tillerson's lap is the question of sanctions against russia. obviously, this coming -- having to do with russia aggression in ukraine and the annexation of crimea. this could land on tillerson's lap. tillersonactually -- exxon has been impacted by the sanctions. >> definitely has. i think we have to go back to an historical point which companies like exxon were encouraged to go into the russian market as an economic diplomacy, that the u.s. has encouraged both on the right and the left. >> right. >> administrations of all kinds have encouraged companies to go into these areas. after the invasion of crimea, there was a whole shift in that mind-set. sanctions put in. exxon's been hurt. absolutely it's going to be difficult to separate that personal relationship. tillerson's relationship with the company. and what he's going to do at the state department. i think he's going to have to be very careful to walk that line. i think we'll see talk about putting business interests in a blind trust. beyond that, how much transparency is it going to offer us in that relationship with putin in particular. >> it is fascinating. a lot to be learned. thank you so much. great to see you. coming up for us, t

tillerson to be the next secretary of state. well, both rice and gates, it should be known, have done consulting work, for money, for exxonmobil. another voice of support for tillerson was the former vice president and former ceo of halliburton, dick cheney. he said, the selection of rex tillerson to be secretary of state is an inspired choice. i have known rex for many years, both in his role as the chairman and ceo of exxon and as a personal friend. i'm confident he will do a superb job promoting our national interests in dealing with the complex and difficult joyces on the agenda for the next administration. that's dick cheney. i'm joined now by senator rand paul of kentucky, a member of the foreign relations committee. thank god you're on that committee. let me ask you, what does dick cheney push this guy for? he's an oil guy with halliburton. now he's pushing a fellow oil guy. do the neocons have their arms around tillerson already? why does he got the love of cheney, the hawk? >> i hope he didn't get a friendship award from dick cheney. i'm keeping an open mind on tillerson. i want to know what his world view is, and i think it may be overblown. he's made deals in many countries. some award -- i don't know that this mean he's skiing and fishing with putin, some award. so

tillerson. tillerson's confirmation hearing is expected next month but some senators, including republicans, have concerns. last night, mr. trump made another stop tour. hena daniels is here in new york. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at a victory rally in wisconsin yesterday, mr. trump defended his controversial pick for secretary of state, despite those concerns from both sides of the aisle about tillerson's close ties to russia. ? >> reporter: president-elect donald trump brought his thank you tour to west alice, wisconsin, tuesday night, mocking recent recount efforts in the state. >> all that money, all that 131 votes more than we had before. speaker paul ryan, where is the speaker. >> reporter: going to bat for house speaker paul ryan in his own home state. >> he is like a fine wine. every day goes by, i get to appreciate his genius more and more. >> reporter: mr. trump also stood by his secretary of state nominee, exxonmobil ceo rex erson who faces a tough confirmation fight, given his ties to russian president vladimir putin. senate democrats have enlisted the help of accountants and legal experts to look into tillerson's business dealings. >> rex is friendly with many of the leader in the world that we don't get along with and some people don't like that. they don't want him to be friendly. >> reporter: earlier in the day the president-elect tapped montana congressman ryan zinke to

tillerson to be his secretary of state. mr. tillerson is a business heavyweight, with a top job at exxon mobile he brokered deals around the world on behalf of the oil giant but critics say he lacks political experience. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in the sat center with reaction from law make hours will vote whether to confirm this unconventional choice. >> reporter: in explaining this move donald trump tweeted i have chosen one of the truly great business leaders of the world. now the confirmation process for rex tillerson is expected to be rocky, because of his close ties with vladamire putin and fresh allegations of russian interference in the election. >> well look, i have serious concerns about mr. tillerson's nomination. >> reporter: new jersey democratic senator robert menendez adding his voice to a growing choir of lawmakers. >> there is no doubt that russians and others have hacked. >> reporter: this is after president-elect donald trump announced his choice for secretary of state exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson. tillerson has close business ties to russian president vladamire putin much add to that continuing suspicions, russia attempted to interfere in the presidential election. >> the question is did a foreign government try to affect the national elections of the united states for president and maybe even for congress? >> reporter: federal judge on monday in philadelphia dismissed green party challenge, seeking a recount of pennsylvania votes. jill stein has unsuccessfully claimed potential e

today, he met for the second time in a week with exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. tillerson would be a controversial pick because of his past ties to russia. exxon-mobil cut a major deal with a russian company three years ago. at the same time, trump's team is blasting suggestions that russia may have interfered in the november presidential election. with intelligence agencies right now that are saying we have not been hacked. adrienne: president obama has ordered an investigation into possible foreign cyber attacks during the presidential race. the president-elect will be in wisconsin on tuesday. donald trump will hold a rally at state fair park as part of his thank you tour. the rally starts at 7:00 p.m. another wisconsin county is just about finished recounting presidential ballots. dane county is expected to wrap up tonight. wisconsin elections commission said the statewide count was more than 88% complete. the deadline is 8:00 monday . we will keep you updated on that. in the meantime, one of trump's earliest backers in wisconsin says he'll be at that rally, tuesday nig

-- president and ceo, rex tillerson, tillerson was recommend by neatable people who used to be in government. robert gates and condoleezza rice, very big supporter's tillerson and he is friends with james baker. one thing that donald trump likes with tillerson he is a dealmaker and has crafted some very complicated deals in in of the most difficult plays in word, here's what trump said about tillerson. >> much more than a business executive. he is a world class player. and to me a great advantage is he knows many of the players. he knows them well. the does massive deals in russia, for the company. not for himself. >> reporter: but it's possible that tillerson could run into head winds in congress because even republicans are said to be very concerned about just how close his ties are to vladimir putin. the head of exxonmobil he has a lot of deals going in the oil patch there in russia,s' some members of congress, including senator john mccain want to know just how deep the ties really run. >> another of the president-elect's formers a sir varies visited trump tower today. >> this one was really interesting because you will remember the nasty comments betwe

tillerson. tillerson's close relationship with russian president vladimir putin is confirmation hearings beginning in january to evaluate tillerson and montana congressman ryan zinke, who trump's tapped to serve as secretary of the interior. trump told supporters yesterday in west allis.... says he's trying to put together an all star cast of cabinet members. seriously great people."i believe we are in the process of putting together one of the great cabinets, certainly a cabinet with the highest iq that anybody has ever...i mean these are seriously great people." trump was met with protests yesterday. the group says it's organizing a mass march and rally in the downtown on inaguration day.. which will then kick off 100 days of resistants. one day left before the deadline to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act. if you have any questions or concerns-- a special enrollment event is taking place tomorrow at "independence first" in milwaukee. it runs from 9 in afternoon. milwaukee was the community with the largest jump in health coverage for 2016, winning president obama's "healthy communities" competition. a

