this includes treasury commerce, labor and energy secretaries, the u.s.de representative council of economic advisors, elon musk says the picks of the president-elect has already made show how he will dramatically be shaking things up in washington. listen. sphere got tickets going be the most transformative presidency since the founding of the country. president trump is picking the cabinet to do it. you can see people are actually going to make change. it's not going to be business as usual. we are going to shake things up. it's want to be a revolution. >> gillian: shark tank's mr. wonderful kevin o'leary standing by. first go to senior national correspondent who joins us live from west palm beach, florida. hi. >> buckle up. it is 3:00 hour and this is usually when those trump picks her announced and we just got an official confirmation on north dakota governor doug burgum as interior secretary. it was made official just this hour. we expected this new this is coming because president-elect trump last night at mar-a-lago what the cat out of the beggarly

donald trump is filling key positions as others remain open for now such as treasury, commerce, tradepotential picks andus bob light house ore may play a key role and donald trump promised a golden agrt, e so who start, what to fix, and how? kevin o'leary adventures, mr. kevin o'leary it was great being with you on election night. what are the good parts of our good economy and what worries you, with anything? >> well look at these picks for treasury and commerce as you just detailed, trey, are actually important. i tried to make my voice clear as an advocate for small business in america because we are just not that small. we now represent 62% of job creation. when i look at acts like the inflation act or infrastructure act, these were built only for large businesses. they only give s&p 500 not a single dime for small business not neither of those acts. yet we are talking about car car dealership, dry cleaner, the bakery, the construction busibusiness any town anywheretn main street.k wh they don't get anything. when we reposition these new hop appointees, i hope they come withth a m

snatches of treasury secretary its entire economic team that wants to work together because treasury commerce, ustr and nsc we had a very good team and i don't president trump will do a great job in filling all the slots should they work together effectively. maria: under your leadership in president trump leadership, we saw serious growth in cottony. would you take a position in the next administration the trump administration, would you go back? >> it was the experience of a lifetime and a great honor to work for president trump it was really amazing work that we did together and i focused on the private sector in helping them from the outside in any way that i can. >> helping them from the outside needs guidance and advice in terms of the public side of things. >> i'm happy to provide any advice once it's in place and talk about a lot of the things that we did and how we implement to them. a big part of the treasury secretary's job has to be sanctions, that's why something needs to get up and running very quickly, the iran sanctions need to be immediately put back in place, we need to make

>> these pics were treasury and commerce as you detailed are very important.ke my voice clear about this as an advocate for small business in america we are just not that small, we represent 62% of job creation and the inflation reactivation act or the infrastructure act. these were built only for large businesses they only gave the s&p 500 not a single diamond there for small business, not in either of those acts. were talking about the car dealership, the drycleaner, the bakery, the construction business and any town anywhere in mainstreet and they don't get anything. i think when we reposition the new appointees i hope they come with a mindset that i think 62 cents of every dollar provided by government support no matter what the act is called goes to the core of our academy small business, that's what i want to see. >> scott bessent says he's ready to help trump guide the u.s. economy into a golden age, let's listen in i'll ask you about on the other side. >> i think under donald trump will have a golden age for the next four years we can bring back the ma

the team has yet for the names of treasury, commerce and labor secretaries.nwhile, four of trumps pics are drawing the bulk of public commentary and criticism. tulsi gabbard, matt gaetz, p had and robert f kennedy jr.. new predictions following speaker mike johnson's to suppress an ethics report on sexual misconduct and drug use allegations against gaetz who denies all of it. one former trump white house insider says while these choices may shock experts she believes these are serious proposals from trump. >> i think it is hilarious all the discourse out there about donald trump is playing chess, he's putting up a crazy nominee knowing it will fail so he can put up his second choice and the senate will have no choice but to confirm them. that is not what's happening. he knows he's drunk on power right now because he feels he was given a mandate by winning the popular vote, he has control of both chambers of commerce and doesn't have to worry about running for re- election. >> as democrats regroup and look to political policy battles ahead congresswoman says s

the team has yet to float names for the roles of treasury, commerce, or labor secretaries. critics are raising concerns over four choices with new reaction to speaker mike johnson's effort to repress an effort -- an ethics report on sexual misconduct and drug use allegations. >> mr. gaetz resigning after the notice of this appointment in order to try to avoid liability under the ethics report, as well as the speaker's actions. you saw he said it will be up to the ethics committee. the next day he turned around and said, this should never see the light of day. this is what i call the texas two-step. it's not just a dance. it's also a legal strategy to avoid liability. >>> the rnc cochair larry trump defending the pick of pete hegseth just a short time ago. >> let me make a comment very quickly on pete hegseth who i think would do an incredible job. not only is he holy in the fight for the position, i think something people don't talk about enough is how recruitment is down for the u.s. military. we want a strong, robust military. we never want to have to use it. peace throug

