we have breaking news. the trump transition team this afternoon named attorney don mcgann, a former head of the election commission, to be white house counsel. mcgann likely will have to deal with a unique situation, the staggering number of legal cases involving donald trump and his businesses. and cnn s brian todd has new details on this. reporter: we have new insights into president-elect trump s most controversial lawsuits. from a legendary legal brawler who told donald trump, when in bout, fight them in court. the access hollywood tape and the barrage of accusations of a dozen women of sexual misconduct didn t humble donald trump. the events never happened, never. all of these liars will be sued
election, a powerful campaign was to disrupt the election with a flood of fake news. killed by isis and american service members, is killed fighting isis in syria. the first to die in that country since u.s. special ops forces began advising rebels. wolf blitzer is off today. i m briana keeler. you are in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news, donald trump makes key staff picks, but the fight continues within his team over the secretary of state job. the president-elect is named campaign lawyer don mcgann as white house council. he will have the grapple with conflicts of interest over the business empire. k.t. mcfarland held posts in three association, will be deputy appoint adviser. it comes within an open split in the secretary of state post. 2012 nominee mitt romney, a
that as rudy guiliani is publicly touting his qualifications, telling the wall street journal, quote, my knowledge of foreign policy is as good or better than anybody they are talking to. romney, meanwhile, is staying out of the public fray. his wife anne tweeting a picture of him, walking on a beach with family. trump is moving forward, filming staff positions, announcing kt mcfarland will serve as national deputy security adviser and naming ethics lawyer don mcgann a former member of the election commission as his white house counsel. trump is laying the ground work to deliver on one of his campaign promises. i m going to bring jobs back. we re bringing jobs back to our country. we re not going to let carriere leave. reporter: tweeting he is making progress with carriere to keep the furnace-making plant from shipping 1,400 jobs from minneapolis to mexico. the company says it has quote nothing to announce at this