senator manchin is a -- as the senator from west virginia. they clicked from day one and quickly became the best of friends. now they go boating together, meet for lunch every other thursday and support each other. good friends like senator manchin has been critical to the dramatic recovery. a few weeks after his stroke, a stroke survivor from illinois wrote senator kirk to share his own story and some words of encouragement. all the hard work is worth it. ps, he said, i think that kids should get paid to do this. they became penpals and joined a sport of tar time -- tower se climbing. last year he invited him to visit washington and be his guest at the state of the union. he may have never made it back for that address at all without the support and kind words. the support he received from his home state senator didn't go s unnoticed. how after the stroke senator durbin visited and offered to help out however he could. senator kirk reminds us that can be more than a place of work it can actually be a family. in his words the things that divi

manchin: reserving the right to be 0. first i'd like to say to my p good friend from north carolina, mr. tillis, i've been here for six years, i've never used this procedure. never believed in it. never thought anything would be so direly needed that i would have to stand here and object to all the good things we both have worked on. i have so many good things on my side that i'm not moving right now. you have so many great things on your side that i would love to help you with. but, sir, if you were in my position -- let me go a little bit further because i don't think i made it. if you want to add insult to injury to what's happened to our retired miners, all the people dependent on their health care benefits, the $47 million that i told you they transferred, that's what they're going to pay for from the house, the viba, takes it from other bankrupt funds that were set aside, they're going to do that. and when all is said and done, and even it's been scored that medicaid and medicare would save so much because now they'

also, senator joe manchin. a democratic senator from west virginia who told our sources on capitol hill that he is indeed looking to potentially schedule a meeting with trump at some point this week. now donald trump also holding

manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: i know there is not a lot of coal mining in delaware, but we sure do have a lot of friends in delaware. i want to introduce to you my dear friend, senator chris coons. mr. coons: thank you, mr. president. i'd like to rise in support and recognition of the tireless efforts of my friend and colleague from west virginia. we were sworn in the same day, moments apart, and we were sworn in by a man who held this seat and this desk for 36 years. born in scranton, pennsylvania, joe biden, our vice president, served delaware for 36 years, and i know joe, and i know one of the things he tirelessly fought for, and that was the working men and women of this country. just like my colleague from missouri who speaks from the desk long held by harry truman, and in whose honor she spoke about our keeping our promises that date back to a law passed by this congress and signed into law by harry truman that promised pensions a

senator manchin says he plans to stay in the senate.e to discuss that and more, democratic senator from the great state of west virginia, jart manchin. how are you? >> great to see you. >> maybe after this interview, if it goes well for you can tell your democratic colleagues that i'm not lucifer, i'm not satan, i'm a nice person. they don't like to come on the show which is their loss. before i get to the trump meeting, i want to ask you this. i thought about the people of west virginia when hillary clinton said she's going to put coal miners out of work and coal companies out of business. really? if i'm a coal miner and i have a coal company, that's my entire life career and savings. what did you think in. >> it went through me like a knife. you know, i had talked to hillary before that and i've known president bill clinton and hillary for quite some time. they've always been good to our state and been a good friend to me. i've always had a good rup. we talked about that earlier. i said a lot of our miners have lost their jobs, it's h

senator manchin says he plans to stay in the senate. here to discuss that and more, democratic senator from the great state of west virginia, jart manchin. how are you? >> great to see you. >> maybe after this interview, if it goes well for you can tell your democratic colleagues that i'm not lucifer, i'm not satan, i'm a nice person. they don't like to come on the show which is their loss. before i get to the trump meeting, i want to ask you this. i thought about the people of west virginia when hillary clinton said she's going to put coal miners out of work and coal companies out of business. really? if i'm a coal miner and i have a coal company, that's my entire life career and savings. what did you think in. >> it went through me like a knife. you know, i had talked to hillary before that and i've known president bill clinton and hillary for quite some time. they've always been good to our state and been a good friend to me. i've always had a good rup. we talked about that earlier. i said a lot of our miners have lost their jobs, it

also, senator joe manchin. a democratic senator from west virginia who told our sources on capitol hill that he is indeed looking to potentially schedule a meeting with trump at some point this week. now donald trump also holding a very intriguing meeting on monday here at trump tower with former vice president al gore. we know according to gore he was supposed to sit down with ivanka trump to talk about climate change. the meeting afterwards got expanded to include president-elect trump. here is al gore after that meeting. >> the bulk of the time was with president-elect trump. i found it an extremely interesting conversation. to be continued. i'm just going to leave it at that. >> reporter: that is an intriguing stay tuned from al gore. gore later on saying it was a shared attempt to find common ground. they have not always seen eye to eye. >> thank you, sunlen. the meetings with senate democrats have leaders concerned. leaning now on west virginia joe manchin and heidi heitkamp. it could make the republicans

