david petraeus as well.k of a shrinking violet when it comes to international intervention. i think in this as we have gotten so focused on all this fascinating political machinations. >> david petraeus after facing opposition. rand paul who with sits on the foreign relations committee says he has problems potentially with this. >> he spent a year and a half beating up hillary clinton over revealing classified information and he would appoint somebody who the fbi says revealed it, but lied about it in an interview and purposely gave it to someone who did not have the clearance. i think that is a potential problem. >> and general petraeus led military efforts in iraq and afghanistan. rand paul has not been supportive of those things. donald trump hasn't been supportive either. >> i just think it is interesting. the notion of trump will be the president. maybe any of these guys can execute whatever his policies are. although, that's a funny argument for it doesn't matter who the secretary of state is. >> i bel

general petraeus is a different candidate. of his role in these very high profile conflicts and his role running the cia, he has acquired many of those to dramatic skills and international context that would serve anybody well as secretary of state. is a different set of qualifications and has the distinction of having served in obama white house and potentially a trump white house. many qualifying for him, and he makes a interesting candidate. but what would democrat in the senate do illicitly with the nomination? -- do in the senate with that nomination? vonnie: now, talking about the transition updates, a 10:30 call, we'll keep you updated nejra: on anything that comes out of that call. nejra: coming up, francois fillo n petraeus this is bloomberg ♪ ♪ vonnie: you are watching bloomberg. nejra: this is your global business report. d adjusted its global gdp forecast based on the incoming president. will it help or hurt growth in the u.s.? aberdeen asset management tells us what donald trump could mean for investment in emergi

how did it go general petraeus?round, showed us the variety of the challenges and some opportunities as well. great conversation. we will see where it goes from here. tomorrow, the next president of these united states will sit down with tennessee's bob worker, also thought to be under consideration. and then he will have another meeting with mitt romney, reportedly over a tuesday night dinner. and we will talk about kellyanne conway's curious comments from the week and no moment, but john, more broadly, where do you think trump is headed? john: i have this feeling that the goldilocksis candidate here. i think trump wants to reward want to, but does not spark that degree of criticism. i think the romney thing, i think he is toying with romney, playing peekaboo with a baby. is someone petraeus he has respected and admired for a long time. i think that is the direction we could be headed. is about a petraeus guy in a charmer. i think the vetting issues is something that he wants to avoid. i do not think the senate rep

so i, too, have been hearing david petraeus. and he's -- you know, he was my colleague in the bush administration. his accomplishments in turning around and saving lives in the war in iraq are second to none. he's -- you know him, you've covered him, you've interviewed him. >> you think we should be looking at petraeus more broadly than just one job opening? >> reporter: absolutely. that backs up what you and nicolle wallace have been talking about as well. i heard possibly homeland security. brian, you referenced briefly the sort of modern day travails of general petraeus and his pleading guilty to handling classified information. one source very close to the transition team says, listen, there is a sense in that inner circle that general petraeus has paid the price. he's done what he had to do, he's moved on from t. there is a sense that his talent and commitment to the country >> katie packer, what do you want to happen for mitt romney? >> i can't answer that question. i want mitt romney to do what mitt romney thinks is best.

and maybe petraeus being the front-runner in trump's mind. would petraeus be a good pick? what kind of secretary of state would he be? >> well, let's just pause for one moment, because i don't get to take a victory lap all that often. but you will recall yesterday who someone on this program named me said was the front-runner and that would be david petraeus. the conventional wisdom has caught up that petraeus is suddenly in the lead. i think that he -- look, there is no one, literally no one in america, who has as much military expertise as david petraeus. but the secretary of state job is not a military job. petraeus is not only a military expert, but has a great political antenna. he knows the world extraordinarily well. we talked yesterday about the vetting issues that he will face and about the compare and contrast between the things that got him in trouble in terms of handling classified material, for which he was convicted, and the things of which hillary clinton was accused of by donald trump. so there's some interesting political questions. but is he qualified to

