Reporters give us their views on the week and whats to come. Its all ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation. Im john dickerson. President elect donald trump maid some key hires this week and shocked some members of the Foreign Policy establishment. We begin this morning with the new white house chief of staff, Reince Priebus, who joins us from the rnc headquarters in washington. Let me ask you about the secretary of state pick. Whats happening with that now . Well, theres going to be an announcement this week, and obviously we know its going to be general mattis and what a hero, someone that i think all americans can look to and say, were going to be in great hands with this person that i think all americans look up to, one of the most decorated marines of our generation and someone who has a strategic mind, someone thats going to lead our Defense Department and someone thats going to clean up the Defense Department and help president elect trump shape his Foreign Policy. Dickerson but what about the secretary of state job . Well, thats a different story. Things are moving quickly. I dont think anyone can accuse president elect trump of not moving fast. We are. Great picks people are seeing, a very smooth transition, but that one is just taking a little bit longer, and i think its just fine. Everything doesnt have to happen all at once. Hes taking his time, making a smart decision, and well see where that goes. Dickerson Kellyanne Conway said there would be a grassroots revolt if donald trump picked mitt romney. Do you agree with that . Look, i think governor romney is very talented. I think what really we should look at is we have a president here in donald trump that wants to look at the best and brightest of america, regardless of background, regardless of past disputes that we may have had with each other, that that is the past. Thats the rearview mirror. We want the look through the front windshield. Thats what hes doing by talking to all of these different people. I think that the folks out there across the country, and i think they, are should be encouraged by a president that really wants to build trust and sort of in the team of rivals concept is something that i think is a good thing for america. But thats where Donald Trumps mind is at. Thats where his heart is at. Thats a great thing for this country. Dickerson team of rivals, the title of doris kerns goodwins book about the lincoln presidency. Lets talk about Donald Trumps style. Theres a school of thought that says hes most influenced by the person he talked to last. Do you agree with that . No, i dont. I think hes someone who likes to listen to lots of different opinion, lots of people, lots of smart people. Hell talk to a lot of folks and say, what do you think about this option . Thats a good thing. But in the end, once he form late his opinion, once he decides, this is where were going to go, he pulls the trigger and he moves. And thats why you see a lot of these cabinet picks, they happen quickly, but what you dont see is that there are days and days and days of deliberation and communication and conversations that take place before those decisions are made. All great qualities in leading our country. Dickerson you say he likes to take in a lot of information. He has not taken in as many Intelligence Briefings as previous president elects. Why is that . But he is. You know, they have daily briefings now. Dickerson is he getting them every day . Its about every day. Its happening quite frequently, john. I think those are just going to ramp up as we get closer to january 20th. But he certainly is informed. Hes getting briefed. And it feels like every day. Im not sure if it is every day. But its a lot. And thats who he is. Its someone who studies and someone who wants to be informed and its someone who asks a lot of questions and listens. Dickerson is he a details guy . He is a details guy. You know, he is. Hes a socratic method guy. It reminds me of being back in law school. He asks a lot of questions. He asks questions about questions. And he will keep going until he is satisfied with the information that hes getting. Dickerson let me ask you, as the incoming chief of staff, what do you do when he says Something Like millions of voters voted illegally in california when you know thats not true . Well, i dont know if thats in the true, john. I saw there was an article in the wall street journal the other day, and it had a certain percentage of people that are voting that shouldnt be voting. There are estimates all over the map on that. Heres the problem. No one really knows. Dickerson but you think millions of people voted illegally . Its possible. Dickerson there is no evidence that it happened in millions of votes in california. I guess is question is when youre president , can you just offer a theory that has no evidence behind it, or does he have to tighten up his standard of proof . I think hes done a great job. I think the president elect is someone who has pushed the envelope and caused people to think in this country. Hes not ticking taking conventional thought on every single issue. Its caused people to look at things that maybe theyve taken for granted. Look at the flagburning issue last week. This is an 80 issue. You watch the news media and they say its constitutional. Well, right, it is constitutional, but it doesnt mean its in the a subject for debate and discussion for the Supreme Court to revisit down the road. So i think he. I think that unconventional thought is something that has caused a revolution in this country, which is why i think President Trump will go down in history as a really