Reportedly turning antitrump protests into a political movement. And they say they might target democrats. Who negotiate with trump. Good morning, everyone. Im tamron hall. We just learned at this hour Vice President elect mike prens is receiving his president ial Daily Briefing in washington. This morning president elect donald trump is fighting back in a series of tweets against reports of turmoilness Transition Team. His latest tweets take aim at a New York Times report today that his transition is in disarray and americas closest allies have been, quote, blindly dialinging into trump tower but have been unable to reap him. The president elect responding on twitter the story is wrong on transition. It is going smoothly. Also, ive spoken to many foreign leaders. He tweeted, very organized process taking place as i decide on positions. Im the only one who knows whom the final ipts are. Vice president elect pens is in washington this morning. Heres what he said at the chamber of commer
the most consequential decision the incoming president will have to make is who will be secretary of state. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton who has called for bombing iran. that s right. senator bob corker of tennessee, the chairman of the foreign relations committee who said he s in the mix for the job. then there s former new york mayor rudy giuliani, reportedly the front-runner. giuliani is making it clear he d like the job. now you re being considered for important jobs, the one i hear most often is secretary of state. i have. can you tell us about them? they re between him and me. since i left mayor this is a rough estimate i ve been in 80 countries with, 150 different foreign trips. i ve been all over the world. i know you have close friends in israel. honorary knight hood from great britain.
80 countries with, 150 different foreign trips. i ve been all over the world. i know you have close friends in israel. honorary knight hood from great britain. i heard about that. prime minister netanyahu has been my friend personal friend for 25 years. i never go to israel without spending two hours with bibi, and i feel i can call him that, and i know the world. well, giuliani or bolton might face opposition from those who thought the iraq war was a disaster. rand paul of kentucky said he would likely oppose either of those two gentlemen and he s joining us right now. great to have you on senator rand paul. i was one of those who thought you would win this whole thing and i was wrong. you were just a little bit off. i think the country is ready from freedom from big government in the right way. let me ask you about these two guys. one thing that let me get this straight. one thing that donald trump campaigned on was that he thought the iraq war was stupid,
trump s secretary of state. reporting he had made millions as a consultant overseas including working for the government of qatar. he s been a paid spokesman for an opposition group labeled a terrorist organization by the state department. and a consultant with triglobal whose clients were mostly russian oligarchs and oil executives. concerns about high level jobs but he would not give any details. he did, however, lay out some of his accomplishments. i ve been all over the world. i know you i m very close friends honorary knight hood yeah, i heard about that. great britain. prime minister netanyahu has been my personal friend for 25 years. i never go to israel without spending two hours with bb and i feel like i can call him that one of the writers of the article that laid out giuliani s
here, we were 150 miles away from baghdad and there s nobody between us and bagsd. if our intention to take iraq, to destroy the country, if it had been our intention to overrun the country, we could have done it unopposed from this position at that time. schwarzkopf was honored for his service with the medal of freedom. queen elizabeth even awarded him with a knight hood. former president george h.w. bush praised his leadership yesterday. general schwarzkopf is survived by his wife and three kids. he was 78 years old. joining us now by phone, jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and knew general schwarzkopf well. welcome to way too early. i know that you knew general