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Trump and his administration. stefan received the highest praise from party lears of both sides from whom he has worked with. as former beginning witch said no one understands the ethics process better than stefan. the president is looking into various options to address voter fraud. on thursday hell travel to philadelphia for a retreat with congressional republicans where in addition to discussing legislative agenda hell provide an update on the actions hes taking in the next few days and final...

People cottoned to this, talking about the power of lobbyists, how bad they were and the power of special interests. >> lets wait and see whos appointed. dont judge now before we know how these ingredients will be mixed and put together and baked into a cake. lets see what the cake tastes like, looks like before you judge at the begin big looking at the ingredients. so i suggest we take our time and be deliberative and see how this is going to work its way out. something that would be helpful is...

Positions in their different cabinet positions. >> do you think its okay to have hearings for someone in the cabinet if they havent cleared their fbi background check or their ethics process? >> well, i would like to see everything done as thoroughly but as expeditiously as possible. you have to weigh things. yes i would prefer the fbi background checks be completed. yes i would prefer the ethics issues to the extent they are real and not manufactured -- and weve seen a lot manufactured by democ...

Transition officials, theyre full of confidence heading into this huge week for their cabinet. they say their cabinet selections behind closed doors have faced more than 70 hours of questions from volunteers, mock hearings, more than 2600 questions from and over the course of that period. they think their nominees are ready. but democrats definitely looking to attack on a number of different levels. carol, you get a lot of frustration when you talk to democrat ic officials about the ethics proce...

Is the first time in 40 years that the senate will hold a confirmation hearing before a nominee has completed the ethics process, and the democratic national committee is now demanding hearings be delayed until all the ethics reviews are finished, accusing republicans of trying to jam through unvetted nominees. now, republican majority leader mitch mcconnell says democrats are just being sore losers. >> so all of these little procedural complaints are related to their frustration in having not o...

Phone calls this morning, media maelstrom that continued and donald trump weighing in, clearly had some weight. in fact, it got brought up in the closed conference when they scripted. somebody made clear all the members understood -- >> was it a bone-headed idea? >> of course it was a bone-headed idea. it simply -- even if theres some validity to some arguments for reforms to the ethics process, this is no way to do it, out of the gate, trying to start a new congress, in the dead of night, as a ...

Total violation of the committee. >> a busy day for the g.o.p. frontrunner. how will it impact the race. karl rove is here. boy, what a firestorm between leader peulosey and former speaker gingrich. it looks like she thinks hes the nominee and the obama campaign is focused on governor romney. >> look, she clearly dislikes the former speaker. two former speakers who dont like each other. but speaker gingrich is absolutely right. if nancy pelosi were to take the private hearings of the ethics comm...

Beginning, public service. thats all i have ever done. been in the army, been a state legislator, been a federal prosecutor, 40 years here, and all im saying is that if it is the judgment of people here for whatever reason that i resign, then, heck, have the ethics committee expedite this. dont leave me swinging in the wind until november. if this is an emergency, and i think it is, to help our local and state governments out, what about me? i dont want anybody to feel embarrassed or awkward. he...

Thats one of the reasons why weve made a long-term investment into health care. you have to have transportation. people get, you know, theyre not happy if they sit two hours in traffic going to work. you need communications. we have invested in all of these areas. >> let me give robert a chance. >> but it doesnt answer the fundamental question that you have an able-bodied person out there looking for work and they wnt find a job. in the process, you have a bunch of folks out there that are looki...

Husband had, quote, financial ties to a bank that got a $12 million federal bailout after she arranged a meeting between bank officials and the treasury department. well in a radio interview last night, waters explains why shes fighting back. >> democracy demands fairness. i have 30 years in this business, and i think its only fair that i be given a chance to be heard. >> she should get a chance to be heard. is this good for the democrats? >> well, i think clearly what the democrats want is for ...