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[03:00:00] NATALIE ALLEN, CNN NEWSROOM SHOW HOST: The Trump transition. The president-elect meets with a foreign leader and he's made a controversial pick for national security adviser.
Also we're live in Berlin where the current U.S. president is trying to reassure European allies about his successor.
And later, start your engines, Jeremy Clarkson races back to the small screen with a brand new show.
Also ahead, the Swedish take on mansplaining. We'll explain.
Hello and welcome to our viewers around the world. I'm Natalie Allen and this is CNN newsroom.
Donald Trump has now met with his first foreign leader since becoming U.S. President-elect. It was an unofficial meeting Shinzo Abe Thursday. But the two had what the Japanese Prime Minister called a very candid discussion.
Mr. Abe said he feels now the U.S. and Japan will be able to maintain a relationship of trust with Trump as President.
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SHINZO ABE, JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER (TRANSLATED): I do believe that without confidence between the two nations the alliance never would function in the future. As an outcome of today's discussion I am convinced that Mr. Trump is a leader whom I can have great confidence in.
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ALLEN: Our Andrew Stevens is now live with us in Hong Kong with more about this. And the question, Andrew is, why is Shinzo Abe already keen to meet the president, is it curiosity, just want to be pals, or might he just be a little bit the nerves got the best of him considering some of the things Mr. Trump said in the campaign trail or all of the above.
ANDREW STEVENS, CNN ASIA-PACIFIC EDITOR: Absolutely. I think, yes. It's that celebrating there. Some of the things that Donald Trump was threatening to withdraw U.S. treats -- troops i Japan, threatening to let Japan and South Korea go it alone as far as creating their own nuclear deterrents against North Korea.
These were comments which rocked Tokyo to its core. Because the alliance between the U.S. and Japan, Natalie, is at the core of Japan's decades-long prosperity and peace and it is a very, very close relationship and it's one that Shinzo Abe value -- values above all others as his predecessors have done.
So when he heard Donald Trump making those sort of comments on the campaign trail he is doing everything in his power to get his case across to Mr. Trump and to convince him that the alliance is indeed the bedrock of a very, very important global strategic alliance.
And to be honest, I think it's fair to say that many in Tokyo like many in any other capital were blindsided by the fact that Donald Trump won the presidency and hadn't really prepared for it. He, Mr. Abe rang Donald Trump. They had a 20-minute conversation. And during that conversation Mr. Abe suggested that they so meet informally before the inauguration which happened for 90 minutes yesterday.
And Abe came away saying the right things certainly for the domestic audience that he thinks Donald Trump is a man he can trust and trust is the very center of this -- of a very successful alliance between the two.
We don't know just how substantive those discussions were. Donald Trump has made it clear, Natalie, he does not support international trade agreements like the TPP which has been a bedrock of the U.S. pivot under Barack Obama. Something that Mr. Abe has supported strongly.
We don't know whether that was discussed yesterday.
One of Trump's senior adviser saying that the substantive discussions with Japan will come after the inauguration but the Japanese certainly seeing this as a very good start.
ALLEN: All right. Well, that's a positive note. We'll end there. Thank you so much. Andrew Stevens for us in Hong Kong.
Donald Trump is adding another name to his White House staff. A transition official says Trump has asked retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn to be his national security adviser. It's not clear if Flynn has accepted.
Trump is also meeting this weekend with one of his biggest critics, 2012 republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. A senior source says they will discuss a potential cabinet post for him.
CNN's Sara Murray has more on other key players Trump is considering.
SARA MURRAY, CNN POLITICAL REPORTER: Joining the top advisers potential cabinet picks and family members coming to Trump Tower's revolving doors some new faces like Florida Governor Rick Scott and Texas Congressman Jeb Hensarling. Donald Trump also meeting today with South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, a sharp critic throughout the campaign.
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NIKKI HALEY, SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR: During anxious times it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation.
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MURRAY: Now, sources say she is under consideration for secretary of state. It's the latest indication according to Trump advisers that the president-elect is willing to look beyond past grudges as he builds his administration.
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SEAN SPICER, RNC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: It doesn't matter to him what your political party was or where you stood in the primary. If you were the best person for that job then he wants you as part of this team.
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[03:05:07] MURRAY: All of this as Trump's top advisers say he is ready to deliver on one of his key campaign promises.
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DONALD TRUMP, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT-ELECT: We are going to Washington, D.C., and we are going to drain the swamp.
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MURRAY: Advisers say Trump will enact a five-year lobbying ban after executive branch appointees leave office and a lifetime ban on representing foreign governments.
