mitch mcconnell expressing his support for nato. that's an institution that donald trump told you, wolf, is obsolete. and also about that border wall with mexico. i asked mitch mcconnell three times at this press conference today whether or not he supports a wall with mexico as donald trump has made it the center piece of his campaign, mitch mcconnell just would not say. he said we need to do something about border security. it really just shows, wolf, the republican party leadership is not quite sure what they're in for with donald trump. will he push traditional republican ideas or champion those populist ideas that were so controversial on the campaign trail? they just don't know yet. >> gloria, in his victory speech last night, donald trump sought to reach out to all americans, including those who didn't support him. listen to this. >> now it's time for america to bind the wounds of division. we have to get together. to all republicans and democrats and independents across this nation, i say it is time for us to come together as

he will be here about having conversations about getting to know mitch mcconnell. house speaker ryan says he will invite trump to experience where they'll experience the west front of the capitol and the spectacular view of washington which will be the same angle that you can imagine from inauguration day. the inaugural requires them to build a huge set attached to the capitol. i remember when time when donald trump as candidate said they'll never get the dome on time and he knew people who had told him that there would not be any kind of way to get it done on time. it is done and ready to go. it is newly refurbished and the plan is ready for january 20th. donald trump will be confronting the places. it will be ab big part of his life as he face this. >> it is going to be comfortable as trump gets comfortable with this new surrounding with washington dc. >> explain the nuance of building in the relationships with mitch mcconnell or paul ryan and any fractures. >> easier with their own party than party lines. the republican leaders have benefited by the energy of tr

>> i think leadership in the senate will stick with mitch mcconnell. he adopted a strategy, in terms of the supreme court, in terms of, you know some of the blocking that they did of president obama's agenda. and i think that a lot of the strategy that he has planned with republican senators. >> in leadership who will be the movers-and-shakers in the republican senate. >> one person to keep an eye on, chuck schumer, democratic leader. a lot of people thought he was going to be the majority leader going into the next congress. now likely, not likely. now going to be the minority leader. and the question is going to be what kind of relationship is he going to have with mitch mcconnell, democrats going to try to block everything that they can. or are we going to see a real strong use of the filibuster. making chuck schumer trying to work out agreements with mitch mcconnell and maybe try to ge p. chuck schumer the person to watch. >> how much fun is capitol hill going to be now? >> it is going to be interesting, for sure. >> certainly, one to cover, fun to

what is the relationship between chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell? mr. wong: i think schumer is seen as more of a deal maker compared to harry reid. harry reid was somebody who often would throw up roadblocks in the process and accuse republicans of doing the same. he was a fiery leader. obviously, a former boxer. chuck schumer is from new york, he is much more of a deal maker. it will be interesting to see how chuck schumer not only works across the aisle with mitch mcconnell and with his fellow new yorker donald trump, who he has known for decades. that is one relationship all of washington will be watching. >> a preview of what is ahead for the lame-duck session. our guest is scott wong. you can follow his reporting at thehill.com. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] a look at ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," author stephen puleo discussing his book "american treasures: the secret effort to sav

warren: i think there is no mandate out there for mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. i think there is no mandate right now to cut regulations and say, let's just turn a bunch of wall street banks lose and see what they will do. what could go wrong, right? let's not remember what happened in 2008 and the run-up to that. i think the appetite for that among the american people is zero. i think that is exactly what we have demonstrated in this election. gerald: if mitch mcconnell were here, he would say that they won control of the senate and house. sen. warren: i say to mitch mcconnell that hillary clinton got more votes than donald trump did, we took seats and the senate, and we took seats in the house. he has fewer senators on the republican side that he had before the selection, and paul ryan has pure house numbers on the republican side that he did before this election. what i'm saying is that whether people were voting for hillary clinton or whether they were voting for donald trump, they weren't voting for mitch mcconnell and paul ryan's deregulatory mix of let gia