great president. Dickerson in the brief time i have left, the president elect had a conversation with the president of taiwan. Did he believe he was talking to the leader of a sovereign state in that conversation . No, of course not. He knew exactly what was happening, but look, we have a lot of problems to solve in this country, and were not going to solve them by just making believe that people dont exist. This was a twominute congratulatory call. He talked to president shi over two weeks ago. Im sure hed be willing to talk to him again. This is not a massive deviation of our policy. But President Trump has made it clear that hes going to work with china, prc, to make sure that we have a better deal, that we have better trade agreements, and that we do a better job in protecting the american worker. Hes going to continue to do it. Dickerson so courtesy call, not a change in policy . Exactly. Dickerson all right. Reince priebus, the incoming chief of staff, thanks so much for being with us. You bet. Dickerson last week scott pelley spent some time with Speaker Paul Ryan for tonights 60 minutes. Ryan, whose relationship with donald trump during the campaign was rocky at best, told scott he talks with the president elect nearly every day and that hes confident the two will work well together. Were fine. Were in the looking back. Were looking forward. We actually. Like i said, we speak about every day. Its not about looking back in the past. Thats behind us. Were way beyond that. Now were talking about how do we fix this countrys problems, how do we hit the ground running. Thats what im excited about. What im excited about in my virtually daily conversations with donald trump, its all about how are we going to get things done, what goes first, whats the schedule, how do we get this con, how can we help people here . Its really exciting to see for a long time weve been trying to get unified republican government. We here in congress spent all of 2015 getting ready and preparing for the possible opportunity of a unified republican government. Now we have it, and its very exciting. And those are the kinds of conversations we have on a virtually daily basis. Pelley im curious, how did you patch it up . Who apologized to how . How did that conversation go . We were fine. Basically two days after the election, we said, lets let bygones by bygones. Ever since then weved had nothing but extremely productive conversation. Dickerson for more of Scott Pelleys interview with Speaker Paul Ryan, tune into 60 minutes tonight at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Joining us now is Newt Gingrich. Mr. Speaker, john kennedy said when he got into the white house, i wish i spent less time getting to know people who helped me get elected and more time with people who would help me be president. Do you think donald trump is learning that . I think if john f. Kennedy spent more time trying to be present, he wouldnt be president. Dickerson first things first. First things first. Trump pulled off one of the most amazing achievements in American History. The only person not to have been a military officer or public elected official. Only person in American History to win the american presidency. Dickerson so having been a public figure. General grant, general washington, general. Dickerson you said donald trump was saying its a bigger job than he thought. What does that mean . I think that particularly when he went to the white house and he was in the oval office, he was beginning to realize that under our system, the full weight of National Security is on one shoulder. Its not 50 people. Its the president. Commanderinchief. The degree to which people around the country, much as what you saw with saving 1,100 jobs at carrier, the degree to which people around the country look to the president to try to make their lives better, i think you realize its like the old story, the doing that caught the bus, and i said, no, this is like the dog that caught a convoy. There are so many ramifications if you take, as he does, trying to truly move america into a different direction, then it is remarkably important job and one that means hes got to build a real team, he cant possibly this it by himself. Hes showing that he understands that. Andy dickerson you mentis all on one shoulder. That why it seems odd hes not starving for intelligence information, every day, wants the daily brief. I once had secretary reuben say to me as secretary of the treasury that during the financial crisis in indonesia he got more out of the Financial Times each morning than out of the c. I. A. And that he just thought, you know, you have to be realistic. I have no idea what the current Intelligence Briefings are like and im not denigrating them, but if you took the total number of foreign leaders that president elect trump has talked to in the last couple weeks, hes clearly engaged in the world. Hes clearly getting advice from a wide range of leaders, from abe in japan, from merkel. At the same time, hes got several people he trusts. Im assuming that flynn and mcfarland are, in fact, taking the briefings, and if they see something they think he needs to know, they come tell him. Dickerson you talked about the team around him, incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus talked about the team of rivals, making the case for mitt romney. You are not making the case for mitt romney. Why isnt that a good team of rivals . First of all, nobody in the lincoln cabinet actively opposed his election up to election day. They were rivals until he got the nomination. And then they were all for him. So theres a. Romney doesnt quite fit