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Many of the executive orders he plans to issue to undo a lot of what president obama did in his last four years. he said he's going to wait until monday because the weekend is taken up with inaugural festivities bread he also said he would appoint a justice or nominate a justice to fill the vacancy by the staff -- anson scalia within two weeks of taking office. >> thank you. president-elect trump has named his pick for veterans affair secretary, david shulkin, the va's top health official. he has worked in hospital management for more than two decades. he has expressed support for closer ties ...

Could be in for a major shakeup. president-elect trump is signaling that the status quo at the va will not be allowed to continue under his watch and that improving care for our veterans could be all about limiting the government's current monopoly on services. peter doocy has the latest from inside president-elect trump's mar-a-lago estate where key meetings took place yesterday. >> reporter: a public-previous option is on the table for the veterans administration and a senior official is explain while president-elect trump is wanting to do this. some vets love the va, some vets want to two t...

And thought he was a fantastic person. he was excused of that notion when russia went into georgia. hillary clinton tried to do the reset button thinking he could work with vladimir putin and she couldn't. donald trump will learn the same thing. he's set up a template by which the west is the boogie man and he will learn that quickly and if he doesn't it will be to his detriment. >> i think a lot of people are falling into the trap of judging him before he's in office. good to see you all. thank you for being here tonight president-elect trump signaling that major changes could be coming to ...

Something needs to be done. he identified that. he won the election. >> veterans deserve the best care possible and no doubt the va needs reform. the problems root in the fact that the va has not been funded correctly. they've been playing political football cutting funding for the va. in 2010 there was $1.4 billion cut led by republicans, that's $690 million to the va that was cut. of course the goal was they wanted to privatize the va so they could make money off of the va and veterans. this could be solved, veterans would receive the proper care if the va was funded completely. the problem ...

Mentioned as a leading contender to win the va secretary nomination. a transition official said the president-elect is not feeling pressure to quickly nominate a va secretary, instead saying this is taking so long because he wants to make sure he finds someone who shares his understanding of what the va's most urgent needs are. marc's t thiessen, nomiki k, investigator reporter, and guy benson, a political editor at town hall.com and a fax news contributor. good to see you tonight. marc, is it a good idea to shake up the whole system? >> it absolutely is a good idea. what trump is proposing ...