i don't know, michael rubio has been appointed and will be appointed most probably as secretary of state. the 2nd you state in the us for those that don't know is an exceptionally powerful role which will engage with the america's enemies and friends across the globe. remember the guy, tony blinking? yeah. say no more. no, mr. rubio, add the has a little bit of a checkered past, doesn't the, i'll give it to the big dog. let's say, hey, to bring it up. don. had to bring it up, but we got to do it. we gotta do it here on the most can meals were exceptionally well balanced. so let's have a look at what the big don paul about mr. rubio, a few years back. we have to play a little bit of the tweet pink pump. you ready? yes. okay, it's got, let me start. here's one of the big don photo that marco i think is back in 2015 was let's have a read. okay. now, marco rubio is a total lightweight who i wouldn't just uh, hire to would, would it be smaller companies just wouldn't trust in a highly do, overrated politician. well, i'll give you what you guys are cons as a trump section, but here we go. feel

>> you have already got michael rubio going in, to the point we were raising. he may be counting votes and seeing if i can count on collins in your down to a closer 50 margin if you're moving senators out of there, and you have some right wing nominees who cannot pass that 52 vote threshold. maybe he's harboring visions. who knows who he feels out of the mainstream he has to have a recess appointment power available. right now, it feels like, we talked about this, it's his party and it seems more of a flex to say, i will run the house and senate. he probably has more knowledge and awareness of the process this time around than he did last time whereas last time he needed to rely on mcconnell to set up the judicial votes to get them through. this time, he probably is a little more awareness of what he wants to get done immediately and will calendar accordingly. >> i'm still waiting on whether do you see gets anything. are we seeing steve do you see. where we finding him? thank you both. >>> the brand-new crop of democratic senators who weathered this election cy

marco rubio and michael waltz. let's bring in kriti gupta for the details. one name more familiar than the other, marco rubio. secretary of state is hugely important, what does it signal? >> rubio has been outspoken, but he is known as the connection to the latino vote and this is important because he hails from florida weather is a major cuban population. he had his own run for president, when he was brought in to work with trump and they have allied in that way it was to tackle the border. now he's talking about china and since he has been sanctioned by beijing after years of harsh comments, it creates an amps up anti-china rhetoric. tom: indeed. china will have to work out a solution. see and then reporting that trump has pricked -- or picked kristi noem. kristi noem been picked as homeland secretary for the trump administration. talk us through a name that will be less familiar which is michael waltz. >> he is tough on china. the people being picked have that stance and not just mike, it is the u.n. ambassador, a senator from new york, her name is police

michael walz does not because national security adviser does not. marco rubiois expected to be announced as secretary of state, look, he has been a senator for a long time. he will not have any problems getting through confirmation nor will, most probably, the reported department of homeland security secretary kristi noem, which that particular pick a lot of people didn't see coming. >> brian: with marco rubio, is e is very strong basically the portfolio for venezuela and cuba. he kind of set the policy there. he has worked across party lines with foreign relations and intelligence community. he is emphatic call when it comes to this stuff, he lives and breathes it on foreign policy. he knows it's going to be the president's foreign policy. for example he says it's time tweend down the war in ukraine. of course it is ideally. he also knows that knows the dangers of vladimir putin. he brings up experience with the republican administration, democrat administration. he has been in the minority, in the majority, now he is goods to be in the white house. i don't th

this week he tapped michael waltz and marco rubio for his administration. two lawmakers tough.eat we have ever faced. including our next guest retired four star general jack keane chairman for the study of war. do you like the selection of waltzand rubio seeming to underd china. >> absolutely. they have a lot of experience here. they are going to be a major assistance to the president in dealing with this issue what is on the table as china comes back china outpacing military in terms ever capability. >> they have been investing for 20 years. and they are the pacing challenge of this current administration but the challenge is they are outpacing us. fix the military erosion taken place. the last four budgets in terms of defense have been flat. that makes no sense given the threats that we're facing. so we have got to rebuild the military. economically i nanny china now has a $1 trillion surplus dealing with the united states. that means exports over imports. that's considerably larger than what it was during the trump administration. he knows full well that china reneged on the

