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Long-standing position has been privatization. and then he wouldnt commit to opiate funding for treatment centers. he would not commit to the funding we need, and our state has been devastated more than any other state. its an epidemic. these people need treatment. and we dont have treatment centers now. were trying to build up to that, and him not committing funding there, his long, long stance on medicare, privatizing medicare, are things that bother me. >> the president-elect during the campa...

Certainly whether or not hell continue with the sanctions. in europe, they get renewed every six months. now theyve been renewed through june, but in june, there could be some interesting conversations in brussels if they should continue these sanctioning russia if the u.s. has in fact lifted them. steve. >> all right. hans nichols, thanks for that. joining us now to take a closer look, nile starnd, and alaina johnson, national reporter at politico. heres what im trying to figure out, when donal...

Republicans dont have a clue. its hard. its complicated. >> it is complicated. during the campaign lot of people were saying there may be issues but lets tweak it. dont throw it out. what do you think? >> i think there may be ways to improve the law. they rename it and keep the fundamental structure of this i think would be great. im governor of the state of washington. if they get a lump in their breast, a woman with get it seen today. thats at risk now because of what the republicans are doing...

Back and become good umpires again? >> look at the last year or two comments going to be a long, top, uphill climb here some of this is self-inflicted wounds by the media, for example, completely botching the election when there were stories that were wrong or are sensational or are biased, so i blame us to a considerable degree. donald trumps constant attacks on the media also having an effect on all of that. when you think about it, there has also been 30 years of attacks, mostly from the righ...

So his lawyer also on the record denying that. i imagine this will come up tomorrow on the hill and also in the president-elects press conference tomorrow. >> well, i dont know that anything happened but its certainly consistent with a long, long russian tradition to surveil people while theyre in the country and to try to find them and get -- make a record of them in embarrassing circumstances in order to take advantage again, in washington, the famous examples was joe alsop. >> senator, as we ...

Foreign relations committee. senator coons, what do we look to hear from rex tillerson today and especially given this explosive report that is so unconfirmed, its knots even funny, but its out there. it might perhaps make your questions on russia even sharper if its possible. what are you looking for specifically on russia to hear from rex tillerson? >> mika, i was initially alarmed when rex tillerson was announced as the nominee for secretary of state given his long, close working relationship...

Democratic friends in the senate? we got one view of the closeness of the u.s. senate, if you will, from senator blummenthal. >> for example, senator mansion said hes already going to vote for senator sessions for attorney general. but i think you also should look at the bipartisan legislation that senator sessions has worked on with his democratic colleagues. for instance, senator blummenthal and he passed legislation together, senator durbin, even including the late senator ted kennedy. i thin...

Legislation together, senator durbin, even including the late senator ted kennedy. i think when you see some of these senators from states that donald trump won this cycle who are up for election in 2018, theyre going to have to look actually carefully at the law enforcement organizations, the victims rights groups, the civil rights leaders who have endorsed jeff sessions for attorney general and really wonder whether they should fall in line with their party or vote for whats best for the ameri...

Vice president and b -- on either call chuck schumer a clown? how is that going to help you? >> first of all, chuck schumer and president-elect trump have a long, long relationship together. donald trump has helped chuck schumer in his runs for senate. donald trump has had massive fundraisers for chuck schumer at mar-a-lago many times before. they have a personal relationship and i have to tell you, when senator schumer says that hes going to allow the vacancy in the supreme court to take place ...

>> how do you respond to the vice president and b -- on either call chuck schumer a clown? how is that going to help you? >> first of all, chuck schumer and president-elect trump have a long, long relationship together. donald trump has helped chuck schumer in his runs for senate. donald trump has had massive fundraisers for chuck schumer at mar-a-lago many times before. they have a personal relationship and i have to tell you, when senator schumer says that hes going to allow the vacancy in the...