mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school, great student.k for justice samuel alito, and he has had a tremendous career, he's a member and has been a member of the national member relations board and been through senate confirmation three times. confirmed. did very, very well. so alex, i've wished him the best. we just spoke, and he's -- i think he'll be a tremendous secretary of labor. and also, as you probably heard a little while ago, mick mulvaney former congressman has just been approved, weeks late, i have to say, that weeks, weeks late. office of management and budget, and he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. he was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say never trump, and paul just left and he's given us his total support and it's all about unification. we're unifying the party and hopefully be able to unify the country, and it's very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time, but it's very, very important to me. so i want to thank paul singer for being here and coming up

mr. alex acosta.has a law degree from harvard law school, a great student, former clerk for justice samuel alito. he has had a tremendous career. >> who is he, and where does he come from? >> mr. acosta is the dean of the florida international university law school. he served on the labor relations board under george bush. he has also gone on to have extensive the justice department . nts at the justice department. there are many published opinions we will be taking a look at. he is also the first hispanic, wainwright -- hispanic, would alleviate some of the concerns of trump not appointing any to cap net position's. >> in the u.k., -- cabinet positions. jonathan: in the u.k., prime minister tony blair taking a series of headlines as he urged those opposed to brexit to stand up and fight back. >> the people voted without knowledge of the terms of brexit. as these terms become clear, it is their right to change their mind. themission is to persuade to do so. >> what is he doing? >> i think he is saying

mr. acosta, what's interesting, trump really is taking out the ammo the left has.employing women, african-americans, hispanics. at the left is going to hate it. i hope he goes through. which outlet will he take questions from? will it only be right wing, town hall, will he take any questions from the different outlets? >> harris: adam, i want to get your view on this. these leaks and accusations of previous campaign members having had relations with russia. i still haven't seen the evidence on that, but they say it's coming. with all of that context, president trump remains, stephen feinberg who is a billionaire to head the intel community. what do you think of that? >> adam: i don't know where he comes into play honestly when it comes to the intel community. you have to have someone that you trust immensely, but it wasn't just russia. we move weapons into syria and libya. we put our fingers in a lot of places. we obviously missed intelligence for 9/11. it goes on and on and on. whether you're a republican or democrat, you have to understand that our intelligence c

mr. acosta at this time? >> i view the labor department as part of the american work force. it's to end the stagnation of american wages, which for almost 40 years has caused americans greater and greater anxiety and worry. the second big problem is insecurity of wages and jobs. we are becoming a nation in which more and more workers know less and less about what they'll be doing a month, two months, certainly a year from now, and they no longer have the ability to predict what their income is going to be. this is a huge problem. it's a sociological program, an economic problem. it's a problem that has generated an enormous amount of anxiety in american families. >> it's the type of economic anxiety that president trump tapped into when he was running for president, now that he's elected, he said he wants to grow the economy by 3%. >> that's a very difficult achievement. number one, because the population is not growing. the baby boomers are leaving the work force. and therefore, you have to rely almost entirely on the workers who are employed, becoming more productive. all

mr. acosta at this time? >> i view the labor department as part of the american work force. it's to end the stagnation of american wages, which for almost 40 years has caused americans greater and greater anxiety and worry. the second big problem is insecurity of wages and jobs. we are becoming a nation in which more and more workers know less and less about what they'll be doing a month, two months, certainly a year from now, and they no longer have the ability to predict what their income is going to be. this is a huge problem. it's a sociological program, an economic problem. it's a problem that has generated an enormous amount of anxiety in american families. >> it's the type of economic anxiety that president trump tapped into when he was running for president, now that he's elected, he said he wants to grow the economy by 3%. >> that's a very difficult achievement. number one, because the population is not growing. the baby boomers are leaving the work force. and therefore, you have to rely almost entirely on the workers who are employed, becoming more productive. all

