k.t. mcfarland will be the national security adviser. u have familiar with mcfarland and hearing from sources this is someone who has somewhat of a public affairs background. how steeped in policy is she? >> she, i think she's a brilliant choice. i've had dealings with her over the years. she's experienced. in the kissinger white house, well tied into the republican party, of course. the traditionalists, she's brilliant on china, iran and the rest of it. i'm very encouraged by this appointment, and i'd like to see her have a direct hand in conducting foreign policy and spending a lot of time with president trump. >> okay. so kimberly, this is just one of the conflicts. we're talking about syria, talking about iraq. you have the white house saying, keep an eye on north korea. with that in mind and this team around president-elect trump taking shape what do you think about their experience level? you just heard bob saying that k.t. mcfarland is someone who certainly understands more than just the middle east. >> you know from the intelligen

k.t. mcfarland. >> thanks, lou. lou: be sure to vote in our poll tonight -- . >>> on wall street today, stocks mixed. the dow up 59 points. the s&p up 2. both at record highs. the nasdaq lost six points. volume on the big board dropping off to 3.4 billion shares in advance of the thanksgiving holiday. eli lilly shares at the lowest level in two years, shared plunged 10% after the experimental alzheimer's drug failed in trials, and orders in durable goods posting the biggest increase in nearly a year. climbing nearly 5% last month. a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day on the salem radio network. >>> president-elect trump's cabinet rapidly expanding, the secretary of state position vacant but attracting a lot of attention. one of the candidates is already given americans a sneak preview how he might handle the job. that is the subject of my commentary here next. stay with us. ♪ come on, wake up!!! come on, why ya sleepin'? come on! what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. w

k.t. mcfarland.you have a core, a belief, that matters more than sitting in a couple of briefings. >> if you have a belief, that's fine. but you have to know something about the world. >> he doesn't know anything about the world? >> he seemed unaware that putin has been in crimea. let me finish my point here. some point you're going to have to stop blaming obama and we're going to have to start assessing president-elect trump. the fact of the matter is he doesn't demonstrate a lot of foreign policy knowledge on the trail in the debates or otherwise. you can have a theory about the world -- >> some would say that you're blaming donald trump for not doing the right thing and donald trump's team says he's trying to put the right team together. >> you've got to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. >> you don't think donald trump can walk and chew gum at the same time? he's doing both. >> thanks to both of you. >>> for the second year in a row, black friday is met with anger in the city of chica

k.t. mcfarland his national security adviser and don mcgann his white house counsel. mcfarland accused russia of meddling in the u.s. election last september. >> it's not a russian state entity and he smiled. what's that? an admission that in fact they're doing it. why do they do it? because they can get away wit. >> reporter: but trump still faces the task of choosing his next secretary of state. a source says in addition to mitt romney and rudy giuliani, retired general david petraeus, and senator bob worker and retired general john kelly are in a running for the post. senior trump adviser kellyanne conway said -- >> i would aught there are a lot of other people that are more qualified than romney in foreign policy and who are also have not been as actively as hostile as he's been. >> i'm still very unhappy that mitt did everything he could to derail donald trump. he attacked 4i eed him on a per level. >> reporter: rudy giuliani said, i probably traveled as much as hillary clinton did as secretary of state. as for petraeus, who was sentenced to two years of probation

k.t. mcfarland first. she has a lot of experience in republican administration, both in foreign policy and national security. she served in the ford administration. and underneath -- sorry, she served underneath defense secretary caspar wieinberger bu in the nixon and ford administration she served as undersecretary of state henry kissinger. she has some political experience as well. at one time she attempted to run in the republican primary to challenge hillary clinton back in 2006 don mcgann is a former fec commissioner, someone that has served on the trump campaign for some time as an election lawyer who helped trump navigate election law, something he doesn't have experience in and he's expected to help trump deal with those issues when he comes to washington. now, these are the final two appointments that we're expecting here this weekend. trump and his family will held back to new york on sunday but when he gets back to new york, he is expected to be very busy. they will welcome eight different peopl

