larry: last one, mike waltz.peaking of china, speak of tariffs and so forth and trairkd as you probably know, a federal judge today ruled that either tiktok is sold by bytedance, or they're outta here. that, essentially, it's a chinese spy agency which is what many in congress have said. i don't know what your prior view has been. many trump said let congress -- mr. trump said let congress decide on it it's going to be appealed to the supreme court, i'm sure, but what's your thinking about tiktok? is it, in fact, a partisan chinese spy network? if. >> well, my view is the president's view now -- [laughter] larry. my own views as a member of congress, you know, don't apply here. the president is a fan of tiktok. he wants to save tiktok. we absolutely need to allow the american people to have access to that app, but we have to protect our data as well. and we have to protect that that data from if foreign interference and from foreign collection. so i expect in this to move through the courts, but from the presiden

man who's definitely headed to are a job in the white house, incoming national security adviser mike waltz will join us to preview the new administration's priorities amid instability throughout the middle east, tensions in asia and an unrelenting war in ukraine. >>> ukraine's ambassador to the u.s. will also be here. we'll ask how new leadership in washington will change her own country's calculus as russia's invasion grinds on. >>> then president biden breaks a record by commuting the sentences of 1500 americans. we'll ask democratic senator amy klobuchar about that and the future of law enforcement under trump. >>> plus, donald trump promises wall street big changes are ahead. >> we're going to do things i think that haven't really been done before. we're going to be cutting taxes still further. >> we'll dive into the details with ibm vice chairman gary cohn who served as a top economic aide to trump during the first term. >>> finally, a conversation with the head of the united nation's world food program cindy mccain about the link between global hunger and global instability. it's all

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a going to back up president trump with of course with marco rubio and with elise stefanik and mike waltzhey, it will be a team. i'm really grateful for mike johnson and mike is commitment. we have mike rogers with the armed service committee and mike mccaul will be maybe a new chairman of foreign affairs committee, and then mike turner with intelligence committee. will all be working together to secure national security and back again to peace through strength. to me it's the reaganite agenda. i was really grateful at the milwaukee convention to help host 27 ambassador from the european union. i pointed out to them different divisions in the republican party that essentially it's the reaganite the peace through strength. a fun thing occurred that two hours after that i was at another reception with half of the ambassadors there, and mike johnson began his speech by saying i'm a reaganite. so of course that prompted me to applaud out of context. the speaker said hey, that's reason i asked joe wilson to come to all my speeches. but that's what we have in the republican party. the isolation

the republican florida mike waltz national security advisor nominee will speak to us about the ball out from the afghanistan debacle just ahead. >> as we look forward to that, the top of the hour with sanctuary cities and states fighting president-elect trump's nasty deportation plans. incoming border czar, tom homan, has this morning for them. >> if you are the chicago mayor that doesn't want to help, you can step aside. if you knowingly harbor or conceal an illegal alien, i will prosecute you. >> sandra: a drop mike moma in chicago. hello, everyone i am sandra smith in new york. josephine when he had the approval of the audience as well. i am john roberts and good to spend wednesday with you. this is "america reports" and democrats vowing to defy trump to ramp up deportation process day one of his administration. one california county to expand protections for illegal immigrants making it even harder for the federal immigration agencies to do their jobs. speed to the place in san diego would not be allowed to tell i.c.e. what when and where illegal migrants release from custody. charl

and if between mike waltz and president trump, your not going if to have -- you're not going to haves pushing america around the way they have the last four years. and if that goes to hamas. the fact that iran and a maas have taken all these -- hamas have taken all these american hostages and on october 7th they killed 40 americans in the attack and have faced no repercussions for it. in fact, we've been paying iran ran many for hostages and doing -- ransom for hostages and doing sanctions relief, and tony blinken's been having tea with the hamas if leaders in doha. that's all going to end when president trump comes into power. what i've said is the hamas if leaders both inside and outside of gaza, if they don't release the american hostages, my guess is they're going to the end up like baghdadi with a military working dog chasing them down a tunnel, and that'll be the haas thing they see in their life. and the fact that you've got president trump and mike waltz saying that openly, watch out, hamas, if you don't let those americans -- free the americans immediately. jason: i also wan

