let's bring in scott jennings. t, so many people who voted for trump , it seems to me, at least based on exit polls , didn't feel like their concerns were being heard about the economy and immigration. and that the biden administration was not hearing it. i don't know if you agree with me, but i see what happened in the same way that mitch mcconnell does, your former boss, which was this was repeating the last four years, by many voters, not even specific to kamala harris. >> i think it is specific to her, because she was part of the ministration for the last four years, and that was really her campaign's major problem. she could not, would not separate herself from joe biden, he had a 40% or less approval rating for most of his term, she was right there with him. she got a little bump when she got the nomination, but the results of it and how people felt about the job they were doing never really changed, and i think you pointed out the two most important issues, the economy and immigration. and she was asked repea

>> let me first start by praising scott jennings.works when it's warranted, but he could be your next white house press secretary. i mean, the way he handles those five on one, six on one panels over at cnn and does so with class and professionalism, good job, scott jennings. back to your point, in the end, i don't think there will be peace, as jennings asked for. i think both democrats and the media will just go full on attacking trump, not realizing, liz, that by just going after him personally and using words so flippantly like park ifist or hitler or nazi or garbage and calling trump supporters that as well, that this is why donald trump is going to be your 47th president. maybe this is why republicans took a back the senate and will control the house, because they are tired of hearing this rhetoric over and over again. they want solutions. they think grocery prices are too high, gas prices are a too high, crime is too high and illegal immigration's too high. enough all right -- already, we don't want to hear it anymore. elizabet

reasons members left-wing media don't like him are the reasons donald trump shows him and cnn scott jenningsican -- very nicely. watch this. >> does anybody have confidence in the current leadership of the pentagon and the way the defense situation has been operating for several years? from the afghanistan pullout which was an extreme debacle for which no one was held accountable, spy planes over the united states. $300 million. is a public relations stent which wound up killing an american servicemember, all the criticism is that he is not the expected washington take and i'm just saying the american people voted against the expected washington pick. he's got 20 years in service, afghanistan, iraq, princeton, harvard, he's on tv but so are the rest of us. >> what i think is scott jennings probably never met pete hegseth, perfect. he's been from the outside perspective, he's a typical for secretary of defense but why not break the mold? four-star general for four years did nothing the for going to surgery failing selling the president and the president didn't even know were look for him in t

megan hayes is a democratic strategist, also with us, cnn political commentator, scott jennings. scott, i don't think i am divulging or portraying any confidence to say that when we told you the news, you were in disbelief. >> are you not entertained? this is the most entertaining transition i have ever seen. i was as surprised as paula, because it's not a name we had seen. frankly, a lot of well-heeled, washington legal types were on the list. i am surprised as anyone. what i take away from this is that this is a president elect that is feeling his power. i mean, this is someone appointing people to things, whether it is gaetz or anything else we have seen, who is feeling his power, feeling his influence, does not feel like he's in a mood to negotiate with the people in washington, d.c. he is here to do what he wants to do and is going to expect the republicans to fall in line. all these people, whether it is gaetz or anyone else have to go to confirmation and go through committee hearings and prove themselves like anyone else, but it is apparent to me that trump is in a decisive

makes a lot of sense why they're struggling and why the gender gap is so wide. >> let me get scott jennings into this conversation scott, a key conservative organizer for trump, charlie kirk, said. and i'm quoting him now early vote has been disproportionately female if men stay at home, kamala is president. it's that simple. close quote. trump has bet this election on his outreach to men, even though statistically women turn out in higher numbers than men do. could it cost him the election? what do you think well yeah. >> i mean, if he loses women by more than he wins men and women vote more than men do. i mean, it's basic algebra so you could you could assume that i mean, i think there are other divides in this election that are cutting against the democrats, such as the working class college education divide. >> and that's why harris is scrambling among that demographic. i mean, to me, the two biggest divides in the election are gender and this education versus the, you know, the more white collar people in this country. i don't know how it's all going to turn out, to be honest with you.

