Lead the department of energy, the department he once forgot. Trump putting off the press conference later this week where he promised to announce the future role in the company he built. Lets get right now to nbcs National Correspondent Peter Alexander at the white house whos following the latest dwoms. Good morni developments. Reporter Rex Tillerson is a Texas Oil Man whos risen to become the companys chairman and ceo. Hes been in leadership there since president reagan was in power. Tillerson is the first person nominated for secretary of state in modern history with no Public Sector experience. Still his work sent him to dozens of countries like saudi arabia and yemen and thats the experience that Donald Trumps team said makes him qualified for this job. Trump himself tweeting this morning, ive chosen one of the truly great Business Leaders of the world, Rex Tillerson, but its tillersons deep ayes ties. The order of friendship medal. One of the highest to receive and search for oil
From some very prominent republican senators, even raising questions as to whether or not he would be confirmed at all. As of now, trump advisers saying the president elect has not backed off the fielding that that is the direction he wants to go. But as everybody always cautions, hes the one who will make that final decision and that final decision will be announced tomorrow morning. The bigger question right now, i think, is what wont be annou e announced this week. As you note, it was how the president elect was going to handle conflicts of interest, clear conflicts of interest that arise because of his very real and very Large Business empire. He was the one, the president elect, that touted this News Conference, this decisionmaking, this legal structure to separate himself from his business. Now, there have been a lot of questions, not just externally but also internally, how the president elect actually planned on doing this. The reality is this, transition Officials Say the pres
Influence the outcome to donald trump. Welcome to early start. Im george howell. Im christine romans. It is december 13th. Breaking overnight. Donald trump is set to name his pick for secretary of state this morning. Multiple sources tell cnn he has chosen exxon mobile Ceo Rex Tillerson for the job. There are signs of trouble for the nomination and certainty over his views of Climate Change and his close relationship are Vladimir Putin raising concerns on both sides of the aisle. The latest from Phil Mattingly from trump tower. Reporter the pick is in. The president elect will announce the exxon ceo will be his selection for secretary of state. Nominating him because the two just hit it off. They found a hit with one another. They share similar world invovi and business backgrounds. It comes down to three who all recommended Rex Tillerson to the president elect. The two did not have a relationship before the process started. Now he will be the president elects top diplomat. That doesnt
Tillerson, over the past few days. Is that still the thinking . Reporter yeah, according to advisers hes leaning strongly and likely to choose Rex Tillerson, again, exxon ceo. The big question now becomes the backlash from capitol hill which has come on so strong because of Rex Tillersons ties to russia, on the corporate side of things, his friendship, or at least business relationship with Vladimir Putin. That has raised Major Concerns from some very prominent republican senators, even raising questions as to whether or not he would be confirmed at all. As of now, trump advisers saying the president elect has not backed off the fielding that that is the direction he wants to go. But as everybody always cautions, hes the one who will make that final decision and that final decision will be announced tomorrow morning. The bigger question right now, i think, is what wont be announced this week. As you note, it was how the president elect was going to handle conflicts of interest, clear c
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc news with lester holt. Good evening. After months of disembodied tweets as our primary incite into our next president s thinking, donald trump had a longa waited formal News Conference today that was nominated by questions about russian influence, not just in the election but also an ugly and discredited allegation brought to the attention of u. S. Intelligence and surfaced publicly last night. At the same time, his secretary of state nominee was getting a tough grilling from senators on capitol hill, the president elect was facing a slew of pentup questions from reporters here in new york in a spirited exchange. There were lots of headlines made and weve got it all covered beginning with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter at trump tower, a moment months in the making. But it wasnt washington front and center. Instead, moscow, russia, dominating Donald Trumps First Press Conference as presiden