tillerson tillerson became president of exxon in 2004 and is said to have a close business relationship with russian president vladmir putin.tillerson never has worked in government... or 1975 last night trump also announced his businesses won't do any new deals while he's in office.trump tweeted he will hand over his businesses to his sons--and executives-- before his inauguration. wisconsin voters rewarded donald trump and mike pence for frequent visits to the state down the stretch of the presidential campaign. now the pair return to the state this evening. now as the next president and vice president of the united states. pete zervakis is live with more about the purpose of the president-elect donald trump has been traveling the country for what he's calling a "thank you tour" to voters. he won november 8th's election with 306 electoral votes. trump picked up 10 of those right here in wisconsin... which hadn't voted red in a presidential year since 1984. his visit here to the state fair expo center in west allis comes one day after a re- backed by democrat hillary clinton... re-affirmed his win here in wisconsin.house speaker paul ryan - who at times during the presidential campaign disagreed with trump - tweeted he ?will appear with trump and pence tonight to thank wisconsin voters. the president-elect's rally is scheduled for 7 pm. the doors open at 4. live...pz... tmj4 after a week of counting... results are in for wisconsin's presidential recount. the final numbers didn't change much. donald trump's margin over hillary clinton increased by 131 votes.jill stein... who's green party funded the recount effort... says she 's disappointed not all counties counted ballots by hand. it didn't take long for trump to tweet about the results posting quote, " "the final what - we just picked up an additional 131 votes. the dems and green party can now rest. scam!" end quote. area veterans are invited to the milwauke v-a's quaterly town hall meeting tonight. it runs from 5 to 7 inside the v-a's matousek auditorium.the event is open to the public. vets encouraged to bring up any questions... concerns... or comments about the v-a. the german liquer company jaegermeister has filed formal opposition about the registration of the bucks logo.jaegermeister says the bucks' logo looks oddly similar to theirs. both feature a deer inside of a circle and roughly the same size. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--police calling on the public for help this morning. what investigators need to bring some suspected theives to then -- famliies of the victims in the deadly warehouse fire hope to get some information today. the today - books paired with great gifts - we'll have ideas for every age. also the importance of roth ira's whether you are 25 or 65 at yesterday was sunny, windy and chilly with highs in the lower 20s and wind chills in the single digits. as the cold front got closer, clouds increased with a few overnight. the clouds are slowly clearing out, and this morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and single digits inland. the wind is light, but wind chills are slightly below zero. today will be mostly sunny, breezy and cold with highs in the low to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the zero, with wind chills to -15. today a-t-f officials will release their findings, after investigating that deadly warehouse fire in oakland. the december 2nd fire at the so called "ghostship" warehouse killed 36 investigators still have not announced a cause for the fire. city officials admit the warehouse which was housing an art collective hasn't been inspected in nearly 30 years. the city's fire chief says budget cuts and hiring freezes hampered the department's prevention efforts. two milwaukee women pleaded not guilty to charges in the death of a 7- year- old boy. court records show mary martinez punched trevion winningham with a closed fist multiple times on november 28th. the next morning he was hospital. martinez reportedly wanted hughes to dump the child in the woods. take a close look at this picture. milwaukee police say these three people are responsible for three different robberies on the northwest side.they all happened last wednesday within 30 minutes of each other. mpd hopes releasing the photos will yield some tips from the up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--sharpen those skates.where you could take your family today to enjoy this winter weather. sobering statistics uncover just how dangerous drinking and driving can be. what police are now doing to crack to clear snow in your alley. starting today, the fee to get a snow plow license will drop from 50-dollars to just 10- bucks. the city of milwaukee does not plow alleys within the city. currently there are only two companies licensed to offer plowing services in public city alleys. preparations underway for the opening of "slice of ice" at red arrow park. the rink opens at three this afternoon... hoopla celebration.the celebration takes place next wednesday from 4 p-m to 7 p-m. now to your weather and traffic together... with meteorologist brian gotter. yesterday was sunny, windy and chilly with highs in the lower 20s and wind chills in the single digits. as the cold increased with a few flurries overnight. the clouds are slowly clearing out, and this morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and single digits inland. the wind is light, but wind chills are slightly below zero. today will be mostly sunny, breezy to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the single digits, above and below zero, with wind chills to -15. wednesday is sunny, windy and very cold with highs a 30 mph wind, and wind chills well below zero during the day. we drop below zero thursday morning with wind chills to -20, and despite a degrees with gusty winds and wind chills staying below zero. friday will warm to 21, but snow afternoon. that snow continues on saturday with highs in the mid 20s, and then sunday is sunny, breezy and cold with a now-- let's take a look at your roads.. incident freedrive times on timetraffic is building speeds at or above posted wisconsin is listed as one the best listed as one wisconsin is wisconsin is listed as one of the best states to drive in. that's based on a new report from bankrate dot com revealing best and worst states for drivers...wisconsin list.... idaho claiming the top spot. louisiana is the worst. on average... in wisconsin... someone is killed or injured in an alcohol-related crash in wisconsin every three hours. to help cut down on those crashes more officers will be out on the road.the state's "drive sober or get pulled over" campaign starts thursday. law enforcement encouraing people heading out for the holidays to plan ahead with designated drivers... or plans to use public transit or ridesharing services. take a look at this close call caught by a kenosha deputy's dashboard camera.you can see the deputy out of his car, walking toward an accident on i-94.seconds later, a big rig comes rolling through, between the squard car and the median wall.the truck was able to avoid the accident scene. no one was hurt. it was a busy weekend for wisconsin's state patrol.this weekend's winter weather played a part in 2-hundred-58 crashes across the state. after the state's last snow storm on march 2nd. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj 4 --time is running out to get the packages you still haven't ordered in time for christmas. also-- the two deadlines you need to know about... and the deal that could save you time if you're still checking names off your shopping list -- there's still time to get gifts delivered by christmas. however... in order to help santa get those presents under the tree-- there are some deadlines you need to know.if you want the standard ground delivery... get your to the post office by thursday. fedex has a friday deadline for the standard ground service.u-p-s gives you a couple extra days.you have until next monday -- the 19th -- for it's 3 day and tomorrow through the 21st... walmart is offering free two day ipng on more than 15 hundred toys. your last chance to place an order at walmart dot com for rush delivery will be december 22nd at noon local time.the store is also offering christmas eve pickup for orders placed on december 23rd. the today's the today's tmj4 sports auction for macc is this friday.there will be 25 sports related items up for bid. all proceeds go to the macc fund which supports research for childhood cancers and related blood disordersthis item is the perfect holiday gift for the bucks fan in your life. it's a jabari parker signed jersey.it's framed and double matted. it measures 35 by 42 inches. friday during the sports auction for macc.it's from three to five live on today's tmj4.join in the fight against childhood cancers. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4 --a new way to dine out. the unique business idea one cafe is testing out.... and why its menu will always meet the needs of your bank account. also-- we're following developing news this moring. what police say happened that left a 15 year old girl dead. we're live on happening now-- plus: major league baseball is throwing a change up at its hazing policies. the change it's making to some annual traditions. and get ready, you're going to get smacked with a blast of arctic air this morning. let's start with your traffic together this morning-- with storm team 4 meteorologist brian gotter and tatiana cash. yesterday was sunny, windy and chilly with highs in the lower 20s and wind chills in the single digits. as the cold front got closer, clouds increased with a few flurries overnight. the clouds are slowly clearing out, and this morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and single digits inland. the will be mostly sunny, breezy and cold with highs in the low to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the single digits, above and below zero, with wind chills to -15. incident freedrive times on timetraffic is building speeds students at one milwaukee high school wi classmates was killed last night. right now milwaukee police are trying to figure out if the 15 year old was the intended target.n sterling is live with more. we're here live at john marshall high school. melanie johnson's family says the teen was on track to graduate from here early. the 15 year old was killed yesterday evening-- shot inside her home... and right figure out who did this,the shooting happened just before 6 p.m. at 35th and silver spring drive.police say shots were fired from outside the family home and right now -- they don't know if the teen was at the wrong place -- at the wrong time. but -- they are investigating if there was a car involved and if someone was targeting the teen. the teens family is sending out this message this morning - - put the guns down. there's too many kids losing the lives. no doubt many students here at john marshall will be shocked to hear their fellow classmate was killed. an illinois woman is dead and three other people are injured after a crash in kenosha county.it happened late last night near i-94 and highway 142. police say the woman struck the median and then was hit by another car in the the county board of supervisors is considering a policy change after recent deaths at the county jail. the change would require outside investigations for in-custody deaths. the board will vote on the