicans would say this is necessary. Shes a criminal. She got away with something. Democrats would say its a witchhunt just stop it and lets work to the. So what do you think will happen . Its interesting to me that Rudy Giuliani in that interview suggested if theres no there there that they could poe lengsty drop this. Because this was a Campaign Promise from donald trump. This wasnt just, you know, if the evidence is there, well pursue it. He said at his rallies there will be a special prosecutor if i am president. Now he is going to be president , so there might be some political repercussions for him if he werent going to pursue that. His passionate supporters, this was a big deal for them. Thats why they chanted lock her up at his rallies. Although, i will say, in speaking to Trump Supporters, even they say you know, sometimes donald trump says things that he doesnt mean them literally. He just says them to get things going to show that hes tough. So, maybe he didnt mean that. So, two things, carol, one is that you know theres been a lot of talk in the last 48 hours about this idea that you couldnt have or shouldnt have taken everything donald trump said literally. I disagree with that. I think that president s or president ial Candidates Campaign for a reason. They make promises for a reason. And if they are essentially out on the trail saying things that they dont mean thats a problem with our system in the specific case of secretary clinton, and this legal issue, i think there are two reasons why it would be at least a political mistake for the Trump Administration to pursue it. One would be that fbi director comey has already said no changes. Number two, is that the American People already rendered a judgment on secretary clinton. Whether people are happy with it or not is one thing. And shes out of the picture now. He has to move forward, not look back. All right. I have to leave it there. Thanks to all of you for joining me this morning. I do appreciate it. Coming up in the newsroom, a tall order for mr. Trump, pulling off all those huge Campaign Promises, and fast. Can he do it . [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything [kid] i wont, dad. [captain rod] happy Tuesday Morning captain rod here. Its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. Getting word of another collision. [burke] it happened. December 14th, 2015. And we covered it. Talk to farmers. 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Markets are looking at a higher opening in just a few minutes, keeping up yesterdays surge after republicans bring home a win in the white house. Alison kosik live at the new york stock exchange. Good morning. Good morning, carol. Well, well, well, the stock market freakout over donald trump winning the election never materializing and instead wall street giving a warm welcome to president elect trump as we watch the dow get closer and closer to record territory. In fact, this morning, we are expected to see the dow open at its highest level ever. What i think you saw happen yesterday was investors putting aside their concerns about a possible trump antitrade policy and instead focusing on a republican controlled president and congress which may be able to push through promise that many believe could help the economy like infrastructure, spending, tax cuts, and lighter regulations. These are the kind of things that can be beneficial to business and stocks. So what were investors buying yesterday . They bought pharmaceutical Companies Like pfizer and merck, thinking that trump is going to focus on undoing obamacare, to Pay Attention to high drug prices. Defense stocks like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin on expectations trump will push for more military spending. Engineering and construction on the Building Block companies for spending on Infrastructure Projects that trump is expected to push for as well. So, carol, as we begin the trading day, we are watching one number. We are watching 18,636. Thats the number that we want to see the dow hit to hit that record high. Carol . Okay. Well know in just a couple of minutes alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. Thank you. Repealing obamacare, building a wall on the southern border with mexico, defeating isis, just some of the items on Donald Trumps agenda as president. Hell now have a Republican House and Senate Behind him. So, will trump be able to push it all through . Cnns senior political reporter manu raju joins me now with that. Good morning. Good morning, carol. He will indeed have a Republican Congress but that doesnt mean he will get everything he wants. Already Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell throwing cold water on the idea of imposing term limits on members of congress. Hes a sixterm republican flatly saying that is not going to happen. And other measures, too, causing some consternation within republican ranks including that border wall with mexico that trump championed on the campaign trail but many republicans in congress are nervous about such a provocative move. Now yesterday at a press conference carol i asked mcconnell three times whether he supports a wall on the border with mexico. And mcconnell would not say. Do you support his central policy idea to build a wall on the border with mexico . Well, im not going to go back and relitigate the events of the past. We have a new president. Id like for him to get off on a positive start. And i think we should look forward, and not backward and kind of rehash and relitigate the various debates we had both internally and with the democrats over the past year. What about the wall . Were going to be talking to the president about his agenda. Border security is important. I think even our democratic friends realize we havent done a very good job of that. And achieving Border Security is something i think ought to be high on the list. Do you have a personal preference on the wall . I want to try to achieve Border Security in whatever way is the most effective. Now, today, trump is scheduled to try to align his agenda with the Congressional Republican agenda meeting in a closeddoor session with his running mate mike pence as well as House Speaker paul ryan who had differences with trump this campaign season. It will be an important signal about what direction trump will choose. Whether to push some of those more divisive proposals thad meat him a hero among his base or try to work with democrats on an infrastructure, even Bernie Sanders suggesting he could be open if donald trump were to pursue such an approach. But, donald trump may also push talk about pushing the repeal of obamacare. And that could enrage the left, while it unites the Republican Party and while that repeal may have a chance of passing congress, passing a replacement bill will be much, much harder because of Senate Procedures requiring 60 votes to get anything enacted. Carol . Okay. Were in for quite a ride. Manu raju reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. Still to come in the newsroom obamacare on life support now that Donald Trumps heading to the white house. But what does that mean for the millions of americans who are enrolled in obamacare . And will the president elect talk about that with president obama at their meeting this morning . Were on it. 