they wanted something different. they did not want a career politician, and the reason why mitt romney will take this job if it s offered to him is because it s a secretary of state, and he went out as a loser and now he wants to come back and have a major important role to play here. i get why he s taking the meetings. i understand why he wants the job. i just don t think that he let me say this. he s going to connect well with donald trump. go ahead, david. hold on one second. i ve known more than one secretary of state in the last 20 years who s had a very unhappy relationship with the white house. and it is the worst possible job to have when the white house continually undercuts you as secretary of state. it is a miserable job under those circumstances, and i can t imagine if mitt romney does not become secretary of state, it could well be because of these kind of attacks. i will tell you on the other hand, that what s encouraging to people who want who are looking
romney? i know that he is a self-serving, egomaniac who puts himself first, who has a chip on his shoulder, that thinks he should be president of the united states. i think we would be enormously disappointed if he brought mitt romney in in any position of authority. reporter: trump s incoming chief of staff it isn t a matter of warfare reporter: downplaying the infighting but playing up a potential romney pick. there s a lot of opinions about this, and, yes, it is sort of a team of rivals concept, if he were to go toward the governor romney concept. reporter: as this public jockeying between romney and giuliani loyalists continues, other options for the position are emerging. trump bringing in former cia director retired four-star general david petraeus to trump tower today. very good conversation and we ll see where it goes from here. reporter: petraeus resigned in 2012 and pled guilty to mishandling classified information which trump accused hillary clinton of
reporter: one of the thorniest issues. who will fill the coveted position of secretary of state? it appears trump is still pondering his options. the president-elect is slated to dine with mitt romney tonight, a signal the 2012 republican nominee is still in the running for the job despite the protests of some of trump s top aides. the number of people who feel betrayed to think that a governor romney would get the most prominent cabinet post after he went so far out of his way to hurt donald trump reporter: adding to the intrigue, trump plans to sit down with another candidate, senate foreign relations committee chairman bob corker. after meeting with retired four star general david petraeus on monday, trump tweeted that he was very impressed. very good conversation. we ll see where it goes from here. reporter: but petraeus who s in the running for a number of national security and defense slots could be a problematic pick. while trump continually attacked
proud to be from the virgin islands and the whole place nice to experience your virgin islands nice , book one of our packages today. . today former cia director and four-star general david petraeus appeared in court. he was sentenced to two years probation and $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to leaking classified material to his buying grafr. the general addressed reporters when he left the courthouse. today marks the end of a two and a half year ordeal that resulted from mistakes that i made. as i did in the past i apologize to those closest to me and to many others including those with whom i was privileged to serve in in government and in the military over the years. i
the president was in the everglades. the president s glasses? did you see his glasses? they look very good. i can tell. all i know is he went down there, he flew in the big jet and he took the science guy with him. science guy is in trouble for his carbon footprint, as the president is blowing all that gas to get down here where he appeared before an audience with a lot of empty seats. he had cool glasses. and the science guy travel with a smock. that s a question i don t know. ask heather. he was smockless. he was smockless? heather you got some news? i do. that s a better question for maria. i know about news. we have stories i want to tell you about. one of the most successful leaders in u.s. military history is expected to learn his fate this afternoon for leaking classified documents. former cia director and four star general david petraeus gave