republicans enjoy in congress is getting thinner and thinner and then you have elise stefanik and mike waltz coming into the administration. so where's the -- what's the majority now? >> hey, i can tell you very honestly, thank goodness for speaker mike johnson because he's going to be hurting caps, which is a polite term because it's worse than that. some of these people -- god bless them. but hey, i just have a lot of faith and then we have a great leader with steve scalise and lisa mcclain now and i'm grateful that we have great leadership with tom emmer as our whip and then -- but the vote is going to be very narrow and what a challenge. >> so what is the election going to mean in the inauguration on january 20th for the legislative gypped? >> it's going to give us a real opportunity, and a challenge and we must deliver. for example, on sanctionses, we need to codify the sanctions. they're currently by executive order but they could bed soified and over and over again, i'm also -- hey, i know on day one how it was misinterpreted he's going to be a dictator for a day. no, what he meant wa

joni ernst, bill hagerty, mike waltz along the governor desantis. any of these people in your estimation, would they face pushback for their confirmation process? be seen as more qualified to lead dod? >> i will say very early read i think all would sail through confirmation. we have three are military service. and we have the senators have good relations on the hill. if we just take how mike waltz was received when nominated, when named to be the national security adviser, there was widespread support for him. in fact, his name was put out then some other candidates like matt gaetz and pete hegseth were announced. people who were seen as being more controversial potential picks, and everyone at the time, there was a lot of fallback to well, mike waltz is at least a stabilizing force for this administration. i think candidly all four of them would, they also have government experience. every single one of them has government experience in addition to the three of them having military experience. >> two of them as long time senators. one who's been t

but, you mentioned mike waltz before mene, he is replacing jake sullivan, i believe two weeks over octoberse people were so wrong, just the difference between buying wrong and right. >> right. jake sul sullivan in the bi biden administration was one of architect of restoring u.s. engagement with regime in iran, which is behind the hamas attack on israel. creating the instability and violence in middle east, they believed for a long time all we need to do is talk with mullahs and they will be will to be be more peaceful, the opposite has happened, they had cash in their coffers and an america that was not opposing them they became or aggressive it will be president trump's primary goal to reengage an aggressive stance toward iran and make it clear they will not be able to sponsor violence and terrorism. david: they may have had a mole in state department. as well. batya, i have to bring it back home. black lives matter had a demonstration in new york city this weekend, does not matter, what it was for but bottom line is they had fewer than 20 people come, this is an organization that had 50

i actually met with his incoming national security advisor, mike waltz, who is my colleague and friendthe sense that i get from them is that they don't want to see a tiktok controlled by the ccp. so the best way to both preserve tiktok and make sure that it's not controlled by the ccp is to have bytedance sell tiktok. and so now they need to accept the law and make that happen. >> trump met with shou chew yesterday, who is the ceo of tiktok. i understand mike waltz, the incoming national security adviser, saying one thing, but but if trump comes into office and doesn't enforce it, what will democrats do? and also, what will you want your republican colleagues who voted for that to do? >> well, the only way that this law is going away is if he encourages and then gets it repealed. that's not going to happen. 360 votes in the house for this particular bill, a huge majority in the senate. and so i think it's going to continue to be the law of the land. as the d.c. circuit court said last week. >> let me ask you about a leadership fight that's been playing out inside your party for who is

today, incoming white house national security advisor, florida congressman mike waltz told cbs' "face nation," americans need answers. >> we need to know who's behind it. they could be coming from offshore, and we need to take a hard look at our home defenses. >> reporter: alejandro mallyork says they are on it. >> there are thousands of drones flown every day in the united states. recreational drones, commercial drones. that is the reality. >> reporter: in a statement today, new york governor kathy hochul said our federal partners are deploying state-of-the-art detection system to new york state and is asking congress to pass a bill that would strengthen the faa's oversight of drones and give more authority to state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate the activities. some have called it hysteria. officials say of 5,000 drone tips received, fewer than 500 required followup. >>> this is the last workweek for members of congress, an important one for some of president-elect donald trump's cabinet picks. nikole killion is in west palm beach, florida, tracking the transition

these moms out it, the just not as known to the senators and so that processes procesu look at mike waltz. mark waltz is known by the people appear in the capital. you look at marco rubio, that he's not appear in this new issue really going on there. if these individuals that they're just not as come the senators were not asked my with them. i have been fortunate that most of these nominations i know and know these individuals well so i feel like i've got a unique seat here. but the rest of it is just that process. we take oversight very serious in the senate. t thing we actually do and do well is the oversight side of it.t every senator is taking a responsibility likee they should extremely serious. >> along those lines i do want to ask about the background checks. there was a time where it was unclear if those what happened or not. what happened, what change? >> i don't, i don't think there's ever question it was going to happen. one thing that we want to is in the process be done in a timely manner? what we did and what is the fbi to drag their feet on this, as we said issues with the