k.t. mcfarland, quote i'm proud that k.t. once again decided to serve our country and join my national security team. she has tremendous experience and innate talent that will complement the fantastic team which we are. crucial. nothing is more important than keeping our people safe. don mcgahn white house chief council. deep understanding of national law. play critical role in our administration and i'm grateful he is willing to serve our country at such a high level capacity. let's bring in our panel. lisa booth. karen mcnulty and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, comments on the picks today? >> kt as we all know is a superb choice. she goes all the way back to nixon and kissinger administration. reagan. she is very experienced. she is written. she is thought. and i they think she will be a really good balance to that team. mcgahanna i don't know. mcgahn, i don't know. will he be the one to tell donald trump he will interest to divestments or all of them if he wants to have an administration. within the law

k.t. mcfarland as part of our national security team.unce on m-a-g-a, make america great again. two appointments on staff, that's a big one, viewers are familiar with k.t. and familiar with her commentary and analysis. president-elect continuing to meet with others on monday. he is going to be meeting with -- have eight separate meetings including with paul atkins, the former sec commissioner involved in flushing out his economic team in washington and sheriff david clark of milwaukee county, a familiar guest to fox business and fox news viewers. and he's -- president-elect was busy yesterday as all of us were getting up, getting ready to start to stuff turkeys and put them in the oven, he was up tweeting at 5:00 a.m. about his campaign promise to keep carrier, the air-conditioning company from closing a plant and moving it to mexico costing 2,000 jobs. on twitter he said -- carrier responded also with a tweet saying -- apparently they are negotiating some kind of deal that will help keep that plant in the united states and from going to

k.t. mcfarland, and let's bring in our guest. what is your take on the latest picks? >> good. k.t. rland is savvy and well-informed and knows her stuff and is a conservative. >> what about the other one? >> i don't know much about him, but he seems to be a good pick. so far i have been impressed with transition trump and the only thing that remains for me is the pick as secretary of state. >> what kind of team do you think he is putting together? >> looks like he will put together a military with military leaders, generals in charge, and what i heard from matusz, he will help to develop good relationships. >> let's dive into this. looking at the other foreign policy staffers, michael flynn, mitt romney, and bolton, and they are all over the place in approach and world views, so could that be a good thing? >> sure. looks like donald trump is putting together people that give him a diverse set of opinions, and i think that's commandable. a lot of ceos do that, they create natural tensions in organizations so he might get the best advice from both sides but ultimately it looks like he

k.t. mcfarland white house advisor. looking for holiday bargains.ack to the o'reilly factor. continuing now with this special edition of the factor. thanksgiving is not even in the rear view mirror yet. the holiday crush, the shopping chaos is already on. expwresy watters went out to sample the craziness? do you say happy holidays or merry christmas. >> i usually say happy holidays to be all inclusive. >> wrong answer happy kwanzaa. >> what's your budget for the holiday season. >> i don't have one. i just spent. >> you sound like president obama. >> no. please don't do that. >> oh, everybody knows what i mean. >> you are lucky there is no mistletoe here. >> santa baby. >> light us up. >> how much do you usually spend on your grandson. >> usually 10150. >> they are all naught. >> how much inches is the tv. >> 55 going in the bedroom. >> you can watch me when you go to bed. >> of course. >> you don't even know who i am, do you? >> no. [ laughter ] >> i'm kind of a big deal. people know me. >> here we go some nerf guns throw them in there you will need

k.t. mcfarland will be trump's national security adviser. she worked at three separate republican white houses and long time washington insider and election law expert don mcgann will serve as assistant to the president and white house couns counsel. so to ryan noble wes go covering all things trump. he's down at mar-a-lago in palm beach. tell me more about these new names. >> reporter: brooke, it seems as though there's been pushback on the two big names the trump team pushed out in rudy giuliani and mitt romney so it seems there's a bit more open competition for secretary of state, that the president-elect is looking around at other possible people to fill that very important role. you showed those three names already. general john kelly, not necessarily a household name but someone with a lot of experience, a marine, a former head of u.s. southern command, he's considered to be a top candidate as is former cia director david petraeus who is someone well known in numerous political and military circles and then tennessee senator bob corker

