rubio said in this case, it was the democrats who lost but just as easily if russia decides they do not like the two incoming administration, what would be stopping them from say, turning this around on donald trump in his administration? so yes, there are signs on both parts of the political island that are keeping a very close eye on this and are concerned about what vladimir putin and the russian government may or may not be up to >> especially marco rubio who might see himself running again. you got to position yourself somewhere. thank you, fitz. >>> let's check in with sue palka, she's in position now to tell us about the forecast. hey, sue, position >> that's going to be my new twitter handle. i love it. it speaks volumes. the best thing anyone on her called me, let's go to blossom for the forecast. so that didn't happen tonight. good now, shawn. dealing with another frontal boundary that may cross tonight with an isolated shower, but more importantly, it is going to make us on the chilly side as we're going to see our temperatures heading for low 30's much later as crowds also i

and it's not just marco rubio in the senate foreign relations committee. jeff flake, a big skeptic of donald trump during the election, to put it lightly and rand paul, not a big fan of john bolton, flame out there for deputy secretary of state under tillerson. so major complications. republicans, seems, are sort of sending warning snarl ining si donald trump. maybe don't pick these people for secretary of state, but it's unclear whether he'll heed the warnings. >> he seemed set on this pick, though. is there anything that can derail any donald trump pick? >> the chances of tillerson being picked are on the decrease right knnow. this could be a bruising fight. what does donald trump like? he likes bruising fight so maybe just doubles down. >> what do you think? >> you're exactly right, i think. i think that in sort of normal washington times and terms, having these republicans, like marco rubio, send these warning shots, via twitter, that this is not a guy who they're very interested in confirming. because of his ties to vladimir putin n putin. that that w

. >> marco rubio -- marco rubio said that being a friend of putin was not an attribute you was hoping for from the secretary of state. from, slamming the expense of pentagon weapons system. saying that prices were out of control, adding that billions of dollars could be saved on military purchases once he takes office. that includes shares of lockheed martin today. last month the pentagon said that they would need up to $430 million more to finish the development phase. the u.s. supreme court decided not to pick up a battle over sales taxes. retailers toernet turn over customer data in an effort to get shoppers to pay sales taxes that they oh. a retail industry trade group the that they violated constitution. turkey is still reeling from the aftershock from over the summer. an annual rate of 1.8%, it's the first time in seven years that turkey has announced contractions. recent announcements are the consumers are spending more in the fourth quarter. global news, 24 hours per day, powered by 2600 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. mark?

i thank senators carden, rubio, menendez, kaine, boxer bringing this before the committee. the situation in venezuela is tragic. people are suffering. we hope they can find a peaceful electoral way out of this crisis. we'll consider s. 8 to provide the approval of agreement for cooperation between the government of the united states and the government of norway concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. this will cause a civil nuclear cooperation with norway to come into effect in advance of the completion of the 90 day congressional review period which occurs after we have adjourned december 16th. absent this affirmative approval of agreement, the administration will complete a trilateral servicing agreement with norway and iaea which is not subject to congressional review or oversight. this committee reviewed the agreement, held briefings and a hearing and found the agroemt not to be objectionable. though we wish the administration, as i'm sure senator markey will echo, had not included advance consent for retransfer for storage and reprocessing of spent fuel. we'll cons

yeah, senator rubio and i introduced this resolution. this is the public health crisis in the united states. and we join with senator shaheen you know, on this resolution calling for its passage. fentanyl, just to give you an idea of how bad this is right now. we're going to have 2,000 people die in massachusetts from opioid overdose this year. of them, 1,500 will have fentanyl in their blood system. 75%. now massachusetts is 2% of america's population. so if you multiply that by 50 and this epidemic was hitting the whole country at the rate it's hitting massachusetts, the rate it's hitting new hampshire, the rate it's hitting florida and several other states but not the country, that would be 100,000 deaths of which 75,000 would come from fentanyl. so what we're trying to do with this resolution is to get ahead of this storm. this classified hurricane which is already on shore in certain states, but it's ready to hit. and what it does is it calls for our government to work much more closely with the chinese government which is the sourc

