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Anti-Trump Protesters March For Second Night; Trump Meets Obama At White House; Trump: Protests Incited By Media, Very Unfair; Extremist Graffiti Sprayed On Baseball Dugout; Michigan Students Chant "Build The Wall"; Trump Considering Cabinet Appointments; Transition Team Filled With Washington Insiders; Source: Trump Wants Bannon As Chief Of Staff; Hillary Clinton Goes For A Hike; Clinton: "Deplorables" Remark Did Damage; Clinton Laments "Basket Of Deplorables" Comment; Sanders: "Did My Best" To Help Clinton Win. Aired 1-2 am ET

Aired November 11, 2016 - 01:00   ET

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JOHN VAUSE, CNN NEWSROOM ANCHOR: This is CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. Ahead this hour, divided America from coast to coast, thousands take to the street for a second night protesting the election of Donald Trump. Elsewhere messages of hate and racial attacks are on the rise.

Face to face for the first time, Donald Trump and Barack Obama together in the Oval Office. The two have been rivals, putting aside their differences and prepare for the transition of power.

And 2016 claims another music legend. Singer, songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at age 82. Hello, everybody. Great to have you with us. I'm John Vause. NEWSROOM L.A. starts right now.

The election of Donald Trump has unleashed a wave of mostly peaceful protests for a second night in cities and towns across the United States. You're looking live at marches in Los Angeles, Oakland and Portland. Earlier today, protesters shut down a busy highway near California State University in L.A.

In Dallas, Texas, demonstrators say they're standing up to Trump's attacks on immigrants, people of color, and gays and lesbians. In Portland, Oregon, cars were damaged and police are calling it a riot. One woman caught up in the protest, had her windshield smashed.

And in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 17 different organizations are taking part in anti-Trump rallies. They say will not accept sexism, racism, or bigotry.

But regardless of the protest, the transition of power is moving forward at the White House on Thursday, a man uniquely unqualified to be president shaking hands with the worst president ever. That's how Donald Trump and Barack Obama described each other during the campaign, but as they met face to face for the first time, they set aside years of antagonism, more cordial and respectful Trump even called Mr. Obama a very good man.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT: I have been very hurt by the

interest in president-elect Trump wanting to work with my team around many of the issues that this great country faces. And I believe that it is important for all of us, regardless of party, and regardless of political preferences, to now come together, work together, to deal with the many challenges that we face.

DONALD TRUMP, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT-ELECT: If we really - we discussed a lot of different situations, some wonderful and some difficulties. I very much look forward to dealing with the president in the future, including counsel. He has explained some of the difficulties, some of the high-flying assets and some of the - some of the really great things that have been achieved.

So, Mr. President it was a great honor being with you, and I look forward to being with you many, many more times (INAUDIBLE) Thank you.

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VAUSE: Joining me now, democratic strategist Matthew Littman, republican consultant John Thomas, Talk Radio host Mo' Kelly, and CNN's senior reporter for media and politics Dylan Byers. Great to have you all with us on what was a very memorable day. OK. The president-elect, he's back tweeting. He can do that because he's president-elect. Someone gave him his iPhone back.

And just a short time ago, this is what he posted, "Just had a very open and successful presidential election. Now, professional protesters incited by the media are protesting, very unfair." Matt, on the surface, it would seem he doesn't get it.

MATTHEW LITTMAN, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST AND FORMER SPEECHWRITER FOR JOE BIDEN: I see that he's changed a lot now that he's been elected president. Listen, you know, international audience here, they should know that Hillary Clinton received more votes in this case. This is the second time in 15, 16 years that this has happened where the democratic candidate received more votes than a republican candidate and is not the president.

That is a hard thing to explain. And now, Donald Trump -- I'm watching the news, I haven't watched it in the last three days. So, when you're showing it, this is the first time that I'm seeing it. And watching it right now, it just makes me sick.

VAUSE: John?

JOHN THOMAS, REPUBLICAN CONSULTANT: Look, I think Donald Trump is right again. He said all along that the media portrayed him as this goon, and the fact is, Americans didn't agree. There's a reason Donald Trump swept the rustbelt, it's because the media was out of touch with the message Donald was putting forth. And I don't think it's quite fair that we're covering just the protests but we're not also talking about the people in Middle America who feel like they have a chance, an economic chance again. The balance, I think, is the issue, not that you're covering the protest. VAUSE: OK. Dylan, until that tweet by Donald Trump, everyone was - the narrative was that he was saying all the right things, that the tone was actually right. But clearly for the thousands of people who have been taking to the streets, you know, for the second night now, that's not coming through, they're not buying it.