senator manchin says he plans to stay in the senate. here to discuss that, joe manchin.to see you again. >> i don't know why. maybe after this interview if it goes well for you, you can tell your democratic colleagues i'm not lucifer, i'm not satan. i'm actually a nice person. they don't like to come on the show, which i think is their loss, but we do appreciate you coming on. before i get to the trump meeting, i want to ask you this. i thought about the people of west virginia with hillary clinton said she was going to put coal miners out of work and coal companies out of business. i'm like, really? i was thinking if i'm a coal miner with a coal miner company, that's my entire life career and savings. what did you think? >> oh, sean, i mean it went through me like a knife. you know, i talked to hillary before that and i have known president bill clinton and hillary for quite sometime. they've been good to our state and a good friend to me, so i've always had a good relationship. we had talked earlier about that, and i said, you know, a lot of our miners lost their jobs

manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: mr. president, reserving the right to object, i would like to explain why we're here and what's really happening so people have a good grasp of things. first of all, the miners protection act. this miners protection act basically goes back to a commitment, a promise and a transaction that we have done in congress in 1946 under president harry truman. it's the krug act. basically, it was saying that from that day forward, we were supposed to take certain amounts of money from all the coal that was mined -- so this is not public funds. we're not asking for public funds. if we would have done what we were supposed to do and take the money and put that money into a fund for the miners' protection of their health and their pensions. they had nothing before that. and they're the ones that basically give us the energy that -- gave us the energy that we had to win two world wars and become the superpower of the world. and all they have asked for was that. and it wasn't guaranteed by the taxpayers

manchin: i ask to vitiate the quorum call. mr. manchin: i ask unanimous consent to speak. i want to explain what's happening so all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle -- i've been here for six years as a senator, and i've always thought to make the -- fought to make the body work for the people of of west virginia and our country. i have never believed partisan gridlock is a way to accomplish our policy goals, and so i haven't come to this decision easily. i've never use add procedure that i'm using today. and i will use to basically stop all u.c.'s, a lot of good pieces of legislation, a lot of god friends who have -- good friends who have worked diligently and i want to work with them. my reason for doing this is over two years ago we promised the retired coal miners of america -- we promised them and most of their families -- and these are a lot of widows now -- and we promised them that they would have their health care benefits, which were guaranteed to them, and their pensions. and we've been working towards that. we knew this day would come. this is the onl

>> either manchin or heitkamp, would you be okay with that?sten, i know that we've done stuff in the last few weeks to try to make manchin happy. so he'd be another democrat, at least temporarily. >> as we close here, you're on your way out. who represents the future of the democratic party and who do you think could bring the party back? >> i've had pretty good advice in my career and the best advice i've ever gotten is from susan mchugh, my chief of staff. she always said, always said, the one thing that's important is to make sure you keep your pulse on what's going on in nevada and in the country. and i've tried to do that. and i think what we as democrats need to do is make sure we have an idea of what is going on in our country at any given time. and you've pecked around here a little bit, what more could we done? of course we could have done better messaging the economic problems we have in america today. but it's easier to be a monday morning quarterback. i think our message was good and i hope that the future will look at what took pl

manchin: mr. president, i rise and stand here today fighting for the people, each one of us, whether you're democrat or republican, whether you belong to a 100-member senate or 435 in the house, i rise today fighting for the working men and women that we all use in our commercials. every one of us goes out and basically tries to attract working men and women to vote for us because we say we're coming here to fight for you. we're going to stand up for you. no one's going to walk over you. no one's going to push you aside. no one's going to forget about you. every one of us have done those ads. yef one of -- every one of us. our 435 house members who had to go home yesterday because it was time for christmas. i remind all of my colleagues, we have basically missed 100 working days this year. 100 working days. you think we've been overworked? i don't think so. but i guess my house members did. they had to go home. they never even gave us the courtesy of giving us a three-day extension. we can work th

