donald j. trump is your president. get used to it. if you don't like it, there's france, canada, maybe even cuba. have a great weekend, everybody. fallout just one day after president obama vows to retaliate against vladimir putin's russia during hacking over the election. we'll get the latest from washington and president-elect donald trump. mr. trump also tweeting today about china stealing the u.s. ocean drone in international waters. i'll tell you what he's saying. and as electors prepare their presidential vote on monday, we're at the home of our very first president, george washington. we'll find out why the electoral college was a compromise for two very different ideas about electing our commander in chief.

of. thank you for spending your saturday with us. i'm elizabeth prann at mount vernon in northern virginia. >> with christmas decorations befitting the home of a former president, nice to see you, liz. i'm leland vittert. welcome to news headquarters in washington. president obama isn't mincing words when it comes to his feelings about russia. the president says he told russian president vladimir putin to cut it out and suggested that the russian president personally direct his hacking the american election. we have obviously what president obama is saying, and then also this huge difference, this big ocean between what president obama is saying and what president-elect trump is saying. >> it's absolutely night and day, leland. president obama said his goal is to send a clear message about the cyber attacks to russia, don't do this to us, because we

can do stuff to you. now he's urging president-elect trump to accept intelligence reports on that country's involvement. mr. obama recalled a meeting with vladimir putin at the g-20 summit in the fall and said he washed him there would be serious consequences if russia didn't cut it out. for the first time yesterday, president obama said he didn't retaliate before the election because he was afraid it would incite further hacking. the president said the russian hacks were specifically designed in part to help mr. trump and hurt democrats in the election. a view backed by the fbi and cia. >> my hope is that the president-elect is going to similarly be concerned with making sure that we don't have potential foreign influence in our election process. i don't think any american wants that. and that shouldn't be a source of an argument. >> mr. trump has criticized the intelligence community saying it was the same group that said

saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction. the president-elect's transition team said democrats' new focus on the hacking has more to do with politics than security. >> i think we can condemn any entity in interfering in an election, but there's zero evidence that it had anything to do with the election. donald trump won 23 counties throughout the country including multiple that president obama carried handily. i'm a little concerned how the left is now trying to focus on key legitimizing the election. >> congress is now promising hearings on the hacks this spring. leland? >> and more on exactly what the u.s. response options are in a few minutes. caroline, thank you. liz? >> well, president-elect donald trump is hitting the road today for the last day of his cross-country thank you tour. this as he fills another top administration spot, and admonishes china on twitter. we're joined now with all things trump. hi, gary. >> hey, liz.

in this latest dispute with china, you can't forget that just two weeks ago president-elect trump ruffled a lot of feathers in beijing when he spoke to taiwan's president over the phone. now, since then, the chinese have been flexing their military muscles with live fire exercises in the sea in eastern china. and said they have the right to use force to retake the island of taiwan if necessary. as the president-elect prepares to handle that rocky relationship once he takes office, he's also putting the final touches on his white house team. today mr. trump named republican south carolina congressman mick mulvany as director of the official of management and budget. mulvany is a founding member of the fiscal conservative house caucus and if confirmed will be responsible of overseeing the federal budget and taking on the massive ever growing debt. >> he will tackle the $20

trillion budget deficit we have right now and start to chip away to get rid of government deficiencies. find outdated projects and plans and government waste. but he is going to be a real champion of the american taxpayer in that office. >> last night, mr. trump continued his victory tour with a rally in orlando, florida. and this afternoon, he'll roll on to mobile, alabama, where last year he had one of the largest rallies of his campaign, with 30,000 people filling the stands at university of south alabama's football stadium. liz? >> all right, garrett, thank you. you spoke about china in your report. more on china. beijing said it is talking with its u.s. military counterparts over the return of the u.s. navy unmanned underwater glider. the u.s. issued a formal diplomatic complaint and demanding its immediate return. tensions are also spiking over new satellite images being installed on a group of

artificial islands in the south china sea. the new systems are in addition to military-length air strips already in place on the islands. joining us for insights on both china and russia, steven meyers for "the new york times," and author of the new czar, the rise and reign of vladimir putin. steven, nice to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> think of this from the rourn perspective. they're saying the diplomatic equivalent of a middle finger. is that a tactic on their part or just test us? >> it's clearly a tactic. they are going to stick with that position until some evidence shows otherwise. even then they might stick with it. of course, in these kinds of situations, you deny that you're involved in this kind of activity. >> from the cold war, admit nothing, deny everything. the russians have been good at that in the past. the question, though, is, what

