the same for jake sullivan.e both quite centrist in the world of democratic foreign policy luminaries. mr. sullivan is quite young. he is 43. for tony blinken, he is 58. i have known tony for decades. i can tell you that he is right out of the tradition of the cautious interventionism side of the democratic party. he is very close to biden. he worked for biden for 20 years. the big question was whether or not joe biden would want tony blinken to be right down the hall in the national security advisor office or secretary of state. in getting jake sullivan, if he ends up as the national security advisor, which seems to be one of the leading possibilities right now, he has somebody else he has worked with very closely over the years. we have expected jake sullivan to have a domestic job. this would have been something of a last minute change. >> they are both, as you point out, and all of us know them, highly experienced in their respective jobs. briefly, give us your thoughts. i'm curious, david, the difference be

jake sullivan has experience at the state department. working for then vice president joe biden as his national security advisor. he knows how agencies and departments work. he is a deep thinker. if jake sullivan is named national security advisor, it he would show that president-elect biden wants to jump start the national security process again with a highly strategic, highly organized and if i may say incredibly kind national security advisor that can lift morale internally and restore the notion that the united states has a functional, apolitical national security apparatus at play. >> tell us about linda thomas-greenfield. sources are telling leading contender to be ambassador to the u.n. what message does this send to the world about the next chapter in american foreign policy? you know this woman. >> in fact, ambassador greenfield was terminated by president trump in i believe november 2017. ambassador greenfield spent 34 years serving her country in the foreign service. she was a career foreign service officer. she was the assist

for example, i've known jake sullivan for many years.ll serve well if he becomes national security adviser. look, maybe the days of going back to having good old-fashioned policy disagreements and -- and sort of more civil conversations might be where we're headed for. i'm not going to agree with appointees on things they're going to want to do. i think they are capable to serve the president-elect. i think the confirmation process should account for their capability. and i believe they will be confirmed. i think most republicans believe these are folks they can work with going forward in a new administration. >> and john kerry has reacted to his selection, the announcement by joe biden, writing on twitter, "america will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is. i'm proud to partner with the president-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to take on this crisis as the president's climate envoy." and as i pointed out, john kerry was engaged in the climate

reports are jake sullivan will serve as national security adviser. wicked smart, young, energetic, and i think is going to be outstanding. you see a team develop i have great confidence in. >> there's no surprise, they're getting glowing praise from former president obama, because they both worked for him. part of the continuation of the obama administration. but let's look at the resumes of two key advisers. jake sullivan expected to be named national security adviser, someone that worked inside the white house, long time adviser to both, and to hillary clinton in the 2016 campaign, and importantly as well, united states ambassador greenfield. lifetime foreign service agent. she worked as a diplomat. she has had a specialty of the portfolio, she's expected to be to the u.n. that will likely be a cabinet position as well. clearly the president-elect is moving forward, despite what we see in michigan. nia, also learning next up for cabinet picks, next week will be treasury secretary. i am told he is eyeing a history making choice in that regard. stron

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and my national security advisor, i choose jake sullivan.e is a once-in-a-generation intellect with experience and temperament for one of the toughest jobs in the world. when i was vice president, he served as my national security advisor. he was a top adviser to secretary of state clinton. he helped lead the early negotiations that led to the iran nuclear deal. he helped broker the gaza cease-fire in 2012. played a key role in the asia-pacific rebalance in our administration. and in this campaign, he served as one of my most trusted advisors on both foreign and domestic policy, including helping me develop our covid-19 strategy. jake understands my vision that economic security is national security. he will help steer what i call foreign policy for the middle class, for families like his growing up in minnesota, where he was raised by parents who were educators and taught him the values of of hard work, decency, service, and respect. what that means is to win the competition for the future. we need to keep us safe and secure and build back

