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This weekend as donald trump took to twitter to say was this the leaker of fake news . Donald trump taking to twitter to suggest that outgoing cia director john brennan leaked unsubstantiated personal and Financial Information that could be damaging to trump. There is no basis for mr. Trump to point fingers at the Intelligence Community for leaking information that was already available publicly. Reporter trumps charge coming hours after brennan appeared on national television, arguing the president elect doesnt understand the critical threat russia poses. I think he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can be undercutting of our National Security. Reporter trump has spent months doubting u. S. Intelligence findings that russia was behind the Cyber Attacks and the president elect suggesting the u. S. Could ease tensions with russia. Trump telling the times of london and a german newspaper lets see if we can make good news. This as china blasts trumps comments over the weekend that the one china policy which maintains taiwan as part of china is under negotiation. Chinas state run tabloid slamming trump in an editorial, quote, we were simply angry initially but now we cant help but laugh. There are no plans to change the one china policy but certainly that policy is on the table if china doesnt also come to the table and work with us on trade, work with us on the South China Sea and whats happening there. Reporter at home trump promising were going to have insurance for everybody. In a new interview with the washington post. The president elect not revealing specifics, but says hes close to finishing his plan to replace the Affordable Care act. And part of that plan will be to specifically target the pharmaceutical industry. Over the weekend thousands joining rallies across the country led by democrats to protest repeal of the law while trumps feud with civil rights icon congressman john lewis intensifies. I dont see this president elect as a legitimate president. Reporter the controversial comment of course provoking trump to tweet. Congressman john lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district which is in horrible shape and falling apart. Not to mention crime infested. Rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talks, talk, no action or results. Sad. But trumps assertion is wrong. Lewis represents an economically diverse area of atlanta, thriving and wealthy in some areas with poverty in others. Now dozens of democrats say theyll boycott trumps inauguration. Now, coming off of that feud with the civil rights icon its unclear what, if anything, donald trump will be doing today to Mark Martin Luther king day. He was expected to travel to washington, d. C. But he scrapped those plans to stick around new york for the day, unclear exactly why. John. Sara murray, thanks so much. Joining us now to discuss the democratic senator right in the middle of this all joe manchin of West Virginia. Thank you for being with us today. Good morning, john. Good to be with you and poppy. Let me read to you what the president elect has said about the outgoing cia director. You sit on the Intelligence Committee. President elect trump wrote, he was quoting an interview on fox news he said cia chief john brennan blasts president elect trump on russian threat. Doesnt understand. He said couldnt do worse. Look at syria, crimea and the build up of russian nukes not good. Was this the leaker of fake news. So, again, senator, i ask you as a member of the Intelligence Community how does it help america to have the president elect attacking the outgoing clchltcia director . It really doesnt help us at all. We have a committee thats committed and professional thats going to be going into everything as far as the russian hacking and this is serious and we take it ver serious and we will share with the people in open meetings as much as humanly possible up to the classified level. I think we can get this quickly and give confidence. I have confidence in the intel community. Does there need to be changes . Was mistakes made . Im sure i can find mistakes anytime humans are involved but these are dedicated professionals and its the security of our nation at risk right now. Thats what were concerned about. John, here is the thing the Intelligence Committee is investigating alleged ties between the Trump Campaign and the russians during the campaign. Fbi director james comey will not say whether the fbi is investigating those claims. Do you think the fbi should be investigating those claims . Were going to get all the information from all of the intel community. We have 17 different agencies that basically gather intel to keep america safe for our international for our national interests. Were going to be gathering information from each and every one of those entities. Were going to say what do you have, we will put it all together and make sure we have the facts that we can move forward. John, when they keep talking about nonlegitimacy, that bothers me from this standpoint here, first of all, there is no indication whatsoever that any votes were tampered with, any Voting Machines were tampered with whatsoever anywhere anywhere in the United States. In West Virginia donald trump won by about 43 and i can assure you there was no camp ring to get that type of a margin of victory. But thats not the case. So if they believe that there was collusion between president elect donald trump or his staff we will find that out, but there is no indication of that whatsoever. The intent of the russians has always been under the soviet control back in the 70s they were always trying to be involved and influence our