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The market.redict but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...weve helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. just getting this report that ibm. over the next four years, no indication as to whether this ties in with incoming trump administration but would follow a string of companies that indicated great commitments to the united states and beefing up operations in the united states, wouldnt surprise m...

Tillerson going to do to allay the concerns, the very real concerns that some of our allies have about whether the united states will meet its commitments. >> think about it, what other entity or person has donald trump given the slack that hes given vladimir putin. >> important point. no one. thank you guys. thank you, david. >> no. >> all right. also this. syrian pro government forces accused of horrific atrocities. reports of civilians executed as syrian troops push further and further into a...

Under president clinton, now a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. gentlemen, thank you for being here. appreciate it. tom, let me start with you. what does the selection of tillerson tell us about donald trump, the president-elects world view? >> well, i think rex tillerson is a type of person donald trump would have chosen if he wanted to try to cut a deal with vladimir putin and with other major countries. he sort of rejected the people, the typical foreign policy experience or...

Nervous about the russians to put it mildly, let me also said as i said last year, nato is important. we intend to keep the commitments that are made in the nato agreement which i think by any objective standard one of the most if not successful military alliance in the world history and i think we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. >> senator mcconnell, is it a problem that incoming president is sending signals to russia that -- that h...

Be attending that round table. the microsoft ceo should be in attendance as well. there have been mixed reports over whether or not tesla ceo elon musk will be there. but nevertheless, this is a big meeting when you consider that the president-elect has had a bit of a mixed history with silicon valley thus far. we did hear from oracle ceo saying that he wants to talk to the president-elect about tax changes that he thinks could be encouraging r the tech sector as a whole. another big name to che...

Statements on syria from the start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence, and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely, because its hard. with respect to my red line, we in fact positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his chemical weapons. the fact is, he got rid of his chemica...

But obama stood his ground. convinced that the american public was as weary of war as he was. >> if one were to look at your statements on syria from the start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence, and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely, because its hard. with respect to my red line, we positioned our m...

Your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this shows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely. it is hard with respect to my red line. we, in fact, positioned our military to be able to strike assad if he did not give up his chemical weapons. he got rid of his chemical weapons in an unprecedented way. >> the world will now expect the assad regi...

You have the president of the united states speaking out against you. >> reporter: well he misspoke on the amount of jobs. it was 800, it wasnt 1 00. i give thanks and praise for everything he did to save the 1100 peoples jobs. i really appreciate that. but also at the carrier conference last thursday got up and said he never made my commitments or promises to keep jobs there. which is a complete falsehood. he said it numerous times on his campaign speeches and he denied that. and so i mentioned...

Some of his staff worried it was a mistake. obama stood his ground, convinced that the american public was as weary of war as he was. if one were to look at your statements on syria from the start, the red line, and then your decision at the very last minute not to use military force, wouldnt it be fair for critics to say this ows inconsistency, perhaps it shows your own ambivalence and yet you have seen it as one of your best moments. >> ambivalence, absolutely. it is hard with respect to my re...