steven mnuchin bought it with john paulson, the hedge fund manager.ght it would george soros. and he rebranded, so you just mentioned one west is what it is called now. and i i think it was profitable within a few months. the fdic guarantee that after certain point they would have-- not have to eat up any losses. to be fair to steven mnuchin, in the same way you kind of have to admire the fact that he made his bed on donald trump whenever also assumed he was going to lose, you have to admire the bet he made on his banker he bought this bank at the bottom. things were terrible. he had a good instinct. on the other hand, he sold it to cit, for more than $3 billion. and there are nonprofits that say that one west really stands out for awful foreclosure practices. there is a group that accused him of foreclosing on something like 36,000 homes. somewhere, pretty sure it is more than 30,000. to basicallyose not going to neighborhoods that are predominately black and latino. but he willies that be facing some serious questions over the neck couple weeks. --

president-elect donald trump is nominating steven mnuchin as his treasury secretary. wilbur ross as commerce secretary. both joined us right here on "squawk box" earlier this hour. >> did you ever think, wilbur ross, that you'd work for the government? >> i didn't think i'd ever have a boss again. >> joining us right now is ariana huffington and now announcing it today, cofounder and ceo of thrive global. i want to get really quick your reaction. i don't know if you know steven mnuchin or have a reaction politically to where we are right now. >> i don't know him. it's interesting he's both wall street and hollywood. he helped finance which feeds the trump profile. he was the finance chair. so far what he said to you today on the set does not match the trump populism. >> i want you to come back at some point to just talk politics and former "huffington post." but i want to talk thrive global this morning. today you're launching. explain to those who are uninitiated. >> so thrive global is a company i'm launching in response to the global epidemic of escalating stress a

what do you make of these -- both wilbur and steven mnuchin, wilbur probably better known to this particularence. what do you make of steve mnuchin? do you know steve? >> i don't. i met mr. ross a couple times. i don't flow mr. mnuchin. here's what we know about donald trump. he is intensely results oriented. so the picks he makes are obviously going to be people whom he can trust, but also people who can be held accountable for what they do and what they accomplish in these important positions. mr. mnuchin has incredible knowledge of the financial services industry, inside and out. he's detail oriented. he's very successful. he also clearly knows the kind of behavior that folks in government have to watch out for. within the financial services industry in order to protect the public. that's a wise choice. mr. ross has a record of success in reviving businesses that we desperately need in this country that mr. trump emphasized in the rust bell. >> i imagine both of these folks will be put through the wringer in the confirmation hearings, lots ofquestions around draining the swamp. mr. mnuchi

steven mnuchin was there from the beginning as his finance chief.here, very loyal to him. you can go through all these candidates and there seems to be a consistency. >> loyalty is definitely a key determiner on those two. not only did they come on board early, they are both vocal proponents of the donald trump trade policy, and his message on economics and the working class. that definitely is something that is going on. the way we can answer that question is seeing whether or not he appoints mitt romney. mitt romney was not loyal, he was a big credit and jump is getting a lot of pushback from his inner circle as he considers romney. the question of whether loyalty will win the day or whether expanding the base of little bit will be more important to him will be answered when we see whether or not it is romney or people like david trias or senator bob corker -- david patraeus or senator bob corker. him, the day with before. do we have a report on what it looks like he is heading toward? >> we do know there was a lot of pushback from romney and that

donald trump has chosen former goldman sachs banker steven mnuchin to be secretary of the treasury accordinghe plan. mnuchin was a well-known hollywood finance year bankrolling "avatar" and the x-men franchise. trump wilbur ross to be secretary of commerce, the announcements could come today. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg. nobody gotyou, behind donald trump early like wilbur ross. this for a global audience, how two different newspapers show our new secretary of the treasury, donald trump picks fax banker for treasury says the conservative wall street journal. the new york times takes a different view. i love this, the new york times said -- financier is movie financier is set to pick for treasury secretary. a lowlife hollywood movie financier, throw it out, there goes the new york times. say, x is the biggest secret you need to know for toys 17 -- gadfly is the biggest secret you need to know for this -- nextnext year here year. our new secretary of the treasury steven mnuchin an