up alabama senator jeff sessions for attorney general who with the express support of democrat joe manchin will kickoff with a bipartisan approval. health and human services led the repeal of obamacare congressman tom price an orthopedic during son. despite the opposition all of the nominees may be confirmed. >> there isn't usually that much they can do. >> rex tiller son secretary of state mate be the most contentious. the ceo has done business with world leaders including russian president vladimir putin. some gop hocks aren't committed to tillerson until they better understand the relationship. tillerson disagrees with donald trump on climate change and believes it is real. former marine general james mad dishas fans in both parties because the law requires military men to have been retired seven years before

democratic opposition is pe spearheaded by joe manchin. people think manchin could end up in the cabinet and what is going on here is some of the people like manchin may be closer to donald trump on the spectrum. they think trump agrees with them and not necessarily the senate leadership. >>> all right. senate republicans are said to be gearing up to launch vehic s investigations into the alleged russian hacking and threats. three committees will head up this inquiry and probes of possible russian cyber attacks. this sets the stage for the potential showdown with republicans and president-elect trump over russia may have interfered with the elections. >>> and hillary clinton calling the fake news an epidemic while appearing at a lunch for senator harry reid. she backed new laws to fight foreign propaganda referring to alleged russian meddling in the last election. now secretary clinton did not mention pizza-gate. the lying story that clinton and her campaign chair ran a child sex ring in a washington pizza place. she did talk about the man

west virginia senator joe manchin, and north dakota senator heidi highcamp.fter meeting trump this week, manchin saying in part right now, i believe that i can best serve my state of west virginia in the united states senate. no word on what senator highcamp is deciding. let's bring in sarah flores, former fiorina deputy campaign manager, and former rnc spokesperson and les si marshall, syndicated talk show host and fox news contributor. thanks to both of you for joining us. so, leslie, it's not worth a seat at the table in influence over major issues like energy or agriculture? it's not worth that given what's going on in the senate? >> well, as a democrat, i breathe a sigh of relief. if in fact he goes forward remaining in the senate. and i do believe as he said that joe manchin can do more for the state of west virginia in the senate. this clearly would have been very difficult for democrats if he were to give up his seat in the midterms, democrats have 25 seats up for grabs as opposed to eight seats that republicans have. and about ten of those are in dis

manchin insisting on a dozen.ut late this afternoon, manchin came out of his office and said my intention was never to shut down the government. looks like the ice might be cracking and might be able to avoid a government shutdown. >> john, thank you so much. have a great weekend. >> you bet. >> john harwood in washington. >>> president obama ordered american intelligence agencies so investigate russian hacking and efforts to influence the election. the review dates back to 2008. the white house says it will try to make as much of the report public as possible. >>> still ahead, looking for stocks to pie as the market rallies to new highs? our market monitor has some names he says can go even higher from here. ♪ >>> a new study shows that only about half of 30-year-olds are making more money than their parents. according to a team of researchers, that's a steep decline from the 1970s when more than 90% of 30-year-olds earned more than their parents did. some of the largest declines were concentrated in the midwest

west virginia democrat joe manchin a senator he was one. will he align with trump on key issues now that he has decided to remain in the senate? and the senator knows rex tillerson well. does he have any concerns? let's ask the senator himself, joe manchin from west virginia. senator, pleasure to see you. >> hey, chris, good to be with you. >> so, let's talk about the decision to go in and meet with trump. the heat that you got from harry reid, who said that you were auditioning. why did you do it? and what did you think of the meeting? >> well, it's not the first time harry and i have disagreed. i thought it was an honor to be able to go in there and talk about my state of west virginia, chris. and, also, about the country. you know, no matter who you voted for, and the outcome is very clear, donald trump is our president-elect. he's going to be our president. i want him to do well. i want any president and every president to do well. my job is to work with him, not against him. but also be an honest broker. if i respectfully disagree. the

manchin: let's let you do yours. mr. isakson: the senator from connecticut followed by the senator from georgia and then the senator from pennsylvania. i ask unanimous consent. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection,so ordered. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i want to thank my colleagues for their gracious yielding to me. at the beginning of my remarks i want to ask unanimous consent that my committee staff be granted floor privileges, the committee staff from the veterans' affairs committee, for the remainder of this week. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: there is welcome news today, which is that the senate has received from the hoe h.r. 6416, a bipartisan comprehensive measure that keeps faith with our veterans and makes sure that we continue our progress toward leaving no veteran behind. and i want to emphasize at the very start this measure is a down payment. it is far from a final or even fully acceptable solution to many of the problems that it addresses. i