DYLAN BYERS, CNN SENIOR REPORTER FOR MEDIA AND POLITICSL: No, that's absolutely right. And I think when you look back at Donald Trump's statements and actions over the last 18 months, there's not a lot of reason for them to buy it.

Now, that said, we do have an Electoral College, and Donald Trump did win this thing, and, look, they have every right to protest. There's no question about that. I'm not sure they have rights to break people's car windows, but you do have to ask yourself, what are they protesting? Are they sending a message that they're not going the stand for Donald Trump's bigotry and demagoguery in terms of the rhetoric that he used over the last 18 months?

Fine, but in terms of protesting his election to the presidency of the United States, there's not really a leg to stand on. We are a democracy and the people of the United States elected him president. And I think to John's point, there are - look, there's a lot that the media needs to do in terms of analyzing how it covered this race.

One of those things is understanding the deep levels of pain and frustration that many disenfranchised Americans feel in this country, and why they selected Donald Trump for president. And I do think that's an important story that we need to be telling.

VAUSE: There is plenty of ugliness to go around, especially coming from the other side, there's reports of racially motivated attacks, racially offensive graffiti like we've seen in small towns in New York State like this one. "Make America white again," with a swastika in there.

In North Carolina, graffiti which reads, "Black lives don't matter and neither does your vote." And at a middle school in Michigan, Latino children left in tears after their classmates started chanting, "Build that wall." Look at this.

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MICHIGAN STUDENTS: Build that wall. Build that wall. Build that wall.

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VAUSE: And Mo, to you, I mean, we have to note, these are kids doing - it's like clearly they're repeating what their parents have told them. But, you know, this now debunks the idea that, you know, of a close racial America.

MO' KELLY, TALK RADIO HOST: Yeah. I don't know where that idea came from, just because President Obama was elected in 2008. This is really not about the media, this is not even about the protesters. I personally - I don't agree with the protests, because if you want to protest, the time to protest was at the ballot box, so they missed that opportunity, but it does highlight this frustration, this anger, this venting of displeasure with our system and also Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is trying to be the commander-in-tweet not the commander- in-chief. He has the responsibility now to be a calming influence, not try to re-litigate the election and not try to dismiss protesters.

The first amendment rights are still available for everyone including the protesters, even though we may not agree with them. Donald Trump needs to make the transition from being the candidate to the president-elect and acting accordingly.

VAUSE: And, John, to that point, you know, we heard Rudy Giuliani come out earlier today, saying that basically the protesters out there today are cry-babies. That's not exactly the kind of building bridges talks that you want to hear in a moment like this. But what is the responsibility right now on president-elect Donald Trump to try and address the concerns that these protesters have?

THOMAS: Well, I think he does need to probably make a speech and address their concerns and that - and also, assuage some of their concerns. I think we're already seeing a different Donald Trump we saw on election night where he struck exactly the right tone. We saw it today. He was measured and controlled, listening to President Obama, you know, a man that arguably, you know, he wouldn't even want to sit in the same room with last week.

So, he has to continue that tone and let people know that America is going to be better under his watch, and he's good for them as well and their economic interests.

VAUSE: Matt?

LITTMAN: So, this is where I disagree with John. The standard for Donald Trump is so low that if he doesn't say something completely offensive in the room with Obama, then he's a hero all of a sudden. And to say that he's going to -- this is -- we know who Donald Trump is. This is the way he's been for the last year and a half as he's been running for president. He's been running a campaign built on racism, sexism, anti-Semitism. That's been his campaign. So, to say that that's going to stop now, why would it stop now? I don't know --

VAUSE: John, Mo, I see you nodding your head.

KELLY: Yeah. This is not about what the press - the protesters need to do. This is not about giving Donald Trump kudos. I mean, he is -- Donald Trump is still very thin-skinned, and we want to give him credit for not being thin-skinned for half of the day, but not all of the day.

Donald Trump said he wanted this job. Donald Trump said he wanted to be the leader of the free world. Donald Trump is also now saying that he's unnerved by protesters and the media being unfair. What about when he actually has to deal with ISIS? VAUSE: And Dylan, do you think that Trump can't do that speech?