elections. Weve never seen it to this degree, from everything that we say that weve been hearing and seeing shows that theyve really gone more aggressively this time than ever before. They werent successful, but basically their intent. So all of this discord that we see going on between congressmen not attending, people basically saying he is not legitimate basically then the russians have accomplished what they tried to accomplish. I just think its wrong and its hurtful for the United States of america. So youre being critical of congressman john lewis of georgia who did say he doesnt believe that president elect trump is a legitimate president. The congressman from new york minutes ago on this show said the same thing. Neither of those men more than 20 members of congress not attending the inauguration. You are against that. Thats understandable. I am a big fan of the peaceful transfer of power. However, the president elects response to it has been to attack congressmen john lewis. Do you think the level of discourse hes engaging in is helpful and whats your message to him because you have his ear. He listens to you. Well, john, two wrongs dont make a right. Thats not my style at all. That has been president elect Donald Trumps style. He is going to defend himself, hes going to come back at you as hard as he can. With that being said is that good for the country, though . Is it good for america . If i was advising, if i was advising right now i would say, mr. President elect, please, at this point in time lets try to bring everybody together. Were going to have a hard enough time moving this country forward, making sure we are still the economic power and engine of the world, if you will, but we are going to have to come together. And were going to have disagreements, thats not a problem. I have always believed this, first of all, there is a time to be blue and red i guess through these elections, we beat each other up unmerciful, john, there is a time to be red, white and blue and thats america. We are in that period right now and the president has to lead us into that and with that being said can i john lewis is an icon. Let me ask you one element of leadership right now because we did an interview published overnight where hes talking about many different areas of the world and said Something Interesting about Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel. Listen to this. Who do you trust more if you talk to them, Angela Merkel or Vladimir Putin . Well, i start off trusting both but lets see how long that lasts. It may not last long at all. He is putting Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin on the same moral plain leading into his administration. Do you think thats wise . Well, thats not where i would put him. Basically putin i know what putins intentions are being former kgb. He is not a friend of the United States. He knows he cant compete with us economically, he knows he cant compete with us militarily. The only way he is going to be able to compete is to bring us down. Angela merkel she basically and with germany and with a nato ally has been someone who has been very supportive and friendly with our intentions of what we should be doing around the world. I would not agree with that whatsoever and i think that we need to basically get back to doing business and doing business that we do with our allies, our nato allies and those people that we trust. One of your great areas of domestic concern is healthcare, senator, and obamacare, you voted against the repeal measure in the senate just now, you have said you want to work to repair it going forward. President elect trump gave an interview over the weekend where hes talking about what he wants. He says were going to have insurance for everybody. There was a philosophy in some circles that if you cant pay for it you dont get it. Thats not going to happen for us. Were going to have insurance for everybody. That sounds like universal healthcare, senator. How do you think hes going to get there . Well, ive spoke to president elect trump about this issue and everything, i says, listen, you cant expect any of us i dont know how my friends my republican friends can actually vote to repeal something until we see the repair or replacement. Here is the thing, john, they are talking about repealing it with 51 votes, they will be all republican votes, not one democrat. If you want to learn from our past mistakes look at what the democrats did in 2010 when they passed it with no republican votes. That does not bring our country together. Theres people like myself, democrats, willing to work to fix the parts that we know thats not working. People in the private market and private insurers, people above the threshold that dont get any type of subsidies, they are paying a horrendous price and people are going without buying insurance, they are paying the fine. Theres things we can do to fix this. Im very grateful that hes willing to take this approach and says, hold on, you are not going to repeal it until we can replace it with repairs. So i appreciate president elect trump saying that. That stopped the machine because i will tell you, john, they were going to throw the baby out with the bath water, repeal it and say wait a couple years. They wanted to get past the 2018 election, they were going to take all the taxes paying for this off completely which would have put us in one heck of a budget hole of about 400 billion. So i appreciate him coming forth and saying lets fix this. So lets see what happens. He is actually saying he is going to come back with more maybe if you listen to his words there. Senator manchin of West Virginia, look forward to seeing you later this week at the