and jake sullivan will be the national security adassor. hehen-vice president hiden's national security advisor in the w house and a senior advisor to then secretary of state clinton. he will be youngest national security advisor in 60 years. to talk about the new national security team, we turn to wendy erman, the former political affairs during the >> i think this team represents the diversity of america, theis profeson the experience, the seasoning that woe need in a time of enoous challenge so what i think this president-elect has done here is put together the beginning of his team that can reach out across america and reach out across the world. tony blinken, the president-elect, the vice president elect all understand that 2021 is not 2016. the world has changed, america has changed and we've gt a lot of tough challenges ahead. >> reporter: you mentioned theit diveof the pics. what this is not is team of what this is not is team of rivals. president obama brought in his hief political priefl then secretary of stalary clinton. are you

we interviewed jake sullivan in our committee. we will have to go back and look at his testimony. sometimes wonder is this a pick because this is somebody who knows where all of the bodies are buried? or was he picked because he went to the right conferences? either way we are looking at turning back the advances that donald trump made. to the surprise of everyone including myself in terms of getting nato to pay up and moving the embassy to jerusalem and ensuring our troops come home. that was done over the last 4 years. i am not sure what their plans are because joe biden never came out of the basement to answer these questions. >> jason: no, he didn't. you studied it this. -- go through this and what the implications will be? >> well, they are all obama, biden and hillary clinton retreads. it's america last leading from behind. i expect an apology tour. they want to rely on multi-lateral institutions like the united nations and the dysfunctional nato and alliances as the "wall street journal" says only hurt america and empower our enemies. jake sullivan pedalled the phoney dossi

jake sullivan, national security advisor. john kerry, special presidential advisor for climate. lots of headlines continue to rollout. we will have much more coming next. this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i am taylor riggs in new york. kevin: i am kevin cirilli in washington, d.c.. taylor: we are getting breaking news on cabinet positions coming out. tony blinken a secretary of state. [no audio] kevin: on the issue of climate change. kerry, now special refereerry will the democratic party on issues pertaining to the green new deal , clear divide between centrist democrats and democratic-socialist. another that caught my attention is the yuan -- the ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, someone who has a long history in terms of ridging the public and private sectors. geopolitically and africa as well as with united states, and she will be a force to be which is the -- a much more crucial role in republican and democratic administrations. taylor: i am so glad you are here. us andtry to transition impart

we also know ano close aide, jake sullivan will be national security advisor.mas greenfield will take up th o seatf the u.n. ambassador. jake sullivan has been tweeting, president-elect biden taughte what it takes to safeguard her security and he has asked me to service his national security advisor and i will do everything my power to keep our country safe." the biden team hasaid that avril haynes will be the director of national intelligence. also, in a high profile decision, former shnretary state erry will act as special presidential envoy for climate. he was one of the key architects of the paris climate accord. that's the pact which donald trump took americaut of. johnerry tweeted " america will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as an urge national security threat it is. i'm proud to partner with tt, president-elur allies young leaders ofa the climate movement to take on thend crisis." here's t farber t appointment. >-- here's bbara. >> mhe 's very much different from mr. biden. he is making changes in america to cut emissions and he w

key foreign policy and a security personnel concluding tony blinken as the secretary of state, jake sullivantional security asisor, and avril haines director of national intelligence.

three people to keep in mind: tony blinken, jake sullivan, and susan rice. all three worked with mr. biden during his presidential campaign and alongside him during the obama white house years. over at the pentagon, one name often mentioned as a possible defense secretary is michele flournoy. she was a top obama defense official, and if confirmed, would be the first woman to hold the role. >> o'donnell: and, ed, what can you tell us about that call that the president-elect got from the pope today? >> reporter: that's right. they spoke this morning. the pontiff extended congratulations to the president-elect. a pretty personally important call for mr. biden, who would be the second roman catholic president. the first, of course, was john f. kennedy. in the statement, the office says the president-elect looks forward to working with the pontiff on issues like helping the poor and immigrants. >> o'donnell: tonight, a deadly military helicopter crash in egypt appears to have been caused by an equipment problem, not an attack. five americans on a peacekeeping mis

