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Steve? >> the big stick is we're going to be rebuilding our military in a very, very major way -- >> but he's not talking about that. he doesn't talk about terrorism. he's not -- he doesn't even gently say anything that would be considered a sort of expected stock thing about some of these challenges. >> brianna, anyone who has paid attention to him for the last year and a half knows that he has talked about as tough about islamist terror as any politician possibly could. certainly far more than any other major politician in america ever had. i think it's one of the reasons he won this electio...

Secretary of state quickly. because we have multiple views from ray flynn, from donald trump, who has multiple views himself. we need to have a coordinated and thoughtful presence for where u.s. is going with foreign policy and there needs to be a trusted source that somebody can turn to with a consistent view. and then finally the third thing he needs to do is essentially stop with the kind of seat of the pants conversations he seems to have and actually take these intelligence briefings that we know he keeps rejecting being offered from the national security staffs. because if he did, he wou...

Pronouncements. we would never turn our back on india. i believe -- to hillary's point, we're going to get an incredible secretary of state. what the president-elect is doing -- >> that's another conversation because i'm wondering when that's going to happen. we're still waiting for that. certainly. that is really the big issue here that is outstanding. steve cortis and hilary rosen, thank you. next, you may remember stunning video. it's really difficult to watch. shows a south carolina police officer shooting a man in the back as he runs away from the officer. now a jury is deciding if that...

Countries. which he said he's looking forward to going to, right? is there that's right. so, i mean, look, these leader calls, he's doing a lot of them, it's really hard to kind of get on top of what you're supposed to say to each leader. he doesn't seem to have been a lot prepared for a lot of these calls. not having a ton of intelligence briefings. not being briefed by the state department. so i think as he takes office, he needs to understand that, you know, the message is the message. >> elise labott, thank you. more now with cnn political commentator and hillary clinton supporter hilary r...