inauguration. We will be there, john. Thank you so much. We are going to come together as americans. We always have. Weve been through tougher times than this. This is a great country with great people. We will be there. Were counting on you to make that happen. Breaking news. At least 37 people have been killed after a Turkish Airlines cargo plane missed the runway crashing into a village in kyrgystan. At least eight people including children were hospitalized with burns and other injuries. An emergency official says Poor Visibility may have been a factor in this crash. Investigators are searching the wreckage right now. A success for spacex, the Company Launched a rocket carrying ten satellites into orbit this weekend. The last launch went very differently, that rocket exploded on the launch pad before takeoff, destroying the rocket and an israeli satellite. Spacex is planning six more launches. 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Just four days before taking the oath of Office Donald trump is feuding with outgoing cia director john brennan and congressman john lewis. The question is why is he sparring so close to the inauguration . Lets discuss it all and more with former North Carolina governor pat mccorey. The governor has been in regular contact with the president elect and his transition team. Thank you for joining us. Thanks for having me. I have to begin with this, your reaction to the president elects tweet last john brennan was critical of him on fox news sunday, quoting a fox news article that was titled outgoing cia chief john brennan blasts president elect trump op russia threat does not fully understand. Trump says, oh, really . Couldnt do much worse. Just look at sierra, red line, crimea, ukraine and the build up of russian nukes not good. Was this the leaker of fake news . Its that last line. Hes questioning whether the head of the cia leaked this 35page unsubstantiated dossier with no evidence behind asking whether this man is the leaker. Your reaction . Well, first thing weve realized during the campaign and also at the beginning of this presidency is our president is our fighter, but also he surrounds himself with a group of very diplomatic wellqualified diversified cabinet people. I mean, look at nikki haley who is going to be the new u. N. Ambassador, she is a person who is going to bring calmness to an International Situation thats not my question. Im asking you about the words of the president elect calling the head of the cia possibly a leaker which would mean that he would be a liar and dishonest. Well, he was responding to the cia director who basically made some very negative comments about the president elect and weve known that we have a president who fights but he also surrounds himself with people like mike pence, the former governor of indiana, former congressman a good friend of mine who brings calmness to the situation. Its almost like a Good Cop Bad Cop type of situation where he does have people like nikki haley are you saying that he can lash out like this and say unsubstantiated things because he surrounds himself with people who dont . I think hes saying very strongly that if you swing at the president he is going to swing back hard while also having the people around him who understand then that rebuild the bridges but he does say this, if you are a congressman, if you are a current cia director and you go after the president elect he is going to swing back. Hes doing that internationally and domestically. Brennan said i dont think he has a full appreciation for russias capabilities. He said i think he has to be mindful that he has to have a full understanding of what the implications are of going down this road, et cetera. He was critical. I mean, isnt that sort of the basis of what america s that you can be critical even of the incoming commander in chief and say, look, i want you to be careful with what you say about our Intelligence Community without having the commander in chief come out and say, well, then you must have leaked the fake dossier . I disagree. I think the cia director if he has collateral situations with the president elect of the United States call him up. He doesnt need to go on sunday tv and be critical of the qualifications or the intent of the current president elect who is about to get sworn in as president of the United States. Wouldnt that same standard probably call the president. Wouldnt that same standard be applied to the president elect instead of tweeting his insults at the Intelligence Community and putting intelligence in quotes calling them up . Not after the cia director swings. Hes going to swing back. The president elect made those insults to the Intelligence Community well before brennan went on fox yesterday. And some of it may be deserved. Some of this information should have never gotten out of personal briefings with the president of the United States including the current president. Those should be extremely confidential. Listen, as a governor for four years when i had briefings i assumed those briefings were confidential and would not get out the media but for some reason they are getting out to the press and they shouldnt be getting out to the press. Its unfair to the president elect just like i think it would be unfair to president obama if personal briefings were getting out that were given to him. Governor, id like your take on this battle now between congressman john lewis and the president elect. Obviously the basis of it is that lewis said he is not a legitimate president. The president elect swung back saying that he is a man of all talk, no action. Obviously the context of this is his civil rights work all the way back from 1965 on. Whats your take on how the president elect responded . Should he have swung back in time . Well, let me first say this, i just got out of the toughest election i have ever been in, i lost by 10,000 votes out of 4. 