you're talking about jon huntsman and david petraeus. whatever you think about them, these are people with real life experience and therapy tre outside of the u.s. >> let me come back to your point, though. my impression is before this incident that our allies in the pacific wanted us to stand up to china because they feared the encroachment of china. >> that's true. and one of the ways they want us to stand up to china wasn't just militarily. it was the most important multilateral trade deal that the united states tried to set up for decades. the transpacific partnership which trump has reiterated he is out day one. wants nothing to do with it. asia, including mr. abe, but big political capital on the line to get tpp done. in the case of abe, he doesn't have any internal opposition either within his party or outside. he can come to the u.s. and talk to trump and doesn't even mention it's not a problem for him. but for every other ally, like in south korea where they are about to get than impeached president, it's a real problem. >> not

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. >> former ambassador jon huntsman said trump strengthed the u.s. for negotiating with china. >> you have a businessman who has become president of the united states who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage in that relationship. >> reporter: huntsman is another former trump critic whose sources say u is underconsideration for secretary of state. meeting with trump today was al gore, who wants trump not to back the u.s. out of the global deal to fight cat interesting and to be continue ed. >> still avoiding reporters, donald trump warned his tweeting will continue. >> he'd have less reason to use twitter if the press would cover him accurately, he tweeted, but he doesn't know if that will >>> 20-year-old adam lanza shot and killed 20 years between the ages of 6 and 7 at the sandy hook shooting. >> no way. >> this afternoon a group founded by the families of the victims launched a campaign to promote the warning signs of dangerous behavior. the group wants people to realize how easy it it is to miss dangerous behavior that could lea

jon huntsman, dana rohrabacher. and one of my guest tonight, john bolton he has been in the mix all along. and -- nobody in beijing gets to dictate who we talk to, i it is ridiculous to think that a phone call upsets decades of anything. today more provocation by china, fox news learned that china flew two of bombers around taiwan. we're informed that two bombers and jet fighter escorts remained in international airspace throughout the flight, the first of its kind, occurred on november 26, 6 days before president-elect trump broke 4 decades of transition and talked on phone with taiwanese president, the question, would china dare real president trump? we take that up with ed rollins. randy evans, and here tonight former presidential candidate, media mogul steve forbes. take up trump doctrine against outsources. and investors love the trump rally in the market, today dow closed at a new record high, investors unphased by italian's decision to reject prime minister's constitutional reforms, it is clear the populous m

>> jon huntsman and also admiral james defreitas. they're not top-tier candidates but it's clear the search is expanding past what they had publicly identified as the four candidates, romney, giuliani, c what are they saying? >> mike pence is saying this has much to do about nothing. they're calling to say congratulations and taiwan's president was one of them. the thing is we don't have formal relations in order to keep a tenuous relationship with china where it needs to be. those two countries not getting along, not recognizing them. of a big deal, although the administration is not really saying a lot about it at all. >> all right. tracie potts on the hill for us. tracie. >> we have breaking news on the road. we want to check in with melissa mollet. melissa. >> breaking news continuing this morning. 95 southbound there after want co-a two-mile backup is what i was trying to say there because of this closure. here's what we know so far. all lanes are blocked there and right now state police road and over to avoid sounds like this w

he is expanding his search for secretary of state to names like jon huntsman and the exxon ceo. we are 30 minutes away from the end of the monday session. check it out on the left-hand column. equities fell earlier. look at the gains for currency against the dollar. the euro earlier was down against the dollar to a 20 month low. these are bond yields. falling.es are we are looking ahead to next week's federal and market committee rate decision. investors penciling in a rate hike which isn't good for the a lower of the precious metal. 3.4% higher today. it's a french investment firm exclusive -- in exclusive talks to buy a global asset management unit. business may be valued at 3.5 billion euros. a purchase would propel it into the top ranks of global money managers with almost $1.4 trillion in assets. austriat to talk about over theustrians weekend elected a green party economic professor as their next president. spurning the appeal of an anti-immigrant nationalist who campaigned to weaken ties with the eu. we comparing the austrian and german 10 year. yielding 23 basis points m

