Peter doocy is live outside trump tower. Good evening. Reporter good evening. A big surprise late this afternoon, early this evening came when governor Chris Christie popped ou eped out of towers elevator. His name is floated as a possible next rnc chairman. The big work of the day here at trump tower was filling key cabinet slots. Another name from the secretary of state short list was on the trump tower guest list today, former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. And Fox News Contributor john bolton. His first meeting with the president elect about the possibility of becoming americas top diplomat. Today we heard for the first time what it is that mr. Trump likes about another contender for the job, mitt romney. He has been very gracious. I hit mitt pretty hard. So i understand how it all works. He has been very, very nice. We had dinner the other night. It was great. There was Good Chemistry. It was really Good Chemistry with him. Reporter mr. Trump says an announcement will come soon. That may have his senior staff on their toes because some say the mention of a general james mattis nomination last night in ohio he is the closest thing to general George Patton that we have and its about time. Reporter was a complete surprise. We did not have a clue he would do that. I didnt. Thats okay. Reporter mike pence is telling the wall street journal the Trump Administration will pursue big ticket promises saying, i think the own thing that will surprise them is that washington, d. C. Is going to get an awful lot done in a short period of time. Part of the transition process is figuring out how. Thats why republican senator david purdue from georgia came to new york today. I committed my position in the senate to full support about getting this 100 day plan executed. Reporter other guests included former defense secretary robert gates, Florida Attorney general cam bondy and north dakotas senator who is the only elected democrat to meet with the incoming president and who is the only elected official we have seen sharing an elevator car with famous new york street performer the naked cowboy. The transhas been civil. When trump and clinton staff met for a conversation in massachusetts, there was chaos. I would rather lose than win the way you guys did. No, you wouldnt. A forum held every four years at harvard between winning and losing political operatives soured last night when clinton communication director accused Trump Campaign manager of catering to White Supremacists because she works in the same office as the polarizing former breitbart ceo steve bannon. Conway fought back. Reporter fresh off the big job saving carrier announcement, the president elect told us today he is going to start relying on a forum of ceos to advice him while he tries to bring jobs back to the United States from Companies Like disney, walmart and ge. Peter, every day or so we get a new list of World Leaders president elect trump has talked to. Today, in particular, one particular call is raising eyebrows here in washington. And probably in another world capital. Reporter right. Thats because the president elect spoke on the phone we learned just a few minutes ago with the president of taiwan. Its the first time in nearly four decades that an american president or president elect has spoken to a president of taiwan because we havent had diplomatic relations with them in that entire time. The Transition Office says the two spoke about the close economic, political and security ties between the u. S. And taiwan. This is possibly going to start causing problems with china, which disagrees very strongly with taiwan about their status as a province. We dont know if theres going to be a new china policy, if this is a hint of what it is. China was a target of mr. Trump on the campaign trail, especially when he talked about Global Economic problems he thinks are caused by their manipulation of currency. Thats one to watch. Just to be clear, the naked cowboy is not under consideration for a position. Reporter they are tight lipped about his status. I had to clarify that. Thank you. Wisconsins recount of president ial votes is in its second day. Trump supporters filed a lawsuit to halt the recount claiming it is unconstitutional. One of the states 72 counties has completed the count in that county. With Hillary Clinton gaining a single vote on donald trump. One. Late this afternoon, a judge rejected trumps request to stop the recount. In michigan, the board deadlocked on trumps request to prevent a recount. It will start next week unless the courts intervene. In pennsylvania, a hearing on whether to begin a recount is scheduled for monday. The reviews are coming in for president elect trumps selection of retired marine corps general james mat tis as his defense secretary. If confirmed the challenges mattis faces managing the bureaucracy at the pentagon. Jennifer griffin has that tonight. Reporter when asked what he thought of general james mattis, Donald Trumps pick to help the pentagon, former defense secretary robert gates gave a thumbs up as he boarded the elevator in trump tower to see the president elect. We are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. Reporter the top u. S. Commander in afghanistan, an army four star, welcomed the choice. He is a soldiers soldier, a marines marine. Reporter joe plenzler served under mattis and knows the pentagon bureaucracy he will face. His biggest challenge is inertia. People get set in their ways. Most people dont like change. I served with him, when he goes t to a unit, he brings change. Reporter most agree mattis will need a good chief operating officer as