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FOXNEWSW Shepard Smith Reporting November 30, 2016

Voted to let nancy pelosi keep her job. Well see what that signals about that partys future. So lets get to it. Trump transcript sipition team t has narrowed its search to four candidates. Reince priebus told fox news the team is considering bob corker, david of david petraeus, Rudy Giuliani and mitt romney. Romney and the president elect had dinner last night at a restaurant of course inside one of the trump buildings here in manhattan. Reince priebus was also there and they let the press take a picture. It was the second meeting between romney and president elect trump that we know about. The two men slammed each other during the campaign. Trump called romney a stone cold loser and a choeg artist. Romney called trump a phony and fraud. Some republicans have called on mitt romney to bomb guy to the president elect and his supporter. Romneys done that so far as we know. But after dinner last night, romney said trump is the very man who can lead the country. Its not easy, i know that myself. He did something i tried do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing, he won the general election. And he continues with a message of bringing people together and his vision is something which obviously connected with the American People in a very powerful way. Reince priebus told fox news there is no quid pro quo when it comes to any potential apology from romney. There is obviously a Comfort Level that needs to take place and that is sort of the piece that is being worked on right now. And they had a great dinner last night, very encourage ppg but again not a done deal, but positive. President elect trump today announced his picks for two other cabinet positions, former gold man sax chief Steven Mnuchin on the left there for secretary of treasury, and the billionaire investor wilbur ross on the right for secretary of commerce. Peter doocy is at trump tower where they are still conducting transition meetings. What are we hearing about these new cabinet picks . Reporter were hearing that cutting taxes will be a big priority for the top Financial Team that you ran through the names of. In fact Steve Mnuchin said this morning on the Fox Business Network that the Transition Team is working on a plan right now that would have uncle sam taking less out of business profits and also out of workers paychecks. We will have a major tax reform, biggest since reagan. And it wont be just a cut in corporate taxes, but also a very large middle income tax cut that will help this country. Reporter there are just four people still under consideration for the open secretary of state slot, but only one has been taken to dinner that is mitt romney. The one who said Donald Trumps Foreign Policy ideas would make america less safe. He was treated to a meal that featured garlic soup with frog legs, lamb chops and chocolate cake. And of after the check was paide said this. From what ive seen through these discussions that ive had president elect trump as well as what weve seen in his speech the night of his victory as well as the peoples slegtsed as part of his transition, all of those things combined give me increasing hope that president elect trump lead us to that better future. Reporter we still have not heard from the president elect how he thinks dinner went. The president elect did tweet that he plans to cut ties with his businesses, but do we even know what that means . Reporter we dont yet. We just know that legal documents are being drafted and that there will be a formal announcement made by the president elect with his Adult Children by police side about two weeks from right now. Donald trump jr. , ivanka and eric expected to take expanded roles once the chairman leaves to become president of the United States. But an ethics watch dog crew thinks that everybody is missing a major point. They say what he does that seem to realize or does not want for admit the is that the conflicts rise from his ownership of the trump organization. We expect to gept texpect to ge details at a press conference december 15th. Peeter, thank you. Coming up, well talk about the issues he could face. But first a White House Reporter for the associated press. What is happening there, josh . Reporter well, for all of those trying to figure out from trump what his new administration will look like and how he will govern, they are getting conflicting smoke signals. On the one hand, we have some of the picks that you have been discussing, traditional republican conservative big business, favorable to wall street types that are what youd expect from any Republican Administration and that instills a lot of faith for republican members of congress, wall street and elsewhere. On the other hand, we still see trump dragging in to his transition some of the same erratic behavior from the campaign that caused so much people concern. Hes still fwootweeting at all different hour, like the flag burning. So that has raised fresh concerns about his style is something that we can expect. We p really havent seen that. Normally they have moved to the Transition Office. There is actually a Transition Office in washington that the taxpayers pay for. Hes also not informing people about what is happening with details which