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Change once in office still many say hes the kind of man who could do joust is that. plenty to talk including new reporting how the pick came about. carl, what do you make of the tillerson nomination? it is reporting, the reporting by phil mattingly for condaleezza rice and baker and gates it was his relationship with leaders overseas that was one of the selling points. >> this is why we need hearings. i dont think it is time to cast a final judgment. what were looking at peroneal the greatest...

United states? and where does he stand on the all important issue of russia. >> well talk more about russia. i want to get this in there, several high ranking people in the bush administration, bush big wigs, they have praise for him. former defense secretary robert gates, condoleezza rice, baker, they are paid consultants for exxon. do you think they are going to have an influence in the confirmation process here? >> i dont think -- you know, the wung thing we have learned over the last few mon...

Is it about governance and dealing with foreign affairs and oil or is it about putting someone who knows the international players and can deal? it makes you wonder the questions. >> i go to one of the top things you and i were talking about. is this a confirmation about rex tillersons qualifications or donald trumps world views? >> everything in washington for the next four years will be about donald trump. what will change given what episode of the show we are on. >> this is episode 20, the ti...

Six of the seven cont teninentc. not only does he have a relationship with vladimir putin but 160 nations where exxon is doing business and mr. tillerson has relationships with most of the heads of states in those areas. moreover, other secretaries of state like condoleezza rice and secretary jim baker, secretary rice and baker have recommended him as a person that would be great at this job. >> that is good to know. does it worry you that senator rubio, it sounds like, as well as possibly senat...

Action for childhood arrivals. these are dreamers. they basically were brought here as young people. they did well in school. theyve had a criminal history check. theyve had a security check. theyve gone through all of the background checks. and theyve done well enough to be admitted to the university of california, which is not the easiest thing in the world to do. but it was created by an order i issued as secretary of homeland security so its easily erased. >> and job of secretary of homeland...

Mt. baker, whistler into british columbia and towards the sierra nevada mountain range as well. yellowstone park in wyoming, fresh coating of snow. we always like to see that. were going to get into the mood of christmas across this part of world. it sure looks like it. >> i know you especially like that. >> i love showing these photos. >> skier here. >> thats right. snowboarder. >> corrected. >> thanks, george. still ahead on "cnn newsroom." fidel castro was a thorn in the side of every u.s. ...

Resorts. mt. baker, into british columbia. some of it moving across the rockies bringing much-needed snowfall considering theyve had a drought of snow so far this season. we want to give you a heads up, f. youre tuning in from the deep south of the u.s., on monday, we have an enhanced chance of severe weather. this time targeting paragraphs of louisiana. -- parts of louisiana. damaging winds and hail coming out of that region. george, you know i like the cold weather, the snow as being a snowboa...

Son-in-law, jared kushner is buffoonery. >> as somebody who worked in the reagan administration, what ronald reagan did was appoint baker as chief of staff, i.e., reince priebus figure, who was very controversial in the day as counselor to the president. he was very conservative, very bannon like in that sense. viewed by the reagans as many people said, as a son. in other words, he had that personal relationship and was sort of in charge among others things with translating ronald and nancy reag...

Was the reagan administration. as youll famously recall, there was a triumbrert who were running the place in the beginning. that eventually worked for two reasons. one was all three knew they were working with a man who had fixed beliefs, who had fixed principles, new how he thought the world worked. and, therefore, they couldnt influence him. they couldnt get into fights about that. and in this case with trump, youve got a guy -- theres going to be a fight every day about what to do between th...

Commerce secretary under bill clinton, bill daley and former chief of staff of the rnc under reince priebus mike shields. great guests for this segment. gentlemen, thanks to you both. first mr. daily, just give us an idea. what does the chief of staff do in the white house? and how much influence could a chief strategist have over that position and over the administration agenda? >> well, i think, first of all the chief of staff in theory, and each president is different and approaches it differ...