change thursday.four people have died at the milwaukee county jail this year. just into our news room... major league baseball is planning to ban bullying and hazing. it's part of a new collective bargaining agreement between players an the proposal specifically focuses on initiation rituals including making rookies dress up as women... something many teams take part in. other hazing acts that have been banned include making players consume alcohol, drugs or "undesirable unwanted substances. it's important to note... not all initiation rituals are banned... only ones the league deems dangerous or offensive. things are looking up in the milwaukee housing market.for the fourth consecutive month, rose nearly 24-percent in november, compared with a year ago.increased sales can be attributed to an increase in listings in milwaukee and waukesha counties. governor walker says repealing wisconsin's minimum mark-up on gas sales wouldn't satisfy his conditions for raising the state's gas tax to help pay for road construction republicans have been wrestling among themselves over how to solve a one- billion dollar shortfall in the state's transportation fund. walker has said tax without a corresponding tax decrease somewhere donald trump is returning to wisconsin this afternoon... now as the president-elect. trump and vp-elect mike pence will rally in west allis to thank badger state voters. that's where pete zervakis is live with a preview. tonight's rally in west allis is part of president-elect donald trump's "thank you" country in a show of thanks to voters who last month. some of those voters - right here in wisconsin. trump won our state's 10 electoral votes. that's the first time in 32 years wisconsin voted republican in a presidential election. tonight trump and vp-elect mike pence will appear together at the state fair expo center in west allis at 7 pm... one day after a recount of the presidential vote here in wisconsin re- affirmed trump's victory. house speaker paul ryan - who at times disagreed with trump during the presidential campaign... tweeted out he will be in attendance. he too says he wants to thanks wisconsin voters for their support. live...pz... up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4--a big day in court for a former television star. the ruling today that could make or break his case. then -- good parenting is paying off. the new data out ease concerns about teens and drugs. and taking a live look yesterday was sunny, windy and chilly with highs in the lower 20s and wind chills in the single digits. as the cold front got closer, clouds increased with a few flurries overnight. the clouds are slowly clearing out, and this morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and single digits inland. the wind is light, but wind chills are slightly below zero. today will be mostly sunny, to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the single digits, above and below zero, with wind chills to -15. beyond wisconsin.former television star bill cosby trial hearing . cosby is facing aggravated indecent assault charges... accused of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand. today's hearing will focus on 13-other women who leveled similar accusations against cosby.a judge needs to decide whether their testimonies should be allowed as evidence in the trial.cosby has pleaded not guility to those charges. two georgia police officers are lucky to be alive this morning after a traffic stop gone wrong. the offi pulled over a car that turned out to be stolen.when they tried to make the arrest the suspect pulled out a gun and opened fire. both officers are recovering this morning with non-life threatening injuriespolice are still looking for the suspect. good news for parents...fewer teenagers are using and abusing drugs.that's based on a new survey from the national institute on drug abuse.the decline includes alcohol, cigarettes, and opioid overall prevention efforts by schools and families. for those of you who need to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act... you have until thursday. to help with any questions or concerns a special enrollment event is taking place on thursday at "independence first" in milwaukee.if runs from 9 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. milwaukee was the community with the largest jump in health coverage in 2016, winning president obama's "healthy communities" competition. up next-- on live at daybreak on today's tmj4serving up a one of a kind deal. where you can go today and eat for whatever you are willing to pay. then -- a new addition could be coming to milwaukee's east side neighborhood. the plans one owner has... and why he's getting pushback from loud music, loud big-screen tv, and loud patrons disturb our enjoyment of our patio." strong words from an eastside resident who lives next to the nomad things could get louder if nomad's owner his way. the owner... mike eitel... is asking the city to approve a bier garten. some neighbors are not pleased. they claim the bar is already too loud... and the garten will only make counters... the new outdoor space won't hurt the neighrborhood... but actually make it a better place to live. we're basically taking a dark space and a blighted space and dark space and turning it into an active really cool space that people are going to want to be etel says to help with the noise... he plans to rebuild the building next to his and turn it into office and retail space, and create a beer garden between the buildings. he says he hopes to begin construction on the garden in a few months... to now to your weather and traffic together... with meteorologist brian gotter. yesterday was sunny, windy and chilly with highs in the lower single digits. as the cold front got closer, clouds increased with a few flurries overnight. the clouds slowly clearing out, and this morning is partly cloudy with lows near 10 along the lake, and single digits inland. the are slightly below zero. today will be mostly sunny, breezy and cold with highs in the low to mid teens, and wind chills near 0. under a clear sky tonight, lows will be in the single digits, above and below zero, with wind chills to -15. wednesday is sunny, windy and very cold with highs near 10, a 30 mph wind, and wind chills day. we drop below zero thursday morning with wind chills to -20, and despite a lot of sun, thursday is only 6 degrees with gusty winds and wind chills staying below zero. friday will warm to 21, but snow is likely in the afternoon. that snow continues on saturday with highs in the mid 20s, and then sunday is sunny, breezy and cold with a high near 10. now-- let's take a look at your roads.. incident freedrive times on timetraffic is building speeds at or above posted dot workzone speeds are chaning in washington county in time for winter shutdown near kohlsville river bridge project state patrol will be heavly enforcing this, starting tonight and go until spring 2017northbound has returned to 70 mph while the southbound lanes are reduced imagine this... you just get done eating at a resturant... and instead of paying the set price on the menu... you pay what you can afford. it's an idea a new cafe is testing out in the sherman park neighborhood. "tricklebee cafe" opens tomorrown near 45th and north. the nonprofit community cafe... allows people to go in and eat.... and when they're done... they can either pay what they can... or volunteer their local... and to cut down on waste... you can can pick your portion size. milwaukee's hunger task is scoring big today thanks to packers tight end jared cook and sargento foods.they're are teaming up to present a 39- thousand dollar check to the food bank. sargento raised the money was raised through touchdowns for charity. for every touchdown scored by the packers this season... sargento donated one thousand dollars. while it is santa's job to bring joy and happiness to children... bring peace.that's what one santa out of tennessee had to do when he was called to the bedside of a dying 5 year old boy.the stanta who sometimes tries to go undercover as eric schmitt-matzen of jacksboro... was there to deliver the boy a present. that's when the boy told santa he was scared about missing christmas. santa gave the boy a toy... and-- these words. that's when he passed." when you get up to those pearly gates, you just tell them you're santa's number one elf.' he's like, 'i am?' i they'll let you right in.' he goes, 'they will?' i said, 'i know it.' and he just came up and he gave me a big hug. he had a hold of me and he just kind of looked up at me and he says, 'santa, can you help me?' and that's when he passed." you still have a chance to buy a macc star to help kids living with cancer. this year's star was designed by bailey dove.the theme is "shave away cancer" and features a penguin with a mustache.the star costs 10 dollars and is available at balistreri sendik's food markets and buddy squirrel stores. still ahead on live at daybreak-- the four things you need to know before you start your including... more on the death of a 15 year old girl now it's time for your "four to know" this morning.we start with ann sterling. she's live in milwaukee-- with new details about a deadly family members say melanie johnson was a good kid and she on track to graduate from john marshall high school early. the 15 year old was killed yesterday evening-- shot inside her home... and right now police are trying to figure out who did this,the shooting happened just before 6 p.m. at 35th and silver spring drive.police say shots were fired from outside the family home and right now -- they don't know if the teen was at the wrong place -- at the wrong time. but -- they are a car involved and if someone was targeting the teen. the teens family is sending out this message this morning - - put the guns down. there's too many kids losing their lives. no doubt many students here at john marshall will be shocked to hear their classmate was president-elect donald trump is stopping in west allis this evening.. as part of his "thank you tour".he'll be joined by mike pence and house speaker paul ryan.. at the state fair expo center. doors open at 4 p-m. new international flights are coming to mitchell international. mexican based mexican carrier to offer year round services from mitchell to guadalajara. passengers can even bring one carry on bag and one checked bag at no charge. flights will start in march. if you're planning on shipping christmas gifts.. here's what you need to know.for standard ground delivery... get your packages to the post office by ?thursday.fedex has a friday deadline for the standard ground service.with u-p-s, you have until next monday for it's 3 day select. sluggish in some areas on 94 and 43traffic volumes are high see you in 25 minutes for your next check on weather and >>> good morning. breaking news. it's rex. just moments ago, the president-elect nominating rex tillerson for secretary of state. the exxon-mobil ceo with no government or diplomatic expe ties to russia, set to face a tough confirmation. >>> polar plunge. utally cold temperatures taking hold across the midwest. 24 degrees in chicago. 9 in omaha. minus 3 in minneapolis. and by the time it's over, three-quarters of the country could be blanketed by the deep freeze. >>> air scare. a flight from texas to germany forced to make an emergency landing at new york's jfk airport overnight. more than 500 passengers

