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President obama stood in the days and weeks following his election tells a different story. obama had at least five posts filled by december 1st after being elected on november 4th, 2008, including his secretary of state, which was, of course, hillary clinton. who will be trump s secretary of state? well, that is still the big question of the day, at meetings continue in trump tower. the president-elect making several appearances in the lobby of the transition headquarters today. he s meeting with exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson, another man under krrgs for that all-important post. chris is a democratic strategist and ceo of park street strategy. steve, the first one to you. you just heard governor pence say the transition was happening at record speed, but that isn t quite true. insiders are reportedly concerned trump is focusing more on personnel than policy. could this hurt his efforts to govern in the long run, in your opinion, steve? no, you know, indicakaty, i ....
Thank you. i ll see you soon, okay? donald trump right there. you can see it wasn t much longer than what we had, introducing the softbank masa of japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in u.s. towards businesses and 50,000 new jobs. also tweeting that. let s go back to kristen welker outside of trump tower. this is the second time he s come down and addressed reporters. it s pretty unusual for him we know he hasn t had a press conference since july. that is, quite a bit longer than anyone who has won the presidency in the past. president obama had a press conference pretty quickly after he had won. the campaign, though, says they re going their progress is going along well in terms of appointing cabinet positions. can you talk to me a little bit more about secretary of state and who is in real contention at the moment? is rudy giuliani still in the ....
trump speaking with the press very briefly. we ll get a little more information on what he was talking about. they ve got to work that out. we ll find out what donald trump is referring to. let s go live to kristen welker in front of trump tower. talk to me about where donald trump stands in the transition and do you have any idea who this man is that s speaking to cameras right now? reporter: you know, i don t, katy, i can t see the shot right now. we do know he was speaking to a whole host of people. as soon as we get a name, i ll update you. he s been holding some high-level meetings today, including with rex tillerson, the ceo of exxon mobile, a possible candidate for secretary of state. he s also scheduled to meet with former secretary of state henry kissinger. that comes on the heals of kissinger visiting china and also on that controversial call ....
Answering tough questions. senator bob corker is a name that gets mentioned over and over again, john bolton, former u.n. ambassador. the list is long. he s meeting with rex tillerson as well. we had heard about jon huntsman but we understand he s not in serious contention and has no plans to meet with the president-elect. here s the takeaway, transition officials insist the president-elect is not in a rush to make this decision. he wants to make the right one. kristen welker outside of trump tower. go get warm. let s go to fayetteville, north carolina, nbc senior white house correspondent chris jansing is there. that s where president obama will make the excuse me, that s where donald trump will make a stop on his thank-you tour and also where the president the president will be in tampa the next hour. he s going to be giving his own speech on terrorism and national security. these are dueling speeches, we can say between the two men today. what can you tell me about what we e ....
And he took you know, he let me come here and be a part of a community. and that s all we were trying to do, is build community. reporter: jose, thank you so much for joining us. so sorry to hear what happened and good luck to you, sir. this investigation is now going to go into full swing. the atf is on scene. the da s office working in concert with the atf to determine whether or not there was any sort of criminal activity and then who is to blame for that. of course, the building manager is a large focus of that investigation. back to you, katy. nbc s steve patterson in oakland. we want to go live to trump tower right now. donald trump is speaking with the press. we ll take a listen. and he s one of the great men of industry, so i just want to thank you very much. thank you, thank you. thank you very much. if you d like to speak to him, you can, but one of the truly great men. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you so much. you may want to say hello. i ll see ....