president-elect to donald trump has nominated billionaire vincent viola as secretary of the army. he was trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer and served in the 101st airborne division. he is the founder of several businesses and owns the national hockey league's florida panthers. global news powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts. i'm courtney donohoe. julie: let's get back to the markets. u.s. stocks trading near all-time highs. joining us for insight on what the oppenheimer fund portfolio manager for the global multi-asset group. even though i mentioned stocks, as i multi-asset manager, you watch different asset classes. you are seeing a little bit of a yen rally. the you focused on currencies for the coming year. do you think we will continue to see dollar strength? we have already been seeing it. what kind of magnitude of gains can we expect? >> dollar strength is one of our highest commission views going into the new year. in particular, we think that it could be frontloaded. much of the new impetus for the dollar comes from the election. and the potenti

how well do you know vincent viola, and why do you believe he is the right man for this job?ll, i know him very well, we've known each other for over 40 years. we were at west point together. first off, he's served in the army, he understands what the sacrifice is. he's a self-made man. started with nothing, made himself into something very important. he never lost that connection to the military. he understands the international issues, he understands the business part of the military. i believe he's going to bring an energy that we need. he has a love of soldiers. he is going to do everything he can to help rebuild the readiness of our military, specifically our army. he will do everything he can to increase our modernization, make sure we have the right numbers, that we can tackle all these very difficult problems. he has continued to stay engaged with the military throughout his entire life whether it be starting the counterterrorism center at west point, whether it be in rewriting how we study history in the military, he played a huge role in that. he's been somebody who

trump chose a millionaire businessman, vincent viola, the founder of several businesses including an electronic trading firm. he also owns the national hockey league's florida panthers. >>> philadelphia public school students are cashing in on last summer's national democratic consequential. the 2016 dnc host committee announced today it's donating $750,000 to the school district of philadelphia. former governor ed rendell was the host committee chair. this afternoon he presented a check to the school superintendent. the convention took place at the sports complex in south philadelphia for four days at the end of july. governor rendell explained how the event is still paying off for the city. >> we wanted to have a great convention, we wanted to make the city look good and develop the economy. we also wanted to have a lasting impact on the children of philadelphia. >> the money will go to the school district's right books campaign, which puts libraries in classrooms around the city. the funds had been held in escrow to secure credit for the host committee. >>> the nation's top law en

cabinet picks as his first accomplishment like the recent selection of former west point graduate vincent viola>> i actually think these are the people who know how to grow the economy and know how to create jobs and we should give them a chance. >> reporter: others disagree. >> there are going to be a lot of issues that will arise if you look at the cabinet pick of donald trump. we need to be vigilant. >> reporter: the president-elect will have to find a way to unite a very divided country. the inauguration will be held january 20th near in d.c. edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. >>> well, you don't have much time to get gifts and cards where they need to be by christmas day. today is the last day to send first class mail. tomorrow is the dead line for priority mail. shipping companies know a few of you may be interested in procrastinating perhaps. the u.s. postal service even extended its hours for you and now offers services christmas day. get your last-minute who wiholi shopping done now. walmart will close at 6:00 p.m., that's two hours earlier than last year. the retailer says allowin

vincent viola is the counter owner of the florida panthers, graduated from west point and trained as an airborne infantry officer. >>> public school students are cashing in on the democrat uk convention. yesterday the dnc convention donated three-quarters of a million dollars to the district. >>> this morning patients at a burkes county dental office are being warned to get tested for hepatitis and hiv. the investigators have learned that mice and cockroaches were found in the same area where state inspectors say that dental sbroumts are being cleaned. family and specialty dentistry in redding is closed. they also found expired medication. the owner's dental license has been suspended. >>> to a follow-up of a story last month. a montgomery pediatrician is dead just weeks after he was jailed on pornography charges. he was found dead in jail on sunday. it could take six to eight weeks before they know what killed him. he was arrested last month after a worker at his office discovered what appeared to be child por nothithin pornography >>> today people face another deadline to make sure

the team announced vincent viola will be nominated as army secretary. he is the billionaire businessman and owner of the florida panthers who graduated from west point, trained as a ranger infantry officer and donated to the army after 9/11. this weekend, south carolina republican mick mul veiny was announced as the next administration's desired director of the office of management and budget. that's notable because this possible next director of the budget office is a well-known supporter of big budget cuts. the president-elect isn't just bringing new people aboard. he is bringing a long time member of his personal security detail with him to washington, keith shiller has literally been by mr. trump's side for years. apparently doesn't plan to go too far. transition officials said today the secret service will still be responsible for the next president's safety. the president-elect is now lamenting that liberals have been unreasonable in complaining about the electoral college process. and some electors reported being threatened. if my many supporters

