that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested british people. that was mitch mcconnell. iam interested in british people. that was mitch mcconnell. i am interested in this. is it in america's interests that there is a strong, cohesive european union, or would you rather that the eu was a series of nation states that you dealt with bilaterally?” think that donald trump prefers dealing with countries bilaterally. certainly america it's off would not joina certainly america it's off would not join a supranational organisation, and now the people of written have

mitch marner. william nylander. i mean, and the hits keep coming.n't even have connor brown on there. we don't even have zach hyman on there. >> john: right. >> pierre: i mean, it's just -- this team in toronto is poised to explode and they are going to make a very real serious push to be a playoff team in the eastern conference. >> john: that's why part of this story line, this great story line tonight is all about the past and you can't get any richer than the environment here. but it is so much about their future with toronto. the city is absolutely excited. three goals in 3:42. frans nielsen in control. detroit attempting to make a push now. kronwall. through center. nielsen, moving up by nylander. off the stick. gathered in by thomas vanek. down the wall he goes. weak side. there's brendan smith. hard time with it. a chance, andersen said no. nielsen in the dead slot. it's carried out by nylander. komarov from the front. a trailer. carrick. closing in. to the blue. all the way back. gardiner leaves it there. connor carrick again. here it comes.

>> mitch: i'm confident we will, yes. what's been unfortunate is that all i asked for of my colleagues was to treat president trump as we treated president obama. he got seven of them on the first day. we got to go. they even delayed the cia. delay the cia, for some inexplicable reason. >> chris: i will get to chuck schumer in a second, but do you believe you have the votes to confirm all them once you get into an actual vote? >> mitch: i believe we will be able to confirm the entire cabinet. >> chris: even rex tillerson for state, with three republicans have expressed reservations about? >> mitch: i'm optimistic about every member of the cabinet. >> chris: let's talk about senator schumer, because he says that he has concerns about eight nominees, and he says he believes that there needs to be more discussion about them, about ethics questions or their qualifications. here he is. >> the president-elect's cabinet is a swamp cabinet full of billionaires and bankers that have conflicts of interest and ethical lapses as far

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mitch mcconnell in the senate in the age of trump. that's up next. >>> to understand for a second why the vetting process for cabinet nominees matter so much, consider what happened eight years ago when president obama turned to tom daschle to lead his effort to pass health care law, nominating daschle to run the health and human services. it did not go well. >> the man who was supposed to tackle health care, tom daschle. >> i deeply apologize. >> took himself out of the running for secretary of health and human services. for the former senate majority leader, it's an enormous fall from grace. to the man from south dakota who bragged in a campaign chergs years ago that he still drove his old broken down car was caught not paying taxes on a car he been riding around in for years. >> it was a relatively minor infraction but many believed it has massive implications for how the health care law turned out. now mitch mcconnell wants to change the vetting process, including holding confirmation hearings before background checks are complete

mcconnell and then crossed out the signatory which was then mitch mcconnell and put in my name. but the difference, the major difference is all of the obama nominees complied with mcconnell's request and that's how they got through quickly. a large percentage, the majority of these nominees has not complied with this request and these nominees demand it even more so. first, there are a huge number of billionaires. second, a huge number of people with all kinds of complicated business relationships, devos, for instance, has ownership interests in 600 corporations. and third, a whole lot of these nominees have spent their life campaigning and proposing things, the opposite of what trump said, the most notorious probably is price, who spent his life trying to destroy medicare and trump said he's not going to change it. so these cry out for hearings. not six at once, two hours each, you know, and then we're finished. the american people demand to know who these people are and to take a few extra days for each of them when they could be in power for four years and have huge power ove

we will ask mitch if he agrees. betty: up next, is the trump trade dead or alive as we get set for the inauguration? we have christian from deutsche bank. this is bloomberg. ♪ betty: this is "daybreak: asia." i'm betty liu in new york. yvonne: and i'm yvonne man in hong kong. bhp billiton down 0.8% in sydney after the announcement of a proposal to settle claims in 2015's fatal them collapse in brazil. the deal sets out a timeline for settling $48 billion in claims against bhp. a final deal is expected by the end of june and still needs court approval. 19 people died in brazil's worst environmental disaster. betty: american express says fourth-quarter profit fell more than 8% as expenses ballooned and more money was set aside to cover bad loans. or income was $825 million $.88 a share. the ceo warned results would be uneven after the loss of costco. it has embarked on a revamp and a cost-cutting project to fill that void. yvonne: viacom's paramount pictures has received a chinese lifeline worth as much as $1 billion.

