A smooth transition. President obama calling on americans to give trump a chance. I think its important for us to let him make his decisions, and i think the American People will judge over the course of the next couple years, whether they like what they see. Mr. Obama offering some sober advice to the president elect. Theyre going to be certain elements of his temperament that will not serve him well unless he recognizes them. And corrects them. The president refusing to appoint steve bannon as his chief strategist and senior council. Theres a lot to get to tonight, i want to begin with cnns chief National Security correspondent. There is word tonight that donald trump is trying to get top secret security clearance for his three oldest children and son in law . It appears this decision is not fully baked. One source telling my colleague jim acosta, this is something the president elect is seeking for ivanka, eric and donald trump jr. As well as his son in law, Jared Kushner. It appear
Important thing and we dont discriminate people based on their color or where they come from or based on who they love. Shes a woman and thats really important to me as well. I want her to know at 3, she has a voice and voice in our democracy. And no matter what the Electoral College says, we still have a voice and say. Thank you, lisa. Reporter were hearing a lot of similar sentiments. People of all races and all ages and walks of life. They want this to be a symbol of unity. A rejection of division. John and alison. Thank you, ana. We will keep our eye on the protests. Particularly in portland, oregon. Police calling them riots. Several hundred arrests made right now. Police using smoke grenades. We just did lose our picture from there. We will keep our eye on it and bring you information as it comes in. The president elect will sit down in new york for his first meeting with his transition planning team. We are told one of the Top Priorities is filling about 800 administration jobs.
Confirmed to nbc news that Stephen Feinberg, a billionaire private equity leader who has donated to Trumps Campaign is leading the review on spy agencies. Quote, the spotlight has finally been put on the lowlife leakers they will be caught. Late last night, two congressmen asked the committee to look into the leaks as opposed to the actual communication between flynn and the russians. The president is defending his National Security adviser saying flynn has been treated unfairly by the media. I think its very, very unfair whats happened to general flynn, the way he was treated and the documents and papers that were illegally i stress that, illegally leaked. That of course is ironically the exact opposite of what then candidate trump said about leaks while he was on the campaign trail. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. All you have to do is take a look at wikileaks. This just came out. I love wikileaks amazing how nothing is secret
Floors. That is because it is tv not radio, so that does not work . Oh, really. Just on the move, active. Well, thanks to martha for letting you come down. It is his her big story today also. The first 100 days be behind us, the focus now turning to President Trumps plan to slash taxes. And the gops push to repeal obamacare. Lets start with health care. The senior white house official is telling fox news that a vote to repeal and replace obamacare could happen as early as wednesdays day with wednesday. Republicans in the house down to a handful of votes. This is President Trump insisting that the g. O. P. Bill will cover their preexisting conditions. Watch. Im not hearing you say that there is a guarantee of preexisting conditions. We actually have a clause that guarantees it. I just watched another network on the years, and they were saying preexisting is not covered, preexisting conditions are in the bill. And i mandated it. I said that it had to be. The president is taken to twitter
So i obviously all of what i know has been available through Public Comments. I know they confirmed he was on the white house grounds tuesday. I have seen the kmnts about who he met with. I would refer you to his comment it is a hes made. Im not going to get into who he met with or why he met with them. Thats something that it he has been very clear and ill let him answer. He is the one who has discussed what he is reviewing and so i will leave it up to him and not try to get in the middle of that. Im asking a different question. Does the white house know what happened beyond public accounts and are you satisfied you dont have a leak in the executive branch . Were not concerned about that. I know hes again, everything i know about what he has done is through public reports that hes made on the record. As part of his review of the situation. So all i know and what im willing to communicate what has been made available through on the record comments he has made. Wouldnt the white house w