apparently he doesnt have to do either. He said from the beginning that he was going to be a different kind of president and hes certainly a different kind of president elect, there is no doubting that. Reporter there are officials working at the Transition Office. He is doing morning calls with some of his staff to brief reporters on some of the latest of what is going on in the transition. But handful of interviews. So people on the outside who are concerned, there have been a lot of waiting and the transition period has been filled with uncertainty as trump is hold up in his tower discussing with aide who he will pick to fill his governance. One of the parlor games is trying to figure out what is going on with mitt romney. Will he berate him in the end, was the dinner a real thing . When they let the cameras in, which almost never happens, it almost probably means something. Reporter we know donald trump clearly wants to be talking about the fact that hes considering mitt rocmneyromney. You dont invite him to dinner and have reporters if thats not what you want. But weve also had prominent aides out publicly saying that romney would be a bad choice for secretary of state. So its difficult to ascertain exactly what hes trying to do, but we do know that his officials are saying that its now down candidates, petraeus, romney, senator bob corker and Rudy Giuliani for the secretary of state position. Is there any word like whispers about i keep hearing that corker might be the safest, giuliani might be the most out there pick and romney the most controversy. I think corker is looked at as the safest choice and giuliani as the riskiest. The others are both strong candidates who would probably enjoy a lot of support on capitol hill, but they both have major down sides. For mitt romney, its the fact that he spent most of the last year publicly berating trump and telling voters they shouldnt vote for him and for general petraeus, its the questions about leaking cralassified information which makes it more difficult for trump to say hes draining the swamp particularly after he was so critical of Hillary Clinton and the classified information issued during the campaign. Its all been nontraditional. And i wonder as you wander among your colleagues who cover these sorts evof things and what theyre witnessing out of new york, what sort of sense are you getting from those who do the reporting . Reporter i think everyone is just very a wear that this is a different type of experience. They were not used to this playing out so publicly with candidates being floated, multiple candidates competing against each other in the media, talking about their own candidates for these roles, why they would be good for various cabinet positions. Its very unusual. It its indicative of what weve seen from 2ru6r7trump, the real show style and what people are assuming will be a characteristic of the Trump White House that we will see next year. Good to see you, josh. Thank you. Reporter for the associated press. Donald trump says hes already saving american jobs keeping 1,000 positions or so in an air Conditioning Company from moving to mexico. 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Critics went after carrier for announcing that it was sending 1400 jobs across the border and trump pledged to Keep Companies from doing that sort of thing. The state will give incentives to the company according to local officials. We dont yet know how many jobs might still be going to mexico, but we could learn more tomorrow when donald trump is expected to make an official announcement about the deal in indiana in a sort of kickoff of the Transition Team calling a thank you tour. Matt finn live in our newsroom. This has to be a big relief for those plant workers. Of course. I mean you could say this is a life changing early Christmas Gift for these workers who no longer have to deal with the grief of a pending job loss. And just to show you how terrible of a shock this was, lets show everyone cellphone video that was captured inside the plant when carrier first made the announcement. Watch this. Move production from our facility in indianapolis to monterrey, mexico. On thanksgiving day trump announced on twitter he was talking with carrier executives about staying in the u. S. And now just days later, carrier employees are thanking president elect. Take a listen. I would like to tell him thank you for going out of your way and taking your hl day away from your family and working on the carrier and 34r0iemployees and take sticking to your word and going to bat for the employees at carrier. And like to thank him and mike pence for doing it so quickly. Now, this deal suggests that the majority of jobs at this plant will be saved, but there could be hundreds who will still be laid off. What do we know about how this came together . We reached out to carrier for more information and so far we have not heard back from them. Both sides quiet about the details. Carrier has taken advantage of indiana state economic incentives before and that is reportedly a part of this new plan. Of course trump made keeping american businesses in the United States his signature economic issue and promised heavy tariffs up to 35 on those who manufacture overseas. And as you mentioned, we will bed a Donald Trumps trump event in indiana where we expect him and carrier executives tobe a Donald Trumps trump event in indiana where we expect him and carrier executives to release more deals. President elect trump said he is leaving his businesses in total and he will make it clear in about two weeks. And then there is judge Andrew Napolitano who says some of the concerns about trump as president and businessman are ov overstated. Some are serious. The judge is next. toilet flush if you need an opioid to manage your chronic pain, you may be sooo constipated it feels like everyone can go. Except you. Tried many things . Still struggling to find relief . You may have opioidinduced constipation, oic. Its different and may need a different approach. 