but petraeus, i think that could be the direction that we're headed. >> david petraeus is a brilliant guy and a charmer. i think the vetting issues is something they want to avoid. i still believe that the senate controlled by the republicans are not going to harshly vet too many people. but i think that petraeus may end up with the short stick, simply because -- and he'd love the job, i'm sure, simply because of vetting issues. i still think kelly or romney are the two most likely. that's just my gut. i tried to reach a lot of people this afternoon to talk about. no one wanted to talk about where this stands. everyone says the same thing, this is trump's pick. i do believe giuliani won't get it. corker is an interesting pick. he's got warm relations with a lot of people on team trump. but trump has in his mind the image he wants. >> corker does not have that image. bob corker is a smart guy, but does not cut that figure. petraeus does. and romney clearly does. there's no question that he -- trump has said that, he looks like a secretary of state. petraeus, i really think, i know ther

the petraeus meeting, all reports are the petraeus meeting went extraordinarily well. the whole package. so this is wide open. and it could be petraeus, c corker, or romney. david petraeus outperformed all expectations yesterday. even though people knew he was bright going in. >> we'll see what we hear today. >> up next, donald trump's win helped send the markets to record highs. now wall street is looking for what concessions trump could make to the big banks. where we explore. protecting biodiversity. everywhere we work. defeating malaria. improving energy efficiency. developing more clean burning natural gas. my job? my job at exxonmobil? turning algae into biofuels. reducing energy poverty in the developing world. making cars go further with less. fueling the global economy. and you thought we just made the gas. ♪ energy lives here. previously treated withd noplatinum-based chemotherapy, including those with an abnormal alk or egfr gene who've tried an fda-approved targeted therapy, this is big. a chance to live longer with opdivo (nivolumab). opdivo demonstrated l

like petraeus. does anybody remember what obama promised in '08, how that might have contradicted how he made his appointments in '09? no. all you care about is results and i see trump being decisive and very specific. sessions, he wanted as a guy who's going to go after immigration seriously. price is going to change obamacare, going to abolish it and replace it. there's another element in that appointme appointment. price is really close to paul ryan. he inherited his position as head of the budget committee. he's completely on board with the entire with the entire ryan agenda. this is a signal that trump is prepared to work very closely on domestic issues with the ryan house and that they actually want to go through an agenda. that's extremely encouraging. >> all right. one clarification, the administration wants to point out that james baker, george schultz, former ambassador, the current person on the ground in england, went to margaret thatcher's funeral in 2013 but no one from the administrat

david petraeus and bob corker on the short list. a source says mitt romney will have dinner with president-elect tomorrow night, is a job offer on the menu? why did kellyanne conway go public with her campaign against mitt romney. meanwhile, trump has a new twitter tantrum blasting recounts in several states skin and cyinsisting, with no evidence to support his claim, trump is insisting millions of people voted illegally. first late breaking news on the terrifying attack at ohio university. cnn's pamela brown is in ohio with the latest for us. pamela, there is late breaking news on the terrifying attack at ohio state university, what can you tell us? >> that's right, investigators are learning more about the motivations of the suspect, 18-year-old abdul artan, we learned a student at ohio state university, he was born in somalia and came to the united states in 2014. according to his social media posts he went on an anti-american rant and aired grievances about attacks on muslims. he apparently posted this on his facebook page just

this is general david petraeus formerly of the cia.et's listen in for a moment. >> the variety of challenges out there and some of the opportunities as well. very good conversation. we'll see where it goes from here. >> did he offer you a job. >> i have to teach this afternoon. so that is all i can do. good day. >> any advice for him? liz: general david petraeus. he just left a meeting with president-elect donald trump. he has been rumored possibly to be secretary of state. again mitt romney has too, former governor of massachusetts. we're intrigued. palace intrigue just up the street at trump tower. the dow is down 57 points. we're coming right back. bob doll of nuveen on big ideas for savers. looking for a medicare prescription drug plan that could save you money? at unitedhealthcare, we offer three plans to choose from to help meet your needs- including one that's brand new for 2017. introducing the aarp medicarerx walgreens plan insured through unitedhealthcare. it features $0 copays on all tier 1 prescription drugs filled at walgr

