gary cohen, a very adventurous former coo of goldman sachs was running the irrational national economic conference, insiders say he is already taking charge of much more than just the economy. interesting, because the early policy about potential fights only got more attention today when reince priebus was highlighted suggesting that top republicans want him to bring stability to mr. trump. this idea that he needs a grown up minding him is not likely to set up well with the president-elect, who has already been teasing priebus and private about his loyalty, by reminding people that the former rnc chair urged mr. trump to drop out of the race after the access hollywood tape emerge. another big story that is just breaking, just confirmed with the senior transition source, we expect tomorrow, sonny purdue, the former republican governor of georgia will be nominated as agriculture secretary.
john roberts. i m not told by a senior transition source, we can it be expect him to named tomorrow. he is the last person the cabinet picked. they are pushing hard in the trump transition to get all these people confirm. remember, on day one, barack obama had republicans confirm seven of his cabinet picks. they don t think they will reach that number this time. the trump transition team making a lot of noise about that and pointing the finger at chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader. martha. martha: we just had a graphic, ed, that had the people floating around donald trump s head. jockeying for influence, which is not at all unusual in the white house. you mention: , and economic advisor. which side of the fence does he follow him? who does he get along well with, and who would be wanting to be on his side in that group? stephen bannon, remember, came from the goldman sachs world. people will be watching that to see if there is an alliance. let me give you an example of how
gary cohen, a very adventurous former coo of goldman sachs was running the irrational national economic conference, insiders say he is already taking charge of much more than just the economy. interesting, because the early policy about potential fights only got more attention today when reince priebus was highlighted suggesting that top republicans want him to bring stability to mr. trump. this idea that he needs a grown up minding him is not likely to set up well with the president-elect, who has already been teasing priebus and private about his loyalty, by reminding people that the former rnc chair urged mr. trump to drop out of the race after the access hollywood tape emerge. another big story that is just breaking, just confirmed with the senior transition source, we expect tomorrow, sonny purdue, the former republican governor of georgia will be nominated as agriculture secretary.
john roberts. i m not told by a senior transition source, we can it be expect him to named tomorrow. he is the last person the cabinet picked. they are pushing hard in the trump transition to get all these people confirm. remember, on day one, barack obama had republicans confirm seven of his cabinet picks. they don t think they will reach that number this time. the trump transition team making a lot of noise about that and pointing the finger at chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader. martha. martha: we just had a graphic, ed, that had the people floating around donald trump s head. jockeying for influence, which is not at all unusual in the white house. you mention: , and economic advisor. which side of the fence does he follow him? who does he get along well with, and who would be wanting to be on his side in that group? stephen bannon, remember, came from the goldman sachs world. people will be watching that to see if there is an alliance. let me give you an example of how
now, he, a transition source telling our colleague that he actually had hired a babysitter at the time to look after his newborn triplets, and he wasn t aware that he had to pay taxes on that. stepped down, similar to the way tom daschle did under president obama had to withdraw when he had a tax issue, but the trump team standing behind mulvaney, suggesting he s not going anywhere. manu on capitol hill with the latest. thanks very much. let s get more on all of this, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia is joining us. thanks for joining us. what do you think of these nominees so far? is there anyone that has raised alarm bells in your mind so far that you might vote not to confirm? i have two that are concerning that we have talked about tonight and have gone through this hearing process. betsy devos is basically education. west virginia is a rural state. and west virginia basically