and unfortunately it went the wrong way maps and so i do think that what i'm hearing and what jake sullivan said in one of his speeches is that by administration won't trade human rights or trade now i hope that's true because we're engaging with a evil regime that's committing amongst the worst crimes against humanity the planet seen in the last 100 years and we seem to just be turning a blind eye to it right now of course when china was admitted to the world trade organization i believe biden's comments at that time when it was presented to him that china would be in a position to become highly competitive with the u.s. and economically he kind of put political thing and aside it was preposterous notion so we know we know that that take take me back a few years kyle because it wasn't that long ago when we spoke about the china u.s. relationship as a school or some buyout relationship. where we were sending all of the manufacturing over to china america was the consumer they were buying our treasury bills analysts all in perfect equilibrium and economists loved it so was that not true or w

ditto, jake sullivan, the national security adviser.d to me they are! the appointment of jake sullivan is a national security staff from the 0bama period. 0n the one hand, the people around biden say we cannot turn the clock back to ten years ago orjust before the trump administration. the world has moved on, china's more powerful, more strident on the way it communicates on the world stage. all those sort of things are different. but as you say, this attempt to kind of restore the expertise, the stability, the common—sense of the 0bama period. this is going to come to a head pretty quickly, i think, on the question of iran, and the biden administration's pledge to get back in to the nuclear deal with iran. which i have to say is an ambitious one. i entirely understand why they want to do it. blinken and sullivan were both very personally involved in the long negotiations that led to it, but it is a big ask. the sunset clauses started expiring last month. so the clock is already ticking. the clock is already beginning to come unravelled

jake sullivan is the youngest.rill haines is the first woman inhe position she is appointed to, etc. i don't necessarily want people that looked like me, i want people who are going to make a difference and who are accountable to the communities that i am committed to, that i come from, that progressive organizers have been working to empower. we have seen diversity. diversity is fine, it is necessary to stop by shortly do not want to see an all-white male cabinet, but it is woefully insufficient. we see a time and again. we start with barack obama's administration. obama 2.0 in some respects. clarence thomas and the supreme court and the whole list and let me of public officials who offered cosmetic change but not substance change. we are in a deep and disturbing set of crises and we need peopl who are gog to act to curb the greeof billiaires and provide relief to working people, but we also need people were going to speak out and stand up against racism and the resurgence of white nationalism. i am not confident

and jake sullivan will be the national secury advisor. he was then-vice president biden's national security advisor in the white house and a senior advisor to then secretary of state clinton. he will be youngest national security advisor in 60 years. security team, we turn to wendy sherman, the formerf undersecretaryate for political affairs during the obama administration, who has wendy sherman, welcome back to the "newshour". tony blinken is one of biden's oldest advisors. does blinken reflect biden's caut >> i think this team represents the diversity of america, the professionalism, the experience, the seasoning that we need in a time of enormous challenge. so what i think the president-elect has doe here is put together the beginning of his team tht can reach out across america and rch out across the world. tony blinken, the president-elect, the vice president biden elect all understaat 2021 is not 2016. the world has changed, america has changed and we've got a lot of tough challenge ahead. >> reporter: you mentioned the diversity of

we know that mr biden himself and tony blinken and jake sullivan, over years, have expressed their concernt. they felt it was going to weaken the european union, but in particular, weaken a key ally, the united kingdom. but brexit has happened. it's a reality. and the united states must decide whether it really invests a massive amount in building a strong relationship with brexit britain, or whether its first priority is restoring a truly warm and functional relationship with the european union, led by france and germany. which is it going to do? why is there a choice? you are posing it as an either/or, i don't see it that way at all, i see it as a triangle... but it's about priorities. where will the priorities sit? no, look, i was going to say, there's a triangle relationship, us—uk, eu-uk, eu-us. they are all important and they all need to work together. donald trump believes there is only one side of the triangle that appears to be important, and that is brexit britain. there are members of the conservative party who look at the world through a very narrow prism of brexit and think do

