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This was a big question. what are they going to have to do? are they going to have to answer for what donald trump said or find their own positions? were hearing about that. >> he is pushing back. really trying to frame this as a good thing. he took to twitter a few minutes ago and said he wants them to be themselves and express their own thoughts and not mine. on capitol hill this week many of the high profile nominees did exactly that. >> in the first week of confirmation hearings for key memb...

King on and play through that. >> vice president joe biden is confirming a cnn report that he and president obama were briefed last week on unsubstantiated claims that russia may have compromising information about president elect trump. president elect trump has dismissed our reporting as fake news. he vance perez is live in washington with more. if you dont like things these days you call them fake. >> theres no doubt, chris. the vice president joe biden says intelligence officials briefed the...

>> in the first week of confirmation hearings his nominees breaking from some of his biggest campaign promises and policies. like the president elects soft stance on russia. >> if putin likes donald trump i consider that an asset. >> trumps nominees for defense secretary and secretary of state taking a more adversary stance. >> were not likely to ever be friends. >> if confirmed rex tillerson would be americas top diplomat but he hasnt even spoken with trump about russia. >> i would have thought...

Enough, hello to the servicemen and servicewoman men watching on the american forces network. thank you for your service, by the way, and thanks for joining us. it is eight days until donald trump takes the oath of office to become the next president of the united states. the republicans control congress, and soon, the white house but speaker ryan has not always seen eye to eye with the president elect. hes been emphasizing his better way agenda for the path ahead. it covers key issues that dire...

Leader of the house, help with this new administration fix these trade deals. >> its a great question, actually, and weve talked about this a lot. the president elect and his economic team and myself how do we work together to do just what you said because look, when i go to my kids track meets, its at monterrey stadium in janesville, wisconsin and you look down the end zone and you see a shut gm plant. the core of my hometown was general motors and now its a 4 million square foot mothball. we e...

Seven years. during confirmation hearing general mattis said right now he does not think our military is adequate. >> i think its critical right now, sir, absolutely, it requires a stronger military. >> do you think we have a strong enough military today in order to achieve that goal? >> no, sir. >> dr. ben carson, the president elects nominee to lead department of housing defending reputation and taking heat from elizabeth warren who questioned his future relationship with mr. trump. >> can you...

Requires pentagon chief to be out of uniform for at least seven years. mattis retired only four years ago. the full house will vote later today. during the confirmation hearing, general mattis talked about severe threats america faces right now. >> i think its under the biggest attacks since world war ii and thats from russia, from terrorist groups and with what china is doing in the south china sea. >> and dr. ben carson, the president-elect trumps nominee to lead the department of housing, def...

>> so ray just eluded to it but obviously, as you know because you were briefed on it, intelligence officials alerted the president elect that there are claims by russians, claims that they have materials that could be compromising and there are communications between his campaign and the russian government, claims. let me just ask -- here is the question. donald trump says this say political witch hunt and the intelligence agencies are poll litizing intelligence. youre the speaker of the house ...

In their life at the moment. im a third generation physician, my mom was a physician, my grandfather was a physician. this was a calling for me. ainsley: wow, what about health care, repeal and reform. congress is talking about that now, whats your opinion? >> we need to see what the president elect has to say about this. we know that there are changes that need to be made and we always want to get better. if theres an issue we need to address it. im excited to see what the president elect will ...

British intelligence operative based on russian sources. the u.s. intelligence agencies still havent verified these allegations but biden said in an interview that intelligence officials felt compelled to share that information with trump. >> their argument was that this is something that the press already had. not just here in the united states but other places. not only us but the president elect was out there. >> four of the top intelligence chiefs met with trump last friday to brief him on r...