proof does the american government have? what are your sources saying about that? >> you know, they clearly have indications of where the hacks were coming from geographically speaking. they've seen the pattern before. there's obviously stuff they know that we don't in the public. much more sophisticated analysis, possibly even sources inside russia itself that allow them to make this accusation with such authority. >> we've heard so much about whether or not it was the russian government. one would think that in vladimir putin's russia that is so tightly controlled, the hacking of the u.s. election and the sis tech attic dissem mags of that information wouldn't happen without someone high up approving it. >> that's what the u.s. government said. it's true in russia you have a very tightly controlled political system. but that is especially true with the security services. putin himself --

>> this isn't a couple of e-kgb guys, we'll see how this works and see what happens. >> free lancing, no way. this would have had to be organized and controlled and ultimately approved at the very highest level. that doesn't necessarily mean putin himself ordered it, but he would have been aware of it happening. for someone to take such an active role against what they consider to be their main adversary would have had to have been approved by the kremlin because of the consequences of it. >> speaking of consequences, we've heard from vice president biden about the possible u.s. retaliation. mess with us, we can mess with you. there was a great piece out recently in slate which said, while the u.s. has the largest cyber rocks to throw in a cyber war, we also live in the glassiest of crystal houses when it comes to a cyber war. do the russians feel a level of impunity, if you will, because of that? >> it's hard to are say if they feel a sense of impunity. i think they test the resolve of their adversaries all the time,

that includes nato and us. president obama yesterday talked about the capabilities they do have. and i think they're willing to use them. and maybe they have already. there have been suspicious leaks on the russian side involving ukraine and so forth already. some speculated maybe those are the initial signs of the u.s. leaking materials. >> from the russian perspective, we didn't do anything in crimea, or ukraine. certainly didn't do anything on the red line in syria. >> the question really will be, look how forceful they want to be, and a response. there's a question even before the election of how much you politicize this issue. and i think it was politicized, frankly. and the -- if you're dealing with it not as a campaign matter, but a matter of national security, you want to try to move very carefully. and the president said yesterday that he was mindful of the risk of an escalation. >> real quickly, escalation, risk of it, test, china doing

the same thing by taking this drone? >> i think there's no question that that's what china is doing. remember, this did at the beginning of the bush administration, too. >> the plane crashed. >> the plane crashed. the new administration didn't have the china policy in place yet. i think you'll see that with russia, china and the new president. >> more to come. we'll have you back to talk about it. thank you. keep it right here all weekend for the latest on the trump transition. obviously these two very large issues. coming up tomorrow on "mediabuzz" 11:00 a.m., talking to kellyanne conway and cory lewandowski. fox news sunday, chris wallace has an exclusive interview with reince priebus. a lot to talk to him about. he recently had a lunch at the white house. check your local listings for time and channel.

video from north carolina after the state legislature passed a series of laws that would limit the power of democratic governor-elect roy cooper. the law pushed through by the republican-controlled general assembly and governor pat mcrory. creating a bipartisan board of elections rather than one appointed by the governor. the governor-elect released a statement saying in part, quote, once more, the courts will have to clean up the mess the legislature made. and look at this video from baltimore. two people dead in a 55-car pileup. on one of america's busiest highways. i-95. investigators say a tanker truck carrying gasoline skidded off the roadway and then exploded. the snowy conditions and icy

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his car to save the mannequin. but as of now, we're hearing no charges were filed. we don't hear stories like that every day. more political fallout from the cia and fbi, pointing fingers at russia for allegedly hacking during the election. our political panel will be here to weigh in. plus, only 538 americans get to vote directly for the president of the united states. they're set to make history this monday. we're going to look at why the founding fathers didn't trust the general public to do the job. and making sure to remember all of our fallen heroes for the holidays. >> i'm here today for a lot of reasons. i feel a personal connection because my husband is a veteran of the u.s. marine corps. he served for four years. he was a captain in the marine corps.

