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Just been tapped to author the unaugu inauguration address. >> we will have to secure the southern border. >> he occasionally opened for trump on the trail and is a well-known advocate for stricter immigration policies who used to work in senate jeff sessions office. the 31-year-old helped the president-elect refine his campaign pitches on the trail, including the convention keynote known for its dramatic tone. as the inauguration approaches, theres still talk about the campaign. mr. trump tweet...

Gates throwing their support behind tillerson but i think when the two guys met, when tillerson and trump met, you saw two businessmen who have been successful in their fields coming together and they saw a similar pragmatism in one another and that helped donald trump feel comfortable in a way he didnt necessarily feel with mitt romney. >> so theyre saying this could be a difficult nomination confirmation fight. do you think the trump team knows that? do you think theyre naive? do you think the...

We then feed that to rick dearborn, the executive director, jeff sessions chief of staff, to make sure theyre on the list and being considered and depending on the slot and the individual i might then contact someone which ive done a few times to put my direct recommendation into the president-elect or someone like his son-in-law jared kushner just to say this is somebody i know and i can tell you hes loyal, hes the right guy, the smart guy, so i know the decision will be made by the president-e...

Takers, both of them. what do you see shaping up here? >> yeah, and lets not forget that elaine chao is also the wife of senator mitch mcconnell that would be working on any plans that donald trump wants to push through that is not lost on washington. donald trump instead of turning to power brokers, you mentioned generals, billionaires, hes turned to names well-known around town. elaine chao. jeff session, tom price, mike pompeo, all come from congress. theyre sitting members of congress. so, h...

Record. >> he has had controversial tweets as well. at least one he has had to apologize for. i want to turn to jim shutd sciutto. general flynn has been a loyalist. what are they saying. >> he has been one of the loudest, most consistent and supportive voices for donald trump since early on. i have been told that donald trump wants to reward those people. that includes rudy giuliani, includes jeff session. these are names already under consideration for some of biggest joss. attorney general, s...

Transition team here. there is news about senator jeff sessions of alabama as well. what can you tell us? >> thats right. we are learning that senator jeff sessions is as of this moment the leading candidate to be attorney general. now being the leading candidate could mean that that could still change. we know that donald trump is meeting with a lot of different people. but at this point, were about where we were expecting the chips to fall for senator sessions. he has been another one of these...

It is a modern form of communication. there should be nothing we should be ashamed of. it is where its at. >> trumps chief of staff pick expected any day with the rncs reince priebus at the top of the short list. >> i think a chairman priebus expresses interest in the position, several people being considered and mr. trumps decision ultimately. >> also in the running, campaign sources point to chris christie and corey lewandowski. for secretary of state, contenders like newt gingrich or john bol...

Scandal. that was significant and is an indication of how much chris christies stock has fallen in the trump world. >> trumps transition team, sunlen, features washington insiders, jeff session, the first senator to publicly endorse him, ben carson. this as trumps resounding message in the last weeks of the campaign was drain the swamp, drain the swamp. it doesnt seem like that when you look at who hes surrounding himself with. >> it is noteworthy, as hes gearing up to make appointments, it seem...

Names which well be able to report soon enough. and, basically, donald trump was getting involved for the first time. hes going to potentially change his mind on things. none of these names are set in stones by in means. donald trump values loyalty above all else. who you see with him on a day-to-day bases and gingrich and restlaudy giuliani gave a prop on stage and reince priebus, these are the people you see with donald trump stood by his side through thick and thin and there is been some thin...

Are rubbed the wrong way by his approach. >> robert after what you witnessed there, last night after what you witnessed electronically here in new york tonight. and your read of the country, your conversations with campaign types. where do you put this race right now tonight? >> in the last 19 days of this campaign you have donald trump his speech writer steven miller. who based in my reporting was participating in some informal role in tonights speech. hes a populist, comes out of jeff sessions...