team have been very helpful and generous with their time as far as the actual transition. very important things. reporter: today between closed door meetings trump made several appearances. while obama has been vacationing. trump has been claiming credit for the positive economic outlook. thanks donald white house aides say the president will not back down from his own record of accomplishments despite what trump is claiming credit for. as he noted in his last press conference this year unemployment is at 4.6%, a nine year low, economic growth at 3.5% high, and his approval rating almost 60%. suzanne malveaux, cnn, washington. still to come here on cnn newsroom w the deft debbie reynolds just a day after her daughter passed away, we talked
particulated it i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. reporter: trump counter-punched tweeting president obama said that he thinks he would have won zbens me. he should say that but no way. after weeks of the bruising election they seemed cordial. that will continue. i never met him before. but we had a good chemistry going. i found him to be terrific. i found him to be very smart, and very nice. reporter: since then, the two have had several phone conversations. and today trump s incoming press secretary shawn spicer tried to down play the public bickering. they continue to talk. i don t know when the last time they did, but as the inauguration gets closer both the current president and his
told they had no choice but to perform in next month s event. word of the scheduled performance created a firestorm within the rockettes organization and on social media. marie claire reports backlash is what changed the minds of the rockettes management. the dancers union said it never required participation and that it would be voluntary. madison square garden, who employed the dancer, added, quote, we had more rockettes request to participate than we had slots available. a lot of artists haven t wanted to participate in the inauguration and she s upset that the rockettes have. that s making it seem as if they stand by him and his policies. reporter: with dancers facing criticism from some trump supporters, others favored the boycott like this former rockette who appeared on democracy now. the rockettes represent a legacy of strong intelligent and classy women and so to associate this with mr. trump who has a public history of degrading women, objectifying women, in my
trump s pick for the supreme court, and you can see trump s agenda could be filled with huge accomplishments or get bogged down in grid lack. cnn, wa. donald trump s inauguration is just a few weeks away. jug head why some rockettes.
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