Campbell. As plimp looks forward to tomorrows election, president obama has officially directed his teams to look back at the president ial election. He has specifically ordered this full review to investigate the influence of russian hacking in the 2016 race. Well have more on that in just a moment. But first to louisiana, lets get to ryan nobles whos there live in baton rouge following up on trumps event there. Hes late, ryan nobles, were waiting to hear from him, obviously stumping for the republican for senate. Lets begin with new headlines we have adding to and taking away from secretary of state post. Go ahead. Reporter two major developments in the search for secretary of state which has, of course become the great palace drama in washington, who will be the next secretary of state. And were learning that the ceo of exxonmobil, Rex Tillerson, has moved in to serious consideration by president elect trump for that position. Now, tillerson is someone that trump interviewed for this position a while ago. He was considered to be outside looking in but apparently trump is intrigued by his world view and has now moved him into that upper teier of potential candidates. And while tillersons moved to the front of the pack, were learning that former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani has moved to the back. In fact, our sources telling us hes out of consideration. Our sources telling us he will not be the next secretary of state so that is a very Important Development because he was still considered to be a frontrunner even within the last 24 to 48 hours. Now, we should point out that a final decision has not been made. This is something that the president elect is still deliberating and that mitt romney among others is still considered to be a serious candidate. Now were also learning that john bolton, who is the former ambassador to the United Nations under george w. Bush, hes being considered for the position of deputy secretary of state and theres a possibility that next week tillerson and bolton could be announced as somewhat of a package deal to head up the state department. But as you know, brooke, this drama with secretary of state has gone back and forth for some time and weve never gotten a clear picture so a lot could happen between now and what that official announcement has been made but right now were told to keep an eye on the name Rex Tillerson as a possible candidate as the next secretary of state. Brooke . A lot of news on this friday as were watching and waiting for donald trump and listening to that play list. Amazing. Ryan nobles, thank you so much. So far no word of a reaction yet from trumps team. Perhaps hell speak about it when we hear from the next president in baton rouge on this massive review of the election but donald trump gave an interview to time after he was named the magazines person of the year and he said this about russians hacking into this election. This is what he said, i dont believe it. I dont believe he interfered. Short and sweet. We have great political minds to talk through all of this. Kristen Soltis Anderson is a columnist for the washington examiner, also with us cnn political director david chalian, Cnn National Political Reporter Maeve Reston and carlos watson, founder and ceo of aussie. So great to have all of you on. David chalian, let me kick it off with you. What ryan just mentioned in addition to the name of Rex Tillerson as a possible state post perhaps i think the headline is that giuliani is out. Yeah, this is quite a development because you know we had seen over several weeks since the election inside the transition that there were different factions when it looked like it was giuliani and romney as the top contenders and we saw Kellyanne Conway on the giuliani side and presenting the blowback that would exist from the grassroots on romney. Giuliani the loyalist. But on the other side there was a heap of potential conflicts of interest digging into all of giulianis private sector work, running into his paid speeches, his work overseas. In fact, a lot of the same critici criticisms the Trump Campaign leveled at Hillary Clinton for her tenure during her years as secretary of state. So although he im sure may have gotten confirmed in the end, Rudy Giuliani, it was going to be a bumpy road and clearly trump as he expanded the serge has been intrigued by others like Rex Tillerson. And it was was he, was he not being governor romney. Reports perhaps he was seen in spitting distance of trump tower as he was in new york giving his speech. Would he have met the new name as a dark horse. Exactly. What do you does this tell us anything about the direction he could be moving or just further adds confusion. Well, i think hes trying to make this as complex as possible for us to figure out what this signals are. I have been hearing from my sources certainly that huntsman for a little while was rising as a candidate and also, of course, bob corker, that with romney they certainly were considering him seriously but there was a lot of concern about the blowback that you mentioned that they would get from their supporters. But it is so interesting the way he is putting this cabinet together because its you know, hes having meetings with people like scott pruitt and choosing him as his choice for the epa, yet also talking to al gore about Climate Change and so its very difficult to figure out what policy exactly hes thinking about forming at this point as he put this is cabinet together. What we do know is that it will be a huge repudiation of the obama agenda. Thats been clear with virtually every mick so far and thats what well keep watching for. You mentioned an important word, policy, and that loops back to the meeting he had with speaker ryan today. Well get to that in a second but quickly to you, kristen, on tillerson, hes the exxon ceo. Tell me more about him and why trump would be interested. Well, as ceo of exxon hes had dealings