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The president of course is not medically bound by federal conflict of interest laws. No president is. Reince priebus told fox newscal conflict of interest laws. No president is. Reince priebus told fox news this morning they are working out a plan and really smart ethics lawyers are involved, but he would not reveal any other details. Heres the question. If its still a series of Trump Properties with the trump brand run by trumps, wouldnt the business and he still benefit from the power of the presidency . Judge Andrew Napolitano is here. Seems like an easy one. And the answer is yes. This is not a blind trust. Now, is he breaking the law by giving control of the business to his children over whom he obviously still has moral authority . No, hes not. Because the law thdoes not appl to the president. From because s because say the governor of michigan could say i have a business that makes concrete and youre working on a bill, why dont you use my concrete or you do it just to curry favor with the governor. That is illegal. You have to divest from those interests. But not as president. If the president is on the phone ill give you a hypothetical with the president of brazil talking about a trade deal and at the end easy says by the way, were having problems building the next trump tower in rio, can you make those problems go away, that is not illegal. Its just political. At the time this statute was written, it was decided to exempt the president. But we have never had a president with the vast property interests that donald trump has. He owns real estate or he owns shares of stock incorporations that are part owners of real estate without getting overly in the weeds here in 20 different countries. Those cooperatirporations make money, return on investment to the shareholders, of which he is one, by building on it and selling what they have built or leasing what they have built. The question is, is he going to will there be the perception that when you work on a trump property, to follow my hypothetical, in Rio De Janeiro you are conferring a favor upon the same trump that is the president of the United States. I think the answer to that is probably yes. To take it a step further, if he needs this help and asks for this help which is fine because its political and then he does something as a gift from the United States in one way or another be it some sort of favor or some sort of statement or something physical, that would be illegal because would that be a quid pro quo . Yes. But that quid pro quo would always be illegal . Right. That quid pro quo if he were to do that, its the same thing that his campaign accused mrs. Clinton of doing when she was secretary of state, did you make decideses as secretary of state intended to benefit your husbands foundation. So that is called public corruption. He is not exempt from that. And were not suggesting that that is happening. This is a hypothetical. Correct. And we probably will never know. Ive argued he will be a happier president if he puts everything in a blind trust. He will avoid all the political, all the investigations, all the allegations. But he doesnt want to do that. Well, why do that . There is no you dont have to do that. Why share everything with everybody else. And if you have businesses over that can you pick up the phone with argentina and say where dont we build two of these things, what do you think. Well, do we really want the president of the United States its not about what we want, is it . Its about what he wants. And he is the king of the hill. We knew what his deal was. None of these things were secret except what he owns and what he makes. Thats a secret. Right. I thought that was all going to be revealed now. Well, there is an audit under way. I heard that. All right. So i think the conversation were having, we and People Like Us will be having it for the next four years and maybe for the next eight years. I dont know if anybody will care. Thank you, judge. At some point. Yeah. After stunning loss on Election Night, democrats talked a lot about changing the direct of the party. Got to have change, ingot to ha new leadership. No, today lawmakers decided to change nothing. Again, voting in the same people whose losing strategy kept them in the minority if you choose to look at it that way. Nancy pelosi says she has a spring in her step, but does everybody feel that way . Plus an update on the attack at the ohio State University. Brand new information about the suspects motive on th

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