that's with west virginia senator joe manchin. manchin is a democrat, but he is very much a blue dog democrat. he represents a very much red state in west virginia. coal country, and he is rumored to be considered for perhaps the next secretary of energy or perhaps the next secretary of state. if manchin were to leave and go to the trump administration that would make democrats vulnerable in vest virginia. they have a democratic governor. initially the appointment would be a democrat, but then it would mean a very difficult special election battle to replace that seat. one republicans could easily pick up. another interesting name coming to trump tower monday, carly fiorina. someone trump battled with during the campaign. of course, trump made comments about fiorina's looks, took him to task in a debate. fiorina also coming to trump tower and former presidential candidate rick santorum. trump continues the busy visits as trump tower as he fills out his administration. >> thank you for that report from baton rouge. >>> just in, pre

joe manchin is a good man.now heidi heitkamp, another senator is being considered for secretary of cabinet. each member has an opposing member on his or her cabinet. i would accept that as doing a service to the country. i just hope he doesn't take the job. joe, stay where you are! >> bill and alice, thank you. >>> coming up, it's being called a clear message from president-elect trump, where china, for the first time, just flew nuclear-capable bombers. why that is causing concern. back in a moment. see me. see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that... ...i won't stop until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. proven to help the majority of people find clear or almost clear skin. 8 out of 10 people saw 75% skin clearance at 3 months. while the majority saw 90% clearance. do not use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting, you should

>> joe manchin and heidi heitkamp. >> look at the geography. that matters. i know manchin better.now he's not been a happy senator, doesn't like how the institution works. he represents part of the world that's pretty open to donald trump. >> he's a plain speak guy. he's a pragmatic guy. >> i think he could make a strong case. >> and i think he would look at it as a situation where he wouldn't necessarily be leaving democrats in a lurch. a democrat would appoint his replacement, at least in the short term. >> but they are pressuring, from what we understand from the reporting, the senior democrats are pressuring them not to join. >> of course. a huge problem. >> here's the counterpart. senator manchin and senator heitkamp are going to be very important if they stick around. republicans are going to always lose -- not always, but in many cases might lose a couple. they're going to be going to manchin and heitkamp many times saying, what do you need, what do you want. we saw this in the last decade with senator ben nelson. >> yeah, prescription drug benefits. >> we saw it with joe l

today, we're hearing joe manchin and rick perry are headed to trump tower. >> headed there today. rick perry is the leading candidate right now for secretary of energy. both of them up for that post. what's notable is it was back in 2011 in the republican primary debate, remember the famous oops moment. he was talking about the agencies he would want to get rid of. one was energy, but he said oops because he couldn't remember it at the time. also expected today at trump tower, the washington state congresswoman that is cathy mcmorris rodgers. her name is rumored as the next possible secretary of the interior. raul labrador will be at trump tower today, as well as a another former trump rival, carly fiorina expected to make an appearance. >> i want to talk a bit about rex tillerson. at this moment, it seems the exxonmobil ceo appears to be donald trump's pick for secretary of state. a lot of people are uncomfortable. how difficult will it be for rex tillerson to get confirmed given the close relationship he has, albeit a business relationship, with russia. the fact that exxonmobil

trump be talking to senator manchin about? what position? >> senator manchin has been very helpful and welcoming to president-elect trump since he it was erected five -- elected five weeks ago tonight. who is counting? he is ♪ is orthodox. he believes it's the right thing to do for the people of west virginia to whom is he beholden. we think we can rely upon him as a critical vote for some of these common sense reforms that the president-elect has said he will put forward in the first 100 days. hopefully we can rely upon him for infrastructure, for tax reform and repealing and replacing reform. bihealthcare across state lines the way they buy their auto insurance insurance and other goods and services. >> i bet you will be able to. kellyanne conway. great to see you, thanks. >> thank you, tucker. congratulations on the show. >> thanks a lot. >> now it's time for twitter storm. nightly forecast of intense media patterns. vox.com. "star wars" movie. posted this link to the piece rogue is one of the first "star wars" movies to acknowledge the w

are expecting senator joe manchin from west virginia. he is running a little late.he gets here, he will be on a chair at the end. a democrat congressman from california. [applause] schrader, akurt democrat from oregon. and come been peter welch, a democrat from vermont. today bying moderated ryan clancy, who was one of the chief strategists for no labels. i think you will start us off and let everybody kind of say what they think the lay of the land is. be ready to ask the questions you would like answered. >> thank you were much. i want to start with sen. blunt: deigns -- senator blunt. you have this is what is on the docket? >> tax reform, infrastructure, other things. i think what is it just is not only was going to get done, or how. is the republican party going to see an opening to get something done together? we would love to hear your perspective about what you think you can work on and the first 100 days. >> i want to say first i thought sarah lieberman's observation -- senator lieberman's observation about the disruption event. disruption is not a bad thing

