all of this, marsha blackburn is the vice chair of the trump transition team. a. >>> first your analysis of donald trump's choice of general mattis to become the secretary of defense. tell us about the direction that choice signals that the new president is about to take. >> it signals you are going to have a secretary of defense who is going to listen to the commanders in the field. general mattis understands the importance of having that on the ground intelligence. he also understands how to work with the troops. i have talked to some of the marines who have been deployed with him at different times. they talk about how he would come out, be in the field with them, he would eat field rations, he would talk with them firsthand. wolf, sometimes when i would be deploying to see my troops from ft. campbell, and would be going to an f.o.b. we would do a town hall, so that i could hear from them what worried them. i thought it was so significant that general mattis would do this with his troops. talk to me, how is your family. tell me, do you have what you need? do

congressman marsha blackburn, thank you for being with us.e look forward to seeing you soon. >> time fear comment or two. that's it for us. thank you for being with us. be with us for our special coverage of trump's thank you and victory tour. kennedy: donald trump says he's stepping away from his businesses so he can fully focus on the country. but is it enough to prevent any conflicts of interest? hillary clinton officially asking forral recount in wisconsin. what are her chances? chris stirewalt is here with the details. is barack obama really blaming fox news in tvs in restaurants for the democratic electoral failure? brian kilmeade is our guest. if religion is the opiate of the masses then twitter is the kraskt electorate and um

congresswoman marsha blackburn, thank you for your time. good to see you. >> good to be with you. thank you. >>> back now to president-elect trump's threats to companies moving jobs overseas. they come on the heels of his deal with indiana-based heating and cooling manufacturer company carrier. in exchange for keeping about 800 manufacturing jobs in the united states, the company received tax breaks and incentives. those still more than 1,000 jobs move to mexico. for more on this indianapolis based talk show host marian weaver and mary. >> clarjo clark. they are known as chicks on the right. miriam is in the blue. amy jo, i'm told you are wearing red today. on the right and i guess always think you are right, is that correct? >> yes. >> and they agree on that point too. miriam give us a sense of the mood in indiana. only, anytime is job is saved, it's a job that's earned, one more family that doesn't have to worry about this during the holidays, but $7 million is a pretty high price tag. >> i think it's really easy to get excited and super happy for the people who are going to hav

we'll talk with marsha blackburn, a member of trump's transition team.ll get her fn on carrier, cabinet picks and more. dow's down five. investors digesting this morning's jobs number. the final number before the fed's meeting later this month. let's get to the cme group and check in with rick santelli and get "the santelli exchange." rick? >> thanks, carl. you know, today's number we had ed lazear on and he went through all the internals pretty good. nothing to shout home about. very compressed, these numbers are always close to expectations as of late. if you look at the response in the market on a two-day chart for ten-year yields, you'll see we've definitely given up a lot of ground, although since we closed around 235, 236 last week. as i look at the board and see 238, almost 239d, what we gave way on the expectations of a whisper number higher than expected with internals better than expected especially wages, what we still end up with is referendum this weekend, ecb meeting next, markets starting to delink in terms of both policy and direction, an

congressman marsha blackburn of tennessee. thanks very much for joining us. >> good to be with you. >>> let's talk a little bit more about this. our chief political correspondent dana bash. our politics executive editor mark preston is with us. cnn politics reporter eugene scott is with us as well. dana, the devil's in the details. possibly $7 million in tax credits if you will for carrier over the next ten years promised by the state of indiana. that's already developing some criticism. >> it is. from people like bernie sanders for example who wrote an op-ed saying he things this is exactly the wrong way to go about it. develop a shared goal, a shared charge during the campaign to talk about job loss, especially because of trade deals, and he's saying this is the wrong way to go about doing it. you know, we'll see -- we don't know all of the specifics of how this worked out. and at the end of the day, if donald trump and mike pence -- the truck administration in general, want to do this on a more global scale, or to be more c

marsha blackburn has chaired this congressional committee that has been described again and again as mccarthy-esque. they have subpoenaed all kinds of documents from health-care providers, just going on a fishing expedition. i have studied this world for 35 years. none of the hundreds of providers i have interviewed baby parts. what they do with the patient's permission is donate the fetal tissue for research. research that has by the way, brought us the polio vaccine, which could also bring us the zika vaccine. this is just one letter from a doctor in colorado. ok, let me stop here and say that the social conservative wing of the republican party i don't think we'll ever go away. i do not think the battles over abortion will ever go away. too many people vote on this basis. this is too crucial a resource for the republican party. another thing we can draw from from aection, and partisan point of view it is a little bit dispiriting. conservatives pay a lot more attention to the court and what will happen to the court than liberals do. this is what we have got. thank you very much. [a

