my sources telling me that huntsman didn't advise him prior to that call. but at the same time, huntsman's been supportive of the fact that he made it, saying that it could be a smart foreign policy decision, a warning to china, making it very clear that he's going to be tough with them. of course, a lot of critics on that front as well. and rex tillerson, the ceo of exxonmobil. he's going to be here tomorrow. but at this point in time, chris, huntsman and tillerson haven't met with trump, so they're not serious contenders yet. i think the names to really be focused on, petraeus, we know that donald trump felt very good about that meeting and as you said, he was out on the sunday circuit, sort of doing a test run, answering those tough questions about the fact that he pled guilty. and also, bob corker. that's the name that keeps getting thrown around a lot. the president-elect very impressed by him. and they think that he would be a good counterpoint to some of his tougher, more hawkic foreign policy members. so that's where things stand. but the overarchin

. >> jon huntsman was critical to join the campaign. one of the top contenders, patraeus appeared on television to audition for the role. he answered questions about his guilty plea in 2016 from his handling classified government information. >> five years ago, i made a serious mistake. i acknowledged it and i apologized for it and paid a heavy price for it and i learned from it. again, you will have to factor that in and 38 and a half years of otherwise, fairly in some cases unique service to our country. >> there is some news of trump tower today on another front. donald trump nominated ben carson to be urban development. a history of controversial of his own about president obama and race and sexuality. we'll get to that. some surprising visits today, former al gore who met trump and his daughter, ivanka today. >> most of the time with the meeting, i found it an interesting conversation and to be continued, i am just going to lever it at that. >> i am joined by kristen welker, i don't know what's going on. all i know is this list get

and i'll give you a couple of other thoughts on huntsman. a mormon with youth talk and you wanted to send a message to mitt, hey, you are not the only moderate republican mormon that we know. kind of get under his skin a little bit. i'm not saying that's happening but it's part of the dynamic here. the weird part about the whole thing is that you have all the candidates, supposed leading candidates and you tell me what they have in common. different philosophies and backgrounds. a pit bull like rudy giuliani, a republican kind of normal guy like mitt, general petraeus who comes with a whole other set of advantages and disadvantages. if there's a rational part to this process, i'm not smart enough to figure out what it is. >> yeah. it is tough going, especially this time of year. brian, okay, let's turn to trump's renewed threat against job outsourcing. we have this 35% penalty he says he wants to impose for companies sending jobs abroad. is it really feasible to do something like that? >> he may face a head wind in congress on that. and we'v

i know john huntsman. i like john huntsman. i'm surprised you are a john huntsman fan.aybe you are not really eric. >> whatever. >> wait a minute. it's only people you know you root for? >> i know what he is about. i know he was a great ambassador to china. >> running for president next time. he knows me. >> juan williams. >> let me finish this point. we go on now. here is the rest of it though. i hear you guys talking about energy. i think, i went to the gas pump this weekend and guess what? why are you mad at me? >> i'm not mad at you. i'm talking to the control room. >> i went to the gas pump. gas is cheap. >> gas what? >> anyway, my thought is, you talk like, gas is so high. america is not an energy independent nation. we're not competing with the saudis and driving down the cost of oil worldwide. you act like things are terrible. >> president obama roped off any federal land. >> get out of town. >> fracking is happening on private land. >> all right. obama came -- >> right now america is doing great. we are producing jobs and energy. it's no reason to have your chi

jon huntsman. a former candidate for president and the ambassador to china in the obama administration. this is one of a number of names that the president-elect is considering. the president-elect also making some news about signature policy proposals when he takes over as president. that is how he handles companies that move jobs overseas. promising to reduce taxes and regulations on these companies, but also bound to penalize companies that move jobs out of the united states. including a 35% tariff on goods coming into the united states for these companies. of course, this is not something the president-elect can do on his own. he will need congressional support. it will be a key issue to look for in the incoming administration. >>> ryan, thank you. we are another week closer to inauguration day. it seems not much closer to knowing what kind of president donald trump will be or are we? let's ask eugene scott. he is joining us live from washington. let's forg thanks for getting up early with us s

