they have the largest influence over assad and the regime, and have been unwilling to dwluz us in a constructive positive way, rather backing and supporting assad s brutality inside and around aleppo. move to another serious issue right now. china. i want you to listen to what the president-elect donald trump said last night about china and then we ll get your reaction on the other side. one of the most important relationships we must improve, and we have to improve, is our relationship with china. you have the massive theft of intellectual property putting up fair taxes on our companies, not helping with the menace of north korea, like they should, and the at-will and massive devaluation of their currency and products. other than that, they ve been wonderful. right? all right. so let me get your you re the spokesman for the state
that and it looked like abortion was going to be secure for a while but not with the election of donald trump in november. those kinds of challenges will head this way, too. he definitely will name one, maybe two or even three over the next four years if he s reelected. joan, i have to leave it there but clearly this is one of the most important decisions any president has to make. thanks very much, joan biskupic joining us. we have live pictures coming in from baton rouge once again, president-elect trump will be taking the stage any moment now. his goal, to rally louisiana voters for the last senate race of the year and to boost the republican majority in the u.s. senate. we ll go there live. but first, we re also remembering american space pioneer john glenn. a look back at his incredible life and career right after this. i ts your tv, take it with you. with directv and at&t, stream live tv anywhere data-free. join directv today starting at $35/month.
incredibly diverse group of individuals by their backbound and experience. very donald trump to have a number of people in, not make it a cage match between two people played out on cable tv. ridiculous. the secretary of state position. your reaction? you re raising your and broadcast, and playing out on twitter and on the internet in many ways like an apprentice -style transition. i m surprised. good for the media, perhaps voters as well, these folks are going up in the elevator, watch them go up, come down. very transparent. come to cameras, make a couple comments and walk away. to your point, whoa, mitt romney and eminent, then is grew and grew and grew. one of the most interesting names, bob gates. is it real? is bob gates really in the mix for this and would he even take it? former defense secretary.
pryor and judge sykes, are both on appeals courts. judge pryor in alabama. judge sykes in wisconsin, and donald trump during the campaign singled out both of them. you know, it s interesting you talked about what a big decision this is. think of how different this is than these cabinet picks we re saturdaying to see, wolf. those are for four years, possibly eight at the most. these are individuals who will be on the supreme court now for life. so they would have an affect on all of our lives long past donald trump s tenure in the white house. yep. in their 40s, could be on the court 30, 40, maybe 50 years, depending on their health. but in the short term, joan, what are some of the big decisions the court is expected to hear right now in the next couple of years? that s a great question, because these individuals will take on what we ve got now and also what could come down five, ten years. think about transgenocider rights. back in 2015, the court for the
supreme court. william pryor, searchrves 11th circuit court of appeals from alabama and on the circuit u.s. court of appeals. what do these three picks say about the president-elect s thinking which it comes to the united states supreme court? all conservatives and all people who we suspect might be against abortion rights. these are the the kind of things he s told us us, wolf. in the mold of antonin scalia. wants someone who would roll back abortion rights and send the matter to the states. and all three of these individuals are known for conservatism. one of them, you mentioned first, michigan justice joan larsen, was a scalia clerk, and right after his death on february 13th, she wrote a pretty compelling opinion piece talking about how closely aligned she was with justice scalia. the other two individuals, judge