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But the presidency, not about so much who occupies the white house but the white house. our institution that means a great deal. do you think think of this will spill over into how donald trump gets things done, if you have so many people that instantly are against him, even being in the white house, working with him once he is? >> well, certainly we have seen through the hearing process of the cabinet, central cabinet members, a very strong defiant members of the democrat party really showing up to simply to put a spotlight on donald trump. not even on the nominee so afternoon but on donald t...

Now, he, a transition source telling our colleague that he actually had hired a babysitter at the time to look after his newborn triplets, and he wasn't aware that he had to pay taxes on that. stepped down, similar to the way tom daschle did under president obama had to withdraw when he had a tax issue, but the trump team standing behind mulvaney, suggesting he's not going anywhere. >> manu on capitol hill with the latest. thanks very much. let's get more on all of this, democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia is joining us. thanks for joining us. what do you think of these nominees so...

Putting this together and shepparding it through. paul ryan said, he wants to get this done in the first 100 days. >> he wants to drain the swamp, i want to know what that looks like, he's a proponent of extreme vetting. this was not vetted when he looked at this candidate? >> no doubt, in many ways, look, as much as donald trump will say, he always thought he was going to win. if you talk to those who were close to him, they were surprised he actually won the election on election day as many of us were. having said that, because of that, they didn't necessarily have the apparatus in place as ...

Until you're 26. i think that's a little long in the tooth. i'm a mom. i hope my kids are on their own by then. but this may be a very clear strategy and moving slowly. part of it is getting tom price through the hearing process because 60 to 70% of this can be dismantled right there at hhs. they probably don't want to talk too much about that. some of it can be done through some of the tax code. this thing is going to be dismantled and they'll open this up to competition. this is what people wanted. the republicans won on repealing obamacare and one of the things barack obama did was to dis--...

There's a president to nominate him. so, this is all doing their homework in advance. they can't vote on the nomination until donald trump is inaugurated and formally sends it up to the senate. then the democrats have the option of asking for ten extra days. they may well do that. if that's the schedule, we may see a vote on senator sessions maybe early -- the first full week in february. >> pete williams, our justice correspondent, thanks. our viewers might have noticed our other guest standing by to talk to us. that's the former chairman of the republican party, michael steele. michael, wher...