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He wants to have a strong inside game and wants to be accepted by the republican establishment and by washington and he thinks that mitt romney can help him. and can balance his views around the world. i think those are positive points for donald trump, as we look at how hes building a team. >> lets talk about some other cabinet posts. we know steve mnucian. >> finance chair for donald trumps campaign. so in many way hes rewarding those who are loyal to him, although weve seen some people that w...

The law that the health and human services plays a key role or has played a key role in how the law has been implemented. hell have quite a bit of power trying to move some things around. the political challenge for republicans will be figuring out how to hang on. tr a lot of working class people voted for donald trump who are relying on protections -- popular protections in the law, how they walk the divide will be a significant story the first six months of the new congress and new administrat...

The death of fidel castro to a certain extent was not something that the trump team had been planning on. they have a very busy week next week that has to do with building this administration. they have a lot of work to do in that arena. of course well wait to see what will happen with the major cabinet posts like secretary of state for instance. on monday, trump has eight different people coming to trump tower to meet with he and the vice president-elect mike pence. perhaps the most notable is ...

Short list for commerce secretary. goldman sachs on the short list for treasury. both millionaire, maybe billionaire wall street guys. wilbur ross, trying to think about this. what does that say to the little guy who was apparently central to donald trumps campaign? >> well, i dont know the little guy will lose faith because of the appointment of wall street insiders to key cabinet posts. wilbur ross has a reputation as somebody whos been successful in the turnaround business, taking distressed ...

Happen this weekend. he did not confirm whether ben carson or wilbur ross have been tapped for cabinet posts. we will keep you posted throughout the day. in other news, a california mother missing for more than three weeks is now home with her family. authorities say she was found safe yesterday morning, 140 miles from her home. a search is now under way to find two armed women who she says abducted her and left her bound on the side of a road. we are live in los angeles with more. >> reporter...

>> not at all, after all, they elected a billionaire donald trump they love him. there is two kinds of americans in some ways, the superrich and everybody else. donald trump tends to hang around with a lot of wealthy people. but i think part of trumps message is that people that make a billion dollars understand how america works. he constantly on the campaign trail said im going to get the best people to do negotiations and i know who the right financial wizards are so i think he can get away w...

More staffing position before the end of the day. i can tell you that the thing to take away from this is that this is not a position that requires senate confirmation. there are a lot of big cabinet posts that we are waiting to learn about. we dont think we are going to get those positions over the weekend. the president-elect could make announcements as soon as monday. he will be holding eight meetings on monday as he works to form his administration. again, the breaking news at this hour, we ...

And also heal the party. ive long argued the party has to be a much broader tent, maybe people dont like what i say, but ive said it has to be a party that reaches out to lots of people, people who havent been part of the party in the past, african-americans, its got to reach out to the lbgtq community, reach out better to women, to latinos and to young people. and, of course, president-elect was able to put together a winning coalition to win the presidency. and hes got the advantage of having ...

Welcome to "the lead." im jim schutto in again for jake. a parade of elected officials, former rivals, even a democrat or two show up for meetings with the president-elect, of course, at lavish trump properties. as he makes his cabinet decisions, his team says hell also be telling america more what he hopes to accomplish while in office with a new video in which he will address the american people directly. were expecting that video this afternoon. sarah murray is live outside trump tower in new...

Turn it over to "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you, tamron. now on "andrea mitchell reports" cabinet parade. after a whirlwind weekend of meetings tweeting and a revolving show case of contenders at the new jersey golf resort, donald trump closing in onis next picks for top cabinet posts. >> well, we made a couple of deals. well let you know soon. fantastic day. i think we have some really incredible people going to be working for the country. >> trump inc. facing unprecedented conflicts of...