that he can hopefully build a more trusting relationship than would whatever eseen in the last few weeks. is that realistic? a possibility? in some ways it has to happen. i don t know how a president can face a very dangerous world and all the threats that this country is facing throughout the world and not have intelligence about what our adversaries are up to. so i think it s got to happen. and hopefully trusting in the people that he s putting in these positions, they will be able to build that relationship. so today a lot of folks are arriving in washington for the inauguration tomorrow. there are also dozens of lawmakers who are not be at the inauguration, who are boycotting it. i want to play to you what steve cohen one of those boycotters said to tamron? i think it serves a large role. i think he is needy. he has been needy since they dropped him off at the military school when he was 13 years old.
washington. the first two are here on capitol hill. senate democrats blitzing mnuchin and perry in a last gasp push in trying to derail any of president-elect trump s cabinet pics picks. later this hour the president-elect will have lunch in washington before the biggest moment of his political career, his inauguralle address as our 45th president. watching it owl our team of correspondents. casey hunt and kelly o donnell on the hill. and peter alexander outside trump tower. casey let s start with you. you have been watching this hearing for steve mnuchin. his business background under the microscope. there is a lot of talk there would be fireworks. are you seeing them develop? halle we are seeing that senators are on edge going into this. there is a lot of tension in the room and it bubbled over pretty quickly, before steve mnuchin even had a chance to start talking when senator pat roberts
it s wonderful to watch the former presidents recognize how important it is that all go well. we all pray for the success of the new president. no one should pray for his failure. we all pray for his success. what we ve seen today is the new administration praying or bush 41. praying for him in houston. mike pence was talking about this today. it must have been disturbing for you to hear the news i m sure. i love the bushes. probably the two most influential people are named bush, george herbert walker bush and barbara bush. everybody assumed it s george w. bush. but his parents are special. i respect them an awful lot. what were you learned from his folks? that he has rallied, doing much better. he expects to out of the icu and go back into the regular hospital for a while and get his balance and get back on the road. we are monitoring now for more updates potentially from the hospital in houston where he
it s dramatic. it s unbelievably important that these transfers of power in our great democracy be seen by the world as celebration. we celebrate yesterday. and we celebrate what tomorrow will bring. and today is where yesterday and tomorrow meet. and so all of the nations around the world that see us as a great democracy marvel at the way we can transfer a power even when it happened during contention election cycles. so it s very important for the world the see an orldly transfer of power, one where the baton is passed, not dropped. that the same values of america are the values that will be stood for and the same beacon of light and democracy and hope and freedom will shine from this country. in your perspective, is donald trump ready for day one from a logistical and staffing perspective? there were a lot of questions about for example, his nsc team, whether they are in place and the beachhead teams going in.
that strikes anyone who walks into the oval office is the awesome responsibility of being president of the united states. this is a serious and very important responsibility that that individual is assuming. so i think the individual has to approach that job with a tremendous amount of care and thought in terms of what what he is going to say and what he is going do on behalf of the country. before i let you go i want to get your take on something that president obama said at his final press conference this week with reporters. sometimes i get mad at frustrated like everybody else. but at my core i think it s going to be okay. that was his message to the country. to you is that a fitting coda to the obama administration? i agree with president obama. you know, this country has been through an awful lot through your history and we ve taken on a lot of challenges, from wars to recessions to depressions to all kinds of challenges from