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 chance to pay trump back. >> marco rubio saying he doesn't want a friend of putin in that office and doesn't think that is a qualification for the office. unlike ted cruz, he did not come around to donald trump in a whole hearted way at the end of the campaign. he begrudgingly supported him in the end and i believe he said he voted for him, but he didn't come calling if are a cabinet position the way ted cruz did. he was not gaining favor with him. he won in florida despite donald trump's tepid support for him. he could feel as if he has the ability to be more independent from trump. marco rubio and the senate foreign relations committee could have a lot of impact if he doesn't allow this pick to get out of that committee. if they try to shoot him down, they have friends on both aisles in that fight. he has the senator who said he is absolutely basically not supporting tillerson unless he shows that the relationsh

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particularly the republican leadership, mitch mcconnell and marco rubio. could be problematic for donald trump and easier to do it to the standing legislative committees and have more control over the process and people they trust, like a bob corker, a john mccain, for instance, dealing with it rather than a more unwieldly process by a stand-alone committee. >> interesting reporting on your part. elise, pressure on you for more reporting from the diplomatic area. and rex tillerson nominated as the next secretary of state? >> i've talked to a lot of career diplomats. there is a lot of wariness about tillerson's ties to russia and that i think plays into larger fears about what u.s. policy and russia is going to be. more accommodating to russia in serious areas of disagreement, in ukraine in syria, in some of the election meddling they've been doing through eastern europe. there are those concerns and also some of his other business dealings s kur s kyrgyzstan. while there is a wariness, also there's a little excitement about a diplomat coming in with a new

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and it's not just marco rubio in the senate foreign relations committee. jeff flake, a big skeptic of donald trump during the election, to put it lightly and rand paul, not a big fan of john bolton, flame out there for deputy secretary of state under tillerson. so major complications. republicans, seems, are sort of sending warning snarl ining si donald trump. maybe don't pick these people for secretary of state, but it's unclear whether he'll heed the warnings. >> he seemed set on this pick, though. is there anything that can derail any donald trump pick? >> the chances of tillerson being picked are on the decrease right knnow. this could be a bruising fight. what does donald trump like? he likes bruising fight so maybe just doubles down. >> what do you think? >> you're exactly right, i think. i think that in sort of normal washington times and terms, having these republicans, like marco rubio, send these warning shots, via twitter, that this is not a guy who they're very interested in confirming. because of his ties to vladimir putin n putin. that that w

how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator joe lieberman and all of the sort of -- and marco rubio. there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and really reluctant to accept sort of the warm words that donald trump -- >> is rex tillerson going to be forced to denounce putin in that confirmation hearing? >> i believe he will be and pushed about his own reflexes and his own impulses. this is going to become a threat that i think we will be able to pull through the first early months of trump presidency. what's the impulse and instinct instinct and reflex is to defend putin from hacking. we know that rex tillerson in business dealings was able to be so sort of conciliatory and able to work with russia that he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses about russia as really not an ally but an adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much.

he is n senator marco rubio says i have serious concerns about the nomination.re are many questions which must be answered. i expect the relationship to be front and center in his confirmation process. here with senator john mccain yesterday. >> i also, as a hundred of us, have to exercise our best judgment, but when it gets to the friendship award from a butcher, frankly, it's an issue that i think need to be examined. and again, that does not mean we should prejudge mr. tillerson. >> well, tillerson has heavyweight supporters, among condoleezza rice saying today he was an excellent choice for secretary of state. he will bring to the post remarkable and broad international experience. bob gates said i strongly endorse the president-elect's selection of rex tillerson to be the next secretary of state. another voice of support for tillerson is former vice president and former ceo of halliburton, dick cheney. he said tillerson for secretary of state is an inspired choice. i've known rex for many years, both as ceo of exxon and as a personal friend. i'm confidence

