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Lead health and human services and he was grilled today whether he is profiting from his position. lets go to m.j. lee, the administration is quote committed to -- the spending, thats a mega promise, what else was said? >> reporter: we certainly saw sparks fly, the second hearing that tom price has had, the first was on the financial investments and ethics about his decision to invest where his companies and congress may have been related and democrats are saying his work may have helped him ben...

His day one is pretty darn robust, ive gotten out of the quantifying game, but i think when you compare that to the past we probably put that up there the amount of action he took, folks, thats what youre going to see a lot more of today, he wanted to sit down with the auto industry because he thinks thats vital to our manufacturing base, but hes going to have a lot of meetings and meet with a lot of folks with a lot of backgrounds with folks he think are interested in working with him, to your ...

More people, what the regulatory or impact is on their ability to keep more jobs or keep manufacturing here in the united states, youre going to see a lot more of that whether its governors or different groups in the house or senate to come down and get their ideas and advice how to work together and move an agenda. >> you mentioned that the president is reviewing the islamic state strategy, can you tell us who exactly is involved in that review, how long is its going to take and what are option...

At the educational piece to transfer people out of one job to another for people who might have had a blue collar job to transfer into a technology based job but theres a lot of things we can do in terms of training an retraining, vo tetech what tr background or not and thats the kind of stuff that i think will help move forward. >> there was a report that came out this morning that said if the current spending levels where they are its going to put the country in another $10 trillion in debt ov...

>> it means ive answered your question. >> have you? >> the presidents been meeting with business leaders are there any plans to target international -- >> i think our automotive industry has as a lot of plans overseas, the first prior to is jobs hes trying to bring back, johns johnson & johnson, dow, you take ford, chrysler, g.m., they all have massive overseas investments and i think part of the problem he was talking about is greater market access for them, to not get into markets they may ha...

With the congressional black caucus or congressional hispanic caucus. >> i think it might have been april that asked this yesterday. the president started with the leadership, today i think the group is part of advice and consent with respect to appointing a supreme court justice, so hes going through the motions on that, but you are going to see a lot of meetings with a lot of individuals, he welcomes the meetings and advice, this is something these really enjoyed not just during the transition...

The naacp accusing this administration of something called staereo typintyping omisy sayi saying the president has met with celebrities, but not -- what is the agenda, what are you planning when it comes to -- >> april, just the other day he sat down with martin luther king junior. >> his dad was the civil rights leader. >> i think hes done a lot for that, thats a lot hes done with the pastors hes met with, a lot of individuals, they have come up and down the tower, during the campaign and in th...

Presidents list, but making sure that all are done in a way that respects the tax payer, but gives them the benefit they truly deserve. >> if 3-5 million people voted illegally thats a scandal o of tof of astronomical size. why not investigate something that is the biggest scandal in american history, 3-5 million people voting illegally? >> well see where we go, but right now the focus that the president has is putting americans back to work. it was a comment he made on a long standing belief. >...