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>> it's dramatic. it's unbelievably important that these transfers of power in our great democracy be seen by the world as celebration. we celebrate yesterday. and we celebrate what tomorrow will bring. and today is where yesterday and tomorrow meet. and so all of the nations around the world that see us as a great democracy marvel at the way we can transfer a power even when it happened during contention election cycles. so it's very important for the world the see an orldly transfer of power, one where the baton is passed, not dropped. that the same values of america are the values that will...

That strikes anyone who walks into the oval office is the awesome responsibility of being president of the united states. this is a serious and very important responsibility that that individual is assuming. so i think the individual has to approach that job with a tremendous amount of care and thought in terms of what -- what he is going to say and what he is going do on behalf of the country. >> before i let you go i want to get your take on something that president obama said at his final press conference this week with reporters. sometimes i get mad at frustrated like everybody else. but a...

For secretary of state i am excited about that. secretary elaine chao, transportation, an agency that i ran. i think she is a good steady leader. i don't know a lot of the other people. i want them to recognize that being a cabinet member means you have to lead a department, you have to advise and counsel the president and motivate the department to do what the president wants. so it's not like running a company. it's not like being a legislator. it's a different challenge. and you have to respond not only to the president. you actually have to respond to congress because every member of the c...

Time to time. >> reporter: clearly senator widen and democrats including the one from ohio not taking that as humor which senator roberts says he meant it in. but of course roberts was talking about how widen opened up this hearing. and the reality is there are a lot of very serious issues that have democrats more concerned about steve mnuchin than perhaps any other of donald trump's cabinet nominees, which is saying considering how aggressively they opposed people like tom price for health and human services secretary. there are issues about mnuchin's running banc one west which held a lot of...

Power from one president to another president. and the reality that you are hosted by article one in the constitution, the congress, you are hosted by congress to take that oath of office. and the people are before you. and it's -- it's mind blowing to have that experience of seeing all of these people that you have the responsibility to protect. >> you talk about all the people who will be there. one of the folks who will be, your former boss, of course, former president bush and his wife laura. by the way we are learning that in the last 20 minutes they are confirming they will still attend ...