heavy military influence. the president-elect has chosen three retired jeernls to serve atop his administration. can trump also coming under fire for his selection of scott pruitt to head the epa. pruitt as oklahoma s attorney general sued the epa for its regulations on the state s oil and gas industry. also trump lashes out at a union leader who criticized that deal to save jobs at the carrier plant in indiana. trump attacking the man on twitter, but not denying his claims. so, there s a lot to cover this morning. let s bring in sunlen serfaty. she s live in washington. good morning, carol. a slew of announcements in the last 24 hours. the president-elect here clearly making some big picks for key roles in his administration. but trump is also spending some time taking to twitter. giving in to a war of words with a local union leader critical of trump s claims over jobs actually saved at carrier.
appointments as he launches an attack on a un yen leader on twitter. the twitter the basis of it was that the union leader called trump a liar about the carrier deal. now he says the president, also over reacted to what he said. we re just 43 days away from trump s inauguration. we ve got it all covered for you. let s begin with cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty live in washington. the president is still the president-elect but he s already seeming to do the job isn t he? that s right, chris. he has been lining up a flurry of announcements last 24 hours. making some big picks here for key roles in his administration. but trump is also taking his time, taking to twitter getting into a war of words with a local union leader critical of trump s claims over jobs he actually saved at carrier. president-elect donald trump naming two more hard-liners to his cabinet. elevating climate change denier, and fierce epa critic, oklahoma attorney general scott pruitt, to run the agency.
flynn had many contacts with russian officials but also representatives during the course of the campaign. we don t know what the contacts were about. we don t know who he talked to about the contacts. did he talk to trump, other campaign officials? this is what i think the intelligence committees are very interested in learning. at least the senate intelligence committee is interested in learning. flynn s lawyer is robert kel n kelner, a very ak tiitiy active trump force in the white house. it is law, not politics, but hired someone very hostile, not only to trump but can you separate those two? you can t. that s exactly right. not only was kelner hostile to trump during the campaign but harshly critical of trump s flirtation with russia. take us on the hill and how much i mean, we saw this show of unity by the senate intelligence committee. they felt they needed to go out there and say, look, we re going