in countless countries around the world and whats fascinate is that donald trump in running his campaign ran on the idea that, hey, Companies Like goldman sachs, big oil companies, theyve had too much influence. This kind of populist message that appealed to Bernie Sanderstype voters and now in choosing his cap in the hes willing to choose more than one person involved in whether its goldman sachs, exxon ceo, the sorts of folks you might find at home in any Republican Administration which is no doubt sort of causing a lot of heartburn, i think, especially on the left. I think the big question is how much leash does donald trump have his w hwith his own suppor say to the very same people we need to drain the swamp if hes putting people in position that are like that. So how much will it give him the leash to say youre picking the best people, we support you. On that and carlos let me put this to you although im stealing a line from david chalian, he said its almost like the kwab fit room has become the board room and hes picking billionaires some of whom we heard from trump last night saying he would only give them a dollar a year to work. Lets play sound. This is trump last night on his thank you tour. One newspaper criticized me. Why cant they have people of modest means . Because i want people that made a fortune because now theyre negotiating with you. Okay . Its no different than a great baseball player or a great golfier. We want the people that are going to bring and theyre so proud to do it. These people have given up fortunes of income in order to make a dollar a year. And theyre so proud to do it. Carlos watson, what do you make of the point hes making and, you know, hey, its corporate sensibility. Does he have a point . It certainly seemed to strike a positive chord with his audience, the idea that america was struggling, that we were losing out in trade deals so the argument youre bringing on folks who have had some success with that, hence the Rex Tillerson conversation and others but you know, one of the interesting things, brooke, i have not heard enough pushback about the fact that we are going to arguably go from the most diverse cabinet, most representative cabinet in American History under president obama to the least diverse cabinet. 13 of the first 18 announcements are white men. Almost all are over the age of 50 or even 60. The average age is a full decade older and that certainly doesnt disqualify people or say the experience isnt there but you have to wonder in an increasingly divided country whether or not putting together that sort of team will allow you to, a, take advantage of the best talent the country has, and, b, whether or not youll put together policies and programs and execute them in a well in a way that brings people together. I havent heard enough criticism and i think it will be a worry because if you were looking at successful Business People your choices arent only men and arent only older white men. Theres a wealth of people that you could choose from if, in fact, thats a key driver for what matters. Youre right to call it out. We talked about Linda Mcmahon as the fifth woman but youre talking about more mature white men, a lot of admirals, potentially a general and a lot of billionaires, how will they help working class america . I dont think we know the answer to that but when it comes to policy, let me play sound. I mentioned this was a very important meeting between speaker of the house paul ryan. Cameras caught speaker ryan on the way out. Very exciting meeting. I enjoyed coming up here and meeting with the president elect. We had a great meeting to talk about our transition. Were excited about hitting the ground running in 2017 to put this country back on track. Thanks, guys. David chalian, when i was watching that, is that speaker ryan saying nothing to see here, move along, move along. Short on specifics from the speaker. I do think that could have been well get more reporting hopefully out of this in the hours and days ahead, brooke but a critically important meeting. Were very fixated on the cabinet picks but remember how much time do we spend once the administration is in place talking about the large segment of cabinet secretaries . This is policy dictated by the white house and a legislative agenda that has to move through the hill so before paul ryan goes off on his break now that the house is out of session, for them to come to terms about that priority order, what theyre stacking up that on the 20th of january theyre coming out of the gate it will be important to learn what that is. Carlos, do you agree . There are also so many things they have disagreed about on the campaign trail so its going to be the capitol hill will be the most fascinating place to watch next year because theres such a difference of opinion with donald trump among republicans on trade for example. How quickly does he move on immigration, what are the openings for that. And that will be the most fascinating story as we head into the new year. Not necessarily always face the cabinet picks that were looking at right now. Youre totally right. And speaking of capitol hill, let me pivot and move along because we heard from Hillary Clinton yesterday. She was there as part of senator harry reids goodbye but she made news talking about fake news, blatant falsehoods passed off online as truth spread sbi these conspiracy theorists. Lets play a clip. The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year, its now clear that socalled fake news can have real world consequences. This isnt about politics or partisanship, lives are at risk. Lives of ordinary people just trying to go about their days to do their jobs, contribute to their communities. Its a danger that must be addressed and addressed quickly. Carless and chr leslos and k said had real world consequences, obviously in reference to the recent shooting but do you think she might have been talking about herself