chris collins passed away last week his funeral was today.ill anderson went to the celebration of his life and found a community committed to finding light by continuing his work for goodness sake. >> reporter: 2016 was a tough year for philadelphia's lgbt community from racism on the bar scene, to citywide hearing on discrimination, to arguments over what bathroom to use. ♪ >> reporter: today the city celebrated a man who in his short 37 years of life made a positive impact. >> we love him, and we're going to miss him but his legend, he is a legend an icon and he will not be forgotten. i will not forget him. today was the funeral of hiv aids active visit general advocate for the lgbt community chris collins. it was about him but also about how he represented many in his community. his struggle for 20 plus years of his life was showing people that regardless of how they felt politically about his community, they deserve a chance to live. >> generations of people who were, you know, his age who are now in the field because of him and people wh

joining us now republican congressman chris collins of new york. he's a member of the trump transition team. congressman, thanks for joining us. >> yes, good to be with you, would have, as always. >> were you satisfied with the level of detail you heard from the intelligence leaders during their hearing up on capitol hill today? >> well, certainly i'm looking forward to mr. trump's response after he gets the intelligence briefing. but i really think what america needs to also focus on is cyber hacking has been a problem be not only with russia, but iran, north korea, and china and it's just -- it's interesting that over the last eight years, even when china hacked into over a million personnel records of the u.s. government, what was president obama's response? it was much to do about nothing. and now i have to think what we're seeing, some of the response we're seeing including expelling the 35 russians is trying to poison the well for donald trump coming in as president. and we have to ask the question, where has barack obama been the last eight

chris collins shares a body ideology with donald trump. i don't know if he is representative of the house republican conference these days. do you think he is? >> well, on this specific issue, whether there should be a border adjusted tax, that was part of paul ryan's better way tax plan. this is sort of their idea of how to thread the needle where they can do something that doesn't discriminate between imports and domestically produced goods but maybe tries to allay some of the protectionist pressure. >> the republican party you dealt with in the white house, anita, would never have gone near something like this. this is interesting. this is why i through in the v.a.t. ask earlier. this is essentially the way the europeans tax themselves. could we be headed that way? >> the republican party we dealt with from the obama white house insisted that we had to pay for emergency help to communities that had been wiped out by tornadoes and hurricanes and now they're talking about passing i think the largest tax cut in history without funding it.

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congressman chris collins great to have you. the city of chicago is not showing improvement after closing out its deadliest year in over two decades. during the new year's holiday weekend, 55 people were shot, five of them are killed despite a heavy police presents on the streets of chicago. this same weekend a year ago, 42 people were shot and four were killed in chicago. president-elect trump blasted chicago's mayor rome emanuel, trump saying if emanuel can turn the tide on the 762 homicides last year washington needs to step in and that the mayor should ask for federal assistance. as for president obama, he hasn't weighed in on the crisis that affects his hometown which has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. for joining the growing list of companies bringing the jobs back to america thanks you president-elect trump. brandy evans joins us in a massive manhunt underway for the terrorist and the deadly istanbul nightclub massacre. it pounded another -- we will bring in the latest here next. were coming right back. wer

senator james langford and congressman chris collins joining me here. donald trump today delivering his phys new his first news conference at president-elect, his plan to separate his private business have public service at president, announcing obama will be repealed and replaced simultaneously, allegations of russian interference in the elect, fake news scandal and speculation that u.s. intelligence, might have been involved. and one reporter in left wing national media, unsuccessfully tried to railroad the president-elect. on a mistake. >> no, are in president-elect. >> go ahead. >> go ahead. >> no, not you, not you. >> can you give us a chance. >> your organization is terrible. >> can you give us a chance to ask a question. >> go ahead. >> quiet, quiet, go ahead. >> she is asking a question, dowdon't be rude. >> can you give us a question. >> don't be rude, i am not going to give you a question, you are fake news. lou: to capitol hill, rex tillerson president-elect secretary of state nominee, appeared before senate foreign releag relations committee

