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Administration there to be a rescinding of a lot of rules and regulations, a lot of orders. >> the president -- pardoning people and commuting their sentences. the white house says we should expect more of that before he leaves office. seco live on the north lawn. any hope for an easy nomination process for the next presidents cabinet picks are being quickly dashed. senate democrats are promising a fight on at least eight of president-elect trumps picks. democrats pledging to drag out several fi...

Condi rice and jim baker behind him, i think they would be better off to look at the epa pick or somebody else. >> jake, off of that, given one of the tenets for our social security, medicaid. why not the principle point of democrats trying to tell people in the country through the process of the nomination process, the hearings, that you voted for donald trump and this guy stands against your best interests, his designee for hhs? >> democrats have tried that to little success. paul ryan, who wa...

>> i think it is -- that is the expectation we have. >> give me specifics on rules. environmental or trade or are the exports or minimum wage, what? >> we are are talking about mostly regulations and allowing local banks to give loans to it people who want to start their own businesses and people who are in the markets to buy homes for example, these are the regulations. >> you are talking about fannieyy and freddiey and what can happen in terms of dodd frank. i appreciate your time. always the ...

As december 2015 and they were inside the dncs computers for almost six months before that. and so as he went through the nomination process, russia seemed confident in him. and then started the systemic leaks. he was clearly aware from u.s. intelligence but his denial, his flat out denial right now is nothing less than suspicious. and im sure ambassador mcfall will speak more on that. >> ambassador, lets broaden to the foreign policy implications here. which is there is room for agreement about...

What the critics say, they say he wants to abolish the department altogether. you dont think he will do that? >> he will use, in helping the president-elect, i believe he will do exactly for the united states what hes done in the state of texas. and that is use the energy industry to make the united states far more independent but also use it strategically to create so many jobs. one thing he will do, however, that goes along the lines of abolishing the energy department, he will not do that. he...

For secretary of state. t he intends to nominate the exxon ceo bougecause they found a fitd they have similar backgrounds and it comes down to three people. condoleezza rice, james baker and robert gates. three individuals with extensive government experience. the two did not have a relationship before this process started. now he will be the president-elects top diplomat. that doesnt mean he will have clear sailing through the nomination process. democrats have raised concerns about his potenti...

Today of mr. tillerson, in my view, is going to generate deeper skepticism about the integrity of this administration. he has clear ties with vladimir putin. exxon has extensive oil leases. what we need to do is lift the fog here and get the facts out. >> sir, are you a firm no on what tillerson and what the nomination process will mean for him? >> i always say you let a nomination go forward, but i think he is going to face a very heavy lift. you look at what a number of my senior republican co...

National intelligence, james clapper asking whether the intelligence communitys position on russian involvement and intent was in favor of mister trump changed since the november testimony or whether the leaks are politically motivated and designed to discredit the incoming administration. congressman nunez call for a classified briefing on what we heard from the cia and fbi later friday. >> we will see how this develops. martha: a president-elects toys for secretary of state facing head wins on...

Conquer, and i think now the big question is mitch mcconnell it should be sleshted. not a select committee, through senate committees. what does paul ryan do? does paul ryan direct his house committees to also look into this and see if anything was there? and then you have a nomination that could be happening. rex tillerson, the ceo of exxon/mobil, rebecca, and he does have ties to russia through business. is this something with some bipartisan concerns that would be insurmountable for him in a ...

Mad anthony wayne, was george washingtons favorite general, had an amazing spectacular career, and was a great american. so general mattis successfully led a division of marines into baghdad. he was the head of central command for a few years, very qualified eminent military thinker. im not going to trash all of the selections, but i would appeal to president-elect trump to repeal some of the selections he has made. >> it surely will be a heated nomination process for some of them. thank you ver...