at mar-a-lago we have a lot of people. i have been honored to find out the lines are long, the conservative blinds, the republican lines are very long. we got back very late last night. it was an honor, a great honor. we had four incredible rallies. we left michigan late that night. many of you were with us. and i hear we are doing very well. we did a great job. we brought them back to the states, as you know. i believe in exceptions, as ronald reagan did. we did something they wanted to do for 52 years. reporter: [indiscernible] >> we want to bring everybody in. we want to be very inclusive. we have a country that is great but in big trouble in many ways and we have to straighten it out. try ms. through the roof. we have people pouring through the borders that aren't exactly perfect. they come out of presence. 13,000 people convicted of murder. we don't need that in our country. we have enough difficulty. people saw that. seems like conservatives are voting very powerfully. go ahead. i feel very confident. we went in with

just across the water from mar-a-lago.a steady stream of limousines ferrying prominent republicans world leaders and others around the area. >> we've seen the president of argentina was in the city. we've seen, you know, nato dignitaries. we've seen fortune 500 ceos. >> bernardo neto is the general manager at the ben hotel, which sits just about two miles from mar-a-lago. these days, it's a popular spot for media, dignitaries and anyone hoping to get access to trump or a job with the new administration. >> i think having any president elect two miles away but absolutely, since the election, we've seen a big uptake of reservations, but we've seen an increase at least 15%. the airports are filled. >> the hotels are filled, the restaurants impossible to get a reservation. >> it's a very exciting time. >> exciting for some. but stressful too. security around palm beach is tighter than ever especially along what's known as billionaires row. that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to

he's been at mar-a- lago almost every day. his kids as well as donald trump's grandkids have been seen together. donald trump actually gave elon musk's kids a tour of mar-a-lago the day after the election, and he's also been in the room for a number of very important calls. some of the foreign leaders have been calling donald trump. elon musk was already in the room including the ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy. also i'm told that a number of lawmakers have been calling up elon musk and he as well has been making calls to donald trump's allies and people in congress. all of this coming, of course, as we see in the senate this really intensifying leadership fight among who's going to replace mitch mcconnell once he departs. we saw elon musk weigh in over the weekend and back senator rick scott. someone that many other people on the right are doing as well. supporters of donald trump. he's starting to wade into politics. not just going on with donald trump's transition and at mar-a- lago also what's happening back in washi

trump: well, i think i will be in mar-a-lago for the most part. we have a lot of political professionals. i'm going over with melania, very proud of her. she's got the number one bestseller, can you believe that? he can believe it. we are very proud of the job she has done. we're going to go over to the office in west palm and we're going to say hello to the workers that worked very hard. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i think so. i hear we are doing very well there, in georgia. i hear we are doing very well everywhere. oh, i may regret that statement, but i'm hearing that we are doing very well. >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: would you go louder? >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i haven't prepared a speech. i did speeches last night, all day long, on a long, -- all night long, 2:00 in the morning. we did a lot of speeches. you can probably tell. >> [inaudible] mr. trump: no, i don't have -- i'm not a democrat. i'm able to make a speech on pretty quick notice. if i win, i know what i'm going to say. i don't even want to think about the losing part. i w

coming up next, we got the panel on the trump tariffs justin trudeau's visit to mar-a-lago.osers. here is what fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 13 in salt lake city as members of the emery county search and rescue team spend their thanksgiving holiday on the job saving a woman injured while hiking. crews went nearly to the top of little wild horse canyon to find the woman who had a broken leg. and this: fox 2 in san francisco as boise state university withdraws from the volleyball tournament. the teams refusing to play san sanjose state has a player they claim to be transgender. federal judge ruled monday that player is allowed to compete. this is a live look at sacramento from fox 40. one of the big stories there tonight, the city council votes to house belonging to former california governod course u.s. president ronald reagan landmark of historical owned cultural resources, 45th street home where reagan lived while serving as governor in notable for true to revival architectural style. quite beautiful. that's tonight's live look outside the belt