he's on his way to the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell. sorry to interrupt, katy. >> the potential that jared kushner does have a large role in the white house could pose some problems just with federal laws. he could take an informal role. there are loopholes and certainly, the issue of the trump campaign is having and we'll have throughout the administration is the appearance of a conflict of interest and with jared kushner married to ivanka and the other two sons running donald trump's business. that brings up a whole host of question of who's going to be saying what to donald trump and how much will he be involved in the business and how much will they be in government and what does that mean going forward? >> i am being told that our producer, that we have a bid of news to report. romney is meeting with donald trump this weekend. that's a big deal. now, we are able to report that he's being considered for secretary of state. >> add that to the list, we have been talking about nikki haley. >> initially we were talking about newt gingri

mitch mcconnell cusaid there ar effects, called elections. he didn't agree with the push that donald trump will have to get term limits going and to change the culture in washington. as i said, draining the swamp. does he have a fight coming with the senate republican leader after this. ♪ this artoo unit must be delivered to the rebellion. come on artoo! ♪ artoo! welcome to the rebellion. ♪ this is for you. duracell and children's miracle network hospitals are powering imaginations everywhere. >>> i am not saying there's trouble in paris, i am saying they went out of the way to greet the new leadership. not all cope set i can with president-elect trump's ideas including draining the swamp because they live in the swamp, especially when it comes to mitch mcconnell who differs with the incoming president first and foremost on term limits. donald trump thinks it is a good idea to have term limits, avoid people staying in the swamp and overstaying their welcome, to which mitch mcconnell says we already have term limits, they're called elect

and then you have mitch mcconnell, who is a master of the dark arts of negotiation. [laughter] understands not just big but smalllitics, picture politics is what motivates an individual senator to make an individual decision. i think you have an amazing team accidentally and intentionally is in place to move very quickly. i think that we are also forgetting the thousands of staffers that are going to fill the administration, and where they are going to come from. we will see, but my guess is they will come from dc, and the whole the senate and the house. >> i think you are probably right, because there's nowhere else for them to come from, for the people who want to do those jobs. my question is, how much overlap is there between the agenda that the establishment republicans have, who has been here for a very long time, the agenda that president trump has, and the people's agenda that they voted for him. i have heard over and over again on the campaign trail, things that are in absolutely in opposition to what many of the folks you just named think we should do with

. >> up next, he met with mitch mcconnell. and revealed what his top priorities will be once he takes office. >> the work in washington also focused on the people trump will surround himself with once he takes office. msnbc news reports exclusively tonight the trump transition team has asked that nearly 30 people be granted the nation's highest security clearance. this group will review the most sensitive details about our covert operations. four people have already been given access, chris christie, rudy giuliani, newt gingrich, and mike rogers. on top of that, the trump team is eyeing several washington insiders, including three with congressional experience. jeff sessions, duncan hunter, robert smith walker. three retired generals, kellogg, flynn, and burgess. and two bush administration vets, john bolton and steven hadley, who says he's not participating in the transition at this point. >> kristen welker is with us tonight. we also want to bring in politico senior white house reporter edward dovier. before we begin this co

he also had a meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. as he was walking out of that, i asked him if he was ready to be president. ready." "we were he gave the double thumbs up that is famous on his campaign trail. cacophony of aa media day. it was hard to hear. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell escorted him out and then came back to speak with us. he said it was a first-class eating and they are eager to get going on the transition on areas where they agree. so, for paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, it is about trying to plant with a new republican partner. they have a lot more experience than he does. >> did anything happen that made you take the might be some trouble here? >> not today. i think today was about trying to project confidence. it was about trying to be gracious. in washington, it will not take long for the problems got to filter out. today seemed more of a grand tour. mitchelluned as andrea joins our conversation. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> we are joined now by two great. chief correspondent for the washington pos

off to the majority leader, mitch mcconnell. it is not quite totally understood. fact that after we gained the majority two years ago, we went to work. we had 10 times as many recorded both as predecessors. we actually accomplished bipartisan achievements for the people will. in essence, state-by-state, candidates by rewarded the voters forblicans in the majority the accomplishments we have not years. previous eight , it is back to work. we look forward to working with the president-elect, with our house ofjority in the representatives. wonderful when i was over work with people like greg walden. speak orion and their team. i want to give my heartiest level of code -- of congratulations to greg. >> thank you very much. it is an honor and privilege to be here. -- got involved , it was a time when a new president was a 72% approval. i became nrc chairman after that election cycle. one of the big deficiencies was data in the mechanics and the ability to do what the democrats had done to us. biggest data digital team and republican history. people.it was seven we have