k.t. mcfarland served as an official in the reagan white house. jill stein formally filed for a recount in wisconsin, making the deadline by a week and a half. give trump the presidency. they are giving hacking as the reason for the recount. >>> the mother of the brady bunch, florence henderson, has died. she began her role when the brady bunch aired in 1969. and she took on roles on broadway. she spoke at recently. and she suffered from heart failure. the beloved actress was 82. >>> tonight a young woman with down syndrome is too busy knocking down barriers to even acknowledge her own disability. and her dreams don't stop there. >> reporter: spend a few minutes in the kitchen with collette and you'll see her passion. >> i love to bake. >> reporter: her chocolate chipped cookies dipped in cinnamon. don't try to find out the recipe. >> it's friends and family kept telling her, this is a really good cookie, you could sell this cookie. >> it's hard to find a paying job. >> reporter: she decided to become her own boss and her cookie business took shap

k.t. mcfarland, as deputy national security adviser. appointments come amidst an unusual airing of trump team division over mitt romney and rudy giuliani as contenders for secretary of state. giuliani has publicly campaigned for the job. now, he's more cautious. >> i would never discuss politics, and what he selects and doesn't select, on thanksgiving. and i'd probably never discuss it at all. that's between him and me. >> reporter: the controversy could open up the door to an alternate. like senator bob corker of tennessee, and former general david petraeus. while trump deliberates, he's spending time with family. their holiday feast, said to be lavish. on the menu, a chilled seafood display, mr. trump's wedge salad, sea bass along with the turkey, and eight types of dessert. today, green party candidate jill stein filing for a recount in wisconsin. >> thank you. >>> overseas, new developments in the large-scale terror plot revealed in france. five suspects arrested. prosecutors believe the attack was imminent. here's alex marquardt. >

k.t. mcfarland will serve as his security adviser. she's the third woman named to the trump team which can came under fire initially after the picks were all white men. meantime, wisconsin is going to start its first presidential recount in state history. green party presidential candidate jill stein requested the recount. she's vowing to do the same in michigan and in pennsylvania. mr. trump held narrow leads in all three states. there's no evidence of election tampering. "meet the press" looked at one big question, can he keep his promises? that's coming your way at 10:30 right here on nbc 10 tomorrow. >>> ski season is just about ready to kick off in the poconos, but the resorts could still use a little bit of help from mother nature. we'll tell you when you'll be able to hit the slopes, next. >>> ski season is almost here. nbc 10 visited before you mountain ski resort in carbon county yesterday where the trails have a combination of machine made snowpack but it needs to get a bit cooler for the snow guns to cover the entire mounta

k.t. mcfarland. the right pick. she will do very well.er, he may get secretary of state although i doubt it. mitt romney, the very talk about him having to apologize in advance is utterly humiliating. >> thanks for watching "special report" tonight. i'm doug mckelway. good night from washington. "tucker carlson tonight" with guest host ed henry coming up next. ♪ ♪ from us in new york. i'm sandra smith and this is "the kelly file." >>> welcome to the special edition of "hannity." donald trump's promises. now tonight for the hour we're going to take you through the very specific policy issues that president-elect donald trump plenled to you, the american people that he will act on once he's sworn in as the next commander in chief. over the course of the next please dental campaign we had the pleasure of interviewing donald trump many times on this program and he laid out a specific agenda to address america's problems and the challenges that the country faces. first, donald trump campaigned all across the country speaking directly to you, t

