sources say trump will likely pick todd ricketts as deputy secretary of the commerce department. he comes from a family of major conservative donors. he and his team are busy filling cabinet posts. they are downplaying the fact that trump has been skipping the intelligence meetings. he has met twice with the analysts. vice president-elect mike pence has been receiving briefings daily. >>> some americans are calling for recounts in three straits th states that were key to donald trump's victory. some experts say clinton's vote totals in areas with electronic vote look too low compared to those with paper ballots. they case concerns that votes tallied electronically may have been hacked and recounts are the only way to rule that out. deadlines to request recounts is friday and monday in pennsylvania and wednesday in michigan. green party candidate jill stein opposed hillary clinton in the election, but she said she is raising money for the recount. so far, stein raised $4.6 million with the goal of $7 million. the clinton campaign has not asked for recount in any state. cnn's paula

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the co-owner of the chicago cubs- todd ricketts he's been named trump's pick for deputy commerce secretary. also joining team trump ... billionaire investor wilbur ross as commerce secretary ... 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

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. >>> this man facing charges after he exploited an elderly man for three years. christopher lee miller is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from the victim. police say the victim was suffering from some sort of illness. miller is ordered to have no contact with the victim and must wear an ankle monitor. at this picture on main street in lakeland, people starting to set up chairs for the annual christmas parade tomorrow. here is a reminder, you can't block the right-of-way, driveways alley ways and streets also exits. the parade runs from 7:00 until 9:00 thursday night.>>> cracking cold cases, syncope investigators are tracking leads in

todd ricketts, and betsy devos at education. mnuchin along with steve bannon, both worked at goldman sachs. >> it's a global power pressure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class -- >> reporter: the same wall street powerhouse whose ceo was featured in trump's closing campaign ad on the special interests harming american workers. mnuchin is highlighting his past as a banker. >> let me first say, what i have really been focused on is being a regional banker for the last eight years. i know what it takes to make sure that we can make loans to small and mid-market companies. >> reporter: elizabeth warren blasted out a statement slamming mnuchin as the forrest gump of the financial crisis. he spent two decades at goldman sachs helping the bank peddle the same mortgage products that blew up the economy. trump is considering another well-known millionaire, 2012 gop nominee mitt romney for secretary of state. cnn observed the two men as they appeared to put their bitter pasts behind them. >> p

and chicago cubs co-owner todd ricketts as deputy commerce secretary. let's talk about this. i'm joined by john allison from the cato institute. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> good morning. i know you met with donald trump with the possibility you might become the treasury secretary. what was that meeting like? >> it was very interesting. i would say president-elect trump is very committed to accelerating economic growth. he believes that -- he knows he was elected by the so-called working class. he believes the solution to the working class problem is to accelerate economic growth and he wants to do a major restructuring of the tax laws, lower, flatter less complicated taxes and wants to do a lot of deregulation. that's really mostly what we focused on. >> got you. so steve mnuchin, because you say donald trump wants to work for the little guy, right, but steve mnuchin is a goldman sachs guy, has his own private equity fund, he's a hedge fund guy, right, he has close ties to wall street. so how will he serve the little guy with that kind of experience when he's very

team announces, and they're also rolling out a deputy commerce secretary, this is going to be todd rickettes as we expected. this is also someone who was critical, whose family at a minimum was critical of donald trump at certain points but eventually came around. on television this morning i want you to listen to mnuchin describing what the economic team's top priority is going to be. >> to get there our number one priority is tax reform. this will be the -- the largest tax change since reagan. we've talked about this during the campaign. wilbur and i have worked very closely together on the campaign. we're going to cut corporate taxes, which will bring huge amounts of jobs back to the united states. >> so that gives you a sense of how this team is going to immediately start working together and try to push forward some of the priorities trump talked about on the campaign trail. when it comes to the position that has drown so much palace intrigue, secretary of state, we still do not have an answer this morning, after that dinner last night of how things went between donald trump and mitt ro

they also included rudy giuliani, todd ricketts and james mads. and while trump teased a couple deals reached on cabinet appointments, no news was made since the transition team nsa, senator jeff sessions for attorney general, and congressman mike pompeo as head of the cia. and perhaps the most high-profile meeting came when trump sat down for a one-on-one with former massachusetts governor mitt romney. a meeting described by aides as very good. and one saturday night live quickly lampooned with alec baldwin and jason sudeikis, but it also took trump to task on his policies. >> you came and said you were going to bring every single job back to our >> yes, sir. hell, if you could build a wall that's 2,000 miles long on the mexican border, i'm sure you can help us. >> how long is that wall? >> 2,000 miles. >> 2,000 american miles? >> when we found out you had a secret plan, it really energized us. >> that's right. a plan. very secret. >> that was enough to draw instant criticism from the real donald trump on twitter. he said, quote, i watched parts