i hhis deputy. The best choice would be a technocrat, someone who is good with the intricacies of the defense budget. Reporter Donald Rumsfeld was a former navy pilot but ran two fortune 500 companies. Robert mcnamara was the president of ford. Some say what general mattis brings after 15 years of war is more important, a boost to morale. General mattis while far from a war monger will return them to a focus on war fighting. And a sense of battlefield and strategic reality. Thats really what has been missing. Reporter in 1947, lawmakers wanted a civilian in charge of the pentagon when they established the Defense Department fearing military rule after world war ii. At least one democratic senator says she will oppose general mattis nomination because she believes in civilian rule of the military. The House Armed Services chair says he doesnt think a waiver will be difficult. We occasionally make exceptions. We made an exception for general marshal back in the truman days. And i think general mattis is that sort of situation where an exception is warranted. Reporter tonight, defense secretary ash carter issued the following statement. I have known him for many years. I will hold him in high guard. I will help ensure a seamless transition. Breaking news about the case of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. Reporter fox news learned, Bowe Bergdahl who was held captive for five years after walking off his base in afghanistan, has requested a pardon from president obama. Neither the army nor the pentagon knew details about the letter because it was sent not through the military chain of command, according to two well placed sources, he wrote a letter to the president requesting a pardon and thanking him for rescuing him. The letter was sent via the department of justice. Last month bergdahls courtmartial trial was delayed for a second time and is slated to begin may 15. Jennifer, thank you. Democrats are having a hard time coming together in the wake of Donald Trumps stunning victory last month. We have Fox Team Coverage of that tonight. Ed henry tells us why the front runner to become the new leader is running into problems. We begin with mike emanuel on capitol hill with the Democratic Division on how to deal with the trump presidency. Reporter good evening. Democrats expected Hillary Clinton to be the 45th president and their leader. Her loss left the party doing soul searching and bracing for a new political reality of republicans in charge. If theyre going to put in poison pills, you can be sure were going to fight them every step of the way. Reporter a former Obama Administration czar admits democrats are deeply divided after president elect trumps victory. Thats a split in our party. Every meeting right now, among progressives, is should it be obstruction, war to the knife, stop this guy everywhere or should there be a more c constructive opposition . Reporter liberal senators sanders and warren are trying to fight a new president with warren noting the popular vote in this election. The American People didnt give democrats majority support. So we can come back to washington and play dead. They didnt send us here to whimper, whine or grovel. Reporter a boisterous opposition would not be unique. Early on in president obamas first term, Mitch Mcconnell led his own resistance hoping to defeat him after four years. Over the past weeks, some have said it was indelicate of me to suggest that our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. Reporter then theres schumers approach who has to lead democrats in the senate with 25 of his members on the ballot in 2018. Schumer says he with work fellow new yorker. The Silver Lining in the deep clouds of this election is that on many economic issues, president elect trump in his campaign was closer to us than to republican leadership, which always seems to wind up in the corner of the special interests. Reporter the president elect tweeted nice things about him. I have always had a Good Relationship with Chuck Schumer. He is smarter than harry reid and has at built to get things done. Good news. Now democrats are about to become the party out of power. Our unity is very important. So we will be strategic. We will be unified. We will be unwavering in our support of americas working families. Reporter that may be a lot easier said than done. Many say its frustrating being the minority party, especially when the other party is in the white house as well. Mike emanuel live on hill. It appears the path of minnesota congressman Keith Ellison to the top of the Democratic Party ranks will not go as smoothly as many believed. Tonight ed henry tells us how his past may be catching up with him. Reporter when president elect trump elected steve bannon to a top post, there was a full court press from the media to get republicans like Mitch Mcconnell to support or condemn bannon for his ties to the alt right movement. Im not going to comment on while house personnel choices. Reporter Chuck Schumer teed off on bannon. The things he said are reprehensible. I just were going to keep it really careful eye on the president and on him. Reporter six days earlier, schumer endorsed Keith Ellison to chair the Democratic National committee. The first Muslim American elected to congress, has gotten the backing of sanders and warren. Even though he wrote columns in law school defending nation of islam founders antisemitism. Now an audiotape from 2010 surfaced in which he declares israel is running American Foreign policy. The United StatesForeign Policy in the middle east is governed by what is good or bad through a country of seven million people. Reporter