Verdict. Im coming the you live. A shakeup this morning in the donald Trump Transition Team. Nbc news confirms as mentioned, mike rogers whos been terminated. We wait for mike pence to arrive with meetings with the president elect. Theyre expected to review candidates for Top Administration jobs. That as a member of the Trump Transition Team tells nbc news both former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani and former u. N. Ambassador john bolton will definitely have top jobs. Giuliani weighed in on the possibilities at a wall street journal dinner in washington last night. First of all, i wont be attorney general. Wall street journal reported that the choice for secretary of satate is down to giuliani and john bolton. We dont have that here tonight so ill ask you to ask questions. John would be a very good choice. Is there anybody better . Maybe me. I dont know. On the today show miranda warning, kelly ann did not confirm. Is Rudy Giuliani going to be secretary of state . He could be. He ce
Three days since donald trump won the president ial election, large antitrump rallies continue to sweep through dozens of u. S. Cities. You hear some of the chaos there playing out on the streets of portland, oregon. Things heated up as protesters faced off with police that were in riot gear. Police ordering the protesters to disperse after some began throwing objects at the officers that were on the ground. Demonstrators also rocked some mass transit lines. They dont appeal to be dampening the zeal of the trump team. Mike pence was put in charge of the Transition Team that will take over the government. Fair to say there have been several developments that played out friday, among them hints of a compromise on obamacare. Cnns jim acosta explains for us. Reporter just days after the election, a shakeup inside the trump Transition Team. Vice president elect pence has taken over trumps transition efforts bumping Chris Christie down. Mike flynn, newt gingrich, and dr. Ben carson. Sources
Ahead. Well begin the hour with the breaking news from chicago. Police there now filing hate crimes and some other charges against four people accused of beating a young man in an attack that was broadcast live on facebook. Of course, a warning here. The video we are about to show you is quite disturbing. Investigators say the suspects bound and gagged and threatened the 18yearold victim with a knife. This as they shouted racist and antitrump insults at him. Police say the teen, who is described as having Mental Health challenges, was found walking along a street. Ron mott joins us now from chicago with more. Ron, we just had an update from the police, from the investigators who have been handling this. What are the headlines coming out of that . Steve, well, the Police Superintendent made it a little stronger today, a little stronger comment about this hate crime now being charged, of these four individuals. Because, yes, there was question about whether it qualified as a hate crime.
Move forward . The standard bearer. Former president ial candidate Bernie Sanders warns trump not to turn away from minorities. Is sanders now the voice of the Democratic Party with Hillary Clinton vanquished. From russia, much love. Russian lawmakers toasted Donald Trumps victory and Vladimir Putin was among the first to congratulate him. Now russia says it was in close touch with trumps team during the campaign and is ready for cooperation. I am wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. Were going to the breaking news right now. President elect donald trump meets at the white house with president obama. Alone in the oval office for 90 minutes. Let that sink in. For years trump spearheaded the kld Birther Movement that tried to deny president obamas legitimacy to lead. The meeting comes days after president obama mocked trump for being unfit for the responsibilities of the job. After they talked both then set aside any hostility and vowed to Work Together for the good of the nation
Debate on september 26th . It feels like a lifetime ago, wasnt it . It was really three weeks ago. Trump was on the verge of being normalized by the rest of Republican Party. Trump clinton deadlocked before the key debate. Drummed clinton deadlocked in colorado, pennsylvania. Before that faceoff, the campaign were saying, just you wait. Clearly no matter what poll you look at, trump is moving in the right direction. Hes been disciplined with his message, i think hes been doing very well across the country. I would not underestimate trump in these debates. Your own nbc polls said he won that debate. She has a lot of explaining to do. Hes going to confound all skpeks tagtss as he did throughout the primary season. Clinton has benefited more from the debate so far than trump has. 31 of voters said the last two president ial debates made them more likely to vote for clinton the debates made them more likely to vote for trump. 52 said the debates have made no difference. The negative impact