from kiav to berlin and the admiral stepped down from his job tweeting, my comments regarding the security political situation during a think tank round table in india were my personal thoughts and opinion at the moment. they in no way whatsoever reflect the official position of the ministry of defense and the german army. as russian troops continue to maneuver close to ukraine s borders liberal radio station in has cow found 15% of listeners think military action in this case is very likely 27% think it is likely and 58% think that it is unlikely. now, of course, the u.s. has been saying all along, mike, as you know that there are options other than military activity or an incursion into ukraine that can have profound consequences and can be very destabilizing and one of them can be an idea
native-inspired shoes for more than 75 years now face facing backlash. the ceo is promising to do more to honor the native american culture. ainsley? ainsley: thank you so much. jen psaki ducking questions about hunter biden and his high- priced art deals. listen. for $75,000 each, i was hoping you could say the white house news to purchase the print s. i know this is your favorite topic, but again, it still is the perview, we still do not know, and will not know who purchases any paintings. did you have another question on something else otherwise we re moving on to another topic. ainsley: an obama-era ethics chief calling her out, walter sh ob tweeting, it s disappointing to hear her send a message that the white house thinks the public has no right to ask about ethics, after the last four years, these questions have never been more important. here to react fox news contributor lara trump.
year s end. doug mcelway joins us live with the latest on all this. good morning. good morning. so is there a frontrunner for the chief of staff job? at this point not that we can discern. the presumed frontrunner for the job, nick ayers, has declined to take the job tweeting thank you at real donald trump. i will be departing at the end of the year but work with the team to advance the cause. ayers is a new father, the father of triplets, which is an extremely difficult job under the best of circumstances and given the pressures of what is often described as the most difficult job in all of washington, the white house chief of staff, it s perhaps understand able he would not want the job. the other explanation possibly is he doesn t want to step into the maelstrom which exists what we know about president trump s style.
with a lot of patients from that area, and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we have weak inner cities. earlier in the day president-elect tweeted, i m seriously considering dr. ben carson as the head of hud. i ve gotten to know him well, he s a greatly talented person who loves people. a week ago carson s camp cast doubt that he d have a position. dr. carson was never offered a specific position, but everything was open to him. continues, dr. carson feels he has no government experience, he s never run a federal agency. the last thing he d want to do is take a position that could cripple the presidency. former chancellor of washington, d.c., schools, michelle rhee, cleared speculation she was up for a job tweeting that she is not pursuing a position with the administration, though she appreciated having the opportunity to share her
white house with a story just in to cnn. jessica, what do you know? reporter: a senior administration official tells cnn that a senior member of the network has been killed. it happened overnight earlier today in north waziristan, pakistan. and a man by the name of, we re told played a central role in helping the hackani network attack u.s. targets in kabul and south eastern afghanistan. that he was killed in a part of pakistan. and this is considered a safe haven for the haqqani network. they say he is the most senior leader in pakistan to be taken off the battlefield. as you know, the haqqani network considered a terrorist organization linked to the taliban and blamed by u.s. officials for the attack on the u.s. embassy as well as the attack on u.s. troops among other attacks. let me ask but other attacks. i know the president greeted his counterpart in south korea. you hit him hard with some questions about not only iran but also the u.s. economy. on the economy, you a