Good morning. Follow our coverage from the White House in Washington DC, after President Obama met with President-elect Donald Trump this morning.
Source: 1 NEWS
Update 8am: 60 Minutes has landed the first extensive interview with President-elect Donald Trump.
CBS announced this morning (NZ time) that Lesley Stahl will interview Trump tomorrow (NZ time) at his home in New York City about his election.
60 Minutes will broadcast the interview on Monday (NZ time).
Stahl will also speak to Trump's family, including incoming first lady Melania and children Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric and Donald Jr.
The president-elect met with President Obama today at the White House.
7.21am: The White House says Obama and Trump discussed properly staffing up an administration.
Source: Associated Press
Authorities at the White House also said Obama left the meeting with Trump with "renewed confidence" in Trump's commitment to a smooth transition.
7.20am: President-elect Donald Trump says he's looking forward to benefiting from President Barack Obama's "counsel" in the future.
Trump was speaking at the end of his meeting with Obama in the Oval Office.
He's suggesting he may turn to Obama for advice on governing.
Source: Associated Press
Trump says he looks forward to being with Obama "many, many more times".
He said they discussed a host of topics.
Trump said that Obama explained "some of the difficulties" but also "some of the really great things that have been achieved".
Trump is noting that the meeting was expected to be short, but lasted almost 90 minutes. He said as far as he's concerned, it could have gone on much longer.
7am: Donald Trump has revealed to the media he has never met President Obama before.
Mr Trump also told the media his meeting with President Obama was only meant to last for about 15 minutes, but ended up being an hour long.
Source: Breakfast
"This was going to last 10-15 minutes," said Mr Trump.
"We've never met each other before. I have great respect (for Obama)... the meeting lasted almost an hour and a half and it could have gone on for a lot longer.
"We discussed a lot of different situations...some wonderful, and some difficulties.
"I look forward to dealing with the President in the future, including (seeking his) counsel."
Mr Trump has since left the White House.
6.55am: Obama says to Trump, "we will do everything we can to help you succeed".
Source: Associated Press
6.40am: The Indiana governor's office says Vice President-elect Mike Pence will complete his term in the state's top office.
Source: Associated Press
Pence spokeswoman Kara Brooks said that Pence will remain in office until his term ends on January 9, 2017.
Pence will become vice-president when President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20.
Republican Lt Governor Eric Holcomb won the election Tuesday to succeed Pence.
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Holcomb yesterday left open the possibility of an early gubernatorial transition by saying that decision was up to Pence.
Pence was elected governor in 2012 after 12 years in Congress.
A rally to welcome Pence back to the state is set for this evening on the grounds of Indianapolis International Airport.
6.25am: President-elect Donald Trump's meeting with President Barack Obama has now lasted more than an hour.
The two were still meeting in the Oval Office as of noon (local US time).
Reporters gathered by White House aides to witness the end of the meeting were waiting just outside the Oval Office, along the Rose Garden.
It's unclear whether Obama and Trump will make substantive comments or just exchange pleasantries when reporters and photographers are allowed in briefly for the end of the meeting.
6.20am: Donald Trump has refused to let journalists travel with him to cover his first meeting with President Barack Obama.
The move broke from protocol intended to ensure that the public has a watchful eye on the nation's leader.
Trump flew from New York to Washington on his private jet without the so-called "pool" of reporters, photographers and television cameras that travel with presidents and presidents-elect.
Trump's meeting with Obama today was due to be reported by the pool of White House journalists who cover the president.
News organisations had tried for weeks to coordinate a pool of journalists who could travel with Trump immediately after Election Day if he won the election.
But his campaign did not cooperate and his senior advisors refused to discuss any such arrangements.
Earlier: President-elect Donald Trump has joined President Barack Obama for their first meeting at the White House, a symbolic start to the transition of power to the nation's 45th president.
Obama was harshly critical of Trump throughout the campaign, blasting him as unfit to serve as a commander in chief.
Trump spent years challenging the legitimacy of Obama's presidency, falsely suggesting Obama may have been born outside the United States.
If Trump makes good on his campaign promises, he'll wipe away much of what Obama has done during his eight years in office.
The Republican president-elect, who will govern with Congress fully under GOP control, has vowed to repeal Obama's signature health care law and dismantle the landmark nuclear accord with Iran.
First lady Michelle Obama was meeting privately in the White House residence with Trump's wife, Melania, while vice-president Joe Biden prepared to see vice-president-elect Mike Pence later today.
Trump travelled to Washington from New York on his private jet, breaking with protocol by not bringing journalists in his motorcade or on his plane to document his historic visit to the White House.
Trump was harshly critical of the media during his campaign and for a time banned news organisations, whose coverage he disliked, from his events.
Also on Trump's schedule were meetings with House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to discuss the GOP legislative agenda.
Ryan, who holds the most powerful post in Congress, was a sometime critic of Trump, was slow to endorse him and did not campaign with the nominee.
Pence intended to join both meetings.
As scores of journalists waited to be admitted to the Oval Office to see Obama and Trump together, they saw White House chief of staff Denis McDonough walking along the South Lawn driveway with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law.
A handful of Trump aides trailed them.
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