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Also mike mccall, and highly respected counterterror expert, former assistant national security adviser francis townsend from the bush white house. another contender, retired marine general john kelly was also under consideration, some say for secretary of state. joining me is janet napolitano, president of the university of california systems. very good to see you. thanks for joining us. first of all, your possible you can ses sores in the role of homeland security. a lot of very qualified peop...

Policy and as a result has been considered for secretary of state. if it gets it, he would be glad to serve. >> were getting new information about the director of national intelligence. what are you hearing? >> our own jim acosta reporting there are three people under consideration to head d nirks i, the director of the national intelligence agency, former senator dan cotes, and the former homeland security adviser fred townsend from the bush administration. so as were talking about now donald t...

Welcome back. donald trump continues to deliberate over his choice for secretary of state and tonight hes having dinner with mitt romney who is viewed as a top contender alongside rudy giuliani. trump also met with senator bob corker and david petraeus yesterday. while the candidates each have their own draw backs, there is continued backlash against trump allies among them rather against mitt romney . and heres what newt gingrich had to say last night. >> it would be a huge mistake to betray th...

Mexico. >> theyre going to call me and theyre going to say, mr. president, carrier has decided to stay in indiana. thank you, sir. >> reporter: even though this deal potentially does save about a thousand jobs, still about half of the jobs could -- of the workers could still be sent to mexico, and the devil here is in the details. so many of the details are simply not known so far, like what promises the incoming administration gave to carrier to agree to this. tomorrow trump and mike pence will...

We continue on. youre watching cnn, im barack baldwin. thank you for being with me. lets begin with more on the trump transition team. look at these faces, were seeing actions in his future cabinet. one contender for secretary of state, former ambassador to nato john bolton, now meeting with vice president-elect mike pence in the transition office in washington. these are pictures of pences motorcade flying on by. up at trump tower in new york, former georgia governor sonny purdue was spotted in...

Donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: so theyve come a long way. but the bottom line is this. this dinner last night left me with the impression that mitt romney is very much a serious contender for secretary of state at this point, wolf. romneys aides we should point out have been very careful not to talk about this process. another sign that the 2012 gop nominee is thinking long and hard about this. the sense i am gettin...

Steven mnuchin as his pick for treasury secretary as early possibly as tomorrow. remember, mnuchin is a former gold man sax partngoldman sachs worked with him during his campaign. he had been the leading contender for days. were also learning that as early as tomorrow, the president-elect is expected to make wilbur ross as his commerce secretary. again, not particularly surprising. ross had been a name that had been tossed around in business circles for a while. just today, he was at trump tower...

Candidate for secretary of state recognizes the biggest geopolitical threat we face. on one happened, you have mitt romney who says thats russia, and i look at giuliani, and i dont support him as my leading contender. im not the president-elect, i support who he pix. but i dont support him because of loyalty. but i support him because hes the one who looks terrorism in the eye and saw this country collapse under the really radical terrorism on 9/11 and watched this city rebuild. and he understan...

And i look at giuliani, and i dont support him as my leading contender. im not the president-elect, i support who he pix. but i dont support him because of loyalty. but i support him because hes the one who looks terrorism in the eye and saw this country collapse under the really radical terrorism on 9/11 and watched this city rebuild. and he understands in a visceral way thats something that has to be dealt with. thats why hes my leading contestant. two days after the election, president obam...

If its got to be clean, its got to be tide. breaking news of the trump transition. vice president-elect mike pence says therell be a number of announcements tomorrow. mitt romney is a contender for secretary of state. hes meeting with trump tomorrow. no secret, romney and trump have been bitter rivals. i recently asked trumps senior adviser, kellyanne conway, about their heated history, take a look. as you know, president-elect and governor trump, theyve traded very personal insults throughout...