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The leadership of the house and the senate and talk about the priorities of the president elect and to see the collaboration and the spirit this leadership team has brought to moving the presidents agenda forward is truly inspiring. president elect said many times he had a three-part agenda, jobs jobs jobs, and the focus from the out sset after getting our team in place through the confirmation process is to focus on economic growth, repealing onerous regulations, working with leaders in the hou...

The president-elect will have to use intel from these agencies to make life and death decisions to keep americans safe, to protect u.s. national security. youre already sensing a negative reaction, pretty negative reaction in the intelligence community. >> you have the intelligence agencies with confidence that russia is behind these hacks. you have republican and democratic lawmakers accepting that assessment. mitch mcconnell, republican majority leader, paul ryan, republican speaker of the hou...

Determined to do is to keep faith with the american people who have voted in this past historic election both in the presidential election and in elections here in the congress of the united states to give us the majorities and to give us the control of the white house to make good on that promise. the president elects advisor said yesterday on tv with replacement of obamacare that nobody has insurance now under obamacare will go without it. is that also your prior to? >> let me just say, we h...

Agenda they plan on accomplishing over the course of the next year or two but theres also a reality here that people need to pay attention to. obamacare is going to be repealed and replaced and tax reform and infrastructure. senate republicans lost two seats in the election. house republicans lost six seats in the 2016 elections. their majorities are slimmed down. thats limited wiggle room to move things forward. nothing can stimey progress of the administration like the u.s. senate. >> and same...

For a bronds b- -- bronze policy is $5,000. and the increase has been in states, that comes to an end when with we repeal and replace obamacare. what i can assure you is that president elect is a man of his word. he came forward with policies having america stand great again honoring or constitutional principals for the first order of business today. a im grateful to the leader of the house and the senate to repeal and replace obamacare with health care reforms again that will lower the cost of ...

You were an antiestablishment change candidate. but by your cabinet picks in your early pronouncements, you seem to be embracing the time worn shopworn hard right. >> you said that to him? >> i did. >> what did he say? >> nothing. but i said to him, if you do that, your presidency will not come close to being a success. >> for schumer, success will be even more complicated. a fine line between when to work with trump. and when not to. >> the only way were going to work with is if he moves in our...

Important. >> chuck schumer arriving for his first day as senate democratic leader. his new large suite still with unpacked boxing. >> you guys have some decorating to do here. >> yes, a lot. its not my forte. >> he was hoping to be the new democratic majority leader working with hillary clinton in the white house. instead hes leading the trump opposition. he described a recent conversation with trump. >> i said mr. president elect, you went after the democratic and republican establishments you...

A fine line between when to work with trump and when not to. >> it abandoned his republican colleagues. 90, 95% of the time will be holding him accountable but were not democrats. were not going to just oppose them. >> schumer climbed the democratic ranks as a partisan and fund-raiser. and become a successful legislator. >> this is a major break through. and senate immigration reform. >> you love a deal. not unlike the president elect. >> the republicans and senate in the house have been run by ...

Specifics of what it opposed. of course id like to make a deal. >> that makes progressives nervous. >> democratic leaders from chuck schumer down need to stop playing footsie with trump. >> were playing no footsie. my views are the same as elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. >> since when. >> both of them said the same exact thing. if we can work with him and be true to our principles were not going to reject it but overall were sticking to our principles. >> the two new yorkers have a history....

Republicans and donald trump and theres a midterm election coming up and at some point after he is president and this is what i was getting at, chris, hes going to have to pick something because nothing becomes law without his signature and at that point well know how successful this effort is. >> ownership with authorship. i got you. this secret information that he says he has about the russian hacks. we now know he does not have a direct briefing from any of these agencies. he hasnt met with h...