>> there are definitely going to be obstacles when it comes to steven mnuchin.ve seen the frosty response we have gotten from democrats, there is a majority in congress, that a slim majority in the senate for republicans. a can't afford to lose too many republicans and the democrats get to have their say. the number one issue they will look at is going to be mr. ofhin's stewardship indymac, a failed mortgage lender that allowed him to profit on the subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 and 2009. there will be questions around that. to both of you, we are talking about some of these nominations that seem good for wall street, don't necessarily seem popular. what about on the trade side. how do we know -- what we know about how they would pursue trade deals? like theyit sounds want to work together, commerce and treasury, both departments came on to a lot of shows together. their nominations came together. a were talking as if they have onbled together a few ideas trade, especially on china come a whether they will label them a currency manipulator or not. but he also

the interview of the morning, steven mnuchin and wilbur ross on some of these questions that darrell investors have that we can expect from the next administration. >> that's the main thing to watch today at 7:00 a.m. also steve sedgwick from vienna bringing you updates from the opec oil meeting. "squawk box" is next. generosity is its own form of power. you can handle being a mom for half an hour. i'm in all the way. is that understood? i don't know what she's up to, but it's not good. can't the world be my noodles and butter? get your mind out of the gutter. mornings are for coffee and contemplation. that was a really profound observation. you got a mean case of the detox blues. don't start a war you know you're going to lose. finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. >>> two key picks for trump's cabinet. the president-elect expected to name steven mnuchin as treasury secretary, and wilbur ross is said to get the nomination for commerce secretary. both men will join us on set at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> and it's a busy

the wilber rosses, the steven mnuchins of the world. >> are you saying that you can't trust everything that donald trump says? >> i'm just coming to that conclusion, felix. but i can't help but feel bad for some of those trump voters who believed what trump was saying, because he's just pulled the biggest con ever. he says stuff that doesn't matter, and now he's bringing in the elitists. the people who live in the swamp. he is soaking the swamp and bringing in people who are part of the washington establishment. >> but he's feeding those people with tweets and cheap headlines about character. >> what does it say about steve bannon's influence? because these seem to be the kinds of people steve bannon doesn't want. >> these are absolutely the kind of people steve bannon has spent the second half of his career railing against and trying to bring down. >> after being one of them himself. >> and who in this new administration will not have worked at goldman sachs is an interesting question. but yeah. it's, no one knows what bannon is privately advising trump. no one knows whether bannon ac

this comes after he named roman sacks executive steven mnuchin -- he named goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin to the treasury department. he had dinner with mitt romney last night. he is being considered for secretary of state. he tweeted that he is holding a news conference on december 15 and plans to announce he is officially leaving his businesses. he says it is vital in as president not to have conflicting interests. switching gears and covering metro now -- this noon today marks one year since paul wiedefeld took over the job as general manager of metro. a lot has happened since he arrived. we are in the 11th surge of safetrack, the safety overhaul program between east falls church and ballston. right now metro is in the middle of a contentious budget battle. the biggest sticking point in his plan, laying off to 1000 workers -- laying off up to 1000 workers and reducing service. our transportation reporter, brianne carter, will be at the meeting today. she will have more coming up dozens dead, only six survivors from the plane crash in colombia . right now, the search for what we

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it's a question for secretary of treasury steven mnuchin. rote the whole website, white paper that we put together. steven is a brilliant guy and we had six months spent together. maria: not a politician, journal story talking about the fact that trump is naming a former banker as treasury secretary, is this -- anthony: 14 years out of being a banker. maria: well, do you want that? anthony: you need somebody who has credibility in the markets. he was at the committee at goldman sachs and ran fixed income at goldman sachs. he's a brilliant guy. [laughter] >> to what degree do they also resolve around how much pushback individuals may get from the other side of the aisle during the nomination process? anthony: as it relates to steven? he did work for george sorros at one point in his career. maria: steven mnuchin? anthony: yeah. dagen: you have tom price, look at obamacare, but he also -- he's running the budget committee. he took over for paul ryan so he knows the budget, he knows tax reform, he's friend with paul ryan. again -- anthony: 20 ye

>> steven mnuchin. clear about through this whole thing to a degree which we very rarely see is he is totally upfront about the fact he wants his job. he told us again and again, if present trump were you offer me something, i would take it. fund called dune buttal, which is sort of not really functioning anymore. it wound down a lot of investments. he is ready for this job. david: detail if you would, how steven mnuchin and donald trump came to be and patriots? compatriots? zach: they did a couple of years couple of deals together. when he was not involved in the campaign until april of this year when almost by happenstance he ended up a trump tower for the new york primary results coming in. he ends up on stage with his old friend donald anderson couple days later, trump asked him -- donald, and just a couple days iter, trump asked him and went from there. longtimeng -- a partner at goldman sachs. his father was one of the real pillars of goldman sachs for long time. but then he kind of struck out on

steven mnuchin as treasury secretary, mnuchin was national finance chair for the trump campaign.nd billionaire investor wilbur ross has been tapped for commerce. earlier on squawk mnuchin spoke about boosting economic growth. >> i think we can absolutely get to sustained 3% to 4% gdp. and that is absolutely critical for the country. we're going to cut corporate taxes, which will bring huge amounts of jobs back to the united states. >> what do you think you're going to get to on that? >> we're going to get to 15%. and we're going to bring a lot of cash back into the u.s. >> all right. >> wow. >> so much to tackle here, jim. >> yeah. i got to tell you, i think the ultimate takeaway is -- excuse me, mnuchin and wilbur ross are business people. i mean, pure business people who have done great business in their life, made a lot of money. very much part of the firm ameant of wall street. you have people very sophisticated and understand business. i thought these interviews were breathtaking. said, look, we're going to do responsible tax cuts. everybody wants to see corporate taxes cut.

