Im Christine Romans, wednesday, november 16th. Its 4 00 a. M. The pushback team, and donald trump soninlaw Jared Kushner is reported as infighting. Sources tell cnn there is a battle between Establishment Republicans and not traditional conservatives. A high ranking conservative reports they are overblown. Some lobbyists have been fired but that there is no purge under way. Trump himself tweeted last night. Very organized process taking place. He added i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. One transition official who was asked, former congressman and cnn commentator, mike rogers, let go after months of advising on security, cnns joe jones has the latest on that. Reporter mike rogers, the intelligence foreman he is out, he was shot as on the short list for cia director. Hes gone, of course, he was hired by Chris Christie, who, as well, was demoted. The question is why . Whats going on with the transition. The story they certainly want to put out is this is all about a blending of the Campaign Staff that traveled around 9 country with donald trump and the transition staff that was put in place to figure out what was going to happen. In the event he won. But there is also a question, as to whether all of this is part of a purge in the continuing fight, the backfighting, between the establishment figures who work with donald trump and the nontraditional figures, the insiders and the outsiders. Of course, they say no, it is not a purge. All right. So mike rogers says there is some confusion about the chain of command at trump tower with vice prpt mike spence now the chair of the team. Mike rogers hes the former Intelligence Committee in his presence was seen as reassuring some Establishment Republicans. Mike rogers, by the way, has done work with cnn. Told Cnns Anderson Cooper that it was, quote, absolutely the campaign prerogative to let him go. They wanted to go in a different direction. It was easy for me to hand it off to mike pence in his capable hands coming in. I think that was kind of a combination. I think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. Hopefully, theyll get that settled soon. I think they need to do it because as the clock ticks all of these decisions become more important. You have to make them sooner with a little more authority and forward thinking to make sure they dont bump into anything in the future. I think theyre going to get there. Im an optimist about that. The president elect violated protocol last night after an aide told reporters trump was in for the night. He showed up at a new york city restaurant without notifying a team of reporters on standby. Its a long time history of reporters to travel with the president elect. Efforts are under way to set up a pool. Zbhifg, the second time, hes had to back off and say, hold on, were going to get the protocol under way its just not there yet. Well, look, theres no evidence that the trump team has this under control or, frankly, cares about it. They did it when they went to washington, and they did it last night. And this does matter. Look, you need to be near the president elect and the president , a, in case something happens, b in case theres a major world event. What happens if theres a major world event and you need a reaction from the president or president elect. This is what happens when youre elected as president , you live in a bubble accompanied by reporters. And its not there to harass the person. Its there to be representatives of the American People. Again, to be close to the leader of this country in case something happens. On top of that there is new word this morning about the effort to at least get some members of president elect trumps family security clearance. There is word that Jared Kushner could end up getting that clearance. Its likely but has not happened yet. The frontrunner for secretary of state poses conflicts of interest. His former law firm and another company giuliani security has done work in the middle east. If you want to walk down memory lane, google debates that ram paul rand pauls father. One name off the list, ben carson says he does not want to be the next to run health and Human Services agency. Carson will continue to advise from outside the white house. The trump transition did not response for comment. Guess who stopped by manhattan for a very private meeting with the president elect, ted cruz. Trump and the texas senator were fierce rivals. Its not clear who initiated this visit or what was discussed. A cruz spokeswoman said the senator, quote, looks forward to assisting the Trump Administration. Cruz might have a role in trumps white house. And the conservative twitter sphere buzz. And new backlash with steve bannon as trumps chief white house strategist outgoing harry reid. With a scathing comment. With the he called on trump to rescind the white house job offer. Senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny has the latest. John and christine, as president obama and Hillary Clinton say people should wait and take a wait and see attitude towards donald trump. There is one democrat not doing such thing. That is harry reid who took to the floor of the senate and made a blistering statement against donald trump last night. He talked about the fact he did not win the paul lar vote and he called on him to reject the hiring of steve bannon. He also gave him this admonition. Responsibility of trumps aggressive behavior is becoming normalized in the eyes of america. Especially millions of young people who are watching and wondering. How, senator reid will never have to work with President Trump. Hell be leaving the capitol as a long service there as President Trump becomes the 45th president of the united states. That is why hes reaching out and talking so aggressively. Its music to Many Democrats ears. So Many Democrats are stunned