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Manhattan, its just clogging everything up. >> trump missed all of the excitement, of course, on twitter. hes on florida for the holidays getting back to the business of building his administration, announcing his choice for homeland security adviser. cnns jeff zeleny has more from palm beach. >> reporter: good morning, donald trump continuing another work day on his vacation at mar-a-lago resort. he did name a very critical position to his team yesterday. thomas bossert. hes a former adviser to...

I think he has to have total 100% confidence. >> why wouldnt he have 100% confidence to you? what happened to loyalty? thats what you told us about trump? knew t newt, out. christie out. >> i am totally comfortable. i had to make a choice. i didnt want to be in the big sort of selection panel. >> but you made a sacrifice to get into the election in the first place. >> small one. >> you didnt need it. >> thats a small one. >> fighting battles, getting bruised up. you came out on the right side of...

In order to seek conflict but in order to avoid conflict. we want to be strong. in short, we seek peace through strength. [ applause ] >> so rather than offer false promises that we can eliminate terrorism by dropping more bombs or deploying more and more troops or fencing ourselves off from the rest of the world, we have to take a long view of the terrorist threat. we have to pursue a smart strategy that can besustained. >> reporter: this all comes as the president-elect continues to mull his p...

. at this hour on msnbc, unanswered questions about exactly what happened in mondays tragic school bus crash in tennessee that killed five young children. at least one parent who lost a child told nbc news they had previously filed a complaint about the driver. the driver has been charged with vehicular homicide. the ntsb this morning said the bus had no bloack box but did have cameras they hope will shed light on the accidents cause. a key position for governor nikki haley of south carolina...

Call unitedhealthcare today to learn more about your prescription drug options and find the plan thats right for you. ♪ right now on msnbc, weve got breaking news. unanswered questions in the fatal bus crash that took place in chattanooga. the drivers record is now in question. weve got the latest. presidential picks. governor nikki haley agreeing to serve president-elect trump in a key position. will ben cars on be next? will we get more announcements before the thanksgiving holiday?

William co-ing know its what its like to be vetted for a key position. also a republican serving in the cabinet of a democratic president, bill clinton. secretary cohen joining us now here in washington. so thank you so much for being generous with your time here. i wonder what you think about his leading contender for defense secretary? this is retired general james mattis. he has pretty good word of mouth. what do you think? >> i am very impressed with him. known him a long time. she a great w...

Awakening of conscious about doing something like this for such a key position. i would also say that mike flynn has been on the payroll, his intelligence firm has been on the payroll of turkey including during the trump campaign, without him disclosing that while he was working for the trump campaign. so this is just -- i know hes not going to get as much coverage as the other people who have to get confirmed over the next few days, but stick a pin in that. its a really, really important, reall...

Difference between russian state television and, for example, msnbc. he will now be the closest person to the president of the united states on a day-to-day basis on all foreign policy issues, on all military issues, on all national security issues. and he is way outside anything that anybody on the left, right, or center might consider to be the mainstream either in thought or temperament in terms of national security issues. and its done. and trump gets him unless he has some change of heart o...

Mike flynn calls islam a political ideology hiding behind a religion. he calls islam a malignant cancer. president putin and take money to go to a gala. hes been a frequent guest on russian state television and says he sees no difference between russian state television and for example msnbc. he will now be the closest person to the president on a day-to-day basis on all foreign policy issues, on all military issues, on all national security issues, and he is way outside anything that anybody on...

The campaign trail. obviously there are some differences with respect to russia, nato and a few other issues, but i think if you look at the fundamentals of where governor romney thinks america needs to go, you can make the argument that it is similar to some of the general themes donald trump sounded out during his campaign. >> paris, listen, trump called romney an elitist and a stong stone cold loser. how are trump supporters going to feel like trump entertaining an establishment time like mit...