BYERS: Well, look, I just want to address something that was said a moment ago. The issue is we actually don't know who Donald Trump is. We certainly know all of his faults and we know all of the truly terrible things that he's said.

The issues we have no idea how he's going to govern. This is a man who's been a republican, a democrat and an independent. A guy whose said that the popular vote should trump the electoral vote, but clearly doesn't feel that way now that he's the one who's won the electoral vote and is losing the popular vote.

I mean, he has said - he has seen every issue from both sides and given no - seem to be not concerned at all by the fact that he has contradicted himself frequently. The issue is we don't know what kind of president he's going to be. And I don't - I don't think that's reassuring in the least. I think, in fact, that's very troubling.

But I will say this, if to the degree that he is malleable, to the degree he can change his opinion, if there is one thing that you would hope he took away from his time with President Obama, it is the ability to act like a leader and the ability to say things that at least unite the country and try and appeal to the better angels of our nature.

And when you look at those swastikas, and you look at that hate speech, and you look at all of the people who feel like they no longer have a place in America because Donald Trump is more racist, bigoted supporters have been emboldened by his election, the onus truly is on him to come forward and say something to calm those tensions, and at least bring Americans, if not to a place where of cohesion, at least to a place of tolerance.

THOMAS: I think Donald Trump is -- he's frustrated and he's thinking, "Here we go again." Here we go again where the narrative is slipping away from him, that the media is portraying one vision of America. And yes, there are these protests going and it's frustrating -

VAUSE: We didn't put the protesters on the street.

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THOMAS: No, but in terms of share of voice. You know, here, Donald Trump is trying to behave, you know, he's trying to project a new vision, and these people protesting -- first of all, just like Donald Trump said, don't boo, vote. Well, they were so upset that -

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VAUSE: That was Obama, but -

THOMAS: Yeah. Right. But that's right, Obama. But where were they on election night?

VAUSE: Right. THOMAS: You know, they -

LITTMAN: Well, they may have been voting on election. And by the way, what's wrong with protesting? These people are not happy about the fact that Donald Trump is president. The majority of Americans did not vote for Donald Trump for president. Go out there and protest. I don't disagree with these people. Make your voice heard.

THOMAS: I think - I think CNN just reported - CNN just reported, I believe, that some of these are called riots, not protests. OK?

VAUSE: Well, one reported. Yeah. There's been some damage to -

THOMAS: So, let's be clear. I mean, you know, the -

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LITTMAN: OK. But you said one was a riot, the others were protests.

THOMAS: The democrats are talking about love and coming together. This is not exactly love. They are literally burning Donald Trump's head outside of my condo in downtown L.A.

LITTMAN: No one is saying - this isn't love. People are angry. They should be angry. A majority of Americans did not vote for Donald Trump and he's the president.

VAUSE: OK. We don't know - as Dylan said, we don't know exactly what Donald Trump we're going to get come January with the inauguration.

LITTMAN: I disagree with Dylan. Dylan, I disagree with you. You're a smart guy, but I disagree. Donald Trump has said what he'd do in his first 100 days.

VAUSE: Right. We'll get to that, but we are getting an indication of maybe what his staff and his cabinet will look like. He is making this choice of Steve Bannon, his campaign chief, maybe he'll become White House Chief of Staff. It's not certain, but this is controversial because before joining the campaign, Bannon was the editor of the conservative website Breitbart News.

And this is what the sudden popularity loss (INAUDIBLE) about Breitbart. Over the past year however, the outlet has undergone a notable shift towards embracing ideas on the extremist fringe or the conservative right, races ideas, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant ideas, all the key tenants making up an emerging racist ideology known as the "Alt-Right."

Before we get to Bannon, Dylan, just explain to our audience the importance of a role of White House Chief of Staff.

BYERS: Well, the importance of the White House Chief of Staff is key. I mean, it's one of the few positions that is right next to the president that has the president's ear. And of course, the roles in a Trump administration would probably be different somewhat from traditional roles. But look, the question is, when it comes to Bannon, does he have a place in Trump's administration or not?

Because it doesn't matter if he's the janitor in the White House. If Bannon is in the White House, he will have Donald Trump's ear just like he had Trump's ear throughout the last months of the campaign once became the CEO of the campaign.

