mike waltz wrote recently, that is a recipe for disaster. it's not just about ukrainian compromise, either. it's about pressuring russia in way, economically, militarily, that would also bring them to the table in a way that a political, diplomatic situation could be negotiated sooner. here's what the two men have both said recently about ukraine. >> i think the ukrainian have said incredibly brave and strong and standing up to russia. but at the end of the day, what we are funding here is a stalemate war, that needs to be brought to a conclusion, because that country is going to be set back 100 years. now, that doesn't mean that we celebrate what vladimir putin did or are excited about it, but i think there has to also be some common sense here. >> there is a way to drive this war to an end. we can do it economically. we can do it diplomatically. and let's end this war rather than ing it in perpetuity. >> so that, brianna, does line up with what we heard from former president trump about wanting to end that war quickly as well. and he said

he's going to take mike waltz. can't pick too many more house republicans or else mike johnson has a difficult job on his hands. keep an eye on that. special elections probably favor democrats given the total gop trifecta. we have three candidates running. in gop leadership it's all white men right now. fatherly new members. i think the favorite right now is probably cat but it's a pretty wide open race to replace stefanik. >> congressional reporter for punch bowl news, max cohen. we appreciate it. >>> next up here, we go live to cnbc for an early look at what's driving the day on wall street as stocks continue to surge following donald trump's win. >>> new data shows walmart appears to be scaling back its holiday imports. we'll break down those numbers and what the country's largest retailer is saying about that move when we come right back. t [ vocalizing ] think of what we could do together. >>> time now for business. for that let's bring in charlotte reid from london. wall street continues to analyze which secto

mike waltz has been a friend for quite some time. graduated from the virginia military institute, not west point, unfortunately. but he's a hardened combat veteran. first green beret in congress. he's been on this network a ton. very fair. a smart guy. he will do incredible things. elise stefanik. i was with her before she was a congresswoman, right? she's incredibly capable. tom homan knows the immigration system inside and out. if you doubt that, go to youtube and watch his exchanges when he's testifying before the hill. >> i was watching them. today i was watching. >> so these people, i think the word is competent above loyalty. these people are incredibly competent and they're going to make this administration run very smoothly from jump street. so i'm excited about that. i'm excited for my friend mike waltz. he deserves it. elise stefanik deserves it. these folks will take care of the american people. >> okay. >> i don't know what we're up to now. 79 million votes maybe? the american people clearly sent a signal to washington th

the president-elect turning much of his focus to national security positions naming congressman mike waltz as national security advisor. kristi noem the next homeland security secretary. mr. trump sending a strong signal of support to israel naming former arkansas governor mike huckabee as ambassador to israel. more now on the growing trump white house team and what it all mean. >> reporter: president-elect trump tapping top allies and marco rubio as his picture for secretary of state. he would be an historic choice. he would be the first latino to hold the position. rubio was a fierce trump rival in 2016 and supporter in this year's campaign. >> when he is president, that ends and our enemies will know we are strong. that will bring about peace and avoid war. >> hawkish views honed in the senate and thinks the war in ukraine should come to a swift end. >> at the end of the day we are funding a stalemate war that needs to be brought to a conclusion. >> reporter: a trump ally describing rubio as less maga as other options and is already getting bipartisan support. john fetterman posting tha

let's talk about mike waltzed. a known critic of nato. he's now going to be donald trump's national security advisor and it is not a senate confirmed position. what kind of message does that send to our allies? >> that sends a message that trump is exactly who they thought he was going to be, that he wasn't going to pick someone who is -- the fact that he chose rubio, who is sort of in the more traditional gop vein, foreign policy, for secretary of state, and someone who is more aggressive against nato, against china, as the person who will be the last person in the room with trump on foreign-policy, that says a lot because that's a lot what the national security advisor does. they are the person who has the president's your first thing in the morning with the national security briefing, the last person in the room whenever he's making decisions. as influential as the rest of his cabinet is, waltzed has a lot of sake and how decisions get made or at least how decisions are interpreted. let's put it that way because donald trump -- he's kn

