age. potentially he could handle this. this is the argument about jared and ivanka at large, they will be a leveling influence on the president. not that they bring any specific policy expertise to the table but that they are cooler heads. for example in the beginning there is one exam. right on transgender rights where there were reports that perhaps ivanka and jared did have an influence over trump. but i think it s stiriking that health care held in the balance and they were essentially in aspen. this is a huge portfolio. where is jared going to choose to drill down. where is ivanka going to choose to drill down and can wet get the antidote as tbt quiet diplomacy taking ache pplace in white house. when we come back, the united nations meeting on syria.
newt gingrich told the washington post the problem they ve got is an off-broad way performance of a show that is now the number one hit on broadway. it s confirmed to nbc news that michael mccaul nor bob goodlatte were consulted on this executive order. and politico says senior staffers helped donald trump s top aides draft the executive order, but the party leadership were not informed. and that the small group of staffers were among the only people on capitol hill who knew about what was to come. politico cites two sources familiar with the matter that the trump administration even asked the staffers to sign non-disclosure agreements. the communications committee director declined to comment, but an unaimed aide told politico, quote, like other congressional committees, some staff at the house judiciary committee were permitted to offer their policy expertise to the trump transition team about
because he opposes it, then you know something is awry. they have changed their perspective on muslim investigavetting just as they changed their perspective on russia and russian sanctions. you ve seen a dramatic shift within the gop, an unwillingness to oppose trump, who has less policy expertise, who was less knowledge of how things actually work. and that s a very dangerous situation, particularly when you combine that with, you know, what seems to be a purge or at least a large number of resignations within our diplomatic quarters, within the intelligence community. i don t completely understand the rationale for what the republicans are doing. it is not in our national security s interests. it is fundamentally anticonstitutional, anti-american way of behaving. we have always been a country that has accepted refugees. and i think it s also important to note that in the case of these particular refugees, from muslim majority countries, they are often fleeing isis. they are very unl
putting rick perry at energy kind of, you know, fits i think a couple of different things. one is that. you have people who are essentially dedicated to moving these agencies very quickly to the right. also another point that he values donald trump values experience over expertise. you look across this cabinet at the generals and the former governors and the ceos like rex tillerson as opposed to, you know, as jackie noted, the nuclear physicist that president obama put in energy. democrats put, i think, kind of orient more towards policy expertise. republicans general prefer executive experience and donald trump has really pushed that to a new height. selena, this is the first time since 1989 that four white men will have these top cabinet positions. secretary of state, treasury, defense, attorney general. i mean, assuming that everybody is confirmed. did this election teach us diversity? i mean, you know, to put a
in his transition in one appointment. what do you mean? think of how many lines intersect here. first, you have the preference for an executive experience over necessarily policy expertise. a lot of business executives and generals in this cabinet. that s clearly what he feels most comfortable with. you have the move right on environmental issues, despite the recent change of tone from exxon. certainly, it is a company that faced many questions over the years about its views about climate change. faced lawsuits on whether it was misleading investors about its exposure there. then you have kind of the explosive russia connection, which is part of this extraordinary part of this story. in a kind of unconventional secretary of state process, this may be the most conventional moment, where trump and his team put up something like a trial balloon around tillerson. if that is the case, it s taken a fair degree of shrapnel. marco rubio, lindsey graham, john mccain raising serious question