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To -- and the early indicators with his nominees for cabinet posts, he said he was going to drain the swamp. excuse me, these are the powerful the, the billionaires, the bankers, et cetera, he's populating his cabinet with. i think people are troubled already. >> he's made a very clear claim that only he can fix what's wrong in your life. right? obama's metric was is washington different? did i change the culture? republicans kind of controlled that because if they didn't work with him, obama was a failure. trump says no, i am going to pal papally and tangibly take your life. people can figure...

On record at just 7 degrees at high noon. president barack obama, the first african-american president, was celebrated by the largest inaugural crowd in history. and now, as president obama goes from the heights of power to the history books, a new leader emerges. we await president-elect trump's first words to the nation as our elected leader who follows the footsteps of the 44 presidents whose time in the white house began with the inaugural addres address. >> you know, when you watch that litany in our history you just realize the awe e- inspiring stature, the peaceful transition of power i...

Will they get anywhere with this or will the nominees pass through? >> you know neitherically the numbers are going to get passed through. you remember when democrats but their nominees forward. whatever party is in power says relove you, respect you. which ef party is not they grill them. that's a responsibility of all left and right for the american people to properly vet an individual who has been nominated for a top position. >> we aren't seeing politics as usual, chris, when we see over 60 democrats are sitting out the inauguration. a little something more going on here. >> well, the part...

Businesses, right decision. trump has done nothing of the sort but he's apparently done enough for chaffetz. >> it seems to me donald trump is bending over backwards to do everything he can but he has to abide by the law and he's exempt from most of these conflicts of interest so i thought it was very premature of the office of government ethics to be in the spin room saying hey, i hate this. >> democrats including chuck schumer responded to chaffetz' letter with outright. "mr. chaffetz's attempt to bully mr. shaub out of doing his job are absolutely despicable." joining me now, senator jeff m...

First the house tries to get rid of the office on day one then they attack the independent office of government ethics charged with making sure the conflicts of interests are eliminated for the president and people who are nominated for cabinet posts. boy the president himself held a press conference to say how much he was doing and it turned out his plan was as phony as his photo problems. he had these folders piled up saying "these are the contracts i'm going to divest" but they wouldn't let the reporters look at them because they had blank paper in them and the plan was to put his sons in c...