President elect of the United States. In polls, trump never led in the race, so it was a stunning upset. He defeated the ultimate insider, former secretary of state, senator, and first lady, Hillary Rodham clinton. Trump will be only the fifth president in American History to win the white house while losing the popular vote. Major garrett has followed the Trump Campaign from the start and begins our coverage. I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. cheers its time. Reporter donald trump, political novice turned improbable president elect began the hard work of reconciliation early this morning. For those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people. laughter im reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we can Work Together and unify our great country. Reporter trump, who once threatened Hillary Clinton with prison during the campaign, reached out to his vanquished foe as well. We owe her a major debt of gratit
With mexico. The president writing on twitter, quote, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a congress and president who would approve. In a string of additional tweets, trump doubled down on the threat saying, quote, i would consider closing the southern border a profitmaking operation. In a separate tweet the president issued a warning that, quote, a new caravan is forming. Trumps incoming chief of staff, acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, telling reporters the president is serious about that threat to shut down the border. Is the president seriously willing to do that . Yeah, he absolutely is. All options are on the table. Listen, its the only way we can get the democrats attention. Mulvaney said the white house is in the fight for the long haul it would appear. So are the democrat
Twitter, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a congress and president who would approve. In a string of additional tweets, trump doubled down on the threat saying, i would consider closing the southern border a profitmaking operation. In a separate tweet the president issued a warning that a new caravan is forming. Trumps incoming chief of staff, acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, telling reporters the president is serious about that threat to shut down the border. Is the president seriously willing to do that . Yeah, he absolutely is. All options are on the table. Listen, its the only way we can get the democrats attention. Mulvaney said the white house is in the fight for the long haul. It would appear so are the democrats. In a statement, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosis off
To shut down the southern border with mexico. The president writing on twitter, quote, we will be forced to close the southern border entirely if the obstructionist democrats do not give us the money to finish the wall and also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a congress and president who would approve. In a string of additional tweets, trump doubled down on the threat saying, quote, i would consider closing the southern border a profitmaking operation. In a separate tweet the president issued a warning that, quote, a new caravan is forming. Trumps incoming chief of staff, acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, telling reporters the president is serious about that threat to shut down the border. Is the president seriously willing to do that . Yeah, he absolutely is. All options are on the table. Listen, its the only way we can get the democrats attention. Mulvaney said the white house is in the fight for the long haul it
If mexico sends its people theyre not sending their best. Theyre bringing drugs, theyre bringing crime, theyre rapists and some i assume are good people. Joining us now cnns joe john live from the white house. Joe, youre there and i know youve been speaking to Administration Officials this morning. Is this a real plan and when does it start . Reporter anybodys guess, but i can tell you thats it in a nutshell. First you had the tweet from the president of the United States really sort of predicting or saying that next week were going to have the kind of round ups or sweeps of undocumented immigrants that Administration Hard liners have been pushing for some time as a deterrent to try to dissuade people from coming across the southern border illegally, and then later this morning we got what was essentially a statement from an Administration Official not confirming, not denying what the president suggested was the plan for next week, but simply sort of reaffirming the harsh language of t