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today at the home of one of our founding fathers, george washington. he's the only president to be unanimously elected by the electoral college. at thecourse, with 69 electoral votes back in 1789. today, there are 538 electors.

they're bombarded this weekend by people and groups who want to prevent them from voting on donald trump. >> you, and just 36 other electors can make a difference. >> by voting your conscience on december 19th. >> this video produced by the group unite for america made up of hollywood liberals and others, is 37 electors change their vote they prevent president-elect trump to the votes he needs to take the white house. here is more to break down the nitty-gritty details, political science professor laura brown. this is so interesting. we could certainly talk to you basically the entire hour about the electoral college. we want to keep it brief and i want to talk to you about the short commercial we ran. we've seen the uproar of people saying, listen, we need to call on a number of electors to change their vote.

the fact of the matter is we've seen this before when there has been a candidate who lost, but did win the popular vote. we haven't talked about it since 2000. >> right. so what we really have at this moment is essentially a country that is very divided. it's polarized and we're at 50/50. no real election system does a very good job of translating the public will when you are at 50/50. the electoral college does end up with these, what we call inversions, or reversals. but we really haven't seen this, except in the other time when our country was this closely divided during the gilded age. >> there are only four instances we've seen the candidate who came in second win the popular vote. when i hear someone like an al gore say, there needs to be a change, it needs to be more representative of a population, that's not necessarily something that's easy to do. the electoral college is very specifically designed because we have branches of government.

>> it is. and it was in many ways designed as a compromise, so when we think about our system, our system is supposed to check tyrannies of the majority as well as tyrannies of the minority. what that means is that the framers made sure that our different sort of elective branches of government would in essence represent different groups. so the house represents the people directly in equal measure, the senate does not. it represents the states. people are not equally represented in the u.s. senate. and the electoral college is really the coming together of those two branches. the framers thought about direct elections from the people. but they thought it would be impractical, and they were worried about sort of the problems of popularity with that. they also worried about an election by congress, because that would mean that the president would owe their office

to the congress. so they wanted a compromise, and the compromise that they came up with was that the people would be represented through their states. so in essence, you are democratically represented in the electoral college, but it is represented through your state. and this is what makes in some ways the electoral college a little bit more like the world series than the super bowl. >> i like that analogy, actually. people think november 8th came and went and now it's over. but now the majority of the work's going to be done on monday. what does that process look like, and can people still participate? can they watch this very traditional process still take place? >> yes. in the vast majority of states, this is a public viewing opportunity. it is often the case that the governors and the secretary of states arrange for the electors to meet in the state capitol.

it's typically done between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. local time. it's often at noon. and what really happens is, the electors show up, show up to a room in the state capitol, and they produce two documents that get sent to washington. one of those documents basically says, yes, the governor certifies the popular election results, and that the electors who are voting are qualified individuals. and then the electors themselves actually sign a ballot which says this is who we pledge our electoral votes to. >> for example, in the state of virginia, you can logon to the state website and you're able to witness the actual process take place. >> absolutely. it is a ticketed event, so it is open to the public, you just have to get tickets. my guess is, you would be able to get them through your state legislature. >> thank you so much for explaining that to us. of course, we'll see it take place, very interesting process.

thank you for explaining it. appreciate it. >> thank you. leland? today marks the 25th anniversary of the wreaths across america today. icy conditions here in d.c. could not stop thousands of volunteers at arlington national cemetery from laying wreaths on the graves of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. they've been working with volunteers to honor veterans during the holidays now for nearly a decade. when we come back, as the west wing plans a party in transition, the outgoing press secretary has some choice words for the president-elect. in ohio, a good-bye fit for an american hero, our own kristen fisher is live in columbus. elizabeth, right now 40 marines are escorting john glenn's casket.

