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Understand why both in the media and the country get fixated on the personality of a president, any president. but the fact of the matter is that underlying this all the time are issues, serious issues, that go on until the country feels they are resolved satisfactorily. so as presidents shift, the issues keep chugging along here. and it doesnt make any difference if youre shifting from washington to adams or bush to obama or obama to trump. the issues if you theyre not solved keep going until t...

Geithner. happens every four years. bipartisan amnesia. >> one of the headlines is how few nominees have talked about major policy issues with donald trump. most fascinating. >> stunning. you had rex tillerson saying he never had an in-depth conversation with the president-elect on russia. you had price whos being nominated for hhs saying he hadnt recently talked to the president about what he intends to do with social security, medicare, medicaid. nikki haley saying they hadnt had the conversat...

>> cory booker doesnt think thats true. >> not 20. at least 19 people not going to be mad at me. but there are not 20. what i think hes trying to signal to the anti-trump resistance is youre mostly on your own but there are some issues i will help you on. the right wing heard it differently. we heard it as youre mostly on your own but there are core issues i will fight for. >> i think there are much deeper things he was trying to get across here. first of all it goes to the nature of donald trum...

Action, as i mentioned. policy implementation has been also very brisk during the course of this transition. specifically we focused at the president-elects direction on a day one, a day 100, and a day 200 action plan for keeping or word to the american people and putting the president-elects promises into practice. 14 policy implementation teams attracted over 110 active team participants. additionally, 90 experts have been serving in an advisory capacity as we formulated executive action and l...

Course of this transition. specifically we focused at the president-elects direction on a day one, a day 100 and a day 200 action plan for keeping our word to the american people and putting the president-elects promises into practice. 14 policy implementation teams attracted over 110 active team participants and 90 experts have been serving in an advisory capacity as we formulated executive action and legislative policy to pursue the goals of this administration. in addition to that, weve been ...

And, so, you didnt need any reminders about the stakes that you were dealing with. >> you know we heard on capitol hill from a bunch of the donald trump nominees that they havent had substantive or serious in-depth discussions on major policy issues with the president-elect. does that surprise you? i mean, go back to the obama transition. had his candidates for, his nominees, had major policy discussions? >> i think the interviews with the nominees were substantive discussions of issues. i sat -...

Trump nominees that they havent had substantive or serious indepth discussions on policy issues with the president elect. does that surprise you? i mean, go back to-- the obama transition. had his candidates for, his nominees, had major policy discussions? >> i think the interviews with the nominees were substantive discussions of issues. i sat, my office was rights outside of his in the transition, headquarters. people would go in, and they would come out quite, while later. and, and, he would ...

Withdrawing because he has a tax problem, like dashel. president obama got fighter in, who had a bigger tax problem. geithner. happens every four years. bipartisan amnesia. >> one of the headlines is how few nominees have talked about major policy issues with donald trump. that to me was the most fascinating thing of all. >> its stunning. you had rex tillerson saying he never had an in-depth conversation with the president-elect on russia. you had price whos being nominated for hhs saying he had...

More breaking news tonight. another busy day on capitol hill, the senate holding confirmation hearings for four more president-elect trump nominees. democrats grilled them on a host of issues. for health and human services tom price, some questionable stock purchases. manu raju has more. >> reporter: president-elect donald trumps cabinet picks. on the democratic firing line in contentious hearings today. starting with his choice to lead the health and human services department. at issue, tom pri...

Fight. >> some dont think thats true. >> at least 19 people. but there are not 20. what i think hes trying to signal to the anti-trump resistance is youre mostly on your own but there are some issuesly help you on. the right wing heard it differently. we heard it as youre mostly on your own but there are core issues i will fight for. >> i think there are much deeper things he was trying to get across here. first of all it goes to the nature of donald trump and how different a president he is tha...