He is considering conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett. In the hour ahead, well delve into whats at stake with this choice including health care and reproductive rights. An issue the president made clearest interested in potential disputes over the election, he spends most of his time fueling with baseless allegations there. I want to bring in the panel. Welcome to you all on this saturday afternoon, awaiting the announcement from the president. Shannon, with that, let me start with you. Bring us up to date not only on the time line were hearing breaking news of october 12th as beginning of the confirmation hearings and also the pick of Amy Coney Barrett as we await the official announcement from the president at the top of the hour. The president and the white house want to move very quickly on this. Thats something that in the early days following Ruth Bader Ginsburgs passing wasnt clear exactly whether or not they would try to get it done before the election or after. About mid week
View on waterboarding and Climate Change. Big question for you and for trump voters in general will be, do you care that hes changing about this. Something else we heard from the president elect is that he denounced hate groups and addressed potential conflicts of interest. This as were just learning about a new top pick for the trump administration. We could get more cabinet picks today. Weve got all these different angles covered. Lets begin with sarah murray. Sarah . Good morning, chris. Whether it is Climate Change or torture or whether its the possibility of throwing Hillary Clinton in jail, donald trump is making it clear that on some of his Core Campaign promises his views are actually flexible. Reporter president elect donald trump now suggesting he wont push for Hillary Clinton to be prosecuted. Over her private email server or dealings within the Clinton Foundation. In an interview with the New York Times trump saying, i dont want to hurt the clintons. I really dont. She went
Attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation. Reporter trump also hinting he has changed his mind on waterboarding and now says he might not abandon the International Climate accord, saying he has an open mind to it. Trump trying to brush off repeated questions about how hell ensure his actions as president wont benefit his business business saying, in theory i could run my business perfectly and run the country perfectly. Theres never been a case like. The law is totally on my side, the president cant have a conflict of interest. Trump reiterating that he will step back, leaving the Trump Organization for his children to run. I dont know if its a blind trust, is that a blind trust . I dont know. Reporter but that, too, poses a problem since his daughter, ivanka, has been meetings with foreign officials since her father became president elect. Trump complaining if it was up to some people i would never see my daughter, ivanka, again. And his soninlaw have a
Shook hands in front of the cameras and mitt romney said all the right things you would expect somebody to say after a meeting like that, but the wall street journal reporting mitt romney emerged as the frontrunner for secretary of state in the trump administration. Nikki haley, the governor of South Carolina talked with donald trump in the South Carolina primary earlier this year when his candidacy was on the line in the primary. She had her differences as well and they reported the front runner to be un a. M. Bassor. Thats going to do it for this hour in new york. Mtp daily starts now. If its tuesday, we are learning more than ever about what we might see in a trump presidency. Flexibility seems to be the name of the game. Tonight, has president elect donald trump lays out the white house vision, why many of his Campaign Promises seem to be in the rear view. Plus, hope 2. 0. How Many Democrats are putting their hope in a new role for the vice president. Why the stars are shining each
Are out there. It appears that several people are clearly prepared for a fights. It did not appear that they were there for a peaceful protest. What do you have to say to those groups . I think that this has no place in a civil society. It doesnt matter if it turns violent if it comes from the right or the left. It just has no place. And my hopes and thoutds a thous and prayers will be with the local officials trying to contain this because the city made a decision. They have the right to make the decision and they have the right to move forward. We saw a march, a White National march last night with tiki torches, more than 1,000 Law Enforcement and First Responders were put in place to respond to this. We knew something was coming, but we havent heard from the president on this. Do you think its time that he put out a tweet or some kind of statement condemning this violence . You know, i have not talked with the president or his team. I would think that he is probably monitoring some