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Beyond epic -- you know, epic proportions. we're day 45. day 45. >> oh, i don't disagree with you. let me be very clear. what appears to be appearing here is, i don't know about the president, but at least his senior aides, as well as vladimir putin, are playing footies underneath the table here. let me go back to my original point. this is really, really serious. this is not funny. this is our lives and our economic and our military might on jeopardy here, so again, let's be very transparent here. and i'm sorry that i'm so animated here on a sunday morning, but this really pushes my button be...

That you have to disclose, particularly when it comes to taxes and the nannies and the housekeepers which actually trips up a lot of cabinet officials when it comes to not paying the wage tax. and the president-elect, i've said this about president obama, about president bush and clinton, they reserve the right to nominate the people that they feel is qualified for the job. you can make the argument that not having any government service might be a good thing, i don't know. but the question becomes whether or not they are ready to answer the tough questions that members of congress will throw ...

Why have they not filled them out? >> it's a great question. i think a lot of them have very tangled finances. but i also think they have a disregard that comes from donald trump on down for the sense of propriety and normal way these things are done. so you have a nonpartisan office of government ethics that is now raising real questions as to whether these nominees should be approved before they're fully vetted. >> so let's talk specifics with you, robert. a lot of these folks, rex tillerson, ben carlson, betsy devos, steve mnuchin, they have never served in government so they really need to...

Robert trainem. let's get started right now with you, jonathan. so we have wednesday. that day alone there are hearings or hearings and discussions for these five cabinet level nominees. why does it look like the transition team and republicans in the senate are really trying to rush through this? >> well, all presidents want to have their cabinets in place by the time they take office ideally. but the difference this year is that a lot of these nominees haven't completed the paperwork. you know, the senate is charged by the constitution with giving advice and consent on presidential nominatio...

And we're looking at possible chaos in the weeks and months ahead. >> so to that point though, robert, with replacement, it has been almost six years since the president signed the affordable care act. the gop has been wanting to get rid of it from day one practically. why after six years have we not yet heard a replacement plan? >> well, that's a good question, but i want to step back here and not to be overly optimistic here. i've worked in the senate for ten years and actually had lunch with someone who understands this process fairly well yesterday -- excuse me, on friday. the sky is not f...