and h will nominate former campaign finance chair steve mnuchin ansys treasury secretary, wilbu todd ricketts as deputy secretary of commerce. our number one priority is the economy. blue that is very sustainable. >> he also named gop congressma tom price as his choice of health and human services will be leading the charge in congress to repeal the affoa say will become a party in the trump administration. surprise guest made an appearance at a new york city ball, hillary clinton attended the united nations children's fund's snowflake ball presentin the audrey hepburn award to kat perry people through music to keep moving forward even when things don't go your way. cylon is powerful voice and creative lyrics remind us when you get knocked down and get back up. >> katy perry supported and campaign for hillary clinton, this was hillary clinton second changeable skies a few flurries later, start in the 50s, as we put this a promotion, how quickly the temperatures go down, we will b in the 30s at 2:00 a.m. and then tomorrow not much of a ris be a passive snow shower and then through the day the

campaign financ chairman steve mnuchin treasury secretary, wilbur ross as secretary of commerce and todd ricketts says deputy assure all of you that were going to get this right for the american people, at 870 after having a phenomenal life and to build this business and its great tower is going to be focused on working for the american people of the united states. >> also naming tom price as his pick for secretary of health and human services who has been leading the charge affordable care act which they say will become his party in th travel administration. >> democrats meeting the new boss the same as the old, nancy pelosi one another term as hous minority leader , of what was held today with her beauty and tim ryan 134-63, the representative tells supporters that he is disappointed by the leadership election united as democrats and take on the challenges we need moving forward i am disappointed because i liked it when but i think it was a great discussion for us and i think that the party is better off. nancy pelosi is lead the democratic party the house of representatives since 2,002. charlo

finance chair steven mnuchin as his treasury secretary, wilbur ross as secretary of commerce and todd ricketts as deputy secretary of number one priority is going to be the economy, get back to three to four percent growth, we believe that's very sustainable and focus on things for the american worker" while the dnc says mnuchin is "is a slap in the face to voters who hoped he would shake up washington. as more cabinet names are announced... mr. trump's allies are still divided over the secretary of state contenders... mitt romney, a former harsh critic of mr. trump, meeting with the president-elect for the second time last night romney says: "i have what i have seen in the transition effort. the people he has selected as members of his cabinet are solid, effective capable people." blanchard on-cam tag says: "mr.trump planning to announce he's been able to strike a deal with carrier to keep manufacturing jobs in indiana that were going to be moved to mexico. he and vice president elect pence will speak in indianapolis about the deal, before heading to a victory rally in cincinnati tomorrow nig

commerce secretary and there are also reports for secretary of commerce trump would like to hire todd rickettscretary of state is is another high profile position that trump has yet to fill. there's been a lot of debate within the trump team over myth romney who is said to be the leading candidate for that post. part of that conversation includes talks about whether romney should issue an apology to mr. trump for some of the harsh criticism that he's previously made. and talks about how that poll apology should be made whether in a letter or more formal public statement. >> business aside wharks did trump eat for thanksgiving? trump salad? trump turkey? >> what didn't they eat is more like it. this was a feast. they had the traditional turkey stuffing, mashed potatoes, a full e seafood bar, rack of lamb, so much it's hard for me to get out. it's making me hungry reading this. i'm looking forward to an invination next year. >> and had to have some trump wine too. thank you. >> a fox news alert. florence henderson, the beloved tv mom has died. ♪ >> the former broadway star became a household nam

and donald trump will be meeting with todd ricketts, the chairman of the world series winning chicago cubs. but mitt romney, one of donald trump's fiercest rivals, could he soon be on the team. >> jessica schneider, thanks so much. >>> donald trump also facing blowback from some because of his cabinet picks. the choices so far, we've shown them to you. many are calling on the president-elect to reconsider appointments, falling into question the lack of diversity on his picks. and the ex-breitbart executive steve bannon in the alt-right movement. bannon is pushing back telling the "hollywood reporter." darkness is good. dick cheney, darth vader, satan. that's power. it only helps us when they get it wrong when they're blind to who we are and what we're doing. then he largely sidestepped the controversy surrounding him but he did push back on being call a white nationalist. i'm not a white nationalist, i'm a nationalist, i'm an economic nationalist. he said he wanted to start anew with trump movement. >> we'll talk more about this interview with steve bannon. errol louis, a political co

