Lu lu lu lucy cavanov is with the story. Reporter they may have uncovered a ring of sorts. Three suspects arrested. The interior ministry saying his 18yearold nephew was nabbed in their hometown. He was suspected of driving that truck into the berlin Christmas Market. He apparently wired his nephew cash, sending money so he could join his uncle in europe. The nephew admitted during interrogation he had been in touch via the telegram messaging app. He allegedly urging his nephew asking him to pledge allegiance to isis. The nephew said his uncle was a quote, prince, kno. The other two suspects we dont know much about, except they were also arrested in tunis. Sheinelle. Any further word on how he managed to get to italy . He had to go through two countries borders, right . Oh, yeah. A lot of tough questions. Knifing through borders from germany to france. Through the town. And 9 00 p. M. On thursday, he apparently crossed yet another border, arriving in italy. And then milan four hours later. All with authorities on high alert. So sheinelle, a lot of tough questions being asked right now about how he was able to get away so easily. Especially since that high alert was in place. Still more questions than answers at this point. Nbcs Lucy Cavanaugh thank you. Now to politics. President obama sharing his christmas address. Take a listen. The idea that we are our brothers keeper and our sisters keeper. That we should treat others as we would want to be treated. That we care for the sick, feed the hungry, welcome the stranger, no matter where they come from, or how they practice their faith. Those are values that help guide not just my familys Christian Faith but that of Jewish Americans and muslim americans, none believers and americans of all backgrounds. And no one better embodies that spirit of service than the men and women who wear our countrys uniform and their families. Meanwhile, president obama is facingacklash after the u. S. Decision to absta from a u. N. Vote, demanding israel put an end to jewish settlements. The move by the u. S. Allowed the measure to pass. Israel had reportedly lobbied the trump camp to push the Obama White House to veto the measure. In a statement, republican senator Lindsey Graham said, quote, any nation which backs this resolution and receives assistance from the United States will put that assistance in jeopardy. Chuck schumer called the move quote extremely frustrating and confounding. The president elect tweeted as to the u. N. , things will be different after january 20th. The unprecedented diplomatic snub in what the New York Times is call a turf war between president obama. And as the Trump Transition Team deals with fallout with the rockettes performing at the inauguration, the archl bishop of new york will participate in the events. The Transition Team isnt commenting on the cardinals involvement. The president elect is on a working vacation. Kelly, mr. Trump found time to tweet in the wake of a u. N. Vote on israel. Catch us up. Reporter well, he did a couple of tweets. One, he wanted to make known that he opposed that resolution before the vote was taken. So he was on the record saying the u. S. Should intervene to veto the measure so that would effectively kill it at the United Nations security council. That did not happen. So after the actions by the ambassador to the u. N. For the United States, trump tweeted again, saying things will be different after january 20th and that gave us a sense of how he was laying the ground work on the front end and then critical, although in a muted sense, after the events at the United Nations. Now, the Obama White House says that the fact that they took this position is because the settlements that are for jewish families in the west bank are actually kind of an obstacle to a peace deal that would represent a twostate solution, and that in many other ways, financially and politicly, the United States supports israel. But we know there has been a tense relationship between president obama and Prime Minister netanyahu. So donald trump, before he even takes the oath, is setting some of his policy ideas, hes weighing in on issues where typically, only the sitting president would have a voice. And thats what makes this unusual. No tweets yet today on christmas eve. We do not expect any public activities this afternoon from the president elect. Well be watching the twitter feed, which, as you know, sheinelle, is the most it seems the most common way he likes to weigh in on the days events. Almost as if you just never know when one is going to come. Kelly odonnell. And im heading to chicago after this. It looks beautiful in west palm beach. I dont know if youre going to be there tomorrow, but my goodness. Did this fall . Oh, okay. She cant hear me. It looks beautiful there. Anyway speaking of the weather, happening now, a snowstorm hitting the countrys mid section is threatening to hamper travel plans for millions this Holiday Weekend. Both on the road and in the air. Nbcs Kerry Sanders at Miami International airport. Kerry, any delays where you are right now . Ive got a Little Information for you. Just note this, okay . The day before christmas, be on christmas eve, at 12 06 00 p. M. , the time you want to come to Miami International airport is now. Its empty. Everybody has apparently gone through security. Everybody is going. But i have a little bad news. Did i hear you saying youre going to head to chicago . Dont give me bad news, please . Reporter im sorry to tell you this. There are 279 flights delayed. Which airport is currently really with the most delayed flights . Yep, its chicago. So if youre going to chicago ohare right now or at the airport right now, you know what thats like. Youre delayed. 