what if marco rubio joins that team? >> that's right. it is a big unknown just how much they will be in opposition. i do think that for the republican senate to not grant the republican president his joychoice for secretary of stat would be such an extraordinary thing that it it's almost inconceivable. now that said, this election and the last couple of years here shattered all of our expectations and the conventional wisdom around what governing should look like. i just don't know. >> you have stop itted doing predictions as i tried to get you to do throughout this campaign. so kaitlyn, trump picking tillerson over romney. do you think because of the trump supporters couldn't stomach a romney pick given the vitriol between them during the campaign? >> part of the reason romney was involved in this process was because of people like reince b priebus and others in the establishment types of people were kind of interested in this pick. and whether or not donald trump ended up picking romney, what he did effectively was put romney in a plac

even fellow republicans like john mccain, marco rubio speaking out against tillerson. we'll take a look at what a potential confirmation fight may look like. people say, let's just get a sandwich or something. "or something"? you don't just graduate from medical school, "or something." and we don't just pull smoked chicken, bake fresh foccacia and hand-slice avocado. there's nothing "or something" about it. >>> good sunday to you again. i'm richard lui at our headquarters in new york city. concerns over exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson possibly being the nation's top dimt are cut across the aisle at the moment. specifically his close ties to russia. here's senator john mccain on that. >> a matter of concern to me he has such a close perm relationship with vladimir putin and obviously they've done enormous deals together. ta that would color his approach the vladimir putin and the russian threat. that is a matter of concern. we'll give him his chance. that's what confirmation process and advise and consent is all about. >> the timing here, hans, is the interesting thing, hi

it's not just marco rubio. it's john mccain, lindsey graham.rats that are willing to lend a hand to donald trump and his nominees. >> senate foreign relations committee which will hold hearing on the tillerson nomination, assuming he's actually nominated, it's pretty evenly divided, ten republican seats, nine democratic seats. >> they need three republicans. if you count mccain, graham and rubio, that's three if they all stay opposed to him. susan collins is talked about as another one who might be opposed in the end. the committee is where the vetting takes place. if rex tillerson comes before the committee and he says the right things and says that he supports russia policies that the committee supports, it could be okay. but if more is revealed about his ties to putin and if he continues on with a pro-russian anti-sanctions policy, that will be a big problem. >> let me ask you because marco rubio is on the senate foreign relations committee, if he votes against him and all the democrats vote against him, then he won't get out of committee. >

even marco rubio eventually came around during the general election.o they haven't really shown necessarily -- they've shown they want to put party unity ahead in what we think of is key principles for them on foreign policy and other issues. >> but i heard marco rubio just got reelected to a six-year term. he has a term that outlives this presidency. and we know he doesn't like donald trump. we saw him on the campaign trail calling donald trump a con man and all that stuff. he is the one on the foreign relations committee. that's the vote. if his vote goes the wrong way, then tillerson does not get through the foreign relations committee. and he has already expressed some resistance. >> and i hate to say this because we're talking about 2020 already. but suppose trump is a one-term president by his own choice. my guess is his numbers aren't going to be that good, although i was wrong every week for the last year and a half. if i was marco rubio, i would want to position myself against trump for the possibility of running in 2020 which he is more than

marco rubio is right and i said throughout the campaign that wikileaks were the russian leaks.in his eyes, i see the colonel. whatever the surveys show, the foreign policy of the republican party has been very steely eyed. i am welcoming the democrats, but what i don't approve of is the washing of history of the fact that the crimea was in ukraine four years ago. the little black man did not did not happen and this happened on president obama's watch and after he made an empty threat about a red line. donald trump assembled a strong team. they are calling out the russians for what they are, but i wish they asked pop not whether or not donald trump's taiwan call forced them to steal our under water sub, but he's going to hawaii to play golf. not what i consider to be a strong response. >> listening with us. steve is here at the table. two points come out of hugh hewitt. a duty bound to repeat whether republican or democrat. they travel with the president no matter where they go. number two, somebody has to own the 37% figure or there abouts and people can disagree about the size

