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national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform, former republican senator from wyoming alan simpsonns us on the phone. senator, it's great to talk to you again. >> nice to hear you. you bet. here i am. >> we are watching for some movement at the white house here. you know, we were just talking about the sensation you must have walking down those steps in advance of the inaugural, you must remember a couple of your own. >> i did five of those. five inaugurals starting with reagan in '80 and then on through to '96. oh, yes, it's very impressive thing. i was privileged to walk george and barbara down the east front of the capitol and into the chopper. and bringing bill clinton and hillary up the stairs. we had a rich conversation. he's a good egg. i enjoined him very much and served under him too. yeah, there's nothing like it. it's a goose pimpler. >> i'm just curious, give us a little color on what that conversation must be like. you're moments away from going out there taking on the biggest job in the world. what does get said? what can you say? >> well, what you say is that we knew