considering joe manchin to potentially be energy secretary.s christie is said to be kind of poking around for the republican national committee chair job. sarah palin is apparently under consideration, amongst several other positions, for the veteransaffairs department job'. -- veterans' affairs department job. john, to these make any sense? mark: the one that makes most sense is joe manchin for the energy department. it would be a good part on trump's -- a good job on trump's part to reach out to a democrat. much moren is centrist and conservative than most of the democratic party. choices, though, sarah palin for the department of veterans affairs, is a laughable choice, not just because she is not a veteran, but the size of the bureaucratic challenge of running the department is no big -- is so big that putting sarah palin in that job seems even more ludicrous than putting chris christie at the top of the rnc, given how many republicans don't like chris christie. upk: even if he married her with a deputy secretary that was very detail orien

manchin: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from west virginia. mr. manchin: first of all, let me just say to my dear friend from new jersey, i appreciate so much. and his support, too. he has been with me since day one, basically for the working men and women of this country, but most importantly for the miners who have given us the country we have today. i have been doing this for quite some time now. we started two years ago. it's nothing new. this is not new to anybody. this has not been sprung on somebody at the last minute what we have been fighting for, what we are trying to do. as of october, we had over 16,000 of our retired miners and a lot of elderly women, widows whose husbands have passed away, they were notified that they would be losing their health care benefits december 31 of this year. and we have been working for a permanent fix called the miners protection act. in that miners protection act, if that bill was brought to the floor today, it would pass. it would pass. we have all of the democrats caucus, all 46 of us, and we have at l

manchin said he will stay in the senate where he is up for senate in 2018.ks for coming. >> good to be here. >> good to be here. >> secretary of energy. why did you take the interview? >> i thought anything i can do to propel my state and energy is what we are all about. you have been able to observe that firsthand and i had a chance to talk about the bill we have been fighting for. we will get that done and something we need to do. president-elect donald trump has won every coal region in the united states he won west virginia overwhelmingly. i wanted to make sure we were on the same page and we have to get this done and find a pathway forward to have a balanced energy policy with coal winning. >> what does it look like? i talked to miners and the thing they are most excited about and they assume a burch of regulations are going away. >> there was an overreach. there was a nuisance. what happens is all west virginians want clean water. there is a balance to be had. we built on the energy we produced right here. they are looking at the balance and they overr

this joe manchin decision to potentially hold up and threaten a government shutdown.olitics for the democrats? >> i think joe manchin is showing the people of his state who he stands with and i think that's always good politics. >> good politics for joe manchin or good politics for the democratic party? >> no, i think he's sending a message to people around the country, who he stands, who the democratic party stands with. that's not bad politics. >> all right. rudy giuliani, a mutual decision, as kellyanne conway told me. >> you couldn't wait for this. >> i have to say, i thought that was interesting. she was very careful, twice, to say it was mutual. >> needs to spend more time whiz family. >> this was not rudy's decision. >> i get the sense it wasn't. and i think that it goes back to rudy campaigning so hard for the position they didn't want to give him. and i think that just kind of starting rubbing a whole lot of folks internally the wrong way. and donald trump has shown, he can have you dangling out there for as long as he wants you on the hook. >> you know, ther

they have a meeting actually scheduled for monday, and joe manchin has been on the phone all morningher coal state democrats who are up for re-election in 20108 including brown of ohio, casey of pennsylvania. it's unclear whether or not they have the 41 votes, wolf, to block this spending bill from going forward, but republican senator of west virginia plans to side with democrats to vote against this bill, and also rob portman of ohio is saying he's undecided right now about whether or not to side with democrats. so it could be close right now. the question is, do they have the appetite to shut down the government? dick durbin, number two senate democrat, doesn't think they have the appetite and doesn't know where the votes are at this point. >> we'll watch together with you. manu, thank very much. >>> coming up, the president-elect of the united states filling up his cabinet. next task, picking a supreme court nominee. timeline, a short list what it means for the court, plus -- donald trump will arrive any minute now in baton rouge, louisiana. looking at live pictures at the rally.

