. >> whether it's china or russia or iran or north korea, radical islam, all new president gets tested but all these countries are i lining up to test this new presiden. >> donald trump has been busy. keeping a rigorous schedule right now. eight more potential administration members will visit the president-elect at trump tower on monday. the transition team says they are considering many ofhe candidates for multiple positions. >>> and while trump is in the process now of assembling his administration, jill stein the green party candidate in the 2016 election wants a recount of the votes in at least three states. stein is getting the process going in wisconsin and she also wants a recount in michigan and pennsylvania. stein came in last in all three of those states losing by millions of votes but she claims she wants a recount to further democracy and the integrity of hillary clinton. some computer science experts prompted this recall effort when they claimed a hack core have influenced the outcome of the presidential election. >> we do not have a smoking gun that shows that there was

me to suggest that there's going to be a sudden 180-degree turn in policy by either assad or russia or irant this point. but we are going to continue to make the argument. we are going to continue to try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there. we're going to continue to try to obtain cessations of hostilities that lessen the human tragedy and the migration that's taking place. but ultimately, the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be a recognition by russia and a willingness to pressure assad that a lasting, durable peace with a functioning country requires the consent of people. you cannot purchase people's consent through killing them. they haven't made that transition yet, but we're going to keep on trying. [speaking german] >> translator: i think i can speak for the whole of the federal government when i say that we are no longer in a, in election mode in the united states. we're in post-election mode. there is an interest of the federal republic of germany to cooperate well with the united states of america. goes for each and every president on the

in policy by either assad or russia or iran at this point. but we are going to continue to make the argument. we are going to continue to try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there. we're going to continue to try to obtain cessations of hostilities that lesson, the human tragedy, and the migration that's taking place. but ultimately, the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be a recognition by russia and a willingness to pressure assad that a lasting durable peace with a functioning country requires the consent of people. you cannot purchase people's consent through killing them. they haven't made that transition yet. but we're going to keep on trying. >> translator: i think i can speak for the whole of the federal government when i say we are no longer in election mode in the united states, we're in post election mode. there's an interest of the federal republic of germany to cooperate well with the united states of america. this goes for each and every president on the basis of shared values. i believe th

naive of me to suggest there's going to be a sudden 180-degree turn in policy by either assad or russia or iran at this point. but we are going to continue to make the argument. we are going to continue to try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there. we're going to continue to try to obtain cessations of hostility that lessen the human tragedy and the migration that's taking place. but ultimately, the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be a recognition by russia and a willingness to pressure assad that a lasting, durable peace with a country requires the consent of people. you cannot purchase people's consent through killing them. they haven't made that transition yet, but we're going to keep on trying. >> translator: i think i can speak for the whole of the federal government when i say that we are no locker in election mode in the united states. we're in post-election mode. it's of the interest of the chancellor of germany to cooperate well with the united states of america. this goes for each and every president on the basis of shared values. and i believ

naive of me to suggest there's going to be a sudden 180-degree turn in policy by either assad or russia or iran at this point. but we are going to continue to make the argument. we are going to continue to try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there. we're going to continue to try to obtain cessations of hostilities that lessen the human tragedy and the migration that's taking place. but ultimately the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be a recognition by russia and a willingness to pressure assad that a lasting, durable peace with a functioning country requires the consent of people. you cannot purchase people's consent through killing them. they haven't made that transition yet, but we're going to keep on trying. >> translator: i think i can speak for the whole of the federal government when i say that we are no longer in an election mode in the united states, we're in post election mode. there is an interest in the republic of germany to cooperate with the united states of america. this goes for each and every president on the basis of shared values. and

suggest there will be a sudden 100 and -- 180 degree turn and policy by either a sod or russia -- assad or russia or iran. we will continue to make the argument and try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there and continue to try to obtain -- hostilities that the lessons the human tragedy and the migration that is taking place. , the way this is going to be resolved is going to recognition by russia and a wilderness to pressure assad. that a lasting, durable peace with the function country requires the consent of people. you cannot purchase people's consent through killing them. thathave not made transition yet, but we are going to keep on trying. : i think i canel speak for the whole of the federal government when i say that we are no longer in an election mode in the united states. of the federalst government of germany to crop a rate well with the united states of america. this goes for each and every president shared values and i believe these are indeed shared values and should be shared values. as to my position on president actively president has tried to kill his own people. he

