Certain things have slowed. He wants a wow cabinet and i think mitt romney would take the job. It would have a lot of people rethink what donald trump is about. Mitt romney would be seen as qualified and because he was the staunchest of critics, or it would allow donald trump to say, politics is over. I am building the best government i can. Democrats who praised mitt romney would have to say, bravo, donald trump. People have been waiting for his cabinet and i could not be more thrilled. At some point, somebody is [indiscernible] mitt romney would be a brilliat higher. As a ceo, i surrounded myself with more measured people. Rudy giuliani, Newt Gingrich it is more donald trump. To reach across the nontrumpers, it would be fantastic. Pick,would be a governing not a crony. It would not be picking somebody out of loyalty. It would give him a chance to start to build a cabinet. That as donaldry trump is dealing with the transition, he is looking at the coverage and he is souring at the people pushing for jobs, like Rudy Giuliani. Ingram,ple like laura the possible press secretary. It is a privilege to be considered. Some folks who are watching, as a Supreme Court clerk, i was a litigator i have a broad career in government as a speechwriter in the reagan administration. I worked in the white house in domestic policy. I understand there is a stereotype. John would be a very good choice. Is there anybody better . Me i dont know. [laughter] donald trump can ignore anything. He does not get caught up in the moment. It is not personal, it is business. The selection of mitt romney the reviews for the constituencies that he wants to please and get momentum from, would be positive. At this point, i am not prepared to say that mitt romney is the front runner but by the end of the weekend, he may be. That would be fantastic im going back to something that has kept me hopeful. If donald trump wants to win, it is not about his cronies, it is going to be, what is going to get us where we need to get to . Transition, it is important to analyze every pick. We cannot normalize the stuff that cannot be normalized. Misogyny, antisemitism , and racism has to be revisited. I am still encouraged, but i need more explanation about his first pick. There is no question that is still going to be out there. Nancy pelosi has asked mike pence to take it back. Thing they mitt romney pick would do is he would help recruit not just within the state department to bring in a if career diplomats think he will recruit elsewhere in the cabinet. Whether jamie dimon ends up being the treasury secretary mitt romney would send an important signal to the country and people around the world about what donald trump is trying to do. It does not wash away Everything Else but it would be a big pickge and the kind of compared to giuliani where people would say, donald trump is not rewarding loyalty to say the least. I have only said it is about donald trump. He is going to do what is best for him. I cannot tell you what that would mean. He statement that would make everybody would take a sigh of relief. [indiscernible] haley thing was never serious. I said this morning, i thought there would be another large name. Speed dating at trump tower, donald trump meeting with people consider for top administrative positions. The comings and goings have caused a media frenzy in the skyscraper lobby. Cspan has a live feed of the elevators and reporters are waiting for the midnight showing. The casting call included nikki haley, henry kissinger, Jeb Hensarling and janine. The Transition Team was out of the debt behind schedule. Right before or after thanksgiving is more appropriate. We left it with the past administrations have been and we feel like were on time. In 2000, the country went to thanksgiving before knowing who was president. The Donald Trump Team is trying to get back into controlling their message. Laughableht it was and not surprising that they thought the transition would take care of itself. Byy left a vacuum filled stories that is being cast in a negative light. They are making an effort to show themselves going 90 miles per hour. The stories are not going to be uniformly positive, but there is the notion of donald trump on a victory lap, meeting with world leaders. I think they want to create a sense of forward motion, activity, and victory. Everybody in the media taterss has been on the atitter because the transition is in disarray. In a matter of days, they have to make 4000 hires. It is not going to be a linear process. Versus obama and the clinton campaign, there is going to be bumping. I think that is part of the process. Donald trump is looking and poking and it is going to be a stumble but that is ok. What matters is the names he picks. They are not emphasizing this that much. Mike pence is getting a ton of done to lay the groundwork for the legislative agenda and relationships around the world. Again, with a president who has never done anything like this before. Every time i listen to kellyanne conway, i think she is still campaigning. There is no enemy at this point. Fire. Usness, even under back, the donald trump family brand is under more scrutiny than ever. We will ask donnie about how that could change. Gary kushner has played an influential role in the trump campaign. Yesterday, we talked about reports that security clearance was eventually going to be solved for gary kushner. Suggested that he is going to go inside the government even though he is the soninlaw of the president to be. He is very camera shy and does not do many interviews. Clear he doesnt want to shape his brand on his own, what could his allies due to put it in a better place . I used to live in the same building as them. His reputation, a lot of people do not know a lot about this guy. His father wrote a check to get him into harvard. He has had unsuccessful splashes into their real estate business. He has been an Effective Member of the campaign. He is supposed to be a decent guy that only spends time with his family and work, a very serious guy. My question is, what is the as . Dibility he had i think he needs to be front and center so people can look and touch and smell that he is 35. I agree. Bannon has a longer paper trail of negativity. The fact that they are not talking in public