seats moments ago. they are in place. we are expecting to hear from donald trump sometime during this event. this is going to finish up my coverage here this hour, but msnbc's live coverage of this preinaugural concert featuring donald trump continues now with chuck todd and "mtp daily." >> thank you, steve. well, if it is thursday we're in pomp and circumstance mode already. the inauguration has been kicking off all week. officially kicks off in washington with the president-elect set to take the stage this hour. we'll bring you those remarks. good evening. i am chuck todd in washington. welcome to "mtp daily." this is a live shot of the inaugural festivities on the mall officially under way at the lincoln memorial. donald trump will deliver remarks welcoming the crowd at this event. we'll take you there when it happens. down to business. just 18 hours until donald trump takes the oath of office and the trump cabinet battling

confirmation chaos, raising questions about the new administration's readiness to resume power. some nominees facing ethical questions as others under scrutiny for what appears to be a lack of readiness for said agency. the biggest issue may be that hundreds of high-level jobs, not the top jobs but just underneath remain unfilled which raises the question is who exactly is running this government starting at noon tomorrow. on the question of ethics, trump's treasury secretary pick steve mnuchin, grilled on the hill today about omissions in his financial disclosures. and, of course, his lucrative work on wall street during the foreclosure crisis. when pressed, he acknowledged his company acted improperly by foreclosing on military families. >> is it true that one west independent audit firm said that it violated the service members' civil relief act by initiating foreclosures on 54 active duty

military families? yes or no. >> we unfortunately did foreclose on certain people in the military. it was unfortunate. it was inappropriate. we responded to those people and made them whole. as i said, every single person had the opportunity to have their mortgage reviewed, and we corrected any errors. >> one thing steve mnuchin didn't run into were questions about his relevant experience. that he handled pretty well. trump's pick to run the energy department, rick perry, was grilled today about qualifications for the job where he'll oversee the nation's nuclear arsenal. today perry confronted his infamous oops moment from the 2012 campaign because one of the cabinet agencies he wanted to get rid of in 2012 was the energy department. that's the one he couldn't remember at the time. here is perry today dealing with that moment. >> my past statements, made over five years ago about abolishing the department of energy, do not reflect my current thinking. in fact, after being briefed on so many of the vital functions

of the department of energy, i regret recommending its elimination. >> on questions about who exactly is running things tomorrow, trump's incoming white house press secretary says they've asked numerous obama officials to stay to help fill in gaps at high-level positions. by the way, that does happen frequently. this includes positions at the department of defense, state and treasury as well as a top national security post as well. still, the "washington post" reports today that out of 690 positions that require a senate confirmation trump as named just 29. "new york times" reports his security team off to a slow start. obama administration wrote 275 briefing papers for the incoming administration and nobody knows whether any of anyone in the next has read any of it. today trump defended his cabinet picks in a way only trump can do it. >> we have by far the highest iq of any cabinet ever assembled.

>> i am joined by bush 43's white house chief of staff, also somebody who helped run the transition out of the white house for bush 41. >> thank you very much. good to be here. >> the transition process after 9/11, you helped lead a team, if i am understanding of basically professionalizing the presidential transition where it became mandatory to the nominees actually get money and resources, essentially so there is a continuity of government issue that isn't a question. how concerned are you about the next 24 hours? >> president bush did a remarkable, non-partisan thing for the country. he said, we'll make sure whoever succeeds him. he did it in the end of the first term. >> all 9/11. >> i want to make sure the president understands the burdens and has a team relatively prepared to step in

the moment he becomes president. >> right. >> he put that infrastructure in place, and there were remarkable people who made a difference in getting that together. josh bolton near the top of the list. it was a great gift to president-elect obama, and president obama doubled down on it and did even more. congress responded by providing resources. there is no excuse for a president-elect not being prepared to take the baton today, in terms of having an opportunity to be prepared. >> here we are. look, cabinet secretaries having problems, that's nothing new. every administration has some of that. let's set that aside. i want to talk about those other heads. 690 people that, you know, essentially coos, cfos, ctos to use business speak, of every one of these agencies, we don't have names yet. >> clearly the operation within a department or an agency is managed not by the cabinet secretary, or the director of

