do you think republicans and democrats can work together on changing it? her areas where they can come together and make changes to the portable correct? -- affordable care act? adult malea young working in health care and paying taxes come i feel like i'm already paying for two insurances. my private insurance and the medicare program. i don't understand why i cannot have better care now. why don't we do away with all insurances and go strictly medicare for all of america? i am paying for medicare every month. it doesn't make sense to me. not only do i have to pay into the medicare program, which will be th bankrupt by the time i can use it to my have to buy and have this other health insurance so i don't get penalized. host: yaya from chicago, illinois. were republicans can work with democrats in the 115th congress. caller: i've been very disappointed in the gop for the last six years. they have taught us a new level of disrespect and hate for the presidency. spent than a they grading obama -- a lot of supporters still don't believe he is a christian amer

mickey has been doing a lot of meat and agrees with republicans and democrats right away he started with republicans meeting first with chuck grassley and other members of the committee. he add up pockets lied strategy not meet with the comment -- the nominee so they have the meeting and also with ascender dick durbin, he met with jeff sessions as well as feinstein and other democrats. we will see how widows' many merge from the private meetings saying he is a uh colleague but we have a lot of tough questions ready and waiting. >> that isn't the first time he has been before that committee. now go to the armed services committee and what main issues are there and what happened with that waiver? >> looks like the weaver that he needs because he has not been out of uniform seven years does not look like it will be an issue. a lot of terror credit was signing for ad democrat from the york saying she would oppose a waiver. view dulce that sentiment building so that should not be an issue percussing comments from those democratic senators from the general from his character and background it

and any suggestion that any elected official, republican or democrat, has fallen short of this basic standard, must be taken seriously. so, as a result of recent concerning reports on congressman price's stock holdings during his time in the house of representatives, i and members of the health committee, have some questions that have to be answered before this nomination can advance. we want to know who he met with and when, whether the transactions in question were initiated by a broker or by congressman price himself, what if any, nonpublic price information congressman price had when those transactions were made and exactly how much profit he made from each transaction. we will be looking into these questions and others very carefully. and i hope that partisan politics do not keep republicans from insisting on a thorough investigation of congressman price's financial investments. the two parties have agreed before. elected officials should not be able to benefit financially from using information they have access to as the result of their official roles. this time should be no dif

but i am not new to the way this senate has proudly been described by its members, both democrats and republicans, both current and former members. my colleague, senator harris, will attest that one piece of advice we all received from both democratic and republican members of this senate was to read the chapter in robert caro's book about lyndon johnson entitled "the desks of the senate." where robert caro talks about the burnished mahogany tops and he tells the story of the senate through the senators who were protagonists in great debates throughout our history, and he highlights the idea that this senate is supposed to be a deliberative body that reflects on issues with a thoughtful exchange of ideas. unfortunately, that certainly does not describe the senate of this moment. having just arrived from the house of representatives, what we're witnessin witnessing todah more like the tyranny of the majority characteristic of that body. this body is supposed to be different but at least for now it seems very much like the house that i just left. as a result of the fast-track process in the senate,

it's in their best interest and our best interest as republicans and democrats to have those answers and to be clear about it before confirmed. >> a slightly different question about tom price. he said things about contraception and if he gets into hhs, he could take action to have the mandate on the aca. how do you intend to try to stop him on women's health? >> he has a history on women's health and i have no doubt he will continue that. members of congress and senate would have to vote on him and passed the investigation separate from that. they would have to ask themselves if they are comfortable with someone overseeing the public health, that has made comments about medicaid and medicare, about women's health and a series of issues -- those are part of each senator will have to ask themselves if they are comfortable with the code separate from this investigation. >> let me add a sentence on that, because the finance committee is to pay for committee. we are essentially the committee that pays for programs with medicaid and medicare, and we are goin not going to let these hearings

and today's battleground of notes child left behind and a republicans and democrats alike to move past the education wars. and from those that don't often agree with the every student succeeds act. senator alexander marveled at the consensus to create an environment for student achievement 85 senators 339 representatives the council of chief and parents across the country than the people that i represent and what is called a christmas miracle was despite that extraordinary division of the country after the damaging failures we finally have thus strong bipartisan consensus to improve public education working hard to shift the focus away from testing toward teaching for that back to communities continuing to direct federal funds to the public schools educate the kids that need them most. consensus that fundamental reform that was of major issue in the past campaign blitz the senate education committee holds a the hearing to consider the nomination of betsy devos. assisting the mission to strengthen public schools that has been crafted and cheered, ed donald trump dismissed a the will of

