State Department Process News Today

Its going to take a lot of planning. and, you know, theres no banks there so getting cash and supplies to these folks is perilous itself. >> last question, and obviously this is an ongoing dialogue. you can text me whenever you want, the whole gang gang, you know that. your work is worthy. the question is why is it so worthy? have you reached out to the state department to kind of loop them in and get them to oversee if theres an obvious huge resource development to help? >> i was told a link to...

Jr. sat in on the meetings and interviews over the interior position and eric trump was involved throughout the state department process. this comes as trump prepares to turn the office of the first lady into the office of the first family. one where his daughter ivanka will have an office, sources tell cnn. >> his sons, his daughter and son-in-law have played an important role and will continue to provide counsel to him. ultimately he is always the decider. >> phil joins us now. what are you le...

President would likely veto this and take a dim view of legislation that would force his hand. this is a state department process and they want to wait for the court cases we have seen in nebraska to finish up before they take action on that. >> of course you have a number of democrats and others who dont want to be identified. they are not happy with the way the white house and the state department have dragged this thing out forever. a lot of support around the country. not from environmentali...

The leaders in the world that we dont get along with. some people dont like that. they dont want him to be friendly. thats why i am doing the deal with rex, because i like what this is all about. >> reporter: but its the process for the tillerson selection and in trumps interior secretary choice, montana congressman ryan zinke thats raising, again, the very conflicts of interest questions trump was supposed to address this week. instead, postponing that until january. sources tell cnn donald tru...