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Kristen welker, in washington, dc. >> picking up steve. donald trump's transition appears to move into the fast lane. mike pence arriving moments ago on capitol hill, meeting right now with republican lawmakers ahead of a one on one sit-down with house speaker paul ryan this hour and meet with democratic leaders from the house and senate later today. in the meantime, an equally busy day at trump tower. jeff henserling. a world leader will also stop by. nbc news also learned retired general michael flynn risen to the top of the list for national security advisor but nothing finalized until th...

Want to do and barring some really major disruption that their plan was to raise rates. i think they probably will but the bigger issue as president trump takes over and we see a pretty significant shift in the focus of the government's role in the economy, and his people, will he change the fed's trajectory? >> we're looking at live pictures of president obama and german chancellor angela merkel about to hold a bilateral meeting and then hold a joint news conference and we'll monitor that. let's get back to this discussion of the economy though. obviously, donald trump, as you raised, he's be...

His wife? >> and a couple of other reporters in the speaker's office. this is a very organic situation. he said whoever is going to be the speaker of the house, it has to be an organic movement. he said we probably won't be answering our phones over the weekend. meaning so many different people would be calling. we're hearing other names batted around. there's been a concerted effort to try to get paul ryan, the chairman of the ways and means committee in. that's the problem, is that there are certain people who would command a wide swath of the house republican conference, like paul ryan. lik...

That might mean for steve scalese from louisiana and more of the representative out of that conservative wing, that group that's been such a thorn for bain wore like to see move forward. that's how he got into leadership. he wants to be majority leader. when you have paul ryan and jeff henserling saying they are putting their votes behind price. with mccarthy, that is the way you move up and surprises happen occasionally. that's where the pete will be and we'll see it unfold over time. lynn jenkins saying she wants to be part of the leadership team if there is a vacancy at the fourth slot. the...

Same retirement that the member of congress has. the health benefit plan is the thrift savings plan. it's essentially a contribution and the only thing to keep us from bankrupting the economy and being the first generation in america's history to leave the next generation with a lower standard of living. after reform entitlement spending, the president steps backwards. he has new entitlement programs and spending. he takes a bad situation and makes it worse. we continue to have sluggish job growth in the economy. people wonder how are we going to pay for the debt? >> are you speaking for eric ...