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KELLYANNE CONWAY, FORMER TRUMP CAMPAIGN MANAGER: It's a major campaign promise that Donald Trump he's already delivering on it during transition as the president-elect.
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MURRAY: But it's unclear how Trump's team will define lobbyists and whether people will skirt the rules by choosing not to register as lobbyists and labeling them as consultants instead.
One senior Trump adviser says ridding the government of lobbyist was the last draw in in Trump's strained relationship with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. After Christie presented Trump a transition memo peppered with lobbyist and establishment hires he was dismissed as head of the transition effort. And Vice President-elect Mike Pence stepped in.
One outstanding question is where Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner will fit in the mix. A source says while Kushner will play a role in the Trump White House it's unclear whether it will be formal or informal.
As Trump works to flesh out his government from New York, Pence was on Capitol Hill for meetings with members of Congress including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Speaker Paul Ryan who is tempering expectations on another of Trump's core campaign promising.
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PAUL RYAN, U.S. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: It's too early to have the -- to know the answer to how fast can Obamacare relief occur. What we're focused on is how we get Obamacare repealed and what we replace it with so that we can get that relief to the American families as fast as possible.
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MURRAY: Now amid all the palace intrigue about who will actually serve in a Trump White House, Trump himself is making at least one offer. Asking General Michael Flynn if he would like to serve as his national security adviser.
Now our source isn't telling us yet whether Flynn has accepted but in many ways it's a natural fit. Flynn has been by Donald Trump's side during throughout the campaign and also throughout the transition process.
Sara Murray, CNN, Washington.
ALLEN: CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein joins us from Los Angeles via Skype. Hi, there, Ron. Thanks for being with us.
RON BROWNSTEIN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Hey, good to be here.
ALLEN: Let's talk fist about an announcement from the Trump team about the proposed NSA leader Michael Flynn. What do you think about that?
BROWNSTEIN: You know, a controversial figure even within republican circles. Someone who has had close ties to Russia, has also been strong in his language about the threat from Islamic terrorism. He is someone though, who, you know, was at Donald Trump's side and, you know, there is a certain inevitability to this.
I mean, few people from the mainstream of the republican foreign policy world, in particular, even more than on the domestic side. A lot of Donald trump, as you remember, there were these two letters from dozens of former republican national security officials saying they did not believe that he was qualified to serve as commander in chief.
So it is unlikely that, you know, any of those traditional names are going to end up in the marquee. And so there's a certain inevitability to this but it's going to be controversial even in republican circles, I think certainly with people like John McCain who already warned Donald Trump about his attitude toward Vladimir Putin.
ALLEN: Right. So he'll be someone to watch. But you talk about people on the outside. Republicans did not join in the Trump campaign. One of them was Mitt Romney.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes.
ALLEN: But now he is being mentioned for possibly being on the team.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes. This could be -- this could be a very important turning point for Trump. Because it is not clear at all, that many of the mainstream foreign policy officials in particular -- I mean, there's an issue on the domestic side, but even more on the foreign policy side.
You know, you saw Elliot Cohen, who was a top adviser, a long-time conservative thinker on foreign policy, a top adviser in the Bush administration, wrote an op-ed piece in the Washington Post a couple of days ago, basically counseling republican foreign policy officials not to go into this administration that will compromise their integrity and their kind of professional honor.
Obviously, if Donald Trump is able to persuade Mitt Romney to come in as secretary of state that would send a very different signal, it would also be extraordinary reversal given that Rudy Giuliani clearly is the most campaigning for the job openly. Stood with Trump all the way through.
Mitt Romney condemned him as completely as I have ever seen a former nominee condemn a potential future nominee. So, it would certainly be a kind of magnanimous gesture by Donald Trump but one that would also I think give him more credibility to recruit others in the foreign policy as I said. His problems could be deeper at even on the domestic side.
ALLEN: All right. Mitt Romney held a news conference to talk about Donald Trump. But certainly...
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BROWNSTEIN: And delivering (Ph) an incredible speech.
ALLEN: Exactly.
BROWNSTEIN: I mean, just incredible expropriating speech denouncing Donald Trump's character and, you know, essentially accusing him of dividing the country along racial and other alliance.
[03:09:59] ALLEN: So one could understand where it might be challenging for Donald Trump to build a team. It's always challenging for any government.
BROWNSTEIN: Yes. ALLEN: There's a little disarray when one is going out and one is coming in. So how it going for Trump overall and certainly not going well for Governor Christie?