you know, now, obviously, a big name, jons huntsman, is in the mix. he's a republican, ran for president, he's also a mixed history, right, with donald trump? >> reporter: yeah. that's right. you know, when's interesting is early days of trump's ascent to the republican nomination where a lot of establishment republicans were being very critical of donald trump, jons huntsman is a few voices of the establishment group with relatively nice things to say about him and then as the campaign went on and more controversies of donald trump, huntsman's tune changed a little bit and never too far from trump as a candidate. you know, what is interesting about this particular pick at this point is that, you know, obviously, everything that's happened in the past 24 hours with china and taiwan, jon huntsman knows that delicate relationship very well. having served as the ambassador to china. and he is someone that would come from that establishment wing of the water. but, poppy, you know, we are being cautioned not to describe jon huntsman as a front-runner at th

i think i could see somebody like maybe even a john huntsman.hese other secretary of state candidates who popped up over the weekend could be in the mix for other types of jobs. >> gives us a lot to watch in the weeks ahead. nice to speak to you both. thank you. >> thank you. >> there are major political shake-ups in europe as well. an update next on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. i'm about to start the nature's bounty hair, skin and nails challenge to help with lustrous hair, vibrant skin and healthy nails. so in 30 days, my future self will thank me. thank you. wait, i become a model?!? no. whose cellphone is that? sorry. sorry. sorry about that vent blowing your hair. start the hair, skin & nails challenge today and notice a difference or your money back. nature's bounty. a silicon valley server farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should wor

it's the former ambassador to china, john huntsman. a candidate for president not too long ago and the former governor of utah. huntsman is different than many establishment republicans in that he was not critical of donald trump during the campaign. and is someone that trump could tap for secretary of state. now, even though huntsman is being considered for secretary of state, this is not to say he's emerged as a front-runner. we do know this morning that trump's top aide kellyanne conway said the list expanded. essentialy they were down to four finalist, mitt romney, rudy giuliani, david petraeus and others. now the field has expanded. we thought the appointment would come soon. trump's transition saying the president-elect is going to take his time because it is such an important decision. >> reading the tea leaves, that could be important. some talk about it being up to two weeks. it doesn't sound like they are very close. we'll be checking back with you. >>> if you think about it, huntsman may not be the only new candidate for tru

jon huntsman, the former governor of utah, the one-time candidate for president is someone donald trump is considering for secretary of state. his top aids say it's one of many potential new candidates that will be in the mix. at one time, joe, we thought that this was down to forty candidates and the announcement could come soon. now it looks like it could take another two weeks before we know who the next secretary of state will be. >> there they go taking their time with that one. thank you, ryan nobles. >>> as the president-elect's cabinet takes shape, donald trump and hillary clinton's campaign managers sat down since the first time since the divisive election. jake tapper's exclusive conversation with kellyanne conway and robby moke is coming up next. fast and portable but also light. you don't do this 14 hours a day, 7 days a week for... ...decades if you don't feel it in your heart. listen, i know my super power is to not ever sleep. that's it. that's the only super power i have. [and her new business: i do, to jeanetgo. jeanette was excellent at marrying people. but had trouble

jon huntsman is in the mix.es you wonder if that's someone who might fill the role a mitt romney might fill. right? >> srnl mitt romney is this his nemesis. things are getting more interested, who is going to be secretary of state. he is certainly qualified, would be a statesman-like figure. interesting to see. just named, every day more people are being under consideration. >> what do we make of that? that there's more people and it's not being whittled -- seems he was going in one direction, seemed romney, then perhaps petraeus. what do you think? >> clearly, donald trump hasn't settled on who he wants to be the secretary of state, and what qualities he wants to see in one. he was very intrigued after that dinner with mitt romney a couple weeks ago, in a very public space where they had a discussion and got along, and the readout afterwards from my folk whose know of the meeting said that it went really, really well and actually thought he would move in that direction. the david petraeus thing certainly cause