news has learned the president-elect is set to officially nominate former goldman sacs executive steven mnuchin as treasury secretary...and billionaire investor wilbur ross as secretary of commerce. mister trump kicks off his victory tour tomorrow...in ohio and indiana. ((brian loftus)) >> yesterday the trump team announced that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's wife, elaine chao, has been offered the job of transportation head up the department of health and human services./// ((kirsten joyce)) >>> the anticipation for star wars newest movie is driving box offices crazy! ((brian loftus)) >> coming up on good day...we'll see how many people bought pre-saletickets for stars "rogue one.///" you're watching 8 news now good day. ((brian loftus)) broken a box office record and it isn't even in theaters yet. it's also capable of breaking ticket sales records. the hollywood reporter says "rogue one: a star wars story" boasts the biggest number of ticket presales for 20-16 for both fandango "and variety adds the first stand-alone "star wars" adventure is tracking to open above the 130-million do

today. news a-b-c news reports former goldman sachs executive and trump campaign finance chairman steven mnuchin will be nominated for treasury secretary. billionaire investor wilbur ross is said to be trump's choice for comr amid cabinet speculation... the president-elect ate dinner last night with mitt romney. the two were joined by incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus. they didn't keep it a secret. as you can see-- press photographers were allowed into the upscale new york restaurant to take photos. this was the second meeting between the two since the election. romney is reportedly under strong consideration for secretary of state. more good news for the president-elect. he has reportedly reached a deal with carrier to keep nearly one-thousand jobs tuesday, trump called it "great news," with more details to come. he and vice president-elect mike pence, the current indiana governor, will make an official announcement thursday. back in february, carrier said it planned to move the plants to mexico, an lay off more than 2-thousand american workers. developing now. ohio state unive

among them, steven mnuchin as treasury secretary and investor wilbur ross as commerce secretary. trump also had dinner tuesday night with mitt romney in manhattan, a potential secretary of state nominee. vice president elect mike pence has given mr trump praise on his selection process. in case you missed it.. mr trump's team tapped elaine chao, to be transportation secretary.... and tom price to head up the department of health and human services. we're just learning that three people were killed overnight and several others hurt after strong storms and possibly a tornado moved though alabama . this happened in rosalie -- about 60 miles east of huntsville. we've seen reports that the winds were so strong at times, cars were thrown around and more than a dozen buildings were destroyed. firefighters in tennessee are really hoping to get some help from it's supposed to rain at some point and they really need it. high winds over the last two days have really fanned the flames of the fire that started on monday. hundreds of buildings have been destroyed and three people were killed.

confirmed this morning they've been offered cabinet positions goldman sachs campaign finance chair steven mnuchin as treasury secretary"our number one priority is tax reform."and billionaire wilbur ross as commerce secretary."i didn't think i'd ever have a boss again."{laugh}still up in the air: secretary of state. "my sense is he's narrowed it down to a very small group of people."including mitt romney. he had dinner with trump last night."the people he's selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective, advisers are swarming trump tower."we talked about secretary of labor and it's something i'm gonna consider." vice president elect pence meets with republican leaders on capitol hill today who say they're ready to quickly confirm trump's cabinet.tracie potts, nbc news, washington. president elect trump kicks off his thank you tour in ohio tomorrow. he's also planning to visit indiana to announce one thousand factory jobs staying in the u.s. at a briefing --by house g-o- leadership -- speaker paul ryan said republicans plan to do something about obamacare as soon as possible.another health

alabama senator jeff sessions, and steve mnuchin -- the front runner for treasury secretary (steven mnuchin) >> "we're working on the economic plan and the transition, making sure we get the biggest tax bill passed, biggest tax changes since reagan." (harry reid/ senate minority leader) >> "as long as a champion of racial division is a step away from the oval office, it will be impossible to take trump's efforts to heal the >> vice president elect mike pence will have lunch with vice president joe biden in washington today... he is also expected to get his first presidential intelligence briefing...just a day after donald trump received his./// sherry how's the weather today? ((sherry swensk)) valley along the beltway... and definitely up in the mountains. ..... gusts have already been up to 45 mph... and those could inr 20 mph or higher today. ...... gusty winds for the valley as well and we are very mild right now because of overnight clouds. colder air follows a cold front today and temps fall back tomorrow. highs in the mid 70s today and much colder near 60 tomorrow. let's take a look a