BROWNSTEIN: Right. And look, it is a certain amount of chaos in every transition. I mean, even David Axelrod who was President Obama's top political adviser, you know, tweeted out that they had not made any of their major appointments by this juncture and their transition as well.
I think what's more unusual and more revealing is the kind of palace coup who that happened almost immediately where Chris Christie, the Governor of New jersey, again, one of the few mainstream republican elected officials who endorsed Trump was forced out of his role as the head of the transition, replaced by the Vice President Mike Pence in a kind of palace coup, apparently engineered by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner who has a long standing feud with Trump -- with Christie.
I think is revealing because this is exactly what we saw during the primaries. I mean, Donald Trump cycled through three campaign managers before settling on the team of Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon.
He is someone who has not been able to kind of build stable structure around him. And I think the fact that that recurred again in the transition is more of a warning sign for what will be coming in the administration than the delay in naming major appointments.
And look, it's hard. I mean, these are big decisions. No transition -- I covered the Bill Clinton transition in 1992. I remember that being accused of being chaotic. It often is but the fact that there was yet another shake-up after a campaign repeatedly interrupted by shake-up, so punctuated by shake-ups, I think that is probably something to watch going forward.
ALLEN: Well, we thank you. Our senior political analyst Ron Brownstein from L.A. Thank you, Ron.
BROWNSTEIN: Thank you.
ALLEN: Well, meantime, President Obama is making some final trips as his time as U.S. President comes to end. Ahead here, the push he is making in Europe to keep relationships in place as Trump prepares to take office.
Also, Donald Trump will soon have access to America's nuclear weapons. Why that still has many people concerned.
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RHIANNON JONES, CNN WORLD SPORTS ANCHOR: I'm Rhiannon Jones with you CNN World Sport headlines.
We begin with the end of the European golfing season where Henrik Stenson continues his race for the year end number one title. The Swede opened the first round of the DP World Tour championship with a level path but a six short back from the leader.
Last year's champion, Rory McIlroy who has an outside chance of (Inaudible) since the title fared even worse than the Swede. The double birdie sixth at the 16 that leading to his three over par 75.
[03:15:02] But his two-time European money winner, Lee Westwood who turned back the clock, the Brit setting the pace with a blistering 66.
To the ATP World Tour finals in London where Novak Djokovic looks to retake the world number one ranking from Andy Murray. The Serb was up against world number 11 of (Inaudible) had to pull out for the rib injury. Djokovic who already qualified for the semifinals completed the group stage with a 6-1, 6-2 win. He is attempting to win his fifth straight World Tour finals.
Ten more athletes have been stripped of medals they won at the Beijing Olympics for failing anti-doping tests. Mostly weight lifters and wrestlers, they were among the total of 16 athletes sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee. Ninety eight samples have now come back as positive for banned substances.
That's a look at the sports headlines. I'm Rhiannon Jones.
ALLEN: Welcome back to CNN Newsroom.
Barack Obama will spend Friday trying to reinforce U.S. alliances as his term nears its end. The U.S. president is meeting with a number of Western European leaders. Mr. Obama spent most of Thursday in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel trying to calm fears about the impending Donald Trump presidency.
Senior international correspondent Atika Shubert joins us now live from Berlin. And Atika, what did he have to say?
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, he sort of made a joint appeal with Chancellor Merkel to sort of defend a lot of the liberal democratic values that they've worked on over the last eight years. This is -- Merkel is the closest foreign leader he's worked with.
He had a private dinner when her when he first arrived, they had a very long one-on-one meeting yesterday. And when they came out of it they made this appeal. You know, the press conference ranged from everything talk from about Syria to cyber security, trade.
But the one theme that kept recurring was the globalization cannot be rewound and that that cannot be retreat into isolationist policies and nationalism.
So, take a listen to what they had to say about staying the course on those democratic principles.
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BARACK OBAMA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENT: If that voice is absent, or if that voice is divided, we will be living in a meaner, harsher, more troubled world. And we have to remember that.
ANGELA MERKEL, GERMAN CHANCELLOR (TRANSLATED): there are a lot of people who are looking for simplistic solutions, who are sort of preaching policies of well, very unfriendly policies. We have them here in Europe, too. We have them in Germany, too.
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SHUBERT: Now both are referring to not only President-elect Donald Trump, what he said on the campaign trail about, for example, taking a backseat at NATO and having other countries step up. Tearing up trade agreements, but also referring to the sort of nationalist movements, far-right movements that have swept across Europe.
