A Great American day no matter how you feel about it politically. Its normally a big american thank you to people who have made a difference in our lives. And its the president s opportunity to Say Something nice about them and give them their moment in the sun after what is, you know, widely believed to be fantastic accomplishments. In the room now, you see members of the president s cabinet and many of those who will receive these awards. They are running just a couple minutes behind. And over the last hour, weve gotten a flood of new information from the president elect about many subjects, this is all new. And well get to what we can before the ceremony begins. First off, and this one is complicated, prosecuting Hillary Clinton. Remember now, first donald trump said she should be in jail. Then he said he would prosecute her. Then he said, he would launch an investigation. Then he became the president elect. Hours ago his Senior Adviser says president elect trump does not plan to pu
Reporter its packed inside the east room and everyone is here. Weve seep some people already take their seats but most of them are going to make the procession in just a few minutes and we are talking about superstars. You cant believe the number of press and people and guests the excitement is palpable. S Ellen Degeneres is being honored. She couldnt make it into the white house because she didnt have her i. D. So she tweeted out a photo waiting until somebody gotten a i. D. And she was able to come in. But security as you can imagine is pretty tight, it always is here at the white house. But then she went back to the Reception Room and did a mannequin challenge with all the other honorees and they posted that on twitter so you can imagine theres a lot of fun people are having. But weve philanthropists bill and melinda gaits, sici ze cecily tyson, Kareem Abduljabbar, Michael Jordan. Then we saw snl creator Lorne Michaels who was here. Well try to get a question to see how hes feeling