Good morning, everyone. It is friday, december th, im alex witt alongside ali velshi and louis burgdorf. Amid adding new cabinet selections, president elect donald trump went to des moines, iowa, last night where he and Vice President elect pence sell blated their victory. It was the same city as his First Campaign event for his official announcement, as well as the state he nearly lost in his first contest. Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in iowa over nine points and a crowd of over 5,000 greeted him in des moines. Im here today for one main reason, to say thank you to the great, great people of iowa. You went out and pounded, i mean pounded the pavement. I also want to take this opportunity to thank your great senators. They are tremendous. Two tremendous people. They never wavered. We had some people, they would waver, right, waver, and as long as they came back some time prior to the vote, they are all right, but we dont like people that waver, right . Those two didnt waver. Preside
They can raise american wages and fight for american workers. Mr. Puzders case shows exactly the opposite. So if, in fact, president elect trump does tap him for labor secretary, there could be some fierce opposition. Meanwhile, were also paying close attention to mitt romney. He is in new york today, kate, not to meet with the president elect, but instead hes giving a speech, and, of course, hes one of the names who has been batted about for secretary of state, and we know that the president elect has expanded his search. So he still one of the top contenders for that position . Not necessarily. The Transition Team saying that it is an incredibly important position so they are going to take their time. The president elect not going to name anyone until he feels as though hes made the right choice, kate. Kristin welker outside trump tower. Thanks so much. Right now donald trump is on his way to ohio state univerty. Hes going there to meet with victs and First Responders of that novembe
Reason. To say thank you to the great, great people of iowa. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 43 days until donald trump takes the oath of office. He announces more members of his team today, but what do his cabinet picks tell us about what hell really be like as president . Plus, the last Great American hero, how john glenns courage inspired america. Lets start off, though, with cnns jeff zeleny in des moines for us tonight. Jeff . Reporter don, daybyday, we are getting more word of who will be in Donald Trumps cabinet. Hes adding more names to the list. He is nearly three quarters of the way finished with his cabinet. At least the nominations. Of course, they all have to be confirmed by the senate. Tonight in iowa, he focused specifically on the epa. Scott pruitt is the Oklahoma Attorney general. He is a denier of Climate Change and he has led the way against many obamaera regulations. Donald trump tonight touted that as a very good thing. We are going to end the epa intrusion into
Reason, to say thank you to the great, great people of iowa. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. 43 days until donald trump takes the oath of office. He announces more members of his team today. But what do his cabinet picks tell us about what hell really be like as president . Plus, the last Great American hero, how john glenns courage inspired america. Lets start off with cnn jeff zeleny in des moines for us. Jeff. Reporter don, day by day we are getting more word of who will be in Donald Trumps cabinets. He is adding more names to the list. He is nearly threequarters of the way finished with his cabinet, at least the nominations. Of course they all have to be confirmed by the senate. Tonight in iowa he focused on the epa. Scott pruitt is Oklahoma Attorney general, he is a denier of Climate Change and led the way against many obamaera regulations. Donald trump touted it tonight as a good thing. We are going to end the epa intrusion into your lives. [cheers]. On energy, we will cancel
From the most important swing state in the country. Im very high on this country and what it can do, what it can stand for, even with its problems now. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening, im chuck todd here in washington and welcome to mtp daily. In just a moment were going to pay tribute to an American Hero, an aviation icon and u. S. Senator. John glenn, who passed away today at the age of 95, is a true icon of American History in so many ways. Glenns decades of service to this country took him around the world as a marine fighter pilot, took him around this planet in space. First man to orbit the earth, First American to do so, excuse me. And, of course, to washington as a senator representing the great state of ohio, his home state. So you wont want to miss our remembrances of him later in the show. But were going to begin tonight with the president ial transition and a question of influence. Politics is war. And right now everyone from World Leaders to local u