it's billionaire businessman vincent viola who has made a lot of money on wall street but who also graduatedst point and trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer. that was the action today. we have also learned that over the weekend the soon to be most powerful man in the world had dinner with the sixth richest person in the world carlos slim, the mexican billionaire he accused of using the "new york times," which slim is a big investor in, to smear him during the campaign. the two had a back and forth a few months ago. slim said recently though he thinks that trump's policies could be good for mexico because what is beneficial to the u.s. would be good south of the border as well. and trump aides are telling us they think this dinner was designed so the two men could turn the page. there were some meetings at the trump tower in manhattan today as well. most notably the former secretary of state henry kissinger met with the vice president elect mike pence, tucker? >> thanks a lot. congratulations from moving from midtown, manhattan to palm beach. well, we have been staying on top of th

over candidates for administration slots in a series of meetings at his mar-a-lago, announcing vincent violafor army secretaries. >> sarpa murray reporting there. u.s. first lady michelle obama leaving the white house on a high note. her favor ability rating higher than her husband, 72% according to pugh research. if you expect her to go into politics, you will be waiting a long time it seems. >> would you ever run for office? >> no, no. >> i have to ask you. >> no. >> no kind of office? >> no. look, that's one thing i don't do. i don't make stuff up, i'm not coy. i have proven that. i'm pretty direct. if i were interested in it, i would say it. i don't believe in playing games, you know. it is not something i would do. >> well, mrs. obama has said she would like to see the american public free from partisan. thanks for joining us. i'm maxwell. thanks for joining us. i will be back for another edition of "cnn newsroom" after edition of "cnn newsroom" after this short break. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com . . >>> terror in berlin. a man in custody right now after a big truck plows into

some news coming from the truck administration today, the president-elect will nominate vincent viola as the next secretary of the army. mr. viola served as an army infantry officer and he is the founder of virtue financial. even turn to c-span to watch the confirmation hearings as they get underway during the 115th congress as members consider mr. trump's nominees. theng up at the top of hour, c-span coverage of a few of today's of electoral college gatherings starting at 10:50 a.m. with a preview and we will go live to illinois and later pennsylvania and michigan as a lectors gather in their state's capitals. on c-span andthat if you missed the electoral college gatherings we will show them again tonight at eigh 8:00 eastern time. in about half hour we would your remarks from air force secretary debra lee james speaking at the atlantic council in washington, d.c. you can watch that attend: 30 eastern on c-span2. >> tonight on the communicators -- >> if we had to strike two relations to do so, which can be done, we have a lot of regulations that can go. we'll have a much more effecti

vincent viola has been working on wall street as the founder of -- [inaudible] financial, but he alsoved as an army infantry officer, and the transition team is highlighting his support as a philanthropist as one reason they like him for this job. the electoral college is about to do its work, an hour from right now 538 electors will start meeting in their state's capitol building or statehouse to cast ballots for president and vp based on how voters in their states cast ballots more than a month ago. then tomorrow these electors need to start mailing certificates showing how they voted today, and that should be that. but some electors have been coming forward and telling reporters that they've been intimidated, threatened with bodily harm or worse by people who want them to change their vote, to vote against the way that the people in their state want them to, and that is something that has caught the attention of the president-elect, donald trump, who tweeted about a double standard. he says this, quote: if my many supporters acted and threatened people, they would be scorned and ca

he's picked virtu financial founder vincent viola to be secretary of the army, former office infantryfficer. >> what a great guy. sometimes you get these guys -- like i happen to love mattis, but the mad dog thing, i wish we'd lose that. the guy, if you'd go read the battle for fallujah, no true glory, he is anything but a mad dog. he was the guy saying, listen, i'm tired of our guys getting killed. >> and certainly has bourn his own share of tragedy. >> yes. enough. >> very true. when we come back, double dose of good news for disney as jim said, it's not just "star wars." we'll get to that call out of b of a. we'll talk to steve case in the age of trump dow up six weeks in a row first time since 2015, but the s&p and nas coming off a losing week last week. back in a minute. >>> disney's latest "star wars" movie topping the competition at the box office. "rogue one" took in $155 million this weekend ntd u.s. and canada. that's the second largest opening in december. topped only by last year's "star wars" "the force awakens" made nearly $250 million in the first weekend. jim makes thi

