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I mean, this really opens the door to how this happened. this opioid crisis didn't just happen. it is a manmade crisis. but what we learned over the weekend about the legislative process, both democrats and republicans, is pretty horrific. >> and yet, i mean, this was the drain the swamp idea. scott pruett, epa, says he's going to outsource more to the industry that's polluting. he has marino, the guy hoe chooses, it was so revealing, he's asked yesterday about marino, he says, the first thing, what is the first thing? he knows the issues well. he was an early supporter of mine. it was a tip-o...

Weekend about the legislative process, both democrats and republicans, is pretty horrific. >> and yet, i mean, this was the drain the swamp idea. scott pruett, epa, says he's going to outsource more to the industry that's polluting. he has marino, the guy hoe chooses, it was so revealing, he's asked yesterday about marino, he says, the first thing, what is the first thing? he knows the issues well. he was an early supporter of mine. it was a tip-off of what this is about. >> there are a few things we have to discuss. one, this president is so incompetent and has absolutely no idea what's going...

Say are not on the hit list, elaine chao, and ben carson. >> kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill as we watch the plane, donald trump, his wife and his family all landsing in d.c. kelly, you were just at an event with top senate democrat chuck schumer in which he responded to the comments from shawn spicer. what did he say? >> reporter: senator schumer sort of laid the ground work with what he said will not be a delay tactic but a desire by democrats to slow things down. in the schumer era he was accompanied by posters of some of the trump cabinet nominees with the # swamp cabinet labeling the c...

They're being shunned because of the loyalty issue. those around trump are really the ones with him from the beginning, including people like jeff sessions. >> right. make no mistake, the establishment republicans of in retreat and loyalists to trump on the march. what we see from every piece of news coming out of here. if you are part of what's called the swamp, then you are trudging against the tide to get into the trump administration. in the end, they have to take some of the people. those closest to trump and most loyal to trump are winning. >> and the whole draining the swamp idea and pe...

Swamp idea that donald trump has talked about changing washington, d.c. we actually had discussions about that. we're trying to be prepared for a new administration so we can hit the ground running. >> was there talk about whether or not you would support speaker paul ryan? >> you know, there really wasn't any focus on leadership elections. we tried to keep our focus primarily on how we can best legislate during the lame duck session and be prepared for a new congress. it was almost a four-hour meeting. i'm a big planner and, so, we had some of our board members there trying to get ready for o...