be naive of me to suggest there will be a sudden 180-degree turn in policy by either assad or russia or iran at this point but we are going to continue to make the argument. we will continue to try to find humanitarian steps that can reach the people there. we're going to continue to try to obtain cessations of hostilities that lessen the human tragedy and the migration that is taking place. but ultimately the way this is going to be resolved is going to have to be, a recognition by russia and a willingness to pressure assad, that a lasting, durable peace with a functioning country requires the consent of people. you can not purchase people's consent through killing them. they haven't made that transition yet but we're going to keep on trying. >> translator: i think i can speak for the whole of the federal government when i say that we are no longer in a way, in election mode in the united states. we're in postelection mode. there is an interest of the federal republic of germany to cooperate well with the united states of america. this goes for each and every president on the basis of share

russia is not bombing isis. they're bombing various groups, third party groups, so to speak. so the west has to choose assad, iran, and russia orssad and iran for that matter, why are they not fighting back against isis or would they be if we weren't there. the united states swat supported the administration and the half measures, but the russians are perfectly content as is assad and the iranians to let the united states take on isis and go after the capital of raqqa and that has it's own complications with the turks and various sunni rebel groups, so if we ever do go to the negotiating able to, they're in an extreme position of strength. >> what are the implications of that going forward? giving everything they're doing around the world and trying to exterminate christians around the world. to attack american citizens. in one sense we don't have a choice, but to go in and back the group going after isis. >> you're absolutely right and i don't mean to say that we should not be going after isis. i think we should be doing more in arming the groups against isis. i just want to be very careful is the notion that we should work wi

so whether it is the nationstate challenges posed by the likes of russia, china, north korea, and iran or transnational concerns like counterterrorism, like proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which is personally a growing concern for me. the challenges posed in the cyber dimension. we have to, and our approach has been to try to maintain a balance so that we can protect and to address the full range of threats. so i am hesitant to try to pick one and say -- this is the one that is going to confront us or say this will be the worst in the next 5-10 years. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am pleased to hear that things are better at centcom. i served on that investigation and clearly we have concerns about what went on in 2050. -- born in 2015. i know that has been addressed to some degree. what are the root causes in your opinion of the unacceptable command climate that was existing at centcom at the time? >> this is something that secretary carter and i have discussed. we want to know what happened and why it happened. we have been looking to director clapper and the

assad at: i don't like all, but iran, russia or killing isis.under the obama administration, the u.s. plan of action in syria was largely to support so-called moderate rebel troops fighting bashar al-assad and the islamic state organization. there is now speculation that trump could stop financing these rebels after he said last friday that he has no idea who these people were. which many members of the us-led coalition fear sould put an end to assad' diplomatic isolation. hasa: in iraq, the army defeated islamic state jihadist but the ancient sites will never be the same. iraqi officials are looking to see if any of the runs can be salvaged but some of the most important sites have been completely destroyed. robert parsons is in the city and sent us this report. to believet's hard it now, but this was once one of the most magnificent archaeological sites in the world. it's here that a king 3000 years ago built his power. many of the statues and frescoes from that time were preserved, the highest quality, but all of it destroyed an act of wonton

so whether it is the nationstate challenges posed by the likes of russia, china, north korea, and iran or transnational concerns like counterterrorism, like proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which is personally a growing concern for me. the challenges posed in the cyber dimension. approach hasnd our been to try to maintain a balance so that we can protect and to address the full range of threats. so i am hesitant to try to pick one and say -- this is the one that is going to confront us or say this will be the worst in the next 5-10 years. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am pleased to hear that things are better at centcom. i served on that investigation and clearly we have concerns about what went on in 2050. i know that has been addressed to some degree. what are the root causes in your opinion of the unacceptable climate -- command climate that was existing at centcom at the time? >> this is something that secretary carter and i have discussed. we want to know what happened and why it happened. we have been looking to director klapper and undersecretary thisse l