marsha blackburn part of the energy and commerce committee. when you look at that list of ten, are they all viable candidates? we are learning about who has been bumped up, who is bumped down. >> i think everyone is viable, and someone who would be a good option. what we don't know is how he is putting all of this together, and he is the money that nations the decision for how he thinks the personalities and the skill sets are going to work together with other people that he is pulling into the cabinet. as you know, you want to have a team that is well balanced. you want a team that will have strengths, weaknesses, that off set one another, and you apt team that understands the vision and the mission for whatever goals are to be accomplished. i think mr. trump is doing this very well. he is ahead of schedule. this cabinet is coming together faster than any in modern history, and he is very attentive to this process, and it's what the american people want to see. >> he has time 37 it is the 6th. we have seen in the patrick swayze. time is on hi

congressman marsha blackburn. that set a lot of people back who said, wait a minute. take so long? do you concur with that? >> what we have to do is set our process in place so that we can repeal it and put in place those market reforms that we're wanting to see, and we are getting busy with it. it means we have to start sooner rather than later, and quite frankly, i think that is a pretty welcome thing to do, but the house is working on it. we'll have a planning session for our conference tomorrow. dealing with this. we know what our goals are. we know that we do want to get it off the books. that we want to open up the insurance marketplacemarketplaco across state line purchase of health insurance, expand health saving accounts. site with working with hhs secretary tom price. >> do you think it will take that long. >> i'm hopeful we can do it faster than that. >> the reason i mentioned that, if that's the time frame, with the 20 million or so gotten insurance and say this runs out to five to seven million who get insurance, whether they didn't have insurance before

joining me now, trump transition vice chair, congressman marsha blackburn. welcome. i want to put democrats and hillary clinton aside. in your opinion, based on what you have learned, do you believe that russia tried to interfere, get involved, with the election process? >> one of the things we need to keep in mind, stephanie, is that the russians invest heavily in propaganda. we also know that the russians have been out there trying to attack our critical infrastructure systems thousands of times a day. and we're going to see the intel communities take this up. the committees are going to take it up, and they're going to conduct their investigation and see what it was the russians were trying to do. i did read a report this morning that the russian attack attempts were turned back from the republican national committee, rnc systems. and they were not able to infiltrate those systems because the encryptions, et cetera, built around those were a little stronger than what the dnc was using. >> just so i understand, do you believe that russia did try to interfere? >> i

congresswoman marsha blackburn is with us, vice chair of the trump transition team.tt pruitt would reverse president obama's green agenda. there's going to be one ginormous fight in this nomination process. can he get in? can he win? >> i think he is going to win with it, and i think that the american people are going to be pleased to have him there. the clean power plan is something that was done by executive order. you know, we need to remember richard nixon put the epa in place by executive order. and it is time for us to rein this agency in. they do not do cost benefit analysis. the burden on the back of american business and small business manufacturers has been absolutely horrendous. it's time to move it off. stuart: now, you're really warming us all up here because a lot of people want to see the epa reined in, and you're setting us up as, yeah, it's going to happen. do you think it's going to happen? you know, a lot of talk -- >> i think it is -- i think it is time for right-sizing that agency. and i think that it is time to look at what is and is not helpful

marsha blackburn is here. the former cia director will join us at this morning. a big hour ahead.here with us. the clinton campaign aides continued to point fingers. this is the fbi released its search warrant. his wife houma aberdeen. they are tweeting this scene the unsealed filings regarding who was e-mailed reveal his intrusion on the election. he goes on to write and yes campaign made errors especially in wisconsin and michigan but he must account for his actions also. given how unsupported we now see they were. ouch with those tweets. incredible what he's talking about. nobody told him to open up investigation on what hillary clinton did. he did it because of her behavior on e-mail. in the original sin was at the democrats knowingly nominated a presidential candidate under fbi investigation. no one has done that before. no one ever thought that was a good idea before. when you do that bad things may happen. i'm open to the idea that he never should've said anything publicly about this case but he was struggling with the fact that it was critically sensitive and there was so

on friday, i interviewed marsha blackburn, and she didn't answer, i asked her five times if donald trumpnowledges that russia tried to interfere. what do you think? >> i think that what donald trump is trying to do is he's trying to start off, and he's not been sworn into office yet, it's important to say, but he wants to start off his administration with, you know, an outreached hand toward an important country like russia. a similar thing that barack obama did not just with russia but all types of country around the globe when he started his presidency. it's a common thing for presidents to want to do. we don't know the tenor of the conversations happening at a staff level to people in russia. but i think it's appropriate for him to start off that way. i also think it's plenty appropriate for people like you and for voters across the country, members of the media, to want answers to these very basic questions. this election came down to the tale of two sets of e-mails. e-mails we should never have been reading because they were hacked, which is a crime, and put front and center in the