and her loss . No two ways about that. Not only fake news but arguably thin news or bubble news is increasingly going to become part of the conversation. What i wondered as i heard secretary clinton there at harry reids goodbye is what kind of role shes going to play in the next year or two. Here thatally theres a huge vacuum on the democratic side that we havent seen anyone step up and fill. It was interesting when president obama won office in 08, very quickly republicans coalesced around a few leaders and had strong spokespeople on capitol hill but even with the dnc race for leadership there sand a former candidate like Bernie Sanders still in the senate, i think democrats are bereft of that. It will be interesting if you see the 2020 prrun efforts did you just say 2020 . Im talking to democratic donors who have heard from a half dozen potential candidates who are lining up support and some who have thick pockets themselves. Out here in california we have a few billionaires thinking about running themselves. Amazing. Kristen, just quickly, last note from you . Look, fake news is something that weve seen in supermarket tabloids, Conspiracy Theory chain letters forwarded around, thats not new. What is new is the ability to spread it fast and have a friend putting a seal of approval on it on Something Like a facebook platform but its not why Hillary Clinton lost the election. I think fake news and the spread is a symptom of a bigger problem which is when you have people who can look at a headline from a rheeputable news source and a headline created by a mass donian teenager and think they have the same weight, thats a fundamental lack of trust in institutions and society, much bigger than a tech issue and not why Hillary Clinton lost the election. It is a frightening thing, to her point, though, it has realworld consequences. Kristen and maeve and david and carlos, thank you so much. Good to join you. Thank you. Coming up, we are still waiting to see the president elect arrive in baton rouge holding a rally for the Republican Party there trying to galvanize support for republican john kennedy for that big Senate Runoff election. Well listen in and take him live. Also we have learned about the National Security briefings that trump has been receiving since winning the election or perhaps not receiving. Why he isnt taking as many as perhaps the Intelligence Community would like him to. More on that. Also major developments in the case in charleston, south carolina, the man accused of killing nine people, the trial under way, his own mother had a heart attack just this week. His confession tape was played in the courtroom today and cnn has chilling video of the accused gunman leaving the church with a gun in his hand. More on charleston next. And its the worst outbreak in a decade. What is behind this unusual number of mumps cases. Mumps in this country . Where this outbreak is being felt the hardest. Well talk to chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta for that. Im brooke baldwin, you are watching cnn. Welcome back. Its day three in the hate crime murder trial of a man accused of killing nine people during a bible study at mother emanuel ame church. The jury heard this accused gunman clearly say i went to that church in charleston and i did it. Yesterday jurors were shown closed circuit video of the suspect arriving at the church where the bible study was under way and then leaving through that very same door, a gun clutched in his hand. Before this trial began earlier this year, i was invited into that very bible study room and spoke with those whose lives were spared, including polly shepherd who said that accused gunman allowed her to live to tell her story. She asked he wouldnt kill them all, as many of them had their eyes closed in prayer. Police released this Security Camera footage of the gunman entering the side door of mother emanuel ame church, ill lis ting help from the public to catch him on the run. There was some anxious moments as we were waiting for confirmation they had him in custody because anybody who would commit this type of crime, you never knew what they were going to do. Cnn was given rare access inside the bible study room where the shooter sat among a Dozen Church Members for an hour before eventually targeting them in his ram pain because of the color of their skin. I spoke exclusively to those left behind. There was no doubt in my mind that it was a hate crime. He was not insane. He was a racist bigot. He came here because he hated black people and he wanted to cause a race revolution. 40 years ago, Joseph Reilly was elected mayor of the city of charleston. I spoke with him on his last day in office. I ran for mayor to build bridges between the africanamerican and white community. What was so extra doubly tragic about the 17th of june was that that was, of course, a bigot who lived 120 miles away. If he were sitting here, is there anything you would ask of him or say to him . I would ask him why. You would . Uhhuh. And ask him to pray for gods forgiveness, repent and god will forgive him. It doesnt mean you dont have to pay for your sins, but he will forgive him. Just before the madman ran outs of the room, police say he stood over a witness and uttered a racial slur. He then told polly shepherd he would let her live to tell the story of what happened that night, but polly says it wasnt roof but god who left her here. My memory is it comes and goes. Of that night . Anything is delayed. I can put clothes in the washing machine and forget them, two days later ill remember and by that time theyll have to be washed all over again. What did you do with the clothes you wore that night . Did you hold on to them . I have them. Did you wash them . I washed them. Why have you held on to them . Well, i plan to wear them again for one thing. How about that . Lets talk about whats happening in charleston with cnn legal analyst joey jackson who is also a criminal