we're looking for with partnerships with the labs and the universities. >> but peter, the labs are research facilities. chris seems to be describing a think tank operation, right? how formulating what the future looks like. >> that's what we're trying to do. so we have to see how this works. so it's certainly not a model whereby chris says i have this problem, i need a widget. would you please design it for me and go back? we do work like that, many of the labs do, universities do. we're really trying to get into a piece of white space and say what actually are the problems? how can you think them through in a different way? of course we could do that from a theoretical perspective but it wouldn't be useful if we didn't have a partner to be able to do that because we don't understand the constraints, how stuff works and indeed we are a research lab, so you know, it's not appropriate of course for us to be doing certain classes of things, but it really is i think appropriate for us as part of a national endeavor to bring out competitiveness in the system to be working with very forward-thinking companies line

chris jansing in for tamron hall. right now on msnbc, more news with peter alexander. >> thank you very much. happy holidays.ood day. i'm peter alexander in washington. this time, payback time. the white house preparing to announce in a few hours how it will retaliate against russia for its meddling in the presidential election. >>> praise and pressure. 22 days until the inauguration. donald trump says he's working well with the obama white house, but then what's up with the tweets? >>> and the settlement split. israel reacts to john kerry's forceful farewell speech, calling his opposition to controversial new jewish settlements a threat to peace. >>> good morning, everybody. i am peter alexander in washington, d.c., today, for my friend andrea mitchell. we're waiting for the obama administration to announce new measures to punish russia for its interference in the u.s. presidential election. a senior u.s. official telling nbc news that announcement will come within the next couple of hours. president-elect trump is already dismissing the threat of new

we're looking for with partnerships with the labs and the universities. >> but peter, the labs are research facilities. chriseems to be describing a think tank operation, right? how formulating what the future looks like. >> that's what we're trying to do. so we have to see how this works. so it's certainly not a model whereby chris says i have this problem, i need a widget. would you please design it for me and go back? we do work like that, many of the labs do, universities do. we're really trying to get into a piece of white space and say what actually are the problems? how can you think them through in a different way? of course we could do that from a theoretical perspective but it wouldn't be useful if we didn't have a partner to be able to do that because we don't understand the constraints, how stuff works and indeed we are a research lab, so you know, it's not appropriate of course for us to be doing certain classes of things, but it really is i think appropriate for us as part of a national endeavor to bring out competitiveness in the system to be working with very forward-thinking companies like e

peter crowley, and author of red line. good morning, good to see you. >> good morning, chris. >> two senior u.s.confirmed to nbc that the u.s. retaliation will likely come in the form of some economic sanctions. there could also be unannounced covert responses as well as cyber options. what are you expected and maybe the bigger question, can they have any impact? >> well, there's an established playbook for this. two years ago, the united states sanctioned entities and indicted individuals in china for a serious hack, and so these tools are available. and these are the kinds of things that the united states could announce this week. on the one hand, the indictment in 2014, you know, communicated to china that this was a core element within the u.s./china relationship, and china has taken some steps in response. i'm not sure, given vladimir putin's very different individual, he sees conspiracies everywhere. you know, this is the right ste for the united states to do. i don't know that it's going to have a significant impact with mr. putin. >> what kind of covert actions are we potentially talking

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chris, thanks so much for staying with us as donald trump continues to speak to the audience there. let me turn to jeremy peters"the new york times" and an msnbc contributor. jeremy, you have been listening to all of this too. one of the other lines that struck me is i believe in peace through strength, which i believe is a reagan line originally. talking about the way he views the world. what do you make of what you've heard? >> it's funny, kate. chris was talking about how this is donald trump's thank you tour. i think it could also be titled donald trump's self affirmation tour because what he's doing here is really for his own mental health, talking to his aides, what they said is very comforting for him after these, you know, long days, this highly stressful period planning this presidential transition is he needs to get out there and push reset. he needs to bask in the crowds adulation which is a way to fire him up during the campaign, a way to recharge, and i think you're going to see this not just throughout the transition but over the course of his presidency. this is going to be a hallmark of a trump

