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Mitchell reports," the dealmaker. the president-elect topping the countrys biggest oil maker to be the top diplomat. but its rex tillersons close ties to vladimir putin that could set up a bruising confirmation fight. >> i know russia very well. the workforce is suburb. theyre well educated. they want to learn, theyre motivated. plugged in, former texas governor rick perry now slotted for energy secretary. to run the agency he famously forgot he wanted to scrap. >> commerce, education and the,...

Intervened in the presidential race and the cia assessment that they did. one is right, the other is wrong. if trump has evidence to dispute the cia finding, he should produce it. if not, his contempt for the intelligence agency is without merit. in fact, its worse. why would an about to be u.s. commander in chief ridicule the intelligence services hes about to command? i repeat what i said at the top of the show. it wasnt the cia that got us into that terrible, stupid, self-destructive war in i...

Actually really speaking with great contempt about our own intelligence officials who risk their lives to inform us and help us mitigate the threats we face. but really are going to be the people he relies on. so in time after time, even you put aside the fact he chooses people who share his world view on russia, when it comes to these moments that the republican leaders in capitol hill are in right now, where tall having to agree russia is not our friend, donald trump never backs down and never...

Briefing, is that the briefings are for the most part day in and day out about the same. hes told them that if things change as we heard on fox, if things change and something i need to know, im available on a minutes notice. does that cause you concern? >> it does in the sense that it is slighting reference to the u.s. intelligence committee working hard in dangerous circumstances 24/7 to see whats going on in the world, even if that means mr. president there is no change in this crisis situati...

Have opposed trump but now want a seat at the table. a group perhaps best represented by mitt romney who is being considered for secretary of state despite bashing trump during the campaign. roger stone spoke of that group with contempt during an interview wednesday with conspiracy theorist and trump supporter alex jones. >> right now there are hundreds of establishment quidlings, trojan horses trying to get into this administration swearing i was for trump the whole time when they werent. the g...

Finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. two main factions have emerged behind the scenes in trump world. in one corner the longtime trump loyalists, the people who were there at the beginning, some are none too pleased. many of these trump originals say theyre getting frozen out of the trump white house and have been commiserating how they cant seem to get their calls to top trump brass returned. in the other corner gop establis...

Law for most of his career. hes in charge of enforcing the ideas he flouted. in addition, hes been an enthusiastic supporter of getting rid of employees and replacing them with automated robots. whether or not he can do that in the department of labor i dont know. the idea that you would have somebody with a disregard for workers and workers rights in charge of the laws, it would be curious to have every republican on the committee support somebody like this. >> well, are you going to try? do yo...

Discrimination. those things might be true. not a lot of people can swallow that easily. here is what senator chris murphy old our own andrea mitchell. >> for me all the questions have already been answered. this is somebody who opposes the minimum wage, wants to end health care for 20 million workers whose own restaurants have been consistently in violation of federal law, and sort of has a general contempt for the whole idea of people working. >> okay. can democrats realistically block this pi...

Of contempt, donald trump. trump tweeted, i told you "time" magazine wouldnt pick me, they picked a person who is ruining germany. today "time" announced hits 2016 person of the year, not surprisingly, president-elect donald trump. theres the picture. on the "today" show this morning, trump said he was honored. >> well, its a great honor. it means a lot, especially me growing up reading "time" magazine. its a very important magazine. and ive been lucky enough to be on the cover many times this y...

Both sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, are trying to meet somewhere in the middle. according to the pew research center, contempt for the opposing side has been on the rise. nearly 60% of republicans have a very unfavorable view of democrats. and nearly 55% of democrats have a very unfavorable view of republicans. the group no labels hopes to be the antidote to the rising partisan divide, by bringing republicans, democrats, and independents together to pass problem-solving legislati...