279 flights across the nation delayed. Eight flight cancellations. You know, think about the number of people who are traveling today. We have it from aaa. There are 103 Million People traveling. 93. 6 million actually doing it in their cars. One thing i thought was interesting, at least earlier today. And this is really a phenomenon going on, sheinelle, at airports across the country now. Everybody used to get in the car, drive to the airport, park in the parking garage and on a day like today, circling and circling, looking for a parking spot because there are so many people. Thats not the case in so many airports now, because people are using ubers and lyfts to get to the airport. But there are a lot more cars coming into the airport and so sometimes getting to the airport can be a 30, 40minute traffic jam getting out to check in. So a little piece of advice if youre traveling today. Although here at Miami International airport, not an issue. Getting to the airport could be a little bit slower than youre used to, because of so many people going on those ridesharing services. Good piece of advice. Something i hadnt thought of with uber there. Kerry sanders, as always, thank you. And merry christmas, by the way. Reporter sure. More now on the weather. Northern california is battling icy roads and heavy snow. Some of that white stuff is even set to make its way south for Christmas Day. Joining me now for a look at weather across the country, msnbc meteorologist, bonnie schneider. Bonnie, who is getting hit hardest . You mentioned california. Definitely seeing a lot of rain there, and mountain snow, certainly, along the sierra. Look at all of the rain sweeping across the southern part of the state, well into arizona and las vegas getting rain at this hour. So this storm is on the move as it passes the four corners. It will really ramp up the snow across the rockies. We could see heavy amounts of snow into utah. Wyoming and certainly western colorado. Then were looking at a rough Christmas Day for the northern plains. A blizzard. These winds will gust to 55 miles per hour, blowing and drifting heavy snow, making travel just unadvisable in this area. Minneapolis, you look for freezing rain to start off your morning and then eventually changing over to rain. Severe storms also to the south of the system. But snow a white christmas, i guess thats good news for many locations off to the west. Heres where we have the blizzard warnings were watching so closely, and keep in mind, much of minnesota will be facing wintry weather, 20 million americans under some sort of Winter Weather advisory. For severe weather, lightning, thunderstorms. This is all possible through nebraska and into kansas, down through oklahoma. The biggest threat likely, gusty winds as we go through Christmas Day and into christmas night. Driving right now into tennessee, heavy rain. Thats just been continuous since the Morning Hours from jackson to nashville, all the way into the western piedmont of north carolina. Rain through the mid atlantic, new jersey, and then across long island, still seeing plenty of wet weather. To the north, we are seeing light snow, and that is falling into up state new york and northern new england. If youre flying out today, you heard about the misery map. This is what we can expect for the weekend. Nor delays possible. And even in i think a better likelihood, sunday and monday as we continue to watch this storm. Sheinelle . Look at all of that. Its a mess. Its a challenge. Bonnie schneider, thank you. Breaking news. More arrests in the terror attack on the Christmas Market in berlin. Next, some answers about how difficult it is to track these potential attackers. Weve got to rely on Law Enforcement in the Intelligence Services to utilize intelligence to try and identify and mitigate these attackers before they can bring harm to innocent civilians. Former fbi agent, sean henry, talking about heightened security here in the u. S. This Holiday Season. Meanwhile, today we are getting breaking word of new arrests in the attack on a Christmas Market in berlin. Tunisias interior Ministry Says officials there have arrested three suspects, what theyre calling a terror cell, in connection with that truck attack earlier this week. A nephew of attack suspect, anis amri, and two others are now in custody in tunisia. Officials said amri sent his 18yearold nephew money to join him in europe. Amri himself now dead after a Police Shootout in milan. Joining me, former