john mccain has expressed discomfort with this, marco rubio, as well, lindsey graham. do you think that you can get them on to the democrats' side in order to block a confirmation like this? >> katy, i don't think we should look at this as on the democrats' side or on the republicans' side. i think we should be looking at the enduring interest of the united states. presidents, both republican and democrat, have seen the importance of our foreign policy being based on human rights and democracy. as conservative republican ronald reagan made fighting for human rights around the world and standing up to russia a central part of his legacy. so i think we augd to be asking questions about the trump administration. i'm every bit as concerned about rumors that john bolton will be nominated to be deputy secretary of state. bolton is a hard line ideologue neocon and still thinks the iraq war was a good idea today, despite all evidence to the contrary. so i think, katy, a number of us, republican and democrat, will have some pressing questions for rex tillerson. i have not met t

it's not just marco rubio. it's john mccain, lindsey graham. there aren't a lot of democrats that are willing to lend a hand to donald trump and his nominees. >> senate foreign relations committee which will hold hearing on the tillerson nomination, assuming he's actually nominated, it's pretty evenly divided, ten republican seats, nine democratic seats. >> they need three republicans. if you count mccain, graham and rubio, that's three if they all stay opposed to him. susan collins is talked about as another one who might be opposed in the end. the committee is where the vetting takes place. if rex tillerson comes before the committee and he says the right things and says that he supports russia policies that the committee supports, it could be okay. but if more is revealed about his ties to putin and if he continues on with a pro-russian anti-sanctions policy, that will be a big problem. >> let me ask you because marco rubio is on the senate foreign relations committee, if he votes against him and all the democrats vote against him, then he w

i'm very pleased that mitch mcconnell has joined with senators mccain, rubio and others in a partisan call to make sure we get to the bottom of this and that we respond appropriately. i think this is a very big deal, chris. >> what do you think as an american of the fact of the evidence now that the russian foreign minister over there got involved in the campaign and in this case trump won. what do you make of that as an american, not a politician? >> chris, first, i led a bipartisan delegation to eastern europe back in august when we first got news this was likely happening. and it's striking to me how many countries across central, eastern and western europe have already been victims of overt and covert russian interference in their elections. this is something the russians are doing all across europe. as an american, i think this goes right to the heart of our country. we are defined as a democracy. if we allow this to go unchallenged, if we allow this to go uninvestigated, and if we allow this to go without a robust response, i think we're letting down america. >> why are they pic

marco rubio tweeted this out. quote, being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i'm hoping for from a secretary of state. it's worth noting in 2011, exxon signed a deal with a russian oil giant whose largest shareholder is the russian government. after the signing, putin awarded tillerson the country's order of friendship. so how close are vladimir putin and rex tillerson? here is rachel crane. >> when i was a brand-new engineer with exxon in 1975, i was -- >> reporter: he runs one of the world's biggest companies. rex tillerson, ceo of exxonmobil, spent his entire career at the oil giant. >> i think we are the largest american oil company. >> reporter: born in wichita falls, texas, and a lifelong boy scout, till erman joined exxon out of the university of texas in 1975, starting as a production engineer. he worked his way up the ranks and became ceo and chairman in 2006. and has amassed a fortune, estimated to be over $240 million. according to executive data providers. tillerson has no experience in the publ

. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio blasting trump's pick. tweeting, being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i am hoping for from secretary of state. the president-elect, again, showing his willingness to challenge china. questioning whether the u.s. should keep its long-standing position that taiwan is part of one china. >> i fully understand the one china policy, but i don't know why we have to be bound by a one china policy unless we make a deal with china having to do with other things, including trade. >> and the chinese foreign ministry releasing a statement, a alisyn, saying the one china policy is basically the bed rock between the united states and china. saying in part we urged the new administration and its leadership to stick to the one china policy. also, on a side note that the trump campaign also taking some heat and some criticism for not taking as many daily briefings as past president-elects to which part the president-elect says, alisyn, basically he doesn't need briefings on a day-to-day basis. saying weekly might b

