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Immigrants. why do you think we havent heard from someone in banking? >> you dont hear bankers about how theyre changing the world. i have to listen to the tech ceos about how theyre changing the world. i dont think a banker sits around and taubes about that very often. >> banks are the ones who lend. banks fuel the american dream. its tough to say the lending of banks -- >> no, im not saying their business isnt important to the country, of course not. im saying the ethos was set by steve jobs, ...

Joe? >> i mean, minimum wage i agree should be a state issue. if you are in idaho, it could be lower. if youre in new york, it should be $80 youre living in the city. i think it depends on what city. >> can i get on that minimum wage? >> in genuine onmembership has declined over the years and i think the reason a lot of these are more political fund raising units than worrying about their labor workers. and theyre disguised as political units rather than actual unions. >> so what do you chalk up...

Minister abe. and her husband jared kushner handled invitations with all the tech ceos. caylee, how is that a separation of his business and his presidency to be or do you think that its different because its the transition? >> i do think its different because its his transition. trump gave no indication during the campaign that he intended to distance himself from his children, theyre now helping with the transition. that being said, there have been indications that the two sons will run the bu...

"early start" continues right now. donald trump meeting with the top tech ceos of the country. why is it that his kids and son-in-law were also sitting at the table? rebels in eastern aleppo announced a new cease-fire. evacuations and civilians and the wounded set to get under way perhaps, but will the deadly air strikes and attacks continue? welcome to "early start." im john berman. >> im alison kosik. it is thursday, december 15th. silicon valley invades trump tower with a meeting with the...

They figured out a path forward when it comes to the antinepotism laws, they believe they are on solid standing by saying the president-elect is allowed to choose his team in the executive office. that would clear the pathway for jared kushner to have an official role inside the white house and even an office. what that role would be, thats still to be determined. the full portfolio, that would be as well. what you can say, what we do know is he will maintain his very close ties to the president...

Nominee and we saw donald trump last night speaking from the podium, defending his nominee, without specifically mentioning rex tillersons ties to russia which of course is the main source of a lot of the consternation on capitol hill. heres donald trump last night in wisconsin. >> rex will be a fierce advocate for americas interests around the world and has the insights and talents necessary to help reverse years of foreign policy blunders and disasters. very excited about rex. and you know, re...

American leadership through innovation be one of the things that he gets behind. >> reporter: let me clarify, it was actually before his meeting. i think having this productive conversation is what a lot of the tech ceos want to have. i will tell you, i was out in san francisco last week and theres a lot of anxiety from people and tech leaders about a lot of the rhetoric donald trump has been putting out there so perhaps this is an opportunity, i actually met an engineer who is carrying around h...

And to those who dont see what you see in splitting the companies? >> so i would say, listen, we have two very interesting markets aby splitting these companies, were going to be nimble, faster and with more innovation. if you look at what we have done over the past four years, we are reignited the engine, everything from flash storage to infrastructure to a machine and immersive computing. we have ignited the innovation engine and delevered the company significantly and we are poised now i thin...

Important american tech ceos. scheduled to meet are the heads of amazon and apple and many american companies have real concerns about whats going on in china. theyd like to make a presence or increase their presence in china, but they are concerned about the chinese government having an ever tighter grip around the internet there. at the same time, this all lays the foundation for what could happen when he goes to washington and new york. many people are expecting the obama administration to an...

And make it into two jobs. but it costs more money to do that because you have the overhead of two employees. and are you going to pay the employees the same amount of money. there are practical considerations to what hes say. hes a futurist. these tech ceos like to think big, big ideas. it shows you there are these two worlds. the tech elites who really are see things in this idea-knowledge driven way. and then this growing group of people living paycheck to paycheck who are working with their ...