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Secretary of defense here tonight. We know last week he made a Surprise Announcement at his first thank you rally saying yes hes indeed choosing general james mattis for defense secretary. But the fact that two will be up on stage together, certainly notable, especially given that is the military friendly town. So donald trump hoping to cash in on the energy here almost to validate his pick for Secretary Of Defense. And we know trump has many thank you tours and rallies ahead. Just two this week alone and thursday hell be in iowa and friday in michigan. You heard him taking credit for what he ...

I would agree. i would also agree that it is unlikely president xi will solve this problem for us. he may be big to put more pressure but for the very reason they gave, the chinese don't rae want to bring down north korean gee. i don't think they'll take care of it through other means. it will be a combination of a bit more pressure. and then will the united states be abe to take a somewhat different or more flexible negotiating strategy if we can get north koreans back to the table? >> and this carrier issue with the carl vinson battle group or strike group is more than i think a media curios...

Of jobs saves is, 730 bargain unit job, the workers of the union members, and another 70 office, supervisory, clerical workers from management. and what they are doing, they are counting in # 50-some-odd more that were never leaving this country at all. >> kevin madden, jones says more than 500 jobs are still being sent to mexico. your reaction to the president-elect's response to this? >> look, i think the political benefits, particularly in the short-term for donald trump on the carrier issue were pretty obvious. and i think undisputed. even his critics would say that the headlines he drove ...

Disbelief. i'm merely saying realistically, where is this 50 billion coming from sno when is it goin' to be invested and which jobs will be created. >> and donald trump has the political momentum. he understands the showmanship. you announce carrier and then the next thing. it is steady drum beat now. >> he's very good at getting attention on the things he would like to have attention on. and quite frankly the carrier issue in this prospect of having 50,000 more jobs that is something he deserves to get some attention on. these are the sorts of things a lot of voters were looking are when they...

>> finally, what about the president-elect going on twitter, speaking out against boeing for the contract for the new air force one contract that had been approved. it's been 30-plus years apparently since the old air force one 747 was first built and put online. these are long-term contracts. so they are very, very expensive. he's talking about cost overruns. others criticized it as well. the carrier issue, what about all the involvement s in private business decisions by the chief executive? >> well, he's going to have a lot of decisions to make as president. i hope he doesn't micromanage ev...