former goldman sachs executive "steven mnuchin" is expected to act as his treasury secretary. fierce "obamacare" critic -- representative "tom price" -- gets the nomination for "health and human services" secretary. and former labor secretary -- "elaine (cho)chao" will head the department of transportation. chao is also married to senate majority leader and as for secretary of state, it appears "mitt romney" could be closer to getting the job. romney and trump had dinner last night in new york, along with trump chief of staff "reince priebus." and witnesses say the dinner appeared to be ?very cordial. one of the biggest protests in the country... spread all the way to tampa on tuesday. the "fight for 15" was a push to raise the minimum wage... nationwide. of disruption"... and it lived up to the billing. several ?dozen protestors were arrested after a rally in ybor city. some of them decided to sit ?down in the streets... and that's when the handcuffs came out. the protests started in ybor's centennial park, but eventually made it down to the mcdonalds at east 13th avenue and

>> well, steven mnuchin has a tremendous record at goldman sachs. we are hearing some murmuring about draining the swamp. for a treasury secretary you need to pull from the financial triand you need to pull someone as qualified and an extensive record as steve mnuchin has. he worked on drafting our tax plan. so who better to be treasury secretary than someone who knows our tax plan in and out. he's going to have the same views as the voters who voted for mr. trump. >> i think mr. trump's base would cheer wilbur ross. with steve mnuchin, it's more of the same. there is a reason why people joke about goldman sachs. will this upset people in president-elect trump's base? >> not at all. for these economic-related position you have to pull from the financial industry. i think it shows you having someone extremely qualified who has the background for it. this isn't just a random successful former goldman sachs executive. this is someone who has been with the campaign since day one. he's somebody who was always on board with our populace message, our worki

news has learned the president-elect is set to officially nominate former goldman sacs executive steven mnuchin as secretary...and billionaire investor wilbur ross as secretary of commerce.speaking on fox news -- vice president-elect mike pence says the new administration's top priority is repealing and replacing obamacare:(sot pence) it's time for us to allow americans to purchase health insurance across state lines//it's time to give people more consumer choices mister trump kicks off his victory tour tomorrow...in ohio and indiana. yesterday the trump team announced that senate majority elaine chao- has been offered the job of transportation secretary. tom price has been tapped to head the department of health and human services. 3 meanwhile...the wisconsin presidential recount will begin tomorrow.... and it's up to each county to decide ?how? they want to do it..a dane county judge just ruled the recount does ?not? have to be done by hand.cbs 58's kyle aevermann joins us live in studio with a closer look at the ruling. kyle? the judge heard about 4 hours of testimony and arguements from bot

and then expected to be made official today -- former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin h trump's secretary of the treasury.other reports suggest that the president- elect will also announce billionaire investor wilbur ross to be commerce secretary. meanwhile - carrier says a deal has been struck with president-elect donald trump that would keep nearly one-thousand jobs in indiana. mr. trump made keeping american jobs from fleeing to mexico, a campaign promise back in february. carrier had said it planned to close two indiana plants. a union representing the workers says moving the jobs would save the company 65-million dollars in labor future uncertain for a few hundred workers at two plants. the president-elect and vice president- elect mike pence --the current indiana governor --will be in that state tomorrow for the official announcement. they are also kicking off their "thank you" tour that day in cincinnati, ohio. coming up at 6 : we'll have the details of the president-elect's sit down dinner with former political rival mitt romney. what he had to say about the transition e

steven mnuchin is a former goldman sachs partner. outgoing vice president joe biden will be honored on the senate floor next month by senators from both sides of the political aisle. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and senate minority leader harry reid are among the lawmakers who will be featured in the tribute. senator chris coons led the charge to honor biden. coons holds the same seat from delaware that biden held for more than three decades -- becoming vice president. the tribute is scheduled for december 7th and a biden spokesman says the vice president will be there. a holiday gesture... gone wrong. the charity event officials are blaming for the death of three people. and.. fans mourn the deaths of brazilian soccer teammates killed the plane crash in colombia. details on the emergency signal that went off before it went down. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is coming up next choice for live local news right now a thanksgiving whoa, this is awful, try it. oh no, that looks gross what is that? you gotta try it, it's terri

nbc news has learned steven mnuchin is expected to be named trump's pick for treasury secretary as soon as tomorrow. >> and investor wilbur ross is expected to be his pick to lead the commerce department. elaine chao, wife of senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is trump's pick for transportation secretary. also a georgia congressman, tom trump's pick for secretary of health and human services. we have a lot more on that in just a moment. but first, the president-elect is overshadowing his own cabinet picks with his threat today about jailing or perhaps revoking citizenship for people who burn american flags in protest. that, experts say, would be unconstitutional. we get details on this new firestorm from nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: the that's protected, though not popular. >> one flag was set on fire. one was -- >> reporter: not long after this segment about a college protest in which an american flag was burned, a trump tweet. quote, nobody should be allowed to burn the american flag. if they do, there must be consequences, perhaps loss of citizenship, or year in jail. but b

