President elect in florida where mr. Trump and his team are vetting and choosing his Top White House advisers as well as looking over some potential cabinet picks. Garrett tenney is live in washington following this story. Garrett, whats the latest on i hate to call it adivide, maybe its an understandable disagreement within the Trump Transition Team over mitt romney . Reporter that is very generous wording on your part, gregg, a divide certainly would be fitting here. Earlier this week we were hearing from some contacts that president elect trump was leaning towards mitt romney for secretary of state. Apparently, mr. Trump was so impressed by his former political rival after their meeting last weekend that romney moved to the top of his list. That sparked this internal tugofwar that weve been seeing playing out over the last few days, and according to the wall street journal, there are three camps within the Transition Team; those who support the romney pick, those who prefer Rudy Giu
A lot of speculation over that, a little rift in the Republican Party over that. Second hour of happening now, hope you had a great thanksgiving. Im leland vitter. Spending thanksgiving in palm beach, but the president elect not just talking turkey but preparing for eight high profile meetings on monday, including a sitdown with sheriff david clark. Peter is following all of this from palm beach. What do we know about the job . Reporter transition officials are telling us the president elect is interviewing sheriff clark and eight others for a number of positions each. Not just looking at one person for one job. They are throwing out a wide net and inviting people they think could fit into multiple spots. As far as we know down here at palm beach, the president elect has not been holding job interviews but does have approaching a dozen lined up for monday back in manhattan and sheriff clark may be the most familiar but other headliners include the former commissioner paul atkins and sc
A lot of speculation over that, a little rift in the Republican Party over that. Second hour of happening now, hope you had a great thanksgiving. Im leland vitter. Spending thanksgiving in palm beach, but the president elect not just talking turkey but preparing for eight high profile meetings on monday, including a sitdown with sheriff david clark. Peter is following all of this from palm beach. What do we know about the job . Reporter transition officials are telling us the president elect is interviewing sheriff clark and eight others for a number of positions each. Not just looking at one person for one job. They are throwing out a wide net and inviting people they think could fit into multiple spots. As far as we know down here at palm beach, the president elect has not been holding job interviews but does have approaching a dozen lined up for monday back in manhattan and sheriff clark may be the most familiar but other headliners include the former commissioner paul atkins and sc
Looks the part. He has also praised giuliani. Trump said he the only one who knows who the finalists actually are. He seemed to fire back at critics. Kellyanntweeting oat congrats to donald trump nominees. Earlier he nominated nikki haley and betsy as secretary of education. The president elect has been spending the thanksgiving holiday here. Who are the two new key staffers he is adding to his team today . They are two staffers that show the next administration will be a lot different than the current administration. Thats because pairing mcfarland with the retired Lieutenant General, the top two National Security advisers means two of the biggest critics against islamic radicalism are going to have President Trumps ear. Mcfarland who wrote so proud and honored to have mcfarland as part of the National Security team. She will help us make America Great again. They are pressing homeland security. He said she has tremendous experience and in a talent that will compliment the fantastic t
Coast. Earlier tsunami alert lifted as you can see there. In neighboring nicaragua, a onetwo punch. It was under alert because of hurricane otto pounding the country with heavy rain, flooding, and landslides, and then the tremor from the strong earthquake raising concerns about tsunamis as officers dash cam. We showed you yesterday the tense moments when that fugitive suddenly jumped out of the trunk and attacked the officer armed with what seemed to be a han handgun. Abcs eva pilgrim has the latest. Reporter caught on dash cam, a terrifying encounter as an idaho officer on a traffic stop fights off a fugitive hiding in the trunk of a car. We have to make split second difficult decisions that are life and death. Officer woods stopping the car for not having a license plate. They just left the home of a wanted fugitive with multiple arrest warrants. He asked the driver, his mother, if her son is there. She immediately responded with the words, to the effect of, its a toy gun, dont shoot