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i feel fine. >> that is astronaut and american icon john glenn on his 1962 trip to space. during that trip, glenn became the first man to orbit the earth. today we'll say good-bye to the famed astronaut who also served as a u.s. senator. vice president joe biden will lead the dignitaries from one of ohio's favorite sons. hi, kristin. >> reporter: hey, elizabeth. you know that you've lived an extraordinary life when you are a senator for 24 years is not the thing you'll be remembered for the most. right now, 40 marines are escorting john glenn's casket down this road to ohio state

university from the state house where yesterday more than 4,000 people showed up to pay their respects, including his 96-year-old widow, annie. they were high school sweethearts and had been married for 73 years. most of the people i spoke to yesterday said they will forever remember john glenn as an american hero with the big smile who had the courage back in 1962 to sit on top of a rocket that had a 40% failure rate and be blasted into space. on that friendship 7 flight, he became the first american to orbit the earth, proving that the u.s. wasn't all that far behind in the space race with the soviet union, after splashing down on earth he became an instant national hero on a level rarely seen today. >> i think he is the quint essential american. he's someone that all of us should aspire to be. someone who was a decent and honorable person whatever he did throughout his whole life. >> i think he was an inspiration for people. i think people really respected

him because of who he was and what he stood for. >> reporter: what he stood for was a love of country, the marines, his family and his god. one of my all-time favorite john glenn quotes, back in 1959, at the press conference to introduce the original mercury 7 astronaut, glenn said this, we're placed here with certain talents and capabilities. it is up to each of us to use those talents and capabilities the best we can. if you do that, i think there are powers greater than any of us that will place us in the opportunities in our way. that is the kind of life john glenn did live. elizabeth? >> kristin fisher reporting live. for our viewers, we'll be checking with you throughout the day, throughout that service. i want to bring in my colleague, leland. i was reading a piece in the "washington post," famous twin

brothers who were astronauts, the kellys. he led them to aspire more in their careers. you see him influencing just generations and generations, and in many different ways, he wasn't just an astronaut, he also served our country, he was a senator. it was really an inspirational figure. >> dedicated to a life of public service. talking about just in so many ways how jen glenn had the right stuff. his funeral begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we'll cover it live here on fox news channel. all right. now back to our top story. president-elect trump disagreeing with u.s. intelligence agencies that believe russia interfered in the u.s. presidential election by hacking dnc e-mails. the disagreement is causing a war of words between the obama administration and incoming trump administration. let's bring in our panel, mark,

served as adviser to john boehner, brad bowman, former executive director of the congressional progressive caucus. gentlemen, great to be with you. thanks so much. >> thanks for having us. >> brad, it's kind of unusual. typically it's the republicans yelling about russia and the democrats saying no, we can make things work, now we have the exact opposite. >> i have to tell you, there's nothing about this that is -- i mean, the entire situation is completely ridiculous. at this point the only thing that republicans seem to be doing that resembles the way that they stood up for america in the cold war is their response to democrats as though we are the cold war enemies. deny everything, level counteraccusations. what russia may have done here in terms of their interference in our election could be the most significant attack on our democracy since 9/11. instead of all of us attacking one another, we need to come together, figure out what's happening and it would be really nice for our president-elect to

take this seriously. >> mark, is the president-elect not taking this seriously, or is sean spicer pointing out this morning, there's a nuance of if indeed it was hacked, let's figure out who it was, but not say that the hack changed the results of the election? >> you're absolutely right. what we've got here is the -- while donald trump's on a victory tour, clinton and her allies are on the weepy, soppy, you know, we lost tour. what this is, sean's right in terms of proportionality. senator mcconnell and others in leadership said we're going to look at this. really what they're trying to obscure is the fact that hillary clinton lost. and they went through the comey period, we went through the wikileaks period. >> both stages of grief. >> absolutely. i'll tell you, it's ironic that they continue to focus on the symptom and not the disease. the disease is hillary clinton. >> take a listen to what

president obama said yesterday about republicans as it relates to russia and we'll get your reaction. >> now, there's just one poll. but pretty credible source, 37% of republican voters approve of putin. over a third of republican voters. approve of vladimir putin, the former head of the kgb. ronald reagan would roll over in his grave. >> i think it's ironic that the president that just be in a celebratory way reestablished diplomatic relations with the cuban regime, is pointing the finger at republicans for engaging with vladimir putin. again, this -- don't be distracted by the shiny object. this is the -- >> i'm getting a wrap. i've got to give you the last 20 seconds or so.