that legislation is sponsored by a rep tentative from florida, michael waltz, senator marco rubio, thetional security advisor, and the secretary of state under the trump administration. the attorney general says your statements have constituted the commission of crimes of treason against the country and conspiracy with foreign countries. does that increase the threat against you today? >> i am accused every day of a new crime. i wouldn't have enough lives for years to address all the accusations they have put on me. i don't know what else they think they can do, but they certainly would not stop us from doing what we should. we will never, never surrender. nick: maria corina machado. thank you very much. >> thank you, nick. william: president biden took to the south lawn today, using his lame duck status to spare a flock of fowl from the chopping block this holiday season. deema zein has the report. deema: for the fourth year in a row, president joe biden marked the start of the holiday season by carving out some time to make sure two turkeys would not be on the menu this thanksgiving.

it would be very nice not to do so when you, with the point people like michael's as your national security advisor, mario rubio is your secretary of state. and um, you know, the, the texas as your defense secretary, these are not people that you would expect to preside over a termination of wars. and now some people say, yeah, but it will be trump, who was the said policy or metro is the president, was that sponsorship only? and why would you pick these people if what you had in mind was uh, you know, because of the series of peace. and the easiest way to think about this is, well, let's look at the issues like um, there is a way to a oh china. and you buy the cuba, what would you expect the steam to do? and because there's a while ago, say they expect to uh, escalate against man as well. oh yeah. so like, i expect them to escalate against china. so um, what about iran? well, of course, the gonna escalate it gives you around within wise's, and when we come to ukraine, the use of housing that they will pursue a, a peaceful policy on your credit. it doesn't really make uh, very much sense. and you would have to

it would be very nice not to do so when you, with the point people like michaels, is your national security advisor. mario rubio is your secretary of state and you know, the p type, texas as your defense secretary, these are not people that you would expect to preside over a termination of wars. and now some people say, yeah, but it will be trump, who was the said policy, and that's true. it's the president, was that sponsorship, omeo, and why would you pick these people if what you had in mind was uh, you know, the procedure of peace. and the easiest way to think about this as well, let's look at issues like um, venezuela or china and see about the cuba. what would you expect the steam to do? because there's a lot of those a they expect to uh, escalate against man as well. oh, yeah, so like, i expect them to escalate against china. so, um, what about iran? well, of course, uh, gonna escalate it gives you around within wise's, and when we come to ukraine, the use of health thing that they will pursue a, a peaceful policy on your credit. it doesn't really make uh, very much sense. and you would have to think tha

rubio. pretty good. michael waltz, national security advisor. a professional. john thune.e you go to the dentist and you expected to hurt and it isn't hurting. pretty good. but then comes matt gaetz, root canal. and then rfk junior, another root canal. it got more crazy as the week went along. elsie gabbard -- tgabbard will be had of intelligence and she has never had an intelligence job. she has never really run anything. like pete running the pentagon without much management experience. my only conclusion is a he sent these agencies to be agents of chaos. that is the core message i take away. amna: jonathan? reporter: root canal without anesthesia to be clear. donald trump is the most predictable and easy to read politician i've ever had to cover because he projects, he is thin-skinned. he told us he was going to do this. he told us -- rfk, you should be the head of hhs but it is crazy. but he is following through peer he is putting in loyalists, people that will not tell him no and also people that believe in what he wants to do. you called them agents of chaos. a lot o

