david lee miller live outside of trump tower in new york city. david lee, what else did mr. trump say at his iowa rally. reporter: melissa, it is noticeable during the rally the president-elect brought on to the stage iowa's governor terry branstad. he nominated brand stat to be the next ambassador to china. he described branstad as a very special man. he told the crowd branstad doesn't want to be ambassador because of the perks of the job, to form an improve relationship. he has known the current china president for the last two decades. they met in 1995 when a china delegation came to iowa for farming techniques. he suggested some might be willing to forgo their salary for public service, saying they would be giving up fortunes. listen. >> in filling my cabinet, i'm

david lee miller is live outside trump tower with the rest of today's developments. hello. >> reporter: hi. it would seem now that president-elect donald trump is bracing for a battle to win the nomination for his nominee rex tillerson. soon after trump announced he was nominating tillerson, they put out a release with high profile names. they say tillerson is the right man for the job. they called his nomination inspired and say he will bring critical skill and knowledge into that role. these were sentiments echoed by vice president elect mike pence who spoke with reporters here at trump tower. >> we couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex's proven leadership is willing to step forward to serve our nation as the next secretary of state. >> reporter: critics are concerned that tillerson has ties too close to russia and vladimir putin. they question if tillerson would have a conflict of interest after spending decades at exxon. if he gets his new job he's going to take a substantial cut in pay. right now he's earning about $23 million a year. the secretary of st

fox news correspondent david lee miller has more. >> reporter: the obama administration making good on its issuing a set of nine different sanctions. the treasury secretary has designated two russian individuals for using cyber enable means. 35 russian operatives have been ordered to leave the country. two diplomatic compounds related to russian are cleaved being closed one in maryland and one in new york. they'll be shuddered at noon on friday. and the department of homeland security and the fbi are releasing declassified technology information on russian civilian and military intelligence in statement president obama saying "these actions followed repeated private and public warnings that we have issued to the russian government and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm u.s. interests. >> i'm not really sure this would be a very strong response. yes, it's a big move publicly there's some pr here. so sort of a slap on the wrist. i guess better than nothing but not exactly tough tough stuff. >> i think it's fair to say that this is in fact an escalation and, yes,

david lee miller is live in manhattan.e're herd they president made a pick for labor secretary. >> there's not yet been a formal announcement but we learned that the president-elect would like andrew palestineer in to be the secretary of labor. he is the ceo of the hardee's and karl's junior and is an outspoken critic of minimum wage, and he says it is going to hurt the lowest paid workers the most. he said if the minimum became is increased the result will be automation in the restaurant business. earlier this year he told a reporter that machines, in hisre a vacation and never show up late. puzder is an oopen net of obamacare and calls for a cut of the tax rate. and the served as an adviser for mr. trump and also help mr. trump raid money. >> what about secretary of state, anything new? >> reporter: the president-elect is expanding the potential candidates for secretary of state. today he met with a retired admiral, hings currently serving as a dean in fletcher school of law and diplomacy at tufts university. he served f

we begin with david lee miller at the u.n. tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. for the first time now in nearly four decades, the u.s. has failed to veto a u.n. security council resolution condemning israeli settlement activity. the u.s. officially abstained while the remaining 14 other members of the security council voted yes. the resolution calls for israel to immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. samantha power said the u.s. would veto any resolution undermining israel's security. she said the resolution voted on today did not meet the requirements for a u.s. veto. >> it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with u.s. policy across republican and democratic administrations throughout the history of the state of israel that the united states did not veto it. >> reporter: minutes after the vote, president-elect trump tweeted out -- the vote on the resolution, which was sponsored by egypt, was supposed to take place yesterday. mr. trump called for

david lee miller. thank you. here now governor mike huckabee who has been deeply involved for years with issues involving israel, frequently visiting israel and meeting with the fishes at the highest levels. your response to that breaking news today. >> sandra, i'm so outraged i can't even hardly contain myself. what obama did today was extend a real nice final farewell and wave to israel and prime minister netanyahu. he just bothered to use one finger in the middle of his hand to do it. this is the most amazing position he would have taken. if donald trump gets -- the first thing he does i hope is send some jackhammers over to turtle bay neighborhood in manhattan and jackknife the united nations off into the river and float it to wherever it needs to go. this is an insult to israel and every person who loves freedom. and when people use the terms settlements, they may think of the israelis build a bunch of tents and mobile homes. these settlements are communities and neighborhoods with schools and synagogues and

we begin with david lee miller at the u.n. tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. for the first time now in nearly four decades, the u.s. has failed to veto a u.n. security council resolution condemning israeli settlement activity. the u.s. officially abstained while the remaining 14 other members of the security council voted yes. the resolution calls for israel to immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the palestinian territory, including east jerusalem. samantha power said the u.s. would veto any resolution undermining israel's security. she said the resolution voted on today did not meet the requirements for a u.s. veto. >> it is because this resolution reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with u.s. policy across republican and democratic administrations throughout the history of the state of israel that the united states did not veto it. >> reporter: minutes after the vote, president-elect trump tweeted out -- the vote on the resolution, which was sponsored by egypt, was supposed to take place yesterday. mr. trump called for