for example, joe manchin, the senator from west virginia is very angry that only a minor extension of minors benefits is in the cr. he'd been talking to republicans about extending protections to make sure retired miners and their widows would receive their health benefits for a number of years. in this cr, health benefits only would be extended for the duration of the cr so today he was threatening to withhold consent until he could negotiate a better deal. and he was talking about perhaps offering an extension through next week, maybe next monday, tuesday, in order to give them more time to negotiate these and other things. >> there are other provisions you've been taking a closer look at? >> it's very interesting. democrats say they've really been frozen out of the negotiations on the cr even though they have been negotiating the other spending bills together all year long. and the one thing that the white house has gotten into this cr, maybe not at the levels they wanted but they've gotten extra money for the defense department and the state department to conduct overseas operatio

. >>> in trump tower, transition meetings are on going and arriving to trump tower is joe manchin. he's from the state of west virginia. being a big state for the coal industry and senator manchin is up for potentially the job of energy secretary. he told reporters that he's anxious to have a great consideration for sure and we'll see what come canning out of that conversation. there is a constant parade of people coming in and out of trump tower. and all eyes on wall street today. investors celebrating what is referred to the trump bump and the market rally and more economic news. and what investors are predicting what it means for you. my name is pam. i'm 51 years old. when i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. she just started to decline rapidly. i was rushed to the hospital... my symptoms were devastating. the doctor said, "pam! if you'd have waited two more days, you would've died." if i'd have known that a vaccine could have helped prevent this, i would have asked my doctor or pharmacist about it. what makesheart healthysalad the becalifornia

trump said to be considering senator joe manchin of west virginia for energy secretary. they will be meeting tomorrow. joining me to talk about these latest developments, the latest critical cabinet choice and preview the trump thank you valley, it will be taking place tonight. we'll be bringing you that throughout the evening. i'm joined by randy evans, veteran of 10 presidential campaigns and ed rollins. randy, this is a president-elect who is in he respect acting as if he has already taken the oath of office. he's standing up, meeting with victims. he will be at the army-navy game. i think back to those -- if you will -- the wasteland moment in his campaign where he was being besieged by people saying he's not presidential. he couldn't be more presidential, could he? >> he he merngd as our leader, the leader of the united states of america, and he's doing it in a phenomenal way. restoring confidence. that's make ourselves believe in ourselves again. think how impressive that is. to take us from where we were and take us to the point where we have a little step in our

trump's team is reportedly considering joe manchin to be energy sector.hristie is said to be thought of poking around for the republican national committee chair job, and sarah palin is apparently under consideration, amongst several other positions for the veterans affairs veterans department job. so john, do any of these make sense at all? >> well, there's no doubt that it goes to my three choices that the one that makes the most sense is joe manchin for the energy department. and i think it would be an interesting thing to reach out, a good move on trump's part to try to reach out to some democrat, although many democrats don't consider joe manchin to be much of a democrat. he's certainly much more centrist and most more conservative than much of the democratic party. those other two choices, though, sarah palin for the department of veterans affairs is a laughable choice, not just because she's not a veteran, but because of the size of the challenge of running that department is so big and in so much trouble that putting sarah palin in charge of that

governor manchin come here from governor huntsman. the import of our states voice. >> let me just say, i know on my side of the out their very opposed to block grants for medicaid. as a former governor, i noticed in the money but you can tell me how a washington has been. i never did subscribe to the. i think we can design something that helps my state more to find exactly what i had to work with. i can't sit in every hole you have an hole you have an eye to fit in the sole get this reversed the. mary knows exactly what we're talking about and the things we fight everyday. we are 50 states and we're all different. so that has some appeal. [applause] >> but where are we going to find a lot of common ground is going to be in the economic area. i mean, we will disagree respectfully amongst ourselves with aspects of health care bill of albany to fix and don't need to fix, but the area i think what we can all agree is the economy. creating new jobs, high-paying jobs for a lot of folks. president campaigned heavily on that particularly in r

manchin's name has been mention ed as a possible energy secretary. he's a democrat and if e he joins the cabinet, he would appoint a temporary replacement. on our website we have a graphic that it illustrates who was among the trust and how they are related to him and each other. >>> on the campaign trail, donald trump issued conflicting statements about whether he was called for a muslim registry. today protesters marched to the white house at president obama to the regulatory framework. they are concerned about a progr program. it was introduced after the 9/11 attacks and required imgrants from 25 countries to register with the government. it ended in 2011, but the legal framework for it remains. >>> future first lady melania trump appeared in a courtroom today because of a defamation lawsuit she filed against a a local blogger and british scheduling conference. this is trump's lawyer told "the washington post" the first lady elect didn't have to be there, but she wanted to meet the judge and opposing counsel. the defamation suit was filed in septe

