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Voters railed against me because of the fbi letter, and that letter most likely made the difference in the outcome. >> later today trump will head to mobile, alabama, for the final rally of his thank you tour. and nbcs kelly odonnell is there, and what about trumps latest pick? >> reporter: a couple things are developing now, betty. the south carolina congressman is officially now the choice of the president-elect to be the director of office and management and budget and he has been one of the ...

State. theres a lot of controversy because we know condoleeza rice and bob gates and others who have talked to mr. trump are saying, do not do john bolton as secretary of state. hes too much of a lightning rod. they battled with him in the george w. bush white house and that administration. what do we know about whats going to happen and whether rex tillerson will have the say over whos going to be his deputy? or are they going to put somebody in there to watch him or to be running the state dep...

>> that doesnt preclude him from being -- >> no, not at all, especially in an era where theres international business, and he has done admirable things like, you know, copped to global warning being a real think which the president-elect hasnt done, even as head of exxon. what i think is really demands answer is the fact that this appointment comes days after a reescalation of serious questions about russian influence on the election. the fact that the individual has been given the highest civil...

Foreign policy away from the department of state to the department of defense. whether that continues under trump, i cant tell. >> whats this balancing act. tillerson, is it going to be a hawk versus dove thing there. theyre all excited? >> the fact that you see condoleezza rice and bob gates wrapping their arms or dick cheney wrapping their arms around tillerson. theyre hawks. you suggest that this guy may be more in their camp. you know that mattis views the world -- >> can i ask you a questio...

Tillerson to be secretary of state is an inspired choice. i have known rex for many years, both in his role as the chairman and ceo of exxon and as a personal friend. im confident he will do a superb job promoting our national interests in dealing with the complex and difficult joyces on the agenda for the next administration. thats dick cheney. im joined now by senator rand paul of kentucky, a member of the foreign relations committee. thank god youre on that committee. let me ask you, what doe...

I dont know what trumps structure will look like but youre right. we have largely outsourced foreign policy away from the department of state to the department of defense. whether that continues under trump, cant tell. >> how do you sigh the balancing act between, mad dog maddus and tillerson sb is it a hawk versus dove thing? what is going on there? >> the fact you see rice and gates wrapping their arms, dick cheney, wrapping their arms around tillerson -- >> they are all hawks. >> subject this...

Department and obama department, its been controlled within the white house and been -- and the nse. i dont know what trumps structure will look like but youre right. we have largely outsourced foreign policy away from the department of state to the department of defense. whether that continues under trump, cant tell. >> how do you sigh the balancing act between, mad dog maddus and tillerson sb is it a hawk versus dove thing? what is going on there? >> the fact you see rice and gates wrapping th...

Country and make sure that he and joe manchin says no to this pick. i dont suspect that rex tillerson will be as difficult of a confirmation as people are believing he might be. why is that? ultimately people are in well-respected positions that said yes, he might have close ties, but he does seem to know the field and have relationships. he is not as much of a hawk on iran as the other picks in donald trumps cabinet, especially when you are looking at mattis and farland and flynn. he is somebod...

To be so many moments to get outraged. they are choosing a topic they believe is very serious. >> also i mentioned the last segment that republican leaders have been quiet on this, but having mccain and graham bang drums on this is going to make it hard for them to continue to stay quiet. they are going to have to say something, particularly someone like mitch mcconnell whos been a hawk and criticized putin and paul ryan. it shows this russia issue is going to loom over donald trump. >> i think ...

>> the improbablility of either of them, reagan the cold war hawk, gorbachev, the party guy, doing this kind of thing, its just unheard of. and they did it. >> reagan had been at a low in 1987 with iran/contra. the negotiations in many ways saved his presidency. >> mr. gorbachev may not have seen much of america but made sure that a lot of americans saw him. motorcades dont very often turn a lot of heads in this city but when they stop on a dime, so does everyone else. >> that was very special. ...