k.t. mcfarland as deputy national security advisor. neither position requires senate confirmation. this will be a busy weekend for traveling, shopping, i don't know, more eating. meteorologist lindsey slater joins us now. excellent. our radar is looking good. some rain, drizzle, on and off today, and some mix and fond du lac in sheboygan counties earlier. now, 38, slowly dropping. this is the time of night when we tank, but some decent cloud cover, so that helps to keep the temperature stable during the trend through 4:00 in the morning, dropping near 30. an overnight load near 30 degrees, 29 sheboygan, 29 fond du lac. next, how the weekend is shaping up. plus, i'll next chance of rain and snow in the forecast. adrienne: thank you. you can track the weather on-the-go this weekend with our free app. interactive radar and keep an eye on the seven day forecast. shoppers hit the stores early this morning for black friday. we had crews spread out in our area. you are looking here at video from mayfair mall. retailers are happy about the long lines, of course but the , craziness overwhel

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k.t. mcfarland has served in three republican white houses including that of ronald reagan. she will report directly to like flynn, she has been critical of the obama administration's approach to fighting terrorism, particularly islamic extremism. today's announcement comes as trump's inner circle continued to debate, often publicly and on twitter, who to choose as secretary of state-- former mayor rudy giuliani, or former republican presidential nominee mitt romney. during the campaign, romney lashed out as trump as a phony and a fraud: the american public for suckers. >> reporter: trump adviser kellyanne conway says romney's loyalty is at issue. she said she was receiving a deluge of social media and private communications warning against romney. another adviser, former house speaker newt gingrich, also weighed in: r >> i think the vast majority of trump supporters will initially be very unhappy, and will be reminded of all the things that romney said over the year. have been raised over a potential conflict of interest with his business ventures overseas. others in consid

k.t. mcfarland is trump's third female appointment. in 2006, she unsuccessfully ran for senate, attempting to unseat new york's then senator hillary clinton. now a fox news analyst. >> the united states is now in retreat never >> reporter: mcfarland is known for her hard line views and credit imof president obama. as for mcgann, he is an attorney for the tropes cain, and served fire years with the federal election commission. he'll now help the president elect navigate his vast business entanglelements, but intrigue swirled around a position yet to be filled, secretary of state, trump world and former an tag this, mitt romney. >> it wouldn't surprise me in a third name emerges. >> reporter: trump trying to make good on a campaign promise? to keep working class jobs in the u.s. vice president mike pence serving as his chief negotiate per his home state of indians, trying to keep carrier air-conditioning from following through with its plans to move a major plant to >>> coming up, a few study that pencillen allergies may be temporary. we

k.t. mcfarland is tapped at deputy national security adviser and she currently works as an analyst for fox news. and has worked in the administrations richard nixon, gerald ford and ronald reagan. and trump campaign attorney donald mcgahn is set to serve as white house counsel and neither post requires confirmation by the senate. >> appears to be a split in the transition people who is nominated to lead the state republican presidential nom ine mitt romney and former new york mayor rudy giuliani. other possible nominees are former cia director david petraeus and republican senator bob corker and marine corps general john kelly. >> for more on the trump transition, we are joined by mark alexander, dean of the villanova school of law and part obama/biden transition effort. good morning. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> reporter: let's first talk about secretary of state. you have rudy giuliana, former mayor of new york openly lobbying for himself to be the secretary of state nominee and public back and forth between the members of the transition team. how unusual is that back and forth?

k.t. mcfarland. >> julia, i have one side correction i wasn't really an aide to henry kissinger. i was the night secretary. all i did was type. >> don't tell him that. >> i was a really good typist. the significance of this -- you've all been through the exhibit and realize the achievements of president nixon. it has been called golden age of american diplomacy with very good reason. any one of the significant achievements that president nixon had during his presidency would have been something that every other president would have been proud to say was his crowning glory and achievement, but nixon had success after success after success. and one of the important reasons for that is the man sitting right here, henry kissinger who, believe it or not, when richard nixon was elected president, he decided he was going to choose a national security adviser. he wanted to have national security, foreign policy defense issues be paramount in his administration but called on someone he had never met before. dr. henry kissinger. would you like to describe what that was like when you got a