he wanted to get treasury commerce and he was telling trump he needed to be at treasury even though trumpm he would probably not be there. didn't appreciate that. you have to play the game. and elon is good at playing internal politics which is a testament to why he is still there. >> sarah palin seems to be teasing a return to d.c., a cryptic instagram post there on november 24th. are you hearing her name in transition circles? >> no, but then again pam bondi's name for attorney general came out of nowhere. it was within hours of matt gaetz's nomination sipging that her name popped up in trump's inner circle. it has become very scattered at this point. there are a number of roles available. trump hasn't made up his mind. if he thinks there is a role that might work, he will. >> can i get you thoughts on this headline. trump won less than 50%, why is everyone calling it a land slide? his transition claims that at every term it was a mandate? why are they calling it aland slide? i believe it is 1.6% of the popular vote he stands ahead of kamala harris, that's it. >> it is several things. n

still waiting on a couple other key cabinet choices and that includes financial picks like treasury, commerce, and labor. trump just announced earlier today a name not working with him and that is jamie dimon. he says that i respect jamie dimon of jpmorgan chase greatly but he will not be invited to be a part of the trump administration. i thank jamie for his outstanding service to our country. now, trump did say the same thing about nikki haley right after the election, but today, she revealed on sirius xm that trump's inner circle did approach her and asker had if she wanted a job and what job she wanted. she eventually said no. as for press secretary that's a big one, a public-facing one, alina hab a is out but karoline leavitt is being floated and trump was singing along with elon musk at mar-a-lago, who hasn't really left his side since the election, and speaker mike johnson will be joining him here in palm beach as well. they are headed for a gala tonight, america first policy gala and it might be in the room when more of these decisions come down the pipeline. again a lot of these deci

treasury, commerce, ustr. we had a very good team. do a good job in filling those slots so that they work together effectively. >> i would let nick will be in congress and representative michael waltz will be the national security advisor. no one has been appointed for the u.s. trade's office. the unit -- the secret sauce in the first time so to speak with all of those folks working together in the first term. >> martha: you know who that was, larry kudlow, who is the host on fox news business and former economic economist in the trump and reagan adminis administrations. >> talking about me. >> martha: did you not play well with others? >> you have to play well in the sandbox with other people. we got along very, very well. he has a friend. i had nothing but admiration and respect for the job he did. >> martha: you guys are not heading back to the team. i am staying here at fox. >> that is good news for us. that is excellent news for us. i know that you have the ear of the president or a trusted advisor and person who can give input a

news on some of those other potential key posts in the upcoming administration, secretary of treasury, commerce, economic team that trump is likely to spend a lot of time focusing on and press secretary. we heard from habba today and says she is no longer in the running. bill. >> bill: we'll take 40. thank you, mark, you look good, too. here is the the house right now over on the board. 218 a simple majority. a lot of races out there. a couple of them now in california. looks to me it could be a split decision. you have a district just below sacramento where the democrat holds the lead and below that another race in california in the valley where the republican holds the lead. if that holds up it would be a split. in alaska it takes a long time to count votes there. rank choice voting across the state. one district that covers all of alaska and right now we see a republican with about -- a lot of the vote is in now with a comfortable 3.2% lead. if that holds up the republican goes to washington. back in the state of ohio republicans have been trying to split this district for a long time and th

furious for key cabinet and administration roles, but no word yet on pics for positions of treasury, commerced labor secretaries. meanwhile, four of trump's picks are drawing criticism, and following speaker mike johnson to suppress an ethics report on sexual misconduct and drug use allegations against matt gaetz, who denies all of it. >> i would say in the case of matt gaetz, i would guess they are going to have to withdraw his nomination. i think that is a bridge too far. no one should underestimate how much these house republicans dislike him. that ethics report is looming, there is a good chance that that might come out as well, and those reports are not pretty. i was chairman of that committee, and i can tell you, you don't resign from congress if that report is going to be clean. >>> and a new broadside against former hawaii commerce woman pull together, trump mikey pigford director of national intelligence. here is what natalie dean told me earlier. >> she is a democrat who has flip-flopped, she is now a republican. she cozies up to these dictators. those who really harm their own citi

