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You recall, the third one i'm talking about now was released on the -- late on a friday. we knew it would be released that day. the desire was to get it out. the thinking was to get it out quick so that potentially people that might be coming here to harm us would not take advantage of some period of time that they could jump on an airplane and get here or get here in other ways. so that was the thinking. in retrospect, i should have -- this is all on me, by the way, i should have delayed it just a bit so that i could talk to members of congress, particularly the leadership of committees like ...

Now is the president wants to focus on getting his cabinet up and complete. we will continue to make nominations both at the deputy and under an assistant secretary level, but in key agencies like i.c.e. where there is an assistant secretary, there are 30 other agencies where there will be acting heads to make sure that in the transition process we have someone in that position to ensure continuity of government. >> reporter: yesterday you said 109 individuals were held by this extreme vetting, dhs officials said it was over 1100. >> press secretary spicer: just to be clear, what they are talk...

>> they are, but there's no way the democrats can suspend or shoot down any of these options. and the reality is it also goes to show you -- and this is what i've been hearing at lot -- there's not really a strong, organized leadership. of they kept nancy pelosi, who's been losing since 2010, chuck schumer himself is going through this there's process -- transition process, and he that a progressive caucus while the majority of the american people in the esteem of many who have watched this year want to see some sort of progress and resolution. so the democrats have really been extraordinarily...

Leader at a press conference today, a call tomorrow with vladimir putin. he did sound today open to lifting these sanctions in some form, didn't he? >> right. exactly. he did the opposite of putting an end to the speculation as senator mccain would have wanted him to. without a doubt, trump campaigned on having the united states have a warmer, more friendly, more open relationship with russia. and in a lot of ways, this is him pushing back against the final legacy of the obama presidency. remember the obama white house was seen as sort of daring trump in his first 100 days to make a statement ...

Have to get it back into fact. disregarding whoever is president, the role, if you read the constitution, article one, the role of the house and senate has to have that. >> when congress acts, there will be a president prepared to sign and not veto those bills. >> james: more on this later with our all-star panel. president trump's point man on the transition process at the epa says he thinks the 50% cut in the workforce is a good place to start. he predicts the president could seek to cut $1 billion from their budget. he forecasts big reductions in the payroll. president trump says the u.s. m...