Packing his bags for beijing, assuming Senate Confirmation the next u. N. Ambassador to china. The president elect has a new title today as well. Time magazines person of the year, and while we watch the daily ins and outs and Donald Trumps tower, also here in washington, d. C. , the site of celebrations getting underway for bahrains national day. Joining me now to connect all of these dots are cnn Global Affairs correspondent elyse lavette and Jessica Schneider in new york. Jessica you first. As we hear who is likely to be the next ambassador to china, why branstat . Governor brenstat earning praise from the Trump Transition Team today saying he as an immense knowledge of china and the chinese people. Actually a longstanding friendship with president xis china dating back to the mid1980s when president xi was studying agriculture as an official in china, came to iowa to study things and when he formed a friendship with the governor. In fact, the governor had president xi for an lelabo
This. Youve been listening to Hillary Clinton there speaking alongside we can call her the darling of the left, senator Elizabeth Warren there in new hampshire. Ive got dana bash watching this with me, our chief political correspondent. You saw how Hillary Clinton had said trump seemingly conceding defeat, but im pretty sure i heard donald trump over the weekend saying hes winning. Why thats dangerous of her to say that. Whether or not, lets just say that he suggested hes conceding defeat. If you are Hillary Clinton and youre trying to make sure that everybody gets to the polls, not just now in states where there is early voting, shes not in one of them right now, but more importantly, on election day you want to keep up enthusiasm, you want to get people energized to stand up and say, oh, donald trump is already conceding defeat, if im somebody who is on the fence as a voter in a swing state, im going to take my kids to school, go to work and come home if im not that enthusiastic to b
Or keeping a Hotels Guests cuttinconnected. I to 35,000 fans. Businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. Hello. Its 1 00 in the east, 10 00 in the west. Here is whats happening. No word on who will serve as president elect trumps chief of staff. New signals today on who will ma up the rest of the administration. Here is Kellyanne Conway on whether steve bannon and Reince Priebus will be part of it. Both of those men are thought to have very important roles in his administration, very senior roles. That regardless of title, thats absolutely whats going to happen. The thing about bannon that people dont understand is that in this campaign, he has been the general and he has worked closely with Reince Priebus and the rest of that as part of the small core team. We couldnt have done it without priebus or bannon. The president elect is crediting his use of social media for his win but suggesting he might scale back on using twitter during his presidency. His
The death of a Senate Candidate, a governor, by itself that would have been a huge story. Ashcroft lost to the first deadman ever appointed to the in the. Senate. As news coverages overwhelms the news, one of the biggest drug busts in u. S. History is under way at an abandoned missile silo in rural kansas. At the time i dont believe anyone else in the country knew what was going on here. They were probably watching the election results. It truly is a very similar to the breaking bad tv series. I mean they had the capability to make 2. 8 billion dosage units, with a b. Thats enough lsd to get every man, woman and child in the entire western hemisphere high. The biggest story can become no longer the biggest story in a matter of seconds. Candidates spi s sprint for finish, it is a blitz indeed. Each stumping in the Battle Ground states which could determine the outcome of tomorrows election. After the clinton years and lewinsky and white water, there was this partisan fervor. It was a re
A 2015 gala for rt, thats russias staterun media outlet in moscow. In fact, in moscow, flynn was photographed sitting beside russian president vladimir putin. There he is. Trump is also meeting with alabama senator, Jeff Sessions, who hes eyeing for attorney general, or secretary of defense, according to nbc. Today the New York Times revisiting troubling allegations that arose in a bitter confirmation hearing 30 years ago, which tlumt ederailed sessions prospect of becoming a federal judge. Additionally, politico reports that trump aides have discussed naming sarah palin as secretary of the interior. And the New York Times says that conservative radio host Laura Ingraham could join the administration as well. And take this for what its worth. Mitt romney, whos been an outspoken critic of trump all along is meeting with the president elect for whatever purpose this sunday. Meanwhile, on his final trip abroad as president today, barack obama said he hopes president elect donald trump wil