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Negotiations in the near term, whether representative lig lighthizer will meet with his counterparts an engage in negotiations. president trump reportedly had to be bribed to attend this meeting by saying that he could host a special panel on the u.s. economy so that he could brag about it. but i think that his bragging will fall on devc deaf ears bec so many are concerned about the outlook of the global economy and not buying what he is selling with respect to the state of the u.s. economy. >> and so david, the president says that he wants to talk about the economy. but he doesn't want to tal...

Young, ambitious staffer initially i'd f initially eyed, nick ayers, said no thanks and revealed he's leaving the white house, forcing the president to start scrambling. but sources tell cnn other top administration officials aren't interested in the post, as in budget director mick mulvaney and steve mnuchin. mark meadows has indicated he might take the job and robert light hows lig lighthizer is under discussion. now as for the other wild card in the mix, a source close to the white house saying that the former new jersey governor, chris christie, is under consideration for the chief of st...

Business favor, i mean, we've got to get ahold of ourselves here. >> reporter: all the while trump continuing to cast doubt on the u.s. intelligence community's conclusions on russian hacking. the president-elect cryptically promising to reveal inside information on russia's alaska ledged election cyber meddling today or tomorrow. >> it can come in a tweet, a press conference, in a statement. >> reporter: and new this morning the president-elect announcing his nomination of robert lighthigher for u.s. trade representative. that's the chief negotiator for u.s. trade deals. lig lighthizer served...

Tariffs. so on those two fronts the tariffs are really tough. so the administration needed a win and this they can tout as a win. again, we don't have all the details, but i can tell you that lig lighthizer, essentially wanted to force more domestic car production. we still don't know if that's what they got at the end of the day. we know that this was a deal to modernize nafta. it's a 24-year-old trade agreement. i don't think anybody disagrees with the fact that it needed to be modernized, brought up to speed for the digital age. but what did the u.s. really get out of this? the president, i...