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cnn's alayna treene is in west palm beach near mar-a-lago. so alana, canada is one of the united states biggest trading partners. has this meeting with trudeau and trump in any way impacted things i think that's still to be determined, fredricka, but i think it's very clear that justin trudeau took that tariff threat very seriously. >> he actually said as much yesterday morning, just hours before that surprise visit to florida and to meet with donald trump for dinner at mar-a-lago. trudeau addressed reporters and essentially said that not only does he believe that when trump makes statements like this, they we have to take them seriously, but also tried to argue that such a tariff threat and imposing a 25% tariff on canada and all products coming from canada would hurt americans and american businesses as well. listen to how he put it one of the things that is really important to understand is that, you know donald trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. >> there is no question about it. our responsibility is

at the moment, all. eyes are on mar-a-lago and what eyes are on mar—a—lago and what takes place thereon. what you make of mr trump? you inauguration. what you make of mrtrump? you talk inauguration. what you make of mr trump? you talk about what americans want and the realities on the straight, what do you make of him announcing who wouldn't be attending? i5 who wouldn't be attending? is that conventional behaviour? it is not conventional for him to creatively say nikki haley is not coming into the administration, or mike pompeo, it does signal to me that loyalty is going to continue to be very important to him and to his administration. 0ne be very important to him and to his administration. one of the issues that the previous administration had, including his chief of staff, his new chief of staff will contend with, is that at that time, donald trump tended to listen to the last person he spoke to but this loyalty issue, and i heard from friends of mine who worked for him, they had to take interviews and their loyalty was questioned and what that lead to, unfortunately, was people w

a lot going on at mar—a—lago in the distance. what can we expect in the next few days?tic amount of activity _ next few days? there is a frenetic amount of activity going - next few days? there is a frenetic amount of activity going on - next few days? there is a frenetic amount of activity going on over. amount of activity going on over there as trump and his allies are gathering to make their plans. some are gathering to try and influence those plans and they fall into two categories. 74 days to get ready for a new government. you have got policy and personnel. he has to choose who is going to be in his cabinet, but also who will be in his staff and administration to help him govern, very big decisions with a lot of lobbying going on about who should take whatjob. then there is policy, the things he can do himself straightaway. they want to have at least 100 executive order is ready that he can issue on day one make things happen, like instituting a lot more domestic oil production, closing the us southern border. then there are things he would need congress to do. we

none is bigger or grander than this one, high above mar—a—lago, now a camelot in the sun. and behind all the security, donald trump, a man who won the white house, lost it and then won it again. his victory against kamala harris, a hole in one, but the next few weeks won't just be about golf. here in florida he will be busy picking a cabinet to serve the people. what do voters want from the man they have given a second shot? my want from the man they have given a second shot?— second shot? my little baby. meet this family. _ second shot? my little baby. meet this family. they— second shot? my little baby. meet this family, they enthusiastically l this family, they enthusiastically voted for donald trump and sum up the expectations of millions across this land hoping he will deliver. i do expect him to fix the economy. things are very inflated right now so that's something i expect him to do. �* , ., ., ., do. and you voted for him, right? yeah. do. and you voted for him, right? yeah- the — do. and you voted for him, right? yeah. the couple, _ do. and you voted for him, rig

nancy. >> nancy: never a dull moment at mar-a-lago. weijia jiang, thank you.wing a big development overseas tonight in syria. antigovernment rebels have taken control of several neighborhoods in the city of aleppo. today's surprise attack is said to be the biggest offensive against the forces of president bashar al-assad since 2016. there's been instability in syria since civil war broke out thee in 2011. the renewed fighting comes at a dangerously fragile moment in the middle east. syria shares a border with lebanon, where some cracks are already emerging in the new cease-fire agreement with israel and hezbollah. and there is fresh desperation in the gaza strip as the flow of food allowed end by israel falls to its lowest level since the war began. we get details on all of this now from cbs's debora patta in east jerusalem. >> reporter: a shaky truce still holding, but only just. today israel said it hit a hezbollah rocket launcher as both sides accuse the other of violations. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned "if the cease-fire is breached israel

