Hes peter doocy with the president elect. Reporter the president elect has made a lot of progress today in filling out his cabinet without even leaving his mara lago estate. Not a bad way to spend thanksgiving week. We are told dr. Ben carson was going to take a few days over the thanksgiving day holiday to think about the hud position, but he did write on facebook earlier he would clean up the inner cities. And theres the report that he has accepted the offer to go and serve in the cabinet. Other recent nominations just a few hours old, betsy devos is a billionaire philanthropist who will help bring School Choice to all families and who jeb bush, trumps bitter rival, said was a good selection. Theres also earlier today governor nikki haley selected as u. N. Secretary. She said when the president elect asks you to do something, you do it. As for the possibility of mitt romney heading to the state department to be our top diplomat, transitional officials said on the Conference Call today that hes still under consideration. Mr. Trump is looking for somebody with experience and shared chemistry. Now there are some trump backers calling for mitt romney to apologize for some of the things he said about donald trump during the primaries before he accepts any kind of a job. He attacked him on a personal level about his character, integrity, his honor. When you do that, theres only one way that i think mitt romney can be considered for a post like that, and that is that he goes to a microphone in a public place and repudiates everything he said in that famous Salt Lake City speech. And everything he said after that. Reporter governor huckabee also said he was offered a cabinet position by the president elect but turned it down. Neil . All right, peter doocy, thank you very much. We have scott brown joining us, a former massachusetts senator also under cabinet consideration right now. Senator, very good to have you. Good to be on, neil, how are you . Im fine, sir. What do you make of what looks like ben carson going over to hud . Listen, im personally very invested in housing issues and im on two housing boards. And theres no better way to help improve the inner cities, not only with great houses and homes, but obviously good jobs. And thats what one of the cornerstones of dr. Carsons campaign was to create jobs and community the inner cities. So i think its a great, great choice. What about you . You have come up and your name has come up repeatedly for a number of positions, veteran affairs most lately, what do you think . I was told after we had our good meeting that i would hear sometime after thanksgiving. Now, im not sure if he eats at 12 00 and i hear at 1 00 here on friday, saturday, sunday or monday. But as you know, you can see hes still working. I thought nikki haleys choice was fantastic and the mitt romney choice is brilliant. It reestablishes credibility with our allies, fear with our foes, and bridges that gap. And just to comment, i know maybe im going a little ahead on what governor huckabee said, who i love, but they probably did talk about what happened during the campaign. Im almost sure of it. And they probably said, you know what . Were two typea billionaires and battle pretty heavily. Thats what i like about what donald trump is doing. Hes actually bringing people together, going for the best person regardless. And thats what our country needs right now. What do you think of huckabee also saying that romney should apologize, because you can make the argument donald trump should apologize to him. They both said awful things about each other. Bygones be bygones . Let it go . I think it is obviously with him and mitt romney meeting and the potential of him offering a position, i think that is an apology accepted and offered or they wouldnt be talking. The fact that mitt romney could be secretary of state would be better than john kerry. It really makes me very excited. It is interesting that it continues a tradition of former rivals or those who run for president before, going for secretary of state, Hillary Clinton and john kerry and on we go. But having said that, the makeup of his cabinet still early, senator, as you have some who are supporting the president elect during the campaign and others who were noticeably silent or quite the opposite. So some have likened it to a potential team of rivals. What do you make of that . I think hes going to bet the best people for the job period. And its good to have tension and different points of view in disagreements. You dont want everyone one of the reasons donald trump, the president elect likes me is im pretty direct. Ill tell him exactly what i think is going right and wrong. And he doesnt want yes people up there. He wants people to tell him, sir, with all due respect, youre wrong or right and the ability to work it through. And i think that is critical. Because in this present administration, theres no one that tells the president that hes wrong. If that was the case, we wouldnt have done what we dmid syria. We wouldnt have done what we did with russia and reset and the like. So i think its a good thing. Scott brown, great seeing you. Happy thanksgiving, friend. Neil, one bit of advice for you, my man. Yes. Lay off the okay. I knew you were going to say that. Lay off the gravy and potatoes. You work with my cardiologist. Thank you for making your final appearance on this show. It was a pleasure to have you here. Is he tough or what . All right. He wont see me in the meantime, if youre traveling, millions of you, 49 million were told, and the traffic is going to build up. And depending on the airport, its going to really build up. Were still waiting for that to happen because i think this was just sort of spread out through the week here. And that the