this is just a horrible weekend and i'm here with scott jennings and he is happy i am miserable.what you have for me? it might make me burst into tears, this is horrible. >> we do not want anyone crying on this show, but i do wonder, from your perspective, what are the democrats -- you are right, they thought that maybe hakeem jeffries would be in there, and it is not trending in that direction. if you are the democrats, what are you going to do for the next two years? >> therapy. we are all going to therapy. why are we here? if you are a democrat, all we can say is, we hope that she decides to take a vacation and they hire terrible people to make some mistakes to give us a chance. they have the supreme court, they have the electoral college, the house, they probably have the senate and the popular vote, and we are sitting here with a dunce cap on. last week we thought we were the smartest people in the world and we thought donald trump was an idiot and it turns out they were smarter than us and we don't have anything to say. i could pretend i know something, here's what i know,

and scott jennings, senior political commentator and former senior adviser. great to have you both here. the end is near i believe we just lost jamaal. scott, i'm going to start first with you. we see the vice president in north carolina. i know president trump also going to north carolina. they are both spending a lot of time there , in a state that has been heartbreak hill for democrat since obama. >> one of the three most important states. there are some people who look at the campaign, like it's a three state election. pennsylvania, georgia, north carolina. before trump to win all three he would be the next president. whoever wins pennsylvania is highly likely to be the next president. donald trump did win it twice. a lot of attention being paid there. a lot of people voting there. a high turnout. i expect, over the last few hours of the campaign, we are going to see quite a bit about a peer for the republicans part they are excited about what they have seen in the early voting program one to always remind, which of the witches cauldron. you can look in th

>> joining me now are our political commentators, scott jennings and carol finning. let's talk a little bit about the jockeying for position in the trump administration. made very clear with this tweet that he expects those that want to be the senate majority leader to -- and here's what he said. any republican senator seeking the coveted leadership position in the united states senate must agree to recess appointments in the senate, without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner. scott, judging from the response of senators thune, scott, and cornyn all vying for this job, how do you see this all shaking out? >> well, look, they want to make donald trump happy, and they want donald trump to get what he deserves, which is a chance to build his administration and staff it with people who will execute on his agenda. i'm not surprised to see them coming out to support trump's viewpoint on this. although, i would say, in the early going with 53 senators, i would expect trump would have no trouble, hopefully, getting post american people confi

. >>> joining us now from washington is our good friend scott jennings, cnn senior political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush. thank you so much for staying late on a saturday night to speak with me. we want keep you too long. i do want to ask you about this news today from president-elect trump, that he will not be including nikki haley and mike pompeo in his new cabinet or as advisors in his new administration. obviously he is free to appoint whoever he wants to advise him and to work with him and his cabinet. obviously that would like we have to be senate confirmed but is it a mistake, in your view, to not include someone like nikki haley, who was so popular in the primaries, and someone like mike pompeo, who was so well renowned in his position in his first administration? >> i don't think it's a mistake. first of all, donald trump just won a mandate from the american people, and that includes appointing whoever he wants. i don't think he needs either one of them, not that i think either are particularly bad people, it's just trump has the mandate

senator navarro, scott jennings, also journalist rachel mccullough . scott, elon musk was critical in the campaign. what you make of him joining this call with the leader of turkey? >> doesn't surprise me at all. donald trump can get anyone on the phone that he wants. a lot of these calls are congratulatory in nature. so his further more policy driven cultic place out of spec more policy and administer officials will be on these calls, but at some juncture, trump won and he has a cadre of advisers that will include elon musk and i don't think anybody should be surprised by this, or alarmed by it, either way. >> i think it's a little weird. elon musk seems to be everywhere at all times. he the secretary of everything at the same time he's like the first lady. the other day i saw this picture of him, it was a picture of trump with his entire family except melania, but elon musk was there. now you are hearing about this, there is also obviously conflict of interest, because this is somebody who has contracts with the department of defense, this is somebody

scott jennings and maria cardona are back with me. should elon musk beyond major calls like this one, with president galinsky, especially after the wall street journal reported that musk has been in regular contact with vladimir putin since 2022? >> yeah, i don't know how to answer that to be honest with you. i'm not sure of the nature of the call. i assume it was a congratulatory call and look, donald trump is the president-elect and he can really have anybody around and on the phone that he wants. trump won the election and he will construct his team however he sees fit. if that happens to include elon musk, well it will include elon musk. i'm sure that other officials will be included as time goes on , as they get past this series of time when it's more than just congratulatory, when they are discussing real policy. >> we don't know what they discussed on the conversation. they could have been discussing policy but we have not been told. elon musk isn't expected by most observers to have an official government pollute position unde

me now to discuss cnn political commentator karen finney and cnn senior political commentator scott jennings. good to see you both. all right, scott, i want to start with you because when you look at trump's potential cabinet here axios has described it as maybe the most ideologically diverse cabinet of modern times. from a more pro-abortion right. rfk jr.. over health and human services to pro-union secretary of labor and congresswoman lori chavez-deremer. i mean, how do you assess the range of who he's picked so far? and do you think that's going to translate to implementation process we see by them an ideologically diverse group of people, and there are going to be a few of these folks that some republicans are going to have, some questions about. >> i mean, you mentioned rfk, the pro-life community has questions about his record and statements on that. and certainly there are a lot of republicans who don't agree with congresswoman dreamer's views on say, the pro act. and she's been appointed to run the labor cabinet so i suspect at some point those people are going to have to make some s

