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Transitions who said that transition people need clearances in order to lock at the fbi background reports. the transition people need to read the reports. these authorities say there are other ways that the president could give a clearance if he were serving as an adviser or put him on the intelligence board and many of them have business interests in the government. there seem to be no show stoppers. >> his kids would run the business, but he did not tell us that his kids could get security cl...

Get security clearance. >> all the experts say yes to two questions. he could get a security clearance and could be an adviser to the president once trump is elected. on the security clearance question, i talked to lawyers who have been advising transitions in the past. they say that transition staff needs security clearances to look at the fbi background reports on potential appointees that are classified. the transition the way it works is you find people for the jobs and you ask the fbi to do...

Rules to the letter, those two letters have certainly gotten a lot of attention on capitol hill. neil? >> neil: all right. thank you very much. we want to bring you to this developing story on capitol hill. the senate just voted 54-46 in favor of expanded background checks as part of getting a gun, expanded check on whether you really should have a gun. that is in favor. but it needed 60 votes to pass. so because it didnt hit that 60 vote threshold, its essentially failed. to former ny detective...

People start running background reports. how far did that get? >> it didnt even get off the launch pad. i never got a call. there were so many people i was being vetted and being considered. it was the best kept secret in the world to me, if it happened. i was never on the list. >> neil: you mentioned vetted and given the sarah palin experience, for or against her as a running mate, there is republicans fully vet who that person is. that means that some of these candidates might be bigger risk o...