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Phil maddingly. >> reporter: republican lawmakers back home from washington. facing emotion, sharp and often shouted questions on their plans to repeal and replace health care. >> as well as pushback on president trump and his immigration policy. >> i'm a muslim. who is going to save me here? who is going to stand behind me and save me? >> i've been road side bombed once, but i'm here. nobody cared about me. but i was with united states armed forces back in afghanistan, that i get shot. i didn't get shot because of my mom and dad.

I think the responsibility in the house of representatives to impeach or not to impeach is one of our most important responsibilities. as you know, an impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment, and the united states would be the judge and jury in effect and it would take a two-thirds vote in the senate to convict and remove a president or other high official from office. >> the congressman did say, though, it was important for the intelligence committees to do their work. that it is their job first. crowd not so excited about that particular answer. we should point out that you were talki...

Attention. >> still, from lereliably red districts in states to the swingiest of districts, the demonstrations are real. and are getting attention. gop lawmakers now grappling with the same reality faced by their democratic counterparts just eight years ago. whether to avoid the face-offs a altogether -- >> when do we want it? >> now. >> or to openly embrace the raucus opposition. >> i don't mind boisterous. i'm having fun. i like having debate. >> phil maddingly joins us. is the white house monitoring what's happening in the town halls? >> they're keenly aware of what's happening. they dismis...

Rolled again by the rank-and-file because that's what happened last night, and that's why they're in this difficult spot. >> donald trump again disrupting the day. phil maddingly, you spent a lot of time on the campaign trail. here's my question for you. you understand the changed environment out in the country from the campaign trail. is this perhaps a bit of evidence that the rank and file republicans don't understand, that the donald trump election tells us something different and protecting yourself like this, doing something that's an inside game is -- we're going to go into the pledge of...

Going to be easy between the gop congress and the new republican white house. a short time ago, for example, the president-elect, donald trump, tweeted his displeasure with the house republican plan to gut an agency that polices congressional ethics. just one of many interesting twists to discuss on this dramatic first day for the 115th congress. with us to navigate the big developments in the hour ahead chief political correspondent dana bash, on capitol hill cnn's manu and phil maddingly. here in studio julie pace of the associated press, reid wilson of "the hill," and mary katherine. we'll ...