i feel good about jon huntsman. >> me, too. >> i heard last week jon huntsman's name going around.ely about donald trump before most of the republican establishment. i was actually surprised how early he came out speaking positively of donald trump. and ambassador to china, this actually would -- and a guy that would be very deferential, this would be a very, very fascinating nipick. not a lot of enemies either. >> huntsman would be a smart pick. i've seen huntsman in action as our ambassador in china on a visit there. he was all the things you'd want a diplomat to be, well spoken, thoughtful, funny, in private had a real sense of the chinese and of his assignment. i think the fact that a relatively moderate republican is on this list as being looked at is interesting and positive and he's certainly somebody i can see at secretary of state. rex tillerson is a fascinating name. >> tell us about that. >> rex tillerson runs the biggest, best managed oil company in the world. there's nothing like exxon. he follows a chairman who many people in the industry regarded as maybe a notch bet

huntsman was a former ambassador to china. >> not to mention the rivalry between huntsman and romney. what do democrats say when they see this? is there a winner the democrats would say that could suffice? >> i don't know if there's a winner per se, but i think people would look at somebody like john huntsman and say there's an adult. there's somebody we could work with. i don't know they would say the same about john bolton. >> stay with us. appreciate it very much. vice president-elect mike pence is going to discuss the trump transition tomorrow on morning joe. that begins at 6:00 in the morning eastern time. >>> coming up here next on "mtp daily," the real impact of fake news. pizzagate goes from viral to violent. you're watching "mtp daily." . [dad] alright, buddy, don't forget anything! [kid] i won't, dad... [captain rod] happy tuesday morning! captain rod here. it's pretty hairy out on the interstate.traffic is literally crawling, but there is some movement on the eastside overpass. getting word of another collision. [burke] it happened. december 14th, 2015. and we covered it.

in october, huntsman said mr. trump should withdraw from the race telling the salt lake tribune, the time has come for governor pence to lead the ticket. two months later, his tone has changed. >> you know, i'm honored my name is even in a mix. >> reporter: others being considered for secretary of state, democratic u.s. senator joe manchin. and republican congressman dana rohrabacher who says being he is vetted and who agrees with mr. trump about teaming up with moscow to fight terrorism. >> russia and the people of russia are good people. they have a chance to work with them to defeat this evil that threatens the planet right now. >> reporter: the transition team today finally announced that dr. ben carson had accepted an offer to serve as housing and urban development secretary. mr. trump says, he is a tough competitor and never gives up. the incoming president is also now promising to stay active on social media because he says, quote, if the press would cover me accurately and honorably, i would have less reas

also, jon huntsman, a former u.s.rnor pitt also the father of abby huntsman, anchor of fox news. the latest development comes as trump advisors continue to beta for secretary of state should go to former gop presidential nominee mitt romney. , who was criticized her sharply attacking trump during the campaign was asked on sunday at the criticism was appropriate. >> i would turn the question around and ask if it was appropriate for governor romney to stick his neck out so far in attacking donald trump. never walk in a back and never encouraging people to support the nominee wants mr. trump had won the nomination squarely and fairly. >> conway telling chris wallace that trump's recent phone call with the president of tehran was a courtesy call. cheryl: house speaker paul ryan outlining plans under the trump presidency on 60 minutes last night. priority number one is repealing up on the care and replacing it with an affordable patient centered system. he also wants to make sure medicare doesn't run out of money. the spea

i think ambassador huntsman has it completely right. this will not be an easy transition. let's understand it is not. mr. trump made it very clear he wants to hold china accountable for the trade imbalance and the currency manipulations and other issues in the south china sea. we might as well get real. and also let's not forget, alex, that during the last 2 1/2 years, there had been a huge amount of cyberwarfare waged by china against the united states. >> there is a new york times report, it is headlined how trump's calls to world leaders are upsetting decades of diplomacy. it references his calls. why is his approach to these calls generating this reaction. how should the president-elect be approaching his foreign policy and interaction with future leaders at this point? >> i've been through several tran significa transitions. when you're in the trump tower, and you haven't been inaugurated yet and not also taking all your intelligence briefings and don't have your secretary of state and your professionals around you, it is very easy, i think, to basically use your poli