i'm sorry, mike waltz. they tell me he is a dedicated, laser-focused workaholic. guys -- guy's putting in 15, 16 hours a day, and mike waltz says it's hard for him to keep up. so we hired the right guy to take care of business, and the world sees that. that's why you see the president-elect representing our country in france right now. neil: as we watch the two leaders now, congressman, when they last met, emmanuel macron seemed on top of the world. france was getting ready for the olympics, still years off, and donald trump was thought after the last election to be finished, and that is no longer the case. i do want to listen in there's any audio. hold on for one second. >> sure. [background sounds] neil: all right, i apologize for that, congressman. i did while i still have you, sir, this was a memorable exchange on the week, maybe the month. our capitol hill producer and reporter says in this entire time, he's never seen anything like it, your exchange with the secret i guess temporary director. i want to show people this. if you missed it, you've been in a cav

incoming white house national security adviser florida congressman mike waltz told cbs's "face the nationericans need answers. >> we need to know who's behind it. they could be coming from offshore, and we need to take a hard look at our homeland defenses. >> reporter: dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas insists officials are on it, but he says there is no known foreign involvement in the drone sightings. >> let me set the record straight here, george. there are thousands of drones flown every day in the united states. recreational drones. commercial drones. that is the reality. >> reporter: in a statement new york governor kathy hochul said, "our federal partners are deploying a state-of-the-art drone detection system to new york state." and is also asking congress to pass a bill that she says would strengthen the faa's oversight of drones and give more authority to state and local law enforcement agencies to investigate the activity. some have called the multiple sightings hysteria. officials say of the 5,000 drone tips received fewer than 100 required follow-up. shanelle kaul, cbs news, n

considering names such as senator joni ernst, florida governor ron desantis and florida congressman mike waltz. the uncertainty led josh hawley to tell reporters, quote, it's not 100% clear to me who he wants as secretary of defense right now. amid all of this, mr. trump has rolled out new names for top jobs, among them, peter navarro who will return as a trade advisor. navarro spent four months in prison for contempt of congress for defying a subpoena related to the january 6 investigation. mr. trump has also picked former georgia senator kelly loeffler to head up the small business administration. she's a trump ally who has supported his false claims of election fraud. >> brie, thanks. >>> political crisis in france. the french government toppled yesterday after far left and far right lawmakers came together to pass a no-confidence measure against prime minister barnier. and, his cabinet, now barnier must tender his resignation to french president macron. it is the first time a prime minister has been ousted like this since 1962. what a turn around from a couple months ago. >> reporter: that

considering names such as senator joni ernst, florida governor ron desantis and florida coressman mike waltz, the uncertainty led republican senator josh hawley to tell reporters, it's not 100% clear to me who he wants as secretary of defense right now. now, amid all of this, mr. trump has rolled out new names for top jobs. among them is peter navarro who will return to the white house as a trade advisor. navarro spent four months in prison for contempt of congress for defying a spina related to the january 6 investigation. mr. trump has picked kelly loeffler to head up the small business administration. she is a trump ally who has supported his false claims of election fraud. >> brie jackson, thanks. >>> the supreme court taking up a landmark case concerning transgender rights and tennessee's law involving puberty ockers. the justices seem skeptical to changes to the law, raising concerns they'd be second guessing states if it steps in. >> the constitution leaves that qution to the people's representatives rather than to nine people, none of whom is a doctor. >> but the three liberal justic

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i think, you know, cia director radcliffe, i think mike waltz as national security director are both great examples of people who are foundational. you'll see a great national security team. >> this is a community you may not have oversight of. it sounds like she doesn't have your confidence. what about pete hegseth to run the pentagon at a time of global instability? >> yeah. i think -- i think chairman of the armed services in the senate has made a great statement. we certainly support the process and he has his support going through the process and we'll have to see how that goes through. one thing that is absolutely clear is that the pentagon needs reform. we are not keeping pace with what russia and china are doing in advanced weapons systems. at the same time we're seeing the weapons systems of advanced technology that are being utilized on the battlefield of ukraine and our acquisition systems and our accounting systems, our spending systems are not working at the pentagon. >> that requires experience. >> we need reform. someone has to be able to lead that and that's going to