foreign policy and national security team, that is tony blinken, who will be secretary of state, and jake sullivanhis national security adviser. both of them key players in the foreign—policy machine of barack obama. foreign—policy machine of ba rack obama. does foreign—policy machine of barack obama. does this mean we are reverting back to what was? well, first of all, they are both exceptional human beings, exceptional individuals, with a lot of experience. i have known tony blinken for 52 years, and i worked with him twice in the national security council and later, obviously, under the obama presidency. i have seen him in the trenches in some very difficult situations, and not only does he have the right skills and experiences, he is also a very decent human being and everybody who has worked with him would say that. those are with him would say that. those a re really rare with him would say that. those are really rare skills. and i have worked with jake and have a high regard for him. but no, to a nswer a high regard for him. but no, to answer your question. this is not going to be, in my vi

jake sullivan, national security adviser. linda thomas greenfield, u.n. ambassador.t do these tell us about the direction that joe biden is going in? and do we have any reporting that republicans can do anything to block these? >> well, first off, when you take the cumulative experience of all of these people together, you are seeing that president-elect joe biden is trying to rely on people who are seasoned, who are in policy, democratic and national security hands. all of these possible contenders for these top posts have decades of experience that they can turn to as they help biden guide his administration. and when you take a look at tony blinken in particular, this is someone who served as a deputy secretary of state. he's also worked alongside biden while he was vice president. and his role as secretary of state in part will be trying to rebuild some of those relationships that president trump neglected in some ways with allies. and you heard biden talk about his desire to reenter things like the paris climate agreement and also the world health organization.

days, his longtime adviser, anthony blinken, is expected to be named secretary of state, while jake sullivan is lined up as national security advisor. there both obama era of fish now to indonesia, where more than half a 1000000 people have been infected with the coronavirus daily cases are now passing $4000.00 only this month. president joker, we don't know, announced mass vaccinations will be rolled out by the end of the year. indonesia has a region's highest number of cases and deaths. south korea, meanwhile, is introducing new restrictions to try and stem a 3rd wave as winter starts. daily cover 1000 infections have topped 300 for much of the last week and officials here, they could rise further. rob mcbride records himself on south korea's 5 tier scale for social distancing restrictions, are being raised to level 2 for the sole metropolitan area which is home to around half the country's population. the spike in new cases has officials here worried understand you're in a cocktail. if we do not stop this trend, the number of patients will rise as if a dam had broken. the new measures wil

jake sullivan, aide to hillary clinton at the state department. someone who will be the national security adviser there. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, a long-time diplom diplomat. we expect that to be a cabinet-level position in this administration. that's something each president decides, how they're going to elevate that role. in this administration, we are told to expect u.n. ambassador to be cabinet level. really, yasmin, there's a larger theme playing out here. joe biden seems to be putting his policy picks where his campaign promises were. so as we see him start laying out these positions, the first thing was prioritize the coronavirus. day one of the transition, they put out the names on the covid task force. now, we're seeing him start looking abroad. starting to prioritize foreign policy, experience, long ties to diplomacy. leaning in there as he tries to establish america's standing in the world stage, in the viewpoint of how he wants to be, opposed to how trump was doing it. >> carol, let's talk about the trump team w

my national security adviser, i choose jake sullivan. he is once in a generation, intellect with experience and temperament for one of the toughest jobs in the world. when i was vice president, he served as my national security adviser. he was a top adviser to secretary of state clinton. he helped lead early negotiations that led to the iran nuclear deal. he helped broker the gaza cease-fire in 2012. played a key role in asia pacific rebalance in our administration. and he served as one of the most trusted advisers on foreign and domestic policy, including helping me develop a covid-19 strategy. jake understands my vision that economic security is national security. and will help steer what i call foreign policy for the middle class, for families like his growing up in minnesota where he was raised by parents that were educators, taught him values of hard work, december ncy, servic respect. what that means is to win competition for the future, we need to keep us safe and secure and build back better than ever. we need to invest in our pe

