consumer protection bureau. $12 billion returned to consumers in the last couple of years because of that. so it s a mixed bag. he says one thing but his policies haven t been doesn t sound like you re giving up on him though. no, of course not. look, i think i owe it to the american worker to try to solve their problems and help them. and if donald trump proposes a policy that actually helped workers, is good for the economy and it s consistent with our values, then i will work for it. i will fight for it. let me ask you about the new labor secretary. you had some nice words of him. you obviously weren t a fan of puzder. you said acosta deserves serious consideration. we ve gone routinely violates labor law to a public servant with experienceenforcing . where are you on it? well, we re going to vet him. but he does have a history of enforcing the laws that protect workers, which is a real plus. whereas puzder had a history of violating the rules.
there s not an obvious leader of the democratic party but she is certainly in the running for it and has her eye on 2020. they know the census is coming up and state capitals decimated. we focus on this town because this is where we live here, this is where the white house is and the capital. but the obama gains have changed american politics for the next 20, 30 years. and in terms of the policies because a lot of the decisions that are made in washington get implemented at the state level. obama s policies haven t always been implemented in a lot of these states and that s what democrats need to figure out, not just who is going to be the leader of the party but how do they build across the country. i spent some days in denver at the dnc meeting. this is the first time democrats have gathered since the election but they re still shell shocked. they still love president obama.
it is the president s choice. among those who get input, reince priebus now in line to be white house chief of staff. i m told his conversation with friends about this choice in recent days have focused on finding a campaign veteran who will focus on the nuts and bolts, not a big ego. you can read that if you haven t already as proof that prebus is concerned about the christie idea but we should make this clear, it is the new president s call and his alone. that s it for us this morning. sit tight for state of the union. jake tapper leads a fascinating conversation with the trump and clinton campaign managers. see you soon. for african women as they try to build their businesses and careers. my name is yasmin belo-osagie and i m a co-founder at she leads africa. i definitely could not do my job without technology. this windows 10 device, the touchscreen allows you to kind of pinpoint what you re talking about. which makes communication much easier and faster than the old mac that i u
china complained to the obama administration. there will be consequences. we just don t know how large or significant or if this is lasting at all. kelly o donnell, thank you for that report. bringing in asia affairs expert and columnist gordon. you wrote an op-ed this morning. why donald trump s taiwan call changes everything. i got to tell you, when i lived there five, six years reporting out of asia, you would never see such a thing happen here. you say this could be good, though? well, it could be good. the reason is, that u.s. policy on taiwan is unsustainable. what we re doing is undermining a friendly, free society, and doing that to favor an authoritarian state attacking our values. from a strategic point of view, taiwan is crucial. it is the quacork in the bottle preventing the chinese air force and navy from reaching the western pacific. our policies haven t worked. not saying that trump s approach is going to work, but nonetheless, something s got to change.
and get less and less coverage. the president s policies haven t worked, liberal policies don t work. and i ll tell you, you re watching harry reid pick two people to try and supplant these guys and replace them, and that s wrong. we re not going to let harry reid s picks go into washington and keep this course going towards these liberal policies. we need conservative policies that will put americans to work, good food on the table, get our health care costs down. we need more jobs and better wages. and that s what these guys represent. so i m here campaigning for crescent and for joe. because i know they will do what america needs. and that is to make this country stronger at home and stronger overseas. to make sure that the american worker can find a good job at a better wage. and that s what we re going to do. that s our agenda. and the other guys, their agenda is to keep on taking america down a course that makes us weaker and weaker at home and abroad. now i know that both cresce