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Change to washington, d.c. >> honesty, accountability, and change. the president certainly has changed some things though not in the way he said he would. over the course of his first 100 days in office, donald trump has radically transformed ethical standards and expectations held by the public for the occupants of the white house. it's arguably his biggest accomplishment, if you could call it that, to date. it's happened so quickly and in such routine increments, it's easy to lose sight of how far we've come. let's just take stock. donald trump is our first full-time businessman president wi...

Today a new report lays out why. according to politico, a lobbying firm co-founded by lewandowski appears to have been pitching clients around the world by offering poll and i and political advice but also face time with president trump, vice president mike pence and senior members of the administration. people are familiar with lewandowski's pitch to potential clients say he has pledged he will personally call trump or his cabinet members if necessary. this is precisely the kind of money for access pay to play that trump and his surrogates accused hillary clinton of, citing appearances of con...

That if he's bad at one thing, he'll be bad at the other. >> right. i think we need to just be honest with ourselves about this too. like with nafta, people today, like on my side of the political fence, are like, yeah, another promise. but it's kind of wait a minute. we were for bernie, and we were against nafta. back in flint, believe me, we've been against nafta for 25 years. >> of course. >> so it's -- >> but here's my question. doesn't it feel in a weird way, it's like the basic idea of like the populist insurgent versus the establishment. part of the first 100 days, it's true, the establ...

Organized, well-funded effort on the ground by conservative groups and the kochs are just part of this. they've gone after school boards, state's attorneys generals. not just legislators. it's really this overwhelming effor effort. >> this has been the key to giving them control. the way to control washington is through the states. and the republicans figured it out. the democrats literally missed it. >> by the way, the democrats have just as much money as the republicans do. where are they spending it? >> i don't agree with everything howard dean did. one thing he did do that i totally agree ...

Really can be done? what can they accomplish here? >> as with any outgoing president president obama's focus right now is really about preserving his legacy as much as he can. i think the reality really is that there is not much he can do at this point once he leaves office. and particularly given the fact that republicans are about to control the house, the senate, and the white house. this is a moment that republicans of course have waited for for many years. and this is why we are seeing the republican party move so quickly to try to deal with repealing obama care. this is something that th...