i know, mitch mcconnell says it be. be done and it will they could move faster on the other side, i will say that. move faster. [applause] resident trump: i mean, i'm meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know, great britain. i'm meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my commerce secretary, they want to talk trade. i'll have to handle it myself. [laughter] trump: which is okay. first steps ce the in our immigration plan, ordering immediate construction putting an r wall, nd to catch and release, expediting removal of criminal -- this is so important day one, i've said it and i mean the immediate aliens, theyiminal are going to be gone fast. finally, at long last, sanctuary wn on cities. [applause] trump: it's time to rights of civil americans to protect their jobs, their hopes and their dreams for much better future. congress passed these laws to citizens and it's about time those laws were not rly enforced, they're in force. for the of justice american worker has arrived. serious, urity is a serious nationa

mitch mcconnell did his phd thesis, i think he is a phd, on henry clay. which meant he also studied andrew jackson. contemporaries, they butted heads. he spoke about a picture of donald trump and behind his head was andrew jackson. and how for the 40 years before andrew jackson, every candidate for president was establishment. and jackson came in and turned it over. he compared that approach to what trump is done. we have gone through a series of establishment candidates and also what is coming in just like jackson and turning things over, refreshing if you will. if anyone is going to have a historical perspective on the donald trump presidency, it is going to be mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell always has his eye on history. in service of our country. i think it can be great. >> is there a potential for friction with mitch mcconnell being establishment? senator cassidy: of course there is. my wife and i have friction. i have been happily married for quite some time. in any adult relationship, the -- there is friction. on the other hand, what is important

mitch mcconnell has his own goal on tax reform.nk they will see where unity is and get the vast majority of them on board. ryan has a big majority to work with than he does not need democrats to pass anything. mcconnell will need a democrats if he's going to try to pass something outside of democratstion, which can filibuster, so mcconnell will have that problem in a way that paul ryan did not. john: stick with the rhine-mcconnell thing, mcconnell was chilly to trump during his rhine, ryan was openly hostile towards trump. was openly hostile towards trump. there seems to be almost like a weird bro-mance. talk about the different relationships and those two big figures on capitol hill. >> your assessment is right. mitch mcconnell was quiet for the general election. on trumpd commenting when asked, and when he was forced to, he would say as little as he could get away with. paul ryan made it a point to convey that he was uncomfortable with a lot of things that donald trump was saying and talking about in the presidential campaign. th

grudges against mitch mcconnell. particularly when, send it on both sides of the aisle are all long for the relationship between the majority and minority leader. if you have much friendly rivalry, two other positive and functional relationship as much as psible in the environment where going into i think will e important and, obviously, for members in his own party. but the schumer -don't something is a thing to watch. >> host: after the 2006 election senator schumer was chosen as head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee in 2004. why was he chosen? >> guest: tom daschle is a democratic leader. you just lost his race and so harry reid was elevated to minority leader, and schumer had just won reelection at that point. honestly he always felt sort of underutilized by tom daschle and his team. harry reid picked up on that and just said, i'll tell you what, you've got a lot of great ideas, your political, you are great, strategist. run the senatorial committee. and he ran it with just a brutal efficiency. the

mitch mcconnell always has his eye on history.hink it can be great. >> is there a potential for friction with mitch mcconnell being establishment. >> of course there is. my wife and i have friction. i have been happily married for some time. in any adult relationship, the restriction. on the other hand, what is important is not donald trump or mitch mcconnell, it is our country. i think they will both focus on our country. as long as we keep our country, donald trump said he is about the person who has been forgotten. i refer to the woman with breast cancer. , ourng as we focus on her country will go forward. >> since you are so bullish on the new administration, just a question about the new president's focus. do you agree with it? >> that is one of those things where, obviously, i once read about everything -- henry clay and andrew jackson. andrew jackson got three times as many votes in plaquemines parish as people who lived in plaquemines parish. we have to make sure there is integrity of the polls. by the way, plaquemines par