let's bring in cnn's senior political commentator, scott jennings. now, he was the special assistant to president george w. bush. scott, you were here with us when gates was announced as the nominee and at the time, i think it's fair to say you were in shock and disbelief what's the sentiment now that he's withdrawn? >> well, i think it was probably right to do >> i mean, this had a low probability of success from the beginning. >> and the information that's come out now made it even worse so he did the right thing by president-elect trump, that's for sure. >> i didn't think he ever had a path to 50. and it didn't didn't seem that he was ever going to get there. so trump deserves to be able to nominate someone who has a fighting chance of being confirmed. that obviously wasn't happening with gates. i mean, this transition though, is i said at the time, it's entertaining. i mean, it has more twists and turns than an m night shyamalan movie and now we're going to get somebody else and we'll see who that is. he had a list that he had before, and maybe he

. >> joining me now is our panel this evening, cnn senior political commentator scott jennings and democraticroginsky. great to see both of you this evening. thank you for joining me. scott, to you first, i mean, respond to senator duckworth. do you think that she has a point? >> yeah, i do actually. >> and it would be an upheaval in the military to pull all women out ofi'm waiting to hear is what donald trump has to say about it. and i think that's true of any of these appointees. you know, they may all have political views. they may have expressed positions in their previous jobs before, but it doesn't really matter, because all that matters is what donald trump thinks. he's the president elect. he'll be the commander in chief, and he'll set all policy for the military. and then pete hegseth or anyone else will then carry that out. so that's really what i'm waiting to hear. and i've never heard donald trump say that. that's his view. so i think before everybody freaks out, that would be the next thing we'd want to know. >> yeah. and julie, democrats like duckworth and others have been raisi

>> cnn senior political commentator and former special assistant to president george w bush, scott jennings and max rose, former democratic congressman from new york and a senior adviser to voice votevets. good to see both of you. scott, let's start first with you there is this we just played that clip from the house speaker about this. this ethics report. and matt gaetz there have been calls by republican senators. they say they think they should be able to see it. do you think they need to see this to be able to properly advise and consent on this? pick well, whether they see it or not, my suspicion is during the confirmation process, which as the speaker indicated, there's a very rigorous vetting situation here. >> they're going to find out everything the ethics committee already knew so would it be easier for them to just get it in the way? the ethics committee has already written it up. yes. if they don't get it, which is the house's prerogative, i'm sure they can do all the legwork. now, that might delay obviously, the vetting process for gates as he goes through this confirmation sit

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. >> scott jennings, i want to >> scott jennings, i want to ask you something that we've been talking about and that is mitch mcconnell of it all since he's somebody who you're very close with and the fact that he's not going to be in leadership, he's going to be as much as he would ever be a rank and file republican. you know, he won't have the burdens of leading the conference. how will that determine how he's going to vote on some of these nominees? >> yeah, much different position now than he was in before. and look he's he's kind of a liberated person. and he's one of this group of senators that i think is unthreatening. you know, they're not susceptible to the normal political machinations of some of the rest of the people in the conference. of particular note to me is that he's going to be the chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee, and so he has said he's going to spend most of his time for the next two years worrying about national defense, rebuilding america's arsenal. >> you think he could vote no on some of these sure nominees? >> i think i think several of th

and cnn senior political commentator scott jennings to discuss some of this.cott, i want to talk about some of these nominations. you have ranked those who could possibly see some serious pushback from republicans in the senate from gaetz to hegseth to gabbard but in reality just how many times do you think republicans may not confirm a trump nomination >> gaetz is the one i put in a separate category. he seems to have the most opposition and you have to remember, some of these senators are simply not tenable. or as susceptible to trump's influence as the others. some of them are retiring, some of them, you know, have an image of fighting with trump publicly that serves them well. back in their home states. and in the case of gates, some of them have had some long standing problems with him. that predates their time in the senate. so there's a group of senators here obviously, that would be more than the required number to defeat a nomination on the floor, but i think he's a separate category then my next one was rfk. he has some problems, and i do think some

it's just been different all right, maggie, stick around. >> i want to bring back scott jennings and former democratic congressman mondaire jones. scott, let's just start with this. mark zuckerberg meeting. what do you make of it well, not surprised that he would want to go see the president elect. >> and i'm not surprised donald trump would want to see him, too. i mean, these are two of the most powerful people in the world, and they can probably help each other with a tremendous amount of stuff, whether it's a of a policy nature or information distribution, nature so, you know, i'm glad to see though, that people are going and what this tells me is there's some acceptance that donald trump is the president elect and that he's going to be our president come january. you know, i remember back in 2016, it just felt like there was this sort of immediate resistance to trump that there was a lot of external and internal resistance to him. i don't really sense that this time around and i see world leaders engaging with trump. i see mark zuckerberg engaging with trump this is a good thing.

