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Leaders? >> kind of so -- i'm actually surprised and glad about a lot of the things i heard today. but it makes me wonder if donald trump knew the extent of the positions of the folks he put up there. donald trump during a republican debate, he defended torture and advocated for going farther than waterboarding. you have mike pompeo saying under no circumstances would i allow that to happen. so i am optimistic. i definitely think, though, from general mattis all the way down to pompeo and general kelly, folks have to not just say but be able to demonstrate and actively show they are willing to...

Providing important information, but showing extreme sensitivity to the results of this intelligence report. all that said, the lack of paperwork, the lack of disclosure, of financial entanglements, foreign investments by the billionaires who are nominated for cabinet posts is not a trivial matter. it's never before been the case in my experience where nominations go to the hill before the background checks are done. >> nor in mine. i've never seen it before. administrations don't send nominees to go for background checks because they don't want the embarrassment and the potential scandal of a...

Once it starts, you can't stop it. they will all join on board and it will be a race for the exit. it will be fun. paul: thank you, arthur, for being here. good to see you. >> thank you, paul. paul: still ahead, so how will democrats respond to donald trump and his agenda? we'll get our first glimpse next week as the president-elect's pick for some top cabinet posts face senate confirmation hearings.

Promising battles on eight of trump's nominations for cabinet posts. for more on that, i want to bring in robert costa and national political reporter with the "washington post." when you look at this and what we've seen now with the cabinet picks being pretty well established, which nominations do you think the trump folks are most concerned about? >> here on capitol hill, there's an expectation that tom price, the georgia congressman up for health and human services and rex tillerson, the oil executive up to be secretary of state, they're being heavily targeted by democrats because democrats...

Liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. process of putting together one of the great cabinets, certainly a cabinet with the highest i.q. that anybody has ever -- i mean, these -- these are seriously great people. >> every one of these nominees, particularly a guy like tillerson, needs a thorough, thorough hearing. the one thing we will insist on as democrats is it not be just a quick, you know, five minutes to each person in one day. >> well, the new congress convenes next week. january 3rd. then the week after that, the first of the confirmation hearings gets under way on janu...