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To the pompeo nomination, you also said he should have been more forthcoming appearing before your committee. that notwithstanding, do you think that pompeo was still the right person right now to hold these direct negotiations with kim jong-un? >> well, theres a real question of whether he was the right person. as the cia director her conducts intelligence and covert operations. i dont know for kim jong-un, who youre concerned about, at the end of the day, his concern is about regime change. wh...

Ainsley: wisconsin one step closer to drug testing food stamp recipient. test able-bodied results a path to treatment to those who dont pass. scott walker treated this our bold reforms are rewarding work and assistance a trampoline not a hammock. groing us now to discuss is lieutenant governor of wisconsin re. thank you for being with us. >> my pleasure. ainsley: what is the point of this is i know you are getting backlash from the left. we will talk about that in a moment. why are you deciding ...

Routine tonight. what do you think is going on in his head? >> im glad i dont have to follow barack obama. this is a much easier house. the fact president trump isnt there helps him out. im sure hes groing to be grea. and he was at the congressional press dinner. and thats probably why he was here. >> jeff mason just spoke. he heads up the white house correspondents association and he said look i wasnt looking for somebody whos going to roast the president trump in abstengsau, thats not fair. so...

Do they trust president trump to do this? >> live and die by the executive order. theyre easier to get rid of. a problem, but for his legacy, another problem. tough for her? this is tough for him. e explicitly on the trail said my legacy is on the ballot, and this is a reflection of that. >> and a much more personal investment here than in the midterms in 2010 and 2014s in all three elections during his presidency when he has not been on the ballot, democrats got shellacked. to your point. >> li...

The short term. theyll have this vote and take one step, but get it done over the next couple of years because a lot of these big changes dont kick in until, say, 2014. but what the white house is banking on is that while big picture so-called obamacare as republicans brand it, may be unpopular, but when you pick off the individual pieces, such as making sure kids who have preexisting conditions dont get kicked off their health care, thats a pretty popular component of this presidents health car...

China and russia are going to be people with whom america is going to have to have a relationship and in which they can go forward in every way possible that will be productive, but on the other hand, not allowing them to do things to america like any kind of cyber attack on our election system or going into. china sea where theres no right for china to be. i think these are things that rex tillerson has laid out are groing to be areas where were going to be very firm for americas position. were...

Aside from confident claims we get from other officials about how many people are signing up for obamacare and will sign up before the march deadline, listen closely as vice president joe biden suggested the totals might be lower during that stop in minneapolis. listen. >> initially we talked about by the end of this period having seven million people lined up. we may not get to seven but were going to get to five or six and that is a hello of hell start, people. >> reporter: congressional budge...