>> great news that general petraeus came to visit today. and now you have three -- you have rudy, romney, petraeus. corker. hopefully he keeps going. it's probably the most important appointment he's going to make. you have defense. you have treasury. i think secretary of state going forward is an extremely important pick. i hope he -- president-elect trump continues to interview people and to talk to people and maybe some we haven't even heard yet. if you watch enough cable news on other networks, there's this massive problem going on within the trump organization transition team and it's not really the case. yes, there are loyalists on both sides and it's playing out in the media. he's smart -- i believe donald trump is smart in doing what he's doing. take your time with the decision. announce other appointments before you get to secretary of state. >> what do you think, juan? this is a little bit different. we can expect it to be different. >> i don't think donald trump was prepared for all of this. of course his transition team was tryi

you know who else would be happy with petraeus? a lot of the democratic national security establishment would be happy with petraeus, people who wanted him to run as an independent or democrat. he would be the most bipartisan pick that trump could make. donald trump is expecting another cabinet today, elaine chao as the next head of the department of transportation, which will put her front and center in the effort to pass that john infrastructure bill through congress. luckily for her, she already has a man on the inside, her husband, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we have seen a lot of trump appointments. in addition to tom price, trump has bestowed big jobs on jeff sessions, attorney general, mike matteo, fbi director, and socially considering bob corker and tom cotton and michael mccaul, duncan hunter and lou barletta. and that is not even factoring in all the former capitol hill officials that trump is talking to. in short, the outsider president-elect is preparing to stack his team with capitol hill insiders. if trum

one more strike against petraeus.here is some indication that trump thinks having a retired military as head of the national security council and secretary of state is a retired general too far. john: if that were his thinking, it will be a reasonable thought in my view. we were talking about kellyanne conway already. she caught the hell in the political world when she took the meat cleaver to romney, on the sunday shows, basically saying trump is betraying his backers by even considering is on be former massachusetts governor. according to their trump transition sources on morning joe the president-elect was , furious, according to some sources, furious, with conway for going public with her criticisms. there are theories galore about what conway was doing when she took out the meat cleaver and why she was doing it. what is your take? mark: she did not just doing on sunday shows but she didn't on twitter and then she walked up back. here are some things that donald are not deniable. trump is someone who can be furiou

sot: (petraeus) "he basically walked us around the world. showed a great grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities as well." the retired general followed a number of other trump tower visitors including advisors and other cabinet hopefuls. petraeus resigned in 2012 after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer and on tuesday, mister trump will meet for the second time with former rival and fierce critic mitt romney...despite backlash from loyalists over his possible nomination for secretary of state. sot: (conway/nbc) "i am just astonished at the breathtaking volume and intensity of blowback that i see just as one person close to the president elect is receiving unsolicited."

but today he's talking to general david petraeus. i want to bring in sara murray, because this is interesting, because david petraeus was convicted of giving classified information to his mistress so she could write a book. >> reporter: well, it certainly is an interesting meeting. look, donald trump's plate is packed full today but the meeting with petraeus which we expect later on this afternoon or this evening is one that could potentially be an opportunity for him to fill this secretary of state position that's been the subject of much palace intrigue. as you point out, petraeus would be an interesting pick for secretary of state really for any top level cabinet position because of the scrutiny he's faced for mishandling classified information. now, he did plead guilty to a misdemeanor count of mishandling confidential information, but he resigned as cia director in the midst of this scandal as he was having an extramarital affair. the broader context of all of this is the battle for the secretary of state position that we are se

among will latest david petraeus. here is what trump's white house chief of staff had to say about that. >> during this trump campaign they hammered hillary clinton for mishandling classified information pretra petraeus was convicted from that. >> learning from really smart people as far as what the right decision making process may be in choosing any other position is something that smart people do. i don't think anyone could say petraeus isn't a very bright calculated smart person. these are the types of conversations i think the american people would expect of an incoming president that's trying to make the best decisions possible for everyone out there across the country. >> all right. so what do you think? >> well, look, petraeus in spite of the legal difficulty is still one of the most respected figures in the entire country. the difference between petraeus is he made guilty to a crime is on probation or his position at the time because he recognized he made a mistake. so that doesn't discount his skills as a mi