. >> marsha blackburn, congresswoman from tennessee thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be with, thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up an inside look at the russian hackers who breached american political institutions. is vladimir putin's team of cyber warriors still targeting campaign emails? we'll be right back. announcement: this storm promises to be the biggest of the decade. with total accumulation of up to three feet. roads will be shut down indefinitely. and schools are closed. campbell's soups go great with a cold and a nice red. made for real, real life. my budget used toespecially downer. around the holidays. but thanks to fingerhut.com, we can shop over 700,000 items from brands like samsung, kitchenaid and lego. all with low monthly payments. ♪ i really did save hundreds on my car insurance with geico. i should take a closer look at geico... geico has a long history of great savings and great service. over seventy-five years. wait. seventy-five years? that is great. speaking of great, check out these hot riffs. you like smash mouth? uh, yeah i have an early day tomo

. >> and all of this will require a new rule book as we've been discussing congresswoman marsha blackburn thank you very much. >> absolutely. good to see you. thank you. >> chris? >> from politics to reality. we have breaking developments in syria. evacuations finally getting under way in eastern aleppo. a fragile new cease-fire to get civilians out is getting off to a rocky start. activists say regime forces fired on those ambulance convoys. cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen has the latest live from beirut. fred, it's hard to know who is doing what on the ground in terms of violence because there's so many different factions fighting one another. >>> you're absolutely right, chris. it seems as though the information that we're getting is that it was possibly an afghan shiite militia fighting on the side of the syrian government that fired on those convoys as they were coming out because they hadn't gotten the message that the cease-fire and evacuation is actually on. and that just goes to show how many different factions are out there on the ground. they don't necessar

joining us now is republican congresswoman from tennessee, marsha blackburn. she's vice chair of the trump transition team. this news of the president-elect staying on as the executive producer of "the apprentice," tell the american people why they should not be concerned about this apparent conflict of interest. >> he has a great team around him and i'm certain they are telling him exactly what he can and cannot do. and we're going to leave that for all of the attorneys. and those who deal with ethics in government employees. we're going to leave that for them to work out and the decisions that they bring forward -- >> it is a legal question? is it about what he can or can't do or what he should or should not do befitting the office of president? >> it is about what is allowed and what mr. trump would choose to do and how he would approach it within that code of ethics and conduct. and so we're going to leave that for them. i know, chris, it's not the -- that word that he would stay on is probably not something that would make you happy, but i think what we h

i said to marsha blackburn, can you be for clean air and clean wattfer you don't accept the science? a lot of trump supporters came after me for it. i'll say it, again. because it's about the genuineness about the commitment to clean air and clean water. if you don't accept the science, it is a genuine commitment? >> of course, it's a genuine commitment to clean air and clean water. chris, whether you accept the science or not let's accept the science here for a second in this conversation. we're going to move in that direction. if you don't accept the science, we want to move in that direction. it's better for the united states and better for the world to have the u.s. be energy independent. have us have clean air and clean water and protect the environment for future generations of americans. all of that makes sense. but, again, you know, i don't want to litigate that. what i want to do is have a problem-solving oriented common sense solution-based administration because that's what the president-elect has given us a directive to do here at trump tower. so, we're doing that. so, yo

on the stage i have with me congresswoman marsha blackburn from tennessee. she is a member of the trump transition team and has met with mr. trump. we have debbie dingell from michigan. a very important state in the midwest. i'm hoping to walk through a little of what happened they are in what democrats are looking at in the midwest. we have elise stefanik from new york. just won reelection. she is the next generation of younger lawmakers. i look forward to talking with you about that. and senator amy klobuchar from minnesota. she actually just was named billed,r the most sponsored or cosponsors by a center. in a town where gridlock prevails most of the time, she has had a lot of success. let's jump right into the conversation. i want to talk to you congresswoman about the trump transition. we are focused on all the minutia that is happening. clinton pledged to have at least half of the cabinet the women. so far donald trump has had three. as u.s. ambassador -- how important is it that you think women is -- are part of his cabinet? marsha: it is important bu

marsha blackburn, republican from tennessee, also a member of trump transition team, with me now outnnessee, and welcome back here to "america's newsroom." do you want to know if russia meddled in our election? >> everybody wants to know if russia meddled in our election. we know they have not been our friend for a long time. we know we need a better relationship with hem. but, you know, bill, i think everybody wants to know what they were doing, and i think one thing that you can't deny they say, well, there were all the e-mails, and the russians were behind the hacks. no, the russians didn't make these individuals write those words in those e-mails, and so while we do want to get to the bottom of what has transpired, i think we do have to realize, you know -- bill: when democrats say it cost her the election, what do you think? >> i think that is another of their justifications in a long list of justifications of why they lost. and they need to start learning from why they lost. they completely misred the american people -- misread the american people. they were out of step, and th