that president obama and Hillary Clinton should keep an open mind about donald trump. They like what harry reid is doing. And many of them agency the Democratic Party rebuilds plan to do the same thing. Three luxury highrise apartment buildings in manhattan getting rid of the trump name. The three structures that feature trump place, from 2600 a month to 12,000 for a penthouse. They drop the trump name and the owner agreed. Theyre simple live known by their addresses as 140, 160, and 180. Donald trump has a directorship or names. I think this was just a licensing agreement. President elect donald trump will start reaching the trade policy. It lays out five trade goals. First, renegotiate or withdrawing from nafta. And then stopping the Transpacific Partnership deal. Third, banning unfair imports and then ending unfair trade practices. And finally, pursuing bilateral trade deals. Another big focus in the memo, retain and return the jobs. It says things will change. These are points for discussion only. And reporting on nafta what it would take to kill it right now on cnn money. Redrawing the trade map is part and parcel to what donald trump wants to do. Ibm sent a letter to donald trump saying lets make new collar jobs. Lets not think about bringing the old jobs back. Lets put people together. House democrats they were supposed to hold her leadership election this week but that vote has been delayed. So, does this signal trouble for nancy pelosi . Closer look coming up. Whythen get worse . Nks taste chalky . Introducing protein shots from 5hour energy. Protein shots from 5hour energy are smooth and tasty, and still deliver 21 grams of protein with 100 calories. Theyre great for workouts, no matter how you work out. Whether youre going for reps. Or laps. Or distance. You gotta try it. Period. Protein shots from 5hour energy. Great taste. 100 calories. 21 grams of protein. Republicans in house of representatives leaving no doubt who they want as their lead. Paul ryan received unanimous support. Paul ryan said he cannot work to get to work with the president elect. The speaker says the nation is in the dawn of a new republican government. Lets get the latest from cnns man knew raji. Republicans choosing paul ryan to be the new House Speaker in overwhelming fashion. With voice vote. A sign that paul ryan is in a much, much secure position, in large part because of donald trump, a man he did not actually want to be the republican nominee suddenly has helped paul ryan become speaker once again. Now, its not final yet, i should add. Theres going to be a vote on the house floor to formalize paul ryans selection to be reelected as speaker. But essentially, he will be. Yesterdays vote significant in the fact that republicans are putting up their nominee to be speaker. They have chosen paul ryan who is aligning himself very closely with donald trump. This is such a significant shift from just a month ago when it looked like conservatives were looking for a scalp, and that scalp being paul ryan. Because of the way he had dealt with donald trump. He did not support, did not say he would defend the campaign with donald trump but in recent week, paul ryan has aligned himself with trump as someone that they could Work Together and embracing the trump agenda. So the party really trying to showcase unity, heading into the opening day of a Trump Administration which is one reason why even people who dont like paul ryan, in the conservative side, theyre not willing to put up a challenge for the speaker because they know overwhelmingly they would lose. And the party wants to show some unity heading into the opening days of the Trump Administration. House democrats meanwhile have decided to delay their leadership elections until after thanksgiving. Its a sign longtime leader nancy pelosi, she could be in trouble. No normal challenger to pelosi has emerged so far. One supporter said they just need time to recalibrate and decide how to move forward. Sources say that dave berman who ran the claire. Urban is awe long time lobbyist. He said to have the trust of trump and his children and senior staff. Win in pennsylvania by trump was more impressive by urban to pull that off. Barbara boxer, a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton has introduced a bill that would abolish the electoral college. Clinton had 950,000 more votes than the president elect. A final vote count is still pending. And in california, for example, they still have to be counted. There are those that think that spread will widen for her. It could get up to as high as 2 million vote its. Hillary clinton is about to make her first public appearance since the president ial election. She will be honored tonight by the childrens Defense Group in washington. 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The first time we heard from president obama after the election, he came out into the Briefing Room with his upbeat tone. And, you know, somewhat optimistically and hopefully talked about how america really needs to move forward. And give donald trump space. Let him make his decisions. But yesterday, here in athens, at this press conference where hes getting these tough questions from american reporters, and even from at least one of the greek reporters, that really what he thought happened, did he see this coming. Did he know that there was so much anger and frustration in america. It was a time for him to get a little more inprospetrospective what he thought. Now, if he wasnt going to talk about the democratic candidate and what might have gone wrong there, he was go to talk about the other side about what he saw as troubling as he described the rhetoric. Listen to part of what he said. Youve seen some of the rhetoric among republican elected officials and activists and media. Some of it pretty troubling and not necessarily