the agency, it's by the chief of staff, it's by the deputy secretary. it's by the assistant secretaries. those people are all in positions that require that they get confirmed by the united states senate. yes, there are career people right now getting ready to be acting and will help do the job. president trump should respect them. they're professionals. they want it to work. but it will be a big challenge to have this whole government recognize that it's got to function not only on day one, on minute one. >> right. and look, you hate to say this, but every new president gets tested early. there are a lot of people around the world reading these clips. how concerned are you by this president getting tested by an unknown, rogue, you know -- you got that guy on the other side of the dnz that likes to play games. >> even with george w. bush, you always have a 100-day plan and you want to keep to it. you have to keep to it and pay

attention to everything else going on in the world. we had a submarine under a japanese fishing boat at first. >> then the plane landing in hanan island. milosevic. floods in the mississippi. they aren't in the plan. you have to be nimble enough to meet all the responsibility that a president has, not just the ones you plan for. >> you and i had an interesting -- because i was previewing something i may touch on on sunday -- an interesting extra challenge that donald trump has with the executive branch staff. first of all, the executive branch. thousands and thousands of employees all living within a 50-mile radius of washington, d.c. why does he have the extra challenge? >> first he has to recognize that the executive branch of government will be team trump.

all of those -- >> they know they work for the office of the president. >> they work for the president. >> regardless of who it is. article ii in the constitution. he owns all of article ii. congress only owns article i and they pay for article ii. so those people will be on his team. he has got to be a team leader with those people. he's got to learn to govern with those people. the proximity of those who work in washington to wash means that they have to live within 50 miles of the city. and it's a terrible city to commute to, but thousands of people do it every day. if you take a look at how they voted, they didn't vote for donald trump. >> most of the communities did not. >> they didn't vote for donald trump, but they are on his team and they want to be on his team. some may have different passions about it. >> are you concerned that there may be an attempt to politically purge? >> i hope that won't happen. >> you're just saying don't do do this. >> don't do it.

inspire them. lead them. motivate them. educate them to the priorities. they want to be your partners. >> andrew card. always nice to see you. thanks for being here. several of trums cabinet picks have aimes seemed a bit unprepared for questio raised both by republicans and democrats. here is a quick sampling. >> do you think the russians were behind hacking into our election? >> i have done no research into that. i know just what the media says about it. >> do you think you could get briefed anytime soon? >> well, i will need to. >> i think you do too. >> is vladimir putin a war criminal? >> i would not use that term. >> there's so much information out there. it should not be hard to say that vladimir putin's military has conducted war crimes in aleppo. i find it discouraging your inability to cite that which is

globally accepted. >> i am talking about the debates on proficiency and growth. >> i was asking to clarify on -- >> this is a subject that's been debated in the education community for years. it surprises me that you don't know this issue. >> let's bring in tonight's panel. by the way, you're seeing donald trump there. is he singing? i think he is singing along. stephanie cutter. was deputy campaign manager for president obama's 2012 campaign. also worked in the obama white house. sara fagan. cnbc contributor and perry bacon, nbc news senior political reporter. perry, these folks worked in the white house. you have covered the white house. is this transition feeling sort of typical bumps and bruises, or do you think this is a little extra something going on? >> i think it's -- since donald trump is new entity who hasn't been in government, i think you're seeing that. in terms of the people, we don't

have as many confirmed or names as we had before. that's an issue -- the career employees will still be working there. i don't think it means the government is unprepared for anything that happens. it's just a little unusual. >> when they fired christie, they literally threw the baby out with the bath water. they threw out all this work that now they're paying a price for. >> there is truth to that. they're a little behind in part because they didn't believe they were going to win, or at least many people within the trump organization didn't believe he was going to win and then they switched transition heads relatively late in the process. just because people haven't been named doesn't mean there isn't a work chart in place and people rey too. that's an important distinction that's not -- that is lost on some people. you can staff this relatively quickly once you get some key leadership in place. >> stephanie, some of this reminds me of the clinton transition in '93. then, it had been 12 years since

