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Truth and integrity. >> reporter: as they wait for the intelligence report on russia. >> i would suggest to those who have not yet seen the report and mott been briefed on it that they wait and see what is being put forward before they make those judgments. >> reporter: vice president elect pence is backing up his boss. >> i think he has sincere skepticism about intelligence conclusions. >> has donald trump ex-planed why he distrusts these intelligence sources? >> reporter: he has not explained it exactly for himself, but shawn spicer who is the incoming white house press secretary told report...

Diplomacy and intelligence? do you think he really understands that? >> i can't speak for him because i don't really get this. i will say, his proxies are on your show and other shows, and the people around him will say, he needs to shake things up and he's asking questions. everyone agrees that's legitimate. but by doing so publicly, on twitter, the long-term impact on the intelligence community, is grave, and it will affect morale. everyone knows twitter is disruptive. i have teenage kids, so i get the social dynamics of twitter and -- but he's the president-elect. my kids can roll their eye...

But they still need democrats with republicans holding 52 seats and democrats 48. most things require 60 votes to pass. >> you can't flinch, you can't blink. you have to look it right in the eye. analyze it, learn from it. >> reporter: the trump cabinet will be one early test. rex tillerson and defense secretary nominee james mattis. the new congress came with one old touch. >> we're having a conversation. >> reporter: vice president joe biden in his formal role, swearing in one final class of senators. it's one of his last official acts after 44 years in washington. >> anybody else want to be...

>> jeff joins us now. i understand both president obama and vice president elect pence will be on capitol hill tomorrow. what more do you know about it? >> very unusual for the president to come up 16 days before he leaves office. he will be trying to make the case to democrats to protect his signature agenda piece of legacy, obamacare. he wants democrats to tout the benefits to their constituents across the country. at the same time, mike pence will be trying to walk republicans through how they want to repeal and replace obamacare. the question of repealing it is an easy one. replacing it is...

On the three pillars of the support system. the medicare act, medicaid, it wouldn't make america great again, it would make america sick dwagain and lead to chaos instead of affordable care. >> reporter: i think you're going to hear it over an over again. they had a meeting with the president today. he talked about the crazy dynamic about the meetings going on at the same time. the vice president made it clear that's what the democrats were going to do and it was incumbent on them to do it. this was about strategy, pr or recognition that the message might actually win this fight,