john mccain has expressed discomfort with this, marco rubio, as well, lindsey graham.o you think that you can get them on to the democrats' side in order to block a confirmation like this? >> katy, i don't think we should look at this as on the democrats' side or on the republicans' side. i think we should be looking at the enduring interest of the united states. presidents, both republican and democrat, have seen the importance of our foreign policy being based on human rights and democracy. as conservative republican ronald reagan made fighting for human rights around the world and standing up to russia a central part of his legacy. so i think we augd to be asking questions about the trump administration. i'm every bit as concerned about rumors that john bolton will be nominated to be deputy secretary of state. bolton is a hard line ideologue neocon and still thinks the iraq war was a good idea today, despite all evidence to the contrary. so i think, katy, a number of us, republican and democrat, will have some pressing questions for rex tillerson. i have not met the

that includes among those raising questions, republican committee member marco rubio.e, senator, thanks for taking a few minutes. this is a question when can comes to your party and the strategy. a lot of grumbling and objections about the nominees that donald trump put forward. the question of whether democrats can make a stand and actually stop one of these nominations when you see a republican like marco rubio raising concerns about tillerson, is tillerson the that your party will try to focus on? >> he's at the top of the list, but steve pruitt when he wants to turn epa into every polluter's ally, that's a good candidate. i think there will be multiple nominees who will be under scrutiny because of past actions and tillerton is at the top of that list because of his close working partnership with president putin in russia. >> when it comes to what democrats are able to do, they will control the shame ber and one of the changes made and how it works, harry reid did away with the filibuster on executive branch nominations. the people the president picks for his party

marco rubio saying he has serious concerns and lindsey graham. tillerson getting an immediate boost from former gop condoleezza rice. sources said they recommended and endorse aed tillerson to trump. touting experience and success in dealing with foreign leaders. even form he vice president dick cheney weighing in calling tillerson an inspired choice. this as trump says he will select rick perry as his energy secretary. from oil rich texas. perry once proposed eliminating the oil department altogether. in trying explain why, had this epic oops moment. >> the third one i can't. oops. >> trump is delaying his own announcement about his man to separate himself from his business empire. poe. postponing a news conference from thursday until jab. trump tweeting this. even though i am not mandated by law to do so, i will be leaving my businesses before january 20 so i can focus full time on the presidency. two of my children plus executives will manage them. no new deals will be done in my terms of office. fru trump was able to find time to meet with so

john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, james lang ford, jeff flake, that's five there that expressednd hope they want to learn more. not that they said no, but that signals. mitch mckonl did as well yesterday, there might be more skepticism than there would be for other republican picks. generally senators that will confirm the nominees are pretty pleased who trump put forward, but some members of congress i can tell you, haven't seen this level of public skepticism and concern with any other pick than tillerson. >> and great reporting as always on that. nina, we heard in the last 24 hours there's dissension but not too much of an issue. what's your read as more names are added to that list and more concerns are brought up and again no news conference from the president-elect talking more directly to the press about this and the public. >> i think ed is right to raise rex tillerson. tillerson i come from the world of fortune 500 ceos and magazines and conferences and i know he is a well respected ceo of exxonmobile. somebody that's run the company well. he is very well respected. he

. >> so marco rubio is the man on the horse here. >> i think everyone will have a lot to say here. i don't know how these republicanes who have been owe vice rating president obama for being too soft on putin can turn around and vote for a nominee who widely advertised as someone who has been an ali've putin and will be an all-eye of putin in the department of state. i don't know how you do that pivot on that committee. i would be surprised if lindsey graham and john mccain and marco rubio vote for tillerson because they have been consistent in their belief that the worst thing the trump administration could do is turn to this new additional reliant. >> you know this better than i do and i've heard this, who controls u.s. foreign policy region by region? i'm told it is the national security council. they meet with the president and in this case trump, and tell him or her everyday what's going on and that's what guides our policy. the bam bass dors carry out the policy. the regional and assistant secretaries carry out. is that true, or will it conceivably s be said in the state depa

