martin posted a letter responding to last night's election, and ended it by writing "winter is coming, i told you so." [ laughter ] said his fans, "oh, so you have time to write a letter." ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight. i am so very happy. i feel like we have the perfect two guests for the kind of show we need to have this evening. first from the "wendy williams show", wendy williams is here. [ cheers and applause ] and that's going to be straight up no election talk. if you are done with the election, you will enjoy me and wendy williams. she's going to catch me up on pop culture. it's going to be great. cause' i have not been paying attention to that. [ light laughter ] then we've got emmy winning host of m's he's back on the show. we're so excited for that. [ cheers and applause ] and all we're going to do is talk about the election, so were getting right back into it. and then we'll have music from an incredible danish band, lukas graham is here. [ cheers and applause ] we're very happy, about that. so let's get started. our first guest tonight is a "n

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beyonce and bruce springsteen performed for barack obama and george w bush had ricky martin but no elton john this year. >> a tricky accept or deny invitation. an that plays to the public that people are with him get kind of a lot of flack and people that don't get with him, i guess they get flack. >> in this climate where hollywood in one direction and it always seems to come with cabinet positions. >> chris, happy thanksgiving and to you my friend. >> thank you. >>> some troubling heart news over strokes. a rise with people in their late 30s and early 40s. researchers at rutgers found between 1995 and 2014 the rate of strokes doubled in people 35 may be to blame. a new drug promising hope to alzheimer's patients is being called a flower. eli lilly thought that drug would slow the progression of alzheimer's but it does not do that studies show. the drug did not work any better than a placebo. when making your thanksgiving dinner it is important not to cross contaminate your food so you don't get food poisoning. we have been told not to the turkey anymore. is that true? monica robins dec

. >> george. >> what's up? >> young martine's being turned loose by the sheriff. said the evidence wasn't strong enough to hold him. >> get ray and saddle the horse for me. we're paying a visit to the martine ranch. wait here. this time i'm gonna make sure of getting turk by doing the job ?? >> he's all yours, sheriff. >> not for long, cisco. he's for the hangman. >> cisco, look what i find in the sagebrush. >> all right, holden, get out. >> why can't the two of you stay for our wedding, cisco? >> well, i've always made it a practice to keep away two things-weddings and funerals. >> any reason for that? >> pancho will tell you-one is the beginning of the end, and the other is the end of the beginning. >> oh, pancho. ?? >> good-bye, amigos! >> see you soon! ?? have to show hoby this. well, come on! morning. coffee's fresh. no thank you hoby, uh... does the name harry keller mean anything to you? well it has a familiar ring but i can't place it. read this. an open letter to the citizens of porter, texas. this is h. porter, editor and publisher. the undersigned havin

zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin. since florida enacted it at least 24 states have a created similar self-defense laws. this morning a study published in a journal american medical association there has 24.4 percent increase in homicides. since it was implemented using today from cdc, researcher studied month rates of homicides in florida between 1999 and 2014. they then compared that rate to the a rate after the law ras implemented. and the increase was substantial. researchers stress the study is not political, and they are only trying to a put facts out there so peek appear can look a pros and cons of laws had have a heavy impact on the communities. >>> all right jen, thank you. >> welcome. >>> also in news this new port richey woman is facing child neglect charges after three-year-old was found wandering in streets. just after 4 o'clock friday afternoon, neighbors called pasco county. called the sheriff's office saying that the child was walking around alone for more than 30 minutes. and they claim that that was t

although george zimmerman never used the defense, the case >> a study into the law. the study in the journal of the american medical association increase in homicides since 2005. criminal defense attorney joe piscopo tells me it makes sense. >> if a person has a license to carry a firearm and they get in a situation outside their home, naturally they may use their gun because they know now that they have an opportunity to not be prosecuted and to be immune from lawsuits. >> reporter: the law has been the subject of much debate. cover who shot his neighbor told the jury he didn't feel he had a choice. >> he had my head like this wrapped around my neck. >> reporter: nicole olson is waiting for justice as curtis reeves, accused of killing her husband, hopes stand your ground gets him off. >> just to think that in the blink of an eye, my whole world got shattered into 1 million pieces. >> this will go on and on and the law has not changed and i don't anticipate it to change. >> reporter: and of course, the study saying it's flawed because it ignored legal principles and

