good wednesday morning, everyone. the first signs of discord shaking up donald trump's transition team as top advisers and lobbyists get the boot. >> trump broke protocol last night by ditching his press corps going out to dinner with his family unannounced. >> and after getting his first daily presidential briefing along with trump, mike pence is meeting with vice president joe biden. abc's janai norman has the latest from d.c. >> reporter: donald trump out of the public eye but back on twitter writing the process for picking cabinet members is very organized though it appears to be anything but. cracks beginning to show as key members of the transition team purged. former congressman mike rogers, one of trump's top national security advisers, abruptly resigning reportedly pushed out. this as governor chris christie was ousted. ben carson distanced himself from the transition, and a low inquiry into security clearances for trump's children. senior adviser kellyanne conway forced to respond. >> that, i don't know. i only know what i read in the paper. i just know that that was never a formal request. >> reporter: at the same time criticism continues over trump's pick for chief strategist, steve bannon, former chair of breitbart news. >> people didn't vote for donald trump so that he could bring a white supremacist into the white house. >> reporter: late tuesday the president-elect leaving reporters scrambling heading out to dinner with his family after telling the the night. the move breaking tradition of always having journalists on hand to report the president's whereabouts. [ chanting ] and the protests haven't let up. in the nation's capital, hundreds of students taking over pennsylvania avenue shutting down the lincoln memorial. too young to vote but making sure their voices are heard. >> we want to let donald trump know that he cannot divide us with his racism, sexism, all that bigotry. election were based on total popular votes, he would have campaigned more in new york, california and florida saying he would have won even bigger and more easily. as of now hillary clinton is up in the popular vote. diane and kendis. >> yeah, that's right, janai. she's up more than 800,000 votes. janai from washington. and donald trump has reportedly requested top security clearance for his son-in-law. ivanka trump's husband jared advisers. if approved, he'll be able to sit in on daily presidential briefings. this is the the latest in a series of untraditional moves by trump. >> as trump prepares to fill more top jobs, ben carson as janai norman mentioned there has taken himself out of the running. his top adviser says carson would not accept a cabinet position because despite running for president, carson felt he didn't have the experience to run an entire federal agency. and the vice president-elect is removing all lobbyists from the transition team that he's now heading. he effectively dismantled the had set up. the move comes after donald trump was questioned about welcoming lobbyists that he railed against during his campaign. >> and this was kind of interesting. former rival ted cruz also met with trump yesterday. senator cruz didn't reveal any details of his meeting, but some reports say he is being considered for attorney general. cruz would only say that he's looking forward to working closely with trump and pence to repeal obamacare and confirm a conservative supreme court justice. and outgoing leader harry reid is calling on trump to rescind his appointment of steve bannon as chief strategist. reid slammed bannon in a speech from the 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took him by surprise saying it stemmed from deep-seated anxieties among the working class, and he made it clear that he doesn't feel responsible for what the president-elect says or does. meanwhile, violence broke out in athens as thousands of protesters rallied against the president's visit and riot police had to use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd after they tried to enter a restricted area. the president's trip comes just days before greek leftists hold demonstrations. and far across the mediterranean sea in syria, bashar al assad's government begins a new offensive in aleppo. air strikes killed at least ten people in rebel-held areas. it's the first bombing in more than two weeks. the strikes came as russia started a major operation against rebels that could put tens of thousands more civilians in danger. the bombs fell just hours after vladimir putin spoke with donald trump about joining forces to stop international terrorism. investigators are searching for the 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