where his treasury, commerce, where are the prices coming down?the national economic council director at the white house? what are we doing? i also very much want to know who is going to be the secretary for the usda. and for rfk jr., that's a very important position because if you don't get to school lunches from health and human services, that is all through usda, has a lot to do with the things he cares about, so finding out who rounds out that package to me is what i'm waiting for peered. >> greg: those were a lot of words i'm someone who said we will see. >> dana: we will see peered. >> greg: all right, jesse, , a person who was put on a list, tailed by intel services through the airport, now in charge of all of the people that were following her, is that a course correction or a reckoning? >> jesse: i love it. it's like being at a party all week and all of your best friends keep coming. tulsi! vivek! good to see you! it's crazy. i can't wait to see who comes through the door tomorrow. maybe it will be dana perino. >> dana: stop. >> jesse: ke

just treasury secretary, it's the entire economic team that needs to work together which is treasury, commerce had a very good team, and i know president trump will do a great job in filling all a those slots so that they work together effectively. >> reporter: the cantor fitzgerald ceo, howard lutnick, will be at commerce and michael waltz as the national security adviser. in one is appointed to the u.s. trade representative's office, and the nec director, they also worked as a team, and that was kind of the secret sauce for the first trump administration in how they eye chiefed the economic success that they say they can achieve the next time. liz: when do we think this is going to happen, the announcement? >> reporter: you know, it was supposed to happen earlier this week, it was supposed to happen yesterday, it was supposed to happened today. i -- you know what? it's one of these things where we're just waiting. when announcement is made, it's going to be made. no to one really knows what president-elect trump is thinking. i've heard within the next couple of days. liz: okay. and a little

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he has yet to name his choices for treasury, labor, commerce, and education. meantime, former hud secretary dr. ben carson has said he will not be joining the administration as surgeon general despite rumors that he was being considered for the role, michael. many more appointments to come. >> we will be watching. thanks. >>> for the first time president biden has given ukraine the green light to use powerful american long-range missiles for strikes inside russia. the weapons known as the army tactical missile system can travel about 190 miles, which could help stop russian forces from attacking ukrainian cities. the move comes as russia deploys thousands of north korean troops along ukraine's northern border to try to reclaim territory seized by ukrainian forces. it also follows the election victory of donald trump who's vowed to cut support to ukraine. cbs' chris livesay reports. [ siren ] >> reporter: a morning shattered by the eerie wail of air raid sirens, then drones and missiles that were intercepted and those that were not. russia released 120 missiles

been named at this point, still waiting on positions including the labor secretary, treasury secretary, agriculture, commerce, transportation, education, urban affairs, cdc, surgeon general, small business administration, trade representative, office of management and budget, and a few others. about half of the posts have been named at this point, preparation ahead for some of them. lots of talk on the sunday shows about what that will include. we wanted to hear from you, asking you to look ahead at what will be the most important cabinet position. louis in highland park, illinois , democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. i think it is an excellent question. to me, the most important appointee would be health and human services. as we can see what happened to america with the less pandemic, it almost crippled us. but we're are very thankful to dr. fauci and his staff and all the people involved in health this saved our country. from total devastation. on the others, we have stupid people who are like donald trump, who are walking around in public without a mask spreading the virus, making our country m

the transition chief tried to be treasury secretary, got commerce because they didn't want him in treasury secretary but he is pushing worsham on the theory that worsham will eventually, this according to the bessont people, the hunger games going on here, he is pushing because worsham couldn't take over jay powell's place as fed chair and howard lutnick could slide into treasury which is what he really wants. the guy who headed the transition team picked himself to be treasury secretary. he's at commerce now but that the jockeying and what i am hearing as of right now. dark horses could always emerge at the last minute because this is donald trump. senator bill haggerty's name has been out there. a lot of people like him. he has been a staunch conservative. all the guys you mentioned, they are all guys, will be pro crypto. i think the market, all these people pounding their chests about crypto being the next, replacement for the dollar or the reserve currency or whatever, i still don't know many people who purchase pizza using crypto. this could be, if you are involved in this, could be v

