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Theyve never had to produce their finances before. its not like we know anything about them. moreover, with the preponderance of billionaires, theres a lot of stuff there as you eluded to. so i think it is a huge task. frankly, some of these people have not completed the information, its not entirely the quote fault of the office government ethics. >> john kelly among them, yeah. >> exactly. i think its a process -- now mitch mcconnell said they wont votal process is complete, but what happens i...

Nominees. mitch mcconnell speaks about that on the sunday shows. take a look. >> all of these little proceed daoural complaints are related to their frustration at not only lost the white house but the senate. i understand that. we need to grow up here and get past that. we need to have the presidents national security team in place on day one and papers are still coming in. >> martha: papers have to be in. thats part of the procedure. >> there are forms to fill out. im sure senator sessions won...

If donald trump wants to show his taxes so we can do this deep dive, weve been there and done it but to say he was in moscow last year at a gala as the guest of vladimir putin. >> under those standards, anyone who has anything to do with russia, donald trump is supposed to stay away from, i guess. let me say this, during the hearing princess when mr. tillerson is up there, senators can ask them almost anything under the sun and drill down on any of these questions and say are there relationships...

Bayrock, which is a company which invested in trump soho which is backed by russian interests. so the facts that, i mean, if donald trump wants to show his taxes so we can actually do this deep dive, thats aold tire song, weve been there done that. but to sit here and say there are no ties and you dont know anything of it, i mean, michael flynn was just in moscow last week. >> based on -- >> michael flynn was in moscow last year. he was in moscow last year at a gala as a guest of vladimir putin....

Get in. wouldnt the american people, the american voter be better served by donald trump being more transparent about his business holdings, about his tax records so they will now without a doubt that there are no conflicts of interest with russia, that he may not have favorable opinions or statements about russia or assange or what have you or putin because theres some sort of conflict of interest or that he owes the government somehow. >> i think thats what the hearing process was about. but a...

About his business holdings and tax records so they will know there are no conflicts of interest and he may not have favorable opinions about russia or assange or putin and there is a conflict of interest or he owes the government in some way? >> thats what the hearing process is about, but thats what the last year and a half was about. it was vetting candidates and what things are most important to them. i understand some people think tax returns were the number one issues and some think the wa...

Reset of russia. as kayleigh said, if we can rebuild this relationship, if we can move it in a positive direction, if we can work with russia to defeat isis, for example, is that not a good thing for america? is that not a good thing for world peace? and i think that the new president should be given that opportunity. i also want to say that a lot of these questions and these allegations that were hearing, they can be vetted through the hearing process. a lot of the people who are going to be co...

Others, if the congress puts sanctions bill on the desk of the president of the united states that goes further than what barack obama did, will donald trump sign it? i dont have faith he will or know anybody who does. >> i think if u.s. congress decides theres evidence to merit it, president would be behind it. but remember the famous obama/hillary clinton reset of russia. as kayleigh said if we can rebuild this relationship, move in positive destruction, work with russia to defeat isis is that...

These individuals just -- is frankly sad. >> reporter: democrats complain that at least eight of trumps nominees have not submitted required materials including financial information. the kinds of materials they need to review before the hearings. incoming senate minority leader chuck schumer warning, quote, republicans think they can quickly jam through a whole slate of nominees without a fair hearing process, theyre sorely mistaken. and really the best democrats can hope for at this point is g...

Back. they are picking their battles. here is chief political correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: democrats may not have the votes to defeat donald trumps nominees but can delay their confirmation. >> i am concerned about a bunch of nominations. >> reporter: and chuck schumer is warning democrats will slow walk eight of trumps picks unless they turn over additional financial information to the senate saying in a statement if republicans think they can quickly jam through a whole slate of nomin...