There has been a resurgence here in Germany of far-right groups but also in France, the Netherlands, all of which countries that are facing elections next year.
So that's what they addressed in the meeting yesterday. Today, however, they will be meeting with other E.U. leaders from France, the U.K. and Italy. A lot of the emphasis there, discussing what the European Union will do in the Trans-Atlantic alliance with the U.S. How does this change with President-elect Donald Trump.
ALLEN: There are so many unknowns, aren't there. Well, there are European leaders who may be worried about Donald Trump presidency and what it represents, and then some leaders who aren't. Who are they?
SHUBERT: Well, I think a lot of the far right political leaders feel they've gotten a real boost in the arm by the Trump election. Marine Le Pen of the Front National, for example, has said that she, you know, feels her chances have improved of becoming president.
And in fact, the British betting agency William Hill said her chances are gone from 8 to 1 to 2 to 1. Others far right leaders like Kurt Builders in the Netherlands have also welcomed a Trump presidency.
And of course, there's some speculation as to what will happen next with Brexit, with Britain exiting the European Union. What kind of relationship will Britain have with the new with the separate from the E.U. So, there's a lot of questions out there.
But Merkel still remains now the strongest leader in Europe. The most powerful leader certainly, to keep the E.U. united but also to represent so much of the sort of agreements that -- and the work that was built with President Obama over the last eight years. So in many ways, with this visit, it feels like he's handing her the baton.
[03:20:04] ALLEN: And she's likely going to run again. So, thank you, Atika Shubert for us, live in Berlin following this very interesting developments there.
Well, security forces battling ISIS in northern Iraq have discovered two more mass graves. Soldiers say they found them in a town south of Mosul. One of the graves was inside of a well where bodies had been dumped over the past two years. A soldier held a toy bear he found in a field at another mass grave
discovered nearby two weeks ago. The military says the newly found graves hold the remains of about 250 people murdered by ISIS.
A car bombing have killed at least 20 people at a wedding party south of the Iraqi city of Fallujah. Forty others were wounded. Several of the victim children. And witnesses tell CNN the groom is among the dead. ISIS claims responsibility for the attack and says they were targeting Sunni militias.
In Syria, residents say air strikes and barrel bombs are falling like rain on eastern Aleppo. At least 45 more people were killed Thursday. The U.N. predicts the humanitarian catastrophe there could get more brutal as winter approaches.
CNN's Will Ripley has more for us from Istanbul.
WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Day three of the Syrian regime's renewed bombing campaign on east Aleppo. Reports from Syrian activists on the ground of dozens of explosions, barrel bombs, artillery, a lot of these explosions happening in heavily populated areas.
Reports on the ground from those activists that the number of people killed on the third day jumped from 21 to 45 which should means that around 140 people have been killed in the first three days of this renewed bombardment.
If that pace of casualties continues it would far exceed the 500 people who died in a month just before this three week lull that ended with that ominous text message on Sunday telling residents of east Aleppo to get out or die.
Food is running low, medicine is running low. We've been speaking with parents, including a father of a 4-month-old boy who says he just prays he doesn't get sick because there isn't any medicine to give children or adults for that matter who fall ill.
I also spoke with a father whose wife is seven months pregnant. He says she can't get prenatal vitamins. She's malnourished because there's almost no food available at the market. Certainly not the variety of nutrients that a pregnant woman would need. So most women who are expecting in eastern Aleppo are not only malnourished but run the risk of dying during childbirth.
It's a very, very grim reality for expecting parents in the city who are bringing children into the world and they don't know what the future is going to look like. We see the video of children clutching their backpacks, walking through the rubble, sobbing, living in fear and for this generation of young children growing in east Aleppo, this is the only reality they know.
They have never known what it's like to live life and not be afraid. And sadly, their parents can't offer words of reassurance because they don't know what will happen next. We've seen in the past the Syrian regime used the technique of putting ground troops to surround and cut off these rebel-held areas, continue the bombardment and essentially starve out the population.
But there are more than a quarter million civilians living in east Aleppo along with 8,000 rebel fighters and amongst those civilians are many children. And more children have died in this new bombing campaign and more are certainly expected to die if this bloodshed continues.
Will Ripley, CNN, Istanbul.
ALLEN: Dealing with war and ISIS is just one of the many security issues facing the next U.S. president. Trump will also be responsible for America's nuclear weapons. And given his past comments on the subject, that has many critics concerned.
Here's our Brian Todd to explain.
