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Governor, hes actually got to make some real decisions about what kind of person is going to lead him and lead his foreign policy team and is going to advise him. and, you know, rudy giuliani is not somebody that comes to the table with a lot of foreign policy credentials. he was -- >> but he has -- >> the mayor on 9/11. >> he has an attitude. >> very aggressive. >> you get the message watching him, this guys tough. >> yeah, hes tough. heres what is so striking about this. as the president gets ...

You saw cruz in yesterday. different business and educational leaders have been coming in. thats exactly what trump will do. sit down with folks, look them in the eye. we have very thorough and detailed vetting program everybody will go through to make sure they pass all tests and benchmarks we have in place. then well charge forward and well have this government ready to go on inauguration day. >> let me ask you about rudy giuliani. hes a trump loyalist. hes someone whos being eyed potentially ...

Hillary clinton where he had taken money out of foreign country that is suspected terrorist ties. >> thats what the new york times are reporting there. is it affecting the state of play for him, potentially. thats what you are starting to see and you are hearing rumbling of the concern. members of the president elect trumps team. the one thing thats consistent no matter of which source you are talking to. it will be made by one person alone. and it is likely how well see him run the west wing as...

Heal. we got all of this covered for you, our reporters are working to get the latest on capitol hill for us. here we have kristen welker and halie jackson and from white house north, trump tower, cal perry. kelly, lets talk about the vp elect and what hes doing in dc and his lead of the transition. >> reporter: well, thomas, the first piece that hes meeting with vice president and getting a look at the place thatll be his home for vice president elect and his wife karen, the residence of the vi...

Donald trump to eject bannon. this is something thats given democrats a lot of thought. the challenge is for them not to over play their hand. you heard president obama say, look, we got to give president elect trump a little bit of space to fill out his cabinet in the way that he sees fit. this is going to be an issue that democrats talk about and watch closely. what does bannon do when he does come here to the white house to the west wing. how does he advise to donald trump. what advice and wh...

Vice president elect. i want to bring in our jim heinz out in kconnecticut. thank you for joining us. >> i respect nancy pelosi. an unbelievable legislation got passed and the affordable care act. you got to hand it to her. a congress that took down republican leader and john boehner and you know the list goes on. she kept the democratic caucus united. as you point out, it is not like we got a leadership contest yet. what we do have is there is a sense within the democratic caucus that we cannot...

Guide them in a specific way? >> well, you know, could i have had something to offer? sure. but i understand, too, they have the right and responsibility to get the team that they feel comfortable with. >> who replaces you? >> im not sure i know that. i think it went to new york. i think -- keith kellogg and mike flynn will take over those responsibilities, at least thats the way it was, i was led to believe that. thats great. theyre very capable. i do think that the vice president, as you said,...

President elects team. there is some drama. the president elects team well characterize it as sour grapes and bitterness from people who have been dismissed from that transition team to a variety of reasons like perhaps from being lop b lobbyists and etcetera, with that said, there is discussions on when these team wills go in and federal agency to begin this transition and there is discussions when well start to see more names for top love cabin positionpositions. it could mean today or any tim...

>> they signed a letter, we are not getting involved with trump and we dont like the way hes dealing with things. okay, maybe wanted a different opinion. you still need somebody that knows how to run the state department and the intelligence committee, how it works and understands the motivation of our enemies as well as our allies over seas and able to come up with a strategy and not reactant. particularly when the president of the united states, donald trump, has zero foreign policy experience...

About than steve bannon. >> lets talk about the way forward for democrats. you brought up so many critical points. it comes, as we know, that the house has delayed its leadership elections for democrats. potentially threaten being the role of nancy pelosi. do you think she should stay on as leader? >> that caucus has to make the decision but its soul searching time. and, you know, the leader, she has been a strong and a good leader. but in terms of assessing what has happened to the democratic p...