he is preparing to welcome democratic senator joe manchin and former g-o-p rival carly fiorina to trump tower. mr. trump has also said that he plans to name his secretary of state this week. th exxon c-e-o rex tillerson. a name reportedly not being considered anymore -- new jersey governor chris christie. there are reports this morning that he rejected several positions in the president-elect's cabinet. some people may have stayed snuggled up inside hiding from the snow yesterday, but there are some business owners who thrive in it. tyrol basin out in mount horeb real snow on the slopes. the owner agrees -- and says after last year...it's nice to see everyone so early in december. "it was a rough one... so it's leaps and bounds better. we've had a couple of natural snow falls and it is cold enough for us to make our own snow. we're off to a really good start." on tyrol basin's website...they say they got about 5 inches of fresh powder on the slopes. and so far this season - have seen about ten inches. toss to rob yesterdays storm low move off to our east. colder air starts rolling in to

joe donnelly and joe manchin. would they want to oppose a nominee for a major, major position? that's the politics at work. trump's advisers are hard at work trying to deter a contentious process here as incoming chief of staff, reince priebus touting his qualificatio qualifications. >> it was chemistry and presence and vision and the ability to rex tillerson had to maintain relationships across the world in many places that are not the easiest places to have relationships in. during many different administrations. obviously he is very good at being a diplomat. someone like him as a diplomat that happens to drill oil. the good lord didn't put oil in freedom loving democracies across the world and he was able to make this work. >> for more now on the fight that is coming, i want to bring in katie turr. those are the stakes, but there are interesting personality battles here. marco rubio is already coming out with skepticism here. the history between donald trump and marco rubio in that campaign was ugly. you have to wonder if there are personal aspects. rubio may be getting a ch

sources tell nbc west virginia democrat joe manchin is being considered as energy secretary --and that mitt romney is "back on top" in the search for secretary of state.exxon-mobil ceo rex tillerson interviews for that job today,with several candidates now out of the runningincluding former china ambassador jon huntsmanwho calls mr. trump's controversial phone call with taiwan a smart move:jon huntsman/ fmr. ambassador to china 1:05-1:09)"it provides space and leverage in the overall u.s.-c relationship."high-level sources tell nbc that contact had been discussed for months. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. benson:well, let me put you on the spot: is sheriff clarke going to be the next secretary of homeland security?priebus: we haven't decided that yet priebus: he's definitely high on the list and someone we definitely want to be involved in the administration at some level.some clarity today on what the future looks like for milwaukee county sheriff david talked with trump's new chief of staff reince priebus about trump's tweets.. you can see that entire interview on-line at tmj4 d

: with more than 100 house democrats voting for the measure, many republicans on capitol hill say manchin and brown lost their leverage. >> harry reid is about to end his tenure as the democratic leader in the senate. how is he saying good-bye? >> reporter: after 30 years here on capitol hill, including 12 as the senate democratic leader, it is almost over. late today, harry reid unveiled his official portrait with some democratic vips on hand, including vice-president joe biden and former democratic nominee hillary clinton in attendance. today reedoffered advice. >> i didn't make it in life because my prowess, because of my good looks. i didn't make it because i'm a genius. i made it because i worked hard. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell note ed their many battles but they tried to keep them professional and not personal. >> mike emanuel on capitol hill. >>> u.n. officials are scrambling to find enough land to shelter as many as 700,000 people fleeing mosul as iraqi forces continue to battle isis there. so far, about 82,000 have left. refugee camps are near capacity. iraq's parliament speak

today, former republican rival carrie fiorina and also the democratic senator from virginia, joe manchin, all at trump tower. who's up for what? we have all the intel for you. all of this as donald trump takes aim at reports that the cia found evidence that russia tried to influence the election, saying it's just another ruse by the democrats for why they lost so badly at the polls. is he right? a former cia officer is here. and democrats in a panic over how to deal with the president-elect. they're lacking a leader and a strategy, but joe biden says, don't worry, he and nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, they're going to lead the party. he thinks the party should double down with radical liberals from san francisco and new york. yeah, that sounds like a winning plan. has this party learned absolutely nothing from the beating it just took at the polls? ed rollins will tell us x. the dow hitting a new record today and on pace for a sixth straight record close. are we going to hit 20k? we're on it. but first, connell mcshane with the latest on the comes and goings at trump tower. >> reporter:

