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Large electoral college vote. >> president trump welcomed canadian prime minister justin trudeau to the white house yesterday. despite a host of differences between the two, trudeau said they will remain friends. one of the policy differences is on the issue of immigration. heres what the president had to say when asked if he felt the border with canada is secure? >> you can never be totally confident, but through the incredible efforts already i see it happening of formerly general kelly, now s...

How are you doing with him now? >> the president and i dont have a lot of interaction. he hasnt invited me to golf. but that could be a reflection of my golf game. but we need to do a better job of distinguishing between campaigns and governance. we live in a world where people are constantly campaigning. the american people are exhau exhausted by it. most of life is not about politics. we should get on with the work of governing now. doesnt matter who you voted for. if you voted for donald trum...

Whats the highest priority in facing debt or rebuilding the military? >> the number one priority is to defend the nation. >> its nice to hear that you believe they are important because you have spent your entire congressional career pitting the debt against our military. and each time, at least for you, the military was less important. >> in his appearance before the budget committee, senator bernie sanders pushed mulvaney on his policy differences with president trump. >> will you tell the pre...

They will have six hours of debate on monday and vote monday night. mitch mcconnell says, hey, the cia, donald trump will visit the cia today, but this is about policy differences. they say in the pain every work to the committee we will break no lois, but they say pompeo has said i wont break the law, but i must test the law. what can we do to expand the surveillance program. president obama i think had seven on day one. two for donald trump. whats the impact? >> this is the fewest amount of no...

Obviously, theyre not going to be named we dont think theyre named donald trump or sean spicer but name some people you will kind of hold to reacting to this, learning from it, perhaps basing their policy differences on it. >> well, based on my relationship with the speaker of the house paul ryan, he is somebody that does pay attention to these things and listens to the people and listens to a variety of voices and i think hell be interested to hear the kind of voices raised today and hear what ...

See burning in the streets and violence. i think tomorrow youre going to see a court of a million to half a million american citizens of all colors coming together to say we didnt vote for donald trump, hes our president, but we have policy differences. we are going to express our right to do so. republicans now have the house, the senate, soon to have the supreme court and the white house. this is not the trump-schumer agenda. thats going to require him to work across the aisle. he will have to...

Look at his daughter ivanka, top exec nich his corporation, all the women hes given opportunities. those are his actions. that i believe weve had horrible things happen in the white house, even during the obama administration, some of his women that work for him did not get equal pay. i can guarantee you -- >> they brought equal pay to the white house. and in addition to that, this administration was completely scandal free. you have to at least acknowledge that. >> it depends what you call scan...

Its okay. he is a signal to everybody that its all whatever you can get away with. the rules, the norms do not matter. >> and on policy issues, tom price has disagreements with donald trump on cutting medicare, which he has supported. donald trump doesnt want. to but he handled himself verbally very smoothly throughout the hearing, including when he was facting the policy differences he has with bernie sanders. lets listen to what he said when bernie sanders asked him if he thinks all americans ...

Co2 issue, the epa administrator is constrained by statutes -- >> im asking you a personal opinion. >> my personal opinion is immaterial. >> oh, really? >> to the job of -- >> you are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment and your personal feelings about whether climate change is caused by human activity and carbon emissions is immaterial? >> and just for those of you at home keeping score, senator warner and i were talking about senate finance tomorrow and congressman pr...

The nation." on martin luther kings birthday i think thats what is so important. i wish the president-elect would pick up the phone and call john lewis. i think that a conversation between the two of them would send a positive -- thats not going to change the difference of opinion that they may have about the election, but i think what it does is, we have to be able to engage with each other as americans. we cant turn americas domestic politics into what we sometimes see in americas foreign affa...