as to change artist and we re going to see what happens. but you no what, he s our elected president. and i wish my democrat friends would get over it. i wish the republicans would work with us. and let s put the country first. that s what the people have aid sat the polls, i can tell you this, chuck. that s what they want done here. i m willing to work with him. i just want people to work in the middle. we ve got to put our country first. it s not a red state and a blue state anymore. it s a red, white, and blue. very quickly, you re on intel yep. the decision by president obama to commute chelsea manning s sentence, it s not a full pardon, it is shortening of the sentence. your reaction and how do you think the intel community will react? i think it s dead wrong. absolutely dead wrong. this is treason. espionage at the highest level. what the private manning done, what chelsea did is absolutely found guilty, 35 year sentence. should full out that sentence. should basically
sentence, transrights in prison, that s a huge deal. that s not something trump can do overnight. there are people who are going to condemn and say there is no excuse for this. a lot manufacture reaction is going to be coming in. the breaking news, president obama on his way out of office offering a commutation to chelsea manning. that s going wrap up our coverage for this hour, but we continue with mtp daily, now. if it s tuesday, our new poll numbers, give us a hint of just how short the trump presidential honeymoon could be. tonight, what americans expect of a trump presiden and what do they think of the president-elect so far? we have our brand new nbc/wall street journal poll. health check, could accusations of insider trading, not just derail the president-elect s hhs secretary, but could it derail obama carrey placement?
campaign, simon sanders, and psychologist wendy s walsh. thank you, let s discuss and hopefully we can have a conversation to help people get through this. so, wendy, why do you think people feel emboldened in some instances to commit these acts? explain what is at play here. well, i think two things. social media has made this safe space for people to express things that are completely disrespectful, and in many ways egregious. and so they ve now become accustomed to being trolls on line and so they figure they can do it in real life, but don you have to remember that all anger is a mask for fear and there s great deal of fear on both sides right now, whether it s fear that somebody you don t trust has their hands on the nuclear codes or whether there s been fear there s been so much social change, transrights, gay rights, the black lives matter movement. there s fear.
speeches. i would imagine particularly for young people it must be incredible because i can t remember i mean, when i was a kid, there weren t really many gay characters on television, certainly not transgender. that must be huge for young people. i think the big piece that a transperson is being played by a transperson. that s a great point. apparently revolutionary. and i m having a ball going around it s like a black person playing a black person. how about that? finally. and i m having a ball going around the country talking to kids, college kids, they re so enthusiastic and they want to learn. what excites me about this is these are the kids who can make policy in the future. they can hire someone who s tra transgender. everyone out there listening saying what can i do, maybe i can give them a job, maybe if someone is making fun, i can call them out and say that s not acceptable. everyone out there can do something for transequality and transrights. i don t have a lo