how one fights marsha blackburn and jeff sessions, to be honest, i'm not prepared to say at this moment except acknowledge this is a serious problem. paul pierson: i want to sneak in one last comment about why trump won. sorry. i think a factor that is not discussed enough, though, carole made the nice point about the share of the women's vote that he received, i think in a lot of ways it's not so surprising that a lot of working class voters especially in rural areas, noncollege educated voters, especially men, voted for trump that would respond to these kinds of appeals. it's sad to me but i think in a lot of ways not surprising. what i think caught a lot of people by surprise was how little price he paid among other republican constituencies. at the end of the day, even though 2/3 of americans said he wasn't qualified to be president almost half of them voted for him. right? i think what that suggests and this is one of the few places i think political science has been pretty good in understanding what's happening out there -- american politics especially among voters has become more

marsha blackburn has chaired this congressional committee that has been described again and again as mccarthy-esque. they have subpoenaed all kinds of documents from health-care providers, just going on a fishing expedition. i have studied this world for 35 years. none of the hundreds of providers i have interviewed sell baby parts. what they do with the patient's permission if they are connected to a university is donate the fetal tissue for research. research that has by the way, brought us the polio vaccine, which could also bring us the zika vaccine. this is just one letter from a doctor in colorado. in the letter speaks for itself. ok, let me stop here and say that the social conservative wing of the republican party i don't think we'll ever go away. i do not think the battles over abortion will ever go away. too many people vote on this basis. this is too crucial a resource for the republican party. another thing we can draw from this election, and from a partisan point of view it is a little bit dispiriting. conservatives pay a lot more attention to the court and what will hap

>> when we come back, we're going to talk more about the trump transition with congresswoman marsha blackburn tennessee. and jan hatzius on the jobs number and fed. don't go away. ways wins. especially in my business. with slow internet from the phone company, you can't keep up. you're stuck, watching spinning wheels and progress bars until someone else scoops your story. switch to comcast business. with high-speed internet up to 10 gigabits per second. you wouldn't pick a slow race car. then why settle for slow internet? comcast business. built for speed. built for business. ♪ >>> good friday morning. welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with kayla tausche, david faber at post nine of the new york stock exchange. big news day as the jobs number comes in at 178, just about on target. unemployment to 4.6. but we're watching wages. starbucks the other big corporate story. and then oil finally taking a breather after a crazy week up about 0.3%. >>> road map begins with a surprise appearance announcing pick for secretary of defense and strong warning for companies planning

i please have with me congresswoman marsha blackburn from tennessee, a member of the child transition team. i look for to talking you are with debbie dingell from michigan, a very important state in the midwest and hope we can walk through a little bit of what happened there and what democrats are looking at in the midwest. we have elise stefanik from new york, who won reelection and she's the next generation of younger lawmakers. look forward to talking to you about that. senator amy klobuchar from minnesota. and i'm very eager to talk to her. she actually was named first for the most billed or sponsored oco -- cosponsored by senator. where there's convert gridlock prevents most of the time she's had a lot more success than more people. let's jump right into the conversation. congresswoman blackburn blackbuo talk about the trump transition. we have been very focused on all the things happening. hillary clinton pledged to have at least half of the cabinet be women. so far doctor has had three. nikki haley as a u.n. ambassador and betsy devos for education secretary. how important is i

on the stage i have with me congresswoman marsha blackburn from tennessee. she is a member of the trump transition team and has met with mr. trump. we have debbie dingell from michigan. a very important state in the midwest. i'm hoping to walk through a little of what happened they are in what democrats are looking at in the midwest. we have elise stefanik from new york. just won reelection. she is the next generation of younger lawmakers. i look forward to talking with you about that. and senator amy klobuchar from minnesota. she actually just was named billed,r the most sponsored or cosponsors by a center. in a town where gridlock prevails most of the time, she has had a lot of success. let's jump right into the conversation. i want to talk to you congresswoman about the trump transition. we are focused on all the minutia that is happening. clinton pledged to have at least half of the cabinet the women. so far donald trump has had three. as u.s. ambassador -- how important is it that you think women is -- are part of his cabinet? marsha: it is important bu

stuart: we are joined now by marsha blackburn from the greek state of tennessee.come to the program. i've got two very specific questions in light of what is going on in europe, in light of terror. if a bill is presented in congress, which reached tricks muslim immigration into the united states, will you sign it? >> i would support it because i have a bill that is before congress right now that would halt the immigration info until we have a process to that, until our dhs secretary can verify, the president can verify that we know who these individuals are, where they are coming from and why they come to the country. it is imperative that we know who is here. stuart: is that those going to be presented in the early session of congress next year? >> of course. you are going to see i will refile my bill. i think you will see this happening. in addition to halt in the refugee inflows from some of the countries that have terrorist act today, we have to look at the office of refugee resettlement and figure out what is going on there. they are not filing their report.