we will see the trudeau motorcade make its way into mar-a-lago. that could happen within the next few minutes. this is in response to the latest back-and-forth the president-elect started with canada and mexico after he bowed to impose sweeping tariffs as soon as next year. but both countries say they are doing all they can to avert a trade war. president-elect trump spent black friday at his golf club as his advisors defended plans to impose sweeping tariffs on canada, mexico and china, that is unless the countries do more to prevent drugs from reaching the u.s. >> i think this is an appropriate tool to save lives in america. mexico and china have to help in this crusade to end this epidemic of lethal drugs into the country. >> reporter: today mexico's president downplayed fears of a trade war. [speaking another language] >> interpreter: if it were to happen we have a plan but the goal is for it not to happen. [end of interpretation] >> reporter: the tariff threats are generating praise and pushback with lawmakers split down party lines. >> this

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we are expecting to hear from the president elect at mar-a-lago.will begin with reports about him, and these three more. he would never, and he just did , as a donald trump would never put robert f kennedy jr., a vaccine skeptic and covid conspiracy theorist, in charge of the department of health and human services. just ask the cochair of his transition team. >> you are saying he would not be charge of the hhs class >> of course not. maybe the secretary. >> that was just two weeks ago. he would never! well, he just did. he just picked rfk jr. , not for the advisory role, but for the full monty. overseeing health, disease control, the fda, all of that and more. giving him the authority to do what he said he would let him do. >> i will let him go wild on health. i will let him go wild on the food here can going to let him go wild on medicines. >> kennedy is well known for backing the long debunked claim the child and the vaccines cause autism. he has also promoted covid conspiracy theories. >> covid-19, there is an argument that it is ethnically tar

he has also been seen at mar-a-lago. another person we have seen at mar-a-lago is elon musk. are absolutely right that his influence is incredibly great right now with donald trump. i am told from my discussions with people familiar with this is that, many lawmakers are calling up elon musk , and he is also calling up lawmakers right now jockeying continues, particularly as we are looking at the senate leadership fight, and musk putting his finger on the scale for rick scott. >> you very much, elena. for any reason, whether linked to trump or not, will it be like, holy cow, i am getting a call from elon musk? that is the reality, it is the celebrity of it too that aspect that is a part of the trump ethos that he likes to cultivate. you know a lot of these people . you have worked with a lot of these people. mike waltz, not, but some of these other people in the inner circle have remained, you know that. what is your reaction to this team and how quickly that has come ? >> i know all of them and none of them raise major alarm bells in the sense that they are not a major depart

also, elon musk hanging out at mar-a-lago and weighing in on hirings. we will also speak with tech reporter kera swisher who has reported on musk for years. >>> leader, the conviction in the case of two murdered teenage girls in the video that played a part. ♪ ♪ with so much great entertainment out there... wouldn't it be easier if you could find what you want, all in one place? my favorites. get xfinity streamsaver with netflix, apple tv+, and peacock included, for only $15 a month. >>> again, breaking news tonight, the choice of mike walter to be president trump's next national security adviser comes after many interesting sidebars including medication social media, quoting, i will not be inviting nikki haley or mike pompeo to join the trump formation currently information. i enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously and like to thank them for their service to our country. back to the panel. i mean, it is certainly the idea that running against him in a primary. >> and saying the things that she said about him. you know, telling the truths

that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. to traffic, which has turned into a nightmare. >> nobody likes the traffic because you know what used to take 15 minutes to get somewhere. >> now you're taking 40 minutes to an hour, you know. >> so traffic is always an issue. >> but you know, that's that's what happens when a city grows. >> would you like to see them put the helipad back at mar-a-lago? >> i would say why not? >> yeah. why not? it'll be fun to watch palm beach may be at the epicenter of it all, but business just over the bridge in west palm beach is also booming billionaire jeff greene is building a one point 5,000,000 square foot office, hotel and apartment complex. >> vanderbilt university has plans to build a $520 million graduate campus, and companies like goldman sachs are moving in, helping to transform west palm beach into the wall street of the south. longtime palm beach resident sue bell whitworth robbins came here 50 years ago and loves all the attention on their tiny enclave and surrounding areas. >> oh, it

