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After a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Mitt Romney said he is looking forward to Trump's administration.

Romney met with Trump at a golf course in New Jersey on Saturday.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was an outspoken critic of Trump during the election, calling him a "con man" and a "fraud." But the two have started to make amends since the election. Romney called Trump to congratulate him after his win.

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Bedminster, New Jersey - 19 November 2016

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1. President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walking out and shaking hands after meeting

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential candidate:

"We had a far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theatres in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance. We discussed those areas and exchanged our views on those topics. Very thorough and in-depth discussion in the time we had. And, I appreciate the chance to speak with the President-elect, and look forward to the coming administration and the things they are doing. Thank you."

3. Romney walking to car, car driving off

After a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Mitt Romney said he is looking forward to Trump's administration.

Romney met with Trump at a golf course in New Jersey on Saturday.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was an outspoken critic of Trump during the election, calling him a "con man" and a "fraud." But the two have started to make amends since the election. Romney called Trump to congratulate him after his win.

POOL

Bedminster, New Jersey - 19 November 2016

++CONTINUOUS SHOT++

1. President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walking out and shaking hands after meeting

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential candidate:

"We had a far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theatres in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance. We discussed those areas and exchanged our views on those topics. Very thorough and in-depth discussion in the time we had. And, I appreciate the chance to speak with the President-elect, and look forward to the coming administration and the things they are doing. Thank you."

3. Romney walking to car, car driving off

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his election as the 45th President of the United States and called on the new administration to “strengthen the bonds of international cooperation.”

Speaking to the press today (9 Nov), Ban said after an “often divisive campaign”, it was worth “reaffirming that the unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths.” He said, “Now more than ever, we must mobilize around the principles and common values of the United Nations Charter.”

The Secretary General also expressed his deep appreciation to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for a “lifetime commitment to peace, the advancement of women and the well-being of children.” He said Clinton had been “a powerful global symbol of women’s empowerment” and had no doubt that she would continue to contribute to the UN’s work across the world.

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1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

09 NOVEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. Pan right, Ban approaching stakeout

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:

“I congratulate Mr. Donald Trump on his election as forty-fifth President of the United States of America. In the aftermath of a hard-fought and often divisive campaign, it is worth recalling and reaffirming that the unity in diversity of the United States is one of the country’s greatest strengths. I encourage all Americans to stay true to that spirit.”

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4. Close up, reporter taking notes

09 NOVEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:

“The United Nations will count on the new Administration to strengthen the bonds of international cooperation as we strive together to uphold shared ideals, combat climate change, advance human rights, promote mutual understanding and implement the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve lives of peace, prosperity and dignity for all. Now more than ever, we must mobilize around the principles and common values of the United Nations Charter.”

6. Pan right, Ban leaving stakeout

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Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump courted Evangelical Christians on Monday, speaking at Liberty University.

The university was founded by conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell.

Trump pleged to protect Christianity, saying it's under siege.

He also criticized the Iran nuclear agreement, calling it one-sided in Iran's favor.

Trump said US policy has destabilized the Middle East as he had warned would happen when he previously voiced opposition to the war in Iraq.

He said that now "Iran is taking over the Middle East".

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Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump courted Evangelical Christians on Monday, speaking at Liberty University.

The university was founded by conservative televangelist Jerry Falwell.

Trump pleged to protect Christianity, saying it's under siege.

He also criticized the Iran nuclear agreement, calling it one-sided in Iran's favor.

Trump said US policy has destabilized the Middle East as he had warned would happen when he previously voiced opposition to the war in Iraq.

He said that now "Iran is taking over the Middle East".

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Lynchburg, Virginia - 18 January 2016

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1. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"I want to win Iowa. Let's see, we've done great...(APPLAUSE)... we've done great with the evangelicals; the evangelicals have been amazing, the Tea Party has been amazing. And we're doing really well there. So we'll see what happens, but we're going to give it our best and I think we could really surprise a lot of people by winning Iowa and then we're just going to clean the table."

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"2 Corinthians, right, 2 Corinthians 3:17. That's the whole ball game. "Where the spirit of the Lord" -- right? -- "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." And here, there is Liberty College, but -- Liberty University. But it is so true. (APPLAUSE) You know, when you think -- and that's really -- is that the one? Is that the one you like? I think that's the one you like, because I loved it and it's so representative of what's taken place. But we are going to protect Christianity. And if you look what's going on throughout the world, you look at Syria where they're -- if you're Christian, they're chopping off heads. You look at the different places, and Christianity, it's under siege. I'm a Protestant, I'm very proud of it; Presbyterian to be exact. But I'm proud of it, very, very proud of it. And we've got to protect because bad things are happening, very, bad things are happening. And we don't -- I don't know what it is. We don't band together. Maybe other religions, frankly, they're banning together and they're using it."

3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"Iran is taking over the Middle East. We have totally destabilized the Middle East and I said this in 2004. We have totally destabilized the Middle East. It's a disaster. And you look at this new Iran deal which took forever to get done. You look at how bad it is and how one-sided it is. You look at how one-sided this deal is."

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"I wrote "The Art of the Deal," I wrote many bestsellers, like "The Art of the Deal" -- everybody read the -- who has read "The Art of the Deal" in this room? Everybody. (LAUGHTER) I always say -- I always say, a deep, deep second to the Bible. The Bible is the best. The Bible -- the Bible blows it away. There's nothing like the bible."

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Los Angeles, 5 September 2018

1. Wide shot with zoom in, actor Jim Carrey poses for photographers at the Los Angeles premiere of his new TV series, "Kidding."

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Carrey, actor - on what he missed about making movies during a self-imposed break:

"What did I miss? I don't miss anything. I still don't miss anything. I don't, I'm in the business but not of it anymore. (Laughs) I kind of, you know, do things as they come, as they find me and if they're proper to do, if they you know, if they work. If they are something I feel I'm supposed to play and that's it. And it's just the exchange of human beings playing with each other that I like."

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3. Trailer clip - "Kidding"

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Los Angeles, 5 September 2018

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Carrey, actor - on the role of the kind-hearted Jeff Piccirillo, a television personality who has performed as "Jeff Pickles" on his long-time children's television program "Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time":

"It was attracted to me. And that's how it works for me. You know, these parts find me when I'm ready, you know? And also, I think it's appropriate in the world to remind ourselves of our own innocence and I think this show does that."