lou: congressman chris collins.reaking news tonight, three chinese warships are in the persian gulf. they've entered the gulf for the first time since 2010. these warships, guided missile destroyer, a guided missile frigate, and a supply ship are in the gulf visiting arab states, including qatar and saudi arabia, those amongst the ports of call on their itinerary. it's all part of the chinese effort to have a more prominent role in the world stage. iran and china performing joint naval drills, you may recall, back in 2014. but this is the first presence of chinese warships in the gulf since 2010. be sure to vote on our poll tonight. would you keep james comey as fbi director? we'd like to know what you think. cast your vote on twitter @lou depende dependent-- loudo loudobbs, on the dow, moving within 90 points of the 20,000 mark. the rally extended to the s&p and nasdaq. the s&p at a new all-time high tonight. the nasdaq rose 48 points and its 7th record high close this year. volume on the big board picking up to 8.

. >> let's bring in chris collins, co-chair of the house leadership committee. good to have you on the show. you feel good about what you sign up so far in terms of this ban. do you like this ban? >> i do. donald trump, president trump is doing exactly what he promised he would do, keeping america safe, putting america first, and the liberal media is trying to make something out of this as well as certainly senator schumer and nancy pelosi, trying to call it a ban on muslims, which it's not. it's just putting america first as we get the department of homeland security and the others involved with making sure that we're vetting those coming into our country. we know who they are, so it is putting america first and making america safe. it's not this ban on muslims that they are trying to make it into. >> i hear you, but you are basically defending it with a slogan, saying it's america first. it's not about changing the procedures because you've changed nothing. you did the ban first. you guys tell us not to call it a ban. the president called it a ban. >> oh, it's

chris collins, excuse me, republican retreat in philadelphia. he's also the congressional l liaison for the trump transaction team and now the trump presidency. actually, i wanted to start with you with the sort of a more basic question on this. i know this is something this theme donald trump struck in the campaign about building this wall was something democrats didn't like, something his opponents didn't like, but he did campaign on it. he did win the election. he did win your home state, arizona. is it something now where you look around and say, i'm going to work with him on construction of this? >> absolutely not. and this isn't popular just with democrats. i mean, even republicans such as flake, senator flake and mccain have said that this is a nonstarter. the wall is a ridiculous idea. it's not going to change our integration issues. >> let me follow up quickly and i want to bring in congressman collins in. it distracts from reform. that's not what donald trump was running on in the campaign. didn't the result of the election take that o

ron let's start with you because you are sitting next to he moochlt you heard chris collins calling theocrats who are sitting it out spoiled little babies. certainly there is an argument to be made that they are not ding to the attempt to unify this cntry. but what do you think about donald trump? is he doing enough outreach to those voices that don't agree with him, to the voters that did not elect him had. he was not elected by the popular vote. and it was close in the districts where he wound ultimately in the electoral congress. do you think that he needs to do more to potentially lead by example? >> let's look at what happens in 2000 when then governor george w. bush did not win the national popular vote. he won the presidency anyway. he moved forward in a way that united the country in the aftermath of 9/11 and ultimately was a successful president who won a second term in 2004. i think leadership has to work in all directions. particularly we have to see the democrats attending the inaugural ceremony. i think that's important because we have to show the world that american democr

i'll speak with republican congressman chris collins. correspondents, analysts and guests, they're standing by with full coverage of the day's top stories. let's begin with the first full working day at the white house. our cnn senior white house correspondent, jim acosta, was at that news conference. jim, the president also made it clear today he's taking charge. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. president trump tried to get back on message after a messy weekend that was focused on the size of his crowd on inauguration day. even as the president turns to issues like taxes and trade, there are still plenty of distractions all around him. >> great thing for the american worker. what we just did a. >> reporter: sitting in the oval office, president trump signed executive orders on key campaign promises withdrawing from president obama's trans-pacific trade deal, banning taxpayer money of abortions overseas and freezing the hiring of federal workers with one caveat. >> except for the military. >> except for the military. >> reporter: meeting

