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"politifact" -- remember when obama promised to renegotiate nafta? speak i would call the president of mexico and the president of canada to try to amend nafta. we have to make sure our deals are grew good for everybody. >> laura: that sounded really good. unfortunately it never happened under obama. here's the difference, trump promised and trump delivered. >> we've negotiated this new agreement based on the principle of fairness and reciprocity. to me, it's the most important word in trade because we been treated so unfairly by so many nations all over the world that are changing that. >> la...

>> there is that. >> is there a change on january 20th or not. it's completely within his power to change these numbers. it's very easy to change the numbers. it might be difficult to get to plus 71, but to flip across that 50% threshold, the answer is obvious. he is a smart man, so clearly he doesn't want to. he has decided this is not a priority of him to do this, and we'll see. maybe he is -- he won the election, so everyone says, oh, the strategy is crazy. this strategy is stupid. he is about to be president of the united states. we will see what the end game is there. up next the presiden...

Transition? if you look at the -- it's a net negative seven. more people disapprove of how president-elect trump is handling it than approve. obama was wildly -- everybody said is he doing great. plus 71. clinton plus 50. for a guy who won the election fair and square but did lose the popular vote, does that number -- that means he has lost ground. if you look deeper, it's especially among independents. has the president-elect failed from election day to today to try to reach out to those people that didn't vote for him? >> you're acting like he is trying to reach out to the people who didn't ...

But what is fast track? it is about saying to the administration you can negotiate a treaty which has all to do with what happens with american jobs and what do you want for the congress? you want the congress to ratify what you have done without the opportunity to be engaged at any point along the continum. our constitutional authority says we are engaged and are supposed to be engaged in treaties and trade agreements. >> and you're not. >> we are not and we haven't been. back in 1998, it's important to note that 171 democrats plus 71