5. Actor Jim Carrey speaks to reporter

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6. Screen grab - Tweet from actor Jim Carrey

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Los Angeles, 5 September 2018

7 . SOUNDBITE (English) Jim Carrey, actor - on the Trump administration:

"It's hard to understand what's going on. I mean, I really, one minute you feel like, 'Oh my gosh. This is going to be now the landslide's going to start.' And then there will be some other weaselly, you know, other little sidestep they do, whatever it is. And this administration is a rabid dog and it's turning us upside-down. And, as far as I'm concerned, it's as obvious as the nose on your face, you know? But people have made these elections and politics in general who they are. And it's not who you are. You can make a bad decision about a candidate. It's not who you are. It doesn't mean you're dumb. It doesn't mean you're different. It doesn't mean...The trouble with what's happening right now is these, you know, these really negative forces like the Steve Bannons of the world are convincing us that we're separate - that we're not the same country, that there's two countries. There's not two countries. I can break bread with anybody in this country. I love people in this country. I love the heartland of this country. It has nothing to do with that. Is has to do with: It's become obvious that the choice was a bad one. We just need to change it. And if you can't vote for a Democrat, at least let all this flood of information that's so negative and so obvious keep you home."

SHOWTIME

8. Trailer clip - "Kidding"

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JIM CARREY: TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 'IS A RABID DOG'

Actor Jim Carrey has likened U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to "a rabid dog."

Speaking at the Los Angeles premiere of his new Showtime TV dramedy "Kidding"  Wednesday (5 SEPT. 2018), the 56-year-old Canadian, who received United States citizenship in 2004 and remains a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, said people should try to see beyond the political divisiveness of the country that Trump's election has caused.

"This administration is a rabid dog and it's turning us upside-down. And, as far as I'm concerned, it's as obvious as the nose on your face, you know? But people have made these elections and politics in general who they are. And it's not who you are. You can make a bad decision about a candidate. It's not who you are. It doesn't mean you're dumb. It doesn't mean you're different."

"I can break bread with anybody in this country," he continued. "I love people in this country. I love the heartland of this country. It has nothing to do with that. Is has to do with: It's become obvious that the choice was a bad one. We just need to change it. And if you can't vote for a Democrat, at least let all this flood of information that's so negative and so obvious keep you home."

"Kidding" marks Carrey's return to series television for the first time since leaving the sketch comedy "In Living Color" in 1994.

It's also his first major release in two years, during which time his ex-girlfriend Cathriona White committed suicide and a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Carrey by White's husband and mother was dismissed.

"What did I miss?" said Carrey about the industry. "I don't miss anything. I still don't miss anything. I don't, I'm in the business but not of it anymore. I kind of, you know, do things as they come, as they find me and if they're proper to do, if they you know, if they work. If they are something I feel I'm supposed to play and that's it. And it's just the exchange of human beings playing with each other that I like."

In "Kidding," Carrey plays Jeff Piccirillo, a television personality who has performed as "Jeff Pickles" on children's show "Mr. Pickles' Puppet Time" for years.

The series picks up Jeff's story following the death of one of his sons, and reveals that "Pickles" has, in addition to his own heartbreak, a messed-up family (portrayed by Frank Langella, Catherine Keener and Judy Greer).

And, yet, in those worst of times, Jeff remains a kind, if troubled, soul.

"You know, these parts find me when I'm ready, you know? And also, I think it's appropriate in the world to remind ourselves of our own innocence and I think this show does that."

"Kidding" premieres on September 9 on Showtime in the U.S..

After a meeting with US President-elect Donald Trump, Mitt Romney said he is looking forward to Trump's administration.

Romney met with Trump at a golf course in New Jersey on Saturday.

The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was an outspoken critic of Trump during the election, calling him a "con man" and a "fraud." But the two have started to make amends since the election. Romney called Trump to congratulate him after his win.

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Bedminster, New Jersey - 19 November 2016

++CONTINUOUS SHOT++

1. US President-elect Donald Trump and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walking out and shaking hands after meeting

2. SOUNDBITE (Englishll) Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential candidate:

"We had a far-reaching conversation with regards to the various theatres in the world where there are interests of the United States of real significance. We discussed those areas and exchanged our views on those topics. Very thorough and in-depth discussion in the time we had. And, I appreciate the chance to speak with the president-elect, and look forward to the coming administration and the things they are doing. Thank you."

3. Romney walking to car, car driving off

The Iran nuclear agreement cannot be destroyed by the incoming US administration, says a former International Atomic Energy Agency chief, despite president-elect Donald Trump's criticism of the deal during the presidential campaign.

Hans Blix believes Washington "can put obstacles in the way" but stressed, however, that the deal is backed by the entire UN Security Council, so ripping it up could prove very difficult.

Along the campaign trail, Trump issued a variety of statements about last year's pact, calling it "stupid," a "lopsided disgrace" and the "worst deal ever negotiated."

He also railed against its time-limited restrictions on Iran's enrichment of uranium and other nuclear activity, painting US and European concessions in often cartoonish hyperbole.

During the campaign, Trump also appeared to encourage the development of nuclear weapons by other allied states, however Blix believes this will change once he takes office.

"He will realise that if Japan were to move for nuclear weapons - and they could do so in a very short time if they wanted to - that the whole political situation and atmosphere in the Far East would be very, very different," he argued.

Stockholm - 10 November 2016

1. Various of former IAEA (the International Atomic Energy Agency) chief Hans Blix taking part in panel discussion in Sweden about small-arms control

2. Close-up on face of Blix

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Blix, former IAEA chief:

"I think it would be very difficult for the US to extricate (itself) from that (Iran nuclear) agreement. And I think it was to the great credit of Obama and Hillary Clinton that they stood behind it. And I think it gives...if it were not for that agreement, there would be a greater risk that Iran might move towards nuclear weapons."