surprise guests at mar-a-lago. two of the president-elect's most vocal critics and a major ruling affecting the count in the multi million dollars pennsylvania senate recount. >> breaking tonight, we are learning new details about what figures to be one of the biggest fights here in washington. once president-elect trump and the new republican congressman get to work. the president-elect is confirming he plans to have the u.s. military carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants. democrats are planning opposition to that effort. correspondent mark meredith starts us off tonight here on set. >> good evening to you. quite it the fight. the incoming trump administration says it does not know yet how much it's going to cost to carry out mass deportation plans, democrats say they are ready to spend hard earned political capital to slow down or stop such an effort. >> tenth president-elect trump is vowing on truth social to use the full resources of the federal government declaring a national emergency and deployin

also, elon musk at mar-a-lago. the president weighing in on hiring. we will talk to a tech that has known musk for years. >>> a video of two young girls played a part in what one of the young girls knew of her killer. what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...but was designed differently to also give you blazing fast wifi where you are most of the time? reliable 5g, plus wifi speeds up to a gig where you need it most. xfinity mobile. now xfinity internet customers can buy one line of unlimited and get one free for a year. >>> again, breaking news tonight , the choice of mike waltz to be the next national security advisor comes after many sidebars, including this invitation on social media over the weekend, i will not be inviting ambassador nikki haley or former secretary of state pompeo to the white house. i enjoyed working with them previously, i would like to thank them for their service to our country. back now with the panel. it is so interesting, the idea that maybe there would have been an olive branch, nikki haley vol

he's also been bringing his children to mar-a-lago. donald trump, just the day after the election we reported earlier this week, was shown, or was seen showing around musk's children around his florida home. and so there's no question that musk has such great influence. part of that, as well, i'm told behind the scenes is that one, donald trump thinks that musk is really smart. he loves being able to say he has someone backing him who he's close to who is involved in sending rockets into space. so some of that as well is donald trump loving just having musk by his side. as for some of the other hires, there's no question that on that island behind me at mar-a-lago, donald trump has been locked down. i'm told he's very focused, particularly this time more so, than back in 2016, on making the right decisions for who is going to fill out his cabinet. and that's really the main focus right now. he's primarily focused on filling out who his cabinet will be and also top white house roles. now, i also think him crossing off mike pompeo and ni

he's also been seen at mar-a-lago. another person we've seen at mar-a- lago is elon musk. you're absolutely right. his influence is incredibly great right now with donald trump. and also, i'm told from my discussions with people familiar with this, that many lawmakers are calling up elon musk and he's also calling up lawmakers right now as the jockeying continues. particularly as we're looking at the leadership fight and musk putting his finger on the scale for rick scott. >> thank you very much. not a single one of those people, for any reason, whether wlink ever linked to trump or not, will be like holy cow, i'm getting a call from elon musk. there's a celebrity to it, too, and that aspect that is part of what he likes to cultivate. you worked with a lot of these people. mike waltz, not, but some of the others, you know them. what is your reaction so far to this team and how quickly it's coming together? >> i know all of them. none of them raised major alarm bells. they're not a major departure from the first trump administration. they have the potential to be there and

now, i will say mar-a-lago has always been a place where people have been, you know, really scrambling to get into. they are asking other members, others, how they can get an invitation but we've seen that really increase over the last week or so according to our conversations. i think one interesting thing about this is it's not just people who are looking to potentially get in front of trump to be considered for a role. a lot of them are just wanting to influence donald trump's picks or try to remain close to him and have these conversations with donald trump themselves. so we're seeing a lot of this particularly ramp up in the last couple of days. i think one important thing to keep in mind is that now that susie wiles, his chief of staff, she really is someone who wants to control the chaos. one of her big roles i'm told has been to try and cut off access to some of the more controversial figures who could be entering mar-a- lago and meeting with donald trump. a lot of people who work with him and work with her say she's kind of like the grown up handling all of this. remember, she