. >> whether it's china or russia, iran, north korea, radical islam, they -- all -- a new president alwayss tested but all these countries are lining up to test this new president. >> here is mr. trump's statement about the hire of k.t. mcfarland, quote i'm proud that k.t. has once again decided to serve our country and join my national security team. she has tremendous experience and innate talent that will complement the fantastic team which we are. crucial. nothing is more important than keeping our people safe. don mcgahn white house chief council. deep understanding of national law. play critical role in our administration and i'm grateful he is willing to serve our country at such a high level capacity. let's bring in our panel. lisa booth. karen mcnulty and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, comments on the picks today? >> kt as we all know is a superb choice. she goes all the way back to nixon and kissinger administration. reagan. she is very experienced. she is written. she is thought. and i they think she will be a really good balance to that team. mcgahanna i don

ayotte: i think very clearly, whether it is russia, frankly iran or other countries who are using cyber attacks, we have to address what they do, and that means having the staffing capability within our armed services, making sure our armed services have the resources they need and the technical background. and if someone takes an -- takes a step, we have to make sure we hold them to it and address it in turn. unfortunately, when it comes to russia, this administration has not held russia accountable. that reset policy has been a failure. that is something that secretary clinton pushed. we have not held them accountable for the invasion of ukraine or looking at what they have done in violating the inf treaty, whether it is cyber attacks or what they are doing in syria now. you see when we don't strong -- don't respond, or when we are not strong in terms of what we say in return, we will see them continue to act badly. moderator: i have a follow-up. it is pretty much accepted that russia is trying to influence our election. do you think they have been successful in doing that? ms. ayotte

or russia. from their perspective, iran will do what it's supposed to do. it's difficult to undo something that is working than undo something that is not working. when you are not responsible for something, it's easy to call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for it, preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there is talk about the possibility of undoing this agreement. you have 200 countries that signed up for this thing. the good news is that what we have been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules we set up. you have got utilities that are pulting in solar panels and creating jobs and the big three who have seen record sales and are overachieving on the fuel efficiency standards we set. turns out people like not having to fill up as often and save money at the pump. eve

they want a reference point and don't want it to be russia, iran or china. want america back as the reference point. donald trump is going to make america that international load stone of the system that has to be rebalanced. remember, we have 65 million refugees in the world today. a record that is in part the result of the disastrous obama foreign policy, that's going to change now, trish. trish: a lot can change. we've been talking all about it. dr. gorka, thank you so much. we're going to take a quick break. we're continuing to watch these protests unfolding across the country all in major metropolitan areas on the coast except for chicago. except for chicago. it's obama's territory there. whythen get worse?nks taste chalky? introducing protein shots from 5-hour energy. protein shots from 5-hour energy are smooth and tasty, and still deliver 21 grams of protein with 100 calories. they're great for workouts, no matter how you work out... whether you're going for reps... or laps... or distance. you gotta try it... period. protein shots from 5-hour energy.

iran people. it is between other countries. some are closest allies. for us to pull out would then require us to start sanctioning or china or russia that were still abiding booing by the dea because from their perspective, iran had done what they're supposed to do. it becomes more difficult, i think to undo something that's working than undo something that's not working. and, when you are not responsible for it and i think when you are responsible for the deal then preventing iran from getting nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that's going to be true in other circumstances, for example, the paris agreement. there is been a lot of talks about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. you got 200 countries that have and, the good news is that what we have been able to show the last five-six or eight years it is possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it is not just a bunch of rules that we set up. you got utilities thatre in solar panels and creating jobs. you got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are over achieving on the fuel efficiency stan

iran people. it is between other countries. some are closest allies. for us to pull out would then require us to start sanctioning or china or russia that were still abiding booing by the dea because from their perspective, iran had done what they're supposed to do. it becomes more difficult, i think to undo something that's working than undo something that's not working. and, when you are not responsible for it and you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal then preventing iran from getting nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that's going to be true in other circumstances, for example, the paris agreement. there is been a lot of talks about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. you got 200 countries that have and, the good news is that what we have been able to show the last five-six or eight years it is possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it is not just a bunch of rules that we set up. you got in solar panels and creating jobs. you got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are over achieving on the fuel efficie

they want a reference point and don't want it to be russia, iran or china.hey want america back as the reference point. donald trump is going to make america that international load stone of the system that has to be rebalanced. remember, we have 65 million refugees in the world today. a record that is in part the result of the disastrous obama foreign policy, that's going to change now, trish. trish: a lot can change. we've been talking all about it. dr. gorka, thank you so much. we're going to take a quick break. we're continuing to watch these protests unfolding across the country all in major metropolitan areas on the coast except for chicago. it's obama's territory there. we'll be right back after this. i'd like to send 50 pizzas to france. oh hey! i'm just keeping the seat warm. but not for the president. for you! you can be president of whatever you want. like president of your own salon... i look good. or your kid's little league team...foul ball! or president of whatever this is! get the domains, websites, and 24/7 personal support to be awesome onl