and i -- and by the time they did, by the time ted cruz went after him and marco rubio went after him and jeb bush wept after him it was too little too late. >> you probably went in 2015 thinking jeb bush was going to be the story -- >> i didn't probably, i did. i even followed him to to poland, i think that was it because right before he announced, he did this international tour to varnish his world-stage credentials because he was thinking like a traditional candidate, which by the way was the first thing he did wrong, first of many, many things including the fact that his name was bush which there was nothing he could do about that. no, there's no question. i remember being at jeb bush's announcement on june 15th, 2015 and i remember, you know, it was -- he did very well but it took a lot of effort for him to connect and to really emotish and to try to connect with the crowd and as soon as it was over all of the buzz in the back at the press table is donald trump is really going to do this tomorrow. i mean, the second it was over, i didn't realize it because i was doing live shots,

and marco rubio, john mccain, lindsay graham and --. ed. >> frankly, i would never accept an award from vladimir putin. because then you kind of give some credence and credibility to this butcher. this kgb agent, which is what he is. >> secretary of energy today. the former texas governor rick perry who of course you may remember he forgot the name of the department he was picked to run. do you expect trump to respond at all to the reaction to rex tillerson at that rally where you are tonight? >> well, erin have talked to aides of donald trump who say yes the president elect will be talking up the man he has select forward secretary of state rex tillerson. aides to the president elect are not looking back to this election that occurred on november 8th. ol although later on tonight we're going to be seeing paul ryan on stage. the aides to the president elect, they are looking forward to what could be a very pivotal battle up on capitol hill over the selection of his secretary of state. donald trump is facing a gusher of questions over hi

republican senator marco rubio. putting out a statement this morning saying in part that he has serious concerns about tillerson. and he's not alone there. but tillerson also picked up big endorsements from the likes of former secretaries of state condoleezza rice and james baker. this is the confirmation battle to watch, i can promise you, so stay tuned there. also new in transition this morning the president-elect has tapped former governor rick perry to head up the energy department. the same rick perry who said he wants to get rid of that department, even though sometimes he forgets which department he's talking about. we'll get more on that in a second. and then there is this. rapper kanye west appeared in trump tower today with none other than the president-elect himself. the musician and husband of kim kardashian of course isn't up for a cabinet post as far as we know. phil mattingly live at trump tower in new york. keep a straight face. quite a morning already. rex tillerson, kanye west, insert your favorite

marco rubio among the republicans who sit on that committee right now. it needs to have a majority to move forward, which is to say there's sort of a one republican with margin of error and some democrats they may support him which would change things. senator jeff flake said he was impressed by some of the endorsements including those by condoleezza rice, bob gates and others. >> and peter, going back to the possibility of rick perry leading the energy department. it's interesting, this is another selection potentially who has taken a strong stance against the agency they would head. do we know anymore about the thinking here? >> the bottom line is there's early criticism about this. hillary clinton's own vice presidential candidate tim kaine moments ago basically tweeting, tillerson for secretary of state, what's next? a climate change denier or epa or energy? of course, scott pruitt, who's now been selected as secretary of energy is a skeptic, it's safe to say, of climate change and a similar view on this. so he was mocking the selection there. rick p

marco rubio, lindsey graham, john mccain, that he is too alined with russia, spent too much time with vladimir putin to be secretary of state? they have questions about that. would that dissuade mr. trump if he felt he was the best person for the job? >> the relationship between tillerson and vladimir putin and russia, it depends on what that relationship is. it's a business relationship. as the head of exxonmobil, he goes where the oil is, where the jobs are. he goes where he is producing jobs for people around the globe and of course where he's been able to extract resources to help many people around the globe. that would include russia obviously. it's not as if they're intimate friends, not as if they're god parents to each other's children. it can be looked upon as an asset, not a liability. you want someone as secretary of state, andrea, which is the fourth highest ranking official in our federal government, you want someone who has experience who has the facility, not new to the job. and rex tillerson is a very trump ian-inspired pick, because it's somebody who, like donald tru