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The president signed that into law six years ago and it became one of obamas signature achievements, as joe biden so aptly put it. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States of america, barack obama. Remember that . But if trump has his way that big deal is about to go down. Cnns chief Business CorrespondentChristine Romans is here to talk about that. Will it be so easy to repeal obamacare . I would say for republicans it a curse word. It has been a curse word for some time in a very different way. In a word, carol, it Takes Congress and it takes a plan here to repeal and replace obamacare. Lets talk about what they could do here. They could repeal and replace it then with a brandnew law. Thats what congress could do. They could repeal it just like that and return to the old system. Or they could remove parts of the law, and keep the broader law. Remove parts of it, and basically fix it. But what donald trump has said he wants to do is repeal and replace it. If he repeals it you suddenly then have 20 Million People who dont have that obamacare protection. The points have been that the premiums are too high and the implementation of obamacare has been rough. But the essence of obamacare that people with preexisting condition would have coverage, remember they used to be ostracized by the Health Care System and that young people could stay on their parents insurance, those things, those things what were hearing from republicans is the broad brush strokes of what is obamacare would have to stay, quite frankly, because those are the popular parts of it. You can see the market is just opening and youre going to see a pop here this morning because there are some enthusiasm for other parts of Donald Trumps plans like for example, an infrastructure bill for example cutting regulations across all of the government departments, maybe cutting taxes, so with gop control of both houses of congress, and the presidency, there is some enthusiasm actually on wall street that donald trump wont go into a trade war, that many of his trade initiatives will not be implemented, and some of these other things, some of these other things will. In fact the whole idea of repealing and replacing obamacare is one reason why you saw a hospital stock crash yesterday. I think hospitals have been treating patients who never had access to the Health Care System right and you also had drug stocks that soared. Quick point carol at 18,662, just a second ago you talk about a record high for the Dow Jones Industrial average here. So as people are trying to get a sense of what a Trump Presidency would look like for your money, vefrs are saying, wow, we think hes going to build roads, we think hes going to cut taxes. We think hes going to cut regulations which would be good for business. And theyre enthusiastic after a freakout yesterday vefrs this morning look like theyre enthusiastic. I would say watch Construction Company stocks. I would say watch steel stocks. Anything that has to do with building stuff i would watch that. And watch the health care stuff as well. As we continue to watch these numbers i do want to i do want to double down on something about obamacare. Sure. If obamacare is repealed and 20 Million People are affected, right, because thats how many are enrolled in obamacare right now. Yep. How would that work . Would they just not have insurance anymore . Would like how exactly would that work . If you just repealed obamacare, just repealed it, you got 20 Million People on the exchanges right now who would have to go find insurance. Right . Some of those people may not be able to find insurance because they would have a preexisting condition. And they would not be eligible so their policies would be canceled, right . If you repeal obamacare, maybe they would be canceled at the end of the year, they would not be renewed. But you would have to see what that would look like. What were hearing from republicans carol is they know it is incredibly unpopular to throw 20 Million People out into the wild in the Health Care System. I want to show you percentage of uninsured americans. 11. 4 of americans are uninsured today. Obamacare has worked in getting people who did not have insurance into the system. Right . But it has cost too much. They underestimated what it would cost to insure that people are sicker and needed more health care than they thought. What the key here would be is to figure out a way to fix the Health Care System as it is, so that you would have maybe a risk pool that insurers could work from. So that maybe you would have higher fines for healthy young people who dont get into the Health Care System. But what this president elect is promising to do is to repeal, and to replace it. What we need to see is the contours of how they would replace it. And what youre hearing from members of congress who want this done, republican members of congress, theyre saying that they think that theyre going to be able to persuade him to keep the preexisting conditions and keep young people 26 and under on their Parents Health care. But theres no guarantee and theres no real, you know, we dont know for sure yet. All right. Christine romans reporting live. And well continue to watch the numbers for you this morning. Thanks so much. Youre welcome. Still to come in the newsroom russians rejoice as trump seals the deal. 