republicans making good on this promise. but we'll see. one other reason, and this is something that the president did discuss with democrats on capitol hill, and one of the reasons that this is particularly hard for republicans, including republicans who represent states like west virginia and kentucky, tennessee, not typically states that you consider as bastians of obama supporters, but these are states that have many communitieses that have been avaged by the opioid epidemic. expanded medicaid and health insurance that people purchase through obamacare marketplaces offers support and service and treatment to people who are being ravaged or to people who are addicted to opioids and are trying to beat that addiction. and we know that this is an issue that republicans care about. republicans at the end of last year were brag being a piece of government spending that they had passed to increase support for treatment for people who are fighting opioid addiction. the worst way to fight the opioid crisis is to strip away health care from millions of whop rely on it -- who rely on it. a similar argument could be made for cancer research. that

and truman was look backed on as the architect of containment. his stock started to rise, increasing in the 1990's with the democratic president. harry truman truman is fairly well revered by republicans and democrats. a look at how that has changed. we think things about obama today, but that doesn't mean it is fixed forever. i can guarantee you one thing, that the way we think about obama today will be consistent over time. host: let me introduce you folks, if you want to ask questions of our guests.

brian: why is it that supposedly, democrats always want to cut taxes and republicans want to cut taxesnd democrats want to spend. >> i said in the beginning, i really a strong independent. i don't understand political parties. it is not that simple. there are lots of people who are republicans or democrats and lots of policymakers. they all have their own opinions. one of the reasons that i'm not a big fan of political parties is trying to offer support findings. all democrats think this, all republicans think this. just because you have one position on social policy, you have a similar publican or democratic view on economic or foreign policy. we are all freethinkers, we have a lot of different opinions. i think it is reasonably accurate to generalize that one of the biggest distinctions between republicans and democrats is that they have a preference for a size of government. republicans think that markets and individuals can make better choices and impressed tend to think democrats seem to that government can still win where there are needs and market failure and do a lot of good th

this is really important because we've on both sides, republicans and democrats saying what are you going to do? what are you going to do? going to call him a war criminal? well, maybe, we're just going to have discussions and engagement. doesn't mean we'll access or say the russians aren't right or that we won't stand up to them. all of that has to happen but we have to realize we have enough nuclear weapons on both sides to blow up the world, that it's incredibly important that we always maintain a dialogue with the russians. >> senator rand paul of

that would be the house and senate democratic and republican leaders, house and senate democratic and republican leaders, of the intelligence committee. that's the eight. was really quite stunning disclosure. right now as we speak the four briefers are on their way to brief the president-elect in new york. later in the day some of the report will be released to the public. i would hope that we could get more. i know as long time intelligence person i know we have to respect sources and methods, but i think rightven congress has the to know more than they want to disclose to congress beyond the gang of eight. this will be interesting in terms of what the disclosure is of this report, but suffice it to say it's stunning in its conclusions. and you will see some of it. it they are now briefing the president-elect, a person who as tried to discredit, dis pargee, and -- disparage, and dismantle the intelligence community because he doesn't like some of the things they are putting forward. i keep add minding administrations, i have been doing intelligence for many presidents, i keep remindi

then, of course, when we got in the summer and had the republican and democratic conventions and a president -- presidential candidate was selected then we would start getting rid of all the information of the other candidates and have the information and start gathering more intently the information that the two candidates -- two primary candidates, anyway of the republican and democratic national committee and we would go from there and just continue to gather information until election day. >> over the years, you've had a unique personal firsthand account, a front row seat, if you want to say, to history. so let's talk about you for a moment. when did you first go to the white house? you should what circumstan under what circumstances and how did your job become chiefisher? >> i started as a uniformed officer of the secret service, it was called the protective service at the time, that was in 1970. then in 1975 one of the ushers was leaving position and a position became open in the usher's office. i applied to have a chance to be in that position. i'd got on the know the activities in th

then of course when we got into the summer and had the republican and democratic conventions, and a democrat wso selected, then we start gathering more intently the information of the two candidates, two primary candidates, anyway, republican and democratic national committee. and we would go from there and just continue to gather information until election day. >> over the years you had a unique personal firsthand account to history. let's talk about you for a moment. when did you first go to the white house under what circumstance answers how did your job evolve into becoming chief usher? >> i started off as uniformed division officer of secret service. called the executive democrat tektive service. en in in 1975 a position was leaving and a position came up in the usher's office. i applied to have a chance to be in that position. i had gotten to know some of the activity in the executive residence and people that work there. i just finished my college degree in business and he was looking for sbhob homeone to ov the budget for executive residence. i happened to be in the right place at th

