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Being considered, whether or not they are actually going to get the job. >> i think it sends a very important message. there are few people that fought the romney candidacy as hard as mitt romney did. and i would tell you there was tremendous leadership from the mormon community in general. just a few weeks after losing to barack obama, mitt romney met with barack obama. hes great patriot. hell put the country first. hell put the countries interests above his own. im not surprised to see him go ...

More names rolled out with positions over the weekend? >> potentially today but not so clear on how their timing is going to be and this weekend, certainly. the difference were seeing right now, theyre really breaking from tradition when past presidents-elect appear in the news conference and were not seeing that with donald trump and were getting basically an e-mail confirming these very big titles and these are very big titles. so it just remains to be seen what their timeline is and obviously...

Hears are appropriate. lets see the evidence. and information. lets also hear from other people and then lets make a decision. if you have been in public life more than seco13 seconds you ha been called every name in the book. lets give people fair hearings in america. >> the concerns also for any president elect is you are expending political capital for things that could be spent on other things just to get people confirmed so at a certain point you have to make a calculation, you know, you ha...

And racist. i think the way he promoted birtherism and attacked mexicans and all -- >> -- >> that is my second point. no. and i agree the vice president. many of those voters rejected the democratic party partly on economics. the reason i did not support hillary clinton. i thought bernie sanders would have a much better messenger and he would have won that campaign and defeated donald trump. >> some of donald trumps supporters were saying, going beyond what donald trump had said in terms of raci...

Guests coming in and out of trump tower. it is like a second white house right now. >> it really is. it is a manhattan white house in waiting you might say. and donald trump just wrapped up a very important meeting with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe. who just wrapped up his own comments on that meeting just a short while ago here in mid town manhattan. they had a lot to talk about from trade to national security issues in asia. but keep in mind as you also mentioned donald trump has had...

Some who expressed surprise at the level to which general flynn went out for donald trump on the campaign trail, some of the things he said about hillary clinton, about obama. were you surprised by that? and do you think hes up for it? up to the job? >> i was, anderson. i i thought some of the things he did say on the campaign trail were somewhat unprofessional and a little bit too passionate. you know, it is one thing to support a candidate. it is another thing to lead choruses of "lock her up"...

Let me play it. >> here is what i know. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >> but here is a disloyal guy. hes an elitist. >> his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> a stone cold loser. >> not just a loser. a stone cold loser: but romney went in detail. this went on and on. he county for donald trump because he supports --. would trump actually pick mitt romney? >> i think donald trump is going to pick the best person for the job. and look, they exchanged some rather ca...

Her to say about this meeting tomorrow between the precede lect and marco rubio. >> hes conversations start off as just that. a conversation to discuss peoples ideas and thoughts and get their opinions. sometimes the president-elect will think they might be good for a job or several jobs and that process continues. the conversation with mitt romney is just that. an opportunity to hear his ideas and his thoughts. >> now, a lot of us remember the words exchanged back in 2007, 2008 between then sen...

Voters are exhausted from that kind of talk. lets look at what we can do together to fix our immigration problem and lets stop calling people these names. i know you are not doing that but i think we got to give it a rest. >> matt schlapp. good to see you again. >> thanks for inviting me. a conference, about the state of security at trump tower, how are they going to deal with having the president elect spending everyday at this point right there in midtown manhattan. another potential conflic...

Administration, curiously, here is what you are saying, 90% of you are not satisfied and saying no. the pulse is still live. not too late, go to www.pulse.msnbc.com to vote. let your voice be heard on this topic. in a moment, we are hoping to hear the voices of the city mayor and the police commissioner will talk about the effort of trying to secure trump tower now as some describe it white house north. protecting a president elect trump in the city of millions right there on fifth avenue in the...