in the beginning, he had nominated marco rubio, pretty good. michael security advisor, professional. john thune, the senate majority leader. your font to the dentist expected to hurt. oh, this is pretty good but then comes matt gaetz which is root canal. and then comes rfk junior, another root canal. so, it got crazier as the week went on. we can talk about matt gaetz but to pick kelsey gabbard -- kelsey gabbard, she never had an intelligence job. she had no experience in intelligence. who does that? she is never even run anything. like running the pentagon without management experience. it is just like my only conclusion he's sent these people into these agencies to be agents of chaos and that is the core message i take away from this. >> jonathan let's get your take. >> root canal without anesthesia just to be clear. look, donald trump is the most predictable and easy to read politician i have ever had to cover, because he projects, he's thin skinned, he told us he was going to do this. rfk, you should be the head of hhs, and we thought he was crazy

where is marco rubio or michael waltz, we don't know who his economic advisors are going to be.ani: add to that tom cotton, and that is why you see chinese equities off this morning. even though we had more stimulus coming from them. do these suggest that there is a priority on china, that having china hawks in the white house in top executive roles is important for the trump administration> annmarie: if markets are concerned now, what is going to happen when they see where robert lighthizer is potentially going to be placed, he is the tariff man. markets are pausing this morning after a 51 record high yesterday. as futures. a lot of people saying this has to do with politics but why not take some money off the table as manus routed through, we have bind yields rising almost five basis points. we do have a strong u.s. dollar, we will get in opec report today. we also have home depot hitting the wire right now. what do you see in terms of the health of u.s. homebuilders? dani: it's a decline but it is better than expected for comparable sales. the decline they are expecting is 2.

flames could spread towards homes. >> michael: we're going to begin with the latest on president-elect trump announcing key nominations for his cabinet including marco rubio. rachel scott is tracking it all in west palm beach for us. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: hey, michael, good morning. yes, we are starting to get a clearer picture about who will be responsible with carrying out donald trump's campaign promises. the president-elect moving quickly to fill out his cabinet and administration. he is expected to name florida senator marco rubio to be the next secretary of state. overnight, president-elect donald trump moving fast to fill out his national security team. sources telling abc news marco rubio will be nominated for secretary of state. >> marco is a big winner, beautiful winner from florida. >> reporter: the florida senator sits on the intelligence committee pushing a hard line agenda on china, iran, venezuela and cuba. once one of the president-elect's fiercest opponents. trump mocked as little marco. he repeatedly joined the former president on the campaign trail earlier this year. >> we are tired of living in a country that is no longer

michael walt's security advisor and secretary of state, hopefully marco rubio, where should he prioritize>> first of all, prioritize mexico in the border because has to immediately stop massive inflow of illegal immigration and people watching the trial in georgia on the tragic killing of a college student by a venezuelan illegal immigrant. the number one goal has to be mexico to get the border under control. number two, he has to back israel and prepare to do what it takes to get iranians to back down and sees being a revolutionary terrorist state in the largest sponsor of terror in the room. he got to focus on the ukraine russia war and truce that is acceptable. he got to convince xi jinping we are not going to tolerate any effort by china to occupy taiwan. these are big steps he's got to take and i was talking with marco rubio election night, chatting about the prices cuba where you have the soviet era, they are literally wearing out more blackouts and we think it's possible to see a popular rebellion is the cuban people are fed up with the system that isn't working, literally cannot d

congressman lee zeldin to become the epa administrator, fortis editor marco rubio will become the secretary of state importer congressman michael waltz to be the national security advisor, the lawmaker spoke with me here yesterday on this program. are you expecting to join the trump administration. >> the president of the united states if he calls then that something you to be incredibly honored and salute so we will see. i'll be speaking this morning with trump's newly appointed borders are this morning tom homan my special guest in the adm our, don't miss that with incoming administrations immigration and deportation work to be gone. i look at markets this morning, features indicated a decline at the start of trading after huge trump rally has been placed on selection day, take a look at the numbers, the dow industrial 25, investors have been buying into the promise of growth from a new set of policies coming from a second trump presidency, the dow settling about 44000 yesterday for the first time ever, take a look at markets with the dow of 304, the nasdaq of 12 points in the s&p higher by five and change, crypto ended the d