I have talked to Steve Bannon. I have talked to the editor of Breitbart News. These are people who believe in right-wing populous message, and they believe in declaring war on the political establishment, both democratic and republicans, certainly the media establishment, they believe in shaking things up in a very drastic way and they certainly are preponderant of a sort of anti-immigrant message.

So, if you see Steve Bannon in a Chief of Staff position, you can anticipate a Trump administration that matches some of the more radical rhetoric - an erratic rhetoric that he's - that he's brought up over the course of the campaign.

VAUSE: And Mo, what does it say that Bannon is even being considered for this, you know, very much well - very powerful position?

KELLY: It's more of the same, I mean, Breitbart is Breitbart. Its history can't be denied, and once Donald Trump made it clear that he was going to cozy up to Breitbart and at the same time the Alt-Right, you see the response to that in the streets tonight. All of these things are inextricably linked. You can't talk about the protests and then also disregard the type of people that Donald Trump is associating with in a political sense, in a campaign sense, and now a presidential sense.

Donald Trump has to move from being a candidate to the President of the United States of all people. For all the criticisms we heard of Barack Obama, how he supposedly pandered or catered to one group of people, Donald Trump needs to make that same leap. And he's going to be criticized, it's not going to be fair, it's not going to be fun, but he wanted this job, and this is what comes with it.

VAUSE: OK. OK. I will get you to stay here, we'll take a short break, but there's a lot more coverage on this transition of power and what lies ahead. Also, will Trump prepare for this transition, and Clinton supporter crossed paths with a former candidate the morning after her concession speech.

Also ahead, one of Clinton's biggest regrets from the campaign trail.

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KATE RILEY, CNN WORLD SPORTS HEADLINES ANCHOR: I'm Kate Riley with your CNN WORLD SPORT Headlines. It will be a busy few days for World Cup qualifying matches. We have a Group A marquee match with the top teams of France and Sweden squaring off. The original date of this fixture has been moved since the match was due to be played on the anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks. The two sides are top on seven points in the group. And on Friday, the world's most expensive player Paul Pogba will be in

action for France, after netting the match winner in their last qualifier against Holland. Rivalries will be taken to a whole new level when United States host Mexico in their World Cup qualifier. The match will be held days after the Presidential Election, adding another layer of intrigue to its rivalry, USA Captain Michael Bradley tweeted before the match, "I hope that every person that comes to the stadium comes ready to enjoy what we all want to be a beautiful game, and hope that it's a special night in every way."

And President Obama had a houseful at the White House on Thursday. Lebron James and the Cavaliers were congratulated by the President. The NBA Stars claimed their first title in team history, back in June at the same time ending a 52-year championship drought for the City of Cleveland. And that's a look at all your sports headlines, I'm Kate Riley.

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VAUSE: Hillary Clinton was spotted out and about the first time since the devastating defeat to Donald Trump. She was hiking not far from her home in upstate New York. One of her supporters stop for a photo, which we're told was taken by her husband, Bill Clinton.

While millions of her supporters are still trying to understand how she lost the election, "New York Times" is reporting that Clinton told an adviser, one comment she made on the campaign trail did a lot of damage.

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CLINTON: You could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call the "basket of deplorables," right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic, you name it.

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VAUSE: Back now with our panel, Republican Consultant John Thomas, Democratic Strategist Matt Littman, Talk Radio Host Mo' Kelly and CNN's Senior Reporter for Media and Politics Dylan Byers. And Dylan, first to you, "basket of deplorables" a bad moment for Hillary Clinton but was it her worst?

BYERS: Yeah, actually, it might have been and here's the reason. There's a lesson in American politics that we've seen over the course of the last few cycles which is you do not talk down to voters, much the same way when Mitt Romney was caught on tape talking about 47 percent of Americans. And the other key issue here is the fundamental issue -- and Hillary Clinton's husband has said it, you know, many, many years ago, the fundamental issue when it comes to presidential elections is the economy.

That is the issue really that people tend to vote on more than any other -- certainly economic frustrations were what many of Donald Trump's supporters voted on this cycle, by sort of denigrating them and dismissing them because of their, you know, admittedly -- you know, some, you know, bigoted and some of their closed off views of the world, rather than addressing the economic concerns, I think was really - I think when the history books are written, will be one of the key missteps in Hillary Clinton's campaign. She closed this campaign talking about Donald Trump's attacks on women, minorities, you know, Muslims, Mexicans. She spent less time making an appeal to what she was going to do to better the lives of Americans on an economic level. And so, yeah, I think the deplorable moments was among her worst.