martin. black people are issue voters. we are seen black voters turn out and take over states attorneys who are not prosecuted police officers for police brutality, excessive force and killing black people. those are the kind of things we need to be talking about during this election, not quoting harriet tubman and frederick douglas in this shameful way. >> i want to go back to this issue of voter intimidation. there's a head line on politico this morning and this is the headline. it says white nationalists plot election day show of force. an excerpt from the article, quote, the oath keepers a group of former law enforcement and military members that often shows up in public heavily armed is advising members to go under cover and conduct intelligence gathering at polling places and donald trump ally roger stone is organizing his own exit polling aiming to monitor thousands of precincts across the country. i will ask you about that in a second, jennifer, but i wanted to ask nicole, do you beli

individuals like frederick douglass, margaret fuller, george o'keefe, mart are martin luther king, jr., pope francis, and many others always studied in context. not all american presidents are transformative. but some have been. as members of tonight's panel know well. my own interest as focused on lincoln and his times. it is my belief that students who spend an entire semester studying a person like lincoln or douglass or king or elizabeth stanton, will never forget them. they become part of their internal universe. the center's chief ally over the years as been the biography seminar at nyu. founded in the 1970s by eileen ward, the nyu professor and acclaimed author. for decade his group has quietly brought together academic and career i would agographers to support one another and to share each other's work. it's my pleasure to work close live with the same -- seminar's chair and the leadership, including charles and anne and james are james. tonight's program was in fact, a detected by james, who asked me to say nothing about him. though for those who don't know, he is a dynamo in

the trayvon martin case in 2012 brought national attention to the law even though george zimmerman never -- never used it as defense. into a situation outside their home, they may use their gun because they now know they have the opportunity to not be prosecuted. >> critics believe the data is flawed and they have asked that the study be retracted saying it ignored legal principles. >>> wide receiver mike evans talked today about his decision to sit during the national anthem at sunday's game and the apology that followed. many fans were not happy with his protest over of donald trump and he said looking back he would have done things differently but what's done is done. >> it won't happen again. i will be standing with my teammates. i know i hurt a lot of people by doing what i did. i want to apologize to the people that were affected by what i did and to the people that are disappointed in my decision to stand with my teammates from now on. don't worry. i will continue to use my voice decision to end his protest without pressure from coaches or the bucs front office. >>> for the first

former president george hw bush sent out this message. barbara and i congratulate donald trump and wish him well as he guides america forward as our next president. his family is in our prayers and 1-time rival jeb bush said as president, columba and i will pray for you in the days and months to come. always enthusiastically support trump but gave him credit today. >> many of our fellow citizens feel alienated and have lost faith in our core institutions. they don't feel hurt and they don't feel represented by those in office. but donald trump heard a voice in the country that no won't else heard. he connected in ways with people no one else did. >> our analyst jon keller back now and ryan. it was more than a decade since the party controlled the white house and congress as well. can the republicans, though, actually work together? >> in theory, it should be easy. >> you would think so. >> although, the period that you just referred to, the middle years of the georgia administration were not notable. i looked it up. the 109th congress was

martin, theyayvon call george zimmerman a white hispanic. have you ever heard of a white hispanic? he doesn't fit into a category. it is important to the federal government to do this. it is a scam. it is a game. why don't we just call it killing, murder, assault, battery? white, doinglin this, blacks, doing this, let's get rid of the hate crimes. matthew shepard, that wasn't -- that that crime crime wasn't based on him being gay. it was based on drugs, robbing for drugs and money. host: you mentioned this briefly in terms of the 2015 statistics about hate crimes. your thinking is the 2016 reporting will be much higher. guest: i think so. we have every indication that it will be. the press is full of accounts of incidents. i was talking to a colleague from the department of justice to other day who said judging by what is coming across his desk, the most dangerous thing to be in america is a college aged muslim woman who covers her head . aey are being subjected to salt ranging from ripping the head cover off to actual physical assaults. and think need to stop about what is happeni

