I believe Hillary Clinton was a criminal. I talk to voters who turned blue states red about what they expect now from the president they voted for. Joining me for insight and analysis are tom friedman, kathleen parker, neera tanden and robert costa. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. President elect trump spent the weekend at his bedminister, new jersey, club meeting with possible members of his administration including onetime rival and critic mitt romney who is reportedly being considered for secretary of state as well as michelle reed, a democrat who ran the School System in washington, d. C. She could be the next education secretary. But mr. Trump has made one thing clear its that hes not tacking or liberals had hoped. Mike flynn says militant islam posed a threat to the United States. For Jeff Sessions of alabama, tireless opponent of illegal immigration and has been accused of making racially insensitive statements. And for cia chief, representative mike pompeo of kansas, critic of Hillary Clinton, he has gotten bipartisan praise for that pick. So far, the choices represent security over Civil Liberties and loyalists over moderates. Republican senators were supportive of the choices and democrats in the most part particularly in Jeff Sessions, sharply opposed. Joining me now from Donald Trumps club in new jersey is the head of the Republican National committee, is president elect trumps new incoming chief of staff, reince and that is simply that, its Rudy Giuliani or mitt romney for secretary of state . I think if you see the entire picture here, what i think americans should take from this is the fact that we have a president elect trump that wants to bring all americans together. He started with the speech that he gave on wednesday morning, a very graciously sayin who you are, no matter your background, i will be here for you, making proud of our country. What you saw with mitt romney, people like obviously ted cruz coming in, is a continuation of this bridge building and this scene that all americans should take in that he wants to bring us all together. The meeting with mitt romney itself though i will tell you was a very good meeting. It was graciously and personable. And it was very sincere. And it was productive. So i dont we dont know where it will lead right now. Great first step. And people should be proud of the way things are going here in president elect trumps operation. Would it surprise you if president elect trump selected mitt romney for secretary of state . You know, look, im not sure who he is going to select. But i do would that surprise you . He is talking to the right people. Giuliani, keane, kelly. He has talked to mitt romney, obviously. We will see where it goes. Its a good sign for all americans. I want to talk ab obviously, donald trump ran especially on the end the phrase drain the swamp. There are moves this week that call that into question, perhaps some conflicts of interest, his daughter ivanka was seen pictured at the meeting with the japanese prime minister. There is some businessmen from india who have deals with the president elects organization, they had a meeting with the maybe they will end up profiting off of the trump name now that he is president. How are you organizing a divestment or blind trust of donald trump and his businesses . Thats being handled. Theres nothing being discussed of any import. How do we know that . The meetings are cursory. You didnt bring the press in. All of these things all of these rules are going to be followed. Theres no be no violation of any rules, i can assure you of that. As we move forward, those matters are going to be more clearly spelled out. You will be aware of it. Look, the one person i can tell you that makes these decisions is donald trump. Families have been involved with their fathers in administrations. I can assure you though, what you are seeing donald trump do right now is bring the best and the brightest together to make for all americans, no matter who you are. At the end of the day, how does he prove he is not planning to use the presidency to profit. There have been reports that the trump hotel in washington, d. C. That ambassadors were encouraged to bring visiting delegations and have them stay at the trump hotel in washington, d. C. Is that true . No, its not true at all, chuck. And i think what we have here is its truly a unique situation business person that has done incredibly well in life that is now going to work towards focusing 24 7 to be the president. In the coming das and weeks, the americans will see that. New administration could be extensive. If mr. Trump doesnt liquidate, he will be accused of a pecuniary motive any time he takes a policy position. They believe its untenable for trump or his kids to have any control over the organization while he is president. Does the president elect share that view . Look, were looking at this right now as well. Like i said before, were going to make sure that no matter what ci through counsel. As you know, theres a White House Counsels Office that will be there, that will be issuing opinions. These matters will be dealt with accordingly. Donald trump, our new president , is going to spend every hour, every minute of the day making america proud of where were going and making America Great again but also making the decisions that benefit everyone the most in this country. I think were just getting ahead of ourselves a little bit. I can assure you the work will the best and brightest will be brought together, no matter the background, political affiliation and all the rest. Let me ask you about the appointment of general mike flynn. There are two corner offices in the white house. You will be in one. He will be in the office. In february, flynn listed bombings perpetrated by muslims with the comment, fear of muslims is rational. Can you equivocally rule out a regist look, im not going to rule out anything. I wouldnt were not going to have a registry based on a religion. What i think what were trying to do is say there are some people certainly not all people, chuck. There are some people that are radicalized. And there are some people that have to be prevented from coming into this country. President elect trumps position is consistent with bills in the if you come if you want to come from a place or an area around the world that harbors and trains terrorists, we have to suspend that operation until a better vetting system is put in place. When that happens, when the better vetting system is put in place, then the radical folks they will not be allowed in. But then others will be allowed in. But only until that is done. Thats what general Michael Flynn believ believes. Does president elect trump agree that fear of muslims is rational . He believes that no faith in and of itself should be judged as a whole. There are some people in countries abroad that need to be prevented from coming into this country. I think thats where 99 of americans are at. Reince priebus, appreciate thank you. On friday i traveled to michigan for a story on middle class voters who picked donald trump over Hillary Clinton. We will have that later in the hour. While i was there, i took a break to interview the new Senate Democratic leader chuck schumer. He began by telling me that Senate Democrats would give a very thorough vetting to Jeff Sessions. And that he had tough questions for mike flynn, though he doesnt need senate confirmation, who is mr. Um advi advisor. I asked whether he think they should oppose President Trump or work with him when they can. Well, my test is the specifics. Were not going to work with him for the sake of working with him. Were not going to oppose him just because he says its something that trump sponsors. Let me give you a couple