the former ambassador to china, jon huntsman, and an obama possible candidates. they're also looking at the current ceo of exxon mobil and a retired navy admiral that hillary clinton considered to be her vp. larry: weighing in today for the next public school chancellor, hearing will be held tonight talking about the nomination of antoine wilson. this is the second of three public hearings that the d.c. council plans to hold before voting on wilson's confirmation. he is the current superintendent of schools i expected to start his new job february 1. autria: not a good day to wake up as a redskins fan. yesterday's loss had been crucial. trailing by four in the third cop -- third quarter when they found the touchdown on the 20 to 17 lead. doing a little dance. the defense gave up 31 points going to seal the deal, winning the game 31 to 23. after the game? let's just say the coach had one or two things he didn't really like. >> i do like the way that we came out, the way they had 16 play drives down our throat to start the game. that's not the way we want to come o

ambassador to china, jon huntsman. a plea for patience coming from president-elect trump's senior adviser. conway says: "the man is brilliant. the man is the best negotiator. he's the best connector and communicator. obviously, he just pulled off the upset of the you have to trust his instincts." ambassador huntsman's name particularly interesting considering the hard line the president-elect is taking with china, blasting their monetary policy in a tweet this morning. waldman says oncam tag : "meanwhile, minnesota and michigan begin recounting presidential votes today in response to a challenge from former green party candidate, jill stein. in washington, joel waldman, fox news." new information on a plan that's in the works to redevelop the area around the long-dormant n site. alderwoman chantia lewis, who took office in april, announced a partnership between the department of city development and u-w-milwaukees community solutions group. their goal is to think 'outside of the box' when it comes to redeveloping the n

sources say former utah governor jon huntsman is now in the running. the republican served as president barack obama's first ambassador to china... before running for president in 2012. meanwhile... former c-i-a director david petraeus believes he's qualified to serve as secretary of state... despite pleading guilty to mishandling information. five years ago, i made a serious mistake. i acknowledged it, i apologized for it, i paid a very heavy price for it, and i've learned from it. nominate general james mattis as defense secretary. mattis spent 44 years in the marine corps... serving in both afghanistan and iraq... before retiring in 2013. anchors chat/toss to rob rachael's weather forecast from fox6 meteorologist rachael kaye you may have to scrape some snow off your car this morning... but overall it will be a quiet monday. well the upper 30s. lows tonight will drop to right around freezing. we may have a few isolated flurries or sprinkles overnight and throughout the day tuesday. the big story heading our way is the colder air well see by midweek.

talk about jon huntsman, david petraeus. whatever you think about them, these are people with real life experience, treated seriously when they travel outside the us us. >> my impression is before this incident that our allies in the pacific wanted us to stand up to china. because they feared the encroachment of china. >> that's true. >> one way they wanted us to stand up to china wasn't just militarily, it was the most important multilateral trade deal that the united states tried to set up for decades, the trans pacific partnership, which trump reiterated he's out, day one, wants nothing to do with it. so literally every american ally in asia, including mr. abe put big political capital on the line to get tpp done. in the case of abe, he doesn't have any internal opposition. either within his party or outside, he can come to the u.s., talk to trump, doesn't even mention it is a problem for him. for every other ally like south korea, the point is that it is much harder for them to say, oh, it is no big deal that trump isn't

is it mitt romney or jon huntsman? right now it is steve immunogen -- mnuchin. on his first day, trump will label china a currency manipulator, that will be for the secretary. and then there is the review committee looking at foreign reviews into the united states. there was a record last year, 16.3 billion u.s. dollars more so than u.s. investment into china, a lot of hawks in washington saying when you do have a stricter review of chinese investments in the u.s. yousef: thank you always down to the line. angie: it is 12:30 in hong kong. these are first world headlines. china rebounded in november to rise 6% in yuan terms and edged into positive territory in dollar terms. that is as demand held up and weaker yuan boosted competitiveness. there was almost 10% falling against the dollar since august. leaving aso rose, trade surplus. japan unexpectedly cut the reading of third-quarter growth to 1.3% down from the preliminary measure of 2.3%. they defaulted on capital spending and infrastructure. this is the first time to choose a new method for gdp, hoping to brin