republican or democratic view. we're all free thinkers. we have a lot of dichbt opinions. i think it is accurate to show one of the distinctions between republicans and democrats is their size of government. they think market ks make better choices and democrats tend to think they can fill in where there's needs or market failures, that the private sectors won't do as well. that has as an independent, i've thought i'd like to see a government that's smaller, but more progressive. i think there are a lot of people who have different points of view, so the generalizations are useful, but not accurate. >> if you watch president-elect trump's news conference this week and you heard him say we're quoing to build more f-18s, implying versus the f-35, which are very expensive. >> is that going to be significant enough, if he were able to get this kind of reconduction that would matter to the budget? >> well, it would be significant in the area of defense. it will contribute in that every billion dollars makes a difference. the big problem with donald trump's fiscal point of view is that he has laid out overall policies, he has talked about the problem with

the long-term staff has served --h publicans and democrats both republicans and democrats.: a long day for you because they often have the ba lls that go until 1:00 2:00 in the morning. when did you get to bed? mr. walters: i didn't. mrs. clinton asked us to do something with chelsea and her friends that were going to be there while they were off at the balls. we came up with a sophisticated pizza party that also had a scavenger hunt for the young required them to go .o all floors of the residents, it was quite an interesting time for the young people, running around, some of them in their bare feet, looking for historical artifacts. that party ended around midnight , i think, and then we waited up for the president and first lady to come back to be there to answer any questions they had nexthat night or that morning. the next morning, i think it was widely said that they look at each other and said, "what do we do next?" i think that goes for all of the families that are there. afterlly, on that morning january 20, they are in a place that they are comfortable. steve: what

two primary candidates for republican and democratic national committee. we would go from there and continue to gather information until election day. host: over the years you have had a unique, personal, first-hand account to history. let's talk about you for a moment. when did you first go to the white house, under what circumstances? -- did your job involves mr. walters: i started off there as a uniform division officer of the secret service. it was called the executive protective service at the time. that was in 1970. in 1975, 1 of the ashes was leaving the position, and the position became open. i applied to have a chance in that position. i had gotten to know some of the activities in the executive residence and people that work there. i just finished my college degree in business, and he was looking for someone who had the ability to oversee the budget. i happened to be in the right place at the right time and was chosen by the chief usher in 1976. when he decided to retire 10 years later in 86, he recommended me to president and mrs. reagan as the n

to the people of america, we stand before you republicans and democrats, united, and democrats, united, aggressively to stand up for american cities. we have always been willing and our pathway has always been consensus to the extent that we can get there. we are also willing to fight, if need be on behalf of what's in the best interest of the american people. i want to be really clear about this that we represent two thirds of american citizens, and we believe the work that we do in cities is really important. our cultural assets, sports teams, university, hubs of innovation. over 90% of the jobs that are created are created in cities and counties across america. everyone is welcome in our city. they are not the dark places that people have talked about. the president-elect, in this regard paints with too broad a brush. as we stand here, it's personal testament that we think diversity is our strength and we are working hard to make sure cities across america and all of the neighborhoods are lights for democracy. our mayors, democrats and republicans agree that the president-elect, and

but i am not new to the way this senate has proudly been described by its members, both democrats and republicans, both current and former members. my colleague, senator harris, will attest that one piece of advice we all received from both democratic and republican members of this senate was to read the chapter in robert caro's book about lyndon johnson entitled "the desks of the senate." where robert caro talks about the burnished mahogany tops and he tells the story of the senate through the senators who were protagonists in great debates throughout our history, and he highlights the idea that this senate is supposed to be a deliberative body that reflects on issues with a thoughtful exchange of ideas. unfortunately, that certainly does not describe the senate of this moment. having just arrived from the house of representatives, what we're witnessin witnessing todah more like the tyranny of the majority characteristic of that body. this body is supposed to be different but at least for now it seems very much like the house that i just left. as a result of the fast-track process in the senate,

you will join with republicans and democrats to push back against russia to make sure it stops and doesn't happen again. if after the briefing he is still unsure, that will shake me to my core about his judgment. >> i'm going to wrap up with a question that has nothing to do with this. president obama will be give his farewell address. most positive part of his legacy, most negative part of his legacy. i'll start with you, senator mccain. >> i would say the most positive part of his legacy is that the very fact that the first african-american of the president of the united states is a signal that in america anybody can rise to the highest level, and i think that's a very important landmark and is historic. i would argue that his worst is his handling of national security particularly in the middle east. the red line over syrian use of chemical weapons, that -- when he went back on that it sent a message that reverberated throughout the world. >> for you? positive and negative. >> he and the first lady have to be complimented for representing our nation well as a first family. it's not like

