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Talking about my agenda at this point. id be pleased to continue serving in the senate. i think its good that the president-elect is meeting with people like mr. romney. hes meeting with a lot of talented people that are going to be -- that he needs good relationships with, and i think mr. romney will be quite capable of doing a number of things, but hell be one of those im sure thats reviewed. >> rising star south carolina governor nikki haley was at trump tower yesterday, said to be under cons...

I want to start with a statement from the president-elects office from jason miller saying "president-elect trump never advocated for any registry or system that tracks individuals based on their religion. to imply otherwise is completely false. the national registry of foreign visitors from countries with high terrorism activity that was in place during bush and obama administration gave intelligence in the law enforcement communities additional tools to keep our country safe. the president-ele...

Internment of japanese americans in world war ii is a precedent for a registry. targeting of minorities, ethnic on the basis of ethnic and religious backgrounds is not okay. during world war ii, it was a very, very dark part of our countrys history and should not serve as a precedent, it should not happen again. >> how are you interpreting the signals that have come from this -- this administration or next administration that as it gets together, in terms of the ways that its thinking about, quo...

Allegations of these type of concerns, hearings are appropriate. lets see the evidence. lets see the information. lets also hear from other people. and then lets make a decision. listen, if youve been in public life for more than 13 seconds, youve been called every name in the book. thats just the way the world is. and so just because people are being called things doesnt mean they are, or not. lets give people fair hearings in america. >> the concern also, kayleigh, for any president-elect, is ...

>> i think what hes waiting on is the idea that donald trump doesnt like people who lobby for their jobs too much. in some ways hes backed into this position he had at "the apprentice." it too much and kellyanne conway said he wants people to keep things secret and rudy giuliani has been making reporters think about the fact he might be the secretary of state. what we talked about and one of your guests said, this idea about loyalty, people who stuck with him, thats why we see jeff sessions in t...

The nypd, almost a thousand muslim officers, thousands of muslim employees in a city with almost a half million muslims. so the concern there was that issue that we look to work with that community as we seek to work with every community. so going forward, i think the realities of moving from an election process into governing will address many of those issues in a positive way. im optimistic about that. >> muslim immigrant, on the muslim front, what gives you confidence that things will settle ...

Then jared kushner responded. he wrote an editorial in the new york observer on july 6th and ill read a portion of it. in my opinion, accusations like racist and anti-semite are being thrown around with carelessness. i have personally seen my father-in-law embrace people of all racial and religious backgrounds in his company and his personal life. were you satisfied then that jared kushners response to your open letter? >> i wasnt. i was hopeful that mr. kushner and his role in the administratio...

We ought to find ways to work with a trump administration and donald trump. but there were some things donald trump said in the campaign that were alarming, offensive, or even despicable. and frankly, if he tries to move forward on some of those, well oppose him vigorously. i do think its time for all of us in the democratic party to reassess whether weve heard the voices of those who have been left behind with globalization. this is folks of a wide range of backgrounds and states. well spend ti...

Us. i want to get your reaction straight off the bat. >> yes, we do. i think that having folks of different ethic backgrounds matter in that role and given you know, we are 5% of the worlds population and most of the world is like us. shes an indian decent and shes been tested. shes handled floods and tragedies all well. i think it is a whole host of different levels. she brings a lot to bear. >> the first is her indian american heritage, do you think thats the only source ambassadore considered...

See whether or not there is some place within a trump administration, in some cases, it is just them sharing their yfd a ideas and solutions with them. mr. trump is thinking of them for one or multiple positions. not every person has a meeting is here to talk about a potential job. part of it is him getting to know him and hearing those ideas and opinions. >> you mentioned democrats, what government experience did democrats are being considered or met with donald trump for potentially being apar...