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And even democrats are coming around. >> he announced that rex tillerson will be secretary of state this week. listen to what he said about rex and then well talk about it. >> today i announce my plans to nominate rex tillerson, right? the chief executive officer and chairman of exxonmobil to be the next secretary of state. rex is one of the greatest and most skilled global business leaders of our time. made some of the greatest deals ever made in the oil industry or any industry. a great diplom...

Thats how i met rex was involved with that. he was younger than i. and he came on, pledged, and did all the things you have to do which is worth extra 35 hours a semester. and meet the actives and do all the other things you have to do to be a member of that fraternity. in addition to that, pointing out hes also a member of the long horn band, its a very large organization, about 400 band members. spends a lot of time working. and all thats said that being an engineer, being a long horn band, do...

Talking about his victory on election night. but he also used this rally to defend some of the decisions hes made as president-elect. most specifically, rex tillerson as secretary of state. he announced that earlier today. and he talked about tillersons presence on the world stage. his contacts with world leaders. even some world leaders that he mentions the united states does not get along with. though donald trump did not mention one name in particular, and that is russian president vladimir p...

Very excited about rex. and you know rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world that we dont get along with. and some people dont like that. they dont want him to be friendly. >> reporter: and as you know earlier today, donald trump did announce some other cabinet selection picks. energy secretary rick perry. thats the choice that donald trump is making for the energy department. and we also learn that ryan zinke, a republican congressman from montana has been tapped for interior secr...

James, a fraternity brother of tillerson. its good to have both of you on. thank you for joining us. james, im going to start with you first. you knew rex tillerson from his college days. you were fraternity brothers. what was he like? >> oh, wow. what a great guy. let me let you understand wasnt the fraternity like most people think of. we were a service fraternity. we were basically former boy scouts. we did service projects on campus or to other scout troops in the austin area or to the campu...

Lets do the math, principal payment is $1212. if rates go up to 4.5, thats more on the loan. how do interest rates matter, credit card debt, new car loans, all of that stuff will rise but its a sign of a strong economy. im check it doubt with chris cuomo next hour. thats "early start," christine romans. and the president-elect once praising a rival that he ripped on in that wisconsin state. "new day" starts now. were in the process of putting together one of the great cabinets. >> i want to ...

Wolf from washington. >> good morning. >> lets start with rex tillerson, the top diplomat on climate change, the middle east, just about on everything. someone who has spent his career at exxonmobil working around the world, doing his own sort of, you know, foreign diplomacy, on behalf of shareholders of an energy giant. now, he will be working on behalf of american citizens. listen last night how mr. trump tried to really sell what he sees as the assets of this candidate. >> rex will be a fierc...

Noteworthy. in many countries, these leaders have these little metals they can hand out, and they got a great name for it, but this was given primarily because they were successful in making a large deal with exxon. it has nothing to do with rex. hes just the guy in charge that got the deal done or the people hes working with got the deal done more likely, and so they gave him this metal. >> james, suzanne, thank you. thank you. >> up next, donald trump says the only way to identify hackers is...

Managing editor zack wolfe live this morning. lets start with talking about rex tillerson. look, there is concern among many on both sides of the aisle about his relationship with russia specifically with russian president vladimir putin but donald trump is saying, look, this is a man who has business relationships around the world. hes touting that as an asset. he talks about wisconsin. >> rex will be a fierce advocate for americas interests around the world and has the insights and talents nec...

This is where the question is of whether hell be confirmed come in. hes read the newspaper. >> this is not hard. >> who are you? >> im rex. >> are you concerned, rex, and i like what youve done with your hair since you left exxon. grown out. you look younger. >> stick to the question. >> the question is, sir, the question is, is that tomato across the hall from you a nazi? sorry. too much into his mode. sir -- you do know that he calls tomatoes that are staring at him. he looks at a tomato in hi...