jont jon huntsman. and james stavridis, who was on hillary clinton's short list for vp. >> we have a president here that wants to look at the best and brightest of america, regardless job will have to deal with the growing tension with china. after trump took a call from the president of taiwan. for four decades, u.s. presidents have respected that by avoiding direct contact with the taiwanese president. >> president a obama can reach out to a murdering dictator in cuba in the last year and be hailed for doing it. and president-elect takings a courtesy call from a democratically elected leader in taiwan and it's a controversy. >> reporter: trump tweeted, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency, making it hard for our companies to compete? trump used twitter over the tweengd lash out at companies who moved jobs out of the country. and to lam "saturday night live" as unwatchable. >> reporter: and paul ryan said the president-elect's twitter tirades don't bother him at all. >> who cares w

huntsman, and former presidential candidate mitt romney. donald trump's thank you tour continues this week. the president-elect will visit north carolina tuesday night. then on thursday, he and pence will thank voters in des moines, iowa. there's still no official word when the tour will stop here in wisconsin. governor scott walker has said he expects it to happen sometime in the next two weeks. trump's visit. adrienne: two of the most powerful men in the country are from wisconsin. we're talking about reince priebus, donald trump's chief of staff and house speaker paul ryan. mike gousha has an interview with priebus. tonight on upfront. >> priebus will join me via satellite from trump tower in new york city. i'll ask him about trump's upcoming supreme court appointment, and whether a wisconsin judge is under serious consideration for that. and what does he think propelled trump to a surprise victory? do voters lack faith in elections, and will a recount help restore it? i'll ask the chairman of the state elections commission. and, how a w

former presidential candidate mitt romney and former utah governor jon huntsman were also on the short list for the position. making milwaukee water safer. it's an extensive plan for the city that could take decades to complete. fox 6's ted perry joins us from the newsroom with what city leaders decided today. today the common council gave the go- ahead to start replacing into homes. the city's plan is to stop the health risks due to lead contamination from aging pipes and to improve the infrastructure and stop breaks. the replacement plan affects homes built before 1951. the city would pay for the costs associated with replacing the pipe sections on public property. homeowners would be responsible for the underground pipes on private property. the city however money and allow homeowners to pay it back over ten years. a homeowner would be responsible for the cost up to 16 hundred dollars. the message i have for the residents of our city is that we do have safe drinking water. and that's important. there's no lead in our mains . we know there's an issue with our aging infrastructure , o

other names being floated include jon huntsman, mitt romney, rudy giuliani, and david petraeus. the president elect will be in fayetteville, north carolina later today and use the rally to introduce his choice for defense secretary, james mattis. mexico could seem top canada as the second-biggest exporter of goods to the united states. officials say shipments from mexico total $225 billion ahead of canada's 230 billion. it would be the first time the u.s. bought more imports from its neighbor from the south. 36 people died in a warehouse fire. the owner's apologizing. he says he's incredibly sorry and describes the warehouse as a mass grave. some people trapped in the flames sent final text messages to their loved ones. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 26 and in 120ists and analysts countries. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. emily: i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg technology." u.s. jobs.,000 that is a tweet from president-elect trump. we'll break down his meeting today. fighting words from trump on the campaign trail now have china's ful

several candidates now out of the running including former china ambassador jon huntsman who called mr. trump's controversial phone call with tijuana smart move. >> it provides space and leverage in the overall u.s./china relationship. discussed for months. and the date for the electoral college is approaching quickly, now less than two weeks away and one texas republican said he's not voting for donald trump even though his state did. in a "new york times" op-ed he explains why he thinks the president-elect isn't qualified. traie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> president obama will head to flori service. he will deliver his last national security speech. mr. obama is expected to highlight the gains the u.s. has made against extremist organizations like isis and to promote what he sees as the most sustainable approach to defeating them. now donald trump, of course, has not been sworn in yet and people are looking ahead to the next election. in fact, vice president joe biden seems to be leaving his options open for 2020. >> he told reporters yesterday little bit when he was pressed on

