Down for an interview with 60 minutes, donald trump started the process of organizing the government. He told the world that his number two, my tense, would take e, would takepenc over his transitional endeavors. Dozens of names have been floated. Sarah palin for secretary of the interior is one. Some are the swamp dwellers and the co elites that donald trump spent his campaign the spiriting. Flynn took a gamble backing donald trump early in the race and may want to be part of the administration. Then there are people like Kellyanne Conway and Jared Kushner. Ande are devoted operatives may be recruited to work in the new administration, or as advisors. Were told that paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell told donald trump yesterday when he was in washington that they would like to see Reince Priebus as chief of staff. The third group is washington, d. C. Insiders like stephen hadley, who could be secretary of defense, along with bob corker of tennessee and john fulton. Who has the inside track . John one thing we know about donald trump is that loyalty grammatic really matters to him. Chris christie got a little bit of a demotion today, but i think he will be paid back in some way. Mark i disagree, i think he will get no job. John on what basis . K that jerry krishna Jared Kushner does not want him in the government. John explain to the world why he would be opposed. Mark when Chris Christie was the u. S. Attorney, he indicted and convicted Jared Kushners father. Chris christie got shut out of being Vice President because of this and i think he may be shutout of any job in the administration because of this. John he will still go to mcdonalds with him, though, right . Rudy giuliani, secretary of state . John attorney general appeared mark i dont think he will be attorney general. John Rudy Giuliani is probably senate confirmable. Mark i think he wants to be secretary of state. John this is one of the things donald has to contemplate, who is confirmable . Chiefhe picked bannon as of staff, but he is so controversial. John one thing past administrations have done in order to avoid mark one thing past administration said done in order to avoid controversy is to announce groups of people. I think you will see Jared Kushner not taking government jobs because of nepotism but he will be a highly influential figure. John let us be clear, stephen had a huge role in getting donald trump elected. If donaldbe trump with them in the most careful powerful job in america next to president , it would create a firestorm given , itnature of breitbart would be the most inflammatory things donald trump could do. Gave steve munchen will be secretary of state. I will say again, they are looking for a whole bunch of people. I dont think some people will get the jobs they want. John it tells us a lot about whether the kind of noises donald trump have been has , it making, all of that will tell us a lot on his choice of chief of staff. Reince priebus would be the reassuring establishment friendly choice, just across the board. A republican president with all republican controlling washington, a relatively inclusive think we will see a democrat get a big cabinet job. Anyone who has crossed them during the Campaign John they are out. I still want to ask this question, the bell rang. To think any of these really early do you think they will run National Security . Mark i dont think corker will. John a lot of these guys are neocons. Talk the one guy we didnt about is senator sessions, i think he could be secretary general. John since the election, antitrump protests and racially charged incidents seem to be on the rise geared demonstrations last night let to more than 150 arrests in los angeles and Law Enforcement in oregon used pepper spray and rubber bullets after what the Police Called anarchists begin vandalizing property. Much of the political world is reflecting on Donald Trumps conciliatory demeanor after his c. It to washington, d may give up one of his habits, latenight twitter lashing. Just had a very successful political election, and now people are protesting. Very unfair. He tried to walk things back this morning when just after 6 00 a. M. , another tweet, love the fact that protesters have great passion for our country, we will all come together and be proud. And shamefulrzig incidents of racism, hate speech and hate crimes have been reported across the country in recent days. Social media has showed white suppresses graffiti and other deeply disturbing incidents. Parents of children in one middle school in michigan are upset after a group of children were heard chanting build the wall. The teacher was not around in the room. People were in tears. Dear muslims, immigrants, color,and all people of we love you boldly and proudly, we will endure. By thursday morning, the sun looks like this. Police are investigating the graffiti as a possible hate crime. John beyond that, theyre been multiple reports of americans being physically assaulted by what appeared to be donald trump supporters. The president elect has not said anything about these occurrences. What obligation does donald hes president elect, not the president yet what obligation does he have to speak out about these incredibly troubling occurrences . Mark this is a moment of truth because these things are happening. I wont say they are his. They are happening as a direct result of his candidacy and election. He bears some measure of responsibility. It would be good for his presidency, good for him as a person and good for the country if he would condemn these things in no uncertain terms. I wish he would come up because he is going to get off to a slow out. , and