wicked, only in theaters november 22nd. >>> our breaking news tonight, the choice of congressman mike waltz president-elect trump's next national security adviser. it comes after many interesting side bars including this dissertation on social media. "i will not be inviting nikki haley or mike pompeo to join the trump administration which is currently in formation. i very much enjoyed and appreciated working with them previously and would like to thank them for their service to our country." back now with the panel. it's so interesting, the idea maybe there would have been an olive branch. nikki haley committed the ultimate sin, running against him in the primary. >> and saying the things she said about him, telling the truths about him during that time. that was quintessential trump putting that post out. it made it seem like mike pompeo and nikki haley asked for a position in the administration. maybe, probably not. look, nikki haley will run for president in 2028. i believe that's why she was forced to endorse trump, because she needs his maga base to have a future political career and n

mike waltz, it's worth pointing out in that interview went on to say that he has met with jake sullivans national security adviser, putting a warning out there to any adversaries to the united states, that there's no distance, that there's no air between the outgoing and incoming nsa, they are in lock step in terms of the united states able to stand up to any adversaries. >> aaron, thank you. now to julie sirken for more. pete hegseth met with lawmakers last week to shore up support for his defense secretary nomination. how successful has he been, do you have a sense of that? >> alex, remember, this is just the very first step. we'll see these potential cabinet secretaries around on capitol hill for the next several weeks. now they're on thanksgiving break, but that initial meeting that matt gaetz and hegseth made the day before with senators that sit on the panel that will evaluate them. hegseth met with lawmakers, only republicans i should add, on thursday who came away from that meeting, feeling like hegseth does have what it takes to complete this job. senators are also evaluating t

the first -- mike waltz. the first green beret ever elected.gratulations on your new job, this is a termite's job and it will see you working every single day just down the hall maybe a hundred feet or so from the commander in chief. that's going to foreign policy the big topics of the day. president biden as you know approve ukraine's use of u.s.-made long-range missiles in russia which they immediately deployed. russian then responded by using a new kind of experimental ballistic missile with multiple warheads. take a listen to the pentagon. >> this was a new type of lethal capability that was employed on the battlefields. as certainly as a concern to us. >> these monitor defense systems and the antimissile defense is? by the americans in europe to not intercept such missiles. >> gillian: was this a good move for it by the bynen team this week and how concerned are you about this new russian weapon on the battlefield? >> thing to have me on gillian. look. this is a clear escalation and the concert -- the concern has been where is his escalati

ambassador and mike waltz. they will do a tremendous job in the administration.bviously any time you lose members throughout the course of a congress, it makes it, you know, a tighter margin. we've been living through that in this congress. we have passed a lot of bills through the house in a divided government that, frankly, chuck schumer and senate democrats refused to move. i think by having complete control in washington with the white house, the senate and the house, it will make it easier to pass legislation with small majorities, but obviously there's very little room for error. so we're going to have to work through it as a conference, negotiate, find bipartisan compromise where possible, and, frankly, hopefully many of my democratic colleagues do not engage in resistance 2. 0, but actually work with house republicans and senate republicans to address many of the problems that we're facing as a country. the american people spoke loud and clearly on last tuesday that they want us to move in a different direction. >> yeah, and we've seen how some republican

it was an apology to their readers for having endorsed mike waltz for re-election. they apologized for having endorsed him after he tried to help trump overthrow the government. mike waltz is also distinguished himself by claiming trump was not responsible for january 6th. he also proposed dulles airport should be renamed trump airport. so, clearly congressman mike waltz has checked all the boxes that he needs to to be national security adviser in a second trump presidential term. today we also learned that tom holman will be in a job trumpet is apparently calling order czar , that they used to maintain was evidence of communism to call anyone the czar of anything in the u.s. government . but tom holman will be trump's border czar. he is the architect of the policy that had the u.s. government deliberately and systematically taking kids away from their parents and not giving them back. he also spent this period while trump has been out of office on storming the country bragging about how he is going to be the man who will mercilessly come after immigrants if and whe

good news for mike waltz. >> john: good news for mike waltz.e veteran daniel penny's manslaughter trial resuming in new york today with a key witness testifying he jumped in to help penny pinned down jordan neely, who he says was kicking and trying to escape. let's bring in a jeanine pirro, cohost of "the five." a number of witnesses have jumped into support what penny was saying. this is what the "washington examiner" said. danny penny's defense team depending on those aboard the new york city subway, put jordan neely in a choke hold to subdue his threatening and violence presence. "america reports"'s actions towards be 22 were racially biased, coming from the witnesses, there is no sense this was racial bias. >> absolutely not at all and the sad part about this is one word like that gets out of a courtroom, where it is not the reality, where one witness is referring to the white guy because she doesn't know danny penny's name and then you have all of these undercurrents coming into the courtroom, well, it is white versus black and there is al