joining us now, congressman chris collins. he served as congressional liaison to the donald trump transition team. congressman, great to have you with us. >> good to be with you, always. >> lou: orrin hatch, senator hatch, he doesn't wear people out by talking just for the heck of it. he is complaining about this partisan ardor led by this schumer clown. as donald trump referred to them. he has really hit a new low here. that's hard to do, when your predecessor was harry reid. >> chris: understand, new york is new york, and we are not from new york. we are a state unique upon ourselves, but there's no question, they didn't expect to be in the position they are in, the republicans are united in a house the senate and the white house. this is anger, it's frustration, and we are seeing the childish actions that would go along with that, including the partisan -- absolutely terrible partisan -- nature of some of these questions, questions they are stating more as a fact, which is not at all -- i think the nominees are just doing a

it doesn't square with what chris collins said yesterday. >> we will repeal it quickly. the replacement is something you will see some time in the june or july time frame. you have seen five or six different versions of replacement plans on the republican side. we will have to bring those all together to have one final product. >> as for democrats, vice president biden is weighing in chastising the gop for not having any really dee ideas for replacement. >> democrats should say let's look at what you have right now and let's see if we can fix it. talk to us. tell us your ideas. mr. trump's a good man, but he doesn't know much about the health care system. >> they are certiserious. >> they are serious about undoing it. lots of luck. undo it. see what happens. >> there is also new research suggesting repealing key provisions of obamacare without replacements would damage the economy. nearly 3 million jobs could be lost in medicaid expansion and subsidies that help low and middle income people pay for coverage. doing so would double the number of uninsured. the do the ata c

my next guest, chris collins, not surprised and he backed mr. trump from the start. >> good to be with you, stuart. >> yes, sir. you must be one happy republican. >> i'm enjoyed for america and the future and the economic growth. we know we're going to see 4% gdp growth. president trump is doing exactly what he promised. he focused on jobs and the energy piece and obama care. these are actions by an inpatient ceo. donald trump is the ceo. on the good side, he's patient. he wants action, today, not tomorrow. we're seeing it. i don't know that he sleeps, but we're so happy to see his emphasis on jobs and the economy. >> now on the keystone pipeline, the environmentists say it brings dirty oil from canada. it's a pollutant. it's going to contribute to climate change. does the president reject that point of view? >> we all do. let's face it. we look at our production of energy and you look at the war on coal under obama thinking we can replace it with solar panels and wind turbines, which are not base load by any stretch of the imagination. we need

me to talk about that and more, republican congressman and prominent president trump supporter chris collinscongressman from new york. >> judge, welcome to my home away from home. >> okay! and it's good to see congressman from new york here. all right, i want to talk to you exclusively about obamacare and also recognize that you are part of that eight member task force in congress that has been talking about improving medicaid for the last year as i understand it. >> that's right. >> this is kind of your wheel house. now i was in the thick of that march yesterday, the women's march and it was almost like chicken little, okay? the sky is falling. 18 million americans are going to be without health care. nobody was concerned about president obama he promised you keep your health care plan, keep your doctor. they were only concerned that president trump is going to make everything a nightmare. what has happened? what has president trump done? he's already signed one document. what did he sign? >> that was a huge first step. when you think about all the costs that were passed down to businesses

joining you now, republican congressman chris collins of new york. of donald trump's transition team. congressman, thanks to joining us. >> always good to be with you, wolf. on an exciting week. >> let's talk about some of the controversies right now. when he was asked in these newspaper interviews over the weekend, the president-elect who he trusts more, angela merkel or vladimir putin, the president-elect said he will start off trusting both. is that a mistake to trust putin as much as he trusts a key u.s. ally angela merkel? well, i think what donald trump is saying is that it's a new day, he's turning the page. there is no question germany has always been a great ally. we have major issues with russia and if russia could come on board and help us defeat isis or he could somehow negotiating with vladimir putin as he has said reduce the nuclear threat, reduce our weapons, he's just saying he will start with a f r fresh slate and move forward from there. i don't think he was in any way trying to denigrate merkel. he said he's turning the page. it's

