i was here. >> rubio? bush? >> bush came in third. >> all right. that's it for us. >> i would like to say that this whole exercise is racist. look at the snow. white. >> oh, my god. that was so brutal. you helped me. bolling helped me back up. i was so nervous. i was trying to pull my pants up. they did not fit. i ended up with ice down them. i didn't know what i was doing. >> you are a california girl. >> i had never even seen snow. >> both the fbi and cia confirmed that was not rigged. sg . >> the russians didn't hack it. >> are you sure comey wasn't there. >> we did a recount. he got 30 more votes. >> i convinced you to do it. >> that's what i was thinking. >> it was the night before. i had been on air. had you been at the restaurant. we meet back up. it was snowing. nobody had boots or anything. we decided -- i had this idea. what if we went sledding? i said, you heard it here first. and donald trump went on to win. >> no one knew you are a snow assassin. you are really good at this. you did a practice run. she's a killer. don't bet against her

john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, james lang ford, jeff flake, that's five there that expressed public concern and hope they want to learn more. not that they said no, but that signals. mitch mckonl did as well yesterday, there might be more skepticism than there would be for other republican picks. generally senators that will confirm the nominees are pretty pleased who trump put forward, but some members of congress i can tell you, haven't seen this level of public skepticism and concern with any other pick than tillerson. >> and great reporting as always on that. nina, we heard in the last 24 hours there's dissension but not too much of an issue. what's your read as more names are added to that list and more concerns are brought up and again no news conference from the president-elect talking more directly to the press about this and the public. >> i think ed is right to raise rex tillerson. tillerson i come from the world of fortune 500 ceos and magazines and conferences and i know he is a well respected ceo of exxonmobile. somebody that's run the company well. he is very we

graham and rubio and kaine. those are all three republicans. is this not a senate that is going to be rubber stamping donald trump's pick? >> three leading republicans raising questions about perhaps the most high profile person in the cabinet secretary of state, is a sign they will do due diligence and raise questions in particular about russia. they are in a divide in many ways between the mainstream republicans such as john mccain and president-elect trump about p how close of a relationship the united states should have with russia and the secretary of state pick is a manifestation of that with rex tillerson. >> someone like scott pruitt to be head of the environmental protection agency, michael, that is a pick that delighted republican and democrats are going crazy. >> one thing to do to unite republicans, make the democrats go crazy. but again scott pruitt is not far out of the republican mainstream despite what the democrats say. and the editorial times say about it. betsy devosas well. and so it is it a predictable republican cabinet. b

much more critical to him than his loyalists in the senate because if he loses some of them or rubio, again, on his immigration or some -- or the infrastructure spending, any of these things, he loses two or three republican votes he's not going to get part of that agenda won't get passed. so loyalists are going to be with him on everything. the people he has to pay the most attention to tend to be the people he's been, you know, in a lot of the way the meanest to in tweets and things. it's going to be interesting if he can hold that all together. >> right. the communications team in place now getting in place is going to be very busy in the days to come. i need to leave it there. joe and scott, thank you so much for being here today. have a great holiday. >> merry christmas. jon: california said to be the car culture but uber's fleet of self-driving cars rejected by california regulators. now arizona's governor is lowing testing of the cars there. a push for business innovation, william live with the story in news room. >> jon, great story, it's not about money, safety or this permit

he orderin a sweet senator marc rubio writes being a friends of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for for secretary of state. even hewlett packer krsh eo and challenger carly fiorina. she had at times an antagonistic relationship with trump. he is considering her for director of national intelligence. he also met with joe mansion a possible choice for energy secretary as with rick perry. rogers for interior secretary among the meetings and gary cowan accepted the job. >>> trump is delaying until january an announcement regarding severing his ties with his businesses. trump tweeted quote i will hold a press conference in the near future to discuss the business cabinet picks and other topics of interest. busy talks. it has been 138 days since trump's last press conference. he holds another victory rally tonight in west dallas, wisconsin. >>> thanks so much, rich. sign, sealed and delivered wisconsits are in president elect trump won even more than we thought. it is spearheaded by jill stein. it back fired. mr. trump slamming a challenge saying the final and constant vote is in. the