state Department Spokesperson and former white house senior director. Good morning to you. Good morning. Lets start with berlin. So many countries involved in this case. The suspect caught in milan, crossing two borders. Now this connection to a cell in tunisia. How difficult is it, obviously, to track these potential attacker, especially in europe . Well, youre looking at sovereign states in Different Countries with different systems that now in the post 9 11 era, are trying to share information. So in the example of this attacker, he actually started he arrived from tunisia to italy as a refugee. And was quickly arrested by police and spent four years in and out of prison. And he was actually alarming enough to the italian authorities that they put him in this International Database they have in europe for terrorists and people who are radicalized. Whats particularly interesting, italy only has 100 people on that list, whereas a place like france has thousands. So you would think and hope that when germany saw that there was only 100 people on the list and somebody in their country was on that list, they would take it very seriously. Now we know they were monitoring this guy, but unfortunately, they werent able to foil the attack in time. Thats what i wanted to ask you. So you mentioned amri, on the surveillance list in germany, but also on a nofly list here in the u. S. Even set for deportation. Talk about how, you know, he was able to slip through the cracks and commit such a major terrorist attack. It seems like, especially if youre already identified as a potential attacker, or is it just too, frankly, hard to track all of these different guys, you know, men and women, at different points in time . So much of this relies on human intelligence, which is what we call the information you get from people and your networks on the ground, working with communities to track individuals. And thats part of the challenge here as we look at particularly going forward, how is this going to change how we deal with the communities at large, are we making friends of them, and will they be willing to get information or are we making them feel threatened so they wont share information we know. In this circumstance, the in particular with him, that the italians were looking at him for quite some time, had shared the information, and the germans for whatever reason didnt pick it up. Thats part of the human factor in this, is that it really does require for individual Law Enforcement officials who are in the states of jurisdiction to be keeping track and being vigilant about the threat in their local areas. Really quickly, i dont want to dwell on this for too long and get in the weeds here. But when you say theyre looking at him. For someone at home to doesnt understand how it works, if youre dealing with thousands or hundreds of people, obviously there are more of them than people watching them. How does it work . Are you waiting for something to tip you off . You cant juggle 100 people at the same time. Or obviously, you have to. Youre not going to go ahead and arrest people in advance of committing a crime, either. But youre also at the same time trying to prevent a crime. So its really a matter of judgment. And its theres a Human Element in that, that can be the germans did to give them credit foil two other attacks that were being planned by a similar terror cell. This is the one they just happened to miss. So now thats what the aftermath is going to be, is looking at what decisions could they have made, and where were their mistakes made and how much of this can help improve the system. Is it youre monitoring somebody on the phone, seeing where they go and who theyre following, who their friends are, thats a lot of manpower and work and you have to be judicious in how you spread that around. Put this in pkd. Is this a big deal, does this mean a lot, or its not going to prevent israel from building anyway. Can you put in this context for us . Sure. Well, there is so much that happens at the u. N. , that is done symbolically and to set a standard of norms throughout the world. The u. N. Itself cant take much action. They can impose sanctions on some countries, but even then individual countries have to enforce it. So this this is a series of votes, and routinely we see at the u. N. Efforts made to marginalize israel and to blame israel for in a onesided way for whats been happening in the middle east. And so the u. S. Has for really since the obsession of israel, been the defender of israel at the u. N. , to try to present the other perspective. So this vote about the settlements is interesting in particular, because settlements have been recognized by International Law and almost all communities, including previous president s of the United States that building in palestinian areas is considered problematic. And that it gets in the way of the two communities coming up with what we call the twostate solution. So, again, this is a symbolic vote, and by not vetoing it, the United States is perceived as giving a sharp rebuke to the Current Administration in israel for