least of it is happening right now. Who knows. But adam shapiro is at Newark Liberty airport. What are you seeing there, adam . Reporter well, its about as exciting as a glass of metamucil. Its been empty all day. I have to be honest with you, this is up united at Newark Liberty international. And this is the Major Carrier at this airport. Its a hub. I can tell you as well, they dont want us to show on camera the tsa screening area, the Port Authority is forbidding that, but the line is very short. People are moving through that line in less than 30 minutes. Its actually more like ten minutes if youre standing in line. Now its starting to pick up a bit, but they have been telling us, neil, that the peak was coming, they said at 12 30. It didnt happen at 12 30 or 2 30. Now they are telling us as people get off work they are heading to the airport. And when you look at the numbers, you would expect huge crowds and there are crowds at other airports, ohare and atlanta, hartsfield jackson, but here at one of the busiest airports in the country, within the top ten, newark, kind of quiet right now. 49 Million People will travel by plane, bus, train and car. 2. 8 million by plane just on sunday alone. But right now, all clear. And that is a good thing, right . Back to you. It is if you can work with me next time, adam. We have been playing off the bedlam at airports there with the crowds. Its all right. Well talk later for another update. Seriously, adam, thank you. Have a great thanksgiving. Reporter you got it. Our meteorologist says depending on where you are, it could be a longer trip. Weather is playing a role here. What do you see, rick . A little bit. Wicked weather, horrible, all right, theres some weather out there. Not really all that bad. This storm right here just some showers across parts of the ohio valley. A little bit of snow, but its way off towards the north. The northern parts of minnesota in towards the arrowhead of wisconsin, the u. P. Of michigan. Thats one storm. The bigger storm is moving in across areas to the west and it will bring a lot of rain and really significant mountain snow to the next number of days. I think well see the moisture make its way by the end of the weekend into southern california. And this is great news. Any precipitation we can get out west at the beginning here of the rainy season there is really good news. As far as the airports go, we have some mild delays in minneapolis. We have had some delays around ohare. And then in towards newark there are some delays because of wind. We have seen delays at lax also. Most of that is just due to volume as well as some construction going on. This system though that we have been watching move across the great lakes is going to pull off to the north. The center of low pressure. That means most of the moisture doesnt make it to the southeast where we desperately need it unfortunately, but that also means were going to see it weaken a little bit by the time it moves off to the east. So for the remainder of today, well see a few more delays around chicago. A cool day, but were looking good to the east. Were looking good in the central part of the country. The Pacific Northwest later today, a few delays. And the same goes for tomorrow. If you are flying tomorrow or on the roads, Northern California through the coastal areas of the west are going to be problematic. The rest of the country is looking pretty good. A few showers in across the east lighter than today. In the meantime, well bring your attention to the fact that we have another record in the dow getting old, i know. And this is noteworthy as well. A 30year fixed Rate Mortgage with the backup of Interest Rates we have been seeing on the prospects for an improving economy at 4. 03 . Now a lot of young people approach it and say, neil, i cant believe i missed the boat. The rates are so high. I want to show you kids something. My wife and i got our first mortgage, thats about what we were paying per day. See that really high point there. That was about the point at which my wife and i took out our first mortgage. And its just a reminder that even though rates have been ticking up, they are to nothing like they were. So all of you people who are losing it over this, i want you to calm down. And i want you to realize you still got another, i dont know, 10 to 12 points to get back to where we were when we started out. Just remember that. In the meantime, we have the president elect going to the New York Times. And the New York Times has it out with the president elect. Makes you wonder why he went there. H we have the read from the old great lady after this. Simulation initiated. Pedestrian detection engaged. [beep, beep, beep] take on any galaxy with a car that could stop for you. Simulation complete. The new nissan rogue. Rogue one a star wars story. In theaters december 16th. Cartels, militias, terrorist groups. They all need a place to park their cash and cherna is their dirty little piggy bank. Were going to insert into the country while nobody is looking. Were going to steal their money, sir . No, we are going to destroy it. Were going to finish this mission. Anything we find is ours. Do you want to trust a bunch of black water marks . I mean the rush, ive never felt anything like it. If we stay here were going to die. Then we die. The medicare enrollment deadline is just a few days away. 