do you have any news to break out of mar-a-lago tonight?esident trump but i will tell you his truth social fee the other day where he said he will put a 25% tariff on products coming in from canada and for mexico has put both of those world leaders on notice. and what are we seeing? we see that the mexican press is now saying she will put guard on the border, they are turning the caravans around because donald trump means business and i'm certain justin trudeau is going to come down and have a conversation with the president and say, sir,, what can we do to keep this border open, what can we do to keep its flowing? we know we have problems we are here to fix it. >> charlie: it's interesting, don't trump has defied all of the political rules, such as managing to beat two incumbents by spending less money. how does donald trump and the republican party undo the curse where you lose seats in the midterms? how does he pull that off? >> charli, it's a great question and when you look specifically at the senatorial map, the democrats have the adv

doubt more picks to come in the days ahead, not to mention plenty of jockeying for advantage in mar-a-lago. cnn's kaitlan collins is nearby with that. let's talk more about the choice for the president-elect's national security adviser. >> reporter: this is a critical one, anderson, given everything going on in the world. the national security adviser's portfolio is often quite wide and they are dealing with whatever crisis arises at the time, jake sullivan, biden's national security adviser, of course, dealing with russia's war in ukraine and israel's war in gaza and those are likely to be two crises mike waltz will inherit as donald trump's fifth national security adviser. he'll follow along the first four that were in office starting with flynn and ending with o'brien and mcmaster and bolton in the middle that trump had fallings out with and bolton did not vote for him in the 2024 election. mike waltz is a congressman from florida, an ardent defender of donald trump and is the first green beret to ever serve in congress. he's bringing that experience to the house armed services committe

what do you think he's doing in mar-a-lago right now?wing why h can't do recess appointment. >> the constitution is pretty clear. the president does have the power to do this. the question is whether or not the republican leader and whether the senate is going to do it, but it's very clear that the president has the power. >> jonathan: the constitution is not clear on the extent of that at all. there was a supreme court case where three -- actually, four at the time, skal racalia was one them, but supreme court justices who were all conservatives said that the president's ability to make recess appointments is highly limited. highly limited. >> it's limited, but with cooperation from the senate, the president has the power, but here's the thing. forget that for a minute. he's going to get most of these -- 90% of these nominees anyway. these are not going to be nominees, i don't believe, that are going to be rejected by the republican senate. >> that's why he should go through the process. there's a number of these nominees that are actua

that's the area of south ocean boulevard where mar-a-lago is located. it's now closed to traffic, which has turned into a nightmare. >> nobody likes the traffic because you know what used to take 15 minutes to get somewhere. >> now you're taking 40 minutes to an hour, you know. so traffic is always an issue. but you know, that's that's what happens when a city grows. >> would you like to see them put the helipad back at mar-a-lago? >> i would say why not? yeah. why not? it'll be fun to watch palm beach may be at the epicenter of it all, but business just over the bridge in west palm beach is also booming billionaire jeff greene is building a one point 5,000,000 square foot office hotel and apartment complex. >> vanderbilt university has plans to build a $520 million graduate campus and companies like goldman sachs are moving in, helping to transform west palm beach into the wall street of the south. longtime palm beach resident sue bell whitworth robbins came here 50 years ago and loves all the attention on their tiny enclave and surrounding areas. >> o

interesting l times for you, helen humphrey, at mar—a—lago where donald trump is in florida.srael continues its military operation against hamas, the group behind the october 7th attack last year. the united nations human rights commission has published research in which it says the part of the population suffering the most deaths in gaza is made up of children aged between five and nine, and that around 70% of the people who have been killed by israeli action were women and children. the un report also claims that in its military action israel is not distinguishing between civilians and fighters. let's speak to jan egeland, the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, who is currently in amman, injordan, havingjust returned from gaza. welcome to bbc news. plenty to talk about. i will start by asking you about what he witnessed on your recent trip. the last three days i saw devastation, despair beyond belief, really. iwas devastation, despair beyond belief, really. i was there also in february, then in rafah when israel had herded together and pushed people down to