we did hear though something of, of new ideas and diversity when jake sullivan was speaking, he was the national security advisor for biden biden takes office. and he didn't present foreign policy in a different manner to how it was usually presented by washington insiders as as jake sullivan, is you've told us that the alliances, we rebuild the institutions. we need the agreements we signed. all of them should be judged by a basic question. will this make life better, easier, safer for families across this country? our foreign policy has to deliver that emphasis on families across the country was so interesting because usually foreign policy from washington is based around the interests of donors and all sorts of other issues. perhaps a recognition that in 2016, a lot of former obama voters switched to trump because trump was suggesting he didn't. he didn't deliver, but he was suggesting he would end the endless wars. so the truck did begin renegotiating some of the trade deals, which are part of foreign policy that were devastating american jobs in favor of the interest of multination

president-elect kamala harris announced key personnel including tony blinken as secretary of state, jake sullivan as national secured advisor command avril haines as director of national intelligence could today, the nevada supreme court certified the 2020 election results. the state secretary states that nevada experienced record turnout for the general election, with 77% of registered voters participating. >> as nevada's chief election officer, i'm honored to hereby call to order the canvas of the vote for the 2020 general election as required by the statute. today we have a majority of nevada's supreme court justices assembled come and can therefore proceed with the canvas. i would like to welcome chief justice pickering, justice , justiceustice hardy stigledge, and justice silver. before i begin the review of the results of the 2020 general election, which occurred on tuesday, november 3, i would like to take this opportunity to comment on the election. the covid-19 pandemic clearly had a significant impact on the way the 2020 election was conducted. we made the decision to conduct an all mai

jake sullivan as national security advisor. secretary of state, john kerry, as special envoy for climate. he brings stature and vast experience to the new role, but may not excite young climate activists who voted for biden. there's also linda thomas—greenfield as un ambassador — a long—serving career diplomat who was sidelined by the trump administration. good afternoon, everyone, welcome. . . with this team, international leaders know what they are getting — stability and familiarity. but both america and the world have changed in the last four years, and blinken has a lot of catching up to do. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. a little earlier i spoke to us economist claudia sahm who previously worked at the federal reserve with chairjanet yellan who is now set to be the us treasury secretary. i suggested that this was a role with big challenges. yes, yes it is quite a challenge and i am thrilled to see someone put into this position that is so highly qualified and has experience dealing with economic policy through

jake sullivan will be the national security council.p aide to hillary clinton while she was secretary of state. linda thomas-greenfield will be named the u.n. ambassador. and john kerry will be the climate envoy. former federal reserve reserve chair janet yellen will be the first woman ever to be the treasury secretary if she's confirmed by the senate. >> mike barnicle, we have already heard praise this morning from admiral stavridis and obviously is welcome because he's nonpartisan and cares about the defense of this country and the protection of this country. high praise from him, but then again high praise from most quarters for these selections. >> well, the level of experience and expertise is overwhelming and the reason that the level of experience and expertise is necessary because so much of our government is broken. within each department, joe, state -- all the way down to agriculture, housing, urban development, health, human services, broken. why is it broken? because the level of incompetence over the last four years has bee

as national security adviser. >> the reports are that jake sullivan will serve as national securitydviser. wicked smart, young, energetic, and i think is going to be outstanding. >> reporter: former secretary of state john contrary will be the special envoy for climate and will have a seat on the national security council. this marks the first time someone dedicated to climate is a member of the nsc. as biden and vice president elect kamala harris move forward with today's transition the transition process is continuing to be blocked by the gsa leading the biden team to voice concern about the impact. >> we are not in a position to get background checks on cabinet nominees. so there are definite impacts. those impacts escalate every day and i hope that the administrator of the gsa will do her job. >> reporter: we are expecting to see president-elect biden and vice president-elect harris tomorrow afternoon where they will be giving their first in-person comments on these nominations and appointments. >> we will have coverage of that tomorrow. a historic day. thank you, jessica dean.