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Election has been for nearly a year now russians have been told every day, and every night that the election is rigged. That it proves what a failure western democracy really is. Now, we are hearing a very different tune, with people here extolling the virtues of americas democracy, and even the head of the kremlinowned russian today channel saying that she would like to drive through moscow waving an american flag. Take a look. This was the reaction of russias lawmakers as donald trump claimed victory. Myself and the ldpr party congratulate donald trump on his victory. Reporter local media, too, could barely conceal its delight. Running this clip of president ial lookalikes every hour on state tv. Global markets tumbled with the news but russias held strong. As president putin congratulated president elect trump. Weve heard his electoral slogans when he was still a candidate. He spoke about resuming and restoring relations with russia. Reporter in recent years, tensions between the u. S. And russia have skyrocketed over ukraine and syria and, most recently, alleged russian hacking of Democratic Party emails. With the relationship deteriorating to cold war levels, antiamericanism is at its highest here in years. Russian coverage of the election has been particularly scathing of Hillary Clinton. Who has even been called a cursed witch. They say that clinton is aggressive and antirussian. But that relations could improve under trump. Do you think that this new trump era can be a better relationship for russia . He declared already that hes ready for such kind of future. Who knows whats happened, but i just hope that we have a chance now. Reporter and he does seem to be quite popular with people on the street here. Like in america. Reporter people we spoke to seemed to agree. Do you think that he will be a good president . Why do you think hell be good . I think he will be good, this man tells us, because hes been a businessman a long time, and has had a lot of success. This election became a show, his friend says. Maybe with trump coming to power thats going to change, peoples attitudes will become more serious. The relationship between the u. S. And russia may continue to be difficult. But for now, many here are celebrating. The kremlin is being a little more tempered in their response officially. That, carol, is because trump is still a wild card, and there are a lot of thorny issues between u. S. And russia that still need to be resolved. Carol . All right. Clarissa ward reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. So, what would a trump relationship with russia look like . Lets talk about that. Im joined by jill dougherty, global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson center and former cnn Moscow Bureau chief and william courtney, former ambassador to georgia and kazakhstan. Welcome to both of you. Jill, what does mr. Putin exactly want from donald trump . Well, you know, theres the personal relationship, and theyve heard all the right words. You know, mr. Trump wants a better relationship. Why dont we get along with russia, et cetera. But when the rubber hits the road, its not just that personal relationship, its some of the policies. And i think, you know, he wanted to name like three, one would be crimea. Remember the part of ukraine that russia annexed a couple of years ago . They want that recognized by the United States. And donald trump has said, i might think about that. That might be we might do that. Now, theres a long way between saying that sounds like maybe a good idea, and actually doing it. But thats one thing that president putin would very much like. The other thing thats probably even more important is sanctions. Sanctions that were imposed because of ukraine and because of crimea. These economic sanctions are hurting russia, and its a big priority for the government to get them removed. So, i think there is a feeling that maybe, if the relationship improves, they could get rid of the sanctions. And then overall, better relations. Really for mr. Putin, its transactional. He wants he wants, you know, real things. Not just kind of a buddybuddy relationship with donald trump. Interesting. Also, also, william, i think that russia yearns again to be a superpower, right . Its not a superpower right now. Its economy is in the tank. Right . And, to appear on the same stage with the american president might give the illusion that russia is again a superpower . It certainly contributes to the idea that russia is a great power. Which it is. Its a large country in between china and europe. Two of the three richest markets in the world. Has a lot of potential influence both Global Affairs and affairs closer to home. The problem for putin is that just establishing relationship with President Trump will not be enough. In order to improve relations there have to be some real changes. And that could be in syria, more cooperation. It could be pulling Russian Troops out of Eastern Ukraine where theres a simmering conflict. Or it could be something else, for example, theres a nuclear arms treaty, the inf treaty, which russia is apparently violating. So some kind of concrete progress has to be made in order to have a better relationship. But see i just want to go back to that notion because i know that putin does yearn to be very respected on the world stage, and to have a Good Relationship with the United States, maybe be invited to the United States, you know, for a state house dinner or Something Like that. Is that something that that putin would want, jill . Oh, definitely. I mean, you know, if you look at the way they have been injected into this president ial campaign in the United States, you know, here in the u. S. We say, oh, isnt that terrible, russia, you know, is involved in the u. S. Election. But in russia, theyre ecstatic. I mean, they are thrilled, and im using that word, you know, technically, they are thrilled that Vladimir Putin and russia are center attention in this election, have been, in this Election Campaign because it means that theyre back on the world stage again. They dont like being ignored. Thats one very basic part of president putins foreign policy. Doesnt want to be ignored. And he wants to be at the table on any major decision. So you know, look at what he said when he said, oh, maybe we can improve relations, congratulati congratulations, as he gave it, to donald trump. He also said on the basis of equality and mutual respect. And what that means is that russia wants to be back in the position it had as the soviet union as a major superpower. And as we just heard, its not economically or militarily. But it is key, it plays a very key role, sometimes just as a spoiler, in relations. That its important. They do play an important role, but we will have to define how president newly you know, minted President Trump can actually establish some type of concrete relationship. Its just fascinating. And my final question for you is why does putin dislike Hillary Clinton so much . Well, she president putin believes that mrs. Clinton was promoting color revolutions. Popular uprisings, democratic uprising against authoritarian rulers around the world, including in ukraine and georgia, for example. Neighbors to russia. So, he kind of thinks that President Trump will be more of a realist. Hell pull back a bit and not be so involved. Hell be more accommodating with authoritarian rulers around the world. Interesting. 