there's all sorts of tension and history between huntsman and romney.s this trump trying to traek romney? >> if it's trump trying to tweak romney, he's doing it in a weird way because huntsman called for trump to drop out of the race when t when. who knows, it's certainly plazaible. that said, huntsman has an incredible level of experience when it comes to dealing with china. a lot of his they'res on how the u.s. can improve its relationship with china kind of line up with trump's. so huntsman is certainly plausible, but at this point it seems like trump is getting farther away every day from finding someone to be secretary of state. >> it occurred to me when it went from four to eight, it's like people trying to grow the college football play from 14 to 18. steve, i was watching this play out, and i'm thinking trump figured things out as he went along. i mean the one hopeful thing in the country is if he can figure out how to get elected president, he can figure out how to be president. i don't think he thought secretary of state was going to generate

huntsman on that list. a potential secretary of state. the search is widening.rump has expanded his list for the key cabinet position of secretary of state. the former utah governor. also been flooded. here he is on his selection process. that's just taking a little bit longer. everything doesn't have to happen all at once. making a smart decision. we will see where that goes. let's bring in the member of the trump transition. it's good to see you. we definitely want to get to this 35% whether or not he is overstepping. but first give us this take. i think this is one of the more important cabinet positions. and a few of us were all pretty vocal when it came to our comments about the former governor mitt romney. the supporters would prefer he was certainly on the shortlist. i think it's a critical position. at this point he will be making the decision. that doesn't mean the process is not moving along quickly. more than half of it is now filled. way ahead of anyone's anticipated schedule. we should all respect that on the secretary of state. that was intentional

huntsman not the frontrunner, but donald trump is considering.nd a signature policy proposal is how trump will handle companies that move jobs overseas. trump laid out economic policy agenda for companies in the united states. to reduce taxes and regulations on the companies, but bound to penalize companies who move jobs out of the united states. including a 35% tariff on goods coming into the united states for these companies. this is not something the president-elect can do on his own. he will need congressional support. it will be a key issue to look for in the trump administration. >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> donald trump is stacking his cabinet with members of the rich business elite. they could be in for a huge tax break. incentive built into the tax code for nominees who join the administration and leave lucrative private jobs. section 1043. it allows them to defer paying capital gains tax as long as they reinvest. they have to be government approved in u.s. treasuries or diversified funds. this could be a perk for wilbur ross who is wo

jon huntsman is a two-term governor of utah. very important going forward. joe served the state of connecticut for 26 years in the senate. i like to think of him as a real independent. he was no labels before we ever thought of this place. without further do, let a bring both of them out. ♪ [applause] >> that is such an auspicious song. that is assigned i have iran for governor in 2004. we are to one that election. following those two, what a special moment. take thise like that effort seriously, you know we are doing is a serious purpose. you do not waste your time, you want to be part of something in aseful that is going direction toward destiny that will be good for this country. i'm delighted to be here with joe lieberman, my cochair, my rabbi, my friends, my big brother. let me just remind you of a couple things that is so significant about why we are here today. one, there is a new center of gravity emerging in american politics. that is by virtue of how things have played out not over one administration but over many. it has brought us to where we are

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john huntsman in the mix, more moderate voice. >> there's some connection between the huntsman familyand the trump family. their childrenning friends, known even other socially and he was our ambassador to china under obama who left under frustration with obama policies. >> and john huntsman in the mix with china at a difficult time on two fronts with the south china sea and now with this matter of taiwan, there are those on both sides of the political aisle that suggest john huntsman could be hell '. >> he was well-respoked bed the chinese and his chinese is impeccable. trump wants to keep his adversaries guessing and offbalance. it's worth pointing out that climate change is one where where despite all the tensions the u and china have found some common ground and the area they have had the most common ground in the laos few years. >> before we go, the house of urban develop. people don't talk about it but $50 billion is the budget of hud, and hud, the hud director, manages $1.6 trillion mortgage portfolio. very big on the front lines of discrimination in housing, and does dr. ben c

explain the rivalry between mitt romney and john huntsman and how mitt romney is not a happy man today. >> i think mitt romney would be happy of having the competition in this. >> come on, now. >> he and john huntsman have had similar background and huntsman has been an ambassador to china which qualifies him for foreign work. >> donald trump threw out many of his picks and wanted to set up a competition between people. this gives him more choices. >> do you put that much sugar on most of the things you say about romney and john huntsman? >> only when i get a load of questions. >> thank you, anne thomason and halie jackson and peter alexander. we have a press conference happening taking place by the tribe. their permit was denied by the u.s. core of engineer to put a pipeline on the lake and on the missouri river. it is a big move for protesters that's been standing by. they lit fire works over the night skies and camped out for months. this is a small victory in a larger war. cal perry is in cannon ball north dakota to talk more about what's environmentally. we see folks on the move h

