Probably a smiling face. Rose a smile. Yes, and yet she was tough, but she was accessible. Rose donald trump and the shaping of an administration, and remembering the great journalism and the great person, gwen ifill, when we continue. Rose funding for charlie rose has been provided by the following and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose we begin this evening with a look into president elect Donald Trumps Transition Team and specifically his appointment of chief strategist steve bannon. Bannon is executive chairman of Breitbart News which he describes as the platform of the alt right. The announcement comes as trump promises to unit a deeply divided country. Joining me from washington is ken stern, he profiled bannon in august for vanity fair magazine. Also joshua green of Bloomberg Businessweek and Philip Rucker to have the Washington P
Michael, i will begin with you. Tell me where do you think trump is . Before we focus on steve bannon, tell me where you think the principal point might be coming out soon . Michael where we are is in a much more chaotic place than you normally are a week after the election. The reporting we have done at the times and phil and folks have done elsewhere, the transition has been rocky. They had to change leadership in the first couple of days, ended up pushing out Chris Christie and an entire team. They brought in a new team. Now they are working on the 26th floor of trump tower to put together the first big nnnouncement after mr. Banno and the announcement of chief of staff. We are waiting for rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york. Jeff sessions, senator from alabama, two names that have been bandied about. Maybe for secretary of state or attorney general. We do not have much of a sense of timing. There is no real communication from the Transition Team to reporters about a timing we m
Michael, i will begin with you. Tell me where do you think trump is . Before we focus on steve bannon, tell me where you think the principal point might be coming out soon . Michael where we are is in a much more chaotic place than you normally are a week after the election. The reporting we have done at the times and phil and folks have done elsewhere, the transition has been rocky. They had to change leadership in the first couple of days, ended up pushing out Chris Christie and an entire team. They brought in a new team. Now they are working on the 26th floor of trump tower to put together the first big nnnouncement after mr. Banno and the announcement of chief of staff. We are waiting for rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york. Jeff sessions, senator from alabama, two names that have been bandied about. Maybe for secretary of state or attorney general. We do not have much of a sense of timing. There is no real communication from the Transition Team to reporters about a timing we m
President elect donald trump on the campaign trail for its decision to move to mexico. Now the automaker has decided to switch gears and keep production in kentucky. Phil lebeau has more on fords decision. Reporter its not a huge selling model for ford, but the lincoln mkc has become a big deal for president elect donald trump and his promise to protect american jobs. While running for president , donald trump repeatedly blasted ford for planning to move to mexico. Ford said it would still build models where costs are lower. Then came this tweet from donald trump. Just got a call from bill ford, chairman of ford, who advised me he will be keeping the lincoln plant in kentucky. No mexico. So why did bill ford agree to keep mkc production in the u. S. . Officially, ford said its always reviewing production plants. But this move helps the company in two ways. It allows donald trump to take a victory lap for saving jobs while not having an impact on the automaker. The company billed last y
Gwen ifill was a preachers daughter who at an early age knew her calling was to become a journalist. After college she worked as a print reporter for the baltimore evening sun and the Washington Post and the new york times. In the 1990s she became a Tv Correspondent for nbc news and later the pbs newshour. She covered seven president ial campaigns. She moderated two Vice President ial debates and a Democratic Candidates debate. Last june gwen hosted a pbs town hall with president obama. He reflected on her passing and extraordinary career earlier this week. President obama she was an extraordinary journalist. I always appreciated gwens reporting even when i was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews. Michele gwen was a trailblazer who broke racial and gender barriers. In 1999 she was named moderator and managing editor of Washington Week making history as the first africanamerican woman to host a National Politics program on tv. Later, she made history again a