continuing to build these settlements. Again, its not enforceable. But it does show where the Obama Administration is with the netanyahu administration. And thats not has not been a great relationship the last eight years. Lets talk about president elect trumps response, weighing in. Not only on the vote, which he wanted president obama to veto, but on how hell handle the u. N. He says, as to the u. N. , things will be different after january 20th. With what message do you think he wants to send to the world with that . Well, i think he wants the world to know that the United States is an ally with israel and the United States in particularly in the u. N. , will continue to defend israel and israeli actions. What is interesting, he has done this at a time that is hes not president yet. So this really goes against the one president at a time tradition we have in this country to allow for peaceful transfer of power. Does it complicate things when there are multiple messages . I mentioned earlier today, new york senator, chuck schumer, a democrat, sided trump on this one. There are multiple messages in israel as well. Netanyahu is considered a far right leader in the country and in israel, you have the same kind of demographic and political breakdown we have here in the u. S. Where not everybody necessarily agrees with their president all of the time. So there is a discussion in israel about what is the best way to pursue a twostate solution. So it will be interesting to see how that plays out in israel. And how it plays out here in the United States, particularly as you have a what we consider a right wing president elect and a right wing siisrael leader, wha that does to the region. Excellent conversation this morning. Thank you for talking with me today. Good to see you. Why you may see extra security around churches and synagogues this Holiday Season. And at progressive, we let you compare our progressive direct rate. Great deals for reals . And our competitors rates sidebyside, so you know youre getting a great deal. Saving the moolah. [ chuckles ] as you can see, sometimes progressive isnt the lowest. Not always the lowest jamie. What are you doing . Im being your hype man. Not right now. You said i was gonna be the hype man. No, we said we wouldnt do it. Im sorry, we were talking about savings. I liked his way. 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Im Sheinelle Jones here at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. At the half hour, heres what were monitoring. In tunisia, new arrests after the attacks in berlin. Officials say they arrested three people suspected of belonging to the same Extremist Group as anis amri, including his nephew. Amri is the main suspect behind the attacks on a Christmas Market in berlin that claimed the lives of 12 people. He was killed in a shootout with police in italy friday morning after four days on the run. New word from president obama today as he, the first lady, and their girls are spending the holidays in hawaii. The obamas departed for their final holiday vacation as the first family last week. Theyre expected to stay in hawaii through new years day. The president now with less than a month left in office, is reflecting about the past eight years in his final christmas address to the nation. Together we fought our way back from the worst recession in 80 years and got unemployment to a nineyear low. We secured Health Insurance for another 20 million americans, and new protections for folks who already had insurance. We made america more respected aroundhe world. Joining me now to talk about the president s final days and his legacy, rick wade, former Senior Adviser to president obama. Good morning to you. Good morning. Thank you. All right. Im going to toss you a big one here. The president , he listed several accomplishments. What do you think, rick, is his biggest accomplishment . Well, listen. Theres no doubt that his biggest accomplishment is taking us from a economic recession into an economic recovery and creating jobs and needless to say, providing health care for millions of people whoidnt have access to health care in america. And i think at the end of the day, sheinelle, when the history books are written, in totality, this would be one of the greatest president s in modern history. I want to show you this New York Times oped who says it is, quote, the political cannage of the democratic part and includes the more than 1,000 democrats who lost their elections during his two terms. Republicans now have total control and half of americas states. Whats your take on this part of it . How does this fit into his legacy . Is that a Fair Assessment . Well, im not sure that we can lay the blame for the carnage at the feet of president obama alone. I mean, this has been about a change in america thats deeply rooted. And i think its obviously required the Democratic Party in general to reevaluate who we are as democrats, and ihink youre going to see that change. So to some extent, i think, you know, the casualty that we just experienced in the last election has been good for the party. Because we