former wall street executive steven mnuchin is president-elect donald trump's latest cabinet pick. mnunchin was tapped for treasury secretary. he is a former goldman sachs executive... and served as trump's campaign and labor secretary elaine chao is trump's pick to be transportation secretary. she served under president george w. bush and is married to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. earlier today, the transition team announced georgia congressman tom price was nominated to lead the department of health and human services. price - an orthopedic surgeon - is a vocal critic of obamacare. both chao and price have years of experience in washington and are considered members of the washington establishment... which has drawn some criticism drain the swamp as he promised on the campaign trail./// ((paul joncich)) >>> tomorrow house democrats will vote on who will lead them. the election had been scheduled for the week of the presidential race, but it was delayed after they suffered a bruising loss. california congresswoman nancy pelosi has been the democratic leader since 2002..

former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin added as treasury secretary - ] and trump is vowing to remove himself from business to focus on the presidency. trump tweeting in a string of posts that he will hold a news conference with his children on december fifteenth in new york. he went on to sale documents are being crafted to "completely" remove his involvement in business operations so he'll quote "in no way have a conflict of interest." and the senate passing a bill written by senator chuck grassley, today the bill is set to reduce the backlog of families awaiting approval of surbibor benefits of public safety officers killed in the line of duty it's called the public safety officers' benefits improvement were killed in ambush style attacks. the bill now heads to the house of representatives for consideration continuing coverage tonight... investigators are blaming a lack of fuel for a plane crash that killed more than 70 people killed in colombia notably- members of a brazilian soccer team investigators discovered a black box from the plane they found audio of the pilot sayin

including , billionaire wilbur ross for commerce secretary and former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin for treasury secretary. romney spoke after tonight's dinner. carrying out a transition effort, and i have to tell you that i've been impressed with what i've seen in the transition effort. the people he's selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective, capable people. joyce: this was romney's second meeting with trump in a week. meanwhile at the white house, it's michelle obama's final christmas as first lady. today she hosted military , families to ow it includes a tree and flag display featuring some of the military families the obamas have met over the years. a tree decorated with gold ornaments honors soldiers who lost their lives serving the country. next to it, an i-pad station where the expected 68,000 , visitors this holiday season can send messages to service members. patrick: the walmart truck driver who hit comedian tracy morgan has accepted a plea deal that allows him to enter a pre-trial intervention program. if the driver, kevin roper, successfully completes the

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portman >> reporter: steven mnuchin is the pick for treasury secretary. his a foreman -- former goldman sachs director. the trump transition team also announced billionaire wilbur roth will be nominated for congress secretary. the president-elect said he will hold a news conference on december 15 to discuss plans to leave his business empire while in office. any series of tweets this morning mister trump said i feel it is visually important as president to a no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses. it is unclear if the billionaire plants to turn over his business holdings to his transition officials tell cbs news the plan does not include a release of his full tax return. mister trump had dinner last night with mitt romney and rhines previous. romney wanted -- one of the harshest critics said they had a wonderful evening.>> these discussions have been enlightening and interesting and engaging. >> sources tell cbs news mister trump's considering romney and david betray us and rudy giuliani for secretary of state. >>> e vice president-

that carrier will keep 1,000 jobs in the united states instead of shipping them to the border to steven mnuchin praised the president for the move. >> the president-elect and vice president picked up the phone and called the c.e.o. and told them we want to keep the jobs here. >> mnuchin promised the most significant tax law changes since the reagan administration. >> there are many answered questions on what to expect house. one is who will be the nation's top diplomat? meanwhile, today, house democrats voted to keep nancy pelosi as the minority leader. chief political correspondent joins us. what can we learn about the decision about pelosi? >> not surprising. they have suffered losses on the house side, more than 60 seats on the senate. so maybe it's time to cha and donald trump wins. tim ryan challenged nancy pelosi. she won handily. 130 to his 60. not close. but is that the right move. we heard from comings and that sums -- cummings and that sums it up. house and we need to keep the current structure in place to combat major changes that trump presidency and republican house and senate may