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and marco rubio will fall in line. as long as you look at each of these problems one by one by one you don't see the pattern. but you have one of putin's closest friends in the american business community at stake. you have a national security adviser who took paid speaking engagements from russia propaganda network and moved american policy in so many ways towards russia and syria. you have this giant espionage scandal. you said a minute ago or kirsten said there will be an investigation. the question is will there be a meaningful investigation that will follow the facts where it goes or will the job of the investigators be to shut down this inquiry as rapidly as possible? i don't see a lot of appetite for republicans to follow any of these threads because i think many of them fear the threads all lead to the same place and it's one that will damage republican ability to achieve things as kirsten said they badly want to achieve on taxes and other things. >> one of the things we don't point out enough is we talk about

if senator marco rubio votes no, tillerson could be rejected. or republicans could do maneuvering and get the tillerson recommendation to the full senate bypassing the committee. if they all vote no he needs all there but two to vote yes. at least four republicans have expressed concerns about the pick, which would theoretically sink his nomination unless some vulnerable democrats in energy-rich states decide to back tillerson. manu raju joins me now. the trump campaign will have to get organized to get this nominee through. >> no question about it, jake. especially since democrats by and large are signaling they'll oppose this nomination, particularly the senator -- democratic senators on the foreign relations committee. that means that there is virtually no margin for error, particularly if you start to see significant defections within republican ranks. one good piece of news for the trump campaign, for those republican senators who have expressed concern is that they're not saying they'll oppose the pick. they are willing to listen to what m

you have a hand full of republicans who have expressed publicly, marco rubio being among them, famously tweeting now, a friend of putin not questioned in his view a strong quality for secretary of state. rand paul, john mccain, now, does rex tillerson answer those questions with substance in a confirmation hearing? he very possibly could. we can expect he will face harsh questions because of the sensitivity of that topic, this is in the news because of the election hacks, you have republicans, even mitch mcconnell saying they want a deeper investigation into this. it's at least going to be something he's going to be asked about. >> the secretary of state has to interact with the entire world, not just russia, what qualifications does tillerson have for that? >> that's the judgment of the preside president. he has dealing around the world. he most certainly would not have dealt with leaders of china, russia, when you're drilling for oil in these countries, you're dealing with the politics as well. does that give you the qualification to handle the sensitivity of the one china question, w

want to thank senators markey and rubio for their work and leadership on this important issue. will also consider s. res. 537 expressing profound concern on the political economic and social mentoring crisis in venezuela urging the release of political prisoners and calling for constitutional democratic processes. i think senators cardin rubio menendez kaine gardner and boxer for bringing this resolution before the committee to the situation in venezuela is tragic and people are suffering. we all hope we can find a peaceful electoral weight out of this crisis. we'll consider s a. to provide the approval of the raymond for the government of the united states and the government of norway concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. this will call i negotiate agreement with norway to the common effect in advance of the completion of the 90-day congressional review period which occurs after we have adjourned. absent this agreement that mr. shall complete a trilateral service agreement with norway and the iaea which is not subject to congressional review or oversight. this committee

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

he goes on, but the bottom line is rubio punctuating a point he made even as tillerson's name was first floating, effectively saying someone who is a, quote, friend of vladimir is not the attribute i'm looking for in a secretary of state. >> i want to bring in msnbc political analyst rick tyler, and megan murphy. good morning. rick, i want to start with you. rex tillerson, specifically, how could his ties to vladimir putin and russia impact his ability to get the job done as secretary of state? >> there's two things going on here. rex tillerson, i think, is a tremendous pick. his service at exxon goes back all the way for eight presidents. he's been in leadership in exxon since the reagan administration. he's well known. he has ties throughout the world. exxonmobil is a larger company than the state department itself. however, i think this begins to be emblematic of the problem the trump administration is going to have or the trump incoming administration in the transition with regard to russia. the interview with dana rohrabacher in the last hour is emblematic of the confusion. what is

