it is unacceptable to travel without a regular pool to record his movements and inform the public about his whereabouts. then trump met with japanese prime minister shinzo abe and the white house press was again, not invited but japanese press was allowed. what does this mean for the relationship moving forward and how will the public be kept informed about the whereabouts and actions of its elected leader? julie mason hosts the sirius press pool on the potus channel and white house for policec, politico and julie is he making rookie mistakes or do you think there s something more sinister taking place? michael, i think it s both. i think he s shown demonstrated contempt for the role that the press plays in the government and in covering him and also, he seems overwhelmed by this transition effort and has been overlooking some protocols that h have been in place for decades
the next president of the united states to travel without a regular pool to record his mumplts and inform the public about his whereabouts. then trump met with shinzo abe and the white house press was not invited by japanese press was allow. what does this mean for the relationship moving forward? and how will the public be kept informed about the whereabouts and actions of the its elected leader? julie mason host press pool was a white house reporter for politico, the washington examiner and houston chronicle and was an elected board member of the white house correspondent s association. julie, is he making rookie mistakes or do you think there s something more sinister taking place? michael, i think it s both. he s shown demonstrated contempt for the role that the press plays in the government and in covering him and also he seems overwhelmed by this transition effort and has been overlooking some protocols that have been in place for decades, that are very important to the functio
but a source familiar with the transition tells cnn that jared kushner, trump s son-in-law, could eventually end up with a top national security clearance, although it has not happened yet. as vice president-elect mike pence, who is now heading the transition effort, travelled to washington to meet with vice president joe biden i m available to him 24/7. reporter: one of trump s visitors today. new york mayor bill de blasio, the liberal democrat, told reporters he wanted to express the fears of many new yorkers, particularly minorities, about a trump presidency. i told him that we were very concerned that we had to show all new yorkers, including muslim new yorkers, that they were welcome. i let him know that so many new yorkers were fearful. and more had to be done to show that this country can heal. reporter: trump spending much of the week inside his midtown tower. even he couldn t resist an evening out with his family on tuesday. the only problem, trump departed
that s him meeting with the white house chief of staff. the current white house chief of staff. by friday he s seen touring the grounds of the white house staff. by friday, chris christie was out as transition chief. by this morning, chris christie s handpicked guy to run the transition at the department of justice, he was out, too. chris christie s own chief of staff who christie picked to basically manage the whole transition effort, he s out, too. chris christie s former law partner who he picked to be the general counsel of the transition effort, he s out, too, the former republican congressman who chris christie tapped to head up national security for the transition, as of the today, he s out too. his ouster should be seen as a part of a, quote, stalinesque purge of people close to chris christie. stalinesque, already, week one. you guys, pay attention. snap out of your funk. this is getting really, really fascinating really fast.
what s happening? is somebody looking at it? did i fill in all the things i m supposed to? that s an interface we can play with rick dearborn the executive director just to make sure people know if they re looking to get a job, they re being considered, their application s in, it s filled out. gotcha. so you gave me a partial answer to my next question. let me give it to you in a different context. you know what the reporting is, there s unusual chaos inside the transition team, that people aren t getting vetted, that jared kushner s stirring up a lot of trouble with a lot of the establishment types. what are you witnessing inside of the transition? what can you speak to? i would say it s just the opposite. you know, the election was only a week ago and i suppose in a 24-hour news cycle people are looking for little tidbits of anything. but as you can imagine, this is a very complicated process, and and chris christie was replaced by vice president-elect pence to be in charge of