ambivalence with latin america is over anding looing at cabinet appointments and senator rubio and mike waltzple from "fox & friends" pete hegseth and the new generation of thinking and people having a new strategy of how to look at the world. you can't look at the world less you look at western hemisphere and president trump is making that abundantly clear and latin america getting basically -- going to have to think about this in terms of gio p politics than from both sides and the idea of being able to trade with china and the united states and allow china to take up the critical infrastructure and putting the united states in a weaker position and that era is over and president trump is making that statement right now. will: thank you, joseph. rachel: thank you, joseph. if the trump administration is smart, they'll put that -- take advice from that guy. joseph humire has been at the forefront of so much of this and understands the economics, national security and implications for the united states. it's fascinating. great job on joseph's part. will: new york governor will: new york govern

however, i think you only have to look at some of his appointees, particularly mike waltz, who's going to be the new national security advisor who is not keen on georgian dreams, found the this is ethan. i'm a should be an e at c has supported it. so i think given that we thought this cross policy support for sanctions and possibly some of these are the cv, it'll be interesting to see how that plays out from the us perspective. coming to you now. and we've had you repeatedly is consistently saying that they support, so they should be that they won't be surprised selections that she's been cooling for the full 6 state school as soon as it states, in particular, it gives me the support. however, i just wonder how much that schools don't pay for. and i say this because it's so me who repeating really felt that she had the undisputed backing of europe. i'm not sure she would have left the presidential house. i think it was like now is by fractured. we know that certain countries like hungry on employee, went to russell once in regards to georgia. and i think that tells you when laws as wel

i was at an event this week with the incoming national security director, congressman mike waltz, whoe the defence secretary nominee should pete hegseth not make it, or should donald trump decide that there's just too much heat and attention around his nomination and that he should want to replace him. so, i mean, it's a kind of, in a way, unstable time, isn't it, for the incoming administration and for the world in terms of trying to figure out who's going to be there, who's not going to be there, who are they going to have to talk to, and figuring out what needs to be done around that. and when you're talking about the fbi there and kash patel, sumi, i mean, we have to remember that christopher wray is still technically in thatjob until 2027. donald trump appointed him the first time round. it's a ten—year term. he hasn't given any indication that he's prepared to resign. so, you know, it would have to be up to donald trump to potentially fire him, which is something, speaking to people within the trump administration, that he's potentially prepared to do at 12.01am on the 20th of j

incoming white house national security adviser mike waltz told us today americans need answers. >> weey could be coming from offshore and we need to take a hard look at our homeland defenses. >> let me set the record straight here, george. there are thousands of drones flown every day in the united states, recreational drones, commercial drones. that is the reality. >> some have called the reaction of the multiple sightings hysteria. officials say that of the 5,000 drone tips received, fewer than 100 required follow-up, but it really does have people interested. so we wanted to pick the brains behind the seti institute in mountain view. we're joined live tonight by their senior astronomer dr. seth shostak, an author and phd in astrophysics from cal tech. it's good to see you. thanks for staying up late to talk to us tonight. >> you're more than welcome, brian. >> i was thinking i wonder what seth's take on all this stuff is. i mean could they be of extraterrestrial origin? could they be of foreign origin? do they also have teenagers in new jersey? what do you think? >> well, i used to

the early word we've heard from president trump and some of the people that are around him, like mike waltz, the incoming national security advisor is an expectation that they're going to pressure europe and nations to do more, to support the ukraine, to basically keep in the game, if you will take it and i'm just wondering how that will go over with citizens in europe. europe has the resources to help you crime. you even have resources to still do war. we as a europe might be elizabeth a lot of political will. so the not from the will provides x terminal uh, push on that and uh, you know, the stick you with the, a funeral, not only you crying as a nation, it's a state so, so we should take it seriously and be ready to uh, to find those results, so i'm gonna show the policy, i've just talked about europe kind of as, as, as a single entity. and i think, you know, from my experience of starting an east, you know, western europe and moving across the eastern europe, the intensity of feeling and passion about this topic, changes and shift. is there a real problem inside europe that you're out,

