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Working hard to get this right, if we can get this policy right and make the transition work for people, the politic will take care of itself. >> the president says the republicans blocking nominees and refighting the battle. he an important issue for him, he wanted to help people who were exposed to leadaint. wasn't that battling president bush's policy? the president, then senator obama, would argue it was substantive position, but he was obstructing nominees, what's different now? >> i didn't work for senator obama at the time. and i'm not fame with the instance you cited. the president was...

Disorderly transitions in their history, and they were leaning the same direction until they got it sort of back on track in the past ten days. basically, jay agreeing to do it, the only way to make a transition work is for the outgoing host to decide yes, it is time for him to leave, same with johnny carson, called his own shot. and jay is stepping up to say this was his decision this time. >> and bill, i was speaking with a comedian the other day who has been on all these shows himself a lot, and we were both saying to each other, and maybe you're the encyclopedia source that can give us the...

Basically, jay agreeing to do it, the only way to make a transition work is for the outgoing host to decide yes, it is time for him to leave, same with johnny carson, called his own shot. and jay is stepping up to say this was his decision this time. >> and bill, i was speaking with a comedian the other day who has been on all these shows himself a lot, and we were both saying to each other, and maybe you're the encyclopedia source that can give us the answer, has any show, anyone ever been cancelled while they were number one in the ratings? this is what we would call an anticipatory cancella...

So if the feds want your banking records, let's say you bank as chase. they serve a subpoena at chase. it is not their duty to tell you that, it's chase's duty. >> bill: the final point is the bigger picture about the transition and how devastating the interviews could have been now between the f.b.i. and members of the administration because you would argue if you have the emails, you have the information and now you have your line of questioning and you are arguing the transition team had no idea that happened. >> many people from the transition work in the west wing and almost all were inte...