he appointed florida congressman mike waltz as his new national security advisor. staunch trump ally. he has a combat decorated green beret and a vocal critic of the biden administration withdraw from afghanistan. trump announced his nominating former arkansas governor mike huckabee as u.s. ambassador to israel , and we are learning trump is expected to name some of his top campaign advisers as his new deputy chiefs of staff. kristin holmes has been working the phones to find out all the new picks . tell us about what we should expect. >> we did get another one announced in the coming hours. taylor-britt a witch, a deputy campaign manager and also in charge of donald trump's super pac and a spokesperson for donald trump in the years after he left the office will serve as a deputy chief of staff of personal. presidential personnel and communications. he will join a slate of individuals who was arming those roles. we also know dan scavino, someone has been with donald trump before 2015 and was his golf daddy turning to social media manager and i will be deputy chief

the president-elect turning his focus to national security naming mike waltz as national security advisor and kristi noem expected to be the homeland security secretary. mr. trump sending a strong signal of support to israel naming mike huckabee as ambassador to israel. more now on the growing trump white house team and what it may mean. >> reporter: president-elect trump tapping top allies to his foreign policy and national security teams, expected to announce marco rubio for secretary of state according to sources familiar with the process. he would be an historic choice, the son of cuban immigrants and the first latino to hold that position. rubio was a fierce rival in 2016 and vocal supporter in 2020. his hawkish views on china, iran and russia honed in the senate and embraced trump's position that the war in ukraine should come to a swift end. >> i think the ukrainians are brave and strong standing up to russia, but we are funding a stalemate war that needs to be brought to a conclusion. >> reporter: john fetterman posting that rubio is a strong choice, and i look to voting for confi

it was an apology to their readers for having endorsed mike waltz for reelection. they apologized for having endorsed him after he tried to help trump overthrow the government. mike waltz has also distinguished himself by claiming that trump was not responsible for january 6th. he also has proposed that dulles airport should be renamed trump airport. so clearly, congressman mike waltz has checked all the boxes that he needs to be national security adviser in a second trump presidential term. today we also learned that tom homen will be in a job that trump is apparently calling border czar. remember when republicans used to maintain with a straight face that it was a huge scandal, that it was evidence of communism to call anybody a czar in the u.s. government. tom homen will be trump's border czar. tom homen is the architect of the policy that had the u.s. government deliberately and systematically taking little kids away from their parents and not giving them back. he also spent this interregnum period while trump has been out of the office, bragging that le be the

mike waltz, a diehard loyalists to donald trump, through congress on the outside. wife actually served in the national security council on the previous administration. tom homan was either going to get his or department of homeland security. he knows how to work within the inner agency and the government. elise sefanik , beloved by trump and loves him. what donald trump has done this time that is a remarkably different than last time is how rapidly he announced these people. he had a government waiting and ready to go, which is so different than the scramble of last-minute people who did not know how government works. this is a team ready to go on day one. >> it is. no question about it. the fact that yes, there is jockeying going on, but there was some sort of a plan. you don't move this quickly with just rapid firing jockeying, and elon musk playing phone tag. what do democrats do here? he has won, it appears he will end up being the popular vote and the electoral and senate, possibly likely house . and he is moving fast. >> the one thing democrats have to stop d

in a sane, no boots in the ground anywherewe.an hot wars, et cetera, you havend marco rubio and mike waltzjesse: when you sayo- proe, w ukraine what do you mean by that >> jessica: that we should be supportive -- >> jessica: talk to him -- dot you think it is a good thing foi that kind of position taking within of the republican party? your just wrong. >> jesse: trump commander in chief -- >> jessica: ra guys, if youdn make o'tf these selections, yout not necessarily think somebody b who is a counterterrorism and divisor will be trump choice, the way he was campaigning.ag again are really like him, and for treasury, however you y pronounce it, thatou is it, gret choice for that! and you told me for years that guy was the enemy of the state.t [laughter] it's so funny now actually!s. >> greg: because he is not changing laws, i'm okay with it. george soros is good with money, he is a billionaire.read about this thing in "the new york post", thets t philanthropist and wants to bede the secretary, he builds houses. >> dana: a builds all sorts ofis things. >> greg: who knows, that is somebody up

