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Endorsed by others, and there are key policy differences that he might have with trump. >> reporter: were hearing a lot of positive reaction to mattis nomination, this from both republicans and democrats, but also from people in uniform, some of whom were skeptical of donald trump. >> we are going to appoint "mad dog" mattis -- [ cheers ] as our secretary of defense. >> reporter: "mad dog," the nickname general james mattis earned leading marines in the bloodiest battle of the iraq war is donald...

Apologize. it is hard to imagine how it would -- some version of that would not have to happen. he basically said he did not think of his as fit, donald trump as fit to be president and he would be working for him. there is another layer of issues beside the personal acrimony. theres the policy difference. as a candidate in 2012, mitt romneys principle foreign policy critique of president obama was he was being too soft on russia and the reset was a failure. certainly if theres any indication fr...

What are they fighting for? >> it seems to be a fight not between yurudy guiliani and mit romney, but its within the republican party, and you have mike pence, the vice president and reince priebus, and they embraced trump and they want to see something more of an establishment figure, somebody in mitt romney that can reassure a wider swath of the people now following trump. its difficult to imagine, as many clear policy differences, they is a disagreement in their views about russia, but what r...

Our democracy and our confidence in our own media. thats a real thing and needs to be approached on a consumer, corporate and government level. and we arent ready. >> lahnee, this highlights when it comes to this issue of who will be secretary of state, this high its a huge division between mitt romney and donald trump, how to handle russia. how would mitt romney handle the fact that he and donald trump seem to see the u.s./russian relationship so differently? >> yeah, i think there is a fundame...

Of trump since the moment he got out the race. and very critical of those who were not. so it is something he feels very strongly about to who gets what position. and i think governor huckabee would be great for several positions. ambassador to israel would be great. he would understand if there are policy differences and would disagree with where trump is on some of the issues but in his mind feels mitt romney took it too far. >> the tall, strong handsome guy who came out against him all of a s...

Conflict. president obama says the election was not discussed because, quote, thats behind us. adding the conversation was, quote, candid and courteous, although each side was very clear about their policy differences. and in turkey, president erdogan is blaming u.s. policies in syria for plaguing his country, including refugees and a security threat on turkeys southern border. >> translator: we have addressed these issues, discussed them with president obama and vice president biden. they fai...

The day after the election, we saw a spike in hate crimes. and i talked to cornell brooks, the head of the naacp before we went on the show and he said, we are watching. were watch right now and were working with justice. i talked to people at justice. they said, we are watching this and trying to make sure that we are enforcing what needs to be enforced. theyre saying fbi as well as justice are working on this. we have to wait and see and hopefully, president-elect donald trump will allay fears...

Romney is going to be picked. romney and trump went at it so hard on the campaign trail. they certainly have policy differences, especially on russia. without a doubt, trump has to reach out to people who didnt support him because he has to fill all these positions, 4,000 positions. and i think it actually unifies the republican party if hes able to pick people -- of course, loyalists he has already appointed but also people who really criticized him very harshly on the campaign trail. >> alex, ...

And the policy differences they have. that would send quite a message, wouldnt it? >> i think thats what is appearing. when you talk to advisers, talk to people in the trump orbit, part of the reason this romney idea floated up and became a real thing, much to the surprise of everybody, including some inside the trump transition operation, is this idea of the perception of it. what it would mean, what it would show, the message it would send to not just republicans but people in the united state...

There are policy differences, dont get me wrong. but this is about governing. >> is this inconsistent. this is the tough thing. there is patriotism, if you are mitt romney and then there is deeply devout religious man who has convictions about another man. can he go work for him? can he go execute his foreign policy? especially when we see the people who were named today to lead that foreign policy? >> that is the key question. for mitt romney. this is someone playing to the base with three out ...