. -- mar-a-lago.ican president claudia sheinbaum speaking with trump within hours of his initial threat. it's all about combating the border crisis. incoming border czar tom homan is here on that. and after an incredible postelection month, why so far markets are not rattled by any of this. but nurse, fox -- first, fox on top of the holiday season kicking in from shoppers stepping out to travellessler s getting out and americans drinking out from that wickedwet. we are tracking the deals, the delays and the disturbances that are just the beginning of a record-breaking season still to come. ♪ ♪ jackie: welcome, everyone, i'm jackie deangelis in for neil cavuto, this is "cavuto live," and we begin with the dangerously cold temperatures blasting nearly 200 million americans this morning. wind chills getting as low as -30 in some parts of the united states. adam klotz has the forecast. adam: hey, jackie. yeah, absolutely right, cold air a big story over the next couple of days, so it is going to linger a

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whether it's at mar-a-lago or reaching him on the phone. earlier this week, we saw mexico's president, claudia sheinbaum, speaking with trump on the phone. it's interesting their accounts of that conversation were quite different. you know, he said she agreed to stop migration through mexico. she says she never said that. what's going on here? >> i think this is a constant feature of a lot of president-elect trump's conversations with foreign leaders sometimes he hears what he wants to hear, even if the other person on the phone might say, hold up that's not what i said. i think the larger pattern here is that donald trump's plan to put tariffs on mexico and canada will drastically change life for citizens in all three nations and foreign leaders, as we just talked about, are already scrambling to try to avoid the fallout of what that could be. and i think it's just remarkable. again, all this is happening before trump has even taken office. this is a new washington. this is a new world. and foreign leaders are taking notice. >> yeah. and s

inside ma mar-a-lago, it's cloud nine at all times.e new york times" says when trump's not running through personnel, he's been spotted in the tea room or out on the mar-a-lago patio picking out music on his ipad and blasting pavarotti. it's party time at the winter white house and everyone wants to get on the guest list. >> when you were growing up your perception of politics was democrats were the cool party and republicans were the party of lame upright scolds. i have the same perception. i think we're around the same age and my perception was reinforced by my time working for barack obama. you argue that somewhere along the line the perception of the parties switched. >> jesse: secret trump voters are even throwing coming-out parties. in blue counties, neighbors are putting up trump yard signs after the election. and in blue cities, people are rocking maga hats. not afraid of getting sucker punched. like i told my mom after the election, like the stones' song, you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you just mi

at 3:17 this afternoon there's a live look from the air of mar-a-lago.aiting for president trump's next cabinet picks. communication is under way. james blair is part of that incoming team and a key player in getting president trump to be president-elect trump again on that election team as they all work together. he will now serve as white house deputy chief of staff, and you're going to meet him in just a moment. first a white house senior correspondent peter deucy. >> an ambulance was snaking through. his search for a treasury secretary expands. he is reportedly frustrated that the heart of his transition is pushing too hard to be the treasury secretary. >> i like howard lunick. >> lutnick and scott bezan are no longer the tops. a federal reserve governor is getting a late look. >> what i find common in all of these selections, disruptors, people who don't just to oil the machinery of d.c. this president is putting together a team that is going to be disruptive to washington but restorative to the american families living out here in the middle of the

. >>> donald trump already meeting with top advisors at mar-a-lago, planning the transition to his new administration. sourcing telling abc news his team is preparing a list of possible executive actions on day one on the economy, immigration, the border and trade. >>> tonight, sources saying special counsel jack smith is signaling he'll wind down his two federal cases against president-elect trump, including the january 6th election interference case. donald trump's path to the white house. what we saw as the votes came in. peeling back support from the democrats in the big cities and the major gains for trump among latino voters. >>> in other news, the fires raging right now. the images coming in at this ho hour. fires fuelled by powerful santa ana winds, evacuations under way. we're on the scene tonight. >>> hurricane rafael now a category 2 hurricane tonight. tropical storm warnings already in parts of florida at this hour. will this hit the u.s.? >>> tonight, the stock market skyrocketing after donald trump's victory, gaining more than 1500 points, soaring to a new record high. th

