And, as always, political reporters give us their views on the week and whats to come. Its all ahead on face the nation. Good morning and welcome to face the nation. Im john dickerson. President elect donald trump maid some key hires this week and shocked some members of the Foreign Policy establishment. We begin this morning with the new white house chief of staff, Reince Priebus, who joins us from the rnc headquarters in washington. Let me ask you about the secretary of state pick. Whats happening witat well, theres going to be an announcement this week, and obviously we know its going to be general mattis and what a hero, someone that i think all americans can look to and say, were going to be in great hands with this person that i think all americans look up to, one of the most decorated marines of our generation and someone who has a strategic mind, someone thats going to lead our Defense Department and someone thats going to clean up the Defense Department and help Foreign Policy. Dickerson but what about the secretary of state job . Well, thats a different story. Things are moving quickly. I dont think anyone can accuse president elect trump of not moving fast. We are. Great picks people are seeing, a very smooth transition, but that one is just taking a little bit longer, and i think its just fine. Everything doesnt have to happen all at once. Hes taking his time, making a smart decision, and well see where that goes. Dickerson Kellyanne Conway said there would revolt if donald trump picked mitt romney. Do you agree with that . Look, i think governor romney is very talented. I think what really we should look at is we have a president here in donald trump that wants to look at the best and brightest of america, regardless of background, regardless of past disputes that we may have had with each other, that that is the past. Thats the rearview mirror. Thats what hes doing by talking to all of these different people. I think that the folks out there across the country, and i think they, are should be encouraged by a president that really wants to build trust and sort of in the team of rivals concept is something that i think is a good thing for america. But thats where Donald Trumps mind is at. Thats where his heart is at. Thats a great thing for this country. Dickerson team of rivals, the title of goodwins book about the lincoln presidency. Lets talk about Donald Trumps style. Theres a school of thought that says hes most influenced by the person he talked to last. Do you agree with that . No, i dont. I think hes someone who likes to listen to lots of different opinion, lots of people, lots of smart people. Hell talk to a lot of folks and say, what do you think about this option . Thats a good thing. But in the end, once he form late his opinion, once he going to go, he pulls the trigger and he moves. And thats why you see a lot of these cabinet picks, they happen quickly, but what you dont see is that there are days and days and days of deliberation and communication and conversations that take place before those decisions are made. All great qualities in leading our country. Dickerson you say he likes to take in a lot of information. He has not taken in as many Intelligence Briefings as previous president elects. Why is that . But he is. You know, they have daily dickerson is he getting them every day . Its about every day. Its happening quite frequently, john. I think those are just going to ramp up as we get closer to january 20th. But he certainly is informed. Hes getting briefed. And it feels like every day. Im not sure if it is every day. But its a lot. And thats who he is. Its someone who studies and someone who wants to be informed and its someone who asks a lot of questions and listens. Guy . He is a details guy. You know, he is. Hes a socratic method guy. It reminds me of being back in law school. He asks a lot of questions. He asks questions about questions. And he will keep going until he is satisfied with the information that hes getting. Dickerson let me ask you, as the incoming chief of staff, what do you do when he says Something Like millions of voters voted illegally in california when you know thats not true . Well, i dont know if thats in i saw there was an article in the wall street journal the other day, and it had a certain percentage of people that are voting that shouldnt be voting. There are estimates all over the map on that. Heres the problem. No one really knows. Dickerson but you think millions of people voted illegally . Its possible. Dickerson there is no evidence that it happened in millions of votes in california. I guess is question is when youre president , can you just offer a theory that has no evidence behind it, or does he have to tighten up his standard i think the president elect is someone who has pushed the envelope and caused people to think in this country. Hes not ticking taking conventional thought on every single issue. Its caused people to look at things that maybe theyve taken for granted. Look at the flagburning issue last week. This is an 80 issue. You watch the news media and they say its constitutional. Well, right, it is constitutional, but it doesnt mean its in the a subject for debate and discussion for the Supreme Court to revisit down the road. So i think unconventional thought is something that has caused a revolution in this country, which is why i think President Trump will go down in history as a really great president. Dickerson in the brief time i have left, the president elect had a conversation with the president of taiwan. Did he believe he was talking to the leader of a sovereign state in that conversation . No, of course not. He knew exactly what was happening, but look, we have a lot of problems to solve in this country, and were not going to this was a twominute congratulatory call. He talked to president shi over two weeks ago. Im sure hed be willing to talk to him again. This is not a massive deviation of our policy. But President Trump has made it clear that hes going to work with china, prc, to make sure that we have a better deal, that we have better trade agreements, and that we do a better job in protecting the american worker. Hes going to continue to do it. Dickerson call, not a change in policy . Exactly. Dickerson all right. Reince priebus, the incoming chief of staff, thanks so much for being with us. You bet. Dickerson last week scott pelley spent some time with Speaker Paul Ryan for tonights 60 minutes. Ryan, whose relationship with donald trump during the campaign was rocky at best, told scott he talks with the president elect nearly every day and that hes confident the two will work well together. Were fine. Were in the looking back. Speak about every day. Its not about looking