rounding on his cabin after the decisive electric victory nominating marco rubio for the secretary of state in picking michaelepresentative to be the national security advisor both pics are harsh critics of china, trump is recruiting a team of china hawks, why is beijing relieved, they write president-elect donald trump is putting together what some china hawks call a tough on china dream team still for beijing's perspective it could've been worse, people who consult with senior chinese officials say beijing is relieved that several republicans considered particular threats by the communist party including former secretary of state mike pompeo are not in the mix keystone institute senior fellow and author plan read china's project to destroy america, back with us. great to see you. mike pompeo was when the shots on the houston embassy and told us that china was inside of the gates and was harsh inside of his treatment of china he's not there but what you make of the others is the dream team hawks on china. >> rubio and walther shows you how much the landscape on china has changed when beijing can be relieved

michael waltz hold similar views. it is worth noting the relationship rubio and trump have had over the years.against each other in 2016, during that time, trump once tweeted, marco rubio is a total lightweight i would not hire to run one of my smaller companies. i think we have this to put on the screen. a highly overrated politician. marco rubio, went on a rant about donald trump's fingers. listen . >> which is why i don't understand why his hands are the signs size of someone who is 5'2". have you seen his hands? you know what they say about men with small hands? you can't trust them. >> all right. it just had to be played. that was a long time ago. it does say something , that politicians can move on, yes? >> marco rubio was with john from every position he has ever held, with respect to donald trump. i am a democrat, obviously, marco rubio is not my cup of tea . this is as good of an argument you can make for donald trump, except for this applies to his administration, he will need his own foreign policy . this is not a typical president who sits around with his cabinet and takes advice a

offer the job of secretary of state to marco rubio — his former republican rival who is considered a hawk especially on china and iran. military veteran michaelas just been confirmed as his national security adviser. he too has been a leading critic of china and warned that the us needs to be ready for conflict in the asia pacific region. kristi noem, the govenor of south dakota, is set to become mr trump's homeland security secretary with a key role on immigration policy. — she suffered a backlash when she revealed in a memoir how she had shot dead her pet dog because she said it couldn't be trained. noem said it showed she is able to make �*tough choices.�* she'll work with tom homan who is to be mr trump's so called border tsar— in charge of deporting illigal immigrants — in line with one of the next president's key campaign promises. susie wiles, mr trump's campaign manager and long time ally, has already been announced as his new chief of staff when he re—enters the white house. and his former speechwriter — stephen miller — will be deputy chief of staff — he's another hardliner on immigration who was a driving force behind the 2018 bord

offer the job of secretary of state to marco rubio, is former republican rival who is considered a hawk, especially on china and iran. the military veteran michaeleen confirmed as his national security advisor. he too has been a leading critic of china, and warns that the u.s. needs to be ready for conflict in the asia-pacific region. kristi noem is set to become mr. trump's homeland security secretary with a key role on immigration policy. she suffered backlash when she revealed that she had shot dead her pet dog because she said it cannot be trained. she said she can make tough choices. she will be working with tom homan and, mr. trump's so-called border czar in charge of deporting illegal immigrants in line with what on the next president's keep and pain promises. susie wiles has already been announced as his new chief of staff when he reenters the white house in january. his former speechwriter stephen miller will be deputy chief of staff. he is another hardliner on immigration. he was a driving force behind the 2018 border policy that separated thousands of children from their parents at the u.s. mexico border. let's discuss all of these ap

and michael waltz, national security advisor, previously held by robert o'brien. and then marco rubio expected to be named secretary of state. could always change. these three picks signal to me reembrace of trump -- there are no new wars. its peace through strength, traditional conservatism. it's also america first does not mean america alone. the importance of alliances. all of these people understand the key trump doctrines. >> they demonstrated a level of seriousness and a level of confidence that i think was missing from the first couple of years of the trump administration. he was new to washington. he was relying on other people for their advice and who to choose. these show that he knows who's on his team and is very serious about picking out a clear agenda. i almost wonder if looking back in the next couple of years, we are going to look back and think maybe it was a good thing he didn't return to the white house in 2020. think about if he had stayed there. he would have inherited a democratic-controlled congress, a covid-addled economy, and most important we would have inher

