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Room. im joined by dorcy montgomery. >> yes, sir. >> a lot of folks, the evidence appears to be overwhelming the video of slager shoing a guy running away in the back several times. take us insidhat jury room. how was it not as open and shut as it seems? >> like i was stating from the time i started, you have to realize you have 12 different individuals coming together in a confined room from 12 different backgrounds, 12 different opinions trying to come up with one verdict. that was one of the ...

They lived together for three months. they came from entirely different backgrounds. they would lie awake at night and talk about what they wanted to do with their lives. they all went into public service. one became a republican senator. other two were democratic setors and they were bonded by their war experience but also by their commitment to make this country not have to go to that kind of a war again and to work together across party lines. i think if anything else, thats what the greatest...

Talk about, sean -- >> hold on. im going to stop you. no one is going to go awol on a donald trump administration. if they do, i think they pretty much know where theyre going to end up real quick. >> weve seen donald trump say youre fired. weve seen it many yea on television. sean, we learned today though that trump is going to tap retired marine general john kelly to lead the department of homeland security. so weve got three generals now in top cabinet posts. do you think that president-elect...

Eastern on the "messy truth" with van jones. two of donald trumps picks for his white house team under intense fire over there backgrounds and moments ago we learned the son of one of those picks essentially got fired. hear why.

>> so -- go ahead. >> i was just going to say hes run a bureaucracy before in running a hospital. he has had to deal with many folks from different backgrounds. i think this will fall right into so many of his life experiences. >> he hasnt run an entire hospital, though, has he? hes run his surgical team. not an entire hospital. >> he has, and -- not an entire hospital. hes run a very prestigious and very forward-thinking group of individuals that come from many different backgrounds. i think he...

Romneys stock is falling. of course, its that extremely fraught project to try to predict what trump will do and making the decisions but the fact that huntsman and rohrabacher with different positions and backgrounds, the names in the mix probably means that romneys not in great shape. >> as you know, rohrabacher on the same page with trump with russia and that may lean him that way a little bit and the name obviously decision not made at all. jay, we look at pictures of the dinner on tuesday n...

Leaders around the world. he has been briefed. those have been courtesy conversations. but its all part and parcel of beginning the kinds of relationships that will allow our new president to advance americas interests in the world. >> where are we on secretary of state? when donald trump did the thank you tour, there was chants of no romney. what did he make of that? is mitt romney still a top tier candidate for secretary of state? >> i think what people are seeing in the transition, which is m...

Maybe. and ill give you a couple of other thoughts on huntsman. a mormon with youth talk and you wanted to send a message to mitt, hey, you are not the only moderate republican mormon that we know. kind of get under his skin a little bit. im not saying thats happening but its part of the dynamic here. the weird part about the whole thing is that you have all the candidates, supposed leading candidates and you tell me what they have in common. different philosophies and backgrounds. a pit bull li...

Is moving -- its outpacing all of his predecessors for the last 40 years. to be around donald trump as you know, having known him for a number of years, is to be around a man of boundless energy from literally the day after the election. historical election where he won 30 out of 50 states, more counties than any candidate on our side since ronald reagan. we went right to work. my job, chairing the transition, has been to bring together the broadest range of men and women with diverse background...

Supporters and trump supporters arent waiting for him to lock her up. they say this and it is something fun to say, but i dont think theyre -- they see it as a mandate. >> not digging in from your conversation? >> no. >> matt, is there an opportunity, a lot of us are looking at the confirmation hearings. trump has just appointed -- or at least nominated some millionaires and billionaires this week with all kinds of interesting backgrounds. >> youre saying there is millionaires in government? >> ...