trump's national security pick mike waltz made this comparison. >> one side escalating. other side escalating. this needs to be within a broader framework to end the conflict. it is more like world war i trench warfare. president trump is incredibly concerned about the carnage that is taking place there. we need to bring this to a responsible end. we need to restore deterrents, restore peace and get ahead of than responding to it. >> sandra: warnings from across the world. ukraine's foreign military commander-in-chief says we can believe the third world war has begun. poland's president says the threat is serious and real when it comes to global conflict. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon for us. >> it is not clear that the yemeni military-age men being recruited by front companies for the russian military know they are being recruited to fight in ukraine. u.s. special envoy to yemen told the financial times that russia is pursuing the houthis in order to recruit mercenaries and weapons transfers. they are taking part in the dialogue and the kind of weapons they'r

and mike waltz going to national security adviser, does that change anything? use it makes it even more difficult, right? when the dust is settled, we are probably looking at a republican majority of anywhere between ten to maybe as little as five votes, five seats. and so if two of those members are removed from the conference, those are vacancies that will take some time to fill. unlike the senate, where a governor can appoint a senator to a post immediately, there has to be a special election in the house and that could take up to 45 days, depending on which stat we are talking about, so that would mean those seats would remain vacant during that during that period of time. both speaker johnson and steve scalise, the number two in the house republican caucus have said the president-elect donald trump understands how tight these margins are and we shouldn't expect him to pick off any more house members for his cabinet, but that process is still ongoing and so while republicans remain hopeful that this will be it, there is still the possibility that there is s

this comes after trump chose florida congressman mike waltz to be his national security advisor. and lee zeldin to head the environmental protection agency. all of this coming as congress returns to washington for the lame duck session with a lot to do on its list. overnight, nbc news projected democratic congressman ruben gallego has won the arizona senate race. he will be the first latino to represent the grand canyon state in the senate. with us now to talk all about this, nbc's vaughn hillyard in west palm beach, florida. jake sherman and new york times congressional correspondent annie carney. vaughan, what's trump's message with rubio as secretary of state? >> reporter: this decision here is one that perhaps was surprising to many in maga world. many who are very staunch donald trump allies, more of the isolationist mold because marco rubio's history is more representative of a more hockish traditional republican stance toward not only china but iran and cuba. and that's where over the last particularly two years that we have seen a change in posture to a certain extent fro

is choosing fourth national security advisor another republican member of congress, congressman mike waltz of florida and after he helped in the effort to try to overthrow the u.s. government and keep trump in power after he lost reelection in 2020, you may remember it was amazing florida story. you may remember a very unusual apology being published by congressman walz's hometown paper, the orlando sentinel, an apology to their readers for having endorsed mike waltz for reelection. they apologize for having endorsed him after he helped trump overthrow the government. he is also distinguishing himself by claiming that trump wasn't responsible for january six and also has proposed that dulles airport should be renamed trump airport. so clearly congressman mike waltz has checked all the boxes he needs to to be the national security advisor and a second trump presidential term and we also learned that tom homan will be in a job that trump is calling orders are in remember when republicans maintained with a straight face it was a huge scandal and evidence of communism to call anyone bizarre of

florida congressman mike waltz has been tapped to serve as trump's national security advisor. late today, trump picked former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe to be his choice to head the cia. it is a busy time here in washington as america's new government is taking shape, and we have a team of correspondents on hand to break it all down for you, beginning with cbs's weijia jiang, who is covering the trump transition in west palm beach, florida. good evening, weijia. what a busy day. >> reporter: good evening to you, norah. every staffing announcement provides further confirmation that trump rewards those who are devoted to him and passionate about implementing his agenda, which includes untangling the u.s. from foreign conflicts and his signature item, securing the border. >> make no mistake, an invasion of our country is happening and our border is a war zone. >> reporter: south dakota governor kristi noem is considered a hard-liner on immigration, and if confirmed as dhs secretary, she would be at the forefront of the plan to deport millions of undocumented

mike waltz's seat is far more conservative than elise's. week into the race. we still don't have totals in a lot of congressional races. it could be thanksgiving before we know who controls the house. it takes so long to count. we don't -- >> harris: come on, we can't get this stuff until thanksgiving? >> are we a third world country? this is obscene that have states that we are looking at a week to count ballots. unbelievable. >> harris: thank you for watching "the faulkner focus." "outnumbered" is after the break. when you're in the military you're really close with your brothers and your sisters that are in the military with you. and when you get out of the military, you kind of lose that until you find a new family. we can talk about our struggles and the things that we did overseas and not everybody can do that. adam! how's it going, brother? we live pretty close to each other. so he's always coming over. when i go to jack's house, we watch a lot of football, hang out. we go outside the friendship has kind of grown into a family i was

