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Important step because donald trump promised to drain the swamp. so his eyes now turn to the transition team. he says, i've got a transition team filled a to z with lobbyists from washington, d.c., defenders of the status quo. that's not what i'm about. so this might be a moment where he actually is going to do what he says he's going to do, which is drain the swamp down there. and if that slows his process down, so be it. >> well, he is a family guy. he's got three of his children on his transition team. he may or may not be asking for security clearance for his kids or jared kushner. there's...

Here and looks like that was the compromise between the u.s. and europe. germany didn't want to go that far, but merkel was onboard with saying if he moves into further parts of ukraine, if putin does that, there will be serious european economic sanctions, so it was a step forward. >> there's also what congress is up to in all of this, and senate majority leader harry reid suggested the opposition to provisions in the senate ukraine aid package may have emboldened russia to take crimea. let me play that for you. >> the house has acted once already. we're going to act again later on this week ...

Government before changing the way they conduct elections. shelby county, alabama, is challenging that. what could happen in this particular case? >> well, the most likely outcome is that the supreme court is going to strike down either the entire notion that you have to get prior approval if you're in one of these pre-clearance jurisdictions in order to change your voting system. they might strike that entire process down, or just invalidate the list and go back to congress and say, update the list with a more modern take on what jurisdiction states, counties and towns actually engage in raci...

>> this is not about making a process that's hard on people for the sake of being hard on them. we need to stand the problem here. the problem is it can't be cheaper, easier and faster to come illegally than it is to come legally. >> for the estimated 11 million here illegally, the proposal would create a 13-year path to citizenship which would include paying a $2,000 fine. passing a background check and having a job. early reaction from the white house was positive. >> these are compatible ideas. enhancing border security, allowing for a clear path to citizenship that requires a number of ver...

>> this is not about making a process that's hard on people for the sake of being hard on them. we need to stand the problem here. the problem is it can't be cheaper, easier and faster to come illegally than it is to come legally. >> for the estimated 11 million here illegally, the proposal would create a 13-year path to citizenship which would include paying a $2,000 fine. passing a background check and having a job. early reaction from the white house was positive. >> these are compatible ideas. enhancing border security, allowing for a clear path to citizenship that requires a number of ver...