reporter: staying largely on message, a more controlled trump promising to fight terror and increase military spending. in my first budget report to congress, i am going to ask for the illumination elimination of the defense sequester. reporter: trump announcing his secretary of defense pick, general james mattis. touting the four-star general, nato member and work during desert storm. i look forward to being a civilian leader as long as congress gives me the waiver and the senate votes to contend. reporter: all this comes on the heels of the shake-up in the trump transition team. trump firing the son of retired lieutenant general michael flynn for pushing a baseless conspiracy theory that let a man fire a rifle inside a pizza shop. jake tapper grilling the vice president-elect for flynn s son. you re downplaying his role,
companies are not going to leave the united states any more without consequences. not going to happen. reporter: the president-elect touting the deal, spearheaded by his runningmate, current governor of indiana to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in the state. carrier chose to stay in indiana because america chose to make donald trump the next president of the united states. reporter: and, guys, an interesting wrinkle to that secretary of defense pick. james mattis is not eligible to be the secretary of defense. you have to be retired by u.s. policy for seven years from the military. trump transition officials tell us that they believe they won t have a problem getting a waver from members of congress to clear that pathway forward. however, already, kristen gillibrand came out last night very quickly saying she was opposed to such a waver stressing that civilian control
democrats. it s really getting more and more disturbing, and clear that donald trump is not trying to bring the country together with the moves he s making right out of the gate. reporter: for trump, an unquestionable ramp-up of the pace of his transition. the so-called landing teams of advisers and transition team staff arriving at the justice, defense, and state departments, and the quickened pace expected to continue in the days ahead. trump heads out of new york city to his golf course in bed minister, new jersey. the meetings with top candidates will follow. 2012 nominee and harsh trump critic mitt romney, potential education secretary pick michelle rhee, and potential secretary of defense pick james mattis scheduled for sitdowns with the president-elect. the romney meeting by far the most notable in light of comments like these during the campaign. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. a con man, a fake. his promises are as worthless as
bedminister, new jersey, the meetings with top candidates will follow. 2012 naum reand harsh trump critic, mitt romney, michelle rhee and potential secretary of defense pick james mattis all scheduled for saturday sitdowns with the president-elect. the romney meeting by far the most notable with the like of comments like these. donald trump is a phony, a fraud, a con man, a fake. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. reporter: some questioning whether it s simply head fakes to soothe critics who say he s not reaching out. trump s team says this is the new reality. the president-elect wants the best and the brightest. he s going to meet with people who supported him, people who didn t support him, republicans, democrats, independents. most of all these conversations start off as just that, a conversation to discuss people s ideas and thoughts and get their opinions. reporter: wolf, as we all know, everybody is trying to read the tea leaves and get a