we start with the trump transition, the president-elect defending his choice of industry, insiders, generals, mill theirionaires and billionas he narrows his candidates for secretary of state. kasie hunt and peter alexander. the senate coming back into session this hour, working to avoid a government shutdown. peter, what are we hearing now from the transition team when it comes to that most high profile position, secretary of state? still romney? >> reporter: well, i think that's a good question right now. we heard from kellyanne conway, transition advisor, former campaign manager for donald trump saying the answer to this question could come within the next few weeks. we heard initial indications it could come as soon as next week. msnbc heard from sources inside trump tower close to donald trump familiar with his thinking that at the top of the list remains mitt romney and the exxon ceo rex tillerson saying