>> WELCOME BACK TO CHEDDAR'S
OPENING BELL, EVERYONE, JOE
BIDEN'S ADMINISTRATION IS
SHAPING UP TODAY
HAS MORE CABINET MEMBERS ARE
ANNOUNCED AND NOW BY WARREN
BARRETT DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST
WHO WORKED FOR THE STATE
DEPARTMENT UNDER THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING ME, LET'S
START
WITH JANET YELLEN ANOTHER
HISTORIC TITLE FOR HER SHE'S
GOING TO BE THE FIRST FEMALE
TREASURY SECRETARY. WE KNOW
THAT THE MARKET CERTAINLY LIKE
THE MILLIONAIRE A TEA BUT DO
YOU THINK THIS WAS THE RIGHT
CHOICE FOR A CABINET PICK.
>> I THINK THIS WAS A BRILLIANT
CABINET PICK IN TERMS OF THE
FIRST FEMALE TREASURY SECRETARY
AND IT'S VERY MUCH.
>> IN LINE WITH THE THE
WHOLE LOT BIDEN'S CABINET PICKS
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN
ANNOUNCED THUS FAR HE'S
ANNOUNCING
INDIVIDUALS WITH DEEP
EXPERIENCE IN GOVERNING, HE'S
ANNOUNCING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
REFLECTIVE OF THE DIVERSITY OF
AMERICA TODAY AND HE'S NOT TO
INDIVIDUALS OF THE MOST INTENSE
30 AND VALUES PEOPLE WITH
REALLY STRONG PRINCIPLES AND
WHAT HE'S DOING WITH ALL OF
THESE PICKS INCLUDING THE PICK
OF JANET YELLEN SHOWING A SHARP
DEPARTURE FROM THE DIVISIVENESS
AND PETTINESS. THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION TURN REALLY
TOWARDS PRINCE UPHOLD.
GOVERNING SO I THINK THIS WAS A
SMART AND EXCITING PACK.
>> LAUREN I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUAL PICKS
JOHN KERRY
ALSO TAPPED A UNIQUE ROLE, THE
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE GOING
TO BE THE CLIMATE ENVOY THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. WE KNOW
THAT JOE BIDEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT
HIS GOALS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE
AND THE ENVIRONMENT
AND WE KNOW JOHN KERRY, ONE OF
THE ARCHITECTS OF THE
PARIS CLIMATE THE CORD AND SO
THIS SEEMS LIKE IT MAKES SENSE
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS PICK.
>> NO ONE HAS BEEN A
STRONGER FOR IN GOVERNMENT THAN
JOHN KERRY WAS ABLE TO WITNESS
THIS UP CLOSE WHEN I SERVED AS
ONE OF HIS SENIOR
ADVISERS FOR A NUMBER OF JOHN
KERRY WAS AN INDIVIDUAL CAN
CLIMATE FROM THE OUTSET AS A
NATIONAL SICK SECURITY ISSUE.
HE WAS THE
CHIEF ARCHITECT OF THE PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND HE'S
SOMEONE WHO RECOGNIZES
FUNDAMENTALLY THAT THE CLIMATE
IS BEFORE MOST CRISIS
OF ART I
PUTTING HIM IN THIS IS A
POSITIVE SIGNAL IN TERMS OF US
FINALLY TAKING THIS ISSUE WITH
THE SERIOUSNESS THAT WE NEED TO
AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT.
>> AND YOU TOUCHED ON THIS JUST
A BIT AGO THIS CABINET REALLY
SHAPING UP TO BE A HISTORIC
DIAPERS CASH IT EVEN THOUGH IT
FEATURES A LOT OF RECOGNIZABLE
FACES THAT WE KNOW SOME NAMES
THAT WE KNOW
THE FIRST FEMALE DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE FIRST
LATINO TO LEAD THE D H ASKED SO
WHAT DOES THIS INDICATE
TO US IS THIS ADMINISTRATION
AND JOE BIDEN'S PLANS FOR THE
NEXT 4 YEARS.
>> WELL JOB I WAS VERY CLEAR
ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL THAT HE
INTENDED TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT
THAT WAS REFLECTIVE OF OUR
COUNTRY
HAS A HOLE AND YOU SAW THAT IN
HIS FIRST PICK WHICH WAS AS
KAMALA HARRIS AS HIS VICE
MINUTES CAN'T IN EWING
IN HIS CABINET NOMINATIONS, HOW
YOU SEE HERE.
LINDA THOMAS 35 YEAR
VETERAN OF STATES FOREIGN
SERVICE AVRIL HAINES WILL BE
THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE WHO IS A WOMAN
JANET YELLEN AS YOU MENTIONED
THE FIRST FEMALE TO HEAD THE
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WE'RE
SEEING IS A CABINET THAT LOOKS
LIKE AMERICA AND THEREFORE IS
GOING TO MAKE
POLICY MORE IN THE IMAGE OF OUR
COUNTRY WHAT ONCE AGAIN IS THAT
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WAS DEFINED. BY DIVISIVENESS
AND BY THE FACT IN SOME WAYS
ALL OF THE CABINET NOMINEES
WERE CUT FROM THE SAME CLOCK
BIDEN IS MAKING A VERY VERY
CLEAN MAKING VERY CLEAR HERE.
HIS INTENTION TO GOVERN IN
A WAY THAT IS FOR ALL AMERICANS
AND REFLECTIVE OF ALL AMERICANS
AND I THINK THAT IS CRITICALLY
BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS SOME
DEEP CRISIS THAT EFFECT ALL
AMERICANS RIGHT NOW
A PANDEMIC AN ECONOMIC CRISIS
CLIMATE CRISIS. A
RACIAL JUSTICE CRISIS AND THESE
ARE THE NOMINEES WHO ARE GOING
TO BE READY TO TACKLE THESE
COMPLICATED ISSUES ON DAY ONE.
>> WARREN I ALSO WANT TO ASK
YOU ABOUT BIDEN'S POTENTIAL
DEFENSE SECRETARY PICK
SOMETHING THAT'S STILL IN FLUX
BUT ONE OF THE NAMES
BEING FLOATED. MICHELE SHE DOES
HAVE SOME CONTROVERSY IN HER
PAST SHE
SUPPORTED THE IRAQ WAR AND
REPORTEDLY HAD A HAND IN
CONVINCING OBAMA TO INTERVENE
IN LIBYA. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT WHO THIS WILL BE IN.
>> WELL I THINK ONCE AGAIN IT'S
FLORIDA HAS CHOSEN THIS WILL BE
A STORY THE FIRST FEMALE
TO LEAD THE BUT OF NUMEROUS
OTHER NATIONS HAD WOMEN WE
THEIR DEFENSE DEPARTMENT'S THE
UNITED STATES
HAS NOT AND AGAIN WHAT MICHELE
FLOURNOY BRINGS IS THE SAME
THINGS AS THESE OTHER CABINET
OFFICIALS SHE BRINGS DEEP
EXPERIENCE. SHE BRINGS A
DIVERSITY AND SHE ALSO BRINGS
THAT THE HIGHEST INTEGRITY AND
VALUES I'LL BE WATCHING THIS
SPACE CLOSELY TO SEE WHO BIDEN
HICKS BUT I HAVE THE UPMOST
IN THIS ADMINISTRATION, THE