have to reevaluate not only who we are as a party, but who we intend to be as a country. What kind of country this will be. You said you think its been good. What about for his legacy . I guess in the final days of his term, we talked about the fact the president has been really taking action to prevent potential legislation that might be signed by the president elect and both houses of congress. Whats your take on that . Well, theres no question about that. I mean, i think these last few days of his administration, hes doing what i call weatherproofing or trumpproofing, making sure that whether its through executive order or regulations or a lot of pending regulations that still need to be approved, that hes going to do Everything Possible to make sure that his legacy is protected, whether its Affordable Health care. He just last weeked the drilling of federal land in the antarctic. There is a lot he can do. But i dont think we can expect any major executive orders and issues to be taken up in the last several days of the administration. Rick, what about the socalled turf war with trump . The two have spoken kindly about each other since meeting at the white house. All eyes were on them for the first meeting and it seemed as cordial as it would be. But just this week, of course, the tweet heard round the world about blacking israel settlements in the west bank, do you think behind the scenes the president is annoyed by this, or how do you think hes taking this . Well, i think president obama has made it very clear that he intends to stay engaged and be engaged when there are issues that have to deal with the core values of americas democracy. So i dont expect him to be just sitting on the sidelines in the next several weeks. And even beyond his presidency. So hell be engaged. And i think that i think that is the nature of who president barack obama is. Its not been about he or michelle obama. Its been about whats good for america in our positioning in the world. So i think well expect we will see him continue to use the white house as a voice, as a megaphone to espouse the kinds of values and beliefs that we as americans believe in. What about the situation in syria, kind of seemed to play out with the president , understandably, not having a lot of options. Should he have done more tory to stop the ongoing tragedy . Well, i mean, we can all, you know, look back and reflect that he could have done more. But i think he did he did what he could do with regard to syria. And i think, you know, again, you know, the measure that president obama did put forth did get the kind of support from congress that other president s in American History have gotten. So i think his best efforts in syria, he gave his best efforts. But going forward, i still think that president obama will still be involved in world affairs, and use the bully pulpit of his voice, the megaphone in the white house, and his post presidency to be very, very vocal on issues in syria, as well as issues domestically in america going forward. Put this in perspective for me. A lot of people, you know, thought that Hillary Clinton being elected president would be his third term. Ill put that loosely. I remember when he was in philadelphia, i used to live in philadelphia, so i talked to so many people there and he constantly would say and people would say, you know, we have to protect obamas legacy and we have to show him and support him and show we believe in what he was trying to get done. And the fact that Hillary Clinton didnt win. What should we take from that, especially when it comes to his legacy . Well, theres no doubt that i think had there been a Hillary Clinton presidency, the expectation that she would have been the protector, and continue his legacy to work yet to be done. Again, you know, president obama, again, relatively speaking, compared to other president s is young. And hell stay engaged and hell stay engaged in terms of working to protect his legacy. Particularly in areas like environmental justice, criminal justice reform, his my brothers keeper alliance. He has a lot of runway still to stay involved in extending his legacy in years to come. I heard him make the comment he would do speeches and what have you. Rick, can you imagine, you know, the president giving a speech, lets say in chicago or in philadelphia . I mean, the crowds . I just have a feeling, we havent seen anything like what were going to see. Does that make sense . I mean, he is still young. Absolutely. Hes young. And so is the first lady. And i think, you know saying about the best is yet to come, its still to come with them. And im excited. I think, you know theyve got to be doing a lot of reflecting right now. Measuring their progress thus far. This amazing theme that we started out in 2007 2008 on hoping change in america. And that wasnt going to take place in eight years. So i think the future is amazing. And im excited about what a post president obama legacy and america and the world would look like, as young as it is. 50 years from now well be here and talk about it, rick wade. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Merry christmas. Merry christmas to you too. Coming up next, Donald Trump Inauguration . Who is showing up and who said, thanks but no thanks . Well talk about that. Also in our next hour, the best movies to see this Holiday Season and why space is such a popular theme. Stay with us. Major cities across the country have seen an uptick in security presence as a precaution, normally the case for the holidays. But theyre also keeping a close watch on churches and amid calls from isis supporters to attack them. Lets go to nbcs Morgan Radford in new york citys times square. Im sure security is tight. Reporter security is tight, sheinelle, and its all about prevention as well as response this year. White barricades set up around new york city and the nypd has set up to keep any cars from plowing on to sidewalks and potentially hurting pedestrians. Meantime, there are also armed people with an elite unit and have longrange sniper guns and a lot of these things are to prevent and respond to any potential active shooter. Amidst this, there are also a lot of tourists coming to new york city. We have a family here who has come to visit new york. Have you noticed the increase in security . You said you have been to new york before. Have you ever seen this much security . No, we feel very safe, though. We always do. But this is really special that we know there is an elite force out for us, and they have made all these extra precautions. Reporter and do you feel more or less safe . When you see these men out here with these heavy guns . I feel very safe all of the time but now even more safe. Reporter thats what we hear. People trying to enjoy the holiday spirit but the present reminder of the attacks that happened in germany, the foiled terrorist plot that happened in australia when seven people were arrested. So amidst these things happening, people here and heavily packed tourist areas being advised to be extremely cautious. Sheinelle . Certainly hasnt stopped the tourists. It is packed. You can hardly move. Thank you, morgan. Back to politics now and the countdown to inauguration day. Now with less than one month until trump is sworn into office, its unclear who will be on the performance roster. Beyond the confirmed, mormon tabernacle choir, but sources now telling Kelly Odonnell new Yorks Cardinal Timothy Dolan will also be participating. Joining me now is boris epstein, the communication director. Good morning to you. Good morning, sheinelle. How are you . Merry christmas. Happy holidays to everyone. Good morning, and good afternoon, depending on where you live. Im visiting beautiful minnesota today. There you go. All right. Tell us what information at least what you can tell us about the performance roster and then can you confirm Cardinal Dolans involvement . This event apolitical event is not the performance, enter containers, its about the people. This is an event that shows donald trump is president for all americans and we welcome americans from all walks of life, all backgrounds, to come. And thats represented in the information we have already put out there. The mormon tabernacle choir, a choir thats performed at five naurgs, this will be their sixth. They were the next inaugural reagan, h. W. Bush, and performing beautiful songs that celebrate america at this inauguration. We have the rockettes radio city rockettes, a group that is represented throughout history. They have already been to two inaugura inaugurals, and represent women throughout the country. And the national anthem. Were putting more information out there, but not about the performers, not about the entertainers, its about the people. You mentioned the rockettes. I have to ask you, because so many people are asking us, the Union Representing the rockettes agreed yesterday that participation will be voluntary. There is a deleted Instagram Post and im sure you know by one of the rockettes, phoebe and said the decision of performing for a man who stands for everything we are against is something she doesnt want to get involved with. So a lot of people, you know, felt like it was appalling she said it. Other people were supporting her. What do you make of all of that . You know, all aricans have rights. We will represent those First Amendment rights, absolutely. So as i believe the radio city rockettes, Madison Square garden put out a statement and said more women signed up to participate than the slots they had. So were very honored to have the radio city rockettes. Theyre a wonderful group, a group, again, that says everything we want to hear about america. Women who are so beautiful, women so strong, and so talented, from all over this country, who will come andoin in the celebration of unity. Celebration of a new day in america. And america being a city on a hill once again. Lets talk about some of our living president s, the Carter Center confirmed yesterday that former president jimmy carter has made plans to attend the inauguration. Time magazine saying george w. Bush and clinton are putting off the decision whether to attend. Are you reading into that or trying not