then congressman chris collins joins us. he's a trump transitional liaison. stay tuned.'re watching "squawk box" on cnbc. >>> president-elect trump taking to twitter again to make some announcements. he will be holding his first news conference in over five months in one week on january 11th here in new york city. in another tweet, trump took a jab at the intelligence community. last week he said he would meet with officials to be briefed on the alleged russian hacking of the u.s. election. last night trump took to twitter to write, quote, the intelligence briefing on so-called russian hacking was delayed until friday. perhaps more time needed to build a case, very strange. >> joining us now, "wall street journal" columnist holman jenkins. in his latest column, he tackles the idea of sanctioning russian president vladimir putin by exposing his corruption. so that's, i guess, the question that this begs. first of all, tell us what you mean. that's really the way to get to him. he's worth probably, what, $80 billion, $90 billion? >> i have no idea. he could be worth zero o

and the advice, allegedly, of chris collins, a congressional colleague. congressman from buffalo. so there were a lot of ins and outs here, but that is an issue that they have raised. anne thompson, our environmental expert here, looking at scott pruitt. he's wanted to do away with the epa, and here, just play a little bit of him today, acknowledging that he does believe in climate change. let's play that. >> donald trump has called global warming a hoax caused by the chinese. do you agree that global warming is a hoax? >> i do not, senator. >> so donald trump is wrong? >> i do not believe that climate change is a hoax. >> so, anne, what is the main brief that the environmental activists, a number of mainstream groups, in fact, have against scott pruitt? >> they say, simply, andrea, that he is unfit to lead the environmental protection agency, because they say his record as attorney general for the state of oklahoma is that of a man who protects energy companies, particularly fossil fuel companies, oil and gas companies, more than he's ever protected the environment. and they poin

. >> i want to bring in now new york congress nan chris collins, he serves as the congressional liaison for the trump transition. congressman, thanks for joining pus. >> good to be with you, steve. >> let me start just with a question a lot of the nominees that's been coming up i should say at these hearings today. you have this report from the director that came out last friday. you have the testimony now today in front of the senate intelligence committee. saying, look, the conclusion of the u.s. intelligence community is that russia did attempt to interfere in the u.s. presidential election. they did attempt to do so in a way that in which they regarded hillary clinton as their -- excuse me, they were hoping to harm hillary clinton's campaign by their actions. is it a finding that you accept. do you accept that finding from the intelligence community? as likely to be true? >> well, i don't think with any certainty you could make some statements about what the intentions of another person are. what we do know, and i've stipulated all along and president-elect trump is now saying, the

. >> congressman chris collins congressional liaison for the trump transition people and always good to talk to you, a couple maybe -- a race and others on the other hand, it will may strike people as rather petty that this is classic donald trump can't seem to get over, anybody who dares to disagree with him how do you see it. >> i think this is donald trump being donald trump having a little fun. opec at barack obama and hillary clinton, last week barack obama saying ridiculous things like if he had run in a third term, he would have beaten donald trump in fact, he campaigned for hillary said it was his legacy that was on the line, if he got o hillary clinton saying i won particular vote my wife was a you ballroom dancer counts for "dancing with the stars", it does not count for the presidency of the united states, so we will give her mirabal trophy they can't get over it pointing to russian stipulate the hack by the russians when others have said there itself no proof would have changed election donald trump sure poking back at sore losers. >> it was entertaining, what is not ente

our capitol hill producer tweeting comments from representive chris collins saying, we have six months to work out obamacare replacement. we don't have a plan today, following the mike pence meeting today. >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday, january 20. c-span will have live coverage of all the day's events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> the new congress getting under way, the congressional black caucus held a ceremonial swearing in for new and returning members of congress. louisiana congressman cedric g.k. nd is succeeding g.k. butterfield as chairman of the congressional black caucus. tarting with starting with remarks from house minority leader nancy pelosi. >> lie

congressman chris collins. also, meredith vieira is with us with her powerful new documentary. and tonight joe's band is playing at prohibition right here in new york city on the upper west side. it all starts at 8:30 p.m. study by if you're in the area. you can also tune in for a live stream of the show at facebook.com/joenbc and that is tonight at prohibition in new york city. bill karins now has a look at the welcome back. >> snow overnight in kansas city and analysis and streaking through the ohio valley. the stuff in california is epic. we got done with a big, huge storm that snarled traffic all over the ms.us regions. the passes. the ski resorts picked up around 3 to 5 feet of snow. this wasust storm on orm two this upcoming weekend is expected to be even bigger and a lot worse. we are watching the snow streaking. denver snow and blue and light snow over kentucky and areas of tennessee. winter weather advisories for this area. then we have to deal with the winter storm watches and up for alabama, georgia and portions of north and south carolina. this is the snow map. only