he wanted treasury and yet i sort of took that to mean commerce may be even more important in this nextmp go round it was the first time. >> what is interesting is, so lutnick did not get treasury secretary even though that is what elon musk wanted. elon musk is still in lutnick's corner so you wonder what is it that lutnick is going to be overseeing that musk once? >> well, commerce oversees so many different arms of the federal government. it is not just business and the economy, but it is about science. it is about all sorts of other areas in the government. and of course, with elon musk's private interests when you think about this businesses. >> this is one area, though, treasury, that trump doesn't necessarily want to shake up. the economy is doing really well. markets are doing really well. they're doing even better in the last few weeks. and he doesn't want to overhaul that and certainly risk any of that or risk his favorite supporters, which are the palm beach set. >> i think that is a great point. i remember thinking during the campaign, will he actually go through with these

we are also waiting for important financial position, including commerce, labor, the treasury.has taken at least one name out of the mix and that is jamie dimon. he said he respects him but he will not be joining this administration. trump said the same thing before about nikki haley but today nikki haley was revealing somebody from trump's inner circle did approach her and ask her if she wanted a job and if so, what job she wanted in the new administration. she eventually said no. we are waiting for press secretary. we asked carolyn levitt, who did not say yes or no if that was going to happen. we know alina is out of that race and we have the sound, we can play what she said about the press secretary here. >> i have been honored to serve as the spokesperson the past year. it has been a pleasure to have a front row seat to the greatest political comeback in history. these are decisions trump has to make. i will let him make and respect whatever decision he does. >> if we can come back here l live, it is interesting with this, potential news that might be dropping, dr. ben cars

commerce department role. but now it's going to howard lutnick. so he is now out of the running for treasury, going to be running the commerce department. and i think we'll see probably in the coming days and weeks, what exactly he will do with that department. and what it will look like under him, but also under donald trump overall. yeah. >> that's right. and of course, he will now be under scrutiny. right as the other cabinet picks have been. i know he is head of cantor fitzgerald but it is interesting that the treasury secretary role is still open. you know, it has been kind of been dragging out right we thought we might get a decision last week. today we still don't know they're widening the net at the same time, donald trump and elon musk will be in texas today for the launch of space x, this joint appearance comes as musk is also weighing in on the matt gaetz nomination for attorney general, and all the controversy surrounding that. >> yeah, i mean, i think what's happening with the gaetz pick is absolutely fascinating. one, we know that donald trump, over the last 24 hours or so, has

by the way, there was some thinking that perhaps this could be chosen for treasury, a theory the markets were bouncing, commercew how this goes, john, it all plays a part. >> john: i have a theory about the market p. >> sandra: it goes up? >> john: it goes out, it goes down. >> sandra: just goes up. >> john: seemed lutnick was primary choice for treasury, elon musk was promoting him, but news may be trump was wavering on lutnick and thinking of other folks for treasury, scott besson, marc rowan, kevin warsh, so lutnick is in for commerce as he gets confirmed, and see who takes treasury. >> sandra: well known on wall street for three decades, stories coming out of 9/11, cantor fitzgerald, the world trade center towers, lost 368 employees. his brother and his best friend died on that day so howard lutnick, commerce secretary, just announced by donald trump moments ago. john? >> john: looking forward to more win 47 announces treasury secretary, still have some others to go, as well. fox news alert now. we are waiting to hear from the deputy pentagon press secretary for a department of defense briefing as today mar

treasury secretary. there's a long list now. who do you like? >> i've been saying this about pick, i'm very worried about it. unfortunately, we don't, in commercetreasury, spend enough time thinking about small business in america. it's around the policy. and i just, the haas three big acts and i've said this countless times, the inflation act, the infrastructure act and the support acts prior to that during the can pandemic, not a dime for small business, it's because of the mindset of the treasury and the commerce department is not to care about where 62% of the jobs are created. it's small business in america. whoever gets this mandate, i want them to understand the most important part of the american economy are my guys, small business. and i'm going to march up and down the halls. which ever one of these guys gets picked, a i'm going say, look, i want to see 60 cents of every dollar going to small business because you forgot about us, you don't care about us, and we are the economy. stuart: okay. kevin, stay with us, please. we've with got some movers, let's start with mobileye. lauren: they're in the impact zone of the report that the tru