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In about nine weeks, Donald Trump will take hold of America's nuclear codes. He will be able to launch nuclear missiles with a single momentary decision. And now there are serious concerns about whether Trump wants countries like Japan and South Korea to have nuclear weapons.
As a candidate Trump said this.
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TRUMP: Wouldn't you rather in a certain sense, have Japan have nuclear weapons when North Korea has nuclear weapons?
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TODD: A few days later, he went back on that, sort of.
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TRUMP: Japan should nuclear, that's what I said supposedly. I didn't say that. That would rather have them not armed, but I'm not going to continue lose this tremendous amount of money. And frankly, the case could be made that let them protect themselves against North Korea.
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TODD: Anti-nuclear advocates say the uncertainty is dangerous.
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JOSEPH CIRINCIONE, PLOUGHSHARES FUND PRESIDENT: Japan is in crisis. South Korea is even more severe crisis. There are ultra-right nationalist forces in both countries that want nuclear weapons. The President of the United States must be absolutely clear that we do not want them to do that. That is not the path for security in Asia.
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TODD: We asked the Trump transition team to clarify the president elect's position. We haven't heard back. [03:25:02] Now some of Trump's national security critics say they are
outright scared about him having the nuclear codes. They describe him as quick tempered, prone to lash out.
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TRUMP: I'd bomb the (muted) out of them.
OBAMA: If your closest advisers don't trust you to tweet, how can you trust him with the nuclear codes? We can't do it.
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TODD: Trump told NBC he'll be responsible with the codes.
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TRUMP: I will not be happy trigger like some people might be, I will be the last, but I will never ever rule it out.
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TODD: The moment he sworn in Trump will have several nuclear crisis to deal with. Tensions between Vladimir Putin's forces and NATO are escalating. North Korea's belligerent dictator Kim Jong-un already has nuclear weapons that threaten his neighbors and tens of thousands of U.S troops in South Korea.
If there's an alert even a false one Trump would have a few minutes to decide whether to launch nuclear weapons or hold back.
Pete Metzger is a former marine who carried the nuclear football, the Satchel with launch codes for President Reagan.
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PETE METZGER, CARRIED NUCLEAR FOOTBALL FOR RONALD REAGAN: The result of a decision the president would make is so grotesquely horrible, so grotesquely horrible, it would change the face of the earth. It would change humanity, it would change mankind.
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TODD: If the president decides to use the football and actually launch a nuclear strike, is there anyone in the chain of command who can stop that order? The White House won't comment on that. But Pete Metzger and other expert tell us that unless there's a full on mutiny no one can stop that order.
Brian Todd, CNN, Washington.
ALLEN: Some of Donald Trump's supporters say the president-elect has the business expertise to make America great again, but Trump's businesses could end up undermining his presidency. We'll have a report about that coming up. Plus, many people in India cannot exchange their currency to buy the
medicine they need. We'll take you live to New Delhi to tell you what is the problem.
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ALLEN: Welcome back. You are watching CNN Newsroom live from Atlanta. I'm Natalie Allen. Let's update you on the top stories.
Residents say air strikes and barrel bombs are falling like rain on Aleppo, Syria. At least 45 more people were killed on Thursday. It's the third day of relentless air strikes on rebel-held neighborhood. The U.N. says a quarter million people are trapped in the city.
In the next hour, Barack Obama will meet with a number of western leaders in Berlin. The U.S. President is in Germany, trying to reinforce and protect relationships before Donald Trump takes office. After Europe, Mr. Obama will head to Peru for the APEC Summit.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he feels the U.S. and japan will be able to maintain a relationship of trust with Donald Trump. They met in New York Thursday. It's Trump's first meeting with a foreign head of state since he won the election.
Well, Trump bragged about his business accomplishment and expertise during the campaign but expert say his businesses could pose a conflict of interest when he takes office.
CNN Money Cristina Alesci has more from New York.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand and repeat after me.
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CRISTINA ALESCI, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The president is sworn to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.
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BILL CLINTON, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: So help me God.
GEORGE BUSH, FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT: So help me God.
OBAMA: So help me God.
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ALESCI: But conflicts of interest between Donald Trump's businesses and his presidency could spark a constitutional crisis. How? President-Trump could run afoul of an obscure section of the Constitution. The Emoluments Clause.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) RICHARD PAINTER, FORMER WHITE HOUSE ETHICS LAWYER: That's been in there ever since the founding of the country. And it could lead to a very serious constitutional crisis if there were to be an accusation.
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ALESCI: It bars government officials from accepting payments and gifts of any kind from any king, prince or foreign state.
