Service. School and homes have been targeted. Children have been morning the casualties, wolf. The Syrian Regime and russia have not stopped this. A warning from the united nations, there will be mass starvation in this city if food, Water Supplies and water are not allowed in very soon. Will ripley reporting for us. Thanks very much. Thats it for me. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now. Outfront, the Breaking News, President Elect trump at this hour laying out his promises for day one. You will hear him. Plus, trumps controversial Chief Strategist steve bannon speaking out and saying, im not a racist. Trump meeting with americas first selfmade black billionaire. Hes a democrat. How did that conversation go . Hes my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin
burnett. Ooutfront tonight, Breaking News, trump releasing a new video, first policy statement since his trip to the white house after the election. Trump breaking his silence breaking straight to camera in a somber
hail victory. the trump transition team just responding to that alt-right conference saying, president-elect trump has continued to denounce racism of any kind and he was elected because he ll be a leader for every american. to think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united americans from all backgrounds. steve bannon is fighting back against accusations that he supports white nationalists and anti-semites. brian todd is outfront. reporter: he says darkness is good. he says dick cheney, darth vader, satan, that s power. because we are very focused. reporter: steve bannon, the rumpled 62-year-old who headed breitbart news has the ear of the president-elect and many worry he will push the platform of the so-called alt right. we in our history have never had someone like steve with a platform that he has had at breitbart come into basically be
understanding that president trump is committed to reaching out to african-americans in a way that i expressed to him when i said, you know, president-elect trump, don t say to black americans what do you have to lose? say to black americans, what do you have to gain by a trump presidency? and in the course of my conversation with him, we talked about a number of issues if implemented by president trump and his administration will demonstrate that african-americans have something to gain by establishing a common ground with the with president-elect trump and his administration. you know, i think it s fascinating to have this conversation with you. we saw a moment ago, i ll replay it quickly, what happened at this conference which i want to make it clear, the trump administration, trump campaign, has just come out and very clearly said that they denounce this, but here is the group that was out, you know, championing
big admirer. i said, look, people are leaning forward in these audiences when he was talking. of course we were mocked and ridiculed. reporter: now it s bannon who s mocking and ridiculing the mainstream america, failed to recognize the frustration of americans left behind in the global economy. it s just a circle of people talking to themselves who have no fing idea what s going on. if the new york times didn t exist, cnn and msnbc would be a test pattern. kurt, who quit breitbart, feeling it d become a mouthpiece for trump, is critical of bannon. he says the darkness is good remark as chilling. that s how steve used the world. the worst emotions among us can be weaponized and used to advance an agenda. a lot of what you ll see going forward is tapping into anger and fear and hate to try to move their agenda forward. the trump transition team did not respond to our numerous requests if response to that particular criticism and steve
no interest in working in a government, but let me say that you re absolutely right, i m a tremendous fan of hillary clinton and president clinton, known her them for over 30 years. i m also a believer that as african-americans, we should not have what one congressman who started the black caucus said, no permanent friends, no permanent enemies and no permanent we only should have permanent interests and if black americans can turn the republican party into a friend, they should do it. if they can keep the democratic party as a friend, they should do it. our interests should focus on our self-interests and not be locked in one party or ignored by the other party. and as president obama and hillary clinton said, if we can find common ground with president-elect trump, we ought to do it in the best interest of african-americans, best interest of the country. very good to talk to you, bob. i appreciate your time tonight. thank you. thanks, erin.