, whether he's going to go with petraeus or romney. don't count corker out. trump has built this up in a way that he will give it one last hard thought before he pulls the trigger. john: i agree with that. i think the dinner with romney tonight is not for show. i think it is a real thing. let us just remember, it may be that -- i think republicans would be happy -- the establishment would be happy with romney. the republican establishment would be happy with petraeus. a lot of the democratic national security establishment would be happy with petraeus, people who wanted him to run as an independent or democrat. he would be the most bipartisan pick from clinic. -- most bipartisan pick. donald trump is expecting another cabinet today, elaine chao as the next head of the department of transportation, front and center to pass that that giant and the structure bill. we have seen a lot -- infrastructure bill. in addition to tom price, who we talked about earlier, trump has bestowed a jobs on jeff sessions, mike matteo as cia director and ser

we know trump is meeting with general petraeus today. we know romney and senator corker are swinging by tomorrow. the fact, though, that trump is not just immediately giving it to mayor giuliani, it seems to really be getting under his skin. >> look, we're deep now into the state department episode of "the apprentice," and i think donald trump is playing a the lo of games with all these folks. it's unfortunate because you have rudy giuliani and mitt romney and david petraeus and all these other folks who have been mentioned or teased out there. only one will get to stay on the island at the end of this thing. unfortunately, it's not, i don't think, being treated with the seriousness it deserves because i think it's become a tim bolsy the internal warfare between the priebus camp and conway camp and all of it is mediated by the fact that donald trump i don't really think knows who he wants to have in that job. he's as impulsive as hell. one day it's rudy, one day it's romney. he's trying to frame this out in the reality tv version he does

petraeus and those two tomorrow. the romney meeting second with trump after the comments you referenced by kellyanne conway over the weekend. listen. >> people feel betrayed to think that governor romney, who went out of his way to question the character and the intellect and the integrity of donald trump, now our president-elect, would be given the most significant cabinet post of all, secretary of state, and that is a decision only one man can make, president-elect donald trump. i will respect it and support it 1000%. reporter: that's obviously got a lot of people talking talking to transition officials, they tell us the two men have not spent a lot of time together. tomorrow's meeting another way to spend time together. we'll see. we know general petraeus has gone up the elevator to have his meeting. we'll see what he says if anything, when he comes back down. trish: connell mcshane. everyone is obsessing who will be the next secretary of state? what about secretary of homeland security? terrorism is a constant wo

we have seen david petraeus coming to trump tower. this is a surprised position in the administration and there will be advisers and surrogates and people with a real interest in this who are willing to go faare to make their opinions known before donald trump lets us know what his decision will be. >> watching it play out is something no one in politics has seen before. we will go over to ann thompson at trump tower. lots of activity there today. we heard that news, general david petraeus and his name may be in the mix for secretary of state. also maybe mitt romney will be there tomorrow? >> that's right, steve. david petraeus spent two hours in trump tower, an hour with the president-elect and the president-elect took to his favorite form of communication after that meeting and just met with david petraeus. david petraeus came down and communicated with reporters in a more traditional way, speaking to those of us who are awaiting him in the lobby of trump tower. >> the meeting went very well. i was with him for about an hour and he

can we confirm david petraeus. mitt romney, how can he represent this president after everything he said about him? you have very different people. >> i do have a sense. is there an early read with petraeus and the question of confirmation? we just went through the campaign where e-mails were classified and played such a big and the attacks and would democrats seizehat portunity if petraeus were nominated to celts the score. would they say wait a minute, we are a little nervous about these appointments trump might make and should be satisfied given the other options. >> it's hard to say what would happen outside the foreign relations committee. within the foreign relations committee, you would have a bias towards david petraeus. he is is that well regarded and testified since his legal difficulties. he has been on the hill quite a bit some people may have a problem with it, i think the conventional foreign policy for democrats and republicans, the mainstream view would be to have a bias towards david petraeus. >> a