before that, you had jon huntsman, gary locke after jon formern, sandy rand, a fraternity brother of w. bush, gary locke, former commerce secretary, washington state governor, and jon huntsman , going on to run for president, characters, asnt is terry branstad, who is touted as a friend of china, the chinese foreign ministry saying he is an old friend of the chinese people because of his ties to xi jinping. in2012, he hosted xi jinping a state visit to the nine at states, went to des moines, iowa. it is interesting, how is wall street going to be looking at this and money managers question mark here is a glimpse of that. oriental concept is magic, but they can out wait you for a century. somebody who understands the program and has the stature and the prestige of the office, i think it's a brilliant move. i think it will be terrific. >> brand stand is the longest-serving governor in history from iowa, and iowa not surprisingly sees china as a big opportunity. exports the number two for iowa products, namely soybean and corn. andaad: if terry branstad is trump's good cop, you are tell

rudy giuliani, mitt romney, jon huntsman and john bolton. any way to tell, errol, what's happening here. >> no way to tell. they're floating all these names to get a lot of discussion going. i suspect they are probably down to two or three and that donald trump will make the decision pretty quickly after spreading this out and springing us all along a little bit longer. >> do you think it is a distraction, abby. secretary of state is an important but trump wants to be more isolationist. not like he will have a new quarterback running around the world. ben carson, yeah y like ben carson. he is a good guys and lives in public housing, he should be a hud secretary. treasury secretary, really important. this guy is my buddy and worked at goldman sachs, let's put him in. this so methodical and so agonizing and drawn out, where's the balance between this? >> i think if this were an easy decision and donald trump were rewarding his friend, we would see rudy giuliani in this position. giuliani made it pretty clear, this is the job he wants. he doesn

surprising to me the name has not surfaced is jon huntsman. jon huntsman, a republican, former governor of utah, ambassador to china, singapore, two sons in the navy, et cetera. he's somebody i think should be under consideration. >> as secretary -- >> as secretary of state. interestingly enough, bob gates is now apparently going to meet with -- >> today. >> well if that's the case, bob gates would be an excellent choice as well, because he would be the first time since general marshall, who became secretary of state and secretary of defense, the first time you have a secretary of defense and a secretary of state, bob gates a great choit choice. >> for secretary of state. >> absolutely. >> what about the others, who named are floated out there. like rudy giuliani for example? his name is high on the list. mitt romney. his name is high on the list. john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n.? >> it's not what i think. it's what president-elect trump thinks. as long as he's meeting with secretary gates, and i'm -- jon huntsman, i never talke

united states who understands real leverage and how to find real leverage in that relationship. >> huntsman is one of several names on the secretary of state's short list, including mitt romney and exxon mobile rix rex tillerson who is slated to meet with donald trump today. while the secretary of state position has yet to be named, are working at a historic break-neck pace. >> he's way ahead of schedule, obviously. at this point the president-elect obama's term, he has not announced any appointment. >> but compare this one to 2008, the president-elect barack obama had announced key positions like secretaries of state, defense, homeland security, attorney general, u.n. ambassador's among others. the was this headni meeting after al gore stroll through trump tower. gore was scheduled to meet with future first daughter ivanka to talk about climate change issues. here's what he said as he was leaving the building. >> welcome, the time with president-elect donald trump. i found it an extremely interesting conversation and to be continued and i'm just going to leave it at that. >> and al gore is

yamish, john huntsman, good choice? for me to say but the idea is that donald trump will be doing what he does, weighing or not this person was loyal or not. he'll have so to satisfy his base, looking for someone outside the box, or whether or not he'll go with establishment republicans and give them swunl that they know, that they consider to be they feel can do the job in a way that is kind of sticking to the conservative ideals. >> catherin is this a way of say, all right, we don't want mitt romney, so let's bring in another utahan, another mormon? >> you have to feel bad for john huntsman. he always does seem to be b-list mitt romney in these kind of situations. yeah, i think, you know, the idea that his pool includes both john bolton and john huntsman and he's taking calls from taiwan, if i were china right now, i would have no idea what's going on. and i'm not 100% sure trump does either. >> yeah. that might be the case. taiwan also looking at perhaps this realignment, and since you sort of keyed that off for us r