iran but our closest allies. pull out would then require us to sart sanking those other countries in europe, china or russia, that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective, iran has done what it supposed to do. becomes more difficult to undo something that's working than to undo something that isn't working. and when you're not responsible for it, i think you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing this international combreement. there are 200 countries that signed up for this thing. and the good news is that what we have been able to show over eight years , six, is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules we have set up, you've got utilities that are putting in solar panels and creating jobs. you got the big three auto makers who have seen rec

would it mean for there are things iran could do a response to that, that span variety of scenarios, including split us, playe, us against europe, or cut ideals russia and china so it's not as easy as with a stroke of a dead,e iran deal is iran's nuclear program starts again. i think that's true of a lot of has saids that trump about foreign policy on the campaign trail. implementation, they're more complicated than he said they were and we don't know he'll followthrough on and if he tries, whether he'll be able to and how it will play out. we've almost never seen ambiguity like this on foreign policy. pete: things happen that he'll have to respond to. i'm wondering about syria. he have to make big decisions about what we'll do there? michael: sure, but that's an example about american engagement around the world. beingot interested in us a party in the syrian civil war. he does not share the obama weinistration's view that need a change of regime in vera. syria. he will probably stop our program of arming syrian rebel fighters. do is knock out isis and he says he'll partner with russia to do it but i think we'll bethat increasingly engaged in a cov

continue to cite -- continue to combat cyber attacks clearly, whether it is russia or china, or frankly, the country of iran, and other countries who are using cyber attacks, we have to address what they do. that means having the staffing capability within our armed services. that means making sure our armed services have the resources that they need and the technological background to do it. if someone takes a ste w address it in turn. we need to understand that unfortunately, when it comes to russia, this administration has not held russia accountable. that reset policy has been a failure. it is something secretary clinton pushed. we have not held them accountable for their invasion of ukraine, or looking at what they have done in violating the inf treaty. whether it is cyber attacks or strong in return, you are going to see them continuing to act badly. >> i have a follow-up. it is pretty much accepted that russia is trying to influence the direction of our election. you think they have been successful in doing that? sen. ayotte: i believe our top defense and intelligence officials will pursue and invest

pull out would then require us to countries in europe or china or russia that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective iran had done what it was supposed to do. so it becomes more difficult, i think, to undo something that's working than undo something that isn't working and when you're not responsible for it i think you can call i when you are responsible for the deal and preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. thing and the good news is that what we've been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules that we've set up. you've putting in solar panels and creating jobs, you've got the big three auto makers who have seen record sales and are overachieving on the fuel efficiency standards that we've set. turns out that people like not having to fil

iran people. it is between other countries. some are closest allies. for us to pull out would then require us to start sanctioning or china or russia that were still abiding ing by the deal because from their perspective, iran had done what they're supposed to do. it becomes more difficult, i think to undo something that's working than undo something that's not working. and, when you are not responsible for it and i thi you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal then preventing iran from getting nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that's going to be true in other circumstances, for example, the paris agreement. there is been a lot of talks about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. you got 200 countries that have and, the good news is that what we have been able to show the last five-six or eight years it is possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it is not just a bunch of rules that we set up. you got in solar panels and creating jobs. you got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are over achieving on the fuel eff

russia, iran. i don't think it's a question of whether or not we can defeat them in syria, the question is what is the second and third order of effects. what happens the day after? and i think we need to long long and hard. we need to think about what that will be. >> johnny, your advice? >> absolutely. my time in the marine corps was spinning the yo yo. the biggest problem we have right now is that we're drying lines in the sand and we're letting people step over them. what we need to do is to clearly find a goal, we have the men and women that can defy the strategy and we can execute and win once we know what we're trying to win. >> i have spoke to so many people in the military that left because they felt there was confusion about what their mission was. a lot of good noeks left because of that. >> donald trump knows the building will have the floors, the budget, the people. if you ask anyone in the war effort what those are, they can't give them to you. >> you syria, the rebels, you have the kurds, isis, turkey, iran, and us. so what -- we need to get on the same page as the super powers here