key foreign policy and national security personnel including tony lincoln a secretary of state, jake sullivan is national security adviser and april haynes as director of national intelligence. watch live at 1:00 pm on c-span, c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio apps. >> welcome to scottsdale, arizona, i am deborah peters and my cohost is the pulitzer prize winning and distinguished foreign correspondent and columnt for the washington post and i am happy to say my friend james hoagland. >> good to be here. >> i'm delightedou could join us. i offered this evening, our copies are somewhere, the ckiest -- "the luckiest man: life with john mccain". i can say truthfully that we were fascinated with i i didn't expect to read every word, once i started i couldn't put it down. >> thank you. >> senator mccain in 2005, i am blanking, you did 7 books. >> character assassination. >> we sold thousands of copies of it and his office staff. we find is a little strange. after spending time with him. before i turn this over to jim, the mccain family's mississippi group. i assumed he had western root

a neutral look would also find some things if you turned over the rocks here and so we look at jake sullivanstate department named by a whistle-blower and someone who worked under the obama administration and official in the state department who named jake sullivan as being one of the people and the documents shredded in the basement of the state department benghazi and we can document sorting session was never question about that. no law enforcement body ever seemed curious about it. nothing was ever done about it. these are the types of people involved in the alleged coverups and mischief never handled or no accountability for. and talk about bringing back into government. i think a neutral media would examine some of this record and be recording on it. but i don't think you will see a whole lot of it overall. >> trey: no, that is on the christmas list but i don't think i will get it until then, maybe not. thank you come all three of you, happy thanksgiving to you and your family. straight ahead, covid hypocrisy is a new level. we will tell you about it as the special edition of "hannity"

there's three names here, tony blankin for secretary of state, jake sullivan, un ambassador and lindamas greenfield, ltg as she's known, at the state department. it's interesting because three names, we heard about the diversity of voices but these are people that have been establishment washington folks, very different from what we saw in the early appointments in the trump administration. >> yeah, i think that's right. the thing to keep in mind, though, is what we're really looking at here though is performance art and what i mean by that is that joe biden is trying to act as if this election is over and he's acting as if it is by going through the process of the transition, by picking these people for the cabinet. as you know, he doesn't have any legal object of ga obligation te cabinet until after he's the president in january. why is he doing it? the reason why he's doing it is he's trying to avan advance the narrative that the presidential election is over. president trump is trying to advance a different narrative. donald trump wants to convey the impression that the election i

i'll hundred mayorkas, avril haines, jake sullivan, and john kerry. go.is on livr g we return with jeremy kress. obviously, we didn't get the treasury secretary announcement today but we expected to be soon, expected to be janet yellen. you were about to tell us about the overlap between treasury and the banking sector. jeremy: the treasury does not regulate banks likely. that is the job of the fed, if the ic. however, the anticipated announcement of janet yellen as treasury secretary is meaningful for banks in two ways. it is an endorsement of the approach that janet yellen and her colleagues at the federal reserve took toward implementing the dodd frank act. during her time as vice-chairman of the federal reserve and then share from 2014 to 2018. i think perhaps we could read some tea leaves into the overall financial regulatory approach that the body and administration will take toward banks from the yellen appointment. the second way this is meaningful for banks is the treasury secretary chairs a body called the financial stability fsoc.ght counci