allows their opponents to define them. If Kerry Kushner says, i need a better brand, what is the solution . Ivanka . Friends . And wes a human being live in a media world. Just like a Television Personality or a politician, you have to be front and center. There is no other solution. We have got to get to know you, pal. He is going to have a large role in the administration. Medianot hiding from the because he has anything to hide, it is just not his style. It is a reality of the age in which you live. If you want to we power, you have to be more visible. We know very little about them and that has to change. Trumps own family members played a starring role in the campaign. Their sway over what he will be like as president will be strong. His eldest children are on the Advisory Board of the Transition Team despite the fact that they are taking over the family business. It is unclear what kind of influence they will have into the presidency. His plan was an asset, but they are now under fire. There are questions about their potential conflict of interest. , how is Donald Trumps relationship with his family going to play when we get to january . I have known those kids for years. Great kids. There is a very active business here, and this is the first time we are seeing a dont family members in office. Are goingndividuals to be involved, we need to know that this is what they are doing. For instance, if ivanka is . Nvolved, how is she involved we have to stop looking at them as a three headed monster versus three individuals. Lets get a little transparency in terms of what that means. I have said this several times. They are not going to stop advising him. I understand the concern that the trust cannot be blind. He knows what the assets are. I want a briefing from a lawyer. This is my complaint. The legal advice that he got was abysmal. That cannot fly now. Briefhould have a lawyer reporters in a careful way about how this is going to work. As for the family image, all three kids have their critics but they are going to be part of shaping a brand that a lot of americans are going to find appealing. There is a cloak we have to get through. We have ainess person that does not show their tax returns. We are not going to know if there is doubledealing going on. They could literally be doing anything. For 10d extrapolate hours. That is why a lawyer has to brief. ,hey cannot adopt a standard of we are not doing anything illegal. They are going to make plenty of money in it will have plenty of opportunities but they must take every precaution. Coming up, we will check in on the Democratic Party and talk to one of the reporters who covers the transition. Our next guest is taking a break from the transition. Johnson covers donald trump for the Washington Post. She is in the confines of the Washington Post newsroom. You covered him as closely as anyone. What is surprising you so far about him . I guess the big thing would be that not much has changed. He is still the same sort of politician. Thought oncerters he becomes the presumptive nominee there will be more formality and communication with reporters. It did not happen. If if heondering became president elect, he would change how he does things. He really has not. He has been continuing as he has , doing things completely differently than anyone before him. Earlier about how we think the selection of mitt romney would shake things up in a positive way for the transition. Explain how it is possible that donald trump could pick somebody who called him a con man. Of nots a lot apologies, but mending bridges. A lot of things were set on both sides during the election. Now donald trump is the president elect, the leader of the party, and people are coming to terms with that. They are trying to see if there is a way to work with him. We saw with the selection of his chief of staff, the party leader was a sign of working with the party. Putting mitt romney in the cabinet would be huge. There has not been any love between these two men. They has been back and forth against each other. Mitt romney went after donald , attacking how he ran his business is. Businesses. He out of examples of his failure. Donald trump used one of his primary press conferences just to refute mitt romney. Just to prove that mitt romney was wrong. Are able tof them find a way to work together, that would send a signal that donald trump is willing to work with a lot of people who have criticized him. It is an interesting point. Omemember on the rosa arosa. If you are not [indiscernible] it was not a growing response. It is going to be interesting. The mitt romney thing will be a real test as far as will he be looking bigger . I hope it is not just a beauty pageant. Have you heard anything more about the people that have gone against him . Not yet. Was a little over a week ago. Everybodys feeling each other out. They are looking to see who else gets positions of power. I was at trump tower on tuesday night and ted cruz was there. We chased after him. I mean, donald trump tweeted about the looks of ted cruzs wife, suggesting his dad may have been involved in the assassination of jfk. He made the pilgrimage to trump tower and talked to the president elect. He would not tell us what they talked about. He would not explain how he felt about things. That he was following the voters. That is the attitude a lot of republicans have right now. No matter what happens, they are giving him a second chance. If Something Else happens, it is over. People are willing to give him a second chance. There was a harbinger of things to come. That he does not seem to realize or care about a lot of behavior that will be coming his way. Guy, daytoday, who will not care to the real behavioral givens of a president . He is not legally required to have a protected press pool or put out tax returns. We will see. Is a shattered in the as a shattered Democratic Party tries to pick up the pieces, Hillary Clinton made her first public appearance at the childrens ,efense fund in washington dc after acknowledging the painful week, urging her supporters to press on. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether america is the country we thought it was. The decisions laid bare by this election run deep but please listen to me when i say this america is worth it. Our children are worth it. Believe in our country. Fight for our values and never give up. Mike pence met with Democratic Leaders on capitol hill. The New York Times reports democrats are looking at policy issues. Toneis a vastly different than we keep hearing from harry reid who gave an interview to msnbc. Democrats have to stand for something to show the difference between him and us. If we are just going to be dancing with donald trump, we might as well have the donald trump already. Joe crowley has emerged as a challenger to nancy pelosi for House Minority leader while tim ryan said he is officially seeking the job. In the senate, there are 10 income the democrats. Some of the states were close contests. Partydoes the democratic Recovery Process stand . It could be worse in this sense that they have their poker faces up. Decent they have a balance between saying, lets lets the future and mourn. The back of a strong leader or two the lack of a strong leader or policy descriptions is a vulnerability for them. Once the new government begins, eight will be harder for them to break through because a lot of the attention will be on republicans getting stuff done. I always believe a party is dead it happened with clinton, and reagan. I think there needs to be a fresh face that comes at some point during the administration. I concerned that the democrats will run far to the left with Elizabeth Warren and i do not think that is the answer. It is not necessarily going to take policy issues. Reid point of view, that is the wrong answer. Lets take the issues jump on them. It is going to take a human being to galvanize the party. Trump do what Ronald Reagan did on these early bills including tax reform, going after the Senate Democrats and try to pick off enough for them to say, five votes, called the bills bipartisan. He is going to be able to do that. Dana vollmer republican president would face greatest a normal republican president would face criticism but he is not going to care. There are vulnerable democrats coming up in 2018 that will be extremely vulnerable. Which couldreform be tax cuts to the wealthy. Donald trump and his supporters are going to say that it stimulates economic growth. We will talk to to wesco strategists west coast strategists when we come back. We are joined by two. Emocratic strategists bob, you were no chance for trump. We have had about nine days to sit with this. Is, what i have learned blank . Be careful about predictions. We had a wonderful event with John Heilemann and i said, there was no way that donald trump should be elected. Now it is time for me to eat crow. I believe the data. The on the data, although i could beonald trump the republican nominee, i never thought he could pass the threshold as president. I was wrong. The turnout patterns changed. James comeys announcement did have an impact that hurt clinton. When you look it the whole thing, Hillary Clinton was the first democratic candidate in my lifetime who ran without an economic message. Votes in million michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and she had 307 electoral votes. Fred, what i have learned is blank . Nobody knows nothing, donnie. I live in california. Oklahoma. When i was in oklahoma, you could not find one person who was on voting for donald trump. In santa barbara, you cannot find one person who would admit voting for donald trump. I do not believe the data. I felt a visceral urge not for donald trump but against anybody normal, the politics of the past. Who more than Hillary Clinton . You are both pretty familiar with mitt romney. Starting with fred, what do you think mitt romney would have on the Donald Trump Administration . That is a great question. First of all, it would bring the establishment backed President Trump. I am not sure how much he wants to do that. I am not sure if that is a good thing or not. What do you think about mitt romney for secretary of state . I would feel a lot better for the country. It would indicate that he is doing a halfpivot. Halfpivot and peter would feel better about the future of Foreign Policy to deal with russia. Inas against mitt romney 2012 but i did not fear for the future of the country if he got elected. He is an honorable guy with whom i happen to disagree but he would bring some clout to the administration. I have made in my personal innda to say, no, he brought steve bannon and we cannot one week later talk about mitt romney. Had you feel about that guy . How do you feel about that guy . He did a pretty good job on the campaign. He identified that angst around the country. I think the fear issue is based on taking everything donald trump says literally and i do not think he means everything literally. I am talking about what steve bannon said. There is a lot of people of think thatwho also is making a mountain out of a mole hill. He said some rather antagonistic things but i think they are going to settle in. Whoever he ends up with i am not here as a donald trump supporter. The fear in the streets is misplaced. I want to focus kellyanne conway. We cannot normalize this behavior. Bannon has had a litany of misogynistic, racist things. It was a mistake for donald trump to pick him. It tells us something about donald trump that loyalty comes first. I do not think that the headlines are colorful i think they are hateful. They have been hateful toward women and people of color and news. Jews. I do not think he belongs in the administration. Maybe mitt romney is going to be secretary of state. Who else is going to come into this cabinet . Donald trump went around the country denouncing wall street and it appears that a lot of the people in his initiation in the cabinet are people from wall street. You guys are sitting around. Dont go anywhere, more when we come back. Welcome back. We back with the Southern California dynamic duo. If you were the strategist first chuck schumer, would you look for opportunities to work with President Trump . Or would you say, oppose him across the board . I do not think that will happen. If there is an infrastructure bill that will do something to rebuild the crumbling bridges, to modernize the rail system, democrats will cooperate with. It will also be a very big jobs bill. He would create a huge number of jobs. Byause