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Where do you want to begin? >> reporter: the last part first. the most interesting. connect it to potential selections, potential cabinet picks going on here. the reality is this -- kellyanne conway, president-elects campaign manager throughout the course of the best parts of his campaign including the part where he won has become very public in criticism of the possibility of 2012 nominee mitt romney being selected at secretary of state. reasons pretty clear. extraordinarily critical of donald ...

Trump going back on his birtherism, they used a picture of harambe. when they talked about bill crystal, they called him a republican spoiler, renegade jew. this has been a cesspool of hate. how is it that there is no pearl clutching by the media? >> for several reasons. one, victory seems to cleanse a lot of sins. two, there is by custom a bit of a honeymooning grace period given to the president-elect and his selections of people in his administration. thats why you have a rather disturbingly ...

Trump is a businessman and then an entertainer and now the president-elect. but to your point, when it comes down to the type of people that the president-elect is trying to assemble, congressmanro will hbacker is a fine candidate. you want somebody who has the experience but is not a washington insider. and its true mr. trump lacks the political insight of being a d.c. person. so these advocates are qualified candidates and smart selections. >> and tara, you are the former communications direct...

While donald trump is working with his transition team, trying to make selections, nominations, appointments, the green party candidate jill stein has managed to raise enough money to get recounts starting with wisconsin and now this news were just able to bring to you this hour, you know, paris, that the clinton camp is joining forces to having this recount. wisconsin also on the horizon pennsylvania, numbers that was very close to call in terms of donald trumps victory. so there is no real evi...

Policy, because what he hasnt before, clear from president obama, was a vision, a doctrine, and we dont really know what his is, and so if she is confirmed, she could have a tremendous amount of influence. >> one of the knocks on some of the selections, kevin har, hasn been a lot of diversity. five white guys picked. but now you have nikki haley. as bakari said, sort of this american story. and ben carson,it appears coming onboard? will this quiet critics? >> and talking to michelle rhee. let th...

Because their views are so different of what donald trump is looking at in terms of his cabinet. >> was she more diplomatic? so ron, donald trump, clearly through this hes trying to, and youre hearing from the republican establishment, they feel somewhat comforted by some of these selections. what about mitt romney and that, as well? how far does that go to comforting them? >> thats a big bridge. first of all, if donald trump stuck with the republican elected officials and established leaders wh...

Back with me now, alan dershowitz, yoni appelbaum and matt lewis. this is from dan rather, he posted his on his facebook page. he said" when i see neo-nazis raise their hand in terrifying salute i shuder in horror, when i see that action mildly rebuked by a boilerplate statement by the president-elect whom these bigots have praised the anger in me grows. i hope the president-elect can learn to rise above this and see the dangers that are brewing. if he does and speaks forcibly and with action, w...

Kind of mix do you have, how influential will these people be? how dedicated are they to serving out the president? it is a mix. im surprised. nikki haley doesnt have a lot of foreign policy experience, neither does donald trump. as long as shes committed to his agenda and means it in her heart, shell be with it thick and thin, then its a solid choice. shes very fast on her feet, very able. >> what about going away from these selections for a moment. as press secretary you had to deal with us me...

I cant think off the top of my head where he moved to the right since being elected, but i can think of climate change, some of these selections, some opponents, and other issues. >> torture. >> obviously. that was a big, big move to the center. it seems so far that most of the trend lines are to the center. i havent seen where hes starting right. >> if this is a steady trajectory. we saw donald trump during the campaign. there was a lot of zigzag. this guy can be erratic. >> lets see how the co...

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