. ♪ ♪ and in a show of unity, three other presidents-- two democrats and one republican-- were therewitness this passage of power. and so was the woman mr. trump defeated, hillary clinton. supreme court justice clarence thomas adsterld the oath to the new vice president. >> i, michael richard pence... >> pelley: and the chief justice of the united states, john roberts, swore in mr. trump. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. ( applause ). >> pelley: the sound of 21 guns salutedly the new commander in chief. his inaugural address set the tone for his presidency. >> americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their themselves. but for too many of our citizens, a different reality exists. this american carnage stops right here and stops right now. >> pelley: mr. trump escorted his predecessor to a marine helicopter, and we can only imagine what mr. obama was thinking as he surveyed washington for the first time as a former president. within minutes, the new pres

i worked hand in glove with republican and democrat mayors from, indiana to fort wayne, and everywhere in between. the truth is, we all understood. we all understood that while we have elections and we all fly under a different banner emma when the elections over we all serve the people. i promise you, this administration is going to be committed to work with republican and democrat mayors across america on an equal footing. no politics. just results. [applause] president-elect is committed to partnering with all of you. if you look at the key policies he outlined in recent months many involve working in the states and cities to the benefit of america's urban areas. i called him this afternoon to tell him i was coming by and in addition to urging me to send along greetings he said, tell them we are going to do an infrastructure bill and it is going to be big. [applause] infrastructure package, it will have the funding to help communities and states all across america meet the needs that face too many communities and often times stifle growth. then there's education. an education reform

be delighted to run if they thought they could compete on a level playing field against republicans and democrats, and we only have two choices as you were saying, and right now the american people are not pleased with the democratic or republican parties as being the only sources of choice we have has president. >> all right, we have to leave it there. we appreciate you guys coming. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good luck. that does it for us this morning. stephanie picks up the coverage right now. >> good morning. breaking now. a showdown on the hill. president obama arriving on capitol hill this hour to rally democrats, and democrats only to save obamacare. >> repealing the affordable care act will not work. >> while mike pence is arriving now to prime republicans to gut it. we are live as it all unfolds. >>> a battle over the briefing takes place. president-elect trump with a stphaoeud tweet overnight for delaying the investigation on the russian act. and dill and roof back in court. the jury must decide will he get death? >>> we have to begin with something rarely see on capitol hill, the o

and republicans and democrats alike can say if nothing else, he's a good orator. i was remembering going to senator barack obama to iowa on the first visit and witnessing the reaction from the democrats there. about the fact he leapt over the people who were supposed to be next in line. and i had a chance to talk to them, are you concerned you're icarus, flying too close to the sun? and now he's two-term president and he gave a bit of a victory lap. which i'm sure a lot of people, it's rorschach test. you love him. happy he gave and others are like really, you don't understand the election? but one thing i will say, interesting from the democrats here, such a debate inside the democratic party right now as to which way to go. lunch bucket economic issues or stay with the diversity issues and racial divide in the country? and he in a way that almost only he can do, brought the two together by talking about the fact -- gave the democrats a road map by talking about the fact if you're a minority, you also have to think about the middle aged white man who from the outs

i want to bring in now two house members, a republican and a democrat. have massachusetts democrat seth molten and illinois republican adam kingser. both of them are military veterans. thanks very much for taking the time today. i'm going to start with you. representative. you're a republican. >> yes. >> do republicans have a plan to replace obama care? >> i think, you know, when people ask for plans, they want us to come out with this 2,000 page kind of like what obama care was originally. >> i take bullet points. >> the bullet points are this. what we are going to do today is starting the car that's ultimately going to drive the repeal and replace, and that's through this mechanism called reconciliation. we will replace the bill, but then through, you know, tom price's hhs secretary and regulatory things he can do. we can begin to pass pieces of the replace without a big comprehensive 2,000 page bill, but doing it in front of the american people and selling what we need to do, where. >> the 20 million americans taking advantage of this right now for th