obviously democrats have weighed in but marco rubio, senator from right here in florida, tweeted out "being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for for a secretary of state." with that, let's bring in our panel, i'm in miami, they're in washington. editor in chief of lifezette, lauren laura ingraham. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. laura, you lusistened to the reaction all day to rex tillerson. your thoughts on where this is coming down and is this going to be a confirmation fight on capitol hill? >> i'm not sure how much of a fight it's going to be. i think it's quite something to hear from senator corker talk about the flirtation between tillerson and putin when, first of all, under the bush administration, i remember those gauzey pictures captured with putin and president bush at the ranch in cowboy duds looking into his soul and seeing deeply into it and of course the failed russian reset on behalf of hillary clinton's efforts with the former soviet union then, of course, barack obama's telling sergei medvedev he'd have more flexibility after the el

marco rubio. marco rubio he's not like lindsey graham or even john mccain, god bless him. they are, you know, they have their own agendas. marco rubio i think is a centerist. the reason i came out. the one public endorsement i made in the election is marco rubio. why? aside from the fact that i worked with him with the pulse nightclub and all the rest, so his wonderful -- his constituent service and how pained he was by that and other things. one of things that he said that really resonated and i want everybody to remember what he said. he said i'm not using a single sentence of any of those wikileaks about the democrats, however damaging it is to the democrats. why? because today it's the democrats. tomorrow it could be the republicans. and i think that that's what we have -- we have to be for truth, and especially us on this couch because we have so much power here. we have to be for the truth. >> sure. >> this is a tough thing and i know you got this huge journalistic background. you can be a professor at columbia tomorrow. if the stuff is real and helps a voter makes a

bill: did marco rubio go too far? he had concerns about the nominee. >> people prejudged he got an award from russia, therefore his chief interest would be russia. i presume his chief interest will be america and i wouldn't prejudge someone's patriotism or support of america by saying they have divided interests. when he worked for his company his first interest was making money and that is his job. you are by bob bound to make money for your company but making deals that are good. interesting thing about the business world is and you make a deal with another country or another individual both parties have to believe they made a good deal, both parties gained the transaction, diplomacy is the same way. if you are negotiating the end of a war both sides have to save face with even the losing party has to feel this is the best outcome to make this deal. negotiation is real hard and we shouldn't prejudge tillerson before we hear more from him. bill: is he confirmed or not? >> likely yes. bill: nancy pelosi thinks i don't

donald trump talked about the pluses, but i think you've had senator marco rubio and john mccain and lindsey graham express their concerns, and i would be concerned about the values he would bring in particularly with the senate and congress going to have a bipartisan investigation of the russian involvement in that whole wikileaks package. the last thing in the world you want is your secretary of state's credibility being undermined by his history of a relationship with a major adversary around the world. eric: and what do you think that would mean? >> well, i think it means that almost anything he says and does relative to the soviet union -- the old soviet union, now russia, and anything the president does with russia will always carry a tinge of doubt as to whether or not it was a decision tainted by these previous relationships. and it is too important a set of issues that have to be dealt with to have them tainted that way. so i think the president-elect has a reason for doing this, but i just wish he would take another look at the reasons for not doing it and make his evaluati

martha: marco rubio, john mccain, it would take three senators to derail this in the senate. it will be interesting to watch and tillers and, we haven't heard from him yet and once he articulates his own feelings that will be a big indicator in how it goes. when you look at the big picture of these pictures, rick perry as well in the mix, more on that before we go. >> he is very successful multi-term governor of a huge oil and energy producing state. i don't think that is a crazy pick although the energy department is one of the three he failed to remember and recall. martha: that is why he didn't remember, didn't want to eliminate it. >> one more point. i have a friend who worked for exxon mobil for many years who worked under tillers and. when these rumors came out this weekend i got a text from him, you got to remember exxon mobil does business in well over 100 countries. this guy knows more of the players and geopolitical dynamics than his critics may be giving him credit for. did a great job running the company and could do a good job representing the country. martha: so

obviously democrats have weighed in but marco rubio, senator from right here in florida, tweeted out "being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for for a secretary of state." with that, let's bring in our panel, i'm in miami, they're in washington. editor in chief of lifezette, lauren laura ingraham. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. laura, you lusistened to the reaction all day to rex tillerson. your thoughts on where this is coming down and is this going to be a confirmation fight on capitol hill? >> i'm not sure how much of a fight it's going to be. i think it's quite something to hear from senator corker talk about the flirtation between tillerson and putin when, first of all, under the bush administration, i remember those gauzey pictures captured with putin and president bush at the ranch in cowboy duds looking into his soul and seeing deeply into it and of course the failed russian reset on behalf of hillary clinton's efforts with the former soviet union then, of course, barack obama's telling sergei medvedev he'd have more flexibility after the el

