ago. some day i feel like i need to do that. brings us to our panel to talk about this today. peter baker, and white house correspondent, and rick engel, former secretary of state and public affairs. welcome to you all. is this fish wrapped in paper and a bullet proof vest. thinks the most public message signal to rex tillerson? the president has been on the outs of the secretary now and with several months there would have to come a reckoning. it feel that is reckoning maybe
outs of the secretary now and with several months there would have to come a reckoning. it feel that is reckoning maybe coming up the next few weeks. close to the end of the year or afterwards. the secretary was at the white house and he went for two different meetings. hems pl he s planning to go to europe and dealing with foreign counter parts and wondering will he be around much in the new year and what if it matter fs ths with t make a deal with him. the president is asking if you want rex tillerson on the job and his response is quote, rex is here and in ducted to the hall-of-fame. not an endorse menendorsemen. if you listen to sarah sanders,
david, how much truth is there that the obama staff is not helping. trump responded a couple of things and not just the administration did with the resolution at u.n. president obama sat on the interview on the radio saying that he would have beaten donald trump had he run for the third term and the president said yesterday at a visit for pearl harbor that we need to remember our common bond and unity. i think he s reacting to that. francesca, it feel that is the president-elect is blaming blame to a slow start of this transition at the feet and for some reason at the obama administration. those wroroadblocks, he mentioned the u.n. resolutions so he seems to be responding and very specifically today to that resolution which again he has encouraged the obama administration to vote against
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