(L-R) Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican President-elect Donald Trump’s team has asked the White House to explore the possibility of getting his children top-secret security clearances, CBS News said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

Daughter Ivanka, sons Eric and Donald Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner were close advisers to Trump’s campaign and are part of his transition team announced on Friday. The CBS report did not specify for which Trump children top-secret clearance was being sought.</s>Donald Trump will be paid just $1-a-year to be President of the United States, he has revealed.

The billionaire businessman will not take the $400,000 salary when he takes office in January.

Instead, he will take a nominal $1 as required by law.

In his first interview since his shock election win, Trump sat down with CBS News' Lesley Stahl at his Manhattan home to film 60 Minutes.

During the interview, Trump was grilled on a wide range of issues, many of which he had been outspoken on during his controversial campaign.
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Trump has already been heavily criticised for a number of embarrassing u-turns and softening of his previously tough election pledges.

He vowed that he would still build the wall, but accepted that there "could be some fencing" in certain areas.

He added that a wall would be "more appropriate" in other locations along the border.

Trump also revealed he planned to "immediately" deport three million illegal immigrants with criminal records as soon as he entered the White House in January.

But he did not elaborate on his plans for the remaining nine or 10 million undocumented immigrants estimated to be in the country.

Instead, he emphasised the need to "secure our border" before making any further "determinations".

"After the border is secure and after everything gets normalised, we're going to make a determination on the people that they're talking about who are terrific people, they're terrific people but we are gonna make a determination at that," he said.

"But before we make that determination, it's very important we are going to secure our border."
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Addressing his competitor Hillary Clinton , Trump characterised her concession phone call as "lovely" despite branding his rival a "nasty woman" and a "puppet" during the final presidential debate.

"She is very strong and very smart," he said.

But Trump wouldn't rule out appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton over the use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

"They're good people. I don't want to hurt them. And I will give you a very, very good and definitive answer the next time we do '60 Minutes' together," he said.

In part, because Trump won the Electoral College but not the popular vote, his election has inspired large protests across the country.

But perhaps of more concern are reports of increasing numbers of alleged hate crimes: violent rhetoric directed at ethnic minorities, swastikas spray-painted on cars, hijabs grabbed from Muslim women's heads, and worse.

"I am very surprised to hear that," Trump said when the reports were brought up. "I think it's a very small amount."

When pressed by Stahl over whether he had anything to say to the perpetrators of these alleged acts, Trump finally responded with: "Stop it.
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On Thursday, Trump met with President Obama , for a meeting that lasted 90 minutes. "We talked about the Middle East, that's tough," Trump told Stahl.

"It's a tough situation. I wanted to get his full view and I got his, you know I got a good part of his view," Trump said of his discussion with the man he once claimed was "the founder of ISIS" in a campaign speech.

Stahl also interviewed Trump's wife Melania and his older children Ivanka, Tiffany, Eric, and Donald, Jr.

Melania Trump said Michelle Obama was a "gracious" host and there was no awkwardness, despite the nasty tone of the campaign.

She said the two women discussed raising children in the White House

In the final stages of his campaign, Trump had granted the bulk of his interviews to journalists with whom he enjoyed a friendly rapport, such as Fox News' Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.

Earlier in the race he had conducted frequent interviews, more than many other candidates, with multiple media outlets, including CBS.

Stahl spoke with Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence in July for "60 Minutes," their first interview together after the former named the latter as his running mate.

By sitting down with Stahl for "60 Minutes," Trump granted his first post-election interview to the broadest possible television-news platform.

The long-running newsmagazine is television's most watched news show, and receives a sizeable lead-in during the fall from NFL football.

Stahl is currently in her 26th season with "60 Minutes," having joined the show as a correspondent in 1991.</s>President-elect Donald Trump is potentially seeking top secret security clearances for his children, sources tell CBS News.

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The Trump team has asked the White House to explore the possibility of getting his children the top secret security clearances. Logistically, the children would need to be designated by the current White House as national security advisers to their father to receive top secret clearances. However, once Mr. Trump becomes president, he would be able to put in the request himself.

His children would need to fill out the security questionnaire (SF-86) and go through the requisite background checks.

While nepotism rules prevent the president-elect from hiring his kids to work in the White House, they do not need to be government officials to receive top secret security clearances.

The issue raises another layer of questions about the unique role his children are playing and conflicts of interest with their running his network of businesses.

Mr. Trump’s children Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., as well as son-in-law Jared Kushner, were named to the president-elect’s transition team late last week. Though they were an integral part of his campaign team, Mr. Trump’s children have all stated that they will not hold formal roles in the government.

“No,” Ivanka told CBS News’ Lesley Stahl when asked during a “60 Minutes” interview if she would join the administration. “I’m going to be a daughter. But I’ve-- I’ve said throughout the campaign that I am very passionate about certain issues. And that I want to fight for them.”</s>Republican President-elect Donald Trump's team has asked the White House to explore the possibility of getting his children top-secret security clearances, CBS News said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

Daughter Ivanka, sons Eric and Donald Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner were close advisers to Trump's campaign and are part of his transition team announced on Friday. The CBS report did not specify for which Trump children top-secret clearance was being sought.</s>Donald Trump has been attempting to reassure the Americans who did not vote for him to remain calm and not be frightened.

Trump told CBS News that people who are demonstrating against him, following his historic campaign and victory, don’t know him well enough and should wait and see.

He told 60 Minutes that people are taking to the streets only “because they don’t know me.”

There have been protests around the United States and the globe ever since Donald Trump was elected last week.

President-elect Trump suggests that some protests are being orchestrated by professionals and is none the less impressed that people have passion for their country.

CBS News journalist Lesley Stahl asked Trump about the nationwide protests in an interview on “60 Minutes.”

“There are people, Americans, who are scared, and some of them are demonstrating right now, demonstrating against you, against your rhetoric,” Stahl told the president-elect.

“That’s only because they don’t know me,” Trump said. “I just don’t think they know me.”

“I would tell them don’t be afraid, absolutely,” he added. “Don’t be afraid. We are going to bring our country back. But certainly, don’t be afraid.”

Protests against Trump continued over the weekend in major cities across the US. Demonstrators have taken issue with what they see as divisive and often racially charged rhetoric used by Trump during his campaign.

Trump initially dismissed the protests Thursday night, saying on Twitter that “professional protesters, incited by the media, are protesting,”calling the protesters “very unfair.” He walked back his comments the next morning, writing that he loved the “passion for our great country” exhibited by the “small groups of protesters.”

But on “60 Minutes,” Trump once again referred to the protesters as professional agitators.

“Oh, I think some of them will be professional, yeah,” he said.

 —</s>According to a pool news report, the official said the President-elect did not request that this step be taken, and the Trump children have not started filling out paperwork for such clearances.

"That's not something I'm expecting right now," the transition official told the press pool.

It is unusual for a president's children to be so clued in to White House policy. But the three kids have long been essential advisers to their father's presidential bid, and were named last week to the presidential transition committee -- which raises conflict-of-interest questions given that they will also manage Trump's massive business enterprise.

And Kushner, who has been one of Trump's most trusted confidants is expected to be heavily involved in Trump's White House, perhaps in a formal capacity. If given merely "secret" clearance, the four might have access to secure communications technology or perhaps to travel schedules and Secret Service procedures. It would likely not mean the Trump children start getting operational or analytical intelligence reports in their inbox -- unless they have a job that requires it. More likely, it would mean if there is a document they need to see for what they are doing, then they will have the functional clearance to look at it.
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking top secret security clearances for his children, according to CBS News.