back in the past. Thats behind us. Were way beyond that. Now were talking about how do we fix this countrys problems, how do we hit the ground running. Thats what im excited about. What im excited about in my virtually daily conversations with donald trump, its all about how are we going to get things done, what goes first, whats the schedule, how do we get this con, how can we help people here . Its really exciting to see for a long time weve been trying to get unified republican government. We here in coss 2015 getting ready and preparing for the possible opportunity of a unified republican government. Now we have it, and its very exciting. And those are the kinds of conversations we have on a virtually daily basis. Pelley im curious, how did you patch it up . Who apologized to how . How did that conversation go . We were fine. Basically two days after the bygones by bygones. Ever since then weved had nothing but extremely productive conversation. Dickerson for more of Scott Pelleys interview with Speaker Paul Ryan, tune into 60 minutes tonight at 7 00 p. M. Eastern. Joining us now is newt gingrich. Mr. Speaker, john kennedy said when he got into the white house, i wish i spent less time getting to know people who time with people who would help me be president. Do you think donald trump is learning that . I think if john f. Kennedy spent more time trying to be present, he wouldnt be president. Dickerson first things first. First things first. Trump pulled off one of the most amazing achievements in American History. The only person not to have been a military officer or public elected official. Only person in American History public figure. General grant, general washington, general. Dickerson you said donald trump was saying its a bigger job than he thought. What does that mean . I think that particularly when he went to the white house and he was in the oval office, he was beginning to realize that under our system, the full weight of National Security is on one shoulder. Its not 50 people. Its the president. Commanderinchief. The degree to which people around the cou, you saw with saving 1,100 jobs at carrier, the degree to which people around the country look to the president to try to make their lives better, i think you realize its like the old story, the doing that caught the bus, and i said, no, this is like the dog that caught a convoy. There are so many ramifications if you take, as he does, trying to truly move america into a different direction, then it is remarkably important job and one real team, he cant possibly this it by himself. Hes showing that he understands that. Andy dickerson you mentis all on one shoulder. That why it seems odd hes not starving for intelligence information, every day, wants the daily brief. I once had secretary reuben say to me as secretary of the treasury that during the financial crisis in indonesia he got more out of the Financial Times each morning than out of the c. I. A. And that he just thought, you know, you be realistic. I have no idea what the current Intelligence Briefings are like and im not denigrating them, but if you took the total number of foreign leaders that president elect trump has talked to in the last couple weeks, hes clearly engaged in the world. Hes clearly getting advice from a wide range of leaders, from abe in japan, from merkel. At the same time, hes got several people he trusts. Im assuming that flynn and mcfarland are, in fact, taking know, they come tell him. Dickerson you talked about the team around him, incoming chief of staff Reince Priebus talked about the team of rivals, making the case for mitt romney. You are not making the case for mitt romney. Why isnt that a good team of rivals . First of all, nobody in the lincoln cabinet actively opposed his election up to election day. They were rivals until he got the nomination. And then they were all for him. So theres a. Romney doesnt quite fit that pattern. But second, im very if, given the amount of time hes put into this, if president elect trump says, i want romney, im for romney. He has spent more than enough time talking with with mitt, and he accepted the call from taiwan, inmitt will understand trump is his own leader in important policy, and hes looking for somebody to be his secretary of states, not the state departments. If he concludes romney can do patient way hes gone about this. He didnt jump in for romney. He didnt jump in against him. He hasnt jumped in for julian giuliani. And i can say, as trust as ive been in public, very aggressive deliberately about mitt, i have gotten no blowback from anybody, including reince. Theres a sense of youre allowed to have your own opinion. This is like the apprentice. When you get to the decision, lets all be on the same team, lets have an opinion. Dickerson the tv, whats more important, something you tell him in person or something on tv . Something you tell him on tv. On occasion it helps to say that on tv. Dickerson it seems like some people, Kellyanne Conway, are sending him messages through tv or maybe weve got that wrong. Dickerson youre also communicating to the millions ive been out doing book signings. People walk up to us routinely and say, i dont want mitt. Well, those people deserve to know there is a substantial positive part of the trump operation that hears their concerns. That doesnt mean that in the end they shouldnt be for the president elect when he makes a if he makes a decision for romney. But they deserve to know there are people hearing them. Dickerson on the carrier action donald trump said, wouldnt republicans traditionally say hes meddling in the free mar scet . First of all, hes picking winners among americans. Its a very simple model. 1,100 families are going to have a better christmas, and all of the people around them are going to have a better christmas, the local dry cleaner, the local Grocery Store are all going to have a better christmas. Now, you can ask the question should the president elect i think its amazing he did this phone and call the c. E. O. And say, you know, we want the change things. Give us a shot here. Let us try to fix this. Dickerson the company now says i can get seven million in tax brakes if i say i can go. 50 fofs worked overtime to get companies to stay in their stay says. May in the new world economy, the president should behave like a governor, im competing with mexico and china and germany. I what do i have to do to keep that factory here . Dickerson newt gingrich, thank you for joining us. Well be back with one of the Top Democrats in the house, nancy pelosi. Stay with us. Yeah. . Everybody two seconds . 