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Howard, what do you make of this reaction . Well, all people in public life want to be liked and respected, but one person close to the president elect told me today that trump did go to the times and the delegation at trump tower as a sign of respect. This is his hometown paper that he reads every day. He grew up reading it and its delivered to the goldplated apartment. He wants the times to approve of him. Do you think the president elect expected any different kind of coverage or any less snide coverage or that this is just in keeping with his theme, im watching all of you in the media . Well, i think the message here and in the media with the tv anchors and executives is, i won, youve got it all wrong, now lets see if we can work together. But kind of trying to deliver a strong message that if the times, who trump says has been rough on him, continues to be rough on him as president elect and then president , you know, hes not going to be shy about using twitter or other means to hit back. So, at the same time, ive noticed this myself that donald trump, if youre a sympathetic journalist, thats fine. He appreciates that. But if youre a very liberal journalist at msnbc or very conservative journalist at fox that was never trump, he does make an extra effort to win you over. He feels like if he uses the trump offensive, he can turn you around. If it doesnt work, hell smack you. All right. Well, ill disagree with you in one respect, and i have Great Respect for him because i think hes thinskinned. He still boycotts this show, which is his right. Hes leader of the free world, have at it. And that goes back to just having mitt romney on back in those days when he was criticizing him, even though we raised the counter points that a donald trump would. Having said that, can he get over that . Now, obviously, theres a wrap of being thinskinned may only go so far if he makes romney as secretary of state. But maybe he isnt what his critics have said. What do you think . I dont disagree with you about the thinskin. Trump makes an effort to try to win people over, but it doesnt mean hell reward them by granting access and that sort of thing. Look, heres the thing, if donald trump is proven to be a magnanimous winner who can at least seriously consider making mitt romney, who called him a conman and a lot of bad stuff during the campaign as secretary of state, who is now naming governor nikki haley as u. N. Ambassador despite her credit similar of him, criticizing the kkk and all of that, then i guess he can have diplomatic relations with the New York Times. Look, the times has incentive here, not to pull his punches, but to have a decent relationship with the next president of the United States and trump knows that. Hes a mediasavvy guy. But he knows because hes shrewd that hell make organizations think twice about how theyre going about that coverage. At least initially after these meetings, right . He will, indeed. And that is kind of a carrot and stick approach. Let them know they havent been fair and hes watching, but at the same time give a little bit of respect, maybe you get the close umpire calls next time. There you go. Well put. Howard kurtz, have a great thanksgiving, appreciate it. The host of the popular show media buzz howard kurtz. In the meantime, this just keeps happening. And where is the rage that it does . A Police Officer shot last night, the fifth we have seen since sunday. We go to detroit. Detroits police chief james craig is next. Youve heard it before, another Police Officer was shot and is clinging to life. Police believe they have the guy who shot him, but its the fifth officer shot just since sunday. Detroits chief of Police James Craig is with us now. Chief, thank you for joining us. What can you tell us . Youre welcome, thank you. Its a somber day the in detroit. As you know, this is the third officer that has been critically wounded. We had two officers fatally shot within the last 45 days. So some very troubling times and certainly now we have an officer fighting for his life. We have the person, we believe, the right person certainly in custody, but this is touching so many of our officers both in detroit and in the Wayne State Police department. It must end, it absolutely must end. Was he targeted, chief . And was it racial . What do we know . Well, were not certain he was targeted. We do know that the suspect had a history of being noncooperative with local police. We dont know what would have fuelled this, so we are at a place now where we can say he definitely was targeted. But if you just look at the shootings across america, you know, i took a look at the last week, 28 incidents of an officerinvolved shooting or officers attacked. And we talk about the number of officers fatally wounded, that only gives just a small picture of whats really going on. And whats fueling it . Ill tell you, its the antipolice rhetoric. Its empowering these individuals to feel that they can attack police. And go without any type of sanction. Whats interesting, chief, is when we see incidents, five in less than a week, if anyone one of these had involved a shooting of an individual, not a Police Officer, but by a Police Officer, it would be walltowall coverage. It would be walltowall coverage. And yes, the media plays a role in it. And yes, the protesters, we had a situation, like 30 days ago, an officer going out into the community was shot by a suspect. Certainly there was an outpouring of support from detroiters, but there were no protests. And i wonder if the tables had turned, if the officer had shot the suspect, we would still be dealing with issues. You know, chief, i talked to a couple of policeman here not too far around the corner from me, youre getting readysecurit and the macys day parade, and one of them said something interesting. Ive heard stories like this before. That they almost, almost are compelled to pull their punches for fear that they will either be dragged to court or video, whatever theyre doing, even if theres nothing bad, will ruin their career. And ruin them period. What do you make of that . You know, its troubling. Y