i do want to thank senator rubio for his work on this legislation. there were some concerns expressed and were able to work through those concerned and i thank them for that, the department concerned about reporting on nonstate activist engaged in persecution as may undermine u.s. government diplomatic efforts to hold governments accountable for abuses committed within their territory. i think this legislation strikes the right balance but it's an issue i think our committee will continue to monitor to make sure that governments are held accountable for actions within their country. i want to acknowledge our presence best and work is done on religious freedom and i would urge icollege to support the legislation. >> would anyone else like to speak to this? >> i want to thank rubio and senator cardin for including the language on these as. >> i would entertain a motion and consider the substitute amendment by voice vote. is there a second? the question is on a motion to approve a rubio substitute enemy. all in favor? opposed? the ayes have it. is there

marco rubio, lindsey graham, john mccain, that he is too alined with russia, spent too much time with vladimir putin to be secretary of state? they have questions about that. would that dissuade mr. trump if he felt he was the best person for the job? >> the relationship between tillerson and vladimir putin and russia, it depends on what that relationship is. it's a business relationship. as the head of exxonmobil, he goes where the oil is, where the jobs are. he goes where he is producing jobs for people around the globe and of course where he's been able to extract resources to help many people around the globe. that would include russia obviously. it's not as if they're intimate friends, not as if they're god parents to each other's children. it can be looked upon as an asset, not a liability. you want someone as secretary of state, andrea, which is the fourth highest ranking official in our federal government, you want someone who has experience who has the facility, not new to the job. and rex tillerson is a very trump ian-inspired pick, because it's somebody who, like donald tru

among them, marco rubio and john mccain nap could be a tough confirmation battle, if that's who trump ends up going with. we should find that out in the next couple of days. we are learning more about how this transition is shaping up in terms of key appointments. one of the positions we're watching closely is the high-profile position of press secretary, and kellyanne conway, of course, the campaign manager of the trump campaign, she told hugh hewitt in a radio interview she's politely declined that role as press secretary. conway, of course, someone who has the ear of president-elect trump. obviously one of his most high-profile surrogates. looks as though she won't be in that role as press secretary once trump is inaugurated here in the next couple weeks. wolf? >> ryan, who else is the president-elect meeting with today? >> reporter: it's a busy day here at trump tower. already seen carly fiorina come through. a former presidential candidate who battled with donald trump during the campaign was here. also expected today, west virginia senator joe manchin, a democrat, of course. onc

of state could be, there is a deep connection to russia and you have senators like mccain, graham, rubio, who are critics of russia and are concerned about what it could mean going forward. as you mentioned, controversial campaign. now a lot of drama in the transition. we are adding a new layer with a small group of republican moderate senators that could cause trouble for donald trump especially when the confirmation hearings start for his incoming cabinet. >> certainly fascinating. any idea when we might get the secretary of state announcement? it could come at any minute obviously? >> well, the transition tweeted this morning that it's not going to come until next week. we believe that this coming week, starting on monday but i guess it could be the following week. there are many reports out there and we are cautioned not expect anything unless donald trump announces it himself. >> thank you. >>> let's talk about what it means heading to a new administration. i'm joined by david gergen, historian and professor at princeton university. trump said it could be a political effort by the d

lindsey graham of south carolina. >> marco rubio. >> marco rubio of florida. obviously, that's three. only have 52. that would, if the three voted against tillerson and every democrat voted against, obviously, scuttles the nomination. a long way to go from here to there. mitch mcconnell pointed out, there will are confirmation hearings, the information discussed and then we'll see. >> watched closely. david chalian, thanks for being with us. >> thanks. >>> breaking news. china responding to the president-elect claims he will use the one china policy as a bargaining chip. details ahead. heumatoid arthrit, and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, s