obviously democrats have weighed in but marco rubio, senator from right here in florida, tweeted out "being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for for a secretary of state." with that, let's bring in our panel, i'm in miami, they're in washington. editor in chief of lifezette, lauren laura ingraham. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. laura, you lusistened to the reaction all day to rex tillerson. your thoughts on where this is coming down and is this going to be a confirmation fight on capitol hill? >> i'm not sure how much of a fight it's going to be. i think it's quite something to hear from senator corker talk about the flirtation between tillerson and putin when, first of all, under the bush administration, i remember those gauzey pictures captured with putin and president bush at the ranch in cowboy duds looking into his soul and seeing deeply into it and of course the failed russian reset on behalf of hillary clinton's efforts with the former soviet union then, of course, barack obama's telling sergei medvedev he'd have more flexibility after the el

marco rubio says being a "friend of vladimir" is not a attribute i'm hoping for for secretary of state. mercedes is a republican strategist and a former spokesperson for george w bush. thank you for joining us. jessica, i covered energy for about a decade. ceo's are required to go into countries and do deals with people we consider enmys. they are vorts to do business with a lot of these guys, but having a relationship and working with them, is that a bad thing in your mind? >> he did win the order of friendship award from him, and it seems cozier than just we did business, and i know they are trying to paint this as an elector rate that doesn't think they did anything well. but it seems too close for comfort especially when we're facing reporting of hacks, the possible influence in the election, and this is not just democrats right now. we have republicans like john mccain talking about that. >> john mccain agrees with you, let's listen. >> i know the first time ever. >> i'm concerned about his relationship with vladimir putin. she he is a thug and a murderer, a kgb guy that wants to

will marco rubio expressing quote serious concerns ore tillerson's russia. the conflict of interest as a serious sense of america's interests and an advocate for foreign policy goal. former secretary of defense bob gates is praising the nominee saying tillerson would bring quote vast knowledge and experience and success in dealing with does dozens of governments and leaders in every corner of the world. >> secretary of state rex tillerson facing the uphill battle. it will be good to bring in a fresh face during the business community to deal with russia. >> i am not sure what a fight it would be. senator corker talks about the flirtation between tillerson and putin. over the bush administration i remember the gauze zee videos with putin and president bush at the ranch and how the cowboy does. the hillary clinton with the sow yet union and of course barack obama telling sergei that you would have more flexibility for the 2016 election cycle. >>> the top u.s. spy agency says there's no evidence to back up the cia report. patricia stark is following the latest

as marco rubio said during the election, the russians could be attacks democrats today, but tomorrow they could be turning their fire on the republicans. jon: has it been a partisan issue, kristin. some have suggested that it was donald trump's fault? >> this has become a partisan issue because the question is not just did russia have a hand in doing things, hacking into the dnc, et cetera, but there's the question did russia hack the election, did donald trump win not have legitimacy because of the actions, that's when we see things diverge in a partisan way which is why you have seen since election day attitude toward vladimir putin become polarized where you have only about a third but still higher than used to be, a third of republicans say they have a favorable view of vladimir putin. so while the debate about whether or not putin had a material impact on the results of the election, it's something much viewed through partisan lens. the question that we need to do something more about cybersecurity and the current administration hasn't done enough, less partisan and more biparti

the objections are linear, what senator mccain and what senator rubio have said about him, ignore the fact is building a team of capable people, whether it's about agreement or disagreement is off the table, first are they able to do the job, are they able to negotiate with world leaders, are they able to talk to them on a level where they understand and that is something that tillerson brings to the table. harris: megan i want to come to you about rex tillerson and russia. i have many thoughts on this and i have been thinking about this for a long time. he has no diplomatic experience. i'm willing to hear everyone out. i don't know a lot about this man. it's not like a mitt romney where the american knows about his team. he was given a friendship award. he toasted champagne in one onef the business dealings and has close relationship with putin. he also has a long history of working with the russians in a way that could possibly make people uncomfortable. these are all valid questions for any american. >> it's not just russia. >> could i finish because i'm the only person with a dece

this is coming from people who represented rubio, cruz, bush. saying you just gave all the air time in the world to donald trump. >> it's because he is e entertaining. she's like a villain who keeps firing the gun after she's out of bullets. it's the race and bigotry pistol that no longer works anymore, because for the past eight years, maybe even let's go back further to the late '60s, that gun has been fired over and over again. rememb >> remember the trick squirt guns? they keep shooting. >> because you know what happened? they expanded the target of abuse. it used to just be a narrow band of conservatives. it worked. it scared conservatives. it terrified them. they were afraid to speak up. they kept widening the ban to more americans until it was including democrats and liberals thinking about voting for trump. if you weren't falling in line, you had this swath of america who were now racists, misogynists, sexists, isl islamaphobes. >> you know what? you just let him run the field. cnn said -- what i heard, they're going to make a billion in