6 million, there were things i didnt like about the election, there are things that im still questioning about the election, but my my replacement, the new governor of North Carolina, is the legitimate governor of North Carolina and that should never be questioned by another elected official and i feel the same way about the president elect. A u. S. Congressman should not be questioning the legitimacy of our elections. Its part of our constitution. We need to have a smooth transition and thats where i stand. Im going to do everything i can to be respectful of my replacement and representative lewis ought to do the same thing. Are you supportive of how the president elect responded . I am supportive of him swinging back when you need to. Thats been his technique during the campaign, thats obviously going to be his technique and attitude when he is president of the United States. The people knew that when they elected him and im still very impressed with the people that he has around him that compliments that technique and also brings about cooler heads when we need to have cooler heads both domestically and internationally. You have admitted that part of your defeat in this, you know, very tough governor battle in North Carolina is because of this controversial bathroom bill and we now have eight plus states that have these types of similar types of legislation preventing transgender individuals from using their bathroom of the identity the gender identity that they identify with. Any warning . Should any warning to those states that they should proceed with caution on this . I dont think this is going to end up being a state issue, this is going to be a National Issue, i think Jeff Sessions our new u. S. Attorney general is going to have the most interesting decision whether to override some of lynchs recent decisions regarding title vii and title ix regarding how do we identify gender in the future in the United States for the private sector. Loretta lynch called it state sanctioned discrimination. Do you have any regrets with hindsight as 20 20 on pushing and backing this bill . No, what i anticipate is the u. S. Supreme court is going to decide this very, very complex decision which i think will apply to the 1965 u. S. Civil rights act and how you define sex in the future or gender in the future and i think the attorney general will be helping decide this along with the new u. S. Supreme Court Justice that president elect trump will be selecting in the very near future. I think this is a National Issue not a state issue on how to define the 1965 Civil Rights Act and defining gender. Its extremely complex, its extremely emotional, controversial but it needs to be decided and i think it needs to actually be decided at the federal level. I appreciate you joining us this morning. Thank you. Thank you very much. The president elect also taking on Foreign Policy skeptics in europe and reports that china is, quote, laughing at him. So how will he respond next . Knows how it feels to seeetes your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. 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You know, robin, it does seem as if donald trump is getting under the skin of chinese officials. Very much so and i think there is a it reflects the nervousness across the globe today. A lot of governments are not sure how serious he means some things that often come across at insults, challenges not just to past policies but to the sense of relationships, the basic core of agreements that the two countries have come up with. It seems like there is so much more at stake and that the agreements, the terms of engagement, are being thrown out the window and i think thats its not just china that is worried and perhaps other countries more quietly are relaying messages, we need to know what the nature of relationships are going to be. The president elect has now challenged whether its the future of europe, he said over the weekend to an interview with the times that brexit was not only a great thing but that others are likely to leave europe as well because of mistakes made over the issue of immigration. I mean, the United States for 70 years has worked very hard to make sure that there are no more wars in europe, that there is stronger relationship, that the European Union is a body that is at peace with itself and that has common values and common laws and now the president elect has questioned one of the basic fabric, the basic threads that have pulled together since world war ii in creating a more stable world. I think thats worrying people from across six continents. David drucker, to robins point he also said in that interview in the times of london, he also said nato is obsolete. He put Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin on equal sort of footing when it comes to who he would trust most. He seems to be to put it lightly, you know, in favor of clearly a new world order of sorts even Justin Trudeau spoke out against him. Lets listen to that. There are things that we hold dear that the americans havent prioritized. And im never going to shy away from standing up for what i believe in, whether its proclaiming loudly to the world that i am a feminist, whether its understanding that immigration is a source of strength for us and muslim canadians are an essential part of the success of our country today and into the future. This as mexico over the weekend said if you do what you want with the 35 tariff you will send this world into a global recession. What