mr. alex acosta.degree from harvard law school, a great student, former clerk for justice samuel alito. and he has had a tremendous career. >> donald trump had glowing words for his new labor secretary nominee on thursday, but alex acosta could face some tough questions about his legal career during his confirmation hearings. particularly over a controversial plea deal he reached a decade ago with billionaire investor jeffrey epstein who was accused of sexual misconduct with dozens of underage girls. a 2002 profile in "new york" magazine describes epstein as an international money man known for socializing with many wealthy people, including one donald j. trump. as the u.s. attorney for southern florida, acosta agreed not to file federal charges against epstein if he pleaded guilty to state charges of soliciting minors for prostitution. epstein eventually served just 13 months of an 18-month jail sentence. the deal sparked outrage and on going victims rights lawsuit against the federal government. in

mr. acosta in a matter of moments. we'll take you to the white house when that event begins. let's talk about apple, though, while we wait for this news event. made history twice this week. new record intraday. new record high. >> my favorite stock. >> what do we do here? yeah. suddenly, your favorite. exactly. he was the biggest hater in the world. >> hated this thing at 95 up to 115. >> he e-mails us every day now. hey, apple. i got into apple. >> if you mock people for flip-flopping, though, i think -- it's funny. >> i haven't flip-flopped. >> the truth is, the best investors are flexible. you have to say, all right, i had an opinion about this, it turns out not to have been true. >> it has been true. it has been true. >> no, you were wrong. but it's good -- >> hold on, hold on. hold on. the fundamentals -- >> something every day. let it go. >> the fun bells -- one thing you're wrong about -- the fundamental is not rolling, whatever you do. >> the ceo got paid down, they have not innovated. the stock has done well in the bear market early on. >> i get paid on where the --

mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school. great student. samuel alito. and he has had a tremendous career. he's a member and has been a member of the national labor relations board and has been through senate confirmation through times. confirmed. did very, very well. and so alex, i wished him the best. we just spoke, and he's going to be, i think he'll be a tremendous secretary of labor. and also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late. i have to say that. weeks, weeks late. office of management and budget. and he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. paul was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say, never trump, and paul just left, and he's given us his total support. and it's all about unification. we're unifying the party and hopefully we'll be able to unify the country. it's very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time. it's very important to me. so i want to thank paul singer for being here and for

mr. acosta.o learning more and hopefully he'll get confirmed in a speedier fashion than any other nominees. stuart: without any republicans wobbling about him. that's what we also need too. now, i want to talk to you about obamacare. i know you're very much spearheading this. i think all of our viewers want to know when will we see the plan that we can vote on? when is that going to happen? can you give us any kind of time frame, sir? >> conservatives unveiled a plan yesterday. we said let's reveal it like we did in 2015. same legislation and then our bill is free market identify oriented. senator paul has it on the senate side and former governor congressman from south carolina has it on our side. it's a bill that expands health savings accounts. allows inner state shopping for insurance, allows easier access for associations to form. easier formations of associations, which we think will give greater purchasing power. does the thing that actually create a market so that we can lower health care

mr. eric acosta. >> he named his pick to replace an andy after he withdrew his name.e named his former secretary. >> mike flynn is a fine person. i asked for his resignation. he reflespectly gave it. >> another turning down the offer citing disagreements about staffing. and the white house announced thursday it will not pursue an appeal of the suspension of the president's travel ban. instead mr. trump will issue a new executive order expected sometime next week. anne-marie. >>> now, back to the president's news conference. mr. trump got some in-person fact-checking from nbc's peter alexander about the claim over the size of his e electoral victory. >> you said today you had the biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan. in fact, president obama fwots 365. >> i'm talking about republicans. >> george h.w. bush, 426 when he won as president. so why should americans trust you. >> i was given that information. i don't know. i was just given. >> i guess my question is why should americans trust you when you accuse the information they received as being fake when you're