former utah governor jon huntsman and rex tillerson. also senator joe manchin. a democratic senator from west virginia. who told our sources on capitol hill he is looking to schedule a meeting with trump at some point this week. now donald trump also holding a very intriguing meeting on monday with former vice president al gore. we know gore was supposed to sit down with ivanka trump to talk about climate change. that got expanded to include president-elect trump. >> the bulk of that time was with president-elect trump. i found it extremely interesting conversation. and to be continued. i'm just going to leave it at that. >> reporter: that is an intri e intriguing stay tuned coming there from al gore. gore saying the meeting was truly a shared attempt to find common ground. of course, the two have not always seen eye to eye. john and alison. >>> thanks. donald trump's meeting with senate democrats as party leaders concern. senior democrats are leading on joe manchin and heidi of north dakota. warning it could increase the republican domination of the senate. the

it now includes the former presidential candidate jon huntsman.man also happens to be a former ambassador to trump's latest twitter target china. facing leet from breaking with decades of international protocol. more now from cnn's jessica schneider outside the trump tower. good morning. >> good morning, carol. the uncertainty continues to mount as to donald trump's stance on china especially after his tweet storm this weekend and the phone call to taiwan on friday. in terms of the tweet storm, donald trump criticized china for what he says manipulation of its currency, also criticizing military action in the south china sea. when it comes to china the foreign minister there says it refuses to speculate on donald trump's actions or whether or not this could be a break in policy. the president-elect lashing out at china. only two days after his unprecedented phone call with the leader of taiwan. donald trump accusing china of keeping its currency artificially low. monetary experts say it's fairly valued. and decrying their military presence in the

donald trump should drop out of the race and let mike pence take over the ticket but now that huntsman is being considered as possibility, he has changed his tune. >> i'm greatly honored that my name is in the mix. i have not had the meeting but i think it's really important, it says something about the president elect that he's taking the job seriously, he's reviewing the candidates, looking at the issues, he's bringing different voices and maybe see differently america's role of the world and that's a good thing. >> adding huntsman to the mix rite now is interesting because he's a former u.s. embassador to china and over the weekend president-elect trump targeted china over currency manipulation. did china ask us if it was okay to devalue currency making it harder for our companies to compete, heavily tax our product going into the country, the u.s. doesn't tax them or build massive military complex in the middle of the south china? i don't think so. other big headline dr. ben carson accepting knock nation to be the next hud secretary. ben shares my optimism about the future of our c

i'm abby huntsman. you hear the news? there is international crisis on our hands, at least that is what the left is saying. president-elect donald trump takes a phone call from the president of taiwan and the media goes insane. what they're saying and what it means straight ahead. >> that's right. and we traded him for five of the 258 ban's worse. this morning army deserter bowe bergdahl wants a taste of freedom himself. he's begging, of course, for a pardon. >> last best hope for the chairman of the democratic party. to take going to back the white house! yeah! >> so many times it's frozen. if he was their first pick, who was their second? because howard dean just dropped out. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ she's' up all night ♪ i'm up all night to get lucky >> you know this song when our stage manager is getting -- >> -- i'm not sure have you. >> i don't even know what kind move that was. >> welcome back. >> dave was doing this kind of thing. [ laughter ] he slipped a disk. >> hey, good morni

huntsman also served as president obama's ambassador to china comes as mr. trump made news with a series of tweets that had china in the cross hairs. there was also trump's angry tweet against "saturday night live" and alec baldwin after the actor once again reprised his role as the president in waiting. >> next i'm going to do what i promised, my whole campaign, and i'm going to build that swamp. >> don't you mean drain the swamp and build the wall. >> no, that is too many things. just smoosh them together. smoosh. >> trump responded, just tried watching "saturday night live," unwatchable! totally biased, not funny and the baldwin impersonation can't get any worse, sad. baldwin hit back saying release your tax returns and i'll stop. >>> and trump announced via several tweets his administration would put a 35% tax on u.s. companies that move overseas, that move jobs overseas. it stipulates any company that, quote, leaves our country for another and fires employees is forewarned prior to making a very expensive mistake. however, it was the news regarding trum