florida congressman mike waltz is picked to be his national security adviser.lso a former army colonel. it's emerged that the post office could be in line for a radical shake up which may result in 100s ofjob losses. welcome to the world today. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has resigned after days of mounting criticism over his handling of a long running abuse scandal carried out by a barrister and friend, associated with the church. john smyth subjected around 130 boys and young men to physical, sexual and psychological attacks over decades. the archbishop was made aware of the abuse in 2013 but failed to stop it before smyth died in 2018. todayjustin welby said he felt a profound sense of shame that more was not done by the church of england and was resigning "in sorrow with all victims and survivors". 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, reports. five turbulent days after a damning report, justin welby has contacted the king and resigned. that report criticised the church of england and the archbishop of canterbury for their handling of the case

and then there's mike waltz, 50, who's been chosen as trump's national security adviser.er soldier. as chair of a congressional committee, he argued for the us to be better prepared for conflict in the pacific with china. waltz was asked in an interview in 2022, do you trust china? and he responded, "i don't trust them as far as i can throw them." kristi noem, 52, has been appointed to head the homeland security department, which oversees border threats and the response to terrorism and national emergencies. she's currently governor of south dakota and was the first woman to be elected to that role. noem has long taken a forthright position on immigration and border control. from what we're seeing happen at the southern border, and what we're seeing happen in so many of our cities that this administration isn't shutting down, it's dangerous. it's dangerous to america, to the people that live here. and marco rubio has been confirmed tonight as donald trump's secretary of state, which is the equivalent of other countries' foreign ministers. the 53—year—old republican senato

florida congressman mike waltz will be the national security advisor.post in the white house, just a few doors down from the president. he will sit if approved and president trump has touted his experience on china, russia, iran, global terrorism, host foreign services, green beret, has a lot of diverse experience around not only military background on the ground, on the front lines, but also in washington, as well, so we are still waiting for plenty of more picks, and they are big ones that are not filled quite yet, but really we are only a week from the election so things are moving pretty fast. there are a lot of blanks up there. you can see the silhouettes, attorney general, cia director, of state. big, influential positions around the future president. karl rove is here, but first senior national correspondent aishah hasnie live in west palm beach. hi, aishah. >> hi martha. if you compare it to the way everything went in 2016, this is a lot faster, this transition team has been looking at names for quite some time and finally getting to vet them an

jd vance is in the leadership vote this morning as is mike waltz. his whole team including pete hegseth. i hope we get to that. i have smoke coming out of my ears listening to some of the snobs in the beltway. >> dana: president-elect trump is descending the stairs from his plane returning to washington, d.c. triumphant in his victory and we'll see. he will hit the ground in a moment and then off to the races. >> bill: appropriate color for the torics red, white, blue as he comes down the stairs and then with the salute he will head to capitol hill to meet with house republicans and we believe he will be there for about 30 minutes and make his way to the white house and we'll track all of it. go ahead, hugh and finish your thought. >> personal satisfaction here has to be extraordinary. john ratcliffe at the c.i.a. and said to be marco rubio at state department. elise stefanik is a brilliant person to lead the west and voice america's concerns at the u.n. susie wiles, liked by everybody. i just think he has put together a top tier national security t

i think that's true, ruby, i think that's also even true mike waltz. i look at the set of people. he's nominated this time and they look to me like people who aren't likely to stand up the truck. and if they did tried to stand up, he wouldn't face much political cost in get, get us thing them down the road. in other words, he's setting things up. so the white house, you know, his chief of staff, whoever he decides to a point to keep positions there are going to be able to do pretty much whatever donald wants to do home. and what about the wider region here and last year israel has bombed living on human target officials and military facilities in iran as well . and trump has said openly that israel should bomb it, runs nuclear facilities, input worry about the rest later, which up in the white house doing dramatically increased the chances of an all out war between is really need on i, i think we do increase that risk. i mean, trump has this reputation of sort of being an anti war president because of some exploitation of rhetoric. he's used in places like michigan talking about e