mr. alex acosta. what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with the president repeatedly bar raiding reporters. >> the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. the president saying his white house is running well, despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. the middle east, a disaster, north korea, we'll take care of it. we're going to take it all. i just want to let you know i inherited a mess. mr. trump blasted the cabinet for slow down his nomination. that's all they're doing is and later the president clarifying on where he stands on us relations with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that ideal with -- the tougher i am on russia, the better. you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and to be honest, secondarily i want to do the right thing for the world. the president spending 80 minutes

mr. acosta in over a decade.ure based on my experience working with him that he will be open minded, he will be intelligent in the way he looks at the issues, he'll be independent at the way he looks at the issues. he's not someone like mr. puzder, who comes out of the corporate world. he doesn't come out of the world of finance. his professional career is a combination of public service. he held several positions in government. for the last several years, he's been the dean of a law school in florida. so his position is academia and public service. >> chair liebman, did you raise any eyebrows over the past eight years in some of the actions of the nlrb, any of that stuff give you pause or you were 100% behind the activist nlrb of the last administration? >> well, i guess i wouldn't use the word activist. i would use the word active. i think the nlrb was enforcing the statute. it was rigorously enforcing the law, trying to keep the law current with a very dynamic and changing economy. the law really hasn't been c

mr. alex acosta. >> what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with the president repeatedly berating reporters. >> the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. >> the president saying his white house is running well, despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. >> the middle east, a disaster. north korea, we'll take care of it, folks. we're going to take care of it all. i just want to let you knowi inherited a mess. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> i still have a lot of people that we're waiting for. and that's all they're doing is delaying. >> reporter: and later, the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. the tougher i am on russia, the better. but you know what? i want to do the right thing for the american people, and to be honest secondarily, i want to do the right thi

mr. acosta is the first hispanic to join president trump's cabinet and happening on a day when we are seeingmmigrants protest across the country. they're calling it a day without immigrants. rachel campos duffy joins me with more. there is a little irony in all of that. hispanics are upset with donald trump, not all, but some of them, and they're protesting, not going to work today, and the guy take over the labor department is hispanic and going to work. >> sure, and the afl-cio and all the groups that are getting all these people to come out and protest have been telling these hispanics that he's a racist, that donald trump, president trump is a racist and here he comes and nominates the son of immigrants, a cuban-american, the first hispanic on his cabinet and even the labor unions had to say this is our president, we like this guy. trish: they said they like him. they didn't like puzder because he was very tough on the minimum wage issue, and he said i don't want a federal minimum wage. the unions didn't like that. >> they didn't like that. and today we have the day without immigrants wh

mr. alex acosta. >> the marathon session came on the same day the president held a combative news conference during which he named his pick to replace andy puzder for nominee after he withdrew his name for consideration. he also asked for the resignation. >> mike flynn is a fine person. i asked for his resignation. he respectly gave it. >> another turning down the offer citing disagreements about staffing. and the white house announced thursday it will not pursue an appeal of the suspension of the president's travel ban. instead mr. trump will issue a new executive order expected sometime next week. anne-marie. >> hena daniels here in new york. thank you, denna. >>> now, back to the president's news conference. mr. trump got some in-person fact-checking from nbc's peter alexander over a claim about the size of his electoral victory. >> you said today you had the biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan with 304 or 306. in fact, he got 365. >> i'm talking about republicans. >> george h.w. bush, 426 when he won as president. so why should americans trust you. >> i was given that informatio

mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school.r clerk for justice samuel alito and he has had a tremendous career. he is a member and has been a member of the national labor relations board and has been through senate confirmation three times, confirmed. alex, i well and so, wished him the best. we just spoke and i think he will be a tremendous secretary , as you and also probably heard it just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, a former congressman has been approved weeks late -- i have to late, office of management and budget and he will be a fantastic addition. paul singer just left, he was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say "never trump" and paul just left and gave us his total support. is -- it is all about unification. we are unifying the party and hopefully we can unify the country. it is very important to me. i have been talking about that for a long time. i want to thank paul singer for being here and coming up to the office. he was a very shrunk opponent -- strong opponent and now he is a strong ally.