probably retired general david petraeus among the final four.onsidering his handling of classified information, that he pled guilty to lying to the fbi, would you feel comfortable with general david petraeus as secretary of state? >> you know, during my trips to theater, i met with david petraeus and general mcchrystal. these are unique and amazing officers. did general petraeus make a mistake that was certainly significant? yes. but the specifics of his mistake i think have to be looked at if you're going to consider. his sharing of classified information was with somebody who was a cleared personnel sh not cleared for that information, but certainly not a risk. did he say something that was up true to cover that up? yes. but i think, wolf, we have to consider that around here, those of us who saw him in theater and on trips to the combat zone have never been more impressed with any officer and so the idea that he's being considered is one that i think republicans and democrats, if they're honest, are going to tell you he certainly should be co

petraeus is being considered for secretary of state. petraeus was forced to resign in 2012 as director of the cia after sharing classified information with his mistress. in the past, mr. trump has said punishment for petraeus went too far. petraeus spoke to reporters as he was leaving trump yesterday. >> it went very well. i was with him for about an hour. he basically walked us around the world, showed a great grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities as well. >> president-elect trump also tweeted that the meeting went well. it is not a done deal, however, with mitt romney. romney is scheduled to meet with trump again today. >>> it appears trump is turning congressman tom price of georgia. price has been a leading critic of obamacare calling it a threat to quality and affordable health care. trump has made repealing and replacing obamacare one of his goals. >>> over here right now i want to show you how you can participate in giving tuesday. it is the single biggest day for giving to charitie

but i want to ask you about general david petraeus.e've been told that it was almost decided that it would either be rudy giuliani or mitt romney for secretary of state and up pops david petraeus. how do you like his odds? >> as you noted, we still have mayor giuliani who's being considered for a top level pick in the administration. obviously governor romney would be a top night contender if he were to choose to come into the administration if the president-elect offered him something. you have other folks coming in to offer advice, give their different opinions. general petraeus is someone who's highly sought after. he was at the white house a few months ago. they were bringing him in to offer his opinions. as the president-elect brings everyone together starting to formulate his opinions, the's going to make his own pick and decision. but obviously i'm a big fan of mayor giuliani having worked with him in 2008, governor romney has a strong track record. one person is going to make this decision and that will be the president-elect.

debated david petraeus. his whole thing, petraeus didn't do anything that bad and hillary clinton for doing much worse. if they choose david petraeus saying, see? donald trump was on petraeus' side the whole time. >> a great, very telling pick. ideologically on foreign policy trump associated with one camp. the republican party. much nor non-interventionist, against the iraq war, more willing to engage with russia. the circle of people he's choosing here are in those camps in various ways. romney is probably the most, almost polar opposite of trump on all of the big foreign policy issues. if he chose romney, interesting, not because romney was his biggest critic but ideologically, haven't been the same. >> and nikki haley, a critic on the trail. >> and anti-iran, pro-israel. that would fit with romney if he decides to go that way and it would be a signal to the foreign policy community andals to countries around the world american foreign policy isn't really going to change as much as they might have thought

general kelly, general petraeus and senator corker. what do you make of all three?like billionaires but he also likes people in the military. and he kept talking about how general petraeus had a problem with leaking top secret information and how that compared to hillary clinton. mitt romney and giuliani are in a twitter war. roougtd h giuliani has the hard right and romney has the mainstream republicans. >> it's interesting in how the frustration over maybe even specifically governor romney is out there over twitter thanks to kellyanne conway and other trump hard-liners therefore it could create an opening for a dark horse secretary of state candidate like the former cia director general david petraeus. you mentioned it, though, he was known for how he was sentenced to two years probation for sharing the personal information with his biographer/lover. republicans really cared about hillary clinton and that classified information and that private e-mail server, you don't think republicans will care about his past? >> well, i think they care a little bit but general

