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Replace and what happens to all the people who have health care coverage now because of the affordable care act? that is a very tricky thing. one of the many hurdles that the trump administration will have to overcome as it tries to enact its agenda. >> hey, abby, it's very interesting to hear what leading democrats have said since donald trump's surprise to them victory. basically they've said we're all fog to come together and we believe in a strong america. we're going to do whatever we can to help president-elect trump make this a strong america. i mean, it is such a different tone and ten...

Behind the scenes, it will be awkward. but i don't think they're going to start raging and pointing at each other or anything. >> abby, how is washington processing this kind of collective fiction that we're all participating in right now? that donald trump may not be who he told us he was every day of this campaign. you got to give him a shot. he won. that's the mandate. but the man versus the mandate, how is it being processed down there? >> well, i mean, for a lot of people in this town, this is the very first time they are contemplating this scenario. a couple months ago talking to folks a...

Microphone, actually, none of us will support his jobs' plan. >> at the same time, president obama during a press conference, he had a meeting with house republicans and the first thing he did was call out paul ryan which soured their relationship immediately. i do think there is a little bit of malpractice on both sides at that time. we hope that maybe you won't see that this time. and maybe i'm wishful thinking. >> no, they've learned from that. as abby was saying those eight years of gridlock, that's not what america wants. >> don't be what you reject. >> there you go. thank you very much. ...

Have to deal with. >> national security in the intelligence community. they wrote this piece and they have national security and intelligence officials saying that they're not going to work for donald trump. not only that, during the primary and during the general election, you had a lot of these people the foremost experts in their field signing public letters saying that he's unfit. he shouldn't be president. and i'm not going to work for him. so, and he shouldn't be in office to begin with. they immediately are going to have trouble staffing up some of the most important agencies when it co...

Mexican border. >> we're doing a little bit of work for trump, it's going to be a very different message he can give to the people in power than he gave on the campaign trail. let's discuss the big meeting and the protest with our panel. "daily beast" "washington bureau" chief jackie kucinich professor of political science at morgan state university jason johnson and "washington post" reporter abby fig. this is some test of president obama's ability to swallow the personal in favor of patriotism. he's known for this, but donald trump is the face of the resistance. he wasn't born here, obama ...