4. Cutaway

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Blix, former IAEA chief:

"To tear it up (the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers), I think would be very difficult. Because it is not just a bilateral agreement between the US and Iran. It's also Russia, it's China, it's UK and France, and it is the whole (UN) Security Council that stands behind it. And the UN Security Council have lifted the sanctions. The UN sanctions are no longer there, European sanctions are no longer there. Maybe the US under Trump would obstruct and that they would let their financial institutions to consider powers to prevent transactions in (US) dollars with Iran, so they can put obstacles in the way, but they cannot destroy the agreement."

6. Various cutaways

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Blix, former IAEA chief:

"I think that he will recognise that the world is a lot more dangerous for the US and for everybody if there are more states that have nuclear weapons than less. Trump has made some statements that question this. He said well why shouldn't (the) Japanese have their weapons or South Koreans have their weapons. But I think that better advice and looking at the matter more closely, he will realise that if Japan were to move for nuclear weapons - and they could do so in a very short time if they wanted to - that the whole political situation and atmosphere in the Far East would be very, very different."

8. Cutaway

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Blix, former IAEA chief:

"Now, one has to make some distinction between what politicians say in election campaigns and in other... And I think that he has been very careless in the election campaign. It could come out this way or it could come out that way. But once you are in an institution, there are many factors available to you. You have the big military establishment of the United States: they are not reckless. I may not always agree with them, certainly not, but they are not reckless."

10. Cutaway

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Hans Blix, former IAEA chief:

"We need a detente in the world in order to get back to climate. Whether that will happen under Trump, we don't know, he is a very touchy guy and maybe he is someone to fear that if you step on his toes he will touch the button (nuclear trigger). But he is also someone who thinks very freely, who is not wedded to old doctrines. And that could in some situations be an advantage. One has the impression that he is not keen on interventionism for instance. In that sense similar to Obama - Obama did not intervene in Libya, he did not intervene in Syria, he did not want to have a no-fly-zone in Syria, which Hillary (Clinton) wanted to have. So it's still open questions here."

12. Blix talking after interview

TRUMP DEMANDS HAMILTON CAST MEMBER APOLOGIZE

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday (19 NOV. 2016) demanded an apology from the cast member of "Hamilton" who gave Vice President-elect Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality.

After the curtain call on Friday evening, actor Brandon Victor Dixon told Pence that the multiracial and multicultural cast was concerned about the Trump administration.

Pence, a Republican, ducked out before Dixon finished the unprecedented message but heard the full remarks from the hallway outside the auditorium.

"Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theatre by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing," Trump tweeted on Saturday. "The theatre must always be a safe and special place. The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologise!"

The atmosphere was tense from the time the vice president-elect arrived at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, triggering both cheers and boos as he slipped into row F in the prime orchestra seats. After the curtain-call, Dixon called Pence out from the stage, with the cast behind him.

"Hamilton", which has won 11 Tony Awards, has been praised by politicians and rap stars alike.

The first family has been big boosters of the show. US President Barack Obama took daughters Sasha and Malia to see it last year after first lady Michelle Obama caught it last spring. Pence's predecessor, Vice President Joe Biden, has also seen it.

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Internet - 19 November 2016

1. Screen grab of Twitter post by US President-elect Donald Trump condemning Vice President-elect Mike Pence being "harassed" at a New York theatre

2. Screen grab of Twitter post by US President-elect Donald Trump demanding that Hamilton cast member apologise to Mike Pence

US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded an apology from the cast member of Hamilton who gave Vice President-elect Mike Pence an onstage earful about equality.

After the curtain call on Friday evening, actor Brandon Victor Dixon told Pence that the multiracial and multicultural cast was concerned about the Trump administration.

Pence, a Republican, ducked out before Dixon finished the unprecedented message but heard the full remarks from the hallway outside the auditorium.

"Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theatre by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing," Trump tweeted on Saturday. "The theatre must always be a safe and special place. The cast of Hamilton was very rude last night to a very good man, Mike Pence. Apologise!"

The atmosphere was tense from the time the vice president-elect arrived at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, triggering both cheers and boos as he slipped into row F in the prime orchestra seats. After the curtain-call, Dixon called Pence out from the stage, with the cast behind him.

"Hamilton", which has won 11 Tony Awards, has been praised by politicians and rap stars alike.

The first family has been big boosters of the show. US President Barack Obama took daughters Sasha and Malia to see it last year after first lady Michelle Obama caught it last spring. Pence's predecessor, Vice President Joe Biden, has also seen it.

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Internet - 19 November 2016

1. Screen grab of Twitter post by US President-elect Donald Trump condemning Vice President-elect Mike Pence being "harassed" at a New York theatre

2. Screen grab of Twitter post by US President-elect Donald Trump demanding that Hamilton cast member apologise to Mike Pence

North Korea's ambassador to Britain said on Tuesday that his country has no interest in presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's offer to open nuclear talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong said in London on Tuesday that Pyongyang views Trump's offer as an electoral ploy that is not serious.

Hyon said that "we see it as the dramatics of a popular actor," adding that US presidential candidates say a lot of things during a campaign but once they assume power they always adopt a hostile stance toward North Korea.

Trump said last week he is open to meeting with Kim Jong Un, which would represent a sharp alteration in US policy.

The Obama administration says it is willing to resume talks with North Korea but only if the North commits itself to the goal of abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

Hyon said North Korea needs its nuclear weapons for self-defence and to protect its sovereignty.

He said the "six-party talks" aimed at ending his country's nuclear weapons program through negotiations are "dead."

No sitting US president has met with the leader of North Korea.

North Korea's ambassador to Britain said on Tuesday that his country has no interest in presumptive US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's offer to open nuclear talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong said in London on Tuesday that Pyongyang views Trump's offer as an electoral ploy that is not serious.

Hyon said that "we see it as the dramatics of a popular actor," adding that US presidential candidates say a lot of things during a campaign but once they assume power they always adopt a hostile stance toward North Korea.

Trump said last week he is open to meeting with Kim Jong Un, which would represent a sharp alteration in US policy.

The Obama administration says it is willing to resume talks with North Korea but only if the North commits itself to the goal of abandoning its nuclear weapons program.

Hyon said North Korea needs its nuclear weapons for self-defence and to protect its sovereignty.

He said the "six-party talks" aimed at ending his country's nuclear weapons program through negotiations are "dead."

No sitting US president has met with the leader of North Korea.