what about retired general petraeus? >> there are a lot of similarities to hillary clinton as far as revealing classified information. one, is that a good thing to have a high-ranking person revealing classified information, and also the similarities. they spent a year and a half beating up hillary clinton over revealing classified information and then they would appoint somebody who the fbi said not only revealed it but then lied about it in an interview and then purposely gave it to someone who did not have the clearance to have that? i think that's a potential problem. >> he pleaded guilty to that charge. >> and pleaded guilty to it. i think part of the guilty plea is holding office. i'm not a lawyer, but i think if you look at the statute, there may be a provision that says you mayor may not be able to hold office. >> there is also a provision that says the president of the united states can grant security clearance with basically anyone he wants. >> yeah, there is going to be some questions asked, i think, if that w

this raises this question -- >> general petraeus -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> david petraeus is a remarkableeader, enormous experience and brings a lot to it. let me also mention, if you want to look beyond rudy, and i don't, particularly, ambassador bolton would do a stunningly good job. he understands the state department, he has the toughness to fix it and i think you could find ten or 15 or 20 people who could do the job, any one of whom would be dramatically better than mitt romney. >> i tend to agree. but what about the issue of hillary clinton? i would say to donald trump, if anyone would listen to me, i would say mr. trump, it's not your decision. you can say that you wish the clintons the best, but the rule of law, doesn't it have to be followed? wouldn't it be the decision of the new attorney general and the justice department whether or not laws were broke, we can't have a two-tier justice system, swe have to have equal justice under the law? >> the best road forward. you do have some inherent sense that there might be somehow inappropriate political motivations. the best road for

. >>> and president-elect trump tweeting he was impressed with david petraeus. petros petraeus is seen as a compromise pick over mitt romney and rudy giuliani. some republicans believe petraeus should be disqualified for shares classified information with his biographer. >> how did the meeting go? >> the meeting went well. with him for an hour. he basically walked us around the world. showed a great grasp of the variety of challenges and opportunities as well. very good conversation. we will see where it goes from here. >> petraeus was convicted of a misdemeanor in 2015. he is on probation. he agreed to a plea deal to give him a sense of two years probation. >>> and jill stein is defending her effort to recount the votes in three states. wisconsin recount begins on thursday assuming she puts up the money today. stein will push the recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. she concedes it is unlikely the outcome will change, but unless we look. we will never know. >> we have predictors that if tampering took place, it would happen in the three states we are looking.

petraeus. general general petraeus is a little more reserved. he may be called on, but there is no indication at this point that he's being considered for a cabinet position. host: assuming he is confirmed, what does he bring to the agency? guest: he is very smart. he graduated first in his class at west point. he is very aggressive in his questioning about the events of and ghazi. -- to enhanced interrogation techniques, which is interesting , one ofgeneral mattis the things we learn from the new york times interview, general mattis has apparently discouraged donald trump and maybe help him change his mind about the efficacy of things like waterboarding and other things that people say are tantamount to torture. according to trump, mattis told him he did not see much use for it. give me as quote was couple cans of beer and a pack of cigarettes, and i will get more information. it almost seems like he has flipped him a little bit on that, which is an interesting thing. flip-flopping is often seen as a negative. but it can also be seen as a posit

i don't care. >> one of other possibilities is general david petraeus.you guys to take a look at some of the headlines of columns he has written over the last year. veterans deserve -- sorry. this was one of the once he says, brecxit would weaken the west war on terror. putin hasn't given up his designs on terror. another one talking about anti-muslim sentiment, it's not on there and a how that actually hurts soldiers, because it gets turned around on them actually and inspires people to be violent against them. he's been so critical, kevin, of donald trump in his own way and very public ways, op easy in -e "wall street journal," in the "washington post"? >> donald trump is listening to an impressive list of people and going through methodically a list of some of the brightest minds in the country and david petraeus is one of those. if he decides on david petraeus, corker or mountain ritt romney,a good pick and none will agree 100%. donald trump ran his own campaign gets to pick whoever he wants and they need to figure out if they can get on enough of th