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump laid out the priorities for his presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care obama has enacted, and create jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to the neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing a weapon, confronted demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video >> we don't care! >> reporter: president-elect trump took to twitte

we are listening to mitch mcconnell addressing what this changes mean. we got this trump trifecta in the white house. >> the biggest challenge for the president elect is to put things behind him. in the course of the campaign, we do not see a lot of examples and grieve yens and to let it go. we noted today of two of the most feared critics of donald trump took a moment to try to be statement-like via twitter which is our modern way of doing that. governor romney saying that he's a dually elected president and that the country should stand behind him and thomas, john kasich, he also acknowledged trump's victory and the need to move forward. it is a page turning day. there is a human kind of element to all of this politics especially of a jolt like this and unexpected results. people have to take the body blow whether it is good news or bad news and absorb this new reality. one of the challenges for trump if he does not have an extensive political operation, he does not have long relationships. when you are trying to build bridges to have staffers that you

he also had a meeting with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. as he was walking out of that, i asked him if he was ready to be president. he said, "we were ready." he gave the double thumbs up that is famous on his campaign trail. it was sort of a cacophony of a media day. it was hard to hear. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell escorted him out and then came back to speak with us. he said it was a first-class eating and they are eager to get going on the transition on areas where they agree. so, for paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, it is about trying to plant with a new republican partner. they have a lot more experience than he does. >> did anything happen that made you take the might be some trouble here? >> not today. i think today was about trying to project confidence. it was about trying to be gracious. in washington, it will not take long for the problems got to filter out. today seemed more of a grand tour. >> stay tuned as andrea mitchell joins our conversation. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> we are joined now by two greats. chief

trump to his motorcade, majority leader mitch mcconnell gave his thoughts on the meeting. [no audio] >> we had a good discussion about the transition and issues that we obviously agree on and to get going early. >> [indiscernible]

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump laid out the priorities for his presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care act, undo some of the jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to the neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. demonstrators in and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing a weapon, confronted demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video >> we don't care! >> reporter: president-elect trump took

so that means mitch mcconnell gets to run the floor. they start off as partners unexpected partners. on issues like tax reforms and dealing with obamacare, that's something that we can expect they'll want to talk about and there is been a frustration among republicans and heartbreak among democrats at the notion of the repeated attempts to undo obamacare with the president come a new year would not be an automatic veto as president obama has been. that's something they'll strategize. what are those top issues and how should they proceed and there is always a big report card from the country. picking those issues carefulfully is something that they'll stratigize about. >> they got a bill. normally, the people who holds this high offices have -- we are in new territory now. >> that's a live picture right outside mitch mcconnell's office. we'll ask kelly to hold on and we'll go back to that as soon as we see any movement. ts go from now to chris jansing. she's been covering president obama out at the trail and back at the white house. she

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care act, undo some of the immigration reform president obama has enacted, and create jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to t neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. demonstrators in oakland, l.a., and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video throwing detergent on those blocking

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump laid out the priorities for his presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care act, undo some of the obama has enacted, and create jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to the neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. demonstratorin and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing a weapon, confronted demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video >> we don't care! >> reporter:

>> in my case, mitch mcconnell is pro-life and anti- gun control. so i disagree with him -- you disagree without being disagreeable. >> congresswoman do you have something disable this? >> i think he just made my case. he has the meetings but does not take any real leadership role. i think he should be that leader in the senate tell mitch mcconnell, i will not vote for you when we come back in 2017 unless you agree to have this hearing and have this vote. he's he's not willing to do that. >> this is to congresswoman duckworth, the prolabor labor institute reports that yours home state of illinois, the land of lincoln, has the highest african-american unemployment rate among all 50 states. if you are elected, what will you do to reduce the african-american unemployment rate in illinois, specifically african-americans? >> one of the things i'm working on now is looking at my work on federal procurement reform and working with the state. i've been talking with the senator from illinois where we would decouple federal contracts. for example if we get na