London - 24 May 2016

1. Various set up of North Korea's Ambassador to Britain Hyon Hak Bong

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong, North Korea's Ambassador to Britain:

"We know that he (Trump) indicated his intention, but we take it not as a meaningful one. We don't take it as a meaningful one. We see it as nothing but dramatics of a popular actor to create a juncture favourable to his election campaign."

3. Cutaway

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong, North Korea's Ambassador to Britain:

"Historically US candidates say this or that, a lot of things during the campaign but after resuming Presidency they prolong the existing anti DPR Korea policy to stifle our socialist system and to make pressure or sanctions. So, you know, we know them, that is why I characterise the remarks as an actor’s play."

5. Cutaway

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong, North Korea's Ambassador to Britain:

"Let me say dead. Six-party talks are dead. Everybody knows that, particularly Korean experts recognise that. Continued pressure, military, particularly nuclear threat by the United States including their sanctions against the DPR Korea's sovereign right to defend itself makes the six-party talks dead."

7. Cutaway

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Hyon Hak Bong, North Korea's Ambassador to Britain:

“US hostile policy has pushed the DPR Korea into having nuclear weapons. So if we want to cure somebody's illness, we should find out the root cause of the illness. It’s the same. If nuclear weapons, our nuclear program or nuclear issue could be resolved, the root cause should be resolved first, that is the hostile policy and nuclear threat by the United States.”

9. Various cutaways

President-elect Donald Trump called for unity in a Thanksgiving address posted on social media.

In the message released Wednesday, Trump says the nation has just finished a "long and bruising" campaign and that "tensions don't just heal overnight."

Trump says he is praying that on Thanksgiving the country will "begin to heal our divisions and move forward strengthened by shared purpose."

He adds that with the political campaign over, it's time for a "great national campaign to rebuild our country."

Trump did not detail any of his plans in the holiday address.

He is appointing top administration officials as he readies for the January inauguration.

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, US President-elect:

"We've just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight. It doesn't go quickly, unfortunately. But we have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities and real prosperity to our communities, including our inner cities. So important to me and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. This historic political campaign is now over. But now begins a great national campaign to rebuild our country and to restore the full promise of America for all of our people. I am asking you to join me in this effort. It's time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens because when America is unified, there is nothing beyond on our reach and I mean absolutely nothing. Let us give thanks for all we have and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead."

Republican presidential rivals and friends-for-now Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Wednesday savaged the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, calling it an incompetently negotiated deal that will cost "countless" American and Israeli lives and should be discarded by the next president.

"We are led by very, very stupid people," Trump, the GOP front-runner weighed in, at a midday rally on Capitol Hill. He called the deal "incompetent" and poised to fail in the fight against Islamic militants. "We will have so much winning if I get elected, that you may get bored with winning."

Cruz, who invited Trump to the event, said supporters of the deal will have blood on their hands.

The pairing at Wednesday's rally, sponsored by tea party and pro-Israel activists, is the product of what Trump acknowledged beforehand as "a little bit of a romance" at this early stage of the 2016 presidential race.

The two spoke as Congress debated the deal, which is designed to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Republicans and Israel say Iran can't be trusted because its leaders want to annihilate the Jewish state.

Republican presidential rivals and friends-for-now Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Wednesday savaged the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, calling it an incompetently negotiated deal that will cost "countless" American and Israeli lives and should be discarded by the next president.

"We are led by very, very stupid people," Trump, the GOP front-runner weighed in, at a midday rally on Capitol Hill. He called the deal "incompetent" and poised to fail in the fight against Islamic militants. "We will have so much winning if I get elected, that you may get bored with winning."

Cruz, who invited Trump to the event, said supporters of the deal will have blood on their hands.

The pairing at Wednesday's rally, sponsored by tea party and pro-Israel activists, is the product of what Trump acknowledged beforehand as "a little bit of a romance" at this early stage of the 2016 presidential race.

The two spoke as Congress debated the deal, which is designed to keep Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Republicans and Israel say Iran can't be trusted because its leaders want to annihilate the Jewish state.

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Washington, DC - 9 September 2015

1. Donald Trump walking up to podium outside Capitol

2. Wide shot of Trump speaking

3. 1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"I've been doing deals for a long time, I've been making lots of wonderful deals, great deals that's what I do. Never, ever in my life have I seen any transaction so incompetently negotiated as our deal with Iran and I mean never."

4. Cutaway of crowd

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"We are led by very, very stupid people. Very, very stupid people. We cannot let it continue. We are a country that owes 19 trillion dollars, we lose everywhere, we lose militarily, we can't beat ISIS. Give me a break, we can't beat anybody."

6. Sen. Ted Cruz walking up to podium

7. Wide shot of Cruz in front of Capitol

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sen. Ted Cruz, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"This Iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. It is the single greatest national security threat to America."

9. Cutaway of crowd

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Ted Cruz, (R) Presidential Candidate:

"If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, the single greatest risk is they would take that nuclear weapon, they would put it on a ship anywhere in the Atlantic and they would fire it up, straight into the air, into the atmosphere, they would set off what's called an EMP - an electromagnetic pulse - it would take down the electrical grid on the entire eastern seaboard and kill tens of millions of Americans. We can stop that."

11. Wide of Cruz at podium

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Ted Cruz, (R) Presidential Candidate:

" if Senate Democrats decide that party loyalty matters more than national security. And if Republican leadership decides that a showboat is more important than stopping this deal, than the single biggest issue in 2016 will be stopping Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. And any commander in chief worthy of defending this nation should be prepared to stand up on January 20th, 2017 and rip to shreds this catastrophic deal. (applause)

13. Pan from Capitol dome to Cruz speaking

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, President-elect

"We've just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight. It doesn't go quickly unfortunately. But we have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities and real prosperity to our communities including our inner cities. So important to me and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. This historic political campaign is now over. But now begins a great national campaign to rebuild our country and to restore the full promise of America for all of our people. I am asking you to join me in this effort. It's time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens because when America is unified there is nothing beyond on our reach and I mean absolutely nothing. Let us give thanks for all we have and let us boldly face the exciting new frontiers that lie ahead."

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President-elect Donald Trump is calling for unity in a Thanksgiving address posted on social media.

