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Senate a republican from indiana and the ambassador of journey. they are talking about him as the next -- mr. coats interesting was a member of the senate intelligence community -- committee and have been an advocate for strength internation cyber security supporting legislation that encourages government and the private sector to work together to protect and fight against cyber attack king and also he was also tough and enforce sanctions against russia when it came to annexation of crimea. juli...

The next -- mr. coats interesting was a member of the senate intelligence community -- committee and have been an advocate for strength internation cyber security supporting legislation that encourages government and the private sector to work together to protect and fight against cyber attack king and also he was also tough and enforce sanctions against russia when it came to annexation of crimea. julie: interesting because all of this happens to come at a time as the office of government ethic...

Country. >> reporter: trump also on defense about how he will deal with potential conflicts of interest with his business. >> you people are making that a big deal. its actually a very simple situation. its not a big deal. we will be having a press conference sometime in early january. >> reporter: and dissolving his foundation thats currently under investigation. >> i have a foundation that has given millions and millions of dollars to people over the years and its been very well thought of and...

>> got your text. >> reporter: californias most powerful lawmaker is preparing for the looming war against trumps agenda. >> we dont want a fight, not looking for a fight but if necessary we will to protect the vams of california. >> reporter: while kevin de leon is fighting to protect california, he sees his los angeles district, a far cry from trumps america. >> im really confused on his policy to make america great again. >> reporter: california refuses to turn back the clock says de leon. >>...

To a key trade position where trump put in an advocate of essentially economic confrontation with china and when it comes to boeing, by the way, brian, remember that boeing has struck a deal to sell a bunch of its biggest planes to iran and theres strong opposition to that in congress and for a guy like donald trump who is a hawk on iran, not clear whether that deal is going to be able to go through so these big aerospace companies are definitely caught up in geopolitics and the future is unpred...

Aerospace companies are defin e definitely caught up in geopolitics and the future is unpredictable when it comes to donald trump, as it is on so many issues. >> kristen welker, a brief question about a "washington post" article that went up tonight that will probably get more talk into tomorrow that is cabinet selection and subcabinet has been in effect a casting call for this man who was an entertainment executive, an entertainment host for so much of his adult life. physical attributes like t...

Because it reveals how totally out of touch he and the rest of the republicans have been for a very long time in washington. jenna: lets bring the two topics together. there is a focus on 2018. you hear mitch mcconnell take on the election and criticism of donald trump of not being diverse enough with cabinet selection. first cabinet in 30 years that theres not a hispanic representative on the cabinet. as we talked in the program about how the gop represents himself, how it reaches out to other ...

House. you saw a president in many ways in 93 and 94 who was aimless in the white house and had a disorganized staff. thats the real lesson if i was trump and his people, look to history and how clinton had to find his way not -- it took to 95, 96 for him to become the competent clinton we speak about. >> oklahoma city bombing was a turning point. i will tell you this. republicans need to look at what happened to democrats in 1994 after they went too far left for two years. what happened to demo...

Cabinet selection so far, i see something that americans should be proud about. he has four women that are qualified to be up there on that list. he has an african-american, he has an asian-american, he has an indian-american. governor haley. i think hes going what he always said he was going to do is pick the most qualified people to serve in the cabinet. its reflective of the type of people he had running his campaign. he had african-americans at trump tower, he had women, his campaign manager...

Clinton as secretary of state. if you look at george w. bush cabinet, he chose colin powell as secretary of state. so whats your reaction? >> i mean, i think that when i look at president-elect trumps cabinet selection so far, i see something that americans should be proud about. he has four women that are qualified to be up there on that list. he has an african-american, he has an asian-american, he has an indian-americ indian-american. i think hes going what he always said he was going to do i...