while the Antidefamation League took a balanced view of his candidacy, saying it appreciated his contrition about past statements, but had concerns about his commitment to israels security, after the tape surfaced, they blistered him thursday. Top democrats say ellison has matured. He has apologized, if my memory serves, or he says he regrets some of those things. All of us wish we had not said things we have said. Reporter schumer faced pressure to back off. But today, he put out a statement saying, i stand by representative ellison for dnc chair. We have discussed his views on israel at length. I saw him orchestrate one of the most pro israel plan forms in decades. They are rallying because nobody else is running. The only other person mulling it, howard dean, unexpectedly took himself out today. The congressman rejects antisemitism they say. Thank you. There are new questions tonight about whether president obamas secret deal with australia to take in thousands of refugees that country does not want will survive in the new Trump Administration. Kevin cork is at the white house looking into the possibility. Good evening. Reporter good evening. 2,465, thats the number of refugees already rejected by australia that could be headed to the u. S. Thats what the Obama Administration wants and thats what will happen if the president gets his way. In an unprecedented move, the state department classified details of the refugees to be resettled here in the states thanks to a secret deal you pointed out with australia. Experts say the nearly 2,500 refugees would come from iran, iraq, afghanistan and mostly they are male. Lawmakers fired off a letter to john kerry looking for answers, questioning the secrecy of the deal and rush to bring them here when they were offered asylum in cambodia and elsewhere. President elect trump, who has been a critic of the administrations refugee policy, talked about this very subject last night during his thank you rally in ohio. Just so you understand, people are pouring in from regions of the middle east. We have no idea who they are, where they come from, what theyre thinking. Were going to stop that dead cold. We have one president at at time. The commander in chief sets the policies. The president elect, donald trump, will set policies once he takes the oath of office. Schultz said the screening will be rigorous. At least one expert told fox news today, theres a reason that australia rejected them and the u. S. Should follow suit. President obama is bringing more and more refugees who are going to be its beyond comprehension why president obama wants to bring australias unwanted so quickly and under these circumstances. Reporter the state department is saying that they are interested in this circumstance on a humanitarian basis. It remains to be seen if they will make their way here to the states. We will be watching very carefully. Kevin cork live on north lawn. Fox news has learned the pentagon has transferred another detainee from Guantanamo Bay to a small island nation off the coast of west africa. The detainee took off late thursday night and arrived early friday morning. There are now 59 detainees remaining at gitmo. President obama says he is asking a White House Commission on improving the nations Cyber Security to brief president elect trump as soon as possible. The commission is calling for an expansion to the 3. 1 billion Fund Administration proposed for upgrading government it systems. It follows the worst hacking of u. S. Government systems in history. Next week i will interview the commissions vice chair and executive director on this issue. Up next, the National Debt streaks toward the 20 trillion mark with a t. Here is what some of our affiliates around the country are covering. Nashville, the death toll from the wildfires in the southeast rises to 13. The mayor says 85 people have been injured and 1,000 structures have been damage order destroyed. His goal is to reopen the city by next wednesday. Fox 8 in new orleans, investigators look into the apparent road rage incident that left a former nfl player dead. Joe mcnight was killed thursday afternoon during a confrontation with another motorist. The suspected shooter has been released from custody. A live look from miami. One of the big stories there tonight, an all clear for another miami neighborhood battling the zika virus. The governor says miamis little river area has been free of local transmission of the virus for 45 days. That leaves just one miami beach neighborhood in the danger zone. Thats tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. One need look no further than the way donald trump announced his selection of james mattis as pentagon chief nominee to see the president elect is not morphing into someone new just because he won the election. What can we expect from a President Trump . Here is james rosen. Reporter chalk up another unconventional first for the president elect bhowhose announcement for his defense secretary was not only a departure from longstanding practice but a surprise to his own staff. I gave up a little secret. My people over there are probably saying, you werent supposed to do that, mr. Trump. This is the way donald trump communicates with people. He doesnt need to put out a press release. Reporter even though obama was a singular president in his heritage, race and overseas upbringing, the 44th president discharged his duties in a classically conventional style, with deference to white house traditions, a certain pinstripe decor decorum. Historians call it wearing the suit. Its really another way of saying that an individual takes on the mantle of hi