tillerson. tillerson i come from the world of fortune 500 ceos and magazines and conferences and i know he is a well respected ceo of exxonmobile. somebody that's run the company well. he is very well respected. he has concerns on climate change, supports a carbon tax. that said, choosing rex tillersonmebody like mitt romney who thinks of russia as a real threat and to choose tillerson who doesn't believe in sanctions on on moscow after crimea. doesn't see him as a threat, sees him as somebody we can work with, make deals with. it's a different world view. we're entering a very different age in a relationship with russia when you look at both the president-elect's views, when you look at what russia did during the election in terms of hacking into democratic e-mails and putting them out there, conclusions about what the impact in the election was and of course congressional investigations coming out of that. we're entering into a very different phase in our relationship with a country that's been aggressive in the last couple years and whether you're talking crimea, ukraine, syria, and has been aggressive in it's tax on democratic institutions. it is something to be wary of. >> something we're going to be talking about. should point out, heard from rex tillerson, ceo. haven't yet he

exxon mobil ceo rex tillerson. tillersonllionaire many times over with the wealth of global business experience but no formal political or diplomatic experience. his nomination drawing praise and concern at the same time. do in large part to his long-standing business relationship with russian president vladimir putin. that may be a problem for some of trump's own party. like this guy. republican senator

tillerson. rex tillerson. yeah, there's a name that lights up a room, rex tillerson. d you know this, rex tillerson was once the president of the boy scouts of america. yeah. of course, as donald trump calls that government experience. >> former vice president kick cheney today praised donald trump's secretary of state pick rex tillerson calling him an inspired choice. so tillerson has the support of kick cheney, vladimir putin and donald trump. that only leaves one person. >> excellent. >> it's unanimous. >> tillerson is an interesting pick. for one thing, he's an oil man who believes in climate change. he believes in it, he's from exxon. he invented it. >> kanye west actually showed up to meet with donald trump at trump tower. people were shocked. they didn't expect the two to meet until the first presidential debate in 2020. >> that's right. kanye west met with donald trump at trump tower today. no word on what they interrupted each other about. >> they do have a lot in common. they're both fashion designers. they both go on twitter rants. they both use all caps. th

tillerson. >> well, tillerson has heavyweight supporters, among condoleezza rice saying today he was an excellent choice for secretary of state. he will bring to the post remarkable and broad international experience. bob gates said i strongly endorse the president-elect's selection of rex tillerson to be the next secretary of state. another voice of support for tillerson is former vice president and former ceo of halliburton, dick cheney. he said tillerson for secretary of state is an inspired choice. i've known rex for many years, both as ceo of exxon and as a personal friend. i'm confidence he will do a superb onin dealing with the difficult and complex list. a member of foreign relations committee, thank god you're on that committee and what does dick cheney push? he is pushing a fellow oil guy, they've got their arms around tillerson already? what is going on? why does he have the love of cheney, the hawk? >> i hope he doesn't get a friendship award from dick cheney. that might be a problem. but i'm keeping an open mind on tillerson. i can't to know what his world view is more than what he has traveled or who he knows. i think it may be overblown. he has made deals in many, many countries. i don't know that this means he is skiing and fishing with putin. they got some award.