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump laid out the priorities for his presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care obama has enacted, and create jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to the neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. de and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing a weapon, confronted demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on cell phone video >> we don't care! >> reporter: president-elect trump took to twi

yesterday, mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader said term limits well not happen. donald trump has made that a centerpiece his drain the swamp campaign. there are a number of issues

i think we can go to video, he is right here with mitch mcconnell along with his wife and mike pence, of course. they are currently, right now, meeting behind closed doors. lots to discuss. we earlier heard from donald trump in a photo op there with paul ryan saying we are going to do some absolutely spectacular things for the american people. so there's a lot on the agenda, and he's going to need the help of republicans to get it all through in the hours and even minutes before donald trump was declared the victor, we were hearing, you know, how donald trump has been destroying the republican party and how united the democrats are behind hillary clinton. well, so much for that, right in the republicans -- right now anyway -- looking prettyarn united. but can that last? they've been, you know, taking to the streets there, some democrats, some liberals, some former bernie sanders' supporters and hillary clinton supporters burning flags, vandalizing our cities because they're so mad that their candidate didn't win. the editor of "the weekly standard," fred barnes, not exactly one of tru

remember, mitch mcconnell said that he wanted to make president obama a one-term president. there are going to be democrats in this town who say what's good for the goose is good for the gander. so this is the atmosphere that donald trump is coming into here in washington. it's an atmosphere to some extent he created himself. carol? >> it's wolf here in washington, jim. i want to just update our viewers here in the united states and around the world, history is unfolding here in the nation's capital. we want to welcome those viewers in the united states and around the world as well. donald trump, his plane, you see it there, big name trump right on the side of that jumbo jet, that plane has now landed here in washington at reagan national airport, right outside of washington, arlington. the president-elect of the united states, donald trump, will be descending momentarily, getting into that motorcade and heading over to the white house for his first meeting as president-elect with the president of the united states, president obama is beginning this transition process. it's

mitch mcconnell and then chuck schumer. schumer appointing bernie sanders, elizabeth warren to help with the disaster election results from last week. >>> 21 men and women, including bruce springsteen and tom hanks will receive the highest civilian honor at the white house next week. the winners of the honor for significant contributions to the national interests of the u.s. or world peace. among others, robert de niro and robert redford. ellen degeneres and vin scully. >>> and bob dylan has decided not to accept his nobel prize in person. he told the committee he feels very honored to win the nobel prize in literature, but has pre-existing commitments. the committee calls it unusual, but not unprecedented. if dylan wants to receive the award, he will have to deliver a lecture in stockholm by next june. >>> a special honor for cnn colleague. hines ward has been named as a semifinalist for the pro football hall of fame class of 2017. the former wide receiver played 14 seasons with the pittsburgh steelers and ended his career

after his meeting with speaker paul ryan and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, trump laid out the priorities for his presidency. with the help of a republican controlled congress, trump wants to repeal the affordable care act, undo some of the immigration reform president obama has enacted, and create jobs. hena daniels is at trump tower here in new york with more on that. good morning. >> good morning. barricades now border the exterior of trump tower. they're expected to be here until president-elect trump moves to the white house on inauguration day. another new addition to the neighborhood, an nypd security booth and members of the department's disorder control unit looking on. demonstrators in oakland, l.a., and portland brought traffic to a standstill overnight. still angry over donald trump's stunning election. >> i just think he's hateful, and misogynist and racist. >> i am undocumented. and i am very afraid. >> reporter: as tensions escalated this man, brandishing a weapon, confronted demonstrators. >> we're calling 911 right now. >> reporter: this woman was captured on c

why did you vote for mitch mcconnell in the senate, majority leader, given the fact you have such profound differences with him and some of the leadership? >> when i stood for the election, i said i was pro-choice, pro-gun-control. i will be pro-whatever hillary is. the leader understands that somebody coming from hillary is going to have tend to the left. >> wide vote for him? pro-lifemcconnell is and anti-gun-control. i disagree with him. you disagree with out being disagreeable. >> do you ask him to say about this? >> i said he has to make his case. he doesn't take any real

