Back home, mike pence for vp. But dana bash reports that trump was talked into it and wanted to unask him. How is this going to play out . Plus, trumps showbusiness Style Convention promises for compelling tv, but what about the ultraconservative planks in the partys platform . But first, hello cleveland. How do you protect the convention and the city in todays fraught political atmosphere . The head of the Cleveland Police Union Stephen loomis has warned they are setting up my guys for failure. Joining me Stephen Loomis and someone with perfect past experience, Jonathan Wackrow who has worked counter surveillance at seven different conventions of both parties. Steven, let me begin with you, my understanding is i cant bring tennis balls into the perimeter surrounding the convention. I cannot bring a can of tuna. It is raining today, i cant bring an umbrella with a metal tip on the end but perhaps i can carry an ar15. What is going on . Thats absolutely insanity to me. This is an open c
All of this as a major rift emerges in the trump Transition Team. One of its closest advisers openly questioning why mitt romney is on trumps short list to be secretary of state. Weve got all the angles covered for you with our team of political reporters. But lets begin with cnns senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. Hi, jeff. Good morning, carol. To bring you up to speed a little bit here in case you havent been following all the recounts back and forth over the weekend, a, the election is over. B, there is some reexamination, if you will, of some of these votes specifically starting in wisconsin potentially later this week. Its all because of the Green Party Candidate jill stein whos been raising money to try and have that vote looked at again in wisconsin. Now donald trump won wisconsin by some 27,000 or so votes. So the wisconsin officials are going to be meeting later this morning to start discussing a recount here that she is paying for. The Clinton Campaign over the week
This november when we go to the polls, that is what were deciding. Not democrat or republican, not left or right, no, in this election and every election is about who will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives. Trust, you could hear it there, trust a key word from Michelle Obama. Unity a key word for Bernie Sanders. This election is about which candidate understands the real problems facing this country and has offered real solutions. By these measures, any objective observer will conclude that based on her ideas and her leadership, Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States. Team clinton was grateful for that. But it was not all kumbayya. The comedian Sarah Silverman responded to cheers and jeers when she said its time to rally around Hillary Clinton. Unity, unity, unity. The bernie can i just say to the bernie or bust people, youre being ridiculous. That one of the many priceless moments on day one. With us to sh
Election, a powerful campaign was to disrupt the election with a flood of fake news. Killed by isis and American Service members, is killed fighting isis in syria. The first to die in that country since u. S. Special ops forces began advising rebels. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im briana keeler. You are in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, donald trump makes key staff picks, but the fight continues within his team over the secretary of state job. The president elect is named Campaign Lawyer don mcgann as white house council. He will have the grapple with conflicts of interest over the business empire. K. T. Mcfarland held posts in three association, will be deputy appoint adviser. It comes within an open split in the secretary of state post. 2012 nominee mitt romney, a harsh trump critic is a candidate. But so is former new york mayor Rudy Guiliani, an outspoken trump supporter. There is strong resistance from loyalists. Sources say they spoke over thanksgivi
He will break ties with his many businesses so he can focus on running the country. Trump made that announcement in a series of Early Morning tweets one of those tweets says he will unveil the details of all of this during a december 15th news conference. All of this after mitt romney, whos under consideration for secretary of state, breaks bread with trump at a posh new york city restaurant inside Trumps International hotel. All right. So, were coverig all of these angles with our team of reporters. Lets begin with cnns sara murray. Good morning. Good morning, carol. Lots of news this morning. And today, trumps Transition Team has just made it official that they have chosen Steve Mnuchin as the next treasury secretary. This is really a loyalty pick for donald trump. This is a guy who was his Campaign Finance chairman whos been a close economic adviser now hes the pick for treasury. But of course hes going to face some scrutiny. He also was a Goldman Sachs banker, made some money off t