however, i think you only have to look at some of his appointees, particularly mike waltz, who's going to national security advisor who is not keen on jordan dreams found the this is ethan. i'm a should be an e. c has supported it. so i think given that we've got this cross policy support for sanctions and possibly some of these are be speedy. it'll be interesting to see how that plays out from the us perspective. coming to europe, not one we've had your pin need is consistently saying that they support so basically means that they won't be suppressed selections, which has been cooling for the both take state school as soon as it states in particular have given her the support. however, i just wanted how much that's who's don't pay for my say this because is salumi zoo repeating really felt she had the dispute in backing you up? i'm not sure. she went to black. the presidential palace i think you are right now is very fractured. we knew that certain countries like hungry, on skinny, we went to brussels once in regards to georgia. and i think that tells you will last as wellbeing us may

so president trump and his incoming national security adviser, mike waltz are working hand in hand withadministration, national security adviser jake sullivan and president biden's team to get these hostages home. and i'm confident president trump will deliver on that promise. but, again, to iran, they should take donald trump very seriously. look at what he did in his first term. he had his foot on the neck of the iranian regime with tough sanctions. he took action, militarily in the middle east when it was necessary, again, to put america first and to strengthen our alliance with israel and he will do that again in his second term. >> carley: yesterday during the news conference the president-elect was asked about china's and the inauguration. >> are you disappointed that china's xi won't be at the inauguration? >> i don't know that he won't be at the inauguration. i really haven't spoken to him about it. i don't know that, actually. i would say that if he would like to come, i would love to have him. but, there has been nothing much discussed. >> carley: interesting comment there has

incoming national security advisor mike waltz joins me now. why they yelling at each other? president almost got shot twice, did get shot. >> to walk into the people's house and start screaming, i don't care what you think the reason is or what you think the motive is, to start screaming at elected representatives who is put there by nearly 1 million americans is totally unacceptable. my understanding is the information that he had was provided by whistle-blowers. he didn't make it up. number 3 as you pointed out, the american people want to know why the screw ups happened, who was behind the shooters, how the iranians were trying to kill a president of the united states, not once, not twice on multiple streams and what we are going to do about it. you don't talk about a leadership to government program , you show leadership from the top. that's what we needed to see today, not a bunch of theatrics. can i say one more thing. if you are the director of the cepheid servant -- secret service you should not be a household name. if you are that's a problem. let's get back into th

like kash patel, president trump put together very good team marco rubio our friend john ratcliffe mike waltzs awesome, we have good team pam bondi, kash patel is going to make it, pete hegseth is been a friend for a long time, we're going to not knock him out because of an anonymous reporting you gotta swear under oath that you saw things and then will evaluate the testimony like we did with kavanaugh. we has a good team and i want to thank you about talking with kash patel the way the media would never talk about. trey: i knew something must've happened my mom sent me a text that i was invited to christmas. apparently i was not invited until the president said something about me this morning. kash patel is the most unfairly maligned person i ever worked with. i promise you he will be a lot more fair to his opponents than they were to him. trey: you been through tough hearings what should we expect these hearings to be like you are right in the middle of kavanaugh. you can argue he would not survive if it wasn't for you, what should the nominees expect during the hearings. >> respect they sh

we had a couple of months ago mike waltz and senator kelly, bipartisan discussion on the maritime industrial base. one of the issues that they have highlighted and others have as well is more broadly shipped holding. i wanted to go over the report. just one sentence from the top line conclusions, decades of neglect by the u.s. government and private industry have weakened our shipbuilding capacity and maritime workforce contributed to a declining u.s. flag shipping fleet to bring american goods to market and support the u.s. military during wartime. there have been other assessments, naval intelligence , unclassified assessment of the chinese. they have 230 times that shipbuilding capacity of the united states, that's one assessment. that's not how much they are producing, that is the capacity. where do we stand on the broader shipbuilding side? not just the submarine base. why do we have to go? >> a big part of the problem is a skilled workforce issue where we have lost a skilled workforce and shipbuilding and this administration has put a series of initiatives in place to begin building th

trump's national security adviser designant mike waltz set in an interview with fox he was one of thehe voted for the ban in congress but now he says he is on trump's team and's to work with trump to save tiktok it. does suggest that by the way tiktok was one of the biggest platforms for trump during the campaign. it was, i think he really enjoyed having a lot of supporters and followers on tiktok. he did better than kamala harris. >> aishah: both candidates did. >> trump had an aadvantage okay tiktok may shape when he becomes president. >> aishah: president biden is weighing a preemptive blanket pardon for several folks. moving on from hunter biden and now looking at people like i think we have the full screen of these folks, adam schiff, liz cheney, dr. fauci, people who they fear might face retribution from donald trump. here is the white house press secretary today explaining that hunter biden reversal and the rest of it. watch. >> when you think about how the president got do this decision, circumstances have changed. the president is reviewing other pardons and commutations. cer