>> sure. this isn't about timing. a lot of democrats were talking about russian attacks on our information, and trying to manipulate our election well before the election came to a close. so let's not make this about us being on a sour grapes tour. this is a significant threat to our national security, and we need to get to the bottom of it. >> i'm guessing you agree with that, mark? >> of course. i think republicans have embraced that idea. >> hold on. we've heard republicans in congress certainly embrace that idea. we haven't heard the president-elect be forceful or powerful or even outraged in any way about this. >> but again -- >> in fact, he doesn't even believe it's the republicans. >> but we have to get to the facts. i think the best way we need to have a discussion whether or not the russians did it or didn't, through congressional investigation, working with the intelligence agency to come to a conclusion. >> but how -- why is this happening that conceivably the president-elect and the president are entitled to the

same intelligence briefing? the president, the entire national security apparatus,g i and private cybersecurity ferms all point to the russians. and president-elect trump entitled to the same things says, i don't know. >> i just want to say, and i don't want to minimize this, but this is something like out of the man chur an candidate. you have one person who is taking over the free world who can't even admit to the fact that russia, who, let's face it-the last decade and a half, we've seen them continuously poking us, and trying to attack us and figure out our pressure point. he can't even come to the point that he acknowledges the fact that they manipulated us. >> again, it's about proportionality and reasonableness. the sour grapes is about the continued democratic effort to obscure from the fact that donald trump won, and he is going to be the next president of the united states. >> got to go. all right. mark, brad, thanks, guys.

appreciate it. you are right on one part of that, for sure. liz, out to you. >> all right. great debate. now you are taking a live look at columbus, ohio. the funeral procession for astronaut john glenn. it is now under way. we'll be bringing you constant updates throughout the afternoon. but here, this beautiful mount vernon estate. it is not just a favorite of tourists, it's also a top choice for presidents. we're going to take a look at some of the estate's most famous visitors. plus, an oil boom in washington. we're going to talk to a top executive about what trump picks such as exxon mobil rex tillerson means to the energy industry and perfect business. ♪

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mount vernon is not just famous, because it is the home of our first president george washington. it is also a showcase of our national heritage. visitors such as winston churchill and president franklin roosevelt have paid tribute to america's first president here. president ronald reagan used the opportunity to reflect on the american experience and president george w. bush hosted an ally on the war of terror here. more than half of all american presidents have visited mount vernon. lift the restrictions on the production of american energy, including shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal. and we are going to put our miners back to work. >> president-elect donald trump at a rally earlier this week

promising a resurgence in the energy sector across the country. kevin kaufman is founder, chairman and ceo of kaufman county in oil and gas production. joins us from denver, colorado, where there's a lot of snow on the ground. nice to see you, sir. thank you. >> good morning. how are you, sir? >> good morning to you. when you hear president-elect trump talk about lifting these regulations and all that, what does that really mean for a company like yours going from 350 employees to 120 employees because of the regulations in the obama administration? >> well, the -- the epa, regulatory compliance is absolutely necessary. and we all want clean water and clean air. and safe and healthy environment. and industry really is and

continues to be at the forefront of that effort. the change that's occurred is that the obama administration has promulgated a series of new rules over specific areas of our industry that were previously regulated, both at the federal and state level, which is really creating a duplication of effort. and we've moved from an open hearing promulgation, public process, and expert witnesses and testimonies, both at a regulatory level and even at a legislative level, to scenarios where executive orders were issued specifically, and the regulatory agencies themselves dealt on company-by-company as opposed to industry at large. >> but it's tough often for anybody to feel bad for oil executives. just doesn't invoke much sympathy. the folks who invoke a lot of

sympathy ar the roughnecks and truck drivers transporting, people building pipelines. if all of a sudden mr. trump follows through on these promises to lift a lot of these regulations, we know the person he's appointed for the epa, former attorney general of oklahoma, current attorney general of oklahoma mr. pruitt is a big fan of the oil industry, obviously rick perry as well, rex tillerson, secretary of state pick, how much of a difference can this make for the industry and for the economy of the states where, for example, you have wells? >> well, it's quite simple in the sense that historically, the regulators and the regulated, industry and the regulators work together cooperatively to find solutions to problems, both proactively and retrospectively, and it went from being what the relationship, it went from a collaborative process to somewhat of an adversarial one.