. >> well, the point of of investigating this and remember mark rubio over the course of the election when this came out talked about the importance of investigating this type of thing and wiki leakes. think they that ed should have delivered what trump said the other night. trump going against cia directly right at this critical time in the transition and i think that raised some eyebrows. >> let's take about rex and that was it the morning. donald trump tweeted out whether i pick him for state, rex is a world class player and deal maker. stay tuned. what do you make of that? >> as he ran around the country being the pop religion candidate, that was the last person that he talked about in the cabinet. if they put with him the understand state department like john doll ton, my worry is selling exxon around the world is easier than the american philosophy. you need someone that understand the state department and the will. i would argue that's a strong combination. >> yeah he knows where the bodies are buried and done deals with the hostile of hostile around the world. you really need

republican marco rubio says anybody thatby friends vladimir putin is not exactly an attribute he's looking for in his secretary of state and john mccann expressed his concerns earlier today. >> it's a matter of concern to me he has such a close relationship with vladimir putin and obviously they have done an enormous deals together, that that would color his approach to vladimir putin and the russian threat. but that is a matter of concern. we will give him his chance. >> others like democratic senator clair mccaskill say they are concerned given the fact that tillerson has zero formal diplomatic experience. listen. >> i worry about the lack of experience that he has had on the diplomatic front and frankly, i think that's true for many of the appointments to trump's cabinet. they haven't had experience in the areas that they're being asked to manage and a very complicated world and a very complicated government. >> reporter: eric trump's white house chief of staff says if you don't believe tillerson is ready or qualified to be secretary of state, that's insane. they point to the fact he's

senator marco rubio also tweeting being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for from a secretary of state. we could expect an announcement sometime as early as this week on that secretary of state position. mean meanwhile, mr. trump did not deny he's going to keep a stake in his businesses but he insists he will not have anything to do with the day-to-day management of his companies while president and he insists neither he or his children will be brokering deals while president. >> i turned down seven deals with one big player, great player, last week because i thought it could be perceived as a conflict of interest. it was probably a billion dollars of deals that i turned down -- >> but if your kids do it, isn't it the same? >> it's totally different. they're not president, but they're not going to do it either. oh, i see what you're getting at. no, they're not making deals either for my company. >> reporter: mr. trump will have a press event on december 15th where he will detail more on these potential conflicts of interests. >> thanks so much, bryan. >>> about tho

here to assess what it might mean going forward steve moore trump economic advisor and robert rubio former secretary of alicia. author of saving capitalism for the many not the few. robert reich. you must concede keeping jobs in this country something have you been for for many years is a good thing. >> i think it's a great thing, tucker. 1,000 jobs staying in indiana instead of going to mexico is a step in the rite collection. i don't know how that squares with bringing on steve mnuchin from wall street who has been spending the last 20 years basically pushing companies to outsource abroad. there is some inconsistency there isn't there, steve moore? >> well, been, you know, we're the ones who are going to save capitalism because it needs saving. you look at the whole economic program, tucker, the tax reductions, the pro-measure america energy policy and regulatory relief. this is be a rah general da requesting to create essentially millions of jobs. on this issue of carrier is it correct for the president to intervene with a company to try to save jobs and i say why not? why not? i think

john mccain says he's enormously concerned about these relationships and these ties and senator marco rubio is too tweeting, being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. meantime, mr. trump ktelling chris wallace he has chosen to receive classified briefings less frequently an they're president-elects have. take a listen. >> first of all, these are very good people that are giving me the briefings. if something should change from this point, immediately call me. i'm available on one minute's notice. i don't have to be told -- i'm like a smart person. i don't have to be told the same thing and the same words every single day for the next eight years. >> reporter: now, critics think while this gives off the appearance it might be indifference to something they think should be highly prioritized, but mr. trump says, look, his aides and vice president, his generals, aides, and vice president mike pence receive these briefings at least six times a week and if there's something he needs to be alerted to, he trusts them that they will alert him. >> bryan

