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Grants and contracts to states. >> this is what we were concerned about in the beginning. its a war on terks pa. >> but a transition source says the free will not impact all epa grants. were told the $4.1 billion the agency gives to states to implemented clean water and clean air regulations will not be touched but other grants will be frozen for review. >> the states their budget has been cut so much that i dont think that many of the safety programs will continue without federal funding. welco...

>> yeah, absolutely. all eyes are on the trump administration as well as the agency in charge of protecting our air and water. president trump has political teams in place at the epa and within his first week of his presidency, we are beginning to see the agency start to shift. since trump has taken office, hes frozen regulations as he has promised and cnn has also learned he ordered epa grants to be frozen as well. days into his presidency, donald trump is sending chills down the spines of envi...

>> reporter: he broke with the president-elect calling global warming a hoax. >> donald trump is wrong. >> i do not believe child enticement change is a hoax. >> reporter: in south carolina, nikki haleys hearing to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she took a tougher line on trump on issues like russia. >> russia is trying to show their muscle. it is what they do. i think we always have to be cautious. i dont think we can trust them. >> manu raju joins us from capitol hill. questions abo...

Immaterial? >> reporter: he broke with the president-elect calling global warming a hoax. >> so donald trump is wrong? >> i do not believe child enticement change is a hoax. >> reporter: in south carolina, nikki haleys hearing to be u.s. ambassador to the united nations. she took a tougher line than trump on issues like russia. >> russia is trying to show their muscle. it is what they do. i think we always have to be cautious. i dont think we can trust them. >> manu raju joins us from capitol hi...

Gary cohen, a very adventurous former coo of goldman sachs was running the irrational national economic conference, insiders say he is already taking charge of much more than just the economy. interesting, because the early policy about potential fights only got more attention today when reince priebus was highlighted suggesting that top republicans want him to bring stability to mr. trump. this idea that he needs a grown up minding him is not likely to set up well with the president-elect, who ...

John roberts. im not told by a senior transition source, we can it be expect him to named tomorrow. he is the last person the cabinet picked. they are pushing hard in the trump transition to get all these people confirm. remember, on day one, barack obama had republicans confirm seven of his cabinet picks. they dont think they will reach that number this time. the trump transition team making a lot of noise about that and pointing the finger at chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader. martha...

Gary cohen, a very adventurous former coo of goldman sachs was running the irrational national economic conference, insiders say he is already taking charge of much more than just the economy. interesting, because the early policy about potential fights only got more attention today when reince priebus was highlighted suggesting that top republicans want him to bring stability to mr. trump. this idea that he needs a grown up minding him is not likely to set up well with the president-elect, who ...

John roberts. im not told by a senior transition source, we can it be expect him to named tomorrow. he is the last person the cabinet picked. they are pushing hard in the trump transition to get all these people confirm. remember, on day one, barack obama had republicans confirm seven of his cabinet picks. they dont think they will reach that number this time. the trump transition team making a lot of noise about that and pointing the finger at chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader. martha...

Now, he, a transition source telling our colleague that he actually had hired a babysitter at the time to look after his newborn triplets, and he wasnt aware that he had to pay taxes on that. stepped down, similar to the way tom daschle did under president obama had to withdraw when he had a tax issue, but the trump team standing behind mulvaney, suggesting hes not going anywhere. >> manu on capitol hill with the latest. thanks very much. lets get more on all of this, democratic senator joe manc...

Replacement plan yet or even agreed on what it should look like. donald trump says he is down to the final strokes on that replacement. but dont expect to hear those details today from price. instead, a transition source tells nbc news the congressman is prepared to on offer broad principles in line with the president-elects campaign pledges and adding price and trump have met twice in the last two weeks. >> youll be very he proud of what we put forth, having to do with health care. >> reporter:...