connected to facts. But being used effectively to mobilize people. And, obviously, president elect trump tapped into that particular strain, within the republican party. And then was able to broaden that enough and get enough votes to win the election. Reporter now, this was not him being particularly optimistic. I mean, he was kind of talking about the dark side of the populist movements on both the right and the left. And talking about letting that sentiment that led the election we had dividing america and calls that dangerous. John and christine. Thank you for that. The Trump Campaign it denies reports of turmoil in the Transition Team. Donald trump even taking to twitter overnight to say everything is going just fine. But there are reports of fierce infighting with his soninlaw right in the middle of it. Dont go anywhere. Whythen get worse . Nks taste chalky . Introducing protein shots from 5hour energy. 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Im john berman. pt least with the Transition Team. The members of the Transition Team who are left, that is. There are reports of turmoil within the transition and reports that dump dumps soninlaw Jared Kushner is right in the middle of infighting. Sources tell cnn while there is a battle between Establishment Republicans and nontraditional conservatives that reports of infighting are overblown. And sources tell cnn that some lobbyists were fired. But theres no purge under way. Trump himself tweeted overnight, very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. I am the only one who knows who the finalists are. One who was let know, former cnn commentator mike rogers was dropped after months of advising or National Security. Cnns joe johns has the latest. Reporter mike rogers, the former house Intelligence Committee chairman is now out, he was seen as reassuring republicans especially on National Security and was on the short list for cia director. Hes gone. Of course, he was hired by Chris Christie who as well was demoted. The question is why, whats going on with the transition. The story they certainly want to put out this is all about blending of the Campaign Staff that traveled around the country with donald trump. And the transition staff that was put in place to figure out what was going to happen in the event he won. But there is also a question as to whether all of this is part of a purge. In the continuing fight, the backfighting between the establishment figures who work with donald trump and the nontraditional figures, the insiders and the outsiders. Of course, they say, no, it is not a purge. No, it is not a purge. All right. Mike rogers says there is some confusion about the chain of command at trump tower in new york where Vice President elect mike presence is now in charge of the Transition Team. Pences presence was seen as reassuring to republicans but rogers told Cnns Anderson Cooper that it was, quote, absolutely the campaigns prerogative to let him go. They wanted to go in a different direction. It was easy for me to hand it off to mike pence in his capable hands coming in. I think that was kind of a combination. I think there is some confusion going on about a chain of command coming out of new york. Hopefully, theyll get that settled pretty soon. I think theyre going to need to do it because as the clock ticks, all of these decisions become more important, they have to make them sooner with a little more authority and a little more forward thinking to make sure they dont bump into anything in the future. I think theyre going to get there, im an optimist about that. There are new signs that the president elect may not have high regard for the press and the report role that journalists play in tracking his movements. An aide told reporters that the president elect was in for the night but that turned out to be false. He turned up at a steakhouse two hours after they said he was not going out. And it was longstanding procedure for the president elect to travel with a pool of reporters just like the president does. A trump spokesperson says she was not aware of the restaurant plan. She says efforts are underway to set up this pool. It is the job of the Transition Team to be aware of the plans. This is not prying. We dont want to sit and order appetizers with the trump family. All the press want to know is the movement of the president elect and the president to be there in case something happens to the president elect, him or herself, to be there in case something happens in the country that requires the response of said person. And it is its the American People, its having the American People have a place in really what is one of the most important jobs in the world. This isnt about the campaign anymore. This is not campaign stuff. This is not quibbling here this and that. This is serving for the people. Jared kushner could end up with top security clearance. Ku kouchner is expected to play a key role. Clearance is likely but has not happened yet. Rudy giuliani the former mayor of new york city seen by many including himself as a leading possibility as secretary of state. Hes facing questions about legal work and consulting work and high spade speeches he did over the last 15 years. Critics say they propose serious conflicts of interest. If it were for governments across america and the middle east. Senator rand paul, republican from kentucky that sits on the committee for American Relations process said the ties are worrisome. I would ask you to google ram paul. Im not saying this is Family History here, but is this Family History here. Dr. Ben carson has turned down the thought to be in charge of health and Human Services agency. It was ironic, he turned down saying he doesnt have experience to run one department of the federal government. But he was running for president. He did not want the job. Guess who