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His star power to the Republican Senate candidate down there, john kennedy. He will be here in grand rapids for a thank you tour rally. And he is using the rallies to roll out members of his team. Last night in democrat, it was his pick to be the u. S. Ambassador to china, terry branstad, and he explained why there are so many wealthy people on his cabinet. Some of the people i put on to negotiate, youve been noticing, are some of the most successful people in the world. One newspaper criticized...

Representative kevin brady last night. We have two Top Economists to weigh in. Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating 21st century fox over whether it should have disclosed information about Sexual Harassment settlements. Those details as well. Lets get right to the latest. Eamon javers and kayla tau xi are at the white house. Reporter a bit of an airing of grievances from the president on a number of subjects. We did hear some Important Information about the sequencing of his legislat...

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People, the best people in the world. Congress is willing to give us much more than were even asking for. Thats nice for a change. But we are totally ready, willing and able. Its a term we use. Ready, willing and able. Its going to be very wellunder control. Now, it may get better, maybe not get bigger at all. Whatever happens, were totally prepared. You talked earlier about travel restrictions from china. At this point as the virus spreads in italy and south korea, do you plan on adding those c...

Agency, global threats, and more. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We heard from the president elect just moments ago calling it an honor to meet with victims of the isis inspired attack at ohio state university. This hour hes headed to iowa, taking another lap in his thank you tour as he keeps working to build his cabinet. A source tells cnn he selected his labor secretary. And Hillary Clinton is diving into ...

On another nominee, potentially -- what have you learned? >> andy puzner is saying he is looking forward to the hearing. the trump transition, pushing back aggressively. i got communication from several senior trump transition officials, some of whom dont return my messages, suddenly very happy to be speaking with me. they are pushing back aggressively. here is what im told. coming into the weekend, he started to raise questions, is this worth it? he has been under aggressive attack from democra...

Everything that that means. i dont know that hes really thought through all of these things and he might, he might change over time the way he views some of the choices hes making now, once hes in the job. >> i want to move on to some of his picks for his cabinet. so we now know for labor he has picked andy puzner. the ceo of carl jr. burgers, hardys he is against any sort of minimum wage hike. he is for modernization in terms of replacing him with robots. but he might be best known for these co...

Feelings about the bravery of not only the first responders but the victims and the heroics of the families that have come through. all of this is happening against the backdrop of donald trump building out his white house team, and this afternoon, the trump team made it official, putting out a press release saying andy puzner will be his pick to be labor secretary. just because donald trump is president-elect doesnt mean hes shying away from his twitter takedown of after touting his deal with c...

Who is president of the union, has done a terrible job representing workers. no wonder companies flee the country. jones says even though hes been receiving threats -- >> ive been doing this job for 30 years and had a lot more serious threats than what people are making now. >> reporter: he doesnt regret his remarks. >> he didnt tell the truth. he inflated the numbers, and i called him out on it. >> reporter: the twitter sideshow playing out as trump continues building his cabinet. a source tell...