you have even got republicans like john mccain and marco rubio who, yes, we know they're not donald trump enthusiasts. they don't seem to be too pleased about rex tillerson. >> i think you're exactly right. tillerson doesn't have that much room for error in the senate where the republicans have 52 senators right now, only a two-vote advantage. he can only afford to lose a couple. several, as you noted, already expressing concerns. marco rubio this morning put out a statement that read in part, i have serious concerns about his nomination. the next secretary of state must be someone who views the world with moral clarity, is free of potential conflicts of interest. he goes on, but the bottom line is rubio punctuating a point he made even as tillerson's name was first floating, effectively saying someone who is a, quote, friend of vladimir is not the attribute i'm looking for in a secretary of state. >> i want to bring in msnbc political analyst rick tyler, and megan murphy. good morning. rick, i want to start with you. rex tillerson, specifically, how could his ties to vladimir putin and r

lindsey graham of south carolina. >> marco rubio. >> marco rubio of florida., that's three. only have 52. that would, if the three voted against tillerson and every democrat voted against, obviously, scuttles the nomination. a long way to go from here to there. mitch mcconnell pointed out, there will are confirmation hearings, the information discussed and then we'll see. >> watched closely. david chalian, thanks for being with us. >> thanks. >>> breaking news. china responding to the president-elect claims he will use the one china policy as a bargaining chip. details ahead. heumatoid arthrit, and you're talking to your doctor about your medication... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. this is humira helping me go further. humira works for many adults. it targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes f

marco rubio is like, this is not going to work for you guys. i would have to say these super serial celebrities who looked into the camera with a white background and repeated the same slogans to be taken i guess seriously by the american people and the electoral college later on. no impact whatsoever. if anything they took perhaps electoral votes away from hillary clinton. kennedy: you say the "new york times" going after marco rubio was a sort of endorsement. i would say the same thing about the celebrities you just point out. >> number one for me is someone on the list which is david cameron. i could not agree more with what "gq" had to say. he was up until, you know, earlier this year he was considered a world leader. he was one of the most powerful people on the planet. and as gq said never has anyone pleased himself allowing this vote to happen. kennedy: nobody is going to vote for it. >> the e.u. is facing this momentous identity crisis because of his oversight. kennedy: it didn't happen that he had barack obama over for the big press co

if senator marco rubio votes no, tillerson could be rejected. or republicans could do maneuvering and get the tillerson recommendation to the full senate bypassing the committee. if they all vote no he needs all there but two to vote yes. at least four republicans have expressed concerns about the pick, which would theoretically sink his nomination unless some vulnerable democrats in energy-rich states decide to back tillerson. manu raju joins me now. the trump campaign will have to get organized to get this nominee through. >> no question about it, jake. especially since democrats by and large are signaling they'll oppose this nomination, particularly the senator -- democratic senators on the foreign relations committee. that means that there is virtually no margin for error, particularly if you start to see significant defections within republican ranks. one good piece of news for the trump campaign, for those republican senators who have expressed concern is that they're not saying they'll oppose the pick. they are willing to listen to what m

republican senator marco rubio says he has, quote, serious concerns here. senator john mccain also saying he's concerned. and nancy pelosi going further, casting tillerson's attitude towards the kremlin as downright warm and cozy. >> coziness with vladimir putin is very alarming and should have been eliminated him, frankly. >> now, like any top federal official, tillerson has to sell his reported $218 million stake in exxon if he is confirmed. but many are asking if he can cut all the other ties to insure that he minds only u.s. interests, not those of his former employer. and this is no theoretical issue, considering that trump has already discussed backing warmer relations with putin and exxon could reap billions if those anti-putin sanctions are lifted. it is the senate that will ultimately decide tillerson's fate, but some other endorsements we want to tell you are pouring in. none other than dick cheney, a former defense industry executive, says tillerson would do, a quote, superb job. joining me now on set is nbc's katy tur. that was her cough you cou