stopped by trump tower in manhattan, ted cruz. Remember, ted cruz and donald trump did not get along. Its not sure who initiatesed this meeting or what was discussed. Its fuelling speculation, is there a job for ted cruz in the Trump Administration . There is an open seat on the supreme court. Could ted cruz be a contender for that. Primary battles are always so intense, i like that you can bury the hatchet in someones back and then bury the hatchet for real later. That wasnt even in the back. That was in the forehead. New backlash to Donald Trumps support of steve bannon as chief white house adviser. Harry reid led a scathing assault on bannons selection. Reid added that bannons former job as chairman of breitbart news. Reporter john and christine as president obama and Hillary Clinton say that people should take a wait and see attitude towards donald trump theres one democrat doing no such thing. That is harry reid, the outgoing democratic leader who took to the floor the senate and made a blistering statement against donald trump again last night. He talked about the fact he did not win the popular vote and he called on him to reject the hiring of steve bannon. Have a responsibility to trumps responsibility as aggressive behavior becoming normalized in america. Especially to the young people watching and wondering. Senator reid will never have to work with President Trump. Hell be leaving the capitol after long service there just as trump becomes the 45th president of the united states. That is why hes reaching out and talking so aggressively. Its music to Many Democrats ears. So Many Democrats that ive talked to on capitol hill are stunned that president obama and Hillary Clinton say people should keep an open mind with donald trump. Jeff zeleny, thanks so much. Three luxury highrise buildings in manhattan getting rid of trump name. The three that make up trump place feature three upscale apartmentses from 2600 a month to 12,000, the Christine Romans penthouse. Oh, right. They will drop the name. The owner agreed. Theyre simply known by their address, 140, 160, 180. He licensed his name, his brand. Trump is seen in new york as the gold standard. A lot of people in new york, too, theyre starting to fear traffic in a trump presidency. Where the trump tower is, there are barricades and police. And protesters and gawkers, and celebrity seekers. All right. Donald trump promised tax cuts for millions of americans but the cuts may not be as big as he originally proposed. Why . Well, experts say its just too expensive potentially costing as much as 6 trillion over a decade. His initial plan was estimated at 10 trillion. He has been scaling back. These match what House Republican had proposed last year. These are the brackets. 12 . 25 , 33 . And trump says millions of americans wont pay any tax at all. And both sides agree that the Corporate Tax rate should be lowered. That change in trumps history as a deal maker shows hes ready to pivot on deals if needed. Experts say even as the Trump Administration come to an agreement, the changes may not go in effect until next fall. Im telling you, folks in the markets are expecting, tax cuts are coming, maybe Corporate Tax. Maybe to repatriate some of that money overseas. Theyre expecting movie on this. Im old enough to remember the deficit. I still care about the deficit. In a couple hours, president obama speaks live in greece. Donald trump sort of the elephant in the acropolis. 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For president , it would have been a chance to speak to those alt lie allies to assure them of continuity, what hes achieved for eight years what the greeks have achieved through democracy that they passed on to the west a millenia ago. But, no, it has been dogged by the election of president elect donald trump. The questions that follow president obama around with that, not just those coming from the press yesterday where he spoke about his frustrations, about his sense that he understands peoples fear and anger over globalization, but not the way republicans are dealing with it. And undoubtedly to face similar sorts of questions from european leaders of this tour that are going to wonder, ask him the same thing, and get his assessment of donald trump. The speech today in the acropolis perhaps not giving the people of the audience any hope. Nic robertson live in athens. Thank you, nic. The Republican House of representatives leaving no doubt who they want as their leader. Paul ryan received unanimous support as House Speaker. Ryan who kept at arms length from donald trump through much of the campaign now says he cannot wait to get to work saying the administration is in the dawn of a new government. Reporter House Republicans choosing paul ryan to get to be the new House Speaker in overwhelming fashion. Actually voting by voice vote, with no dissension publicly voiced within the room. Paul ryan is in good position in large part because of donald trump the man he did not want to be the republican nominee suddenly has helped paul ryan become speaker once again. Now, its not final, i should add, theres going to be a vote on the house floor to formalize paul ryans selection as speaker, but essentially he will be. Yesterday, the vote significant in the fact that republicans have put up to be their nominee. Paul ryan is aligning very closely with donald trump. This is such a significant shift from just a month ago when it looked like conservatives were looking for a scalp, and that scalp being paul ryan because in part the way he had dealt with donald trump. He did not support or campaign with donald trump. He criticized donald trump in key moments of the campaign season. But in recent weeks, paul ryan had aligned with donald trump and said they could Work Together and enthusiastically embracing the trump agenda. So the party