kellyanne conway, former campaign manager, senior adviser of the transition. maybe she is going to watch it in d.c. she joins us now from trump tower. what is the proper line for donald trump to draw regarding his business interests when he becomes president? >> whatever the legal lines dictate, of course. he will comply with all of that. he has made clear all along that his adult children will be managing the family business. obviously, these are not entry-level positions. they are already respective executives within the business, in charge of building things, acquiring things. you have seen their handiwork in the old post office building in d.c., a great example of under budget, on time work that these adult children do, and they will do that. he has made that clear. he has a team of advisers and lawyers who make sure he complies with the law. mark: president obama suggested that complying with the law is not a good enough standard. is he just going to comply with the law or will he worry about appearances, if there is an intersection between public action

he's boxed more than kellyanne conway. he boxed trump in by saying this is the only job i want. >> who does that? >> in the last 90 days of the campaign, there's no doubt that he earned trump's loyalty. i think they're going to find some other way to pay him back. >> he should be ambassador to italy. he should be ambassador to court of st. james. he should get a high end ambassador position. >> i'm of the view that the senate republicans are not going to run super rigorous confirmation hearings about most people. i do believe that rudy giuliani would have a hard time getting confirmed. and david petraeus might have a hard time getting confirmed as well. >> i think they have the numbers on that. >> they think they have the numbers. you never know until this thing takes off. and once it takes off, it could get very ugly. >> i'll say one more thing about romney. i think there are other names in the mix and romney will not apologize and may be a factor. trump likes the notion of romney going around the world to foreign capital

mark kellyanne conway, thank : you. we will be right back. ♪ mark: it wasn't just the potential trump administration officials at the tower today. the president-elect held off the record conversations with major media types, including network executives and lester holt, and charlie rose. including wolf blitzer and george stephanopoulos. "the new york post" reported tonight that the meeting did not go all that well. they said trump occasionally lashed out at some of the participants. kellyanne conway denied that a few moments ago. trump has done only one one-on-one interview since he became president elect. he has done no press conferences. he has not done any victory rallies, no thank you tour or veterans day events or indoor photo ops since he became the next leader of these united states. so far, every person he has hired for his white house team or proposed for the cabinet has been announced by written statement. kellyanne conway said his punishing schedule is just too packed for him to make public appearances. do

>>> donald trump's transition is a chaotic mess, kellyanne conway's weighs in and why the journalists she deals with totally misjudged the election. >> unequivocally and unprovable. if you quantify the analyses that were performed before the election, you will quickly see story after story, the path is narrow, the path is over, there is no 270. >> the media meanwhile ratcheting up their criticism of the president-elect. >> sources tell cnn there's infighting and chaos and the trump insiders didn't care about the transition because nobody thought they were going to win. >> week two, the media is talking about disarray, everything is going to hell. it's not even a month. >> the start of the trump administration is wobblier and weirder than i think anyone expected or imagined. >> and outrage that trump ditched his press pool to take his wife to dinner. with new appointments now for attorney general and national security advisor, are news organizations giving trump and his team a fair shot? megyn kelly on tough personal and professional challenges, including her long and bitter battle wit

he had steve bannon as well as kellyanne conway on staff. and what steve did was sort of, as you mentioned, he was the outsider. that populist theme that helped turn states like wisconsin that haven't gone republican since 1984 red. that's what steve bannon did. but kellyanne conway served alongside governor pence as the connective tissue to a republican that donald trump knew he needed to win. he ended up getting 95% of republicans which is part of the reason why he was able to win including turning some of those counties that went obama twice republican as well. that's what reince priebus will do, is that connective tissue to congress and republicans that he needs to get some of these big policy initiatives done. the senate, that's razor thin margins. he needs him to get these things done. >> one thing i really like about this reince pick, this is a man had has demonstrated the ability to keep different factions of the gop together. tea parties, trump supporters, establishment gops. >> evangelicals. >> all these pockets that at some point