host: republicans and democrats positive and negative but the thingve -- here was one that you could do with the current federal health care law that needs to be addressed, what would that be? guest: there are areas we need to keepguest:. the medicaid expansion. how we make sure that we don't simply block states and we have a way that families that are earning $50,000 a year or receiving subsidies in the exchange and continue to receive health care. to find a way that families can afford health care and bending that cost curve to try to make health care more affordable and bring down costs. at (202)ocrats 748-8000. republicans (202) 748-8001. all others (202) 748-8002. outside of efforts to repeal the if oral care act, what do you see as the biggest policy battles ahead for democrats and republicans? guest: we are shaping up the new session. we are looking forward to seeing there is a bipartisan way to move forward on tax reform. something that i have championed along with many democrats. if there is a way we can reduce corporate tax rate to bring it align with other developed countr

how can they do caller: if they listen to each other, republicans don't care about the democrats and the democrats care about the but the republicans just don't know what to do. can you not work for eight just -- nothing for the poor people, nobody trying the struggling. host: lyrica, tetroit, michigan, line.rats good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you. go ahead. i'mer: okay, my concern is, from detroit michigan, always been a democrat, that is my thing. to ask a question about the different loopholes with affordable care act. that uation is the fact i'm 28, no children. and i'm ng three jobs still making under $20 grand a year. for affordable care act, they pretty much said hat i made too much, i was still young and i had no children. that i apply obs for only are offering part-time full-timethey give me giving you more money, yet you're not able to still afford the affordable care act. so it really is not beneficial feel like they need to kind of do a little bit more harming the ot people such as myself that is part-time, and actually go for companies

i think republicans and democrats alike say if something else, he is a good orator, as i watched i wasoing with then senator barack obama to iowa. in his very first trip to iowa. and witnessing the response and the reaction he had from the democrats there. to join's point earlier about the fact he sort of left over the people who were supposed to be next in line. i had a chance to talk to him and said are you concerned that you're going to be like icarus, flying too close to the sun? and here we are, eight, nine years later, he was a two-term president. people who don't love him, are saying really, are you not understanding this last election? but the one thing that i will say and especially that i would be interested in, are democrats here. there is such a debate inside the democratic party right now as to which way to go. do you go towards the lunch bucket economic issues or do you stay with the diversity issues and the racial divide in this country? and he really, in the way that only he could do, brought the two of them together by talking about the fact and gave the democrats a ro

look, these are not -- these are not republicans and democrats. these are good americans who are working hard to try to provide the best intelligence possible to the president. and as you said, ty have to put their life on the line. these are very risky operations when it involves these resources going out and trying to get intelligence in russia, in iran, in north korea, in isis, some very, very troubling areas. and they put their lives on the line, and if they believe that somehow the president of the united states doesn't trust what they're presenting, make no mistake about it, it's going to impact the quality of intelligence that we get. >> you're a great man. leon panetta, thanks for your service to our country. >>> coming up, fbi chief james comey is facing an internal investigation over the way he handled that probe into hillary clinton's e-mails. democrats blame comey for clinton's election loss, and investigators want to know whether his decision to send that letter to congress just days before the election was politically motivated that's

he didn't talk about republicans and democrats. he served, i thought, a very strong notice that he's about solving problems. he is about insuring this nation reaches its destiny and that the american people, many of whom have been short changed, ignored and all together as he frequently remind us, forgotten will be forgotten no more. it was exhilarating for jeff to hear the president say. this is a country, a government run by its people. >> fred barnes brought up an interesting point which is the world without walls which summarizes obama's globalist agenda which stripped our country of manufacturing and jobs. what you saw in donald trump's speech today was over and over he said america first. that's what has got the rust belt on board and broke down the blue wall on november 8 was that we have to put america first, and every trade deal we done every decision we make has to put the american people first. lou: the left which i basically abhor, fred, is trying to make of this, this is a contest between globalists and nationalists, am

