Rebels and government. And assad will control the four major cities. Alep aleppo and others. But he doesnt control the whole country. He says he wants it back. Certainly in the days ahead, we can expect many more. Hours of fighting. And an increasing death toll, sadly. Im joined now by bob corker of tennessee. Senator corker, if you had to give advice on an intimate basis with the colonel president , or the incoming president , what would you tell him to do to try to stop this horror . Well, look. Weve been giving advice for four or five years, chris. This was said to be on the front end of the conflict. It is a blight on human kind. At this point, the story as it relates to Western Syria is mostly written. And what will happen will be determined by russia who stepped in, and iran. And certainly assad. So this is a disaster weve known he is torturing his own people. Youve seen the Holocaust Museum of caesar who was documenting this. Cutting peoples genitals off. It has been going on for a long time. It is as if people are beginning to wake up to whats occurred. As far as advice goes, russia will determine the outcome and the western part. So the real decision is on the eastern part. Where isis is. Are we going to team one the turks . With the arabs . Who are in conjunction the
kurds . Or do we do something in coordination with russia . The real whats left is the isis component. We unfortunately led these rebels on. We told them what we were going to do. We cheered them on. We held their coats. And this is what is left. What would you have done in . It was what was done with secretary clinton. That was to attempt to really give the moderate rebels, when there was a moderate rebel group, what they needed to push back. When the kept weapons were used, the Free Syrian Army was on the move. They had momentum. When we decided not to carry out
that operation to push back, it depleted their montum. It left them in many ways lifeless. That we would not do what women. So there has been a series of efforts. We had the opportunity to create a nofly zone along the southern border of turkey and aleppo. It doesnt do any good. It is a shame. Russia is in there. Russia is not going away. How do we move russia to bring down assad . Youre not going to. It wont happen. The thing can happen is we can hope that we can bring the arabs to the table. Theyre concerned about iranian influence. And we can hope to negotiate over time. After years and years and years, but at this point, Russia Controls what will happen in that area. The next president lets look at the next president. He is not sullied by the lack of decisions that have been made. Knew exfocus on the isis on it. He has advocated during the campaign a stronger role from Vladimir Putin and even bashar assad. Lets watch trump in action. If putin wants to go, i cant understand how anybody would be against it. Ive been looking at the different players and ive been watching and ive been pretty good with this over the years. Deals are people. Im looking at assad and saying maybe he is better than the kind of people were supposed to be backing. Your reaction . Well, look. Russia is hitting the folk that we have been supporting for years. In some cases, theyre mixed in. But their focus has not been on isis. So the real decision will be, as i mentioned earlier, how do we go forward . Do we try to do something . Do we try to do so with the kurd era . The coalition has been put together. Thats the decision that he has to make. Would you support john bolton in
a top position in the new government . John bolton . I have made no comments on nominees until theyre actually nominated. So lets see what happens. I understand. Look. It is a nomination that has been controversial in the past. Ive never really sat down and talking to john bolton oneonone. Until someone is nominated, i dont like to weigh in. How about the proposal to move the capital to jerusalem . Its always been talked about but never been done. Candidly, ive talk to the israelis about it. And i think there is a way to communicate the moving of the embassy. What we have is a kons hat now that only works on the palestinian side. I think theres a way of doing it if you communicate that youre still hoping and working toward a twostate solution. So i know he campaigned on it. I think it would be something at this point that could not be negative and could be very positive moving things along. So my guess is they will move in that direction. I disagree but thats your right. Yesterday, the ambassador said they are responsible. To the assad regime, russia and iran, three member states, behind the conquest of and carnage in aleppo, you bear responsibility for these atrocities. When one day there is a full accounting of the horrors committed in this aassault of aleppo, and that day will come sooner rather than later, you will not be able to say you did not know what was happening or you were not involved. We all know what was happening and we all know you were involved. It should shame you. Instead, by all appearances, it is emboldening you. Are you truly incapable of shame . Is there no act of barbarism against civilians . No execution of a child that gets unltd your skin, that creeps you out a little bit . Is there nothing you will not lie about or justify . Thats the u. S. Ambassador to the united nations. Im joined by bob casey, democrat from pennsylvania. I was not getting a lot of response from your chairman, senator corker, about what we can do right now. We see the pictures coming from aleppo. Can we leverage it . To petition the country . What can we do to stop the fighting. Certainly, we can be continuing to make the efforts. That i know the administration has made and secretary kerry has