VAUSE: Well - sorry, (INAUDIBLE)

LITTMAN: Yeah, well, for people who said that the economy was their primary concern, Hillary won those people by 10 percent according to the exit polls.

VAUSE: OK. So, Mo, do you think the message, though, was lost on the electorate in the closing stages of the campaign?

KELLY: I think we're looking at the wrong thing. For all my criticisms of Donald Trump, there should be a larger criticism levied at the Democratic Party. This was a referendum on the democrats. Hillary Clinton lost but you look at what happened in the house and the senate, the democrats didn't really pick up any seats in the house and they did no damage in the senate.

So, that says to you that this was a referendum on the democratic message over and beyond what Hillary Clinton was saying and the democrats really need to take a look at themselves and see if they were running on a platform which was conducive to energizing their base. Although the deplorables remark was damaging and reprehensible in its own right, I don't think that was the only reason. People had plenty reasons not to like Hillary Clinton, that just happened to be one of them.

VAUSE: OK. I mean, we're looking at all these protesters on the street. I mean, Matt, as a democrat, you know, you said many of them may have voted, but they certainly -- there was no enthusiasm for Clinton - this level of enthusiasm leading up to the election could have turn the tide.

LITTMAN: There's not a lot of enthusiasm, I agree, for Hillary Clinton and there's no question that the campaign made a lot of mistakes. If you look at them from August, Hillary was essentially fundraising in the Hamptons and not really campaigning. There's also no question that a lot of people don't like Hillary Clinton, I mean, in the end, she did not win, and she should have won in this election given that Barack Obama is a pretty popular president. Then we have a democrat who's somehow was losing here, that shouldn't have happen, Hillary should - democrat should have won.

VAUSE: And John, the Latino surge for Clinton which never happened.

THOMAS: Yeah. No, I mean, it was overrated. Pollsters got the modeling wrong, the media made assumptions. I think Hillary was kind of damage - he did (INAUDIBLE) damage because if she spoke about the economic message, people are frustrated about the economy and she represents the status quo and the establishment.

So, she can't win on the economic message. And when she checked the job box going to Ohio or Michigan, she was talking about new clean, green jobs. Those people want to pull the coal that's out of the ground. They want the Ford plant back in their town. So she wasn't even talking about the economy in the way that Donald Trump was.

VAUSE: OK. Which then gets to the question if it was all about the economic message on the democrats side, would Bernie Sanders have done a better job? He spoke to Wolf Blitzer earlier today and this is - and he's specifically asked about that. This is what Senator Sanders said.

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BERNIE SANDERS, FORMER U.S. DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: What good does it do now? You know, the election is over and, you know, Hillary, I did my best to see that Hillary Clinton get elected.

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VAUSE: Matt, could it be President-Elect Sanders now?

LITTMAN: You know, there's no way to know. I mean, I worked for Joe Biden. I - do I wish Joe Biden would run? And then he -- I think Joe Biden would have been a great president. But listen, they may've - they used to say that the Hillary - the Clintons killed Vince Foster, and then Barack Obama came in and they said he wasn't even in born in America and he was a Muslim. And if Bernie Sanders was the candidate then, Bernie Sanders would have been the communist who visited Russia, and I don't know that Bernie Sanders would have won in the end.

VAUSE: Regrets, we've had a few. OK. A lot more to do -

THOMAS: I have none.

VAUSE: -- next hour. Guys, thank you very much. Matt and John, Dylan, and Mo, come back next hour because there's still a lot to get through.

We'll take a short break, but when we come back, many feared a market turmoil after Donald Trump won the U.S. Election. So, why has the U.S. stock market now just celebrated a record high? More details ahead.

Plus, ISIS setting booby traps and explosives in civilian houses in Mosul, clinics there overwhelmed with victims, we'll go live to Iraq in just a moment.

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VAUSE: Welcome back, everybody, you're watching CNN NEWSROOM live from Los Angeles. I'm John Vause with the headlines this hour. Anti- Donald Trump protesters are marching for a second night across the U.S. They block streets from New York to Los Angeles and at least ten cities in between. Many say they're scared by Trump's campaign (INAUDIBLE) against illegal immigrants. Trump tweeted the protests are incited by the media and very unfair. U.S. President Barack Obama said he is committed to a smooth transition of power to the Trump administration. Mr. Obama welcomed the president-elect -

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[01:30:54] JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: A senior ISIS commander has been killed in a coalition air strike in Mosul. He was the ISIS commander for military operations in northern Iraq.