republicans and democrats alike have those particular vetting procedures. that process has been in place for decades and it's traditionally been bipartisan. by all accounts, the finance committee's long-standing vetting process is exceptionally thorough and fair, and it is deeply regrettable that some of our colleagues would try to undermine that process and not provide the incoming trump administration's nominees the same respect and regard that our committee has provided for nominees in the obama administration and prior administrations as well. as chairntion i take this process -- as chairman, i take this process very seriously. i have made no efforts to abbreviate or short-circuit our procedures for any nominee and have no intention of doing so in the future. i'm certain that all of our chairmen here in the senate can say the same thing. my hope is that my completion will stop -- my colleagues will stop politicizing this process at every step and allow the senate to function as it has under both republican and democrat administrations. my friends on the

i've been here with numerous administrations, republican and democratic. i think one of my first role call vot -- roll call votes was for republican attorney general smith. i then declared i would vote for attorney general barr and we had a voice vote. but these are people i thought would defend the independence of the justice department. as a young law student, i and two or three others picked by the attorney general from different law schools were interviewed by the then attorney general. we asked him similar questions about how independent the attorney general could be. could they be independent if it's in the interest of justice, independent of the president of the united states. and as a young law student, i'll never forget the response. he said we'd have to do if somebody commits a crime, breaks the law, we'll have to take action. the attorney general did that in a celebrated case where he prosecuted someone from illinois who had been vital in the election of the president who appointed him. the president who appointed him was his brother. this was at

the democrats passed it with 60 democrat votes and not one republican vote and we've been split sinceady to repeal it and do it with 51 republicans vote and not one democrat. that's how it got bad here. i hope they dot repeat that mistake. they can repeal it with 51 votes. you got the votes to do that. to repair and fix it, it will take 60 in most instances. that means you'll need at least eight democrats. that will be a much heavier left and then you can be left without anything. next of all, if they start take against way all of the taxes that paid for the obama care and the 30 some million people left without coverage at all, you're going to bust a budget cap. so be very, very careful what you're doing. >> neil: how do you think, senator, donald trump will do as president? i've heard all sorts of advice for him on his address tomorrow. what do you want to hear? what do you want to see? what do you expect he'll do in the first hours? let's say as president. >> neil, i think -- basically i said you have to get your financial house in order first. you can't do anything. running for el

and one of the things you're trying to see democrats do and some republicans they see where there is some air between the donald trumps policy positions aren't ever had cabinet secretary positions are. elizabeth: i want to take the time for governor perry obviously up for energy secretary, but we know that is one time that he suggested should be abolished. the heading of the treasury and obviously there's a lot of critics who say less income is that draining the swamp? >> i think that is something we will hear over and over again next week. the question is really nobody knows who he is beauty a somebody less than testified before before a congressional hearing where he had a lot of taxonomists, they've been doing boards that had. when i talked to a lot of republicans on the hill, this is one of the nominee is there a little bit nervous about. they don't know how he might respond to questioning. elizabeth: will watch this together. hopefully we can have you back to talk about it. anna palmer, thanks so much. we appreciate appeared fox news is your home for the latest on the trunk tran

repeal the law, but assuming they repeal most of the law to replace it is going to take democrats and republicans joining hands to overcome a likely democratic filibuster, and there's no sign whatsoever to anyone other than joe manchin who is open to working with republicans by replacing this law because of polarizing divisiveness on the issue. both vice president-elect pence and president obama making cases to their caucuses today. there's no real effort to bridge that divide. such a polarizing issue, wolf. >> the battle is only just beginning. thanks very much, manu raju, up on capitol hill. >>> when it claims to russia was behind last year's campaign hackings here in the united states, the president-elect seems to be taking the word of wiki-leaks founder julian assan ge e over that of the u.s. intelligence agencies. trump tweeted that -- i'm quoting him now -- "julian assange said a 14-year-old could have hacked podesta. also said russians did not give him the info." trump was referencing this interview that assange gave to fox news. >> we can say and we have said repeatedly over the last two

that is the way the senate was in the book the republicans and democrats alike told us to read as members before we came here. so mr. president, i'm really glad to be him. i am excited to get to work for the good of our state and the country. i wish it could have been at a moment when the senate was not hell-bent on breaking the very traditions that have made it great. the tradition of being a deliberate body and not using rights against the very first thing to short-circuit the minority party. that is not what any of us were taught the senate was about. it is particularly troubling that the senate is engaged in breaking that tradition in order to undermine affordable health care for tens of millions of americans and generate chaos in our health care system. mr. president, will fight every day to prevent that from happening. i will also fight every day to try to live up to the true tradition of the senate, which is people trying to work together for the good of the country. it is disappointing to be here isa time when the senate involved in violating that tradition in order to strip ameri