it is difficult to unite two sides the republican party and marco rubio, rand paul, your favorite coming out having questions about this choice. if his ties so russia are commercial, that's fine. i have a problem with it. ceo of biggest oil company in the world. russia was rich with natural resources. that is all well and good. he got an award from vladmir putin. he has come out in favor of this choice. there are questions need answering. i want to know more about this guy, other than that he is a fantastic businessman this specifically would be the choice for our largest diplomat internationally around the world. harris: i would say to add to that, in order of friendship medal he got from the kremlin. there are some questions probably that are warranted to come about what the relationship ties were, as i have been reading though, it was for a commercial deal he did. so i mean we go back to comfort zone where you say, if it is all commercial i'm okay with it. i think it is a matter of doing due diligence and vetting i hope they would do of anybody. speaking of ambassador bolton, we had h

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meghan: those words by the president-elect seemed aimed at republican lawmakers, marco rubio, john mccain and lindsey graham. a all whom expressed concerns about tillerson's russian ties. the bob corker who will head the committee that takes up tillerson's nomination, lawmakers want to hear his positions on vladmir putin. listen. >> putin is not a friend to the united states. putin has not been a friend to freedom and democracy and western values and competition. i mean that is just not who he is. and people are going to want to know. it accelerated or amplified by the fact that president-elect trump has said some things relative to russia that, let's face it, is very different than where we've been. meghan: so, david i'm going to you first. >> okay. meghan: this is a little controversial, total split not only within the republican party but many facets of the country. what do you make of the rex tillerson choice. >> let me look at broad picture. i promise i get back to rex. he is hiring people that know the nitty-gritty in the fields he hired them to do. that is something different from

those are senator marco rubio and senator john mccain and senator lindsay graham. none of these republicans are going so far to say they would block tillerson as a pick. we're expecting lengthy hearings on tillerson after the first of the year and really to learn quite a bit about his ties to russia and how he did deals when he was over at exxon at ceo. >> how much reporting is there on those matters and i've heard him described in various ways, but largely as probably the american closest to vladimir putin. >> reporter: you know, it certainly does seem that way. there is lots of reporting from russia about sort of warm feelings towards tillerson and there's no question he has been able to strike deals in russia when it's at a very unconventional time. there are warm feelings both ways. does that mean that tillerson sort of understands the russians and can explain that to congress as sort of a positive? that's what we're hearing from the transition team and other top trump surrogates that say they view tillerson's understanding of russia as a net positive, but ther

while a greet concern to democrats and round like mccain and marco rubio, don't seem to be an apparent concern to trump. even this coming at the time of the intelligence community really putting the blame on russia for the hacking over the summer of democratic groups. so all coming to a head at once. we'll see what kind of announcement trump makes and if russia is part of this decisionmaking. >> jesse burns, thank you. >> absolutely. >> the president-elect is doubling down on taiwan and beijing is now firing back? think problems with china would be, well, problematic? wait until you hear what the chinese have to say. constipated? trust number one doctor recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief the itsy bitsy spider went up the waterspout. down came the rain and clogged the gutter system creating a leak in the roof. luckily the spider recently had geico help him with homeowners insurance. water completely destroyed his swedi

. >> alex, you're close to what you might you call traditional republicans, marco rubio. ran other senate campaigns through this cycle. how far is the senate behind this -- these kinds of ideas? 35% tariff is something donald trump is essentially proposing is not a republican ideal. >> donald trump did not run as a traditional republican and there is going to be conflict between the senate and the president-elect and his administration. that said, there will be tax reform and there will be winners and losers and tax recomp and that's going to be a big fight. >> you said knceos are prepared for being attacked on twitterer. are republican senators preparing for that very same poge event? >> republican senators are preparing to work with the administration and i think there's a lot of opt 34i6rtism n get a lot of things done -- >> yok. now answer the question. are there republican senators who worry if i don't xsupport what donald trump is i saing -- >> there's republican senators who have been attacked by donald trump dug the campaign, and i would expect, you know, they exp

