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Replace and what happens to all the people who have health care coverage now because of the affordable care act? that is a very tricky thing. one of the many hurdles that the trump administration will have to overcome as it tries to enact its agenda. >> hey, abby, its very interesting to hear what leading democrats have said since donald trumps surprise to them victory. basically theyve said were all fog to come together and we believe in a strong america. were going to do whatever we can to hel...

Behind the scenes, it will be awkward. but i dont think theyre going to start raging and pointing at each other or anything. >> abby, how is washington processing this kind of collective fiction that were all participating in right now? that donald trump may not be who he told us he was every day of this campaign. you got to give him a shot. he won. thats the mandate. but the man versus the mandate, how is it being processed down there? >> well, i mean, for a lot of people in this town, this is ...

Microphone, actually, none of us will support his jobs plan. >> at the same time, president obama during a press conference, he had a meeting with house republicans and the first thing he did was call out paul ryan which soured their relationship immediately. i do think there is a little bit of malpractice on both sides at that time. we hope that maybe you wont see that this time. and maybe im wishful thinking. >> no, theyve learned from that. as abby was saying those eight years of gridlock, th...

Have to deal with. >> national security in the intelligence community. they wrote this piece and they have national security and intelligence officials saying that theyre not going to work for donald trump. not only that, during the primary and during the general election, you had a lot of these people the foremost experts in their field signing public letters saying that hes unfit. he shouldnt be president. and im not going to work for him. so, and he shouldnt be in office to begin with. they i...

Mexican border. >> were doing a little bit of work for trump, its going to be a very different message he can give to the people in power than he gave on the campaign trail. lets discuss the big meeting and the protest with our panel. "daily beast" "washington bureau" chief jackie kucinich professor of political science at morgan state university jason johnson and "washington post" reporter abby fig. this is some test of president obamas ability to swallow the personal in favor of patriotism. ...