estate, filling out at least one post today, announcing businessman and army infantry officer vincent violacretary. he is having meetings this afternoon, though we did just catch sight of him out on tert ras -- the terrace at mar-a-lago. he is expected to continue these meetings, jake. >> sarah, it's kind of shocking we have not heard anything from president-elect trump on twitter about the apparent terrorist attack in berlin and about the assassination of the russian ambassador in turkey, both of which are being investigated as acts of terrorism. this seems like the kind of thing during the campaign that he would immediately tweet about. >> well, we've not heard from him yet, but as i just pointed out, jake, he has been in back-to-back meetings. they've been keeping us posted about the various candidates he's been meeting with. he just emerged in a break between these meetings, so if he's getting news of that, that's probably happening right now is my guess, and i'll be standing by to see if he is briefed on these events. i'll let you know if he is, and if he decides to make any comments,

continue to hold meetings, as he works to form his cabinet, and we have learn that trump has chosen vincent viola as secretary of the army , he is a west point graduate and former army airborne ranger infantry officer. vei yoel ace found are of the several businesses, he owns the national hockey league's that panthers, and is past chairman of the new york more can tile exchange. >>> philadelphia common pleas court why dismissed a lawsuit begins the city's tax on suga ry beverages. move pace the way for kenney administration to move forward with the tax. the taxis a 1.5 cents per ounce tax that will take effect january 1st, and the mayor says proceed will be used to fund prekindergarten. >> we're moving forward. kid can't wait. they have waited too many generations for this. we hope that the soda folks would understand how important this is to our children's future and cities future and not, proceed but we'll what happens. >> reporter: attorney for the plaintiff's in the lawsuit which was brought by the beverage industry announced in a statement that they will appeal the judge's decision. >>> a mo

nominating vincent viola for army secretary. cnn's jessica schneider is live at the state capitol to talk about the electoral college. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. michigan has 16 electors. they will be here at the state capitol to cast their ballots, their votes, at 2:00. this is largely a ceremonial process. it will be overseen by the governor in michigan, a republican governor. this whole vote is actually run by the republican party in michigan. the electors were chosen at the state party convention in april and it's fair to say they are all party loyalists so there's little chance they will not cast their ballot for donald trump. they will fall in line. but despite that, electors here and throughout the country have been coming under tremendous pressure, receiving thousands, hundreds of letters urging them to change their vote. in fact, one elector here in michigan tells us he's even received death threats. michigan's own michael moore talk to facebook to post and say he would cover the fines for any electors who

vincent viola, in charge of a company worth billions of dollars, valued at billions of dollars and owns the national hockey league's florida panthers in addition to being a kbgradua of west point and donald trump praised him as another person to know how to run a fortune 10 company. u.s. army about the size of a fortune 10 corporation here in the u.s. >> we've seen some protesters this morning at the state capital in austin, texas, urging the electoral college to reject president-elect trump. calling him, quote, unacceptable president. incidentally, texas has the most electoral votes of any state that trump won, 38. jake live from austin. texas wasn't even close, right? trump won by nine percentage points but what are you hearing? why are they there? >> reporter: they're all gathering right now, chris, to basically send a message, a loud message to the electors here, but even though it might be loud, most likely, as you were just talking about with kasie, it's probably not going to be effective. the "associated press" surveyed the electors and only one from right here in texas publicly

. >> vincent viola. and he was chair of the nymex. he came out of the 101st airborne.e's an army vet and revered in d.c. and the chairman and founder of a financial company. a former infantry officer. an interesting mix of business background, also the son of italian immigrants, grew up in brooklyn and a solid, stellar military career. stuart: i know exactly what the left will say. here is another very wealthy guy, if not a billionaire in the cabinet. liz: waiting for the headlines, bring them to you as they break. stuart: i'm waiting for that headline. i'm sure we'll get it. liz: yes, i agree. stuart: want to check out the price of gold because it took a big hit since the election came way, way down. it's at 1140 this morning, just $2 higher. i should point out that that price, 1140 is still up 7% since the start of the year. up throughout the year, down after the election, 1140 is where it is now. now this, the obama administration pushing tougher regulations on coal mining. what's that, liz. liz: exactly type of reg that trump administration incoming has vowed to un