there had been a democrat. they didn't have a long list of people and they had similar problems. seemed as if it was a little haphazard. they came from a small state so they didn't have a long infrastructure the way george w. bush, large state, had a large infrastructure. some of that is what trump is running into, don't you think? >> some of this is just the normal transition process, but a lot of it isn't. you know, i was part of the transition in 2008. we happened to be in the middle of an economic crisis. i was on the economic team. and we started meeting with the relevant agency heads and senior teams almost immediately after the election. and what i hear from the current administration, current until tomorrow, is that so many meetings haven't occurred. a lot of contact hasn't even been made. while it takes a while to get your nominees in place, to get the nominations done and maybe name some of the top roles, there should be senior enough teams already meeting with these federal agencies to -- knowing

how to take over on day one. that's not occurred. >> there are two other dynamics at play. in part this is very much an outsider administration, much more so than either of our administrations. and so there is a -- i think there is some skepticism meeting with the current administration and also there is skepticism about meeting with the bush administration. that's part of the problem. so in the national security front, for example, many bush national security advisers signed letters opposing donald trump. >> right. >> the trump team doesn't want a lot to do with those people. that's partially understandable. but on the other hand, there is a lot of knowledge there to be gained. >> that happened a little bit in clinton world i remember in '93. they were like, oh, we don't carter people here because they were afraid of the stigma of carter people at the time. there were some people who were worthy people, perry. there is some of that. this bush thing -- >> the bush thing is important. the trump people are, you signed

the letter, you won't be working here anytime soon. the other thing. not reading the preparation memos. i think something that happens in nigeria, the u.s. has interests in all kinds of countries in the world. i wonder about the countries that are not in the news every day, what the depth of knowledge is there. we have a lot of interest beyond the big headlines. >> i think the other thing that is causing a little bit of problem is understanding who is in charge. >> right. >> there seems to be an executive council, per se, with priebus, bannon, now jared kushner, with some foreign policy going through kushner. leader contacts. steve bannon setting the long-term policy. i think that's creating disruption in the national security space as well in terms of who is in charge in setting policy. >> the national security -- already you can tell the flynn/mattis thing will be an

issue. >> general flynn. >> the general rivalry -- you can't tell me. mattis kind of reports to flynn. flynn used to have to salute mattis. that's awkward. >> it's likely a dynamic that will only build. my experience -- i did not work closely with the defense secretary but defense secretaries and generals particularly don't like to be told what to do. and certainly general mattis, so accomplished, probably doesn't feel he needs to be told how his agency should be staffed. >> quickly on this larger issue of -- does any of these cabinet -- any of them really in trouble or not? i think on paper you could say, geez, seems to be a little bit of a challenge for price, a little bit of a challenge -- today i thought steve mnuchin handled himself better than expected. >> they'll vote against sessions, devos. those two. i think there will be unified opposition but i don't think -- their ideological problems --

>> even ben carson, who i didn't think was qualified for the agency did okay in the hearing and will probably get approved. >> steve mnuchin is always the one i thought politically could become problematic to confirm. >> they should all be confirmed short of a revelation coming out that republicans are to back away. >> how hard should democrats fight some of these? should they pick one? messaging? >> a problem is that a lot of these, mostly guys -- >> 13 of 15. >> 13 of 15. >> yeah. haven't been fully vetted. so -- and we're rushing the nominations through the senate. we don't have a full picture about what their conflicts of interest or where their investments are. that's a problem. >> i think in six months we'll know that problem. >> we will. >> i think they will regret this speedy vetting process

themselves, because stuff slipped through the crack. >> there are rumors that some are having second thoughts because of the news coverage and the financial disclosures and the coverage on their personal lives. >> the headlines have been disastrous on his nominees. >> going through the senate finance committee, not fun. building bridges. what the country's mayors want to hear from the president-elect. a live look at the america america great again welcome to washington concert. hearing 3 doors down. president-elect trump expected to speak this hour. when he does we'll bring you the remarks live. we'll continue the split screen. trump has been singing along at times. we'll be right back. ♪ not see under my skin ♪ i won't tell every damn thing that i could not tell my friend ♪ 's not a banner that goes on a wall. it's not something you do now and then. or when it's convenient.