now, the leading candidate right now for that national security adviser position is jake sullivan. this is someone who served as biden's national security adviser back when he was vice president and also worked closely with hillary clinton when she led the state department, and as for the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, the leading contender for that position is a woman by the name of lisa thomas greenfield, and she, sorry, linda thomas greenfield, and she is someone who has long time had ties at the state department. she is also a woman of color. so this is someone that would fulfill if biden decides to select her, would fulfill biden's promise to have a diverse candidate that looks like the country, but right now one of the common themes between all three of those people who are the leading contenders for those positions is feoffthey ha lot of experience in the sector, and biden, one of the main pillars is focusing on rebuilding those relationships with foreign allies and trying to restore america's standing in the world. >> thank you so much. we'll see you back soon. >>>

jake sullivan who will be his national security adviser. i think that goes back to biden having very trusted inner circle during the years of experience he has cultivated in washington and also just the sense of restoring experience and stability to the government which was, of course, another centerpiece of his campaign. >> chris, when you look at that experience, jeff zeleny called this the who's who of washington is about the relationships that sabrina pointed out and important to note, not a team of rivals. >> no. largely, these are people who have been around joe biden for a very long time. ron klain, for example, his chief of staff in the white house, was his chief of staff as vice president. tony blinken, secretary of state nominee, was his national security adviser. he is someone who -- joe biden is not new to politics. he has been doing this since the early 1970s. you accumulate a lot of people. to his credit, most of those people have stayed loyal to him throughout a long career. i do think it is important to note, we are always -

jake sullivan who was national security adviser to then vice president biden will serve as presidentiden's national security and his long-time friend and senate colleague former secretary of state john kerrey will serve as special presidential envoy for climate with a seat on the white house national security council. and nbc news has confirmed that president-elect biden plans to nominate former federal reserve chair janet yellen to serve as treasury secretary, which since alexander hamilton first held that position has always been considered the second most cabinet position. and joining us now is ambassador wendy sherman. she was an undersecretary of state in the obama administration. she is an msnbc global affairs contributor and director of the center for public leadership at harvard's kennedy school. ambassador sherman, thank you very much for joining us tonight. we're very lucky to have you in this discussion since you know everyone who i just named. let's begin with the 71st secretary of state toney blinken. >> toney is just extraordinary. i've known him since he was a speech w

jake sullivan, linda thomas greenfield at u.n., alejandro at homeland security.me, a special presidential envoy for climate and will sit on the national security council, avril haynes, national telogen's director nomination. a few of those commodities they has to go through the senate first. we are back with the panel. ben, when you look at foreign policy, it could be a stark change. we don't know exactly how it will formulate, but look at what happened today, just over the weekend, rather with the meeting between the saudi crown prince and the israeli prime minister and the head of the mossad, the head of israeli intelligence. that's historic meeting. >> it's absolutely historic. many -- early indications are that the blob is back and it's better than ever. basically everyone who was, you know, on that list there was a key part of the obama-biden administration on a lot of these to my things, and it was the basis of their approach to that region, especially in prominent form the iran deal that led to the likes of donald trump being able to emerge and become such

if they have to look forward. >> sandra: that's an important point and you mentioned jake sullivan infor national security advisor. let's hear from him. >> we will be vigilant in the face of enduring threats from nuclear weapons to terrorism. but you have also tasked us with reimagining our national security for the unprecedented combination of crises we face at home and abroad. the pandemic, the economic crisis, the climate crisis. technological disruption. threats to democracy, racial injustice and inequality in all forms. the work of the team behind me today will contribute to progress across all of these. >> sandra: doesn't sound like the national security advisor role in the traditional sense, karl. your thoughts? >> not at all. it's too expensive and i think doomed to failure as a result. how is a national security advisor going to solve a problem of racial injustice in the world of economic inequality? 's job really is to help advise the president on key foreign policy issues and instead we had -- it sounded like the throwaway line. it sounded like i'm part of the hillary clint