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

republican senator marco rubio is saying that. republican senator lindsey graham is calling it quote, unnerving. >> i understand this. did they support john kerry for secretary of state? this is a man who when he was a young man was out there, very well known in my day saying that communism was no longer a problem. he threw his metals over a fence in protest. did they vote for him for secretary of state? i don't know the answer but i suspect the answer was yes. >> zeke -- >> there's double standard here. >> let me get some of the other folks in here. zeke, when you look at the business dealings in russia that he's done while leading exxon, they sign this massive deal in 2011 and the man running the russian oil giant which they signed it with, here is what he said. he said that essentially bragged about the valuation of his companies soaring to $7 billion in five days. it shows that exxon's deal helped russia a lot. that's fine in business. it's different when you then take off the business hat and you become secretary of state bec

senator marco rubio said today, i have serious concerns about his nomination. senator lindsey graham said, there are many questions which must be answered. i expect the u.s./russian relationship to be front and center in his confirmation process. and here was senator john mccain yesterday. >> i also, as a hundred of us, have to exercise our best judgment, but 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 she should prejudge mr. tillerson. >> tillerson certainly has his heavyweight supporters. among them, condoleezza rice, who said today he was an excellent choice for secretary of state. he will bring to the post remarkable and broad international experience. bob gates said, i strongly endorse the president-elect's selection of rex tillerson to be the next secretary of state. well, both rice and gates, it should be known, have done consulting work, for money, for exxonmobil. another voice of support for tillerson was the former vice president and former ceo of halliburton

that is drawing scrutiny from john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio. what does it mean for the other candidates? the many candidates we have seen cycle through the last couple weeks? obviously they did not get the job. most interestingly, mitt romney taking to facebook, saying he was honored to have been considered for the position and saying he has high hopes for the trump administration. this is a long way from calling the president-elect a phony and fake through the general election process. the two formed a mutual respect for one another. the president-elect even calling mitt romney on monday night to tell him he did not get the position. he appreciated his willingness to participate at all. obviously that's on the cabinet side of things. there is a big question of the conflict of interest side of things. president-elect was supposed to answer those questions this week touting his conference on december 15th to announce he would separate himself from his business interests. well, no longer. reality is the president-elect has been solely focused on

establishment republicans including marco rubio, john mccain, lindsey graham are hinting they are ready -- the president-elect and mr. tillerson and sources tell "fox news" republican congressman ryan zinke has been chosen for secretary of the interior. he has reportedly not yet accepted that offer that the congressman was on this broadcast just last night and we asked him about it. are you going to work for the president-elect? >> he has not asked. if the president asked you to go to work for him it's awfully hard to refuse through my first love is montana. to make sure what i do is in the best interest of our country in montana but he has not asked. i'll tell you it's hard to say no to the president. lou: i think that gives us some indication and i will take that up with trump's expanding cabinet, take out a bunch of senior advisor kellyanne conway later on in this broadcast. also with us tonight from national security advisor ambassador james woolsey for mr. trump. he is set to hold its fifth think you rally tonight in wisconsin in a suburb of milwaukee. trump landed moments ago in m

so it may be controversial -- >> you got mccain, rubio. i think that's separate from saying they won't vote for him. but they'll make it tough. >> more on trump's pick for secretary of state. donald trump postponed a big press conference that was planned for thursday about separating from his businesses. remember he said there's going to be lots of legal documents. it's going to be done the right way. now he started tweeting some of his plans. what are his plans? why did he delay it? next. we live in a pick and choose world. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! give the gift of amazing sleep. only at a sleep number store, right now find the lowest payments ever on all beds. hurry, ends sunday. know better sleep with sleep number. the searc

rubio tweeting about it over the weekend. him saying that being a friend of vladimir putin is not an attribute i hope for from a secretary of state. this could be trump's real first fight for confirmation for one of his top cabinet picks. >> you are right. having relationships in itself is not a bad thing. we want people at that level who do have genuine relationships with important people around the world. to me, it is more a matter of sympathy. how do you feel about these people? what kind of relationship and where is the policy heading? that is the key part. >> to have this be now a monday where part of the story is did the russians hack into the u.s. election and hand it to donald trump to look at a guy who has a close relationship with vladimir putin. the optics of this are challenging. >> not a good day to have him as the bff to your new secretary of state. honestly, 36 hours ago, i would have said this is sailing through. now i'm not so sure this morning. >> john mccain, a republican whom we all know, chair of the arme

