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Weve seen of donald trump. that was very close to an apology. it wasnt quite an apology, but it was something that i think was, you know, certainly not something we expected from mitt romney. but in addition to that, were talking about a domino effect for the cabinet spots. im told by a transition source that general -- the former retired marine corps general john kelley is now breaking into the lead to perhaps become the new head of the department of homeland security. there had been a lot of t...

>> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. trump will announce two more cabinet picks as soon as according to a top transition source. steve mnuchin, hes a wall street alum and goldman sachs alum who is expected to be named treasury secretary. while wilbur ross, a billionaire investor, is expected to be department of commerce. pledge to, quote, drain the swamp of globalists, elitists and insiders now seems to be doing his most to fill it to the brim. with mitt...

Theyre arriving at national security agencies and departments of the federal government. so that is something thats starting to move forward as part of the trump transition. one thing we did hear earlier today. he said this process is going along smoothly. there were some bumps. one report we did hear, jared kushner was working behind the scenes inside the trump transition trying to route out people. he was motivated as some sort of revenge mission. but im told by a transition source. theyre pus...

Displeasure. kelly anne conway took the twitter on thursday, arguing the pick would disappoint trumps most local supporters and shes not alone. >> when he goes overseas, is he going to be the secretary of state for president trump or is he going to be mitt romneys own secretary of state? >> former house speaker newt gingrich was rumored to be a secretary of state, himself, 34r569ed the idea. >> he was trumps most vicious and explicit opponent all through the xampb on the republican side. >> dona...

National security clearances, anderson. all of this getting sorted out. but at this point, i talked to a key transition source earlier this evening, who says, yes, the transition is looking to this at this moment. anderson? >> right, because in past years, a president would put businesses or investments in a blind trust run by somebody else, and donald trump isnt planning to do that. hes planning the to have the three grown kids running the business empire. the idea that they would also be advis...

And so, its not out of the ordinary that jared kushner would have this kind of information. now, obviously, questions are going to be raised and theyve already been raised, because donald trumps adult children are going to have some very important positions running his business empire. the questions are going to be raised up on capitol hill, of course, whether or not there might be some potential conflicts of interest between being in charge of that business empire and having that kind of nation...

Lieutenant general, and so on. so his role has been diminished. in fact, the executive director of the transition team was also a christie aide. that person is out. the new director of the transition team is former aide to senator jeff sessions who is one of the vice chairs. wlafs going on there, anderson, a couple of things, one is the bridgegate scandal that is still unfolding and there was a development in that case right before the election. so this eliminates that headache by moving chris c...

He was motivated as some sort of revenge mission. but im told by a transition source. theyre pushing back very strongly saying that he was not doing that. so you can see that theyre starting to put the puzzle pieces into place. they got into a late start. they werent expecting to win the election a week ago tonight. they feel they are starting to move things forward. he is meeting with the form he secretary of state henry kissinger. other top officials tomorrow. >> we appreciate the update. sour...