the democratic leaders had a very similar letter to kevin martin. we actually ended up having our meetings like teleconference. i remember the very last meeting for my other former colleague was by phone which was kind of sad. she didn't get the proper sendoff. nonetheless, no major conflict issues. we hoped we could have reform a universal service but had to wait a few more years. first, obama chairman after the commissioner. these are normal things. the elections happened. but your pencils down, the american people voted for a change so let's move on. we got to have a permanent chairman, while it was interim chairman, we did the transition. teed up an initiative on broadband strategy. we did quite a few things. it seems to me that on something like special access or bds, i remember signing letters -- maybe rob was there -- we would deal with this issue by 2007. it is now 2017 almost, it is not there. at some point, you have to say, ok, let's go ahead and do what we got, but we cannot go back and start the research over and everybody fighting over

george mason because something of an anti-federalist by the end. you have some people there. anderry and george mason, evan roanoke did not sign? dr. larson: that's right. >> what was the main reason they didn't sign? dr. larson: they all had their own reasons. the one thing they had in common was there was no bill of rights. they thought the state's government, the constitution should have a bill of rights. there were also concerned the presidency was too powerful. george mason would be strong on that view. he said he wanted a committee of ehree, like republican roma had to represent different regions of the country. you had that problem, there were a variety of other problems. they didn't like how the senate was organized. , i forgotl of them a necessaryg one, and proper clause. when the enumerated powers of the central government, like inner-city colors and war power, -- commerce and war power, there were a few of them. this was not even the original list randolph proposed. wilson snuck in the added one. they said, that's everything. included in what is necessary and impro

i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. i'll be back with more news after the break. >>> i really ce the guy has been a monster. >> the cuban people are feeling sad because of the loss of our commander in chief, fidel castro. we wish him wherever he is, that he's blessed. >>> you hear a mix of reaction it to castro's death. hundreds of people took to the streets in miami to celebrate his death. while many in cuba are mourning the loss of their former leader. plus this -- >> i was born in havana, cuba in april of 1953. my life started basically about the same time as cuban revolution did. >> life under castro's rule. a cnn executive producer

also mason, george mason become something of an anti-federalist by the end. brian: jerry and george mason and one other -- edmund randolph did not sign? prof. larson: they did not sign. brian: they were there but did not sign? prof. larson: right. brian: what was the reason they did not sign? .rof. larson: it differed the one thing they had in common was the was no bill of rights. they thought there should be a bill of rights. that was the one thing they had in common. they also had concerns the presidency was too powerful. that was certainly george mason would be strong on that view. he did not think you could have this powerful presidency. he thought you could have a committee of three, each representing a different region of the country, so all regions would be represented with one unified president. you had that problem. there were a variety of other problems. like how the senate was organized. they did not like -- oh, i forgot the other big one. the necessary and proper clause. when they enumerated the powers of the central government such as power of in

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. >> we will see if doug martin takes the field. that is it for us, we will be back six days from now. next saturday. check us out >> announcer >> announcer: starting right now on "this week with george stephanopoulos" -- >> i love this country. >> announcer: after a stunning victory -- >> i look forward to being with you many, many more times in the >> announcer: a president-elect who's never served in service prepares to be commander in chief. >> we will build a great wall. we are going to drain the swamp. >> announcer: will he keep his campaign promises? how will he separate his business interests from the oval office? and -- [ chanting "no trump no kkk no ratist u.s." ]