. >> former ambassador to china jon huntsman said trump strengthened u.s. >> you have a businessman who has become president of the united states who real leverage in that relationship. >> huntsman is another former trump critic like mitt romney who sources say is under consideration for secretary of state. meeting with trump today was al gore, who wants trump not to back the u.s. out of the global deal to fight clmate change. >> i found it extremely interesting conversation. and to be continued. >> reporter: still avoiding reporters, donald trump warned his tweeting will continue. he would have less reason to use on him was more accurate, trump tweeted today. he complains i don't know if that will ever happen. what is happening today is the president's recording on concern about ben carson. nancy pelosi calls his disturbingly unqualified. i'm steve handlesman, news 4. >>> tomorrow d.c.'s mayor will go to new york to meet with president-elect trump. bowser is a democrat and voted for hillary clinton. she is the one who asked for the >> tom sherwood is here with more on the trip and the

jon huntsman. the former ambassador to china, appointed by president obama, and even retired admiral on hillary clinton's list for vp. >> we have a president here that wants to look at the best and brightest of america, regardless of history or past disputes. >> reporter: whoever gets the growing controversy with china over president-elect trump's decision to take a phone call from the president of taiwan. taiwan is officially a part of china, and not an independent country. and for four decades, u.s. presidents have respected that by avoiding direct contact with the taiwanese president. >> president obama can reach out to a murdering dictator in cuba in the last year and be hailed as a hero for president-elect donald trump takes a courtesy call from a democratically elected leader in tay wan, and it's a controversy. >> reporter: trump tweeted, did china ask us if it was okay to devalue their currency, making it hard for our companies to compete? trump also used twitter over the weekend to lash out

without further ado, i want to introduce other two co-chairs, joe lieberman and jon huntsman. jon is a two-term governor in utah. our china hand, very important going forward. joe served the state of connecticut 26 years in the senate. as i like to think of him, as a real independent. he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. and so without further ado, let me bring them both out. ♪ it's a beautiful day >> that's such an auspicious song "beautiful day" by u2. that's the song i had when i ran for governor. 2004. auspicious because we won that election. it was pretty good. following nelson peltz and and andy bursky, what a special moment. people like that, when they take this effort seriously, you know what we're doing is of serious purpose and intent. all of new this room don't waste your time. you want to be part of something purposeful going in a direction toward a destiny that's going to be good for this country. i'm delighted to be here with joe lieberman, my co-chair, rabbi, big brother. there she is. let me just remind you of a couple of things is so signif

john bolton, jon huntsman, rex tillerson and joe manchin. mr. tillerson will meet at trump tower on tuesday. >>> and we are 4 1/2 hours away from the markets opening in the states. we'll look at the u.s. futures to see what is happening in the trading. it's wide open on the right-hand side of the screen. dow jones is being call ed one f the biggest to watch. you're watching "street signs." >>> welcome back to the show. the italian prime minister matteo renzi announced he'll resign after the crushing defeat in the constitutional referendum. nearly 60% of voters rejected his proposed reforms with a turnout of more than 65%. one of the highest for a referendum in italy. we'll get more reaction from the continent, nancy is in brussels. what have the finance ministers been saying there? >> reporter: well, caroline, it's been a large show of support for the italian government. the message we have been hearing from finance ministers entering their regular meeting in brussels is they are confident the italian government will have a smooth transition of

jon huntsman, not viewed as a china hawk. i think he was ambassador to china saying i think that's okay. >> just like bolton did. >> and steve moore on the economic team, here's what he had to say. >> taiwan is our ally, john. that is a country that we have backed because they believe in freedom. and we ought to back our ally and if china doesn't like it, screw them. >> so if china doesn't like it, screw them, it's tough talk. we should also say, there's a long-standing ideological vain here between neoconservatives in the republican party who feel confrontation with china is needed that we've been too soft on them for a long time and it's sort of amazing to see that ideological string, which is a real developed thing, gain a foothold this early. >> well, sure. and it gained a foot hold in michael flynn. you know, the attitude is, yeah, we're going to break some eggs and they should be broken. and again, i haven't sensed from democratic foreign policy experts any conviction that this is harmful in and of itself. >> right. and

jon huntsman and admiral james dereedy, the list is expanding. >> more than four, but who knows how many finalists there will p continues tweeting out his foreign policy, defend iing a cl from taiwan's president that angered china. sfl the waters seem like a tempest in a teapot. >> reporter: and warning american businesses that move jobs overseas, they may be making a very expensive mistake. he wants to impose a 35% tariff on those companies when they bring goods back into the u.s. and critics say the companies will just pass that on to consumers. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> and the stock market is hitting new record highs today. there's a live look at the big board from the new york stock exchange. looks like it's up 19,264. back to thig winners. goldman sachs, biggest winner among the dow's 30 stocks. keeping an eye on the market >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> well, we're starting to s li bit. the skies get and our vizsiblility is good as well. temperatures up 40 but one place cooler is in the lehigh valley, where we have 38 degree, how in redding, 39 in fleetw

