With the latest on president-elect Trump announcing some key nominations
for his cabinet, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Rachel Scott
is tracking it all in West Palm Beach for us
this morning.
Good morning, Rachel.
Hey, Michael, good morning.
Yes, we are starting to get a clearer picture about
who will be responsible with carrying out Donald Trump's campaign
promises.
The president-elect moving quickly to fill out his cabinet and
his administration.
And we are learning this morning, he's expected to name
Florida Senator Marco Rubio to be the next Secretary of
State.
Overnight, president-elect Donald Trump moving fast to fill out his
national security team.
Sources telling ABC News Senator Marco Rubio will be nominated
for Secretary of State.
Marco is a big winner, beautiful winner from Florida.
The Florida senator sits on the Foreign Relations and Intelligence
committees pushing a hard line agenda on China, Iran, Venezuela
and Cuba.
Once one of the president elect's fiercest rivals, who Trump
mocked as Little Marco, he repeatedly joined the former president
on the campaign trail this year.
Tired of living in a country that is no longer
dreaming big.
But that is going to change tomorrow and you're going
to help change it.
Sources also say Trump will name Congressman Mike Waltz as
his national security advisor.
The retired Green Beret served multiple combat tours, including in
Afghanistan.
A known hawk on China, he supported aid to Ukraine
but urge Europe to step up more with a war
going on in their doorstep.
There are still over half the countries that haven't met
their minimum and he's going to push them hard as
he should.
Waltz is the second House lawmaker Trump is tapping, picking
Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador.
The former president also turning to a former House member,
Lee Zeldin of New York, to lead the Environmental Protection
Agency, already preparing to weaken protection against climate change.
Day one and the 1st 100 days we we have
the opportunity to to rollback regulations that are forcing businesses
not to be able to struggle.
But nothing says more about Trump's priorities than his 2nd
and 3rd personnel picks naming former Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Chief Tom Holman as his border and deportation czar and
his former senior advisor Stephen Miller as deputy chief of
staff for policy.
America is for Americans and Americans only.
Both played key roles in Trump's hardline immigration policies last
time, including family separation, both now set to fulfill his
campaign promise of the largest mass deportation in U.S.
history.
I might be clear.
It's going to be a targeted enforcement operation.
Concentrate on criminals and national security threats.
First president-elect Donald Trump will travel to Washington tomorrow to
meet with President Biden at the White House, an invitation
that Trump himself did not extend to President Biden just
four years ago.
And sources tell us that incoming first lady Melania Trump
will not be traveling with the president-elect on this trip.
So there will be no meeting with the current first
lady, Doctor Jill Biden.
George.
OK, Rachel.
Thanks.