he should speak i dont know what he would not. John if he wants to do what he says he wants to do is be president for all americans, he must speak out. It is not his fault that people are racist, but he ran a campaign that was, in some cases, directly racist, and in other cases exacerbated racist sympathies. He ran and ugly, divisive campaign. He won, but if he really wants to live up to what he is said, which is that he wants to bring the country together, he is to step forward and say, take some responsibility for having made the situation worse and renounce these acts, pronounce things he is said in the past and appeal to peoples better self. Mark he needs to say that they break his heart and they are not the best of america. John i dont know what he is capable of saying, but i think if he were to take some measure of responsibility on himself and say, i know that in some cases in this Campaign Across the line and i incited i i but i dont think think it would be powerful if he just said these things break my heart and are not in the best beard of america. John i think he needs to more than that. Aboutwe will be talking the drama unfolding in the democratic party. More after work from our sponsors. Mark democrats remain dazed in confused about what happened in the selection, but already there is a power struggle bring about who will lead the charge against a donald trump president the and who will lead the party through this difficult rebuilding phase. There has been an almost total lack of explanation from team clinton about what they think when ryan went wrong on tuesday night. The Outgoing Senate minority leader harry reid made no mention of his parties failings, but attacked donald trump, calling him a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and Childrens Campaign with the country and hate. Howard dean is going to run for the position of party chair, he wants to return to the grassroots strategy. Perez omalley and tom say they are also thinking about applying for the job. Most of the momentum in this race early on teams to be building on minnesota hegressman Keith Ellison, already has the support of Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders. Who is going to lead democratic opposition and what weapons do they have in their arsenal . John it is a fascinating time for the democratic party, it is in such disarray. As you said yesterday, given the fact that the democrats dont control the house or senate, this could be the main voice of opposition. I think Keith Ellison right now, because of where the strength is in the party, may not be the right choice, but i think right now with Bernie Sanders backing him, i think he is the front runner. Howard dean has done this job before, but i have to say ascended forces, and why they think Hillary Clinton loss, what they think about how Bernie Sanders and the left were treated in the nomination, they have the whip hand in terms of taking control and winning the election for dnc chair. Mark who knows what dnc members are thinking. The parties are going to have to decide in the lameduck session and then in the new congress, are they going to filibuster . What will be their story . If this were the Republican Party and the democratic democratic president , ted cruz will be talking about filibustering everything. The reality is donald trump could propose legislation that democrats like on some issues. John infrastructure. Mark even tax reform here is going to see how organized democrats are. How are they going to get on the same page about what to say about donald trump while they look for leaders for two years from now and for years from now . They have a tough senate match in two years. John i will Say Something that many of the left will find heretical, if you look over Donald Trumps career, there is a reason why conservatives didnt like him, he had a lot of liberal positions. Democrats could possibly take advantage of that. Mark were going to switch back to republicans. We talk about Donald Trumps relationship with the branch on capitol hill. Right after this. Is a republican congressman from oklahoma. How are you doing . How do you think donald trump is doing so far . I think he has behaved in a very president ial manner from election evening to his a Public Public appearances with the president. We are pretty giddy, if you are republican. We woke up Tuesday Morning thinking it would be four years of a firewall and woke up wednesday morning thinking we were going to be the tip of the spear. Mark you have majority control of both chambers and the white house, should donald trump consult nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer or just you all . Someobviously there are areas we will not agree. We will disagree about tax policy and obamacare, but on Something Like infrastructure, if we can find Common Ground we should. Mark you dont think he should take into account what nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer want on tax policy . Tom if you can find Common Ground you seek it and go forward. Ilicans want tax codes think democrats like republicans think we have a lot of money stranded offshore. I can see areas where we can find Common Ground and we should do it. But we should also never we were given this mandate for reason and not be shy about using it on things like the repeal of obamacare where it are based feel strongly and frankly where republican members have never been supportive. Weve had some discussion of who might fill important posts of the administration. Chief of staff is one of these. Reince priebus is a name. Were also hearing the possibility of Stephen Bannon. What message would it send if mr. Trump put Stephen