former ambassador to china jon huntsman and admiral james. >> more than four. who knows how many final lists? >> also today. >> mad dog. >> former announcement of general james mattis plus dr. ben carson has decided to accept the offer of hud secretary. that could be announced today. mr. trump continues tweeting out his foreign policy defending a call from taiwan's president that angered china. >> the waters seem like a tempest in a tea pot. >> warning american businesses that move jobs overseas, they may be making a very expensive mistake. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> 5:45. a uc berkeley student is at the hospital recovering from sexual assault. police say the assault happened over a week ago. the student was leaving a b.a.r.t. station in downtown berkeley when a man attacked her. he had the intent to rape, but the student managed to fight back and get away. the attacker is described 6'2", white male in his late 30s with light brown hair and had a muscular build. anyone with information should call police. >>> not something you're accustomed to seei

ambassador to china jon huntsman, democratic center joe manchin exxon mobil max heller's and. >>> a rainy start to the day and a yellow weather alert untapped tomorrow. look who's back. first alert topper shutt in the weather center and you brought the rain with you. >> i did and the only silver lining is and then were looking at a very gray day. morning commute impact low and after the impact highly. don't think we'll see flooding. what practices after school at a high risk as well. let's talk about futurecast. in the early morning at 6:00 clouds overspread the area and notice we are dry. most of us will have a dry commute. 41 downtown. 37 leesburg. 33 and close to freezing and frederick. bit of magenta here and there and there will be sleet mixed and just like last night north and west in town. by 10:00 rain makes it to the metro area just after the rush. after that it gets heavy so grab of winter coat an umbrella because temperatures will struggle to get out of the upper 30s north and west and only in the low to mid 40s downtown. after this we track the coldest air of the season. >>> w

i like jon huntsman, i like mitt romney, i like general petraeus. harris: you like mitt romney even though he's more of an establishment pick. meghan: i'm an establishment girl, harris! [laughter]. meghan: but i don't like the going on a double date, being so public about it. i thought it was a little ridiculous, but apparently people did. harris: i want to ask you about this idea that he's considering asking president obama for suggestions. judge jeanine: you know, one thing about president-elect donald trump, i have to say that, is the man is strategic, make no mistake, it's not that he hasn't decided or he's not sure. harris: you don't think so? judge jeanine: no, he knows exactly what he's doing, does it mean he knows this moment it's this person or does it mean he is sending signals to this part of the country or that part of the world that i am aware and i am cognizant of this or that issue. harris: so what signal does it send when he says i'm asking president obama for suggestions? what does that communicate? judge jeanine: sends a signal the

former ambassador to china, jon huntsman. and the list is expanding. >> more than four, but who knows how in finalists there will be. >> reporter: also today -- the formal announcement of general james maddus. meantime, there trump continues to tweet out his foreign policy defending a call from taiwan's president that angered china. >> the waters here seem like a little bit of a tempest in a teapot. >> reporter: and warning american businesses that if you move jobs overseas, they may be making a very expensive mistake. trump's proposal to impose a 35% tariff on companies that take the jobs overseas and try to sell back here to the u.s. but critics say that will just end up in your wallet as the prices are raised. tracie potts there for us. >> she is always busy. really keeping her busy. >> no doubt about it. >>> coming up, the details on the market shrug. you're watching "worldwide exchange" on cnbc. >>> good morning. italy's prime minister resigns following a referendum defeat. the global reaction straight ahead. >>> and tru

huntsman who calls mr. trump's controversial phone call with taiwan a smart move. >> it provides space and leverage in the overall u.s./china relationship. >> reporter: a high-level source tells nbc that contact had been discussed for months. we are less than two weeks away from the electoral college where the results will be officially certified. one electorate is coming forward saying he changed his mind and that he won't vote for donald trump because he thinks trump is unqualified. >> that's my must read later on. tracie potts, thank you. >>> to sports a big performance in the nba for one member of the golden state warriors. klay thompson scoring 60 points in a blowout win over indiana. he did it in three quarters. thompson is the 68th player in the nba history he to reach the 60-point mark and the first since kobe bryant's final game last season. four players scored 60 points more than once, wilt chamberlain did that 32 times in his career including a 100-point game. >> you already knew that, didn't you