tillerson, tillerson is wonderful. >> i think jonah mathis, i think he's got a great team and he's going to work with him and i am optimist optimistic. >> just because of what he said, you don't always know. >> nixon, will get caught. but he can vary off in the populo populous. >> the changer in that that the strong camp in trump's world are scared. >> you got putinism, the idea of turning over so global leadership to russia is troubling. >> the semipieces is coin coing -- his language is not about specific countries that are allies. it is about christian verses is laum and the simulation are em ga embracing that. >> he never did that, george h.w. bush. he's echoing that christians line when you have this third baes which is his ambassador and could touch out -- i am not sure if donald trump knows his own mind enough to have a strategy to deal with absolutely crisis. >> i think joy makes a good point. if you see donald trump's first reacti reactions to thing whether it is eye la does he change and go nor towards the very conservative on the pem trspectrum. i think we need to have universal healthcare in the country. we need to take c.a.r.e. of everybody. >> later on it became much more harsher and a rally crowd revealing and replace obamacare. >> he starts out in a moderate position and moves to the right as people get inside his ear. >> did donald trump sees an opening within the republican party to manipulate them in a way that he did not see. what's thigh he's so forgive forgive. >> i want to bring up one point. is that don't pay attention because what ever the foreign policy is is, they're in a system cocaine. it usually is the last that we have on foreign policy. we don't know what the major former policy challenged. we don't know the challenge for trump. >> the president-elect trump is going to face the challenge immediately when he comes to office. >> one of them is the islamic state. he ran and distancing himself from the george h.w. bush's world view. >> he ran with -- he's going to be tested on day one. >> how does the inthe interact douse he confront the crisis in syria and disgruntled and worried by him. he's going to be pressured for a lot -- >> we cannot discount how his personal conflict wounds up influencing his policy. >> we don't know the ex pertinent to which his own interest may be yunsing, if his children are still running the company and there is his hotel to be built. these entanglement becomes really important and not to remember the fact that the republican strategyists say to me. how do we react of the war where the name of the president of the united states is plastered al over over. >> no one is less predictable. >> i would guess as to donald trump. on sunday, i hopes he keep osen oing it. >> they're dpoing to tune into find out what he thinks. >> president obama i think -- i am going to be curious to see at the end of four years. do we have a rival with china or russia? anyway, when we come back, we'll look at president-elect trump's leadership style. right after the praebreak, a lot presidential messages over the decade. here is a taste. >> for over two millennials, christmas has carried the language that god is with us. >> wish the word for goodwill among men. >>> welcome back, we are taking a christmas break and look at messages from presidents throughout the year and thankfullithan thankfully, this is one tradition that is immune. we are joined by simple and universal convictions. >> treating one another with love and compassion. >> never too late to touch a life or maybe change the world forever with someone. our solemn faces and sad demeano demeanor. >> let us jus remember, we have some problems which we'll over come. >> the holidays are as we have seen here tonight, a time of lau laugh ter and children and counting our blessings. >> christmas has carried the ma message that god is with us. >> in which the work for goodwill i don't think men. >> it is a time of the year when most of us tried to be better than our evidence selves. >> let us, we dedicate ourselves to the principle of peace and goodwill towards man. >> merry christmas, we celebrate the blessing of the season. >> and the blessing that surrounds us everyday. >> reach out to those who can use a hand and the spirit of together has always helped to kindle america and challenge in the world. >> good advise for any time of the year but especially for the holiday season. we want to wish many of our viewer and member of my family, a happy hanukkah as well. we'll be right back. . that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i earn unlimited 2% cash back on all of my purchasing. and that unlimited 2% cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business... which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? [click] [click] [click] man: ♪ you're beautiful ♪ i'm coming back [clicking] ♪ back to you >>> welcome back, one thing we can agree on is donald trump was nothing if it was not for a different candidate and willing to insult one side of the country to win. never in doubt that donald was always, always the show. >> i was amused of this from the 1990. what is all this meaning talking about your yacht and casino and you reapplied props for the show and you said, "show for trump." are we all part of a show? >> no. >> you know some of the criticisms. we feel like -- are we in a reality show? >> this is a real deal >> you did smile when i read the show stuff. >> it is fine. >> look, my life has been an interesting life. i had a lot of fun. >> people call you a lot of names. some of it is positive and some of it is negative. >> i want to throw one. >> some people are calming you the music man. kardashian and george costanza. >> any of those you consider a compliment? >> we need pt barnum a little bit. we need to be a cheer leader of the country. >> transparency in the white house, will you commit releasing the names of everybody you need as president. >> transparency is a great thing. in merkel is coming over from germany, if she's looking to have a quiet meeting, i am not looking to go wild. i want people to like trump. i do think having to do with campaign financing, everything should be released and opened but having to do with that, i want to make a country coming to the white house feel comfortable as far as people coming in from our country like business people 100%. >> president obama trying to put a ban on the lobby administration. >> well, that's a good idea. >> the lobbiest and the special interest and the donors. >> i would certainly have a ban. you cannot put a lifetime ban but you can certainly make it three or four years. >> there is a trending retweet of yours. it was a mossilina's quote. >> it is a famous quote that you retweeted i. did you like the quote? >> it is okay -- it is a good quote and an interesting quote and i know it and i saw it. i know who said it but what difference does it make whether it is him or somebody else? >> do you want to be associated with a facsist. >> no, i want to be associated with interesting quotes. >> i guess, why won't you go on stage and ratchet it back. >> calling mexicans immigrants and rapists. you are reaping what you sew here. you use such decisive rhetoric. do you have any regrets? >> people are second and tire of this country being run by incompetent people and don't know what they are doing on trade deals and jobs are being ripped out and ripped out and on isis we cannot beat isis on military and it is not being taken care of. our vets are being treated horrible bli ay and people are t that. i am just the miss wilhelmsesse. twelve years the workers in the country have not had a pay increase. >> you will not call for ratcheting back the rhetoric? >> well, i have not said anything, i am just expressing my opinion. what have i said is wrong? >> i have big tax return, i am sure you have seen the picture of the returns from the floor up to here. it is complex. >> do you think you can do it before the election? >> i hope so. >> do you pledge to do it before the election? >> sure. if the audit is finished, i will do it. i given my financial. it is worth more than $10 billion and tremendous cash flow. you don't learn much from tax returns, i cannot do it until i am finished with the audit. >> back with the panel, two words, bully. there is no doubt that donald trump is going to redefine this. >> i think he's going to still do rallies. i think he's going to go out there when he decides to push to. he's going to go out there and get tens and thousands of people to come. look at all this. >> i think what donald trump is sort of about and you can whether it is the profile have been abiliout him over the year and written about him. it is the aresentment. he loves the crowds. that's the feeling of respect that's been missing in his life. yeah, he's going to be out on the road as was pitched to john kasich reportedly. he's going to make america great again. what ever gets the applause is what donald trump is going to doch do. that's the only way to prick an unpredictableable president. >> he said in the first interview, i have not interviewed him as much as chuck but i have done him a lot and katy talks to him a lot. >> he used to go to the marvel colegiant. i don't know if there is any patch to it. it is awfully dog gone sfwr interesting. >> everyday, he wakes up early, he consumes television and he's reading stories in the news and about himself as a marker and he's going through it and he's on his cell phone and looking through twitter. this is someone who's constantly engaged. some would say better and others would say for worse. >> one of the things we have to guard again as you just discussed here and this entertainment factor, there are some real elements -- we are seeing how easily -- [ inaudible ] >> i think if it does not go well, there will be black sheep. who can i blame for whatever failure that we are having or whatever discontent that maybe breathing throughout the country. reince priebus maybe uncomfortable. i would like to michael flynn and maybe he's able to maintain that. there is so much discontent about him. i think that -- nobody is safe in a trump's white house or administration. >> except the kids. >> and jerryd. >> i don't even know. >> wow. >> when donald trump needs your loyalty, he will cultivates your loyalty but when he does not need you, he will cast you aside and we saw it with rudy giuliani and newt gingrich and they defended him when nobody would and they are not mayjor players at all. >> you have the family and you have steven bannon and the populous and mainstream and the most important thing i have learned covering trump is that there is always a direct line, instead of having an isolated presidency, i would expect seeing a president taking adv e advices from people outside of the administration. >> you can have a relationship with trump outside of staff which scared me. >> you can get him directly on twitter. out of the list that robert reeled off. the single most decisive person in that list despite flynn is bannon. as long as donald trump maintains someone like steve bannon that's associated in the sense of white nationals, they see it as their window and door way in the administration. as long as that person is whispering to the president, he will never get into the decisive of trump. >> one thing bannon will keep him away from is getting caught in traps of medicare. >> really? >> he invites the non-pattersrt bop gates of our day. >> a tremendous openness to an argument, maybe it is the last person in the room. and i understand your concerns and the press needs to be vigilant. i am optimistic than most people are because i believe that tillerson'stion shows us he's tremendously open to argument. developers do this. i talked to bob corkell this week. >> we'll pause there. when we come back, some of the shining figures and ground bakers? politics and cultures that we lost this year. my intention is to win a clean fight. narrator: adventure can be found anywhere but the best place to start is in the forest. kubo: i spy something beginning with..."s" beetle: snow. kubo: no. beetle: snow covered trees. monkey: nothing to do with snow. narrator: head outside to discover incredible animals and beautiful plants that come together to create an unforgettable adventure. kubo: wow! narrator: so grab your loved ones monkey: don't even. narrator: and explore a world of possibilities. kubo: come on, this way. narrator: visit discovertheforest.org to find the closest forest or park to you. with sleep number, there's an adjustment for that. make it firm. make it soft. adjusts to any duo. does your bed do that? 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tillerson. tillerson we now know came to trump tower to meet with mr. trump for the second time this week today. we know he was going to come to trump tower sometime this weekend to meet with mr. trump. that did in fact happen today. transition team confirmed that. came through a back way. away from the cameras and not through the famous golden elevators. he is the exxon mobile chairman. met on tuesday initially. now he emerged from that meeting seen as the leading candidate for the secretary of state position. he's been the ceo of exxon since 2006. he has no diplomatics experience, but an upside could be that he does offer to bring some executive leadership experience to the diplomatic post. exxon operates in more than 50 countries including russia. reporteredly has a close relationship with vladimir putin. he has relationships with world leaders already given his position with exxon mobile and this could be, could be a red flag later on if he is chosen given it could be a conflict of interest. we kouk hearing more of that if he is in fact chosen to be secretary of state. if chosen, he will be the fourth member of trump's cabinet to be a former or current ceo. the other three include the andrew puzder. the former ceo of wwe linda mcman who is now head of small business administration and lain chow who was the crow of united way and now the secretary of transportation. after rudy giuliani announced head withdrew his name, the other candidates besides mr. tillerson include former ceo alan mulloly. mitt romney. senator bob corker of tennessee as well as the former ambassador, john boll on the. so far, mr. trump has had 90 meetings about positions in his cabinet and those meetings are expected to continue on monday with carly fiorina and rick san terror rum. santorum. >> absolutely. tremendous excitement around these cabinet picks and, certainly, that one in particular. we appreciate it, brian. thank you. >>> president elect donald trump gave immigration reform top billing when he was out on campaign trail and under his cabinet pick general john kelly, trump says the department of homeland security will focus on deporting illegal immigrants here in the united states. now, joining us to talk about this, theresa cardinal brown. director of immigration policy with the bipartisan policy center. >> thank you for having me. >> let's kick off with talking about this cabinet pick for the department of homeland security. he tapped the retired general john