he's received the order of friendship from vladimir putin and as marco rubio put it in a tweet, as john mccain put it, they have some concerns about just how close he is to russia and russia's president. >> and the other big news of the weekend is the cia assessment that russia intervened in the election to help trump win. senator john mccain wants a slegt committee to investigate temperature could that actually happen? >> reporter: the select committee would involve jumping through a few more hoops, but armed services and maybe other committees are going to look in to it. and as noted by the fact that this is coming from mccain, this is not just something that the democrats are pushing. republicans are also concerned and say that they want to get to the bottom of whether or not russia or china or any other countries are trying to influence our politics starting with this election. >> a lot to talk about. acie potts, thanks. loretta lynch will visit sterling to bring awareness to the sharp increase in hate crimes targeting muslims. recent fbi data shows these kind of crimes are up 67% c

we are accustomed to some pushback from democrats but you have rubio, graham and mccain also far saying this might not be the guy. the president-elect has allowed the nominee who he thinks is can can be best for these positions knowing he actually hasn't nominated him yet. he deserves a free and fair hearing in the senate. this initially i don't know a ton about him yet. in the press they been talking about. him and bolted as a deputy secretary. i think that will be an excellent pairing because john bolton knows how to run the office. he notes what it's like in the state department he knows how to effect real change. affect real change. that was encouraging for me. what does everyone think in oil ceo is going to do. well had to wait and see what he says on the help for himself. how would this be different. it's actually quite frustrating to me. what do you think he's gonna do of course is in a do business in russia. were talking about the largest company in america. but ron, his life has been on display. it's a kind of things we typically applaud and then there is a diverse array of rep

marco rubio. rand paul. lindsey graham. these are not exactly trump friends. >> and where is jeff flake in that? david sanger, let me ask you, what do you think the biggest concern for tillerson among the senators that are going to be passing judgment on him? what do you think that biggest concern may be? >> you know, joe, one of the oddities of working in the oil territory where mr. tillerson has been now for 41 years is that oil usually sits under the land that is run by some of the world's worst dictators. and he's going to have to if he gets into this job, reverse his normal instinct, which would be to basically make nice, strike the deal, and try to think in terms of human rights issues, think in terms of longer strategic relationships and he's going to be commanding a state department that is the exact cultural opposite of exxonmobil. it's leaky. it has a lot of dissent. i think that's going to be quite an adjustment. >> which your description of the state department you've just described all of the reasons why john b

marco rubio, a member of that committee, expressed concern. rand paul is on that committee. so is jeff flake. those are some independent-minded republican voices who i think are likely to raise questions about tillerson's history with russia in general and vladimir putin in particular. well, well, here's a concern jason and i'm going to try to put it as simply as i possibly can. so exxon the company wanted to do a lot of oil facilities in russia. but then russia invaded crimea in ukraine and u.s. emposed all of these sanctions on russia which killed exxon's dreams of expanding into russia. so, now you have tillerson and russia, they both want to work together on these oil fields. russia would love those sanctions lifted because the economy is in the tank, right? so in that sense should americans raise their eyebrows? >> you know all we got to do is add denzel and this is like a man churian candidate situation. that's how bad this is. i believe that the president-elect has the right to pretty much pick who he and maybe one day she wants to be in their administration. but in t

