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Ghou . welcome back to "the lead." sticking with politics. in 31 days donald trump will be sworn in as our nations 45th president. dan balls, chief correspondent for the "washington post" joins me. heidi pr heidi prez bla and anna from politico. thank you for being here. this is former house speaker newt gingrich talking to diane rehm about possible ethics concerns donald trump may face in the white house. >> in the case of the president, he has broad ability to organize the white house the wa...

Election cycle in which the presidential candidate takes over the dnc. no more turning over the checkbook to a presidential campaign. that is absolutely absurd that is what we do every time. >> time for the lid. the panel is back dan balls and ruth martin and michael steele. its always funny, michael. youve been there! >> good luck with that! >> give me a break, right? >> oh, my god. >> what is the reality of that? >> the reality is when the presidential nominee becomes the guy! trust me, that c...

Point. this is not in any way a normal transition for those reasons. >> exactly right. dan balz, i couldnt agree more with you. joining us is bill crystal, editor of "the weekly standard," chief of staff to dan quayle in the bush 41 white house. bill, very strongly and eloquently you spoke out against donald trump. he is the president-elect. hes there now. what do other republicans, such as yourself and, perhaps, steve hadley or others who have served in previous administrations do when the call...

Respects this first lady and the first lady, i think, is going to try to echo some of what we heard from president obama in the rose garden here. this moment is so critical to our democracy, this transition of power. and i think that youre going to see the first lady really try to reiterate what has been said by her husband, that this moment is about making sure theres a smooth transition. >> reporter: it is to observers slightly jarring that given five days ago both obamas were focused so inten...

And former one, jeb bush, competed for the attention of billionaire magnate adelson, so joining me now, the "washington post" chief correspondent, dan balls, author of "the take" and dan ralston, host of "ralston reports" on some of the fine nbc affiliates out in nevada. welcome to both of you. . i want to start with you and start with chris christie. to me, the more remarkable thing was not him trying to get the scandal behind him, not having a press conference, but the fact that he decided, yo...

Increasingly responding to the special interests they need to get elected. the military industrial complex, big energy, pharmaceutical companies, banks. this article, by the way, was co-written by dan balls, who is with me today, and also adam green, co-founder of the progressive change committee and jim kessler, senior vice president for policy with the democratic think tank third way, representing the two wings of the democratic party. dan, set up this debate, you know, the republican party di...

Harry reid wanted, which was to raise the debt ceiling but they wanted to be able to tell what they view as their foolish, gul labl constituents and because they had to admit what they are doing and nothing upsets them more. >> lets bring in friend of the show, dan balls. dan, i wouldnt say that senator cruz doesnt have a point there. >> well, he does have a point but the question is whether he has a strategy to make it effective. thats what we saw play out in the shutdown last fall which hurt t...

Mcauliffe takes the oath of offense there in richmond. it will come just ten days after the clintons were front and center at mayor de blasios inauguration in new york city. all of this amid a nearly year-long effort foreshadowing a possible white house run that includes a new politico article that describes at least one political strategy meeting at her home last summer. lets bring in our monday gaggle, dan balls, chief correspondent for the "washington post," tracy is a democratic strategist a...

Government. >> shameless plug? >> happy first week of school for my nieces? georgia. >> i bet you think ill plig our show in play? instead im keeping it in the company. dan balls, amazing, amazing, amazing book. such a fan of it. >> collision 22. great company. dom? >> im the won that is truly shameless and plug my piece from the other day about low turnout and about the consequences of it. more instead of sad face on american politics and more of a, you know, trying to inspire people that they ...

Clinton looked like the inevitable nominee. if you go back to this time in 2005 specifically. lets bring in our gaggle. chicago tribute columnist clarence page. republican ad maker kim al phono. and "the washington post" chief correspondent dan balls, author of author of "collision 2012" that i spent most of my flight back to d.c. reading. nice to see you again in person. i want to put up some remarks that were rid written by mauree dowd on this topic. she said, they see the first woman presiden...