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>> kevin madden, weapons of mass distraction. that's a catchy phrase. do you agree? >> let me extend and arevise my remarks in accordance with what the gentleman from texas said. the transition part of it is what i was talking about. i don't think there's a lot of strategy there. but paul is right that what donald trump seems to like is a lot of chaos around him. when there's chaos in the media and amongst his opponents when they're chasing off on these stories about constitutional haw or whether or not the media is fair, he's firmly put in control. when he's allowed to dictate the cadence and...

Disagree. >> burning the flag is a form of expression. speech just doesn't mean written words or oral words. burning a flag is a symbol that expresses an idea. >> okay. now to the important stuff. tom price, a congressman and surgeon, is trump's pick for secretary of health and human services. price despises obamacare. sarah murray is tracking all of this. she joins me live from washington. hi, sarah. >> reporter: good morning, carol. so much to chew on this morning. i want to go back to that flag tweet for one second because it is worth noting that other politicians in the past have proposed ...

>> he carried ohio as we all know. cyn cincinnati was very important in that battle. thank you. some key republicans are unsettled by trump's threat of extreme punishment for flag burners. joining us from capitol hill, you had a chance to speak with mccain bethe tweets. >> remember, he voted for a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning. but republicans would rather focus on the transition and what they'll do in the new congress. when i had a chance to talk to mccain, he made clear there should be some form of punishment for flag burning but did not say he wanth to talk about what donald ...

Right, so i don't see what the problem is with that. >> just listening to anthony, i mean, that's the problem, right, you don't know who mr. trump's tweet is meant for. if he's serious about it. if we should ignore it and pay attention to something perhaps more important. what do you think? >> well, that's absolutely right. first of all, i don't think what the media is necessarily preoccupied here with is a debate over flag burning. about all other issues on the table. i think the question is a threat to infringe upon first amendment rights before the guy's even stepped foot in the oval office...

Become our 45th president. whatever the reasoning, the tweet brings up important constitutional issues about the first amendment and the man to discuss them with is jeff rye to be bin and -- jeffrey toobin. we've heard from senator mccain, senator cruz, no one wants to see the american flag burned. >> of course. >> it's a deplorable act but you are protected within the first amendment. have people challenged that through the years? i imagine it has a checkered past. >> it was a hot issue in the '80s and '90s, flag burning. that was a big social issue people talked about a lot but the court set...