to read into that decision yet . I am not. Im planning helping plan an inaugural that is a celebration of freedom and democracy. And an event that is going to be speaking to all americans. And we welcome, of course, all living president s at that event and hope for their participation. But its, again, just like for any american, up for them to decide. Obviously, if they choose to attend, or choose not to attend, would it be a personal slight . I have a feeling theyll come around but what were concentrated on are the americans all over this country who voted for donald j. Trump on november 8th and also those who didnt. And we are bringing the country together. Were uniting america around hope, around stronger economy, around obviously Strong Security as to your previous segment here. So thats what were focused on. And the inaugural planning is going great. We have such an outpouring of support that has been truly humbling. The president elect trump addressed the performance roster on thursday, saying exactly what you said, boris. It says the socalled alist celebrities are all wanting tickets to the inauguration. Look what they did for hillary, nothing. Are you guys at least still trying to get some big names . Its one of those things where, granted, you want the people. But lets face it, people remember with Barack Obama Beyonce singing. This is part of it. What i remember about president obama is lack of 3 gdp growth in eight years. Thats what im concentrated on as an america. Were not putting on wood stock or summer jam or a concert. Were putting on an inauguration, an event that speaks to the peaceful transfer of power. And this is going to be a workman like event. We have instead of ten inaugural balls that barack obama went to in 2009, well have three. Two official inaugural balls and one ball saluting the armed forces and first responders. So this is an event thats necessary, thats important, thats historic. But donald trump is here to work. Hes excited to get to work. And once that 12 01 hits, once noon hits on the 20th, hell be ready to get to work right away as he has already shown throughout the transition. I remember when he met with president obama for the first time, and people were waiting to see if they could read into the picture or what have you. And it seemed, you know what, about as good as it would be, right . So people said thats not so bad, its going to be okay. Or another time, i remember, when he sat down with mitt romney and we saw those pictures, people saying, you know what, maybe this is a sign he will be open. So fast forward to the inauguration. Are there things he will do or maybe people he can bring it to show, look, this is everybodys america, especially considering this was such a divisive time . And i ask that because there are all these talks about having this counter celebration and trying to get celebrities to go to another event. If that happens, the visual of that, frankly, around the world, is not good. Its not what we want. So is there something that he will do, to speak to that . To the unity aspect of this . If the celebrities choose to go to another event, and, again, as americans, god bless. Thats their decision. But america will be represented in washington, d. C. , all of america. As far as unity and peaceful transfer of power, of course, there will be those traditional hallmarks that you always look to. And then the key of those being the outgoing president , being, you know, taking off from the east side of the capitol and being waved off by the incoming president. Thats the impact peaceful transfer of power were talking about. So youll have youll have those. President obama and the first lady, michelle obama, obviously, will be there at the swearing in. Again, another absolute key part of the peaceful transfer of power. But throughout the inaugural week, we will have events and representations of the fact that donald j. Trump and governor pence, Vice President elect and Vice President after noon on january 20th will be president and Vice President for all americans. And even those that disagree with us. So it will be diverse. Its going to be a diverse event and uniting event. Boris epstein, thank you for your time, merry christmas. Thank you very much. Making policy announcements on twitter. How will this strategy could play out over Donald Trumps administration. Bodys hurt, but there will still be pain. It comes when your Insurance Company says theyll only pay threequarters of what it takes to replace it. What are you supposed to do . Drive threequarters of a car . Now if you had Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, youd get your whole car back. I guess they dont want you driving around on three wheels. Smart. 