Spending thanksgiving with his family. Happy holidays to you. How is carrier responding. Reporter they are well aware of how donald trump is spending his first day as the president elect and they are well aware of this tweet that the whole entire world saw because everybody looks to see what the president elect of the United States is writing. Their response posted shortly after mr. Trump tweet, carrier has had had discussions with the Incoming Administration and we look forward to working together. Nothing to announce at this time. And that is the first word that we got from mr. Trump about carrier since last night when he published a thanksgiving message that started with something we havent heard very much from him in the last year and a half or really any of the time hes been a public figure and that is a prayer. Its my prayer that on this thanksgiving, we begin to heal our divisions and move forward as one country, strengthened by shared purpose and very, very common resolve. In declaring this national holiday, president lincoln called upon americans to speak with one voice and one heart. Thats just what we have to do. We have also confirmed a report that was buzzing on social media earlier today that the Vice President elect has taken more classified intel briefings so far than the president elect but intel officials that we have spoken to say that theres nothing out of the ordinary about that at this point because sometimes administrations wait until late november or early december to start giving top level officials the classified stuff. Peter, certainly an increasing story about the intel briefings. I want to press you about what were hearing about potentially more cabinet announcements in the near term. Reporter we could get some tomorrow, ed. We have been led to believe by transition officials that the heavy hitters would start being announced between thanksgiving after thanksgiving and before christmas. Dr. Ben carson is the one who says hes been offered the job of hud secretary and he thinks he would be very well qualified for that position. It would require him to try to clean up the inner cities. He is scoffing at the suggestion that the reason he is waffled so far is because hes concerned about not having relevant background experience. The fact of the matter is, every job is very important. But in terms of complexity, i can guarantee you that very little of it comes close to neurosurgery. Trump loyalists seem fine with carson as a nominee but not everybody is crazedy about mitt romney for secretary of state. Kellyanne conway said she has been getting a lot of messages about mitt. Kissinger and shultz as secretary of state flew around the world and counselled potus close to home more and were loyal, good checklist. Read into that what you will. People will be reading those tea leaves and wondering about Rudy Giuliani and David Petraeus and other power players that might be secretary of state. Have a good thanksgiving in florida. Thank you. Lets bring in the political panel. The former chief of staff to the republican senator from utah, mike lee and he worked for president obamas 2008 president ial campaign. Thanks for coming in. Can we start with you robin, as a democratic strategist, what do you make of early moves by donald trump bringing in nikki haley, someone he clashed with during the campaign and very critical of him and mitt romney as potential secretary of state despite the fact theres not a lot of love lost there. You know, ed, im glad you brought that up. Im encouraged about this because for a while we thought that donald trump was only going to be appointing trump loyalists. So im glad to see hes reaching across, mending bridges. His message for the thanksgiving was all about unity and coming together to heal the divisions of our country. I think the move to appoint nikki haley is a very good one. It works multiple levels for him because henry mcnaflter will slide in as governor of South Carolina and a trump loyalist. That gives him some diversity in the cabinet with nikki haley, an americanindian. What do you make of this as a conservative, boyd . I wonder if there are some on the right looking at this skeptically and thinking that perhaps donald trump is too flexible for conservatives liking . I think what youre seeing the weight of the Office Starting to settle in on mr. Trump and the fact hes looking at these different people creating the team of rivals approach so to speak is good. Its good for the country. Youre seeing the country exhale a little bit because of it. I think it also demonstrates that governor pence is having a major role in impact in putting together the administration. Its interesting, often the biggest mistakes politicians make going into office, they bring the loyalists into positions of governing that are vastly different than campaigning. So i think the fact that mr. Trump is moving this direction is good for the country. Were seeing the stock market settle a little bit and Financial Markets are improving and everyone is starting to see hes serious about governing and thats what everybody wants him to do is actually govern the country and bring everybody together as he said in thinks thanksgiving message. Robin, i noticed in the last few moments, that Keith Ellison from minnesota who is weighing whether or not to run for dnc chairman put out a tweet that was interesting. Violation of the emoluments clause, no wall, no lock her up, plenty of lobbyists, maybe some folks were highed to. Hes coming at this from the left and saying the opposite of what youre saying, youre giving donald trump props here and hes saying this is a disaster. Ive heard both. Ive heard both sides. The far left is of course decrying especially betsy devos, they take strong issue with that. I understand why. So there are things to be concerned with and jeff sessions, of course, but im still hopeful and encouraged specifically with these two recent appointments because specifically, these were not its sort of changing my perception a little bit about trump and his mentality because like i said, for a while, i thought we were all going to get hard core conservatives and only trump loyalists. I think there is some middle ground here. Boyd, in terms of trying to find middle ground, im also intrigued whats going on with the retired general james mattis, a high profile meeting a few days back he talked about whether or not he may be the defense secretary general, mattis and editorialized, on the question of whether the u. S. Military should use water boarding and other forms of torture, a position he advocated frequently during the campaign to great applause, trump bluntly stated he changed his mind after talking to james mattis, the retired marine corps general who headed the central kmond. Mattis told him of torture, i never found it to be useful. One of the key democratic talking points in the campaign has been donald trump is unstable. We cant trust him as commander in chief, doesnt have the right temperament. What do you make of him saying, maybe im going to change my position . I think the demonstration of good leadership and this whole idea of political rhetoric versus the practicality of governing. If that settles in, you look at things different. Hes bringing people in from very diverse backgrounds and ideas. And i think this is an important