influence that ideologically driven members of his cabinet are having. betsy voss scott pruitt, no. "time" magazine got it wrong when not naming the president its person of the year in 2017. by their own definition the person who most affected the news and our lives for good for ill and embodied what was important about the year was absolutely donald j. trump. joining me now to discuss, douglas brinkley a historic at rice university. and larry sabato, director of politics at the university of virginia. larry, he's getting lots done but without popular support. can that continue? >> i doubt it. look how difficult it was to get that tax bill passed. and he never could get obamacare repealed. and i know about the individual