chances are they never wanted to go to mar-a-lago and now they are i doing to join.'s talk about matt gaetz. mark you just mentioned him the house ethics committee is meeting on wednesday to decide what they are going to go with this report on the investigation into him. i know what i think, how important do you think it is for the american people to see what is in the report? >> hugely important. most senators would agree with this. they are walking on such egg shells around trump. that is part of the bigger discussions about the big four nominations that are controversial. if you consider gaetz, hegseth, gabbard. but, the question is, will there be a bunch of senators that lock arms and say we want to sort of, we don't want any of these people and it would seem, it would be a bold step. in general you sort of that have assume that republicans when confronted with trump in this day in age will bow to him because that is the president. but, i think, you know, gaetz is really the tip of the spear here. we are going to see or not see this ethic's report come out. it is

we will go to allie raffa near mar-a-lago in florida for us. surprisingly because it's been all the headlines of late donald trump's pick for attorney general still embroiled in controversy. give me the latest on the confirmation process for former congressman matt gaetz. >> yeah, there's growing controversy over this pick not just because of matt gaetz prior comments and stances while in congress and repeated loyalty to the former president and now president-elect, but given this recent reporting dashes sorry, this report from the house ethics committee of these allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use that gaetz denies, there is a growing controversy over whether senators and members of congress are ever going to see that final report, those documents involved in the house ethics committee investigation regarding gaetz. remember, gaetz resigned from congress shortly after this announcement by president-elect trump to nominate him for attorney general. we are seeing really outrage on both sides of the aisle. republicans call for t

. ♪ judging by the pace of the transition underway right now in mar-a-lago , the names for the top positionsn a second donald trump term can drop at any moment. instead of staring at the trump tower elevator bank like we were doing about this time in 2016, we are watching the comings and goings at the south florida club , given who gets a job is often determined by the last influence that donald trump heard from one person investments in their constantly since tuesday is not someone we expected to take a formal job inside the administration , but somewhat expected to have a lot of influence. i have a new report that not only was elon musk on the first call with ukrainian president volodomyr zelenskyy but joined other key calls donald trump has since he won tuesday night . elon musk has been present for conversation for donald trump has been mulling over staff positions, both instances showcasing how important elon musk could be during the incoming administration. sources have described donald trump as enamored with elon musk, if you listen to what he is saying publicly, something he has made

tonight president-elect donald trump is here at mar-a-lago. told he has been working the phones, reaching out to lawmakers. we're also learning tonight that trump did speak by phone with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, both sides promising to keep an open and close dialogue as the president-elect prepares to return back to the white house, david. >> david: that's a really interesting development. rachel scott, who was with us in the wee hours of the morning, already in florida tonight covering the president-elect. rachel, thank you. >>> abc news has also learned that the justice department is already now winding down the those two criminal cases they were prosecuting against trump, including the january 6th election interference case. let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. what have you learned? >> reporter: just days ago, then-candidate donald trump threatened to fire special counsel jack smith within two seconds if he was re-elected, but he won't need to. doj guidelines are clear. you cannot prosecute a si

iran responding to the claim, and the new security at mar-a-lago including robot dogs. >>> one of the lab monkeys that escaped in south carolina captured, but where are the rest? >>> the new frontier in medicine. doctors beamed in by hologram. it's already happening, but does it work for patients? >>> princess kate makes her first official appearance since battling cancer. >>> and here comes christmas. the rockefeller christmas tree has arrived, ready to kick off the holidays. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >> good evening. we begin with the wildfire erupting overnight. residents forced to flee their homes. firefighters now battling to contain it. but this isn't happening out west. it's happening on the east coast in reading, pennsylvania. this is the scene there today with helicopters dumping water from above in a race to stop the fire from spreading. this was the scene in the heart of brooklyn overnight. yes, brooklyn. a popular park on fire as a brush fire spread. right now there are fires raging in new jersey and in connecticut. all of it traced back to this