marco rubio citing serious concerns about tillerson's nomination and independent senator bernie sanders calling the nomination very sad, very dangerous and saying he must be opposed. trump's top advisers argue tillerson's past is an asset, not a liability. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership has been accomplished and willing to step forward. >> a good oil didn't put oil in all freedom-loving democracies across the world, and yet rex tillerson was able to make it work. >> so let's dig into what the headlines are revealing for us today. we have our whole team on this. joining me is nbc's kristen welker in wisconsin, the next site of donald trump's thank you tour stop. on set with me katy tur. kristen, let me start with you. we had house minority leader nancy pelosi on our air with andrea mitchell describing democratic reaction to tillerson. take a listen. >> in terms of the president-elect's nomination, coziness with vladimir putin is very alarming and should -- should have been -- eliminated, quite frankly. right now his approach to the

and marco rubio will fall in line.t each of these problems one by one by one you don't see the pattern. but you have one of putin's closest friends in the american business community at stake. you have a national security adviser who took paid speaking engagements from russia propaganda network and moved american policy in so many ways towards russia and syria. you have this giant espionage scandal. you said a minute ago or kirsten said there will be an investigation. the question is will there be a meaningful investigation that will follow the facts where it goes or will the job of the investigators be to shut down this inquiry as rapidly as possible? i don't see a lot of appetite for republicans to follow any of these threads because i think many of them fear the threads all lead to the same place and it's one that will damage republican ability to achieve things as kirsten said they badly want to achieve on taxes and other things. >> one of the things we don't point out enough is we talk about how persuadable mr. tr

marco rubio. rand paul. lindsey graham.and where is jeff flake in that? david sanger, let me ask you, what do you think the biggest concern for tillerson among the senators that are going to be passing judgment on him? what do you think that biggest concern may be? >> you know, joe, one of the oddities of working in the oil territory where mr. tillerson has been now for 41 years is that oil usually sits under the land that is run by some of the world's worst dictators. and he's going to have to if he gets into this job, reverse his normal instinct, which would be to basically make nice, strike the deal, and try to think in terms of human rights issues, think in terms of longer strategic relationships and he's going to be commanding a state department that is the exact cultural opposite of exxonmobil. it's leaky. it has a lot of dissent. i think that's going to be quite an adjustment. >> which your description of the state department you've just described all of the reasons why john bolton should not be his number two while

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establishment republicans including marco rubio, john mccain, lindsey graham are hinting they are ready -- the president-elect and mr. tillerson and sources tell "fox news" republican congressman ryan zinke has been chosen for secretary of the interior. he has reportedly not yet accepted that offer that the congressman was on this broadcast just last night and we asked him about it. are you going to work for the president-elect? >> he has not asked. if the president asked you to go to work for him it's awfully hard to refuse through my first love is montana. to make sure what i do is in the best interest of our country in montana but he has not asked. i'll tell you it's hard to say no to the president. lou: i think that gives us some indication and i will take that up with trump's expanding cabinet, take out a bunch of senior advisor kellyanne conway later on in this broadcast. also with us tonight from national security advisor ambassador james woolsey for mr. trump. he is set to hold its fifth think you rally tonight in wisconsin in a suburb of milwaukee. trump landed moments ago in m