trump's campaign finance chair - is being considered as treasury secretary (sot: steven mnuchin/ fmr. goldman sachs group inc. partner :51- :53)"there is a lot of hard ingraham as press secretary and rudy guiliani and former u-n ambassador john bolton as secretary of state.(sot: fmr. mayor rudy giuliani/ (r) 1:02-1:09)"i won't be attorney general.{you won't be a} "so good i won't have to decide that one, thank god" {ok, you've made that clea} "i can escape that one." insiders say the trump transition is ahead of schedule. audio outcue: tracie potts, washington. reince priebus is getting praise from his old college roomate--wisconsin state assembly speaker robin vos says he is proud that priebus is priebus grew up in kenosha and ran the state g-o-p party before eventually moving up to become chair of the national republican party. 11 49 35 all the things i know about reince are what's going to happen in the donald trump administration - smart, articulate, organized passionate. i think that's why he was chosen.speaker vos thinks a trump administration will help state lawmakers push new

his transition team returned to trump tower to fill key cabinet former goldman sachs partner steven mnuchin is said to be the front runner for treasury secretary. >> there are a lot of things to do. priorities are taxes and infrastructure. >> mr. trump challenged reports that his team is in disarray tweeting this morning, totally wrong on the transition. it is going so smoothly. the tweet comes after vice president removed all lobbyists from the team. >> he is putting together his team. it is never easy to dupe particularly and you are coming in, not having been in government. >> the president-elect is also raising eyebrows after the team told the press he was in for the night. instead, trump went to dinner tuesday at a nearby restaurant. >> the white house responded reporters are in place to cover the president-elect and it is critical they be allowed to do their jobs. >> in the meantime, the company that owns several apartment buildings in manhattan bearing the trump name, took down the gold letters after tenants petitioned for the removal. cbs news, new york. >> some of capitol hill stil

appointments with an eye on those closest to the president elect, like banker and fundraiser steven mnuchin. >> i think some people on wall street would derive some comfort from that. there was a former, senior goldman sachs was becoming treasury secretary. janet: cohan also fears wall street might have a strong reaction if trump initiates a deportation program. he said the mass exodus of talent would scare many businesses. in wellesley, janet wu, wcvb newscenter maria: clinton by the way won here in massachusetts by more than 881,000 votes, but more than a million votes came in for president-elect trump. more than half of those votes came from four communities. lakeville, berkley, freetown, and middleboro cast 54% of the vote for trump here in massachusetts. a lot of questions about what donald trump's white house will and maryanne marsh. we saw trump shift tones quickly with his acceptance speech. this is what he said. donald trump: for those who have chosen not to support me in the past, of which there were a few people, i am reaching out to you for your guidance and your help so that we

among the latest, steven mnuchin >> making sure we repay trillions of dollars back to the united states and the personal income taxes. where we've have the most significant tax cuts. >> reporter: also joining the team, wilbur ross. and sarah palin as secretary of veterans affairs. trump tweeted plans to visit indiana. the trip tomorrow includes a rally in cincinnati. first stop on a thank you tour of the battleground state that put him in the white house. brine moore, nbc news, washington. >>> nancy pelosi will remain the top democrat in the house of representatives. she defeated tim ryan to about a third of house democrats supported his bid for leadership. >> i think having a vote of 63 other members agreeing with the message, i would say that leadership understands that there is a good many people in the caucus who want the message to move in that direction. >> nancy pelosi began her leader in the democratic caucus in the house i house from 2007 to 2011. >>> no criminal charges for a charlotte police officer who shot and killed a man in december. >> that doesn't mean his family won't

trump announcing he has selected steven mnuchin as treasury secretary. but he has funded some of hollywood's biggest movies. speaking to the press at trump tower he says his priority is economic growth. >> lowering corporate taxes to make us companies the most competitive in the world. bring back trillions of dollars to the united states and personal income taxes. we will have a significant middle income tax-cut. >> he became the top fundraiser for trump reduce scaling bank rates. former -- transportation secretary will be elaine chao. billionaire investor wilbur ross is trump's pick for commerce secretary. todd ricketts was tapped for >>> despite frustration among democrats the reelected nancy pelosi is the minority leader today. 63 democrats voted for her opponent tim ryan, that is the largest number of defectors she has seen since her tenure began. >>> take a look at your screen police need help identifying this woman, she cashed a counterfeit check for $500 at a publix store on 66th street north. if you know who she is, you are urged to call police.

/i this, as the president-elect announces steven mnuchin i ma-noo'-chin /i as his pick for treasury secretary. mnuchin is a former wall street banker and was mr. trump's campaign finance chairman ... who, if confirmed, would be tasked with overseeing the i-r-s ... he says tackling tax-reform is one of his biggest priorities ... us tax rate, we're going to make u.s. corporations incredibly competitive and create enormous amounts of money that come back on shore and creates jobs." "we're going to have an integrated plan and work closely between commerce and treasury to make sure we drive growth in this country." but, all eyes remain on the battle over mister trump's pick for secretary of state ... after mitt romney met with the president-elect for a second time last night ... reince prebius -- who has been tapped as trump's chief of staff -- also attended the dinner ... "i think he sees a lot of talent in governor romney. nothing certain, and it's still up in the air." needs to take place. that's the piece that's being worked on right now. they had a great dinner last night, very encouraging. b