In the message released Wednesday, Trump says the nation has just finished a "long and bruising" campaign and that "tensions don't just heal overnight."

Trump says he is praying that on Thanksgiving the country will "begin to heal our divisions and move forward strengthened by shared purpose."

He adds that with the political campaign over, it's time for a "great national campaign to rebuild our country."

Trump did not detail any of his plans in the holiday address. He is appointing top administration officials as he readies for the January inauguration.

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, President-elect

"We are very blessed to call this nation our home. And that's what America is. It is our home. It's where we raise our families, care for our loved ones, look out for our neighbors and live out our dreams. It's my prayer that on this Thanksgiving we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country strengthened by shared purpose and very very common resolve. In declaring this national holiday, President Lincoln called upon Americans to speak with one voice and one heart. That's just what we have to do. We've just finished a long and bruising political campaign. Emotions are raw and tensions just don't heal overnight. It doesn't go quickly unfortunately. But we have before us the chance now to make history together, to bring real change to Washington, real safety to our cities and real prosperity to our communities including our inner cities. So important to me and so important to our country. But to succeed, we must enlist the effort of our entire nation. This historic political campaign is now over. But now begins a great national campaign to rebuild our country and to restore the full promise of America for all of our people. I am asking you to join me in this effort. It's time to restore the bonds of trust between citizens because when America is unified there is nothing beyond on our reach and I mean absolutely nothing. Let us give thanks for all we have and let us boldly face the exciting new fronties that lie ahead. Thank you, God bless you and God bless America."

STORYLINE:

President-elect Donald Trump is calling for unity in a Thanksgiving address posted on social media.

In the message released Wednesday, Trump says the nation has just finished a "long and bruising" campaign and that "tensions don't just heal overnight."

Trump says he is praying that on Thanksgiving the country will "begin to heal our divisions and move forward strengthened by shared purpose."

He adds that with the political campaign over, it's time for a "great national campaign to rebuild our country."

Trump did not detail any of his plans in the holiday address. He is appointing top administration officials as he readies for the January inauguration.

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Tijuana, Baja California - 20 May 2018

++GRAPHICS ADDED AT SOURCE++

1. Presidential candidates during debate, left to right on screen: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the MORENA party, Jose Antonio Meade of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, Ricardo Anaya of the Forward for Mexico Coalition, and independent candidate Jaime Rodriguez

2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Anaya, PAN presidential candidate:

(Showing a photograph of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto US president Donald Trump shaking hands during Trump's visit to Mexico) "The problem started the day that Donald Trump was welcomed at the official president's house."

3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Antonio Meade, Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate: ++INCLUDES MULTIPLE SHOTS++

Leon Krauze, journalist and moderator: "Was Pena Nieto's invitation to Trump a mistake, yes or no?"

Meade: "I think that judging the results, no. TPP, he is already out. Iran's nuclear deal, he is already out. UN global compact on migration, he is already out. Paris agreement, he is already out and we are holding NAFTA negotiations."

4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Anaya, PAN presidential candidate:

"It was not only a mistake, it was a humiliation for Mexican people to receive this gentleman at the official house with a red carpet after a year of offenses, being called thieves and murderers."

5. Audience during debate

6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Anaya, PAN presidential candidate: ++PART SPLIT SCREEN / INCLUDES MULTIPLE SHOTS++

"Talking about security, they need us a lot, we share a border of 3,000 kilometres (186,000 miles). How many terrorist have entered the US crossing Mexico, from terrorism acts in the nineties to the attacks on the Twin Towers? Zero. What is the country that Texas exports to most, as a Republican state? Mostly Mexico."

7. Audience during debate

8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA presidential candidate:

“I want a relationship of friendship with the government of the United States, but not of subordination. Mexico is a free and sovereign country."

9. Audience during debate

10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jaime Rodriguez, independent presidential candidate:

Question: "Are you ready to expropriate a bank?"

"BANAMEX (Subsidized by citigroup)"

Question: "Are you ready, are you?"

"Yes, if Americans continue with that hardness, we have to bring many things back to Mexico and to not surrender ourselves to Americans, we need to wean ourselves from the US and be able to talk as equals."

11. Wide of debate

12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, MORENA presidential candidate:

"The northern neighbours, the United States government, would want us to do their 'dirty work' by blocking migrants from Central America who are looking for a better life."

13. Split-screen of four candidates

14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Antonio Meade, PRI presidential candidate:

"An important amount of that migration is tied to organised crime, a lot of migration is tied to money laundering, human trafficking, abuses and also infringes on our own security so we have to look for equilibrium between migrants with good intentions looking for opportunities, migrants who are forcing our security  and those who incite organised crime and make them human traffic victims, we have to understand each phenomenon."

15. Wide of candidates

STORYLINE:

Mexico's turbulent relationship with the US government under President Donald Trump dominated the country's second presidential debate on Sunday.

The debate in the border city of Tijuana focused on issues of foreign policy, immigration and border security.

The relationship with the US came up repeatedly in questions from the moderators and from Tijuana citizens in the audience.

All of the candidates insisted the relationship must be based on mutual respect.

They were asked about Mexicans taken to the US as children by their parents who years later face the possibility of deportation, about reintegrating Mexicans deported from the US and about whether Mexico should seal its southern border at the behest of the US to block Central Americans from migrating north.

Polls indicate leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has a comfortable lead over the remaining three candidates.

Many have questioned how confrontational he would be as president with Trump, but his answers about the US-Mexico relationship Sunday were often the most moderate.

"I want a relationship of friendship, but not of subordination," Lopez Obrador said.

Jose Antonio Meade, former foreign minister and candidate for the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, defended President Enrique Pena Nieto's decision to invite Trump to Mexico during the US presidential campaign in 2016.

Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton were both invited, but only Trump accepted.

Meade also said that he never thought Trump was going to win.

Ricardo Anaya, the candidate of a right-left coalition, called that episode a "humiliation" for Mexico and held up a large photograph of Pena Nieto and Trump shaking hands.

He said Mexico should be more assertive with the US. "In security they need us a lot," Anaya said.

Independent candidate Jaime "El Bronco" Rodriguez said Mexico needs to wean itself from the US "and put them in their place."

Another independent, Margarita Zavala, dropped out of the race earlier after struggling to gain traction.