is this new world order, then, david . I think were trying to figure it out. I mean, look, i think that the difference between president elect trump and his predecessors, republicans or democrat, is that hes presenting himself more like a nationalist and less than a liberal Democrat Small l, small d. On the other hand weve seen him appoint a National Security cabinet that is largely traditional republican and conservative in the mold of what we have seen in the post world war ii order from the United States. So i think the question is, number one, are we going to get trump the nationalist that we saw on the campaign trail or are we going to get trump the guy who has appointed general james mattis to be his secretary of defense, mike pompeo his cia director and things of that nature. Then i think we have to look at his behavior. I think whats so unsettling for many but just he leaves a lot of us guessing is donald trump when it comes to matters of Foreign Policy, National Security isnt necessarily rooted in particular principles that we can depend on, whether we would like them or not. So he keeps a lot of people guessing in terms of his end game. If were looking at china and were looking at the pacific the fact that hes ruffling some feathers there and putting a lot of priorities for china on the table for negotiation could work out well. China has been building these islands in the South China Sea, theyve been trying to exert and expand their influence at the expense of the United States and i think this is where barack obama the president has fallen short. So if the president elect understands what his end game is and wants to reassert u. S. Tomorrow nance in the pacific this could work out quite well. In europe its rather unsettle because he is in a sense siding with moscows priorities over that of our most important allies. And when you are youre delegitimizing or reducing the important of nato at the expense of elevating moscow it can be a troubling matter and it can be damaging for u. S. National security. Unpredictability isnt necessarily a bad thing in Foreign Relations but so far president elect trump hasnt been unpredictable when it comes to russia. There is no carrot and stick policy where ept to russia, there is a carrot, carrot policy right now from the president elect. And the president elect is not Holding Russia accountable for what the Intelligence Community believes is a serious hacking of our electoral system, of our and beyond that. This is the problem, that there is doesnt seem to be the kind of balance. And i think one of the things that concerns americans as well as our overseas allies is that Foreign Policy so far has been defined largely in 140 character tweets and there is a sense among diplomats in washington, foreign ministries all over the world that there isnt yet an outline of what happens on january 21st. There is a lot at stake. We have 68 allies who are part of the coalition against the islamic state, the isis threat that is that most americans believe is the greatest security danger to the United States and a lot of those allies are ones who are either either have been insulted or have been, you know have been quid about their role they are members of nato as well, if nato is obsolete what does that mean . What happens on january 21st when it comes to the war on isis . Are these allies supposed to continue bombing, partnering with us and advising and training the iraqi army . There is a sense that there needs to be more clarity, more definition. Many diplomats in washington have told me they knew what Hillary Clintons plan was, what her policies were and they felt comfortable. Now theyre being besieged by their own foreign ministries asking what the Administration Likely to be on x, y and z and they have to send cables back saying i dont know. Thanks so much. Coming up next evicting the press . 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There are 49 seats in the current room. But members of the press are very concerned about this move and what it would all mean and that it would frankly be a first step in limiting media access. Lets discuss it with reuters correspondent and president of the White House Correspondents Association jeff mason and director of the school of media and Public Affairs at George Washington University Frank sesno. Let me begin with you, jeff, because you spent a long time over the weekend speaking with sean spicer about this. What did he say . I did indeed. My meeting with him was meant really just to get some more information from him about what their plans are. And he did repeat what he said in a written statement that was shared with others in the media that theyre looking at having a bigger space for press briefings than the current james s. Brady room. I emphasized to him the importance of that press room and its very important for members of the White House Press corps to have that space. It is it has 49 seats but it has been a very important space symbolically for the press corps, not only because of the briefings that take place there, but because of the proximity to the west wing and our ability to have access to the press secretary specifically but other Senior Administration officials as well. We talked about that and they are still making their decision but i made it clear that the White House Correspondents Association of course supports having access and having as many reporters possible in a briefing but wed like to focus on that Briefing Room and on the west wing area. And the west wing area includes work space for members of the free press, something it has for decades and decades. Frank, if your interest is in managing how you get your message to the American