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jon: all right, david lee miller. thank you. the president elect still considering a wide range of names for secretary of state. it all comes as he made several key cabinet selections this week. let's talk more about this with glenn hall, u.s. editor for wall street journal. you sort of classified the secretary of state possibles into umbrella groups. you want to share that with us? >> yeah, sure. you are starting to see that the pool keeps widening, not narrowing. we see guys like rick tillerson coming through trump tower. that's the corporate class. you have the sort of military, you know, opportunities. so you see several generals in the mix there. you see the sort of political elites. you've got senator bob corker and mitt romney still in the game, right? you have folks close to or trump likes. there you see petraeus in the mix and rudy giuliani and many of those people you see rising and falling stock in terms of their appearances and what they're saying publicly. jon: people like newt gringrich have criticized mr. trump, s

david lee miller is in the new york news room.fficials. >> they refused to say if they would veto the resolution, spokesman said, i quote, we never preview our votes. now, during the past several months there has been a great deal of concern by israelis in what is called an obama december prize. obama and benjamin netanyahu have had strained relationship. israel's prime minister issued a statement calling on the u.s. not to change course. >> israelis deeply appreciate one of the great pillars of the u.s.-israel alliance. the willingness over many years of the united states to stand up in the u.n. and veto antilles resolutions. >> as the united states has long mainedç peace between the. >> the trump transition team says it gave the white house a heads up before the statement was made public, and this afternoon israel's u.s. ambassador tweeted a thanks to mr. trump. >> well, nobody wants to see a slow at the in the u.n., i imagine. so, i'm guessing why they postponed the vote to save face? >> here's the become story. the resolution

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david lee miller has more. >> reporter: the meet having the security council still taking police. a live picture of the security couple. this an historic day the first time in nearly four decades the united states did not use its veto power to stop a u.n. resolution addressing the issue of israeli settlements in the west bank east jerusalem. before the vote the united states would not disclose publicly but many israelis did fear there was going to be what they referred to as some type of obama december surprise. the relationship between president obama and prime minister netanyahu has been very strained over the last few years, and many feared consequences that could be what happened here. samantha power, the u.n. ambassador, spoke before the council after the vote, she said that what took place was not to diminish support for israel. she explained the roping behind why the u.s. -- the reason 'king why the us did which was abstain during the vote. >> the resolution is too narrow he focuses on settle. s when in the know that there are many a effectors. let us be clear, even if ever

david lee miller looks as a loonlong relationship that has gone through tough times recently. >> reporter: after eight years of a relationship that at times was strained with the obama administration, some israelis believe things will improve when donald trump moved into the white house. there's cautious optimism among israelis regarding trump's foreign policy. >> most officials in israel right now are breathing a sigh of relief that we have less than 50 days of the obama administration left. >> reporter: boosting confidence in trump, his criticism of the iran deal. >> as far as president-elect trump, i look forward to speaking with him about what to do about this bad deal. >> reporter: another welcome size, trump's call to relocate the u.s. embassy to jerusalem. trump's election of nikki haley as u.n. ambassador is seen as a positive development for israel. she opposes economic boycotts against the jewish state. a journalist sees a trump a administration as a chance to improve relations. >> a strategic country to use this new administration, new president with so positive attitude toward

. >>> david lee miller and jennifer griffin. >> reporter: a spoke to a source close to president-elect and here's what i'm told. former new york mayor rudy giuliani is in, quote, hot water with trump, despites being one of his most loyal supporters and allies after publicly pitching himself as the best pick. he could have had dhs and has not been seep coming in our out of trump tower in two weeks. the exxonmobil ceo's stock is rising. an appealing pick for donald trump because he has run a multimillion dollar business and has had to negotiate deals in yemen and has close ties to russian president vladimir putin. then there's governor mitt romney. a top contender but some feel the speech he gave in march outlining why trump would be dangerous as president would loom over his time of secretary of state and would be reported on every time he showed up in a foreign capital. that being said he could be the one he settled >> what thes like general david pa traeus. >> unfortunate, when trump settled on general john kelly for homeland security, choosing pet trayus for state would look too much

