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And its american weapons or influence, thats wrong. everyone understands that. >> hes a businessman. not a career politician. >> gordon sondland described president trumps view of this as, im a businessman. if i want something from ukraine, they have to give me something in return. heres a businessman who is the top diplomat for this president. thats wrong. everybody knows that. everybody knows thats not how you conduct foreign policy. republicans will argue the opposite. who will make that case...

>> but i mean a separate investigation. >> absolutely. so well have more of this next week and then we could have a full hearing. >> some of it in the confurmation hearings. especially secretary of state, rex tillerman, the exxonmobil head who has a close relationship with russia. and once this report is public it seemed to be indicated they might get call back up there or their deputies called back up there to talk about the public part of it. one of the fascinating part of it is when you watch...

Concerns about rex tillerman? >> well, rice is not going to support a candidate for secretary of state. >> she is one of the experts on soviet policy. >> she was mocked in the bush administration for being too concerned about russia. >> well, she was right, too. >> just like mitt romney. >> but i wonder if john bolton -- they are going to tempt him for deputy, and so bolton will be such a distraction -- >> you mean set his mustache on fire so tillerson can walk straight through? >> yeah, otherwi...

Outgoing secretary of state john kerry calls the measure concerning. president obama heading to tampa to deliver his final speech on the administrations counter terrorism strategy. he is expected to address and give thanks to active duty members at the air force base this afternoon. that includes members of the special operation team during his presidency. what a difference a day makes at trump tower. >> and who visits. >> yesterday, al gore was there. today? the ceo of exxon mobile. rex til...

Subsidies. we have to make tough decisions. when we are trying to do what we can to help students or saufen the cuts to the seniors, the easiest place to starts is with the unwarranted tax subsidies, lets get rid of them. >> one objection being raised was being singled out. here is rex tillerman here. >> i am not sure the newspaper companies are exporting dominantly their newspapers. my point is, if you want to get rid of it, get rid of it across the board. >> does he have a point? why should th...

not broad deficit or deficit targets that punt the questions to the future. and with the exception of tax hikes, which in my opinion will destroy american jobs, everything is on the table. >> will, what serious conversation about debt reduction begins by absolutely taking the possibility or discussion of tax hikes off the table? >> not very many serious discussions. i dont know. i remember when i was little, my dad took me to a car dealership and said, this is how you buy a car. i reme...

Breaking details. this is about the secretary of state pick. what are we learning? >> what ive learned from two sources close to the transition, it will be rex tillerman barring an unforeseen problem. he is to be the new nominee for secretary of state and very likely would be paired with an experienced and sometimes controversial diplomat, john bolton, the former u.n. ambassador who would be the deputy secretary of state in this unusual pairing of corporate ceo from exxonmobil who has no experie...