bill: peter was an the bus stop for a moment there. [laughter] want to get chris stirewalt in, chris, good morning to you. never been done this way before. what does trump get from a thank you tour, do you think? >> well, we have to remember that donald trump is going to redefine the presidency. this is going to be a different entity when he's done with it, just as each president leaves his mark, i think donald trump's going to leave a very different shape to this. i think he is inhabiting a role that we could call him, perhaps, the senior executive president. he is clearly comfortable delegating a lot of responsibility to mike pence and maybe riengs -- reince priebus, and they're working hard to put together a team that is, by the way, getting a lot of plaudits here in washington. pence gets a lot of credit there. meantime, trump sees himself -- and he has described himself this way -- as the super salesman. he's going to go out and market their message to the people and then go around the world and market the united states to the rest of the globe. so i think he

peter doocy is live outside trump tower. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. a big surprise late this afternoon, early this evening came when governor chris christie popped ou eped out of tower's elevator. his name is floated as a possible next rnc chairman. the big work of the day here at trump tower was filling key cabinet slots. another name from the secretary of state short list was on the trump tower guest list today, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor john bolton. his first meeting with the president-elect about the possibility of becoming america's top diplomat. today we heard for the first time what it is that mr. trump likes about another contender for the job, mitt romney. >> he has been very gracious. i hit mitt pretty hard. so i understand how it all works. he has been very, very nice. we had dinner the other night. it was great. there was good chemistry. it was really good chemistry with him. >> reporter: mr. trump says an announcement will come soon. that may have his senior staff on their toes because some say the mention of a general james mattis nomination last night in ohio -- >> he is the closes

chris whalen, thank you so much. we will continue with gary shilling. we will drive the conversation forward, later today. peter a compliments. mr. fisher on trump, economics and investments. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. let's get straight to the bloomberg business flash. itlor: boeing has announced will sell almost $17 million of airplanes to iran. now boeing may have to stop the deal with president-elect donald trump. it is the worst december in six years for the london housing market. according to a property website, asking prices are down more than 4% from last month. prices in inner london are down 6%. worries about brexit have hurt luxury home prices. in france, and imf managing director goes to court in a case. failing toed of prevent a massive government payout. she has denied the charges. that is your bloomberg business flash francine: let's get back -- bloomberg business flash. francine: we understand that donald trump is looking at the ceo of exxon mobil, with two decades of dealmaking in russia, he has been called by the russian president an ideal man. i spoke with

. >> so, chris, just playing directly off of that, you've established what the problem is in the system and how in some ways it sounds primitive when peter describes it. you have, as a bridge to getting there, you formed a relationship with m.i.t., northwestern, and with argonne deciding you didn't have internally whatever means of intellectually bridging that gap. can you describe what are you lack and what is the relationship all about? >> as a publicly traded company that provides energy delivery services and energy, there's not a lot of capability or balance sheet space for r&d. so the jewel of our competitiveness going forward is the work that's being done at the national labs and the work that's being done at the universities and how we can support the labs and the universities is a much more efficient model than us being a utility company or a competitive generating company trying to come up with our own bell labs type design. the work that we're trying to do to do, the partnership that we're trying to do, we know the practical on how the system operates. we have some insight into what customers want and what customers at this poi

peter barnes in washington i want to bring in knock congressman and member of the trump transition committee, chrise you know the program thank you so much for joining us. do you have any doubt that president-elect donald trump will be made official today? >> no, there's no doubt, and it is pathetic the way that democrats aren't letting go on the one hand, it is interesting actually a little bit of fun for some of us to watch that they continue to be in denial it and so -- there's a certain part of us that is rebelling in what is going to happen today. but it is discouraging and disappointing that they would even be talking the way that they are. you know, in the past electoral college votes were a nonfactor. i mean, i don't even think we with talked about today was the day that the electoral college is going to make it official. there's official on november 8th even though they won't admit it. so it's an education for third and fourth graders to find out how electoral college works for the rest of the america we knew this election was over november 8th. >> represent tv, doesn't this show hoe despe