Trump Supporter Was Confident Trump Would Win Election
BALDWIN: There may not be some long lists of celebrities or A-list of performers for the Trump inauguration but the president-elect supporters, the voters, say they will be out in full force, including my next guest. She is Leslie Baum Rossi, a Trump supporter who booked her hotel room for the inauguration back in July, she was so confident her guy would win. Leslie, it's so nice to have you on.</s>LESLIE BAUM ROSSI, TRUMP SUPPORTER: Thank you. Great to be here.</s>BALDWIN: Not a lot of high-profile celebrities, big bands. You have 50 or so Democratic Congressmen and women pulling out. You say so what. Tell me why?</s>BAUM ROSSI: I was part of the grassroots movement. I created my own way in reaching out to voters here in Pennsylvania and a house that looked like an American flag and put a Donald Trump statue in the yard. This is my guest list just in one month. We give out constitutions, talked to voters, many were first-time Democrats voting for Republican. I would hear why government was affecting them. I had thousands of people by the end. It was absolutely amazing so always I felt confident Mr. Trump was going to win despite what the polls said because I was in touch with the American voters.</s>BALDWIN: There's nothing wrong with a good old statue, but where did this enthusiasm come from?</s>BAUM ROSSI: I was given them by Congressman Murphy and I have pretty good seats. I'm pretty excited about that. With the home, I hung a sign, many people were angry about it. They were writing letters to the editor that my sign was causing pain and suffering, so the more people did to me I did more, I stood on route 30 and got attention to voters, and I painted the house and we were trying to get delegates in the primaries so people in Pennsylvania new their vote for delegate mattered more than the election, we really needed to select the correct delegate so I did the House for that reason and it attracted voters from all over the -- sorry visitors from all over the world but American visitors from all the states were coming to see me and talk politics it was absolutely fantastic.</s>BALDWIN: Listen, I really admire your enthusiasm, and I hear you have been down shopping, everything we have been talking about Trump, whether it's NATO, China, Russia or even Meryl Streep, is there anything that concerns you about him?</s>BAUM ROSSI: Not at all. I'm so proud that he stepped up and ran for the American people. I think he's our voice for what we are all thinking and we are excited and proud to have him be our president.</s>BALDWIN: Leslie, safe travels in Washington. Perhaps, I'll bump into you.</s>BAUM ROSSI: Thank you.</s>BALDWIN: Thank you so much for your time. Leslie Baum Rossi, attending the Trump inauguration. Coming up, after three years of the search for the flight MH370, it's now officially over with no new discoveries. How the families are reacting. Might a private search pick up from here? Also, the widow of the Orlando shooter who killed 49 people in the nightclub is now accused of helping her husband. Coming up, we'll talk to a survivor of the shooting, get his reaction to the arrest, and the phone call from the FBI.