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On another nominee, potentially -- what have you learned? >> andy puzner is saying he is looking forward to the hearing. the trump transition, pushing back aggressively. i got communication from several senior trump transition officials, some of whom don't return my messages, suddenly very happy to be speaking with me. they are pushing back aggressively. here is what i'm told. coming into the weekend, he started to raise questions, is this worth it? he has been under aggressive attack from democrats. his company is the ceo of handy's and carl's junior. they been attacking him. some have been s...

Everything that that means. i don't know that he's really thought through all of these things and he might, he might change over time the way he views some of the choices he's making now, once he's in the job. >> i want to move on to some of his picks for his cabinet. so we now know for labor he has picked andy puzner. the ceo of carl jr. burgers, hardy's he is against any sort of minimum wage hike. he is for modernization in terms of replacing him with robots. but he might be best known for these commercials. watch this. >> if i must. wait for it. >> wait for it. it's worth it. ♪ >> i know ...

Feelings about the bravery of not only the first responders but the victims and the heroics of the families that have come through. all of this is happening against the backdrop of donald trump building out his white house team, and this afternoon, the trump team made it official, putting out a press release saying andy puzner will be his pick to be labor secretary. just because donald trump is president-elect doesn't mean he's shying away from his twitter takedown of after touting his deal with carrier to keep jobs in the u.s. just a week ago. >> now they're keeping over 1100 people, which is...

Who is president of the union, has done a terrible job representing workers. no wonder companies flee the country. jones says even though he's been receiving threats -- >> i've been doing this job for 30 years and had a lot more serious threats than what people are making now. >> reporter: he doesn't regret his remarks. >> he didn't tell the truth. he inflated the numbers, and i called him out on it. >> reporter: the twitter sideshow playing out as trump continues building his cabinet. a source telling cnn trump has chosen andy puzner to serve as the labor company. he's both an advocate for sc...