Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. Donald trump picking an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxon mobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first confirmation fight with members of his own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretar touting what he calls tillersons deep understanding of geop
In the senate, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said he was backing tillersons confirmation, but a number of Senate Republicans raised questions about tillersons business ties in russia. Mccain telling the Arizona Republic mr. Tillerson received an award by vladimir putin, i was sanctioned by vladimir putin. So, obviously, he and i have a different relationship with vladimir putin. Jeff flake defended tillerson, saying russia is an oil and gas economy, thats where a lot of reserves are, so you can expect a company like exxon to do business in russia. I dont think that should count against him. Speaking to supporters in wisconsin last night, the president elect said he viewed tillersons relationships as an asset. You know, rex is friendly with many of the leaders in the world that we dont get along with, and some people dont like that. They dont want him to be friendly. Thats why im dealing with rex. I like what this is all about. Were going to have somebody thats going to be very specia
America. Nightly news begins right now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. After a lengthy and very public casting call through the lobby of trump tower, the president elect ended the suspense today over one of the most coveted jobs in his administration. Donald trump picking an oil company ceo to be his secretary of state. With no government experience, Rex Tillerson, the exxonmobil boss, is being praised as a seasoned International Deal maker in business, and it is those business connections, specifically his ties to russia, that are raising the most serious concerns about him tonight. And putting trump at odds with members of his own party. Nbcs Kristen Welker starts us off with the latest. Reporter tonight, president elect donald trump, likely setting up his first confirmation fight with members of his own party, officially tapping Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Touting what he calls tillersons deep un
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MOSCOW: Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft and India's top refiner Indian Oil Corp have signed a term agreement to substantially increase oil supplies and diversify oil grades.