scott jennings on cnn that she was in our class the other day. he says there is more to being president in the united states then just beating donald trump and she did not make that case. i think it is a great thing that we can do deep dives in all the issues. i would say i am glad the issues are back on the table. it is a great opportunity for parties to move forward, and bring in the problem solvers. >> we are going to go to questions in just a minute. before we go, i would like each person to touch on one issue. what are the prospects to help unify this country? bill, you are nodding. >> we were thinking about this regarding us of who won the election. typically, presidents get four categories -- who they appoint. does he put a democrat in the cabinet? from my perspective, a democrat that is committed the eight democrat, so rfk junior does not count -- who is committed to being a democrat, so rfk junior does not count. and an issue to work with -- it could be anything. it could be tax credits for the environment, something that a lot of democr

something brother, to tagging the hulkster in to the as seen on tv cabinet live at the table, scott jennings ashley allison, chuck rocha and jim geraghty americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do in for abbie phillips. so let's get right to what america is talkiets, which means tariffs. we are back apparently, to the era of federal policy announced via social media. the president elect on truth social of course, promising to penalize both neighbors to the north and to the south with a 25% tariff on all products entering the u.s. starting on day one of his second term. trump also vowing financial vengeance on china with a 10% tariff on top of all the other tariffs already in place against beijing. cnn economics commentator catherine rampell joins us in the fifth seat. and catherine i want to start with your initial reaction to this 25%, because it's not unexpected, right? we've been hearing that tariffs would be coming with a trump administration. >> i mean, it is not unexpected in a sense. it may be unexpected to americans who thought trump was goin

live at the table scott jennings, julie roginsky, marc lotter and chuck rocha. americans with different perspectives are not talking to each other, but here they do >> good evening. abbey is out. i'm john berman. you might know me from a cable morning show, though not the one that might soon have a defense secretary who paid a woman that accused him of sexual assault nor the one that just sent two anchors to mar-a-lago, then talked about it like it was the yalta summit no, i co-host the morning show here on cnn that starts in like ten minutes. so let's get right to what america is talking about. phoning his friends tonight. donald trump is dialing for votes. he wants senators to support matt gaetz to confirm him as the next attorney general, even as they watch and listen to vivid accusations about what gaetz allegedly did to women. pay for sex and engage in sex with a minor she was invited to a party in july of 2017. she testified to the house that as she was walking out to the pool area, she turned to her right and she witnessed her client. i'm sorry, her frien

live at the table gretchen carlson scott jennings, catherine rampell kevin o'leary and solomon jones americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do good evening. i'm audie cornish in for abbie. let's get right to what america is talking about. the war on wallets. tonight, it's clear that if donald trump wants a global trade war, he could get it. but it's unclear if anyone else really wants one. so take wall street they don't really like these tariffs for detroit ford and general motors stock prices tumbled down the trade war rabbit hole. sneakerheads not going to be happy. footwear industry group exec said the tariffs will only stretch budgets thinner. and then the countries who are the targets of the trump tariffs will they're not going to take it lying down. mexico's new president says she'll go for tat tariff for tariff president trump president trump threats and tariffs are not the way to address the migration phenomenon or drug use in the united states. >> these major challenges require cooperation and mutual understanding. one tariff will b

and i don't mean if you got scott jennings poster at the house or if you're out there waving to trump. >> a lot of that going on out there, i know there is. >> it's horrible but i'm not talking about those people. regular folks. about 90% of everybody is tired. they are give out about this election. they give out about donald trump. they give out about the democrats to all of the above. so i think if he was to pardon trump, i think the top of the white house would blow off. >> would it work, so to speak? i mean in this op ed, i think they're they're basically arguing that this is kind of a way to like stop the endless cycle of what goes around comes around that it would be a bold statement and that somehow it would allow trump like a very fresh start. >> this op ed is written by my right of center colleague, mark thiessen, who i think the world of. i think he's great he also wants a pony for christmas, and he's probably not going to get that either. that did you just make that up because like, there's legal? >> well, you can't just be saying if someone wants this. >> yeah. yeah. >> we