tillerson for secretary of state. sources say tillerson was recommended by former republican secretaries of state, including james baker and condoleezza rice. tillerson chosen after trump's very public vetting of a string of high-profile candidates. sources say trump called the 2012 gop nominee mitt romney personally last night to say it wasn't all a game. tillerson's nomination already generating controversy with no formal foreign policy experience. the business titan instead forming many close relationships by forming massive oil deals, including with vladimir putin, sparking criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> anybody who's a friend of vladimir putin must disregard the fact that vladimir putin is a murderer, a thug, a kgb agent. >> reporter: this has trump and his top advisers continue to attack the cia over their findings that russia meddled in the election. >> it smells like politics, plain and simple. >> reporter: trump's camp offering no proof of their claims, as a bipartisan group of senators calls for a congressional inquiry. >> i think we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. >

tillerson. tillerson, as you probably know is the ceo of exxonmobil. tillerson will be here at trump tower tomorrow, to meet with the president-elect. connell, we were told last week from the trump aides that mr. trump narrowed his selection down for secretary of state role, nation's top diplomat, down to four different people. now it appears it might be at least double that. no drama on that front as it continues to mount. connell: no shortage of drama. blake, thank you. melissa. melissa: here to weigh in, fred barnes, "weekly standard" executive editor. fox news contributor. jessica tarlov is democratic strategist. fred, what is your take? >> what on tillerson? melissa: on all of them. directly talking about the secretary of state position, how, now it is expanded to include all these other people. at the time we thought it would get narrow. instead we're adding to the list. >> i don't think tillerson will be secretary of state. look, i think donald trump wants mitt romney as secretary of state, but, almost everybody, all his advisors are against it, particula

tillerson has known putin since "he represented exxon's interests in russia during the regime of boris yeltsin." in 2013, putin awarded tillerson the country's order of friendship decoration. to talk more about rex tillersonre joined by three guests. , in washington, d.c., erich pica is with us. he is president of friends of the earth, usa. here in new york, carroll muffett is president and ceo of the center for international environmental law. personally subpoenaed by exxon in a case in texas seeking to stop an investigation into exxon's activities led by the massachusetts attorney general. 10 other individuals and organizations have also been subpoenaed. and we are joined via democracy now! video stream by bill mckibben, co-founder of 350.org. in 2014, bill mckibben was awarded the right livelihood prize, sometimes called the alternative nobel, for his work in environmental activism. author of a number of books including, "eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet." welcome to democracy now! we are going to begin today with carroll. talk about your response differing rex tillerson, the current ceo of exxon mobil, might be the secretary of state. >> i will say when the news first came out, i assumed it

tillerson will be the nominee for secretary of state and governor rick perry his choice for secretary of energy. kenneth craig is in new york with why tillerson's nomination could have some trouble getting through congress. >> reporter: president-elect donald trump tweeted out the news. he wants rex tillerson to be his secretary of state. calling him one of the truly great business leaders of the world. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership willing to step forward to receive our nation. >> reporter: tillerson has no foreign policy experience but as ceo of exxon mobil, it's negotiated deals with governments around the world. he was responsible for drilling agreements with russia in the 1990s. and vladimir putin awarded him a russian order of friendship in 2013. tillerson and putin have known each other for 15 years. >> the incoming trump administration views the tillerson putin relationship as an advantage. but it could pave the way for a battle as the nomination goes through the senate. >> it's a matter of concern to me that he has such a close person relationship with putin. >> reporter: senator john mccain told "face the nation" he's skeptical but will be to hear tillerson -- willing to hear tillerson out. rick perry will also be joining t

tillerson is a very impressive individual and has an extraordinary working knowledge of the world. " -- sen. bob corker / r-tn but, tillerson's close ties to russia's president,vladimir putin, still has many on capitol hill concerned ... including democratic senat the senate foreign relations committee ... fullscreen --reaction to rex tillerson for secretary of state-- "i am deeply troubled by mr. tillerson's vocal opposition to u.s. sanctions on russia following its illegal invasion, occupation and annexation of crimea, ukraine, and his close personal relationship with vladimir putin." -- sen. ben cardin / d-md fox news also learning mr. trump is expected to name another texan to his cabinet, former governor rick perry as his choice for secretary of energy.

tillerson. but tillerson is being criticized from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle this morning. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hill. trump isn't saying that tillerson is his pick just yet, so could this just to see how well it's received? >> reporter: it certainly could expecting considering the fact that they put off the announcement for some time now. there are concerns though on both sides. democrat and republican. about the ties tillerson has to russia. he is exxonmobil's main contact with russia. he's received the order of friendship from vladimir putin and as marco rubio put it in a tweet, as john mccain put it, they have some concerns about just how close he is to russia and russia's president. >> and the other big news of the weekend is the cia assessment that russia intervened in the election to help trump win. senator john mccain wants a slegt committee to investigate temperature could that actually happen? >> reporter: the select committee would involve jumping through a few more hoops, but armed services and maybe other committees are going to look in to it. and as noted by the fact that this is coming from mccain, this is not just some

tillerson and exxonmobil. said tillerson defied state department policy and cut an independent deal with the kurdish regional government undermining the national iraqi government in baghdad. exxonmobil did not ask permission. the relevance of this is that at the time that the iraqi government, actually still to this day is largely supported by the u.s. government, so rex tillersonnst u.s. intentions and according to steve sources, tillerson told the state department he had to do what was best for shareholders. the question for you is after more than 40 years with exxon, can he pivot? can he do what's in the best interest of his new boss? the american people? >> i think he'll pivot very quickly. rex tillerson is a patriot. he's a man of enormous integrity and he's extraordinarily objective. he always says, let's look at the facts and i think you'll see hi him shift quickly from his responsibility from exxon, one of the great global companies of the world based in dallas to the united states and i think he'll put the exxon interests aside and adopt 100% the interests of the united states and he will do an excellent job as secretary of state. he is a very unusual choice. i never thought he'd go to washington to tell you the truth but he is willing to serve his country, former boy scout, eagle scout. and i think you'll see he's like a rock. he's not going to be pus

tillerson. -- rex tillerson. how would that differ from some of the values projected from the obama administration? tillerson is a well respected ceo. he has been there for 40 years. ands a free-trade advocate energy security is something he believes in. those are two things he would try to pursue if he is confirmed as secretary of state. he is and directed with world leaders during his time at exxon including vladimir putin, exxon 2001deals with russia in to draw on the arctic. he brings those relationships with road leaders to the table. he's an advocate for free trade. the one term that has been used may promotehim, he u.s. business promote u.s. business interests overseas. >> let's talk about some of donald trump's other cabinet picks, especially rick perry to head the energy department and scott pruitt at the epa. >> those are two advocates of fossil fuels. rick perry of texas has promoted oil and gas for a long time. powero has a lot of wind that came to be in texas during his time. he's an advocate for fossil feels. the attorney general of oklahoma has fought against a lot of epa regulations. one thin