has been led in the senate by majority leader mitch mcconnell, and throughout that time, him and his h team have been focused on one thing. >> senator mitch mcconnell did an interview with national journal. in it he said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. >> you said, quote, the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one-term president. >> well, that is true. that's my single most important political goal along with every active republican in the country ( mocking -- ) >> trevor: well, that is true... why does he sound so sassy when he says it? like forced to admit something but secretly glad he finally gets to talk about it. i heard when you're out of town you like to sleep on her side to have the bed -- >> well, that is true -- >> trevor: oh! ( laughter ) i also heard that you get fully naked in the dressing room at the gap! >> well, that is true -- ( laughter ) >> trevor: but jokes aside, mitch mcconnell, don't you think as a public servant your number one priority, in

we will kick off the new year with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plus the incoming chief of staff reince priebus and two top intelligence experts, former cia director ambassador james woolsey and former acting cia director mike morell. >> new jersey senator cory booker will tell us how democrats plan to fight republican efforts. and we will have plenty of political analysis too. it is all ahead on "face the nation". good morning and welcome to "face the nation", i am john dickerson, we are here thon very chilly morning with senator majority leader mitch mcconnell who is making his first appearance on the sunday show since the election, welcome, mr. leader. >> good morning. >> dickerson: let's start with the russian efforts to medal in the u.s. efforts. >> yes. >> dickerson: you strongly condemned those efforts, why do you think donald trump hasn't? >> the way to look at his attitude towards the russians is look at the incoming national security leaders, general mattis, general kelly, congressman pompeo, senator coates, none of these are people who are in any way conflicted a

senator schumer sent a letter to mitch mcconnell. it's a letter that harry reid received from mitch mcconnell, then senate minority leader, and 2009. it essentially says, and he crossed out harry reid and put mitch mcconnell, schumer data, today and sent it back. it says "before we go forward, let's have these things. fbi background checks, ethics review, financial disclosure statements. interviews." schumer making the point that this stuff is not in. >> as bill pointed out, this is politics as usual. it is not rare to hold this many confirmation hearings in one da day. what senator mitch mcconnell has been saying is that republicans joined democrats in nominating seven on the day president obama was inaugurated, five that week, and 13 were done on voice vote without recorded opposition. the reason why the republicans are making it difficult for them is because by spreading them so thin with everything this week, president obama's farewell speech, whether it's the fact that president electron is going to address the press on wednesda

mitch says it will be done and it will be. they could move faster on the other side. i will say that. [applause] president trump: i'm meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know. great britain. i'm meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my commerce secretary. i will have to handle it myself. [laughter] [applause] president trump: which is ok. we have put in place the first steps in our immigration plan, ordering the immediate construction of the border wall, putting an end to catch and release, expediting the removal of -- this is so important to me. from day one, i've said it, the immediate removal of criminal aliens. they will be gone, fast. finally, at long last, cracking down on sanctuary cities. [applause] president trump: it is time to restore the civil rights of americans to protect their jobs, their hopes and their dreams for a much better future. congress passed these laws to serve our citizens and it's about time those laws were properly enforced. they are not enforced. [applause] president trump: the hour of justice for the american worker has ar

[applause] president trump: thank you very much, mitch. so nice. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] president trump: thank you. thank you. so nice. nice to win. do we agree? it's been a while. it's been a while since we've had this position. nice to win. i want to thank so many friends in the room. sit down, everybody. let's enjoy ourselves. it is great to be in philadelphia. i would to school in philadelphia. this is a very special place in our nations history. the place where we launched our american independence. the state of pennsylvania is very special to me for lots of reasons. especially from a couple of months ago. remember? pennsylvania cannot be won. remember? pennsylvania cannot be won. there is no path to victory for trump in pennsylvania. except, we won. it has been a long time since you guys did this. it was a great victory, a great evening. it sort of started in pennsylvania. they also that pennsylvania was the bride that got away. it was the state that everybody from the republican party that ran in pennsylvania for 38 n.ars. the wo i thought i had won, to

