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Backgrounds and qualifications for these different positions. importantly, they all want to serve. >> fred, are you very active in west point association, you are a veteran, a west point graduate. looking at national security, the foreign policy that is emerging, this president has no experience on it. he's been controversial on nato, on putin. you heard president obama and angela merkel speaking to an audience of one, mr. president-elect. these alliances are important. stand up to russia when you need to. what would be your advice to donald trump? >> i think he has to surround himself with pe...

Appointment to head the transition as well as vice president. >> what about the way chris christie was pushed out? >> look, if he hadn't been pushed out, you would be talking about, what about chris christie, what about bridgegate and all that stuff? he has in mike pence, i think, a leader who knows washington, who's proven in washington, who knows the players, who can navigate through this town very, very well. he's also got reince priebus as chief of staff. he's exceptional, one of the best chairman of rnc. i think he's making great choices and we have to give him time. in terms of the speed...

His future, his future in the democratic party. >> where can you work with donald trump? >> i think if mr. trump is serious about developing policies for working families, if he's serious about raising the minimum wage, which he said during the campaign he was, if he is serious about taking on the drug companies who are ripping off the american people and charging us the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs,ly work with him on that. if he's serious about taking on wall street and re-establishing a new glass/steagall legislation,ly work with him on that. >> joining me is fred mali...

But, he was very present. >> with me now is fred malik the former bush/quayle campaign manager back in 1992. thanks for being with me. >> pleasure, carol, thank you. >> we'll just start with the optics of this thing. your take on where donald trump stood through most of the debate? he also paced a lot onstage. you could see him kind of over hillary clinton's shoulder. he never sat down when she answered questions. your thoughts? >> well i think both candidates kind of were a little bit odd. i think trump's patience standing behind her was a little bit offputting frankly and i wondered what he ...

Prepared. but at the same time, i think trump won the night because he did what he had to do to deflect and defray the disgusting comments on these taps and he lived to fight another day. >> have you decide had you're going to vote for? >> i haven't. i've focused on the governors, with the republican governor's association, on the house of representatives, through my chairmanship of the congressional leadership fund and i'm going to do everything i can to protect down ballot races. >> fred malik thanks for joining me this morning. still to come, the debate hadn't even started but the battle ha...