those were funded by george soros. do you think it is organized or is it spontaneous? >> some of that is still organized, but i have a quote from my uncle, dr. martin luther king, jr., and he said, if you succumb to the temptation of using violence in the struggle, unborn generations will be recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness and chief legacy of the future will be endless reign of meaningless chaos. david: wow. >> i don't think anybody wants that. we have to think about the generations to come. so i do think many so of that is still motivated and generated on purpose but i believe that if we begin to unify, work together, to sec peaceful non-violent solutions we're going to do better. david: dr. king, we have had a long, desolate night of bittersness to quote your uncle over past seven years. we had a black man elected president and it was wonderful demonstration of america's openness. rather than getting better, people like al sharpton went to the white house 80 times. he doesn't seem to be a uniter to my. he seems to be a divider. "black lives matt

the same thing happened in 2008 when george w. bush was leaving office and barack obama was coming in. the democratic leaders of the relevant committees in congress sent a very similar letter to then-chairman kevin martin, and so we actually ended up having our meetings sort of by teleconference. i remember actually the very last meeting for my other former colleague, deborah tate, was by phone which was kind of sad in a way. she didn't get the proper sendoff. nonetheless, there were not major, complex issues tackled. we had hoped that we could have reform of universal service, but had to wait until julius genachowski was in office. so these are normal things. the election's happened, put your pencils down, it's -- the american people have voted for a change, so let's move on, and big, controversial issues will happen later. >> guest: but before we got, before we got to having a permanent chairman while i was interim chairman, we did the d-tv transition. and rob and i and jonathan, we teed up an initiative on broadband strategy wh

for three terms in a row. 1836, jackson was able to pass the white house on to his vice president, martin van buren. the next time that happened, you have to go all the way up to 1988, when ronald reagan was able to do that for george h.w. bush. even, for instance, in 1960 when dwight eisenhower, a very popular president, tried to leave the presidency to richard nixon. couldn't do it. bill clinton, whose popularity had rerebounded by 2000, tried to do it for al gore. couldn't do it to such extent that gore was able to escape the fate of the recount in a supreme court ruling. the democrats lost the white house. so i think as we think about all the reasons why this happened tonight. it's not reason number one, it's not reason number two, but on that list is the fact that structurally, it was very hard for president obama and the democrats to retain the white house for another term and hand it along to his preferred successor. >> here to for, to ask a structural question, they have been members of the party apparatus. this is different because this is someone, as we've established over month

>> that's a great question, martin. certainly we've seen presidents during their transitions in the past use the transition process and the nomination process to send signals about how inclusive their administrations will be. in 2000, george w. bush, his first pick for his cabinet was colin powell as secretary of state. part of the calculus for them was they wanted to send a message about thein cluesivi in tee and diversity of their administration. we are not seeing that with donald trump. clearly they are focusing right now on national security type appointments to send the message that that's going to be a focus of their administration, but a lot of people, especially after the divisiveness of this campaign, would like to see some women being talked about for cabinet positions, some minorities, but we're not seeing that yet. i would not be surprised if in future appointments, future nominations, we begin to see some signs of that. >> let me bring in this full screen we've got and it comes from chief strategist steve b

they have to show that at the time that george zimmerman dealt the deathblow, he was motivated .olely by racial animus >> is civil rights activists, scholars, and political operatives discuss president obama's legacy on the areas of civil rights and race. tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. president-elect donald trump continued meeting with advisers and possible cabinet appointees in new jersey. including governor chris morris rogers, and rudy giuliani. after made with general john kelly, he spoke to reporters. trump: really fantastic day. tremendous talent. tremendous people. really we have some incredible people going to be working for the president. make america great again. right? fantastic. general management, we really had some great meetings and you will be hearing about it soon. thank you. [crosstalk] announcer: tomorrow, it discussion on the presidential transition process with former presidential white house chiefs of staff. it is live beginning at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> we're asking students to participate in this shares studentcam video documentary