young marco rubio, little marco, ted cruz. carly fiorina. kennedy: don't forget jeb bush. julie: exclamation point jeb and they ended up with donald trump. you never know who will emerge. sandra: they put forward a deeper bench. where is the deep bench. kennedy: martin o'malley is quite a contender. dagen: martin o'malley needs to take his shirt off more. julie: when i was depressed and heavily drinking when george bush was elected who knew about a guy named barack obama? nobody knew this state senator from barack obama from illinois. nobody knew anything about him. four years he gave a speech. got on people's radar screens and he is president. kennedy: who is on the radar screen? julie: that is my point. a guy from state senator from some state we don't think about or elizabeth warren. you never know who will emerge. four years ago did we think donald trump would be ever republican nominee or president? of course not. >> president at age of 70. not the age, it is ideas. dagen: thank you. >> ideas are being rejected by middle america. only people drawn to the ideas of liz

. >> the republicans had a great bench, rubio, ted cruz, latino from texas. carlie for that, all these people. chris christie all these young vibrant strong guys. look who became president, the one that nobody expected. the one who is 70 years old. the one that was never part of any bench discussed four years ago or 8 years ago. politics is a funny thing. things turn on a dime. >> last question we were just talking about the israeli peace process. and the future of the democratic party. let's use those together. are you worried that. farrakhan and some hateful statement. could be the next chairman of the democratic committee. >> such a nuances issue. you could be pro-israeli as i am, my family lives there, my grandmother lived and died in what is considered a settlement east jerusalem. i'm very familiar with this issue. you could be pro-israeli, passionately so and oppose settlements. it doesn't mean that all of a sudden you have to somehow state if you are not in line with what b.b. netanyahu's coalition government wants. >> farrakhan? >> farrakhan is a diff

and president of exxon mobil getting some head winds on capitol hill even from republicans like marco rubio said he has, quote, serious concerns about tillerson's nomination saying quote the next secretary of state must be someone who views the world with moral clarity. it's free of potential conflicts of interest, has a clear sense of america's interest and will be a forceful advocate for american's foreign policy goals to the president. contrast that with what the former secretary of state in the bush administration condoleezza rice said today quote he will bring to the post remarkable and broad international experience a deep understanding of the global economy and a belief in america's special role in the world and robert gates who was the secretary of defense under both the bush and obama administration say quote is he a person of great integrity whose only goal in office would to be protect and advance the interest of the united states. now, of course, keep in mind that gates and rice are partners in rice gates consulting and exxon mobil is a client of theirs. full disclosure. but als

. >> and we've been working with center mccain and -- senator mccain and marco rubio in florida and we feel confident and getting secretary baker, condoleezza rice and bob gates and so many others on board has been a real benefit. and you know, look, this is a tough world. and i think that being -- having relationships with people in different places is only a positive for rex tillerson. and the good lord didn't put oil in all freedom democracy loving countries and being an executive as ex mon yoe-- exxon-mobil, he go there. and that is a win for president-elect. >> and you are still confident that tillerson would get through. >> 100% confident. >> that is a good lightning round answer. so china seized an underwater u.s. navy drone this week. some is analysts say in response to president-elect trump's response to me last weekend in which he indicated, well he is going to reconsider the one china policy. now china said they will give back the drone. mr. trump tweeted out yesterday keep it. but is there some thought about damping down these provocative remarks by president trump because

senators including john mccain and marco rubio said yesterday they are uncomfortable with how close rex tillerson is to vladmir putin. he has done massive deals in russia. >>> mr. trump's incoming chief of staff reince priebus says he believes that add tribute is actually a positive. >> he has a relationship with leaders like vladimir put continue and across the globe isn't something we should be embarrassed by. it could be a huge advantage to the united states. >>> trump will be meeting with carly fiorina and west virginia senator joe mansion. -- joe mnuchin. >> as for tillerson don't expect an announcement today. remember, nothing is final until mr. trump says so especially when you are as unpredictable as donald trump. something we have heard from time to time in the campaign. >> he can be predictably unpredictable. >> let's keep talking about this. do you believe rex tillerson will be a good pick for secretary of state? we will share your thoughts later in the show. log on to our facebook page for a live debate after the show. >> in an exclusive interview with chris wallace mr. trum