point. So often we allow the stri dent voices at both ends of the political spectrum to keep us a safe distance from solving the problems that face the nation. So i think him taking counsel from a retired general on Something Like this issue or whether its dealing with someone like a mitt romney, all of those things are good indicators that hes going to do this a little differently than the rhetoric of the campaign. The challenge will be in that team of rivals and in unique coalition hes put together with blue collar voters that will it end up like thanksgiving dinner . I come from a family of 11 kids, never sat at the big kids table. Who gets a seat at the table. Do they get heard . Can all of those people come together . I hear your point but in the campaign, donald trump looked voters in eye, particularly conservatives and said, i think we should bring water boarding back. This is how were going to get tough on terror and now it sounds like hes shifted his position big time and youre giving him a pass. I dont think its so much giving him a pass but doing what Hillary Clinton asked all of us to do, to give him space and chance to lead. So i think youre going to see a lot of things play out. We cant swing back and forth wildly as we go into a new add understand. President obama had similar things where promises from the campaign trail had to be altered a little bit. You have to look at the role of congress which is a vital component to a lot of these things. Its not about giving a pass. Its about creating space. Because it was such a polarizing election, i think that because the democrats and republicans are both hurting and kind of in a hole right now, it might create space for us to have say different kind of conversation as a country. I cant think of anything more important than that. I want to give robin the last word. Is there space now here . Democrats initially after the election, there were protests fine and then there were riots as you know. As we move into the end of the year and beginning of ayear, is folks will come together or not . You know, i sincerely hope so. Americans donald trump won because hes the change candidate. He did not used to be a republican. So you know, americans want us to Work Together and try to timely get legislation passed. We had the party of no for more than six years. Now its truly time for us to try and find middle ground and Work Together. I want to assure you, you finally have a seat at the adult table. No longer at the kiddy table thanks, ed. Enjoy your turkey, guys. You may have seen the report that donald trump has not made time for all of his Intelligence Briefings, giving new ammo of the president elect. Theres an important context missing in these reports. Katherine is working her intel sources and explains why theres more to the story than it looks at first. Thats coming up next. 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The Washington Post reported on the story and fox news confirmed it. A source tells us that Vice President elect mike pence has been receiving the briefings every day. In response to all of this, senior Team Officials in one of the top officials told the Washington Post, National Security is the president elects top concern. Nunez is a republican congressman from california, top on the House Intelligence Committee as well and told the post, look how many leaders hes met with and phone calls and positions hes filled. People who are being critical need to get a life. Chief intelligence correspondent katherine is live in washington right now. What do you make of these reports . I have confirmed independently the president ee lek has taken the highly classified twice since the election and president electpence Vice President elect pence has taken the briefings on an almost daily basis. Every president elect approaches it differently. Other president elects have not begun briefings until late november or even early december. This is a reminder the president s daily brief is considered the crown jewels because of the credibility of the information and quality of the analysis. It provides a summary of key security developments as well as an update on cia covert programs. President obama in a significant departure from past practice has elected to take the pdp on his ipad and not in person from a cia briefer. Its not accurate to say as the Washington Post headline has reported that mr. Trump has turned away these sessions. The office for the director of national intelligence, this is a group charged with running the briefings is not offering any comment today. What do we know about the trump teams focus overall on National Security . Contact on the Transition Team says the number one priority right now is assembling a World Class Team for the president elect and Strong Foundation can make Everything Else run smoothly. The president elect appointed mike flynn to be the National Security adviser and between flynn and other members of the team, the transition makes the argument that they are helping mr. Trump keep up to date with world events and in the coming days as these nominations fall into place, were told mr. Trump will be reviewing a critical set of topics but we cant tell you more of what the topics are at this point. Thank you. Donald trump said he would like to work towards establishing closer ties with russia. But it turns out that work might have started before the election. What were learning today about a closed door meeting between one of Donald Trumps sons and group that has backing from the kremlin next. First, a thanksgiving message from one of our brave Service Members serving overseas. Im bar re barry keller from delaware. I would like to say hi to my wife and kids and granddaughter and my parents. Happy thanksgiving. All finished. Umm. You wouldnt want your painter to quit part way. I think you missed a spot. So when it comes to pain relievers, why put up with just part of a day . Aleve, live whole not part. Painter you want this color over the whole house . We asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. Travel with my daughter. Roller derby. Now give up half of em. Do i have to . This is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. But, if we start saving even just 1 more of our annual income. We could keep doing all the things we love. Prudential. Bring your challenges. President elect Donald Trumps oldest son held talks in paris about the possibility of russia to end the war in syria. People who said they were at the meeting, donald trump jr. Reportedly met with politicians and businessman and president elect has said he would be willing to cooperate with Vladimir Putin and wants to see a new day in relations. Last month the Obama Administration ended talks with moscow over syria. Critics say donald trump jr. s meeting raises questions about a possible conflict of interest as he continues to involve family members in the transition to the white house and business dealings. A National Politics editor for the wall street journal, i wonder since people have heard about a potential business conflict. This seems uncharted in terms of the president elects son going on almost a Diplomatic Mission before he even won. This is a fantastic scoop by my colleague at the wall street journal. Interesting on several levels. One it shows once again that family members of dona