disclosed it -- was a private offering that went to about 20 people, including your colleague, chris collins, his chief of staff and a permanent lobbyist and you reported $100,000 in profits on this purchase. when you say you did not know that you got a discount on this, this was a private offering to a very small number when you have the chairman of the budget committee, you have chief of staff, the sound like sweetheart job innd i think our this body and in congress and in government is to avoid the appearance of conflict and you have not done that. about your latest plan, empowering patients first act. some of it is detailed in this article from the new england journal of medicine, to both carefully vulnerable versus cash for the powerful. dhhs.s picked for the sick, theor poor, and the health of the public and much greater concern for the economic well-being of their physician caregivers. i would commend this to every member of this committee before making a vote, because what your -- it gives a tax credit to americans b health insuranceuying -- americans buying health insurance. it make

sessions and or who have the ear of the incoming president, and i think that will matter a lot, chris collinsan hunter. these people were on board the trump train early and will have the ear of the president. leadership, he is trying to work with paul ryan, have mcconnell, trying to a good relationship with these people because he knows they are critical to his agenda. john: josh, trump is charming. he is a charming guy if anybody has ever met him. to the extent you have seen it, what is the sign that trumps charms are working at this early phase? that his charms are working on republican members? is the tone from republican members, generally positive. if you speak to people around trump, they say he will make a point of entertaining and bringing people in. he is a very sociable guy in a way that president obama was not. obama was not eager to socialize, back slap, and do the things presidents do. trump's advisers say he will be doing that, but the quality that trump instills is not friending this, but fear. a lot of republicans are afraid of getting in donald trump's crosshairs, so we will

bret: before he entered politics, new york congressman chris collins was personally involved in securingthat kept niagara ceramics afloat for several years. and then he became the first congressman to support trump. today he is trump's congressional liaison during the transition. were you ever nervous jumping on the trump train so early? >> i was never nervous. it was an easy decision for me to make coming from western new york which has been devastated by bad trade deals. bret: when it is president to upstate negotiate trade deals, and there may well be some tariff type of barriers to level the playing field. it's got to be fair trade. >> when i'm president, a if a company wants to fire their or workers and leave for mexico or other countries, then we will charge them a 35% tax when they into the united states. [cheers and applause] >> i don't believe the president of ford is now going to follow through and move those small cars to mexico. i think that's a decision he's going to reverse. bret: when you start talking tariffses, you've heard the critics who say those jobs are gone for goo

: today was the funeral of hiv aids active have it and general advocate for the lgbt community chris collinsit was about him but also about how he represented many in his community. his struggle for 20 plus years of his life was showing people that regardless of how they felt politically about his community they deserve a chance to live. >> generations of people who were, you know, his age who are now in the field because of him and people who stayed in the field and helped change the field because of his influence. the way hiv prevention exists in philadelphia stands on the shoulders every christopher collins. >> reporter: i didn't know chris, but social media was booming with requests to share his gofundme account. you see being an activist isn't a high-paying career. unfortunately, the family and friends of those who dedicate their lives to helping others often don't have the money to bury their own. but the community stepped up. >> we met what we needed and, you know, that's just a tribute to him. it's still coming in. >> reporter: $12,000 in five days sent the message that people did ca

you had folks like representative chris collins, the first republican to back donald trump in this nis race that voted for it. he was adamant about this. we reached out to him. maybe we'll have him on next week. but how are these same republicans saying we should get rid of it now? >> yeah. i think that's a really interesting point here is that you had vocal opposition to this for a number of years by republicans. but now that you have the republican administration, it's a real test for these congressmen. it's whether or not they're going to stand on principle and do the right thing or now use the bank for their own political benefit. charles: i mean, isn't that what it has essentially always been about? and the, guys, by the way, david, that they help is that this is just such a small, tiny fraction of the loans that they back. but i think we want to see the playing field leveled. it's nuts. it's crazy for our government to pay for airplanes so that someone into foreign country can compete against our airlines. >> i'll tell you. my hero right now on this is senator shelby who held u

