a secretary of state announcement and if tillerson, they must be prepared for backlash here, ryan? reporter: yes. if they aren t, probably should be, on a transition conference call this morning, several transition officials saying we could hear this announcement sometimes in next couple of days and all signs point towards ex exxon/mobil ceo rex tillerson and already republicans voicing terns connections to russia talked about. john mccain, very concerned about ties to vladimir putin, a man he call as thug and murderer and marco rubio who sits on the foreign res relations committee. rubio tweeting in the last 24 hours any friend of vladimir putin is not someone he wants to see as secretary of state and rubio, in a powerful position on foreign relations because he could stop that confirmation before it even gets started. the fact trump is getting pushback from prominent republicans shows this could be a serious showdown for the