as defense talks square off, including nick mulvany. that has already affected lockheed martin. trump's criticism of the join strike fighter program is front and center on a call with investors today. the they stressed the falling sxris the job opportunities the programs create. >> the meetings have been very productive, very good dialogue. he asks excellent questions and he is really focused on making sure that the cost comes down on the program. it is not not about slashing it. it is how to get the aircraft down and in the future. >> that will be key, especially since it depended on launch reviews to find ways to save money on the program and seeing if a competing plane could with improvement be used as an improvement. all of it amid a busy week for defense earnings. >> there are some open questions in terms of how large it will be, program costs and reforms. i think it is too early to answer those questions so we're expecting earnings to have a quiet and calm feel. by no means do we have that will persist by the remainder of the year. >> and if president trump's first week in

in the senate today nick mulvany was asked about inauguration crowd size. >> it does appear that then the left-hand side is bigger than the crowd on the right-hand side. >> reporter: one democratic senator wanted to make sure he would embrace facts. >> this is something on the president's team on something very simple and straightforward wants to embrace a fantasy rather than reality. >> reporter: but neil gorsuch is the leading contender to fill scalia's vacant seat. >> we have outstanding candidates and we will pick a truly great supreme court justice. >> reporter: and speaking of presidential nominees, just a little bit ago nikki haley was confirmed overwhelmingly by the senate to become the united states' next ambassador to the u.n. but before we move off of that question about voter fraud, i was just speaking with senator lindsey graham, who is now calling on the president to not only denounce those comments earlier but also to say that he has looked at all the evidence available to him and that this election was in fact fair and accurate. reporting live from washington, lana za

he'll want to expand the military and nick mulvany is a skeptic of military spending. >> i think jim mattis and donald trump will have many interesting conversations. >> joe. >> my person to watch is chuck schumer, new york democrat and incoming senate minority leader. a lot of democrats are calling themselves the resistance. they're going to oppose donald trump and all his works on everything. chuck schumer is not by nature or temperament the resistance. he's a transactional deal maker. and i'm wondering if he's going to make some kind of compromise with the trump administration, whether it's on infrastructure, immigration, or tax reform. >> but could he end up being run by elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, instead of him running the senate? >> he sure could, but he's also got ten members who are up for re-election in 2018 in states donald trump carried. they're going to have an incentive not to look like obstructionists. >> okay, mary. >> i'm watching china's leader, xi jinping who i think is going to test donald trump early and vigorously par more than just seizing some underwa