that doesn't square with what chris collins says. >> we will repeal it quickly. the replacement is something you will see some time in the june or july time frame. on the replacement plan, you have seen five or six versions of replacement plans on the republican side. we have to bring those all together to have one final product. >> now for democrats, vice president joe biden is weighing in chastising the gop for not having any real ideas for replacement. >> democrats should say let's look at what you have and what don't you like about it and let's fix it. tell us your ideas. mr. trump's a good man, but he doesn't know much about the health care system. they are very serious about undoing it. lots of luck. undo it. see what happens. >> there is also research suggesting repealing key he prop provisions could damage the economy if not replaced. nearly 3 million jobs could be lost. that is because doing so would double the number of uninsured and cause higher costs for providers. this comes from the george washington university school of public health. >>> the crazy

for more on that we'll be joined by congressman chris collins on what to expect next.ction is coming at a blistering pace there. guys, we'll talk about all of this coming up in under ten minutes. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> a lot to talk about. see you at the top of the hour. >>> when we come back, rich clarida shares his thoughts on the dow's climb to 20,000. stay tuned. opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. >>> welcome back to "worldwide exchange." u.s. equity futures are building on the recent rally that brought us to record highs, and brought the dow past 20,000 for the first time ever. closing above that level. with us now is rich clai dshgclm pimco wh pimco. what are you telling your clients now that we reached this milestone and investors are looking at this market that has climbed so far so fast, tripling since march of 2009. how much more

so much news and joining us now is republican congressman chris collins of new york. he's a liason for the trump transition executive team. thank you for being with us. let's start with what happened yesterday. now that you have heard dni head james clapper make the case, do you know believe that russia was behind the hacking of the dnc computer? >> i'm someone that has said all along, i'll stipulate that it was russia but i continue to be disappointed in the sub text here that the democrats are pushing that somehow any of this had anything to do with the results of the election and i think that's, you know, when we talk about cyber hacking it's been going on for decades. russia has been stealing our intellectual property. others, rogue states have attempted to get into our electric grids. >> so you accept it. so basically you accept that russia does this and that we need to move on. there's no need to talk about it more or figure out how to retaliate. >> well, no, we should continue to do whatever we can to dissuade these rogue actors and it's really the four main co

some republicans are standing with trump and congressman chris collins of new york. >> to hear john lewis, a man that i served with, that i respect to question the legitimacy of the election and to say that donald trump will not be a legitimate president is deeply disappointing to me. and also hear that he was not going to attend the inauguration this friday. i hope he reconsiders both statements. >> what john lewis is doing, he's pouting. he lost, it's like a spoiled child and we've seen it with the others, they can't get over the fact they lost and what do spoiled little kids do. they run around and throw a tantrum. >> so republicans especially those who have had disagreements with trump in the past are criticizing trump's response to congressman lewis. michigan congressman, justin amash retweeted trump's message with the caption, dude, just stop. and here's marco rubio this morning at a martin luther king day breakfast in miami. >> when we think about courage in the 21st century. courage is not being unafraid to have a negative story written about you or have people say nasty things ab

trumpet transition team and chris collins is with us. sean spicer will be here. the former new hampshire governor. big show this morning. stay with us all live coming up right now. president-elect donald trump said he is getting close to replacing the health care act. and the interview he said he wants insurance for everybody and he wants to get drug companies to negotiate those prices. he spoke about this obama care replacement yesterday. >> the replacement is to ensure the most amount people get access to those at the least amount of costs. this is where obama care field. their heart was and the right place they put so many mandates and that they made it too expensive. yesterday opponents held the day of action. these rallies across the country to defend and keep the original one in place. last week she tweeted that the unaffordable care act would soon be history. i'm glad that president-elect trump stressed for everybody. when you heard them protest repeal they don't talk about the large number of people who were newly uninsured and what trump is doing when th