She is a former lawmaker and is married to former President Felipe Calderon.

The candidates agreed that Mexico should be welcoming to migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.

Lopez Obrador said Mexico should not do the United States' "dirty work" by blocking migrants from those countries.

A caravan of Central American migrants drew the ire of Trump during its slow trip across Mexico.

Meade had a more balanced answer suggesting that Mexico had to distinguish between refugees and migrants tied to organised crime.

Anaya, who polls have placed in the second position, spent much of the evening attacking front runner Lopez Obrador and walking across the stage to stand in front of him as he did.

Lopez Obrador called Anaya names and Anaya repeatedly framed Lopez Obrador, the race's oldest candidate, as out of touch.

One area of agreement between the candidates and Trump was the need to raise Mexican wages.

Tijuana resident Diego Dominguez Sanchez told the candidates he had lived in the US for 13 years and returned to Mexico three years ago.

Now he was working many more hours for less than half the salary.

Lopez Obrador said he agreed with Trump that Mexican wages must rise.

Anaya said he would increase the country's minimum wage.

The national election is scheduled for July 1.

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President Donald Trump doubled down on his accusation that the special counsel's investigation is a "witch hunt."

The president sent out tweets Monday morning claiming "there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution."

In a follow-up tweet Trump claimed "Cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced."

This comes after filings Friday, where prosecutors in New York for the first time link Trump to a federal crime of illegal payments to buy the silence of two women during the 2016 campaign.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office also laid out previously undisclosed contacts between Trump associates and Russian intermediaries and suggested the Kremlin aimed early on to influence Trump and his Republican campaign by playing to both his political and personal business interests.

AP's White House reporter Jill Colvin says "the president has made this argument now for a number of months claiming that it's not actually a campaign contribution because the money came from him personally and not the campaign's bank account."

"The reason we have campaign finance laws, the ways that they're written are that if you make a contribution, if you spend money that is supposed to help a presidential candidate or any candidate for that matter, attain office then that counts as a campaign contribution regardless of which bank account comes from."

Cohen is expected to be sentenced later this week.

And a judge has set a court date for Tuesday afternoon for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort  after prosecutors with the special counsel's office detailed lies they say he told them.

In a court filing Friday night, special counsel Robert Mueller said Manafort had lied about contacts with Trump administration officials and with an associate who U.S. authorities say has ties to Russian intelligence.

Manafort's attorneys have denied that he made false statements.

Manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy in September and agreed to cooperate with Mueller's investigation. But prosecutors say his deception has torpedoed that plea deal.

TWITTER-@realDonald Trump

Internet - 10 December 2018

1. STILL of @realDonald Trump tweet:

"Democrats can't find a Smocking Gun tying the Trump campaign to Russia after James Comey's testimony. No Smocking Gun...No Collusion." @FoxNews  That's because there was NO COLLUSION. So now the Dems go to a simple private transaction, wrongly call it a campaign contribution,...

2. STILL of @realDonald Trump tweet:

....which it was not (but even if it was, it is only a CIVIL CASE, like Obama's - but it was done correctly by a lawyer and there would not even be a fine. Lawyer's liability if he made a mistake, not me). Cohen just trying to get his sentence reduced. WITCH HUNT!

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, D.C. - 10 December 2018

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, AP White House Reporter:

"We last week received a flurry of documents, three documents last week, that really gave us new perspective on Mueller's Russia investigation. You know every time one of these documents come out, it seems like the investigations get closer and closer to the president. Firstly, talking about Michael Cohen, this is the president's former lawyer, a guy who used to describe himself as the president's fixer. And we learned in these court documents one coming from the special counsel's office and then another document coming from prosecutors in New York, who are the ones who've been working his case there."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

New York - 29 November 2018

4. Former Trump layer Michael Cohen walking out of courthouse

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, D.C. - 10 December 2018

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, AP White House Reporter:

"And we found out a number of relevant things, the most important arguably is the fact that prosecutors believe Michael Cohen when he says that he paid, remember Michael Cohen has been charged with campaign finance violations for these hush money payments to two women who accused President Trump of affairs. Trump has denied those accusations. But nonetheless Cohen arranged payments to these women during the campaign, to make sure that they didn't come forward with their stories. According, to one of those filings, it was the president who directed Michael Cohen to make those payments in order to hide those stories."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Washington, D.C. - 7 December 2018

6. President Donald Trump walking across White House lawn after trip to Missouri

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Washington, D.C. - 10 December 2018

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, AP White House Reporter:

"The president has made this argument now for a number of months claiming that it's not actually a campaign contribution because the money came from him personally and not the campaign's bank account. That's just not how a federal campaign finance law works. The reason we have campaign finance laws, the ways that they're written are that if you make a contribution, if you spend money that is supposed to help a presidential candidate or any candidate for that matter, attain office then that counts as a campaign contribution regardless of which bank account comes from. Also complicated by the fact that the president, at least for a large portion of his campaign was very much self-financing and so those boxes didn't matter as much as they might for traditional candidates. So, the president's argument there doesn't really stand."

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 8 November 2018

8. STILL: Trump crosses the field after the first half of an NCAA college football game between the Army and the Navy

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Washington, D.C. - 10 December 2018

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jill Colvin, AP White House Reporter:

"Well this week we're going to have Michael Cohen sentencing that's going to be happening on Wednesday. We'll see how much time he winds up having to spend in jail. And of course we also on the other side of that got the continuing Mueller investigation.  At this point we have learned a number of you know new things and one of those filings from last week we learned that the president's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was actually communicating with members of the Trump administration far, far longer than he'd originally said including up to the beginning of this year. There will be a lot of questions about who Manafort was talking to in the Trump administration. And we'll also find out as he appears we're getting closer now, it's still unclear exactly what the timing of it is but it does feel like we're getting closer to Mueller's final report."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARCHIVE: Alexandria, Virginia - 4 May 2018

10. Paul Manafort walking toward courthouse

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday that Australia will work "as closely as ever" with the United States under the Donald Trump administration.

Australian Senators from the right-wing One Nation Party also congratulated Trump on his election win.

Pauline Hanson whose party has called for trade protection and which opposes Muslim immigration told reporters outside the Australian parliament that Trump's victory was "fantastic", as she and her colleagues popped champagne to celebrate.