worked to get more humanitarian aid on the ground and deliver it. And i know thats an ongoing effort. I dont know how to place a metric on that in terms of success or failure but i know theyre trying very hard. And certainly the russians have been, most of the time, have not been cooperative. Other times they have been cooperative. Lately i think Samantha Powers is right. Not just aleppo but all throughout syria. But right now, the most important thing is to focus on getting that humanitarian aid and to focus on, as i will, the new congress. Marco rubio and i, the far from florida, we have legislation that weve introduced that focuses on sanctioning. But also, focusing intensively on getting humanitarian aid
there. Heres what a form he Energy Minister told engel about the Incoming Administration. Lets watch this. The Trump Election and the new administration the way it is being shaped. It is a gift. He couldnt have dreamed about that a few months ago. So trump and his team are a gift. How do you react to that in. It is a reality that i think concerns not only me but a lot of the American People. You have this fascination that the President Elect seems to have with Vladimir Putin. I hope that when he is president , after he takes oath of office, i hope he makes it very clear to the American People that he will be very tough with russia. Hold them accountable when they everybody gauge in the kind of
activity theyve engaged in in syria. And i think the way he should view Vladimir Putin is the way i view him. As close to a 24hour bad guy as you go get in the world stage. Constantly intervening. Even in our elections as we know now from good reporting. I hope the President Elect will have a different approach. Two tough questions. John bolton for any top position. Would you support him . The man, one of the top hawks in the iraq war. Your thoughts. It would be very difficult for me to support him. I dont know what will happen in terms of the nomination. What about the idea, not the idea but the reality of moving our embassy to jerusalem. Is that something that would be good for our relations over there . I would hope that we could but i dont think thats likely to happen. Well see what the Incoming Administration does. I hope it doesnt happen. It would be cataclysmic. It seems like paul ryan and donald trump are pals now. He said he is like a fine wine. It gets better with time. Thats ahead. Plus, the hardball round table. Can the stars of the movie, the true story of three africanamerican women, math ma additions. And they composed the films amazing sound track. Finally let me finish with one of my sources. A political guy from boston who saw the election result coming. This is hardball. A place for politics. My business was built with passion. But i keep it growing by making every dollar count. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. With it, i earn unlimited 2 cash back on all of my purchasing. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Which adds fuel to my bottom line. Whats in your wallet . Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Choices for the top four positions in the Incoming Trump cabinet. The real plum jobs are all going to white men. The first time thats happen, on this has happened since 1989. [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a rodent ridealong. [dad] alright, buddy, dont forget anything [kid] i wont, dad. [captain rod] happy Tuesday Morning captain rod here. Its pretty hairy out on the interstate. Traffic is
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ive come the appreciate them of speaker paul ryan. Where is he . He has been terrific. And honestly, he is like a fine wine. Every day goes by. I get to appreciate his genius more and more. If he ever goes against me, i wont say that. Okay . We have some Amazing Things in store. Were going to work on taxes and obamacare and he will lead the way. Were going to work on the wall, paul. See . The old favorites. The golden oldies. The wall. While trump appeared to put ryan on notice last night with their newly forged friendship, it produced big results. And Jeremy Peters is with the new york times. Lets talk about this. It really gets to the heart of what will get done. He said, well, he wont approve a spending bill. Will paul ryan grew he some grand economic deal . Or will nothing get done . He has to. Lets be honest. Paul ryan at some point made calculated risk that trump wont win. What ryan has said since then, he has spoken to people that we havent been. The key from that footage that you showed, you have to understand. A lot of Trump Supporters are not necessarily republican supporters. Theyre Trump Supporters. And ryan needs them. At the same time, President Elect needs ryan. It is an arranged marriage that you i think it will work. Theyre hoping to get the country rolling again. Big Economic Opportunities for everybody. If they dont pass a bill, road building, bridge building, spending money, hiring people, it is all bs if he doesnt do that. Will everything along with it . Ryan is governance. Thats what he is in place to do. Building bridges. The nation needs infrastructure. We have crumbling roads and bridges and buildings. But at the same time, donald trump said this on the campaign trail. And to make him successful, these two frenemies have to work. And paul ryan is the one to help find the ways and means to make it happen. Will he force trump in every case, pay for this. Pay for this. Raise taxes to pay