he's been at mar-a- lago a lot in the lead up to last week's election. and has advised and helped donald trump with his campaign and now, he is being rewarded. that is a common theme you're seeing through all of these latest picks that donald trump has announced. which was loyalty. all of these different people from zeldin, miller, wiles, homan, stefanik, have been there by donald trump. a big difference, those who were with him since after he departed the white house had tried to distance themselves from the former president versus those who kind of are coming into the fold now and jockeying for these roles. now, zeldin, he was a former congressman. he also ran in 2022 for the new york governor's race. he actually came surprisingly close for a republican in new york against kathy hochul, but lost that election and now he's going to be running the epa. now, donald trump did release a statement on this. i'm going to read some of it. he said that zeldin would ensure fair and swift decisions that will be enacted in a way to unleash the power of american bus

what else is going on in the mar-a-lago makeshift situation room?o been sitting in many times when he's been with donald trump on some of the calls from foreign leaders, including ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> musk happened to be at the club when zelenskyy called and that trump put him on speaker. >> jordan: poor, poor zelenskyy. hasn't ukraine been through enough? he's in a bunker, russian troops are amassing outside, and he's like, "don't put elon on, don't put elon on... hey, elon! yes, i did see you jump very high. yes. very cool, man, very cool! oh, yeah, the hat looked radical, man, cool." i guess because elon provides ukraine with internet through his satellites, this was basically a customer service call. which means when they put elon on the phone, zelenskyy was probably like, "ugh, i hate it when these things make you talk to a robot. human operator! human operator!" so now elon is by the president-elect's side, with no oversight, or security clearances, or even a title! >> responding to speculation about his position in the

mar-a- lago, now the epicenter for folks vying for positions in the new trump administration. talk to us about these roles and who he's filling them with. >> reporter: right. well, there's so much activity happening on that island before me. i know that donald trump has really been locked down at mar-a- lago over the past several days ever since he won the election. meeting with his transition team, seeing a ton of different allies out on the patio atat mar-a- lago, all jockeying to get in front of him to prove themselves to him. but i think one key thing that is notable from all of the names you mentioned, all of the recent hires we're seeing from wiles to miller, stefanic and holman, all have been very loyal to donald trump. especially over the last several years. not just in the campaign, but also in that time period immediately after donald trump left the white house in 2021 when a lot of people were distancing themselves from him. people like wiles and miller, they are the ones who had stood by his side and clearly, that loyalty is being rewarded. now, as for deputy chief

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donald trump has been holed up in his mar-a-lago resort. i think it is fascinating because we have not seen or heard much from the former president since his win early wednesday morning. he has been locked down, i am told, really working on some of, you know, the positions and looking through the positions and different people and candidates for who he would select in certain cabinet positions and top white house roles, but also some of his early policy priorities. you are exactly correct. there is been an intense amount of jockeying going on around mar-a-lago. we know president-elect donald trump comes to the patio and he likes to mingle with guests. we have been told every single table has been filled every single night at mar-a-lago as they are trying to be seen by him and maybe get an audience with him. there is a lot happening behind the scenes. i want to talk about some of the key things president-elect donald trump is focused on because when i talked to his team and his advisers, they keep focusing on the same role. there are a few r

some of the contenders are headed to mar-a-lago this week. what more can you tell us on what is going on here because this is such a key post? >> it is a key post and there is so much jockying for the post and heavy hitters weighing in on this as well. elon musk putting this out on social media actually posting on x that scott best who is one of the contenders, has the more traditional wall street resume, posting that he would be business as usual whereas howard lutnick, the other contender would enact change. lutnick is cut out of the maga mould. he is the less conventional choice and best is the more conventional. mark rowen is being reported and also kevin warrish, a former federal reserve worker as two potential picks. all of this is in discussion at mar-a-lago with the transition team. the musk of it all is a big factor here. we reported recently that elon musk since election day has been wielding his influence at mar-a-lago. he has been at dinners, meetings, calls, travelling with president-elect trump, pretty much everywhere he goes. t