you have a hand full of republicans who have expressed publicly, marco rubio being among them, famously tweeting now, a friend of putin not questioned in his view a strong quality for secretary of state. rand paul, john mccain, now, does rex tillerson answer those questions with substance in a confirmation hearing? he very possibly could. we can expect he will face harsh questions because of the sensitivity of that topic, this is in the news because of the election hacks, you have republicans, even mitch mcconnell saying they want a deeper investigation into this. it's at least going to be something he's going to be asked about. >> the secretary of state has to interact with the entire world, not just russia, what qualifications does tillerson have for that? >> that's the judgment of the preside president. he has dealing around the world. he most certainly would not have dealt with leaders of china, russia, when you're drilling for oil in these countries, you're dealing with the politics as well. does that give you the qualification to handle the sensitivity of the one china question, w

if this is the pick, you see marco rubio's comments and you know when it am cacomes to russ.a worry for the trump team if they go with tiller? >> there is. the main reason people might be worried is the comment from rubio. this is going to be one of the first big tests if trump picks tillerson. this is the test to twist the arms of people on capitol hill. i think a broader question about the trump presidency. can he get congress to fall in line with whatever it is he happens to be doing. he's a business guy. we have seen a lot of wealthy and business people who made up the cabinet. this poses is this the establishment view of what a secretary of state should be? >> if the trump team were to conclude, there has been no announcement. this might be too risky in terms of confirmation. maybe we haven't do this. is mitt romney the back up and who is the second choice? >> there is no clear sense because so many names are floated between mitt romney and petraeus and maybe carly fiorina. she met with trump today. the republicans can't afford even one defection. we are looking at a 10-

republican senator marco rubio is saying that.epublican senator lindsey graham is calling it quote, unnerving. >> i understand this. did they support john kerry for secretary of state? this is a man who when he was a young man was out there, very well known in my day saying that communism was no longer a problem. he threw his metals over a fence in protest. did they vote for him for secretary of state? i don't know the answer but i suspect the answer was yes. >> zeke -- >> there's double standard here. >> let me get some of the other folks in here. zeke, when you look at the business dealings in russia that he's done while leading exxon, they sign this massive deal in 2011 and the man running the russian oil giant which they signed it with, here is what he said. he said that essentially bragged about the valuation of his companies soaring to $7 billion in five days. it shows that exxon's deal helped russia a lot. that's fine in business. it's different when you then take off the business hat and you become secretary of state becau

nice that marco rubio had something to say there. michael mcfall, you know, we only talked about mr. tillerson so far, but does the accumulation of so many pro-putin voices around donald trump trouble you? >> well, it's a mixed bag. i mean, obviously mr. tillerson knows vladimir putin probably better than almost any american that is not in the government. i think you have to -- i think it's henry kissinger and steven segal and him as far and when we used to count these things. so he does know mr. putin well and that translated into a $300 billion potential joint venture back in 2011. when i was ambassador i knew that the exxon mobil operation in moscow well. it was a big business deal at a time before they -- the russians invaded ukraine, that the obama administration supported, but the -- the real problem in my view is that he's one-dimensional. he spent his entire career at exxon mobil, and there are lots of issues in the portfolio of the secretary of state that don't have to do with energy. what about north korea, what about icbms

that elone republican could be marco rubio. who recently tweeted being a friend of vladimir is not something i'm hoping for secretary of state. >>. >> the senate northern relations committee is set next month. >> eric coleman and nbc nbc news reports former texas governor rick perry is president-elect trump's pick for -- he couldn't remember the name of the third federal agency he said he would eliminate. and a surprise guest visited the president-elect today, kanye west walked into trump tower today for a meeting with the president-elect. the president-elect said the two are long time friends. west said he thinks it's important to have a line of communication with the person soon to be president. >>> the judge chastised both sides after a shoulting match this morning. the first of two days of hearings, centered on whether 13 accusers can be called as witnesses. they claim the comedian did the same thing to him. deanna durante has the story. >> reporter: it didn't appear he was scheduled to have a speaking role in court, but he

that is drawing scrutiny from john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio. what does it mean for the other candidates? the many candidates we have seen cycle through the last couple weeks? obviously they did not get the job. most interestingly, mitt romney taking to facebook, saying he was honored to have been considered for the position and saying he has high hopes for the trump administration. this is a long way from calling the president-elect a phony and fake through the general election process. the two formed a mutual respect for one another. the president-elect even calling mitt romney on monday night to tell him he did not get the position. he appreciated his willingness to participate at all. obviously that's on the cabinet side of things. there is a big question of the conflict of interest side of things. president-elect was supposed to answer those questions this week touting his conference on december 15th to announce he would separate himself from his business interests. well, no longer. reality is the president-elect has been solely focused on