this is a huge deal and it's a dream scenario for paul ryan and mitch mcconnell because donald trump comes into the white house with a few number of key policy priorities. repeal obamacare, build a wall with mexico. and when you don't have that much on your plate, the power to drive the agenda shifts to the other side of pennsylvania avenue. mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have more to say about the future of the republican agenda than maybe they would under any republican president. >> gloria, final question? what do you -- >> go ahead. >> i wanted to ask what you would think. hillary clinton other than taking a very long, deep sigh, breath, maybe a good cry, what is next for her? >>. >> it's really hard to say. i think clearly now, you know, there was talk if she was getting elected of closing the clinton foundation. it seems to me that probably won't happen right now and i think she has to rethink everything. after you've pent, what, 30 years in public life and suddenly you're not in public life and you have a loss people think you should have won you have to re-evaluate. what was s

he is great relationships with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. he will play a huge role in getting the details. donald trump is not a big detail guy. mike pence can be the big detail guy on capitol hill. mike pence has great relationships. he is very media savvy. president-elect trump is a little short on the details, but we will get a sense of those as a budget is developed. what does that mean for potential trump appointees? guest: the transition is number one. they have to decide who will fill these positions. there is chatter on who will help his cabinet. , and will trythat to move quickly and get them approved in january, then you've got to come up with a budget. that first budget is the most closely scrutinized document in -- since the last president's first year. people will be looking, what are the details? if the proposal to build a wall in their? what is the cost? you have to have cost of their. he says mexico will pay for it. there is a lot of work to be done for now and inauguration. host: good morning to charles on the republican lin

i was really intrigued today by something from mitch mcconnell. we do not have footage of it, but he was campaigning across the state of kentucky last night and basically gave whais for mcconnell, his first real endorsement of trump. he's always said he's going to vote for him, but he said this. we need a new president. donald trump to be the most powerful republican in america. you know, nancy, he's -- this is mitch mcconnell, who has not been comfortable with trump the whole time, i think, has always viewed him as the guy who's going to cost him his senate majority leader title, now he thinks, maybe the only shot of keeping that title is to embrace him. >> and if he keeps it, maybe, in fact, he'll be the most powerful republican -- >> and he may be thinking that way. >> what i think he's thinking is he doesn't like the idea of being a senate minority leader. and the way to keep a majority is to have donald trump do better in a number of states, where the fault line is such that our candidates may not win -- >> it makes sense, politically. you lo

mitch mcconnell doesn't hold a press statement as usual. what do you think about the polts of working together? are they good? >> i think this election proves once again that this country is not immune to populous demagogues. but president obama's presidency i think proves that's not an effective way to govern. >> so this is -- >> the question will be can donald trump leave behind the campaign he had, which was really populous, nationalists, a lot of demagoguery, and he needs powell ryan to do it. if he is smart he will take advantage of the republican congress to get things done. >> you're suggesting he should not run on the immigration, not govern, fulfill some of the promises on immigration and trade? how do you do that when you just won an election on it? >> well, it is not going to be very easy, but he also has promised that he's going to salvage the american economy. you can't do that if all of a sudden you slap 35% tariffs on mexican goods. >> i assume, kim, maybe i of he can -- let's take immigration. he has to do something. >> yes,

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, let's dip in. can we listen? they're just walking past? forgive me, we're juggling, this is how live tv works. we'll stay on these pictures and see if they walk up to any microphone microphones so ahead, dana. they're walking around the corner there behind where you're seeing is the senate chamber and they're walking towards the house side where senator mitch mcconnell's office is so the president-elect went to the speaker's balcony and up and around. kind of got a tour. you see mike pence is there, they probably took a peek into what his office will be. >> have we seen anything like this before, a president-elect being walked around the central grounds of washington or is it just because he's never held office he just isn't faliar? >> i think we've seen these pictures before. i was trying to remember if i saw president obama or laura bush join their president-elect husbands in these meetings. but president obama was a sitting senator and most people are creatures of washington or politics that notice that. so this is ceremonial, symbolic