steven mnuchin will be treasury secretary. the hedge fund boss has vowed to follow through on his sweeping tax reform. >> the tax plan has the so we makespects, u.s. companies the most competitive in the world, and the personal income tax is we have the most significant tax cut since reagan. >> wilbur ross will be commerce secretary, dubbed the king of bankruptcy, he has under reputation for turning around troubled banks. ross helped resurrects donald trump's casino and was a donor to his campaign. by heath brown, an assistant professor of public policy. thank you for joining us. donald trump announced he will leave his business in total. what do you make of these tweets? we should find out in a couple of weeks. if he puts his children in charge like he said he would is in that still an issue no matter how much he says he will distance himself? >> the questions are going to remain until we get the details. whether those details come in mid-december as suggested, it will determine whether the promises made in his tweet are fulf

to be the leading choice for america's top diplomat, but has limited foreign policy along with steven mnuchin, recommended as treasury secretary. rudy giuliani, a former prosecutor, is said to be the leading choice for america's top democrat but has limited foreign-policy experience. trump transition officials are asking about having some of donald trump's family members get high level security clearance. his three adult children would get access to top secrets but misses. that could be a problem for trump who criticized hillary clinton's ties to the clinton charitable foundation as pay for play during the campaign. >> if they want to drain the swamp, the relationship with the family and the business would be very open. the walls would be very high. if president trump was to keep faith with the promises he made during the campaign. >> trump has just nine weeks to fill thousands of administrative positions before taking the oath of of bringing prosperity and jobs to the american people along side trump. still - protests over our next president our next president continue across the country - o

wife of senate majority leader mitch be made official today -- former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin has been tapped to be mr. trump's secretary of the treasury.other reports suggest that the president- elect will also announce billionaire investor wilbur ross to be commerce secretary. and the air conditioning company - carrier - announces it has made a deal with president-elect trump to keep a thousand jobs in indiana. about 14-hundred carrier employees were expecting to lose their jobs to mexico next year. a union representing the workers says moving the jobs would save e labor costs. carrier says president-elect trump promised to make a great deal for workers... the president-elect and vice president- elect mike pence will visit indiana tomorrow to unveil the agreement. kim and jessob. back to you. a youtube video gone viral...showing a shopper getting upset with employees because she was asked to buy a bag for her purchase.. take a look at this rage caught on camera. "i am making a report against you, you discriminated against and tell them to have a nice day." this happened at a

(sot: steven mnuchin/trump campaign finance chairman) "we're working on the economic plan and the transition, making sure we get his tax bill passed, the biggest tax changes since reagan. so a lot of exciting days in the first 100 days of the trump presidency." (standup: craig boswell/cbs news/the white house) mr. trump received his first presidential daily briefing today. the briefings allow the soon as he takes the oath of office. in congress - president-elect trump will rely on congressman paul ryan to push his legislative agenda. (sot: rep. paul ryan/(r-wi) speaker of the house) "let's take all of this uncertainty out of the economy and get people back to work. this is something we share. this is something we're excited about working with donald trump." republicans unanimously voted tuesday to approve ryan as their choice for speaker of the house. craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. ((paul joncich)) >> and we just found out today some las vegans will be las vegas sands c-e-o sheldon adelson, treasure island owner phil ruffin, and wynn c-e-o steve wynn all made the list. the committ

and today president-elect trump announced former gold mans sacks executive steven mnuchin and wilbur roz. the company has confirmed it bleached a deal with the new administration to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in this country. he will also be starting a thank you tour tomorrow night in cincinnati. >>> a new jersey judge is now expected to decide by friday if a special prosecutor will be appointed to investigate governmeor chris christi for misconduct. the judge has filed a claim against chris yis. activist -- brennan says both the attorney general and county prosecutors have a conflict of interest since they answer to the governor. the governor has not been charged and denies any involvement in the plot. >>> new at 6:00, all public housing in the country could soon become smoke free. u.s. housing and urban development announced new rules rpgs it will ban all smoking in publicly owned housing. officials say they hope to have the ban in place over the next year and a half. >>> driving out hunger, the reason people are jumping in their cars to give back. we have a report on xfinity live. >>>