broadly at what we know so far, susie wiles, chief of staff, nsa, national security advisor and mike waltzed, who represents florida. epa, lee selden, former congressman from new york and a trump supporter, deputy chief of staff of policy, stephen miller, tom homan, the border czar and we just discussed marco rubio, elise stefanik at the un and kristi noem, at dhs. david shall he and, what does all of this tell you so far? >> i think it's interesting where trump is starting with these announcement, i think it is the foreign policy, national security, everyone is waiting very anxiously in many quarters on the justice piece of this, given those campaign trump promises but i think you know, immigration, if you look at the exit polls, his strongest issue with voters, it was throughout the entire campaign, it was on election day, his strongest issue. he did also best kamala harris by 20 points on foreign policy in this election though obviously far fewer americans were focused on that as the most important issue but i think what is happening here with the sort of speed and lack of controversy in

mike waltz is set to be national security advisor market will be, it was set to be secretary of state and at least the fabric as un invested. or are you expecting radical change in policy of from washington based on these personal decisions to be clear. policy was already in such an awful place under the by the administration. however, i do anticipate that things will get worse, especially with someone like a former governor mike huckabee who is a committed, evangelical christian, has talked about the fact that the policy and people do not exist. he's described israeli settlements as simply neighborhoods. what i, what you hear from is really ministers is that they're planning to annex the west bank. you have settlers waiting to move back into gaza as soon as the, the firing has stopped. so although, obviously things are already so horrifyingly bad under the current administration. but i do worry that, that moving forward, we will simply continue to see these same policies as well as green lighting the annexation of the west bank for example. and the concern there would be could this s

. rubio is a cuban american and would be the 1st latino to hold the post republican congressman mike waltz. another staunch china critic is reported to be trumps choice for a national security advisor. and there's plenty of speculation about which trump loyalists could feel other talk. jones, united, this man could be donald trump's chief of downsizing. of the law mosque is trumps. highest profile supporter and trumpets publicly spoken of putting him in charge of illuminating government waste. even as musk does billions of dollars of official business with the us. most unofficial influence is already significant. these reportedly joined phone calls between trump and foreign leaders. then there's robert f. kennedy junior outspoken vaccines captain, who may have the health and human services department raising worries about what could happen if another pandemic were to occur. for a secretary of defense, mike rogers has been mentioned for the top job. he's a republican member of congress with a hawkish reputation. and unlike many and trumps world, a strong advocate of arming ukraine and incre

you have ike huckabee, you have the nsa, mike waltz, secretary of state, florida senator plooub. marco rubio. those are fairly conventional picks. no real surprises there. >> well, conventional picks in the sense that for official washington, they make sense, they feel comfortable. waltz served 27 years in the military, highly decorated, you know, has served on key committees in the house. marco rubio in the senate for several years. you know, conventional. mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas. you may not like his politics, conventional. it's the folks, though, the worker bees, the stephen millers, the other deputy chiefs of staff that we will see named over the next few days. >> not surprising that miller and tom homan were put up for positions that you don't need senate confirmation for. >> no question. >> as far as the head of the epa, lee zeldin, and kristi noem put up for the head of dhs, those are a bit perhaps counterintuitive, because lee zeldin doesn't have a ton of experience in the environmental world, in fact he's questioned the science behind climate change. an

you have marco rubio and mike waltz, those folks are very serious about policy and protecting america. they are tough on iran, tough on china, tough on russia , and then in the dod picks and in intelligence, you have folks on the opposite side of that, and so, i think it's going to be fascinating to watch the power struggle, the power balance between all of these folks, but we are also acting like everyone is going to get through senate confirmation, and we will have to see which ones do and which ones don't. some of these folks, are, clearly, more five. mike waltz and marco rubio are more qualified than the other folks, but again, donald trump told everybody what he wanted to do. this was not a secret. the fact that this is now playing out in real time, elections have consequences. >> congressman jared moskowitz, thank you for your time. we do appreciate it. >>> we have much more on breaking news ahead. congressman matt gaetz chosen by president-elect trump to serve as his attorney general. stay with us. your business needs a network it can count on... even during the unexpected. pow