that pattern. But second, im very comfortable if, given the amount of time hes put into this, if president elect trump says, i want romney, im for romney. He has spent more than enough time talking with with mitt, and he accepted the call from taiwan, inmitt will understand trump is his own leader in important policy, and hes looking for somebody to be his secretary of states, not the state departments. If he concludes romney can do the job best, im for romney. What im impressed with is the patient way hes gone about this. He didnt jump in for romney. He didnt jump in against him. He hasnt jumped in for julian giuliani. And i can say, as trust as ive been in public, very aggressive deliberately about mitt, i have gotten no blowback from anybody, including reince. Theres a sense of youre allowed to have your own opinion. This is like the apprentice. When you get to the decision, lets all be on the same team, but until that opinion is made, lets have an opinion. Dickerson the tv, whats more important, something you tell him in person or something on tv . Something you tell him on tv. On occasion it helps to say that on tv. Dickerson it seems like some people, Kellyanne Conway, are sending him messages through tv or maybe weve got that wrong. Dickerson youre also communicating to the millions and millions of people. Ive been out doing book signings. People walk up to us routinely and say, i dont want mitt. Well, those people deserve to know there is a substantial positive part of the trump operation that hears their concerns. That doesnt mean that in the end they shouldnt be for the president elect when he makes a if he makes a decision for romney. But they deserve to know there are people hearing them. Dickerson on the carrier action donald trump said, wouldnt republicans traditionally say hes meddling in the free mar scet . First of all, hes picking winners among americans. Its a very simple model. 1,100 families are going to have a better christmas, and all of the people around them are going to have a better christmas, the local dry cleaner, the local Grocery Store are all going to have a better christmas. Now, you can ask the question should the president elect i think its amazing he did this before he got sworn in should the president elect pick up the phone and call the c. E. O. And say, you know, we want the change things. Give us a shot here. Let us try to fix this. 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Biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. Dickerson and were back with House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Welcome, leader pelosi. Good morning. Dickerson what is it going to be like with donald trump as president . How are the democrats going to react . Well, first of all, we respect the office he holds and the people who elected him to the office. We will engage with where we can, and we will oppose where we cannot. A good example is how we worked with president george w. Bush when he was president. We opposed him on privatizing social security, the war in iraq, but we worked with him on many, many other issues, including one of the Biggest Energy bills in history, issues that related to tax breaks for lowincome people, the list goes on and on. Dickerson what are some areas where you think you might be able to work with him . Hopefully we can work with him on building the infrastructure of america in a way that increases the paychecks of american workers, that wont be a cooperation if, in fact, its just a tax break for the wealthy disguised as an infrastructure bill, but lets hope for the best. Everything he has said i think is promising about how we can go forward. We can work with him on issues that relate to childcare, Early Childhood education. The rest he has said that would be important and weve had a conversation about that. I want to ask you about Early Childhood. I heard a report that he talked to his daughter you were talking to him and he handed the phone to his daughter. Yes, he did. I took that as its a high priority for him. Dickerson what do you think that the kids are out of the administration and the business. Im not going to go to that place. I would like to say where we wont work with him is on privatization of medicare and private diswaition of the v. A. I think its really important for the American People to know that central to the ryan budget, speaker ryan budget is our voucherrizing of medicare. This would be a tremendous loss, taking away the guarantee of medicare. In addition, over ten years in that bullet, it takes a trillion dollars out of medicaid, twothirds of which drove forth longterm health care for seniors. So seniors have a lot to lose and what the republicans are proposing. Its interesting to see if President Trump will go along with that. Dickerson what about obamacare, why wouldnt that be an initial big fight democrats. Well, it would be a big fight, and seniors should know how it affects them because we extended the solvency of medicare in that. We gave three checkups, all of that closed the doughnut hole which increased prescription drugs to seniors. So seniors have a lot to lose, both in the voucherrizing of medicare, cutting of medicaid and what it wants to do for the Affordable Care act . Dickerson the Democratic Party is in a moment of questioning about its identity. You were reelected to lead the democrats in the house. What do you tell democrats who want a new direction and what are you going to do differently . I dont think people want a new direction. Our values unify us and our values are about supporting americas working families. Thats one that everyone is in agreement on. What we wa