really trying to showcase unity heading into the first and opening days of a Trump Administration. Which is one reason why, even people who dont like paul ryan in the conservative side, the house and caucus, theyre not willing to put up a challenge to the speaker because they know overwhelmingly they would lose. And the party wants to show some unity heading into the opening days of the Trump Administration. John and christine. A much different story for democrats. They delayed their house leadership elections a sign that longtime leader nancy pelosi could be in trouble. No formal challenger has announced his or her candidacy, but one supporter said they need him. They want to recalibrate and decide how to move forward. The Dow Jones Industrial average, trumponomics, its reaping a major milestone thanks in part to that recent trump rally. Were going to show you an incredible chart. An incredible chart . An incredible chart. Look at my chart. This morning, Iraqi Military commanders concede could take months to drive isil out. As they move closer to the city center with thousands of civilians being said to be held as human shields. This as Intelligence Services with the latest on the leader al baghdadi. Phil is south of mosul this morning. Good morning, phil. Good morning, john, these latest reports about abu al baghdadis location come after militia groups have been incorporated into the paramilitary. Theyre responsible in the ongoing military operation to drive isis from territory west of mosul. And now, they say that is where they believe baghdadi is. They wont say how they know this but increasingly other departments, ministries within the Iraqi Government they wont back this up. The iraqi intel intelligence tells us they that believe baghdadi was there at the start of the administration and headed west. Thats pretty open. If you keep heading west, syria and, of course, the territory that isis still controls beyond that so the whereabouts of baghdadi is still very much an open question. U. S. Officials have been operating for some time on the notion that he moves around a lot, exercising extraordinary authority. Assuring that no one knows where he is that hes not vulnerable to any air strike or military operation. U. S. Officials have said if they did know where he is they wouldnt tell anyone that they would move to get him. All right, phil black, an elusive target but an important one, thanks very much. Lets get a check on cnn money stream. Dow futures slightly lower. A caution sign flashing after whats been a string of record highs. Stock markets in europe are mixed in the first hour of trading there. Shares in asia you closed. Theyre closed mostly higher. If the dow can turn things around a gauge of 77 lower points it will cross the mark for the first time in 120year history. This is a psychological perspective. It took the dow to go from 14 years from 2000 to 10,000. And then it rashed during the recession in 2009. Since that crash, the dow has roared back up 12,000 points or 189 , in less than eight years. This most recent knocking on the door here at 19,000, it is being credited with the new administration coming in. Theyre expecting tax cuts, infrastructure spending, Corporate Tax cuts. If there are reform done it could be seen progrowth in the near term but deficit in the long term. Unicorn to go public, snapchat, the Company Filing paperwork thanks to a law signed in 2012 that lets businesses with less than 1 billion in revenue file private documents with the s. E. C. Sources say its worth 25 billion. The Company Recently launched its first hardware product called spectacles which are sunglasses with a builtin wireless video camera. Snapchat turned down a 3 billion offer from facebook back in 2013. This being worth potentially 25 billion shows thats a right call. 25 billion is more than 3 billion . You can confirm that. I can confirm that. Check out the new cnn money stream app. Business news, personalized, stories, videos, topics, all in one cool feed. Download it now on the app store. You can remember who your friends are. Early start continues right now. Confusion inside trumps Transition Team. The president elect denying any trouble. The man who just got bounce said talking to cnn. The man in the middle is Donald Trumps soninlaw, Jared Kushner, hes said to be rubbing some team members the wrong way. This as the president elect ditches reporters again. Fleiss to see you. Im Christine Romans. Im john berman. Its wednesday, november 16th, its 5 00 a. M. In the morning. All is new in trumpville. At least according to the president elect and his Transition Team. There are reports of turmoil within the president ial transition and reports that Donald Trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner is right in the middle of that infighting. Sources close to the transition tell cnn theres a battle between Establishment Republicans and nontraditional conservatives. But a highranking trump argues that the reports of infighting of 84 blofr and tells cnn that some lobbyists were fired. And there was no purge under way. That this happens during a transition. Donald trump himself tweeted overnight saying very organized process taking place as i decide on cabinet and many other positions. He added, i am the only one who knows who the finalists are. One transition official who was let go is former congressman and cnn commentator mike rogers. He was dropped after months advising the transition on International Computer issues. Cnns joe johns now has the latest. Mike rogers, a former house Intelligence Committee chairman is now out. He was seen as reassuring figure to many republicans, especially on issues of National Security, and was thought on the short list for cia director. Hes gone, of course. He was hired by Chris Christie, who, as well, was demoted. So, the question is why