Jim acosta, thank you. Donald trump is tweeting hes seriously considering ben carson. The dr. Carsons spokesman tells cnn the retired neurosurgeon is honored by trumps insistence that they take a cabinet post and will spend the holidays thinking it over. Michelle rhee said she will not be pursuing the role of secretary secretary. The former chancellor of washington, d. C. Public schools she met with trump last week despite heavy criticism from the education community. On tuesday, she tweeted i appreciate my opportunity to share my thoughts on education with the president elect of the united states. Our job as americans is to want him to succeed. Meantime, Jared Kushner revealing he played a pivotal role in the election of his fatherinlaw by setting up a secret data operation. Ku kushner called some friends Silicon Valley. Working to unify fundraising, messages and voter targeting to get the most out of a lean marketing budgets. And it really had to help in battleground areas. If you lo
Voted for him that hope thats exactly what were seeing. This afternoon at a carrier plant in indianapolis, president elect donald trump touted the deal to keep roughly 1100 jobs from going to mexico. But he also fired a clear warning shot at other u. S. Companies. Companies are not going to leave the United States anymore without consequences. Its not going to happen. Were going to have a lot of phone calls made to companies when they say theyre thinking about leaving this country because theyre not leaving this country. Leaving the country is going to be very, very difficult. Trump also spoke in detail about how he battled greg hayes, the ceo of United Technologies, basically the Parent Company for carrier. According to trump, hayes resisted the deal because the carrier plan in mexico was nearly built. Trumps response to him was, who cares . You know what greg said . Greg said, the plant is almost built, right . I said, greg, i dont care. It doesnt make any difference. Dont worry abou
Hollywood including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie as they speak out against the hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein. Please, come on, im used to that. Youre used to that . No, but im not used to that. And inferno. 20 fires out of control in california have 17 people dead, driven another 20,000 from their homes, destroying entire communities. Our car is gone our house is gone, guys oh, my god, our house is gone its gone and good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. With the latest reaction to our new nbc exclusive reporting, stunning comments made by President Trump. Calling for a surge in Americas Nuclear arsenal during a july meeting at the pentagon. According to three officials who were in the room with the president , a review of worldwide u. S. Military forces and operations veered into a debate over the size of Americas Nuclear stockpile after a slide showing the reduction of weapons over the last five decades prompted the president to push for more fire power. Our
Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. President trump challenging republican critics jeff flake and bob corker, both retiring from the senate saying theyre basically frustrated by gridlock and divisive politics in the age of trump. Mr. Trump tweeting this morning, the reason flake and corker dropped out of the senate race is very simple. They had zero chance of being elected. Now act so hurt and wounded. Senator flake talked about his decision immediately after his impassioned floor speech with chuck todd on mtp daily. What about those who share your concerns but feel basically how badly this played in your state, how it sort of beat you up politically, it put you in a vice, right, a virtual vice, and they say, you know what . I want to speak out but i saw what happened to flake, im not doing it now. Well, at some point this fever will break. At some point this spell will be off and people will realize, where are we . What are we doing . Chuck todd, moderator of meet the press, nbcs politica
Roy moore stands with supporters. I will stop standing when they lay me in a box and put me in the ground. Reporter al franken apologizes and welcomes an ethics probe after a california woman who accompanied him on a uso tour before he was in politics claims he tried kissing her in 2006. And a policy review on the senator. I remember that differently, but whats important is the impact it had on you and for that i apologize. I have tremendous work for you at the uso and im ashamed my actions ruined that experience for you. I am so sorry. Sincerely, al franken. And calling out the clintons. Hillarys new york protege shocks the world after announcing that bill clinton should have resigned after the lewinsky scandal. Yes, i think that is the appropriate response, but i think things have changed today, and i think under those circumstances there should be different reaction. Well have a lot of reaction to state senators comments. Stay tuned. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washing