. >> congressman moulton what do you think about this new secretary of the army designate vincent viola a veteran, as is congressman kinzinger. what can you tell us? >> you know, i don't know him. but he's a veteran as well. he went to west point. has an impressive career in business, but i'll tell you, i think that if you look at trump cabinet so far, you know, that it's 90% millionaires and billionaires. i think we've got that demographic. >> and generals. a lot of generals, too. >> there's a lot of generals. i -- i value the input of generals but you can't have a cabinet that all looks the same. that's almost all white. that's almost all men. and is 90% millionaires and billionaires. this is is a president-elect who said he was looking out for the little guy, wanted perspectives and listening to the american people. well, if you look at who he's going to surround himself with in this administration, he's certainly not listening to the vast majority of americans. >> what do you think, congressman kinzinger? so much advice that the president-elect is going to be getting from people wit

donald trump has nominated billionaire and army veteran vincent viola to be the secretary of the army. viola is a retired army major and graduate of west point who is worth nearly $2 billion. he's also the founder of a high-frequency trading company called virtu. high-frequency trading is a process in which financial firms use algorithms to execute rapid-fire trades, at a speed of a half a millionth of a second, in order to generate tiny profits on each transaction that add up to massive sums of money. critics have warned the scheme threatens the stability of global financial markets. viola is also the owner of the national hockey league's the florida a panthers. donald trump's s pick for natiol security adviser, retired lieutenant general mike flynn, is drawing criticism for having met with the head of austria's anti-immigrant freedom party, which was founded by nazis following world war ii. the nazi-linked party nearly won austria's presidential race earlier this month. flynn himself has previously come under fire for having retweeted an anti-semitic message during the campaign, and

. >> and the president-elect tapped, p pro hockey team owner vincent viola as army secretary.his pick is not turning out to be very controversial at all, brie an nachlt. >> no, it is not. jim acosta, thank you very much. joining me now is columnist chris collins of new york. he was the first to endorse hillary clinton. congratulations to you as you reach a milestone with texas electors pushing you over the top. it must be a welcome moment for you. >> it is, and thank you, brianna. i say it's a sigh of relief. it should not have frankly come down to some of the suspense, if you want to say that, today with the faithfulist electoral college voters. the election was decided november 8, but even today, former president clinton continuing to say what he's saying about hillary and effectively saying the election was stolen, if you will, through wikileaks. it's time for all this nation to unite toward president trump. it's been disappointing for the last five and a half, almost six weeks, to hear people call president-elect trump the electoral college president to in sin wait somehow

woodruff: also today, the trump transition team announced he's naming businessman and veteran vincent viola as secretary of the army. state legislators in north carolina appear ready to repeal a law that curbs protections for transgender people. the democratic governor-elect, roy cooper, announced it today. republicans who supported the law said they're open to repeal, in a special session on wednesday. the law has cost the state major sports events, concerts and corporate expansions. the head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, was convicted today of financial negligence. a special french court found she should have blocked a huge arbitration award to a business tycoon in 2008. lagarde was french finance minister at the time. despite the guilty verdict, the court opted against any punishment. that left lagarde's lawyers questioning the point of the proceedings. >> the result of this last five years is nothing. which leaves us kind of in a complicated or strange again, situation. we have an unusual court, with an unusual hearing, with no accusation and no sentence. so whe

yesterday, vincent viola, former head of the new york mercantile exchange, a billionaire, was named secretary of army. vinny is a billionaire, he's also really smart and came from nothing and became a billionaire. grew up the son of a truck driver, the same neighborhood my wife grew in. before it was a trendy place, that's where vinny came from. that's the interesting thing that donald trump is doing, appointed successful capitalists to key jobs, and you know, you got to applaud him for doing that, th good thing to have carl icahn. no one knows the markets better than carl. you know that, i know that. no one knows the regulatory system better than carl. he's a good guy to have on your side if we need help. lauren: we know donald trump wants to look and do as good a job as possible, hence he's surrounding himself with this type of person. >> up and down, i have problems ideologically with some of his pix. i hope he puts larry kudlow at cea, peter navarro as head of trade policy clears that away, and that would be a very good pick. larry is rich too but really smart and knows economics. you kno

andrea bocelli, the singer, the opera singer was here and vincent viola, the trump meetings continuer after hour. as far as other guests, toby cosgrove, head of the cleveland clinic was here, health care, the repeal of obamacare one of the things donald trump wants to see happen, another meeting we found interesting today. talk about the va secretary, trish, at this point, you've got 20 different veterans groups saying leave bob mcdonald at the va, he's been there two years, things are getting better. after the 2014 phoenix va scandal, that department has been in crisis. will donald trump listen to that, we're hearing though you've got names like fox news contributor pete hegseth in the running, they are far from a decision on the va. that might be the next appointment that we hear about. republican governor and former u.s. congressman idaho governor butch otter, trish, is in heavy consideration for agriculture right now. that may be the next announcement. va is aways away, he is heading to another rally in orlando, trish. he's here today, not for long. trish: thank you so much, cher