kellyanne conway denied that a couple moments ago. done a one-on-one camera interview since becoming president elect. any press held conferences, and has not done any victory rallies or thank you to her or veterans day event or .ven in your photo ops so far, every person he has hired for his white house team or proposed for the cabinet has been announced by written statement. you heard kellyanne conway that trumps punishing scheduling was just packed. do you buy the notion he is too busy doing other things, or is there another reason he is staying off camera? >> i do not buy the notion that he is too busy to do some thing on camera, just because all president-elect are busy. when i asked kelly and about this, i was not arguing for press conferences per se, although i think it will be good if you did something. to your point earlier in the -- itthese appointments would benefit him to contextualize them, to give the argument for these somewhat controversial people. michael flynn is controversial. jeff sessions is controversial. for that

steve bannon and kellyanne conway on staff. what steve did was as you mentioned, the outsider, the populist theme that helped donald trump turn states wisconsin that have not gone republican since 1948, turned it red and that is what steve bannon did and kellyanne cone served alongside with governor pence conducting the republicans that donald trump knew he needed to win. he got 90% of republicans which is part of the reason he was able to win the way that he did including turning some of the counties that went for obama, twice, republican as well and that is what reince priebus is going to do, serve as the connection to congress and to the republicans he needs to get the policy initiatives done. you look at senate, those are thin margins republicans have for majorities so he needs to keep the conference in line to get these things done. >> what i like like areince thin has the ability to keep different factions of the g.o.p. faction together including establishment and evangelicals, and at some point, those against the going w

do you share that assessment and kellyanne conway's assessments? >> they will have to determine loyalty. the statements he made during the campaign were combative and harsh, but as we saw at the end of it, ted cruz turned around and they had harsh words as well. ted cruz has been in which has been well publicized to advise the team into good ideas and policy issues. we will work together in the white house in the days ahead. you can mend fences on it, but loyalty is important. who is the best qualified is the primary consideration. >> thank you so much for your perspective. we appreciate it. >> glad to be with you. >> we have an all-star panel. a super lawyer and analyst as the senior adviser for moveon.org. thanks to all of you for being here. there is a lot to get to. let's talk about this recount. you have the green party and the clinton campaign joining and starting with this recount, do you think anything changes? >> it would be unprecedented for a recount. to swing the results in all states seems quite improbable. even jill stein said she doe

kellyanne conway denied that a few moments ago. trump has done only one one-on-one interview since he became president elect. he has done no press conferences. he has not done any victory rallies, no thank you tour or veterans events or indoor photo ops since he became the next leader of these united states. so far every person he's selected for the cabinet as -- has been announced by written statement. kellyanne conway said his schedule is to pack for him to make public appearances. do you buy that, or is there some other reason he's staying off camera? john: i do not buy the notion that he's too busy to do some things on camera just because all presidents are busy and they still find time to do a press conference. i was not arguing for press conferences, per se, although i think it would be good if he did them. he han't done a speech, hasn't done any of the things you just mentioned. i just think these appointments -- it would benefit him to explain them, contextualize them, make the argument for them. a controversial guy. jeff s

kellyanne conway was critical of former candidate mitt romney as possible u.s. secretary of state. >> the first job of any secretary of state is to support and work directly for and advise the president for whom you work. i felt compelled to mention it because it's just breath taking in scope and intensity the type of messages i received from all over the country. and i'm just me, not donald trump, the number of people who feel betrayed to think that a governor romney would get the most prominent cabinet post after he went so far out of his way to hurt donald trump, there was the never trump movement and mitt romney. he gave speeches against donald trump and attacked his character. i never heard him come out and say, i have a problem with x, y and z. but that 25 million job creation plan over the next ten years is something to look at. the factual reduce the capital gains tax and tax on employers and businesses, none of that was ever said. and his -- i mean the romney consultants were the worst to all of it including mr. trump. the twitter feeds were complete an

