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Time the most powerful person in the world in terms of sitting on top of the united states government and he has to recognize that his words do have impact and they can have very positive impact or they can have undercutting of our national security. chris: i want to end this part of the interview with one more question which i put to vice president elect pence, does the intelligence community have any information, im not talking about rumors, information about contacts between the trump camp an...

If they leave him alone as the best president. >> sean: michael, they are not going to leave him alone. >> i will make sure they leave him alone. he is a good man and so is vice president elect pence. they are a great team together. theyre going to do exactly what they say. they will strengthen the military, secure our borders, create jobs -- >> sean: if he keeps all of his words, he will go down as a great president. let me go back though. you show him the passport. you are in los angeles. i ha...

And immediately replace. on friday senator rand paul of condition ken tweeted this, take a, loo. i just spoke to real donald trump and he full low supports my plan to replace boeb the same day we repeal it. the time to act is now. unquote. can you confirm that president-elect trump is committed to replacing obamacare the same day it will be repealed? >> i can kichl he is committed to replacing it with something thats affordable and accessible and allows you to buy health insurance over state lin...

Back to teddy roosevelt when we were first incorporated, and the same relationship now with president-elect trump and vice president elect pence. >> do you think that nafta needs to be revisited? >> its important for the continent. when you look at nafta, theres such a deep integration between whether its vehicle assembly on the supply chain between canada, mexico and the u.s., that integration supports a lot of good u.s. jobs, so i think its going to be really important to understand the facts ...

James clapper saying yes, there was a difference between having a healthy skepticism borrow rowing vice president elect pences case. you have your ear to the ground with the intel community. what do you make of that response? >> well, i think james clapper is in the delicate position of the final days of his tenure. what im hearing brooke is first of all i was in cia myself for a very long time. people have to understand it is a very resillant organization. i myself served under seven presidents...

Truth and integrity. >> reporter: as they wait for the intelligence report on russia. >> i would suggest to those who have not yet seen the report and mott been briefed on it that they wait and see what is being put forward before they make those judgments. >> reporter: vice president elect pence is backing up his boss. >> i think he has sincere skepticism about intelligence conclusions. >> has donald trump ex-planed why he distrusts these intelligence sources? >> reporter: he has not explained ...

Diplomacy and intelligence? do you think he really understands that? >> i cant speak for him because i dont really get this. i will say, his proxies are on your show and other shows, and the people around him will say, he needs to shake things up and hes asking questions. everyone agrees thats legitimate. but by doing so publicly, on twitter, the long-term impact on the intelligence community, is grave, and it will affect morale. everyone knows twitter is disruptive. i have teenage kids, so i ge...

But they still need democrats with republicans holding 52 seats and democrats 48. most things require 60 votes to pass. >> you cant flinch, you cant blink. you have to look it right in the eye. analyze it, learn from it. >> reporter: the trump cabinet will be one early test. rex tillerson and defense secretary nominee james mattis. the new congress came with one old touch. >> were having a conversation. >> reporter: vice president joe biden in his formal role, swearing in one final class of sena...

>> jeff joins us now. i understand both president obama and vice president elect pence will be on capitol hill tomorrow. what more do you know about it? >> very unusual for the president to come up 16 days before he leaves office. he will be trying to make the case to democrats to protect his signature agenda piece of legacy, obamacare. he wants democrats to tout the benefits to their constituents across the country. at the same time, mike pence will be trying to walk republicans through how the...

On the three pillars of the support system. the medicare act, medicaid, it wouldnt make america great again, it would make america sick dwagain and lead to chaos instead of affordable care. >> reporter: i think youre going to hear it over an over again. they had a meeting with the president today. he talked about the crazy dynamic about the meetings going on at the same time. the vice president made it clear thats what the democrats were going to do and it was incumbent on them to do it. this wa...