well, thanks to yesterday's pick of wall street's vincent viola as army secretary, trump's cabinet is now worth nearly $22 billion. but you know what? a lot of people worry about that. certainly those on the left. nearly half of americans now naming all these, see naming all these wealthy people to the cabinet is a bad idea. what is wrong with being successful in this country? isn't that what we are about? don't we want to be prosperous? you're going to penalize someone or hold that against them? it's working so far for donald trump since the election. take a look once again, everyone, as we near 20k on the dow. we're up considerably, roughly 8.5%. joining me right i no, trump economic adviser steve moore and democratic strategist joe trippi. it could happen! it could happen in the next 30 minutes here, steve. when, when it does -- not if it does, but when it does -- what do you say to all those doubters on the left that said this would be a disaster? and i specifically remember one economist, paul krugman, writing in "the new york times" that the market would plunge, and it would nev

vincent viola expected to be named by donald trump as new secretary of the army.e is of course executive chairman of virtu financial. he owns florida panthers and was a former u.s. army second lieutenant. congressman nick molvani expected for pick. he sits on financial services and oversight committees. he ran his family's real estate business. another business person being brought into the trump team. he is author of cut, cap and balance act. he is big on cutting spending. another name that might be familiar is in the mix for discussions about a possible pick as a deputy secretary at the pentagon. that is david mccormick. he is under secretary for international affairs and a west point graduate and was officer in the first gulf war. donald trump is down at sunny -- the transition work clearly rolls on throughout his trip to florida. >> thank you. and it was eight years ago today that our next guest was nominated to serve as u.s. trade representative and as the cabinet shapes up market watchers are waiting on who he will pick for that spot especially in the light

on a monday from trump tower, another nomination from the president-elect, trump will nominate vincent viola secretary of the army, infantry officer, trained as a ranger, serves in the 101st airborne division. he's long been engaged with national security issues even after his military service, he's been in private business as well, owns an nhl team in the state of florida, so he's getting the nod. his name will be put forth in nomination come january. so that's the news from this moment. martha: the very latest. meanwhile, u.s. officials now telling fox news that china will return the drone that they seized, and that will happen as early as tomorrow morning. there'll be an exchange between the ships, the ship that took this drone and our ship will receive it in the water -- in the open waters there. the chinese military say they found the underwater drone while they were collecting unclassified scientific data in the south china sea, but president-elect trump telling china not to bother, tweeting: we should tell china we don't want the drone they stole back, let them keep it. our next guest

. >> i mean, vincent viola did not start the financial crisis. matter what you say about him, had zero to do with the financial crisis. i'm against gary cohn being part of his economic inner circle -- neil: why? >> because he's a progressive, and i think he supported obama. neil: it wasn't his wall street ties -- mr. no, couldn't care less. neil: does that worry you? regardless of their wealth, undue influence? that's what cynics say. >> here's what i would say, look at the individual. if there is a degree of group think among goldman sachs, then you have to worry about that. would you consider steve bannon part of goldman sachs' group think? no. neil: well, he left decades ago. >> he made a few bucks, and he's about as far from goldman sachs group think as -- i think you look at the individual. i don't like gary cohn in that job because he's a progressive. unless he's had a death bed or -- unless he's had a conversion, you know, that some people do have -- neil: well, i'll tell you what, and you and i might argue on this, i don't think it's goin

oled --field up -- the vincent viola has been nominated by president-elect donald trump to be the nextin 1977 west point graduate who trained as an airborne ranger infantry officer and served in the 101st airborne division. the founder of several businesses, including bridging financial and owns the national hockey league's florida panthers. north carolina legislators will repeal the contentious law that limits protections for lgbt people and led to an economic backlash. that's according to the incoming outgoing governor who say legislators will hold a special session tomorrow to repeal the law. the statewide measure requires people to use restrooms in many public buildings corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. alertna, the national red brought on by choking smog. some cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and temporarily shutting down factories today to reduce pollution. --beijing, state media stay say more than 700 companies stop production and traffic police were restricting drivers by monitoring their license plate numbers. the misery is expected to continu

some news coming from the truck administration today, the president-elect will nominate vincent violanext secretary of the army. mr. viola served as an army infantry officer and he is the founder of virtue financial. even turn to c-span to watch the confirmation hearings as they get underway during the 11h