and then you've got the guy, screen right, todd ricketts, co-owner of the chicago cubs.ce. >> his parents started t td ameritrade. they're a billion-dollar family. he's since bought the cubs. but his parents said you're not allowed to work for us until you're 30 years old because we want to teach you autonomy. >> then you can go buy the cubs. i promise. don't buy the cubs until you're 30. all right. now let's talk about what happened last night. one of the most intrigue dinners in quite a long time. donald trump is doing a masterful job at creating a lot of intrigue with the naming of his cabinet. last night we heard about a dinner where mitt romney is coming in. i believe this is the second interview. they lit from below. you see reince priebus, donald trump, and mitt romney. >> i think that's a reflection from being lighted from above. >> everything is gold around donald trump. even the table. they walk into the restaurant and everyone gives them a round of applause, which i really like. i'm from the south. people give new york a bad rap. but everyone praised them. >>

this is something that, you know, we know that wilbur ross is interested in and todd ricketts is verys about whether tax cuts alone are going to support the economy and i think that there's going to be a lot of controversy about both of these candidates. you know, because they are very conservative. this is sort of, you know, a playbook of trickle-down economics. whether or not it's going to stimulate is going to be up to the base. >> and the two men are incredibly wealthy. >> they are very wealthy. >> when donald trump during the campaign said we're going to fix this rigged economy, rigged against the rest of us, but there's these two guys who are incredibly wealthy wall streeters. >> it's a great irony that donald trump ran as the outsider candidate, the guy who was supposedly outside the system. but he and many of these appointees have -- the system has benefited them more than anybody else. so i think they're going to get a lot of pushback from progressives. >> okay. so wilbur ross. >> yeah. >> he's most well known -- he's sort of like -- critics say he's sort of like mitt romney

tapping financier steve nmuchin, and the co-owner of the chicago cubs todd ricketts and betsy devos atducation. >> it's a global power structure responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class. >> reporter: the same wall street power house whose ceo was featured in trump's closing campaign ad on the special interests harming american workers. >> let me first say, what i've been focused on is being a regional banker for the last eight years. i know what it takes to make sure we can make loans to companies. >> reporter: elizabeth warren slammed him as the forest gump of the financial crisis. he spent two decades at goldman sachs peddling the mortgage products that blew up the economy. trump is considering another well-known millionaire, mitt romney, for secretary of state. cnn observed the two men as they appeared to put their bitter pasts behind them. >> mr. president-elect, is that the next secretary of state? >> we'll see what happens. >> reporter: after once calling trump a fraud, he was singing the president-elect's praises. >> it's not easy to win, i know

todd ricketts, interesting choice, this is the position that james a. baker iii held in the federal government. important job, and trump reached out to make the commerce secretary wilbur ross and picked the number two guy, a younger guy from a family who opposed trump during the primaries. shows a willingness to let the past be the past -- >> all right, that brings me to my next question, let the past be the past. talk about mitt romney, do you think he's going to get secretary of state? >> i don't know, i know two things. one is this is evidence that -- this is not personal to trump. whatever he said about romney and whatever romney said about him, that doesn't matter to him. that's the past being the past. what he's looking forward is somebody who he thinks has the stature and the ability to be secretary of state and he's looking at david petraeus, rudy giuliani and mitt romney and met twice with romney. this shows seriousness of purpose. and, second of all, he's looking for the best person and let bygones be bygones. trish: you know all those guys, y

billionaire businessman wilbur ross to serve as commerce secretary, and todd ricketts, part of the billionaire family that owns the chicago cubs, to be deputy commerce secretary. >> we're going to drain the swamp of washington. >> reporter: by stacking his cabinet with wall street insiders and former administration officials trump seems to be sending mixed messages about his drain the swamp promise of the campaign. >> we are going to drain the swamp. >> reporter: meantime, the drama over who trump will choose for secretary of state continues to play out in public. >> the president-elect has narrowed it down to four finalists for this position. >> reporter: trump dining with top contender mitt romney tuesday night in manhattan. sources describing the meeting as a positive one. the two having good chemistry. >> president-elect, are we looking at the next secretary of state right here? >>> we're going to see what happens. >> reporter: after sharply criticizing trump during the campaign -- >> he is not of the temperament of the kind of stable, thoughtful person we need as a leader. his imagination