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we know you love music probably more. so we'll listen to the concert for a little while longer here. enjoy. it's 3 doors down on the lincoln memorial. thank you so much. god bless you, my friends. ♪ i took a walk around the world to ease my troubled mind ♪ ♪ i left my body lying somewhere in the sands of time ♪

♪ i watched the world float to the dark side of the moon ♪ ♪ i feel there is nothing i can do, yeah ♪ ♪ i watched the world float to the dark side of the moon ♪ ♪ after all i knew it had to be something to do with you ♪ ♪ i really don't mind what happens now and then ♪ ♪ as long as you'll be my friend at the end ♪ ♪ if i go crazy then will you still call me sureman ♪ ♪ if i'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand ♪ ♪ i'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might ♪ ♪ kryptonite

♪ you called me strong, you called me weak, but still your secrets i will keep ♪ ♪ you took for granted all the times i never let you down ♪ ♪ you stumbled in and bumped your head, if not for me then you'd be dead ♪ ♪ i picked you up and put you back on solid ground ♪ ♪ if i go crazy then will you still call me superman ♪ ♪ if i'm alive and well will you be there holding my hand ♪ ♪ i'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might ♪ ♪ kryptonite ♪ oh no, no, no,

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if i go crazy, then will you still call me superman ♪ ♪ if i am alive and well, will you be there holding my hand ♪ ♪ i'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might ♪ ♪ kryptonite ♪ ♪ yeah ♪ ♪ if i go crazy, then will you still call me superman ♪ ♪ if i am alive and well will you be there holding my hand ♪ ♪ i'll keep you by my side with my superhuman might ♪ ♪ kryptonite no, no, no, no, no ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh

♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you! ♪ ♪ 100 days made me older since the last time that i saw your pretty face ♪ ♪ 1,000 lives have made me

colder, and i don't think i can look at this the same ♪ ♪ but all these miles that separate, disappear now when i am dreaming of your face ♪ ♪ here without you baby ♪ you're still on my lonely mind ♪ ♪ think about you baby, and i dream about you all the time ♪ ♪ i'm here without you baby, you're still with me in my dreams ♪ ♪ and tonight it's only you and me ♪ ♪ oh, yeah

♪ the miles just keep rolling, as the people leave their way to say hello ♪ ♪ hello, my friends ♪ i've heard this life is overrated, but i know that it gets better as we go ♪ ♪ i'm here without you baby, but you're still on my lonely mind ♪ ♪ i think about you baby, and i dream about you all the time ♪ ♪ i'm hear without you baby, but you're still with me in my dreams ♪ ♪ and tonight, girl, it's only you and me ♪ ♪ everything i know, and

anywhere i go ♪ ♪ it gets hard but it won't take away my love ♪ ♪ and when the last one falls, when it's all said and done ♪ ♪ it gets hard but it won't take away my love ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa ♪ i'm here without you baby ♪ but you're still on my lonely mind ♪ ♪ i think about you baby, and i dream about you all the time ♪ ♪ i'm here without you baby, but you're still with me in my

dreams ♪ ♪ and tonight, girl, it's only you and me ♪ ♪ oh, no ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> god bless you, my friends, and god bless america! [ cheers and applause ] founded in 1922 by chief of staff of the army, general john

j.pershing, these active duty musicians play an important role in events national and international significance. under the command of timothy j. holten and serving our nation through music. please welcome the united states army band pershing's own. ♪ ♪

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and now, joined by his dance crew, the rocket-bots, please welcome back ravidrums. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we come together ♪ where do we come tother

