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They may be cambodian or women -- >> let me say one thing about rick perry. i know him pretty well and one of the things about him is he understood how the state was having to fight against the department when he was the governor and they were fighting all the time in a place where you have a lot of interaction in texas with this department and forget diversity for a second. whats more important? actual understanding -- my point is you shouldnt just say ill check a box because the department of ...

You know what, hold some private meetings. pick someone. let the senate confirmation process begin. this preseason, is he, will he, wont he, punk him. this is not the most efficient way to staff the federal government. >> when you look at time line and pace, president-elect trump is not behind where other presidents have been when it comes to cabinet selections. it took president obama a couple weeks to name his first, clinton a month to name his first. we live in a world now where theres news a...

>> and particularly for a trump administration because this is someone that doesnt have a record as a politician or military leader going back like weve seen with presidents before him. so this will give us an indication of where he plans to go because we dont know where hes been. >> it was interesting to hear senator rand paul say to the president -- he was talking to us, talking to the world but he was also talking the president-elect trump who says "pick someone who thinks the iraq war was a ...

Race as a president, and to make sure, by the way, that we get independents and women voters. >> you know, matt, i dont know you that well, but ive always thanked you for coming on this show and respect your strong views. and clearly, the question is gut, perhaps, versus calculation. people that have strong views about this president and dont really like him being in the white house, period, there may be all kinds of factors involved, but they really want him out of that white house deeply. will...

For her already because he urged the president again and again publicly, pick someone whos not a done and -- a judge and as slitter general shes never been a judge. vied excited about her nomination. ears what he said about his hopes for her. >> whether its a democrat or republican or an independent, the great country that were in, as ruled by law, and thats what youre going to make sure continues. were grateful that youve agreed to accept this assignment from the president. >> reporter: and so ...

Harvard university looked at ten major news outlets and found the overwhelming majority of their coverage of the new administrations first 100 days was hostile. cnn and nbc both purportedly straight news outlets, 92% of the stories were negative. which is remarkable. considering there is no way that 93% of their stories about, i dont know, pick someone, fidel castro, were negative? 92% is a lot. its not really news coverage at that point. its advocacy. the press doesnt like trump. we knew that. ...

Harvard university looked at ten major news outlets and found the overwhelming majority of their coverage of the new administrations first 100 days was hostile. cnn and nbc both purportedly straight news outlets, 92% of the stories were negative. which is remarkable. considering there is no way that 93% of their stories about, i dont know, pick someone, fidel castro, were negative? 92% is a lot. its not really news coverage at that point. its advocacy. the press doesnt like trump. we knew that. ...

Race as a president, and to make sure, by the way, that we get independents and women voters. >> you know, matt, i dont know you that well, but ive always thanked you for coming on this show and respect your strong views. and clearly, the question is gut, perhaps, versus calculation. people that have strong views about this president and dont really like him being in the white house, period, there may be all kinds of factors involved, but they really want him out of that white house deeply. will...