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Military's role south of mexico is to focus on the illicit networks that bring in guns, drugs, people, funding and money. far more of a threat those intelligence and commanders would say than what most people think of, some al qaeda operative getting on a plane and blowing up something in america or having some sort of inspired tack in america. this is a persistent and big threat. he's been focused on it in his last few years as the south com commander and it's exactly what he will be focused on as dhs secretary if he makes it thrgh the process. >> kevin barron, military analyst. always great ...

He made a lot of money buying distressed companies and turning them around. when i say a lot of money, i mean a lot of money. he has deep roots in steel and coal. he knows how to borrow money and find value in companies. he represented trump's casino bond holders. and betty devos is also a billionaire with billions as well. >> billionaire worth billions is the right kind of billionaire. cnn has learned that john kelly is emerging as donald trump tick as homeland security. telling our mark preston that the president-elect likes kelly's views on border security. he's the former base of u.s. so...

Kelly the former head of u.s. southern command. that will make three retired jens in the trump cabinet along with mike flynn who will be the national security adviser. >> the president-elect plans to kick off a thank you tour on wednesday, starting with a rally in cincinnati. vice president-elect mike spence joining him in ohio. green party candidate jill stein has paid a $3.5 million fee to clear the way for a recount in wisconsin beginning tomorrow. but a judge has rejected lower demand that all of the counties do their counting by hand. because of the excessive fee charged by election off...

Trade that is going on between these two countries, the fact that some restrictions have been lifted on imports and the fact that some flights have begun between the two countries. the question is, though, will donald trump moderate on this issue, sheinelle, because as you know, he's moderated on some other issues. will this be yet another one? that remains to be seen. >> more questions than answers at this moment. kristen welker, thank you. i want to bring in the dean of the fletcher school at tufts university. thank you for talking with me this afternoon. >> great to see you, sheinelle. >> a...

>> i wou tell you it was not only a cordial meeting, but a very substantiative meeting, and i can say that governor romney is under active and serious consideration to serve as secretary of state of the united states. >> and the picture is beginning to fill in for top national security jobs. jack keene tells npr he was asked to serve as secretary of defense but is not able to, citing the recent death of his wife. james "mad dog" mattis at the top of the list, he spent 44 years in the marines and is known for the 2004 battle of fallujah. mr. trump tweeted that mattis was very impressive, a true...