investigation. we think it is important to let that investigation run its course. secretary kerry also offered to foreign minister lavrov if there was u.s. assistance required we would provide it. we want investigators to work through this before we jump to conclusions. any idea or assertion that the united states was in any way involved or behind this absolutely flies in the face of facts. there is reporting today that the trump transition team has inquired of the state department who was involved in the paris climate talks similar to questions that went to the epa and were pulled back because there was so much criticism about them. is there a witch hunt going on here? i know there is a democratic letter asking that foreign service officers be protected. right. a couple of things here. obviously we are not going to talk about the communications we are having with the transition team and the landing team here
is right instinct to get civilians out of the conflict this is a genuine civil war and it is very in a genuine civil war to separate people. bill: thank you for your time. washington post, we find former speaker newt gingrich. martha: u.s. officials confirming this week that a coalition strike killed two plotters. questions remain about the progress in the war on terror. a advisor on special ops speaking exclusively with fox news on the challenge that lies ahead. chief correspondent catherine herridge joining us live from washington. good morning, catherine. reporter: her team already met with mr. trump s landing team an one of the most pressing challenges is this so-called gray zone where terrorist groups and nation states like russia harness technology to unleash unconventional attacks. what is the gray zone? so the gray zone, that is
tell us today and you delayed it. first of l we have been unbelievably transparent. we literally brought the press into meetings. we ve listed the kids and jared on websites. we ve been very clear since day one who s on the transition, who s on the landing team. you re letting us know what you want us to know and we appreciate it. what about what you re hiding. that s what news is. what you don t want us to see. no, because it s all about what you want. we ve been unbelievably transparent. the american people are unbelievably supportive. i get what you and some of the media want. but at the end of the day everything that is happening is happening you can see every single person go up and down trump tower. there is a camera, for goodness sake who is coming up and going down. are any of those people in business with donald trump right now now? i don t know the answer to it. but that s the question. mr. trump has some of the most iconic properties throughout the world. he has
transition ready to go. has it not started yet? well, the transition, itself, is obviously january, but the preparation for it begins in the weeks after the election. they ve got, like, a landing team there, you ve got there s a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so they re there. we re working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. i was worried for a second you were saying there that you re still waiting for them, that nobody has shown up yet. no, no. don t want to give that misimpression. i was going to excuse myself, run out to the street and hail a cab and go to the end of the world. she scared me there for a minute, clarifying, the transition is under way, not that it hasn t started yet. it s under way at the justice department. that s
they ve got, like, a landing team there, you ve got there s a group of lawyers who come to the department and start meeting with components and reviewing issues, how things work in the building, how does paper move in the building. all those fun things about bureaucracy that you want someone to know on their first day. so they re there. we re working with them. and it will be a smooth transition. i was worried for a second you were saying there that you re still waiting for them, that nobody has shown up yet. no, no. don t want to give that misimpression. i was going to excuse myself, run out to the street and hail a cab and go to the end of the world. she scared me there for a minute, clarifying, the transition is under way, not that it hasn t started yet. it s under way at the justice department. that s normal. not much else about what s going on, though, since the election feels normal and on that subject, we ve got more with attorney general loretta lynch still to come.