Meanwhile, dozens of people watched the incoming US election results at an event organised by the US embassy in Seoul.

The US Ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, said he foresaw "no change " in the strong alliance between South Korea and the US.

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Canberra, Australia – 9 November 2016

1. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull walking in to deliver statement

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Prime Minister:

"On behalf of the Australian Government I offer my congratulations to President-elect, Donald Trump on his historic election victory of which he has just spoken, moments ago in New York. And we also offer our best wishes to Secretary Hillary Clinton, who has fought a long and hard-fought campaign."

3. Turnbull speaking

4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Malcolm Turnbull, Australian Prime Minister:

"Politicians and governments, Congressmen, Senators, Prime Ministers and Cabinets, will come and go according to the will of the people of Australia and the United States, but the bond between our two nations, our shared common interests, our shared national interests, are so strong, are so committed, that we will continue to work with our friends in the United States through the Trump administration, just as we have through the Obama administration, just as we always will. We have so much in common. Shared values, democracy, the rule of law, maintaining the international order upon which our security and prosperity depends. So the American people have made a great and momentous choice today. We congratulate president-elect Trump and we look forward to working closely as ever with his administration as it is formed and when it takes office early next year. Thank you very much."

5. Turnbull leaving

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Sydney, Australia – 9 November 2016

6. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News announcing US election result

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Canberra, Australia – 9 November 2016

7. Various of Australian Senators Pauline Hanson and Malcolm Roberts (in dark suit) toasting Trump's US presidential election win outside Australian parliament

8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Pauline Hanson, Australian Senator:

"He was put down by the media, by even his own party, the Republicans who didn't want him and the Democrats. And it's all about, you know, the people have seen through all of that and they're saying, 'We want change in our country.' The same thing happened with Brexit and the people power there, with Brexit, they said 'we want to get out of being controlled by organisations, United Nations (UN), Euro (European Union), the whole lot.' And this it what's happening around the world. And I think the same thing here in Australia. Even with my One Nation Senators election, was the people were saying, 'We want a change. We're sick of being controlled by the major political parties, by big business, by UNs, by everyone else' and I think it's absolutely fantastic."

9. Hanson and Roberts toasting Trump

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Seoul, South Korea - 9 November 2016

10. Trump cut-out poster, pan to Clinton cut-out poster

11. Various of people attanding election party organised by US Embassy in Seoul, giant map showing incoming results

12. US Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert chatting

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lippert, US Ambassador to South Korea:

"Our alliance has been strong for over the 60 years and I see no change in that. The alliance will continue to be strong. It will continue to grow..."

14. Various of Americans awaiting final results

15. Various of Trump poster, people taking pictures

16. Set up shot of South Korean political analyst Lee Chung-min

17. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Chung-min, Professor of International Relations at Yonsei graduate school:

"The relationship between the US and South Korea will become tougher in all aspects as Trump enters the White House. First of all, conflicts and pressures in trade will aggravate, and paying for national defence will become an issue. In particular, there will be conflicts between the US and South Korea in adjusting for North Korea's nuclear issues."

18. Various of people watching television news in Seoul station

19. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kim Dae-woong, 25, South Korean student:

"With regard to the election of Trump (as the U.S. president), you know, our country is not really in a good situation. I think that if Trump becomes US President, he may govern in a way similar to how it is done in our country."

20. End shot of television screen showing Trump

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday wrapped up a meeting with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Trump Tower.

Trump's transition team said the incoming president and Kissinger discussed China, Russia, Iran and the European Union.

Kissinger was Secretary of State under Republican presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

The president-elect also sat down with Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, who later called Trump "a true friend of Israel".

Trump's transition team said he is currently planning a "Thank You Tour" of the US.

New York - 17 November 2016

1. Wide of people outside elevator at Trump Tower, Donald Trump's campaign manager Kellyanne Conway talking to someone

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Spicer, Trump Spokesman:

++AUDIO AS INCOMING++

"(Trump and Kissinger) have known each other for a long time. They talked about China, Russia, other world hot spots. It was a phenomenal meeting."

3. Conway walking to cameras with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the United States:

"Israel has no doubt that President-elect Trump is a true friend of Israel. We have no doubt that Vice-President-elect Mike Pence is a true friend of Israel, he was one of Israel's greatest friends in the Congress, one of the most pro-Israel governors in the country, and we look forward to working with the Trump administration, with all of the members of the Trump administration, including Steve Bannon, and making the US-Israel alliance stronger than ever. Thank you."

5. Dermer walking away ++BEGINS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++

++BLACK FRAMES++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) George Gigicos, Donald Trump Campaign Director of Advance; Kellyanne Conway, Donald Trump's campaign manager:

Gigicos: "We're working on a victory tour now, that will be happening in the next couple of weeks."

Conway: "It's a thank you tour. A thank America tour."

Gigicos: "We're still working on it (where we're going) Obviously to the states that we won and the swing states that we flipped over."

++BLACK FRAMES++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

"It's really not true (reports of infighting) What happens is when people are left outside of the tent, they get a little bit bitter and then they go out to the press and then they leak misinformation to the press which is just not true. I've been in on these meetings, I've been on the executive committee and what we're seeing is a very orderly group of people working on behalf of the American people and when I've had my personal one on one time with Mr. Trump talking about this, his number one goal is to get A++ people into the administration to work on behalf of the American people so I think people can rest assured that the people that are upstairs love the country, and want to put the country's interest ahead of everything else, that is mission critical for him and his family members, which is why it's been such a great opportunity to work on the campaign."

++BLACK FRAMES++

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

"To suggest and want to characterize it as a power struggle, my opinion of that is that it's unfair. I think what it really is this is a layout of the talent that's available that's available to serve the United States and the people of the United States and yes certain people want certain jobs, that's an obvious thing. Mr. Trump is I would say it's very not so tense. This is a team. You got to remember something about why we won. We won with one sixth of the personnel of the other side because we focused on the word 'we'. It's not about me and so Mr. Trump wants to bring people around him that are going to work in that collaboration and a lot of you guys that have covered Washington know that there are stovepipes in Washington. We want to bust those. We want to bust those silos and we want people that are just committed to serving the country and helping Mr. Trump with this monumental task of being the American president."