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>> okay, america. it's time to put all our differences aside. it's time to unite our hearts, our minds and our voices as one. because when we do, it's going to be okay. ♪ ♪ ♪ doubt is a broken record that plays inside my head, try to turn it down but i can't quite drown it out ♪ ♪ i'm tortured every day, these never-ending worries pulling on my sleeve ♪ ♪ so many times now i was forced to tap out, all the walls would fall down around me, all anybody would tell me is all that bad news, how it's going to fall through ♪ ♪ but no matter what they say or

what they said ♪ ♪ it's going to be okay ♪ it's going to be okay ♪ no matter what you been through, here you are ♪ ♪ no matter if you think you're falling apart ♪ ♪ it's going to be okay ♪ whoo! ♪ ♪ and there is a battle raging in your heart, but you must win ♪ ♪ it comes for all of us saying we are not enough ♪ ♪ so fight for your lives ♪ the world's going to try to sell you some lies ♪ ♪ so many times now, i was forced to tap out ♪ ♪ all the walls falling around me, all anybody would tell me is

all that bad news, how it's going to fall through ♪ ♪ no matter what they say or what they say ♪ ♪ it's going to be okay ♪ it's going to be, going to be okay ♪ ♪ no matter what you been through, here you are ♪ ♪ no matter if you think you're falling apart, it's going to be okay ♪ ♪ okay ♪ it's going to be okay ♪ ♪ it's gonna be gonna be okay ♪

♪ okay ♪ gonna be gonna be okay ♪ yeah ♪ whoo! ♪ ♪ no matter what you've been through, here you are ♪ ♪ no matter if you think you're falling apart, it's going to be okay ♪ ♪ it's going to be okay >> all right. if you love americ we need to stand up and w need to all lift our voices together as one. we're going to split you down the middle here, and we're going to all sing along in harmony. this side over here, this is what i want you to sing. listen to this. here we go. whoa, whoa, whoa. here is the second part. here it comes. whoa, whoa, whoa. let me hear you sing it now. whoa, whoa, whoa! >> louder. whoa, whoa, whoa. >> keep on singing. over here, who have we got?

let me hear it now -- it's going to be okay! hear we go, it's going to be okay. >> keep on singing. one, two, three, four ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa it's going to be okay ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, it's gonna be okay ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa >> keep on singing. ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, it's gonna be okay ♪ ♪ whoa, whoa, whoa, it's gonna be okay ♪ ♪ whoa, when, whoa it's gonna be okay ♪ whoo! [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. god bless america.

[ cheers and applause ] once again, please welcome, ravu drums. ravidrums.idrums. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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heaven ♪ ♪ we shine like the sun ♪ we shine like the sun [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome again, the united states army band "pershing's own." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ ♪ i don't like to break up a good john phillips souza march but -- that's the former drum major. let's talk a little politics here. everybody agrees what he should say. some call for unity. he also needs to be credible in trump's language. how do you strike the balance? >> it's a unique opportunity for a president to bring the country together, but also to remind his supporters why they've worked so hard for him. you see thousands of people on the mall excited. they want to hear the trump they

voted for. >> right. >> there is also an authenticity about donald trump that's served him very well in the campaign and will serve him well, i think, in the future. he can't get too high-winded because it's not him. you also don't want the speech attacked for being, you know, the worst inaugural speech, for him going off script. so it's going to be fascinating to watch. >> i think obama had a similar challenge. everybody -- maybe his -- everybody loves his speeches, so they thought the inaugural address had to be the greatest thing ever. neither inaugural address is in his top five. >> no. but they were true to form. >> of who he was. >> you know, used to unify the country, lay out vision and bring everybody into that vision. it will be interesting tomorrow. trump never gives a speech without naming an enemy or criticizing someone. it will be interesting to see who he bases his negative rhetoric on tomorrow. he is incapable of giving a speech without having an enemy. >> can he for a day -- like the