trump reaching out to former utah governor, jon huntsman. rex tilerson will be here tomorrow for a meeting. and senator joe manchin will meet with him as well this week. >> al gore, was that planned? >> that's what makes this meeting so intriguing, it was not planned according do transition officials. he was here to specifically be meeting with trump's daughter, holding a meeting on climate change. after that meeting, he took some time with the vice president elect. seemed like an impromptu meeting, that was the lengthier meeting of the two. afterwards, gore said it was productive, the two are looking for ways to find common ground. and that, of course, being one of the most intriguing parts. these two have not seen eye to eye on climate change. donald trump himself has called climate change a hoax. it seemed gore seemed to be intrigued himself by having a continuation of this conversation. it was an interesting conversation, to be continued. >> thank you very much. >>> let's bring in mark preston. kirstin powers. our chief national security

huntsman, and mitt romney. >>> the cia is saying that russia intervened to help trump win the white house. intelligence agencies have identified people with ties to the russian government who helped hack the dnc and hillary clinton's campaign staff. president obama is ordering a full review into the cyberattacks as president-elect trump dismisses the report's validity. caroline is live with the latest. caroline? >> reporter: the trump team is really smacking this down and the intelligence committee along with it. the statement reads, "these are the same people who said sudan hussein had weapons of mass destruction. the election ended a long time ago in one of the most biggest electoral victories in history." "the new york times" says findings by the intelligence agencies that it was done to help mr. trump was based in part in the belief that the russians also hacked the republican national committee but never released those e-mails. the rnc strongly denies they were hacked. >> they were told very high up within "the new york times" that this was not true, that intelligence agencies

>> i'm hoping jon huntsman gets named as secretary of state. he's obviously not going to do it. >> look, i had this brainstorm a couple of weeks ago and it turns out huntsman talked to them about possibly becoming the secretary of state and the more i think about it, and i've looked into huntsman's past. his family has been in the oil business, in the natural gas business, in the chemicals business for years, officer decadefor decades. he's a two-time governor and elected twice to one of the redder states of the country. >> he knows mandarin. >> yes. i just think -- i'm so happy. how is this, i know the campaign, the transition team watches this show. my two sense is that this would be an absolutely great pick. he brings everything that romney would have brought but without the never trump part of the romney/trump. >> do you have a comment of general mattis before we move on? >> forget about the waiver. they should change this law from 1947. it was ten years and they changed it to seven years because they realized something in the law, a crazy

jon huntsman now being eyed as a possible secretary of state, says it is a smart move. >> you've got a businessman who has become president of the united states who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage. >> reporter: for his part, mr. trump has been unapologetic tweeting did china ask us if it was okay to dev-value their currency? >> we can't continue to allow china to rape our country. >> reporter: today china firing back. the state-run newspaper writing creating troubles for the china/u.s. relationship is creating trouble for the u.s. itself. china policy experts say this is a shake-up. >> trump is trying to change china policy, and it is a major reset. he is challenging the assumptions that are decades old. >> reporter: but others warn the move is risky. >> it doesn't make sense to me that donald trump should want to start his presidency with a serious crisis with china. i don't see where that gets us. >> reporter: a sign the call with taiwan was likely no blunder. >> for trump this is classic part of the deal. put china on warning. you better watch out. things w

jon huntsman one. people came out, i'm a big fan of possible secretary of state choices. he is clearly still looking. if he hasn't put a ring on it there is other people he is looking at. harris: i like the beyonce song. >> i think one thing to keep in mind, i think more than any other substantive policy area foreign policy belongs to the president. all key decisions on american national security, decisions existential in many cases the president is going to have to decide. while the decision is important, no doubt about it, the relationship between the president and secretary of state has got to be critical. one historical example i you doctor to, dean atchison and harry truman. atchison famously said he thought he and truman worked well together because neither in our time in office forgot who the president was. kennedy: you say the state department, is toxic and overwrought and gone rogue. how much time will the secretary of state actually cleaning up the state department itself while you have all the global challenges and crises that face you the moment you're sworn i