for this. It is a very hard thing to do. If you stip hate the economy. Trump wants to cut a lot of taxes and spend money. Will they try conduct a scheme like they did . With the gas tax and call it a Highway User Fee . There will be a way to pay for this. Yes. It will have to be done in a way that will be palatable to the Grover Norquists of the world. Whats wrong with borrowing the money . Trump bonds. Get them to go out and sell trump bonds. This is where the Cabinet Secretaries will play a key role. His labor secretary. They are going to be deeply involved. Elaine chao . The wife of . Mitch mcconnell. This was all very well thought of. Do you think he got the spouse to get the spouse . Do you think trump has figured this out . Lets point out that she does have experience. I just saw her last night. Im saying, was he thinking of this marital connection . It was her ability to shepherd it through congress. It is a different story. His politics is business and he knows, thats what you do. You final common ground. Politico reported that Donald Trumps son, donald jr. , sat in on the interviews and made calls to candidates according to sources familiar with the process. Montana congressman ryan zinke was offered the post tuesday. It was an outdoor. He said the only job in government i would want is department of the interior. Ends the issues. It is something i will be passionate about. No one gets him more than us. Thats the kid talking. The Transition Team has been very transparent that donald trump jr. Is on the Transition Team. He is someone who is helping us form this. It only makes expense the Transition Team member was active in the process. Well, you know, trump does listen to other people for advice. It took him a while to pick the new secretary of state designate. But he uses his kids. Can he get away as using his kids in the midst of a presidency . I think he will do it and try to figure it out later. I dont think that it matters to him. This is what he has always done. It speaks to how trump doesnt really change. Will he stop tweeting now that hes become president . Of course not. Will he stop going after his
rivals . Of course not. How does that affect our operation in india in any time he is talking about indiana, he is talking about Indian Tribes or anything. How does that affect the operation . Donald trump is falling back on who he is. It is about business. His children very strategic for him. We saw it today when he had a tech meeting. All three were in the meeting. And trump falls back on that. He is trying on final Business Solutions to our everyday problems. Can you put your children in a blind trust . The stocks have to be in a blind trust. The children cannot be in charge of a blind trust. They cant be in one either. If you look through campaign, every time the kids got involved, they help make better decisions. Not worse. So he could put up with bad press. You would say risk taking is heat for conflict. Governance will win out. What happens when all those Trump Buildings become targets for the bad guys . Heres a way to hit america. The hardball roundtable is staying with us. And always, the star studded this is great stuff. The new about to come out movie. Hidden figures. Theyre all coming to hardball to talk about three africanamerican mathematicians who worked Behind The Scenes to get Space Program off the ground. It really happened. We should have known about it 50 years ago. World ugly and messy. They are the natural born eneyes, ideas are scary,are. And messy and fragile. But under the proper care, they become something beautiful. You totanobodys hurt, new car. But there will still be pain. It comes when your Insurance Company says theyll only pay threequarters of what it takes to replace it. What are you supposed to do . Drive threequarters of a car . Now if you had Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, youd get your whole car back. I guess they dont want you driving around on three wheels. Smart. With Liberty Mutual new car replacement™, well replace the full value of your car. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Love or like . Naughty or nice . Calm or bright . But at bedtime. Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, designed to let couples sleep together in individualized comfort. Sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. She likes the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow give the gift of amazing sleep. Only at a sleep number store, right now find the lowest payments ever on all beds. Hurry, ends sunday. Know better sleep with sleep number. Gaviscon is a proven heartburn remedy that gives you fastacting, longlasting relief. It immediately neutralizes acid and only gaviscon helps keep acid down for hours. For fastacting, longlasting relief, try doctorrecommended gaviscon. Bill clinton was a investigatoration reader. George w. Bush had people come in and give them, and now president obama read as well as takes the briefings. So we understand donald trump does not like to read much. So we are expecting it will be catered to him. Senior sources on capitol hill. It seems like Rex Tillerson will be fine. Fine doesnt mean the process will be pleasant or not bumpy. If i dont see you again, merry christmas. Still ahead interesting stars of the movie, Hidden Figures. Stick around. This is great stuff. Octavius spencer, Kevin Costner. To plant around the power lines. We want to keep the power on for our customers. We want to keep our community safe. This is our community, this is where we live. We need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to