all right scott jennings.this network at the republican national convention that the republican party was now the fun party, and lo and behold, i was right. and apparently many pro athletes agree from the raiders. brock bowers to the lions za'darius smith to the titans, calvin ridley to ufc fighter jon jones, to soccer's christian pulisic. just moments ago athletes are doing the trump dance to celebrate their scores and wins. and why shouldn't they? trump is back. america is back and once again oh, we don't need to say it. it's cool to be a republican. chuck. julie, why do you have to stand up chuck? julie, i invite you to get in on it. it is true. we're back, baby. we're back. >> baby, it's true that you guys have sex parties that we cannot compete with. we definitely are. the much more i can hear the jealousy in your voice. oh yeah. i want to go to those matt gaetz sex parties you're so right. >> it was pretty fun, right? these athletes, do you feel like athletes should get political scott, are you saying th

. >>> earlier i spoke with scott jennings, former assistant to george w. bush. asked him about the exclusion of mike pompeo and nikki haley from future administration positions. i don't think he needs either one of them, not that either are particularly bad people, it's just trump has the mandate to hold the buck government he wants to build, he won the national popular vote and overwhelmingly, the electoral college. there are plenty of good people who support donald trump's agenda and could fill these roles, no, i don't think it's a mistake, from what i've heard, there are plenty of very talented people in national security and diplomatic space, and a lot of other areas, are really talking to trump and his team about coming on board, i'm very optimistic about what they are doing, the fact that he chose susie while so quickly tells me he's in a decisive mood, and building the administration quickly will help him get off the ground quickly and pursue the agenda quickly, i've got no concerns about this. >>> a lot of people praised the decision to choose susie wile

scott jennings, still has been a positive on us network television defending donald trump for months. he said, it's pretty much as a pair of hands. then you've got the big names. you've got the likes of a long musk who donald trump said, what head of a government efficiency department still questions, but we will thought we'd like look like you've got robert f. kennedy junior, who ended his independent company to come on board. he is being told that he will have some role in the health side of the administration, although we know that he is on c vaccine. he has a lot of fairies that let's say medical professionals find alarming. question is how much room he will be given a few times that we know will not be in the administration, mike compiler of the full i'm a secretary of state, he's seen by some of the trump a little bit as being disloyal because he didn't defend the president elect a nuff during the campaign or he came in the last few weeks to talk about it on nikki haley for them. but she was a real invitations. donald trump for us and busted it to the u. n. she run against him f

live at the table scott jennings, van jones, sure michael singleton and maria cardona with two days to go. america's with different perspectives are not talking to each other but here they do. >>> i'm abby philip in new york. let's get to what america is talking about. does america like donald trump when he's angry ? if you are one of the few people who are truly undecided what you will do on tuesday, you are trying to pay close attention to what kamala harris and donald trump are saying. if you are the campaigns, you are trying to take stock where you are and there is this new poll that is surprising to say the least. the des moines register poll puts trump behind. that's in a state that when to 2016 and 2020. why is this happening ? it could be many things. maybe it's because america is watching trump do truly bizarre things. stuff you watch and ask why or maybe because he sounds plain angry and saying stuff that would get you or me sent to hr. >> we had the safe this border. should not have live. we did so well. do you want to see me knock people out backstage ? >> she came at me. t

he clearly is somebody who tried a couple of times, as i heard scott jennings on your show last hour do say that this will be a fair election , but when it comes to donald trump, really undermining that any time he comes before a microphone, including today. that is what i wanted to ask . here is how it went. >> he is sitting the stage for his supporters not to believe the results if he loses. do you want him to stop doing that? >> i would never tell andy candidate on the ballot to talk about what happens if they lose. obviously, you are going to lean into the victory . >> i appreciate that, senator. forgive me. spreading false rumors. >> you are running ahead of your candidate. >> saying false things about fraud is not -- you think it's okay to spend frosts spread false rumors regardless of what happens? >> the liberal media has done a better job of spreading misinformation than any candidate i have seen so far. >> we saw what happened on january 6th as a result of that and many other things. you are at the capital. are you saying that you want to leave this conversation and say tha

