bring that sort of, would be that bridge of the activists of. martin o malley is an interesting choice. he tried for that role earlier in campaign. he was not able to catch fire in any serious way. he does have relationships that he built during his ahead of his presidential run that could make him a kancandidate for the dnc chairs. thank you to both of you. as we are getting closer, spending everyday to focus on donald trump s positions and the people he s choosing to implement policies and what it might all mean. we ll look at immigration. who s going to be involved in making the president elect trump s well known vision of immigration change become reality. for the transition, one likely answer
lets turn to kristen welker. anything on the white house on the shift to chris christie to mike pence heading up to the transition and what that may mean? reporter: well, they have not reacted. what i can tell you that this administration is very determined to make sure the transmissi transition is smooth for the in coming team and part of that requires setting up offices for them so there will be office space, not necessary right here at the white house but close by. there is going to be daily meetings and briefings and president elect trump will be getting intelligence briefings as well as some of his top officials. and they re going to be some drills that they run in case of and help prepare his team for crisis, decembomestic and international internationally. this is a process president obama takes seriously and mike pence is someone who has ties here and someone that s
respected and including here at the white house. i think that again, we are waiting for official reaction from the white house. certainly, it will be a move that they would welcome and given the fact that look, he s someone that has worked with members of congress and who knows how it works so having said that and of course, the other part of this transition is one first lady passing the baton to the next, we saw that on display yesterday when michelle obama met melania trump for the first time. they never met and it was all coming on the hill of this battle. they tried to bury any of that discord and look to the future. the first glimpse, who women of two different backgrounds about to share one famous title. first lady of the united states. a cordial tea to break the ice after the battle. sm he demeans women for entertainment rather than human beings. a warmer tone as the two
i don t know the inside och tf trump campaign. i had no idea what that is about. i did see christie remained as part of the transition. everything i have seen so far of the people who are doing the nuts and bolts transition work. chris christie did a good job and got a lot accomplished. they are prepared of a template of the last six months. you were there from the transition from the clintons to the george h.w. bush. how much change is really possible. we know washington, there are people who are government employees for life. they have been there forever and not appointees. there is only a certain number that you can change out and bring in our own folks. how much change could donald trump make in washington and in a new administration? a tremendous amount of change because he had his republican house and senate and even though in the senate, you don t need it
afghanistan about to address a joint meetings of congress. you remember he was krirt sized for pulling out too soon from iraq. a different story in afghanistan. with isis knocking on the front door will that be enough? the last years were an exception when we needed help and we are grateful help was provided but we are pleased the security transition has been met according to the time line that set.