9. Wide of elevators

President-elect Donald Trump has wrapped up a meeting with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Trump Tower.

Trump's transition team says the incoming president and Kissinger discussed China, Russia, Iran and the European Union.

Kissinger was Secretary of State under Republican presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

The president-elect also sat down with Ron Dermer, Israel's ambassador to the United States, who later called Trump "a true friend of Israel."

He specifically cited Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon, whose selection as a top White House adviser has created a backlash among Democrats who say the conservative media executive has peddled conspiracy theories, white nationalism and anti-semitism.

Trump's transition team says he is currently planning a "Thank You Tour."

New York - 17 November 2016

1. Wide of people outside elevator at Trump Tower, Kellyanne Conway talking to someone

++AUDIO AS INCOMING++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sean Spicer, Trump Spokesman:

"(Trump and Kissinger) talked for a long time. They talked about China, Russia, other world hot spots. It was a phenomenal meeting."

3. Kellyanne Conway walking to cameras with Ron Dermer

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ron Dermer, Israeli Ambassador to the United States:

"Israel has no doubt that President-elect Trump is a true friend of Israel. We have no doubt that Vice-President-elect Mike Pence is a true friend of Israel, he was one of Israel's greatest friends in the Congress, one of the most pro-Israel governors in the country, and we look forward to working with the Trump administration, with all of the members of the Trump administration, including Steve Bannon, and making the US-Israel alliance stronger than ever. Thank you."

5. Dermer walking away

6. SOUNDBITE (English) George Gigicos, Donald Trump Campaign Director of Advance:

"We're working on a victory tour now, that will be happening in the next couple of weeks."

SOUNDBITE (English) Kellyanne Conway:

"It's a thank you tour. A thank America tour."

SOUNDBITE (English) George Gigicos, Donald Trump Campaign Director of Advance:

"We're still working on it (where we're going) Obviously to the states that we won and the swing states that we flipped over."

++BLACK FRAMES++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

"It's really not true (reports of infighting) What happens is when people are left outside of the tent, they get a little bit bitter and then they go out to the press and then they leak misinformation to the press whichi is just not true. I've been in on these meetings, I've been on the executive committee and what we're seeing is a very orderly group of people working on behalf of the American people and when I've had my personal one on one time with Mr. Trump talking about this, his number one goal is to get A++ people into the administration to work on behalf of the American people so I think people can rest assured that the people that are upstairs love the country, and want to put the country's interest ahead of everything else, that is mission critical for him and his family members, which is why it's been such a great opportunity to work on the campaign."

++BLACK FRAMES++

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Scaramucci, Donald Trump Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

"To suggest and want to characterize it as a power struggle, my opinion of that is that it's unfair. I think what it really is is this is a layout of the talent that's available that's available to serve the United States and the people of the United States and yes certain people want certain jobs, that's an obvious thing. Mr. Trump is I would say it's very not so tense. This is a team. You got to remember something about why we won. We won with one sixth of the personnel of the other side because we focused on the word we. It's not about me and so Mr. Trump wants to bring people around him that are going to work in that collaboration and a lot of you guys that have covered Washington know that there are stovepipes in Washington. We want to bust those. We want to bust those silos and we want people that are just committed to serving the country and helping Mr. Trump with this monumental task of being the American president."

9. Wide of elevators

Michael Bloomberg, elected mayor of New York City as a Republican, offered a forceful denunciation of New York billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Democratic convention, describing the Republican presidential nominee as a "risky, reckless, and radical choice."

One of the nation's richest men, Bloomberg drew upon his business background in his unorthodox convention speech in Philadelphia to make the case that a Trump administration would be disastrous for the nation's economy.

"Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits and angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off," said Bloomberg, now an independent. "Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God help us."

Though Bloomberg said that Clinton was "not a flawless candidate," he praised her work ethic, intelligence and attempts at bipartisanship that made her "the right choice — and the responsible choice — in this election."

Michael Bloomberg, elected mayor of New York City as a Republican, offered a forceful denunciation of New York billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Democratic convention, describing the Republican presidential nominee as a "risky, reckless, and radical choice."

One of the nation's richest men, Bloomberg drew upon his business background in his unorthodox convention speech in Philadelphia to make the case that a Trump administration would be disastrous for the nation's economy.

"Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits and angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off," said Bloomberg, now an independent. "Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God help us."

Though Bloomberg said that Clinton was "not a flawless candidate," he praised her work ethic, intelligence and attempts at bipartisanship that made her "the right choice — and the responsible choice — in this election."

Michael Bloomberg, elected mayor of New York City as a Republican, offered a forceful denunciation of New York billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday at the Democratic convention, describing the Republican presidential nominee as a "risky, reckless, and radical choice."

One of the nation's richest men, Bloomberg drew upon his business background in his unorthodox convention speech in Philadelphia to make the case that a Trump administration would be disastrous for the nation's economy.

"Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies and thousands of lawsuits and angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off," said Bloomberg, now an independent. "Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God help us."

Though Bloomberg said that Clinton was "not a flawless candidate," he praised her work ethic, intelligence and attempts at bipartisanship that made her "the right choice — and the responsible choice — in this election."

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Philadelphia - 27 July 2016

1. Michael Bloomberg approaches podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor:

"There are times when I disagree with Hillary. But whatever our disagreements may be, I've come here to say: We must put them aside for the good of our country. And we must unite around the candidate who can defeat a dangerous demagogue."

3. Applause, cutaway Bill Clinton

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor:

++INCLUDES CUTAWAYS++

"Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off. Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business. God help us."

5. Applause

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor:

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''Truth be told, the richest thing about Donald Trump is his hypocrisy. He wants you to believe that we can solve our biggest problems by deporting Mexicans and shutting out Muslims. He wants you to believe that erecting trade barriers will bring back good jobs. He's wrong on both counts."

7. Applause

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor:

"The bottom line is: Trump is a risky, reckless, and radical choice. And we can't afford to make that choice!"

9. Applause

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, Former New York City Mayor:

"Now, I know Hillary Clinton is not flawless; no candidate is. But she is the right choice — and the responsible choice — in this election. No matter what you may think about her politics or her record, Hillary Clinton understands that this is not reality television; this is reality."

11. Applause