florida congressman and former green beret, mike waltz is expected to be named national security advisor. senator marco rubio is set to be tapped as secretary of state. south carolina governor kristi noem is expected to run homeland security, and former new york congressman lee zeldin says, he is accepted the role of administrator. michaela kart joins us now, former chief of staff to kevin mccarthy. she can give us unique insight into what to expect. you know a lot of these people as well. i want to start by asking you about the expected choice of marco rubio as secretary of state. this is obviously a far cry from the days we were member of little marco. when we get down to the nuts and bolts of this, what does this signal to you? >> senator rubio has a really excellent track record of understanding geopolitical forces, understanding national security, and understanding kind of our america's leadership in this nation. he has also been very, very strong , identifying and speaking to the threat that china poses. he was of course the initial sponsor, or cosponsor of the tiktok deal that cal

president elect trump taps marco rubio and mike waltz for key positions.eing tough on the communist nation. so what will the future of u.s. china relations look like in trump's second term? what does this mean for american families? let's ask former trump deputy national security adviser kt mcfarland. welcome and thanks for joining us. first of all, this meeting with president biden. does it have a chance to be helpful or productive or is a couple months left in office something that china is not going to respond to? >> you've got to think what happened with hunter biden's laptop and going through biden's head is gee, i hope somebody pardons him and what if all that comes out and there's a financial relationship between the biden family and the chinese? that's not good for the biden family but sure not good for chinese going to new administration for president trump. joey: it's an interesting point. looking at trump administration coming in and mike waltz and marco rubio are chose for the cabinet now. they're known for being tough on china. what signal doe

you and congressman mike waltz who served on the armed services committee together, you happy to see him as donald trump's national security adviser? >> well, mike and i have had a very, very good working relationship for four years. when i was chairman, we worked very closely together. he was the ranking member. he then became chairman in that same pattern continued. i think he's going to be a good choice. he understands the department of defense, he understands the security issues around the world. actually, i'm pleased with him having this position. i think it's going to work out well. >> and for context, if they need to know, you're not pleased with basically anything coming from president donald trump, malek donald trump and the policies he's pushing, so that is why i ask, and that is quite a statement. so more broadly, while the house isn't involved in the confirmation process for cabinet nominees, what do you think of a possible marco rubio as secretary of state? if you had a say, do you think you would vote to confirm him? >> well, before i leave mike waltz, he'll be a very go

mike waltz, green beret.ubio, somebody you know has vast experience in foreign policy and intel community. so i'm curious your take on the picks thus far and specifically on the incoming national security adviser and the possible incoming secretary of state. >> joe, my sense is similar to yours and i think the general reaction. these people are in the group of experience bipartisan national security figures, each in congress was known for working across the aisle. if i were to sum up the sort of winners and losers overseas from these picks, i think it's bad news for ukraine. these are people who say it's time to end the war, it's time for the united states to stop spend as much money. it's probably good news for russia because trump's desire to do a deal with russia on ukraine is one of the strongest themes he expressed through the campaign. both of these people can help them do that because they have credibility overseas. it's bad news for china. these are two strong china hawks. if there is one theme that c

angle" from watching tim.co a lot going on, "the wall street journal" said florida congressman mike waltz will be donald trump's national security advisor. he has aafghista green beret ven afghanistan and china hawk. we will have more on that plus my "angle" and moments.e but first, as old joe stumbled through the sand over the weekend, it was very disturbingv did jail help him? and as kamala harris enjoyed downtime, the full breadth of ngtrump's victory is still being unpacked. >> big, blue states with very diverse populations., this no coalition donald trump assemblehed the, he made great strides, california them all 25 te, putin to make iran andf. kamala harris her home state new york cutting the democraticn margin in half. go down this list and look inside the states and you will see it, blue color areas, cities, metro areas with the largest hispanic population that is where trump made his big game there. >> laura: it is not surprising, democrats licking their wounds still postmortem g biden, they are blaming racism, they are blaming staffing, and their favorite catchall misinformatio

and he has asked congressman mike waltz, a green beret veteran, to be his white house national securityir foreign policy chops. >> iran is constantly looking to hurt israel. they seek to drive america out of the region and then destroy israel. >> i don't think anybody is advocating for any military on the front line but helping with that logistics planning, there's operations, integrating the intelligence is incredibly important. >> this is a group that wants to destroy israel. hamas exist to destroy the jewish state of israel. what are you supposed to do with an existential threat? you have to degrade it or eliminate it. >> china on the march. rush on the march. terrorism on the march because they smell weakness in washington. those differences are infinitesimal. >> greg: jesse, i know you have the memory of a goldfish, but does it strike me this is going pretty fast. i don't remember stuff happening this quickly, but maybe i just wasn't paying attention. i'm already not paying attention now. >> jesse: i haven't started saying anything yet and i've already lost you. dana said this is t