eamon javers. >> you bet. >> i guess treasury secretary, commerce -- looks like you have a comment already -- >> no, my comment is, i love eamon javers. >> we know that. he knows that, as well. >> i hope he does. >> he's smiling. >> that marcus wayne guy said history doesn't repeat -- >> rhymes. >> let's throw up a chart of gio. go back five years and look at where the stock was in 2016 before the election. a $15 stock. it goes from $15 to $31 by the spring of '17, gave the entire move back. you're seeing history repete itself. now, if you want to play for another $3, as dan would say, have at it. but this is happening the same way it did eight or so years ago. >>> coming up, two pharma names heading in very different directions. the new drug trial data that brought on those moves, next. >>> and a semi shipping halt. taiwan semi falling as regulators order the company to stop sending chips to china. what it could mean for the semi trade, as well as u.s./china trade relations, when "fast money" returns. >>> this is "fast money" with melissa lee, right here on cnbc. growing old is part of th

he still needs to make selections for transportation, commerce, treasury and others. and there are real questions about whether all of trump's picks will make it through the senate confirmation process. several republicans skeptical of former congressman matt gaetz in particular, nominated to be trump's attorney general. they want to see that report worked on by the house ethics committee investigating allegations against gaetz of illicit drug use and sex with a minor. >> i believe the senate should have access to that. now, should it be released to the public or not? that's, i guess, that will be part of the negotiations but that should be definitely part of our decision making. >> reporter: gaetz has repeatedly denied the allegations. >> i have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old. that is totally false. >> reporter: speaker of the house mike johnson arguing since gaetz resigned from congress, the report should be shelved. tonight, saying has not talked to trump about it and defending trump's picks.sign. any president has the right to name their own cabinet, to

secretary of state, secretary of defense nominations as opposed to more of an economic focus, treasury and commerceit was interesting to see that's what he prioritized. >> we'll hate to lose marco rubio in the united states senate but he's the right person for secretary of state. he will project the same strength that president trump has been projecting and it's such opposite of what we've seen under the biden administration, which was a position of weakness, which invited those to come in and be aggressive toward us. so that was a great choice. we'll make sure as we were talking today at our leadership meeting, we take over january 3. the president doesn't come in until january 20th. we want to hold hearings on the nominees early so by january 20th, we can get ready that day to vote and get as many cabinet positions filed day one. so the president has his team around him as quickly as possible. the president really does feel the clock ticking already. he says i only have four years. we have a lot to get done if we want to get america back on track. that's what the american people demanded with thi

washington dc, it was obvious that howard lutnick was given the know when it came to the treasury role and now he's in commercean individual who has been touting this idea of tariffs. what's going to be the push pull with someone at treasury like a scott bessette, kevin warsh, or marc rowan? all of which have either had interviews with the president are going to have interviews today. ed: it's going to be a cabinet that was probably somewhat similar to the first administration where there was a team of rivals, to a certain extent. i think howard lutnick at commerce does not signal we are going to go weak at all on tariffs. but ultimately, the treasury secretary can be the person negotiating with capitol hill as it relates to tariffs in the tax bill next year. one of the wildcards for next year is, does congress decide to legislate for the first time in about 100 years specific tariffs globally? it's a question i get all the time at raymond james. there's concerns about the economic and inflationary impacts of those but the congressional concern is that it cost a lot of money, for $.6 trillion, to extend out --

still a few others waiting for economic team including secretaries of treasury and commerce.to see if it happens as the sunrises in florida. ainsley, steve, brian and lawrence, back to you. >> steve: matt gaetz was not on anybody's bingo card. i got a question for you, mark, that is. this. because he resigned the ethics report will not officially be released. it was supposed to come out within a week. but, expheat gaetz does not have a lot of friends in the house io leak, right. >> oh it, absolutely could leak. former house speaker kevin mccarthy he was on bloomberg and interview singapore he said he didn't believe gaetz would get confirmed. you just mentioned, steve, well, gaetz may not have a lot of friends in the house. he has a friend who is going to be here in mar-a-lago and soon-to-be in the white house. that may be what matters the most. and, do you know what? power can change a lot of things. so perhaps gaetz all of a sudden has a lot of new friends within the coming days. he says he is very excited with this opportunity. >> steve: indeed. thank you, sir. >> brian: th

annmarie: treasury, commerce, energy, acc, ftc, these are the names we are still waiting for for thedent-elect president -- president-elect donald trump's priorities. jonathan: let's get you an update on stories elsewhere. here is your yahaira jacquez. >> two of elon musk's companies are moving to secure multibillion-dollar increases in valuations through new deals. according to the financial times, spacex is gearing up to launch a tender offer that will sell existing shares in the business at about $135 each. sale would value the company at more than $250 billion. musk's artificial intelligence of start up raised $5 billion at a valuation of about $45 billion. nearly double its valuation from a few months ago. sources are telling bloomberg russian vladimir putin and german chancellor olaf scholz are planning to hold a phone call today. the call is the first direct communication between the two leaders in almost two years. it comes at a critical time for ukraine, as the country braces for the third winter under attack from russia. uncertainty over ukraine support from western allies