one senator here to keep an eye on, marco rubio, the junior senator from florida. he has said he is, quote, serious concerns about the tillerson selection, specifically tillerson's ties to russia and then past that, a couple other republican senators expressed similar concerns as well. >> con femurration -- confirmation could get interesting. snead headed to grandma's house for christmas. might want to leave early. travel could be tough because off a nasty winter storm. the forecast and what youd in to know, next. >>> traveling for the holidays? you've got some company. the american automobile association reports 103 million americans are expected to travel this holiday season this highest number since aaa began making a forecast. the group says 94 million people will take a road trip. more than 6 million expected to take to the time. aaa reports the increase in travels is because more people are optimistic about the economy and gas is cheaper. >>> but then there's this fox weather alert. a winter storm is moving across the west and could make a miss of holiday pla

and lindsey graham and marco rubio all said they are concerned about the oil chief's close relationship with the russian president vladimir putin. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he's confident that tillerson could put american interests first as our nation's top diplomat. of course, the president-elect is no stranger to opposition from within his own party. take the house speaker paul ryan who once said he would not campaign with his party's nominee. last night speaker ryan gave the now president-elect trump his own packers jersey during a thank you tour rally in wisconsin. the president-elect told supporters that speaker ryan has gotten better with time. >> speaker paul ryan, i've really come to -- oh, no, i've come to appreciate him. speaker paul ryan, where is the speaker? where is he? he has been -- i'll tell you, he's been terrific. and you know, honestly, he's like a fine wine. every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. now, the othif the other goes a me, i won't say that. >> like a fine wine. tell me about this tech meeting, john. >> reporte

>> i think that lindsey graham and marco rubio should raise this issue, which is that we know that we are capable of hacking their people as well. the question is will we do it in a public overt way that the whole world can see? are we going to do it in a way no one can see and the american people have to take it on faith that we're fighting back. at the moment, they don't believe we're fighting back. >> all right, thank you all. when we come back, as the world marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the soviet union, we'll talk to former russian chess champion and his advice for the incoming trump administration. [vo] quickbooks introduces jeanette. and her new business: i do, to go. jeanette was excellent at marrying people. but had trouble getting paid. not a good time, jeanette. even worse. now i'm uncomfortable. but here's the good news, jeanette got quickbooks. send that invoice, jeanette. looks like they viewed it. and, ta-da! paid twice as fast. oh, she's an efficient officiant. way to grow, jeanette. get paid twice as fast. visit quickbooks-dot-com. >>> the world is marking

senator ted cruz, john mccain, rubio, and speaker of the house paul ryan are all calling for the united states to stop sending so much money to the unless policies align with american policy goals. billions of dollars for u.n. peace keeping every year. more than a quarter of their budget. even though there are 193 member nations. u.s. pays a similarly oversized proportion. 22% of the budget for u.n. staff and infrastructure. total of $600 million every year. the president elect thinks the u.n. is just a club for people to sit around and do nothing, but whatever it is they do there in new york, they have a lot of money to do it. >> fair enough. joining me now, mike huckabee, fox news contributor and former gop presidential candidate. good to see you tonight. we have spoken, sir, several times since this vote happened last friday. where do you stand on it right now? >> i think u.n. is about as significant as a faculty meeting at a state university. if they're really serious about wanting to do something that has impact, how come they're not doing anything about human rights abuses in chin

rubio saying he had serious concerns about tillerson and graham saying quote, mr. tillerson so close to vladimir putin he can't push back when he needs to. the fajt tillerson has cultivated ties with the russian president. including working a $3 billion deal to drill for oil in the arctic. and being awarded the russian order of friendship. one of the highest honors russia bestows upon foreign citizens. here's rudy giuliani addressing that point on cnn. >> i do know he received an award from russian government, but so did restaurants and other notable americans. it's something you have though take look at. >> when it comes to pushing back against putin, didn't roll over and give the russian president what he wanted. instead, the exxon crow is noted for being a tough negotiator with a history of grinding out very lucrative deals. tillerson is also being recommended by former secretaries of state james baker, condoleeza right and. he has vast experience ability and judgment to deal with the very dangerous world we find confronting us. though we began by mentioning som

marco rubio, ted cruz hit him on this hard. he was asked to pick sides in the conflict between israel and palestinian, he said, quote, let me be sort of a knneutral guy, have friends of mine who are really good negotiators and they say it's not doable. that stuck with him for a while. >> as a businessman, the art of the deal, he does want to -- the outgoing administration has moved the united states from being that facilitator to actually being an arbitrator for the palestinians. the fact that this is occurring less than a month before this transition of power is occurring, that's exactly why you see these exchanges on twitter between president-elect trump and benjamin netanyahu. i think it's quite clear where the president-elect stands. >> sandra, i can sit here and listen to allan dershowitz with whom i disagree, but i take no lectures from katrina pearson, you should not speak about foreign policy. >> now it's about me? can you stick to the topic? >> i will volunteer for trump if you name five israeli prime ministers. >> you