also, george mason becomes something of an anti-federalist y the end. elder before eberry was one. george mason and desmond randolf did not sign? they were there but did not sign? prof. larson: yes. brian: what was the reason they did not sign? prof. larson: it differed with each of them. they all had their own reason. the one thing they had in common was there were no bill of rights. they thought there should be a bill of rights. this is the one they had in common. they also had concerns that the presidency was too powerful. certainly george mason would be strong on that view. he did not think you should have this powerful a presidency. he wanted a committee of three like republican rome had, each representing a different region on of the country, though all the regions would be represented rather than one unified president. he had that problem. there were a variety of other problems. they didn't like quite how the senate what is organized. i forgot idn't -- the other big one, the necessary and proper clause. when they enumerated the powers of the central government, such as the p

martin luther king, jr. taught me very well and my grand dad. now, george wallace, during the times was one of the most racist people in our history. yet, through love, through communication and through resisting nonviolently, george wallace repented. i believe the heart of the servant leader can draw that out of anybody. that's why i'm looking at mr. trump, his administration, his choices. what would jesus do? what can i say that will heal? i'm encouraging mr. trump and his picks not to go on the defensive but to assert we want to heal america. we want to work together for america. that's the voice that has to continue insanity. the media did not -- kellyanne conway is right, did not prepare fours a trump win. now we have that. are we going to keep splintering and dividing or are we going to come together. that's a great point. i want your thoughts on this story we've been covering for the past 24 hours. the play hamilton. gave a lecture to vice president-elect mike pence. he went there with his family to enjoy a friday night out lectures him a

for instance, when george h.w. bush was running in 1988 to succeed two terms of ronald reagan he referred to it as martin van buren's problem. referring to the fact that no vice president had been elected to succeed the president he served since 1836. we have seen that in recent times, for instance, 1976, gerald ford came very close to holding on to the white house this would have been a third term for republicans, lost narrowly late at night while losing two states. then of course the most famous one in recent times was 2000, time when al gore was running at the heir to bill clinton some say running for clinton's third term time there was enormous peace and prosperity compared to later on. yet al gore in the end came so close that went to the supreme court. >> woodruff: interesting you point that out, michael beschloss, whatever people wondered about how hillary clinton is going to run this campaign certainly at the end it has been a full flat out embrace of the president barack obama, his administration, policies

you know, martin van buren was able to be elected as andrew jackson's successor, 1836. if you're looking at a vice president able to do that, you have to go all the way ahead to george h.w. bush in 1988, elected to essentially ronald reagan's third term. dwight eisenhower, although very popular, was not able to hand the white house to richard nixon. nor was bill clinton, who was at the end of his presidency quite popular, able to do the same thing for al gore. we may be seeing some form of that syndrome tonight. >> we look at the polls, and depending on how this turns out, we may look at the polls and say what happened. is it harder to measure an electorate where so many people are voting against the other person, when so many people are holding their nose and saying, this is all i got, let me choose one? how do you factor in that gut check, that moment of doing something you don't want to do? >> we're used to that in primary situation, which are usually protest moments. we're less used to that in a general election. normally you assume by the time people come to a gene

george bush, and robert dole will come out here to do "who's on first?" [ laughter ] we have the one and only miss bette davis, with us tonight. [ applause ] and... a very funny performer, martin short, is with us tonight. [ applause ] a band number by jungle jim and his orchestra, so we'll be right back. stay with us. [ music ] [ applause ] >> thank you. [ music ] [ applause ] >> we are back. thank you, doctor. [ applause ] >> jungle jim. >> jungle jim and his -- >> all leopard orchestra. >> anyway, tonight, we have miss bette davis. she is quite a lady. she's along in years, but she's as feisty as ever. she says what's on her mind, and she is a survivor. she is out here tonight, and marty short is with us. did you get your calendar yet, from the bank? >> i have not-- yes, i have, as a matter of fact. >> remember when -- i don't know whether they do it anymore, the only people that sent calendars that i can remember were the local garage, which i always found weird. [ laughter ] >> counting the days. >> it's like they're waiting for you. what's the name