so whether it is the nationstate challenges posed by the likes of russia, china, north korea, and iran or transnational concerns like counterterrorism, like proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which is personally a growing concern for me. the challenges posed in the cyber dimension. we have to, and our approach has been to try to maintain a balance so that we can protect and to address the full range of threats. so i am hesitant to try to pick one and say -- this is the one that is going to confront us or say this will be the worst in the next 5-10 years. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am pleased to hear that things are better at centcom. i served on that investigation and clearly we have concerns about what went on in 2050. -- in 2015. i know that has been addressed to some degree. what are the root causes in your opinion of the unacceptable command climate that was existing at centcom at the time? >> this is something that secretary carter and i have discussed. we want to know what happened and why it happened. we have been looking to director clapper and the unde

they need to find a way to semi negotiate with russia without become an ally with iran. they have an interest in having assad orike assad in there. that can still maybe fight the islamic state. it's very, very complex. >> putting someone in there and us doing it. it seems like we are poking a hornest's nest. >> but we are learning. some places need dictators until they are ready for democracy which we cannot instill in them. kennedy: do you ever worry for your personal safety? >> no, i'm aware of it. worrying, no. not getting come play sent. it's the time when they need to be right once and you need to be right a thousand times. i have dealt with everything from people shooting at me to suicide bombers. kennedy: in your civilian life when you are walking purchase new york. >> i'm a big believer to have guns when you can. i cannot going to geinto the tactics. i don't talk about my movement or where i go. but just an awareness it's out there. a lot of these people don't want to spend the time on a point target or a medal of honor recipient. they want the spectacular attack at a parade where they can get hundreds

russia. he talked about what he thinks should be done on cancelling the iran deal, that it can be cancelled by this president or renegotiated. it was stunning to people, democrats as well as republicans that his entire speech was devoted for all intensive purposes to showing his chops, very detailed, specifics, numbers, the defense budget. he was clearly showing his grasp of what i'm sure donald trump is very impressed with, his ability to be secretary of state. he made it clear that is the job he wants. he said he does not want to be attorney. others are suggesting hutcheson for attorney general. >> the names are starting to come out for different jobs. i heard reef for education. i heard the trump team reached out to bernanke but want everyone to know they are serious about treasury. let's turn to the trump children who have been intrinsic really important part of his fairly small, by comparison, inner circle. the question went out could we get them top secret clearance? they have all said publicly as recently as last night they will stay behind in new york to run the family business. it would be conflict wit

pull out would then require us to countries in europe or china or russia that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective iran had done what it was supposed to do. so it becomes more difficult, i think, to undo something that's working than undo something that isn't working and when you're not responsible for it i think you n when you are responsible for the deal and preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. thing and the good news is that what we've been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules that we've set up. you've putting in solar panels and creating jobs, you've got the big three auto makers who have seen record sales and are overachieving on the fuel efficiency standards that we've set. turns out that people like not having to fill up as o

us to start sanctioning those other countries in europe, or china or russia still abiding by the deal, because from their perspective, iran had done what it was supposed to do. so it becomes more difficult i think to undo something that is working than undo something that isn't working. when you're not responsible for it, call it a terrible deal and when you are responsible for the deal, then preventing iran from getting nuclear weapons, you're more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances, for example, the, there has been a lot of talk about possibility of undoing this international agreement. you have 200 countries that signed up to this thing and, the good news is. the good news what we've been able to show over the last five, six, eight years. that it is possible to grow the economy really fast and, possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it is not just a bunch of rules that we set up. you've got utilities that are putting in solar panels and creating jobs. you have got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are overachieving on the fuel efficiency standard

or two of four countries. you are talking about china, russia, iran and north korea. i have grave concerns in terms of the readiness of our forces to deal with that in a timely manner. >> weapons uncovered. >> what do you make of iran's challenges to our ships in the persian gulf, the russian buzzing of our vessels, the buildup in the south china sea? it seems like these are provocative actions. sg >> the iranian buzzing and the small boats, the russian low y flyover and things, unprofessional. two. unsafe. we hope we can deconflict. it's not going to keep us from doing everything we need to do to fulfill our mission. >> former democrat governor of mississippi has been secretary of the navy since 2009. >> the rise of russia, the rise of china and particularly in the south china sea, isis, things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> he notes the navy has been ramping up ship building. another sign of increased military response, since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially in advisory and support roles. how many mo

