i was talking to ari fleischer. let's talk about what i was talking about with ari, this very public struggle over whether or not mitt romney should be brought in to be secretary of state. i haven't seen anything this public during a transition before. >> well, it's partly because romney's opposition was so strong, it was beyond i disagree with policy, it's beyond i like another candidate. he said in the middle of the campaign i fundamentally don't think this person should be president of the united states. obviously it's going to create a kind of tension we haven't seen. we also have to remember, president-elect trump likes this kind of drama. we keep seeing this at different points of the campaign. i think the intrigue is part of what he wants in this transition. >> alex, you covered this team and these people in varying degrees for a long time. it strikes me that the only reason this is still going on the way it is is that at a certain level, donald trump is intrigued by the possibility of having mitt romney as s

liz: ari fleischer, fleischer communications president. here is a quote.eft in the history of the world. those were words from president-elect donald trump along the campaign trail as he promised to slap punitive tariffs on chinese goods. is a trade war looming between the two biggest world economies? what does that mean for stocks you might want to own or buy? mike holland has traveled to china 79 times? >> approximately. liz: approximatelily that since early '90s. listed as head of nyse fund the china fund. do you think there will be a trade war donald trump talked about? >> quick answer? no. the first of those 79 trips in era when there was young arkansas man running for president and running against a guy named bush and he was trashing, he, clinton was trashing china, much like what we heard you say about trump. we asked chi who was the treasury secretary at time would become the head of china, what he thought? was he worried about a trade war with the united states? this is 1990, knight 91. no, when your politicians run for president. they say all kin

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reaction, the editor and chief, fox news contributes, radio talk show host laura ingraham and ari fleischer. there are rumors that laura may be calling ari for advice -- i'll move on. ari, you wrote a piece in "the wall street journal." am i right about this? does donald trump need to same dog and phony pony show to go on this cat and mouse game with the media that we know is biassed, that was in the tank with hillary clinton. why would cnn deserve a seat in the media room in the white house? >> well the fact of the matter is the president and his team have lat dude to make any number of changes in the way that the white house press works. there are no laws. what governs it is tradition and mutual respect. he can make huge changes. i would counsel not to go as far as you're going. i do think there's something to be gained by talking with the mainstream media, fighting this with them, getting your points across. it's a road game when you deal with the mainstream media. >> but what about all of these organizations, cnn giving questions to hillary clinton, cnn seeking questions for the republi

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zit, nationally syndicated talk show host laura ingraham and former white house press secretary ari fleischer. there are rumors laura may be calling ari for advice -- i'll move on. ari, you wrote a piece in the "wall street journal." am i right about this, does donald trump need the same dog and phoney pony show to go on this cat and mouse game with the media that we know is biassed, that was in the tank for hillary clinton? why would cnn deserve a seat in that media room at the white house? >> well, the fact of the matter is the president and his team have latitude to make any number of changes in the way the white house press operation works. there are no laws that govern it. what governs it is tradition, some sense of mutual respect, which has really broken down. so he can make huge changes. you know, i would counsel, sean, not to go as far as you are going. i think there's something to be gained by talking to the mainstream media and fighting with them and getting your points across. good teams can win tough games on the road, and it is a road game when you deal with the mainstream media.

. >>> i want to bring in ari fleischer, the u.s. press secretary for george w. bush, david gergen, an adviser to four presiden presidents, and ron meacham. let's hash out this conversation right now. what's your take on whether donald trump's children should be granted top security clearance? >> that gives me a lot of pause, don. i don't understand why. i understand they're advisers to the president-elect. and that's fine and good. you have to make a sharp line when you enter into the government. particularly when you deal with the most important secrets, only the people who need to know should know what the secrets are. if his children are not working in full time positions, they should not have access to clearance. >> is there any precedence for this? >> i don't think so. there may be something i'm not aware of, but most presidents manage to keep -- particularly since president kennedy, managed to keep this compartmentalized. they keep family close, and informal advisers close, but the actual flow of classified information is something that's institutionalized

ari fleischer is back with me today, former press secretary for president george w. bush. happy early turkey day. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, brooke. >> a couple days ago when you were on this show we were talking about the potential of this mitt romney/donald trump meeting over the weekend. we know it's happened and apparently governor romney is seriously considering it. if i recall, ari, you said this is nothing, neither side is interested. are you changing your tune today, my friend? >> well, i urge caution here still. the key thing is, especially for a post as important as secretary of state is you have to be in sync with the president of the united states and particularly a president of the united states who is running to change things around the world, who's running on an america-first platform who's trying to put pressure on allies they've historically been reluctant to do, like spend more money on defense so the issue here is if it's going to be mitt romney, can he fully and with a clear conscience sign on to support donald trump? because that will be his

