someone's a republican or vice versa, no matter how, i hope we're all americans first and we've had divisiveness for far too long. people want this country to come together and they want congress to start working. and that's what my job is. so i went up and had a very good interview. i was very pleased to meet with president-elect trump. i met with his staff. i met with steve bannon. reince priebus was there. i met with jared, his son-in-law. very nice. i met his beautiful young daughter ivanka. and we had a great spirited conversation. i think back and forth. and that's what it's all about. and i enjoyed it very much. >> did you think it was real? do you think they had you up there as a prop because you're a democrat? >> no. no i really don't. i think they're looking for a pathway forward. i really felt it was a sincere, honest dialogue for about an hour. and we talked about things that we agreed on. we talked about pathways forward. and chuck schumer -- i'm excited about chuck coming in as our new leader i really am, as far as democrat caucus. i'm going to be working with the