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mike flinn that many have seen campaigning for trump.st known as an advocate for fixing the intelligence operation in afghanistan. he went onto become ahead of the agency. >> it will be interesting to see what job mike flinn gets. he's talking about potentially national security adviser. >> consideraall right, ken, app it. >> what was without question, of an unexpected finish to the white house. democrats are looking to rebuild their party including fiennding new leader. re danny got what he was dreaming about for the holidays. before his mom earned 1% cash back everywhere, every time. [ dinosaur growls ] and his dad earned 2% back at grocery stores and wholesale clubs. yeah! even before they earned 3% back on gas. danny's parents used their bankamericard cash rewards credit card to give him the best day ever. that's the joy of rewarding connections. learn more at bankofamerica.com/getcashback. here you go.picking up for kyle. you wouldn't put up with part of a pizza. um. something wrong? so when it comes to pain relievers, why put up wi

this man and others say he's considering mike flinn for national security adviser. he's been with trump since the beginning of his candidacy. he was head of the defense intelligence agency before being fired by president obama in 2014. he of washington inside hers -- insiders is now picking some on inside of government for a long time. experts say may be something he needs to do. >> you need people like mitt romney considered for governing aspects even if campaigning was at odds. >> president-elect trump has been tweeting that the transition is going smoothly. several senior intelligence officers say they're preparing transition in more than a decade. they say agencies are left in the dark about who will fill his positions because he's keeping that close to the best. >> it gets more interesting. names you bring up, romney, haley, then go back to archives few months ago, what they were saying about him. it's coming back in this interesting situation they might have to work together. >> proof you can make mends at least. >> guess so. thank you. >>> an 18-year-old accu

. >> reporter: lieutenant general mike flinn has been offered the job of national security advisor. flinn controversial for his foreign policy, would not require senate approval, even more controversial ... >>donald trump is a phony, a fraud. >>mitt is a very sad guy. >> reporter: a trsition source says president-elect donald nominee mitt romney sunday to discuss romney as a possible secretary of state. >>mr. romney will be quite capable ever doing a number of thin, but he'll be one of those, i'm sure, that's reviewed. >>repoer: with his transition taking shape mr. trump tued to foreign pocymeeting japan's ime minister. >>i renew my cviction that together with mrtrump i will be le to establish a relatish of trust. >> porter: the selling hiboss' agenda democrats. >>we're beginning to discuss areas that we might move forward on together. >>we'll try to find common ground where we can and stand our ground when we can't. >> reporter: pee back in familiar territory setng up the firs100 days. tracey potts, nbc news, washington. >>a durham information advocacy hispan commuty. el centro his

we also know that lieutenant general mike flinn who has been secure aty advisor has been security advisor. we don't know, yet, though, if he's accepted it. >> those moves would certainly bring the party together but oh to be a fly on the wall with romney and trump. thank you so much. >> 5:42. >> hi. >> hi to you. happy friday. you did it and it is an exciting friday because it is the weekend before thanksgiving. a lot of you short weeks week. good for you. we a record breaker: we have rain to snow and lake effect snow to talk about for our weekend. but in meantime today it is all about the numbers and after 64 yesterday, we will add about 10 i think 74 today, which would in deed break the old record high of 71 which was set one year ago. we are forecasting beautiful weather all across northern ohio with highs well into the 70s today. it is going be sun-filled. bright. make sure you grab the sun glasses for your commute. 58 degrees already at hopkins and here is the storm system tcold front that we're tracking to our west. so, already seeing a lot of snows and all kinds of weather. in the

if you look at mike flinn or rudy giuliani some of these other folks in the mix in the moe moment, whatare people that's going to make a foreign policy that sounds like donald trump, tough, not terribly experience and -- you know, it is trump written large. that may be is what he wants? >> i am not sure if that the world that the united states needs. >> thank you for being here. >> we are going to stay on the topic of this breaking news that nikki haley is under consideration for secretary of state. we'll bring you more as soon as we get it. stay with us. some say i dance to the beat of a different drummer... i say, i just dance. be up for anything with boost. it's intelligent nutrition. with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. and i'm just getting warmed up. boost. be up for it. . >>> we have breaking news in afternoon out of minnesota. the shooting death of philando castile last july. the video of that is disturbing. he was shot by an officer while sitting in his car as his girlfriend live streamed the aftermath on facebook. the officer involved in that shooting has now

we are finding out that not surprising, general mike flinn has been tapped as security adviser and jeff sessions as attorney general. these are two names that we have seen quite a bit with donald trump on the campaign trail and familiar faces and also representative mike pompeo as cia director, he's a new face in the trump's world. he's not something we saw on the campaign trail with donald trump. a bit of a mix bag in terms of reactions. a lot of folks coming out against sessions saying that he's not somebody -- i am sorry, we are distracted of what we are watching now. that's the naked cowboy showing his support for donald trump. >> exactly. >> sor something. >> editor says -- senator jeff sessions, i am going to get my mouth moving as fast as my brain is somebody who's bit of a controversial pick. he's likely to be confirmed in the senate because this is somebody who served a long time. he's familiar with the senator out there and he's somebody who is well respected to a degree. won't be so easy, the democrats are going to come out and talking about past allegations of racist stateme

. >> we are waiting from top source that donald trump is expected to name mike flinn to be national security adviser at some point. it is up to trump ultimately, we'll see. i wonder how that fits with an article thaw just wrote. it is sort of unknown and we don't know exactly of what the approach will be as what you write about. how do you think if it is general flinn, how does he execute that vision? >> well, general flinn ran the defense intelligence agency which is one of the least discussed but largest intelligence agency. he's focused on counter terrorism as most military officials came up to his generation had, the past 15 years. the challenge is the national security adviser is supposed to be the one who integrates many different views, the state department and the energy department and the defense department and the intelligence agencies and he's not been much of a policy person before. you want a very experienced policy in the nsc job. >> david, i can talk to you all afternoon but we have to leave it that. >> thank you very much. good to see you. >> president obama held a news confe

to vice chairman along with alabama senator jeff sessions, former new york mayor rudy giuliani, mike flinn, newt gingrich, and ben carson. the move comes after in-fighting over whether the team should hire anti-trump republicans. so the-called never trumpers. still unfolding bridgegate scanned until new jersey. but the incoming administration is facing a more pressing concern, continued protest against the president-elect flairing up across the country. >> everyone needs to take a deep breath. reince priebus urged calm after he ratcheted up the tension, returning to twitter to complain. had a very open and election. now for professional protesters arest fromming been very unfair. he walked back tweeted loved fact that the small group have passion for our great country. we will all come together and be proud. senate minority leader harry reid says me must do more than tweet. this is going to be a time of healing in a statement, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs, at the feet of donald trump. a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled hid campaign w

. >> on mike flinn he said say islam is a political ideology hiding as a religion. correct? >>. >> much -- >> he didn't say much -- >>[chatter]. >> mike flynn said repeatedly the enemy is radical sclaum. he believes rad claul islam. >> look at his tweet. fear of muslims is rational. he did what donald trump did, which he's painted a whole group of people as enemies. >> let me say this though carl because the one thing that is apparent from this discussion and i'll euphemistically call it a discussion here is that these picks show that donald trump in a way doesn't care about appearances. he doesn't care that this is not being seen as reaching across the aisle here. >> oh i think he does care about appearances and i think this is exactly the appearance that he wants created. this is the four appointments, including bannon plus the three national security picks and sessions represent a hugely divisive statement for the beginning of a presidency. and set up the fact that we are not going to move towards unity in this country after this election. these choices reflect what he sai