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Obama reflecting today on the past eight years in their final holiday weekly address. With the obamas still in the white house, president elect donald trump is already making moves on some crucial policy issues. Lets bring in elise jordan, time columnist and msnbc political analyst. And Huffington Post contributor, involved in two president ial transitions. According to politico today, trump set to be the least popular incoming president since the beginning of modern polling. Peter, does that gives democrats an opening to maybe push back despite the majority in congress . No, i dont think it does at all. I think democrats are really going to have to step back and figure out how do we take back the country . Its great that Hillary Clinton got 2. Whatever additional million votes than donald trump. We only have 11 governor attentis and that could go Single Digits in two years. So i dont think trumps favorability unfavorability at this point have anything for democrats to cheer about. We have been talking a lot today about the apparent turf war going on here. How unprecedented is this . Have you seen an incoming president get this involved in policy before he even takes office . Well, of course, twitter is a new phenomenon. Obama won the election, and governed for a long period of time with the new emerging social media. So were in an intense period of change. Every president ial incoming president , by the nominees that he chooses, is making an ideological and policy statement. So whether its overt or more polite and quiet, its all relatively the same. The fact that donald trump is using twitter just as he did during the election to win, suggests to me hes going to dwochb govern with twitter which would make perfect sense. Let me bring in he can bypass the media. Let me bring you in, elise on your take with trumps his popularity numbers not being as high. Do you think that matters as he starts here . I think that why it matters is Donald Trumps own displays of insecurity when he feels that he isnt being properly appreciated. So i wonder if in some sense some of these outbursts hes had in recent days in twitter over a Nuclear Arms Race is somewhat related to his dissatisfaction with the lineup of performers hes getting for the inauguration. I really hope that he knows that hes the elected president. We really can move beyond and focus on governing and less than owes petty issues. With trump weighing in on policy issues, what dynamic does this set up when trump does get into the white house . And both of you can weigh in on this one. We all thought perhaps someone would take the phone, frankly, and say when youre president , you cant tweet. But i dont know if thats going to happen. Elise and peter, i want to hear from both of you. The big question i agree with elise. Whether these thanks. These tweets are related to a larger strategy or if theyre just oneoff spur of the moment inspiration. Thats the big question that people are wondering. When hes tweeting about these major issues, if it is, in fact, related to a broader grant straerg strategy. And right now theyre keeping everyone around the world on pins and needles, and that possibly could be effective if it is followed in tandem with a broader strategy for how hes going to execute a Foreign Policy that keeps america safe and helps us prosper economically. Peter, whats your take on this . Never before have we had a president who makes policy pronouncements. President obama used social media very well. But policy announcements . The risks are high here. Absolutely. Democracy is very, very messy. And so i think we have more of an appreciation here in america than we do the fact that overseas, people could find this at best very uncomfortable and confusing, and at worse, perhaps a bit dangerous to be tweeting policy about an arms race. However, donald trump has accomplished what every politician since the beginning of time has dreamed about. Hes bypassing the media. And when i said i agreed with elise, the other most important aspect of it is, we know from the campaign, all of us do, that tweeting, putting the focus back on donald trump, is as important to him as breathing. For survival. Elise, ill leave you with the last word. Trump has suggested even people are concerned hell bring his own private security. What do you think . I think its a recipe for disaster if he does bring in his own private security, the secret service are quite adept at protecting the president and i think its creating unnecessary battles. But this is what trump is best at. Hes creating a show. Hes making us watch his every move and wonder what hes going to do next and hes keeping the suspense high. So i expect that to be par for the course going into 2017 and when he gets inaugurated and on to his presidency. May i add . Go ahead, peter, very quickly. Democrats are making a huge mistake. Theyre feeding the fear that donald trump needs to govern. He used it effectively to win and the democrats are giving him the fear he needs to govern. The sky is falling, the russians have stolen the election. Theres no reason to live. And i would caution the democrats to downplay that and start thinking more creatively about how to you take back what is now basically a red country. Something to think about. Thank you for joining me on this christmas eve. Thank you very much. That will do it for me this hour. Im Sheinelle Jones. 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