so howard lutnick now has got the nomination for commerce secretary, not treasury secretary — your thoughtsy - your thoughts? good mornin: , secretary - your thoughts? good morning. sally- _ secretary - your thoughts? good morning, sally. my _ secretary - your thoughts? good morning, sally. my view - morning, sally. my view generally is that what you're seeing in howard lutnick is the announcement effectively of a team of rivals approach in the trump white house, where he is part of the economic team but is not the whole economic team. and there will likely be sort of a collision course set up in economic policy. and this is exactly what markets don't want, where you have howard lutnick in charge of tariffs and trade on the one side, potentially also the united states trade are presented as office — on the other side, you've got the treasury in the national economic team that are responsible for the broader economic agenda, including tax and fiscal policy. and there's no way in which those can be easily split up, so there is a natural tension there. they may resolve over time and it may not

treasury commerce, if there was anything new to the names we've already heard bandied about, eamon. >> reporter: nothing yet, but they did sort of national security and defense all at once, so you wonder if they're going to do the economy team all at once, too, coming up. >> do you think it's already prebaked? >> reporter: i think a lot of this has been -- the fact they're moving so quickly does give you a sense a lot of this was pre-baked, a lot of this was thought through already. >> that's probably susie wilds as work. she told donors yesterday they're looking at this they have two years to get things done, not four, which is smart. presidents often have to deal with that two years in. it sounds like they want to hit the ground running and get as much accomplished as quickly as possible. >> reporter: they are moving very fast, and what a change from what we saw last time around from the 2016 election where it was real chaos on the trump side. this is much more efficient, much more smooth in terms of the rollout. you do get the sense they are prepared and they know what they're doin

. >> there are a lot of outstanding positions, treasury energy, labor, commerce, ag and hud who do you think we are going to be hearing about? >> honestly it's going to be people who have been on this network. he has a way he likes to operate. he likes people who can communicate well so he's looking for people i think more how to be communicate than understand like the policy like lee zeldin. i don't know he has a good understanding environmental policy but proved well communicating his message. i think donald trump which is another recent he said he wants to float the idea of recessed appointments. he wants to get his nominees through quickly so i think you're going to see them rolled out the next couple of days loyalists and people close to him. >> a lot of people heading the treasury and things like that where you have to have a super degree of subject matter communicating the agenda is a big part of it. you also don't run into problems like you did when lloyd austin didn't tell everybody was going for surgery. >> exactly so i don't think it's surprising or should be looked at a sca

i will defer to you on treasury secretary and commerce. we want two good pics there who would shake things up. elon musk, rfk junior. next one for you. the ladies overview wore all black funeral attire for their postelection show. listen to how they reacted to trump's victory. >> i'm profoundly disturbed. i'm worried about mass deportation and internment camps. >> i grew up in a tenement. we did not have money, still voted for the party that was looking out for me. and my family. we were not voting for a party that was looking out for rich people. i grew up exactly like they are growing up today. >> why do you think an educated white women voted against their reproductive health freedoms? stuart: did you hear that? uneducated white women? when will the media realize people don't being like talk to down to? >> so much there in one click. joy behar missed the last decade plus shift of the political parties about who looks out for the working class, still a limousine liberal revisiting nixon, an old lady with legacy television job that highly

>> it would be that he could be the treasury secretary, the commerce secretary, but light. service connected a genius and d guy we have in office. david: steve. >> i prefer david malpas just because of his experience and he understands the fed and treasury better than anyone out there. >> i like david malpas a lot too and any position he g gets in would be great for america. david: good to see you both. exciting times. really exciting times. steve and john, thank you. coming up, in growing numbers we saw this week that voters are rejecting dems woke policies and blue cities focusing more and more to the right on crime and immigration. david webb, gianno caldwell and david webb, gianno caldwell and paul mauro, our all star panel weighing in on that next. and sell them directly to you. no middleman. just quality tools you can trust at prices you'll love. your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is

