difficult situation for the best prepared, those that are coming by. >> that is a perfect link to chris lou the outgoing bush 43 administration worked closely with the transition team for president obama to make that transition as smooth as possible. >> in every setting like this i complement josh for the tone he and president bush set. >> i tried to show up at these things. >> in 2007 budging for cooperation with the incoming president regardless which party it was and the success we enjoyed in 2008, our transition is in large measure because of the cooperation we received. i was in daily communication working through transition issues, all 77 days. and return president obama pledged collaboration with his successor and on balance we are doing that. it is challenging. i think it is fair to say there is a play about how you transition from campaigning to governing. this president-elect -- the president is ripping it up. whether it is foreign-policy, tweets, the carrier deal, there are a lot of things that we have not seen before. it will be interesting to see whether changes -- i suspect it

in the case of josh bolten, bush 41 and bush 43, chris lou, secretary of labor in the current obama administrationand a lane of the clinton administration. we represent four presidencies and want to dive right in. particularly, the title of this years and first principles. all of you had the amazing experience of being part of a presidency in the first year. some of you, long after that as well. but we want to start off today with that very intriguing question of, how does a president-elect go from being a campaigner to a short window of opportunity of being president-elect, and start the year -- first year of his presidency. we will start with elaine. ealing: ike -- >> i can say in one word, they did that poorly. or republican, this is not a partisan statement. i will explain it with a couple of statistics. there are just over 4000 jobs the president has to appoint to the federal government. but all -- out of 4000, a little over a thousand are the big ones that are confirmed by the senate. even that is a big number. to 800, some are part-time appointments to boards and things like that. 700are lo

lou: chris plante and eboni williams join me next. stay with us. u: joining us tonight, the host of the chris plante show and eboni williams. your thoughts, please, on the thank you tour, the thank you rally tonight in hershey, pennsylvania it's unbelievable. he's drawing huge overflowing crowds. >> you could say it just like it was it's completely dynamic. his earlier guests have pointed out. very smart. i couldn't agree more with governor huckabee. not only do the crowds need donald trump, i agree donald trump needs the crowds. remember when george h.w. bush ran for reelection, there seemed to be a disconnect between him and the people. and it really hurt him. so when donald trump makes the effort early on to stay connected to that energy that put him in the white house. i think it's very smart, well played and mr. serve him well. >> i agree completely. i have been saying it on my show since his first fo -- foray. he goes on jimmy kim and ellen, and they slather praise upon him and think is' wonderful. that's how he stays popular. the st i is kind

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thank you congressman chris ryan. >> thank you. lou: on wall street today, stocks finished mix, the dow closing at a new record high up 58, s&p lost 8, nasdaq fell 73, volume on big board, 5 billiobillion shares today. crude oil climbing, settles above $51 a barrel, and 10-year yield 17 month high to to .44 -- 2.44% after a sell-off in the bond market. >> coming up next, it was 7 months ago that president-elect made this campaign promise. >> believe me, if i were in office right now, carrier would not be leaving indiana, that i could tell you. lou: today the president-elect following through -- his worries in a big way, set to take the stage in cincinnati shortly, we're awaiting, with baited breath. kimberly guilfoyle will join me next. we will take unwhat we can expect there and what this president-elect is already accomplishing with about 49 days before he is inaugurated. stay with us. lou: donald trump giving the hard working people at carrier reason to celebrate today, this is how carrier employees found out they were losing their

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lou: joining me now is crisco vac. the secretary of state from the great state of kansas. chrisit seems first of all welcome, and it is great to see you and know that you are giving counsel to the president-elect on these very important issues. this is as stunning report from krivment s. to say there are that's and unsuspects even more in this country with dangerous, dangerous criminal illegal immigrants among them not being deported. what is the possible explanation for it? >> well, you know, you are right, it is disturbing. i can tell you this. remember when obama did those illegal executive tam necessary cities in 2012 and 2014? his justification for not deporting millions of illegal aliens was i'm doing this so i can retarget the resources of immigration and customs enforce to the go after the criminals. in federal court we had the testimony of ice agents saying he's not deporting more criminals. the obama administration is not massively deporting criminal tail yens. i'm confident understood a trump administration you will see those criminals being removed in large numbers.

