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Tom delay eventually left congress in an ethics scandal that led to him being convicted and then his conviction being overturned. we do still have the lasting benefit of this amazing mug shot from that time in his life. but tom delays time in congress had to come to an end. his doctor scam did not end, though. he passed it on, apparently. in 2009 a congressman out of georgia started running the same con. under a different name. he created what he called the physicians council for responsible ref...

Award, which is a nice thing, then you got down to the question of what exactly this dr. mueller would have to do to collect this prestigious award. turns out that to get that award, the national republican congressional committee would need the doctor to write them a check for about $1200. he told abc news investigative unit at the time to actually buy your award and its not from your peers or from your patient ors from the community that you serve its really deceptive, its not being honest, it...

Benefit of this amazing mug shot from that time in his life. but tom delays time in congress had to come to an end. his doctor scam did not end, though. he passed it on, apparently. in 2009 a congressman out of georgia started running the same con. under a different name. he created what he called the physicians council for responsible reform and he sent out these faxes, sent out these letters. he promised doctors who joined his exclusive group that they would be, quote, receiving special briefi...

I said i welcome those ideas that youll provide. >> president, multiple times from your administration there have come statements that republicans have no ideas and no solutions. in spite of the fact that weve offered, as demonstrated today, positive solutions to all of the challenges we face including energy and the economy and health care. >> tom, look, i have to say that on the -- lets just take the health care debate. its probably not constructive for us to try to debate a particular bill, t...

>> tom, look, i have to say that on the -- lets just take the health care debate. its probably not constructive for us to try to debate a particular bill, that this isnt the venue to do it. but if you say we can offer coverage for all americans and it wont cost a penny, thats just not true. you cant structure a bill where suddenly 30 million people have coverage and it costs nothing. it cant just be political assertions that arent substantiated when it comes to the actual details of policy becau...

Award, the national republican congressional committee would need the doctor to write them a check for about $1200. he told abc news investigative unit at the time to actually buy your award and its not from your peers or from your patients or from the community that you serve its really deceptive, its not being honest, its just not right. but dr. mueller wasnt the only one. hundreds of other doctors were also told that year that they had just won physician of the year. and it was all part of th...

His exclusive group that they would be, quote, receiving special briefings and providing input to republican members of congress. congressman promised that these select physicians on this council would be providing input to house republican leader john boehner, congressman eric cantor and others. none of that was true. this was just the same con that tom delay used to use. all they were doing was raising money. theyre basically shaking down doctors for donations. in some instances this congressm...

>> you have repeatedly said most recently at the state of the union that republicans have offered no ideas and no solutions in spite of the fact -- >> i dont think i said that. what i said was it would -- within the context of health care. i remember that speech pretty well. it was only two days ago. i said i welcomed ideas that you might provide. i didnt say that you hadnt provided ideas. i said i welcome those ideas that youll provide. >> president, multiple times from your administration ther...

That send the signal to the japanese, listen, they dont want do upset president trump, we need to do what they want. it raises some questions hopefully as trump takes office and has more formal advisors, a cabinet, this will become less of an issue. >> doug and elise, thank you. well see how it shakes out. straight ahead, donald trumps national security team lining up. what former house republican majority leader tom delay thinks about his choices. hell join me live next.

>> whats the rude awakening? >> slow as molasses on capitol hill. >> well, thats the way its supposed to be but if they want to speed it up they can speed it up. my only concern right now is the senate. if we win the seat in louisiana, the senate will have 52. the senate relies on that 60-vote margin. i would hope people would start putting pressure on the senate to eliminate that 60 votes, let them filibuster if they want to, thats fine, but that 60 vote gets in the way of moving quickly and i ...