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form were utah governor jon huntsman now in the mix. taking on china after a precedent-smashing phone call to the leader of taiwan, donald trump now going after china on twitter. is there a diplomatic strategy at play? and victory. protesters and nate of americans celebrating this morning after the army corps of engineers refuses to allow a pipeline through native lands. but the protesters saying they're not leaving, defying the deadline set today. we begin out west where a news conference is scheduled to begin any moment on that horrific warehouse fire in oakland, california. 33 people are confirmed dead. officials say that number could rise. eight of those victims have been identified. no word yet on what sparked the fire but officials have called in a criminal investigation team as they search through the ashes and debris for more victims. >> we have people around the clock and we will be here for days and days to come. >> nbc's steve patterson is live in oakland. what are we expecting to hear from officials that the news conference

>> i'm hoping jon huntsman gets named as secretary of state.he's obviously not going to do it. >> look, i had this brainstorm a couple of weeks ago and it turns out huntsman talked to them about possibly becoming the secretary of state and the more i think about it, and i've looked into huntsman's past. his family has been in the oil business, in the natural gas business, in the chemicals business for years, officer decadefor decades. he's a two-time governor and elected twice to one of the redder states of the country. >> he knows mandarin. >> yes. i just think -- i'm so happy. how is this, i know the campaign, the transition team watches this show. my two sense is that this would be an absolutely great pick. he brings everything that romney would have brought but without the never trump part of the romney/trump. >> do you have a comment of general mattis before we move on? >> forget about the waiver. they should change this law from 1947. it was ten years and they changed it to seven years because they realized something in the law, a crazy l

jon huntsman was ambassador to the china for the united states for some time. peter, thank you very much. bill: let's drop in on oakland and get mower on the tragedy. >> we have the deputy sheriff who will provide you more additional information regarding victims, loss, families that have been notified. we also have battalion chief drayton, who will be able to update you regarding the work that the fire department has done along with other agencies who have been assisting. i would like to turn it over to deputy modest, thank you. >> good morning. my name is tya modest, spokesperson for the a la media county sheriff's office. we have located and recovered 36 victims. >> speak up please? >> yes. since our last update we have located and recovered 36 victims. of the 3611 about an identified and their family members have been appropriately notified. that number is inclusive of the eight that were, the number eight that was given last night. at this time we won't be updating this morning the list of names of the located and identified victims. we are giving the fami

abby huntsman is live with them now.bby, how do they feel about what they've seen so far from donald trump? >> everyone is talking a lot today, steve, about the economy and how important it is to them and they're happy he's standing so strong on bringing business back to the u.s. i'm here with nick, he's probably the most powerful man in pinellas county. he says that the keys to the white house are right here in pinellas county. he'll be voting on the 19th and getting pressure to switch his vote to hillary clinton. we're going to talk to him about that and which way he's going to go. that's a tease for you. we're back after this. sometimes when brushing my gums bleed. no big deal. but my hygienist said, it is a big deal. go pro with crest pro health gum protection. it helps prevent gum bleeding by targeting harmful bacteria on your gums. left untreated, these symptoms could lead to more serious problems including tooth loss. gum crisis averted. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic, why pause to take a pill? or stop

are signs that they are looking for maybe some additional names, and one name i've heard is john huntsman, the former ambassador to china for barack obama, a guy w president himself not so successfully for the republican ticket. but someone who was never part of never trump movement, has some foreign policy experience. maybe the standoff between giuliani and romney has created the opening for a third person to walk through, whether it be huntsman or bob corker or someone else. >> drew: one question i wondered about, audie, i asked reince reason i asked is because there is no evidence of that, priebus was in the position of defending his boss, but to dan's point about two different donald trump, how does the presidency accommodate this? when the president said things... >> i thought the point about two different trumps was interesting, because the trump i'm seeing is like the one we know from the apprentice, the cabinet process feels like a reality show. you have these people traipsing in and out, in fact, it's more like "the bachelor." somebody is going to get a rose, that photo of romney