trump is looking at former utah governor jon huntsman for the job. mitt romney, rudy guiliani, and david petraeus are reportedly being considered. this morning former vice president al gore had an unexpected meeting with the president-elect at trump tower. mr. gore was originally only scheduled to meet with mr. trump's daughter ivanka to discuss climate change. he's a leading advocate of the idea that humans are causing climate change. during the campaign mr. trump called man made climate change a hoax. gore said he had a long conversation with the president-elect today. >> i found it an extremely interesting conversation. and to be continued. i'm just going to leave it at that. >> mr. gore did not go into detail about what was discussed during today's meeting with the president-elect. >>> new details tonight on the push to get a recount in pennsylvania. a new federal lawsuit has been filed which seeks to order a second look at the election results. former green party nominee jill stein is behind the effort in pennsylvania. she has launched similar e

he's reportedly considering david petraeus, mitt romney, rudy giuliani, john bolton, and jon huntsman. apparently trump is taking them all on a group date tonight, and one of them gets to join him in the fantasy suite. [ laughter and applause ] [ as trump ] "let's go to the fantasy suite. take you in a helicopter." [ laughter ] this is cool. the white house just launched a a new app where you point your phone's camera at a dollar bill and a 3-d image of the white house pops up that you can explore. the kids call it a cool thing to play with, while nicholas cage calls it -- [ as cage ] "a hidden map to unspeakable treasures." [ laughter and applause ] "you don't know what's in there. who, why, where." in tv news it was announced that showtime has canceled its series, "masters of sex." and women said it ended way too soon. [ applause ] actually, i just saw a new study that finds that wearing socks while having sex may make it more enjoyable. while wearing socks with sandals will make sex highly unlikely. [ laughter ] i read that. i read that today. >> steve: that's a good study. >> jimm

ambassador to china, jon huntsman. also emerging in the past day or so, exxon's ceo ron tillerson. he met with donald trump here at trump tower. donald trump called him out by name this morning calling him a great man. so what will transpire here, he was asked if he's merely stringing mitt romney along. donald trump says he's not out for revenge. this is about what is good for the country. donald trump also shedding some light on the fact that he has, in fact, consulted the current president, president obama, and some of his potential picks. >> i love getting his ideas and i may differ in many cases, i defer very greatly. >> but in one of the cases when you went to him with a specific person in mind for an appointment, did you go with his recommendation? >> i would say that, yes, i take his recommendations very seriously. and there are some people that i will be appointing. and in one case, have appointed, where he thought very highly of that person, yes. >> reporter: so donald trump talking about his appointments and nominations. we are expecting another announcement happening pro

. >> reporter: former republican governor of utah jon huntsman president barack obama's first ambassador now in the running and general petraeus making a public case for the top post. >> five years ago i made a serious mistake and i apologized for it. >> reporter: arguing that his guilty plea for revealing classified information to his former mistress should not disqualify hfor serving as secretary of state. >> i paid a very heavy price for it and i've learned from it. >> top adviser kellyanne conway saying interviews will continue this week for that secretary of state position. the intrigue continues out here with no real end in sight. conway saying the top post demands loyalty to the president. could that be potentially another jab at top contender mitt romney? we shall wait and see as we have been. alisyn. >> sure sounds like it could be a jab towards him. thank you very much for the reporting. >>> breaking news, japan's prime minister shinzo abe is set to visit pearl harbor. propelling the u.s. into world war ii, of course. prime minister abe will be accompanying president obama to p

as it pertains to china, we heard jon huntsman, the former governor of utah, has been ambassador to china, he speaks fluent mandarin. he has the important skillset or for example, general petraeus, knows vagaries and different shades of gray when it comes to all drama in the middle east. i don't know, when you think of the world's biggest problems, those two guys on this pretty broad list seem to me they have more useful skillsets than rex tillerson. nothing wrong about him you about he had business deals with venezuela and russia. okay, but you know, what is donald trump looking for here? >> i think at this point he is talking to a whole bunch people to figure out what will be the best criteria for trying to pick america's top diplomat. we can't forget to talk about john bolton, who is my old boss, who is just phenomenal. he is loyalist. he is expert on variety of different issues. you've got rudy giuliani. i think that on his list, one of the reasons why it is taking so long we do have a lot of choices. the republican party has many people who would be great at secretary of state. liz:

huntsman. there are others. and with us, jessica a couple weeks ago dr. carson been seem to be want to be part of the cabinet. what changed? >> reporter: wolf, you know, it was just a couple weeks ago a close aide to dr. carson said, dr. ben carson was not, in fact, interested in leading a federal agency. when his name was mentioned for health and human services. at the time, because dr. carson didn't have experience leading a federal agency and didn't believe that was his strength. then you go back to two weeks ago, and donald trump tweeted he was, in fact, considering dr. carson for hud secretary. and then it was just on wednesday, last week, that dr. carson put on his facebook page that an announcement was imminent. the question is, what changed here? you'll remember to back in december when dr. carson actually took donald trump on a tour of the blight the neighborhoods of detroit, including his boyhood home. so perhaps dr. carson believes he has insight into this. of course, hud is responsi

now in the mix, former presidential candidate jon huntsman, who also happens to be a former ambassador. trump's latest twitter target, china. the president-elect now facing heat for unleashing an online tirade and breaking with decades of international protocol. cnn's jessica schneider outside of trump tower with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. like you said, first came that controversial phone call with taiwan. then came that series of tweets from donald trump over the weekend where he slammed china, accusing of manipulating currency, a claim he made repeatedly throughout his campaign, and also criticizing china's military action in the south china sea. first, chinese officials were left scrambling trying to get some sort of clarification as to that phone call that happened on friday. then they were left to react to donald trump's tweets over the weekend. a spokesman for the foreign ministry of china does say that china refuses to speculate about donald trump's actions and then going on to say that they believe the policies between the u.s. and china that have la

sources say former governor jon huntsman is not in serious contention to lead the state department and never was according to sources. they also say retired general david petraeus is no longer a serious candidate either. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani is fading as a candidate for the nomination as well. sources with knowledge of the president-elect trump's thinking say that the transition team search for a secretary of state is wide open with his former rival and 2012 republican nominee mitt romney back at the top of the list. trump will be meeting with exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson at traur. sources say the president-elect is intrigued with his vast knowledge of the world. >>> once primary rivals, donald trump is nominating ben carson to be the secretary of housing and urban development. trump brutally mocked carson on the campaign trail, but the neurosurgeon turned into one of his top surrogates. and even after it emerges that carson was the top choice for the job at hud, it wasn't clear carson actually wanted to take the job. in november, armstrong williams, his business ma

jon huntsman probably would be an interesting pick as well. not know how much foreign-policy expertise he has an unwritten guy for the , europeans, definitely. host: holger stark and julian borger, their work available online. we have another 10 minutes to 15 minutes as we talk about u.s.-european relations. what to expect in the trump administration. bruce, republican, california. good morning. caller: good morning. host: please, turn the volume down and go ahead with your question. caller: i have a lot of questions. host: we will take them one at a time but turn the volume down. , there is a delay. caller: all right. host: [laughter] your question. caller: so we have all these countries saying that mr. trump should not be president, and i do not know if he should or should not be. meanwhile, i voted, but i think that we have an internal question for the united states. is, we have to rebuild america, they are trying to have ships come in here, what other countries have charged them 10 times more to ship them out to go to the country? host: th

he is considering jon huntsman former ambassador. the one time governor was critical of trump during the campaign at one point calling after that "access hollywood" tape surfaced. former mayor rudy guiliani and david petraeus and mitt romney. >> nobody knows how many there could be. >> reporter: huntsman could be an asset as he made a phone call to congratulate them. huntsman down played the flap. >> having lived in each place once there is a little too much hype on this one. >> reporter: tweeting sunday did china ask us if it was okay to devalue currency? mike pence said -- >> i think i would say to our >> reporter: another contender for secretary of state, david petraeus, whether he is qualified for mishandling classified information. >> five years ago, i made a serious mistake and yesterdays and learned from -- and apologized for it. >> he paid the consequences of those mistakes. >> reporter: leader, edward snowden lambasted the general. >> he never spent a single day in jail, general petraeus, who was far more classified than i e