now i see under the trump administration a return basically to common-sense regulation and enforcement, and more of this collaborative destructive process working together. >> and give us a sense of what could that mean? how quickly could we see another real energy boom in america, if you get the cooperative regulatory environment you've talked about? >> well, that's based on two factors. certainly one is commodity prices. that, by and large, is determined by opec. and the supporting countries. that has already taken place. and after a two-year devastating downturn, we're now in the process of seeing those prices rebuild and come back effectively market-to-market and appropriately what they should be. that will move it a long way. the second is that our people go back, our engineers and technical and environmental people go back into a focus of

compliance, and as opposed to constantly being consumed in regulatory hearings and processes. and so no one wants a clean environment more than the industry does. it's not only good for public health, it's good for business. >> as you point out for business as well. we're up against a hard break but i know as you said you went from 350 employees to 120. when you get back up to 350, give us a call and we'll have you back on. >> thank you very much. enjoy your weekend. >> liz? you're now taking a live look at columbus, ohio, where the funeral procession for astronaut john glenn is officially under way. we're going to be carrying the entire funeral live at 2:00 eastern time right after our show here on fox news channel. you do not want to miss it. and coming up after the break, this santa has a secret for one first grader. we'll tell you about the heart-warming surprise just in time for christmas.

plus, history on the potomac. we'll be speaking with martha washington about the home she and george called mount vernon. >> he has always loved the land. and everything that needs to be done.

as you know, we're spending the day here at mt. vernon in northern virginia and have the ability to speak with one of the original residents, martha washington. here is what she told us. >> we're in mt. vernon, virginia, with the first first lady of the united states. we're outside looking at this gorgeous landscape. if i'm not mistaken, your husband, the first president, george washington, loved to spend time here, whether it be working on his farm or looking at the beautiful views. >> so much. he loves to come out as the sunrises across the river. he has missed those sun sets half of the time we've had our home. he was long years away during the war. i was with him helping to tend the soldiers. all during the presidency we were far away in new york and

philadelphia longing always for this view that he has loved all of his life. >> did he take a lot of pride in the grounds? it's a huge piece of property. he was an integral part of every last detail. >> every last detail. if he sees brush that needs to be cleared, he'll go and clear it himself. he has an eye for how everything should be. of course, he loves the land. >> you lived in this home during his presidency while you were the first first lady because the white house wasn't completed. is that right? >> well, actually we were in new york and philadelphia. i had to entertain in houses that we just borrowed in those days. i like to think i had a hand in urging him to build a permanent house there in the city for the president. >> let's move inside that permanent house and right into the formal dining area. that obviously is where you'll be celebrating christmas. we are now in the formal dining area. can you explain to me what we're seeing here today? >> well, this is called the general's new room by the family

still because this was the latest addition he put on. in a testimony to his service to the country, he began to build it before the war, and we just got it finished now after the presidency. when we have a special guest when it's holiday time, we put up a table here, and what this time is, the 12 days of christmas will soon be upon us. 12th night brings the largest banquet. i even made my little hedge hog cake there. the children enjoy that. >> was george washington very attentive to detail? when i ask you that, i'm asking about artwork and painting and crown molding? >> very much so. everything in the house has had his personal hand. these chairs were made during the presidency in philadelphia by thomas aiken. when he asked what color to make the upholstery, i didn't hesitate to say green bottom because green is the general's

favorite color. this is actually painted paper on the wall, and the marble fireplace that you see was a gift for him. it has a beautiful detail of farming. he is, after all, farmer washington above everything else. even in the ceiling on the plaster work there are symbols in the circles of farming as well. >> martha, we thank you very much so for taking time. >> i wish we could sit you down for dessert. >> it looks so good. thank you very much. >> it was fascinating to meet with the first first lady. the mansion is almost 11,000 square feet. the property itself is more than 500 acres. from what we learned, the first president of the united states was very intent on keeping it as it is, integral in all parts of maintenance. it's fascinating to be here. after the break we'll take a look at this little boy who gets his christmas wish after a surprise visit from santa claus

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santa came to school and stunned young jackson by revealing his real identity. his father was deployed to kuwait for more than eight months. thank you for joining us live from mt. vernon. we appreciate it. welcome to the "journal editorial." i'm paul gigot. president-elect trump announced his pick for secretary of state. the choice of rex tillerson is met with skepticism from top senate republicans who are questioning his close ties to russian president vladimir putin amid the continuing controversy in the kremlin's role in hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign. here is south carolina senator lindsey graham on fox this week. >> it comes down to this with mr.