surprised if at least one of the four gets security clearance, i would be dumbfounded -- the fact that ari fleischer is having real pause tells you a lot about the wisdom of this. >> ari, let's move on, i think all of you are in agreement that it's -- it gives you all pause. ari, donald trump's top aides are fighting it out. that's what we're hearing. is that a good way to start out when there are so many important positions that need to be filled? >> well, it depends on how the thing settles out and who gets appointed to what position. but this doesn't surprise me, don. i think you're going to get used to this, a politician who had been around for 20 or 30 years who knew everybody, who knew every insider to appoint to every inside position, to do it the same way it's always been done, yeah, there probably wouldn't be any infighting, you have an outsider who has not gone through this before, and many people are jockeying for position to influence that outsider. i would much rather, given all the circumstances and facts, have the outsider, who is intent on changing washington, go through this tempora

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. >> i want to bring in ari fleischer and kirstin powers. douglas brinkley. good evening to all of you. thank you for coming on this evening. mr. fleischer, we're going to start with you. donald trump won the election, yet he is tweeting about voter fraud. tonight he's retweeting supporters who are angry with the media for debunking his false claims. what gives here? >> donald trump is different. i wonder when we're all going to get to the point where we stop measuring donald trump in that which came before him. and start realizing he is cut from a different cloth. he communicates differently, he is much more assertive. he's much more aggressive, assertive, he's a counter puncher. i've always wondered, if he counter punches so hard sometimes if he hurts himself. he's just going to do things differently, and we should stop measuring him by conventional ways. >> even when the claims are false? >> well, i think you have to point that out. look, i've seen no evidence that there are 3 million illegal immigrants that voted. when he tweeted that out, it made me thin

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ari fleischer press secretary for george w. who said to much attention before the election that he was not going to be voting for donald trump. who did you vote for, ari? >> i left my line blank, neil. if there were republicans like you who did so similarly, they are showing a different face now. are you? >> no. i'm the same. look, i'm delighted hillary lost. i always wanted her to lose. donald trump lost me throughout the course of the campaign. i started out being a donald trump voter, and then i just kind of became undecided and kept that to myself. and right before the election, i decided he had said too many things that i objected to, so i said i'll leave my line blank. >> but these others, including speaker ryan and others who were worried early on apparently are impressed enough and feeling it's important enough now to the republicans to all get on the same page. it was all pleasantries and nice today. >> well, that's right. but you always have is after the election is over and you have a winner, people start to look now

we will check in with austan goolsbee who owes me money and ari fleischer tonight on hannity. >> whatthers aren't covering. what the media is missing. and what america needs to know. when it comes to the issues impacting you, no one tells you the truth like tucker. "tucker carlson tonight"nd premiering monday only on fox news channel. ands. you all know real change begins with immediately, immediately repealing and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. all right. that was now president-elect donald trump promising to repeal and replace obamacare. now today, accord ght to the "wall street journal," mr. trump said he would consider leaving in place two parts of the law. the report reads, quote: mr. trump said he favors keeping the prohibition against insurers, denying coverage, because of preexisting conditions and a provision that allows parents to provide years of additional coverage for their children on their insurance policies. by the way, both republican plans to replace had those provisions in them. joining us now former white house press secretary ari fleischer and the hand

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ari fleischer said the same thing you said, chris, which is that loyalty is paramount. you need people who you can trust and people who support your ideas, support your priorities and that's exactly what we're seeing right now from trump's transition team. by the same token, why didn't they work these things out during the early stages of the transition? why was chris christie put in charge of this transition from the beginning if he didn't have that trust from kushner -- >> because of what we learned from the cnn book that's coming out. that scoop this week that chr christie, that donald trump said, i'm not going to make it past october and, christie, i'll get behind you. and christie was the first to get behind donald trump. to chris' point of loyalty. >> they are in territory they didn't expect to be in. they didn't expect they would need to go -- >> just one trump adviser said to me, remember the relationship to watch, the relationship that has always been there is the one between jared kushner and mike pence. jared kushner and ivanka trump wanted mike pence to be v

we're pleased to welcome former white house press secretary ari fleischer to "power lunch." >> good to be here. >> you were not, let us say, supporter of mr. trump or mrs. clinton. but be that as it may, he's the president-elect. what do you think he needs do? >> he needs to be an outsider. that means the economy first, jobs first, immigration, and the repeal of obamacare. that's what he's got to focus on first because if he starts to tack too much to the washington bipartisan way that a lot of people hope and want him to run to, he will neglect his base and you cannot do that as first year president. >> how does that advice translate into selection for his candidates. does he need fewer people with washington experience, any people with washington experience? who and what? >> you always need a mix. he's an outsider but he's a unique outsider because he ran to change washington. what i say as an establishment insider republican type, he needs mostly outsiders. he does not need the experienced people who have been there before as much as he needs people who are dedicated to c