tillerson. just moments ago, vice president-elecmike pence talked about the pick outside of trump tower. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. >> we have a great team to talk it over this morning. i want to start with nbc's peter alexander at the white house. this is big news on rex tillerson. it wasn't just mike pence. donald trump is already out there trying to drum up support. condoleezza rice has weighed ip. what do we know? >> the bottom line is rex tillerson has risen thou the ranks at exxonmobil over the course of four decades, becoming the company's chairman and ceo. he's the first person nominated for secretary of state in recent history with no public sector experience, but his work with exxon has sent him to dozens of countries where he built relationships with people from saudi arabia, yemen. that's the experience that trump says makes him qualified. trump tweeting, i have chosep one of the truly great business leaders of the world, rex tillerson. it's tillerson's deep ties to vladimir putin and russia that are certain to come under tough scrutiny. three years ago, putin honored him with the medf of friendship. it came after exxon won a contract to search for oil in parts of the russian-controlled arctic ocean. now, of course, he faces questions about his own b

rex tillerson as his pick for secretary of state but the selection could set trump up for a potential fight with congress including with some republicans over till tillerson's confirmation. tillersonas worked closely with the state owned oil and gas industry in russia and he's the only american to have ever received the order of friendship medal from vladimir putin. >> 5:37a burlington county family is hoping police can track down a real life grinch. ron and marie murdza have been keeping a donation box outside their nome burlington township. they've been collecting money for the local food pantry for six years. they usually collect a few hundred dollars in donations per night. someone pried the lock offer the box over the weekend and ran off with the cash. >> i think it's despicable that someone would steal from poor people that need the food. the food pantry needs the money and they would take it out of the box break into the box to take away from them. >> the burlington township food pantry says it depends on the money the murdzas collect. the couple is begging the person who took the cash to return it. >> let's hope they do indeed return it. >>> let's talk a little bit about h

tillerson. rex tillerson's been a close friend with jim baker. why do i bring all this up? not to carry rex tillerson'sor john mccain and very hard for lindsey graham to paint rex tillerson as some sort of putin stooge when you have condi rice and james baker and possibly even bob gates saying we know this guy. we like this guy. and we think he'll be a very, very effective secretary of state. >> not only is it going to be hard for them to paint him as such, but donald trump doesn't care. i had a conversation with a senior trump aide last night about the backlash and whether or not this is weighing on donald trump and affecting his decision making process, and pretty much you can expect -- what i got back didn't surprise me at all. that was, we are not going to let john mccain and marco rubio tell us who we can have in our administration. >> no. >> and it -- can you imagine a committee hearing, a confirmation hearing where bob gates, james baker, and condi rice come before the committee saying this person is qualified to be the next secretary of state? some have asked you can't discern what donald trump

tillerson for secretary of state. sources say tillerson was recommended by former republican secretaries of state including james baker and condoleezza rice. tillerson chosen after trump's vetting of a string of high profile candidates including an unlikely courtship with one-time rival mitt romney. trump called the 2012 gop nominee personally last night to say it wasn't all a game. tillerson's nomination already generating controversy with no formal foreign policy experience. the business titan instead forming close relationships with many world leaders by closing massive oil deals including russian president vladimir putin sparking criticism from both sides of the aisle. >> anybody who's a friend of vladimir putin must disregard that he's a murderer, thug, kgb agent. >> reporter: this after they're talking about him being an agent. >> this smells like politics. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of senators calls for a congressional inquiry. >> i think we ought to approach all of these issues on the assumption that the russians do not wish us well. >> reporter: president obama reiterating calls for a review to prevent russia from impacting future ele

tillerson. tillerson also getting caught in a squeeze play, questions over ties to putin and democrats on climate change. >> reporter: exactly and that's another thing. we don't really know what tillerson will do with that. he had business dealings that were affected by that before. he says he certainly believes in climate change. but putin said they want a better relationship and that is going to be tougher right now because of that and because of these hacking charges. although, so far, donald trump says he doesn't believe that. >> on those hacking charges, matthew dowd, the real collision coming between donald trump, the president-elect and congress including republicans in congress. >> well, looks what donald trump has united opposition on this whole issue, not only related to what martha said to the cabinet pick, there will be vehement does it delegitimize donald trump's presidency at the beginning of it? he already lost the popular vote to hillary clinton and questions related to the election and now you have this situation which donald trump and his staff know is problematic for the integrity as he enters this office. so it's going to be a big problem. monday night when the elec

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tillerson. those are senator marco rubio and senator john mccain and senator lindsay graham. none of these republicans are going so far to say they would block tillerson as a pick. we're expecting lengthy hearings on tillerson after the first of the year and really to learn quite a bit about his ties to russia and how he did deals when he was over at exxon at ceo. >> how much reporting is there on those matters and i've heard him described in various ways, but largely as probably the american closest to vladimir putin. >> reporter: you know, it certainly does seem that way. there is lots of reporting from russia about sort of warm feelings towards tillerson and there's no question he has been able to strike deals in russia when it's at a very unconventional time. there are warm feelings both ways. does that mean that tillerson sort of understands the russians and can explain that to congress as sort of a positive? that's what we're hearing from the transition team and other top trump surrogates that say they view tillerson's understanding of russia as a net positive, but there's no question that he will be grilled on these matters when he comes before congress. >> the matter of rick perry, the former texas

tillerson. >> rose: tillerson brings what? >> tillerson brings for trump a couple of things that you may not associate with the position of secretary of state. he has no government experience, he's not a trained foreign service diplomat by any stretch to have the imagination, but he's a corporate chieftainen who has done deals and because exxonmobil operates in more than 50 countries, it explores for oil and natural gas in six of the seven continents on the earth, he has, if you will, a corporate world view. he has experience with lots of different governments and possibly most important, charlie, he has long experience in russia and with vladimir putin. they knew each other way back when in the 1990s when putin was kgb functionary in the government of boris yeltsin. and the governor of iowa got to know xi jinping the current head of the china when he was a functionary in the chinese bureaucracy, if you looked at that as a template, you might see rex tillerson as someone particularly amenable to pleblght trump's world view. >> rose: it's c

tillerson and vladimir putin needs to be examined. >> reporter: during his time at the world's largest public energy company, tillerson acknowledged the science behind climate change, supporting a carbon tax while also expressing support for the paris climate agreement. tillerson also served at president of the boy scotts of america. and key to changing equality for allowing gay youth to participate. 64 year old executive has never served in government position, but exxon mobile has operations in most of the world's countries. >> joining me live is andrea mitchell. you broke the news earlier today. how do you think it's going to play out? >> reporter: there's a lot of reaction already. environmentalist, many democrats on the foreign relations committee already raising questions and some republicans, john mccain, you saw in the piece, raising questions about whether he is too close to vladimir putin and russia to be independent. this could be a tough confirmation. that said, donald trump today raised the issue himself in an interview with fox news and said he's much more than a business executive. and if the lift gets too heavy, if there's a political fire storm here, he has not yet been officially nominated. we know there's an intention too. that's our reporti

tillerson. already tillerson's ties to russia are being questioned. and tonight -- democratic and republican lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the hacking. allegedly directed by russia during the u.s. election. that's even though the president- elect is rejecting any suggestion of russian influence. reporter sunlen serafaty has more on the man donald trump is expected to nominate as his top diplomat. >> reporter:rex tillerson's view on climate change seems to conflict with the president- elect. the exxon c-e-o has said climate change is a problem. trump in a recent interview -- says he is open minded when it comes to climate change -- but added nobody really knows. also new at ten: hillary clinton's campaign chair is calling on members of the electoral college. to receive an intelligence briefing before their vote next week. john podesta's comments come after ten clinton electors requested a briefing on foreign interventions. into this year's election. the request came in the form of a letter to the national intelligence director. the group of electors. also requested the specific investigative findings on russia's involvement in this year's election. it is unclear. for security reasons. whether the electors are even allowed to get a briefing. new tonight -- donald trump is postponing a planned news conference on the future of his business empire. it was supposed to take place thursday -- instead, it will be

