at in florida at march-a-lag. trump asking people to put their emotions behind them as they spend time with their families. we just finished a long and bruising political campaign. emotions are raw and tensions don t heal overnight. it doesn t go quickly, unfortunately. but we have before us the chance now to make history together. to bring real change to washington, real safety to our cities and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. so important to me and so important to our country. the president-elect ushered in the holiday weekend with two new nominations, former michigan governor betsy da voss and nikki haley as united nations ambassador.
michelle obama pass the torch to melania trump. melania, of course, taking quite an unconventional approach to her post, choosing to delay her move into the white house. instead, staying in new york, at least until her son, barron, finishes out the school year. i want to bring in betty boyd carolla with us. thank you to be aring here. the choice to put off the move and stay in new york until the end of the school year, you re telling me it s not completely unprecedented but will it create a distance where maybe she won t be the most engaged first lady? well, probably being in new york is not the sanders way to be engaged but there are many examples of first ladies, particularly those with young children, who didn t want to make the move. one presidential family actually moved to a house in washington, some distance from the white house, and they lived there and only went to the white house for special occasions. it s not unprecedented.
and that language is obviously what has gotten a lot of people angry and concerned about what happened. his apparent lack of any remorse for what happened. there was an interview the suspect did with some local media in that area where he, again, insist he was being taunted, threatened and in fear for his life but the statement about removing another piece of trash from the street has people angry. absolutely. ron allen in washington. thanks so much. still ahead, the political challenge for president-elect trump. could some of his ideas run into trouble on capitol hill? and u.s. troops on the front lines. the orders they re carrying out in iraq right now and what they re doing to add a little holiday cheer. i m pfc john hunter from ohio. i m pfc jonathan fisher from new jersey. specialist chris from florida. happy thanksgiving. why am i so devastatingly handsome, i m in a fragrance.
perhaps the most famous example is rachel jackson who said she would rather die live in the white house, in that palace in washington. and, in fact, she did die before her husband was inaugurated so she didn t have to. i didn t know that story. that s a good one. melania trump planning to tackle cyber bullying during that speech in the campaign. is that a little risky since people look at it and say, that s exactly what your husband is guilty of or can you see her being effective? it s something she seems to feel strongly about. lady bird johnson in the 1960s really set the pattern for an activist first lady and showed how really effective a wife could be in herren husband s administration. her project was beautification. every first lady has had a project they identify with her. if this is something melania trump feels strongly about, then i think she can very well attack it with good professional help, of course. who knows how to go after that. it sounds very complicated.
lift people out of poverty as well. senator marco rubio called for less of a federal role, though. let s listen to that. what i am proposing today is the most fundamental change to how the federal government fights poverty and encourages upward mobility since president johnson first conceived the war on poverty 50 years ago today. i m proposing that we turn over washington s anti-poverty programs and the trillions that are spent on them to the states. that you think states are better equipped to handle this? no. two issues, one is to provide some assistance to people who are struggling with poverty. so try to imagine what would have happened after this last great recession if, for example, we didn t have medicare or we didn t have medicaid or we didn t have food stamps or the school lunch program. the situation would have been for more dire than it was. and it was pretty bad as it was.