let's bring in alex conant, former communications director for marco rubio, now a political consultant as firehouse strategies, and shaally marshal a fox news contributor. leslie, why wait until donald trump takes office, if they have this information? why not put it out now? >> you must be reading my mind, that's exactly what i was thinking when the prime minister was talking. i don't think they have it, and if they had it, they would put it out now. president obama leaving with a president-elect coming in, threatening to undo everything that is part of the obama legacy would definitely not help him. there's just no reason to do this for the president, especially with donald trump coming in as president next year. secondly, i believe if you look at wikileaks or anybody else who has made threats, on tuesday we'll make this big announcement, we have evidence, it would have more weight if it was released now, so frankly i don't think they have it. >> alex, what do you think? >> it's a good question, time will tell. some of it has already been reported on, back channels between the obama

. >> there was a time when the media mocked him for talking about size while denigrating marco rubio. >> in the detroit debate, we you talked about the size of your hands -- >> i didn't talk about it. marco talked about it. >> i was going to say, he started it. you were responding. it was a joke. i didn't have any great problem with it. but it led to a tsunami of coverage including this front page headlines of "the new york times," the descent into donald trump's pants. how does that help you? >> look he made a statement that i had small hands. he made it up. he's a politician. politicians lie. i don't have small hands. i have good hands. look -- >> let the record show. >> okay. i have good hands. >> i always tried to ask trump about specific news outlets and journalists. >> ben smith, editor of buzzfeed, he told his reporters in' memo it's okay to call trump a mendacious racist because that's not an opinion, that's fact. the daily beast editor noah shaktman says people should boycott your businesses because he thinks you're a racist and a neofascist. >> i'm the only one that speaks m

. >> reporter: at the same time, republican senator marco rubio of florida tweeted, being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. and arizona senator, john mccain, also expressed misgivings. >> when he gets the friendship award from a butcher, frankly it's an issue that i think needs to be examined. and, again, that does not mean we should pre-judge mr. tillerson. >> reporter: one of the earlier tests he would face as secretary of state would be whether to extend sanctions on russia imposed after the kremlin's an exation of crimea. and placating those european al allies. >>> president-elect trump is saying he may not want to get an intelligence briefing every day. it is his latest departure from convention as he prepares to take the oath of office next month. and like so many other things, it has the washington intelligentsia, like republicans did eight years ago, pulling their hair out. >> reporter: when asked about receiving the presidential daily briefing, president-elect donald trump told fox news sunday's chris wallace he's getting them,

about, eric, in a few weeks, is trump's refusal to join in people like paul ryan, john mccain, marco rubio, lindsey graham in recognizing how serious this russian interference in our election has been. this has been very disappointing to me. >> i don't disagree with you those people that you mentioned, those republicans you mentioned are looking for more sanctions on russia. sarah, i will ask you. is president obama trying to push the divide between the trump presidency and those who have been kind of anti-trump leading up to the trump presidency? >> well, i think there is no doubt that barack obama wouldn't be taking these actions if hillary clinton were about to give her inaugural address. this is about protecting president obama's legacy. he is deeply concerned now that donald trump will come in and do what he promised, which to undo all of these disastrous regulations, policies, foreign policy in particular who is trying to throw dust in the identity theft transition team while they are trying to assemble a government. now they are going to have this chaos on january 20th to deal with.

every time it comes up for consideration, even in an informal matter, democrats, marco rubio, others -- we always reaffirm our support for taiwan, our reassurances for taiwan. under the taiwan relations act, we could potentially have to military intervene if china decides to move against taiwan. we kind of put that all aside because of our belief in globalization or at least our former belief in globalization. this is a serious deal what's been done. the pressure that has been put on countries in the region, especially the concern about the shipping and transit through that south china sea. i think jonah is right. this was a move by trump to show there's a new game in town. we're not your patsy anymore. i think it's welcomed by most in the united states. >> perhaps with an he ce he cah >> he said i did this on purpose. he presented a tougher posture towards chie s china. i don't understand why his spokes people would under cut this. months and months ago, john bolton, other advisers to trump have laid out a argument for why the u.s. should be -- get tough we are china by making these