i think, chris, you respect, a lot of folks at home watching, who realize when you have someone lou is a multibillionaire, the transfer, however they move that away from being under his control. >> again, i'm sorry to interrupt you. you give long answers. did he promise a blinds trust yof. i don't see how it can be a blinds trust. they're his kids. >> you have to give him until press conference to put it together. that's a perfectly reasonable amount of time. someone who has been one of the most successful businessmen in our nation's history. it takes time to do that. >> time doesn't pass quickly. that we can't hold someone to what they campaigned on. thank you. ladies, thank you for joining me. you saw what i was doing, looking for inconsistencies. mitt romney basically said he was a disease. as in 2012 when he was needing his help. i'm kissing when i need him. i'll dump him when i don't and i'll kiss him again. >> what he is doing, he took maybe the first initial appointment pts he made sessions, rewarded the loyalists. now if you look at the line that runs through all of these appoi

lou dobbs will have special coverage of terms coverage of 7:00 p.m. eastern. train to the conversation chris wallace had covered a wide range of topics including the claim that russia try to interfere with their presidential election. blaming the democrats who he says were embarrassed for the public release of the report. here's trump's response to the hacking claims and other highlights from the interview. >> if you look at the store and look at what they said, there is great confusion. nobody really knows. hacking is interesting. once they have it, if you don't catch the men to get your not going to catch them. it could be somebody sitting at a bench someplace. i must be told the same thing in the same life every single day for the next eight years. could be eight years, but eight years. i don't need that. if something should change, but it's not. in the meantime, generals are being briefed in my defense is being briefed. perhaps that will be solved by the time they the time to get there so i don't have to create enemies on one side or the other, but i will tell you when i get to office if

chris more land, thanks fornks being here.ing how are you doing. >> i'm doing good. > tell us a little bit more a about this event. lou >> thist is the 30th anniversary of the fire, ems christmas party and we want to celebrate everyone.eryo we don't want to just celebratee firefighters, teachers, policee officers, anyone who is making a difference and serving the community. anyone that wants to come out, come party with us, we're going to have a where is this party happening,ng what time and how can we get tickets? test test test partyst is at the echo stage, 10 postag, office 3:00 a.m. we got -- >> late night. we got team familiar, elevon fam yeah, black alley of course andd hosted by grammy nominated artist little mo. tickets are on sale at echo stage.com or at ticket master.com. guys can watchh still go andeny the party. an case ide williams is the lead singer. thanks for coming in. we appreciate it.anks f we've heard a little bit of you guys play. how would you describe yourr sound. >> it's a little hood, it's a little l rock.. we like to call it underground hood meets rock. we do a little rock and role. we like t

chris paul or blake griffin. nick young to deangelo russell with the lefty and the three ball. he had 14. lakers are up by 7, the final three minutes, lougood off the bench with the late show to drive it up with 14. lakers will win 111-102 snapping an 11-game losing streak to the cross town rival. >>> talk about under the radar, off to their best start for this millennium at 10-2 for a chance to improve upon that and usf, san diego state, hawaii looks pretty good right now, i'm not going to lie. but earlier in the game, frankie ferrari with the steal and pays the price getting crushed. later in the first off the usf team, slamming and throws it into the camera. hi mom, merry christmas. second half charles mindelin the driving lay up. he would have 18, it is a four- point game and just too much. the bounce pass and the pitch. 16 points with 11 rebounds winning 62-48. >>> the niners, they will finally win a game and they lose a star in the process, pretty much par for the course this season with espn reporting carlos hyde tore his acl. hyde is out of next week's season finale with just 12 rushing yards. averaging a healthy 4.6 yards per c