john mccain, marco rubio. kevin: you have folks like senators mccain and rubio who have had a rocky relationship with trump in the past, criticizing him for his perceived wranglings with russia. i would anticipate that right now, the transition officials are doing everything they can to shore up support. we did see trump give an .nterview and tweet out clearly this is someone he thinks highly of, but whether or not he would be able to get confirmed remains to be seen. a lot of intrigue around this pick is just a latest development in what has become a fascinating journey for the secretary of state pick. joe: do the headlines over the last few days over russia and wikileaks and its reported preference of donald trump make the tillerson pick more difficult given the lack of desire for more russia headlines? kevin: trump knows how to drive and manipulate the media. i would anticipate more headlines involving the russian involvement in the election wednesday. joe: kevin cirilli, thank you very much. ♪ scarlet: w

marco rubio tweeted being a friend of vladimir is not an attribute i'm hoping for in a secretary of state. among trump's biggest chances, balancing his pro-business promises with foreign rivals. a $16 billion blockbuster, boeing selling 80 commercial airplanes to iran made possible by last year's nuclear agreement, which trump has denounced. this, the biggest sale by a u.s. company to the islamic republic since 1979. the president-elect yet to comment. instead, taking a second swipe at boeing's contract for air force one. >> we're going to make good deals for this country. i don't need a $4.2 billion airplane to fly around in. i don't need that. >> that was peter alexander reporting. >> regarding trump's dismissal of the cia's assessment of russia, a former intelligence official tells nbc news, quote, it is curious that someone who refuses to take intelligence briefings has decided he doesn't agree with the analysis contained in them. for more on that boeing deal with iran, we're joined by correspondent ali rusy. talk about how big the deal is for iran. >> it's a huge deal for iran. first

over the weekend, republican senator marco rubio tweeting, "being a 'friend of vladimir' not an attribute i am hoping for from a secretary of state." >> and tom llamas joins us now from washington. tom, we've heard very little from hillary clinton about this election, but we heard from her campaign team on these new headlines involving russian hackers today. >> reporter: david, there is a small group of electors that is asking about information. and john podesta said, electors have a responsibility under the constitution, and we should support their efforts to have their questions addressed. that there's no mechanism to brief these electors, but it is a very aggressive stance tonight, david. >> tom llamas in washington. tom, thank you. >>> that controversy over russian hacking swirling with the inauguration just 39 days away now. with the president-elect saying he's not convinced by the intelligence gathered by the u.s., including the cia, what will his relationship with them be like? and how many intelligence briefings has mr. trump sat in for so far? with the answer, here's abc's chief

senator marco rubio tweeted today "being a ¡friend of vladimir' is not an attribute i am hoping for from a secretary of state." mr. trump believes tillerson's familiarity with putin would be an asset. >> he's much more than a business executive; he's a world-class playe. he knows many of the players, and he knows them well. he does massive deals in russia, for the company, not for himself. >> stewart: but the president- elect said he has not made a final decision, saying mitt romney and senator bob corker are still candidates. mr. trump weighed in on another foreign policy issue, questioning the long standing "one china" policy when asked about his controversial phone call with taiwan's president. >> i fully understand the "one china" policy but i don't know why we have to be bound by a "one china" policy unless we make a deal with china. >> stewart: on tuesday the federal reserve board begins a two-day meeting, its last for 2016, and it is widely anticipated that fed chair janet yellen will announce an interest rate increase. also at play is the transition from the obama administration

some republicans are wary of those ties including senators john mccain, lindsay graham and marco rubio. he is concerned about tillerson's relationship with putin. >> putin is a murder and kgb guy who wants to restore the russian empire. when he gets the friendship award from a butcher, frankly it's an issue that i think needs to be examined. >> senator graham called tillerson's ties to putin unnerving and asked the chief of staff reince priebus about concerns some have about tillerson's previous dealings with putin. >> do you understand why that would unnerve some people about the idea of him as america's chief diplomat? >> it might unnerve people who think the best route for the country to go is to ignore people and have an enemy and adhere to the list. look, i don't believe that if solving the world's biggest problems are best done by ignoring people and having crummy relationships across the globe. we just don't believe that talking to people and having relationships is a bad thing. >> let me bring in tonight's panel. the president of the partnership for conservative principals. the