k.t. mcfarland and mcgahn are among those. >>> paris officials have stopped four >>> a good day to get out and get exercise and work off your thanksgiving overindulgence. >>> time has come for the redskins coach's show with jay gruden. coming up, the redskins fall to dallas on thanksgiving. bottom line is, the skins win two out of three in 11-day span, remaining right in playoff contention. the coach is here ready to answer the questions with larry michael and chris cooley. coach, we're going to touch on both games since the last coach's show. thanksgiving, 31-26, redskins on the short end of that one. you've seen the tape. what were some of the differences in that game? >> well, there was a lot. when you lose a football game, there's a lot of things you could have maybe executed better, called better, but it's

k.t. mcfarland is a big name and if you think about it white house counsel for this president with so muchential conflicts between the trump organization and the white house is a really big word of the day. >> sounds like a smart pick to me. you have to have a truth teller. there are a lot of great choices. have they run this past jill stein and her recount orchestra to see if this passes muster with this. >> we were going to talk about this before this news broke and now that you brought this up, i want his response to it. are there actually democrats out there who want to have some kind of recount and think it's going to change anything? >> in my opinion, i think unfortunately, i think jill stein is kind of a proxy for the clinton campaign. i think to some extent, you know as an avid bernie supporter in the interest of transparency, i think the clinton campaign lost the moral standing to really challenge the process after a rigged primary. and i think they are using jill stein because she has the moral standing because of her principles and i think it's not a good situation for jill and

k.t. mcfarland as deputy national security advisor. neither position requires senate confirmation. looking ahead, milwaukee county sheriff david clarke will meet with trump on monday in new york. that's according to a republican national committee official. it's not clear if clarke will be offered a position in the trump trump is meeting with a variety of candidates. clarke was extremely outspoken about supporting trump during the campaign. he has made no public comment on the meeting. this morning, a man is dead after being shot on the city's northside. milwaukee police responded to a shotspotter call near 16th and concordia avenue around 9:30 last night. that's where they found the injured man. lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful and he died at the scene. police say they do have a suspect in custody this morning. this morning, an investigation is underway after a father and his 9-year-old daughter were killed in a crash in racine county. it happened near 4 mile road and old farm road in caledonia last night. investigators say the 39-year-old had slowed down to make a left turn w

k.t. mcfarland, a major critic of the obama advisor. earlier this week, mack far lined the dangerous international chess board awaiting the president. >> all -- a new person always gets tested but all these countries are lining up to test this new president. >> astrium prepares to take over the u.s. government, the russian government is trying to position itself as the leader in syria, with a spokesman saying that, quote, if wasng terrorists, it should not get in the way. disputes like this will be handled by in january by the next secretary of state. names floated, mitt romney and rudy giuliani, have the transition team taking sides, so enough that the incomeing -- >> mahr alago is being protected at -- the secret service is next to each other inside trump tower. this report says that would cost at lease $3 million a year, money that would be paid to the building's own e the trump organization. >> still ahead, it's a holiday tradition for many of us. >> we've been coming here for seven years in a row, this is our tradition, the day aft

k.t. mcfarland as his deputy national security advisor, serving as a former aide to henry kissinger. those appointments come amid internal trump team division, the sides split between mitt romney and rudy giuliani as giuliani saying he wouldn't discuss the selection. jill stein getting her wish, a recount in wisconsin. the green party candidate made the request after raising more than $5 million. her campaign says it plans to file for recounts in pennsylvania and michigan as well. the deadline to file in pennsylvania is monday. hillary clinton is behind in those three states by a combined 103,000 votes. ignored, all of them centered around that driver who was behind the wheel in a fatal school bus crash in tennessee. police say johnthony walker was speeding when he crashed the bus, killing six children earlier this week. both students and administrators had raised concerns about him in the weeks before that crash. records released by the school district showing several complaints about his erratic driving. one student writing earlier this month, quote, we nd charges of vehicular homi