other speeches, the country is so terrible -- can he be positive on the america? one thing he's unifying about is jobs. all americans left and right are pro economic growth and jobs. let's try that as a unifying message. >> let's let toby keith give it a shot now. ♪ i'm all business in my suit ♪ i'm dressed up for success ♪ my head down to my boots ♪ i don't do it for the money, i got bill that i can't pay ♪ ♪ i don't do it for the glory, i just do it anyway ♪ ♪ i'm damn good under pressure, being all i can be ♪ ♪ i can't call in sick on

mondays when my weekend's been too strong ♪ ♪ i work straight through a holiday, sometimes all night long ♪ ♪ when the wolf growls at the door ♪ ♪ because i'm solid, stead and too down to the core ♪ ♪ and i'll always do my duty no matter when the price ♪ ♪ i counted up the cost, i know the sacrifice ♪ ♪ people i don't want to die for you but if dying is best of me ♪ ♪ banner freedom don't come free ♪ ♪ i'm an american soldier, an american ♪ ♪ by brother and sister i will try to take a stand ♪ ♪ when liberty is at jeopardy,

i'll do what's right ♪ ♪ on your front line with peace tonight ♪ ♪ america's gonna i'm an american ♪ ♪ oh, yeah. ♪ i'm an american soldier, an american ♪ ♪ besides my brothers and my sister i will take a stand ♪ ♪ where liberty is in jeopardy, i'll do what's right ♪ ♪ i'm out her on your front line people ♪ ♪ american soldier, i'm an

american ♪ ♪ an american ♪ american ♪ soldier ♪ >> behalf of my family, my fans and my fans air force, marine and the coast guard, thanks for back obama for your service, thanks for the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, i salute to you. ♪ ♪

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ my old man spent his life working on the land dirty hand and a clean soul ♪ ♪ breaks his heart seeing foreign cars, where in cotton grow ♪ ♪ got to walk through ♪ in the back usa

♪ nothing he can't fix, he is just made in america ♪ ♪ he loves his wife, she's decorates on the fourth of july saying every day is independence day ♪ ♪ he goes and teaches school, say the pledge allegiance an ya ♪ ♪ red, white and blue flying gh ♪ ♪ usa ♪ he won't by nothing he can't fix, wd 40, he is just made in

america ♪ ♪ born in a high land, raised up a family, ♪ ♪ got red, white blue flying high on the farm. ♪ ♪ back in it says usa. he want bay nothing he can't fix ♪ ♪ he ain't prejudice, he's just made in america ♪ ♪ made in america ♪ made in america ♪ oh, my old man is that old man ♪ ♪ made in america

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> go country. ♪ here we go ♪ a man come on, somebody got shot, somebody been abused. somebody blew up a building, stole a car, somebody down moved too far ♪ ♪ never get too hard ♪ my family told my back in my

native down, man has to answer for the way he done ♪ ♪ take down the road in texas, found a tree, hang them high in the street ♪ ♪ all the good people ♪ saddle up ♪ ♪ when i don't get hammered in ♪ raise up our flags against evil forces ♪ ♪ for my horses, you better believe it ♪ ♪ doing, a lot of corruption, crime in the street. it's time

for law men of the law to run them down to the ground ♪ ♪ i don't let them take em down ♪ ♪ saddle up boy that's draw a hard line ♪ ♪ sing a tune and we'll get smashed at the inaugural celebration ♪ ♪ raise up flags against evil force and ♪ ♪ what you got. ♪ whiskey for my fan and beer for my horses ♪ ♪ you should always find, saddle

up boy let's draw a hard line ♪ ♪ gun smoke settle, tune and we'll get drunk in a american saddle raise up our glass against evil forces ♪ ♪ whiskey for my man, and beer for my ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> this song is for my one-eyed father who came back from the service with one eye never compedbout it my whole life. all stuff i do for the great mighty ufo and the work

they do for us. >> i would like to do this thong for him. ♪ american girls and american guys will always stand up and salute and always recognize when we see glory fly, there's a lot of men dead ♪ ♪ so we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our head ♪ ♪ my daddy served in the army where he lost his right eye ♪ ♪ he flew a flag out, my mother, brother sister and me to grow up and live forever in the land of the free ♪ ♪ this