i can tell you paul ryan and mitch mcconnell in the past have expressed reservations about that. yesterday, in the press conference, i asked mitch mcconnell three times about whether he supports that wall with mexico, and he just could not answer the question. wolf? >> very quickly, that image we saw on the balcony of the speaker's office up on capitol hill, a powerful picture when they walked outside and looked at the mall in washington. you've stood up there. i have too. it really is an amazing sight. >> reporter: it's an amazing sight. it was an effort by paul ryan to show that we're on the same page, we're going to work very closely together. remember, this was a very divisive campaign within the republican party. at one point paul ryan said he was no longer going to campaign with donald trump, after that access hollywood video. in recent weeks, he's talked more openly about donald trump and today a real effort to showcase unity between the republican president and the republican speaker, and that partnership is going to be critical to getting things enacted for the republica

and is the wife of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. trump also named representative tom price of georgia... to head up the department of health and human services. if the senate confirms price... he'll be key in efforts to repeal and replace reports that trump plans to choose a controversial banker as his treasury secretary... steven mnuchin is a former goldman sachs partner. outgoing vice president joe biden will be honored on the senate floor next month by senators from both sides of the political aisle. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate minority leader harry reid are among the lawmakers who will be featured in the tribute. senator chris coons led the charge to honor biden. coons holds the same seat from delaware that biden held for more than three decades -- becoming vice president. the tribute is scheduled for december 7th and a biden spokesman says the vice president will be there. a holiday gesture... gone wrong. the charity event officials are blaming for the death of three people. and.. fans mourn the deaths of

mitch mcconnell doesn't hold the press statement as is usual. what do you think about the possibilities of working together? are they good? >> well, i think this election proves once again that this country is not immune to populous demagogues. but president obama proved that is not an effective way to govern. so the question will be, can donald trump leave behind the campaign he had, which was really populist, nationalist, a lot of demagoguery, and avert to something more effective. he needs paul ryan to do that. if he's smart, he will take advantage of the fact that he's got this republican congress to get things done. >> you're suggesting that he should then not run on the immigration and fulfill some of the promises of this and trade. how do you do that when you just won an election? >> it's not going to be very east. but he also promised to salvage the american economy. and you can't do that if all of a sudden you slap 35% tariffs on mexican goods. >> but i assume, kim, let's take immigration, he's got to do something. >> yes, he does. >> b

the president-elect also held talks with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. iraqi troops slowed their advance into mosul whale they -- while they reclaim neighborhoods.

and that he also had a meeting with leader mitch mcconnell. as he was walking out of that, i said, mr. trump, are you ready to be president? he said, we are ready, and he gave me the double thumbs-up. he mentioned immigration and jobs, and he spoke for just a couple of minutes. it was the cacophany of a media day with shutters going off, bouncing off the marble here in the capitol. majority leader mitch mcconnell then escorted trump out and spoke with us for a moment, a rarity, saying it was a first class meeting and they are ready to get on the transition with areas where they agree. with ryan and mcconnell, it is about trying to plan with a new republican partner, and they have a lot more experience than he does. mark: did anything happen that, even reading between the lines, you would say maybe there is trouble? kelly: not today. i think today was really about trying to project confidence, trying to be gracious. in washington, it won't take long for the disagreements and trouble spots to filter out. but today was on a tour sort of scale. ma

>> well, i think mitch mcconnell should get to know steve bannon as i do. i've known steve bannon for years. he is a brilliant strategist, a dedicated patriot. he's a historian, an amazing historian. and he believes in the same things that donald trump does and that mitch mcconnell at least asserts that he does. so i don't know why he wouldn't support steve bannon. there have been a lot of false accusations made about him and i think once we get down to the truth, mitch mcconnell will come around. >> just a few minutes ago i heard steve bannon on tape say liberal dykes. are you okay with that? >> i hadn't heard that tape and i don't know what the context of it would be in. no, i wouldn't say i was either okay with it or not okay with it. one thing we learned was even though donald trump had some remarks 11 years ago, the voters looked at it far more pragmatically than that and i think that's how we should be looking at this. >> your name is being floated for the head of homeland security. are you interested in the job? >> well, it fits the background that i

the opponent has been paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. so that's the question, is the republican leadership on board with infrastructure, because they passed a highway bill last year. and they -- mcconnell says, why do we need to do infrastructure? we just did it. that's something to think about. >> if there is a republican president in the white house now, maybe mcconnell, maybe paul ryan -- sarah, you've covered donald trump from day one of his campaign -- maybe they'll listen to him. >> this is why you can't assume the coalitions will all line up when you go to congress the way we've seen them line up in the past. sure, it's possible they'll say donald trump is the president and is possibly the reason a lot of us were re-elected and have the majorities right now so maybe we'll do the things the way he wants to. one of the realities donald trump will run up against in congress that he didn't on the campaign trail is what the policies will do to the budget. the reality is the things he wants to do, across the board tax ruts, infrastructu