examples on both sides. Surprisingly, on certain issues, progressive and populist opinion s. Changing our trade laws dramatically. A large infrastructure bill. Cleaning up the swamp in washington. These are things that democrats have always stood for and frankly republicans have always been against. Were going to challenge we will challenge President Trump to if he doesnt, he will break his promise of Blue Collar Workers, many of whom voted for him on those issues. On issues where our values are at stake, the president goes in a divisive direction, where his campaign did before, we will go against him and with everything weve got. Were not going to repeal or help him repeal obamacare. We are not going to roll back doddfrank. They should forget about that. We have 60 votes to block them. Build his wall. We have a comprehensive immigration bill that builds tougher border security. Were not going to oppose him just because its trump. Were going to stick to our values and oppose him where he opposes those. I hope on the promises he made to blue collar america, on trade, on carried interest, on infrastructure, that he will stick with them and work with us even if it means breaking with t opposed these things. You know, you may have the longest relationship of any current u. S. Senator with donald trump. I know you frequently speak with him. Im curious how frequently have you spoken with him post election . Well, look, number one, i didnt know him that well. We would see each other occasionally at events in new york. But i really didnt know him very well. You did a walk on on the apprentice. Well, they asked me to do it. I learned far more about him in the campaign. I was troubled by a whole lot of things in the campaign. The only thing i can say to my colleagues is, you know, president obama met with him and said the presidency is a sobering experience. So i hope that President Trump will rise to the occasion. And when he does, we will try to be supportive. But when he doesnt, we will use everything weve got to oppose him. Im interviewing you from the suburbs of detroit. Were doing a happened, for instance, in a place where there were obama trump voters. Why do you believe you lost the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton lost these voters that voted obama in 08 and 12 and voted trump in 16, particularly in a place like michigan. When you lose an election like we did, we cant look away at it. You have to analyze what you did we did not have the kind of strong, bold and pointed economic message that appealed to these people. A message that talked about how rigged the system was in washington. What i hope to do as our democratic leader is craft policies and platform and message that are bold on economic issues, that are strong on economic issues, that dont just nibble around the edges. And what that will do, believe, is unite not only democrats in the senate. You have even in our Leadership Team this kind of message has gotten Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren on our team as well as joe manchen. But unite america. I dont think there should be a choice. People say, should we go after the Obama Coalition or the Blue Collar Workers . A bold, strong economic message will unite both of them, both groups. The factory worker, the college student, the single mom trying to get above minimum wage. Let me finally ask you about the supreme court. Obviously, you were not pleased with how Senate Republicans handled the garland nomination. I assume barring some miracle for your side, it is not going to be brought up during the lame duck. Pray for that miracle. Are you going to comfortable filibustering any pick that a President Trump makes . And if that happened, do you fear the Nuclear Response essentially by the republican republicans . First, i hope President Trump picks a mainstream candidate. A mainstream candidate is something you may not agree with on every issue but believes in precedent and following the law. What does that mean can he is he too conserative for you . Im not going to get into specific candidates. We hope it would be mainstream. If it is mainstream, you have to remember the last four nominees, two from president bush, two from president obama, got bipartisan support on the bench. If he doesnt nominate a mainstream candidate, were going to go at him with everything we have or her. Go at the candidate with everything weve got because ths now, you know, senator mcconnell has said, lets not lets not use the filibuster. But they dont come with clean hands having delayed garland for a year. Further more, i was the person when the rules were changed back a few years ago when leader reed changed the rules, i said, lets not do the supreme court. We still do, because we should get bipartisan support. So i hope both President Trump and leader mcconnell would recognize those facts. All right. Senator chuck schumer, i have to leave it there. Democrat from new york. The new Senate Democratic leader. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. I did that on friday. As the interview was airing, donald trump tweeted the following about chuck schumer. I have always had a Good Relationship with chuck schumer. 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Theres no question that romney brings a different face because he is the epitome of goodness and would be, i think, a very smart move for trump to put him up front as the face to the rest of the world. As somebody joked, if you took an American Flag and turned it into a human being, it would look like mitt romney. You have to have a Good Relationship though with the National Security i bring this up, thomas, as somebody who covered plenty of white house and international affairs. Mike flynn has been described this is by former colleagues, people that worked with him, they did it anonymously. You have covered general flynn back in the days of the first afghanistan surge. What do you know of him . I have seen general flynn in iraq, afghanistan, washington at who has been tweeting. I had many encounters with him or several in his job as one of the most intelligent intelligent officers we have had. He and Stan Mccrystal together created the killing machine that took down al qaeda in iraq. They did it in an amazing way, leveraging big data. They would take down a terrorist leader, take his computer and cell phone and pour it into a computer, find links and do one raid and another an mike flynn is a serious, intelligent guy. Qualified . The old mike flynn, definitely. I dont know the new mike flynn. Yeah. I would say the new mike flynn is deeply worrying. Thats who we have seen for the last year. Someone who has attacked muslims as awe group, someone who has tweeted also from the alt right, basically things that seem racist on their face. And also, in a more disturbing actually as a lobbyist been getting security briefings. He is a lobbyist for foreign entities, Foreign Companies that are linked to foreign governments and has been receiving briefings while he is doing that. I think in it the drain the swamp concern, theres something still there. One thing on flynn, were talking about list world view and combative personality. But his association with trump, how close he is, its revealing about this whole transition. He is there because he is loyal. He was one of the early people who would go up to the top of t foreign aaffairs. Flynn was in the running for vp because he was there early. What we should learn here . Im talking about, a team of rivals or is is it going to be loyalists . National security, you have to have a secretary of state, a secretary of defense that are able to Work Together and are basically aligned on their priorities. They need to be aligned. They have to be basically like an a that feels it doesnt