. >> his defense, senator, offered in part by fellow congressman chris collins who suppose thely gave him the inclination to want to invest in one of these companies, one, it was all legal. two, he never had legislation that directly affected that company. they are not in the u.s. market. is that about well it could have affected someone but it didn't and if it doesn't affect anything that he was legislating on, is that good enough? >> first of all, chris, there are a number of investments that have raised concerns. s not just the one he got on a tip from his colleague, representative collins. but he is a representative who advances health policy and when you look at the medical device companies, the pharmaceutical companies, and other companies that he's invested in. i think it draws some very serious questions about his discretion, frankly, as a representative that he's doing that. and we need to have cabinet secretaries who are focused squarely on the well-being of american people. if you look at the policies that he has advanced, being against women's reproductive freedom, chargin

. >> congressman chris collins is both an investor and board member of the company, and he was reportedly overheard just last week on the house floor bragging about how he had made people millionaires from a stock tip. congressman price, in our meeting, you informed me you made the purchases based on conversations with representative collins, is that correct? dr. price: no. senator murray: that is what you said to me in my office. dr. price: what i believed i said to us that is what i want -- i learned of the company from congressman collins. senator murray: i recall you had a conversation with collins and then decided to purchase the stock. dr. price: that is not correct. senator murray: that is what i remember you say in my office. in that conversation, did representative collins tell you anything that could be considered "a stock tip," yes or no? >> i do not believe so, no. senator murray: if you are telling me he gave you information in a conversation, and you bought those shares, that is not a stock tip? dr. price: that is not one happened. he talked about the company and the work th

four years, and democrats targeted a stock tip he allegedly received from new york congressman chris collins. price defended the investment. >> by definition, i believe that's the nature of a private placement offering. what i said to you and what i said to others is that i paid exactly the same price as everybody else. >> it really begs credulity, sir, when you say you did not know that you got a discount on this. these sound like sweetheart deals. >> but republicans came to his defense. calling the democrats hypocrites. >> this appears to be nothing more than a hypocritical attack on your good character. and i personally resent it because you have always disclosed -- let me just say this, can you confirm that you have always followed the law relating to trading and stocks while serving as a member of congress? >> thank you, sir. everything that we have done has been above board, transparent, ethical, and legal. >> the battle overshadowed price's main job, if he's confirmed to the post. to repeal and replace obamacare. price said that replacing the law would take time. >> we don't believe i

chris collins is a republican congress from new york and part of the president-elect's transition team. >> we have six or seven replacement plans we talked about right from day one. there are some common parts in that but we're going to have to, over the next six months, put that pen to paper and we're going to do it in an open process regular order through committees and hearings and when it comes to pass, i'm confident we have 218 but we don't have that plan in front of us today. >> plan right now. dr. raul ruiz, democratic congressman from california, before the election he was an m.d. specializing in emergency room medicine. he provides a unique perspective. thank u for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> start with that meeting. take us inside that meeting with president obama. what did he say about defending the affordable care act? >> well, you know, it wasn't necessarily about defending the affordable care act or his legacy. it was about defending the american people, defending my patients that i have seen from the east coast, west coast and everybody in between from the

chris collins overheard saying, can i tell you all of the people that have been made rich by moving -- >> that's unfair. >> what's unfair? >> it's the most important hour of his life and he's getting bombarded with questions and he's really trying to focus on the policies and the agenda of the new trump administration and what he wants to do. and i think human beings looking at that situation, we can pick little tiny things and get upset with him. i think it's unfair. >> anthony, your word is your bond and policies come second. trust comes first. >> but what is there not to trust about him? he didn't do anything illegal or wrong. he's trying to take ce of his family. he's got a great legislative agenda up on the hill. he's got phenomenal plans for the health care system. let's give credit to president-elect. he's got amazing picks. when you start with mike pence and 14 cabinet members that are going to be joining him shortly. >> speaking of you, my friend. >> well, i didn't mean it that way. i was really more focusing on the cabinet people. >> welcome any time. >> thank you so much. >