. >> live at the table, scott jennings, john avalon, jeff duncan and madison jesse auto. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. >>> good evening. let's get to what america is talking about. robert f. kennedy junior. >> today i nominated him for i guess if you like health, and if you like people that live a long time, it's the most important position. rfk junior, bobby. >> he is, in fact, donald trump's choice to run the health and human services services. it's a monster of a bureaucracy. it administers medicare and medicaid and obamacare. rfk is thin on the kind of experience needed to run a sprawling agency. he is thinner on real science. rfk junior calls his new potential gig a generational opportunity. stepping back, this is the latest cabinet proclamation that is seemed designed to own the libs perhaps more than promoting good government. some of what rfk junior says sounds okay, even decent, making the food supply healthier, making policy to promote more exercise, making the government less beholden to big pharma. that's

scott jennings and van jones and gretchen carlson . elon musk obviously critical in the campaign . what you make of him joining this call? >> that doesn't surprise me at all. of course donald trump can put anyone on the phone that he wants. i have seen a lot of these calls been congratulatory in nature. as furthermore policy driven calls take place, i would expect there to be other policy and administration officials designated officials on the calls, but in some juncture, trump won and he has got a cadre of advisers that include elon musk. i don't think anybody should be surprised by this or alarmed by it either way. >> i think it's a little weird. elon musk seems to be everywhere at all times. is like secretary of everything and at the same time he's like first lady. the other day i saw this picture of him. it was a picture of trump with his entire family except milan you, but elon musk was there and now you hear about this. there is also conflicts of interest. this is somebody who has contracts with the department of defense. this is somebody who has starlink and it's in ukraine

, we hear the spokesperson carolyn levitt is a top contender, as a republican cnn contributor scott jenningsr other cabinet members, doug burgum, there's a lot of speculation about rfk jr., tim scott and kevin mccarthy could land in the administration. sources tell prime time that johnny is being considered for secretary of transportation. ♪ ♪ >> what are the streets saying about trump becoming the 47 president? johnny went out to find out. ♪ ♪ >> ready for the dictatorship? >> how no. i cannot say no loud enough. [booing] >> hudy take the election results? >> i cried. >> it's a disaster. >> do you need a shoulder? do an action got two, thank you. >> it is no point in saying good morning because it is not one one donald trump elected the seventh president of the united states. >> oh, my god,. >> oh, my god, not again. >> i'm getting high. >> but she did so grade! >> should so grade, i laventure! she laughed. >> her policies. >> way to i see what you're doing here. >> it's a lack of self-respect. >> say think that republicans are nazis? >> i think everybody is a nazis. >> are you a nazis? >>

. >> i think scott jennings said to me a day or two after the election.s is so different than 2016 were there were people who were hesitant. trump can get anyone he wants to serve in this candidate -- cabinet. people with the largest experience in any subject he wants but he picks tulsi gabbard, matt gaetz, and robert kennedy . >> i think the reality is you have the right to pickle he wants. i think there is a tenure of disrespect that extensive these nominees that i think would not be accepted if it were the other way around. >> let's listen. >> you know, sly, he doesn't do that. i want to thank you and john voigt for being here. the great fight movie. sly has alot of them. you know and ef hutton, her husband at the time, when they built mar-a-lago many years ago, the roaring 20s. we are hotter right now than they ever were. we are going to keep it going. we are not going to have 1929 happen. although if it would have continued the way it was it might not have been too good. when they built it nobody knew what was going on. nobody knew real luxury. they

richard carlson and jeffrey and political commentator and scott jennings and bentivegna congressman charlie, onetime chairman of the house ethics committee. jeff, surprising or not surprising? >> it is surprising but what i am reminded of today is eight years ago when president elect trump picked jeff sessions to be the attorney general, very conservative, very distinguished, he had been a senator for a long time. he committed one sin that was unforgivable. he recused himself from the russia investigation which was absolutely the proper thing to do, the for the case to his deputy rosenstein who appointed robert mueller and that investigation was a affliction for trump. he wants a attorney general who will under no circumstances ever turned over anything to a special prosecutor and do his bidding and protect trump who is engagement with the legal system has been a constant of his life. >> to your point this is what he ran on. i thought he would have gone with a more subtle name, somebody not quite as polarizing as met gates but the question now is does the senate and senate republicans truly

i'm looking for people like scott jennings who is on cnn and he's 1 out of 6 in the room where we need to have all voices. the right, the left and the moderate. i think it's important because the editors are responsible for stories that are told and stories are not told. they have the nuances of the word hatred versus for the president-elect make a real impact. we need abuse on both sides and my goal is not to change the entire board for that. >> trace: the election, the voters were very clear on what they wanted. you have orange county and you have others that are more conservative. how do you reach out to them? they are your readers, how do you trust and get their trust back. >> if you look at the map of california and... the change has been rather dramatic moving towards the right as well as being very liberal as before. so it is our responsibility to maintain democracy, to have the views of all of our california readers and all the national readers to be heard. if we just have the one side we become nothing but an echo chamber. so it's going to be risky and difficult. i'm going to