we are awaiting major decisions like treasury secretaries, secretary of commerce, trump wants to reshapehe u.s. handles trade relationships going forward. we are waiting for that press secretary pick. this morning, alina habba, spokesperson during trump's legal issues says she is not in contention for the job. back to you. >> brian: she pulled herself out of it. i think carl karolina leavett, pavlich and megan kelly and scott jennings, who has done a brilliant job making the president's case. not every time, but on cnn. >> steve: those are great c contenders we saw yesterday with president trump pulling matt gaetz out of a hat, nobody saw that. according to d.c. inside political reporters, it sounds like matt gaetz wasn't even on the list. the airplane ride, he was on the plane with the president, where they came up with this know pla. there were other people involved. it is known suzie wiles incoming chief of staff likes matt gaetz a lot and had him prepare donald trump for the debate stuff. it is curious that this particular name, which has yesterday electified washington is going forw

that's where we might hear now, labour, commerce, treasury, and let's talk about treasury.is a very powerful position, and there are two clear front runners in this. we will put them on the screen here. that's the capital management ceo and founder, scott bessent, and the trump transition cochair, howard lutnec. he has gone to trump directly with this ask, and bessent has been an economic adviser to the president elect, more coy about this. here is what he told fox just yesterday, watch. >> thank you, it is all president trump's decision. he made great decisions on the campaign. i can't wait for the four years. >> reporter: we are hearing that chris wright is on the list for the energy minister. and the chairman of the newly formed energy counsel, this is interesting, because we are seeing two different people who could play a role in carrying out trump's energy policies here, doug bergom will have a part in that. we knew this announcement was coming, because the president elect let the cat out of the bag last night at a mara lago gala. this interior secretary will be focus

we're waiting nominations for treasury, education, transportation, commerce, labor and more., north dakota's john thune becoming the new senate majority leader after two secret ballots yesterday. florida's rick scott falling short in the first round of voting and coming in third behind thune and john cornyn. in the house, republicans will keep the majority after the ap called arizona's sixth sixth congressional district last night. the incumbent retained their seat. republicans gr have a thin majority. maria: excitement around the department of government efficiency will be led by elon musk and vivek ramaswamy. they say all actions taken will be posted online and doj's government account was formed. they outlined some of the first places doj could cut. take a look, in 2023, the federal government spent 1 $1.3 billion for checks to dead people. they sent checks to dead people, coming from the irs, medicare and veterans groups. in 2021 #, the national institutes of health gave a russian lab $549,000 to determine whether cats can still walk on treadmills after brain surgery. yes

. >> yeah, put me in charge of commerce, treasury. >> okay. are. >> housing, giving the fact -- we are joking about it but i just want to know, look, housing, we talk about the campaign, bread and butter issues, the economy. housing is one that when you ask people the follow-up question what they mean by economy, they talk about prices are too high, the housing, the rent, the affordability of housing. so actually who is head -- the secretary of hud matters. when the immediate past secretary of hud in the biden administration was in charge, she took on appraisals, discriminatory appraisals. she built public/private partnerships in building new housing. i just -- this position matters, eugene. >> it is definitely going to matter over the next four years. one of the things we heard every single day when we talked to voters, when we talked to the campaign was that housing came up every single time because it is a thing in pricing, in your wallet that you see every single month, right? it happens every single 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, if you are later th

he's chosen billionaire hedge fund manager scott bessent for treasury secretary. and for commercehe's chosen howard lutnick, the ceo of financial services firm cantor fitzgerald and a big backer of tariffs. for more on what these choices mean for trump's agenda, we are joined again by david wessel. he's director of the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. nice to see you again. let's talk a little more about scott bessent. markets and investors seem to be excited about his pick. david: you can hear this xi of relief from the markets that the president chose scott bessent, a hedge fund manager who could have been a treasury secretary in a more conventional republican administration, somebody that seems to be a calm set of hands in a fiery cabinet. part of the metaphor. william: metaphors always work for us. what is it about him that could fit into a bush administration or it would be romney administration? what is it he brings that trump likes? david: donald trump understands he needs to have the financial markets on his sides. he may not care

commerce. scott bessent got the treasury nod.is in some sort of shoe — two people is in some sort of shoe box _ two people is in some sort of shoe box. they will be senior adviser— shoe box. they will be senior adviser to _ shoe box. they will be senior adviser to the president. sorry to “um adviser to the president. sorry to jump in. — adviser to the president. sorry tojump in, because _ adviser to the president. sorry to jump in, because we're - tojump in, because we're almost out of time, who prevails? is it tariffs and the 60% wanted china, as donald trump has pushed for, or is it the financial maths? mr; trump has pushed for, or is it the financial maths?— trump has pushed for, or is it the financial maths? my view is that as a practical _ the financial maths? my view is that as a practical matter, - the financial maths? my view is that as a practical matter, the i that as a practical matter, the president— that as a practical matter, the president is going to be the decision—maker, the president would — decision—maker, the