Meantime, ISIS is fighting Iraqi troops fighting to retake Mosul. ISIS militants have executed seven men accused of spying. And they are setting up booby traps in houses east of the city.

Michael Holmes is in Irbil.

Michael, Iraqi forces are being hit with a wave attacks by ISIS including suicide bombers and snipers.

MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: John, one of the favorite and often has to be said most effective weapons in the ISIS arsenal is the car bomb, truck bombs as well. We know they have been used extensively in the fight for Mosul and caused a lot of casualties among Iraqi forces. Not much detail on the casualties. But we were at a hospital where victims of the war, military and civilian, are keeping doctors busy.

A warning, some of the images could be disturbing.

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HOLMES (VO): Casualties of war, the weapon, an ISIS favorite, the car bomb.

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HOLMES: The triage room is full. And yet the ambulances keep coming. The doctors and medics have to decide who is closer to death and one operating theater at this hospital 40 kilometers from Mosul.

This man has shrapnel wounds, stitched up. He will live.

They have two other brand-new operating theaters here but not the equipment need to use them.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We need equipment. But as soon as possible. We have only this with two beds.

HOLMES: Outside are two other Iraqi soldiers from the same unit that has been hit. This man wounded by a car bomb days earlier. Their will to return to the fight undiminished.

He says he is ready to fight again and not just in Mosul but everywhere they are. They are dangerous to the world.

This hospital isn't used to this. Once a small-town clinic, now dealing with combat casualties. And it's the only non-ISIS held hospital in the entire province.

On this day, more than a dozen wounded soldiers brought in. 70 arrived in the last week.

The International Committee of the Red Cross is helping with advice, equipment and staff but they and the hospital workers fear a flood not of soldiers but of civilians caught in the cross fire. At the moment, unable to get out wounded or not.

(on camera): It would be hard to find a better example of what this war is doing to civilians. This family was in a house hit by a shell. These two men were injured but it got worse. His sisters, age 16 and 27, were both killed.

UINIDENTIFIED MALE: Maybe more patients won't get access to health care. That is my biggest concern. I think right now, we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg.

HOLMES (voiced-over): Later we see the soldier again, outside, emotional. He knows some of the new wounded and learned two good friends could be dead.

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[01:34:44] HOLMES: And, john, the big fear is those civilians, the soldiers, that is part of the job in a way. But many ISIS -- ISIS forcing the civilians to stay in the city and fighting from family homes. And there could be any number of civilians who need to be treated but can't get out until their neighborhoods are liberated - John?

VAUSE: Michael, thank you. Michael Holmes with the latest from Irbil.

A short break. When we come, the U.S. stock market rallied the day after Donald Trump won the presidential election. We'll see if that record momentum can last.

And singer/song writer, Leonard Cohen, is the latest legend lost in 2016.

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(END VIDEO CLIP) VAUSE: The closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday. The Dow rose 218 points closing at a record high for the second day. That is an atypical reaction after an atypical election. Many worried that a Trump win would be bad for stocks. That was the case in Asia on Wednesday before a Thursday rebound. Bombay and Hong Kong are down but Shanghai and Tokyo and Sydney are up.

I'm joined by Eric Schiffer, author and CEO of Patriotic Equity.

Thanks for coming in.

ERIC SCHIFFER, CEO, PATRIOTIC EQUITY & AUTHOR: Absolutely.

VAUSE: If Trump's economic plan is so bad for the economy which is what we have been told by the independent experts, why are stocks so high.

SCHIFFER: I think the market, what their looking at, if he got some of the stuff through, the corporate tax reform, that would be really big for the market. Because there is the possibility -- what it tends to do is make corporations with all this cash on the sidelines want to put it into the economy. And that could really seem, you know, the economy in a big way and really drive it. That's the premise.

VAUSE: One of the other reasons I've read is he is showing a conciliatory tone. He was at the White House and being respectful and cordial with President Obama and there is an expectation that maybe he might moderate some of his positions.

SCHIFFER: think that is a bit a part of what it is. But the other side is more realistic. The market is jittery and looking for a signal he will implement some of these things he talked about. And that's what you are seeing.