kellyanne conway denied that a few moments ago. trump has done only one one-on-one interview on camera since he became president-elect. he has done no press conferences and he has not done any victory rallies, no thank you tour, no veterans day event or in-door photo op since he became the next leader of these united states. so far, every person he's hired for his white house team or proposed to the cabinet has been announced by a written statement. you heard kellyanne conway, just a few minutes ago, say that trump's, quote, punishing schedule was just too packed for him to make public paesappearan now. john, do you buy the notion he's too busy doing other things or is there some other reason he's staying off camera? >> i do not buy the notion that he's too busy to do some things on camera, because all president-elects are busy and many have found time in the past to address the american people and do a press conference. i was not arguing for press conferences, per se, although it would be good if he did them. he hasn't done a spee

do you put any credence to this notion at kellyanne conway went rogue? she doesn't seem like the going rogue type. >> absolutely not. she did not go rogue. i was at trump tower today, i know her well, know donald trump well. everything kellyanne conway does is with the blessing of donald trump. donald trump was happy with her position that she took. >> what would be his motivation for wanting her to publicly state -- >> especially knowing that romney is coming over there tomorrow. the position is that he has not been loyal to him, giuliani has. i can tell you the staff there is very behind giuliani and that includes kellyanne. however, donald trump was asked today in a meeting, i was not in this meeting, but he was asked in a meeting that was repeated to me, are you really irritated with kellyanne? he said, absolutely not, i love kellyanne. everybody else said she does not do anything that's not sanctioned by mr. trump. the rationale for him to do that is to let it be known out there to people who are seeing romney come in, look, i understand all your pr

kellyanne conway. president-elect trump said in his statement about fidel castro's death that his administration will do all it can to ensure the cuban people can begin their journey toward prosperity and liberty but also obama's opening to cuba. how will ending diplomatic relations and pulling american businesses out help achieve prosperity and liberty. >> martha, first, thanks for having me. what president-elect trump was saying is that the first priority he has is to make sure the political prisoners are released and the people of cuba know economic and political and religious he is opened to researching and in fact resetting relations with cuba but his criticism of what has happened in the last couple years is simple. it's that we got nothing in return. that by reopening diplomatic relations with cuba, allowing commercial aircraft and the rest that we really got nothing in return. we didn't get those political prisoners releases or assurances that cubans who live on the island would be religiously

le. >> certainly some harsh words from kellyanne conway. a bizarre view that we know donald trump is actively considering mitt romney, as well as others, for that potential slot. now if you think that mitt romney has spent his weekend fretting over it, he certainly is not showing any sign of that on social media. take a look at this photo of him with his wife anne romney and his grandchildren saying no greater joy than making discoveries together with grandchildren. a little bit of a relaxing time for them on the beach as all of this drama plays out, carol. >> so strange. all right sara murray reporting live for us this morning. so let's talk about all this. a lot to talk about again this morning. with me now cnn political analyst and national political reporter for real clear politics rebecca berg and errol lewis cnn political commentatocommentator. welcome to both of you. we've got some hot news just in to cnn errol and rebecca. this is from cnn's dana bash you just heard what sara murray said about kellyanne conway trashing mitt romney.

first of all, robert, your reaction to what you heard from kellyanne conway? you were not a trump fan. >> i was not a trump fan. kellyanne conway is an old colleague and friend of mine. i agree with her to a point. there's something to be learned from the electorate, but there's economic anxiety out there. here is another question that america has to ask itself. where is that bright line? where is the bright line when it cops to offending gold star american s americans? when it comes to offending people with disabilities? when it comes to offending people that are perhaps of a different gender from you? people laughed at that stuff throughout this campaign. people embraced that stuff during the campaign. the question becomes, is that something that we have to learn from the american electorate this past tuesday? absolutely. who are we as a country? >> you are saying there was -- >> someone like a donald trump -- >> essentially, you are saying you believe there was a racist almost that drove some of the enthusiasm? is that a fair point? >> well, i think that's

i will talk to trump area former campaign manager kellyanne conway. >>> shades of 2000. the clinton campaign joins the effort to recount the vote in three states.