you think joe manchin and they're a handful of moderates in red states. e but most of them aren't going to cross over. why is an important? you need 60 votes to get stuff done and that means obamacare to immigration reform for more defense spending all big-ticket items are going to need 50 votes. sin there's a budget procedure and they don't need to get too far into it but there's a special budget procedure that allows majority to work with 51 votes in the senate because you can't filibuster. there are post some pretty strict rules about how to get to reconciliation. it's much easier. tax reform will probably be done that way. it's not clear but again otherwise you get. >> moving on to some of the personalities that we run into on a daily basis in the house and senate. congress can be a very intimidating place. it's not just the more than 500 members of congress and their staff. it's a big place like a small city. they are 27,000 people the work of the legislative ranch that state. the big apparatus. how do you start melding sources there? >> i think you

there's still no word on what spot indiana senator joe manchin could nab.. but he would be the only democrat in u-s-a thank you tour -- is headed to the badger state. both he and vice-president elect mike pence will stop in west allis at the wisconsin state fairgrounds next tuesday. the event starts at seven. doors open at four. snowboarders and skiiers are welcoming the snowfall this weekend.. which signals the opening of two wisconsin ski resorts. little switzerland in slinger.. and nordic mountain in wild rose both open today. crews have been making sno holiday rush. u-w system leaders have signed off on raising out-of-state and graduate tuition by hundreds of dollars.the schools say they need the extra money to bring non- resident rates more in line with other schools and retain faculty. the move comes as the system continues to grapple with a freeze on in-state undergrad tuition which is in its fourth year. a home in green bay is now condemned due to dangerous levels of mercury contamination.the house is elementary school.. where a student brought a sma

that was west virginia senator joe manchin on fox business.way, more or less saying that this effort to keep denying or finding every which way possible to make sure donald trump doesn't become president is getting ridiculous now. then you have democratic senator dick durbin pushing another effort to make sure the constitution is amended like pronto where president is elected only by popular vote. easier said than done. for now would just mean that donald trump is secure in becoming the 45th president of the united states on january 20th. to pennsylvania gop elector ash kerry who needed a police escort, a police escort, can you imagine that, just to cast his vote safely. he joins me on the phone. were you able to do that? >> mr. cavuto, it's a pleasure to get on your show. >> same here, sir. were you able to vote? >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. we were all there. and as you may know, donald trump got all 20 votes and mike pence got all 20 votes. >> now, there was some concern that there were going to be rebels in your ranks, that someone -- or

democrats pushing from coal states like joe manchin of west virginia, ohio, to get money to help with coal miner's health programs, to help their health insurance needs. we'll see how that plays out in the senate. at the same time, wolf, senators are also considering and weighing in all these cabinet picks coming out day after day, donald trump, some democrats raised some sharp concerns. i had a chance to talk to tim kaine, hillary clinton's running mate, about these picks. the senator from virginia, he was sharply critical about a couple of donald trump's picks, take a listen. >> i don't mind having an epa critic. that is not my concern. he's a climate science denier. and that causes me great concern because if there's any agency of the federal government that virtually every decision they make is a decision that's based on science -- >> what about, you're on the armed serviceses committee. what about the idea of putting three generals in the cabinet? >> general flynn's trafficking in conspiracy stories, that a fourth grader would find incredible, suggests either that he's highly gul

: with more than 100 house democrats voting for the measure, many republicans on capitol hill say manchinbrown lost their leverage. >> harry reid is about to end his tenure as the democratic saying good-bye?ate. >> reporter: after 30 years here on capitol hill, including 12 as the senate democratic leader, it is almost over. late today, harry reid unveiled his official portrait with some democratic vips on hand, including vice-president joe biden and former democratic nominee hillary clinton in attendance. today reedoffered advice. >> i didn't make it in life because my prowess, because of my good looks. i didn't make it because i'm a genius. i made it because i worked hard. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell note ed their many battles but they tried to keep them professional and not personal. >> mike emanuel on capitol hill. >>> u.n. officials are scrambling to find enough land to shelter as many as 700,000 people fleeing mosul as iraqi forces continue to battle isis there. so far, about 82,000 have left. refugee camps are near capacity. iraq's parliament speaker says an air strike targeting a