with me now, cnn senior political reporter nia-malika henderson. nice to see you, my friend. let's begin with -- listen, we heard from the top republican senator. he declined to comment specifically, though, on donald trump. what about speaker ryan? >> paul ryan came out two hours ago with a statement. he has called any interference we russia into this american election unacceptable, problematic because russia, as he said, has been an aggressor. he also cautioned against seeing this through a partisan light. essentially saying any attempt to view this election as illegitimate was not in keeping with what he wanted to see out of any of the conversations around. this. certainly if donald trump thought folks on the hill, whether it be mcconnell or paul ryan, would follow him, you know, in terms of questioning the cia, that hasn't happened. it seems like we've got people at the top ranks of the republican party, both on the senate side and the house side, willing to look into this and follow through with investigations. that's certainly something paul ryan has said in terms of th

also joining us now, cnn reporter nia-malika henderson and mary catherine hamm, a senior writer for the federalist. ladies, welcome. nia, to you, jamie points out some heavyweight republicans who are not soft on russia are saying yes to rex tillerson. that said you heard other republicans who are in congress and will be part of the process are not thrilled. this could be a nasty fight. do you think that the trump team knows it and says bring it on or are they being naive? >> well, yeah. they have always in some ways been bring it on, particularly with the establishment crowd in the senate and in the republican firmament more generally. interesting here that he is rolling out the architects of the iraq war and what he has seen in many ways as bush's failed foreign policy, co-signers to this pick. i guess that in his mind and in the folks surrounding him that sends signals to people like john mccain, people like lindsey graham who are republicans in terms of their hawkish stance on foreign policy but, listen, you'll have to look to see what they do somebody like john mccain, somebody like

here to discuss this new cabinet pick is cnn reporter nia nia-malika.d we read this as more of a loyalty pick over experience? >> you know, in some ways i think loyalty and this idea that is becoming known, that trump wants to fill his cabinet with stars, right? he's got ben carson there, who does have this amazing story, which really has become the bread and butter of his political story. i think a lot of critics say, listen, here's a guy who was excellent at neurosurgery, famously separated those conjoined twins, but when it comes to overseeing an agency with something like 8,000 employees that has, you know, $40 billion budget, that is quite something else. there's nothing in his biography to suggest this is something that he would be good at, other than the fact that he grew up in public housing something like 50 years ago. so, you know, i think some critics are looking at this to say it's a quizzical pick. if you look at donald trump himself, he doesn't have any experience in governing. ben carson doesn't have any experience either in running an ag

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and as we continue our searching of all the neighborhoods in our area, we have woodstown at 44, malika hill, cinnamonson, 47, pemberton at 47, florence 47, and princeton one of the cold spots at 44 degrees. you can see the clouds coming down from the northwest. not much moisture with them, they're fairly thin and they will be dying out as the sun goes down just like they did last night. but that moisture down by texas and the gulf of mexico, that's not going to be dying down, that will be moving in our direction on monday into tuesday. hour by hour through the evening, you'll see temperatures back through the 30s, even down below freezing in parts of the area, especially the poconos, where they could see a few snow flurries during the night. it's dry tomorrow, lots of sunshine, windy and cold again, maybe even a little colder than today and sunday morning is another chilly start to another chilly day. we're not going to be warming up very much. over the next few days as we go through trenton, is 40 degrees, by later on this evening. down into the 30s across most of the area by morning.

what president obama said was, unless we can get a deal from malika th maliki for our troops, we're not going to play this game. there was no guarantee it would have stopped al qaeda. >> can we start with the failure at benghazi? can we start with the failure at removing gaddafi? can we start with failures throughout the middle east of removing people who you may not agreed their ideology, you may call them dictators, in the absence of that when you bring in al qaeda, the factions of radical islam that are going to fight for power, we're left with a more dangerous middle east every single time. >> it has been destabilized. >> are you talking to me or george w. bush? george bush took out hussein? >> i'm not defending what george bush did. in the last eight years, name one country that you feel is safer and where you have a better relationship with now than we did prior to barack obama, besides iran and cuba. >> i think that israel, our primary ally in the middle east, is safer today because -- >> you do? you could be the only person in this region. >> netanyahu wouldn't agree with you. >

nia-malika henderson is with us, jim sciutto is with us. nia, what are you looking for? >> i think the tone. you're right, what we've seen from the president-elect in terms of how he talks about this, he has almost seen him as a friend, he said complimentary things about him so far. he was harsh in terms of his comments about josh earnest in this last rally he gave. but he hadn't yet criticized the president. so far obama has seen himself as a tu toor to donald trump. >> the trump whisperer. >> exactly. saying he's going to talk to him about obamacare, seemed to maybe change his mind in terms of how he thinks about that ch. so we know how obama feels, and they're doing this because they think donald trump might not do anything because of his views of put putin. >> listen to hillary clinton last night speaking to donors about russian hacking. >> we're also learning more everyday about the unprecedented russian plot to swing this election. and this is something every american should be worried about. you know, we have to recognize that as the latest reports made clear vlad

folk, university of carolina, miss nia mali malika henderson, senior political reporter, cnn. >>> hi, everybody. thanks for being here. it is great to be here with these folks here. we really want to start the four pillars, talent, infrastructure, investment and technology. we want to start talking about talent first . i want to start with you, jonis. the idea of learnability, the idea of upskilling and what do you mean by that? what sort of responsibility do you think employers have in terms of that area? >> part of this day has been really encouraging from the aspect of talent. i think ever since we began our morning with dr. khan, dr. crow, brad farrell for lunch and fred smith, everyone has talked about access to skilled talent as being an absolute necessity for our nation to be competitive. it is true not only for the u.s. but for all of the developed world as well as the developing world. the labor markets are being affected by structural changes, technology, globalization. demographics on an aging workforce and population and developing and developed countries alike, individual

fult, chancellor at university of north carolina at chapel hill, and miss nia malika henderson, senior political reporter, cnn. >> hi, everybody, thanks for being here. it's great to be here. we want to start the four pillars of course talent, infrastructure, investment and technology. want to start talking about talent first. and i'm going to start with you on this one because this is something you've written about. the idea of learnability, the idea of upscaling. what do you mean by that? and what sort of responsibility do you think employers have in terms of that area? >> well, you know, part of this day has been encouraging from the aspect of talent. ever since we began our morning with the dr. conn, dr. crow, fred smith, everyone has talked about access to scale talent as being an absolutely necessity for our nation to be competitive. actual fact, it is true not only for the u.s. but true for the developed world because labor markets are being affected by an ageing workforce, and developed countries alike. individuals making different choices based on changes in environments and o

fult, chancellor at university of north carolina at chapel hill, and miss nia malika henderson, senior political reporter, cnn. >> hi, everybody, thanks for being here. it's great to be here. we want to start the four pillars of course talent, infrastructure, investment and technology. want to start talking about talent first. and i'm going to start with you on this one because this is something you've written about. the idea of learnability, the idea of upscaling. what do you mean by that? and what sort of responsibility do you think employers have in terms of that area? >> well, you know, part of this day has been encouraging from the aspect of talent. ever since we began our morning with the dr. conn, dr. crow, fred smith, everyone has talked about access to scale talent as being an absolutely necessity for our nation to be competitive. actual fact, it is true not only for the u.s. but true for the developed world because labor markets are being affected by an ageing workforce, and developed countries alike. individuals making different choices based on changes in environments and o

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