treasury departments. and then, likewise, picks like commerce, labor, these are now the issues that are at the heart of our economic policy, and i think, you know, as someone like jd vance has spoken about a lot, having a labor policy that is much more focused on the interests of workers, having a, you know, commerce department, for instance, who's in charge of the c.h.i.p.s. act, which is all of the investment we're doing to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to this country, so those are the kinds of things i think we still are kind of waiting to see on, but hopefully that we get right, because that's what's going to determine the direction of our economic growth. >> we'll be taking your calls with questions for mr. cass. democrats can call in at 202-748-8000. republicans at 202-748-8001. independents at 202-748-8002. we've talked about what's happening in the white house, but republicans have also gained control of congress and a big thing on their agenda when they come into office is going to be taxes with the expiration of some of the provisions of the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act and you have somet

but economic picks are still coming, treasury, national economic council, commerce. haven't come yet -- stuart: who do you like for treasury? >> kevin warsh who was a colleague of mine at morgan stanley is being interviewed, from what with i hear. i like him a lot, and i would love mark rowan, the ceo of apollo. as you know, i own apollo, but i know mark well and and his work. they had had some switch-ups. there were a couple of people jockeying for it x they seem to be to on on the outs right now. stuart towt come on in, lauren. elon musk weighed in on trump's candidates for treasury secretary. does trump have a favorite that we know of? lauren: elon musk has a favorite, and it's t howard lutnick. musk sort of crowd sourced this potential pick. he wrote on x, would be interesting to hear more people weag in on this for donald trump to consider feedback. my view, for what it's worth, is that scott bessent is a business as usual choice whereas howard lutnick if will actually enact change. business as usual is driving america bankrupt, so we need change one way or anoth

commerce secretary. i don't think he would have been good as treasury secretary.t a more sober, thoughtful, quiet, reserved, let me get back to you on that kind of person as treasury secretary. but for commerce, where you are really pushing the agenda of u.s. business and the united states, howard lutnick is a wonderful choice. maria: he's real comfortable with tariffs, that's for sure. >> he will not shirk away from tariffs. maria: ryan, great conversation. thank you so much. adam, you're sticking with us all morning long. we're greatful. quick break and then house speaker mike johnson's government funding plan hit the skids in the house as members battle over what should be attached to the upcoming december bill. bryan steil is here with his thoughts. as we look at another fiscal cliff on the horizon. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. ♪(voya)♪ there are some things that work better together. like your workplace benefits and retirement savings. voya provides tools that help you make the right investment and benefit choices.

when the doj and the department of education and the department of commerce and treasury, omb and others start to implement these strategies. how do we talk about them? what do we say? there can be no surprise in the room when it happens because we have spent the last year telling you here it is. >> you had kevin on the show telling you it was real to your face. it's -- it's hard to deny this stuff. joyce, you are another one who has been on. back in august, you had a post on substack of the denial of project 2025. it is so important that project 2025 is one of the few times that trump has backed down. for a man who usually doubles down and keeps going no matter how unpopular or crazy, trump's reversal on project 2025 is remarkable, unquote. to put that in context, you thought it was amazing he would even bother to say i'm not connected to this. >> it was. it was really a spectacular reversal. i actually at the time thought it was a good sign. it showed trump could be forced to respond to popular disapproval. at the same time, we understood when trump said he didn't know anything about

other positions, treasury, attorney general, agriculture, commerce, labor, hhs. >> ainsley: do not getas. >> brian: i have no expertise. >> lawrence: attorney general and kash patel is on the shortz list for fbi. that means wray would be fired and kash patel brought in. >> steve: story was kash patel might go to cia, but john ratcliffe is going there. marco rubio, we think secretary of state, here we are on wednesday, we heard on monday, no official notification he's been nominated. >> brian: i thought same thing, i was communicating with someone higher up said no problems, it's a go. >> steve: why have we not heard about it? >> ai >> ainsley: fetterman said he is in. and mike huckabee is a great choice. >> steve: love that guy. carley joins us with news out of new york. >> carley: daniel penny manslaughter trial expected to resume tomorrow after key witnesses took the stand yesterday. one witness was subway rider who helped penny hold jordan neely down. he recalled being frustrated with another passenger talking on the phone instead of helping. he said, at one point he was telling dan