People i can understand moving the press out of that west wing space. If your goal is for truth and for instant quick access to information on behalf of the American People then you want those reporters, you know, ten feet away from the white house staff. Frank. Yeah, exactly. I mean, i think that its very important to understand that there are two things going on here, one is practical and one is symbolic. On the practical level just what you said is the case. I was a White House Correspondent for in network and for the Associated Press and being in that press room as confining as it is and its very confining nonetheless gives you access to people in the press office, puts you on the premises, puts you in their orbit and vice versa. The other thing that it does is it demonstrates both to the administration and to the American Public and to the world that the white house is accessible, it is accountable, that the president a accessible and accountable. As far as the large numbers as jeff points out sean spicer rightly observes that the place is bursting at the seams and it is. The white house has accommodated that in the past with formal president ial news conferences when they put them in the east room or someplace else on the white house grounds where they can accommodate more people but the daily sort of day in, day out briefings, gagless as they call it where theres quick access with the press secretary happens with that core, Smaller Group of white house reporters who cover every word, every move that the president makes and its very important to inform the American People in that way. The Obama Administration has not been, you know, perfect for close to perfect when it comes to press access but i think context, gentlemen, is so important here. This comes in the context of an administration that during the campaign revoked press credentials of members of the media that they didnt like the questions they were asking and let some of them back in after that, but also said donald trump said on the campaign trail i want to open up liable laws, i want to make it easier for me to sue the press essentially. Jeff. Yeah, i mean, and youre right about that, you cant forget the context in which the president elect is coming into office. I think we right now are focused on trying to start a new relationship with this Incoming Administration and that would not get off to a great start if they were trying to move us out of the white house. Im certain that we will continue to have conversations about any changes that they want to make and its certainly in the interest of the White House Correspondents Association and the broader press corps to maintain access to we can aggressively report on a new Administration Like we would regardless of who had won the election. Any administration. Thats right. Let me read you something that jeff said overnight because he had this meeting with sean and he talked about various subjects. This is what jeff said about sean. Sean expressed concern that journalists adhere to a high level of deck rum at press briefings and press conferences. Jays a mason said i made clear that the White House Correspondent association would object to a reporter being thrown out of a press briefing or press conference. Sean spicer talking about the deck rum of reporters. Theres a flip side of that. Sean threat ld to throw out jim acosta from the press conference last week, president elect trump was calling it fake news. Garbage. Garbage from the podium. Theres been tension between the press corps and the president since Thomas Jefferson agonized under the scrutiny of the coverage that he got at the time. I remember vividly when i was covering the white house and with every president before and since that they have not liked the you know, the constant attacks that they get through the media and all the rest but that goes with the territory. It just does. Look, there are two things to be keeping here in mind and somewhat separate. One is the actual logistical concerns that there may be. The deck rum of the press corps. You know, reporters yell and scream at press availability, photo ops and all that kind of thing and sometimes its really not very appealing. But also the deck rum of how the white house pays back, they have to be respected add varies. Thank you so much. 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I believe in forgiveness, i believe in its going to be hard, very difficult. I dont see the president elect as a legitimate president. I think the russians participated in helping this man get elected and they helped the destroy the candidacy of hillary clinton. The president elect is responding to this by slamming congressman lewis on twitter tweeting that icon is all talk and no action, the latest in a strength of tensions between president elect trump and the Africanamerican Community. Democratic strategist simone sanders, former vice chair of diversity of outreach for donald trump, Brunell Donald chai. Thanks for being with us. First to you, simone. Congressman john lewis says he does not think the president elect of the United States will be a legitimate president. Is that appropriate . You know what, john, im not here to say if it is or is not appropriate for john lewis, a civil rights icon and a committed and very active member of the congress is right or wrong. But i do think john lewis is an important part of the resistance. We have seen now a number of democratic lawmakers join he and representative barbara lee in not attending the inauguration coming this friday. Now were having a robust conversation about mr. Trumps treatment of the Africanamerican Community. I definitely think john lewis, hes always talked about good trouble. I