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Prepared him to be a strong candidate to lead our state department as we face the monumental task of restoring americas influence across the world. as all of us know, this is no easy task. we live in a dangerous year and a dangerous world. and after the last eight years, we face a circumstance where many of our friends no longer trust us and many of our enemies no longer fear us. rex tillerson is a serious man who understands the value of perseverance, and he knows what it takes to accomplish di...

Rice and former secretary of defense gates. that puts him up there. what is concerning to rubio, mccain, others, others, relationship with russia, award of friend of russia, at a time russia has not been our friend. does it bother you? >> what we know about him he rose in the mid 70s, being a production engineer to the ceo of americas largest corporation. he has extensive global contacts. he dealt with world leaders at the top on economic and oil exploration issues. fabulous background, great ex...

>> martha: rex tillerson on the hot seat nominee to be secretary of state for donald trump. lets listen in on capitol hill. >> as all of us know, this is no easy task. we live in a dangerous year and a dangerous world. and after the last eight years, we face the circumstance where many of our friends no longer trust us and many of our enemies no longer fear us. rex tillerson is a serious man who understands the value of perseverance and he knows what it takes to accomplish difficult tasks. from ...

Exxon fresh out of the university of texas in 75 starting as a production engineer. he worked his way up the ranks and became ceo and chairman in 2006 and has amassed a fortune, estimated to be over $240 million. according to executive data provider equalar. tillerson has no experience in the public sector but his work as taken him all over the world and hes forged close ties to russia. >> this is a guy who has business relationships in every continent in the entire world. >> reporter: tillerson...

Fresh out of the university of texas in 1975, starting as a production engineer. he worked his way up the ranks and became ceo and chairman in 2006. and has amassed a fortune, estimated to be over $240 million. according to executive data providers. tillerson has no experience in the public sector, but his work at exxon has taken him all over the world and he has forged close ties to russia. >> this is a guy who has business relationships in every continent in the entire world. >> reporter: till...

Signed a deal with a russian oil giant whose largest shareholder is the russian government. after the signing, putin awarded tillerson the countrys order of friendship. so how close are vladimir putin and rex tillerson? here is rachel crane. >> when i was a brand-new engineer with exxon in 1975, i was -- >> reporter: he runs one of the worlds biggest companies. rex tillerson, ceo of exxonmobil, spent his entire career at the oil giant. >> i think we are the largest american oil company. >> repor...

Department as we live in a dangerous time. many of our friends no longer trust us and many of our enemies no longer fear us. rex tillerson is a serious man. he knows what it takes to accomplish difficult tasks. at an early age he started as a production engineer at exxon in 1975 and eventually climbing his way to the top as ceo of the fortune 10 company. at exxon, he led one of the worlds most respected companies

Talked about leliminating the energy department. he was one conservatives wanted in the cabinet. he met with the president-elect a couple of times including at the army/navy game this weekend. keep an eye on that going forward. for the news that is the least important of the entire day, kanye west was in trump tower. i have no idea how that applies to anything we are covering or care about. but hey, why not, right? >> why not. thats exactly what was running through my head. great to see you, phi...