republicans that are still america first, so, for example, you got michael waltz who is going to be national security adviser. you got marco rubios the secretary of state. and then you have pete hegseth as the defense. one is going to be a fire brand that is going to interrupt the military in a way that some people are not prepared for yet. but, again, this is something that the former president campaigned on. is he going to get rid of the wokeness there. and so there is a balance approach. >> ainsley: do you think he learned his lesson from the first administration like i need people that i know are staunch conservatives? >> lawrence: there is a time for a compromise and then there is. >> ainsley: rewarding loyalty. >> lawrence: time to shake things up. >> brian: if you are a conservative, people that are thinkers, but are not going to stab him in the back. the other thing is do you notice first cuban, first woman, first hawaiian, all we have is person. that's what i want to get back. to say just like, you know, i guess susie wiles broke the mold. i guess a cuban american whose dad born in communism escaped to freedom. that's a

michael george. while donald trump is building the new governing team for his second term, his pick for secretary of state is expected to go to florida senator marco rubio joining the list of other trump loyalists already selected to help the president-elect fulfill his goals on national security, diplomacy and immigration. naomi ruchim has the latest. >> good morning to you. as expected, all of these picks are folks who have been mostly loyal to president-elect donald trump though the selection of marco rubio does come after some years of name-calling back and forth. the appointments are only the beginning of what some believe could be the most conservative west wing in recent memory. two sources tell cbs news that president-elect donald trump is expected to tap two florida lawmakers for key cabinet positions. senator marco rubio for secretary of state and congressman mike waltz for national security adviser. >> donald trump is not steeped in policy. >> rubio sparred with trump during the 2016 gop primaries before dropping out and eventually backing him up through this year's campaign. >> we are patriots who love america. >> reporter: waltz is a decora

: we are hearing from john fetterman who says marco rubio is a strong choice and i look forward to voting in his confirmation, trump has chosen michael walt's as national security adviser. that would not require senate confirmation, what are most influential positions in the white house, he plans to pick christie noen who was considered a potential vp pick but she admitted in a book that she had shot and killed her 14-month-old dog who she claimed was unruly and while the president-elect has kept a low profile the last couple days and it is possible through this weekend, tomorrow he will be in washington for a meeting with president biden and could stop by capitol hill to meet with lawmakers as they celebrate is when. that wasn't intentional. neil: i am kidding. the infancy wants them too. he is a great guide. that's one thing i love. okay, charlie gasparino, noah staking where he is, following these cabinet picks. the big one is treasury. how is that battle going? charles: liz claman and neil cavuto look alike. lauren: 1 does the treasury spot look like? charles: i had calls from three trump transition people who are part of the tea

michael baker, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," what a possible secretary of state marco rubio means for youriss us, check us out on spotify or other podcast apps. we will be right back after this break. e. not to mention the kitchen remodel, and we'd just remodel the bathrooms last month. with empower, i get all of my financial questions answered. so i don't have to worry. so you're like a guru now? oh here it comes— join 18 million americans and take control of your financial future with a real time dashboard and real live conversations. empower. what's next. (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) everyone has goals and dreams. and everyone deserves a way to get there. wherever you're going, getting there starts here. state street invest in your future with dia, the only etf that tracks the dow. (♪♪) ♪ ♪ the only etf that tracks the dow. 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. >>> donald trump keeps his promises. you go back to the

