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Martha: more than a month away from ip -- inauguration day and yet president-elect trump taking serious heat for not doing things as they have been done in the past. michael goodwin writes this. trump era of disruption, saying, quote, the whole world looks to be having a nervous breakdown over early actions and many wondering if the wheels are coming off the train. the good news is that they hope.
The head of apple, steve cook and on down the line. martha: one of the main criticisms of the obama administration was that they had nobody from the private sector, and now one of the criticisms the trump team is getting is they have too many people from the private sector. quite obviously, donald trump is divide comfortable -- quite comfortable. bill: and i think that last comment too, listen, he's pretty much saying it's an open door. if you've got ideas, come and tell us, and we're going to work with you. these companies that have a lot of money overseas, they're going to try and work to ge...
Refuse to face the truth. they lost the presidency principally because voters demanded change. mr. trump promised it in abundance while mrs. clinton represents the status quo. her main selling point? her qualifications and experience showed how out of touch with voters she was. that is according to karl rove in this morning's paper. he is former white house deputy chief of staff to george w. bush and a fox news contributor. karl, good morning. good to see you this morning. >> morning, martha. martha: it's always important for a party to take stock and to figure out why you didn't reach enough ...
So we want to get to the bottom of it, we want to do it in a nonpartisan fashion, and i think it's a concern to all americans, and it should be. but what we're seeing that's being put out there anonymously remains to be validated or not. martha: well, that's the issue. i mean, you've got all of these stories, the latest one coming out saying vladimir putin personally oversaw which pieces were going to be released from this hacking, and the charge in the last couple of days that there was a direct connection, according to some sources at the cia, between the hacking and donald trump winning the...
150 away. martha: within reach. bill: the fed raised about a quarter point, stocks have been soaring since election day, optimistic returns for perhaps a tax deal, corporate tax reduction and on and on we go. so we'll watch it for you. 9:35 now in new york city. martha: back to one of the big stories of today, some lawmakers on capitol hill are fuming today after a briefing on the russian hacking was snubbed by the briefers. the heads of the cia, the fbi and the director of national intelligence refusing to provide the latest information they have on this whole russian hacking thing in a room ...