obviously david petraeus -- >> david petraeus -- >> david petraeus has some vetting issues. clearly, there are many people who will point out that for a republican president-elect who spent a lot of his campaign attacking hillary clinton over her e-mail use and over the classified material, with petraeus, he got in trouble with the law for, there will be a fight over if petraeus is nominated. again, it's hard for me to believe that any of these candidates will have a problem. >> do you see a problem -- kellyanne conway, and there are reports that she has gone rogue, she said that's not the case, she's a supporter of donald trump. e your mind? >> only one that matters is the whole thing about donald trump. with kellyanne conway, donald trump likes chaos. she's not dumb. i'm sure she would is not come forward saying anything that she didn't feel comfortable about maintaining her close relationship with donald trump. everyone i talked to says the same thing which is, man, we just don't know what donald there's things like whether he things the cut of the gib. i wouldn't be surp

but many republicans are very supportive of general flynn and of general petraeus.uring the -- but i would say many democrats are scratching their head because republicans made such a big deal over hillary clinton's mishandling of classified information. so is her mishandling of classified information different than the others? >> i think -- i was a supporter of hillary clinton during the campaign and was proud to be. i think too much was made of the e-mail issues. that was certainly a problem. but i think she answered and her campaign answered all the questions reviewed by the fbi twice and found not to be subject to criminal prosecution. and so i think it was polite sized during the campaign. these are serious issues. i don't mean to say they shouldn't be part of the judgment that a senator should make when he or she seeks to confirm or not a presidential appointee at the cabinet level. they have to be taken into consideration. but you also have to balance that by looking at the whole person. the whole person's entire public life. and in the case of general petrae

. >> david petraeus, his name may be in the make. >> petraeus spent two hours inside trump tower. >> the meeting went very well. very good conversation, we'll see where it goes from here. >> the only person who really knows what's going on is the president-elect. >> welcome to four years of palace intrigue like this. >> we have breaking trump cabinet news tonight. according to a high-level source familiar with the decision-making process, tells nbc news that six-term republican georgia congressman tom price is expected to be the donald trump pick to be secretary of health and human services. he has been a severe critic of the affordable care act saying it interferes with the ability of doctors and patients to make medical decisions. he was quoted in a story saying budget committee chairman tom price says he expects lawmakers to push forward with an overhaul within the first six to eight months of president-elect donald trump's administration, overhauling medicare has been a major goal for speaker paul ryan since 2011. congressman price voted for the ryan budget, which would turn medi

see, donald trump was on david petraeus' side the whole time.orse and it could happen. >> let's move on to money, shall we. when you add all these pennies, nickels and dimes and billions with all these potential picks within the trump cabinet, it gets you at over $30 billion. we can throw the pictures up of some of these individuals he's considering choosing adding to his cabinet and, errol, this is trump's network. the question to me is, did they have the policy? they have the money, did they have the policy? >> it depends on who you're talking about. some people like senator sessions, clearly, used to work in the justice department understands how it works, has a wealth of experience. no question about that. somebody like dr. ben carson. not so clear. not just because he hasn't been in the world of housing and housing development. he's being considered for housing and urban development, but because he hasn't run anything as big as a big federal cabinet. and, apparently, his spokesman even said the other day he's not clear whether or not he can

after meeting with another potential pick, retired general david petraeus, trump tweeted that he was very impressed. we get more now from abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump summoning a favorite military leader to trump tower, retired general david petraeus, now a contender for secretary of state. >> the meeting went very well. was with him for about an hour. he basically walked us around the world, showed a grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities, as well. >> reporter: petraeus, the most generation, falling from grace after leaking classified information to his mistress, forcing him to resign as director of the cia, a punishment trump said went too far. >> and general petraeus' life and reputation has been destroyed for doing nothing. >> reporter: meeting comes as trump's senior adviser conway wages a campaign against another ump's toughest critics.one of >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trun >> reporter: conway says trump supporters would feel betrayed if romney

