wayne tracker, that is the alias apparently adopted by secretary of state rex tillerson while he was still ceo over at exxon/mobil. new york attorney general eric snyder man accusing tillerson of using this secret account to discuss the risks posed by climate change. so, michelle kosinski is on this for us today. she s our cnn senior diplomatic correspondent. worth noting, rex tillerson s middle name is wayne, but talk me through exactly what the new york a.g. says he s found. reporter: yeah, it s a little bit complicated. so, it turns out that wayne tracker was the separate e-mail identity used by rex tillerson for years while he was ceo of exxon/mobil and the company says, yeah, he used that and it was because he wanted to more efficiently communicate with executives because his normal e-mail address, presumably that had his real name on it, was so full. so, there s nothing wrong with that. you can have as many company e-mail address names as your company will allow, i guess, and h
news of tillerson s selection as secretary of state from our own andrea mitchell. unclear if we ll hear directly from donald trump on this topic today, but already indications from democrats, pressure to investigate chuck schumer, the incoming democratic minority leader saying that he wants bipartisan investigations into russia s role in the election. i spoke to senator lindsey graham yesterday. he, of course, a hawkish republican on national security issues. he and senator john mccain plan to push to dig deeper into this. certainly not an issue that s going away anytime soon. betty? absolutely not. all right. msnbc s kasie hunt. thank you. and we re joined by ali velshi on the phone. what do you know about rex tillerson at exxon/mobil. as you said, he s a lifer.
very gracious and said i hit him pretty hard. nonetheless, romney s name still appears to be in the mix, clearly not as high up right now. sources within the transition are telling nbc news that donald trump is exploring other options as potential secretaries of state that could include the ceo at exxon, also a former ceo, lee raymond, that s on top of of course bob corker, the senator from tennessee and general david petraeus, his name has gotten a lot of focus, but even the former defense secretary bob gates says that donald trump has been or it careful about military officers serving at a high level and after the announcement of james mattis. that may be one reason he s disinclined to focus on another general coming on board. rudy giuliani s naem, he is a name that s still in the mix. at least to some degree right
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a lot of people if they could get a job at exxon they d take it in a second. bob: i ve been paid before by exxon as a consultant so i want to make it clear. i m going to bash them eric: did you ever bob: i just find it different. they may have had a tax break when it was needed in the 90s as they told me the break. why you take as profitable an operation of the oil company is beyond me. andrea: they are going to pass any tax increase to the consumer. if not the consumer it s shareholders. bob: they pass it on to you [ overtalk ] dana: they are going to take the tax credit away from one industry, then they should take them away for all. because if you go to the apple store this weekend and you buy an iphone, guess what? they are making money. as we said yesterday, now apple s profits are, the value of the company is worth more than the country of poland. greg: i have to ask dana: that s true. bob: i know. greg: i have to ask you a serious question. you were