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Show more of you. While millions of im sorry. Im going to ad lib over these pictures so you can understand why we are showing these. I apologize. We are taking a look at Reagan National airport in washington, d. C. Donald trump left the trump tower in new york city earlier this morning. He was on his way to the airport to board a plane. He will be flying into Reagan National and then traveling to the white house to sit down with a short meeting with president obama. The two men will talk about the peaceful transition of power. Then we believe the two men will make public remarks after that meeting just to calm things down in the country and to show this is a democracy and this is how democracy works, and all will be well despite it all. At least with one half of the country, right . When mr. Trump arrives at Reagan National, i will bring you back out there. While millions of americans celebrate the donald trump victory, others have mobilized in anger across the country in at least 25 cities, thousands marched in protest against his win. Not my president not my president not my president not my president in chicago, los angeles, new york, here in washington, d. C. , frustrated men and women protesting at Trump Properties carrying antitrump signs, even burning a paper machier trump head. There were 120 arrests across the country. Lets talk about why these people are protesting. Im joined by zoe hannah, a senior at the university of pittsburgh who helped organize some of the protests that took place in pittsburgh. Good morning. Hi, carol. So im just curious, donald trump was elected president of the United States so why protest now . Yeah. Well, we have been protesting. When you see the black lives matter protests, students against debt, these are things we have been protesting throughout the campaign and even before that. Still, im going to interrupt you here because yes, there were protests before the election but now the election has taken place and the people have spoken. So why continue to protest . Yeah. I think i think right now, the protests are mostly about solidarity and being together. People are really scared and sad, basically anybody who is not a white man doesnt know if theyre going to be safe in this country for the next four years, and even if everything is going to be fine, the shock that people were feeling on tuesday night and on wednesday is just so paralyzing and i think people are hitting the streets because theyre really angry and really scared, and they need to be together. Tell me, you say people are scared. What specifically do they fear happening . I mean, for example, the comment that president elect trump made about grabbing women, that specific event has happened to me with somebody else, so like these moments where you see somebody who is going to be our president bragging about the Sexual Assault thats happened to you, thats terrifying. It makes me feel like i dont know if im going to be safe on the streets. I have heard hundreds of stories already about people being antagonized for their skin color or i know of a woman who had a hijab ripped off of her in public. Its a violent climate right now. So there is a good portion of america who are very enthusiastic about a Trump Presidency. I just want you to listen to a few of them to see if theres any middle ground. Lets listen. My Health Insurance alone just for me, youre looking at almost 360 a month. The other day, Social Security is going up 3. 69. Oh, boy. I can get a loaf of bread now. I worked all those years and i see all that money went into Social Security and im not benefiting, really. Everybodys sick and tired of the lies. Okay. So a lot of Trump Supporters have fears about the economy. They want mr. Trump to fix the economy. They want wages to rise so that they can have a better life. So surely the people who are antitrump can relate to that. Of course. Yeah. I think thats whats so sad right now is that the dnc really overlooked this entire group of people that were forgotten and thats why trump won. People felt like they werent being heard and they wanted to speak out and now they have somebody who they feel represents them. But i think Trumps Campaign relied on fearmongering and its not rooted in truth or reality, so i think people voted for him because they were scared and i dont think that hes going to be able to make it better. But heres the thing that Trump Supporters would say. If young people felt so strongly antitrump, why didnt more of them go out and vote for Hillary Clinton . I wish that i had a better answer for that question. Its so sad to me. I mean, i heard, i dont know if this is true, but i heard on twitter that 11,000 people wrote in on their ballots and i can probably bet those are young people and its so upsetting that people just threw out their chance to have their voice heard, especially right now. I think its because this is just a time of complete confusion and desperation. I dont think young people realize that their votes count and matter. I think a lot of people are disillusioned because they had a lot of trust in Bernie Sanders and he was treated really unfairly during the primaries, and because of that, he didnt win and young people didnt trust Hillary Clinton. And then it kind of culminated in i understand. Thank you so much for being with us this morning. I do appreciate it. The next hour of cnn newsroom after a break. 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