kelley a kellyanne conway right there, super smart. so they don't have their cabinet set in seven or eight days. >> neither did obama, the anointed one. great obama. double standard is nauseating. but it will always be a like this. this is what trump has it face. wikileaks showed us the media a immediamedia could lewded with hillary clinton's campaign. 90% of voters knew the media bias but didn't go along with it. >> unbelievable. did you expect new york times and washington post aep huff post would turn over a new leaf and be papers of you know, ethics that they would try and do a good job and be honest? no. they would continue to try to find something to pull apart again president-elect donald trump. they tried to say things that his transition is disarrayed. it is not. we talked about this on our show today. it is shameful. >> when we come back, judge janine piro. sebastian. but tonight. >> i think they will start with the biggest offices in the very near future. and certainly shortly after thanksgiving at the latest. >> newt gingri

as to kellyanne conway and other trump's aids over mitt romney. trump's aid sas said only one person is making the choice of secretary of state and that's donald trump. >> thank you, kelly. the internal debate over this. this is really leaked out of the public arena and the debate over. kellyanne conway gave this comment about mitt romney on "meet the press." take a look. >> people feel betrayed to think that governor romney went out of his way to question the character and the intellect and the integrity would be given the most significant cabinet of all, secretary of state. >> trump is furious of kellyanne conway trashing -- >> there are a dispute. there are allies of donald trump believe mitt romney among many other voices out in the republican party and a never trump movement that romney was a force of one, he and many of his aids and campaigns past were among the most direct and caustic towards donald trump. they had reasons for it and argued principles for it and call for people to not support donald trump and so those who went through all o

what donald trump decides kellyanne conway and everybody else will respect. it's just the -- the backlash from the grassroots -- >> the incoming whies chief-of-staff reince priebus sees things differently. >> it's not a matter of warfare. it is a sort of team of rivals concept if you were to go toward the governor romney concept but i think that should tell all americans about where president-elect's heads at which is a place that will put the best possible people together for all americans. >> part of mr. trump's thanksgiving in florida was spent asking club members who they thought should be the next secretary of state. romney or rudy giuliani. according to a report in the new york post. rudy giuliani was quoted over the holiday as, my knowledge of foreign policy is as good or better than anybody they're talking to and he is been by trump's side longer than just about anybody this campaign cycle. another earlier endorser, senator bob corker who would bring to the cabinet experience as the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. the parade of pro

here is kellyann conway. >> they listen. they learn. they see what the circumstancing are and he has even been talking to president obama. beyond the sit down they had 30 hours or so after president-elect trump won the election. they have been talking regularly on a number of issues. they talked just yesterday. if okay. so you have researched. is it possible president obama is is doing this to get reassurances that the work he has done won't be scrapped especially after president obama better explains all that he has done to him? >> yeah. if what conway is saying is true, and we don't know that. we haven't heard it confirmed. i think he is doing two things. he is doing as much as possible not to simply undo his legacy and to make an argument directly about what he has done. the second is to act as a president would in a time when m many people feel there is potential stability and to guide donald trump in the right direction. >> how normal are phone calls between a president and president elect? we know president obama described the tra

kellyanne conway. she said you can't appoint novices, we just elected one which is fine and he seems to realize inevitably that he sits atop an enormous republican party infrastructure. he has 4,000 policy making jobs to fill and they are going to come from the pool of the republican party which is thoroughly conservative, and from the intellectual infrastructure of the republican party, aei, other think tanks, herag what the swamp looks like that he wants to drain. for example, the office of civil rights and the department of education, which has been harassing colleges and universities without any legal warrant. furthermore, he does seem to be committed to the list of judges for the supreme court and for the rest of the federal judiciary. since 1971 when nixon finally supreme court there has been a conservative majority on the court. there will be a conservative majority nor at least 25 more years. final bit of evidence, jeb hensarling being talked about as treasury secretary, establishment republica

as you know, kellyanne conway, their central message. i would note i was, as others were, a little surprised right after the initial comey letter he didn't talk more about the fbi. he spent all of four minutes in that in addition press conference and subsequent press conferences did not spend all his time or as much as we thought he might. his message continues to be about corruption, jobs but that omission of not saying the fbi we'll see if he repeats that here as he looks to expand the map. the campaign says internal polling says michigan will ab big surprise. >> okay. jacob rascon on the road on the way to the trump rally. up next, how many times have you heard that word in connection with the presidential race. unprecedented. we've seen things, we're going to try to put them in perspective. stick around. welcome back. recapping breaking news all this afternoon and this evening, the november surprise. fbi director james comey sending to congress this afternoon a letter saying he and his bureau finished their review of the newly discov