VAUSE: There's a lot in his economic plan. There is a lot of controversial promises like the tariffs on imports from china and Mexico. And now an expectation they will be lower than expected. And assumption he can't get the tax cuts through and also this stimulus program to stimulate the economy. Just because it is a republican controlled senate and house, it doesn't mean he will get it through.

SCHIFFER: It doesn't but congress wants him to drive the economy. And Trump is going to try to drive it. And tax reform is a big piece of the equation. Tax reform is a part of that. The market is counting on that. I would agree on the tariff side. I don't think it will be as significant. I doubt he's going to want to do a trade war. That's not going to help the U.S. economy. It could hurt the global economy. He knows we're tied together. I think he has smarter people that eventually will join the team that will certainly reinforce that.

[01:40:12] VAUSE: This is his short-term view. What about the long- term view? The tax cuts will cost $6 trillion and a stimulus package. There is a lot going on to the national debt and that could have long- term ramifications.

SCHIFFER: But if it stimulates the economy you will get more revenue in. So ultimately that should help decrease the debt. You saw this under Bill Clinton when you have a robust economy you get bigger tax receipts coming in to help reduce the debt.

VAUSE: A lot of comparisons between Donald Trump's election win and the Brexit in the U.K. The leader of the Brexit movement was gushing not just about Donald Trump but the economic opportunities ahead. Listen to this.

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NIGEL FARAGE, UKIP LEADER: That Obama creature said -- loathsome individual who couldn't stand our country. Said we'd be in the back of the que. But Trump said we'd be in front of the que. How imperfect he would be and he is, his model is Scottish and he loves our culture and what we stand for. And what we can do after we leave that E.U. Thing we can do our first trade deal with the United States of America. Is that great?

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VAUSE: Are we looking at a trade deal between Britain and the United States and will it be good?

SCHIFFER: Apparently, marijuana was legalized in England. These comments make no sense. I think he is being disrespectful to President Obama. There's no need for it. I just -- look, he has a very narrow view. I don't believe that that will occur. The relations will be better, no question. I think they will be better than what people thought it would be with England and the U.K.

VAUSE: Especially now they have Theresa May who is also committed to the Brexit. And she may be heading to the U.S. to meet with Donald Trump.

Eric, thanks for coming in.

SCHIFFER: My pleasure. Good to be with you.

VAUSE: Thank you.

Finally here, one of music's most influential singer/song writers, Leonard Cohen, has died.

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VAUSE: That's Cohen singing "Hallelujah." He began his career as a poet and his work spans five decades. He released his final album weeks ago. In his last interview, he acknowledged his health was declining and he was ready to die. He was 82 years old.

Thank you for watching NEWSROOM L.A. I'm john Vause.

"World Sport" is up next. I'll be back with another hour of news from all around the world. You're watching CNN.

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[11:45:29] KATE RILEY, WORLD SPORT ANCDHOR: Welcome along to World Sport from CNN Center. I'm Kate Riley.

It will be a busy few days for World Cup qualifying matches and we have a marquee match-up in group "a" with the top teams of France and Sweden squaring off. The original date had to be moved since the match was due to be played on the anniversary of the Paris terrorist attacks. It is now being staged on Friday.

Now meanwhile after three qualifying matches, these two sides are top on seven points. Paul Pogba will be in action for France after netting the winner in their last qualifier against Holland. Ibrahimovic retired from playing for Sweden. How have the team coped without him?

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translation): It's been a while since he made his decision to quit the national team and we have dealt with that and started something new and that goes for him as well as two others. We started to build anew. We have played three matches since and taken steps in the right direction at every meeting and in every match because we lost some experienced players. We're on our way in that process.

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RILEY: Manchester United in the headlines as the interim manager gave Wayne Rooney the captain's arm band ahead of the qualifier. The three lions prepare to face Scotland. The group match will be held at Wembley Stadium and Rooney returning to the starting 11. And Southgate has confidence in his captain.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, I think he's in a better place than he was for the last get together in terms of his sharpness, his confidence, and I think he's really an experienced player for a game like this. So, yeah, there's no hesitation from my point of view to be playing him.

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RILEY: Over in the states and the rivalries will be taken to a whole new level when the U.S. Takes on Mexico. Adding another layer of intrigue to this rivalry, the fixture is always tense. It will be even tenser if for USA this time as their star man Clint Dempsey won't feature to a heart issue he is suffering right now. And the U.S. men's Captain Michael Bradley tweeted this, "I hope every person who comes to the stadium comes ready to what we want to be a beautiful game between two sporting rivals that have a lot of respect for each other and hope is it a special night in every way."

