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Saying he doesnt have experience to run one department of the federal government. but he was running for president. >> he did not want the job. guess who stopped by trump tower in manhattan, ted cruz. remember, ted cruz and donald trump did not get along. its not sure who initiatesed this meeting or what was discussed. its fuelling speculation, is there a job for ted cruz in the trump administration? there is an open seat on the supreme court. could ted cruz be a contender for that. >> primary b...

Clinton foundation was a fraud. classic pay to play. she did favors for those very people who gave money to the clinton foundation. >> i think its a racketeering enterprise. >> i would probably indict the foundation as a racketeering enterprise. turning the state department on play for pay operation. >> that was rudy giuliani during the campaign. now hes leading contender for her job as secretary of state and facing tough questions himself, the question tonight for senior investigative reporter ...

Transformed into political battering rams. >> he was sitting at the desk -- >> reporter: producing films to promote the political right, uncovering anthony weiners sexting abouts, exploiting the birther controversy around president obama, bedevilling democratic contender hillary clinton. >> you have to understand how the clintons who proclaim that they support all your values essentially have sold you out for money. >> reporter: but bannons aggressive use of the breitbart brand is under renewed ...

Say radio host laura ingraham is leading contender for press secretary. no confirmation from her one way or the other. hillary clintons campaign is offering its own take on what exactly cost her the win in last weeks election. the postmortem memo from the head of clmts research division was sent to senior staff members late last week. a continuing theme. the roll of fbi director james comey in the loss. the memo reads in part, "comeys letter in the last 11 days of the election both helped depr...

Intelligence committee was expected to be the leading contender the cia was pushed out of the transition. >> yes. a lot of people felt comfortable with him as a guy who could oversee the national secrets and interests around the world and hes out as a stalinist-type purge as those connected to chris christie, the governor, and jared kushner because it was jared kushners father that was prosecuted by chris christie. i was speaking to the white house a short time ago when i was there, there is a m...

Adviser to the president. >> look, the media is the guard of the permanent political class, all the consultants that come after you, the permanent political class consultants, theyre all in bed together. >> reporter: so how did he get there? early investment in the "seinfeld" tv series led bannon to a wealth of cash and experience in media which he transformed into political battering rams. >> he was sitting at the desk -- >> reporter: producing films to promote the political right, uncovering a...

And also you have two very different points of view that are clashing over things. one example is over the secretary of state, because you have many main stream conservatives who are pushing for john bolton, of course, you remember him, former u.n. ambassador, pushing for him. and then you have others more trump loyalists pushing for say rudy giuliani for that key post. on other key national security posts, were hearing of greater agreement, jeff sessions as a leading contender for secretary of ...

Once again, our breaking news, a transition official tells cnn donald trump asked for top secret security clearances for his adult children who are his advisers as well as his son-in-law, jared kushner. we expect the top national security official in the trump administration to be retired u.s. army lieutenant general michael flynn who often was at trumps side during the campaign. pentagon correspondent barbara starr is working the story for us. barbara, tell us more about general flynn. >> good ...

Way donald trump hopes to go with the administration. >> this is a small team of people who got to this point. many never held jobs in washington and never had government jobs. frankly they are just brand-new to the process and they seemed like tourists. as folks who were going to go over and take over the entire city, let alone the country. there are more names being thrown out for whom donald trump will surround himself. cabinet members and the more high profile jobs in the west wing. we are h...

State. we are now working on putting in place a plan to do just that. thats transformational, thats positive, thats good. >> the pride of janesville, thank you so much. >> thank you jake, take care. the trump transition team has been huddled inside trump tower all weekend as they work to create administration, cabinet nominees, kellyanne conway saying that trumps choice of chief of staff is imminent. that and other picks could tell us a lot about how president-elect trump plans to govern. lets...