, chuck schumer his democratic counterpart sent a letter to mitch mcconnell. it's the same letter you can see here. this is a letter that mitch mcconnell wrote eight years ago when barack obama was becoming president, and you have here, mitch mcconnell as the republican leader in the senate back then saying, we expect the following standards will be met for all of obama's nominees before there's any action on confirmation. some of those standards include clearance by the office of government ethics. that has been standard protocol in the past, that is something democrats are saying hey, you don't have the nominee. clearance from the office of ethics yet until you have that, we can't have action here. hugh hewitt, let me start with you. chuck schumer says this is hypocrisy from mitch mcconnell, does he have a point? >> i'm suffering from a mooerl streep last night, laryngitis, it only takes 51 ones. and we have the working on our side. and so maybe i'll throw it over to e.j. while i take coffee. all will get confirmed. every single one. >> we are going to give

do you agree with mitch mcconnell?ould you vote against obamacare or repeal if it doesn't have a new plan for the replace with it at the exact same time? >> well, i don't know that you need to have them, peter, in the same bill, but i do think that they need to go on parallel tracks. i think it's incumbent upon us to not only look at a repeal vote, but a replacement vote either the same day or shortly after that. i think it's important for the american people to understand that they will not be without health care coverage, that certainly what we put in place will actually act as a i have isty net for millions of americans who need that. and so having that on a parallel track is critical. >> so congressman, give me a sense in real terms right noub, some talking months and years, when you say a time frame, how close does this need to be for you to be spy satisfied and give your vote? >> repeal and replacement, both of those pieces of legislation must be enacted in the 115th congress when you look at that. >> so that's t

mitch, don't worry about it. just give mea mitch, don't worry about it. just give me a full—time.ole baker match pot —— they won't be a whole big mash pot, and if that country doesn't deal with us fairly, they will get a 30 day notice to quit. we will have very strong controls over monetary manipulation and devaluation, which they didn't having tpp, so this will be so much better, and we are already on it. i would like to have my commerce secretary wilber approved, because i hear he did fantastically well, but they are not quick with the pen on signing these people, we would like to have him as soon as possible and mitch says it will be done, and it will be. they could move fast on the other side, i will say that. they could move faster. applause iam applause i am meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know. of great britain. iam meeting tomorrow, as you know. of great britain. i am meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my, is secretary, and they want to talk trade, so i will have to handle it myself. which is ok. laughter we have put in place the first steps in our im

mitch mcconnell: they could have made the same last time. they are wildly different. appointmentsabinet are just as disturbing as they would find president trump's. that is what happens when you lose the election. the people he has appointed to his cabinet are not like president obama's people. these are people that are billionaires and have vast holdings, vast wealth, and the american people have a right to know if they are going to be entering the office with conflicts of interest. i do not want to see a secretary of state who

earlier this morning, mitch mcconnell was asked about this. and he said, well, we're going to be looking into how u.s. taxpayers will be paying for this bill. the $12 billion to $15 billion estimated in terms of the produce tag for that wall. but he said it will be up to president trump to deal with the diplomatic fallout and diplomacy of deal with mexico on this. >> i want you to stand by. momentarily we're going to be hearing from the president on a whole range of issues. we'll have live coverage of that coming up. >>> i want to go to mexico city. leyla, what are you hearing from mexican government officials about this really extraordinary development. two close allies, the u.s. and mexico, all of a sudden, the first few days of a new administration, the president of mexico who was invited to be among one of the first foreign leaders to meet with the president of the united states deciding to cancel the visit. what are they saying in mexico city? >> you know, this is something that a group of mexican senators called for yesterday saying we d

it was sent to harry reid from mitch mcconnell in 2009. the senate has the constitutional duty to provide its advice and consent on presidential nominations, the duty that we take seriously. appropri in consultation we confirmed the commitment to conduct the appropriate review of these nominations consistent with the long-standing best practices of committees regardless of the majority. the practices serve the senate well and we will insist on the consistent applications agreemeo therefore prior to considering any tying agreements on the floor of any nominee we expect the following standards to be sd met. the fbi background check is complete and submitted to the committee prior to a hearing being noticed. the office of government ethics letter is complete and submitted to the committee and tying for review and prior to the3 committee hearing. three, financial disclosure statements and applicable tax review p returns are complete and submitd it for review prior to a hearine being noticed. all committee questionnaires are complete and has be