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MICHAEL BRADLEY, U.S. MEN'S CAPTAIN: There's an added layer to this game in terms of everything that has -- everything that's gone on in the last few months. I would just make a general comment that we - we, as Americans, we have total respect for everybody and total -- a real appreciation for the -- not just the Mexican-Americans but the people from around the world who come and make a new life for themselves in our country.

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RILEY: When Wales take to the pitch on Saturday their qualifier against Serbia, their national kit will not feature a poppy for Remembrance Day. Instead they will wear black arm bands and fans will form a poppy mosaic before the match. FIFA's rules state that political, religious and commercial messages cannot be worn on shirts and the football association of wales would like to respect those who fought and lost their lives for their country but felt unable to take a risk of a penalty or point reduction.

Formula One now. And with two races to go in the season, attention turns to the buildup in Sao Paulo ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix. It's not just the race on the line but the championship. It is Nico Rosberg's to lose. If he takes the checkered flag he will be crowned world champion regardless of what Lewis Hamilton does. Rosberg will have a 26-point margin. It's tense but nothing that Rosberg can't handle.

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[01:50:25] NICO ROSEBERG, FORMULA ONE DRIVER: I've had lots of great or mixed experiences here. So, it's a real chance to come here and try to win for the first time, something that, you know, Nico and Felipe have experienced in the past. That's my goal and nothing to lose.

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RILEY: It has been a busy day at the White House. It wasn't all politics on Thursday. The Cavs were in town, too, catch the best bit shortly as the team celebrated the city's first major professional sports title in 52 years.

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RILEY: Welcome back to john. And while the big news out of the White House on Thursday was President-elect Donald Trump's meeting with Barack Obama, the current president, found time to welcome the NBA champions, Lebron James and the Cavaliers were congratulated after winning a first time in history back in June and ending a 52-year championship drought for the city of Cleveland. They overcame a Warriors team that won 93 games in the regular season. President Obama happens to be a huge Bulls fan.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Obviously, what this all comes down to is a team that first for the first time in NBA history comes back from being down 3-1 in the final. The first team in history to dig themselves out of a hole like that.

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OBAMA: And by knocking off the warriors, they cemented the 1996 bulls as the greatest team of all time.

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So, your president thanks you for that.

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RILEY: Meanwhile, NBA legend Steve Nash never won a championship but he was named as the league east most valuable player on two occasions during his stellar 19-year career. Not bad for someone who grew up playing football. And Nash spoke to CNN about his love of both sports and the path he took to basketball stardom.

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ANNOUNCER: To his left. Pulls up for three. Absolutely.

ANNOUCER: Down the lane. On the inside.

STEVE NASH, NBA BASKETBALL PLAYER: I grew up playing soccer and hockey, all the sports that Canadian kids grow up playing. And the last sport I started playing was basketball. I went to a new school and all the jocks, all the athletes were playing basketball. I wanted to be with my friends at school playing, at lunchtime and after school. I started playing basketball for social reasons. I've always been a big, big fan of the game. Always loved to play and was a good player as a kid. But my friends didn't play. And I wanted to be with my friends and ultimately instead of moving to the U.K. and living with an aunt and trying it as a 12 or 13-year-old I wanted to stay home and play with my friends and basketball was the route. My childhood playing soccer and being so passionate about the game and had a father who played and knew the nuances and subtleties was pivotal. When you go to basketball. A lot of kids don't think about it like that. It gave me an advantage to already have seen thousands of angles and decisions and players moving and reading defenses on the soccer field, I think it was really pivotal in my ability to be a playmaker in basketball.

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[01:56:24] RILEY: And the second part of that interview with Steve Nash is coming up on our next edition of "World Sport."

But before we leave you, the PGA golf season is currently being staged in Mexico. But most of the sport's top stars are take some time off before the new year. We don't blame them. But despite that there were plenty of fans on hand, including this guy, a monkey enjoying the action. So much so that he climbed down to the fairway to have a closer look. Not sure if he was trying to determine the yardage to the pin or if he heard anyone scream fore. He didn't care much as he then got down to monkey business with his mate.

Not bad.

And that does it for me and the team. I'm Kate Riley. Thank you for watching.

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