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We opposed him on privatizing social security, the war in iraq, but we worked with him on many, many other issues, including one of the Biggest Energy bills in history, issues that related to tax breaks for lowincome people, the list goes on and on. Dickerson what are some areas where you think you might be able to work with him . Him on building the infrastructure of america in a way that increases the paychecks of american workers, that wont be a cooperation if, in fact, its just a tax break for the wealthy disguised as an infrastructure bill, but lets hope for the best. Everything he has said i think is promising about how we can go forward. We can work with him on issues that relate to childcare, Early Childhood education. The rest he has said that would be important and weve had a i want to ask you about Early Childhood. I heard a report that he talked to his daughter you were talking to him and he handed the phone to his daughter. Yes, he did. I took that as its a high priority for him. Dickerson what do you think that the kids are out of the administration and the business. Im not going to go to that place. I would like to say where we wont work with him is on private diswaition of the v. A. I think its really important for the American People to know that central to the ryan budget, speaker ryan budget is our voucherrizing of medicare. This would be a tremendous loss, taking away the guarantee of medicare. In addition, over ten years in that bullet, it takes a trillion dollars out of medicaid, twothirds of which drove forth longterm health care for and what the republicans are proposing. Its interesting to see if President Trump will go along with that. Dickerson what about obamacare, why wouldnt that be an initial big fight democrats. Well, it would be a big fight, and seniors should know how it affects them because we extended the solvency of medicare in that. We gave three checkups, all of that closed the doughnut hole which increased prescription drugs to seniors. So seniors have a lot to both in the voucherrizing of medicare, cutting of medicaid and what it wants to do for the Affordable Care act . Dickerson the Democratic Party is in a moment of questioning about its identity. You were reelected to lead the democrats in the house. What do you tell democrats who want a new direction and what are you going to do differently . I dont think people want a new direction. Our values unify us and our values are about supporting americas working families. Agreement on. What we want is a better connection of our message to working families in our country, and that clearly in the election showed that that message wasnt coming through. But we are united in terms of the security of our country, which is our first responsibility. To be smart and strong and not reckless in how we protect the American People, strong in how we protect our economy. Dickerson heres my ques, since 2008, the numbers are ghastly for democrats. Democrats are down 10 , in the house down 19. 3 and in governors 35 . The democrats are getting clobbered at every level over multiple elections. That seems like a real crisis for the party . Youre forgetting that we went up so high in 2006 and 2008, and let me just put that in perspective. When president clinton was elected, republicans came in big president , we came in big in the next election. When president obama became president , the republicans came in big in the next election. Dickerson i guess me question is the republicans reacted to their losses with a big revolution and a change. They have a very new president at the top of their party now. You have somebody like agricultural secretary tom vilsack saying the Democratic Party is like a tree that looks healthy on the outside but is in the throes of a slow and longterm demise. I have the secretary, but im more optimistic about the strength of the Democratic Party, and what i would say, because you talked about these numbers, some reasons to be hopeful, because its necessary, because this is about policy, its not about politics. Its about politics for some, but for us its about protecting medicare, social security, good. Paying jobs, americas workers, protecting a womans right to choose, issues that unify us. Time that a president ial. The change in president from one party to the next, the states receive an infusion of talent. President obama going out of the office sadly not having come in, but those democrats will come back. Run for government, run for state legislatures and the rest. And we will build up the numbers that youre talking about there. Dickerson all right. We have to leave it there. Thank you. Upward and onward. Dickerson thank you. Well be right back. Thank you. Weakens as you getr increasing the risk for me, the shingles virus. 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Com experts dickerson we sat down with former defense secretary leon panetta just hours before president elect trump announced that retired marine general james mattis was his pick to head the pentagon. In order for mattis to serve, Congress Must change a law that States Military officials must be out of the service for seven years prior to taking control of the pentagon. Mattis, who headed up central command, retired three and a explain for people why the civilian control of the military is a tradition and why having a general is a good or a bad thing or just what kinds of things people should be thinking about. Well, you know, it goes back to George Washington. There is a great portrait up at the capital of George Washington giving up his commission in the military in order to become president of the united states, which i think was a r to have civilian leadership and civilian perspective when it comes to those issues. It doesnt mean you cant have a military background. That is important to have that background, but at the same time, in those jobs, you have to exercise the ability to understand political issues, to involve your capability the relate to the American People. So, yes, having a Strong Defense background is important, but its also important to be able to have that ability to understand the civilian side of that job, because both are involved. Dickerson you worked with james mattis. What do you think about him . I liked james mattis a lot. Hes a tough general, spoke the truth, was a good adviser. So i think hes got a lot of qualities that are important to secretary of defense job. I do think that its important for congress to talk with him if he is nominated, to make sure that he also understands the civilian perspective, because i think its important to have that when you become secretary. Dickerson well have a lot panetta when we come back. O moto. Snap on a jbl speaker. Put a 70 screen on a wall. Get a 10x optical zoom. 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