avenues of power, perhaps prime minister netanyahu wants to try to contain that, have ownership of this relationship, be in control of the messages and i think would like to see it happening in a more traditional way. thanks very much, clarissa ward and congratulations. honored last week here in washington by the international center for journalists for her very courageous reporting from inside syria. well deserved honor indeed. clarissa, on behalf of all of us, thanks for what you do. appreciate it very much. reporter: thank you. and donald trump has also had a rather contentious relationship we a yll know, wit mexico. proposals related to immigration. watch this. i ve asked my transition team to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs. it s about time. on immigration, i will direct the department of labor to investigate all abuses of visa
governing, trump is also singing a different song. he released video that basically dilutes everything he said on the campaign trail. it started with the biggest issue of all, immigration. but tonight, trump s big transition briefing only offered this on migration. i will direct the department of labor to investigate all abuses of visa programs that undercut the american worker. that is, of course, a far cry from trump on the trail in august. zero tolerance for criminal aliens. zero. zero. day one, my first hour in office, those people are gone. and visa oversights a wrong ways from that famous wall. we will build a great wall along the southern border. and mexico will pay for the
domestic shale and clean coal energy restrictions, put in place by the obama administration. he wants to investigate possible abuses of visa programs among other things. bring in our political panel to assess. susan page, washington bureau cheap for usa today. jess mason, and associate ed and columnist at real clear politics is with us. what did you think of this list? it was very limited. stuff he could basically do by signing an executive order, does not need to go through congress. first, talk about not just what he said but how he said it. didn t come out with a news conference. what we would expect a president-elect to do and take a couple questions. put it out on youtube. went around the news media to mick this announcement and none. things surprising or at odds with what was said during the campaign but did indicate his early priorities, for instance, pulling out the tpp right out of the gate. and in that way it was interesting and i think also
donald trump s sweeping interview with the new york times comes a day after his transition team put out a web video to promote his campaign pledges and the policy agenda that trump has planned for his first days in the oval office. my agenda will be based on a simple core principle, putting america first. whether it s producing steel, building cars, or curing disease, i want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right here on our great homeland. i am going to issue our notification of intent to withdraw from the transpacific partnership. i will cancel job-killing restrictions on the production of american energy. for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated. protect america s vital infrastructure from cyberattacks. investigate all abuses of visa
on national security, i will ask the department of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to develop a comprehensive plan to protect america s vital infrastructure from cyberattacks and all other form of attacks. on immigration, i will direct the department of labor to investigate all abuses of visa programs that undercut the american worker. on ethics reform, as part of our plan to drain the swamp, we will impose a five-year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after they leave the administration and a lifetime ban on executive officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government. these are just a few of the steps we will take to reform washington and rebuild our middle class. i will provide more updates in the coming days as we work together to make america great again for everyone. and i mean everybody. that was donald trump on