i will say, i spoke with mike waltz yesterday.nable that we have seven americans there and we don't get them out mike huckabee sent. there's always room for dialogue. it's got to be followed by action. >> to the point of the hostages. families of american victims of october 7th are suing the state of iran saying that it directly funded the hamas operation. during the meeting, requested an additional $7 million in love from the islamic revolutionary guard corps. "the big project." the times is intimately reviewed a set of the documents that refer to the $7 million including details about the way that hamas leadership works and preparation that went into its attack. getting a pound of flesh out of iran is going to be difficult if not impossible. this lawsuit against iran certainly serves to heighten the issue as the new administration is transitioning. >> i think it probably reflects for the people and those families, those american families that have their members of their family in tunnels and of lot of reflection with the situati

it is official what we have confirmed that congressman mike waltz will be donald trump's national securityser. meantime, at least three u.s. airlines have suspended flights to haiti after two planes were hit by gunfire from gangs that have overrun the capitol of port-au-prince. look at these images. bullet holes that tore through the cabin of a spirit airlines flight. nbc's tom costello is reporting. so what do we know? >> it was inbound from fort lauderdale. some of the bullets pierced into the cabin. thankfully, nobody hit. though one flight attendant suffered a minor injury. we had a second case of a jet blue flight leaving port-au- prince hit by gunfire as it took off. headed for jfk airport. we don't think the pilots knew about the gunfire. but once on the ground, they checked the plane and found a bullet hole. the bottom line, jet blue, american, and spirit have canceled flights into port-au- prince an the faa tells us it is considering banning flights into port-au-prince. at the moment it is almost a moot point because the airport is closed. >> it was normal until there was a loud b

it comes as florida congressman mike waltz has been named as white house national security advisor. he was a huge surrogate for trump on the trail. >>> and former us congressman lee zeldin heads the epa, and miller the deputy chief of staff and former acting ice director, tom homan taking the newly created role of border czar, and vowing to pursue all of trump's policies, including the mass deport ago plan, listen to this. >> we will prioritize public safety threats and national security threats first. i won't feel comfortable, if i'm in a country illegally, if i'm in some other country illegally, i'm not going to be comfortable, you shouldn't be either, because when you enter illegally, you have committed a crime, you're a criminal, and you're not off the table. >> reporter: trace still a lot of important cabinet positions up in the air, including defence secretary and attorney general. it also questions about rfk juniors, tulsi gabber, all people we're expecting could see roles in this administration. trace. >> trace: it's moving quickly, live in florida, thank you, the impact of

with huckabee, rubio and mike waltz in place as national security adviser, trump has three staunch israel supporters in place and china hawks as well. trump is beefing up the national security and two sources are telling us south dakota governish kristi noem will lead the department of homeland security. we're waiting for defense secretary and very important decision and treasury secretary and that's a big one, john paulson, a huge hedge fund manager billionaire has now removed himself from that race. larry. larry: all right, aishah. thanks very much for the update. we appreciate it. so, folks, only nutty democrats would be dumb enough to oppose president trump's deportation plan, and that's the subject of the riff. just before the election, the acting chief of joe biden's ice released a letter to republican texas congressman tony gonzalez that said this, over 662,000 migrants with criminal records have been caught and then released into the country. but there's more. over 15,000 of them were murders convicted in their home countries. hang on, more. 16,000 have been convicted of sexual as

you just mentioned mike waltz who will be national security advisor and the un ambassador.u make of trump's pick to run the department of defense? >> i think the president is putting forth his national security apparatus including john radcliffe at the cia and i know there has been reports of marco rubio for secretary of state, i do not think it is finalized but pete obviously is a decorated war veteran. two bronze stars, army commendation medals, served in iraq and afghanistan. has been involved in military affairs as well as veterans issues. certainly is extremely knowledgeable. obviously there will be a senate confirmation process and he will obviously be able to better articulate his views on the department of defense . i think there is no question that we need to rebuild the military and reform the department of defense. we have been working through that this congress to increase funding for the military and make sure that we are in a position to combat the unholy alliance between china, russia and iran that we have seen forming. pete obviously has a decorated military