sincerely, mitch mcconnell, republican leader." and i ask unanimous consent the letter be added to the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: so i plan to return the exact same letter, the exact same letter, to my friend, the majority leader, with the same requests. in 2009 the then-minority leader called these benchmarks "contributory negligence "-- -- "commonsense standards" these standards don't indicate a lack of maturity. they show an abundance of common sense. just as his letter said. and i remind the majority that several, if not most of the nominees, have actually failed to meet the qualifications laid out by this letter, given the hearing schedule. mr. president, the majority leader is fond of mentioning that many obama nominees passed quickly in 2009, and he asks this we do the same. but there's a big difference between 2009 and today. president obama's nominees made -- met all the standards laid out in then-minority leader mcconnell's letter. president-elect trump's nominees have not. back in 2009

praise mitch mcconnell.mitch has had to the republican congress, he is encouraged all of us to go out and say we will confirm president trump's nominees, the democrats will not succeed in filibustering those nominees. i think that is fabulous, i agree with him and i look forward to help him lay that down. >> sean: i've been critical of mitch mcconnell too and i think that he held back is a big deal. big issue in the campaign. it's become mitch mcconnell and chuck grassley, they both stood strong and endured a lot of heat for it. i enthusiastically praise them. >> sean: i don't think you and i disagree on many issues. let's look at it through the prism of donald trump's agenda. repatriation, vetting refugees, originalist on the court, energy independence, repeal and replace obamacare. and school choice. do think all these things can get done? anything he's proposing that you disagree with? >> i am very encouraged.d. the platform that donald trump ran on was a conservative platform. issue after issue, issues t

he has no relationship with mitch mcconnell and has no cultural connection to him whatsoever. he knows chuck schumer for many years. he donated to the campaign. they're from the same city. ran somewhat in the same circles that they were both powerful new yorkers. so they know each other. they have something to work with. that doesn't mean they will see eye-to-eye on policy nominations. i'm sure chuck schumer will be very loud opposition to l the things that democrats want to oppose but when something is going to be able to get done i would bet on chuck schumer and trump before i would trump talking to mitch mcconnell. >> host: jennifer stein hauer with the "new york times" and paul kane with the "washington post." a look ahead at democratic leadership for charles schumer. thanks to you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> live this morning on c-span2, a new year and a new congress. c-span's cameras are here at the warner theater in washington, d.c., for the swearing-in ceremony of the congressional black caucus to honor current and newly-elected members. one change, richardso

mitch mcconnell's wife has been nominated for transportation secretary. hearing was held last week if you want to go watch that on c-span.org. if you're into confirmation hearings, it will be a busy morning. we will take our viewers here on c-span two tom price's's confirmation hearing. if you want to go to c-span2, you can watch the confirmation hearing for an environmental protection agency administrator. if you want to go to c-span3, you can watch the confirmation hearing for nikki haley to be u.s. ambassador. there is also the confirmation hearing for commerce secretary you can watch on c-span.org. a busy morning for us on c-span for viewers who are into confirmation hearings. we hope you jump around and watch all of them this morning and on c-span.org. in pennsylvania, democrat, good morning. good morning. i would like to say i am really somewhat confused and probably the rest of the country is. apparently, from what i understand, the majority of people voted democratic. however, the electoral college, whoever they may be, they voted trump in. we do

at the bottom of the hour we'll hear from republican leaders paul ryan and mitch mcconnell, likely facingough questions over trump's first days as president. we're covering all this with cnn's sarah murray at the white house and manu raju. sara, i want to start with you. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump has a busy day ahead. it comes from moving forward with the plan to build and wall and now he says have mexico reimburse us. is heightening tensions between the u.s. and mexico. we saw mexican president pena nieto come out and address the nation saying he's not going to pay for the wall, but not scrapping the plan to meet with donald trump next week. now trump has taken to twitter apparently to up the ante. here is what he tweeted just now. the u.s. has a $60 billion trade deficit with mexico. it has been a one-sided deal from the beginning with nafta with massive numbers of jobs and companies lost. if mexico is unable to pay for the badly needed wall, it would be better to cancel the upcoming meeting. carol, we have been expecting donald trump to pull the trigger and

mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have said any tax reforms should be revenue neutral, but the question is's going to stand big taxm, for not only cuts, but a large infrastructure program? facesso john, if trump pressure to keep the campaign promises and keep down the national debt -- john: [laughs] mark: will the notion of debt and deficit intrude on his plans and 2017? john: not at all. i think it will be a wild drunken spending spree out of washington dc. the republicans have been two-faced on this for some time. if stimulative spending and tax cutting generates a huge economic boom, the debt will go down a little bit. i do not think there will be spending restraint, nor do i think there will be a chip in the debt. you and i agree on donald trump's proclivities and inclinations. what strengthens his hand is you did not hear republicans talk about that and deficit reduction during the campaign. nominations, paul ryan, so not only does that give him license to do it, but also means that if people call him on it, he can basically said i would do --se things, and while it is i believe looki

. : -- [applause] [applause] president trump: thank you very much, mitch, so nice. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. so nice. nice to win, do we agree, it has been a while since we have this position and i want to thank everybody in the room, so many friends, thank you very much. sit down and let's enjoy ourselves. it is great to be in philadelphia, i went to school in philadelphia. a very special place in our nation's history, the place where we launched our american independence. pennsylvania is very special to me for a lot of reasons, especially from a couple of months ago, remember? pennsylvania cannot be one, remember -- cannot be won, remember? right, congressman? there is no path to victory for donald trump in pennsylvania, except we won. it has been a long time since you guys did this but it was a great victory, a great evening, i will tell you. it started in pennsylvania. they said pennsylvania was the bride that got away, the state that everybody from the republican party that ran in pennsylvania for 38 years thought they won, except they never on

senate mitch mcconnell already went into trump tower earlier today. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: i am vonnie quinn. mark: and i am mark barton. close.""european at the point of dropping below eight feet psychological level. we have more from hong kong. >> their stockpile felt by billion dollars. it is down 323 billion this year. drop was in line with forecasts, but they are still down to a fresh, five-year low. in june 2014, the reserves had topped off at nearly $4 trillion. they have now fallen for 10, consecutive quarters. economist said that falling below $3 trillion will not adequate -- will not really affect the reserve adequacy, but it might have a psychological effect that will induce more market pressures. it has weakened 17% in 2016. it has profited authorities to re-introduce capital control. mark: taking a look at where the markets are trading as we approach the close -- the close is just minutes away. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ mark: live from london and new york, this is the european close. stocks finishing the session lower today. there is

the reality is that mitch mcconnell is a master of this process.igure out how to craft something that both repeals, but then sets up the right kind of opportunity for republicans to replace this law, it's going to be mitch mcconnell. so paul ryan sort of has it eased, because he can push whatever he needs to through the house, most likely. the challenge is going to be on the other side. mcconnell has to both give republicans the right side of opportunities to fix this, without creating all these political problems, and he has to figure out how to win over democrats to help him solve the problem afterward. and i think, look, democrats tried to send the signal yesterday that they are going to dig in. they are not going to help. the president came in and said, don't rescue republicans on this. don't help them. but the reality is, i talked to joe manchin yesterday. he was on the show yesterday morning, as well, talking about the conundrum he has on this. he said, look, it's very hard to get people like the coal miners in my state to give you credit for

mitch says it will be done. and it will be. they could move faster on the other side, i will say that. could move faster. [ applause ] i mean, i'm meeting with the prime minister tomorrow, as you know, great britain. so i'm meeting with her tomorrow. i don't have my commerce secretary and they want to talk trade. so i'll have to handle it myself. which is okay. we put in place the first steps in our immigration plan ordering the immediate construction of the border wall, putting an end to catch and release, expediting the removal of criminal -- this is so important to me. from day one i've said it. and i mean the immediate removal of criminal aliens. they are going to be gone, fast. and finally, at long last, cracking down on sanctuary cities. [ applause ] it's time to restore the civil rights of the americans to protect their jobs, their hopes, and their dreams for a much better future. congress passed these laws to serve our citizens. and it's about time those laws were properly enforced. they are not enforced. the hour of ju

