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Cajillionaire. picking the right fight among people who have the actual opportunity to do things that democrats and nondemocrats alike think are bad, that is is key, just throwing up your hands in the air and saying theyre all bad, all rich, all republican, thats not going to get it done. a president gets deference with most of his cabinet. >> unless theyre selective in your opinion. >> i agree with that. i think every hearing is an opportunity to air the things in their backgrounds that dont ji...

With all of the calls that president elect trump has done. the state department is ready to provide, kind of, briefing paper, backgrounds and give the president elect a briefing on some of the sensitivities of this. certainly if the state department and the white house would notified beforehand they would recommend against it because of the sensitivities with china. and this is part of the thing. president elect trump has done very few intelligence briefings. he hasnt had any briefings by the st...

With a group of them and many of you have expressed interest in learning more about these supporters backgrounds. so three of them, three of these politics have been around new hampshire for years. john hikel and paula johnson and susan delemuis on the right is one of the 400 members and her term ends tuesday. delemus was an alternate. i had a chance to speak with them and we start would the carrier deal. >> the headline today was that mr. trump has made a company that was thinking about going t...

Has unfolded in the community and what has happened and what they have implored everyone is to protest if you would like, but to protest peacefully. theyre still grieving. and this process is ongoing and has been doubled down by the holidays. every holiday is a first holiday without keith. and so we ask for your prayers and your considerations in their grieving process. >> it wasnt just the district attorney who made this decision. there were 15 career prosecutors. you know, of different backgro...

The incoming leadership for the new congress. tom ryan is challenging nancy pelosi. ryan said its time for new blood and fresh ideas. pelosi is expected to keep her position as house minority lader. >> lets talk about whats coming up on "new day." chris cuomo joins us. >> well take a look inside that race. what are they fighting about what do those candidates represent when youre looking at pelosi and murphy. and nitpicking, each one of trumps choices get micromanaged. we have a look of six, sev...

In the end. i dont even think its about maintaining relevancy. i actually believe he thinks he can serve his country as secretary of state and on that basis alone hes a good choice. >> i want to talk about steve mnuchin for a moment. he is a different kind of choice. if you look at a jack lu, a time geithner, they fall more into that bureaucrat wonky type. steve mnuchin is definitely a deal guy. its a changed election. donald trump said im the jobs candidate. is that what steve mnuchin is going ...

>> it was fred rogers who made it okay to speak to an audience of kids like they were human beings. >> there are some new things that are very difficult to understand in a newspaper. >> every now and then i think back to mr. rogers and i think, he would say dont be scared, life is good, life is special. >> everybody is so special because everybody is different. >> just go and do the thing you love. that always stuck with me. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ can you tell me how to get how to get to sesam...

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There to fight for different things and i am here fighting for millenials of all backgrounds, all races, but im definitely also fighting for all brown people, all shades of brown, latino, african-american, native american, asian american, so on and so forth. we need that representation, not just in the chairs position but in other places throughout the democratic national committee and throughout the building. i dont know if you have ever -- folks have ever been into the headquarter offices but ...

Expected to hear something on that front, alisyn, until after the holiday weekend. >> hopefully you will have a quiet holiday down there. jason, thank you very much for all of that reporting. lets discuss it with cnn political commentator and host of "smerconish." michael smerconish. happy thanksgiving. >> to you, as well. >> lets get your thought on the latest cabinet picks. nikki haley and betsy devos education secretary. your thoughts? >> i thought on someone elses watch someone else been ele...