you have mitt romney and john huntsman. i'm not sure if huntsman is still on the very, very short list. we don't know. the word i hear is that early next week we are going to know something more clear. >> you have mcmorris rogers for interior secretary. she's in leadership in the house. also gary kohn for head of national economic council. tied to goldman sachs. this is not something this president-elect is very concerned about it seems. any tie to wall street, he has a number of people that are. >> well, there isn't a lot of consistency between the campaign rhetoric and the appointments. goldman sachs was a whipping boy for bernie sanders, for donald trump and for lots of folks as a symbol of wall street corruption, greed, overbaearing influence. they get two major appntments in the new administration. i don't think trump cares about that. i'm not sure he needs to. people are going to judge him by how he does, not by how consistent what he does now is with the rhetoric in the campaign. he has jettison a lot of stuff from t

abby huntsman is live at a diner in west des moines in urbandale, iowa.in her hand, is that a single sweet roll? >> guys, this is a one-piece cinnamon roll. it's supposed to be for one person. donna was telling me her first experience heating -- eating here at the machine shed. what happened? >> an elderly gentleman came and sat next to me and i hadn't lived in the state for a while. he asked me, would you share this with me? i got a piece. come to find out when i introduced myself he was the former governor of the state of iowa. >> only here in iowa. this would not happen in new york where someone would say you want to share this with me? >> of course, we're talking politics and pancakes and we're getting reaction from donald trump. >> i thought she would end up saying we ended up dating, we got married. >> thank you for joining us this morning. we're lucky to have kellyanne conway who is over at trump tower right now. good morning. >> good morning. >> so we know that we've been watching the golden elevator doors open and close. more people going up for

trump reaching out to former utah governor, jon huntsman. cross exxon ceo rex tilerson will be here tomorrow for a meeting. a sort of job interview of sorts. and senator joe manchin will meet with him as well this week. >> the president-elect also met with former vice president al gore? was that planned? >> that's what makes this meeting so intriguing, it was not planned according do transition officials. former vice president al gore was here at trump tower to specifically be meeting with trump's daughter, eye vie can trump, holding a meeting on climate change. after that meeting, he took some time with the vice president elect. seemed like an impromptu meeting, that was the lengthier meeting of the two. afterwards, gore said it was productive, the two are looking for ways to find common ground. and that, of course, being one of the most intriguing parts. these two have not seen eye to eye on climate change. donald trump himself has called climate change a hoax. after that meeting, it seemed gore seemed to be intrigued himself by having a c

invasion of the body snatcher. >> i liked john huntsman when he was running against romney. come back, president-elect trump has a special message for voters in the african-american and hispanic communities. mr. trump's remarks are next. ah, family holiday party, huh greg? at least with directv from at&t, you can download then watch your dvr'ed shows anywhere. that makes you more powerful than your gene pool. i'll trade you the candy cane for the eggnog. deal. or aunt jaxie's lack of boundaries. or uncle terry's over-commitment to holiday cheer. pretty good hiding place, gotta say. say that to the nanny cam. it's your tv, take it with you. now you can watch your dvr anywhere, at no extra cost, with directv from at&t. >>> welcome back. it wasn't only white men and women who turned out to vote for president-elect trump. he won a larger share of the black vote than mitt romney in 2012. mr. trump scores more support among hispanic voters than expected. l last night mr. trump expressed his gratitude and vowed to help the african-american and latino communities. >> we're going to

ambassador to china, jon huntsman, for the job. we've got former governor mike huckabee joining us on what he thinks of these latest possible picks. speaking of china, the communist country showing a stark warning today after the president-elect speaks to the president of taiwan. trump firing back saying he doesn't need their permission. after all, china doesn't play by the rules, so why should he? why should we? we've got the intel. but first, to blake burman outside of trump tower where just a short time ago the president-elect met with al gore. blake, we thought he was just going to meet with ivanka. what happened? >> reporter: that's right. we were told earlier today, trish, that this would just be a meeting between the former vice president, al gore, and ivanka trump, the daughter to donald trump and of the trump organization, ivanka trump also an adviser no now to the president-elect. we were told the topic would be climate issues. however, as we now know, the former vice president spoke with the current president-elect, al g