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Kellyanne conway saying that, you know, that decision is imminent so we could get that moiny moment, who knows when. the person who has been said to be closer to the top of the list is reince priebus. what are you hearing in terms of who might that choice before? >> it looks like reince priebus is the front-runner. theres a possibility steve bannon who came onto trumps campaign late during the election cycle and became the campaigns ceo could also be a contender. he has a lot of clout in trumps ...

Hurting families, putting health care providers out of business. and replacing it with patient center and health care. rebuilding the national security so were safe again. cleaning out the regulatory state. these are all good things for our country that we are now working on putting in place a plan to do just that. thats transformational, thats positive, thats good. >> the pride of janesville, house speaker paul ryan, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you jake, take ca...

The room. >> reporter: but those very bonds that paribas has with gop leaders gives trump pause. they didnt want trump to be president. and though priebus often acted as a go-between during the campaign, which ultimately helped trump, sources close to the president-elect say that he isnt 100% sure priebus the loyal. >> and when youre a star, they let you do it. >> reporter: especially since as party chair, priebus had to publicly criticize trump more than once. when the "access hollywood" tape c...

As a go-between during the campaign, which ultimately helped trump, sources close to the president-elect say that he isnt 100% sure priebus the loyal. >> and when youre a star, they let you do it. >> reporter: especially since as party chair, priebus had to publicly criticize trump more than once. when the "access hollywood" tape came out, he said, quote, no woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner, ever. another contender for chief of staff, steve bannon, was...

We heard from donald trump on the campaign when he notably said drain the swamp, essentially get all the bums out of there. thats why people are paying such close attention to these picks and what tone its going to set. >> for someone who is not a washington insider, although bloomberg called him the most dangerous political operative out there, is steve bannon. this is the guy who was the chair of trumps campaign and is the one believed to have been behind the very controversial move to bring a...

>> when youre a star, they let you do it. >> reporter: especially since, as party chair, priebus had to publicly criticize trump more than once, when the "access hollywood" tape came out he said, quote, no woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner, ever. another contender for chief of staff, steve bannon, was always a steadfast trump loyalist. he came from breitbart, a conservative publication that spends as much time attacking establishment republicans as demo...

Reporting today that steve bannon is a contender to be the chief of staff. bannon, who previously ran the website breitbart news, if you want to call it that, has been a nasty critic of paul ryan. do you think this is real, this stuff? >> in these transitions -- >> who is floating this stuff? >> in these transitions, usually the names you see first that get printed are almost always from a faction of somebody who has an interest pushing one name over another but nothing what the candidate is con...

The white house. and really want to get things done and reince priebus is somebody a lot of people think who can do that. who can bridge those two roles. he spent a lot of time with donald trump. hes gotten to know him well. he helped run debate prep and hes best friends with the house speaker. theyre both from wisconsin. in some ways people who elected donald trump might be skeptical of and trump himself might be too, but that it seems to be is the reason why he is the leading contender. steve ...

>> newt gingrich as secretary of state, and steve bannon is a contender to become trumps chief of staff, bannon as former director of breitbart news, who is a stark enemy of speaker of the house paul ryan. do you think these are real? >> it usually has nothing to do with the candidate seriously considers. >> how would the breitbart guy come in and help him deal with the united states and congress and how would he help him do that? >> and breitbart such a fierce

These names were put up as scarecrows, anyway. but theyre now theyre, i guess. newt gingrich as secretary of state. general michael flynn for secretary of defense. michael mccaul for homeland security. "the new york times" is also reporting today that former campaign manager, ceo, steve bannon, is a contender to become trumps chief of staff. bannon who previously ran the hard-right website, breitbart news, has been a nasty critic of house speaker paul ryan, as a defender of the alt-right movemen...