conway making fun at a brand new push to recount the results of the election. >> kellyanne conway, looking to a new york time on hillary clinton's supporters and backing a and pushing recounts. >> green party candidate, jill stein raising nearly $40 million in the past 24 hours to mount the giants. >> really, political reporters, let me start with you. i understand you got new information about the tweets from kellyanne conway, not about the recount but about romney saying she was getting concerns from trump's supporter for putting romney in as secretary of state. i just received comment on a different topic, that's responding to the criticism that president-electrump has not been receiving adequate intelligence briefings. >> according to the sources that i am talking about inside the campaign, they say that this report is inaccurate and they say these are former members of the intelligence community who were disappointed they were not offered jobs of this administration. they are argue rg that these are formal members of the intelligence community who are again disappointed by them not be

he had steve bannon as well as kellyanne conway on staff. and what steve did was sort of, as you mentioned, he was that outsider, that pehelped turned like wisconsin red. then you have kellyanne conway who served alongside with governor pence as that connective tissue to the republicans that donald trump knew he needed to win. according to exit polls, he ended up getting 90% of republicans, which was part of the reason why he was able to win the way that he did, including turning some of those counties that went for obama twice republican as well. that's exactly what reince priebus is going to do is serve as that connective tissue to congress and to republicans that he needs to get some of these big policy initiatives done. you look at the senate, those are pretty razor thin margins that republicans have for a majori majority. >> to that point, one thing i really like about this reince pick is that this is a man who has already demonstrated incredible ability to keep really different factions of the gop together. you're talking about tea par

dagen: he listened to kellyanne conway, why he won? because of a lady. it was on, it was off, now it is on again. president-elect trump meeting with the editors of "the new york times." this on heels of big powwow with network news executives around reporters. what it all mines when it comes to the press and our incoming president. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. sandra: fox news alert for you. we're awaiting president-elect donald trump's rifle at "new york times" building here in manhattan where he is set to meet with top executives there. earlier this morning he abruptly canceled that meeting accusing the paper trying to change ground rules at last minute. "the times" denied the charge. now the meeting is back on. one day after mr. trump met with tv news executives and ancho

in a moment we will speak with kellyanne conway, senior advisor to the trump transition. and later with one of the top republicans in congress, house majority leader kevin mccarthy. but first let's bring in doug mcelway with the latest from trump tower in new york city. doug. >> reporter: hi, chris. fourth day and night of protests. the entire block is ringed with heavy security and blocked off to traffic with police barricades. these kinds of security precautions will remain in effect until january 21st, after inauguration day. meanwhile inside the transition team continues its furious around the clock pace, the team is headed up by vice president elect mike pence, it includes three of trump's adult children as well as his son-in-law jared kushner as well as other trusted advisors. th 4,000 jobs and they have only nine weeks to do it. campaign chief kellyanne conway yesterday indicated that the choice of chief of staff is all but made and speculation is rampant that it's going to be rnc chairman reince priebus. >> it's imminent. you know, it's imminent. i think chairman

listen to what kellyanne conway says here. basically says a long -- a short long lichte st of candidates co through her. her words. you have to imagine perhaps some of these meetings are for optical reasons and perhaps for what kellyanne conway said. perhaps donald trump is taking advice from some of these people. some under more serious consideration than others. >> certainly that's the case. jason carroll in new york. trump tower there for us. thank you. joined by amy stoddard and anna palmer. this is a question i want to ask you guys, and i know there's two sides to this, because a lot of people will say, what is he doing? he's got mitt romney. he's got tulsi gabbard knop way he's ever going to give a position to these people. but on the other side i think a lot of people would also say, it's really good to gain a lot of different points of view? so is this spectacle? are these cameos in a reality tv show, or is this really cabinet selections? >> two things. one, definitely theater. right? donald trump knows how to play the