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan. here's nancy cordes. >> let me just say how excited we are about these opportunities for the country. >> reporter: a pragmatic house speaker tabled months of animosity today, giving mr. inaugurated and even employing mr. trump's campaign motto. >> we are now talking about how we're going to hit the ground running to make sure that we can get this country turned around and make america great again. >> reporter: mr. trump said he would be doing "spectacular things" with ryan and senate leader mitch mcconnell. >> whether it's health care or immigration. so many different things. >> reporter: during the race both ryan and mcconnell routinely condemned their own nominee. >> i regret those comments that he made. >> he uttered a series of outrageous and unac >> reporter: their new detente is a fragile one. mr. trump wants to build a border wall. ryan doesn't. and deflected a question about it today. >> we're not going to do a press conference here. >> reporter: but they do agree on dismantli

- i think chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, first of all, think about harry reid. it was like watching two scorpions in a bottle. terms like loading and despising really understate the relationship. had was thatn i will have a far better relationship both with mitch mcconnell and other republican did, -- van harry reid then harry reid did. that will being different. all, i know that probably a couple of you are lobbyists. wow. i don't think he will be getting your budgets cut until next year. , if this town is driven by fear, uncertainty, and change, we have all three food groups coming up in the next two years. let me just close on that. just will tell you, sitting around, talking with pollsters and other folks around have onenight, you hundred 40 years of experience there and nobody had ever seen anything like this. there years of experience ever seen had anything like this. we have microphones, and they ask that you identify yourself. here we go. >> height. -- hi. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, is that a trend that you see going forward? trend.: i think it's

track: kentucky's senior senator mitch mcconnell celebrating a sweeping afternoon. breathing a sigh of relief himself- he gets to keep his job as senate majority leader. new york senator chuck schumer was eying the role as democrats worked to flip the senate- but with no success. sot: simone pathe, senior political reporter, roll call, in: out: track: simone pathe, senior political reporter at roll call, says a surprise loss came from the wisconsin senate race between russ feingold and ron johnson- a shock there in the race for president as well. in places like north carolina and missouri- where pathe says roy blunt and richard burr ran not so great campaigns- they still walked away with a win. over in the house.. sot: rep. paul ryan , in: out: track: house speaker paul ryan says many of the candidates in the house rode trump's coat-tails. giving them a much bigger house majority than they expected. sot: simone pathe, senior political reporter, roll call, in: out: "they ew that they weren't going take the house majority but edidn't to fall short it lookst x seats ac

he's on capitol hill to meet with mitch mcconnell. of course they have control of the senate and the house. he will also be meeting later on with the speaker, paul ryan. but again, a lot of this is to sort of get ready for the cabinet picks that we will have and a new congress 25 will be dealing with the order of their confirmation process. and also getting a better idea of that 100 day agenda which will include tax cuts, regulatory relief, getting rid of obamacare, solving global peace, all of that. it will be a busy agenda. so we're looking closely for mike pence coming out there. but in the meantime, something that i has been following, others have been following and heralding it because the price of a lot of things have gop ne including stocks, home prices. here is something that might not be good news, oil prices moving up 140sharply because opec sayi that it will curtail production. that was enough to send oil prices close to 60 bucks a barrel. gas prices would soon follow suit. if these figures hold. but discipline is not somet

trump to his motorcade, majority leader mitch mcconnell gave his thoughts on the meeting. >> we had a really good issues that wet obviously agree on [indiscernible] >> donald trump was visiting washington, d.c., yesterday, hillary and bill clinton took their dogs for a hike and chappaqua, new york. this photo shared by a supporter who ran into the former secretary of state on the hiking trail. .ongress returns next week on the agenda for the lame-duck session, legislation to extend government funding past december 9 deadline and working out differences between house and senate bills to provide aid to flint, michigan, after their drinking water was contaminated by lead. also, a bill to promote medical research and develop new cures, as well as funding for defense department programs. watch the house when members return november 14 on c-span. the senate on november 15 on c-span2. unfoldan, where history daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. coming up next, "washingto