eric: we'll find out about all this morning but we begin with david lee miller outside of trump tower where all the happens are about to happen. good morning, david lee. reporter: good morning, eric. this is big day for texas. two sons from the loan -- lone star state, will join the cabinet. mr. trump transition team formally announced exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson will be secretary of state. rnc chairman reince priebus says tillerson has the skills and experience for the job. >> the good lord didn't put oil in all freedom-loving democracies across the world. so that requires someone at the top of the, at the top to say, look we're growing to have relationships with people that may not always be the folks, that are the greatest people in the world. reporter: critics on both sides of the aisle have their doubts and question tillerson's ties to russia and specifically russian president vladmir putin. the confirmation process could be a difficult one especially with high-profile republicans like john mccain and marco rubio questioning tiller letter son. they have only one vote republican

martha: thank you very much, david lee miller. bill: up and running there at the tower.hey're up and running at the white house too. dana perino, co-host of "the five." white house press secretary and back home again. how are you, dana? >> i'm very well. bill: a number of things i want to tick through for you. can you characterize yet how the white house is reacting to donald trump? >> i think the current white house is showing some restraint as well. i think that by all accounts the transition both in public and especially in private is going very well, and with donald trump saying that doesn't agree with everything president obama might believe in terms of his ideology or politics or policy decisions but he likes him very much personally and they're getting along. i think at this time, you saw catherine herridge reports yesterday we have a lot of chatter when it comes to terrorists. they like to try to do something when there is transition because they think there is instability. i think this white house and the trump transition team show there is no daylight between t

start with team fox coverage, david lee miller at trump tower in new york. begin with fox news digital politics editor, chris stirewalt. reverend, good to see you. figure out for the audience at home. you talk about the stages of brief after the loss. what is the process with the electoral vote that in question now by >> some democrats for electoral members that want to see involvement of russia in democratic emails or to undermine the u.s. election. this is obviously a bid, coup is probably too strong a word but to subvert the elwction. some called for a a revote. this is reflection how hard the democrats are taking it. how bad it is for them. hillary clinton's former campaign chairman john podesta supports the movement. says it is more than fringe weirdoes. bill: irony is rich with that history says it doesn't matter much, right. >> gnaw -- nah. donald trump won 306 electoral votes. you need 270 to win. is it conceivably possible that 37 electors would be what we call faithless? it has happened in the past, that one or two or here there, faithless in prote

david lee miller live outside of trump tower with more now. good morning. what else is mr.g already today? hello. >> reporter: good morning. well, most notable, this is the day that the president-elect was scheduled to hold his first news conference since winning the election. on monday he said it was going to be postponed because he was too busy with cabinet-level appointments. the president, nevertheless, has tweeted -- president-elect, i should say, has tweeted four times today not just on the subject of alleged russian hacking, but a number of other items. among them, he tweeted, and i quote: the media tries so hard to make my move to the white house as it pertains to my business so complex when, actually, it isn't. now, the focus of that postponed news conference was supposed to be how mr. trump was going to sever ties with his best interests. he has since said his children and executives will be in charge, adding that they will not be make any new deals. now, about those other tweets, the president-elect said in one that it's a great honor to be named the person of th

david lee mel u miller, what else are you learning about the compound here in new york? >> reporter: it was bought as a tree treat for staffers to work northwestern at the u.n. mission in new york city. it's valued at $9.3 million. actual property taxes are $170,000 a year. but the russians are tax exempt. the main home was built in 1918, sits on just over 14 acres, has 11 bathrooms, despite a lot of activity this morning, neighbors say the russians kept a low profile. >> they lived here quitely for as long as i can remember. drew up down the street, and our paint parents told us the was a diplomatic hub for the russians. i know this is moore active during at the cold war but they've been here a long time and there hasn't been too much activity until today. >> the russian retreat being say kateed in maryland war mow -- was more -- there is a hundreding lodge, and speaking about the compound's being closed, russias u.n. ambassador accused the obama administration for destroying russian children fine. >> good to be a diplomat or spy. another.com pound in. >> the russians h

miller, david chalian, a.d. stoddard. donald trump has been very effusive in his praise of the president. >> he likes him a lot. we learned from m.j. leeome reporting about what went inside a closed doord fund-raiser trump was at. not for purposes of cameras. how much affection he has for president obama these days. and president obama of course is making use of the relationship for really trying to protect some of the things that he feels most attached to for his legacy. to just try to make sure, as he described it, that donald trump understands what these items do and that if you roll it back what the implications of that will be. >> a.b., dana bash, our chee political correspondent, says that the president also sees himself as an educator in chief as far as these conversations with the president-elect are concerned. one of his most important issues, climate change. listen to what the president told fareed zakaria in our cnn special report last night. >> if 20, 30, 50 years from now, we look back and we say we dealt with this in a serious way, i'll be happy to say that was one of my proudest achievements, even though i didn't do it b