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marco rubio saying anyone that's a friend of vladimir is not what i'm looking for in a secretary of state. however, there have been some influential republicans voicing their support for rex tillerson in recent days to donald trump. they include former cabinet members like bob gates, the as well as the other individual, james baker, a man that has met privately with donald trump as well. another one of those finalists for secretary of state was the 2012 republican nominee, mitt romney. my sources familiar with the conversation last night say that trump and romney spoke, that romney was appreciative of the opportunity to be considered. romney putting out a statement after ward calling it an honor to be on that list. >> stand by. andrea mitchell, peter just mentioned, here's a guy that comes to this job if confirmed with no foreign policy experience, but he will also be, if confirmed the first secretary of state in u.s. history with no public sector experience after the election year we've just come through with the feelings of trump supporters across the country, is this a very trump like

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to be the nominee, but he made a decision, if it's not going to be me, it's also not going to be marco rubio. and he took him down and took him out. and maybe trump wins anyway if it's not trump/rubio. the roundtable sticks with us. when we come back, predictions. what does the new year have in store. they're going to tell us. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> take some time out of your new year's weekend to keep up with "hardball" online. follow "hardball" on twitter and instagram and like the show on facebook. you'll get access to exclusive interviews, videos, and behind the scenes photos, as we turn the page on 2016 and cover the brand-new political year. we'll be right back. >>> we are back with the "hardball" roundtable and their political predictions for the -- we were just talking about this off the air, beth said do we want to make predictions anymore? >>> we are back with the "hardball" roundtable and their political predictions for the -- we were just talking about this off the air, beth said do we want to make predictions anymore? this was the 2016 campaign was not t

marco rubio, a member of that committee, expressed concern. rand paul is on that committee. so is jeff flake. those are some independent-minded republican voices who i think are likely to raise questions about tillerson's history with russia in general and vladimir putin in particular. well, well, here's a concern jason and i'm going to try to put it as simply as i possibly can. so exxon the company wanted to do a lot of oil facilities in russia. but then russia invaded crimea in ukraine and u.s. emposed all of these sanctions on russia which killed exxon's dreams of expanding into russia. so, now you have tillerson and russia, they both want to work together on these oil fields. russia would love those sanctions lifted because the economy is in the tank, right? so in that sense should americans raise their eyebrows? >> you know all we got to do is add denzel and this is like a man churian candidate situation. that's how bad this is. i believe that the president-elect has the right to pretty much pick who he and maybe one day she wants to be in their administration. but in t

we will go to work. >> reporter: senator marco rubio is voicing concerns over trump's possible choicef exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson for secretary of state. a man who was awarded the order of friendship by the kremlin. rubio wrote -- being a friend of vladamir is not attribute hoping for from a secretary of state. on abc this morning, president elect trump's chief of staff defended tillerson. >> the fact that he actually has a relationship with people look vladamir putin and others across the globe is something that shouldn't be -- we shouldn't be embarrassed by it. >> reporter: with preibus leaving adds chair of the rnc, a trump favorite to replace him, romney's niece, and could soften the blow if her uncle is not chosen as secretary of state. not clear when mr. trump will announce america's top diplomat. >> errol barnett in washington. thank you. john dickerson of face the nation got two different views on the russian hacking charges spoke to the chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain, and kellyanne conway, senior adviser to president elect. >> the president e