has because former congressman matt is not taking the oath of office and mike waltz is going to the trump administration. 217-215 means that if anyone republican, at any point, on a partyline vote decides to break ranks and vote with democrats the final vote is to 16-216 and then the house, a tie, fails. so republicans quite literally have zero room for error, zero margin for error. so if it was difficult for them when they had about a four seat cushion, it's going to be even more difficult when, again, they have no space to lose any of their people. >> the question is, is it johnson's ability to control the republican conference? or is it the republican party? it's potentially too unruly to advance donald trump's agenda. if you have to choose between the two what do you think? >> i think it's probably the latter and i think history tells the story. look at the past speakers that we have seen, republican speakers, and what's happened to them. kevin mccarthy couldn't last in the job more than a year. former speaker paul ryan faced the same fate. former speaker john bain are faced the same

mike waltz, that is a prestigious circle.now we have both situations, engaged, active address. >> lawrence: boy did i miss this. every country as a leader and will go back and beat their chests because they don't want to appear weak. this is what the mexican president is doing. the call went different and i don't judge it by that but by the actions. the bottom line is the groups that are coming across have slowed down. they have been disbarred to. that caravan has been broken up. says something happened. >> ainsley: don't you think they watch? you think he watched what happened in america? wait a minute, that is why he did the video, i will go after immigration now. >> steve: the canadian border minister told bloomberg after meeting in the mar-a-lago, canada will devote more drones, choppers, staff to the northern border, they are southern border and it's all because of the trump tariffs threat and that is all it took. it was just a threat. >> lawrence: this is just a coincidence. this is just happening by chance, the phone c

they will lose three because of matt gaetz, elise stefanik, mike waltz.know, and this is going to be a bumpy ride. does he hold on? >> well, the last thing the g.o.p. needs is to bring out the circular firing squad again. the last time they went through this it was 22 days of chaos. mike johnson emerged after multiple attempts by other people to take the job. so, you know, donald trump has a very ambitious agenda. he brought in millions of new voters by promising to taxes on tips. taxes on social security. taxes on overtime. he has promised to secure the border and build the border wall. hire thousands of ice agents to carry out massive deportations. to say do that you have got to pass a budget reconciliation bill in the first 100 days that funds all of that he doesn't have time for dysfunctional house to be shooting at itself. figuring out hot next leader is going to be. they need speaker johnson to stay in the job, let get the election certified. come right out of the box at the start start on january 20th and have the most productive 100 days in presid

marco rubio and also mike waltz. back in 2022, he actually said, if i'm not mistaken, let's end this damn war, because he realized what was happening in ukraine. also he very much opposed the pull out of afghanistan and i completely agree with him that it was a huge mistake. putin and russia only understand the language of strength. if we do not have that collective will, if we don't have that together, we are not going to win this war. this is the key component here, the unity. i am afraid that we are looking at challenging weeks and months where that unity will be challenged and we have to do whatever we can with very realistic arguments, peeling not only to the interests but the selfishness of our own citizens, in order to explain to them why it is crucial for us and our own interests for ukraine to win, not just to prevail, as nato has been saying. >> we have less than five minutes left of the panel. a couple of questions. introduce yourself. stand up, please, introduce yourself. >> thank you. fascinating discuss

. >> let me ask you about something the incoming national security adviser, mike waltz had to say. he credited president-elect trump with this ceasefire, jake saying quote, everyone is coming to the table because of president trump. jake, how do you respond to that? >> well, first, i would just say that we've had good consultations with the incoming team. we have been transparent with them. we are committed to ensuring a smooth transition. i'm glad to see the incoming team is welcoming the ceasefire. i would say you know you've done a good thing when other people take credit for it. we're proud of the work we have done. it came about because of the relentless diplomacy directed to joe biden. >> let's talk about what is happening in syria. rebels have seized control of most of the second largest city. what is your sense of what's happening on the ground and do you think that basar could fall? >> keep in mind, for many years, the syrian government has been engaged in the civil your backed by iran, russia, and hezbollah. all three of those players have been distracted and weakened by