mr. acosta, same name as jim acosta over at cnn. >> no.as a great rÉsume and been approved by senate before. it looks like a slam dunk. >> and his wife's never been on oprah, so that will help. >> watching capitol hill right now senate democrats still going strong at this hour after an all-night protest over the president's pick to head the epa as lawmakers consider his confirmation, an oklahoma judge now orders the release of thousands of e-mails between pruitt's office and fossils fuel companies. some want a vote and delay, but it is still set for about 1:00 today for that vote to take place, and we'll follow that story throughout the morning. the president heads to south carolina today tweeting this just moments ago. quote going to charleston, south carolina in order to spend time with boeing and talk jobs. look forward to it. he's arriving just days after boeing workers voted against unionizing. and weeks after he struck a deal with that company slashing the 4 billion-dollar price tag for two new air force one jets and that is saving t

mr. alex acosta. stating manyecord times the eva should not move forward.y: overnight, president trump has picked who he wants to lead the eva. jummy: pakistani security forces have killed 39's is active militants -- 39 suspected militants. women who had initially tested negative for the zika virus now have positive results, prompting health officials to redo about 400 test. s. to fall from an overpass. you had the tractor-trailer in frederick, a car and pentagon city, and now one in maryland. this is an alarming trend. larry: all right. don't forget, lady gaga tickets on monday. autria: ♪ hello, hello, baby kidd: i am so happy. larry: good hat. kidd: all this week on "good morning washington," make sure you wait up with us on monday. it will be a hot ticket. it will sell out. autria: over on news channel 8, join us for three more hours of "good morning washington." tay tune >>> good morning, america. the president defends his first month in office in a fiery face-off with the press. >> this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> answering

mr. alex acosta.rom harvard law school, great student, former clerk for justice samuel alito, and he has had a tremendous career. he's a member and has been a member of the national labor relations board, and he's been through senate confirmation three times, confirmed, did very, very well. and so alex, i wished him the best. we just spoke, and he's going to be a tremendous secretary of labor. and, also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late. i have to say that, weeks, weeks late, office of management and budget, and he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. as you know, he was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say, "never trump," and paul left and gave us total support. it's all about unification. we're unifying the party and hopefully we'll unify the country. it's very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time, but it's very, very important to me. i thank paul fo

acosta. he also talked about a number of issues t this afternoon. fox's lauren blanchard shows us how it all plays out. >>reporter: the nominee fornomi secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. > what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turnedure into a marathon press conferencr with the president repeatedly berated reporters. the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the americaneric people. the president saying his white house is running well, despite the m from the last administration.dmn the middle east, a disaster. north korea, we'll take care of it. i just want to let you know, i inherited a mess. mr. trump blasting for democrata for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. i still have a lot of people that we'reve a waiting for. and that's all they're doing is delaying. later the president clarifying where he stands on us relations with russia. i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, noo person that ideal with owe oatwh tougher i am on russia, the better. you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and to be honest,est, secondarily i want to do the right

mr. acosta's qualifications though nothing as of yet that says that there is opposition, that she will be voting against him, but we will see. a lot of these votes have fallen on party lines. >> kayla, thank you. kayla tausche from washington. >>> president trump met with congressional leaders and he brought up the stock market. >> and that was the other thing about the stock market sets new records every day, chris. i never see that. >> well, you can see it right here. we've only been talking about it day after day after day. >> for weeks. >> and as we back off those records slightly, let's get to our "closing bell" exchange on this thursday. >> we have david katz from matrix asset advisors and steve grasso and rick santelli out at the cme. steve, let me start with you. this is really the mildest perhaps of pull backs you can have after a streak like we've had to the up side, seven straight days. all these records. really the market sat still during the trump press conference so maybe it wasn't drawing a lot of detail from that, but where do you think we're at in terms of the need for an