i think carl karolina leavett, pavlich and megan kelly and scott jennings, who has done a brilliant jobg the president's case. not every time, but on cnn. >> steve: those are great c contenders we saw yesterday with president trump pulling matt gaetz out of a hat, nobody saw that. according to d.c. inside political reporters, it sounds like matt gaetz wasn't even on the list. the airplane ride, he was on the plane with the president, where they came up with this know pla. there were other people involved. it is known suzie wiles incoming chief of staff likes matt gaetz a lot and had him prepare donald trump for the debate stuff. it is curious that this particular name, which has yesterday electified washington is going forward. >> ainsley: has to go through senate confirmation hearing, what happens if it doesn't work out with confirmation? he's stepped down. land he could be appointed to a position where the president doesn't need. the process will play out. one thing i will say, piece of advice, matt gaetz definitely has fire brand aspect that donald trump likes and a lot of people in

percent and cnn political commentator scott jennings as well as here, thank you for all of you being here, the reaction has been quite fierce and quick. even "the wall street journal" editorial board is saying, scott, this is a bad choice that would undermine confidence in the law, the attorney general has to make calls on countless difficult questions on who to indict, matt gaetz decisions would not be trusted. he wants to use the law for political revenge and it won't end well. will and will in the senate? will they confirm him? >> of the things that we have seen come out i think he has the hardest vote. based on what i have heard tonight, he starts under the line. whereas, i think hegseth and even dulcy gebhard have a fighting chance along with everyone else who has artie gone up. no question he starts below the line and would have to fight to get it. that raises the question of whether he would try to do it through recess appointment, and i'm skeptical they are going to go along with that, too. i don't know, obviously. there's a lot of road between here and there. but trump is def

former obama campaign adviser misha cross, and former senior adviser to senator mitch mcconnell, scott jennings. >> scott as the republican at the table. when you have taken your candidate to blue new mexico with less than 100 hours before tuesday night. >> anyone here know the last republican to win new mexico. and does anyone know who ran a campaign there? >> george w bush. >> and this guy, 2004. so i know a little bit about campaigning in the land of enchantment, okay. >> and do you think donald trump's going to win new mexico on tuesday night? >> i think i think of the blue states that are within the realm of the possible virginia, new mexico seemed the most likely, but that doesn't mean it will happen. it just means, you know, if everything were to break right they got something going out there. there's also a senate race going on out there. i'll tell you one other thing. he's been all over all these swing states. he's made more appearances does that harris? i'm not sure there's another place in pennsylvania. he could have a rally, but i know this in both virginia, new mexico, he's going t

joining me now, david axelrod, otherwise known as ask, or our buddy, and scott jennings, thank you gentlemenr being here, susie wiles makes history as the first woman who is the chief of staff, that's a big thing. what do you make of her stepping into this role and do you see her as someone who is going to be a guard rail, enabler, or what? >> first of all, i'm glad she got this job cousin she earned it, she ran one of the most disciplined, organized campaigns and she's known in the republican party as being a competent administrator of whatever she gets involved in. if she takes that same kind of discipline and organization to the white house, it gives trump an excellent pathway to fill those jobs quickly and execute his agenda. and i love this because it obliterates the attacks that people were making on donald trump, chiefly mark cuban that can't stand to be around smart and strong women. she did a great job running the campaign, she will do a great job running the white house. every corner of the party this morning is cheering this on and the fact that trump made a decision quickly, deci

. >> i think it was scott jennings who said a day or two after the election this is so different in 2016. trumka get anyone he wants basically who is center or right of center to serve in this cabinet. the most qualified people with the largest experience in any subject that he wants, but he picks tulsi gabbard, matt gaetz and robert kennedy. >> i think the reality is president trump has the right to be cool he wants. i think there is a tenure of disrespect that it tends -- extent that i think would not be accepted if it were the other way around. >> let's listen. >> thank you. i want to thank you and john voigt for being here. great fight movies. sly has a lot of them. i want to thank everyone for being here. when mrs post and her husband built mar-a-lago many years ago, the roaring 20s. we are hotter right now than they ever were and we are going to be a lot hotter. we are going to keep it going. we are not going to have 1929 happen. although, if it would have continued it might not have been too good. when they built it nobody knew what was going on. nobody knew real luxury. they didn