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TRUMP: I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?
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ALESCI: What we do know is that Trump's business relationships span the globe and foreign governments can play a big role in private companies in places like China, Dubai and Russia. And there are even questions stateside.
According to the New York Times the Trump organization is partly on the hook for $950 million mortgage. One of the lenders, the Bank of China, which the Chinese government controls.
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TRUMP: You know where they are the United States headquarters is located in this building. In Trump Tower. I love China.
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ALESCI: So could a mortgage be considered a gift under the Emoluments Clause?
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PAINTER: The bank loan from, for example, the Bank of China, if that loan is to be renegotiated. The question will come up, is it a transaction or is it not.
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ALESCI: A lender, for example, could sweep in the deal by reducing the collateral or lowering the interest rate.
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NORMAN EISEN, PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPECIAL ETHICS COUNSEL: Imagine the following situation. You have a large foreign government that has a government-owned enterprise. That government decides that it's going to put an extra $100 million bonus in a contract that would be a violation even if Mr. Trump didn't ask for it.
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ALESCI: Trump's solution is to have his kids run his business.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The children, Don, Ivanka, Eric, they're intelligent, they're really qualified.
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ALESCI: But ethics lawyers say that's not a fix.
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PAINTER: Well, that won't solve the violence as well. The question is whether you -- whether you get a gift from the foreign government or the foreign government controlled company or not. It can't be just a gift to a blind trust by my son. I don't think that's going to fly at all.
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ALESCI: It may in fact fly for now. Simply because Trump will be a republican presidential with a GOP-controlled Congress.
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PAUL RYAN, U.S. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: Welcome to the dawn of a new unified republican government.
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ALESCI: But that may not always be the case.
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PAINTER: The democrats ever got control of the House or the Senate.
CHUCK SCHUMER, U.S SENATE DEMOCRAT: We will go toe to toe against the president-elect whenever our values or the progress we've made is under assault.
PAINTER: It could lead to a very serious situation and an attempt maybe at impeachment.
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ALLEN: Cristina Alesci with that report from New York.
We want to turn to India now. Even those who have money are struggling to buy food and medicine. The reason, Prime Minister Narenda Modi surprised the nation last week by announcing he was discontinuing 500 and 1,000 rupee notes. That's 80 percent of the total cash in circulation.
Mr. Modi is trying to crack down on tax evasion. The old notes are being replaced by a new version the 500 and now a 2000 rupee note.
[03:35:04] But many people say hospitals, pharmacies, and shops just can't make change for those large notes.
CNN's Alexandra Field joins me now live from New Delhi, she's following the story for us. And were these problems anticipated, Alexandra?
ALEXANDRA FIELD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: This is fallout that we are seeing sort of mounting every day, Natalie. Because of course this was the decision that took people by surprise. And they are learning the consequences as each day passes and as they continue to suffer the chaos of this very hasty transition.
Just behind me, you can see that there are people who are still lined up at banks they're lined up at ATMs. Sometimes they wait hours. In some areas of the country, they have to wait days in order to get to the machines, in order get to a bank and get those new notes in hand.
But what we're discovering as this transition marches along, is what some people are telling us, which is that once they go through the hard part of getting the new notes, they tell us they are having trouble spending that money.
Outside a public hospital in New Delhi people are feeling the pain of change. Ranka Shur (Ph) brought his 11-year-old son here for medicine but will leave empty-handed.
He says, "I'll probably go back to my village tomorrow. I'll come back whenever I manage to get change. What option do I have?" A nationwide cash crunch is hitting hundreds of millions in the pocket while have been suffering for some of the sick.
"We can't use the new 2,000 rupee notes." He says. "We managed to exchange our money to get the new notes but now medical stores say they can't take that note because they don't have change."
The new notes are twice the size of what was in the market just a week ago. That means you got a lot of retailers who simply can't make change and that's frustrating if you're buying basic goods. But if you need something like medicine, the effect the consequences can be downright dangerous.
The problem gets worse as more and more of the country's new 500 rupee notes and 2,000 rupee notes hit the market. Small bills like 100 rupees are still in use but it can be tough to get your hands on them.
Some ATMs are tapped out. There are long lines at others. People are still lining up for days or hours to exchange old money, 500 and 1,000 rupee notes taken out of circulation without little notice.
"What Modi did was great. The implementation has been extremely poor. This is very unfair for the poor people."
Continued fallout felt (Inaudible) from the Prime Minister's plan to crackdown on the rich who he says are hoarding cash that's unaccounted for.