whittling down his pattern it -- cabinet mister trump appointed former goldman sachs executive steven mnuchin for treasury secretary. for comments, investor wilbur roth. for president-elect, it will take longer deciding who will serve as his secretary of state. top contenders are mitt romney, david petraeus, rudy giuliani, and senator bob corker. >>> this will warm your heart amenity rescue caught on video. crews had to pull it from a storm drain in jacksonville. this has been trending all day. thousands of you watched this live on facebook. crews dug around the storm drain until they finally could lift that manatee and free it. he almost went unnoticed. pavement workers spotted the sea cow and he had been there for seven hours. we did find out he has bruises but other than that he will be okay. its way to seaworld to recover. >>> take a look. this is what coachman park looks like right now. at the corner of osceola andrew street in clearwater. imagine having more room in the concert area. sarah hollenbeck shows you what clearwater could become. >> reporter: they want to lot with this water b

the news has just confirmed that trump is about to name steven mnuchin as treasury secretary.a guy who has no government experience, comes from goldman sachs, from the world of big business, from california, the world of hollywood. i think it's just yet another curious selection by the president-elect. >> royalty rules. >> exactly. >> ruth? >> so much for populism. seems like just yesterday we were railing against goldman sachs speeches and wives who worked for goldman sachs. >> molly? >> cronyism always wins and no matter who is elected and that's true. you're seeing this with other decisions that trump is making as well. >> but that's not news. what else you got? >> for instance, he's put people in transition at epa who are very focused on pulling back regulations and doing regulatory reform based on trump's theory that environmental regulations are very damaging to american business. >> thank you. when we return, let me finish with trump watch. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. o is for ordinarily i wouldn't. l is for layers of luxury. a is for alll the wa

we can pull up the latest announcements, we now know steven mnuchin is treasury secretary.sman tom price health and human services secretary per wilbur ross commerce secretary. and the others, well ee lawn ciao transportation secretary. jackie it's been pointed out that this is a cabinet of billionaires. what's the downside of that. that means they're successful people. this is an aspirational cabinet as some people have called it. le. >> i mean, it's just how they became billionaires that could be problematic. if someone like wilbur ross bought a company in north carolina, which started out sourcing jobs to china and mexico exactly what donald trump was railing against. during the campaign. you have steven mnuchin who is a hedge funder who donald trump said gets away with murder. he would probably get the argument that he knows how to fix that problem but there are a lot of questions that these folks have to answer as they go through their confirmation hearings as to how they're going to make things better and not just kind of repeat. >> guys we're out of time thank you ve

today...as he continues to put together his administration.among the potential selections -- steven mnuchin as treasury secretary... and investor wilbur ross as commerce secretary.the development comes just a day after trump and reince priebus had dinner with mitt romney in manhattan. romney has been floated as a potential secretary of state nominee. 3 3 milwaukee police are investigating a shooting near vincent high school ...that sent a 19-year-old man to the hospital.police don't know what led up to the shooting... and they're still looking for suspects.the victim is expected to be okay. 3 we're hearing that people waited in long lines for a free water filter. the city is giving them away to people in homes with old lead laterals. there's another give-away from 5 to 7 tonight at the community center at kosciuszko park.critics say this is just a temporary fix. the city council is now hashing out who should pay... and how much... to replace the old pipes. hunters killed nearly 197- thousand deer during the nine-day gun season this year... that's down about six percent from 2015, according

jeff sessions, and steve mnuchin (ma-noo-chin) -- the front runner for treasury secretary: (sot steven mnuchin) "we're working on the economic plan and the transition, making sure we get the biggest tax bill passed, biggest tax changes since reagan." trump's transition may already be showing signs of turmoil. just days after new jersey governor chris ch role as transition chair...former republican congressman mike rogers, announced he was quitting the effort. in a tweet, eliot cohen...a former state department official under bush 43... called trump's team 'angry and arrogant'...urging colleagues to -quote- 'stay away.' -nats- back on capitol hill...democrats kept up calls for the president elect to fire steve bannon as chief strategist: (sot harry reid/ senate minority leader) "as long as a champion of racial division is a step away from impossible to take trump's efforts to heal the nation seriously." republican governors gathered in orlando had a different view: (sot martinez) "he gets to choose whoever he wants to select" inauguration day is a little more than two months away. hena daniels

his business empire. >>> more now on the latest conditions to his cabinet, treasury secretary steven mnuchinork for goldman sachs for 17 years, before leaving in 2002. he found a lot of success in hollywood as a producer. mnuchin has been one of mr. trump's closest economic advisors throughout the campaign. >>> commerce secretary nominee wilbur ross is a new jersey native, billion air investor made a fortune and considered the king of bankruptcy. he buys beaten down companies with the potential to deliver profits. ross is expected to play a key role in issues like trade, and jobs. >>> setback for jill stein in her effort to get a recount of pennsylvania's presidential election results. today a judge denied a motion by the green party presidential candidate to have results recounted in montgomery county. but the recount fight is not over. we will have details coming up on that, on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. >>> california congress woman nancy pelosi won enough votes to keep her position as top ranking democrat in the house of representatives. democrats voted 134-63 to retain pelosi as minorit