. >> look, scott jennings, is this guy possibly confirmable by the ÷÷united states senate after everythinghas happened? >> the only person, calls on me first. >> don't take it personally. >> you know these guys! why i would ask you. >> i'll handicap for you. everything trump has done, he's the one who i believe actually starts below the bar of confirmation. i mean, we could probably all count at least four senators maybe five who are highly likely to never go along with this. gabbard i think actually has a fighting chance. i think it's tough. the confirmation hearings will be interesting. she said some things about trump's foreign policy at odds. called the soleimani killing unconstitutional at one point and gaetz, gaetz right now is below the line nap raises the question whether this sets up a whole showdown with his own party, trump's own party over recess appointments and how you get the senate into recess long enough to make a recess appointment. to me it -- >> democrats have something to say about that, too. >> yes. that will be an interesting showdown. to me this signals one thing. d

live at the table, nicole hannah jones, scott jennings, and carl bernstein americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here, they do. >>> it's probably what most of you did at home over a seemingly out of left field choice to run the pentagon. this is pete hegseth. he's a fox personality, he is host of the weekend morning show. he is a combat veteran who did two tours in iraq and afghanistan. he has interviewed trump quite a lot, but he has also been something of a sounding board for the president in private on military matters. sources say he also looks the part, and that factored into trump's decision to choose him. the pick was a surprise on capitol hill where one senator literally said wow. and inside the pentagon where defense officials tell cnn hegseth was nowhere near the list of likely trump picks to run the military. also tonight another big pick. trump is dipping into the fox ranks once again for the hardest ambassador posting in the world but mike huckabee is trump's choice to run american diplomacy in israel. but let's start with pete hegseth. this is the

live at the table mondaire jones, scott jennings, josh barrow. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. >> good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. only the best people, donald trump is making a major cabinet choice and sending a big signal about his foreign policy plans. senator marco rubio, son of cuban exiles, florida senior senator and trump's one time 2016 punching bag is the president-elect's pick to be secretary of state. the reasons for rubio are pretty obvious. he's experienced, likely to sail through senate confirmation. however, rubio has spent the last several years converting from never trump to maga, but the pick is an odd one in a way because rubio's ideas, especially on russia and ukraine aren't exactly america first. now trump also dipped into the establishment ranks to pick his national security adviser opting for congressman, green beret and noted hawk mike waltz also of florida. we have the senior political correspondent joining us at the table today. this is a win for, of all th

live at the table, nicole hannah jones, scott jennings, tw re b, kerry champion and karl bernstein. americans with different perspectives are talking to each other but here they do. >> good evening. let's get right to what america is talking about a double take. tonight it is probably what most of you did at home over a seemingly out of left field choice to run the pentagon and this is a fox personality host of the weekend morning show and a combat veteran who did two tours in iraq and afghanistan and interviewed trump quite a lot but he has also been something of a sounding board for the president in private on military matters. sources say pete hegseth also looks the part which factored into his decision to choose them. the pic was a surprise on capitol hill where one senator literally said, wow and inside the pentagon where defense officials say he was nowhere near the list of likely trump picks to run the military and also tonight another big pick, trump is dipping into the fox ranks again for the hardest ambassador posting in the world, mike huckabee as trump's choice to run am

perspective from lift our voices gretchen carlson and scott jennings and former pennsylvania congressmane dent, one- time chairman of the house ethics committee. jeff toobin, surprising, not surprising? >> it is surprising, but i think what i'm reminded of today is eight years ago when president-elect trump picked jeff sessions to be his attorney general, very conservative, very distinguished a senator. he'd been a senator for a long time, he'd been the u.s. attorney, but he committed one sin that was unforgivable which was he recused himself from the russia investigation which was absolutely the proper thing to do, deferred the case to hishis deputy, rod rosen stein stein who appointed robert mueller and an affliction for trump. he wants an attorney general who will under no circumstances ever turn over anything to a special prosecutor and do his bidding and protect trump whose engagement with the legal system has been a constant of his entire life. >> alyssa, were you surprised with this? >> i think it your point, this is what he ran on. i think he would have gone with a subtle name an

i think that guy scott jennings over on cnn, that guy should be press secretary.s taken the fire every day. chris loss vida maybe, stephen miller. i also think vivek and matt whitaker will be good. governor jeff landry's name has been brought up. people especially on the other channels saying he just wants people who are going to do what he wants them to do. not really. he wants people who will respect him but he wants their opinion when decision is made to it don't do what madison kelly did who tried to do what they thought was in the best interest of the country which was contradictory to what the first term president thought. >> ainsley: president trump spoke to the world leaders, israeli prime minister, can't's prime minister. french president. indian prime minister. the south korean president and ukrainian president zelenskyy. he talked to biden. biden congratulated him and invited him to the white house. >> brian: do you know who the first one to call was? mbs. that's a sin bowl. called pariah nation. told the houthi rebels you are no longer on the terror wa