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Renegotiate nafta, to pull out of tpp. hes going to get some resistance on that. but he is really drawing the battle lines early, in his presidency. and trying to put the focus on jobs and trade. and, of course, those were two key issues that he campaigned on, steph. this is part of the reason why he won all of those working class voters throughout the midwest. so what were seeing is, hes trying to put his words into practice. the question is, will it lead to broad job growth. so far, we have se...

Did he saying save anything in that inaugural address or has he done anything in his transition period to change your perspective on how you feel? >> honestly, no. and im going to probably remain skeptical unless he really indicates a solid change of heart. >> and weve been talking about this throughout the day. what happens after today? one of the first actions that president trump took yesterday was to direct agencies and to give them more leeway in terms of implementing some of the provisions...

Has a tremendous opportunity to build a legacy based upon achievement. trump haters, the crazed ideologues, and the anti-american zealots will all fall by the wayside if president trump can succeed in building prosperity. simple as that. and that is "the memo." now, to the top story reaction, joining us from washington, lisa boothe. here in new york city, juan williams. are you willing to give donald trump a choice to succeed? >> can i interrupt? congratulations! >> bill: oh, stop. >> that is wo...

Such a parade in the eyes of the public, looks like we all are we from time to time. >> bret: chris, last thing. were getting more that the house in the senate are going to get classified briefings from the intelligence community on what we know about the hacking surrounding the u.s. election. barring some other evidence in this particular issue, as this story going to the wayside? >> no. first of all, there will be leaks from what is presented to congress. that always happens. that building has...

Again, russia, its a great concern of mine and i feel like all the concerns are going at the wayside because "buzzfeed" and cnn completely blew it. >> and at the same time, rex tillerson was at his confirmation hearing. >> heres the thing, i think there is an added question, and you really brought this up, i think the american people are going to have to ask themselves when they are reading stuff on social media or getting it other places, is this coming from a journalist? or is this coming from...

Is why it was so important that he said he will enforce the law as the attorney general, defend the law as the attorney general, meant relationship was law enforcement, all things that have fallen by the wayside as the department of justice has turned into a wing of the obama administration and a political branch. >> you are smiling. if you ask the young people in ferguson and cleveland, people that have lived under predatory police departments, what happens when you have attorney holder on lore...

Brooks, the president, ceo of the naacp, he was protesting in mobile, alabama, last week. he got arrested for a sit-in. hes going to testify against him as well. these are powerful figures in the civil rights community who are saying this man should not be the next attorney general. >> right, and theyre entitled to their opinion but they dont actually know the man and thats why on the pro-sessions side, we have these law enforcement organizations, civil rights leaders, whove actually worked with...

Influenced the election or had managed or had succeeded. they just said there was this attempt. >> reporter: right, this attempt. and we have learned they are going to include a motivation in their new report set to come out -- or be made public next week. i do think that this is really the sticking point that you point to. and even the republicans who have been very hawkish on russia, they are not calling into question the outcome of the election in any way. thats not what senators mccain and g...

That will not fall by the wayside for democrats, the memory of what happened there. >> let me ask you about russia if i can. you might have listened to the interview i just had with the former cia director james woolsey who is advising trump on national security. something he said struck me. he said, this kind of hacking is not that big of a deal. that was his point. weve heard from the trump camp, were not sure its russia. woolsey made that point. bill crystal, whats happening here? everybody i...

And then handle it all in january? >> we like to think that, but we never want to put off tomorrow what we can do today. like i said, even for a small period of time, it can offset our bodys system. it can affect our livers. we want to start today and, of course, we want to indulge a little bit. having the egg nog or two, the extra slice of pie perks the cookies, these things add up. many times even our new years resolutions with the best of intentions, many of them fall by the wayside within a ...