russia, north korea, iran. we're deal with multinational information for sale to the highest bidder. hackers are motivated by different things whether political, financial or harassment. we still consider the cyber terrorist perspective. arenow that terrorists highly proficient at using the internet for recruiting, propaganda and executing attacks. we know they aspired to gain access to our systems. we know is they are not there yet or we do not think they are there but it is a concern. how do these groups operated? increasingly complex attacks combining multiple techniques and insight knowledge. using social generic to target us and develop human vectors to get into your system. they are using social media to target employees. i would be remiss if i did not mention the insider threat. not just limited to hackers on the outside but insider threat is a significant problem, disgruntled employees, employees who are targeted and employees willing to sell to the highest bidder. what are they after? pretty much anything and everything from information first active. access, economic, political or ideological. today, where not so much concerned about the loss of d

start sanctioning those other countries in europe, china or russia that were still abiding by the deal, because from their perspecti perspective, iran had done what it was supposed to do. it becomes more difficult, i think, to undo something that's working than undo. when you're not responsible for it, i think call it a terrible deal, and you are then responsible for the deal and preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there's been a lot of talk about possibly trying to undo this agreement. now, you've got 230 countries who signed up for this thing. the good news is that what we've been able to show over the last -- five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the sme and really keep it that day. >>. you've got utilities that are put in solar panels and creating more jobs. you have the record sales and are overachieving on the fuel efficiency standards that we set. turns out that people many. you've got straits like lindsay lohan tlal. a clean nrs agenda, separate and apart from any federal regu

or two of four countries. you are talking about china, russia, iran and north korea. i have grave concerns in terms of the readiness of our forces to deal with that in a timely manner. >> weapons uncovered. >> what do you make of iran's challenges to our ships in the persian gulf, the russian buzzing of our vessels, the buildup in the south china sea? it seems like these are provocative actions. sg >> the iranian buzzing and the small boats, the russian low y flyover and things, unprofessional. two. unsafe. we hope we can deconflict. it's not going to keep us from doing everything we need to do to fulfill our mission. >> former democrat governor of mississippi has been secretary of the navy since 2009. >> the rise of russia, the rise of china and particularly in the south china sea, isis, things that you don't, can't know what's going to happen. >> he notes the navy has been ramping up ship building. another sign of increased military response, since 2014, the obama administration has been returning troops to iraq. officially in advisory and support roles. how many mo

to start sanctioning those other countries in europe or china or russia that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective iran had done what it was supposed to do. so it becomes more difficult i think to undo something that's working than undo something that isn't working. and when you're not responsible for it, i think you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon you're more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the the paris agreement. there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. now, you got 200 countries that have signed up for this thing and the good news is that what we've been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules that we've set up. you've got utilities that are putting in solar panels and creating jobs. you've got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are overachieving

start sanctioning those other countries, in europe or china or russia, that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective iran had done what it was supposed to do. so it becomes more difficult, i think, to undo something that's working than undo something that isn't working. and when you're not responsible for it, i think you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal, then preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you're more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. i think there's been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing thisnternational agreement. now, you've got 200 countries that have signed up for this thing. and the good news is that what we've been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules that we've set up. you've got utilities that are putting in solar panels and creating jobs. you've got the big three automakers who have seen record sales and are

in a world where russia is central to a lot of decisions, whether it's with regard to syria or iran or middle east ornate toe, it's hard to imagine how donald trump would be able to appoint someone like mitt romney, whose views are so antithetical to his. but mitt romney meeting with a party leader who rebuked him during the campaign, that and in itself will go a long way to help donald trump not only heal the republican party but put forward a good face. >> before i get back to you, i want to ask sara, what's the deal with chris christie? is he back in the picture now? what's going on? >> i feel like what's the deal with chris christie could be a question that has a different answer every day of the week. we've seen every iteration of this soap opera drama between the two gentlemen. look, there's no sdoubt that the relations were frayed and raw last week, the week before that. folks in chris christie's orbit did feel like jared kushner was on this personal vendetta and folks involved in the transition would agree with that. folks involved in the trump transition and donald trump were

russia, north korea? is that true? >> that's organized crime. >> well, top four nation states are russia, iran, north korea, and china in terms of -- >> the governments of those countries orountries? >> so with those four actors, it is problems caused by the governments, by government sponsored activity. there are also a -- a huge problem with organized crime. go on the dark web today and go to look to buy stolen property or use a botnet, it looks like amazon's website. has customer reviews as to how good this crook -- >> gold card numbers, they're very specific in terms of -- if you look at the listings, it is like craigslist for all this information that gets stolen out there. i think you hit the nail on the head in terms of the nation states. for so long, we didn't want to provoke. we didn't regard it as an act of war. how important is that component of a cyberdefense is because there is a reluctant to say this is an act of war and what the response is, is it a cyberattack back or something else? >> whether you call it an act of war or not are doesn't mean you don't take responsive action. i think even if something falls short of an act of war, maybe won't say we're at

