those on the list for meetings, georgia republican senator david perdue, jay cohen, retired navy admiral, former defense secretary robert gates, pam bondi, u.n. ambassador of the u.n., john bolton, heidi heitkamp, democrat, and david malpass. latest cabinet picks, jessica snyder is outside trump tower on fifth avenue in new york city for us right now. jessica, trump describes his pick for defense secretary, and i'm quoting him now, as the closest thing to general george patton that we have. general mattis, as we know, the retired marine corps general has a potential legal hurdle he has to clear in order to be considered for his nomination. >> reporter: yes. you know, wolf, but trump's team is saying they are well on their way to getting a congressional waiver. trump spokesman jason miller, in fact, this morning saying that senator john mccain is right now drafting legislation that would get general mattis around that law that mandates that uniformed