themselves as a separate country. cnn reporting that a trump transition advisor who supports the independence who s involved or at least in the past helped facilitate it. which it is not a impartial state department employee. what do you make of that potential involvement? i think ivan is exactly right. this is very thorny territory. china believes taiwan is a protons. province. this would be one of the largest shifts in foreign policy in decades. and you hope it would have been thought through. would have gotten everybody in the united states government on board, we understand what it is. ronald reagan did make a few ov overtures as president, but they were considered. thought through. and calculated. and china at that point was 2% of global gdp. china today is 16% of global
diplomatic meeting, i think shows a very strong signal not to not just to japan but to the pacific rim in general. interesting you used landlord/tenant analogy. donald trump knows a lot about that. yes. thank you for joining us. coming up, fear and anger as a trump transition advisor raised the idea of setting up a registry for people coming to the united states from high-risk areas, as they defined them, mostly muslim majority countries. plus, is donald trump ready to follow through on his campaign suggestion that a nuclear-armed japan potentially could help deter north korea? when it comes to healthcare, seconds can mean the difference between life and death. for partners in health, time is life. we have 18,000 people around the world. the microsoft cloud helps our entire staff stay connected and work together in real time to help those that need it.
where that would be one of the going philosophies. it was not. reporter: and new concerns over conflict of interest are emerging with trump considering seeking top security clearance for his adult children and son-in-law according to a transition team source. we ll be in new york and we ll take care of the business. reporter: no paperwork has been filed, but the children could have access to secure communications technology, travel schedules and secret service procedures. meanwhile, trump and russian president vladimir putin speaking by phone. the two men discussing the need for joint efforts in the fight against common enemy number one, international terrorism and extremism. all this as deep domestic divisions remain. anti-trump demonstrators protesting across the country for the sixth straight day. and a trump transition advisor says it is possible that there could be some cabinet level appointments coming out today once they have made their picks, but it is very clear
sanctions. now, that s important because the white house has portrayed mike flynn contacting the russians about sanctions as some kind of betrayal, right? remember, their line was that they had to fire mike flynn, they had to obtain his resignation because he lied about his contacts with the russians to vice president mike pence. yeah. who could have known what mike flynn was really up to? it was such a betrayal. he lied. well, that all fell apart last month when the new york times published direct quotes from e-mails that had reportedly been sent among top transition staff discussing just exactly what mike flynn was doing with the russians, quote, on december 29th, a transition advisor k.t. mcfarland wrote sanctions announced hours before by the obama administration were aimed at discrediting mr. trump s victory and could make it hard
we start with the trump transition, the president-elect defending his choice of industry, insiders, generals, mill theirionaires and billionas he narrows his candidates for secretary of state. kasie hunt and peter alexander. the senate coming back into session this hour, working to avoid a government shutdown. peter, what are we hearing now from the transition team when it comes to that most high profile position, secretary of state? still romney? reporter: well, i think that s a good question right now. we heard from kellyanne conway, transition advisor, former campaign manager for donald trump saying the answer to this question could come within the next few weeks. we heard initial indications it could come as soon as next week. msnbc heard from sources inside trump tower close to donald trump familiar with his thinking that at the top of the list remains mitt romney and the exxon ceo rex tillerson saying