. >> former white house, ari fleischer who's been in this before. my colleague, lets me start with what we have been talking about so far at this hour of the latest of the transition team. you are in front of trump tower, what are you seeing? >> reporter: when it comes to who's come in and out, we are unable to tell here. everybody has been using that back entrance for these meetings. we have been relying on reports. the pool reporting which allows us to share resources. they had to negotiate a spot in the lobby this morning. everything here is under anyw negotiation. i will look over, this is sort of the time where people are starting to get off work. from 57th street and fifth avenue is shut down. >> traffic is going for miles, all the way to harlem. that's sort of the beginning of the issues here. there are the obvious retail issues, there are secret service concerns. there is the most in hospital place for the secret service to protect everybody, we are talking about a 56 tall building in manhattan. there has to be an evacuation plan or place fo

joining us for reaction, herman cain, ari fleischer. nikki hailey was not a trump supporter.myth romney is reportedly being considered for secretary of state. i think myth romney would have been a great president but the way he acted here, no loyalty. he should not be under consideration in my view. your thoughts in. >> well we don't know if he's seriously under consideration or if this is trump's way of trying to bring the party together. remember, there was a lot -- >> that would be fine. water under the bridge, let's start over. that's a nice gesture. >> it could be an indication of that. but here's the other things -- >> bless rd the peacemakers, herman. i read it in a book. >> one of the strengths that i've talked about on your show that donald trump has, which most great leaders do, he's able to listen. you heard that statement by senator jeff sessions. donald trump is in the listening node right now. and that's a good thing. he's not just listening to people who supported him, he's listening to some people who reluctantly voted for him. i think it is a good sign. i thi

i just talked to ari fleischer. he's not buying that this is genuine interest on behalf of the trump team that this is show, he was saying to me. from the romney perspective, why do you think he's doing this. >> i think this is a good sign for the country, a good sign for things to come, a good sign for republican unity. i don't know exactly what the intentions are of donald trump in doing this meeting but i take it as a good sign. i think they have a lot to -- they could discuss. they can discuss the transition generally. they can discuss policies where they overlap and governor romney is very smart and patriotic leader on foreign policy. >> i feel like you're giving me a very diplomatic answer. >> i am. >> [ laughter ] >> i don't know what will come out of that meeting but this is a good sign for republican unity. 10 days ago we were talking about the crackup of the republican party, now we're talking about president-elect trump sitting down with mitt romney. can you believe it? i think it's good. >> of course you

lawrie ingram and ari fleischer are not. >>> president-elect trump made specific promises to you thele on the campaign trail. how does he plan to keep those promises? vice president elect mike pence will join us in the studio for more. all of that plus ainsley earhart but marco rue yo are here. >>> welcome to "

laura ingraham and ari fleischer are here with reaction. >> i will not disappoint you. >> then president-elects to you, the american people, on the campaign trail. how does he plan to keep those promises? vice president-elect mike pence will join us in studio with more. all of that plus ainsley earhardt and florida senator marco rubio are here. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >> welcome to "hannity."

here now on set with us msnbc correspondent ari fleischer. i'm dizzy on each campaign changing its mind. when it broke today newt gingrich said comey bowing to partisan pressure putting this letter out. hillary clinton said he bowed to political pressure when he put the first letter out. what do you make of his actions then and now? how do you make sense of this? >> those responses are credible. why they have the rule, like a 60 day rule not to get into the heat of campaigns. i thought the second letter today was extraordinary, unusual, and reflects clearest evidence that jim comey misfired in the first letter. the first letter didn't say i'll be back in nine days with an update. it was written to sound like the end of something for a while and it wasn't. let's look back at that first letter and remember what we've learned. the first letter said, look, fbi learned of e-mails that appear to be pertinent but cannot yet assess whether it's significant to translate the legal jargon. we found something but we don't know what it is and what it mean

ari fleischer, former news director for george w. bush is joining me.going to go? >> it will go far. donald trump is just warming up. he goes through the mainstream media, he did interviews with the "wall street journal," the "new york times" and 60 minute *. but he also understands the power of going around the media. it gives the president more tools to go around the media and i predict he will do a lot more of it. charles: the media complained bitterly toward the end of the campaign. they didn't make those complaints about obama. but there has been a serious battle between the main street media and donald trump. we saw that play out when he called up a lot of tv honchos to trump towers. is this an extension of that battle or is it a technology revolution? >> it's both. barack obama was the first one to go around the white house mainstream media. the white house is the last bastion of the mainstream media. donald trump is following what barack obama did to go around it. but what donald trump has the power to do is take on the press directly. i have ne