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In terms of general stayridis, he sat down with donald trump in trump tower. he called the meeting comedic. he made a short joke after being asked if he would be secretary of state, but he didnt confirm or deny that he was on that list and deferred to trump tower saying we would have to ask him. the question is how seriously is mitt romney being taken? you alluded to this, steve. you said there is a question internally if he is a serious contender for this role, and i can tell you donald trump t...

Apparently still in the mix, although there is some dispute now over how high up or maybe low on that short list mitt romney is. for more on the secretary of state sweepstakes, katie tur is in des moines. donald trump will head there later. katie tur is there now. who has the inside track for secretary of state? do you have a sense? >> that is still up in the air, who is the top contender for secretary of state. we havent heard a lot about rudy giuliani lately, but i would contend to say that co...

I mean, ive spoken to him a lot. and weve come a long way together. weve had tremendous difficulty together, and now we have come a long way, but the answer is, yes, he does. >> so this isnt a case of stringing him along as revenge being a dish best served cold for the comments he made during the campaign? >> no, its not about revenge. its about what is good for the country. >> our leslie schneider is live outside the trump tower. what is the latest news, jess? >> reporter: secretary of state is...

Huntsman, as well as former general david petraeus, and even the name ron tillerson, the exxon ceo. donald trump alluded to tillerson this morning calling him a great man. a lot of people saying its not a strong contender, tillerson, but that donald trump is intrigued by his world view. all of these names floating out there. instead of tailoring this list of potential secretary of state picks, we have seen it expand the past few days. donald trump, though, saying mitt romney and him have come a ...

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State. this is arguably his most important cabinet appointee hes going to make or to call. and every day were seeing more names. you know, weve heard almost a dozen names at this point. it does seem to me from what ive read and what ive researched that romney seems to no longer be the leading contender. we see a lot of dark horses coming out. potentially robert gates, i know, but i think its good that trump is taking his time. i think its good that hes meeting with people who are critical of him...

Talked. i heard from both of their staffs when they do talk on the floor of the senate one thing they could always talk about was a mutual love of the nats. thats the one thing they bonded overall the way to the end. >> thats something i dont want to know. im just kidding. go ahead. >> talk of jon huntsman as secretary of state is probably not going to happen. the real talk is what jon huntsman might do in 2018 and may primary orrin hatch. >> if hatch runs again? >> thats what some people are sp...

Monitor the jade helm exercise so that, quote, texans know their safety constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed. to be clear now, he called out his state guard to monitor the u.s. military exercises. he wasnt alone. texas senator ted cruz said he wrote to the pentagon to demand answers about jade helm. senator rand paul, of course, a presidential contender at the time, said he was looking into the issue. suddenly, along with legitimate policy issu...

Mainstream conservative and fast. the republican governor of texas, greg abbott, actually ordered the state guard to monitor the jade helm exercise so that, quote, texans know their safety constitutional rights, private property rights and civil liberties will not be infringed. to be clear now, he called out his state guard to monitor the u.s. military exercises. he wasnt alone. texas senator ted cruz said he wrote to the pentagon to demand answers about jade helm. senator rand paul, of course, ...

Understand trump has two faces. one hand, he is bluffing and on the other, he had no plan to overturn international relationships. he will focus on internal affairs to make america great again. that is certainly the hope from beijing. they hope that campaign talk is just that. talk. they hope that phone call with the president of taiwan does not signal more significant changes to the longstanding relationship. >> something tells me this could be the beginning of the drama. alexandra field, thank...