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U.s. president-elect donald trump may be preparing to shake up u.s./china relations when he takes office in january. first, he set off a diplomatic earthquake friday by speaking sdre directly to the taiwan leader. ignoring nearly 40 years of sensitive u.s. diplomacy when he did so. now hes going after what he alleges are beijings trade and military policies. >> on sunday, he tweeted this. did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency, making it hard for our companies to complete? hea...

All of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. whats in your wallet? welcome back. you could call it a trump test in europe over the weekend. elections in two countries tested the strength of the populist movement that led to brexit and helped elect donald trump here. in italy, a win for the anti-establishment movement led by a comedian and a loss for matteo renzi who said h...

Aimed toward beijing on the campaign trail. those words played well to his base, and now hes echoing those same sentiments on twitter going after beijing for alleged currency manipulation and bringing up chinas interest in the south china seas. these are issues he addressed before, but he sends out the tweets on the heals of that phone call with taiwans president which broken with 40 years of protocol. it sent waves of concern throughout the rest of the world and he follows up with tweets. what ...

Suit. >> youve also got the raw question of companies making economic decisions as greg rightly points out on the basis of shareholder value. of what makes commercial sense. >> trump did it himself. he makes his clothes and other products abroad because it was chiefer. >> we are all men and women of the world. companies like boeing that would be considered strategically vital to the u.s. economy where maybe things have to be done slightly differently. youre talking about a smaller air conditioni...

Of the dnc, one challenger says im out. howard dean dropping his bid for a second stint as dnc chair. theres controversy for minnesota congressman keith ellison with renewed focus on his past ties to the nation of islam. meanwhile, as donald trump elect, narrowing in on his choice for a top diplomat. could this be the week we learn who will be trumps secretary of state. well look at the final four contenders. well get to that in a minute. we want to talk about the nine people who died and mo...

Recently and reasonably fast. this whole process continues for two weeks well into december, but what is interesting is that the trump administration, the trump team is a lot more unified on what military policies should be going forward than what on diplomacy is going forward. a lot of presidents or presidents-elect coming in to think they could be their own secretary of state. thats not going to be the case of donald trump. he doesnt really know much about foreign policy. so this key decision,...

That is where you can participate by selecting your response to the questions the that we are going to be asking this hour, and a reminder that if you want, you can vote as often as you like throughout the show today, and be good about it. >> and the first question involves donald trump, and we have learned that he has expanded the search for secretary of state, and a role more critical today after the president-elects phone call with the taiwans newly elected leader, sending some shock waves th...

And also, jon huntsman jr. who ran for president in 2008 also served as ambassador the to china for barack obama. so he has world experience, and he has gubernatorial experience and also in the never-trump crowd, and that camp in the campaign season of a fierce critic of donald trump, and he is another high profile person brought in for the consideration of the secretary of state position. >> and vis-a-vis, the topic that somebody who knows china could be seen as pro-china as well. so a lot of t...

If their belief is theyve stated over and over weve won because the voters wanted to elect donald trump, not because the rush shansz wanted to interfere with an election. why does the republican party have to come out and say what youre asking? >> well, because its a phenomena -- its a phenomena that we would not want or we would not address russian involvement or any international involvement in affecting the outcome of our election. we dont know how much impact they had because of these fake n...

During the campaign, trump said he was going to repeal obamacare. now he is promising to keep the most popular elements of the law intact. during the campaign, trump pledged to dump the paris climate agreement. >> we will cancel this deal so that our companies can compete. >> now he says he will keep an open mind. during the campaign, trump promised to end pay to play politics in washington. >> drain the swamp. >> now, former governor sarah palin is calling the carrier deal crony capitalism. ult...