i'm suzanne malveaux. we examine a busy week of executive orders and a diplomatic showdown, tonight on "washington week." >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. >> after campaigning on the promise that mexico would pay for a border wall, the trump administration floats an alternative plan. to impose a 20% tax on imports from our southern neighbors. >> by doing it that way, we can easily pay for the wall. >> but will congress get behind a plan that would use taxpayer dollars to build the wall? and tariffs to reimburse the costs? >> we've been talking about this for a long time. >> with pen in hand, the president signed off on a bundle of executive orders. from exiting the t.p.p. and reviving two pipelines, to replacing the affordable care act. but that progress was overshadowed by mr. trump's repeated claims of voting irregularities in the election he won. >> i frankly feel very sad about the preside

christine, miguel. >>> thank you, suzanne malveaux.he list of democratic lawmakers boycotting the inauguration is growing. 24 house members are now on record saying they will not attend. many of them point to russia meddling in the election. many come from the dust-up with congress member lewis. some lawmakers plan to participate in protests in washington or in their district. donald trump now has the lowest approval rating of any incoming president-elect in the history of gallop polling. the approval rating at 44%. contrast that to the 83% approval rating for barack obama during his transition and in the 60s for george w. bush and bill clinton. >>> and donald trump prepares to take office. american preparing for the trump economy. the survey showing a deep divide. overall, 51% believe their financial situation will improve over the next four year. 37% think everyone's financial situation will get better from tracking firm experian. check out the difference with republicans and dumbs. 70% are optimistic. 77% think the entire country wi

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let's begin with suzanne malveaux in washington. has the president-elect said anything or even the team responded more about this growing rift of members of congress who will not be there? >> reporter: we have heard from the team. there have been strong reactions coming from the rnc head, soon-to-be chief of staff reince priebus, as well as the vice president-elect mike pence. some republicans are clearly trying to give congressman lewis his props regarding his part in the civil rights movement, but they are coming to trump's defense because they are vehemently opposed to any notion that trump is not the legitimate winner of this controversial election, despite the role that russia might have played in hacking. >> look, donald trump won this election fair and square. 30 out of 50 states, including georgia. more counties than any republican candidate since ronald reagan. and 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 pr

let's begin in washington with suzanne malveaux. any more being said from the president-elect about so many now boycotting his inauguration? >> reporter: good afternoon, fred. absolutely. there are strong reactions come both the rnc head, soon to be chief of staff reince priebus, as well as the vice president-elect mike pence. some republicans are clearly trying to give congressman lewis his props here regarding his stature in the civil rights movement. they are coming to trump's defense here because they are vehemently opposed to the notion that trump is not the legitimate winner of the controversial election, despite any role russia might have had in hacking. listen -- >> look, donald trump won this election fair and square. 30 out of 50 states, including georgia. more counties than any republican candidate since ronald reagan. and 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, was deeply disappointing to me.

our national correspondent suzanne malveaux is on the scene. update our viewers. >> well wolf, as you can see, it's pretty much shutting down despite the fact there's tens of thousands of people staggering number of people who are still in the city along constitution avenue heading to the elipse. i have to tell you, at one point, wolf, the numbers were so big here, it was quite frightening, quite scary, about 30 minutes or so, just getting from our live truck to this location here, you could not move. it was just jam-packed, and it felt like it was on the brink, the threshold, possibly of crowds just trampling each other essentially. they told people stay in place, and that's what we did for a while. and it kind of disseminated. and eventually people moved on. but there was a lot of passion, a lot of emotion and people give all kinds of reasons for why they're here. i had a chance to talk to a lot of the organizers. and some of the speakers back stage earl tli morning. reverend jesse jackson. michael moore, ashley judd, as well as gloria steine

i'm suzanne malveaux.e examine a busy week of executive orders and a diplomatic showdown, tonight on "washington week." >> a nation without borders is not a nation. beginning today, the united states of america gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders. >> after campaigning on the promise that mexico would pay for a border wall, the trump administration floats an alternative plan. to impose a 20% tax on imports from our southern neighbors. >> by doing it that way, we can easily pay for the wall. >> but will congress get behind a plan that would use taxpayer

let's bring in suzanne malveaux in washington. so what more is the president-elect's camp saying to this growing boycott. >> there's strong reactions coming from this rnc staff reince priebus, both of them speaking out on morning shows about them. there are those who are trying to give congressman lewis his props regarding his stch wroob in t -- they are vehemently opposed to any notion that trump is not the winner of this controversial election, despite the fact that it points to a role that russia might have played in hacking. >> donald trump won this election fair and square, 30 out of 50 states, including georgia, more counties than any other candidate, including ronald reagan, and 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 was not a legitimate president was deeply disappointing to me. >> there is no indication that congressman lewis would reconsider, in fact he joins at least 22 others of his colleagues, house democrats have also said th

suzanne malveaux continues our coverage. >> reporter: trump's war of words with congressman lewis, especially coming during mlk weekend is deeply troubling to many families, but lewis is getting some strong push back from rnc staff reince priebus as well as mike pence. they're trying to give john lewis props because of his contribution, but they're also -- despite trump's own admission that russia had a role in hacking it. >> look, trump won this election fair and square. 30 out of 50 states, including georgia, more counties than any republican candidate since ronald reagan. and to hear john lewis, a man that i served with, that i respect, to question is legitimacy of the election and to say that trump will not be a legitimate president was deeply disappointing to me and also to hear that he was not going to attend the inauguration this friday. i hope he reconsiders both statements. >> poppy, so far there's no indication that congressman lewis will reconsider, he's now joined 22 of his colleague who is say they're not going to be a attending the inaugural ceremonies. it comes amid some contro

. >> suzanne malveaux, thank you very much. there's a lot to talk about with our fallpanel. ryan, washington correspondent for the new yorker. former press success tear and republican a member of the diversity coalition. ryan, time for a history lesson from you to us. 23 house democrats giving the inauguration so far. the list has grown in the last 48 hours. how do you see it? is this unprecedented? >> it is. it was very predictable once trump responded to congressman lewis's statement that he was illegitimate with rather than something like pence just said. he responded in a rather accra moanhouse way talking about his district being crime infested is and saying he's no talk, all action. john lewis is defined by the actions he took as a young man. it was immediately apparent as soon as he said that that that was going to set off a fire storm and a lot of democrats who probably wouldn't have boycotted the election and probably wouldn't have been as outspoken have now sided with lewis. if trump said what pence just said. disagreeing with the statement they weren't legitimatel

suzanne malveaux has more. >> reporter: tonight americans of all faiths and walks of life converging on the nation's capitol protesting the agenda of the 45th president, donald trump. >> it's been a heart-rending time to be both a woman and an immigrant in this country. our dignity, our character, our rights have all been under attack. >> i am unafraid to be nasty because i am nasty like susan, elizabeth, eleanor, amelia, rosa, gloria, condoleezza, sonja malala, michele, hillary. >> reporter: a powerful eclectic group. bringing their message of equal rights for all americans. directly to the steps of the white house. >> message is here we're here representing the majority of americans. majority of our fellow americans did not want this man in the white house. >> we're not anti-trump but proamerica, inclusion and grace. >> where do we go from here? we stay here and keep this fight up. we keep letting them know we're not going anywhere. >> this is a wake-up call. >> reporter: who needs to wake up? >> anybody who cares about democracy, anybody who cares about sanity in the presidency. >