Obama 'to make a quick start'
President-elect Barack Obama said he is determined to get off to a quick start once he takes office.
Mr Obama, speaking on CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes, continues to put together his team ahead of taking his role as US commander-in-chief on January 20.
"I think that part of this next two months is to really get a clear set of priorities," he said.
"Understanding we're not going be able to do everything at once, making sure the team is in place, and moving forward in a very deliberate way and sending a clear signal to the American people that we're going to be thinking about them and what they're going through."
The president-elect said that while there is only one administration in power right now, there are some changes in the economic bail-out programmes that he would like to see such as help for the troubled car industry.
"For the auto industry to completely collapse would be a disaster in this kind of environment," Mr Obama said.
"So it's my belief that we need to provide assistance to the auto industry. But I think that it can't be a blank cheque."
And he wants to see more of a focus in the bail-out plan on the needs of homeowners facing repossession.
"We've got to set up a negotiation between banks and borrowers so that people can stay in their homes. That is going to have an impact on the economy as a whole."
He said if there's not a focus on homeowners by the time he takes office in January, there will be once he does.