he cannot create jobs tinkering around with trade agreements, he has to find another way to do it over his constituency will be unhappy. There are other areas where you have to oppose and. It is the right thing to do politically. It is going to be interesting to see what he does on economics and taxes because if he adopts the paul ryan bill plan wholesale and there is a privatization of medicare, social security, massive tax cuts for people of the top, you will give the Democratic Party a message that will be portable. Powerful. Fred, should they be doing things they know they can pass with only republican votes or they should adjust ticket bipartisan bills through . To get bipartisan bills through . He just said saturday exactly like a politician, what people are rebelling against. Him calming down from the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but doing some unusual things that people have for four long time. For a long time. I think that is a mistake. If he does not do that, he is handing the silver platter to the democrats. Issuesnd specific policy , Democratic Party, you have thought of them as the bluecollar party, their coalition extended to minorities and working classes. What is the Democratic Party now . The Democratic Party doesnt stand for anything if not working people, economic justice, social justice. That is with the party is about. We thought there was a rising electorate but it was not sufficient in this election. Ought to go forward on the basis of principle not just trying to figure out tactically what to do, but arguing their values. We should have had an economic argument in this election. It should have been rooted in the differences in their economic plans, and we should have executed at in the rust belt states. We have to remember that lessened in we have to go back after we have to remember that lesson in we have to go back after the bluecollar workers. Donald trump said that postthanksgiving, he is going to visit the states that he won. I would say, you have to go to the other states in that he needs to give a speech to a lot of constituents who are frightened, muslims, the gay communities, the nontraditional communities. His first thing out of the bad opposite. First of all, who would everything that donald trump turned Republican Party into the bluecollar party elites for this election . And hillary became the elite party. There was a unusual conflict going on. I think he has a magically strange way of communicating with people and he is going to get even more press coverage then he got before. I do not think it matters where he goes, it is what he says. I hope he implies that he is going to work with people. Some of his announcements have been rolling back the rhetoric from the campaign. Some of them, he is sticking with them. Think he is straddling the fence pretty well. Bob, we saw Hillary Clinton last night. I am wondering what your appetite is to have Hillary Clinton the part of the dialogue Going Forward about rebuilding the party . I think she will be part of the dialogue but i do not think she will think about running again. Has to goatic party to a new generation of leadership, to find somebody who can galvanize the party in the way that Bernie Sanders did. I did not agree with him but he moved people. Who would have thought that a 74yearold curmudgeon would be the most charismatic figure in . Democratslitics have to look to the kind of leadership, younger, that can touch people in a way that they will respond . , alongside acal policy. If either the policy is important and i think that Donald Trumps choice of policy will be critical in defining his administration. What are the biggest threats to his legislative agenda . Well, maybe steve bannon to some extent, although i think bob prevents even probably likes ryan prevents and he will be able to smooth these people together. Long ago, i suggested that you asked me what is the first thing that barack obama should do . I said, he should knock on Mitch Mcconnells door and said, lets figure out how to make the country work together. If donald trump can do that, he is in great shape. His biggest threat is if he falls back into politics as usual because there is going to be 10,000 people around him telling him to do that and that is where steve bannon might be thatul, reminding him people voted for him because they wanted something different. Sentence, what does donald trump need to accomplish . He needs to reach out to democrats, democratic members of the senate and house, and all the people in the country who were literally afraid of him. I agree. He needs to calm the dear. That is going to show his presidency. People are actually afraid. Policy aside, nobody should be afraid. Had hillary won, there would be a lot of people afraid, also. Yeah, not like this with hillary, because it would have been more of the same. Now, it is the great unknown. It is more, in my part of this country . Because i was told that i wasnt. Calm that he will down. Thank you so much. We will be right back. Buzz about theof prospect of mitt romney as secretary of state. It has been a tease. To not pick him and go back to Rudy Giuliani would actually be worse. Our appetite for a smart, unexpected choice. Is setting a new bar. Donald trump is heading out to new jersey for the weekend. It will be interesting to see what the coverage is like. It will be hysterical. Not in a funny way, but in a hysteric way. Bloomberg technology is up next. Same time, same channel. Sayonara. You are watching bloomberg technology. Donald trump plans to meet this weekend with mitt romney according to transition officials. Msnbc reports that he is under consideration for secretary of state. He was a vocal critic of donald trump. President obama and Angela Merkel held their final joint News Conference in berlin. They discussed several issues including the brexit. I reiterated our hope that negotiations over the exit will be conducted in a smooth and transparent fashion and preserve as closely as possible the economic and political relationships between them. Obama also appealed to the donald trump to stand up to Vladimir Putin when moscows behavior deviates from global norms. After breaching an obligation, iran is being warned to adhere to the nuclear deal. More than 500 french