Organizational issues in setting up the white house. We talked about Foreign Policy. We talked about domestic policy. We discussed a lot of different situations. Some wonderful and some difficulties. My number one priority in the coming two months is to try to facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. Mr. President it was a great honor being with you and i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the future. There is something a lot of people thought they would never see, right . Fox News White House correspondent kevin corke joins joining us live from are where the action was today at the white house. Hi, kevin. Great to see you tonight. Im used to seeing you 10 00 in the morning. A lot of people just listening to president obama say president elect trump. It was an interesting thing to see on tape. But, obviously, the two men had a wide ranging convers
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. No meeting was more anticipated or potentially more awkward. Barack obama and donald trump, president and president elect, coming face to face today inside the most powerful office in the world. Chat, a firsttime meeting between the men whose contempt for each other is well known. Trump, a long denier of the president s american birth, and obama who has called trump unfit to be president. Yet, what the world saw today was cordial and hopeful. Well, i just had the opportunity to have an excellent conversation with president elect trump. We talked about Foreign Policy. We talked about domestic policy. And i believe that it of political preferences, to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face. Most of all, i want to emphasize to you, mr. President elect, that we now are going to want to do everything we can t
Right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Six days into the trump transition with the president elect holed up with his team inside his tower here in manhattan, there are major signs of strain emerging. First came word of a shakeup at the top of the Transition Team. Now word of a purnell purge with insiders being forced out. All of it happening as a massive test to fill cabinet jobs and preparing to take over the white house with a farreaching federal government. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Reporter as president elect donald trump huddled inside trump tower with Vice President elect mike pence, signs the trump transition may be in turmoil. Former congressman mike rogers, who had been advising trump on national security, abruptly announcing his departure. Exit. I think he did a great job for many, many months under governor christies leadership and were grateful to them for doing that. Repor
What families should know. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Six days into the trump transition with the president elect holed up with his team inside his tower here in manhattan, there are major signs of strain emerging. First came word of a shakeup at the top of the Transition Team. Now comes word of a purge, with some insiders being forced out. All of it happening as donald trump and his team face a massive test of filling powerful cabinet jobs and preparing to take over the white house with the farreaching federal government. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Reporter as president elect donald trump huddled inside trump tower with Vice President elect mike pence, signs the trump transition may be in turmoil. Former congressman mike rogers, who had been advising trump on following Chris Christies recent exit. I think he did a great job for many, many months under go
Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Six days into the trump transition with the president elect holed up with his team inside his tower here in manhattan, there are major signs of strain emerging. First came word of a shakeup at the top of the Transition Team. Now word of a purnell wi purge with insiders being forced out. All of it happening as a massive test to fill cabinet jobs and preparing to take over the white house with a farreaching federal government. Its where we begin tonight with nbcs kristen welker. Reporter as president elect donald trump huddled inside trump tower with Vice President elect mike pence, signs the trump transition may be in turmoil. Former congressman mike rogers, who had been advising trump on national security, abruptly announcing his departure. Christies recent exit. I think he did a great job for many, many months under governor christies leadership and wer