Bannon in that job . Tom it is not my business to dictate who his personnel is. Obviously i know Reince Priebus well and i think you send a spectacular job, but there are a lot of different people who can fill that role. That is ultimately the president elects decision. I think the republican members of congress will be happy to work with him. John what message do you think would send if you put Stephen Bannon in that job . Tom it is not for me to interpret that. I think the most important thing is they have a strong relationship with the president elect. That is his decision. We are going to work with whoever he chooses, and i will be that decision to the guy who won the presidency. Mark most of my discussions with people in the Health Care Industry is that they dont love the Affordable Care act but they spent a lot of time adjusting to it. Do as youour party repeal it to trying get the Health Care Sector not disrupted again . Tom there are quite a few things that the house had laid out on its agenda. The president elect talked about this in his campaign, things like selling insurance across state lines, Health Savings accounts, liability reform. I think this has to be done thoughtfully and will probably have to be done through reconciliation. Its not going to get a lot of democratic votes. We are going to have to move carefully, but i think it is an important commitment that republicans have made, that they have made consistently over several years that at the end of the day it is essential we repeal of obamacare and replace it with something that in our view works better for the american people. Mark you think there is a workable consensus on this . Tom i think there is. Quite friendly, even folks who might have questions or quibble with this or that at the end of the day, they will fall in line behind what the white house request. Fortunate to have paul ryan as speaker, he probably knows more about these policy issues than anybody else in congress. He is not just a political tactician, he is a policy guy. Houses figure of the comes to me and says this is the way to go, it is easy for me to respect his opinion. Mark people talk about infrastructure and tax reform. What else would you like to see handled early on in big bills . Tom i would like to see is move ahead, and im not sure we would, on entitlement reform. I dont think that was adequately addressed in the campaign. Or like to see us make sure the sequester does not happen to the american military, i think that is critical. I am pleased the president elect has taken that same position. I would like to see, longterm, that we actually do border security. I think that is something that is more popular on both sides of the aisle than is commonly recognized. I dont care if you are a liberal democrat or conservative republican, you believe the borders ought to be secured. Move pieces of legislation in individually, i think border legislation you can do individually. John you think paul ryan will be speaker in february . Im absolutely confident. Nothing heals wounds like victory. There is not a whiff of opposition in any of our top four liters leaders. Nobody raised more money, work harder than speaker ryan. I think our members are genuinely pleased with his leadership and i dont sense any significant challenge for him at all. Mark in the time between now and the president elect takes office, there are a lot of people concerned about whether he is ready to be commander in chief. What can he do to calm people who have that concern . again, not up to mimi not up to me to make those points or suggestions, but i think when you become president you reach out to other people. I think he is doing that, when he visited the white house. President obama being as gracious as he did, i appreciate president elect trump handling the handling it the way he did. To africanamerican communities, i would go to a mosque. I think there are a lot of things that would be important in the symbolic sense in order to reassure people. I think the opening moves by the president elect have been very good, so i hope he builds on what he is done over the last 4872 hours. Will discussup, we the future of the Republican Party afterwards from our sponsors. Mark a quick news update. The Cable News Network says that Donald Trumps former campaign in terms manager Corey Lewandowski has resigned amidst controversy, and he may take a job in the new donald trump administration. Pete ow is p1 or weiner. He is been thinking a lot about the Republican Party and he joins us from washington. You have written quite a bit over the last few months about donald trump. Is there anything you have seen since he got elected that makes you more hopeful and you were when he was a candidate . Think he is handled the last 4872 hours prewell, but this is the easy stuff. This is the kind of thing you expect. I think he is been gracious enough, i think president obama has been gracious. Well have to see the appointment he makes. January 20. L be preliminary, he has been fine. John when there were people who were never trump during the campaign who then changed their minds when he became the nominee, your view of them was what . The conservatives that ended up endorsing him shortly after the nomination. It depends on the individuals and how passionate they were in their reasoning. Thoughte some who donald trump was a malignant and malicious force on the political landscape. People who were never trump and really spoken vivid language and then flipped around and came behind him, i was not impressed with that. I think they put the party above their convictions and i think they were potentially opportunistic. That said, a lot of my fri