senators,republican marco rubio, lindsey graham, john mccain coming out strongly and saying i'm not sure we want somebody as secretary of state who has and braced vladimir putin. donald trump has been incredibly consistent about appointing people to his cabinet who he thinks have executive level experience. that is something that makes people in washington very uncomfortable. rex tillerson is going to be under heavy scrutiny. carol: another member of donald trump's team, steven mnuchin. donald trump has lauded him as a great businessman. look at that.a we look at his relationship with a branch of a bank that he was involved with that was very heavy into something called reverse mortgages, which people will be familiar with. they allow you to get cash out of your home, mostly targeted towards elderly people who are ending the term of their mortgage and want to release the equity in it. ofis a product long thought to disproportionately target elderly people. it is something that has come under close scrutiny. this is a part of his financial history that i expect to get a lot of scrutiny as

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

i probably one of he few anymore america that thought rubio was doing the right thing in that debate. i think good politics is rep particulars, -- repetition and f you're trying to drive a message you have to repeat it a lot to make the point. try to do that in meetings we have with our colleagues. inoticed. >> guest: well, one time is not enough. you can always count on about three-quarters not paying attention the first time so if you're really trying to make a point, repetition is a good thing. >> host: i want to ask you about a period of time in your emotions during that time. after three terms finely elected whip, the number position in the senate. november 13, 2002. then a month later trent lott went to strom their mond's billing okay party and said something about thurmond and had to resign as leader, a position you always wanted. you would seem to be the logical person to to move up bum senator bill frist took the position and then at the end of january you had triple bypass surgery so what was your range of emotions discussion that two and a half months about all those? sunny

john mccain and marco rubio all expressing doubts. rubio said, while rex tillerson is a respected businessman, i have serious concerns about his nomination. fueling those worries, the u.s. intelligence community's recent findings that russia was hacking into the democratic party to boost trump's chances. the tillerson nomination could give democrats an opening to probe further. >> i'm more concerned to try to figure out exactly what happened, how it happened. this is a fight for the soul of our democracy. >> reporter: even as trump's advisers see a case of sour grapes. >> in the same way we agree no one should interfere with our elections we should also agree that donald trump won resoundingly by the rules establishes. >> reporter: tillerson is an oil man who sounded the alarm over climate change, something trump once caused a hoax. >> the risk posed could be significant. it's been exxonmobil's view for some time that it is prudent to take action while accommodating the uncertainties that remain. >> reporter: also tapping former gover

marco rubio himself said that next time it could be a republican. this is about something much bigger than an election, this is about democracy and there are a number of republicans who will support the sanctions or want to do more. but is donald trump, as he says, wants to work closer with president putin. if he does reverse this then what happens?” president putin. if he does reverse this then what happens? i think congress will act. we will start out with hearings. senator mccain chairs a committee and he has emphatically stated that there will be investigations for the intelligence committee and i think there will be bipartisan support for moving forward with the sanctions. of course it is not necessary with the sanctions that president obama put forth today, only if the president—elect reverse them. i would not be surprised to see congress go further. russia has consistently denied the allegations and vladimir putin's spokesman has now promised adequate reply. to the sanctions. the russian embassy in the uk has offered this take on twitter

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

pleased that republican senate leader mitch mcconnell has joined with senators mccain and graham and rubio and others in a bipartisan call to make sure we get to the bottom of this, and that we respond appropriately. i think this is a very big deal, chris. >> what do you think, as an american, of the fact that the evidence now that the russian, the former soviet union over there, if you will, from my memory. we can all remember the cold war, that that country over there deliberately got involved in our political campaigning so the one side, the one they wanted to win, in this case trump, won. what do you make of that, as an american? not as a politician. >> chris, first, i led a bipartisan delegation to eastern europe back in august, when we first got news this was likely happening. and it's striking to me how many countries across central, eastern, and western europe have already been victims of overt and covert russian interference in their election. this is something that the russians are doing across all of europe. >> what do they want? >> as an american, i think this goes right to 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