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mitch mcconnell and paul ryan have said any tax reform should be revenue neutral. the big question is, who is going to stand up to him if he pushes for not only big tax cuts but infrastructure programs that republicans have been resistant to in the past? >> if trump faces competing pressures to keep campaign promises on spending and keep down the debt -- i know you think he will err on the side of spending. will the notion of debt and deficit intrude on his plans in 2017? >> not at all. i just think it will be a loud, drunken spending spree in washington, d.c. a lot of what the bush administration did. the republicans have been two-faced on this for a while. in the end, if stimulus spending and tax cutting ends of generating some huge economic boom, we will see a little deficit reduction. i don't bet on that happening. i don't think there will be spending restraint, nor do i

been confirmed for a job before, the wife of senator mitch mcconnell. ben carson, wilbur process, jeff sessions who's been a colleague of yours in the senate for a long time. isn't the president entitled to have his mainstream, noncontroversial picks confirmed quickly? >> you may be surprised to know, chris, that when it comes to some of these nomineebe -- nominees, senator mcconnell has failed to call them. i've said from the beginning i'm voting for elaine chao. we disagree politically, but she's a good person for the job of -- chris: why isn't she confirmed already? >> well, you might ask senator mcconnell that question. we've been ready to take her name up for some time. rex tillerson is up this week. senator sessions is going to be heard before the judiciary committee this week. in the normal course of events like other nominations like attorney general. when loretta lynch went through the nomination process, after her hearing senator sessions sent her an additional 22 questions, and then she was held on the senate calendar for two months before a

the wife of senator mitch mcconnell.x tillerson, jeff sessions, who has been a colleague of yours in the senate for a long time. isn't the president entitled to have his mainstream, noncontroversial picks quickly? >> senator dick: senator mcconnell has held that calling them. we are ready to call them, you've mentioned a few. i'll say this, i'm voting for elaine chao. i've known her for years. we disagree politically, but she's a good person. >> chris: you might ask senator mcconnell that question. we've been ready to take her name up for some time. rex tillerson is up this week. when it comes to senator sessions, you will be heard before the judiciary committee this week in the normal course of events like other nominees, and when i add that when loretta lynch went to the nomination process, after her hearing, senator sessions and sent her an additional questions and then she was held on the senate calendar for two months before a vote was actually taken. we're doing our jobs and we're doing due diligence. >> chris: let

the house speaker mitch mcconnell talked a bit about that. ryan at www.c-span.org. that will air in the next couple of hours here on c-span. a couple of hours before we take you back -- a couple of colors before we take you back to philadelphia. republican line. old a: i don't know how bunch of these people are watching, but he's done more to taken this last week us back to not than any president has ever done. this guy is completely insane. lies,es, it is insane -- it is insane. host: nicole in bowling green, virginia, republican line. week of hisfirst presidency is doing great. he has done a lot of good things for the country's -- country and i am excited to see what he will do with the presidency and i think the rest of the nation and everyone should stand behind him to build him up instead of all the protesters tearing him down. host: we are still waiting -- thank you for your call and more to come -- waiting to hear from mike pence speaking to house and senate republicans in philadelphia, later theresa may and we will take you back live,

this is not a procedural matter as mitch mcconnell said. this is actually a requirement by the nonpartisan office of government ethics. >> and that's why you have senator chuck schumer saying we've got to delay some of these confirmation hearings, because we need all of the paperwork to be in place. you talk about the nominees who haven't yet completed those ethics forms. steve mnuchin his pick for treasury secretary, wilbur ross for commerce and andy putzer pick for labor. former goldman sachs ceos, ties to wall street. are there any ethical conflicts, conflicts of interest that senators need to know about before the confirmation hearings begin and part of what is fueling this fire. they feel like these nominees are being rushed through, nine confirmation hearings this week. we should say first up, senator sessions has completed his paperwork as has rex tillerson. these are going to be two of the more controversial picks, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell was just today -- let's go to donald trump right now. >> he loves this country and he loves