speaker of the house, she has to appeal to a broad section of the democratic caucus. well, that s right. and they won t be happy if it looks like she s given up something important. you know, what can happen, though, you know, is it can pass, if they get it before january 3rd, it can pass without any democratic support in the house. but, you know, and then make it through the senate. and that way she wouldn t really be connected to it. if we get into january 3rd and then she is speaker, though, the pressure will be on her. she will be one of the three leaders here, the president and then the house and the senate. she s going to be somebody the pressure will be on her to help negotiate a deal because otherwise the government closure is not all completely owned by republicans anymore. you re going to have a democrat running one of the chambers, so again, there will still be pressure on her at that point. so everybody has something to lose here. you can tell when you listen to the tal
would need to get the support on capitol hill. we re seeing the faults in the process. the fact that president trump would nominate the white house physician for a job as important running one of the largest agencies in the country i think speaks to how the process isn t playing out as it has in the past but the way it should be. because of widespread concerns around the world about the american enhanced interrogation program that referred to as torture.
are killed by flying into the high-speed planes. all right, there you go. some of the news. president-elect donald trump s pick for secretary of state is fueling criticism and praise. leaders on both sides of the aisle are doubtful about him calling on rex tillerson s ties to russia as a potential problem. but the next guest says exxonmobil s ceo is the perfect pick for chief diplomat. jim is joining us now. he knows rex tillerson personally and knows the world he was in and is about to get in. first off, the guy you know, the rex you know, tell us about it. he s a very experienced individual. he s been all over the world, working many different functions of exxonmobil. and if you rise to the top of a company like exxonmobil, you have competed against your peer group for decades. and ever ultimately selected to follow raymond. and he s done a good job running one of the most complex, sophisticated and technical companies in the world.
fightretake raqqah in syria. he will an key point man to deal with russia s advances in eastern europe and the middle east. can he trust vladimir putin, what advice will he give donald trump on putin. and he will the against secretary that may have to confront and deal with the north korean nuclear situation very quickly. we know that north korea even as we stand here is working on its underground tunnels again for a potential additional nuclear test. these are the kinds of things in a jim mattis is walking into. he will be a secretary of defense that will be looking to deal with all of this, not to get mired down in the political fights of the last two years. but here is the big question. he will also for the first time have to deal with the mundane day to day business of running one of the world s largest
some have called it an interface. regardless what people need to walkway way with, data collection in real-time is unprecedented and that is where we need to take accountability for our own individual data, ask questions, even asking your doctor the simple question about how do you protect my records is important regardless where obamacare goes. jenna: some great information for us today. theresa, thank you very much. thank you. jon: walking a tightrope is dangerous enough. running one, even scarier. a chinese acrobat going for the guinness world record for fastest high wire walk between two hot-air balloons. balances on a 59-foot beam only two inches wide. the shifting winds pushing balloons off course potentially knocking him to the ground. he amazing he made it in 3.5 section. yes that was fast enough to put him in the guinness book. anthony weiner just will not