then you have trump naming todd ricketts as deputy commerce secretary.s a member of the billionaire family, brooke, who owns the chicago cubs and i can tell you that there's already a lot of rumblings on capitol hill, two of these positions do need senate confirmation, mnuchin and ross need confirmation. a lot of rumblings how these chases squares with trump's promise to drain the swuamp in washington. >> take a breath, i have one more question, i know it's a lot. as far as the pick for secretary of state and then there were four. >> reporter: that's right. transition officials saying there are still four people on donald trump's list as secretary of state and we all saw, of course, that very high-profile dinner date donald trump had with mitt romney in new york city and by all accounts it appears the meeting went well. transition officials said they had good chemistry. they certainly are still getting to know each other and we heard from mitt romney afterwards, he really lavished praise on donald trump, something that we would not just be hearing even a

trump naming todd ricketts for deputy commerce secretary. he's a member of a billionaire family that owns the chicago cubs. now, ross and mnuchin would need senate confirmation and already on capitol hill major grumblings among democrats on what these picks mean, how it squares with donald trump's promise during the campaign to drain the swap. >> i talked to people about these names and they don't seem very drain the swamp-y. i'll just say that, drain the swamp-y. as far as picks for secretary of state, there were so many potentials now it's down to four. >> four is what transition officials are saying today. that's their public line and we saw this high profile dinner date here in new york city last night between trump and romney. the two dining in. afterwards we saw romney lavishing praise on donald trump, something we would not see him do a short time ago. very clear he's trying to smooth things over as he angles for this job. >> wonder what changed. >> but you have this very public divide behind the scenes within his team on who he's goi

trump also picked out a deputy for ross: chicago cubs co-owner todd ricketts, a prominent republicanor who, at one point in the campaign, spoke out against candidate trump. mr. trump made other jobs news today, too. overnight, there was word that he had cut adeal with the air- conditioner maker carrier to keep 1,000 jobs in indiana. that is most, but not all, of the jobs the company said it would eliminate. also today, there were questions about mr. trump's own business future when he's president. on twitter, he said he would take himself "completely out of business operations," and indicated he will explain how in a news conference in two weeks. also still unknown: who'll be mr. trump's secretary of state. the president-elect met a second time with one candidate, mitt romney, last night in new york. afterwards, mr. trump's former critic had warm words. >> these discussions i've had with him have been enlightening, and interesting, and engaging. i've enjoyed them very, very much. >> reporter: all this, as green party candidate jill stein officially filed a hand-recount request in mic

public schools and robert woodson and future visitor to the white house, todd ricketts, newly mintedago cubs. the senior transition officials tell us he is mattis is a strong candidate for secretary of defense. u.s. central command and oversaw all military operations in iraq and afghanistan until he retired in 2015. here's what mr. trump had to say about their meeting. >> all i can say, he is the real deal, a brilliant, wonderful man. what a career and we're going to see what happens. >> now after calling mattis a great man, mr. trump said there will likely be additional announcements today regarding the rest of the cabinet. take from that what you will. >> on the edge of our seats. seems like the meeting went well with general mattis. you called him mad dog mattis. >> the whole marine corps calls him mad dog mattis. a couple of straight shooters meeting. he wants people to tell it like it is and anybody's nickname is mad dog mattis and wants to untie hands of war fighters to go fight. they are sick of the political correctness and rules of engagement nonsense, we need to defeat our

designated incoming treasury secretary wilbur ross incoming commerce secretary sources telling fox todd, rickettso in customers department on top of all of that the drama surrounding who might be next secretary of state. as you know there was potentially no staten cher critic of candidate trump during election than mitt romney he had a second meeting, with the president-elect last night and afterwards, romney said he is now impressed with the trump transition, listen. >> i see -- carrying out a transition effort, and i have to tell you been impressed by what i have seen in the transition effort o the people he selected as members of his cabinet, are solid, people. >> potential secretary of state candidates wartime general david petray us, rudy giuliani, senator bob corker at trump tower yesterday more meetings today throughout the day well. maria back to you. maria: we will see about that blake burman there, president-elect donald trump will nominate wilbur ross for commerce secretary steven mnuchin treasury secretary joined me earlier in the program here is what they said about their priorities

todd ricketts, one of the owners of the cubs as deputy commerce secretary.nteresting as we talk about mitt romney because the ricketts family ran negative ads against trump. it appears that trump is going to give them a cabinet position. ricketts is a guy with not government experience but someone that's got standard republican views on economics and yet another senior job. >> you say that also about nikki haley who had contempt for donald trump during the south carolina primary. >> and mitt romney. throw them in there. >> what did he say? >> donald trump and mitt romney did meet last night for a second time. romney spoke to reporters after the dinner. here's some of what he said. >> i was also very impressed by the remarks he made on his victory night. by the way, it's not easy winning. i know that myself. he did something i tried to do and was unsuccessful in accomplishing. he won the general election. and he continues with a message of inclusion and bringing people together and his vision is something which obviously connected with the american people in