to start sanctioning those other countries in europe, china or russia, that were still abiding by the deal because from their perspective, iran has done what it supposed to do. it becomes more difficult to undo something that's working than to undo something that isn't working. and when you're not responsible for it, i think you can call it a terrible deal. when you are responsible for the deal preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon, you are more likely to look at the facts. that is going to be true in other circumstances. for example, the paris agreement. there has been a lot of talk about the possibility of undoing this international agreement. there are 200 countries that signed up for this thing. and the good news is that what we have been able to show over the last five, six, eight years is that it's possible to grow the economy really fast and possible to bring down carbon emissions as well. it's not just a bunch of rules we have set up, you've got utilities that are putting in solar panels and creating jobs. you got the big three auto makers who have seen record sales and overachieving on the fuel efficiency sta

or a small decline, but not a step change from russia. >> saudi also telling cnbc that they made it clear they would be cutting equally. on iran, the saudi oil minister saying they would be allowed not to cut, iran. they would be allowed to produce at pre-sanction levels. the iranian petroleum minister saying after that we have not finalized a deal, but we're optimistic that we'll reach a deal. it will be down to the 11th hour again. >> it all sounds interesting. the words of the saudi oil minister sound good in theory and in public in terms of everyone cutting equally. he went on to say there will be some free pass cards for a couple countries, libya, nigeria, iraq given -- iran given a semi-free pass to stay at sanctions-free levels. it sounds good, but in reality there's individual negotiations to keep everybody happy and it comes back to the three key players of saudi arabia, the uae and kuwait. it's up to them. they would have to shoulder the burden of a cut. >> why do we even need this deal in the marketplace if the oil market is set to rebalance itself and the implementing of a deal would take 6 to 12 months. >> it woul

indiscriminately as necessary, ,nd it is supported by russia that now it has a substantial military assets on the ground and our act or thing that regime , and irantively supporting the regime, and we are supporting what has to be our number one national security priority, which is going after i in mosul and both raqqua, the situation is not the same as it was in libya. i continue to believe that was the right thing to do, although as i indicated before, in the aftermath of that campaign i think the world community did not sufficiently support the need for some sort of security structures there. now it is a situation that we have to get back into a better place. ok. last question. two things on your desk over the next couple of months. three quarters of $1 million of a document immigran -- of undocumented immigrants -- what you have to do to reassure them or she'll that information from the incoming trump administration and his stance on immigration? the administration -- you have long maintained it was an unconstitutional infringement on your rights as commander-in-chief considering the transfer that would continue under a jump administration. t

once russia and iran mid-a decision to back assad we if a brutal air campaign and a pacification of aleppo regardless of the potential for civilian casuals, children being killed, or wounded, schools or hospitals being destroyed, its with very hard to see a way in which even a trained and committed moderate opposition could hold its ground for long periods of time. the issue that obviously i have wrestled with the last five years, how involved should the united states be? what are legal constraints in such involvement? what are moral obligations? what are strategic interests? those haven't changed. i continue to believe that we did not have a legal basis for military intervention there. it would have been a strategic mistake given the work we still had to do in iraq. the counter isil campaign and ongoingations in afghanistan and we have worked tirelessly to arrive at a political transition that could alleviate the suffering and provide humanitarian access. we will continue to do that work all the way until the last day me and john kerry and others have the authority to speak for u.s. government but ultimately it takes two or in this case four or six or eight to ta

russia. whether we like it or not, russia is allies with syria. they are allies with iran. we were an invading force in iraq. which we installed a puppet government which has been a failure. the economy. we are a consuming nation. we love to consume but we are not producing much. we are sending get to china and outsourcing. , without people working in generating an income for themselves, i looked at the back end. i am 57 and social security is around the corner. if we do not have people working, we do not have people putting into social security which means it will collapse under its own weight. -- i see lots of fast food restaurants going up but that is not really work. i go into those and i see the little machine that takes your order. your not talking to a person. , as far as the business and i will be done -- a friend friends, one of the major manufacturers of hockey equipment for the professionals and amateurs. he has all of his professional equipment made here in michigan. the lower equipment is manufactured in china. and even he will tell you he gets a better break.