The decision came out without warning. Do you understand Mr. Modi's plan? Can you support it?
"We don't have a problem with Modi running the government," he says, "but please stop this ban on notes. If you have to do it, do it properly, slowly with a plan. This is making our lives very difficult. People who came for treatment are going back to their villages."
For some that's just one hard choice. She tells us, "my son wants to eat and it only costs 10 rupees but I only have a 2,000 note. The shop keeper won't change the note or give the food in credit. My son has been crying, what do I do?"
For now Ramka Shur (Ph) says the only thing he can do is ration the little medicine he has left for his son. He'll come back to New Delhi whenever cash frees up.
So, Natalie, well it's clear that the long-term intention here is really is to go after the rich who are accused of mishandling or hoarding money. They're rob here, in fact, the short term, the consequences of the cash crunch are felt most severely by the poor because you're talking about people who do not have debit cards, they do not have credit cards, they don't have the way to bridge the gap when they can't get access to cash.
So, what can they do? In some cases they can go to local vendor or merchant they can ask for some credit, some mercy or they can try the age-old tradition of bartering. Otherwise, they are no choice but to simply do without at this time. Natalie?
ALLEN: Stand in that line you say that they can stand in for a day. I really feel for them. Thank you for your story, Alexandra Field for us live in New Delhi.
Opponents of the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos are outraged that the dictator was buried in the national heroes cemetery a few hours ago. The Supreme Court approved the burial earlier this month after the government of current President Rodrigo Duterte supported it.
Marcos died in 1989 in Hawaii where he was exiled a few years after he was ousted from power. Protesters say corruption and human rights violations during his two decades in power should have kept him out of the hero's cemetery.
Still to come here, Sweden's week-long movement against mansplaining. We'll explain coming up next.
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ALLEN: Swedish women have a place to call this week when they feel like they've been mansplained. If you have never heard the term here's how American TV host Jimmy Kimmel mansplained it to Hillary Clinton.
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JIMMY KIMMEL, JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE SHOW HOST: I will help you win the election no problem. Are you familiar with mansplaining. HILLARY CLINTON, (D) FORMER U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: No.
KIMMEL: Do you know what that is?
CLINTON: Yes. That's when a man explains something to a woman in a patronizing way.
IKIMMEL: Actually it's when a man explain something to a woman in a condescending way but you were close.
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ALLEN: Well, one of Sweden's biggest trade union has set up a hot line for women to call at event for this week only.
Joining me via Skype from Stockholm is Jennie Zetterstrom, she's the director of communications for the labor group. You say it in case I mispronounce it, Jennie.
JENNIE ZETTERSTROM, UNIONEN COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR: Jennie Zetterstrom, I'm from Unionen.
ALLEN: Unionen, is that right? It looks like union.
ZETTERSTROM: Unionen, that's right.
ALLEN: All right, Jennie, thanks for joining us. We just had Jimmy Kimmel define it to Hillary Clinton. I think he got it right. So what is it about mansplaining that your group thought this is something we need to hold a hotline about?
ZETTERSTROM: Well, we really wanted to start a discussion about harassment in the workplace. And we think that mansplaining is a good way of going in to these small things in everyday life in the workplace, and it really -- when I talk to women they know what it means. Even though they have never heard the word before.
ALLEN: The word is spreading, I think, around the globe. Give us an example or two of mansplaining or maybe some of the things you've heard from women who have called in.
ZETTERSTROM: One woman said that the guys at her work did stuff together, and like going for a beer or lunch something and left her out and then they made important decisions that she couldn't influence.
[03:45:03] And some said that we have some clients and they always turn to my male colleague, even though I'm in charge. And we also have a lot of men calling in and say, hey, I don't want to be a mansplainer. What can I do?
ALLEN: Right. I would think if I were a man I'd be a little confused am I mansplaining or am I just explaining something. Is someone thinking I'm being condescending? But there is backlash as well over the term. Some find the term itself condescending. Are you hearing some feedback from men about that? ZETTERSTROM: Yes, our aim has never been too point fingers or blame
all men. It's just been -- wanted to start a discussion and make a real change about how we behave and talk to each other in the workplace. And you have to start with the small things, as well.
I think that all of these men that are thinking, oh, am I, am I not, can I say nothing, you know, why don't just listen a bit more and ask a bit more questions?
ALLEN: And so what are your -- what are your goals here, Jennie, to help people, more people get along in the workplace? And we should point out Sweden doesn't have as many problems as other countries. I think you are number four for fairness in the workplace of all people you are doing this. That's kind of interesting.