he will have to figure out a way to govern with paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. paul ryan and mitch mcconnell are not on the trump team, but right now it's a marriage of convenience, and to be successful, they are going to have to work together to get stuff done, which i think he going to try and do. jamal: one thing that happens in a one-party government though, we have to when it is harder, you cannot blame any one if something doesn't work. at least if you have one house congress, you could say, oh, this is nancy pelosi's fault or chuck schumer's. they won't have anyone to blame this on besides other republicans. so factional differences and regional differences will emerge inside the republican party. so i don't think its going to be completely smooth. john: it is not going to be completely smooth. i do think that trump has this new leader in the senate, chuck schumer, who is his neighbor in new york and they have a long , relationship. done on immigration, on tax reform. i expect they will have a close relationship. you are absolutely right. you can expect t

mitch mcconnell/(r-ky) majority leader) talked about and i'm confident that that's what we're going to do." trump will take the oath of office in 10 weeks. weijia jiang, cbs news, the white house.>>> ((paul joncich)) >> the trump transition team is reportedly considering a number of washington insiders for cabinet positions including congressman mike mccaul for the secretary of homeland security, texas representative jeb hensarling... a friend of mike pence... is in line to possibly be the new treasury secretary, and former congressman mike rogers could be ((christianne klein)) >>> retiring senator harry reid certainly isn't going quietly. reid released a scathing statement today... on the election of donald trump... saying that white nationalists, vladimir putin and isis are celebrating, while innocent, law-abiding americans -- particularly minorities -- are wracked with fear. reid went on to write --quote-- "if this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of donald his campaign with bigotry and hate." end quote.

you covered mitch mcconnell and the house speaker. the headline in one of your trump andeces says ryan signal a new chapter in their relationship. how does this play into next week's election for speaker? does this bolster paul ryan's chances in the house? i think it does it does. before tuesday night's election, the conventional wisdom was hillary clinton was going to win the race and donald trump had been threatening to make life miserable for paul ryan, saying because he had not sufficiently supported donald trump for president during the campaign trail, he would come after speaker ryan. well, now that donald trump is the president-elect, the dynamic has completely shifted. bt government who met yesterday were praising each other. speaker ryan rolled out the red carpet for donald trump, hosted a lunch for him in the capitol hill club, then brought him back to the capitol, where he took them out on the speaker's balcony and showed him the view of the entire d.c. skyline, showed him the platform where he would be inaugurated and swor

she is married to mitch mcconnell. we want to look how the evening commute is shaping up. a look at realty traffic times on the freeways. which, well, its good we have tom. he can tell us about that. >> that's right. he can tell us everything happening. we don't have tom but guess for the first professional sport's team the vegas golden knights. people love or hate the name. tonight the u.s. army might have an issue with it. the golden nights reviewing the las vegas name and enlisted the they the day after bill foley protect the history of golden nights. we are the power -- can be life changing. next. how the press. >> the student newspaper isset going a major make over. >> jim: change its name. now a new one and an uncertain future. denise has the news room to herself on this tuesday morning. the paper's final edition came >> starting in january the paper is dropping the name its held since 1955 a name some said was a reminder of america's past. it is about time say this is senior. >> unlv the most diverse campuses in the united states. the name should have been changed.

i do think, though, that chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell -- i think chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell, first of all, think about harry reid. it was like watching two scorpions in a bottle. [laughter] loathing terms like and despising really understate the relationship. the impression i had was that schumer will have a far better relationship both with mitch mcconnell and other republican senators than harry reid did. it had gotten -- that's something that will be different. but all in all, i know that probably a couple of you are lobbyists. wow. i do not think you will be getting your budgets cut until next year. i tell you, if this town is driven by fear, uncertainty, and change, we have all three food groups coming up in the next two years. let me just close on that. but i will tell you, just sitting around, talking with pollsters and other folks around nbc last night, you have 140 years of experience there and nobody had ever seen anything like this. we have microphones, and they ask that you identify yourself. here we go. >> hi. the states pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, is tha