tillerson. the big focus is on tillerson and whether the incoming administration is too close to vladimir putin. the president-elect has said this will be an america first policy. it's fascinating so many people are pouncing on tillerson as the head of a major corporation and back in 2000 and 2009 not that many people are pouncing on the fact that the clintons were taking millions of dollars -- >> that is so absurd. i don't know how you can make that argument after she just lost the presidency essentially because of that. so to say this has not been -- >> she lost the presidency because she's endangered america's national security secrets. >> she also lost the president pause donald trump hit her over and over and over again on this very issue of pay to play. it was one of his favorite words and phrases on the campaign trail. last word to you and then we have to wrap. >> but it's not pay to play when you're the ceo. the clinton global initiative was a true pay to play. it's not comparable. >> thank you. chris wallace took on that very same issue with donald trump today. to see all of chris wallace's interview with the president-elect in its entirety, stay tuned right after this show. "fok "fox news sunday" at 2:00 p.m

some gop hocks aren't committed to tillerson until they better understand the relationship. tillerson disagrees with donald trump on climate change and believes it is real. former marine general james mad dishas fans in both parties because the law requires military men to have been retired seven years before

tillerson earlier today. >> reporter: tillerson has worked at exxon bile for 41 years. mu o it spent building a of the oil company's operations in russia. exxon mobile won access to prized arctic oil resources in 2011 after tillerson took the ceo job. in 2013, he was awarded the order of friendship by vladimir putin. tillerson was also an outspoken opponent of u.s. sanctions against russia of ukraine which lead to cancellation of arkic oil deal with russia. close ties are already raising questions about ability to get senate today. >> i believe vladimir putin is ahug and the bully and a murderer and i believe the relationship between mr. tillerson and vladimir putin needs to be examined. >> reporter: during his time at the world's largest public energy company, tillerson acknowledged the science behind climate change, supporting a carbon tax while also expressing support for tillerson also served at president of the boy scotts of america. and key to changing equality for allowing gay youth to participate. 64 executive has never served in government position, but exxon mobile has operations in most of the world's countries. >> joining me live is andrea mitchell. you broke the news earlier today. how do you think it

tillerson. this pick could lead to a potential fight with congress. tillerson has no foreign policy experience...but does have close connections with many world leaders. some are about tillerson's connections with russian president vladimir putin. tillerson has worked for exxon mobil for 40 years. through the end of 20-15..he made more than 240 million dollars as c-e-o. and later today -- president-elect donald trump will be making a stop in west allis. he's holding a thank you rally at the state fair expo center at 7:00. mr. trump and vice president-elect mike pence will both be there. governor scott walker and house speaker paul ryan will also be attending. doors open at 4 pm. wisconsin tonight on fox six news. wisconsin's recount is over -- and president-elect donald trump actually added to his lead-- gaining 131 votes. the elections commission certified the results a day ahead of the federal deadline, guaranteeing that congress will recognize wisconsins 10 electoral votes. green party candidate jill stein requested the recount after concerns were raised that the state's voting machines may have been hacked. the commission says it found no such evidence. "the commissions job

tillerson would be a, quote, sensation. noting he has, quote, a lot of experience working with russia. they clearly like that pick, if it is, indeed, tillerson. >> yeah. tillersonmebody who is well-known in russia. i mean, he's done hundreds of billions of dollars worth of deals as the head of exxon with the russian government. he knows the players very well. that was, of course, one of the reasons donald trump says he is considering him. from a russian point of view, you have somebody they regard as a friend of russia, it opens up all sorts of possibilities in this relationship between the united states and russia. it's been at post cold worrilar over syria, eastern ukraine. with a friend of russia, supposedly in the white house and a position of secretary of state, that could really change. it's got people in russia genuinely excited. >> really? i mean, he did receive an award, the order of friendship, one of the highest awards that russia bestows on foreign citizens a few year ago. cnn money is reporting a fascinatie inine ining tidbit t. one of the reasons tillerson was selected for ceo of exxonmobil in 2006 was because of his relationship with russia. do y

tillerson taking meetings at trump tower. all eyes are trained on that palace, mr. trump's palace here in new york. it automatically builds name recognition for mr. tillerson, right. >> absolutely. >> so check it out. even if mr. tillersonder serious consideration for the position of secretary of state, might donald trump be mr. trump, president-elect donald trump be sort of giving him -- doing him a favor, a branding favor? that's who he is the king of. suddenly we are all talking about tillerson, rec tillerson. could this be part of a show? >> it's sort of been a show the last few weeks because of the nature of where president-elect trump has been doing his cabinet making decisions. the fact that people walk through that lobby, the press are there and able to watch that. sure, on some level it is a branding exercise for the people walking through. but it's also the reality of how this president-elect has conducted his search for cabinet members. it's been in a way quite transparent. the press has been able to watch who is coming in and out of that building and who is going up and down that elevator. so, yeah, i mean, it's put attention on those people. but it's also really kept the public in that way rather informed a

tillerson in it the first meeting on tuesday. and now he emerges as the leading candidate to be the secretary of state, but not without controversy, mainly because of concerns of tillerson's ties with russia. tillerson made billion dollar business deals with russian state- owned company and has a close relationship with russian president putin. 2013 putin awarded him the order of friendship and tillerson opposed u.s. sanctions after russia invaded crimia. he's been ceo of exxon for a decade. it in an interview with chris wallace that airs on fox news sunday tomorrow, president-elect trump said tillerson's interactions and relationships with world leaders that makes him an attractive candidate to be the nation's secretary of state. listen. >> let me ask you about rex tiller areson. >> okay, head of exxon mobile. why does a business excutive make sense as chief diplomat? >> he is much more. he is a world class player and in charge of the largest company in the world. he's in charge of an oil company that doubled the size of the norrest competitor. and a company that is unbelievably managed and he knows many of the player and knows them well and he does massive deals in russia and for the company. >> r

tillerson is secretary of state. they're looking to cooperate on syria and a whole range of issues. perhaps, rex tillerson can deliver that kind of protest. >> it will be easier to see rex tillersonsentially the gate keeper for donald trump, president donald trump world view here, to keep the ukraine sanctions. you know, there are so many places where, you know, rex tillerson has said those sanctions were too onerous. hasn't he? >> yeah, he went on record and said he believes sanctions are ineffective when they are used as a tool of foreign policy. and he said that, of course, back in 2014 when the sanctions for the united states were imposed on russia after an nexted crimea from ukraine there. and said it, of course, after exxon said it lost up to $1 billion when it did deals with russia. and because the sanctions wasn't able to follow through, and the company lost $1 billion because of the sanctions. and perhaps driven by this frustration about that that he spoke out against sanctions. it's frustrating, worrying to people, that he goes into the office, somebody who has spoken out against sanctions by the united states against russia, cow see an easing. >> that someone with at l

tillerson for secretary of state-- "mr. tillerson is a very impressive individual and has an extraordinary working knowledge of the world. " -- sen. bob corker / r-tn but, tillerson's close ties to russia's president,vladimir putin, still has many on capitol hill concerned ... including democratic senat the senate foreign relations committee ... fullscreen --reaction to rex tillerson for secretary of state-- "i am deeply troubled by mr. tillerson's vocal opposition to u.s. sanctions on russia following its illegal invasion, occupation and annexation of crimea, ukraine, and his close personal relationship with vladimir putin." -- sen. ben cardin / d-md fox news also learning mr. trump is expected to name another texan to his cabinet, former governor rick perry as his choice for secretary of energy. leader, led one of biggest economies in world." more announcements - and visitors are expected - with both bill gates and kanye west visiting trump tower today. nat pop trump says: "we've been friends for a long time." waldman on-cam tag says: "and speaking of mr. trump's "business life" .... once he officially does become president, he'll be leaving his real estate empir