mr. alex acosta. >> marathon session came on the same day the president held a combative news conference. during which he named his pick to replace andy pose eras nominee, after he withdrew his name for consideration. mr. trump also defended his former national security vest or, who stepped down this week. >> mike flynn is a fine person and i ask for his resignation, he respectfully gave it. >> in another shake up thursday presidentrump latest choice to replace flynn bought out. retired advise airal robert hearward turned down, siting disagreements about staffing. hena daniels, cbs-3, "eyewitness news." >> well, a warning from police in bucks county. they are looking for two people who tried to lure a young girl into a car. this is the car they're searching for, gold sedan miss ago rear hubcap with kentucky plates. >> said the man asked her to get in the court wednesday. she was on her way home from wrightstown elementary school. girl walked away and toll her parent. >> ruled did not adequately show that cosby had defamed her, when the comedian denied claims he had raped her in a detroit

mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with at the present time repeatedly bear rating reporters. >> the press has become so dishonest. the news is fake. i have never seen more dishonest media than flankly the political made i can't. >> reporter: the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess, as he says, he inherited from the last administration. >> to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess. this administration is running like a fine-tuned machine. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> the democrats are making it very difficult. i think we're setting a record or close to a record in the time of approval of a cabinet. >> reporter: and later the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> the tougher i am on russia the better, but i want to do the right thing for the american people. and to be honest, secondarily, i want to do the right thing for the world. >> reporter: the preside

mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: what was supposed to be announcement of new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference. with the president repeatedly be rating reporters. >> the press has become so dishonest. the news is fake. i've never seen more dishonest media than frankly the political media. >> reporter: the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. >> to be honest, i in inherentea mess. a mess. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> the democrat are making it very difficult. i think we're setting a record or close to a record in the time of approval of a cabinet. >>> and later the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> tougher i am on are you shaat better. but you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people and to be honest, secondarily, i want to do the right thing for the world. >> reporter: the president spending nearly 80 min

mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school. great student.r justice samuel alito. and he has had a tremendous career. >> president trump moved quickly to find a new labor secretary nominee after his first pick andy puzder withdrew his name. the nomination of the fast-food executive fell apart following scrutiny of his personal history which included allegation was domestic abuse which he denied and his hiring of an undocumented housekeeper. if confirmed, acosta will be the first hispanic to join trump's cabinet. acosta supported immigration reform which puts him at odds with some conservatives. joining me now, steve liu. thank you for joining us me. >> thank you. >> is acosta a good choice for president trump? >> i don't know. i'm not sure if trump knows. you saw that clip. it sound like he doesn't know what he is. he has long public service record. it needs to be skrit niesed. that nomination was announced less than 24 hours after puzder withdrew his nomination. giving the investigate issues thatrump nominees have had i have questions abouto

mr. alex acosta. >> reporter: what was supposed to be an announcement of his new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference with the president repeatedly be rating reporters. >> the news is fake. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people. >> reporter: the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess, as he says, he inherited from the last administration. >> the middle east a disaster. north korea, we'll take care of it, folks. we're going to take care of it all. i just want to let you know. i inherited a mess. >> reporter: mr. trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. >> i still have a lot of people that we're waiting for. that's all they're doing, delaying. >> reporter: later the president clarifying where he stands on u.s. relations with russia. >> i have nothing to do with russia. to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. the tougher i am on russia the better. but you know what, i want to do the right thing for the american people. and to be honest, secondarily, i want to do the

mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school, a great student.m the best. we just spoke and he's going to be, i think he'll be a tremendous secretary of labor >> so that was president trump at his now -infamous news conference with a quick word to announce his new pick for secretary of labor. that man's name is alexander acosta. he's the dean of the law school at florida international university. for more on the acosta nomination, former actori iacti secretary in the obama administration, good to see you. so we just heard from mariana atencio at the top of the hour at this donald trump campaign rally. people are still saying it. jobs, jobs, jobs. does the acosta selection track with that in your opinion? >> in a word, no. he is an establishment pick. he's the kind of candidate that mitt romney easily could have chosen for the labor secretary job. donald trump talked about building up middle wage, middle skill, middle class jobs, raising people's wages, makg lives better for working class families, and alex acosta is a conservative, believing gove

acosta. let's listen. >> thank you very much. i just wanted to begin by mentioning that the nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. alex acosta. has a law degree from harvard law school, great student. former clerk for justice samuel alito. and he has had a tremendous career. he's a member and has been a member of the national labor relations board. and has been through senate confirmation three times, confirmed, did very very well. and so, alex, i've wished him the best. we just spoke. and he's going to be -- i think he will be a tremendous secretary of labor. and also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mull veiny, a former congressman has just been approved -- weeks late, i have to say. that weeks, weeks, late. office of management and budget. and he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. as you know, paul was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say, never trump. and paul just left. and he's given us his total support. and it's all about unification. we are unifying the party. and hopefully we are going to be able to unify the country. it's very important

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mr. acosta and guzman already met last night about the job.e. steve: of course they do. peter, before you go, we showed that clip yesterday where john mccain said of ashton kutcher we're better looking in the movies. and i said what movie was he in, and you just sent me the text with the answer. >> it's wedding crashers. he's in wedding crashers for one second. and i remember hearing that and watching the movie and not seeing him. but that's the beauty of google images. he shake somebody's hands at one of the weddings. ainsley: that's a real picture. earlier was in the movie? steve: wedding crashers. ainsley: so maybe he did say we're. steve: that's what he's talking about. ainsley: that was great. the bigger request he is how do you have his cell phone number? steve: peter ducey? ainsley: yeah. steve: we met once at some party somewhere. brian: you kept it. you know his mom very well. steve: i do know his mom very well. ainsley: well, a college professor caught on camera calling the election an act of terrorism. >> one of the most frightening

mr. alex acosta. he has a degree from harvard law school, a great student. he has a degree from harvard law school, a great student. a former clerk for justice alito . he has had a tremendous career. he is a member of the national labor relations board and has been through senate confirmation three times, confirmed, did very well. him thehave wished best. we just spoke. tremendouswill be a secretary of labor. also, as you probably heard a little while ago, mick mulvaney has just been approved, we flight, have to say that, we flight. late. of -- weeks i think he will be a fantastic addition. paul singer has left. he was involved in the anti-trump, or as they say, never trump, he has just left and has given us his total support. we are unifying the party and hopefully we will be able to unify the country. it is very important to make -- me, i've been talking about that long time. i want to thank paul singer for being here in coming to office. he was a strong opponent and is now a strong ally. i appreciate that. i think i will say a few words and then we will t

mr. alex acosta. he has a degree from harvard law school. great student. former clerk for judge alito and he add tremendous career. he is a member and has been a member of the national labor board and has been through senate confirmation three times. confirmed. did very, very well. so alex, i've wished him the best. we just spoke. and i think he will be a tremendous secretary of labor. and as i think you just heard, mick mulvaney was just confirmed, weeks late, week, weeks late. office of management and budget and he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. as you know, paul was very much involved with the anti-trump or as they say, never trump. and paul just left. and he has given us his total support. all about unification. we're unifying the party and hopefully we will be able to unify the country. it is very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time but it is very, very important to me. so i want to thank paul singer for being here and for coming up to the office. he was very strong opponent and now he is a ver

jim acosta reports on mr. trump's visit to u.s. command. >> reporter: the president is still taking victory laps. this time, in front of military commanders. >> we had a wonderful election, didn't we? and i saw those numbers. and you like me and i like you. that's the way it works. >> reporter: in a visit to u.s. central command in florida, president trump offered a dark world view on the global world of terrorism. >> radical islamic terrorists are determined to strike our homeland, as they did on 9/11. >> reporter: the president insisted to his audience, the news media is playing down the terror threat but offered no proof. >> it's got on the a point it's not being reported. and in many cases, the dishonest press doesn't want to report it. they have their reasons. and you understand that. >> reporter: mr. trump is also lashing out at recent polls that show the public is weary of his controversial travel ban. tweeting, any negative polls are fake news. people want border security and extreme vetting. the president is making the cas

