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To -- and the early indicators with his nominees for cabinet posts, he said he was going to drain the swamp. excuse me, these are the powerful the, the billionaires, the bankers, et cetera, hes populating his cabinet with. i think people are troubled already. >> hes made a very clear claim that only he can fix whats wrong in your life. right? obamas metric was is washington different? did i change the culture? republicans kind of controlled that because if they didnt work with him, obama was a f...

On record at just 7 degrees at high noon. president barack obama, the first african-american president, was celebrated by the largest inaugural crowd in history. and now, as president obama goes from the heights of power to the history books, a new leader emerges. we await president-elect trumps first words to the nation as our elected leader who follows the footsteps of the 44 presidents whose time in the white house began with the inaugural addres address. >> you know, when you watch that lita...

Will they get anywhere with this or will the nominees pass through? >> you know neitherically the numbers are going to get passed through. you remember when democrats but their nominees forward. whatever party is in power says relove you, respect you. which ef party is not they grill them. thats a responsibility of all left and right for the american people to properly vet an individual who has been nominated for a top position. >> we arent seeing politics as usual, chris, when we see over 60 de...

Businesses, right decision. trump has done nothing of the sort but hes apparently done enough for chaffetz. >> it seems to me donald trump is bending over backwards to do everything he can but he has to abide by the law and hes exempt from most of these conflicts of interest so i thought it was very premature of the office of government ethics to be in the spin room saying hey, i hate this. >> democrats including chuck schumer responded to chaffetz letter with outright. "mr. chaffetzs attempt to...

First the house tries to get rid of the office on day one then they attack the independent office of government ethics charged with making sure the conflicts of interests are eliminated for the president and people who are nominated for cabinet posts. boy the president himself held a press conference to say how much he was doing and it turned out his plan was as phony as his photo problems. he had these folders piled up saying "these are the contracts im going to divest" but they wouldnt let the...

Leaders? >> kind of so -- im actually surprised and glad about a lot of the things i heard today. but it makes me wonder if donald trump knew the extent of the positions of the folks he put up there. donald trump during a republican debate, he defended torture and advocated for going farther than waterboarding. you have mike pompeo saying under no circumstances would i allow that to happen. so i am optimistic. i definitely think, though, from general mattis all the way down to pompeo and general...

Providing important information, but showing extreme sensitivity to the results of this intelligence report. all that said, the lack of paperwork, the lack of disclosure, of financial entanglements, foreign investments by the billionaires who are nominated for cabinet posts is not a trivial matter. its never before been the case in my experience where nominations go to the hill before the background checks are done. >> nor in mine. ive never seen it before. administrations dont send nominees to ...

Once it starts, you cant stop it. they will all join on board and it will be a race for the exit. it will be fun. paul: thank you, arthur, for being here. good to see you. >> thank you, paul. paul: still ahead, so how will democrats respond to donald trump and his agenda? well get our first glimpse next week as the president-elects pick for some top cabinet posts face senate confirmation hearings.

Promising battles on eight of trumps nominations for cabinet posts. for more on that, i want to bring in robert costa and national political reporter with the "washington post." when you look at this and what weve seen now with the cabinet picks being pretty well established, which nominations do you think the trump folks are most concerned about? >> here on capitol hill, theres an expectation that tom price, the georgia congressman up for health and human services and rex tillerson, the oil exe...

Liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. process of putting together one of the great cabinets, certainly a cabinet with the highest i.q. that anybody has ever -- i mean, these -- these are seriously great people. >> every one of these nominees, particularly a guy like tillerson, needs a thorough, thorough hearing. the one thing we will insist on as democrats is it not be just a quick, you know, five minutes to each person in one day. >> well, the new congress convenes next week. ...