welcome, kellyanne conway. i want to ask you first about the president-elect, what he said during the campaign. he repeatedly called his opponent crooked hillary, said she should be in jail, and his crowds yelled "lock her up." now he says he doesn't want to see the clintons hurt. if that's the way he felt, why so much focus observe putting her in jail? >> judy, it doesn't change the fact that a majority of the country finds hillary clinton to be neither honest nor trustworthy, she does have that veracity problem with the people. i think that's very clear. i think that's one of the reasons she was not elected president and he was. but he also as president-elect made very clear including today on the record meeting with the "new york times" that i attended, he made it clear that he thinks hillary clinton has suffered enough and he's looking toward the future and not the past. so at this moment he's saying he has no interest in pursuing these allegations or these charges, and i think that, you know, for those who

but kellyanne conway said something interesting. she slipped into the answers on "meet the press" that caught my ear. she didn't just talk about mitt romney. she specifically said mitt romney and his top consultants. it got me thinking, within that world of political consultants, kellyanne conway was outside the club, the club around mitt romney, been around the republican presidential candidates for a long time. she was sort of outside this club. she got this assignment. she ran the trump campaign while the members of the club took shots at the campaign. talked about how stupid the strategy was, how they were headed for certain defeat. she's looking up and saying not only did we win, we won states they could never won. we won michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. i did something that they never could do. >> she did. >> i think there is a thing here. i suspect this is just reading her answer yesterday,athi there personal thing where it's like, hey, look. i won. i did what they couldn't do. now their guy is going to get the plum job? no

this morning on state of the union, senior adviser kellyanne conway was critical of mitt romney as a top contender. >> it's breath taking in scope and intensity the type of messages i received from all over the country and i'm just me, i'm not donald trump. just as his former campaign manager, the number of people who feel betrayed to think that a governor romney would get the most prominent cabinet post after he went so far out of his way to hurt donald trump, there was the never trump movement and there was mitt romney. he gave speeches against donald trump and attacked his character. i never heard governor romney come out and say, hey, i have a problem with x, y and z but that 25 million job creation plan over the next ten years is something to look at. the factual reduce the capital gains tax on employers and businesses or ten-point plan to reform the veterans administration, none of that was ever said. the romney consultant were the worst to all of us, twitter feeds were anti-trump. and if president-elect trump chooses mitt romney as his secretary of state or whomever he chooses

conway, whom we all have seen throughout the campaign, kellyanne conway bashed the former massachusetts governor on multiple sunday shows yesterday, saying trump supporters would feel betrayed if mitt romney got one of the top spots in the administration. >> it's just breath taking the type of messages i receive from all over the country. and i'm just me, i'm not donald trump. so just as his former campaign manager, the number of people who feel betrayed to think that a governor romney would get the most prominent cabinet post after he went so far out of his way to hurt donald trump. >> he hurt donald trump. that's what she said. mitt romney, of course, is one of the president-elect's loudest critics during his campaign. he called donald trump a phony and a fraud. trump fired back calling mitt romney a choker, who walks like a penguin. so what's going on here? is there some sort of coordinated team trump effort to put romney in his place or some high-level staffers, specifically kellyanne conway, going rogue or what is this? peter doocy is live at trump tower here in manhattan. who's de

kellyanne conway told chris wallace this morning that the president-elect wants to call for a special session of congress immediately after the inauguration to address and perhaps to approach various ways that you could dismantle obama care. >> it would do what obama care doesn't do, let you buy health insurance across state lines the way that you can buy auto insurance and other goods and services. it would block grant medicare, it would create health savings accounts for individuals. >> reporter: and as you said, kell li an c kellyanne conway said a decision is imminent. reince priebus and steve b bannon's names came up. >> bannon has been the general in this. we couldn't have done it without priebus or bannon. >> reporter: it is interesting how bannon kept an almost invisible profile gurg tduring campaign. kellyanne conway went to great lengths to say that he is not who he is portrayed to be, that he he's a former naval commander, goldman sachs executive, also a successful hollywood producer and as well as the publisher of breitbart and a little bit of a flame thrower, all quality