think this is some good trouble for him to be in. We are having this discussion, thats true. But were also talking about the peaceful transfer of power, and talking about someone who was elected president , where no one has presented any proof that it wasnt a legal, fair election. I want to note that, yes, the election happened. Donald trump got the necessary number of 270. He won. Just say he won. He did hechlt got the number 270. He won. Thats means hes the legitimate president. Theres a real question of how the russian involved played now the the election. I think there are facts for john lewis to base his comments on. This is different than the baseless birther Conspiracy Movement that donald trump led. Brunell, the flip side of this is, for the life of me, i dont understand questioning someone like john lewis saying theyre all talk, talk, talk, no action. He is the definition, the walking, living, breathing definition of action, isnt he . What i will say is this. He is a civil rights icon, but that does not make him infallible. It doesnt make him perfect. Even he can be wrong in his judgment here. What ill say is this, constitutionally weve been here in this nation the way we have, strong and tall because the president s and elected officials all upheld the constitution. The constitution requires a smooth transition of power. What i will say, also, is this. These people have been elected and the nation is watching. Donald trump has said hes going to put billions of dollars into the sinner cities. What i would say to them is to support the president elect, begin to have that friendly conversation. Lets make this peaceful. The nation is watching, brunell. I couldnt agree more with you on that. Yes. The nation watches and listens when the president elect engages thats a euphemism with people constantly on twitter, whether it be meryl streep, whether it be the Intelligence Community, whether it be congressman john lewis. The world is watching. People are watching, africanamericans are watching. Yes. Im one of them. When you go after someone like john lewis and say all talk, no action, how does that help to heal . How is president elect donald trump helping to move forward right now . What ill tell you is this. Donald trump was on that plane crisscrossing this nation like the terminator. We watched him. We saw the rnc had boots on the ground for four years building up to thats electoral landslide on november 8th. What ill say is donald j. Trump is a person. He is not perfect. Honestly with the way the media tweeted him, slammed him during the election and the disrespect continues, of course youre going to see a human response. Hes hurt. Who wouldnt be hurt when people who are elected, who are supposed to be supporting a smooth transition of power are out there telling people that the presidency isnt legitimate when the American People spoke very loud and clear. You are correct, it is time to heal. It is time for this divide to heal because the nation, the world is watching. When we are strong, the world is strong. When we are weak, the world is unstable. So i think that we as americans, as elected officials, as people who love this great nation as patriots, we have got to stop talking about race. Lets talk about how were going to love each other and make this nation better. The first way we can do that, john lewis can do that, the 23 democrats and others can do that. They can attend that inaugural and go across that table with the president elect and lets help these inner cities. Our children are dying. Theyre dying. John, that was beautiful. Its the truth. The fact of the matter is that the president elect that is really stoking this divide in the nation. Miss symone, our children are guyi dying. Do you understand that. Its the president elect that has yet to meaningfully come to the table where women are concerned, people of color are concerned, latinos, native americans, africanamericans, where the disabled community is concerned. Hes disparaged all of these communities. One can argue nominating ben carson as the secretary of hud is, in kt fa, demonstrating that is not serious about his engagement of africanamerican communities. Im tired and disturbed by Donald Trumps repeated stereotypical characterization of black and brown communities saying theyre drug infested, not the best communities. Thats what donald trump automatically reverted to when he decided to attack john lewis. Thats the behavior that needs a course correction. If i may respond to that, sir. What i will say is john lewis attacked the president elect first. How old are we . That does not give him the right to disrespect our leaders, especially our 45th president. What ill say is this, many of these communities in the africanamerican not all of them, but many of them are crime infested. Thats the truth. The truth is bitter, but we have to swallow it. If we dont start telling the truth, how do we fix these communities, how do we answer the cry of o our children who are filling up the prisons and the morgues . Youve got to be honest. That has to do with systemic racism and we need course corrections in our criminal justice system. Absolutely. The rhetoric is not enough. Rhetoric is not going to keep our kids out of the criminal justice system. Absolutely. Rhetoric is not going to bring back. We need action. We needed it for the last eight years. President elect trump canceled plans to visit the civil rights monument. Is that somewhere he would benefit to vis snit. The president elect, if he made the decision to not visit, im sure there is a reason that is probably just he just probably couldnt makt it. Hes adverse to stepping foot in the black and brown community. I dont think hes adverse to