ZETTERSTROM: Yes. But like you said, we've had some negative response. That really shows that this question needs to be discussed in Sweden, as well. Otherwise no one would care. So we are doing this to, and we are hoping that this will start change.
ALLEN: And yes. For the better. Exactly.
ZETTERSTROM: For the better.
ALLEN: And how much longer is it going to be up and running? And have you been like getting a lot of calls, minimal calls? How would you say?
ZETTERSTROM: Hundreds of calls. Yes, it's very interesting. And loads of comments in social media. People really want to talk about this. And so, if you want to call in, you have to hurry up, because this is the last day.
ALLEN: OK. And who's been taking these calls?
ZETTERSTROM: Authors and comedians and academics. We have gender experts. And a lot of people who have knowledge and interest in the issue.
ALLEN: Very interesting. So get your call in now because this is the last day. You might have to extend it. I don't know if you have started something here.
ZETTERSTROM: Thank you so much. I think so. We stumbled upon something very interesting.
ALLEN: Yes. You know, we are talking with you now from the United States there in Sweden about it. So you certainly got our interest. Jennie Zetterstrom, thank you so much for talking with me. And get back to us on the results, OK?
ZETTERSTROM: Thank you.
ALLEN: All right. No mansplaining here to explain this. A young boy makes an amazing save in Florida and it's all caught on camera. Watch this. A 9-year-old Joseph Levy races across the room to catch his little
brother, after the baby fell from his changing table. His mom said she turned her back for just a moment when the 11-month-old flipped off the table. Luckily big brother was there to make the catch.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would have never caught him. And I can't run that fast. So, I felt like something came and just pushed me forward and then when that happened, I just ran and caught him.
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ALLEN: Wow. Look at that. Keep watching it over and over because that's amazing. The incident happened a month ago but the mom is sharing a video now to show other parents accidents can happen in a split second.
It is off to the races for Jeremy Clarkson's new car show. It's striving to recreate the success of one of the wildest programs ever. We'll tell you about it coming up here.
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ALLEN: Welcome back. The German carmaker Mercedes is a adding a convertible to its Ritchie of Maybach cars. The S50 Cabriolet was unveiled, sweet, at the Los Angeles auto show. It's an upgrade of the existing S class model and features gleam light, extra chrome, wood trim and special paint colors as you see there. I think that would be called shiny red. Only 300 of the cars will be made at more $300,000 apiece. So be sure to put your name in for the wait.
Jeremy Clarkson would probably love to get his hands on the Maybach for his new show The Grand Tour. There's no telling what he and two other former stars of the wildly popular BBC program Top Gear would do to it.
Fred Pleitgen looks at what viewers can expect.
FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: They're back. Richard Hammond, James May and of course, Jeremy Clarkson.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Looking good is more important than looking where you are going.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When are you going to do that?
PLEITGEN: The new show Ran a Tour are launching on Amazon Prime with a massive global advertising campaign.
[03:55:01] Now of course, I couldn't do a report about the new car program without driving a fast, flashy car through some of England's most beautiful scenery myself. Many people around the world love cars and it's that raw passion for
automobiles that many say is one of the main keys of the success of Jeremy Clarkson's shows. Grand Tour promises more high-end cars, more challenges and some of the most exotic places in the world and more celebrity guests.
That sounds a lot like Clarkson's former show the BBC's Top Gear with the same set of presenters but the makers claim the new program is very different. The budget certainly appears to have gotten fine tuning. Amazon reportedly spending around $200 million for 36 episodes.
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PAUL CONNEW, MEDIA COMMENTATOR: Was that a Tom Cruise movie.
PLEITGEN: But will the investment pay off? To get an expert opinion, I pick up media commentator Paul Connew.
CONNEW: Their aim is to is all they claim is that if they can attract just 1 percent of the $350 million who watched around the world under the BBC's deal, then they are going to be making the best part of almost 300 million from it alone.
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PLEITGEN: But of course there are uncertainties. Jeremy Clarkson left the BBC's Top Gear after allegedly punching one of the show's producers. It's not clear how well he'll be received by audiences, but Amazon certainly seems to be willing to take that chance.
Of course putting big money into a new show always brings risks with it, but Amazon hopes that by using anchors that have had success in the past they can get on the road to even bigger profits soon.
Fred Pleitgen, CNN, London.
ALLEN: Then Fred went to turn that car back in. Thank you for joining us. I'm Natalie Allen. More coming up with Hannah Vaughan Jones, live from London. Thanks for watching.
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