yarmuth: no.ss, somemail kind of vip email adjust that they were encouraging people to have references right in. i just wrote into that email tress. >> president-elect trump has fallen for -- called for lifting the spending cap. the current caps last through 2000 21, the caps on defense and nondefense -- nondefense spending. there is increasing talk of doing another budget deal next year and may be completely rewriting or even repealing the budget control act. the question i would like to ask you is, in the past, democrats -- defenseed if this spending increases, nondefense spending has to increase. guess,ou consider, i changing that requirement, and maybe going in with the attitude increase defense spending more than nondefense spending as part of it -- a budget deal or rewrite the budget control act? rep. yarmuth: personally, i really do not like the kinds of deals that were made in the budget control act. i do not like things that limit the of hardy of the congress to make the kinds of decision

here's what democratic congressman john yarmuth told us earlier. >> we in the house get to vote on that waiver and right now i would not vote to support the waiver. i think that restriction on some seven years is in -- is in place for a very sound reason. and, again, somebody without the kind of management skill that you have to have to run that department, you don't necessarily get that in the position of general. you're certainly managing in one respect. but you're not managing, again, $600 billion a year. so i would rather see somebody with management experience. >> meanwhile, new reaction from the president-elect's team on his controversial call with the president of taiwan yesterday. the ten-minute call was captured in these pictures released by the taiwanese government late last night. here is kellyanne conway hours after the transition team told reporters about the call. >> this is the president-elect, this will be his administration, we'll be commander-in-chief and president of the united states imminently now. and he either will disclose or not disclose the full contents of tha

congressman yarmuth, we appreciate you spending this hour for us. matt bradley, who's monitoring any russian reactions from our nbc newsroom in london. matt. >> we heard a taste of some of this early russian reactions of the news agency told reuters that this news sanction would be counter productive and it would damage the bilateral ties. this is just the beginning. the four ministries spoke and came out in an internet statement and aid that was posted online. as you mentioned, jacob, this seems to be in response to this campaign of harassment by russian official and traffic police and even against u.s. diplomats in moscow. now, this foreign ministry spokeswoman knew these sanctions are targeted. against intelligence officials and diplomats, that's exactly what we heard if this is indeed the end of the sanctions announcement. while th we can expect some something more of a bark lash against diplomats who are main russia a the expulsion of another 35 or several dozens u.s. diplomats in russia. the russian foreign ministry had been clear and what typ

. >> i want to bring in kentucky democrat, john yarmuth now. good to see you, sir. president-elect trump responding to the sanctions in a statement that reads in part, it's time for our country to move forward to bigger and better things but nonetheless, in the interest of great people, i will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation. we already know that the president-elect has been very skeptical about this idea that russia interfered in the election despite 16 or 17 federal agencies all agreeing and saying tha it did. any reason to think that after this meeting with intelligence officials next week he's going to change his mind? >> certainly hope so, craig. i think the disturbing thing about this is that the trump team still seems to view this entire episode as a political issue. it's not a political issue. this is a national security issue. and the comments that he made about that and it sounded like reluctantly take this briefing should alarm everybody and kellyanne conway, the same way. it'

here is what john yarmuth told my colleague earlier. >> what donald trump did yesterday in talking to the my taiwanese president is the kind of loose cannon behavior that has gotten the world very, very shaky. the only people around him are political operatives and not policy people. and he needs to get some policy people, some very, very experienced, savvy people, or he's going to make some critical mistakes. >> also today, new reaction following heated exchanges between the trump and clinton teams at harvard the other night. here is more election post mortem from former campaign interviews in an interview that will air tomorrow. >> steve bannon run breitbart news which is notorious for stories like this. they pedalled a lot of stories on that website that are just false. they're just not true. and that reinforced sexist, racist, anti sem mittic notions. >> i think america said there is a difference between what may foend me and what absolutely affects me and i as a voter am going that way. >> the president-elect is taking a break today ahead of tuesday when he resumes his thank you

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host: i want to get your reaction to john yarmuth of kentucky, the incoming budget committee ranking member. here's what he had to say about repealing the affordable care act. >> repealing the afford will care act is not going to be nearly as easy as they think it is. a number ofto people recently, when we put the affordable care act together in 2009 or 2010 there were 7500 lobbyists in washington trying to affect that bill in some way. those lobbyists have not disappeared. they still exist. when you talk about taking revenue streams away from hospitals and insurance companies and medical equipment manufacturers and hospice and it, health care, you name you are going to get a lot of resistance from a lot of quarters. earlier this week the american hospital association chimed in saying "this may have adverse consequences for us." same with the insurance lobby. there is a lot of pressure on them to at least not repeal it without telling people -- for them to have a say in what is coming afterwards. guest: he is right. if you receive a subsidy you don't want to lose it. people don't lik

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host: i want to get your reaction to john yarmuth of kentucky, the incoming budget committee rankingember. here's what he had to say about repealing the affordable care act. >> repealing the afford will care act is not going to be nearly as easy as they think it is. a number ofto people recently, when we put the affordable care act together in 2009 or 2010 there were 7500 lobbyists in washington trying to affect that bill in some way. those lobbyists have not disappeared. they still exist. when you talk about taking revenue streams away from hospitals and insurance companies and medical equipment manufacturers and hospice and it, health care, you name you are going to get a lot of resistance from a lot of quarters. earlier this week the american hospital association chimed in saying "this may have adverse consequences for us." same with the insurance lobby. there is a lot of pressure on them to at least not repeal it without telling people -- for them to have a say in what is coming afterwards. guest: he is right. if you receive a subsidy you don't want to lose it. people don't like