k.t. mcfarland for deputy national security advisor and donald mcgahn for white house counsel. peter doocy is live from the mar-a-largo club. peter, what is trump saying about the recount effort underway in wisconsin? let's start there. >> he's calling it whole effort ridiculous and calling out the organizer, former green party candidate jill stein, by saying she is going to keep all the money she raises to recount votes in wisconsin to make herself rich. the president-elect is adding now, quote, this is a scam by the green party for an election that has already been conceded and the results of this election should be respected instead of being challenged and abused, which is exactly what jill stein is doing. very notably even though clinton campaign lawyers have linked up with this recount effort in wisconsin and would lend similar support to similar efforts in pennsylvania and michigan, if they ever materialize, the president-elect did not call out hillary clinton with today's statement. but his top advisor kellyanne conway is not ready to let hillary off the hook. she tells

k.t. mcfarland and former campaign general counsel and current transition member donald mcgwan to the post

k.t. mcfarland for the national security security adviser and is a fox news analyst, and also announced one counsel. and some president-elect supporters are pushing back at the idea of mitt romney at the secretary of state and they are concerned because romney has not been a loyal supporter of trump and he is spending his weekend at the florida estate and more picks could be coming. >>> could our country be getting closer to a election recount? we'll tell you about the recount efforts that are quickly gaining traction. >>> plus it is a holiday tradition in washington and one >>> green party presidential candidate jill stein is demanding a recount. and as of today stein and her running mate have collected nearly $5 million and they are using it to fund a recount campaign in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. all states where president-elect donald trump had a narrow lead. most polls gave hillary clinton the edge in those states, leading some to speculate that votes were tampered with, but there is very little proof that happened. under wisconsin law stein's >>> so keep this in mind when y

k.t. mcfarland, she's worked with former presidents nixon, ford, and reagan before her time at fox.rump named her the deputy national security adviser. trump campaign adviser donald mcbegan is the house for white house counsel. trump is said to be considering two front runners, former new york mayor rudy giuliani or mitt romney for the secretary of state position. one thing not likely to change right away, the affordable care act. >> we're going to have to implement it pretty much as it is because the kind of replacement plan they're talking about is so significantly different, you can't just pull little pieced out of this. >> meanwhile, trump's former rival, hillary clinton, did some thanksgiving shopping this week and tweeted a photo of a colorful thanksgiving greeting  left on her lawn. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the warriors take care of business against their southern california rivals but at what cost? sports is next. the staples center in l-a has not been a good place for the warriors. >>> the staples center in l.a. has not always been a good place

k.t. mcfarland will serve as the national security adviser. she has experience in both ford and reagan's teams. meantime, wisconsin is going to start its first presidential recount in state history. green party presidential candidate jill stein requested the recount. she's vowing to do the same in michigan and in pennsylvania. mr. trump held narrow leads in all three states. there's no evidence of election tampering. >>> 6:22 right now on this saturday. ski season is about to kick off in the poke knows, but the resorts could still use a little bit of help from mother nature. we'll tell you when you'll be able to hit the slopes, next. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. that means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. so in the 3.7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. ...his friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song... ...his sister can live stream it... ...while his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just $79.99 per mo

k.t. mcfarland was named deputy national security adviser. >>> wisconsin election officials will recount by hand that state's presidential vote which donald trump won by less than 1%. green party nominee presidential nominee jill stein filed for the recount friday. she has raised more than $5 million to pay for that recount some election experts doubt, though, that the recounts would overturn trump's electoral college victory. >>> finally online shopping powered a surge in black friday sales this year. several major retailers reporting a big jump in website traffic but in-store sales were up only slightly. it expects total holiday sales to reach -- rise to -- by nearly 4%. over to robert marciano with the weather and good news for like us. >> they've been waiting for this. 1 to 2, maybe 3 feet of snow at the highest he will vagus that includes lake tahoe to mammoth lakes, video out of mt. hood meadows on the eastern side of mt. hood enough natural snow to build snowmen and will take it there. that's a quick check. day with temperatures in the low to mid 30s. we finally break upper 40s. dry