. >> another name overlooked is alexander acosta. he -- mr. trump would like him to lead the labor department. he's the first hispanic to serve as an assistant attorney general covering civil rights. also he was on the national labor relations board. that in particular is important, because that's his main qualification as far as we know for this labor job. currently he's the dean of the college of law at the florida international university. he would be first hispanic on president trump's cabinet. we're waiting for reaction from capitol hill to his name. he is well-known here and one thing the white house likes, hari, in particular, is he's gone through the confirmation process before the senate three times. >> sreenivasan: one thing i want to follow up on, something you were asking the president today, what's the latest with the executive order? >> such a critical piece of information. the president says he will have a new order out next week. it seems that this next order is an attempt to almost replicate the past order but line it up so th

mr. alex acosta. he has a law degree from harvard law school. a great school.ations board. and has been through senate confirmation three times. confirmed, did very, very well. so alex, i've wished him the best. we just spoke. he's going to be -- i think he'll be a tremendous secretary of labor. and also, as you probably heard just a little while ago, mick mulvaney, former congressman, has just been approved, weeks late -- i have to say that -- weeks, weeks late -- office of management and budget. he will be, i think, a fantastic addition. paul singer just left. paul was very much involved with the anti-trump or, as they say, never trump. paul just left, and he's given us his total support. it is all about unification. we're unifying the party. hopefully, we're going to be able to unify the country. it is very important to me. i've been talking about that for a long time. it is very, very important to me. so i want to thank paul singer for being here and for coming up to the office. he was very strong opponent and now, he is a very strong ally. i appreciate tha

mr. trump took on cnn telling jim acosta that his opinion of the network got even worse. >> i'm changing, though. >> doesn't that undermine -- >> very fake news. >> the president has fought with acosta in the past most notably when he would not take a question before the inauguration, but this time acosta try today make peace. just for the record, we don't hate you. i don't hate you. >> okay. never been more hopeful from a president than trump. abby: at one point he said, i'm actually really enjoying this. heather: i really think the media was too. abby: time magazine, the new cover that social media -- kansas features a photo of him sitting in an oval amid a rainstorm, nothing see here. the cover reflects article titled inside donald trump's white house chaos. some folks aren't having it. time is a joke and have been disrespectful of the new president. they fond all over president obama, another person tweeting, the left making a mountain out of a hill, obviously desperation about credibility. no reaction of him yet regarding latest cover. only time will tell. heather: new season electi

mr. trump came to announce, his nomination of florida law school dean alexander acosta as labor secretary. white house correspondent kristen welker had a front row seat. >> reporter: it was a news conference like no other. >> i turn on the tv, open the newspapers and i see stories of chaos. chaos. yet it's the exact opposite. this administration is running like a fine tuned machine. >> reporter: in a fiery hour and 17 minutes, the president touting his accomplishments and larking out, trying to reset after a chaotic start to his presidency. >> i inherited a mess. it's a mess. the tone is such hatred. i'm really not a bad person, by the way. the tone is such -- i do get good ratings. you have to admit that. the tone is such hatred. >> reporter: for the first time addressing why he fired his national security adviser mike flynn who misled the vice president about discussing sanctions with russia. >> mike flynn is a fine person. i asked for his resignation. he respectfully gave it. he is a man who -- there was a certain amount of information given to vice president pence who is with us today