that side, look, petraeus has had a brilliant resume. he's had a great career serving this country in a variety of senior military roles, he clearly understands the world so most republicans are going to be supportive if the president-elect ends up going in that direction but at this point really there will be a lot of speculation. that's what this process is all about and we'll see where he ends up. but the names tossed out there are good names. >> lanhee and kirsten, thank you very much. >>> we want to get on to some news involving the heartbreaking school bus accident in chattanooga, tennessee. six children have died. the driver has since been charged but we're now learning he had apparently worked a second job at amazon on the overnight shift before this drive. it was his last shift, we're told it was overnight last saturday. so with that news, danny cevallos has been seated next to me, our legal analyst. i'm learning this as everyone else is. so he was up all night working at amazon and then hot behind the wheel, driving 36 kids the

donald trump summoning a favorite military leader to trump tower, david petraeus, now a con tender for secretary of state. >> meeting went well. with him for about an hour, he basically walked us around the world, showed a grasp of a variety of the challenges out there, and some of the opportunities as well. >> reporter: and petraeus, the most famous military commander of his generation falling from grace after leaking classified information to his mistress, director of the cia, a punishment trump said went too far. >> and general petraeus' life and reputation has been destroyed for doing nothing. >> reporter: meeting comes as trump's senior adviser conway wages a campaign against another candidate for secretary of state, mitt romney, once one of trump's toughest critics. >> a phoney, a fraud, trump university. >> reporter: saying supporters would feel betrayed. >> he went out of his way to hurt donald trump. i don't think cost of admission for party unity has to be the secretary of state position. >> reporter: others on team trump push for long time loyaloyal ist rudy, but -- >> it's

petraeus could be in line for a cabinet nomination --- which is turning some heads.eus was president obama's c-i-a director before resigning amid an sex scandal with his biographer who he shared classified information with. meanwhile the defense department is conducting an investigation related to petraeus' affair. they are trying to find out who leaded personal information about paula broadwell ---which led to criminal charges against petraeus. >> vicki:in the east bay. a man charged with a hate crime murder of an east bay musician.plead not guilty today in a contra costa county court room. and the arraigment proceeding got a little contentious between the prosecution and defense attorneys. the prosecution will not pursue the death penalty against 31- year-old daniel porter-kelley in the will sims murder case. in the east bay. a man charged with a hate crime murder of an east bay musician plead not guilty today in a contra costa county court room. the arraigment proceeding got a little contentious between the prosecution and defense attorneys. as kron4's haaziq mady

general flynn and then general david petraeus. it looks heavy on the military. >> i don't think he will care about that oning tick. he wants leaders and foles that won. david petraeus won the iraq war. he has a diplomatic side. general mattis is war fighter. general flynn will be fantastic at national security council. what is wrong with that? sandra: by the way those being considered for jobs, you are one of them, fair to say. you've been called in to meet with donald trump tomorrow. what are you meeting about? >> indeed. i'm grateful for the opportunity. honored to have a moment to meet with the president-elect. i served this country like some people we're talking about. have a heart for it, if that were to be in the cards, great. meghan: i'm all for it. sandra: bunch of general. >> i'm definitely not a general. >> to us you are, always will be. kennedy: talking about business leaders, romney thing made sense on that level. if they put their personal animosity aside i think they're both smart enough to do that, their business ba

could petraeus do it? probably he could. but he also comes at this with a military record and the cia and the troubles he has there. so i guess the answer is, there's no perfect person, but there has to be a very competent person. >> i want to ask you about what we learned about a service member. a service member was killed in northern seeia from wounds sustained from an ied explosion. we now know his identity, senior chief petty officer scott cooper dayton, the first service person killed inside of syria. it's very clear that this assistance role comes with a lot of danger. how do you see this changing or sort of changing perception of what people think about the mission of special forces inside syria and nearby? >> well, first of all, i share your condolences to the family. it's got to be and extraordinarily difficult thanksgiving for them. but we do thank the family and certainly our service members around the world for their service, and they are in extraordinarily dangerous places. certainly iraq and all that's going on