avril haines, jake sullivan, john kerry with a seat at the national security council. the nominees, mainly obama administration veterans, do signal a return to normalcy in washington especially, but joe biden did make a point of saying normalcy does not equal a return to the status quo. >> while this team has unmatched experience and accomplishments, they also reflect the idea we cannot meet these challenges with old thinking and unchanged habits. >> each nominee comes with a deep well of expertise and experience. biden, again, signaling a major pivot after four years of president trump's major policy reversals. let us dive right in. with us is robert gibbs, who was white house press secretary for president obama. he's now an msnbc contributor. along with cory shockey, who served under george w. bush, including on his national security council and state department. let's talk about what this means in terms of where we are going in this country. robert, with these picks, who you've worked with in the past, worked with in the obama administration, is this going to be wha

for example, national security advisor pick jake sullivan defended the defunct, dirty steele dossier"perfectly appropriate." secretary of state pick totallyy blinken actually opposedbl a terrorist label for iran's revolutionary guard, a potential sign of a softer stance toward iran. according to state department documents, after joining burisma holdings, hunter biden come in a 2015 request, he wanted a one-on-one meeting with blinken, highlighting yethl another possible conflict of interest stemming from hunters see it dealings overseas. the democrats and the mob and the media can't help but swoon over the return of the swamp, m even comparing biden's cabinet picks to superheroes, seriously, watch this. >> i was talking to a democrat, saying it felt like "the avengers," being rescued from the craziness of the last few years, the superheroes come to save us all. >> jason: we are also learning tonight that biden's department of homeland security pick ellie hunter hundred americus came under fire in an obama era inspector general report for intervening to help democrat democrat-link for

jake sullivan as national security advisor and linda thomas greenfield as u.n. ambassador.s in washington and expected to get right to business after the inauguration including rejoining the paris climate accord and iran nuclear deal, restoring funding to the world health organization, rebuilding the state department and strengthening global alliances. joining me now former u.s. ambassador to russia and stanford university professor michael mcfaul. it's great to have you on the program. look, biden is clearly sending a message here by choosing this team that he believes in institutions, traditional diplomatic protocols, a return to international agreements. but let me start with tony blinken and what you think he's facing as he tries to rebuild a pompeo state department? >> first of all, i think it's an all-star team all around. i've worked with tony for five years. he's an incredibly accomplished leader, deep expertise in the entire world. remember he's the former deputy secretary of state, and really important he's been with president-elect biden for decades. he worked wi

as well as jake sullivan, a longtime state department employee is going to be heading up the role of national security adviser. and u.n. ambassador, linda thomas-greenfield, a lifelong diplomat will be filling that. geoff bennett and i are told that role of u.s. ambassador to the u.n. is expected to be cabinet level in this administration. you'll remember that under the trump administration, initially that's a role that was at the cabinet level. then, after nikki haley left it was demoted out nacht we see that change with every president. one of those roles they can delineate whether it's at the cabinet level. but really, this is the beginning of the biden cabinet taking shape here. it's a transition that is controlling the things it can, pushing forward on things like staffing, even as on an information flow level, it still remains stymied by the lack of ascertainment letter from the general services administration. a lot of advisers, though, talking this weekend about the things they can press forward on, specifically on the personnel front. listen. >> you're going to see the first

my national security advisor, i choose jake sullivan. he has ones in a generation intellect with experience and temperament from one of the toughest jobs in the world. when i was vice president, he served as my national security advisor. he was a top advisor to secretary of state clinton. he helped lead the early negotiations that led to the iran nuclear deal. he helped broker the gaza cease-fire in 2012. played a key role in asia-pacific rebalance in our administration. in this campaign for the presidency, he served as one of my most trusted advisors on both foreign and domestic policy, including helping me to develop our covid-19 strategy. jake understands my vision, that economic security is national security, and helps steer what i called the foreign policy for the middle class. for families, like his, growing up in minnesota, where he was raised by parents who were educators and taught him the values of hard work, decency, service, and respect. that means to win the competition for the future we need to keep a safe and secure and bu