michael waltz he picked to be the national security advisor. elise stefanik as u.n. ambassador and expected to tap marco rubio of florida as secretary of state.l strategies. you know all these folks. marco rubio very interesting. having watched his career through the ages and have somebody whose background with his parents leaving cuba is very interesting. this is his take on iran. watch here. >> iran is working to destroy israel. this is a group that wants to destroy israel. hamas exists to destroy the jewish state of israel. you have to degrade it or eliminate the threat. >> dana: how do you see his view of the world? >> first of all a huge contrast to the biden administration where the biden folks are constantly haranguing our ally israel. rubio and all these new nominees will be more in line with what trump wants to do, which is to give netanyahu and israel generally a longer leash to be able to take care of all these terrorist threats in the region and by the way, that is in our interest as well. israel and the united states have common enemies. so i think it is a good idea that rubio is in this job serving the president but prosecuting

rubio to save you, you're already dead. let's go to the other cast of the characters, it's like he's casting on tuubi. michael on counter terrorism and he fantasized about her being shot in the advice face, and hired him. mike huckabee will be his ambassador to israel. negotiating with the palestinians is like negotiating with the nazis in world war ii. you just don't. you beat them and eradicate them. people were mad about the foreign policy in israel and that's what it is now. we also have kristi noem. can we watch her dance? she was dancing next to trump when he did his weird sort of swaying for 45 minutes and she danced with him and that was her audition. >> white church dancing. >> it's called white church -- >> the white church dancing. [ laughter ] >> what is happening? is he casting for a tv show or presidency? >> well, if you do, compare this to 16th, right? when there were people that came from outside of maga world however it was in his infancy and they were going to normalize republicans and normalize trump. he's bringing in pete hegseth from fox news to be secretary of defense and he has 20 years

rubio jumped on board with this campaign, criticizing biden foreign policy. >> after afghanistan happen, ukraine happened, october 7th happen, the stuff china is doing happen. they said he is weak. >> he has chosen michaelurity advisor. he argued the trump administration should end the conflict in the ukraine and the middle east to free up the military to confront china. >> if there is conflict, trump knows how the terror that and use economic leverage the united states has to deter any war. >> trump has promised 60% tariffs on chinese goods coming into united states. >> are you interested in having the anti-ideas, where you can find it and soon? the job offers are out even though the cutting hasn't even started. really? mine stinks. look. here. try secret whole body deodorant. it doesn't leave an icky residue. and it actually gives me 72 hour odor protection... everywhere. secret whole body deodorant. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmi

rubio for example, we differ. we're going to differ on many issues, but we all try to work collectively together, as i did with, uh, my republican colleague michael mccaul on the house foreign affairs committee. we differed we had arguments, but we were able to do it with civility, and we were able to move over and to talk to our allies um, my question is with some that are appointed they've never talked to our allies and our friends. they are individuals who have our allies and friends concerned for example, you know, there's reasons why you had countries like sweden and finland join nato. they didn't, you know, it's because they know what russia is after and what they want to continue to do. but then to have someone there who it gives them a problem in dealing with national intelligence. it makes me concerned about our national security when it comes and you're talking about tulsi gabbard, is what i hear from you, because she's trump's pick for director of national intelligence. >> i heard you call her a national security threat to the united states. tammy duckworth, democratic senator. she was just on yesterday. and she believes that tulsi due

michael: -- tobin: they have been moving very briskly to get the jobs filled out. there are some pix that are reassuring to investors. his chief of staff pick. marco rubiong a lot of people cheered. we have things that raise eyebrows. the secretary of defense is something i got a lot of concerned emails about from both democrats and republicans. it will be a mixed bag. annmarie: do you think he can get confirmed? tobin: this is the first one that i have questions about whether or not he can get to the senate. we have not gotten a lot of clear signal so far of how much willingness there is from some marginal senate republicans to stand up on these pix. during trump's first term he had more unorthodox pics. the rest are fine. he is quite unorthodox annmarie: people forget john radcliffe was struggling maybe to get the nod when it came to the senate and trump 1.0. you mentioned marco rubio. this has only been leaked out to the press. last night we got a slew of statements from president-elect donald trump about who he's going to put in certain positions. why was that one missing? tobin: not clear. some of these reports about people that have been picked li